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Amen. 
You can do a lot with technology

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today, can't you? 
You know, this time of the year,

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people like to put, they don't 
have a real fireplace, they like

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to put one on their TV, right? 
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some of that stuff is so 
realistic and it adds a little 

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bit, I've not missed your into 
the house, but if you have a 

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real fireplace where you've been
before real fireplace, it 

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doesn't compare because what a 
real fireplace offers This is 

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something that a 4K. 
I don't even know what the 

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update is with the latest 
screens these days kind of 

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fireplace that you project on 
your screen can bring and that 

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is warmth. 
And someone used as a wonderful 

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illustration of the Gathering of
the Saints. 

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No matter what kind of services 
we offer, no matter how bless 

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you may be from watching the 
services online. 

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You don't know the warmth until 
you get there and be with the 

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people and be in the presence of
God's people who have the Holy 

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Spirit living inside of them. 
So I am blessed to be with you 

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here on a Friday night as 
always. 

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And we are in second Samuel 
chapter 10 together in our 

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study. 
Second Samuel chapter 10 and as 

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you're turning there, I'm going 
to ask a simple question for 

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those who were here last week 
and the question is what was the

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dominant theme that permeated 
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Anybody remember? 
Mercy. 

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In other words, for Mercy, the 
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God, and the kindness of God was
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who extended really remarkable 
level of kindness to an 

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undeserving house. 
The house of Saul and that was 

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such a countercultural thing to 
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established King, who would deal
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their predecessor. 
Lest there be any future threats

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or Rebellion, or take over. 
He would annihilate those that 

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belong to the preceding Kingdom 
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opposite, he embraced the 
grandson of saw. 

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He brought him close and such an
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Purity and compassion that it 
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Christ for Humanity, the love of
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And if we thought that David's 
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mephibosheth were wrong because 
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overflow into this chapter, it's
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of this chapter that is before 
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And what's interesting about 
this is David here. 

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Is seemingly on a conquest and 
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land. 
It's for more Hearts. 

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He just seems to be on this 
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benevolence and care, and love, 
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And I think that's telling we're
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verses in a moment here. 
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friendliness that a considerate 
spirit being generous, being 

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thoughtful, is something that 
every believer should have 

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flowing out of them to everyone 
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Kindness is not an optional 
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some people who are more prone 
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we can excuse ourselves, because
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Do you remember who David was? 
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He was a man who went to through
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There was much Bloodshed. 
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machine and yet he can sit on 
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be stirred to extend practical, 
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undeserving of it. 
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dwelt with the Holy Spirit, how 
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And so I think that's important 
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come to chapter 9 and chapter 
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practical illustrations of 
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In fact, look at verse 1 and 2 
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After this, the king of the 
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son, reigned in his place. 
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loyally with hanoun the son of 
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Loyally with me, who here 
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loyally, what your word is used.
Kindness right, we'll get to the

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reason why the ESV I believe the
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two verses of chapter 10 remind 
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last Friday. 
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David wanting to and he 
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kindness to the house of Saul. 
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chapter 9, David wants to extend
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Now, we see in the first two 
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wants to do the same, but for 
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somebody wasn't even a Jew. 
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line of Abraham? 
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see this theme of kindness 
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that we're going to pick up 
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kindness. 
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Though, the chapters begin the 
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They play it much differently, 
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In the case of chapter 9, there 
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And I believe the Holy Spirit 
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many reasons. 
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inform the child of God that it 
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will not receive reciprocal 
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You are extending an attribute 
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In other words you will inherit 
evil for good and if you haven't

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yet this Bible study is going to
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in your service to the Lord. 
In your ministry, in your 

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family, in your marriage, in 
your friendships, this Bible 

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study is going to encourage you.
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because you're going to see 
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This is something that happens 
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And these neighboring chapters 
as I just said are going to read

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differently and if we have our 
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from time to time, we put them 
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we're going to see another 
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Something that we saw in chapter
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lens of the kindness of God with
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And in the same way that you and
I will experience different 

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reactions to our love and 
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experience, it all the time. 
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People will bow and humbleness 
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just alarmed at the reality that
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an enemy and there will be 
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Unfortunately a majority who 
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hanoun which is what to 
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of the king and is more willing 
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submit to him. 
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I was studying this and I 
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what we did with chapter 9 and 
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All of it in one study and no 
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And what we're going to do is 
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We're going to do what we 

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usually do. 
And that is what thank you for 

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that. 
We're going to do this. 

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I'm going to read it. 
If you haven't been here before,

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you're going to not going to 
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check your Instagram, right? 
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You're going to look at the 
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what stands out to you because 
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read your Bible effectively. 
Not just to say you checked off 

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my lights, you want to leave 
with something in your morning, 

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devotions, or your night 
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and get into your soul. 
So weary from verse 1 and 

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reading from the ESV, so one 
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There will be different verbiage
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The thought is still the same 
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with me? 
Amen. 

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You're with me after this, the 
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And how known his son reigned in
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will deal loyally or kindly with
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his father, dealt loyally with 
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So David sent by his servants to
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father, and David servants came 
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but the princes of the ammonites
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Do you think because David has 
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is honoring. 
Your father has not David sent 

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his servants to you to search 
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20. 
Overthrow it so hanoun took 

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David's servants and shaved 
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of each and cut off their 
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hips and sent them away when it 
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He sent to meet them for the 
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the King said, remain at Jericho
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then return. 
Interesting piece of holy writ, 

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more valuable than a historical 
analysis of one of the most 

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successful dynasties in Israel's
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What do you see? 
What do you see? 

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Yes, Joshua. 
Yeah, so the NIV is a little bit

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more explicit rights. 
Yes, very good observation and I

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think that's important. 
You know why? 

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Because it's more embarrassing 
than to see, and to read it as 

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at the hip, there's something 
exposed, and it's very, very 

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shameful, especially in this 
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Any other observations, we can 
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Very good. 
So he initiated it right? 

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Just like chapter 9, David 
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kindness. 
There's a foreshadowing here 

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again at Jesus. 
We're going to see Christ in 

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these verses as well as we did 
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Any other observations 
So the princes The Advisory 

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Board of the king of the 
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showed deception or Miss 
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king and it caused trouble. 
Yes. 

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Yeah, so we're going to look at 
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So that's a good observation, 
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They remain at Jericho and I 
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for us to understand. 
Yes, you had something too. 

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Yeah, so there is going to be a 
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this but it's not going to be 
instigated by David. 

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It's going to be it's going to 
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the ammonites and David. 
Look at his tenderness, he wants

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to ensure that the honor of his 
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I mean there's something there. 
So profound and Powerful. 

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Even in our relationship with 
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concluding moments of our study.
Great observations. 

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Yes. 
The other gentiles. 

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It is different here. 
It's going beyond the borders, 

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beyond the expectation of what 
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our kindness. 
Yes. 

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Sure. 
Yeah. 

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That's very good point. 
I mean, look, can you blame this

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this group right? 
The ammonites. 

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You have these foreign entities,
you have these ambassadors 

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coming into your world and they 
are not necessarily allies and 

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so is their suspicions 
legitimate? 

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And we can say, yes it is 
legitimate but there is there's 

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a fine line between being 
Discerning and being cruel. 

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Right? 
And so I think you made the 

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right observation, a good 
observation, at least to say 

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they took it too far though, the
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this is Friend or Foe, is is 
understandable, anything else? 

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Yes Kinga. 
Yeah, so there is so again you 

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kind of just just emphasizing on
what he's saying, elaborating 

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more in that this this kindness 
that's coming from the nation of

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Israel. 
Not only are they formed but 

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their act of grace and mercy and
consideration is also foreign. 

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So the only conclusion, the only
equation of the mines is they 

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have to be spies, why would they
do such a thing? 

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And I think, again, there's 
debate about whether or not 

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these men are intentionally 
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They're trying to be wise. 
Advisors to the king. 

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Great, maybe a couple more and 
then we'll continue for the sake

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of time. 
Yes, Liza, 

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Yes. 
When he met his own men after 

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they were humiliated again, the 
kindness of David is just 

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overflowing in so many different
ways. 

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Absolutely, wonderful. 
Maybe one more and then we can 

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continue to have one last 
observation before we unpack. 

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These verses There's two so 
we'll do to Barrett. 

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And then Brian, go ahead. 
Bear it. 

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Yeah. 
Sure. 

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Yeah, it's played on much more 
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And it didn't sit them down 
nicely and put some kind of 

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protection around their neck. 
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their garments, didn't give them
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their beards, a little shorter 
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it happened. 
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right side of my face while 
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untouched. 
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culture, right? 
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and humiliating for a Jew and 
we'll find out why Yes, Brian. 

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And then we're going to move on 
sorry guys. 

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Yeah, that's there's something. 
There's something there. 

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These advisors seem awfully 
familiar. 

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Awfully familiar, don't they? 
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Why? 
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can do, but there's two more 
will do two more, and then I got

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to stop. 
I'm sorry. 

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And you go ahead and then we do 
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No, you didn't. 
Do you want to say something? 

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Anyway, I'm joking. 
Go ahead. 

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That's a great observation. 
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observation was when it came to 
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Nepal? 
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a quick reaction from David. 
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passed. 
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Samuel, and you have a much more
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if he's matured Interesting 
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together before we unpack these 
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Well, we thank you for this 
Bible study. 

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We thank you for this room that 
love your word. 

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The people here. 
Who desire you, who say, I want 

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to spend my Friday night under 
God's word. 

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Now, Lord may we be blessed as 
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Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

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After this verse 1, the king of 
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his son reigned in his place and
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with hanoun the son of Maharaja 
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with me. 
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interesting choice of words 
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translations that are faithful 
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Use the word kindness, It's 
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word, kindness, the same word 
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chapter numerous times and I 
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chose the word loyally. 
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and many context, the word 
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often connected. 
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often connected to one's desire 
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someone or to honor an already 
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someone. 
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one example and you don't have 
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Jonathan are To depart from one 
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In verse 8, we read there for a 
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Kindly with your servant, the 
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with your servant for you have 
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covenant of the Lord with you. 
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kill me yourself or why should 
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Davis? 
Speaking to Jonathan deal kindly

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with me because we have a 
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So you see there's always a 
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connection between kindness and 
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clue. 
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of kindness that David wants to 
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It's a deep loyal kindness and 
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do what he is doing here because
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covenant made with his father 
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he wants to create a covenant 
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in his father's place. 
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entirely clear, you know what is
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The Motives the desires for why 
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That is a command. 
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optional, or we can excuse, as 
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thereof, it is something that we
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David's kindness. 
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man. 
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was done to him in previous 
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There is no scriptural 
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dad and Josh did for David. 
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Who remembers the last time. 
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was all the way back to First 
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When Saul was freshly anointed 
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deal with some of those of 
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out your right eye essentially 
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absolutely absurd. 
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That's the only reference we 
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reason, but we can assume that 
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David's Exile when he was 
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have found some kind of Refuge 
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kind of provision, some kind of 
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ammonites while he was in Exile,
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king of Israel. 
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when he was in his younger years
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could not forget, that's so 
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He could not forget the series 
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it encouraged them to say. 
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testified about things that just
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When God's kindness was made 
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evaporates and we lose touch and
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In our Christian walk, including
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doing God, a favor now. 
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kindness. 
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navigate through his mysterious 
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because we forgot. 
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occasions. 
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this man in his Psalms I'll give
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Psalm 103 verse to bless the 
Lord O my soul and forget, not 

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all his benefits. 
Forget not implying, what he's 

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preaching to himself? 
You are prone to forgetting, you

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are prone to forgetting. 
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man, you know what he did? 
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remember, he discipline himself 
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God, the Deeds of the Lord, the 
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interventions of the Lord, 
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act of remembrance was essential
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and Future fervency, For the 
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remembering has this great 
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You sustaining your affection 
sustaining your strength, 

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sustaining your attendance, 
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them and love God. 
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life. 
In mind, when we forget David 

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here, did not forget, he could 
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He got busy, he became a king. 
He's just an enemy. 

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He's somebody distant. 
He doesn't he could not shake it

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off, he did. 
Something for me, I must do 

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something back to him. 
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not just vertical, it's 
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Meaning let me explain. 
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relationship with the Lord, not 
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We forget, we're in relationship
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time among Brothers and Sisters 
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One of the, there's I wouldn't 
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the world. but with great, joy 
in the ministry, there are 

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great, pains personal pains, 
yes, not enough to kick me to 

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the curb by the grace of God, 
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sorrowful one of the one of the 
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the years You observe how 
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can so turn on each other. even 
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for many, many years It's 
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attitudes towards others who 
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alter drastically. 
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It's painful to see it's like 
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attack itself right. 
There are diseases where your 

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own body that's supposed to 
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shield. 
You now, turns on itself and the

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physical pain and the 
hopelessness of that can be 

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translated spiritually when you 
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Christ. 
Now hand fighting your own face 

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and and your foot kicking the 
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It's just such a strange sight 
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it physically. 
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if you have eyes to see in the 
spirit, it's a really disturbing

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sight. 
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the time and it's shown in many 
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There are some Christians who 
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local Ministries and churches 
and they can so easily dismiss 

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all the blessings that they've 
enjoyed with that spiritual 

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family, and they love to magnify
imperfections and point out 

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areas that are not intentionally
wrong intentionally sinful but 

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just need to be mature And 
Timely To occur for that to 

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happen. 
You see people who are able to 

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just because of one 
unintentional offense by another

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brother or sister hold on to 
that and disregard all the good 

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that that person who offended 
you also offered. 

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You people just kick those 
relations out to the curb and 

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they just move on because of 
their passions or because of 

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their offenses. 
Spiritual Amnesia forgetfulness.

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And unfortunately there are very
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perspective of gratitude and 
commitment and appreciation for 

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those that also loved Christ as 
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Apostle Paul knew that pain. 
The Apostle Paul knew the pain 

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of the fickleness of those who 
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Ministry and the prayers and 
service. 

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Can I show you one you want to 
sometimes we read things and we 

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just want to look for Doctrine 
and that's okay. 

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That's good. 
But it's, it's important to 

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remember that. 
You got to get a read between 

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the lines and realize that 
though, these are authors that 

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were inspired by the Holy 
Spirit. 

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They are people still and these 
are real relationships. 

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These are not pretend scenarios 
the Missiles are not pretend 

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scenarios so that we can glean 
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Their real person-to-person 
Church from Ministry leaders, 

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kind of Dynamics, I thought 
about this when I thought about 

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this idea of spiritual Amnesia 
and how we were willing to just 

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change, right? 
This almost like the spiritual, 

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bipolar ISM, kind of thing, 
Galatians 4, Paul expresses, 

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this pain when he dealt with 
this church when he when he was 

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hearing about what was happening
to them, in terms of their 

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belief in the gospel, but more 
than that, it was affecting how 

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they were treating him as as a 
spiritual father. 

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And in Galatians 4 13, if you 
want to turn them to read it, 

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you can if you want to just 
listen just listen. 

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He writes to this church and he 
says isn't 4:13, you know, I was

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because of a bodily ailment that
I preach the gospel to you. 

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At first, I always love that 
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Because Paul was apparently sick
in the region of galatia he 

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couldn't move forward and 
because of his sickness, he 

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stopped in this region and it 
was through that sickness that 

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he met these Galatians and he 
preached to them and they got 

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saved. 
You know what that tells me? 

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Even when I have a cold, it's 
under the Sovereign control of 

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God. 
I'm not saying it was just a 

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cold. 
I think Paul will plow through a

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cold But that just a wonderful 
Insight. 

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He goes, it was a through a 
bodily ailment that I met you 

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and I preach the gospel to you 
and verse 14. 

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And do my condition was a trial 
to you. 

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You did not scorn or despise me 
but received me as an angel of 

453
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,100
God as Christ Jesus. 
Can you imagine how profound 

454
00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:21,400
that is? 
You treated me as though I was 

455
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,300
Christ. 
You loved me. 

456
00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:26,800
You serve me. 
You you attended to my needs as 

457
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,700
though. 
I was Jesus himself. 

458
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,900
That's an astounding statement 
to make. 

459
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:38,100
And then in verse 15, what then 
has become of your blessedness. 

460
00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:43,900
For, I testify to you that if 
possible you would have gouged 

461
00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:46,400
out your eyes and given them to 
me. 

462
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,600
Look at verse 16. 
This is so heart-wrenching have 

463
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,100
I then become your enemy by 
telling you the truth. 

464
00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:57,800
Because what happened to you, we
had sweet Fellowship together. 

465
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:01,500
Now you're suspicious 
suspiciously separating from me.

466
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,700
You're criticizing me. 
You think I'm an enemy now? 

467
00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:07,100
Because I preach the truth and 
there's false teachers, not 

468
00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:09,500
telling you things about the 
wrong gospel and because it's a 

469
00:30:09,508 --> 00:30:14,200
different gospel that I preach. 
Now, you're turning on me And 

470
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,400
he's do you remember how God 
providentially brought us 

471
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,900
together? 
I mean, this is about talk about

472
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:23,200
spiritual Amnesia, we forget and
then because we forget we begin 

473
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:27,700
to treat each other failing to 
realize how precious our 

474
00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:31,900
fellowship is how wonderful our 
gifts are to one another pause 

475
00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:36,900
like you loved me like as I was 
Jesus I preach the gospel to 

476
00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:41,000
you, I brought you to the Lord. 
God uses me to see your eyes 

477
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,100
open to his truth. 
And now as time goes on and as 

478
00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:46,200
different things occur, I'm now 
your enemy. 

479
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,200
How did that happen? 
Well, I'm telling you. 

480
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,200
It happens, it happens. 
Then happen with David happens 

481
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:56,400
in churches today. 
And so don't lose hope. 

482
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,700
Don't be discouraged, only thing
as though you're the only person

483
00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:02,300
that this has ever happened to 
it happens all the time, it's 

484
00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:05,000
happened with great men of God. 
And if you're ever discouraged 

485
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:09,100
to say, how is it remember 
speaking to those who who want 

486
00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:13,300
to be kind and who are kind? 
And I'm so Overjoyed to know 

487
00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:16,900
that this is a kind church, it's
very kind Church. 

488
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,000
And you probably struggle with 
the idea. 

489
00:31:22,300 --> 00:31:26,900
Or the experience. 
Why is not this kindness that 

490
00:31:26,900 --> 00:31:31,300
I'm showing Mutual? 
All it takes is just one, two, 

491
00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:32,800
three people. 
Even just one person for you to 

492
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,800
know the sting of that. 
And if you ever are tended to 

493
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:39,000
fall into despondency because of
it just think about what God 

494
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,800
goes through with his kindness. 
If you want to escape 

495
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:46,700
depression, my friend just think
about God's kindness and how it 

496
00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:51,100
is received and or rejected more
rejected than received you know 

497
00:31:51,108 --> 00:31:54,300
that famous verse in. 
If Romans 2:4 right that it is 

498
00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:56,500
the kindness of God that does 
what? 

499
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:02,200
It leads people to what 
repentance, it's God's kindness 

500
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,100
that leads people to repentance.
You know what? 

501
00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:08,300
That tells me his kindness is 
targeted to those who have not 

502
00:32:08,300 --> 00:32:13,000
repented In other words, his 
enemies. 

503
00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:16,400
God's kindness is not reserved 
for those who have done 

504
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,200
something for him first or have 
proven their Worth to be 

505
00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:23,200
showered with his kindness. 
No, his kindness extends to 

506
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,600
those who have not even repented
yet. 

507
00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:28,200
In fact, that is the motivation 
for them to repent. 

508
00:32:28,300 --> 00:32:29,800
Here's my question to all 
repent. 

509
00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:35,300
A holy and just God who has 
every right? 

510
00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:41,000
To flare his nostrils and 
breathe out fire and consume his

511
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,000
enemies. 
Instead extents, kindness upon 

512
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,100
kindness in so many ways and yet
at the end of it all like High 

513
00:32:46,100 --> 00:32:48,400
Noon. 
They just want to go to war with

514
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:53,000
him. 
Still and this is important 

515
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,000
because There's another 
observation I had. 

516
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,100
When I considered, David's 
kindness here, I was meditating 

517
00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:00,900
on it, right? 
What was the reason for his 

518
00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:01,700
kindness? 
Because huh? 

519
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:04,300
Nunes. 
Father did something for him in 

520
00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:06,500
the past. 
In other words, David's really, 

521
00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:09,000
just giving back. 
You did something for me. 

522
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,800
So now I'm going to do something
for you. 

523
00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:14,300
It makes sense, that seems like 
that's actually what's expected 

524
00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:16,800
of you. 
What happens when you have 

525
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:20,500
nothing to work with Christian? 
That's an important thought. 

526
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,900
What do I do? 
If, in my world, the scripture 

527
00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:28,600
tells me in Ephesians 4:32 and 
other instances in other places 

528
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:32,700
to be kind with christ-like. 
Kindness, what if there is 

529
00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:36,400
nothing to work with, there's 
nothing to work with, with my 

530
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,800
spouse, it's very difficult to 
do with my family. 

531
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,600
I'm not really giving back 
anything to my church because 

532
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,500
I'm not really getting much from
them. 

533
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaking of hypothetical 
scenarios. 

534
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,600
Are we off the hook then? 
Because David seems to only be 

535
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,000
extending kindness because of 
something that was initiated 

536
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,200
early on. 
I'm sorry to disappoint you. 

537
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,300
We're not off the hook, we're 
not. 

538
00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:04,900
Because when you go back to the 
first verse of chapter 9, David 

539
00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:09,199
has another example that fits 
that scenario perfectly. 

540
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,900
Why did David show kindness to 
mephibosheth for whose sake? 

541
00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:20,600
The fetishes did nothing. 
If I wish it could do nothing, 

542
00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:27,300
he couldn't even walk himself to
his field, to work to feed his 

543
00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:32,199
son and his family. 
And David still says, because of

544
00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:37,699
Jonathan, I will be the 
initiator of kindness to you. 

545
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:43,800
And here's the point in the same
way you and I have a motivation.

546
00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:49,600
His name isn't Jonathan doll. 
Jesus. 

547
00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:55,500
David showed practical and 
merciful kindness to 

548
00:34:55,500 --> 00:35:00,200
mephibosheth because David was 
motivated by his honor for 

549
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:04,100
Jonathan. 
And in the same way you and I 

550
00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:07,400
will have to learn how to draw 
from our relationship with 

551
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:11,300
Christ to now offer Mercy to 
those that don't deserve it. 

552
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:19,900
For Jesus sake. 
For Jesus sake, I will be kind 

553
00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:26,100
for Jesus sake. 
I will smile at those who frown 

554
00:35:26,100 --> 00:35:32,800
at me, for Jesus sake. 
I, I will plan and execute small

555
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,600
axe. 
But meaningful. 

556
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,800
Kindness. 
To my stubborn spouse. 

557
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:47,200
For Jesus sake. 
I will serve alongside with 

558
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,700
somebody who has an issue with 
me, though? 

559
00:35:49,700 --> 00:35:53,600
It is. 
It is unjust for Jesus sake. 

560
00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:56,300
Can I tell you something? 
Relational. 

561
00:35:56,300 --> 00:36:01,200
Miracles can take place if every
party of every sphere of every 

562
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:05,400
relationship did what they did, 
react enacted, for Jesus sake, 

563
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,000
it would be incredible, what we 
would see. 

564
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:11,600
And that's why for those in here
who are looking for a spouse. 

565
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,000
Let me tell you something. 
Look for somebody who loves 

566
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:19,000
Christ more than you, Because in
life, when things get difficult 

567
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,700
and you give them 0 reasons 
because of your own flesh, God 

568
00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:26,400
forbid to have them love you. 
They're going to have to draw 

569
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,600
from something else to continue.
Loving you. 

570
00:36:29,300 --> 00:36:31,200
And it's going to have to be 
Jesus sake. 

571
00:36:33,700 --> 00:36:36,800
If you really just have your 
eyes on him, if you just lift 

572
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:42,400
your head up and look to him and
you say, Lord for your sake, all

573
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:49,200
the power of that, the death to 
self that can come the Wonders. 

574
00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:53,000
The Miracles I'm fully aware 
that kindness. 

575
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,500
Niceness gentleness patience. 
All these other things that are 

576
00:36:57,500 --> 00:37:00,200
connected to kindness is not 
easy. 

577
00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:03,800
And God is honest, enough to 
tell us is not easy and so, you 

578
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,100
know what he says, he informs Us
in Galatians 5, that it's a 

579
00:37:06,107 --> 00:37:08,300
fruit of the spirit. 
Not going to come from your 

580
00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:10,400
strength. 
Is that going to come from your 

581
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,200
own ability? 
It's not going to come from you 

582
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,000
sitting alone in a dark room and
trying to convince yourself that

583
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,500
you're going to be this way 
because of for whatever reason 

584
00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:21,000
and your own power on your own 
wisdom or your own strategy, 

585
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,800
it's the fruit of the Holy 
Spirit who can now bring this 

586
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,300
into reality. 
Do you do it for Jesus sake? 

587
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,800
I can't forgive well, there's a 
lot of problems with that. 

588
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,600
Why can't continue? 
Well, there's a lot of problems 

589
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,700
with that. 
Where are you drawing your 

590
00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:40,900
motivation from well? 
Because, because I'm hurt, and 

591
00:37:40,900 --> 00:37:43,300
I'm offended. 
And well, don't do it for your 

592
00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:46,300
sake. 
Do it for Jesus sake. 

593
00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:47,900
See how everything changes 
there? 

594
00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:50,300
We would have a lot less 
counseling sessions. 

595
00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:53,900
If we if we did that really, a 
lot of things would be thinned 

596
00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:55,400
out. 
A lot of problems would just 

597
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,100
disappear if every Christian 
really took this to heart and 

598
00:37:59,100 --> 00:38:01,200
said, you know, I'm going to do 
it for Christ's sake. 

599
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:02,700
I'm going to do for Christ's 
sake. 

600
00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:09,200
It's so simple, isn't it? 
We want deep truths. 

601
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,800
We want to understand Mysteries 
and explain and debate the you 

602
00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:18,300
just do it for Jesus sake. 
Let's get back to basic 

603
00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:21,200
Christianity here. 
Let's not complicate our walk 

604
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,100
with the Lord, that's not fill 
our heads, but our hearts are 

605
00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:26,800
shrunk and shriveled up because 
we don't know how to do simple 

606
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,700
things like this and God 
provides us illustrations. 

607
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,600
I can David's life. 
Okay, we're still in the first 

608
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:33,400
verse. 
I don't know how we're going to 

609
00:38:33,408 --> 00:38:38,300
continue here at this pace. 
I noticed something else. 

610
00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:41,100
It's very brief. 
There's a second motivation to 

611
00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:44,700
why David went out to Honeymoon 
with kindness is because of the 

612
00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:50,500
news of death Now how she died 
and while his son was wallowing 

613
00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:53,700
in his sorrow, David was stirred
to reach out his hand at the 

614
00:38:53,707 --> 00:38:57,000
build, a relationship with him 
beyond the fact that there's an 

615
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,900
obvious call for us to mourn 
with those who mourn. 

616
00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:01,400
I see a gospel truth tucked in 
this verse. 

617
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,300
And it is that Christ was also 
sent to us as a servant, not 

618
00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:09,600
only to rescue us from the Pains
of death, but to Deliver Us from

619
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:15,500
the penalty of death, The loyal 
love of Jesus entered into our 

620
00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:19,700
world. 
And part of that reason is 

621
00:39:19,700 --> 00:39:23,300
because death came into our 
world and Hebrews 2 tells us 

622
00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:25,400
that he wants to Deliver Us from
the fear of death. 

623
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:27,700
He wants to Deliver Us from the 
pangs of death. 

624
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,800
And if Christ is a, if David is 
a picture of Christ, I think 

625
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:35,300
that there's something wonderful
there as we look to Jesus. 

626
00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:37,600
You know, when death entered 
into a hundreds World, David 

627
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,700
sent consolation, but when death
and into our world, you know 

628
00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:42,800
what the son of David did, he 
sent salvation? 

629
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:53,100
To rescue. 
David initiates it We praised 

630
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,100
his actions for being so 
consistent. 

631
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,900
It wasn't just a one-off show. 
It wasn't just chapter 9 as 

632
00:39:57,900 --> 00:40:00,900
chapter 10. 
We praise it from a distance but

633
00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:03,200
do all appreciate it. 
We're about to find out. 

634
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:07,800
Because look at the response to 
David's Comfort being sent 

635
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,400
through his ambassadors verse 3,
but the princes of the ammonites

636
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,400
set to Hanna Lord. 
Do you think? 

637
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:16,100
Because David has sent 
comforters to you, that he is 

638
00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:18,200
honoring. 
Your father has not David sent 

639
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,000
his servants to you to search 
the city at the Spy it out. 

640
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:25,200
And to overthrow it, So I don't 
know how it happened. 

641
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,500
The ambassadors came in, maybe 
they were dismissed for a 

642
00:40:27,508 --> 00:40:29,100
moment. 
Maybe they were told to wait out

643
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:32,300
into the hall and the advisors 
come to high noon. 

644
00:40:32,300 --> 00:40:34,300
And they say this is this is 
fake. 

645
00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:37,100
This is a joke. 
And they begin to now. 

646
00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:43,100
So lies. 
And to plant ideas that are not 

647
00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:46,000
true. 
Is that remind you of anybody? 

648
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:53,600
The enemy of our souls. 
Do you know what? 

649
00:40:53,600 --> 00:41:01,100
This kindness is reacted with 
slanderous accusation slanderous

650
00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:04,800
accusation and if this reminds 
you of this picture, reminds you

651
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:10,500
of what the devil would do to a 
vulnerable mind, then you're not

652
00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:14,200
far off. 
You know in 1st Timothy 3:11. 

653
00:41:14,700 --> 00:41:19,200
We're told there that the wives 
of deacons should not be 

654
00:41:19,300 --> 00:41:22,100
slanderers. 
Does anybody know the original 

655
00:41:22,100 --> 00:41:27,400
word for Slanders? 
You might remember if you were 

656
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,300
in our study for Sam first. 
Timothy years ago. 

657
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:37,800
You ready for this Diablos? 
Diablos. 

658
00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:40,800
You just imagine how that would 
read in the Greek. 

659
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,500
The wives of deacons should not 
be diabolo cesano. 

660
00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:46,600
The plural of it. 
I'm not fluent in Greek. 

661
00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:50,200
That's that's that's pretty 
insightful because it tells you 

662
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:57,900
the nature of being mischievous.
And of intentionally saying 

663
00:41:57,900 --> 00:42:00,800
something untrue about someone 
or something else. 

664
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:05,000
It's satanic. 
That's the origin of it. 

665
00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:09,300
That's the life source of it. 
That's the fragrance of it. 

666
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,600
And you have these men that are 
saying things that are untrue. 

667
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:17,400
To Honeymoon about David and his
intentions and his motivations. 

668
00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:22,300
and I looked at this and I 
thought, how can this be? 

669
00:42:23,700 --> 00:42:25,900
It's yet another reminder for 
those who want to be actively 

670
00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:29,200
righteous you want to serve God,
you want to obey him and every 

671
00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:33,300
and with every faculty of who 
you are get this, I just want to

672
00:42:33,308 --> 00:42:35,100
prepare you. 
My brother, my sister, I want to

673
00:42:35,107 --> 00:42:39,500
prepare you your goodness in the
name of Jesus Christ will not 

674
00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:42,800
always be received with 
gratitude at times. 

675
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:47,900
It will come with questionable. 
And unjust, Payback. 

676
00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:51,200
And when it does, don't lose 
hope. 

677
00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:55,200
I'll tell you why in a moment. 
But I notice here as somebody 

678
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:56,900
mentioned that it was the 
princes of the ammonites. 

679
00:42:56,900 --> 00:42:59,900
It wasn't it was a hanoun who 
had these thoughts to himself? 

680
00:42:59,900 --> 00:43:04,200
It was an outside source that 
infiltrated his judgment and I 

681
00:43:04,207 --> 00:43:08,100
think that is so important in 
light of the context Was hanoun 

682
00:43:08,100 --> 00:43:12,400
An Old King or fleshly freshly 
established King brand new king 

683
00:43:12,700 --> 00:43:16,100
budding as a leader and 
oftentimes in the infancy of a 

684
00:43:16,100 --> 00:43:19,000
position. 
Or new responsibilities. 

685
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:24,900
There is the need for maturity 
in experience in experience here

686
00:43:25,100 --> 00:43:28,900
and I think hanoun is proving 
his inexperience by the fact 

687
00:43:28,900 --> 00:43:33,000
that he is so quick to act upon 
what he is being told. 

688
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:37,900
He's so quick to react to what 
he is being informed with. 

689
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:43,000
And without pausing and 
examining the implications of 

690
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,700
acting upon this or 
investigating the claims that 

691
00:43:45,700 --> 00:43:48,100
were brought before him. 
He just eats it up. 

692
00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:50,300
Here's something I've said many 
times before, and I'll say it 

693
00:43:50,300 --> 00:43:55,600
again, social naivete and 
spiritual immaturity can be 

694
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,400
proven in many ways. 
And one of those ways is 

695
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:02,300
gullibility, you know, 
gullibility means to be 

696
00:44:02,300 --> 00:44:05,300
persuaded to believe something 
to be true without much effort. 

697
00:44:07,100 --> 00:44:10,000
Now, gullibility might be cute 
with your group of friends when 

698
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:11,400
you like to pull pranks on each 
other. 

699
00:44:12,300 --> 00:44:13,900
But it's a curse in the real 
world. 

700
00:44:14,700 --> 00:44:20,000
It's a curse in the real world. 
Especially in this case because 

701
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:23,000
listen this presumption is going
to lead to a bloody war. 

702
00:44:23,500 --> 00:44:27,100
It's all going to come from Miss
information on all out War where

703
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:30,000
thousands are going to be slain 
and husbands won't be going back

704
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,200
to their homes with their wives.
And their children is all going 

705
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,000
to stem from thoughts that were 
untrue. 

706
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,200
It but was believed and acted 
upon as though they were 

707
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:41,600
dangerous man. 
Dangerous absolutely dangerous. 

708
00:44:43,700 --> 00:44:45,800
And when I look at this I 
thought there's another lesson 

709
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,600
here when you look at it from 
hundreds perspective you want to

710
00:44:47,607 --> 00:44:52,400
know that what that lesson is 
the absolute necessity to ensure

711
00:44:52,500 --> 00:44:56,700
that the council that you and I 
receive in life comes from 

712
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:00,000
respectable and reputable 
God-fearing sources. 

713
00:45:01,100 --> 00:45:04,300
It's not enough in life to seek 
guidance. 

714
00:45:04,300 --> 00:45:06,300
You got to go more than that. 
You got to get the right 

715
00:45:06,300 --> 00:45:09,500
guidance. 
The right guidance. 

716
00:45:10,700 --> 00:45:14,400
Wisdom is proven and you seeking
counsel, and I seeking counsel. 

717
00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:17,700
But we got to take it a step 
further than that, it has to be 

718
00:45:17,700 --> 00:45:23,000
the right counsel. 
I'm reminded of another king who

719
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:26,200
reduced his kingdom from Twelve 
Tribes down to two because of 

720
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:27,700
wrong counsel. 
Do you remember his name? 

721
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:32,400
Rehoboam remember him. 
The son of Solomon. 

722
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:37,700
The son of Solomon was brought 
with a problem. 

723
00:45:39,500 --> 00:45:42,000
And he sought counsel to know 
how to deal with it as a new 

724
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:45,000
king. 
And what happened with him? 

725
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:49,600
He got bad Council, he acted on 
that Council. 

726
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,300
And for Generations, the nation 
of Israel will not look the 

727
00:45:52,300 --> 00:45:55,500
same. 
Does anybody remember what 

728
00:45:55,500 --> 00:45:58,100
happened will turn to First 
Kings 12 verse a I want to I 

729
00:45:58,107 --> 00:46:02,100
want you to see it for yourself 
because here's one way you and I

730
00:46:02,500 --> 00:46:06,100
can open our lives. 
Two wrong advice. 

731
00:46:06,100 --> 00:46:09,200
That can be critical to our 
futures and our testimony for 

732
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:14,900
the Lord Jesus. 
First Kings 12:8, look at verse 

733
00:46:14,900 --> 00:46:25,000
8 very briefly And you can get 
bound bad counsel in many ways. 

734
00:46:25,100 --> 00:46:27,500
You can get it from wrong books,
you can get it from wrong 

735
00:46:27,500 --> 00:46:30,500
podcast, you can get it from 
wrong preachers. 

736
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:35,100
But I think the most common way 
is with the wrong people in your

737
00:46:35,100 --> 00:46:38,000
life that you have direct 
connections to First Kings 12-8,

738
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:43,500
but he being rehoboam abandoned 
the council that the old man 

739
00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:47,100
gave him and took counsel with 
the young men who had grown up 

740
00:46:47,100 --> 00:46:52,400
with him and stood before him. 
What stands out to you from that

741
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:57,600
verse it's important to know the
context just a little bit beyond

742
00:46:57,600 --> 00:46:59,800
it that helps. 
But for those who are familiar 

743
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,200
with this what is very 
concerning about? 

744
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:06,200
The way this king is handling 
the wisdom that he was receiving

745
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:21,900
from two different parties. 
Okay, so there's an element of 

746
00:47:21,900 --> 00:47:23,600
familiarity. 
The young men grew up with him. 

747
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,000
The old men were a little bit 
more distant in his life. 

748
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:30,200
I think there's something there.
But realize that he about he 

749
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:35,200
abandoned the council that the 
old man gave him and he went 

750
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:38,400
with the council that the young 
it was immediate rejection and 

751
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:42,100
immediate reception from the 
young men what does that tell 

752
00:47:42,100 --> 00:47:44,900
you? 
This King was not really looking

753
00:47:44,900 --> 00:47:47,500
for advice. 
He was looking for people to 

754
00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:49,500
validate what he already decided
in his heart. 

755
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:57,100
People look for advice that way.
People go to multiple others 

756
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:00,500
before making an important 
decision with that kind of frame

757
00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:04,000
of mind. 
I'm not looking for the best 

758
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:08,400
option, the most righteous way. 
I'm looking for you to ease my 

759
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:12,400
Disturbed conscience, so I can 
do what I want to do more 

760
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:16,800
comfortably. 
That's what he's doing. 

761
00:48:18,900 --> 00:48:20,800
And this can be done in many 
ways. 

762
00:48:20,900 --> 00:48:23,700
Listen to this, it can be done 
with theological issues as well.

763
00:48:24,300 --> 00:48:29,500
Let me prove it to you. 
If you want to believe 

764
00:48:29,500 --> 00:48:33,100
something. 
That is clearly wrong in the 

765
00:48:33,100 --> 00:48:36,100
Bible. 
But fits your interpretation, 

766
00:48:36,300 --> 00:48:40,600
you will be able to find others 
including theologians, who will 

767
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:45,100
agree with that interpretation. 
If you really want to believe 

768
00:48:45,100 --> 00:48:48,000
something, if you really want to
do something, if you really want

769
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,700
to ask something, if you really 
want to plan something you can 

770
00:48:50,700 --> 00:48:55,400
find a misapplied verse or 
verses to support you. 

771
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:57,400
Isn't that a frightening 
reality? 

772
00:49:00,100 --> 00:49:05,200
And so the best way for you and 
I to avoid disaster in our life 

773
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:07,800
is to not. 
Look for people who think like 

774
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:09,500
us. 
It's to look for people who 

775
00:49:09,500 --> 00:49:16,700
think like God, Is to look for 
people who are willing to 

776
00:49:16,700 --> 00:49:20,300
correct you in love. 
You know what? 

777
00:49:20,300 --> 00:49:21,600
Look at, look at the language 
here. 

778
00:49:21,700 --> 00:49:23,100
You're still in First Kings 12. 
All right. 

779
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:27,900
Look at verse 6. 
Then King rehoboam took counsel 

780
00:49:27,900 --> 00:49:31,900
with the old man, who stood who 
had stood before Solomon his 

781
00:49:31,900 --> 00:49:35,200
father, while he was yet. 
Alive saying, how do you advise,

782
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:38,600
what's the next word? 
How do you advise me to answer 

783
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:40,600
this people? 
Keep that in mind now. 

784
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,700
So this is what he asked when he
spoke with the old men. 

785
00:49:43,700 --> 00:49:47,400
How do you advise me? 
Now, scroll down to verse 9. 

786
00:49:47,900 --> 00:49:51,000
This is when he speaks to the 
young men and he said to them, 

787
00:49:51,300 --> 00:49:58,300
what do you advise that? 
What's the next word we What do 

788
00:49:58,300 --> 00:50:01,100
you advise that? 
We answer this people who have 

789
00:50:01,100 --> 00:50:04,600
said to me, lighten, the Yoke 
that your father put on us. 

790
00:50:05,300 --> 00:50:09,100
How do you advise me in 
comparison to how do you advise 

791
00:50:09,100 --> 00:50:14,400
that we a mark of a fool, is 
someone who intentionally 

792
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:18,000
surrounds himself with people 
who will agree with you no 

793
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:27,500
matter what A mark of a wise man
is someone who has counsel in 

794
00:50:27,500 --> 00:50:31,600
their lives. 
Of people who really walk with 

795
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:35,300
God. 
And we'll look at you say thus 

796
00:50:35,300 --> 00:50:38,600
says the Lord. 
Thus says the Lord. 

797
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,800
And if you and I are not 
watchful of ourselves, we can 

798
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:47,300
make critical decisions in life,
like rehoboam did by searching 

799
00:50:47,300 --> 00:50:51,700
for illegitimate comfort. 
In the validation of others, as 

800
00:50:51,700 --> 00:50:56,200
a way to soothe us. 
In our own deception. 

801
00:50:59,300 --> 00:51:01,300
Your flesh and mine is very 
clever. 

802
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:04,700
It's very clever and finding 
ways to deceive. 

803
00:51:05,700 --> 00:51:08,400
And I want to show, I want to 
show you the route of how people

804
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,800
deceive themselves in this way. 
So we're still in first king. 

805
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:12,200
There's, let's look at another 
king. 

806
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:13,600
So we looked already at King 
hanoun. 

807
00:51:13,700 --> 00:51:17,400
We looked at King who robohand, 
let's go to King Ahab. 

808
00:51:17,500 --> 00:51:20,800
So go to chapter 22 of First 
Kings, and here's King Ava. 

809
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:23,200
He wants to go to war with the 
syrians. 

810
00:51:23,900 --> 00:51:26,900
He wants to go to war with the 
syrians and so, he asked 

811
00:51:26,900 --> 00:51:28,800
Jehoshaphat. 
Will you go to war with me? 

812
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:30,300
Why is he asking another king? 
While? 

813
00:51:30,300 --> 00:51:33,900
Remember, because of her humble 
home, we have a divided Kingdom.

814
00:51:33,900 --> 00:51:35,300
You have the Northern Kingdom of
Israel. 

815
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:38,200
You have the southern Kingdom 
King Ahab, is part of the 

816
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:41,400
northern Jehoshaphat is part of 
the Southern. 

817
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,800
He wants to come into a lion so 
that they can go to war with the

818
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:47,500
syrians and Jehoshaphat already 
made the mistake to agree with 

819
00:51:47,500 --> 00:51:48,800
him. 
But he had a little bit of 

820
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:50,300
discernment left in this 
container. 

821
00:51:51,100 --> 00:51:55,500
He had enough discernment to ask
for a prophetic confirmation. 

822
00:51:56,400 --> 00:52:00,400
And so we read here in verse 5 
of chapter 22 and Jehoshaphat 

823
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:03,400
said to the king of Israel. 
Inquire, first for the word of 

824
00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:06,500
the Lord. 
Then the king of Israel 

825
00:52:06,500 --> 00:52:09,600
gathered. 
The prophets together about 400 

826
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:14,800
men and said to them, shall I go
to battle against ramoth-gilead 

827
00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:18,700
or shall I refrain? 
And they said go up for the Lord

828
00:52:18,700 --> 00:52:20,700
will give it into the hand of 
the king. 

829
00:52:22,700 --> 00:52:25,300
It seems like Ahab listen to 
Joseph at. 

830
00:52:25,300 --> 00:52:26,600
It seemed like, he agree with 
them. 

831
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,100
Seem like he was doing the right
thing. 

832
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:34,300
But there's a problem and the 
problem is indicated by verse 7,

833
00:52:34,700 --> 00:52:37,700
but Jehoshaphat said, is there 
not here? 

834
00:52:37,700 --> 00:52:43,900
Another prophet of the Lord of 
whom we may inquire. 

835
00:52:46,700 --> 00:52:49,300
So here's your host event looks 
like King Ahab. 

836
00:52:49,300 --> 00:52:51,700
He says, look, I'm willing but 
we need some prophetic 

837
00:52:51,700 --> 00:52:54,700
confirmation. 
Can we get a profit King ahaz 

838
00:52:54,700 --> 00:52:56,300
is, I won't get you, I'll get 
you 400. 

839
00:52:56,600 --> 00:53:00,100
So he gets 400 to come into His 
courts and he asked them, shall 

840
00:53:00,100 --> 00:53:04,100
we go tour with ramoth-gilead or
shall I refrain and 400? 

841
00:53:04,100 --> 00:53:06,300
I can just imagine it and just 
they're just talking over each 

842
00:53:06,300 --> 00:53:07,100
other. 
Go up, go up. 

843
00:53:07,100 --> 00:53:09,500
Yes, do it, do it, you'll 
succeed, go for it. 

844
00:53:09,500 --> 00:53:11,900
Go for it. 
And here's a happy smiling with 

845
00:53:11,900 --> 00:53:15,500
his big grin, right? 
And Joseph has looking and he's 

846
00:53:15,500 --> 00:53:18,700
nervous because he recognizes 
something about these profits. 

847
00:53:20,100 --> 00:53:26,400
They're not prophets of Yahweh. 
They're not legitimate not one 

848
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:28,800
who abide by the word of God who
walk in the fear of the Lord. 

849
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:33,500
So he looks at. 
Yeah, because look I know 400 

850
00:53:33,500 --> 00:53:35,600
people in unison. 
Seems convincing. 

851
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:37,700
Do we have a real Prophet 
though? 

852
00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:46,000
and let me tell you this, if you
have 400 people who say the same

853
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:49,700
thing, But what they say is 
against the word of God, they're

854
00:53:49,700 --> 00:53:52,100
all wrong. 
I don't care how convincing I 

855
00:53:52,100 --> 00:53:54,100
don't care what it sounds like 
as a concert. 

856
00:53:54,100 --> 00:53:59,300
If it is against the word of 
God, God's word jumps over four 

857
00:53:59,300 --> 00:54:04,600
hundred or four hundred thousand
And this tells me something else

858
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:08,300
to just because they had the 
title profit, doesn't mean 

859
00:54:08,300 --> 00:54:11,700
they're right, ready for a 
shocker, just because the man 

860
00:54:11,700 --> 00:54:14,700
has a church doesn't mean he's 
always, right? 

861
00:54:16,900 --> 00:54:19,100
Just because the guy has a Ph.D,
doesn't mean he's gonna 

862
00:54:19,100 --> 00:54:22,100
interpret the Bible Faithfully 
just because they have a grand 

863
00:54:22,100 --> 00:54:24,100
Ministry with hundreds of 
thousands of views on, YouTube 

864
00:54:24,100 --> 00:54:26,500
means what they're saying is 
accurate or faithful to the word

865
00:54:26,500 --> 00:54:30,700
of God. 
Be careful. there's a difference

866
00:54:30,700 --> 00:54:34,800
between a pastor and a pastor 
who fears God, there's a 

867
00:54:34,808 --> 00:54:37,000
difference between a church and 
a church that abides by the word

868
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:41,900
of God. 
Is there not a prophet of 

869
00:54:41,900 --> 00:54:45,400
Yahweh? 
Now look at This is like 

870
00:54:45,700 --> 00:54:49,300
unbelievable. 
Look at a Habs response in verse

871
00:54:49,300 --> 00:54:53,100
8. 
And what he says, exposes the 

872
00:54:53,100 --> 00:54:55,400
attitude that leads to 
self-destruction in this life 

873
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:58,700
and eternally verse 8, and the 
king of Israel said to 

874
00:54:58,707 --> 00:55:01,800
Jehoshaphat. 
There is yet One Man by whom we 

875
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:05,500
may inquire of the Lord makya, 
the son of imlah, but I hate 

876
00:55:05,500 --> 00:55:09,300
him. 
Why do you hate him? 

877
00:55:09,300 --> 00:55:11,600
He had free. 
Never prophesize. 

878
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:17,200
Good concerning me, but evil And
Joseph had said let not the king

879
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:19,100
say, so he's like, trying to 
mildly rebuke him. 

880
00:55:19,100 --> 00:55:21,500
He's like, nah, I think it'll be
okay. 

881
00:55:24,300 --> 00:55:30,900
He never prophesize. 
Good concerning, who me? 

882
00:55:32,300 --> 00:55:38,100
Me when it's all about you. 
Deception is at your door. 

883
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,800
How frightening is this Micaiah?
The prophet that he is alluding 

884
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:47,300
to will prove himself in this 
chapter to be a true servant of 

885
00:55:47,300 --> 00:55:49,400
God, who speaks what God tells 
him to speak. 

886
00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:55,200
And yet in the eyes of Ahab, his
word is evil. 

887
00:55:57,000 --> 00:56:01,100
His word is evil. 
Now that's interesting, his word

888
00:56:01,100 --> 00:56:04,300
is evil. 
Because it didn't benefit him. 

889
00:56:04,300 --> 00:56:07,000
It didn't Empower him. 
It didn't satisfy him. 

890
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:10,900
It didn't agree with him. 
And because that is his world 

891
00:56:10,900 --> 00:56:13,300
view. 
A very humanistic worldview of a

892
00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:17,000
worldview where you are the 
center of the universe because 

893
00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:21,200
of that, he can take the message
of a true man of God and say it 

894
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:26,300
is wicked. 
It is absolutely vile because 

895
00:56:26,300 --> 00:56:32,800
for one reason, it doesn't 
profit me if you want God's 

896
00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:36,500
guidance in your life, if you 
want safety. 

897
00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:41,700
Fruition blessing, one. 
Easy way, ensure that your life 

898
00:56:41,700 --> 00:56:47,900
is not about you, And be 
consumed with the glory of God. 

899
00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:52,900
And be sure that whatever you 
seek in terms of advisory 

900
00:56:52,900 --> 00:56:57,700
Council that as long as it is, 
the truth, you will obey a no 

901
00:56:57,700 --> 00:57:02,300
matter what it costs you and you
will know wonders in this life. 

902
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:06,400
Unfortunately Ahab is going to 
pay a hefty price for saying. 

903
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:08,900
This message is evil and I'm 
going to go with these 400 

904
00:57:08,900 --> 00:57:12,700
Prophets. 
Hannon would pay a price. 

905
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:15,300
So we come down to the final two
verses of our study. 

906
00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:19,600
Verse 4 of chapter 10 of second 
Samuel. 

907
00:57:20,500 --> 00:57:23,400
So I knew and took David's 
servants and shaved off half 

908
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:25,700
their beard. 
The beard of each and cut off 

909
00:57:25,700 --> 00:57:30,700
their garments in the middle. 
And our wonderful associate. 

910
00:57:30,700 --> 00:57:36,000
Joshua - that it was the split 
by the buttocks at their hips 

911
00:57:36,700 --> 00:57:41,400
and sent them away. 
Now, if you thought that the 

912
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:46,900
Miss Judgment of the motives of 
David was bad enough hunting 

913
00:57:46,900 --> 00:57:51,600
takes it to another level. 
Because hearing something about 

914
00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:54,200
someone isn't just going to make
you think differently about him 

915
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:56,200
eventually. 
If you're not careful, it will 

916
00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:57,900
cause you to treat them 
differently. 

917
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:00,800
And that's exactly what is 
happening here. 

918
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:04,500
He takes it to a whole nother 
level and he humiliates these 

919
00:58:04,500 --> 00:58:08,900
ambassadors, humiliates him by 
as we just read shaving, half 

920
00:58:08,900 --> 00:58:14,500
the beard and mangling their 
garments sending them away with 

921
00:58:14,500 --> 00:58:20,100
such disgrace back to Jerusalem.
Now this is you don't need like 

922
00:58:20,100 --> 00:58:23,800
a cultural insight to know why 
this is disturbing because 

923
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:26,500
anybody who would do that today,
if the ambassador's of the 

924
00:58:26,500 --> 00:58:29,200
nation America sent people to 
whatever nation and they That 

925
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:31,800
flew them back. 
You might cause a war. 

926
00:58:33,900 --> 00:58:35,000
And that's what's going to 
happen here. 

927
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:39,000
But why is this particularly 
disturbing for David's men? 

928
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:47,200
It actually pertains to a law. 
A law in the Old Testament that 

929
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,500
deals with the appearance of 
Israel's men. 

930
00:58:50,700 --> 00:58:55,000
And he light bulbs go off. 
Yes. 

931
00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:59,700
Very good. 
Very good. 

932
00:58:59,700 --> 00:59:02,200
Ryan, did you hear the answer? 
Let me tell it to you from 

933
00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:05,300
Leviticus 19:27. 
Here is what would seem as 

934
00:59:05,300 --> 00:59:09,600
strange instruction to us today?
You shall not round off the hair

935
00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:13,500
of your temples or Mar the edges
of your beard. 

936
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:18,600
In the old Covenant. 
This is just one of the codes of

937
00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:22,000
many codes for Holiness to make 
the nation of Israel. 

938
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:26,200
Distinct from their neighboring 
foreign false god worshipping 

939
00:59:26,900 --> 00:59:31,000
counterparts. 
And what hanoun does here is is 

940
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:35,900
far greater than insulting the 
manhood Of David's ambassadors. 

941
00:59:35,900 --> 00:59:40,200
They are essentially attacking 
the Holiness of God. 

942
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:44,700
And very discreet way in a way 
that you. 

943
00:59:44,700 --> 00:59:47,000
And I would not know unless we 
knew these Specific 

944
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:49,000
Instructions. 
So you can imagine the 

945
00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:52,500
embarrassment that these men 
felt for the obvious reasons. 

946
00:59:52,700 --> 00:59:56,700
But also, because their hearts, 
let's assume that they love God.

947
00:59:57,900 --> 01:00:01,600
And they had great joy and going
to Gentiles and extending the 

948
01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:04,300
kindness of their King, which is
a reflection of the kindness of 

949
01:00:04,300 --> 01:00:06,600
God. 
And here, they are instead. 

950
01:00:09,300 --> 01:00:12,800
Harshly treated. 
And here's the theme of his 

951
01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:15,400
really, just the thing that's 
just hammering us tonight. 

952
01:00:17,100 --> 01:00:23,000
If you are faithful even kind 
and faithful do not be surprised

953
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:26,300
at the harshness of this world. 
When you try to reach out to it,

954
01:00:26,300 --> 01:00:29,900
do not be surprised by the 
ruthlessness of those that you 

955
01:00:29,900 --> 01:00:32,800
try to serve or if you've served
for years. 

956
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:36,700
It can come and it can come in a
fierce manner. 

957
01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:40,500
These men had their beard shade.
What happened to Christ beard, 

958
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:46,500
they plucked it. 
And they spat in it and they 

959
01:00:46,500 --> 01:00:49,600
blindfolded him and they punch 
them in the face and said, hook 

960
01:00:49,600 --> 01:00:51,200
prophesy to us. 
Who did it? 

961
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:57,700
When I look at this, I can say 
so much more. 

962
01:00:59,600 --> 01:01:02,000
But you and I have to end on a 
hopeful note and there is a 

963
01:01:02,008 --> 01:01:05,100
hopeful note at the end here. 
Because if we hear this over and

964
01:01:05,100 --> 01:01:08,000
over as you did tonight, you 
might live Faithfully but you're

965
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:11,000
going to Flinch throughout your 
journey to that always being 

966
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:13,200
suspicious of people always 
wondering their motives. 

967
01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:17,100
And and now here you are you can
be crippled to actually continue

968
01:01:17,100 --> 01:01:20,500
and kindness because you're 
thinking, is it really worth it?

969
01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:25,600
Is it really worth it? 
Well, for Jesus sake, it is for 

970
01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:28,900
your own sake, maybe not. 
But for his sake, he is 

971
01:01:28,900 --> 01:01:32,900
infinitely Worthy. 
And what I see David doing as we

972
01:01:32,900 --> 01:01:36,900
as we mention in our initial 
conversation with David is doing

973
01:01:36,900 --> 01:01:41,000
here, is somewhat of a, just a 
hint of what our King will do 

974
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:46,100
for us. 
We read here in verse 5, when I 

975
01:01:46,100 --> 01:01:50,400
was told David the news came to 
David of what happened to his 

976
01:01:50,400 --> 01:01:55,100
ambassadors. 
And even just he didn't just 

977
01:01:55,100 --> 01:01:58,900
hear it, he put it into account 
and he was going to do something

978
01:01:58,900 --> 01:02:02,800
about it. 
And what he did here was that he

979
01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:08,700
called to them to stay in 
Jericho and to wait until the 

980
01:02:08,700 --> 01:02:10,900
other half of their beard came 
out. 

981
01:02:11,500 --> 01:02:15,400
And I'm sure he sent for fresh 
garments so that when they would

982
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:21,700
come back to Jerusalem, their 
honor would be restored. here's 

983
01:02:21,700 --> 01:02:25,100
what you have to understand in 
the same way, politically if 

984
01:02:25,100 --> 01:02:27,600
this nation were to send 
ambassadors to another Nation. 

985
01:02:28,700 --> 01:02:32,800
And they were bullied, or they 
were harmed, or they were 

986
01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:34,500
assassinate. 
Whatever the case may be 

987
01:02:35,100 --> 01:02:38,100
politically speaking, whatever 
happens to the Ambassador 

988
01:02:38,100 --> 01:02:41,100
happens to the leader of the 
nation that they represent. 

989
01:02:42,700 --> 01:02:46,200
You and I are ambassadors of 
Jesus Christ, that is our title 

990
01:02:46,200 --> 01:02:49,700
in this world. 
We're I like to tell people, my 

991
01:02:49,700 --> 01:02:51,800
citizenship people say, are you?
I'm a dual citizen. 

992
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:54,500
I have one in Canada when here, 
but I'm starting to train myself

993
01:02:54,500 --> 01:02:55,300
to say. 
I have actually three 

994
01:02:55,300 --> 01:02:59,400
citizenships I have one here and
one of the Canada and one in 

995
01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:02,300
heaven. 
Talk about a conversation 

996
01:03:02,300 --> 01:03:03,800
opener. 
They might look at you like 

997
01:03:03,800 --> 01:03:05,500
you're crazy but at least you 
did the gospel in. 

998
01:03:07,700 --> 01:03:09,600
Our citizenship is in heaven. 
We're traveling through this 

999
01:03:09,600 --> 01:03:10,400
world. 
We're ambassadors. 

1000
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:12,600
We have a message. 
We are representing our Christ. 

1001
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:15,400
Whatever happens to us, happens 
to the apple of his eye. 

1002
01:03:18,500 --> 01:03:21,400
And as David took it into 
account, so will Christ. 

1003
01:03:22,700 --> 01:03:26,200
And Christ has the ability that 
in this life to restore our 

1004
01:03:26,200 --> 01:03:27,500
honor. 
You know, one of those examples 

1005
01:03:27,500 --> 01:03:30,100
in the Old Testament that I 
always love it, when Joseph was 

1006
01:03:30,100 --> 01:03:34,100
falsely accused remember for 
rape thrown into a prison for 

1007
01:03:34,100 --> 01:03:37,600
years? 
That that can anger somebody 

1008
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:41,400
who's about True Justice because
you think this is unfair, he was

1009
01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:44,100
faithful to Potter for how can 
this happen? 

1010
01:03:45,700 --> 01:03:48,500
And it's a subtle thing. 
But when you realize that he was

1011
01:03:48,500 --> 01:03:51,200
promoted to be second-in-command
just under the authority of 

1012
01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:54,700
pharaoh, something happens in 
that moment that celebratory 

1013
01:03:54,700 --> 01:03:58,200
moment, he gives him a chariot, 
they travel through Egypt and 

1014
01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:01,700
the instruction was that all 
were to bow to Joseph. 

1015
01:04:01,700 --> 01:04:04,100
You know what? 
I like to think that Potter for 

1016
01:04:04,100 --> 01:04:09,800
in his wife, had to bow to him. 
Can you imagine the site 

1017
01:04:10,300 --> 01:04:12,200
Potiphar's? 
I would I would pay to see her 

1018
01:04:12,200 --> 01:04:16,700
face in that moment. 
Here's Joseph promoted. 

1019
01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:24,100
Established secure honored, 
God's faithfulness proved to be 

1020
01:04:24,100 --> 01:04:26,200
true. 
And as he's traveling there in 

1021
01:04:26,207 --> 01:04:29,800
his Chariot to the right. 
You see, part of her, I'm sure. 

1022
01:04:29,800 --> 01:04:33,000
Maybe he was embarrassed bowing 
and there's Potiphar's wife with

1023
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:36,900
a grin on her face, having to 
Balor need God can do it in this

1024
01:04:36,900 --> 01:04:40,400
life. 
But he doesn't have to. 

1025
01:04:41,700 --> 01:04:45,600
And even if he doesn't, I'm 
promise one thing in the life to

1026
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:46,300
come. 
He will. 

1027
01:04:47,500 --> 01:04:50,500
In the life to come, he will. 
And I want to end with this 

1028
01:04:50,500 --> 01:04:53,300
text. 
If I were to ask you, why is 

1029
01:04:53,300 --> 01:04:54,600
Jesus coming back? 
What will he do? 

1030
01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:57,000
When he come back? 
We can list many things. 

1031
01:04:57,800 --> 01:05:01,800
Perhaps you have not considered 
this second Thessalonians 

1032
01:05:02,300 --> 01:05:10,000
chapter 1, a couple of verses, 
and I'm going to let you go. 2nd

1033
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:17,400
Thessalonians 1:5. 
That chapters about the second 

1034
01:05:17,400 --> 01:05:21,100
coming of Christ. 
And in verse 5 of chapter one, 

1035
01:05:21,100 --> 01:05:24,200
what do we read? 
This is evidence of the 

1036
01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:28,300
righteous Judgment of God that 
you may be considered worthy of 

1037
01:05:28,300 --> 01:05:31,800
the kingdom of God for which you
are also suffering. 

1038
01:05:32,600 --> 01:05:38,000
Now, look at verse 6 since 
indeed, God considers it just to

1039
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:45,600
repay with Affliction. 
Those who afflict you And to, 

1040
01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:52,100
Grant relief to you who are 
afflicted, as well, as to us. 

1041
01:05:52,900 --> 01:05:55,900
When the Lord Jesus is revealed 
from heaven with his mighty 

1042
01:05:55,900 --> 01:06:02,500
angels, if you are enduring 
scorn persecution, if things 

1043
01:06:02,500 --> 01:06:05,500
have been taken from you, if 
your reputation has been marred,

1044
01:06:07,500 --> 01:06:11,400
If you have received evil for 
kindness. 

1045
01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:13,900
Here's what the Lord promises 
us. 

1046
01:06:13,900 --> 01:06:18,400
Who are faithful? 
He finds it just to afflict 

1047
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:23,700
those who have Afflicted us. 
Here's if I take my eschatology,

1048
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:26,500
and I have it in compartments. 
And I have one compartment, 

1049
01:06:26,500 --> 01:06:30,500
says, reasons and what are, what
are some things? 

1050
01:06:30,500 --> 01:06:31,800
The Lord is going to do when he 
returns. 

1051
01:06:32,100 --> 01:06:38,900
Here's one slot. 
Retribution and relief for The 

1052
01:06:38,900 --> 01:06:45,400
Afflicted. 
Retribution and relief for The 

1053
01:06:45,400 --> 01:06:48,400
Afflicted. 
And if you have been Afflicted, 

1054
01:06:48,700 --> 01:06:50,600
then this is what he will do for
you. 

1055
01:06:54,500 --> 01:06:57,500
And I'll end by saying to those 
who have been afflicted. 

1056
01:06:58,500 --> 01:07:03,500
Or who are enduring affliction. 
You may have to be like those 

1057
01:07:03,500 --> 01:07:06,700
men who were told to remain in 
Jericho what I mean by that. 

1058
01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:08,300
You may have to wait a little 
bit. 

1059
01:07:10,700 --> 01:07:12,100
You may have to wait a little 
bit. 

1060
01:07:12,400 --> 01:07:14,600
You may actually live your whole
life afflicted. 

1061
01:07:15,700 --> 01:07:22,600
Humiliated embarrassed lied 
about you may have your whole 

1062
01:07:22,600 --> 01:07:25,100
life finding difficulty to find 
a job. 

1063
01:07:27,100 --> 01:07:31,900
To find favor. 
To know memories with your 

1064
01:07:31,900 --> 01:07:35,600
family, who refused to have any 
association with you because 

1065
01:07:35,600 --> 01:07:38,800
you're an ambassador of Christ 
in this counter Christ culture. 

1066
01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:43,500
It may be painful to have a 
husband or a wife. 

1067
01:07:44,500 --> 01:07:49,200
Who does not love the Jesus that
you love or children who mock 

1068
01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:52,700
you? 
For the Christ that you love who

1069
01:07:52,700 --> 01:07:55,800
will not take serving Jesus. 
Seriously, as you had hoped and 

1070
01:07:55,800 --> 01:08:01,800
prayed for for your children. 
But, but take this example as an

1071
01:08:01,800 --> 01:08:08,300
instruction for you, just wait. 
Retribution will come. 

1072
01:08:09,700 --> 01:08:14,800
Relief will come. 
And God will be good to you for 

1073
01:08:14,800 --> 01:08:17,399
being good to those who failed 
to be good to you. 

1074
01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:47,800
Let's pray. 
Lord, we learn in the past two 

1075
01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:53,700
weeks. 
That sometimes there is great 

1076
01:08:53,700 --> 01:08:55,899
reward for our christ-like 
kindness. 

1077
01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:03,700
But we learned tonight. 
Sometimes there is a reproach 

1078
01:09:03,700 --> 01:09:10,000
for it. 
Whether it is reward or reproach

1079
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:18,300
help us to remain like Jesus. 
It would be comforted to know 

1080
01:09:18,300 --> 01:09:23,100
that you like, King David. 
Are fully aware of the 

1081
01:09:23,100 --> 01:09:29,600
Affliction and the shame that we
endure. and Lord, when it gets 

1082
01:09:29,700 --> 01:09:36,800
more difficult to follow you, in
this world that is becoming 

1083
01:09:36,800 --> 01:09:41,000
darker and darker made this 
Bible study revisit our hearts 

1084
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:47,100
For those who go out and 
evangelize. 

1085
01:09:50,500 --> 01:09:52,200
And they seem to have see no 
fruit. 

1086
01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:57,500
They're only cussed at and 
mocked and threatened and like 

1087
01:09:57,500 --> 01:09:59,800
these ambassadors of David, only
go home. 

1088
01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:04,500
With their heads hanging low. 
Remember. 

1089
01:10:05,700 --> 01:10:11,600
And help us Lord to remember. 
That you will bring relief to us

1090
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:15,300
soon. 
Now, you will deal with those 

1091
01:10:15,300 --> 01:10:20,600
who have harmed us. 
Laurie. 

1092
01:10:20,600 --> 01:10:26,100
Rest tonight. 
We ask that you fill us with 

1093
01:10:26,100 --> 01:10:30,500
your Holy Spirit. 
So that we would not suffer from

1094
01:10:30,500 --> 01:10:34,800
spiritual amnesia. 
Forget your kindness toward us. 

1095
01:10:35,900 --> 01:10:38,000
And lose our way down down the 
road. 

1096
01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:42,500
Or lose sight of the 
preciousness of our relationship

1097
01:10:42,500 --> 01:10:47,600
to one another. and hold up, 
offenses and cut off in several 

1098
01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:53,500
members because we refuse to 
recall. 

1099
01:10:54,400 --> 01:10:57,900
The blessing. 
That our brothers and sisters 

1100
01:10:57,900 --> 01:11:01,200
really are. 
And that you have brought these 

1101
01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:05,800
people into our lives as gifts. 
And as co-laborers in Christ, 

1102
01:11:05,900 --> 01:11:10,800
may this church be a Kinder 
Church than it already is, but 

1103
01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:14,500
we worship you. 
Lord, our hearts ache from the 

1104
01:11:14,500 --> 01:11:17,100
bottom of our hearts. 
We say come Lord, Jesus. 

1105
01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:21,300
We grown with creation and we 
say, we want you to just just 

1106
01:11:21,300 --> 01:11:26,100
comic just come We're weary 
we're tired. 

1107
01:11:27,700 --> 01:11:30,400
And Lord we trust that your 
timing is perfect. 

1108
01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:33,500
So if it is not in our lifetime 
it's if it's in the next 

1109
01:11:33,500 --> 01:11:36,300
lifetime or 100 years from now a
thousand years from now, help us

1110
01:11:36,300 --> 01:11:40,500
be faithful. 
No matter what comes our way for

1111
01:11:40,500 --> 01:11:43,100
it? 
In Jesus name we pray. 

1112
01:11:43,500 --> 01:11:47,200
Amen. 
Can We Worship the Lord together

1113
01:11:47,200 --> 01:11:48,900
with the remaining strength that
we have? 

1114
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:52,700
Amen. 
Let's Stand Together. 

1115
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:52,700
Amen. 
Let's Stand Together.