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That's around. 
Man, you may be seated. 

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Welcome to Bible study. 
I never feel failed to feel 

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rather a particular Joy, after 
Sunday, when there is that 

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Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, we do
meet here, but my soul never 

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ceases to Bubble Up with 
excitement knowing that we're 

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coming together on a Friday 
night to open up God's word. 

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That's one of the, for me, at 
least one of the indications. 

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I know that the Lord has changed
my life before I got saved. 

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You would have to drag me to get
to church. 

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But I got saved. 
I was glad when they said unto 

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me, let us go to the house of 
the Lord. 

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Amen. 
Well, it's our time to Worship 

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in giving. 
If it's on your heart to do 

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that, you can do that now. 
And I really don't have much to 

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say other than the wonderful 
announcement that this Sunday in

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the same Sanctuary, we will be 
baptizing a few disciples in 

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that tank behind me and it's 
going to be unique service. 

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Because most of it is going to 
just be hearing testimonies from

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people who have been changed by 
the Gospel. 

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And so we are excited for that 
service and we ask that you pray

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for those who are planning to be
baptized. 

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Just a personal observation 
throughout my time in Ministry. 

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I just learned that Satan really
hates baptisms and I don't know 

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what that is. 
I don't know what that buzzing 

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noises but if you guys can 
figure that out please, and so 

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please pray for those who are 
planning to be baptized. 

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Pray for them eve even 
afterwards, even after they make

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that Step of obedience, we just 
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ago that there is not just 
Temptation before. 

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Baptism there, even temptations 
that are wait after obedience 

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after obedience, not just before
planned obedience, but even 

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afterwards. 
So, pray for our brothers and 

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sisters who are planning to make
that great, great great step of 

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obedience where they're going to
publicly testify what Christ has

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done for them. 
No wonder Satan hates it. 

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And so that's this Sunday. 
We're excited, come worship with

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us. 
And we will give God glory 

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together. 
I'm reading 2nd Chronicles in my

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personal readings and I've 
stumbled upon something that 

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never fails again. 
To move my heart in a different 

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way. 
Vanessa was one of the Kings of 

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Israel and I wanted you to just 
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depth of his wickedness. 
It says here in second 

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chronicles 33 verse 34, he 
rebuilt the high places that his

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father has a kaya had broken 
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the Bales and made a schroth and
worship all the host of heaven 

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and serve them. 
And he built altars in the house

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of the Lord, of which the Lord 
had said in Jerusalem, Jerusalem

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shall my name before. 
Room. 

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And he built altars for all the 
host of Heaven, in the two 

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courts of the house of the Lord 
and he listened to this. 

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He burned his sons As an 
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son of hinnom and used 
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sorcery and dealt with mediums 
and with necromancer's, he 

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burned his own children. 
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Lord punishes manasa he brings 
him out of his his Palace by 

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Hooks and then he is placed in 
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verse 12 imagine this and when 
he was in distress, he entreated

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the favor of the Lord his God 
and humbled himself greatly 

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before. 
God the god of his father's, he 

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prayed to him and God was moved 
by his entreaty and I heard his 

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plea and brought him again to 
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God was moved by this man's 
entreaty. 

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You slaughtered your own 
children by fire you sought 

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demons. 
You change the whole floor plan 

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of the temple. 
The house of God, that was 

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meticulously supposed to be kept
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And yet with all of that 
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resume, he was in distress, he 
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God was moved by this man. 
Never forget this, the god of 

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the Bible. 
Is much more merciful than, man.

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And that's why David when he had
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punishment he would receive for 
his Disobedience said, let me 

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fall into the hands of God and 
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We are much less forgiving. 
We are much less compassionate 

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and merciful in comparison to 
this God. and the exciting thing

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about this is that tonight if 
you've come here with great sin,

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maybe even freshly committed. 
Just be humble before God 

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tonight and entreat of the Lord.
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your heart in his presence, he 
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And give you what? 
You don't deserve. 

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This is the guy that we're 
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glad that you're here to worship
him. 

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Let's continue to do that. 
Lord, we pray. 

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That in this place, we would 
sing with all our strength and 

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that we would give you the 
praise that you deserve. 

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Lord. 
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necessity for quietness for that
is a reflection of reverence 

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when we hear your word and when 
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have to say to us but Lord, at 
the same time. 

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There is a call to be passionate
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And to give you the whole being.
Even in singing and solo with 

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just a glimpse of who you are 
through this text that we've 

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just heard me you receive 
adoration from this place and be

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blessed by our worship. 
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And give glory to the one who is
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We ask these things in Jesus 
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Amen. 
Let's stand and Worship the Lord

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together. 
You guys standing back there, 

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there's plenty of room so, come 
on in. 

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What is that? 
Filled with wonder awestruck 

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Wonder Jesus. 
Your name is power. 

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All creation. 
With all creation. 

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I sing praise to you. 
I Stay. 

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It's like we said before you're 
amazed at your love, but your 

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heads. 
Slowly. 

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Does love that. 
Indescribable. 

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We come before you Lord, we 
thirst, we hunger for you. 

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We adore you. 
We worship you. 

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We love you because you have 
loved us first. 

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We adore you. 
We adore your words are long and

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long to hear from you hear your 
voice. 

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Shine Your Face upon his, love 
your presence, your presence, 

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your world, or in a forest. 
We pray in faith. 

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Jesus Christ. 
It was if you have your Bibles 

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were there in first Samuel 29 
are we not? 

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so, let's meet together in the 
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chapter 29, And if you just look
over to the right of that 

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chapter, you see that there's 
only a couple of left so we're 

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almost there. 
No rush of course, but it's 

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amazing, how things. 
How things happen so quickly. 

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Why don't we pray and ask the 
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Lord, we ask that your Holy 
Spirit would help us with this 

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study. 
Lord, we pray that there would 

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be no interference of men's 
opinions or his thoughts. 

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We ask Lord that you would open 
our minds as you did to the 

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disciples to understand your 
word. 

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We ask Lord that you would now 
reach into our hearts, and I'll 

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our hearts to burn. 
As you teach us the scriptures, 

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we pray that it would be the 
voice of the Shepherd, that 

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would be heard tonight at the 
voice of man. 

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We pray that you would be known,
you would be loved. 

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You would be taught and that you
would be understood with greater

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Clarity. 
So that you would receive what 

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is your dual or thank you that 
the Christian Life does not end 

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up being forgiven. 
That is where it starts and we 

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now come to grow in our 
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So help us in this text to do 
just that we pray that you would

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arrest every intrusive thought 
every emotion that would try to 

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challenge these truths Lord just
wash us a fresh and give us the 

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right posture to receive all 
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You have to say in Jesus name we
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Amen. 
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together We examined the lowest 
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of Saul's life as it is 
described to us. 

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In first Samuel chapter 28, And 
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the lowest point of Saul's life,
but we actually are given the 

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last detailed account of his 
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Before his ordained death, that 
will be described to us at the 

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End of This Book. 
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and looking into his strange 
encounter with the deceased 

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Prophet the prophet Samuel. 
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suspense, concerning David 
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Where was David at the time? 
When saw was working with a 

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witch and indoor trying to 
channel and communicate with the

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dead? 
Do you remember Where was he? 

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Was he in the cave? 
Oh no, nobody knows. 

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It's only been a couple weeks. 
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Ha ha, thank you. 
He was among the Philistines 

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residing comfortably. 
Presumably flourishing. 

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In the territory of his enemies 
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And what we think David is doing
there is believing that he is 

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actually safe safe outside of 
God's Will and whatever 

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misconception and false 
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He might have been experiencing 
it would all be rudely 

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interrupted by a command from 
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To have him and his men joined 
the Philistines to fight against

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the nation of Israel. 
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and first. 
Samuel 28 before we went into 

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Saul's final chapter before his 
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Well, let's look back and first 
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refresh our memories. 
David said to a quiche very 

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well, you shall know what your 
servant can do and I he said to 

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David very well. 
I will make you my bodyguard for

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life. 
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too ambiguous to make a strong 
conclusion of what he meant by 

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this, but hopefully, this 
chapter chapter, 29 will give us

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some clarity. 
And I believe that, that Clarity

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will give even greater 
indication of just how miserable

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and horrible the condition of 
his spiritual life has come to 

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after many months being where he
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What will you do? 
David. 

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That should be our answer. 
That should be our anticipation 

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as we approach this chapter and 
what we will learn is that as 

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much as David might have had a 
plan in his mind. 

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It will be met with God's 
Providence that will challenge 

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him for his good. 
It's a very short chapter, we 

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will cover all of it by God's 
grace. 

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And so let's begin in chapter 
29, beginning in verse Year One,

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Now, the Philistines had 
gathered all their forces at a 

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fake and the Israelites were in 
Camp by the spring that is in 

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Jezreel, as the Lords of the 
Philistines, were passing on by 

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hundreds and by thousands and 
David and his men were passing 

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on, in the rear with a. 
He's the commanders of the 

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Philistine said, what are these 
Hebrews doing here? 

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And I he said to the commanders 
of the Philistines, is this not 

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David? 
The servant of Saul king of 

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Israel, who has been with me now
for days and years. 

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And since he deserted to me, I 
have found no fault in him to 

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this day and let's just stop 
there because there's enough 

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there in verse 12 meditate upon 
verse 1. 

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We are told that there is a 
Face-Off between the Philistines

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And the nation of Israel. 
And this verse is more than just

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a description of the battle line
between these two ancient foes. 

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This first verse is actually the
description of the means by 

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which saw will meet his 
frightful fate with death, which

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was God's judgment upon him. 
If that's the case, then verse 

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one should disturb us to a 
certain extent more 

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specifically, the posture of the
nation of Israel should be a 

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little disturbing to us. 
In light of what we know about 

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Saul more specifically, in light
of what's all knew about, what 

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was about to transpire, did 
song, know what was going to 

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happen to him. 
Going into war with the 

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Philistines. 
Yes or no. 

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Yes, it's all know what was 
going to happen to the people of

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Israel when they were going to 
go to war with the Philistines. 

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Look back at 28:19. 
Verse 19 of the previous 

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chapter. 
This is what Samuel says, this 

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is what he prophesized oversaw. 
Moreover, the Lord will give 

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Israel also with you into the 
hand of the Philistines and 

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tomorrow you and your son's 
shall be with me. 

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That is not to say that they're 
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That is to say that they're just
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him. 
They're going to meet him in the

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place of death. 
The Lord will give the army of 

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Israel. 
Also into the hand of the 

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Philistines. 
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It's been prophesied. 
When you go to war with this 

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nation, you're going to lose, 
you're going to die with your 

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son's, and not only that, but 
the people of Israel be under 

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subjection to their enemies. 
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consideration, To me, reading 
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heartbreaking. 
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knew what was going to happen, 
then where is the leadership of 

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this man? 
Where is the leadership of this 

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man who's been made aware of the
future faith of his own life and

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the life of his people? 
In other words, where's the 

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Brokenness? 
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While we were worshiping. 
Where's The Humbling of 

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yourself? 
Where's the fasting? 

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Where's the call to repentance? 
Where's the desperation of 

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seeking God? 
It's not there. 

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It's not there. 
Even though this man has been 

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told Point Blank, you're going 
to die tomorrow, and your people

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also are going to be 
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He just positioned himself as 
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And I wonder if it's because 
Saul is so out of touch with God

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and he's so uninformed about the
character of God that he could 

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not even come to believe that 
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Mercy if you had, but just 
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That's what I think. 
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God is and therefore he does not
respond accordingly. 

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Doesn't respond appropriately to
the warning that has been given 

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to him. 
Just going to resume and move 

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forward. 
It's quite disturbing. 

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And sauce, failure here to 
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I believe is an is an image. 
It's an illustration of the 

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wicked today of people who hear 
about the warnings of their own 

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faith. 
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upon them because of their 
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gospel, and their refusal to 
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appropriately. 
They just are able to move on 

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with their lives, whether it's 
because they don't believe that 

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it's going to happen whether 
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understand that God is merciful,
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regardless Saul here is at 
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Because he should have known who
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He should have taken this 
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Seriously, and he doesn't act. 
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So I see another another 
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leadership standpoint that saw 
has been given the revelation of

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the future of his own people, 
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It's dire, it's deadly, its 
judgment, and yet still saw as a

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leader refuses to disclose to 
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happen. 
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So, it is with many preachers 
today, who understand what God's

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word has to say, but refused to 
call upon those who will 

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experience this judgement from 
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making them fearful fear of 
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loyalty. 
Whatever the case may be saw 

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here is a, is an example of a 
man who's been given insight 

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about the fate of man outside of
Christ and refuses to tell them 

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what they need to know in order.
For that to change. 

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It's amazing, how you see New 
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Testament stories? 
And so they just line up they 

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set up their post and they're 
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kind of the overview of what's 
happening and then we zoom in 

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for the first time and a few 
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David since he said very well. 
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savoring is able to do. 
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we come back to David and where 
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He's marching with the 
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Toward the ranks to apparently, 
get ready to fight with them 

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against the Lord's anointed and 
the Lord's people. 

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But what do we see here? 
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two verses that give us two 
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That give us the condition of 
David's testimony as a servant 

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of the true God. 
So when the Philistines were 

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preparing to go to war, they 
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they made a very good 
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What are the Israelites doing 
here? 

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What, what is this band of men 
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A quiche? 
Why are they on this tide? 

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And this disturb them and 
rightfully so and so they come 

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to the king and they rightly 
ask, hey, what are these Hebrews

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doing here? 
And I read that, you know what 

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came to my mind. 
That's the question that David, 

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and his men should have asked 
themselves. 

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What are we doing here? 
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could have saved David and his 
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If they just ask themselves that
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there is no evidence of such a 
thing they could have, they 

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could have actually realized 
we're not supposed to be here. 

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And I think it does christians, 
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Christ to pause once in a while.
If you can't do it every night 

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as you lay your head, on your 
pillow, where am I? 

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Where am I, where am I with the 
Lord? 

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Where am I with God's people? 
Where am I pursuit of him? 

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Where am I pursuit of Holiness? 
Where am I in these different 

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areas? 
Lord search me and know me. 

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See that there be any wicked 
way. 

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In any where am I? 
Am I supposed to be where? 

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I'm supposed to be a, my veering
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Am I headed towards the wrong 
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And that I move from where I was
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I'm not, Supposed to be in that 
doesn't necessarily have to be 

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physical location. 
That can just be the posture of 

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your heart. 
Where am I? 

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And what we see here is that 
this question from the 

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Philistines implies that as 
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Hebrews. 
Our spiritual identity calls for

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a separation. 
It calls for a consecration. 

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From certain places properties 
and people. 

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When Jesus Christ, is crowned 
Lord, over your life and you get

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up from the Throne of your 
heart, and you give him that 

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rightful place, something will 
come alive in you as him being 

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Lord of your life. 
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is made by the Lord in your 
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It's not popular, right? 
What I'm saying here is not 

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popular and where we get into 
trouble is like when David we 

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allow our own judgments and our 
own estimations to blur, the 

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boundaries that have been 
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That draw those distinctions for
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Right. 
David David because of his 

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emotional condition because of 
his fear because of Temptation, 

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he blurred those lines and he 
physically crossed the border 

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that he shouldn't have crossed 
and so, will it be with you? 

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And I, if we do not uphold the 
scriptures and say this is what 

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will determine where I go. 
Who I Am with what I do, what I 

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own, what I give That's 
holiness. 

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And it's a joyful thing. 
It's a wonderful thing because 

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you and I are ambassadors of 
Jesus Christ. 

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And I'm seeing more and more 
that this kind of this kind of 

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preaching. 
And this kind of discipleship is

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becoming less and less popular. 
And now, we have this idea, 

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whether we realize it or not, 
we're the idea of the culture 

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where we can determine our own 
reality and our own experience 

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is now seeping into Christendom.
And so now you have people who 

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we can apply this way, who do 
not see the clear commands in 

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Scripture that we must be 
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Believers. 
We must meet regularly with the 

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Church of Jesus Christ in a 
local setting and week after 

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week, after week, there's 
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And so, I would ask, I would ask
the question that the 

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Philistines asked, and this way,
why are you not here, Christian?

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God commands you to be, whether 
it's here or elsewhere. 

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Why are you not here? 
That's not the same as people 

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were looking and praying for 
someplace but can't find a body 

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of Believers. 
I love the Lord. 

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I'm talking about people who are
totally convinced that I can be 

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a lone wolf because they and 
their own judgments or because 

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of past hurts, whatever the case
may be have blurred the lines, 

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through their filter and said, 
well, God will understand, no, 

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he doesn't understand, actually,
his word is clear, it's so 

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clear. 
Or there are those shoe. 

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Find themselves in places and 
among people who deliberately 

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and intentionally entertain and 
engage with sin. 

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And the Philistines questions to
a quiche is the question I would

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ask to Believers. 
What are you doing there? 

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My brother. 
What are you doing with them? 

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My sister. 
The question is totally 

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appropriate. 
It's totally appropriate and 

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it's healthy, it's holy. 
I've always used this as 

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phraseology to help people not 
be afraid of holiness. 

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Are you afraid of Health for 
your body? 

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Anybody in here? 
Doesn't want to be healthy? 

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No, I don't think so. 
People pay money to be healthy 

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people. 
Pay dieticians people pay for 

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trainers, so that their bodies 
can be healthy. 

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Holiness is Health to your soul.
Why are you afraid of it so 

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much? 
You pay the guy hundreds of 

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dollars a month to tell you what
to do, he yells at you at the 

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gym. 
And a preacher who truly cares 

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about the health of your soul. 
What tell you how to be holy? 

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Because he loves you. 
God loves you. 

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But he doing here Hebrews, why 
are they among us? 

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But the second insight about the
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a, he shows response to this 
inquiry. 

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Look at verse 3, he said to the 
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is this not David? 
The servant of Saul king of 

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Israel, who has been with me now
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Was it days in years? 
Does anybody remember the 

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precise time? 
I heard somebody whisper how 

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long has David actually been in 
the land? 

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Look back at chapter 27, verse 
7, the answers right there. 

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And the number of days, that 
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the Philistines, was what? 
It's behind me, isn't it? 

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No, And the country of the 
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months, what does he say? 
Days and years, people have a 

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tendency to exaggerate, don't 
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That's all I have to say about 
that. 

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David tendency to exaggerate 
days and years and then he goes 

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on to say, and since he deserted
to me, I have found no fault in 

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him to this day, question. 
Is this a good thing or a bad 

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thing? 
good thing, bad thing, tell us 

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why Very good. 
Did you hear the answer? 

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Well, before I explain it, who 
would say this is a good thing. 

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I have found no fault in him to 
this day. 

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That good. 
Bat consensus, bad, bad bad, not

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good, not good at all, and the 
reason why it's not good, it's 

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precisely what a brother just 
explained, are you telling me 

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that a ruler who hates the true 
God, worships false gods hates, 

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the people of the true? 
God has absolutely no criticism 

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for a man. 
Like David who's Apparently 

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after God's heart, that's 
concerning that is concerning. 

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We can be equivalent to. 
This is, is working closely with

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someone else. 
An employer or a co-worker for 

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years and years and years and 
they've observed your life. 

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They would be with you even 
settings outside of the 

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workplace, and they cannot come 
to the conclusion that you are 

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born. 
Again, follower of Jesus Christ.

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Wouldn't that concern you? 
That would concern me? 

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And in fact, I sometimes, tell 
people, if somebody was hanging 

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out with you day and night for 
an entire week and they could 

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Come to the conclusion that you 
are a follower of Jesus Christ. 

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Serious red flags. 
Can we say even a whole day? 

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I would say even a day. 
What marks us, what's something 

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needs to be different there? 
And apparently David after a 

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year and four months Blended in 
so, well among the Philistines, 

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is this ruining anybody's image 
of this man after God's heart? 

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It's amazing how the scriptures 
are honest with us. 

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The sad commentary to say the 
least, I remember doing my 

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internship at an advertising 
agency. as my final kind of 

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assignment final course, before 
I graduate, we had to be in the 

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advertising agency day in and 
day out working there for a 

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minimum of three months, and I 
was there for four And I was 

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extremely zealous. 
I was I was still fresh out of 

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the oven born again. 
And I was trying to find ways to

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turn the conversation to talk 
about the Lord and was not 

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working. 
It was it was it was very 

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uncomfortable. 
For me, even is making things 

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difficult, Lordan, find a way. 
I'm only here for a few months, 

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00:54:22,900 --> 00:54:25,200
you can find a way. 
So, find a way, and I believe 

454
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:29,500
one way was presented on a 
consistent basis, every single 

455
00:54:29,500 --> 00:54:31,000
Monday. 
In that workplace, we got 

456
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:34,200
together in a circle and no more
than a minute. 

457
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:38,000
Each every person told what they
did for the weekend, every 

458
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:43,200
Monday And so Monday after 
Monday, this person was still 

459
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,400
hungover that person went to 
this new club. 

460
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:48,800
That person did that. 
Some people went out did nice 

461
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:52,300
things, good things and I just 
thought to myself, this is my 

462
00:54:52,300 --> 00:54:58,000
chance, every single Monday, And
so, as it came to me, 22 year, 

463
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:01,500
old college kid. 
Tell us about your weekend. 

464
00:55:01,900 --> 00:55:06,900
Well, Friday night we got 
together and prayed had Bible 

465
00:55:06,900 --> 00:55:09,200
study, Saturday night, we did 
evangelism and Sunday morning. 

466
00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:11,100
We had church and Sunday night. 
We had a young adults meeting 

467
00:55:11,700 --> 00:55:17,200
and the stairs that I got Like 
the as though they saw an alien 

468
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:21,300
land into their office space 
week after week after week. 

469
00:55:22,900 --> 00:55:26,200
And that was it. 
And that opened up 

470
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:29,800
conversations. 
How is a young guy like you? 

471
00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:32,700
Not? 
Not doing what other young 

472
00:55:32,700 --> 00:55:34,300
people supposed to be doing on 
the weekends. 

473
00:55:35,700 --> 00:55:37,700
Little snippet here. 
Little snippet there. 

474
00:55:38,300 --> 00:55:43,600
Little testimony, there. 
They should see a distinction 

475
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,700
eventually. 
I'm not one of those who 

476
00:55:46,700 --> 00:55:49,300
unrealistically things that you 
should go to Every public place 

477
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:51,800
stand on a table. 
I'm a Christian that doesn't 

478
00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:54,500
help anybody nor does it help 
your testimony unless the Lord 

479
00:55:54,500 --> 00:55:58,100
leads you to do that. 
Very rarely, we have to be 

480
00:55:58,100 --> 00:56:00,400
sensitive. 
We have to be wise wise as 

481
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:04,100
serpents innocent as doves. 
But this, this is a specific 

482
00:56:04,100 --> 00:56:06,700
scenario after apparently days 
and years. 

483
00:56:07,700 --> 00:56:10,100
He's could not make a 
distinction with David. 

484
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:12,500
In fact, he thought he was one 
of them. 

485
00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:16,000
That's hello. 
David has come with his walk 

486
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:20,200
with the Lord. 
He camouflage in a wrong way. 

487
00:56:21,500 --> 00:56:25,800
the Converse for, But the 
commanders of the Philistines 

488
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:29,100
were angry with him being a fish
and the commanders of the 

489
00:56:29,107 --> 00:56:33,900
Philistine said to him, send the
man back that he may return to 

490
00:56:33,900 --> 00:56:35,800
the place to which you have 
assigned him. 

491
00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:40,000
He shall not go down with us to 
battle Less in the battle. 

492
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:42,800
He become an adversary to us 
for. 

493
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:46,400
How could this fellow reconcile 
himself to his Lord being Saul? 

494
00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:50,600
Would it not be with the heads 
of the men here is not this 

495
00:56:50,600 --> 00:56:55,600
David of whom they sing to one 
another in. inches saw has 

496
00:56:55,600 --> 00:57:01,700
struck down his thousands and 
David his ten thousand The 

497
00:57:01,700 --> 00:57:04,000
interaction between a he's and 
his commanders is a great 

498
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:09,800
example for us to consider when 
determining how discernment 

499
00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:13,900
plays, an important part of the 
Christian Life discernment is 

500
00:57:13,900 --> 00:57:17,800
very, very important for many 
reasons, because there are 

501
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:19,700
wolves out there in sheep's 
clothing. 

502
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,400
And there are so many warnings 
throughout the New Testament, of

503
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:27,100
the people who would come within
the church and even into your 

504
00:57:27,100 --> 00:57:30,400
personal life with evil 
intentions. 

505
00:57:31,900 --> 00:57:36,700
And how you and I are able to be
safe is to acquire something 

506
00:57:36,700 --> 00:57:42,000
called discernment. 
Where you are able to pick up on

507
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:46,000
the warning signs? 
That would make you pre-emptive 

508
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:49,900
and protect yourself and protect
the church from that, which 

509
00:57:49,900 --> 00:57:55,300
would try to destroy and harm. 
And what's amazing here is that 

510
00:57:55,900 --> 00:57:58,200
when you compare our, he's with 
the commanders of the 

511
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,400
Philistines, you see a contrast 
I see a. 

512
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:05,300
He said somebody who's very 
gullible He kind of takes things

513
00:58:05,300 --> 00:58:08,700
at face value. 
He doesn't consider the elements

514
00:58:08,700 --> 00:58:14,300
on beyond the immediate Whereas 
the commanders are able to 

515
00:58:14,300 --> 00:58:19,100
process the dangers ahead, the 
past about David and what he has

516
00:58:19,100 --> 00:58:21,900
done and I bring all those 
things together to come to come 

517
00:58:21,900 --> 00:58:24,700
to a decision. 
That would be the most effective

518
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:29,700
and protective And it reminds me
here, right? 

519
00:58:29,700 --> 00:58:32,200
It reminds me here of what Jude 
warns us about that. 

520
00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:36,700
There are certain people in 
verse 4 of Jude who have crept 

521
00:58:36,700 --> 00:58:44,500
in unnoticed, There are people 
who want to creep in. 

522
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,800
To the church. 
And that's not a physical kind 

523
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:51,600
of being unnoticed. 
The unnoticed there is the 

524
00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:55,400
intentions of the heart. 
And there are people in our 

525
00:58:55,400 --> 00:59:00,300
lives that want to creep in to 
do harm and in the context to 

526
00:59:00,300 --> 00:59:03,300
lead them into a perverted idea 
of Grace. 

527
00:59:03,300 --> 00:59:04,900
That's what Jude was talking 
about. 

528
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:07,300
And in this case you can almost 
say that. 

529
00:59:07,300 --> 00:59:11,700
David David was the one who 
crept in to the camp. 

530
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:16,600
You crept into the camp because 
as much as he should say, I 

531
00:59:16,600 --> 00:59:21,700
found no fault to him about him 
to this day, David was lying to 

532
00:59:21,700 --> 00:59:23,400
him throughout that time. 
Was he not? 

533
00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:26,100
Whenever I keep said, where do 
you get the spoil all? 

534
00:59:26,100 --> 00:59:29,500
Yeah, we dealt with these 
Israelites here and then he was 

535
00:59:29,500 --> 00:59:33,600
trying to convey that we were 
actually killing Israelites and 

536
00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:37,200
in reality he was killing allies
to riche. 

537
00:59:40,700 --> 00:59:44,100
You and I need the sermon and it
seems strange that we are 

538
00:59:44,100 --> 00:59:47,400
learning. 
That truth that valuable truth 

539
00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:50,100
from the Philistines. 
But how often is it true that 

540
00:59:50,100 --> 00:59:52,600
the wicked borrow the wisdom of 
God and don't give him credit 

541
00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:54,900
for it. 
Right. 

542
00:59:56,900 --> 01:00:00,700
There are many ways that you and
I can protect ourselves from the

543
01:00:00,700 --> 01:00:03,500
dangers of others who have evil 
intentions. 

544
01:00:05,900 --> 01:00:10,200
Who come in with a satanic 
agenda or fleshly agenda, that 

545
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:18,900
include your expense? 
and that's So important that the

546
01:00:18,900 --> 01:00:23,700
scripture encourages and 
instructs us to acquire this, 

547
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:27,300
this quality so that we can we 
can travel through life and 

548
01:00:27,308 --> 01:00:30,900
navigate through it in a way 
that we see safety and victory. 

549
01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:33,300
And so, I want to show you just 
one way. 

550
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:38,700
One way that you and your life 
in your Christian Journey, Cano 

551
01:00:38,700 --> 01:00:43,300
safety. 
As you acquire discernment, it's

552
01:00:43,300 --> 01:00:44,700
not just praying that's 
important. 

553
01:00:44,700 --> 01:00:46,600
It's not just knowing your 
Bible, that's very important. 

554
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:49,100
Those are the primary ways but 
let me show you another way. 

555
01:00:49,100 --> 01:00:52,400
You know this verse many of you 
have probably memorized it in 

556
01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:59,100
Proverbs 11:14 where there is no
guidance of people Falls But in 

557
01:00:59,100 --> 01:01:01,700
an abundance of counselors, 
there is safety. 

558
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:06,700
But in an abundance of 
counselors, there is safety. 

559
01:01:06,700 --> 01:01:10,400
And you can argue here that in 
this scenario with a quiche. 

560
01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:14,200
His counselors were the 
commanders of the Philistines 

561
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:19,700
who had an eye, who had an 
ability to calculate in a way 

562
01:01:20,100 --> 01:01:23,200
that was able to help a quiche, 
evade, something that he could 

563
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:30,000
have walked into to his own 
demise potentially Do you want 

564
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:34,200
to know how you can be safer in 
this life? 

565
01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:38,200
And I can tell you and many 
years of pastoral Ministry, 

566
01:01:38,800 --> 01:01:43,000
there are evil people out there.
There are wicked, men and Wicked

567
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:47,500
Woman. 
Satan hates the children of God,

568
01:01:47,700 --> 01:01:51,800
and if you can wound you or lure
you away from the will of God, 

569
01:01:51,900 --> 01:01:54,100
he will do it, and he's very 
creative. 

570
01:01:54,100 --> 01:01:57,800
So, then we need to have a 
discernment and one way that you

571
01:01:57,800 --> 01:02:02,000
and I can know, safety and life,
get an abundance of counselors. 

572
01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:05,300
Now, we caught this, we kind of 
shoot it off easily. 

573
01:02:05,300 --> 01:02:08,400
We kind of just say it and we 
don't realize the full 

574
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:11,400
implications or the instructions
of such a verse so that we can, 

575
01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:16,700
we can draw the most out of it. 
Here's one and Proverbs 11:14 

576
01:02:16,700 --> 01:02:20,400
but an abundance of counselors, 
there is safety nowhere in the 

577
01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:24,300
Book of Proverbs. 
Are we encouraged to only have 

578
01:02:24,300 --> 01:02:29,600
one advisor in our lives? 
I challenge you read The Book of

579
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:33,900
Proverbs and what is always 
commanded and encourage is a 

580
01:02:33,900 --> 01:02:40,700
multiplicity of counselors many 
men and women in your life that 

581
01:02:40,700 --> 01:02:44,700
can have their eyes upon you. 
Now, why do you think that is? 

582
01:02:44,900 --> 01:02:49,400
Why is not one person enough to 
speak into my life? 

583
01:02:53,300 --> 01:02:57,300
You minimize blind spots when 
you have more eyes. 

584
01:02:59,700 --> 01:03:03,300
And so, when you have different 
Vantage points, different life 

585
01:03:03,300 --> 01:03:08,300
experiences, speaking into the 
same situation with that balance

586
01:03:08,300 --> 01:03:12,900
acquirement of advice, you come 
to a safer conclusion, in a 

587
01:03:12,908 --> 01:03:17,800
decision that you want to make. 
Yes, any other reasons. 

588
01:03:21,700 --> 01:03:23,400
Sure, we work together as a 
body. 

589
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:25,300
And so we need to be dependent 
upon. 

590
01:03:26,800 --> 01:03:28,800
A plurality of people I would 
say so. 

591
01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:33,800
Yes. 
That pretty much really 

592
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:36,200
summarize. 
The different experiences 

593
01:03:37,100 --> 01:03:42,400
different Minds working together
for your good for God's glory. 

594
01:03:43,300 --> 01:03:47,800
Get an abundance of counselors. 
Acquire such thing. 

595
01:03:47,800 --> 01:03:51,800
Pray and ask God for such a 
thing in your life, and that's 

596
01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:55,200
why I believe in part god in his
wisdom, instructed, the church 

597
01:03:55,200 --> 01:03:59,200
the local church to not just 
have a Moses figure. 

598
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:04,000
One man on the top. 
That makes every single 

599
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:08,200
decision. 
No, there is a plurality of 

600
01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:13,000
Elders that should be there that
share that leadership position 

601
01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:17,400
for what purpose will each 
vantage point, is being 

602
01:04:17,400 --> 01:04:21,800
contributed. 
The blind spots are eliminated 

603
01:04:21,800 --> 01:04:25,100
at a greater degree when you 
have more people involved. 

604
01:04:25,400 --> 01:04:28,500
And I would say, if there is a 
safety with abundance of 

605
01:04:28,500 --> 01:04:31,800
counselors then, safe is the 
church with a plurality of 

606
01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:35,500
Elders. 
So that's another important 

607
01:04:35,500 --> 01:04:38,600
component about a local church, 
but not just local church or 

608
01:04:38,600 --> 01:04:39,700
talking about you as an 
individual. 

609
01:04:40,800 --> 01:04:43,500
Is it just important to have a 
multiplicity of Elders or 

610
01:04:43,500 --> 01:04:47,500
counselors rather should we go 
further than that? 

611
01:04:48,900 --> 01:04:52,600
It's not just the amount of 
counselors, It's the quality of 

612
01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:56,900
them as well. 
You can be seeking advice from 

613
01:04:56,900 --> 01:04:59,000
four different people whenever 
you make a serious life 

614
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:01,200
decision, but they can be. 
So out of touch with God, that 

615
01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:02,900
they lead you to your own harm. 
All of them. 

616
01:05:03,700 --> 01:05:06,900
No, yes. 
Can I give you? 

617
01:05:06,900 --> 01:05:08,100
An example. 
I told you earlier, I was 

618
01:05:08,100 --> 01:05:10,300
reading through the book of 2nd 
Chronicles, another verse stood 

619
01:05:10,300 --> 01:05:15,300
out to me and it is this, it's 
about King ahaziah and look what

620
01:05:15,300 --> 01:05:18,000
we're told here. 
And second chronicles, 20, 24 

621
01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:22,800
look, what's told about him He 
did, what was evil in the sight 

622
01:05:22,800 --> 01:05:26,900
of the Lord as the house of Ahab
had done for after the death of 

623
01:05:26,908 --> 01:05:34,000
his father, you ready for this? 
They were his counselors to his 

624
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:41,000
undoing. 
So as I had counselors advisers,

625
01:05:41,300 --> 01:05:45,400
he had a board. 
But they consoled him, they 

626
01:05:45,400 --> 01:05:48,300
advised them to his own 
destruction. 

627
01:05:50,900 --> 01:05:55,400
So you can't just take Proverbs 
11:14 and isolation, you must 

628
01:05:55,400 --> 01:05:57,300
consider the totality of 
scripture. 

629
01:05:57,600 --> 01:05:59,700
God, don't just bring people 
that are willing to speak into 

630
01:05:59,700 --> 01:06:01,600
my life. 
Bring me people who walk with 

631
01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:03,000
you, that can speak into my 
life. 

632
01:06:03,300 --> 01:06:06,400
That's all the difference. 
So let me give another layer to 

633
01:06:06,400 --> 01:06:08,800
you, as you pray for. 
Lee asked the Lord, especially 

634
01:06:08,800 --> 01:06:10,900
in the majority of the 
demographic of this place, 

635
01:06:11,200 --> 01:06:14,300
seeking the Lord about your 
future, do not just seek people 

636
01:06:14,300 --> 01:06:16,200
who might even have a title and 
Ministry. 

637
01:06:17,700 --> 01:06:19,500
Look for people who walk with 
God. 

638
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:23,700
Who really walk with God? 
Now I go to church on Sunday and

639
01:06:23,700 --> 01:06:28,600
I can't wait to go out know who 
really, really know God, who 

640
01:06:28,600 --> 01:06:31,700
loved his work? 
Who have a prayer life. 

641
01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:37,400
More than that. 
Who really love you? 

642
01:06:39,500 --> 01:06:44,000
Whose motives are not muddied by
jealousy or insecurity or Envy 

643
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:48,400
but you've learned over time 
that that such a person really 

644
01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:50,300
loves me. 
You want to know how one way 

645
01:06:50,300 --> 01:06:53,800
somebody really loves you, they 
will give you an unbiased. 

646
01:06:54,900 --> 01:06:58,700
Opinion. 
Seeking an abundance of 

647
01:06:58,700 --> 01:07:01,100
counselors, does it mean to 
check off the Box because you go

648
01:07:01,100 --> 01:07:03,200
to people that you know what, 
tell you what you want to hear. 

649
01:07:04,900 --> 01:07:09,200
That's to your own undoing. 
Somebody who Loves Me Like Jesus

650
01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:11,600
Loves Me, Do you know how Jesus 
loves you for God? 

651
01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:13,900
So loved the world that He Sent 
His only begotten son. 

652
01:07:15,200 --> 01:07:16,500
That's not the only way he loves
you. 

653
01:07:17,700 --> 01:07:19,600
Who am I rebuke? 
I love Jesus said. 

654
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:24,500
You know, the people I look 
forward to speaking to my life 

655
01:07:24,500 --> 01:07:27,400
that people who love truth more 
than they love me. 

656
01:07:29,600 --> 01:07:32,400
Who Loved righteousness more 
than how I might feel in a 

657
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:36,700
moment who said, I'll say this 
because I love you, that's not 

658
01:07:36,700 --> 01:07:39,600
the way you should do it. 
You're doing it wrong. 

659
01:07:40,600 --> 01:07:47,900
Be careful of this and that And 
if you do that, if God 

660
01:07:47,900 --> 01:07:49,700
graciously presents those people
into your life. 

661
01:07:49,700 --> 01:07:51,800
And I know he will, because he 
does not withhold any good gift 

662
01:07:51,800 --> 01:07:54,700
from his children. 
You will know safety in this 

663
01:07:54,700 --> 01:07:58,300
life. 
I like how the ESV puts it, it 

664
01:07:58,300 --> 01:08:02,800
repeats this instruction it 
repeats this Insight down later 

665
01:08:02,800 --> 01:08:05,400
in the Book of Proverbs. 
And it says those who have an 

666
01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:08,500
abundance of counselors, there 
is Victory not just security, 

667
01:08:08,500 --> 01:08:15,400
but victory How true it is. 
And I he sure as strange as it 

668
01:08:15,400 --> 01:08:18,800
sounds. 
Had that abundance of 

669
01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:22,300
counselors. 
Who spoke into his life and he, 

670
01:08:22,300 --> 01:08:24,700
he evaded something potentially,
we don't know. 

671
01:08:25,300 --> 01:08:29,600
Look at verse 5, it's not this 
David of whom they sing to one 

672
01:08:29,600 --> 01:08:31,399
another. 
And dances saw has struck down 

673
01:08:31,399 --> 01:08:35,899
his thousands and David his ten 
thousands, A question for you. 

674
01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:39,200
We're coming to the End of This 
Book, very soon. 

675
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:44,300
How many times has this song 
about David been referred to up 

676
01:08:44,300 --> 01:08:47,000
to this point? 
Think. 

677
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:53,600
The song saw has struck down his
thousands and David his tens of 

678
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:55,399
thousands. 
How many times has been brought 

679
01:08:55,399 --> 01:08:59,899
up so far? 
Less 333. 

680
01:08:59,899 --> 01:09:04,000
Yes, yes you got it good guess 
but it's actually three the 

681
01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:07,800
first time in first, Samuel 18 
the second time in first Samuel 

682
01:09:07,800 --> 01:09:10,899
21, when David initially came 
into the land of the 

683
01:09:10,899 --> 01:09:12,800
Philistines. 
Remember, then they said, isn't 

684
01:09:12,800 --> 01:09:15,600
this the one that they saying 
about and he falls to the 

685
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:17,100
ground, he pretends to be 
insane. 

686
01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:22,399
And the third time here in 1st 
Samuel, 29, I find it 

687
01:09:22,399 --> 01:09:26,000
interesting. 
That this hit song apparently 

688
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:28,100
reached the radio stations of 
the Philistines, right? 

689
01:09:28,700 --> 01:09:32,899
But more than that, every single
time that this song about David 

690
01:09:32,899 --> 01:09:36,399
is is brought up. 
It is always in connection to 

691
01:09:36,399 --> 01:09:41,100
some kind of trouble. 
What happened. 

692
01:09:41,100 --> 01:09:43,000
When the first time it was 
brought up introduced to the 

693
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:47,600
nation. 
Saw was filled with raging 

694
01:09:47,600 --> 01:09:51,399
jealousy. 
What about the second time? 

695
01:09:51,800 --> 01:09:56,300
It was how David was identified 
and he felt deeply in securing 

696
01:09:56,300 --> 01:09:57,600
fearful. 
That something was going to 

697
01:09:57,600 --> 01:10:00,200
happen to him. 
When they realize that this guy 

698
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:02,500
is here in our camp and he's all
alone. 

699
01:10:03,100 --> 01:10:07,300
And lastly, this song is brought
up when there is great suspicion

700
01:10:07,300 --> 01:10:11,200
about David. 
And I find that very interesting

701
01:10:11,800 --> 01:10:15,700
when we consider something about
the praise of, man, When 

702
01:10:15,700 --> 01:10:19,300
meditating on this point, I 
couldn't help but think about 

703
01:10:19,300 --> 01:10:25,400
this series of problems that 
introduce themselves when we 

704
01:10:25,400 --> 01:10:31,700
experience the praise of others.
People shouldn't covet that 

705
01:10:31,700 --> 01:10:36,000
thing, man. 
People shouldn't long and yearn 

706
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:41,200
for public admiration and 
acknowledgement because you have

707
01:10:41,200 --> 01:10:43,400
no idea what kind of headaches 
come with it. 

708
01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:47,700
The responsibilities that come 
with it, the Temptations that 

709
01:10:47,700 --> 01:10:51,000
come with it. 
If you want a glimpse, just take

710
01:10:51,000 --> 01:10:54,200
a little peek into Hollywood and
see how people handle praise. 

711
01:10:57,500 --> 01:11:01,800
And David here every single time
this song about him surfaces in 

712
01:11:01,800 --> 01:11:05,100
the scriptures, it's always tied
to an issue. 

713
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:10,200
That recognition that David had 
those for a good thing in a 

714
01:11:10,208 --> 01:11:14,000
great thing was packaged with 
problems. 

715
01:11:15,900 --> 01:11:22,400
And I want to say this men who 
covet woman, who long and urine 

716
01:11:22,400 --> 01:11:27,700
and desire and even pray for 
Visible success. 

717
01:11:28,900 --> 01:11:30,900
Are unaware of the risks that 
come with it. 

718
01:11:32,900 --> 01:11:38,200
Notice I said visible success 
because you and I should crave 

719
01:11:38,200 --> 01:11:42,300
to be fruitful for the Lord. 
You should pray, Lord, make me 

720
01:11:42,300 --> 01:11:45,500
as effective as I can be. 
Allow me to touch as many hearts

721
01:11:45,500 --> 01:11:47,700
as possible. 
What I want to do as much damage

722
01:11:47,700 --> 01:11:51,000
to the kingdom of darkness as 
possible, but that success is 

723
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:56,400
not the same as longing for the 
approval of others, for what we 

724
01:11:56,400 --> 01:12:02,100
do totally different. 
Have you ever considered perhaps

725
01:12:02,100 --> 01:12:07,000
that God is hiding you? 
And is hiding many of his 

726
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:11,200
servants from the eyes of others
in order to protect you and 

727
01:12:11,200 --> 01:12:14,200
others from the dangers that 
come with it. 

728
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:21,200
Have you ever considered that? 
We should believe that those who

729
01:12:21,200 --> 01:12:25,200
Faithfully serve God on a larger
platform, and have a wider 

730
01:12:25,200 --> 01:12:29,600
public influence. 
Also have a Grace from God, to 

731
01:12:29,600 --> 01:12:33,600
do it. 
There's a Grace that comes with 

732
01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:36,400
it. 
And I want to show you an 

733
01:12:36,400 --> 01:12:39,600
example of that. 
Because this is a very real 

734
01:12:39,600 --> 01:12:43,500
thing in our day. 
It doesn't just happen for 

735
01:12:43,500 --> 01:12:47,700
leaders. 
Every single person in here, Is 

736
01:12:47,700 --> 01:12:52,000
invited into the temptation of 
being someone. 

737
01:12:53,200 --> 01:12:55,100
And guess what? 
All you need is an email and the

738
01:12:55,100 --> 01:13:01,700
password to do it. 
People are doing stupid things 

739
01:13:01,700 --> 01:13:05,400
to try to get famous. 
Like stupid, they're running out

740
01:13:05,400 --> 01:13:07,200
of ideas. 
Clearly because some of the 

741
01:13:07,200 --> 01:13:08,900
things I go viral like that's 
viral. 

742
01:13:09,500 --> 01:13:14,400
What is that? 
But so many people are being 

743
01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:18,100
magnetized to this idea of. 
I just want to be recognized, I 

744
01:13:18,108 --> 01:13:21,600
want to be known, I'll find I'll
find fulfillment if I'm famous 

745
01:13:22,200 --> 01:13:24,500
and that even translates into 
Ministry. 

746
01:13:24,900 --> 01:13:27,400
Don't covet it, you have no idea
what you're getting yourself 

747
01:13:27,400 --> 01:13:30,800
into. 
If God does give someone a 

748
01:13:30,808 --> 01:13:34,000
platform of God does give 
somebody a wide reach, he also 

749
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:37,300
gives a Grace to that person to 
endure it. 

750
01:13:38,600 --> 01:13:42,700
That makes sense. 
Go to Genesis 11 with me in this

751
01:13:42,700 --> 01:13:44,900
Bible study quickly. 
I want you to see an example of 

752
01:13:44,900 --> 01:13:53,500
what I'm saying. 
Genesis 11 verse 4. 

753
01:13:53,500 --> 01:13:56,500
What do we read here? 
This is about the Tower of 

754
01:13:56,500 --> 01:13:58,600
Babel. 
Now look at, this is an amazing 

755
01:13:59,200 --> 01:14:03,000
comparison. 
In Genesis 11 4, we read then. 

756
01:14:03,000 --> 01:14:07,800
They said, come let us build 
ourselves a city and a tower 

757
01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:11,200
with its top in the heavens. 
And now what are they say? 

758
01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:14,800
And let us make a name for 
ourselves. 

759
01:14:15,300 --> 01:14:16,900
That's what people want to do 
today, right? 

760
01:14:17,200 --> 01:14:19,600
The Same Spirit of Babylon is 
here today. 

761
01:14:19,800 --> 01:14:22,600
Let us make a name for 
ourselves. 

762
01:14:22,700 --> 01:14:28,000
Let's become known. 
Let's let's make something for 

763
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:31,200
ourselves less. 
We be dispersed over the Face of

764
01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:36,300
the whole Earth. 
What end up happening to them? 

765
01:14:37,200 --> 01:14:41,800
Not good stuff. 
You go to the next chapter in 

766
01:14:41,800 --> 01:14:44,000
Genesis in Genesis 12. 
And what do you read in verse 1 

767
01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:47,300
and 2? 
Now the Lord said to Abram, go 

768
01:14:47,300 --> 01:14:50,000
from your country, and your 
Kindred and your father's house 

769
01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:51,600
to the land that I will show 
you. 

770
01:14:51,900 --> 01:14:56,300
And I will make of you a great 
nation and I will bless you and 

771
01:14:56,300 --> 01:15:03,900
do what make your name great. 
So that you will be a blessing. 

772
01:15:05,200 --> 01:15:08,800
See the difference? 
T difference between those who 

773
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:11,300
are building a tower. 
Let us make a name for 

774
01:15:11,300 --> 01:15:13,400
ourselves. 
Totally self-absorbed. 

775
01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:17,200
Selfish ambition. 
Nothing to do with God, 

776
01:15:17,200 --> 01:15:19,800
everything to do with them. 
And here's God commissioning 

777
01:15:19,800 --> 01:15:22,700
Abram and he says, I'm going to 
make your name great. 

778
01:15:23,500 --> 01:15:27,000
I'm going to do it and the 
reason why I'm going to do it is

779
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:31,200
so that you will be a blessing. 
Not so that you can feel better 

780
01:15:31,200 --> 01:15:33,600
about yourself, not so that you 
can get more dopamine dumps, 

781
01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:35,700
when you go online and you see 
how many people love you and 

782
01:15:35,700 --> 01:15:38,300
praise. 
You now know that because I want

783
01:15:38,300 --> 01:15:41,500
you to be a blessing. 
I'll make your name great. 

784
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:44,400
Why is preacher said this and 
consider for yourself? 

785
01:15:44,400 --> 01:15:48,000
If you're a serious servant of 
God, who is sometimes visited by

786
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:50,400
this idea that if you're not 
famous, it means you're not 

787
01:15:50,400 --> 01:15:52,600
fruitful, you're not effective. 
If people don't love you and 

788
01:15:52,608 --> 01:15:54,800
praise you and invite you, it 
means that you're not really 

789
01:15:54,800 --> 01:15:57,100
filled with the spirit of God, 
whatever the conclusion people 

790
01:15:57,100 --> 01:16:01,800
come up with realize this, it is
your duty to take care of the 

791
01:16:01,800 --> 01:16:05,000
depth of your ministry and it is
God's job to take care of the 

792
01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:09,300
breadth of it. 
It is your responsibility to 

793
01:16:09,300 --> 01:16:12,600
take care of the depth of your 
ministry and it is God's duty to

794
01:16:12,600 --> 01:16:15,300
make sure that it has the 
appropriate breath. 

795
01:16:16,700 --> 01:16:19,500
Isn't that freeing? 
No. 

796
01:16:20,700 --> 01:16:24,100
I hope it's freeing. 
It's just just serve the Lord. 

797
01:16:25,400 --> 01:16:27,900
Let him be pleased with you and 
whatever context he's put you 

798
01:16:27,900 --> 01:16:30,600
in. 
Yes seek to reach out. 

799
01:16:30,600 --> 01:16:33,600
Don't don't stay quiet. 
Don't put your lamp under the 

800
01:16:33,600 --> 01:16:37,600
bed. 
But don't covet something that 

801
01:16:37,600 --> 01:16:42,300
God hasn't given you a Grace for
David had much trouble when it 

802
01:16:42,300 --> 01:16:46,400
came to that song. 
And people want articles written

803
01:16:46,400 --> 01:16:48,400
about him and books, written 
about him and songs are in the 

804
01:16:48,400 --> 01:16:49,500
bottom. 
Will look at David every time 

805
01:16:49,500 --> 01:16:51,400
this song came up, it was 
associate with some kind of 

806
01:16:51,400 --> 01:16:57,900
headache. so we read on as we 
come back to our main text, In 

807
01:16:57,900 --> 01:17:02,800
verse 6 and 7 as we close very 
soon then a he's called David 

808
01:17:02,800 --> 01:17:06,000
and set them as the Lord lives 
you have been honest. 

809
01:17:06,500 --> 01:17:10,500
And to me it seems right that 
you should March out and in with

810
01:17:10,500 --> 01:17:14,700
me in the campaign, for I have 
found nothing wrong in you from 

811
01:17:14,700 --> 01:17:17,000
the day of your coming to me to 
this day. 

812
01:17:17,400 --> 01:17:21,800
Nevertheless the Lord's do not 
approve of you, so go back now 

813
01:17:21,800 --> 01:17:25,400
and go peaceably that you may 
not displease the Lords of the 

814
01:17:25,400 --> 01:17:28,000
Philistines. 
So now, Dave, Cheering the 

815
01:17:28,008 --> 01:17:30,900
praise from a quiche. 
A huge was defending him. 

816
01:17:31,400 --> 01:17:34,800
And now he is speaking directly 
to him, and he's tying him, 

817
01:17:35,500 --> 01:17:38,100
you're honest. 
Did you see that the Lord lives?

818
01:17:38,100 --> 01:17:42,500
You have been honest everything.
But You have been honest. 

819
01:17:42,500 --> 01:17:44,800
Like was there any conviction in
this man? 

820
01:17:44,800 --> 01:17:48,300
As he was hearing this? 
I've been lying to you for a 

821
01:17:48,308 --> 01:17:51,500
year and four months. 
And this meant looks at him, 

822
01:17:51,500 --> 01:17:53,400
he's just like oozing over him, 
you've been. 

823
01:17:53,400 --> 01:17:58,500
So honest, he goes on to shower 
him with all this praise and it 

824
01:17:58,500 --> 01:18:02,700
seems honorable, but we heard 
earlier that David did not Merit

825
01:18:02,700 --> 01:18:06,700
that honor. 
You lived he lived as a liar. 

826
01:18:06,800 --> 01:18:12,300
So hypocrite double standard. 
But as much as, as much as that 

827
01:18:12,300 --> 01:18:17,400
is, true of David's case there 
is, there is a desire in The 

828
01:18:17,400 --> 01:18:20,200
Believer. 
At least there should be to 

829
01:18:20,200 --> 01:18:23,300
receive the respect of those who
do not believe on the Lord. 

830
01:18:23,300 --> 01:18:26,600
Jesus Christ. 
How many scriptures in the New 

831
01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:29,800
Testament are given towards 
Christians that they should have

832
01:18:29,800 --> 01:18:34,100
good standing with the world. 
How many, how many instructions 

833
01:18:34,100 --> 01:18:36,900
are we given that we should live
in such a way that they cannot 

834
01:18:36,900 --> 01:18:39,200
blame us for anything. 
And and if anything at the day 

835
01:18:39,200 --> 01:18:42,700
of the visitation of the father,
Praise him because of those who 

836
01:18:42,700 --> 01:18:47,300
have represented him. 
And so David unfortunately 

837
01:18:47,700 --> 01:18:51,400
doesn't Merit this praise but 
you and I should see this in a 

838
01:18:51,400 --> 01:18:54,800
different lion. 
It is this that something about 

839
01:18:54,800 --> 01:19:00,200
who we are outside of these 
walls would cause would cause 

840
01:19:00,200 --> 01:19:03,400
the man who don't believe in our
God to at least be open to him. 

841
01:19:03,800 --> 01:19:07,200
Did you notice how he starts 
when he begins to speak to 

842
01:19:07,200 --> 01:19:08,700
David? 
I'm going to give it a few 

843
01:19:08,700 --> 01:19:10,700
seconds. 
Just look at the first verse and

844
01:19:10,700 --> 01:19:17,600
tell me what stands out. 
What stands out? 

845
01:19:20,600 --> 01:19:24,800
As who lives? 
Is there are those capital 

846
01:19:24,800 --> 01:19:30,600
letters? 
As Yahweh lives what's Yahweh 

847
01:19:30,600 --> 01:19:32,500
doing on the lips of a pagan 
man. 

848
01:19:36,000 --> 01:19:38,700
How is he even invoking the name
of the true God? 

849
01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:44,000
I don't know. 
And many people give different 

850
01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:48,300
reasons why he's doing this but 
in our case may be that because 

851
01:19:48,300 --> 01:19:51,500
of our Lives lived out before 
those who observe us, they would

852
01:19:51,500 --> 01:19:53,600
be open to the god that we 
serve. 

853
01:19:55,000 --> 01:20:02,800
As the Lord lives. 
Does anybody remember the final 

854
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:07,300
qualification for an elder in 
the local church? 

855
01:20:09,400 --> 01:20:12,100
This is important for you. 
Whether you're in this place or 

856
01:20:12,100 --> 01:20:15,800
in a different local church and 
you're supposed to look out for 

857
01:20:15,900 --> 01:20:18,700
for a true and genuine pastor, 
at one point, or at least 

858
01:20:18,700 --> 01:20:20,800
consider who a pastor will be 
over your life. 

859
01:20:22,600 --> 01:20:25,400
What's the last qualification 
for an elder according to 1st 

860
01:20:25,400 --> 01:20:31,300
Timothy 3? 
Yeah, did you hear that? 

861
01:20:31,700 --> 01:20:34,600
Does anybody know this that they
should have a good reputation 

862
01:20:34,600 --> 01:20:37,100
with Outsiders? 
You know, that means 

863
01:20:37,100 --> 01:20:41,000
unbelievers. 
I personally have never heard 

864
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:41,900
this. 
Maybe you have. 

865
01:20:41,900 --> 01:20:45,700
I've never heard of this. 
I've never heard of a church 

866
01:20:45,700 --> 01:20:49,900
that when seeking for an elder 
or a pastor calls the unbeliever

867
01:20:49,900 --> 01:20:55,300
as a reference have you Can you 
imagine that you imagine 

868
01:20:55,300 --> 01:20:58,000
somebody who is who is being 
considered for an elder role? 

869
01:20:58,900 --> 01:21:02,000
The church calls that man's 
workplace and says, hey we're 

870
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:05,100
Maranatha Bible Church and we're
looking for so-and-so to be 

871
01:21:05,100 --> 01:21:07,200
potential Elder and we just want
to know what's his attitude like

872
01:21:07,200 --> 01:21:10,800
at work. 
How do you treat people? 

873
01:21:12,500 --> 01:21:14,400
How does he work under 10 
situations? 

874
01:21:16,100 --> 01:21:17,400
Hey man, that's the 
qualification. 

875
01:21:17,400 --> 01:21:20,200
I'm not coming up with it. 
That's what God says. 

876
01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:23,100
They have a good reputation 
among Outsiders. 

877
01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:26,900
It's quite fascinating. 
How much this means to the Lord.

878
01:21:30,300 --> 01:21:34,400
it turns your stomach to see 
that this day gone worshiping 

879
01:21:34,700 --> 01:21:39,100
Hisham vokes, the name of Yahweh
when speaking to David because, 

880
01:21:41,000 --> 01:21:43,600
This man wasn't really living 
it. 

881
01:21:45,900 --> 01:21:48,000
But in our case, maybe, because 
we really live it. 

882
01:21:50,200 --> 01:21:53,500
So what happens verse 8? 
This is shocking. 

883
01:21:53,500 --> 01:21:55,000
This is where it gets a little 
controversial. 

884
01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:57,100
This is where it kind of debate 
can spark up. 

885
01:21:57,100 --> 01:22:00,000
Look how David answers and David
said to a fish but what have I 

886
01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:03,100
done? 
What have you found in your 

887
01:22:03,100 --> 01:22:05,600
server from the day? 
I entered your service. 

888
01:22:05,600 --> 01:22:08,800
Until now that I may not go and 
fight against the enemies of my 

889
01:22:08,800 --> 01:22:11,300
Lord, the king. 
Huh? 

890
01:22:13,700 --> 01:22:16,500
I'm curious to know and and this
is this is difficult because you

891
01:22:16,500 --> 01:22:19,200
have people who have who have 
two different opinions about 

892
01:22:19,200 --> 01:22:21,900
what's taking place. 
Here you have some who find it 

893
01:22:21,900 --> 01:22:26,000
just way too difficult to 
believe that David is genuinely 

894
01:22:26,000 --> 01:22:29,000
disappointed that he has been 
rejected from participating in 

895
01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:32,900
this war against his own people.
I understand that then there are

896
01:22:32,900 --> 01:22:36,600
others who say just let the word
speak as they as they do. 

897
01:22:36,900 --> 01:22:40,900
This is a plain revelation of 
where this man's heart has gone 

898
01:22:41,200 --> 01:22:43,600
being in the This place for so 
long. 

899
01:22:44,700 --> 01:22:48,300
You may be on either side 
regardless of it, neither. 

900
01:22:48,300 --> 01:22:51,700
Good. 
Neither a good weather. 

901
01:22:51,700 --> 01:22:56,500
Whether David is is pretending 
to be disappointed, so that he 

902
01:22:56,500 --> 01:23:00,100
can like seem convincing as he 
pulls back and he's like, I 

903
01:23:00,108 --> 01:23:02,200
didn't want to be in this 
position in the first place or 

904
01:23:02,200 --> 01:23:06,100
whether he's in actually 
agitated that he can't go 

905
01:23:06,100 --> 01:23:09,200
forward. 
Both are not good, are they? 

906
01:23:10,700 --> 01:23:14,800
Not good at all. 
But what if he was actually 

907
01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:17,700
genuine? 
What are you was? 

908
01:23:17,700 --> 01:23:21,200
Actually so Disturbed. 
Imagine being so disconnected 

909
01:23:21,200 --> 01:23:24,500
from God. 
That you found yourself cast 

910
01:23:24,500 --> 01:23:27,200
down because you couldn't sin 
the way you really wanted to. 

911
01:23:29,500 --> 01:23:32,600
Imagine being so upset that your
compromise was being interrupted

912
01:23:32,600 --> 01:23:38,800
by God's Providence. 
That is you wanted to tread on 

913
01:23:38,800 --> 01:23:41,900
deeper waters of the flesh. 
God was trying to get your 

914
01:23:41,900 --> 01:23:45,000
attention and one way or 
another. 

915
01:23:45,700 --> 01:23:47,700
I want you to see how the heart 
can be. 

916
01:23:47,700 --> 01:23:52,700
So warped. 
When a man like David spends so 

917
01:23:52,700 --> 01:24:00,700
much time away from God. when 
you spend time outside of the 

918
01:24:00,700 --> 01:24:06,000
unintentional Pursuit Of God 
godliness being with God's 

919
01:24:06,000 --> 01:24:11,000
people, for sanctifying reasons,
There is no telling how the 

920
01:24:11,000 --> 01:24:18,200
heart can become so black. 
We would think that David be 

921
01:24:18,200 --> 01:24:20,600
able to see how this is, 
actually God. 

922
01:24:21,600 --> 01:24:24,400
Giving him the way of Escape. 
What do we learn from this? 

923
01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:28,500
This is God's Providence is and 
not think about it. 

924
01:24:30,300 --> 01:24:33,600
We've studied this book in-depth
enough to see that this is just 

925
01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:38,500
another episode of the sequence 
of times that God's hand came 

926
01:24:38,500 --> 01:24:42,000
into the situation, to rescue 
David out. 

927
01:24:42,400 --> 01:24:44,700
Is it not think about how 
refreshing this could have been?

928
01:24:46,000 --> 01:24:52,100
If David, if David here, after 
being in told you are going to 

929
01:24:52,100 --> 01:24:56,500
war, he not only has to not 
fight against Saul, he doesn't 

930
01:24:56,500 --> 01:24:58,500
have to fight against the 
Philistines, not to fight 

931
01:24:58,500 --> 01:24:59,600
against all the, you know what I
mean? 

932
01:24:59,800 --> 01:25:02,600
It's like the best case scenario
for you. 

933
01:25:03,700 --> 01:25:06,000
Not only do I have to fight 
against my own people, but I 

934
01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:08,300
don't have to fight against 
these people to try to get out 

935
01:25:08,300 --> 01:25:11,000
of it. 
I can just, I can just slip out.

936
01:25:15,000 --> 01:25:17,700
But the difference between God's
remember, God's Providence, in 

937
01:25:17,700 --> 01:25:21,800
David's life in so many ways, 
the difference between the past 

938
01:25:22,100 --> 01:25:26,000
interventions, and this one, I 
believe, is that in the past, 

939
01:25:26,000 --> 01:25:28,700
God seems to have manifest his 
Providence. 

940
01:25:29,700 --> 01:25:33,400
When David was walking in 
obedience, Right. 

941
01:25:36,100 --> 01:25:37,600
Is David walking in obedience 
here? 

942
01:25:39,200 --> 01:25:43,300
Very difficult to say, yes, And 
yeah, the same time. 

943
01:25:44,600 --> 01:25:50,300
God opens a door. 
With a light above it, that says

944
01:25:50,800 --> 01:25:57,200
a merciful escaped. 
How? 

945
01:26:00,700 --> 01:26:03,000
Well again it's that principal 
at you and I heard a few Bible 

946
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:06,000
studies ago the promise in the 
New Testament that there is no 

947
01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:11,300
temptation to Great to Fierce. 
So severe where there is not a 

948
01:26:11,300 --> 01:26:16,000
way of Escape God has ordered in
the laws of the universe 

949
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:21,000
concerning humanity that with 
every single Temptation God will

950
01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:24,600
provide a way to get out of it. 
So none of us can call God 

951
01:26:24,600 --> 01:26:25,900
Alliance. 
A was too tempting. 

952
01:26:26,400 --> 01:26:30,600
It was too confining none, 
nothing of that sort. 

953
01:26:32,100 --> 01:26:35,500
But at the same time here, I 
can't help but entertain the 

954
01:26:35,500 --> 01:26:41,100
possibility. 
Just just, this isn't dogmatic 

955
01:26:41,100 --> 01:26:43,700
here. 
This isn't like it's not, it's 

956
01:26:43,700 --> 01:26:46,000
this or nothing else. 
But just think with me here at 

957
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:51,100
this Bible study, That maybe God
was merciful to David. 

958
01:26:52,300 --> 01:26:53,600
Because I'm more than one 
occasion. 

959
01:26:53,600 --> 01:27:04,000
David has been merciful to Saul.
David wrote something in one of 

960
01:27:04,008 --> 01:27:06,800
his songs and what he wrote at 
one point. 

961
01:27:06,800 --> 01:27:10,700
In Psalm 18, verse 25 turned 
there, as we close, this Bible 

962
01:27:10,700 --> 01:27:22,300
study, Psalm 18 verse 25. 
As we go there, actually, before

963
01:27:22,300 --> 01:27:24,900
we go to verse 25, let's scroll 
back to verse 1. 

964
01:27:31,900 --> 01:27:37,100
Psalm 18 verse 12, the 
choirmaster a Psalm of David, 

965
01:27:37,100 --> 01:27:40,500
the servant of the Lord, who 
addressed the words of this song

966
01:27:40,500 --> 01:27:44,400
to the Lord, on the day, when 
the Lord rescued him from the 

967
01:27:44,400 --> 01:27:48,200
hand of all his enemies, and 
from the hand of Saul. 

968
01:27:48,900 --> 01:27:52,300
So, that's the context. 
David has experience, not just 

969
01:27:52,300 --> 01:27:56,900
deliverance from his main enemy 
saw, but from all his enemies, 

970
01:27:59,300 --> 01:28:02,200
You scroll down and you look at 
verse 25. 

971
01:28:02,200 --> 01:28:08,000
And what do you read with the 
merciful you show yourself what 

972
01:28:08,600 --> 01:28:14,600
merciful? 
With the merciful. 

973
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:21,400
You show yourself merciful. 
Blessed, are the merciful? 

974
01:28:22,200 --> 01:28:25,600
Why? 
For they shall be one. 

975
01:28:27,600 --> 01:28:33,300
Shawn Mercy. 
What David is writing here is a 

976
01:28:33,300 --> 01:28:37,100
principle of divine 
Administration and it can be 

977
01:28:37,100 --> 01:28:42,600
summarized in this, you ready? 
That God offers a certain level 

978
01:28:42,600 --> 01:28:46,200
of Mercy. 
To those who are in this life, 

979
01:28:46,200 --> 01:28:50,500
merciful to others. 
I want you to never forget this 

980
01:28:50,500 --> 01:28:52,600
truth. 
It's very important. 

981
01:28:53,700 --> 01:28:58,700
Mercy means many things, Mercy 
include showing compassion and 

982
01:28:58,700 --> 01:29:03,700
forgiveness, and reserving 
personal Vengeance or punishment

983
01:29:03,700 --> 01:29:08,600
upon somebody who deserves it. 
Mercy goes beyond that. 

984
01:29:08,600 --> 01:29:11,100
I believe it's much more Broad 
in its understanding. 

985
01:29:11,100 --> 01:29:12,400
Why? 
Because you see throughout the 

986
01:29:12,400 --> 01:29:16,700
gospels men in their physical 
ailments or in their suffering 

987
01:29:16,700 --> 01:29:22,400
and their distress son of David 
have what mercy on me? 

988
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:27,700
And Jesus acted because he is a 
merciful god in what way by 

989
01:29:27,700 --> 01:29:32,500
alleviating suffering. 
By lifting people's burdens by 

990
01:29:32,500 --> 01:29:37,800
showing care, and compassion, by
giving attention to those who 

991
01:29:37,800 --> 01:29:46,100
are desperate for certain 
attention, David has been 

992
01:29:46,100 --> 01:29:51,800
merciful many times. 
Could it be just a thought to 

993
01:29:51,808 --> 01:29:54,200
entertain even in conversation 
afterwards? 

994
01:29:55,900 --> 01:29:58,700
Here's God, extending Mercy to a
man who has been merciful. 

995
01:30:02,400 --> 01:30:05,200
Would you like God to be 
merciful to you in this life? 

996
01:30:07,700 --> 01:30:11,700
Be merciful to others. 
Be merciful to others. 

997
01:30:13,100 --> 01:30:17,500
Be understanding, isn't God 
understanding with you, how many

998
01:30:17,500 --> 01:30:21,600
times have you failed? 
And you've come to God and ask 

999
01:30:21,600 --> 01:30:24,200
for mercy and he's giving it to 
you. 

1000
01:30:25,700 --> 01:30:27,500
Why would you reserve it from 
somebody else? 

1001
01:30:29,900 --> 01:30:34,200
With this verse tells me if I 
just read it simply and not try 

1002
01:30:34,200 --> 01:30:38,400
to explain it away, I just read 
it simply by honoring the 

1003
01:30:38,400 --> 01:30:41,100
context. 
And the totality of scripture is

1004
01:30:41,100 --> 01:30:44,200
that God will look at my life. 
Yes, of forgiving sinner. 

1005
01:30:44,200 --> 01:30:47,600
Yes, the cross absorbed all of 
God's judgment, but as I live 

1006
01:30:47,600 --> 01:30:53,000
practically as a representative 
of Christ, if I want to no 

1007
01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:56,200
mercy, following me all the days
of my life. 

1008
01:30:57,200 --> 01:30:59,100
Then I better be ready to give 
it to others. 

1009
01:31:00,700 --> 01:31:05,900
Here's Mercy. 
I will shower you with Mercy. 

1010
01:31:09,700 --> 01:31:14,300
Don't be unforgiving, don't like
compassion. 

1011
01:31:18,200 --> 01:31:22,000
Don't give people an idea 
because you've done this. 

1012
01:31:23,400 --> 01:31:25,600
I will make you be punished for 
it. 

1013
01:31:26,300 --> 01:31:27,800
I will do whatever I can to 
shame. 

1014
01:31:27,800 --> 01:31:33,500
You embarrass, you ruin your 
reputation, make life miserable 

1015
01:31:33,500 --> 01:31:34,800
for you because of what you've 
done to me. 

1016
01:31:35,500 --> 01:31:40,300
God is merciful to those who 
show Mercy. 

1017
01:31:41,200 --> 01:31:43,700
Remember that? 
Let's pray. 

1018
01:32:02,200 --> 01:32:05,200
Surely goodness and mercy shall 
follow me all the days of my 

1019
01:32:05,200 --> 01:32:09,200
life. 
Louis, thank you for this 

1020
01:32:09,200 --> 01:32:12,600
precious study. 
How when David was in deep 

1021
01:32:12,600 --> 01:32:20,500
trouble, your Providence gave 
him a way out. thank you, Lord, 

1022
01:32:20,500 --> 01:32:25,400
that you did not abandon David 
even though he abandoned a part 

1023
01:32:25,400 --> 01:32:35,900
of his heart, To his flesh. 
Lord, we ask that we would be 

1024
01:32:36,500 --> 01:32:39,200
equally as merciful as you've 
been to us. 

1025
01:32:43,100 --> 01:32:44,800
Forgiving, those who have hurt 
us. 

1026
01:32:46,600 --> 01:32:52,600
Extending kindness to those who 
might have extended pain. 

1027
01:32:55,900 --> 01:33:01,000
You expect Mercy to flow from 
our hands and our lips. 

1028
01:33:03,100 --> 01:33:05,300
Would you find it in us and 
Lord, when we lack the 

1029
01:33:05,300 --> 01:33:09,700
motivation or when our flesh 
would argue, otherwise Laura 

1030
01:33:09,700 --> 01:33:13,800
just dominate our hearts. 
Dominate. 

1031
01:33:13,800 --> 01:33:17,600
Our hearts. 
We thank you for this Bible 

1032
01:33:17,600 --> 01:33:20,400
study. 
We thank you that you've spoken 

1033
01:33:20,400 --> 01:33:23,700
clearly to our hearts and now 
Lord with what we've learned in 

1034
01:33:23,708 --> 01:33:27,200
the short chapter may be applied
to the chapters of Our Lives. 

1035
01:33:29,600 --> 01:33:35,300
We bless you and we worship you.
We give you all praise and glory

1036
01:33:35,300 --> 01:33:37,800
and honor. 
And what even as we sit in our 

1037
01:33:37,800 --> 01:33:39,600
pews and reflect on what we 
heard. 

1038
01:33:42,200 --> 01:33:45,900
May what we reflect upon give us
the clear answers to where we 

1039
01:33:45,900 --> 01:33:50,300
are today with you. 
We want to be where you want us 

1040
01:33:50,300 --> 01:33:53,700
to be. 
Thank you that your word aligns 

1041
01:33:53,700 --> 01:33:57,500
us. 
And puts a light to our path to 

1042
01:33:57,500 --> 01:33:58,800
help us. 
See where we're going. 

1043
01:34:00,500 --> 01:34:03,400
We bless you, Lord for you. 
Are the Living God. 

1044
01:34:04,100 --> 01:34:06,900
The god of David is our God and 
we give you all the glory and 

1045
01:34:06,900 --> 01:34:10,500
praise in Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

1046
01:44:49,100 --> 01:44:51,400
What's sweet fellowship with his
word tonight? 

1047
01:44:52,000 --> 01:44:55,000
Well, we thank you that you have
guided us through this chapter. 

1048
01:44:55,500 --> 01:44:58,500
We thank you that we have tasted
honey tonight. 

1049
01:44:59,100 --> 01:45:01,000
We thank you that. 
Our souls feel like they've been

1050
01:45:01,000 --> 01:45:05,500
water that we have. 
Feasted at a banquet the 

1051
01:45:05,508 --> 01:45:09,900
beginning of this weekend. 
Lori, pray that we would 

1052
01:45:09,900 --> 01:45:13,400
remember that final Point 
especially that you are merciful

1053
01:45:13,500 --> 01:45:17,200
to those who show Mercy. 
Help us be a merciful people 

1054
01:45:17,200 --> 01:45:21,800
especially as we Continue in 
life together and offense, will 

1055
01:45:21,800 --> 01:45:25,700
surely. 
Come, we would be like our King 

1056
01:45:27,200 --> 01:45:31,100
We would be good and gracious. 
We ask Lord that you would guide

1057
01:45:31,100 --> 01:45:37,000
us this weekend at Lord. 
We would have good testimony 

1058
01:45:37,000 --> 01:45:38,400
with the world that we interact 
with. 

1059
01:45:39,200 --> 01:45:44,300
And Lord, this coming Sunday, 
you would give an extra measure 

1060
01:45:44,300 --> 01:45:48,500
of your peace and joy as we 
celebrate the lives that you've 

1061
01:45:48,500 --> 01:45:50,200
transformed or protect their 
minds. 

1062
01:45:50,200 --> 01:45:54,300
Even now as we pray and we pray 
for the family Dynamics, the 

1063
01:45:54,300 --> 01:45:58,300
storms that might be caused. 
Oh Lord, by this decision to 

1064
01:45:58,300 --> 01:46:01,400
step out on obedience towards 
speak peace into those homes, as

1065
01:46:01,400 --> 01:46:06,000
you did the Sea of Galilee. 
And Lord, may we come into a 

1066
01:46:06,000 --> 01:46:08,800
sanctuary with a people that 
will offer to you. 

1067
01:46:08,800 --> 01:46:13,400
A great sacrifice of 
Thanksgiving and praise speak. 

1068
01:46:13,400 --> 01:46:17,100
Precisely through these 
testimonies and may there be 

1069
01:46:17,100 --> 01:46:20,900
greater fruit out of this 
obedience from these people who 

1070
01:46:20,900 --> 01:46:24,400
are stepping out in faith. 
We give you maximum glory and 

1071
01:46:24,400 --> 01:46:27,900
praise for all that. 
You have done all that you are 

1072
01:46:27,900 --> 01:46:32,100
doing and all that you will do. 
In the precious name of Jesus. 

1073
01:46:32,100 --> 01:46:34,000
We pray. 
Amen. 

1074
01:46:34,000 --> 01:46:35,500
And amen. 
And amen. 

1075
01:46:36,000 --> 01:46:38,500
Fellowship with one. 
Another, if you can stay for 

1076
01:46:38,500 --> 01:46:41,500
those who are getting baptized 
in your here, just know that you

1077
01:46:41,500 --> 01:46:43,300
will be getting an email 
tomorrow. 

1078
01:46:43,600 --> 01:46:46,000
You're getting an evil tomorrow 
early in the day to know how you

1079
01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:48,400
can prepare with the 
practicalities of that day. 

1080
01:46:48,700 --> 01:46:50,300
And so we can't wait to see you 
Sunday. 

1081
01:46:50,600 --> 01:46:52,500
God bless you guys have a 
wonderful night.