1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,200 I'm eager to open up the word of God with you. 2 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:16,100 And so, please meet me in the book of 1st Samuel, chapter 24, 3 00:00:19,900 --> 00:00:21,700 As I was studying today, I was thinking to myself. 4 00:00:21,700 --> 00:00:24,500 I can't believe we're almost finished this book. 5 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:32,500 Just a few more chapters before we enter into the second part of 6 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:36,400 this Grand Story in second Samuel, but we are taking our 7 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,700 time, and that's why we're still in the same chapter as we were 8 00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:41,900 last week. So meet me down in verse 8. 9 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:44,800 If you've come to Bible study tonight, you've come to an 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,100 exciting portion of the book of 1st Samuel. 11 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:52,900 And the reason is because For the First Time, in about five 12 00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:58,500 chapters, Saul and David are going to meet face-to-face, 13 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,300 they're going to have a conversation. 14 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:07,900 For the longest time it seems like it's been so normal to see 15 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:13,400 David just running from this predator and he has been for 16 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:19,400 good reason but at this moment The Fugitive is going to change 17 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,900 directions and he's actually going to approach the very man 18 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:28,800 that is trying to kill him. And for good reason, this daring 19 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:34,500 move might seem to be unwise for some, but there seems to be this 20 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,200 confidence that David Acquired and I think it has to do with 21 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,100 what he experienced in the cave that you. 22 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:45,800 And I read about last week. I think David realized something 23 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:51,400 that God at any moment can disarm and subdue his enemies. 24 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:55,900 And a moment, he just saw how weak saw could become in a 25 00:01:55,908 --> 00:01:57,400 moment. How vulnerable? 26 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:02,500 How susceptible, God brought salt to David, on a silver 27 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:04,800 platter. And I think there is something 28 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:09,800 energizing about that, where he felt, he felt the need and the 29 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,600 grace, to be able to, now peek out of that cave, and to 30 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:20,000 confront Saul, And as we read these verses, as we finish this 31 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,900 chapter today, there is so much in here, but I think there's a 32 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:31,000 theme and that is just insights of how to confront someone when 33 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,300 they are in wrong. How to approach someone when 34 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:39,900 they are in sin, how to deal with someone who has wronged, 35 00:02:39,900 --> 00:02:43,800 you And that is very important to our god. 36 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:48,600 That is important to the head of the church Jesus has given 37 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,400 instructions of how you and I ought to deal with others who 38 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,900 have sinned against us. That that tells us that you. 39 00:02:56,900 --> 00:03:01,500 And I as Christians you're most likely going to be wronged and I 40 00:03:01,508 --> 00:03:03,800 want to I want to just tell you how to time, it's going to 41 00:03:03,808 --> 00:03:07,900 happen more than once. This might even further 42 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:10,500 disappoint you. It might happen more than once 43 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:13,900 from the same person and that could happen with multiple 44 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:15,600 people. So multiply that with every 45 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,800 person that you know, even if they're Christian. 46 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:22,700 So it begs us to know. Lord, how do I deal with this? 47 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,500 How do I go about this? If I'm asking you to actually 48 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:29,100 make me like like your son then surely, I need to know how to be 49 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:33,200 like your son when I've been treated with with so much evil 50 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,300 and wickedness. And it's not as black and white 51 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:40,200 as you and I might think. And so I know we prayed but I 52 00:03:40,208 --> 00:03:43,100 think it's good to pray again. Let's ask the Lord to help us. 53 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,000 Lord, we need you in this Bible study. 54 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,700 We are grateful that we have the word of God in our hands but we 55 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:55,600 need the spirit that helped us understand it. 56 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,900 Thank you for this family. Laura, thank you for bringing us 57 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:01,400 in the same place to expound the scriptures. 58 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:03,900 Lord. We know that this can easily 59 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:08,600 become a sermon but we wanted to be a study and so energized, our 60 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,500 minds and create Opportunity by your perfect wisdom for 61 00:04:12,900 --> 00:04:15,200 conversation and for shared insights Lord. 62 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,399 We just pray that you would lead us and conduct this meeting to 63 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:21,399 your pleasure. I'll or we need you to help us 64 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:27,300 because this can easily become a dead teaching session, but we 65 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:31,900 know that your word is life. We also know that your word must 66 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:34,200 be assisted by the power of the Holy Spirit. 67 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,900 And so we back in you, we ask that this would be true on this 68 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:40,800 Friday evening. At this Bible study, we trust 69 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,300 that you will do it because you're faithful and you're eager 70 00:04:43,300 --> 00:04:45,900 to speak to us in your name. We pray these things. 71 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:50,300 Amen. Let's read verse 8. 72 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,200 After word. After word, after that whole 73 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,000 incident in the cave where David sauce on those men, convinced 74 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,500 him to kill him once. And for all after all of that, 75 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,600 David didn't do it. But he does something here, 76 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,400 afterward, David also arose and went out of the cave and called 77 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:16,600 after saw my Lord the king, and when Saul look behind him, David 78 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,800 bowed with his face to the Earth and paid homage And we can just 79 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,900 stop there for a moment. Consider this at David in that 80 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:30,600 cave, did not exercise his sword with vengeance but David still 81 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,400 is going to do something about Saul and what David is going to 82 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,000 do in this moment is utilize a different instrument, a 83 00:05:37,008 --> 00:05:40,800 different weapon, a weapon that God encourages you and I to use 84 00:05:41,100 --> 00:05:46,300 when we are being treated with such contempt and wrong and that 85 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:49,700 is the weapon of returning good for evil. 86 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,800 That is the response of doing. What doesn't make sense to the 87 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,800 Natural mind to the most undeserving? 88 00:06:01,700 --> 00:06:05,100 And so he approaches him at a safe distance. 89 00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:08,400 We have reason to believe because even saw later on the 90 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,800 chapter, he can't really recognize David's voice and 91 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,100 either. That's because of the distance 92 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:15,300 or his mind has been. So damaged that he can't even 93 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:18,700 understand who's speaking to him, but it seems like David is 94 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:21,300 acting and wisdom and there's a distance, and he comes up and he 95 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:26,000 calls he calls for Saul now, here's my question in these two 96 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,900 verses. What what kind of phrase that's 97 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:33,000 all repeatedly used? when it came to identifying 98 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:41,800 David, That son of Jesse. With humiliation and mind with 99 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:47,200 an attempt to bring such contempt of his lowly because of 100 00:06:47,207 --> 00:06:50,000 his lowly upbringing and his background that son of Jesse 101 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,300 that nobody up to this point we've seen that being used 102 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:56,900 repeatedly, son of Jesse, son of Jesse, son of Jesse but then 103 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:01,400 when it comes to David addressing Saul, what does he 104 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,100 say? My Lord, the king. 105 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:09,400 My Lord, the king. He didn't say you rascal. 106 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,100 He didn't say you evil Wicked King. 107 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:16,400 He didn't say you lunatic, he didn't say, you maniac. 108 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:22,000 He said, my Lord, the king. Is he showing face here? 109 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,100 Is he just pretending? Is he just trying to seem Pious? 110 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,400 Absolutely not. Because, before this we know 111 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,400 that in private, he addresses salt to those men that really 112 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,900 didn't feel. The best way about Saul, he's 113 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:42,500 still the Lord's anointed And so even behind his back he was it 114 00:07:42,508 --> 00:07:47,400 was respecting this man and Shirley before his face he was 115 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,000 honoring. This man, how do we make sense 116 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 of this? What do we make of this? 117 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,000 Is he condoning? Saul sin? 118 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,400 Is he ignoring his pure wickedness? 119 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:03,100 No, he's actually, he's respecting the office. 120 00:08:04,100 --> 00:08:07,200 And the position that he has though, he might be unfaithful 121 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:12,000 in it, there is a loss of the sense of respect for authority 122 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,700 in our culture, even for those who are doing, right? 123 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,800 Even for those that are doing what they should be doing there, 124 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:23,400 still this growing loss for respect and honor and that is a 125 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:27,700 dangerous sign. Of where we stand and in our 126 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:30,800 morality. But here we see that there is 127 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:35,200 still sense of respect and honor that is demanded. 128 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,200 And what's important about that is you and I and life might be 129 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,700 failed by those who are in positions of authority. 130 00:08:42,500 --> 00:08:45,100 You might be let down by a father but you have to 131 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:48,500 understand He's still your father. 132 00:08:49,700 --> 00:08:53,700 You might be disappointed by spiritual leader by a pastor by 133 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:56,200 someone, who teaches a Bible class, whatever it may be. 134 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,400 But regardless that person is still holding a position of 135 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,200 authority. You might be caught up in the 136 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:07,200 frenzy of people who are doing much to, to the names of 137 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,000 politicians, including the president. 138 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,300 But regardless, he's still the president. 139 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,800 He's still a president even though he's not serving as some. 140 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:22,000 What many would say as a faithful politician consider 141 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,000 that consider that, as you prepare to confront someone in 142 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:30,600 their wrong, that there is still has to be a level of respect and 143 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,800 dignity and the way you approach that individual That is 144 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,500 important because no matter how true something is no matter how 145 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:41,800 sobering the confrontation might be, it should never cross the 146 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,100 line into ridicule and into mockery. 147 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:49,800 And David proves that with such balance and I'm fully aware that 148 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,400 there's a temptation to maybe not kill someone with an actual 149 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:54,700 sore. But with the sword of your 150 00:09:54,700 --> 00:10:00,600 tongue and yet this man, still restrains that weapon because he 151 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,600 is still walking in the fear of the Lord. 152 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:08,500 And so he calls out my Lord, the king and saw hears this voice 153 00:10:08,500 --> 00:10:10,800 and this must have been confusing because he thought he 154 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,400 was alone in that cave. So very quickly, I'm sure he 155 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,600 turns around only to see the very that you've been looking 156 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:22,000 for for who knows how long And the moment that David realizes 157 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,800 that he has Saul's attention, not only did he address him with 158 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,800 respect, but with with a posture of humility, he takes his his 159 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,700 face and he bounced before boughs before him as a way of 160 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:37,300 saluting, somebody who is Superior in rank. 161 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,700 And it reinforces again, the absolute necessity that you and 162 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:45,500 I in our confrontation and even in our communication of 163 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:49,500 conviction it has to come from a posture of great great. 164 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:54,800 Respect and humility. And this man is displaying that 165 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,800 ever. So clearly, It may be so with us 166 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,800 because we can lose the the power of what we want to say, 167 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:07,900 when the package, when the package is Given In the Flesh, 168 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,300 even if the message is spiritual, even if it lines up 169 00:11:10,300 --> 00:11:15,200 with God's word and what we see here is after he gained Saul's 170 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:20,100 attention and after he already is showing himself to be a man 171 00:11:20,100 --> 00:11:22,300 who really reflects the character of God. 172 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:27,300 He asks his first question And it is, it is insightful when you 173 00:11:27,300 --> 00:11:31,400 meditate upon the question that he brings its found in verse 9. 174 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:37,200 And David said to Saul, why do you listen to the words of men 175 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:41,300 who say behold David seeks your harm? 176 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,700 Why do you listen to the words of men, who say, behold David 177 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:52,300 seeks your harm? It seems like David is fully 178 00:11:52,300 --> 00:12:00,200 aware that the fuel to Saul's crazed Pursuit after him was the 179 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,700 words of others who were instigating and who were 180 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:07,000 encouraging him to continue to pursue David and Amanda to kill 181 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,200 him. And we studied that with a man 182 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:14,500 named who do a grammar, do idea to might David was Aware that 183 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:17,900 the main cause for these priests to be slaughtered and for salt 184 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:21,100 to be ever. So motivated to pursue the 185 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:25,600 innocence of this man is because of what another person said now 186 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:30,500 you and I know the deep-rooted reason why Saul is doing this, 187 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,000 this wasn't just suggested, this was only fueling. 188 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,000 The slander was only fueling, but this was something birth 189 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,700 within his own bosom. This was something that went all 190 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:45,900 the way back to 1st Samuel 18, when a bunch of women of Israel 191 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:51,000 began to saying that David was more Victorious than Saul and so 192 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,300 you know this we've been studying it that the reason why 193 00:12:53,300 --> 00:12:55,700 Saul is doing this is because he has a jealousy. 194 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:59,600 There's Pride. There there's there's a hidden 195 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:02,600 Evil Within his heart that was not tamed by the power of the 196 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,000 Holy Spirit. And because of that, it, let 197 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,400 loose into all this carnality But what's so amazing here is 198 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,300 that, I think that David is not addressing that with great 199 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:16,300 wisdom. One would say he's not aware of 200 00:13:16,300 --> 00:13:18,800 the reason. Okay. 201 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:22,400 But could it be that David is not going to spend his time. 202 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:27,200 Pull pointing at the motives of Saul and is instead going to 203 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,900 just deal with the clear evidence for the wrong that he 204 00:13:29,908 --> 00:13:33,900 is performing? Instead of trying to investigate 205 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:37,000 things that are hidden. He instead goes to the things 206 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,500 that cannot be denied. And I think this is very 207 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:42,100 important. There's great wisdom here 208 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:45,600 because you and I, as Christians, we are not called to 209 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:51,700 make judgments on people's hidden motives. as tempting, as 210 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:55,900 it may be to try to figure out why it is, people do what they 211 00:13:55,900 --> 00:13:59,600 do, unless it is clear, unless there is evidence, unless it is 212 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:04,900 obvious you and I actually commanded not to judge the 213 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:09,800 things that only God can determine And and looking at 214 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,300 what David is doing here though, we can debate, why he's asking 215 00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:16,800 this question primarily there is still a practical wisdom in this 216 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,000 theme tonight of how you and I should deal with other people's 217 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,100 wrongs against us and if you want proof of what I'm saying, 218 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:26,600 it's in it's in the New Testament, which Comforts a lot 219 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,300 more people because when it's old it's like, yeah. 220 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,500 New Testament. 1st Corinthians chapter 4. 221 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:34,100 Look, what. Paul says to Christians and I 222 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:38,200 want you to see this for yourself and I mean, talk about 223 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:43,800 the pursuit of Holiness, how these things are so specific. 224 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,800 To our lives. We read here. 225 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:52,700 Paul says therefore do not and First Corinthians 4:5 do not 226 00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:55,100 pronounce judgment before the time. 227 00:14:55,700 --> 00:14:58,500 He's talking to Believers and he's actually talking to 228 00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:03,100 Believers that are judging Paul's Ministry and questioning 229 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,500 his motives. Do not pronounce judgement 230 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:11,800 before the time before the Lord comes, who will bring to light 231 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:15,900 the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the 232 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:20,600 purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his 233 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:24,900 Commendation from God. There is a Time coming my 234 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:26,400 brother. There's a Time coming. 235 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,800 My sister were the Lord himself will investigate with perfect 236 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:36,100 Justice and perfect evaluation. The reason why some people do 237 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:39,900 that, which is wrong. And more than that, the Lord 238 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:43,700 will also reveal. Why the people standing before 239 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:48,300 him did good. And what Paul is saying here is 240 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:55,100 leave that kind of judgment. To the Lord, don't get yourself 241 00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:59,200 occupied with something that solely belongs to God himself. 242 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,800 Because that is a great Temptation, not just to look at 243 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,600 people who are doing evil and saying, why are they doing that? 244 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,000 But even looking at people who are doing good and be like, you 245 00:16:09,008 --> 00:16:12,000 know, I think, I think he's a pastor, because he does this, or 246 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,700 he wants this, Paul says, don't do that. 247 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,700 That solely Belongs to the Lord because how embarrassing it will 248 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:22,100 it be for you on Judgment day when you were wrong. 249 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:24,400 And you actually told other people, the reason why you think 250 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,800 they're doing it and it all comes to light and you, you're 251 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,600 the one. Who will find rebuke from the 252 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,400 Lord? It's pastas resist that 253 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,600 Temptation, resist it with everything within you, by the 254 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,200 power of the Holy Spirit, leave that to the Lord. 255 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:43,700 Now, when you come back to this text others, believe that the 256 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:47,300 reason why David is speaking about the slander of men rather 257 00:16:47,300 --> 00:16:51,200 than addressing Saul since straight up is because in love, 258 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:57,600 he wants to cover sauce in and he's willing to shift the blame 259 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,100 on others so that there can be clear communication between two. 260 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:05,400 I think that's reading way too much in the And it's clear from 261 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,900 the text itself. That's that David is not trying 262 00:17:07,900 --> 00:17:11,500 to dismiss all is wrong. He's actually questioning his 263 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:15,500 wrong when he brings up the lies of others. 264 00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:20,099 Read the verse slowly and realized that Saul is guilty. 265 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,300 Saul is guilty and how he responded to what other people 266 00:17:24,300 --> 00:17:27,400 were saying. Falsely about David, go back to 267 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:33,600 the verse, what does it say? David said to Saul, why do you 268 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:38,100 listen? Why do you listen? 269 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:45,500 For salt to entertain, for salt, to believe, and to act upon the 270 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:48,200 false statements made by others about David. 271 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:52,900 Listen is no less of a crime than the slander itself. 272 00:17:54,900 --> 00:18:00,600 For salt to entertain, for salt, to believe and enforce. 273 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,200 All to act upon what other people were saying, is no less 274 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,500 of a crime than those who instigated the lives to begin 275 00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:17,100 with. you and I are stewards of many things in this life and one 276 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:20,900 of the things that you and I are responsible for is what we do 277 00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:25,600 based on what we hear, what you and I do based on what we hear, 278 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,900 the Lord will hold us accountable for And there are 279 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:32,000 many people who do certain things that are wrong and then 280 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,200 when they realize they're wrong, they will point to the 281 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,200 misinformation. That was given to them thinking 282 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:42,300 that that somehow justifies it and it doesn't a failure to 283 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:46,600 investigate a failure to be Discerning, never excuses, doing 284 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,200 something wrong or treating somebody differently based on 285 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,500 something that you're not sure about the understand. 286 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,600 This is an extremely important. I'm trying to Save You Tonight 287 00:18:56,700 --> 00:18:59,500 from destroying things that can be A bird and could be a 288 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:04,100 blessing. We see here that saw was held 289 00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:08,900 responsible because of why he listened and he believed, and he 290 00:19:08,900 --> 00:19:13,100 moved based on that and you and I have to understand very very 291 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:16,500 carefully. That there is just as much 292 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:19,100 trouble for the person who acts upon false information in the 293 00:19:19,108 --> 00:19:21,300 person who sharing that false information to begin with 294 00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:26,100 example potiphar. Not notice, I didn't say, 295 00:19:26,100 --> 00:19:29,900 Potiphar's wife. I said potiphar part of his 296 00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:33,400 wife, framed, an innocent man and part 2. 297 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:38,600 Fur threw him into prison. And we always focus on 298 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,700 Potiphar's wife. What about the man who believed 299 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,200 something that he should have investigated be very careful in 300 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,300 your Christian walk? You and I will be held 301 00:19:47,300 --> 00:19:51,300 responsible for what we do based on what we hear. 302 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,300 And I think a lot of people don't believe that, but we see 303 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:57,600 that here by Holy Spirit and so David. 304 00:19:57,900 --> 00:20:01,000 David confronts him about this but we see what he does. 305 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:06,000 In the next verse behold verse 10, this day your eyes have seen 306 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:10,400 how the lord gave you today into my hand and the cave and some 307 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,100 told me to kill you but I spared you. 308 00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:17,300 I said, I will not put out my hand against my Lord for he is 309 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:25,300 the Lord's anointed. and so David now goes from questioning 310 00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:29,800 him, To now, actually bringing something to his attention that 311 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,700 he did not know. David, I was going to prove his 312 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:36,800 innocence. He's going to show how all those 313 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,900 lies were wrong and what saw was doing was not just wrong. 314 00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:42,600 It was sin and it was wickedness. 315 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:47,100 And so he says behold do you not realize I'm translating here? 316 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:51,000 Do you not realize what God just did right here right now. 317 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,000 And saw was completely unaware of the fact that his casual 318 00:20:56,300 --> 00:21:00,800 visitation to the facilities was actually the Lord setting them 319 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:06,600 up in a way for him to learn that he had escaped yet another 320 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,300 intervention of possible judgment. 321 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:15,600 I mean, so many episodes where God had spared saw one after the 322 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,700 other. And here is another one that 323 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:20,600 David is highlighting to Saul. You missed it. 324 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,000 If it wasn't for me approaching you right now, you would have 325 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,900 not understood this. The Lord set you up. the Lord 326 00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:33,300 made this show possible for me to actually deal with you once 327 00:21:33,300 --> 00:21:39,900 and for all and Saul was blinded by this saw was unaware of this 328 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:42,900 and this isn't, this isn't deal with the theme that we're 329 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:45,100 speaking about in this chapter, but it's a wonderful point that 330 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:48,500 consider nonetheless. It is a wonderful illustration 331 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:53,500 of how those who are in sin are blinded by the the mercies that 332 00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:55,400 follow them though. They are undeserving of those 333 00:21:55,400 --> 00:22:00,000 Mercies Speaks of those who do not acknowledge the lordship of 334 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:03,100 Jesus Christ. And he speaks of those who fail, 335 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:05,200 to a tribute to him all the wonderful things that they 336 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,900 enjoy. Like Saul, who didn't know what 337 00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:12,200 just happened moments ago. There are sinners tonight who 338 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:16,600 have healthy bodies and full bank accounts and great 339 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,400 families. And successful businesses that 340 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,600 do not realize that, though, they deserve to be judged 341 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,900 eternally at this very moment. They are instead. 342 00:22:27,100 --> 00:22:33,200 Swimming in the grace of God. And I see something here about 343 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,800 David that speaks to the responsibility of the Christian 344 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:40,900 like David here, who is making known to solve the goodness of 345 00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:43,100 God. So you and I are called to 346 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:47,200 highlight what God has done to those who are unaware of his 347 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,300 goodness. You realize that you deserve 348 00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:52,400 judgment and yet God is giving you Mercy. 349 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,200 Do you realize that yet while you're an enemy Christ? 350 00:22:55,200 --> 00:23:00,300 Came and died for you? David is highlighting the mercy 351 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:04,800 of God, to an undeserving Sinner and you and I have the same 352 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,300 responsibilities as we communicate this gospel to 353 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:10,100 souls. There are walking around going 354 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:11,600 in and out. Not realizing that. 355 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:16,300 There is a God and his providential love, who is even 356 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:21,700 providing for them, protecting them to a certain extent and 357 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:25,200 David makes that known. But let's come back to this this 358 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:26,900 theme. Now we came here, it's come back 359 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:29,400 here. The theme of how we should deal 360 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,700 with people that wrong us or who are in sin. 361 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:34,900 David says, something in here that a lot of people Miss 362 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:37,500 Supply. And the in the Christian world 363 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,900 look here at the second part of verse 10, the last part. 364 00:23:40,900 --> 00:23:43,100 But I spared you. I said, I will not put out my 365 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:45,700 hand against the Lord for. He is the Lord's anointed. 366 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,100 Have you ever heard the phrase? Touch? 367 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:51,800 Not. My anointed. 368 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,200 Have you ever heard the statement, have you ever even 369 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,700 been warned? Do not touch the Lord's, 370 00:23:57,700 --> 00:23:59,500 anointed anybody here heard that? 371 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,000 Wow, I was expecting way more to hear it, you've never heard it. 372 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,600 Okay, it's a common phrase, It's a common phrase, among many who 373 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,700 misinterpret not just in this text but in different parts 374 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:18,100 where it's kind of its kind of a code touch not The Lord's 375 00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:20,800 anointed. And how people have 376 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:25,800 misinterpreted that is that leaders, spiritual leaders 377 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,000 should never be confronted. Should never be corrected, 378 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,100 should never be rebuked, should never be approached, should 379 00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:36,700 never be criticized. In fact, they are above all that 380 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:38,700 because if you say something against somebody who's in 381 00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:41,400 spiritual leadership, God will judge you for that. 382 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:46,800 And they use David exam as an example here to how David would 383 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,300 not touch the Lord's. Anointed, even though saw was in 384 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:56,400 so much wrong, David dare not do anything to say something. 385 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:01,000 This is how they interpret it to criticize or to speak about a 386 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,900 man of God. Even though he's in wrong, 387 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,600 Here's the problem. None of those things and we can 388 00:25:09,608 --> 00:25:10,800 go to different portions of scripture. 389 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,500 That Echo what David is saying. None of those things, entertain 390 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:21,200 for a split second that you and I cannot confront approach or 391 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,400 deal with someone who is in a leadership position. 392 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:27,300 When they are in sin, when David says, I will not touch the 393 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:27,900 Lord's. Anointed. 394 00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:29,400 He's speaking about physical harm. 395 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:35,400 I got killing him. In fact, the very context just 396 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,700 destroys that argument, he is confronting him, he's dealing 397 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:44,600 with his sin head on. And so many of you haven't heard 398 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,500 it, I can tell you of some places where they use it all the 399 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:50,600 time and even leaders teach about it. 400 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:57,200 This is not the same thing. People mistakenly warn others 401 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,300 with a text like this. That leaders are excluded from 402 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:03,300 accountability or examination wrong. 403 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,500 Is there a way to do it? Absolutely. 404 00:26:06,700 --> 00:26:09,500 And there is specific. There's a specific protocol of 405 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:12,400 how to do it, but it doesn't say that they're exempt from it, 406 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,400 completely that may not be beneficial to you. 407 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,600 Now, it may come At a future time. 408 00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:24,400 And if somebody warns you about it, just just remember, it's not 409 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,600 talking about you stabbing somebody with an actual sword. 410 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,400 And so we come back to this verse, behold this day, your 411 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,400 eyes have seen how the lord gave you today into my hand in the 412 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,300 cave. And then we come here and we see 413 00:26:37,300 --> 00:26:40,400 something else. And verse 11. 414 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,200 See my father, notice how he calls him my father. 415 00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:49,000 See my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand for by the 416 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,700 fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill 417 00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:54,100 you. You may know and see that there 418 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:58,200 is no wrong or treason. In my hands, I have not sinned 419 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:02,100 against you though. You hunt my life to take it. 420 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,200 So now David is not trying to give an appeal with words now. 421 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,300 He pulls out evidence, he pulls out the briefcase and he takes 422 00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:15,200 his ziplock bag with the strongest piece of evidence that 423 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:20,900 would just make this irrefutable he takes a piece of the robe, 424 00:27:21,900 --> 00:27:27,000 the robe that he cut, and he says here, What you going to do 425 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,400 with this? Is this not clear enough for 426 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,200 you? Do you not see the evidence? 427 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,200 And I look at that, and I see a practical application here. 428 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,400 And here's the practical, application believer. 429 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:45,900 The Believers duty is to ensure that by the wisdom of God, by 430 00:27:45,900 --> 00:27:49,600 walking with the Lord, by living in the fear of the Lord, that 431 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,200 there is no evidence that we can give Satan to muddy our 432 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:58,700 testimony When is Satan's tactics and he's done it to so 433 00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:01,000 many men of God in the scriptures and Men of God. 434 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,900 And women of God today is to make the testimony of a 435 00:28:04,908 --> 00:28:07,500 Believer, especially those who are affected for the kingdom of 436 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:11,800 murky and questionable. So that their message and that 437 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:16,000 their Ministry would be hindered from being fully effective. 438 00:28:16,900 --> 00:28:20,700 It's a very despicable practice but it's one of his tactics, 439 00:28:20,700 --> 00:28:23,300 nonetheless. And David, he remember going 440 00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:25,700 back to verse 9, he's dealing with people that are saying 441 00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:29,800 things about him and yet in this moment, he has evidence that 442 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:35,700 will shut all of their mouths. And the application here is you 443 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:42,300 and I should not be overwhelmed or concerned or busy ourselves 444 00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:45,500 with hunting. Every lie that somebody says or 445 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:50,700 every exaggeration or the spread of misinformation don't occupy 446 00:28:50,700 --> 00:28:53,800 yourself with these things. If you're going to busy yourself 447 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,700 with anything, it is to live with a clear conscience. 448 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:02,300 I'm telling you this not for you to be fearful, but I'm telling 449 00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:04,800 you to be prepared. For those who serve the Lord, 450 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,100 one of the enemy's strategies is to make sure that he can. 451 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:11,600 As we heard Sunday, poison, the minds of others. 452 00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:15,700 Don't busy yourself trying to unpause in them. 453 00:29:16,900 --> 00:29:19,900 Busy yourself with making sure that you are walking in the 454 00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:22,300 light. That's all you have to do. 455 00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:28,100 That's all you need to do. And what I think is so 456 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:32,400 incredible is people just don't realize the seriousness of what 457 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:36,000 I'm presenting that this is. This is a tactic. 458 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,500 It happened with Joseph at happened with Daniel at happen 459 00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:43,800 with our Lord. And it happened to Paul that man 460 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:45,400 experienced that throughout his ministry. 461 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:51,000 And I want to show you just how important it is to ensure that 462 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,200 you and I have a clear conscience so that when these 463 00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:58,300 tactics of Satan surface you'll be ready. 464 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:01,400 You'll be ready. So come with me to the book of 465 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:06,400 Acts and look with me here. Paul found himself in court, I 466 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,200 believe in America, we're going to see many more Christians in 467 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:16,800 court in the next few years. And here in chapter 24, listen 468 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:21,000 to this, he's standing for governor Felix, and there's a 469 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:27,100 whole court case. And this man took two lists is 470 00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:32,100 sophisticated. And he begins to accuse him in 471 00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:36,300 front of the governor and other people look here with me and 472 00:30:36,300 --> 00:30:41,400 verse 2. And when he had been summoned to 473 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,300 to this began to accuse him saying and let's just scroll 474 00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:48,000 down here. And verse 4. 475 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,600 But to detain you, no further. I beg you in your kindness to 476 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:55,100 hear us briefly for we have found this man. 477 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,900 Paul a plague one who stirs up riots among all the Jews 478 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,700 throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the 479 00:31:02,700 --> 00:31:05,200 nazarenes. He even tried to profane the 480 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:09,400 temple, but we seized them by examining him yourself. 481 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,400 You will be able to find out from him about everything of 482 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:16,400 which we accuse him. Wow, pretty confident guy. 483 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,800 Accuse everything that you're going to find out, you 484 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,200 investigate it. You're going to see that. 485 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,900 What we're saying is true. You're so bald, man. 486 00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:30,500 So here's here's Paul standing before Governor. 487 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,800 Here's Paul at the brink of his ministry, potentially being 488 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:39,100 hindered and this is what I love and the same chapter. 489 00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:41,200 You come down to verse 13. And look at the answer that Paul 490 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,800 gives Neither. Can they prove to you what? 491 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:48,300 They now bring up against me. Yeah, that's right. 492 00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:52,600 They can't prove it. They can't. 493 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,600 What a wonderful Shield Integrity is. 494 00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:05,200 What a wonderful protection living in the fear of the Lord? 495 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:09,700 Is it provides a boldness and a courage. 496 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,500 It does not make one frantic. When there are things being said 497 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:17,700 no no they are steadfast because that is the power of a 498 00:32:17,708 --> 00:32:23,300 conscience that is in the clear. Would you like to know how Paul 499 00:32:23,300 --> 00:32:25,300 can say such a statement like this? 500 00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:28,800 Without being shaken without without stuttering, in his 501 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,300 words, while the inside is in the same chapter, look at verse 502 00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:35,400 16. So I always take pains to have a 503 00:32:35,408 --> 00:32:42,200 clear conscience toward both God and man, that's how I take great 504 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,600 pains. I make sure that I am in right 505 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:49,300 standing in the presence of God. Yes, Jesus position, he makes us 506 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:52,600 right, but practically, I make sure that there is no offense. 507 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,500 There's no disobedience in my walk with the Lord first. 508 00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:01,100 Notice the order, a clear conscience before God first, and 509 00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:03,300 then, man, not the other way around. 510 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,800 And then to my fellow man. And if there's any wrong that 511 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,000 I've done before the Lord, any wrong that I've done to my 512 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:15,700 fellow man I take great pains to ensure that I clear my record 513 00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:18,400 that I make right what I have done wrong. 514 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,700 And that is what you and I inherit when it comes to these 515 00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:29,700 satanic accusations in our lives, this conviction for a 516 00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:34,200 clear conscience will protect you, it will guard you. 517 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:41,200 And it will keep us from doing what. bringing blasphemy to the 518 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:46,900 name of God before the Gentiles, like Paul said to the Romans, In 519 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:52,400 this world where the media and the culture is just drooling for 520 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,200 another scandal in the Evangelical world. 521 00:33:57,100 --> 00:33:59,100 It's just waiting for another failure. 522 00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:02,600 Just waiting for another moral hypocrisy. 523 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:09,100 You and I can can do what David did back in this verse and verse 524 00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:12,400 11, 3 times, he repeats the same word you know what it is. 525 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:20,300 Si si si si. In other words, just look at my 526 00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:22,400 life. I have nothing to hide from you. 527 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,500 I have nothing to be embarrassed about, have nothing to be shy 528 00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:30,400 about have nothing. I had nothing si si, oh, what a 529 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:34,199 wonderful testimony that is for those who would want to defame 530 00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:37,500 our faith, for those who would want to through the enemy's 531 00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:41,100 conviction. Bring about a hindrance to our 532 00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:44,100 Ministries and unfortunate. I want to bring you a heads up 533 00:34:44,100 --> 00:34:46,199 to this. It might be true. 534 00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:50,000 It might be true. That there is great power that 535 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:55,199 when you and I have through a holy life, a blameless life, a 536 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:59,100 life that reflects the character of God though, not perfect 537 00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:02,100 blameless. Still, the enemy is a clever 538 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:05,900 fellow and he can still he can still gather evidence against 539 00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:10,100 you and I Saying, what are you talking about? 540 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:13,600 So here's David holding a piece of Saul's rope to prove his 541 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,300 innocence and I'm asking you to reflect on a story where 542 00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:19,300 somebody else was holding another piece of garment that 543 00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:24,100 condemned an innocent man. Who is that very good? 544 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,400 Joseph. And so there you see a different 545 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:34,200 Paradigm to this? Joseph was innocent, Joseph was 546 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:39,000 right, and yet it looked like it looked like there was evidence 547 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,900 against him. These see how tricky this is, 548 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:44,700 the see how it's not black, and white and Christianity. 549 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,700 So then what are you doing? It just everything you just said 550 00:35:48,700 --> 00:35:51,200 about walking route. So you're saying that no matter 551 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,500 what you do like Joseph, even though you stand for God and you 552 00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:58,700 choose to obey him when nobody's looking, you can still be 553 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,000 falsely accused. What am I supposed to do with 554 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,900 that? Then this is intimidating. 555 00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:08,700 No, don't be intimidated. Even though that garment and 556 00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:12,300 that woman's hand, symbolize a man, it was a trophy of a Man 557 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:16,800 Who Loved and honored God she Twisted it sure. 558 00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:21,400 So then what's our duty then if we can't predict these things 559 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,700 very simple do what David does back in verse 12 of 1st Samuel, 560 00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:31,500 24, May the lord judge between me and you. 561 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:36,100 May the lord judge between me and you may the Lord avenge me 562 00:36:36,100 --> 00:36:39,800 against you but my hand shall not be against you. 563 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:45,700 I've talked to different people who have been Disturbed in their 564 00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:48,400 Christian experience because of things that have been said about 565 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:52,500 them, but it is a verse like this, that should encourage you 566 00:36:53,100 --> 00:36:57,000 to know how to rest. In God's sovereignty. 567 00:36:58,300 --> 00:37:03,800 And to be completely committed to the judge will bring all 568 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:09,400 things to the light. Trust yourself in, trust 569 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,900 yourself into his hands at all times. 570 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:16,900 As tempting as it is, sometimes to to defend yourself into 571 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:21,400 unconvinced people and to convince people, don't worry 572 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,400 about that. Don't get so caught up in that. 573 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:31,700 Learn to just leave it to the Lord. that is important, because 574 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,100 There is a day as you heard earlier when we're God is going 575 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,300 to gather all the evidence and this is so comforting and he 576 00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:40,600 will show, who is right? And who is wrong. 577 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,400 And that's why Paul in that same scripture where he says don't 578 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:49,200 judge before the time earlier. He says it is a little thing to 579 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,700 be judged by you, or by any human court. 580 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,700 It's a small thing to me. It's a, it doesn't affect me 581 00:37:55,700 --> 00:37:57,400 very much. Why? 582 00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,600 Because he says, that in verse 3, of First Corinthians for Nana 583 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,800 verse 5, he goes the Lord's going to bring out the light, 584 00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:04,600 like, you got to believe that. You got to really believe that 585 00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:07,500 and there's a lightness to that. There's a confidence to that 586 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:12,400 even if you're thrown in jail for 15 years, Just trust the 587 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,100 Lord really trust, like, come on, like, trust the Lord. 588 00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:17,500 Amen. I trust the Lord, I trust you 589 00:38:17,508 --> 00:38:21,600 with my okay, trust them. Then really trust them like when 590 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:26,700 it gets ugly, trust them. Like you let your soul actually 591 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,600 commit. These things to him. 592 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,400 I give it to you. Lord deal with it. 593 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:36,600 Do that. Don't just think about it, do it 594 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,500 and experience The Liberation from it, where you can say, 595 00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:44,000 like, Paul, it's a little thing. He looks at Saul from a 596 00:38:44,008 --> 00:38:46,500 distance. He goes, look, I have evidence. 597 00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:49,900 Even if you have evidence that God is going to, God is the one 598 00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:51,900 who will bring all things. So, I'm leaving this into God's 599 00:38:51,900 --> 00:38:53,900 hand. What a wonderful thing it is to 600 00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:55,700 know to lead people into God's hands. 601 00:38:58,700 --> 00:39:00,700 We can continue with the verses following to this. 602 00:39:00,700 --> 00:39:03,100 He kind of repeats himself in different ways to emphasize his 603 00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:06,000 point, but I think it's good to get to Saul's reaction now. 604 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,400 Aren't you? Eager to know what's always 605 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:11,200 going to do? How is Saul going to respond to 606 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,800 this, to this presentation? That is immaculate? 607 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,800 That, I mean, how do you argue against this? 608 00:39:17,300 --> 00:39:19,200 I don't know if this is saying the text, if you looked at the 609 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,500 corner of his robe and he looked, and he says it's real, 610 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:25,400 it's legit, he actually did this, we don't know, but we see 611 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,900 his response and it is quite telling. 612 00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:33,800 It's Very, very, very shocking. Join with me, come to verse 16 613 00:39:34,300 --> 00:39:38,500 as soon as David had finished speaking, these words to Saul 614 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:43,400 Saul said, is this your voice? My son, David. 615 00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:47,600 And so lifted up his voice and wept. 616 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:54,700 We have to read slowly. How did how did he address 617 00:39:54,700 --> 00:40:00,100 David? my son, David, not the son of 618 00:40:00,107 --> 00:40:07,700 Jesse, My son David, wow. Seems like somebody's heart is 619 00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:11,300 softening. And I think the iciness of this 620 00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:16,000 man's heart is melting here because now it's translating it 621 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:20,100 to actual tears. There's an outburst, he's 622 00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:25,200 weeping. He's weeping out loud audibly. 623 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,600 I don't know if it echoed Into the Wilderness into that cave. 624 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:31,600 I don't know, but he's broken. I mean this is not what we saw 625 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:35,100 earlier when Jonathan confronts his dad and he says what are you 626 00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:37,200 doing with David? And and you can tell that he's a 627 00:40:37,207 --> 00:40:41,400 little convicted and he goes you know as the Lord lives I will 628 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,500 not put him to death and he comes back and then he ends up 629 00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:45,400 doing what he did before this time. 630 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,500 There's actual tears. There's like visible remorse. 631 00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:53,700 This is exciting. In fact, it gets even more 632 00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:56,300 exciting, because look what he says in verse 17. 633 00:40:56,700 --> 00:41:03,200 He said to David, you are more righteous than I for you, have 634 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,100 repaid me. Good. 635 00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:10,000 Whereas I've repaid you evil. This is like Revival happening 636 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:16,600 right now. you are more righteous than I Is this 637 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:21,900 confession? This is, this is admitting that 638 00:41:21,900 --> 00:41:26,000 he's in the wrong. This is admitting this, the 639 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,300 righteousness of this man, eclipsing, his Darkness. 640 00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:34,200 You've repaid me with good while I'm treating you with evil and 641 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:39,300 it breaks him. and when I read this today, I looked at that 642 00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:45,600 phrase, you are more righteous than I And this is why reading 643 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,800 the Old Testament or reading the scriptures with rearview 644 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,100 mirrors. Brings about Revelation, I've 645 00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:53,900 seen that phrase before. I've seen this phrase before. 646 00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:57,300 If you know where this phrase is found it, I'll give you a 647 00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:02,600 high-five after the service. who else said you are more righteous 648 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:09,800 than I Before we're talking before this moment, we're 649 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:19,700 talking about, we're talking about early in the book. let me 650 00:42:19,700 --> 00:42:23,600 let me make it more specific, she is more righteous than I 651 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:30,600 Very good but you're a pastor. So now joking has nothing to do 652 00:42:30,607 --> 00:42:32,900 with you being a pastor. You read the word of God. 653 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:38,500 Did you hear his answer? Come with me to Genesis chapter 654 00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:44,300 39. I'll still give you a high five 655 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:51,200 after the service. Genesis 39. 656 00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:57,400 Excuse me, 38 Do you remember the story between Judah and 657 00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,700 Tamar who here knows of the story? 658 00:42:59,700 --> 00:43:01,500 Lift your hand just so I can know how much to go in depth 659 00:43:01,500 --> 00:43:04,100 with this. Remember Judah, one of the sons 660 00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:11,100 of Jacob? He goes into He goes into an 661 00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:13,400 area that he shouldn't be going into and he marries somebody. 662 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,100 You shouldn't be marrying, he has. 663 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,700 He has three sons with a Canaanite woman, the first to 664 00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:23,400 die and Judah kind of interprets this and he goes, there must be 665 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,200 something wrong with her because whenever she marries one of my 666 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:27,600 son's they die. So I'm going to keep the 667 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:31,300 youngest one and he promises her when he's old enough. 668 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:34,800 I'll give him to you. Why is that happening? 669 00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,800 Because, you know, that in the Old Testament, there is a law 670 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:41,500 that when a man dies The brother should fulfill a certain 671 00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:45,300 responsibility and providing Offspring to that Widow. 672 00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:51,000 And so, when Judah reserves the youngest for Tamar that was that 673 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:54,100 was sin. And so tame, our takes things 674 00:43:54,100 --> 00:43:59,100 into her own hands, she kind of knew her father-in-law enough 675 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,400 and and that's unfortunate because she dresses herself up 676 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:05,300 as a prostitute. She hides her identity and this 677 00:44:05,300 --> 00:44:10,300 man goes into a certain place and he requests for her and she 678 00:44:10,300 --> 00:44:14,700 says, yes, but upon a condition, she asked for a certain things 679 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,400 from him because he didn't have payments. 680 00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,400 So she would hold on to those things until he provided 681 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,600 something for in a future time. And the things that he gave 682 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,500 Cigna and Accord. It's almost like a modern 683 00:44:25,500 --> 00:44:29,600 driver's license. It's a piece of identification. 684 00:44:30,500 --> 00:44:32,400 It was undeniable. Some say there is there is 685 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,400 inscriptions on these things. Initials something that made it 686 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:40,200 so obvious that this belonged to so and so and so she not because 687 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:44,400 she was in lust but because she wanted to fulfill The Vow, she 688 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,300 wanted to fulfill what belonged to her and he was not making it 689 00:44:47,300 --> 00:44:49,000 happen. So she does this. 690 00:44:51,300 --> 00:44:53,900 He goes, he tries to gets payment, he bring he comes back 691 00:44:53,900 --> 00:44:56,000 to the area, she's not to be founding asked around to like 692 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,500 there was no prostitute here, we don't know who you're talking 693 00:44:58,500 --> 00:45:03,800 about now, come here to verse 24 in Genesis 38, about three 694 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,900 months later. Judah was told Tamar, your 695 00:45:05,900 --> 00:45:08,100 daughter-in-law has been immoral. 696 00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:12,000 Moreover, she is pregnant my immorality. 697 00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:16,700 And Judah said, bring her out and let her be burned, not 698 00:45:16,700 --> 00:45:18,400 knowing that he was the one who impregnated her. 699 00:45:21,900 --> 00:45:24,900 As she was being brought out, she sent word to her 700 00:45:24,900 --> 00:45:28,900 father-in-law. Now look at this, by the man to 701 00:45:28,900 --> 00:45:31,400 whom these belong. I am pregnant. 702 00:45:32,100 --> 00:45:35,200 Wow. So here she is with a little 703 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:39,300 bump that preparing the very steak where she's going to be 704 00:45:39,300 --> 00:45:42,600 burned. And she brings out the elements 705 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:46,400 of his identification. And she goes, you want to know 706 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:50,900 who did this? Whoever this belongs to Just 707 00:45:50,900 --> 00:45:55,500 like David, there is evidence. There is evidence. 708 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:59,200 Now, you know what Judah could have done to save face? 709 00:46:01,500 --> 00:46:04,100 I don't know who that belongs to your dying today. 710 00:46:05,700 --> 00:46:10,300 Men no room for excuses. The bump is enough. 711 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:14,800 Let her be burned. But as he's confronted with 712 00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:19,100 evidence, something happens to him and look what he says. 713 00:46:20,300 --> 00:46:23,800 She says please identify whose these are the Signet and the 714 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,300 court and the staff verse 26. Then Judah identify them and 715 00:46:27,300 --> 00:46:36,000 said she is more righteous than I Since I did not give her to my 716 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,000 son. Sheila. 717 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:43,500 And he did not know her again. The paralleling situations, 718 00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:46,000 right? Evil done evidence. 719 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,700 Given both response with conviction. 720 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,200 I mean you can even say that Saul was much more emotional 721 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:56,400 weeping and all these things and see this is this is what it 722 00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,700 means there is, there's a confession of wrong. 723 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,800 But there's a difference. There's a difference. 724 00:47:04,900 --> 00:47:10,400 What's the difference between judah's repentance and Sol's? 725 00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:20,100 Did you say we're going to say the same thing? 726 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,400 Did you see the last part of the verse here in verse 26? 727 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:31,600 And he did not know her again. In fact, I challenge you to read 728 00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,200 you the story from Genesis 38 to the end of book of Ghent, the 729 00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:36,900 end of the book of Genesis. You will see a different Judah, 730 00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:41,700 not just in the fact that he didn't sleep with her again but 731 00:47:41,700 --> 00:47:45,000 in the fact that he treats the whole situation with Joseph and 732 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,600 Benjamin, he's willing to make himself a slave instead of 733 00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:49,500 Benjamin. There's a different person after 734 00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:56,800 this moment. when you compare Judah with the same words, with 735 00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:00,800 with the appearance conviction there, there's a difference with 736 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:06,100 the sincerity of the remorse because he actually changed Saul 737 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:11,500 won't Saul said the right things, he had that he had the 738 00:48:11,500 --> 00:48:15,600 right emotions, you can even say, but when you follow Saul, 739 00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:19,100 after that moment, you will not see a difference, all you will, 740 00:48:19,100 --> 00:48:22,500 in fact see the same Saul. Go back to 1st Samuel, I'll 741 00:48:22,508 --> 00:48:28,800 prove it in just two chapters. First, Samuel 26:2. 742 00:48:31,100 --> 00:48:34,200 And first name, a 26 to look what happens two chapters later. 743 00:48:35,100 --> 00:48:38,100 So Saul arose and went down to the Wilderness of his, if, with 744 00:48:38,100 --> 00:48:41,900 3,000 chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of 745 00:48:41,900 --> 00:48:45,300 Zin, if he's literally doing the same thing that he has done, 746 00:48:45,300 --> 00:48:47,800 before the moment of his confrontation, the exact same 747 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:51,200 thing, the same amount of men, the same area, everything the 748 00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:55,300 man didn't change. What happened to him them with 749 00:48:55,300 --> 00:48:57,000 David? What many people do and 750 00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:02,300 services, they were challenged. He got emotional. 751 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:08,600 He felt genuine conviction. But what he did here is, what 752 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:12,000 James warns, Believers not to do and that is to look intently 753 00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:16,900 into a mirror. and then to turn around only forgetting what you 754 00:49:16,900 --> 00:49:21,800 saw in that mirror, that's what it says. 755 00:49:22,300 --> 00:49:25,200 And James says that after saying, do not be hearers only, 756 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:30,000 but doers of the word. And if you don't, it's like you 757 00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,500 looking into the mirror, seeing who you are with, with the 758 00:49:32,500 --> 00:49:34,900 mirrors, not lying to you. You're seeing what you get, is 759 00:49:34,900 --> 00:49:40,500 what you see and then you go away and you forget what you 760 00:49:40,500 --> 00:49:42,500 saw. And that's exactly what happened 761 00:49:42,500 --> 00:49:45,700 with Saul. When that environment was left, 762 00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:49,900 when the evidence was in there, when the emotion waned away, as 763 00:49:49,900 --> 00:49:54,400 he moved on, as you went back home, that conviction died, more 764 00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:56,900 and more and more. It was never responded to. 765 00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:04,600 And so was a useless thing. It was impressive at first, but 766 00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:07,100 it didn't really actually bring about change. 767 00:50:08,700 --> 00:50:10,700 And so we have to beware of that of ourselves. 768 00:50:10,700 --> 00:50:14,600 The measure of true repentance is not the tears that I cry or 769 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:16,300 the feelings that I have in the moment. 770 00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:21,700 It's what happens to you after what happens to you after Judah. 771 00:50:21,900 --> 00:50:25,400 He said the same thing as Saul but Judah we are told by Holy 772 00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:28,200 Spirit commentary. He did not know her again. 773 00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,400 Why would he say that? Why would the Lord put that in 774 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:31,900 there? Why is that important for us to 775 00:50:31,900 --> 00:50:35,500 know to show us? He changed though, he admitted 776 00:50:35,500 --> 00:50:38,300 that he was not as righteous. He strive by God's grace. 777 00:50:38,700 --> 00:50:43,800 To pursue righteousness. So we come back to this text or 778 00:50:43,808 --> 00:50:49,700 more closing in a moment here. So this man weeps and he cries 779 00:50:49,700 --> 00:50:55,400 and he screams and he confesses and he says beautiful things and 780 00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:57,700 we're going to find out in just after the next chapter that he's 781 00:50:57,700 --> 00:51:00,200 going to do the same thing that he was doing before. 782 00:51:00,700 --> 00:51:05,200 This is a sad sight indeed but what happens is as we come to 783 00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:08,000 this point, he makes another confession and this confession 784 00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:12,300 is quite impressive as well and verse 20 and now behold I know 785 00:51:12,300 --> 00:51:16,000 that you shall surely be king and that the Kingdom of Israel 786 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,800 shall be established. In your hand. 787 00:51:19,500 --> 00:51:22,200 Now, I know, but didn't know before. 788 00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:26,800 Didn't-didn't, Jonathan say my, my father saw knows, you will be 789 00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:29,400 king. He did know the whole time, but 790 00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,000 now it's just, it just reinforced even more. 791 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:33,800 I know. Not like now it's like, I know, 792 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:38,400 I know, We would applaud him, but this reveal something 793 00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,800 disturbing about saw, what does it reveal about salts in? 794 00:51:41,500 --> 00:51:44,800 He was willingly sinning, he was in Sydney ignorance. 795 00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,400 He knew what God's word said about David and he still tried 796 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:50,100 to go against it and you and I have to understand that the 797 00:51:50,100 --> 00:51:53,100 Bible provides a principle in life, that men will be judged 798 00:51:53,100 --> 00:51:54,900 based on the degree of Revelation that they've been 799 00:51:54,900 --> 00:51:57,500 given. They will be the more light you 800 00:51:57,500 --> 00:51:59,400 receive. The more judgment will be in 801 00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:02,400 accordance to that light. And so the more an unbeliever 802 00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:05,100 receives understand the amount of gospel, that they have known, 803 00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:08,100 that will be Take it into consideration on the final day 804 00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:11,900 saw, here is knowing what he's doing is wrong and he's still 805 00:52:11,900 --> 00:52:16,200 attacking, he's still resisting, he is still fighting against 806 00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:19,800 God, and that's a scary thing, but it makes me wonder. 807 00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:22,900 Ooh, it makes me wonder if the visual visualization of the 808 00:52:22,908 --> 00:52:24,600 whole thing. Brought back a memory? 809 00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:28,200 Do you remember what solid the Samuel a few chapters ago when 810 00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:30,000 Samuel confronted him in his sin? 811 00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:34,100 What does he do? He grabs Samuel. 812 00:52:34,100 --> 00:52:36,000 The Prophet by the robe and what does he do? 813 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,700 After that? He rips it. 814 00:52:39,900 --> 00:52:44,200 He rips it off of the profit and Samuel says, something quite 815 00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:45,700 haunting. It was a prophetic word. 816 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:50,600 The Lord has torn the Kingdom of Israel from you. 817 00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:54,300 This day. And has given it to a neighbor 818 00:52:54,300 --> 00:52:57,700 of yours who's better than you. So imagine that. 819 00:52:57,700 --> 00:53:00,800 Just imagine that with me and first time in 15, he grabs His 820 00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:04,300 Garment, he rips the prophets garment and he has a piece of 821 00:53:04,300 --> 00:53:07,300 his clothing and his hand and Samuel looks at him as this 822 00:53:07,700 --> 00:53:12,500 shirt is all messed up and he goes God has torn the Kingdom 823 00:53:12,500 --> 00:53:16,300 from you. And he's going to place it into 824 00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:20,600 the hand of a neighbor of yours. Who's better than you fast 825 00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:25,000 forward, David is standing before Saul, and he has a piece 826 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:29,900 of the Kings robe in his hand. Symbolizing his authority. 827 00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:36,100 And Saul looks. And perhaps I'm not saying this 828 00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:43,400 is like dogmatically true but perhaps that's the guy he knew 829 00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:45,300 it before but now he's like that's the guy. 830 00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:52,800 It's amazing. How artistic the Bible is. and 831 00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:56,900 this man here says to David, I know that you're going to be 832 00:53:56,900 --> 00:54:01,100 king. What's so encouraging about 833 00:54:01,100 --> 00:54:05,200 this? Is that has a prophetic ring to 834 00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:10,500 it? No matter how much salt fought 835 00:54:10,500 --> 00:54:13,500 against David, no matter how much salt try to keep David from 836 00:54:13,500 --> 00:54:18,400 the throne, no matter how much he tried to set up conspiracies 837 00:54:18,700 --> 00:54:24,300 his efforts were all in vain and there came a time where he 838 00:54:24,300 --> 00:54:27,600 acknowledged that David was the king. 839 00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:35,500 From his own lips. And all the Sol's in history. 840 00:54:36,900 --> 00:54:41,500 Who've attacked this gospel who try to contradict this gospel 841 00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:46,100 who try to malign who've tried to bury who try to dismiss the 842 00:54:46,100 --> 00:54:49,500 lordship of Jesus Christ. There is a day coming where with 843 00:54:49,500 --> 00:54:52,800 their own mouths, they will confess that, he is the king of 844 00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:56,800 kings and that he is the Lord of lords, that's what we're seeing. 845 00:54:58,300 --> 00:55:03,400 There was a time that even the greatest enemy to David had to 846 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:09,500 confess, you are the rightful King, and I can't wait for that 847 00:55:09,500 --> 00:55:13,300 day. We're all the princes and 848 00:55:13,300 --> 00:55:19,600 presidents prime ministers. Will helplessly confess. 849 00:55:21,100 --> 00:55:24,400 Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the universe. 850 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:28,900 That's going to happen. Let me end with this. 851 00:55:28,900 --> 00:55:32,900 No. Psalm verse 21, says, swear to 852 00:55:32,900 --> 00:55:35,300 me therefore that you will not cut off my Offspring. 853 00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:38,700 He was so convinced that he's like just please make a promise 854 00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:43,200 a similar promise that you made to my son just be be ever. 855 00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:47,700 So merciful to my offspring. David agrees. 856 00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:51,300 But look what David does in verse 22 David's wore this the 857 00:55:51,300 --> 00:55:55,500 saw then Saul went home but David and his men went up to the 858 00:55:55,500 --> 00:56:01,300 stronghold. you know, David confronted Saul and his sin 859 00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:08,200 David was respectful saw apparently confessed. 860 00:56:08,900 --> 00:56:10,600 He was remorseful, he was broken. 861 00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:14,100 But they don't go back home together. 862 00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:20,400 In fact, we're going to see in chapter 26, saw is going to 863 00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:24,300 invite David to come back. Hey, return. 864 00:56:24,300 --> 00:56:26,100 With me. I'm not going to do you harm 865 00:56:26,100 --> 00:56:31,300 anymore. Was David wrong and not going 866 00:56:31,300 --> 00:56:34,300 back. Or you can have to come to the 867 00:56:34,300 --> 00:56:35,700 next Bible. Studies, to find out. 868 00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:59,600 Let's pray. Louis, thank you for the word of 869 00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:02,400 God. Oh, how rich it is? 870 00:57:04,700 --> 00:57:08,400 We are amazed Lord how you can speak into our lives from a text 871 00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:12,500 that seems so irrelevant. Lord Jesus. 872 00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:16,000 As challenging as these truths. Are, they are extremely 873 00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:18,600 difficult to perform a part from your power? 874 00:57:19,500 --> 00:57:23,900 We are all susceptible of doing the exact opposite of what David 875 00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:28,200 has presented us. And so, Lord, we just pray. 876 00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:39,600 Help us be like Jesus. Help us be like Jesus. 877 00:57:42,100 --> 00:57:46,300 Help us to know, to return good to those who do evil. 878 00:57:48,700 --> 00:57:50,100 We don't know what that looks like. 879 00:57:52,300 --> 00:57:57,600 We don't know what that. Manifest itself to be every 880 00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:02,300 situation is unique. Or help us to be. 881 00:58:03,500 --> 00:58:08,100 Among those by the grace of God, to live with a clear conscience 882 00:58:08,100 --> 00:58:14,000 before you and before, man. so that even when there are 883 00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:18,800 accusations, There would be a life filled with evidence of the 884 00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:23,300 contrary. Again, Lord, we know that this 885 00:58:23,300 --> 00:58:28,000 is not possible without your help below with our short lives. 886 00:58:28,500 --> 00:58:31,200 We long to make it extremely difficult for the enemy. 887 00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:35,500 To hinder our testimony For Your Glory. 888 00:58:36,900 --> 00:58:38,900 Louis, thank you for Jesus Christ. 889 00:58:39,500 --> 00:58:43,200 We thank you that he is the true king that no matter who is 890 00:58:43,700 --> 00:58:46,700 Accused them accused his people. No matter who's try to argue 891 00:58:46,700 --> 00:58:49,800 against them, try to prove other things to be true. 892 00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:55,900 They will confess. They will confess the Lord. 893 00:58:55,900 --> 00:58:59,700 Tonight, we confess, gladly, you're the true Risen. 894 00:58:59,700 --> 00:59:03,700 Lord, you love us. We love you. 895 00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:06,700 We worship you because of these truths tonight. 896 00:59:06,700 --> 00:59:09,300 We worship you for the people that you've allowed us to walk 897 00:59:09,300 --> 00:59:11,700 this journey with Blessed. Be Your Name. 898 00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:15,100 We ask these things in the name of the one who can only save 899 00:59:15,500 --> 00:59:18,300 that name. That saves any man who is 900 00:59:18,300 --> 00:59:21,100 willing to be saved in Jesus name, we pray. 901 00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:24,000 Amen, let's stand and worship. if the Lord together,