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Does anybody know why in the 
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When Paul visited Barea, we are 
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than the Jews in thessalonica. 
There's anybody. 

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Remember why One because they 
searched the Scriptures Daily to

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see if what was being said. 
Was so so they were students of 

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the word of God. 
But before we are told that they

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searched the scriptures, we are 
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word with all eagerness. 
There was a hunger, there was a 

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desperation, there is an 
expectation, there is a longing 

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and I believe that different 
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same standard. 
There are some places that 

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receive the word with all 
eagerness. 

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And there are some places where 
you have to put your topical 

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sermon aside because of the 
conference theme and preach the 

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gospel because you wonder if 
they're even safe to begin with.

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And I've been there many times 
before people who Come to church

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with their Bibles. 
People who come distracted, 

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people who come with kind of an 
attitude of. 

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Let's see what you have for me 
preacher. 

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Let's see if you can make me 
cry. 

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Let's see if you can make me 
think the Holy Spirit testifies 

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about the brains that they came 
with an eagerness for the word 

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and it was proved by every time 
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they searched the Scriptures 
Daily. 

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What's impressive about the fact
that they searched the 

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Scriptures Daily? 
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Let me ask you this question, 
did they have goat Leather Bible

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in their lap? 
They have apps to download on 

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their iPhones know. 
Where would they have to go to 

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search the Scriptures Daily? 
The synagogue most likely they 

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would have to run to the local 
synagogue and stay there and 

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examine the Scrolls that had no 
references. 

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No red letters. 
No commentaries necessarily and 

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they searched and they searched.
Paul said that, this Jesus is 

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found in Isaiah. 
Let's go to the scroll of 

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Isaiah. 
Paul said that Moses spoke of 

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this Jesus. 
Let's, let's go to the Books of 

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Moses and they searched and they
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I pray that we would be a church
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our eagerness to receive the 
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meet me in the book of 1st 
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me, please. 
One more time. 

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Heavenly Father, we thank you 
for the written word. 

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We thank you Lord that in this 
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with a band of people who are 
eager for the scriptures and who

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do their due diligence to seek 
the word for themselves to see 

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if such things are. 
So we pray o God that this 

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himself because he's learning 
that this band of prophets by 

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the spirit of God is putting a 
halt to these men from pursuing 

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David and so in verse 22 of 
chapter 19 then he himself went 

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to Rama and To the great, well, 
that is insecure, who, and he 

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asked where our Samuel and 
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And one said, behold, they are 
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And he went there to Nathan 
drama and the spirit of God Came

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Upon him also. 
And as he went, he prophesied, 

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until he came to nail it than 
drama and he to stripped off his

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clothes. 
And he to prophesied before 

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Samuel, and lay naked, all that 
day, and all that night, thus, 

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it is said, is Saul also among 
the prophets We would hope that 

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after this moment that's all and
his Endeavor to pursue David 

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would be brought to an end that 
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drunk in Fury and he would 
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and never plan to come against a
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with God. 
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disappointed in this chapter 
because the man saw is 

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Relentless, it's almost a 
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With Saul where he goes and the 
spirit of God falls upon him and

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he's put on pause and he begins 
to prophesy and share the 

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wonders in the glories in the 
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to sin against God and against 
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And this is a clear illustration
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Goodness of God toward Who David
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assurance that he is for him and
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But it's also a picture of the 
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because Saul In This Moment In 
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under a current of the pure and 
holy power of God saw in this 

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moment, as he is trying to sin 
against God is instead 

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apprehended and now he is a 
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experiencing something that he's
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his ministry when he was in 
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allowed him to taste of his 
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him to taste his grace and his 
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rebellion. 
And I hope, you know, your God 

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enough that if saw had chosen 
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moment to repent. 
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to seek to be reconciled with 
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what he wants. 
New that warm Fellowship that 

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closeness with the holy spirit 
that God would God would have 

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restored him and delivered him 
from that tormenting spirit that

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was placed on him for discipline
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But he doesn't repent. 
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God forces him to disrobe 
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his Royal attire, forgot to say 
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I'm the real King here. 
I'm the one who's really 

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Sovereign if I want to strip you
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like a baby, I can do it in a 
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And Saul still didn't repent. 
Here's the conclusion, no matter

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how much God pursues man man is 
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Necked. 
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compassion. 
Like he does here with Saul or 

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God strikes. 
You with conviction we are 

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capable of still resisting. 
I've seen it. 

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I've seen it week after week 
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You preach. 
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You preach. 
And people still don't change. 

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I've sat with people who have 
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than one, they still don't 
change, they have moments of 

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concern, their conscious is 
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their ways and oftentimes 
they're worse than where they 

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were before. 
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chapter 20, where we will cease 
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the spiralling consequences of 
his sin, not just in his own 

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life, but a sin often does in 
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And at the same time in chapter,
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from David's perspective. 
We're going to be continually 

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convinced that on this journey 
toward Christ, likeness are many

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tests. 
Many trials, many difficulties 

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the journey to the throne of 
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turbulence for David. 
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moments where he would be even 
discourage as we're going to 

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find out and he would even 
despair all for us to see as the

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people of God. 
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if we want to pursue a God has 
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great seasons. 
Of Trials and temptations and 

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testing. 
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see how God is going to supply 
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So that David can endure and God
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And in this chapter we're going 
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that he provides this man of God
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and obey God, he's going to 
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named Jonathan and Jonathan's 
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surely God has given Jonathan to
David and surely The God Who has

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given us his son in. 
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from us. 
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God in this little journey 
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shot to glorify him. 
So let's read in verse 1 of 

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chapter 20. 
Then David fled from nails and 

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in drama and came and said 
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done? 
What is my guilt and what is my 

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sin before? 
Your father? 

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That he seeks my life and he set
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You shall not die. 
Behold, my father does nothing 

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either great or small without 
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And why should my father hide? 
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It is not so, but David vowed 
again saying your father knows 

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well that I found favor in your 
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Let Jonathan know this. 
Lest he be But truly as the Lord

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lives and as your soul lives, 
there is but a step between me 

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and death. 
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whatever you say I will do for 
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David fled Rama. 
He ran away from the place that 

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we just read. 
In chapter 19 were got for some 

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reason, he's such an a panic 
that he does something that 

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doesn't really make sense. 
And there's a scripture that 

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I've always quoted for the first
part, and I never really 

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understood the second part, at 
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It's in Proverbs 29:25. 
And it says that the fear of, 

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man, lays a snare. 
It lays a trap, But he who 

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trusts in the Lord is safe. 
Again, I've always quoted that 

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verse to, to highlight how the 
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It paralyzes, you, it keeps you 
on place, it holds you back from

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moving forward and greater 
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But what's the relationship 
between the fear of, man, laying

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a snare? 
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safe. and it's very simple at 
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when there are Temptations to 
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what David is doing Say, from 
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Safe from succumbing to 
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responses and reactions. 
Safe from unnecessary and 

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harmful speculations. 
See trusting in God, sobers your

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judgment and it helps you make 
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you know, when to move and when 
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not to say. 
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that trust, he is open to the 
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man. 
And when you fear man, you 

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forfeit a lot. 
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forfeit is what we see here, 
David, you forfeit simple, 

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common sense. 
You are even clouded from seeing

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the goodness of God. 
I mean you just saw God in his 

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spiritual power moving in to 
protect you and your still 

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fleeing. 
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that as he comes to Jonathan, He
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interrogate. 
He would come elated. 

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Not dejected. 
He would come saying God is 

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faithful Jonathan let me tell 
you how God just protected me in

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Rama. 
Let me tell you how no King, no 

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soldiers, no band. 
No Army can stand against God 

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can stand against those who are 
in Christ but instead he comes 

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to Jonathan so discouraged. 
It's something that we never 

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seen David do before. 
I mean the guy killed lions and 

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bears, the man killed a guy. 
Bryant one-on-one, this man had 

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many campaigns where he's 
slaughtered hundreds and maybe 

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even thousands of philistine 
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And now offers sudden David for 
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is shown to be concerned about 
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He comes to Jonathan and he he 
wants to inquire. 

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He wants answers. 
He wants to know. 

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Where do I go from here? 
Hey, Jonathan. 

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I need to know where your dad 
stands, am I going to be labeled

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falsely as a fugitive? 
Am I going to be an outcast, or 

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are we gonna have to go through 
this again, where I reconcile 

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with your father? 
I want to know where your dad 

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stands, and I want to know where
you stand on top of that 

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actually. 
And as you approach is Jonathan 

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to interrogate him, we get a 
glimpse of this man's disparity,

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he's saying There's only about 
one step between death and 

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myself. 
I've never seen David like this,

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in our studies so far. 
We've never seen David like 

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this. 
And nothing could be further 

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from the truth. 
David really believe that. 

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All it would take is one small 
opportunity and he was finished,

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he would never become king, he 
would never occupy the throne. 

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He would never fulfill his call.
And what David is bleeding in 

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this moment? 
What is, what many people 

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believe in life? 
That man is actually Sovereign 

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over God. 
That the president is Sovereign 

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over a God, that a virus is 
Sovereign over God. 

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That laws are sovereign over. 
God, You want to see how David 

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was so wrong. 
Look at the words here, he says 

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again there is but a step at the
end of verse 3 between me and 

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death there is but a step. 
You know what that means? 

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Let me illustrate One step and 
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Can I tell you that? 
God had a different plan for 

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David. 
You don't have to turn there but

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it's a wonderful reference to 
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If you're taking notes and acts 
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David's life. 
For David and acts 13364 David 

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after he had served the purpose 
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fell asleep. 
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and saw corruption. 
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In This Moment, he thought all 
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step and I'm finished. 
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Paul and this was the reality. 
You're not going anywhere until 

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you serve your purpose and your 
generation and guess who can't 

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stop that. 
Saul, guess who can't stop that,

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all of Israel, if they choose to
come against, you cannot Prevail

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over my sovereign plan for your 
life. 

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What David needed to understand 
what is God, is Sovereign not 

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Saul, but here's the point, even
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succumb to such lows. 
Where you become so forgetful of

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what God is. 
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yesterday, even if it's written 
here, even if you have journal 

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entries upon journal entries, we
are still susceptible to 

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forgetting the faithfulness of 
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Not just forgetting his faith as
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See what David failed to realize
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been permitted, David comes up 
and he says what's going on 

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here? 
What's going on at my deserving 

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of this, am I actually guilty of
something and Jonathan answers. 

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Very interestingly we read it. 
He said this can't be. 

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It's very difficult for me to 
believe what you're saying 

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because I know my dad and we 
have this thing. 

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We have this thing that as long 
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nothing small or great that he 
with holds for me before he 

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plans to do something, he always
tells me. 

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About it. 
He always ask my counselee, 

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always ask my permission, and so
I've heard nothing of him, 

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chasing you, while you were at 
Samuel. 

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So I can't believe that this is 
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But it was true. whether 
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that didn't change the fact that
it was true, And I read that and

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I thought to myself, what do we 
make of this? 

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Because Jonathan is perplexed, 
he knew Saul to be a certain 

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person and to do something 
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And now he's being told 
something that contradicts what 

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he is known. 
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listen, I know this isn't going 
to really uplift you, but I need

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to tell you because it will 
prepare you for potential 

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disappointments in life, 
especially with people, I want 

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you to realize through this a 
principle about the fickleness 

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of man. people in your life are 
capable of changing, especially 

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if they don't fear God, People 
in life though, you've probably 

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known them for years. 
On end, they probably been a 

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certain way for so long under 
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After not being walking with the
Lord, and the right way can 

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change drastically, and that's 
what Jonathan experience with 

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his father. 
Jonathan thought, his father was

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one person and all for a sudden 
he's learned that he is not the 

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person you thought he was. 
And so I want to prepare you 

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from for potential pain in life 
to be Garden to be shielded, 

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man. 
Will fail you? 

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Man? 
Will disappoint you even the 

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most unlikely even those that 
might perplex you, even the 

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thought of entertaining of them 
doing something that you never 

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thought they would do. 
Yes, it's possible for them to 

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do it. 
But here's the joy, Jesus will 

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never fail you because he never 
changes. 

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He never changes. 
He never changes because he does

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not need to change to change 
implies that you need to better 

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yourself and we know that about 
Christ. 

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He's perfect. 
To change means that you have 

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the potential of sinning and we 
know that our Lord cannot sin. 

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And so whatever God says, that's
what he is. 

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And that's what he'll do. 
Jesus is the same yesterday 

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today and forever. 
And so you can know one thing. 

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Your Lord will never disappoint 
you though. 

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Men will and the reason for that
change with sauce in crept in 

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Sin crept in and overtook his 
heart over took his soul and 

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sin, when it rains in a person's
life, does not cease to corrode 

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and destroy everything and 
anything even relationships, 

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even the most prized 
relationships in life, it is 

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cancerous and this is a reminder
that when we think sin only 

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affects us, we are under 
deception. 

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Even though you think that the 
sin that you are entertaining, 

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your life, only affects Or maybe
the person you're sinning 

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against or sinning with that is 
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It actually reaches to resources
and relationships that you never

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thought it would reach its much,
more catastrophic than we can 

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imagine. 
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think that we can manage and 
control our sin. 

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I want to tell you tonight, 
something that you've probably 

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heard a hundred times what it's 
worth hearing. 

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One more time. 
I'm sure you can choose your sin

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but you can never choose the 
consequence of that sin. 

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You can determine what you will 
do and knowingly because it's 

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wrong. 
You will do it, but God's 

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forgiving and he's merciful. 
But let me tell you something, 

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you can never manage the 
magnitude of the consequence of 

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that sin. 
It's like trying to grasp the 

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wind. 
It's like trying to Manage the 

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ocean, it will have its way and 
you might be shocked to realize 

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how far it will go because 
here's what happens. 

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Saul was sinning against David 
Saul had his own personal 

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emotional issues but we have 
ever thought that it would 

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destroy this this bond with his 
son to such a degree that it 

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actually fractured a specific 
practice that they shared 

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together. 
My dad tells me everything but, 

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but Saul's jealousy was so 
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mingle with that and erode 
something as precious and as As 

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my herbal as a father and his 
son, his son, sharing something 

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beautiful a trust and a 
transparency sin is vicious. 

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And so, he was perplexed. 
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situation. 
He says, look, your dad knows 

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that we have this relationship. 
Your dad knows that if your 

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father misses me at all. 
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leave of me to run to Bethlehem 
his City for. 

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There's a yearly sacrifice there
for all the clan and he says 

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good, it will be well with your 
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then know that harm is 
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See what I see with David here 
is that Jonathan is not, it's 

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not buying this whole thing 
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kill him. 
You know why what happened in 

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the previous chapter between 
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Can anybody remind us? 
What happened? 

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It was a precious thing. 
It was a glorious thing who 

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remembers Yeah Jonathan 
confronts his father point-blank

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without trickery and it just 
speaks honestly, what are you 

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trying to do against David? 
The man's done? 

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Nothing wrong and saw gave him 
his word as long as the Lord 

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lives, I will not put him to 
death and not only that he 

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brings David back into his 
court. 

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That's the last thing that 
Jonathan was exposed to 

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concerning the situation and now
offers sudden David shows up and

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he's like your dad's trying to 
kill me and he's like, hold on I

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saw him repent. 
Supposedly, I saw him change his

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ways. 
You know you're telling me 

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something that that I apparently
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And David doesn't condemn, 
Jonathan, David doesn't slap him

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upside, the head. 
David doesn't scream at him. 

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David doesn't shake him by the 
collar, David displays, a 

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patient's. 
And he says, let me show you 

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this to be true. 
I read that and I admired David 

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for this because it shows again,
the need to be a certain way 

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with our Brothers and Sisters in
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Listen, you want to be A 
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You want to disciple other 
people, then know this it will 

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require forbearance, it will 
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Of maturity, because every 
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are operating at a different 
level of understanding and a 

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different level of maturity. 
And some of us see things 

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clearer than others, some of us 
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Some of us have greater skill 
and ability socially practically

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in Ministry than others. 
And so the Bible instructions in

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the New Testament, you're going 
to have different kind of 

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characters in The and the local 
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And so it's going to require a 
great deal of restraint and 

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patience in order for 
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Here's proof of that. 
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Paul says and we urge you, we 
urge you Brothers, admonish the 

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idol. 
Encourage the faint-hearted, 

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help the weak be patient with 
them all. 

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Admonish the idle, those who are
lazy, those who are not 

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necessarily committed, those, 
they need to be shaken up more 

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than the regular person admonish
them. 

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Encourage the faint-hearted, 
there are some who are more 

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susceptible to discouragement 
and others I then had the 

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humility to say hear what you 
have to say. 

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It's amazing. 
It's amazing how we are so quick

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to give up on people. 
Although, they're a little 

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awkward. 
They seem to think differently. 

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They seem to be socially off. 
Well, welcome to the church. 

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Are we not supposed to bring in 
people and through our gifts and

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through Christ in US, witness 
the transforming power of God. 

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It's as though, we want 
everybody to come in perfectly 

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intact, theologically precise. 
From top to bottom, no issues. 

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No corks. 
No, you're going to have 

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different people with different 
backgrounds and different 

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bruises and different records. 
And it's going to require us to 

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partner with the spirit of God 
to say, you might be a little 

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different. 
You might not understand that 

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you might not see it like you're
supposed to see it but let's 

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work together and see God, 
transform your life. 

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That's where church becomes 
church when you do life with 

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people and you're willing to pay
a price to see Christ in them. 

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Jonathan said to David whatever 
you say I will do for you. 

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Whatever you say I will do for 
you. 

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And you know why I'm encouraged 
by that because it contrast 

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sauce all change with. 
Jonathan saw was one way for so 

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many years and all for sudden 
because the flesh took over. 

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He performs something that 
Jonathan never thought he would 

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do, but I see in Jonathan and 
you're going to see for the rest

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of the study, a consistent 
fellow concrete, man. 

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He was unsure shaken. 
He was a moved. 

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Yeah, he had moments of doubt, 
maybe had moments like this, 

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where he questioning, but the 
men down deep inside was solid. 

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He was reliable. 
He was Instant, let's strive to 

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be like that. 
In fact, Jonathan here is given 

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to David in this great test in 
this episode that required great

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endurance. 
Jonathan was given to reflect 

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the relationship that you and I 
should be sharing with our 

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master and our Lord. 
As you heard Jesus doesn't 

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change. 
He is reliable. 

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He was always available. 
He supplies. 

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The Graces that we need in order
to be, strengthened to strive to

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christlikeness. 
And I look at Jonathan here. 

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And I see a man. 
Who is a friend like Jesus? 

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And he almost even Echoes. 
The same words as Jesus though. 

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Jonathan obviously is not God 
and he's not saying David pray 

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to me. 
He's making himself available to

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David, and Jesus himself, says, 
whatever you ask, I will give 

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whatever you ask in my name. 
It will be done. 

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And when I look at Jonathan 
here, I realized I realized at 

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least two things about a true 
friend in Christ. 

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I realize, at least two things. 
The first thing is this Jonathan

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was a friend to David in both 
the good and the bad. 

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Does anybody believe in here 
that the Bible speaks about 

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friendships? 
Do you believe Jesus taught 

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about friendships? 
Where do you believe you just 

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taught about substitutionary? 
Atonement. 

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Now, Jesus spoke about 
friendships and we're going to 

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get to that in a moment. 
See when Christ wants to form 

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you and shape, you, it's in 
every facet of your life, every 

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expression of your existence and
guess what? 

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You have friends you have 
relationships and God wants 

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Christ to shine through that. 
David was a friend, rather 

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Jonathan was a friend to David 
through the good and the bad. 

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It was easy to be supportive of 
David, it was easy to make a 

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covenant with David when he was 
the hero of Israel and 

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everybody's singing his praise 
and everybody loves David now. 

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David is going to be labeled 
falsely as a criminal. 

454
00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:41,500
Now David is going to be an 
outcast. 

455
00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:44,500
He's gonna be pushed out of the 
Palace of his home. 

456
00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:48,600
Everything linked about his 
life, his livelihood, his 

457
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,400
family, his job is connected to 
Saul and I because saw was in a 

458
00:28:52,408 --> 00:28:55,800
bad mood. 
David has to flee and Saul is 

459
00:28:55,800 --> 00:29:00,200
going to spread slander and 
accusation and yet Jonathan at 

460
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,600
this moment is saying I'm with 
you in this buddy. 

461
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,300
I'm here with you. 
Do you see the great risk of 

462
00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:11,700
this? 
Here's the point for us to 

463
00:29:11,700 --> 00:29:15,000
consider Jonathan. 
Was there for David at every 

464
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,500
point of his life even when it 
would cost Jonathan something to

465
00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:25,300
be David's friend. 
The man could have stepped back.

466
00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:27,800
I look at Jonathan and the man 
could have stepped back and said

467
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,100
hey look this is getting 
confusing. 

468
00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:32,400
My dad said he forgave you. 
Now you're saying that he's 

469
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,500
trying to kill you. 
Look this is between you and 

470
00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:37,600
him. 
It was nice, knowing you. 

471
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,600
I really believe you're going to
become the king of Israel. 

472
00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:41,500
I'll support you from a 
distance. 

473
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,400
You guys figure it out. 
Maybe I'll bump into you. 

474
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,900
God bless you. 
Could have done that. 

475
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:53,100
No, he persisted. 
Is it loving David? 

476
00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:58,200
When it's hard to love David. 
Jonathan is going to sacrifice 

477
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:03,000
for David even though it might 
cost Jonathan a great price 

478
00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:05,500
which brings us to the second 
point. 

479
00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:10,900
Please remember why Jonathan is 
doing this with David? 

480
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:15,300
What was the reason why Jonathan
was willing to cling to David 

481
00:30:15,300 --> 00:30:17,700
even at the expense of his own 
job? 

482
00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:20,700
And more importantly the 
relationship with his father, 

483
00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:22,500
does anybody remember when we 
brought that up? 

484
00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:27,600
Why? 
He loved the truth. 

485
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:34,500
Jonathan was a man of God and 
Jonathan was not a respecter of 

486
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:38,100
persons. 
I hope we would be such people 

487
00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:42,500
and when it came to an ultimatum
when it came to a circumstance 

488
00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:46,000
where there was a clear divide 
by what is true and what is 

489
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:50,200
false Jonathan stood on the side
of truth, no matter who stood on

490
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:55,500
the other side and David was on 
the side of Truth saw was on the

491
00:30:55,500 --> 00:31:01,100
side of wickedness. 
And this man chose to be David's

492
00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:05,100
friend because he saw in David a
man after God's heart, who would

493
00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:08,000
obey him at any cost and 
Johnson. 

494
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,400
That's a person that I will 
stand by and he does. 

495
00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:15,200
And that's Jesus friendship 
toward us. 

496
00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:18,600
This might wound, you, I'm 
sorry, but it's true. 

497
00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:21,000
Jesus Is Friendship is 
conditional. 

498
00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:26,400
Jesus Is Friendship is 
conditional. 

499
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:32,600
It's open to everyone, but it's 
based on a condition, not 

500
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,100
everybody's a friend of Christ. 
And not everybody. 

501
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:41,000
This Christ consider a friend. 
Because Jesus said in John, 

502
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,100
14:15 verse, 14, you are my 
friends. 

503
00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:49,400
If you do what I command you, 
you are my friends. 

504
00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:59,400
If you do what I command you, 
You heard me say the past couple

505
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,900
of weeks that you and I must 
stand for truth, no matter what 

506
00:32:01,900 --> 00:32:04,500
it costs us, and for Jonathan, 
it would cost him very much with

507
00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:08,800
his own father. 
And the reason why Jonathan is 

508
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,900
partnering with David's, not 
because David made him laugh 

509
00:32:10,900 --> 00:32:13,000
more. 
It's not because he he had a 

510
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,000
presence about him, he was 
entertaining. 

511
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,500
It was not because David was 
famous and he was willing to 

512
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,400
ignore his family so that he can
have some kind of claim to 

513
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:26,600
popularity, nothing of the sort.
It was because David was walking

514
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:33,000
in the light. and John says I 
will I will be with you and for 

515
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:40,400
you as long as you walk for 
Christ and for his glory Base 

516
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:44,400
your friendships on truth. 
Base your relationships in your 

517
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:49,200
decisions and your defense on 
truth and you will know great 

518
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,500
reward, and you will know the 
best of relationships. 

519
00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:55,800
So David says, well if you're if
you're saying do whatever. 

520
00:32:55,800 --> 00:33:00,400
I tell you let me tell you. 
Let's make a plan and you heard 

521
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,200
it. 
There's a new moon, Feast, I'm 

522
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,700
supposed to be there because 
that's how KooKoo saw was Saul 

523
00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:09,400
was so crazy that he's trying to
kill the man, but he still 

524
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:15,400
expecting him to come to dinner.
That's what feasts with my 

525
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,200
family. 
Why are you lying? 

526
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,800
Why do you why do you have to 
do, do it this way? 

527
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,000
There's so many other ways that 
you could have done it, why did 

528
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,400
you have to convince? 
Jonathan was clearly a man of 

529
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,800
God to be deceptive in this 
attempt to try to reveal Saul's 

530
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,900
attitude about you. 
You didn't have to do this. 

531
00:33:34,900 --> 00:33:36,200
But don't you love the 
scriptures? 

532
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,500
The scriptures are very honest, 
and they're not biased. 

533
00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:42,300
You know, if you want, any 
argument for the validity of the

534
00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:45,900
word of God consider this, that 
the authors of many of the books

535
00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:48,800
did not hide their faults in 
their failures. 

536
00:33:49,900 --> 00:33:51,800
If I knew that I was going to 
write something that was going 

537
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,100
to be known as God's revelation 
to mankind. 

538
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,300
I would try my best to try to 
erase the parts where I look 

539
00:33:57,300 --> 00:34:01,900
like a fool. 
Like Peter denying Christ and 

540
00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:04,600
the disciples fleeing from Jesus
when he was arrested. 

541
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,699
When you look at David and this 
moment you, and I know him as 

542
00:34:08,699 --> 00:34:11,900
the psalmist, as a worship song 
writer you. 

543
00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:14,100
And I know him as the man after 
God's heart, the man who stood 

544
00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:16,100
before Giants. 
And you know what I learned 

545
00:34:16,100 --> 00:34:18,300
about David and what you will 
continue to learn about David as

546
00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:21,000
well. 
This man did not handle pressure

547
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:28,699
very well, he didn't When the 
temperature was just right when 

548
00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:33,300
it was intense, when it was hot,
this man could not handle it. 

549
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,800
And often times he gave in, he 
gave in to the flesh. 

550
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:43,000
And you would think that through
tests and life David, you're a 

551
00:34:43,007 --> 00:34:45,600
man after God's heart, surely 
you're going to radiate 

552
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:50,000
faithfulness in and christ-like 
character but no he lies. 

553
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,800
He gives into the same 
temptation as his wife. 

554
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,800
McHale, when Saul comes to say 
where's David? 

555
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,700
And she says he's sick. 
And he threatened to kill me. 

556
00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:02,900
It's amazing. 
How pressure can really reveal 

557
00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:06,300
what's in US. 
And I want you to see how David 

558
00:35:06,300 --> 00:35:09,600
does this in another place. 
Go to First Samuel chapter 27, 

559
00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:13,400
You want to see a weakness of 
this, man of God, here is one of

560
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:17,900
his weaknesses. 
Look at first Samuel. 27 verse 

561
00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:24,700
1. 
Then David said, in his heart. 

562
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,000
Now I Shall Perish One Day by 
the hand of Saul. 

563
00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:32,200
There is nothing better for me 
than that. 

564
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:36,200
I should escape to the land of 
the Philistines than Saul will 

565
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,000
despair of seeking me any longer
within the borders of Israel and

566
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,800
I shall Escape out of his hand. 
Are you serious? 

567
00:35:47,100 --> 00:35:51,000
Are you serious? 
So this man is clearly 

568
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:55,500
discouraged because of the 
prolong efforts of Saul who 

569
00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:58,800
would not give up coming after 
him and it came to a point near 

570
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,400
the end of the study were the 
man says this guy is going to 

571
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,400
get me. 
It's a matter of time before he 

572
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:09,000
takes out my life. 
And so listen to how he thinks 

573
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:14,600
there is nothing better for me 
than to go to the land of the 

574
00:36:14,607 --> 00:36:18,200
Philistines. 
Nothing better. 

575
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:27,000
May I remind you was it ever a 
profitable outcome for the 

576
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,600
people of Israel to leave the 
promised land and go to 

577
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:34,600
neighboring Nations? 
No, no, no. 

578
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:38,500
Just go and ask Naomi when her 
husband, left her and her son's 

579
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:41,600
to the land of Moab. 
How did that turn out? 

580
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,200
Okay. 
Go ask Abraham went in a famine,

581
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:49,100
took his family and his 
employees to Egypt. 

582
00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:54,200
How did that turn out? 
And yet David In This Moment. 

583
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,100
When the temperature is right, 
when the pressure is great. 

584
00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:02,200
Is consoling himself to go to 
the Philistines? 

585
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:10,700
When God seems silent. 
And When Trials, increase in its

586
00:37:10,700 --> 00:37:16,800
intensity concerning the 
darkness and the Temptation, our

587
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:21,300
hearts will never fail to 
suggest sinful Solutions. 

588
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,100
Notice. 
It says, David said, where we're

589
00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:32,500
in his heart, his heart spoke to
him in this moment and said, go 

590
00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:38,600
to the land of the Philistines. 
It's amazing, how and great 

591
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,600
seasons of testing, and Grace 
seasons. 

592
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,000
Were, our faith is demanded of 
us. 

593
00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:48,000
House in becomes more attractive
as a way of medicating 

594
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,900
ourselves. 
How lies and cheating becomes a 

595
00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:59,900
source of Refuge for us. 
It escaped further, discomfort 

596
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,700
to try to eliminate further 
problems. 

597
00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:06,800
It's amazing how the flesh comes
alive when we've been hurt by 

598
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,900
somebody to retaliate with the 
flesh? 

599
00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:12,400
It's amazing. 
What the heart will recommend to

600
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,500
you. 
It's amazing what your own 

601
00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:15,600
heart. 
Never mind the devil. 

602
00:38:15,700 --> 00:38:19,800
This is it, a devil came? 
He says, in his own heart that 

603
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:24,500
same heart that wrote Psalm. 23 
said, go to the land of the 

604
00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:28,600
Philistines. 
So then how do we avoid these 

605
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,800
mistakes? 
How do we, how do we better 

606
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,300
secure ourselves? 
So that when we are visited by 

607
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:41,300
unsuspecting difficulties, Our 
hearts will be able to preach to

608
00:38:41,300 --> 00:38:45,600
us something different. 
Remember what the psalmist said 

609
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:47,900
in Psalm 119 verse 11, I have 
done. 

610
00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:52,800
What I have stored up your word 
in my heart that I may do. 

611
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:56,000
What? 
And I sinned against you, I've 

612
00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,800
hidden Thy word in my heart that
I may not sin against thee. 

613
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,000
Do you understand the 
implication? 

614
00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:09,900
I have hidden Thy word in my 
heart pay attention now I have 

615
00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:14,400
hidden your word in my heart 
that I might not sin against 

616
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,100
thee. 
Meaning what? 

617
00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:18,400
There is a responsibility for 
the believer. 

618
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,000
That in times of tranquility and
peace, you still make an 

619
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:27,400
investment of the reservoir of 
the word of God in your soul. 

620
00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:33,000
you must in times of great, 
peace, never fail to neglect 

621
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,800
your Devotion, to the word, your
memorization of the word, your 

622
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,900
study of the word because it 
will prepare you for when life 

623
00:39:39,900 --> 00:39:45,200
squeezes you You and I must be 
like Joseph. 

624
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:49,000
What did Joseph do? 
Joseph gathered in the grain 

625
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,800
during the time of harvest and 
was prepared for the famine. 

626
00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:56,900
Had Joseph waited for the famine
to gather in. 

627
00:39:57,700 --> 00:39:59,000
It would have been too 
difficult. 

628
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,900
It would've been too 
overwhelming, and it would have 

629
00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:02,600
been too late. 
And that's how you have, many 

630
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,600
people relate to the word of 
God, they run to it when they 

631
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:09,000
need help, they run to it when 
they're Only in trouble. 

632
00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:12,600
And oftentimes, they're so 
overcome by the tides of 

633
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:15,200
Temptation and trials. 
They can't even make it to the 

634
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,200
book. 
And so there is a call for us 

635
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:22,300
now, in times of Great Piece of 
quietness, of success of 

636
00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:27,800
prosperity, to invest the word, 
I have hidden Thy word in my 

637
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,500
heart. 
That I might not sin against 

638
00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:33,400
you, because when you put the 
word in you and in life squeezes

639
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:37,100
you, what you will hear are the 
promises of God, the 

640
00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:43,700
faithfulness of God, not bow to 
Philistines. so I see here, an 

641
00:40:43,707 --> 00:40:51,800
example of the necessity of 
mastering the word, it's not a 

642
00:40:51,808 --> 00:40:54,100
matter of whether you feel like 
it or not, you need to. 

643
00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:56,500
It's a matter of survival. 
Never mind devotion. 

644
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:03,000
You need to. 
If you really believe that this 

645
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,000
word is like breath and food, it
won't even be a thought of 

646
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,900
whether or not you should spend 
time in it. 

647
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:13,400
And you'd be amazed to know how 
old come to your rescue and 

648
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:17,200
times where you are suffocating 
in a season. 

649
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:24,500
Of suffering. 
David didn't handle pressure. 

650
00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:32,000
And the most exemplary way. 
But God is patient and God 

651
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,800
supplied a friend. 
Verse 8. 

652
00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:40,000
Therefore deal kindly with your 
servant for you have brought 

653
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,300
your servant into a coven of the
Lord with you. 

654
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,800
But if there is guilt and me 
kill me yourself for, why should

655
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,300
you bring me to your father's? 
Okay listen if you're in on this

656
00:41:48,700 --> 00:41:53,300
Just take me on right now. 
If you're in cahoots with your 

657
00:41:53,300 --> 00:41:55,400
dad. 
If your dad somehow convince you

658
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:57,100
about me, you're the next one in
line. 

659
00:41:57,100 --> 00:42:00,200
So why don't we make this easy? 
Let me die a more honorable 

660
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,100
death and why don't you just 
take me out right now and I 

661
00:42:02,107 --> 00:42:04,300
don't have to go before your 
crazy father. 

662
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:10,200
And Jonathan reassures him in 
verse 9 and Jonathan said, far 

663
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:14,500
be it from you. 
If I knew that it was determined

664
00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:16,700
by my father, that harm should 
come to you. 

665
00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:19,400
What? 
I not tell you, I would tell you

666
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:21,200
David David. 
If I really knew that he was 

667
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,500
chasing you out into Rama, I 
would have warned you about it. 

668
00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:29,700
Now, look at verse 12. 
This is interesting and Jonathan

669
00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:33,200
said to David the Lord, the 
Lord, the god of Israel be 

670
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:36,800
witnessed when I have sounded 
out my father about this time 

671
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,000
tomorrow or the third day 
behold. 

672
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,800
If he is well disposed toward 
David, shall I not then sin and 

673
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:46,700
disclose it to you? 
So say look, if I knew my dad 

674
00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:48,000
was gonna kill you, I would tell
you. 

675
00:42:48,100 --> 00:42:50,000
And guess what? 
If my dad is favorable toward 

676
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,100
you, I'm going to tell you. 
What's the principal here of a 

677
00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:55,800
true Godly friend? 
As I was studying. 

678
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:59,300
Those realizing this is, this is
really a lot of principles about

679
00:42:59,300 --> 00:43:02,300
what true friendship looks like 
in the kingdom of God. 

680
00:43:03,100 --> 00:43:04,900
You want to know who his true 
friend to you. 

681
00:43:04,900 --> 00:43:08,400
You want to know somebody who 
really loves God and loves you, 

682
00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:10,300
they aren't afraid to tell you 
the truth. 

683
00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:15,300
If it's bad news they'll tell 
you if it's good news they'll 

684
00:43:15,300 --> 00:43:17,800
tell you if it's bad information
to let you know if it's good 

685
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:21,700
information to let you know, a 
true friend will rebuke you when

686
00:43:21,700 --> 00:43:24,700
it is necessary and a true 
friend will not forget to Build 

687
00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:27,800
You Up. 
And to strengthen you and your 

688
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:31,000
faith. 
And that's what Jonathan is 

689
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,100
displaying here. 
Look, if it's going to hurt you,

690
00:43:33,100 --> 00:43:34,800
I'll tell you anyway because I 
love you. 

691
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,600
And if it's going to build you 
up and erase, all the fears in 

692
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,000
the imaginations, you have. 
I'm going to tell you, I'm going

693
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:44,000
to tell you the truth. 
That's a true friend. 

694
00:43:45,100 --> 00:43:47,300
You know, sometimes I walk about
my day and I have something 

695
00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:50,800
here, I have something here and 
I talked to like 15 people, not 

696
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:54,500
one person told me anything. 
I says you're not my friend. 

697
00:43:55,700 --> 00:43:58,300
Because a true friend would say 
hey there's something there, 

698
00:43:58,300 --> 00:44:00,400
man, you're embarrassing 
yourself, get rid of it. 

699
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:02,400
That's a true friend. 
You what I say? 

700
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:06,200
Every time somebody says that 
says your your, I say jokingly 

701
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:07,100
but I mean, you're a true 
friend. 

702
00:44:07,100 --> 00:44:08,200
Thank you for telling me the 
truth. 

703
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,600
I didn't I it's embarrassing 
right now, but thank you for 

704
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:12,600
further embarrassment is going 
to be avoided. 

705
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:18,600
God bless you. 
We think that love doesn't mean 

706
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:21,600
that we do not sit down with 
those that we love and correct 

707
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,400
them and sometimes even shake 
them up. 

708
00:44:25,900 --> 00:44:29,100
But we do it in love and not 
just to those who are Brothers 

709
00:44:29,100 --> 00:44:32,100
and Sisters in Christ. 
We are truly a friend to this 

710
00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:34,300
world to our brothers and 
Humanity. 

711
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:38,500
When we choose not to be afraid 
to share the bad news about the 

712
00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:40,500
Bible and the good news about 
the Bible. 

713
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:47,000
The wrath of God and the love of
God, the Judgment of Christ and 

714
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:51,800
the mercy of Christ. 
There's great debate about how 

715
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:56,300
we should preach to the world. 
It's amazing, the theories that 

716
00:44:56,300 --> 00:45:00,300
people come up with to try to 
Advocate their agenda and their 

717
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,600
frame of mind of how we should 
talk to sinners. 

718
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:07,300
Just go through the book. 
Just end the argument here. 

719
00:45:08,500 --> 00:45:10,500
When I go to the book of Acts, I
see a balance. 

720
00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:12,900
Can I show you one example? 
Just in case you bump into 

721
00:45:12,900 --> 00:45:16,100
somebody who might be a genuine 
believer, but is struggling with

722
00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:18,900
this idea of how to present the 
Full Gospel, the whole counsel 

723
00:45:18,900 --> 00:45:22,500
of God, to the Lost. 
This is a great place to 

724
00:45:22,508 --> 00:45:24,100
highlight. 
If you haven't highlighting acts

725
00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:30,600
10:42, we are told by Peter, 
what he was given by Christ to 

726
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:35,700
preach to the world. 
And it says in Acts 10 42 and he

727
00:45:35,700 --> 00:45:37,200
commanded us. 
Okay? 

728
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:41,300
Now, if anybody debates, this 
isn't Peters idea, he commended 

729
00:45:41,300 --> 00:45:45,200
us. 
And he commanded us to preach to

730
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,000
the people. 
And to testify that he is the 

731
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:52,400
one appointed by God to be judge
of the living and the dead. 

732
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:56,900
Could you imagine that that 
Jesus actually commanded the 

733
00:45:56,900 --> 00:46:00,700
apostles to preach? 
What Jesus Christ is going to 

734
00:46:00,700 --> 00:46:04,800
judge you. 
He's going to judge the living, 

735
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,300
and the dead, that there is a 
Judgment Day. 

736
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:12,200
It's unfathomable. 
Jesus came in at? 

737
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:13,700
Are you sure Peter? 
That wasn't your idea. 

738
00:46:13,700 --> 00:46:15,800
Is it wasn't you James and John 
that came up? 

739
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:18,400
No, he commanded us to preach to
what? 

740
00:46:18,900 --> 00:46:21,700
Well, God loves you. 
Yeah, he does love you but he's 

741
00:46:21,700 --> 00:46:23,700
going to judge you if you don't 
respond to that love. 

742
00:46:24,900 --> 00:46:27,400
He commanded us to preach to the
people that he is the one who is

743
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:29,700
the judge, the living, and the 
dead, but look at the balance in

744
00:46:29,700 --> 00:46:33,700
verse 43 to him all the 
prophets, bear witness that 

745
00:46:33,700 --> 00:46:36,800
everyone who believes in Him 
receives forgiveness of sins. 

746
00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:42,300
Through his name. 
There's the balance. 

747
00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:45,500
Yes, there's a judgment to come,
but there's a forgiveness to 

748
00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:49,500
avoid it. 
Yes Christ is Judge, but he also

749
00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:53,700
wants you to know that he is 
relational and he wants to 

750
00:46:53,700 --> 00:46:57,300
reconcile you as he forgives you
through his blood. 

751
00:46:58,300 --> 00:47:02,200
So, be balanced and be like 
Jonathan who is willing to share

752
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:07,300
The Bad and The Good, the things
that are hard to hear and the 

753
00:47:07,308 --> 00:47:11,400
things that are lovely to hear. 
Not only to become a friend to 

754
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:12,700
the brother and sister in 
Christ. 

755
00:47:12,700 --> 00:47:14,200
We become a true friend to this 
world. 

756
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:18,100
That doesn't know what true 
friendship is. so, we come back 

757
00:47:18,100 --> 00:47:24,000
to our text, And this plan is 
set out and I want you to see 

758
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:28,000
something as we scroll down to 
verse 14, and we're almost done 

759
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,600
here. 
There's no way we can cover this

760
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:35,400
whole chapter tonight. 
If I'm still alive, show me the 

761
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:39,400
steadfast love of the Lord that 
I may not die and do not cut 

762
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,000
off. 
Your steadfast love from my 

763
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,800
house forever. 
When the Lord cuts off every one

764
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:48,000
of the enemies of David from the
face of the Earth and Jonathan 

765
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,700
made a covenant with the House 
of David saying may the Lord 

766
00:47:50,700 --> 00:47:52,900
take Vengeance on David's 
enemies. 

767
00:47:53,500 --> 00:47:57,400
So what's happening here is 
David and Jonathan come to an 

768
00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:59,900
agreement. 
I'm going to go to this Feast. 

769
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,900
I'm going to sit down with my 
dad and his men in our family. 

770
00:48:03,500 --> 00:48:06,500
You're not going to be there. 
I'm going to see if your dad's 

771
00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:10,300
going to ask about you and if he
does ask about you, I'm going to

772
00:48:10,300 --> 00:48:12,900
tell him that you're at your 
hometown with your family and 

773
00:48:12,900 --> 00:48:17,700
let's see how sorry acts but 
David, I have something to 

774
00:48:17,700 --> 00:48:22,000
require of you. 
I need something from you David.

775
00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:26,000
And I see the wisdom here of how
God designs. 

776
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:29,400
Another point of a healthy 
christ-like, flourishing 

777
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,600
relationship. 
Whether it's with your wife, 

778
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,500
whether it's your other husband,
or any friend, or brother, or 

779
00:48:34,508 --> 00:48:36,400
sister and blood or in the 
faith. 

780
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:42,000
Many of us pointed Jonathan, as 
an example of the person who 

781
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:46,100
gives he gave encouragement, he 
gave his time, he gave his 

782
00:48:46,100 --> 00:48:50,600
resources, he gave everything, 
he could give as an expression 

783
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:55,500
of his love great. 
But Jonathan also needed. 

784
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:03,000
Jonathan also needed to receive.
He was a person that had certain

785
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:07,900
things that needed to be 
ministered to And for people to 

786
00:49:07,900 --> 00:49:11,000
point to Jonathan to make 
demands on others, look how 

787
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:14,800
Jonathan gav, gav, gav gav, and 
then impose and make these 

788
00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:18,100
unrealistic expectations. 
Those people also need to 

789
00:49:18,100 --> 00:49:22,200
realize that Jonathan here 
needed to receive the same love 

790
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:24,200
and sacrifice that he was 
willing to share. 

791
00:49:26,100 --> 00:49:29,000
And so it's the harmony, it's 
the Symphony of give-and-take 

792
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,400
not just take, take take, take 
take, no. 

793
00:49:31,700 --> 00:49:35,500
I'm willing to give but it also 
need to receive and that's how 

794
00:49:35,500 --> 00:49:38,800
you see this flow of Grace and 
any relationship that as much as

795
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:43,200
you are willing to give and to 
receive your also willing to 

796
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:47,200
sacrifice on your end. 
Very basic principle but it's so

797
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:48,700
hard for us. 
I mean, we have counseling such 

798
00:49:48,700 --> 00:49:54,000
as in conferences about it, but 
what's his request look, you're 

799
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,200
going to be king. 
When you do become king, please 

800
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:59,200
don't kill my kids. 
Don't kill my Offspring. 

801
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:00,900
Don't kill my seed. 
Please. 

802
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:03,700
Why? 
Because it was a common practice

803
00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:06,900
in ancient times that when 
somebody was elected to be king,

804
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:09,900
that one of the first things he 
would do is eliminate any 

805
00:50:09,900 --> 00:50:13,900
threats and the descendants of 
those people who would try to 

806
00:50:13,900 --> 00:50:18,400
overthrow that standing King and
it's obvious that Saul is an 

807
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:21,300
enemy to David. 
Jonathan is related to Saul and 

808
00:50:21,300 --> 00:50:24,400
here's the issue. 
You David when you become king, 

809
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:29,600
please spare my descendants. 
Please have mercy on my 

810
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:30,500
Descendants. 
The David. 

811
00:50:30,500 --> 00:50:37,300
Keep that promise he did. 
But let me ask you this read 

812
00:50:37,300 --> 00:50:41,300
closely. 
What else do you learn about 

813
00:50:41,300 --> 00:50:51,000
Jonathan through these words? 
Read it and here's a hint, 

814
00:50:51,300 --> 00:50:58,100
compare. what Jonathan believed 
about David, to what David 

815
00:50:58,100 --> 00:51:10,700
believed about David, 
what did David believe about 

816
00:51:10,700 --> 00:51:13,500
himself in this chapter about 
his future? 

817
00:51:14,700 --> 00:51:19,800
I'm what? 
I'm one step away from death. 

818
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:23,400
What did Jonathan believe about 
David's future? 

819
00:51:24,500 --> 00:51:28,800
You're going to be king. 
Do you see the wording here? 

820
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:34,300
he says in the second part of 
verse 15, when the Lord cuts 

821
00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:38,700
off, every one of the enemies of
Davey, didn't say if It's a 

822
00:51:38,700 --> 00:51:42,000
matter of time. 
You're going to be the next 

823
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,500
king. 
God has anointed you. 

824
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:48,600
God has called you God, has 
prepared, you and God will lead 

825
00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:50,500
you Faithfully. 
You know what, I see here. 

826
00:51:51,300 --> 00:51:54,600
This is almost shattering to our
Sunday school experience. 

827
00:51:55,900 --> 00:51:58,000
Jonathan is showing more faith 
in David has. 

828
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:04,300
Jonathan has more faith about 
David's future than David, does 

829
00:52:04,300 --> 00:52:07,300
about his own future. 
Could you imagine that? 

830
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,200
You want a true friend? 
Do you want to be a true friend?

831
00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:19,700
Never fail to remind your 
brother or sister about the 

832
00:52:19,700 --> 00:52:24,100
promises of God. 
Never failed to encourage them 

833
00:52:24,100 --> 00:52:26,700
about their purpose, in the 
kingdom of God about their value

834
00:52:26,700 --> 00:52:29,300
in the local church about their 
gifts, and giftings, and how God

835
00:52:29,300 --> 00:52:34,400
has wired them never withhold. 
The compassion. 

836
00:52:37,300 --> 00:52:41,900
And the language of love, that 
would stir them on into the path

837
00:52:41,900 --> 00:52:45,600
of Holiness. 
Jonathan made this a practice in

838
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:47,600
his life. 
This wasn't a one-time deal. 

839
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:50,700
If you want to see it, go to 
First, Samuel 23, I want you to 

840
00:52:50,700 --> 00:52:53,600
see in another place. 
And look at verse 17 of 1st, 

841
00:52:53,600 --> 00:53:01,200
Samuel 23. 
And he said to him, this is 

842
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:03,600
Jonathan to David again and he 
said to him. 

843
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:08,100
And first, Samuel 23:17 do not 
fear for the hand of Saul. 

844
00:53:08,100 --> 00:53:11,900
My father shall not find. 
You you shall be king over 

845
00:53:11,900 --> 00:53:16,400
Israel and I shall be next to 
you saw. 

846
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:20,800
My father, also knows this King 
David. 

847
00:53:23,100 --> 00:53:26,300
You are going to see God's 
purposes prevail. 

848
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:30,000
You are going to be who God 
called you to be. 

849
00:53:31,900 --> 00:53:34,300
You know, it's so incredible. 
I think I learned something 

850
00:53:34,300 --> 00:53:36,400
about faith that I didn't 
realize and it's the extent of 

851
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:41,300
its power. 
When a man has Faith the benefit

852
00:53:41,300 --> 00:53:46,400
of that Faith exceeds it 
blessing you it can bless 

853
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:50,500
others. 
You're trusting, God can be so 

854
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:54,400
profound. 
And so deep. 

855
00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:59,500
And so true, they can actually 
Supply the strength necessary 

856
00:53:59,500 --> 00:54:01,300
for those who might not have 
that faith. 

857
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:07,300
If I may say this way, faith is 
so powerful that you can lend it

858
00:54:07,300 --> 00:54:09,900
to someone else. 
You need your own faith of 

859
00:54:09,908 --> 00:54:12,200
course especially when your 
relationship with Christ. 

860
00:54:12,900 --> 00:54:16,600
But I say that to illustrate the
point that this man's trusting 

861
00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:21,100
God was so real and so 
convincing, That when he stepped

862
00:54:21,100 --> 00:54:24,800
into the presence of David David
could receive from that and be 

863
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:29,200
fueled by it. 
And we look at a great man, like

864
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:32,100
David, and we think of great men
and women who've done great 

865
00:54:32,100 --> 00:54:33,700
things for God throughout 
history. 

866
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,200
And what we often fail to do is 
realize that they're human and 

867
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,300
they're susceptible to 
discouragement and despair. 

868
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:42,400
And I wonder if heaven will tell
the story of those who are 

869
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:47,200
unknown, who didn't have books 
written about him that blue wind

870
00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:51,400
into their sales. 
Like Jonathan does for David. 

871
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:54,600
You might not be the next king 
of Israel. 

872
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,800
But the Holy Spirit records, 
what Jonathan does as a 

873
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,500
contribution to this man's 
Devotion to Christ. 

874
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:09,700
Faith can be so real in your 
life that it can actually Supply

875
00:55:09,700 --> 00:55:12,800
strength to others who might not
have it in the moment. 

876
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:17,600
Who can actually borrow that 
Faith, who can, who can actually

877
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:21,800
see that trust you have in God 
and it bring light and hope to 

878
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:24,800
them to just make it to another 
day. 

879
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:30,100
As in David's case, I'm 
currently reading the book of 

880
00:55:30,100 --> 00:55:31,700
Acts and this is where I'm 
ending. 

881
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:37,000
And I saw something so profound 
to me in light of this. 

882
00:55:38,300 --> 00:55:42,500
It was when Paul was on that 
ship to Rome and a storm comes 

883
00:55:42,500 --> 00:55:47,700
and knocks them back and forth 
for two weeks and four days of 

884
00:55:47,700 --> 00:55:52,700
says, there was no sun or moon 
and they were ready to call it a

885
00:55:52,700 --> 00:55:55,200
day. 
Meaning, they were ready to die.

886
00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:03,900
And yet, Paul one among hundreds
on that same ship was the true 

887
00:56:03,900 --> 00:56:06,100
shining star if I can use that 
analogy. 

888
00:56:07,300 --> 00:56:11,400
This man, this one man out of 
the hundreds on that same boat. 

889
00:56:12,100 --> 00:56:15,600
Had so much faith in God that 
energized that entire ship. 

890
00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:20,200
And actually brought life and 
hope to all of those men on that

891
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,900
boat. 
And I thought to myself, look 

892
00:56:22,900 --> 00:56:28,500
how magnetic faith can be Look 
at how one person, one person in

893
00:56:28,500 --> 00:56:30,900
a family. 
One person in a church, one 

894
00:56:30,900 --> 00:56:33,900
person in a workplace. 
One person in a school can 

895
00:56:33,900 --> 00:56:37,400
actually bring the whole place 
to a recognition of the goodness

896
00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:41,500
of God. 
Because Saul is on that boat and

897
00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:43,600
all for a sudden, he comes on 
that Dock. 

898
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:46,100
And I can just see those men 
holding onto poles. 

899
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:48,900
Other ones holding on to each 
other and these grown men who 

900
00:56:48,900 --> 00:56:52,400
have just turned into mush and 
Paul shows up and he gives this 

901
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:56,300
little discourse about, it's all
going to be good. 

902
00:56:57,700 --> 00:56:59,900
We're going to make it, I'm 
sure. 

903
00:56:59,900 --> 00:57:02,600
Somebody says, how do you know? 
Well, an angel visited me says 

904
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:06,600
we're on our way. 
I got to get to Rome. 

905
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:12,000
And then Paul says, something 
that tells me what maximum faith

906
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:15,800
is, would you like to know how 
you have maximum Faith? 

907
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:19,300
Would you like to know how you 
can have such a faith that it 

908
00:57:19,300 --> 00:57:21,900
can impact others? 
Who might not even be born 

909
00:57:21,900 --> 00:57:27,000
again. 
Acts 27, verse 25. 

910
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:30,900
This is what Paul says to these 
prisoners and to these Roman 

911
00:57:30,900 --> 00:57:33,400
soldiers. 
So take heart to men. 

912
00:57:35,100 --> 00:57:40,000
For, I have faith in God that it
will be exactly as I have been 

913
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:46,100
told. 
Take heart guys because I, you 

914
00:57:46,100 --> 00:57:50,900
can take heart because I have 
faith that whatever God had said

915
00:57:50,900 --> 00:58:00,800
will come to pass. 
Exactly, not 90% 100% whatever 

916
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:03,200
God had said. 
I believe that it will be 

917
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:06,100
exactly done according to the 
word. 

918
00:58:08,700 --> 00:58:11,500
And in this context, it had to 
do with their safety, had to do 

919
00:58:11,500 --> 00:58:14,500
with their Deliverance, because 
of Paul's presence on that ship.

920
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:16,600
And you know, what happened to 
these men. 

921
00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:21,700
You scroll down to verse 36, 
then they all were encouraged 

922
00:58:21,700 --> 00:58:29,000
and ate some food themselves. 
Then they were encouraged. 

923
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:31,400
Why were they encouraged? 
Because there was one person who

924
00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:35,800
had enough faith in God. 
Why can they endure this trial? 

925
00:58:36,500 --> 00:58:39,600
It wasn't there. 
One man's faith in their 

926
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:41,900
presence. 
Gave them enough. 

927
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:46,900
Hope to see another day. 
And that's what this world needs

928
00:58:46,900 --> 00:58:50,300
to see today. 
Paul wasn't behind a Pulpit when

929
00:58:50,300 --> 00:58:52,100
he inspired these 200. 
Something, man. 

930
00:58:52,100 --> 00:58:56,800
Paul was in a prisoner ship. and
we are not told that these men 

931
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came to Christ necessarily, but 
it's an illustration of just how

932
00:59:01,300 --> 00:59:09,800
powerful ones relationship of 
God can be Did I say that was 

933
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:12,700
the last verse? 
Sorry, it's not. 

934
00:59:15,300 --> 00:59:19,500
This is the last verse. 
In Acts 16. 

935
00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:22,500
I want you to see one more 
thing. 

936
00:59:22,900 --> 00:59:26,300
And if you haven't paid 
attention up to this point, I 

937
00:59:26,300 --> 00:59:30,500
encourage you to pay attention 
at this point and acts 16:1 

938
00:59:31,100 --> 00:59:33,400
verse Paul and Silas are in 
prison. 

939
00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:37,100
Now, look at this, in verse 25, 
about midnight, Paul and Silas 

940
00:59:37,100 --> 00:59:40,200
were praying and singing hymns 
to God, and the prisoners were 

941
00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:44,500
listening to them. 
I read that the other day and 

942
00:59:44,500 --> 00:59:47,200
the thing that popped out to me 
was the prisoners were listening

943
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:51,500
to them, the prisoners were 
listening to them. 

944
00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:56,200
What does that mean? 
It means this the Paul and Silas

945
00:59:56,200 --> 00:59:59,900
or were in a great trial, a 
great pit, a great testing of 

946
00:59:59,900 --> 01:00:03,300
their faith and whether they 
realize it or not, there was an 

947
01:00:03,300 --> 01:00:05,700
unbelieving crowd observing 
them. 

948
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:15,700
Christian. whether you audiences
is one or a hundred or thousand 

949
01:00:15,700 --> 01:00:20,300
or a million, what a wonderful 
lesson for us to consider that 

950
01:00:20,300 --> 01:00:26,100
when we are enduring things, for
the sake of Christ, There's an 

951
01:00:26,100 --> 01:00:31,400
unbelieving cousin watching you.
There's an unbelieving husband 

952
01:00:31,500 --> 01:00:34,500
watching you. 
There's an unbelieving best 

953
01:00:34,500 --> 01:00:37,900
friend, who is an atheist. 
Who saw you come to Christ and 

954
01:00:37,900 --> 01:00:43,900
change watching you. 
And in those moments were we are

955
01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:47,900
hard-pressed. 
Where we got the doctor's report

956
01:00:47,900 --> 01:00:50,800
and we have been notified of an 
Affliction of a disease that 

957
01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:55,400
might be terminal or when a 
child has horrific lie. 

958
01:00:57,100 --> 01:00:59,300
Been bedridden or when finances 
are. 

959
01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:04,700
A very limited in those moments.
Listen to this. 

960
01:01:06,100 --> 01:01:09,000
We can either testify to an 
unbelieving crowd, that he still

961
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:13,000
worthy to be praised. 
Or we can cause them to question

962
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:23,000
if Christ can really be trusted.
Jonathan supplied strength to 

963
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:26,700
David when David didn't have 
enough faith for himself. 

964
01:01:27,700 --> 01:01:29,800
Will pause here and continue 
next week. 

965
01:01:30,300 --> 01:01:34,000
May God help us be true friends 
for his glory. 

966
01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:21,100
Lord, we ask you tonight. 
With all that we've heard that 

967
01:02:21,100 --> 01:02:25,500
you would give us the ability to
digest it and we ask In This 

968
01:02:25,500 --> 01:02:30,200
Moment tonight. 
That this should be a house. 

969
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:34,900
Well, we can testify one. 
Another Jehovah has given. 

970
01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:39,400
God has given to me a friend. 
And so, and so God has given me 

971
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:42,800
a friend and my elders. 
God has given me a friend. 

972
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:46,800
And this person, and that 
person. 

973
01:02:48,600 --> 01:02:51,700
Lord, we realized that we each 
have a story that's being 

974
01:02:51,700 --> 01:02:56,800
written by you and many stories 
read differently. 

975
01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:02,600
But Lord, whether it's Jonathan 
to David or Titus to Paul. 

976
01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:05,800
You have given us Graces and 
people to be able to continue on

977
01:03:05,800 --> 01:03:09,900
this path. 
Lord keep us from being a man 

978
01:03:09,900 --> 01:03:15,900
like Saul. who allowed sin to 
change him and the way he 

979
01:03:15,900 --> 01:03:21,100
treated others, But Lord, we 
look at a man like Jonathan and 

980
01:03:21,107 --> 01:03:25,200
we see a reflection of your 
friendship toward us. 

981
01:03:26,800 --> 01:03:32,700
Always, reliable, trustworthy, 
Covenant of Love, A Love that 

982
01:03:32,700 --> 01:03:35,400
doesn't give up so easily, a 
love. 

983
01:03:35,400 --> 01:03:39,100
That is secure a love that 
invites us to come for comfort 

984
01:03:39,100 --> 01:03:42,700
and counsel may we reflect your 
friendship? 

985
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:48,000
May we be a people who stand for
truth, even if we have to stand 

986
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:53,200
alone, maybe people who stand 
for truth, even if it costs us 

987
01:03:54,100 --> 01:03:59,600
resources or relationships. 
And Lord. 

988
01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:02,100
When man, fails us, we look to 
Christ. 

989
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:06,700
And we see him who is never 
disappointed us, who will never 

990
01:04:06,700 --> 01:04:10,900
disappoint us. 
But we want to be like our 

991
01:04:10,900 --> 01:04:13,500
Christ. 
And so Lord. 

992
01:04:13,500 --> 01:04:18,400
In this place, Infuse the power 
to have such faith in you to be.

993
01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:22,800
So conformed to the glory of the
Lord, that what we have in our 

994
01:04:22,800 --> 01:04:26,800
hearts with touch other hearts. 
and whether we in the presence 

995
01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:31,100
of believers who were 
discouraged, whether we are in 

996
01:04:31,100 --> 01:04:35,100
the presence of unbelieving 
people, May our faith. 

997
01:04:35,100 --> 01:04:38,100
Our trust in you, make an 
impression on others. 

998
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:41,600
We cannot do that in our own 
strength that has to be Christ 

999
01:04:41,600 --> 01:04:44,200
in us. 
The hope of glory, the holy 

1000
01:04:44,200 --> 01:04:48,000
spirit in us. 
The power that you have promised

1001
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:52,500
for those who would obey that 
Great Commission in this place 

1002
01:04:52,500 --> 01:04:54,100
tonight. 
We worship you in light of the 

1003
01:04:54,100 --> 01:04:57,000
great wisdom that you've 
provided for you are The God Who

1004
01:04:57,000 --> 01:05:01,400
is concerned about every aspect 
of your Tabernacle, your temple,

1005
01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:03,600
your people. 
We give you all the praise 

1006
01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:07,200
tonight because we have hidden 
Thy word in our hearts. 

1007
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:09,700
That we may not sin against 
thee. 

1008
01:05:10,300 --> 01:05:12,700
In Jesus name, we pray. 
Amen. 

1009
01:05:12,900 --> 01:05:13,300
Amen.