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I'm glad that you have the 
scriptures because in this 

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particular study, you're going 
to benefit the most as your eyes

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are following with me, through 
the text. 

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That's how you're going to 
benefit the most that's true for

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every service. 
But especially this one, because

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the text Will very much speak 
for itself and you're going to 

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see some things that are very 
interesting that will bless you 

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and maybe even challenge you to 
be more careful with your 

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reading of the Bible. 
So, here we are. 

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This is the scene that is 
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David and his men have finally 
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where they could receive 
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unforeseen on slots. 
And we know that they're at this

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place and they just recently 
David namely experience to 

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specific types of attacks from 
two different kind of 

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individuals, the first person 
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weak point was named what ziba 
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convince them that mephibosheth 
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and through that gained a 
certain settlement. 

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So Fish sleep. 
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too long after that there's 
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approaches David during the 
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And his name is shammai and 
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because he wasn't coming with 
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scorning him, rebuking him and 
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And David was just walking along
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Now, David is at the Jordan, 
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family. 
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the scene shifts from David at 
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into Jerusalem and that is where
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And when we come to this portion
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what you're going to see is 
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surface now. 
Including Lum and their 

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interactions with one. 
Another have been clearly 

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preserved by God for our 
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precisely how we're going to 
approach this Bible study. 

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You and I are just going to 
examine the actions of the 

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separate individuals and see 
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That God desires to tell us and 
teach us about us and about 

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others. 
In light of his wisdom, his 

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Revelation, his knowledge. 
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read, Us pause and consider each
of these characters and analyze.

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What it is exactly that we can 
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order to be trained in 
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discernment trained in godliness
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So, you're in second, Samuel 
chapter 16, and we read here in 

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verse 15, Now, Absalom and all 
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came to Jerusalem and a heath 
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And when who shy the, our kite 
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Came to Absalom who shine said 
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long live. 
The king and Absalom said to his

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shy. 
Is this your loyalty to your 

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friend? 
Why did you not go with your 

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friend? 
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for whom the Lord and his 
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Israel have chosen his, I will 
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And with him I will remain. 
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I serve? 
Should it not be his son as I 

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have served your father. 
So I will serve you. 

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These verses you're reminded 
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David's friend is the same 
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the Wilderness and expressed his
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But we find who shy in 
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Why is he in Jerusalem now? 
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assured him, that it would be 
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back to Jerusalem and played a 
certain role with the prayerful,

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hope that he would frustrate the
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So that is exactly why who shy 
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And he comes here. 
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definitely loyal to David, he 
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honorable sacrifice a very risky
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about that. 
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can come up in debate is his 
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Is his method? 
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Absalom, excuse me, verse 16. 
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David's friend, came to Absalom 
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live, the king long live, the 
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to verse 19, he seems to be 
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Allegiance from David. 
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And here's what we have to do. 
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this point. 
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I'm inviting you to answer. 
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at work? 
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Hesitating hands. 
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then, perhaps. 
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who commanded him, right? 
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play the part. 
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are a counselor to Absalom and 
then again, try to try to thwart

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the Council of a heath offal 
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And there are some, who would 
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against our dear brother? 
Or disagree with him. 

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Kindly, the spirit of Christ 
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truthful? 
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Some would say no, some would 
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clever with his wording. 
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something, I want you to 
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himself to Absalom. 
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What did he say? 
Long live the king long live? 

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The king. 
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Good points, right? 
Which king is a Long Live King 

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Absalom that he know it's a long
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King Absalom long live the king.
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And it could be very true that 
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He is declaring the true king to
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And to truly be preserved by 
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Right? 
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Absalom Absalom interpreted that
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also be understood as David. 
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true king. 
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Now, let's come back here in 
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Absalom, know for whom the Lord 
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of Israel have chosen his Is I 
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I will remain very interesting. 
You know why? 

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Because he's doing what he did 
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In verse 17, who shy is refusing
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He's not naming any names here, 
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identifying The Authority that 
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one referring to the Lord in 
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The Lord has chosen whom the 
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the Lord has chosen, who did the
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Then he goes on to say, who the 
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And again, that's very 
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He could be referring to whom 
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of Israel have chosen which are 
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Verse 19 would make this 
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especially if you carry the ESV 
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verse 19, says. 
And again, whom should i serve 

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Should it not be his son? 
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will serve you. 
Who here doesn't have any SV. 

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Who here has a King? 
James King, James who here has a

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new King James? 
It's okay. 

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Who here has that nasb when any 
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Is there a word that sticks out 
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hear me? 
Read in verse 19 of this text in

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the ESV presence. 
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The truth, is not the case 
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So how does it read and reads 
here and those different 

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versions which are faithful 
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He says, should I not serve in 
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Should I not serve in the 
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up with as I've served in your 
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So I will be in your presence. 
I think that's an important word

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to make this case. 
He's not indicating, I will 

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serve you directly but I will 
serve where in your presence is 

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it possible for him to serve in 
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Truly serving David. 
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Is it possible for him to be in 
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truly seeking to honor God and 
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Yes absolutely. 
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can make is that who shies being
intentionally ambiguous but then

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one can counter that and say 
true. 

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But at the same time can we not 
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And I think that's an equally 
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looking at this and studying 
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something that has come up in 
our Bible study before in 

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different situations and this is
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consider. 
Again, doesn't hurt to revisit 

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it situational ethics, have you 
heard the term situation ethics 

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situation? 
Ethics teaches that? 

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There is no moral law. 
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Circumstances. 
Meaning, it requires Discerning 

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of the situation. 
To determine whether or not even

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unethical means should be 
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Does that make sense? 
That's, that's the theory of 

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situation, ethics. 
And you have some people who 

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really hold firm to that and you
have even some Christians who 

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might not Say that they hold to 
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that way and apply God's word 
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And they will use different 
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It's not, it's not the code of 
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law different things such as 
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clear word about different 
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Cannot be rigid, there must be 
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potential outcome of one's 
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And sometimes holding to God's 
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the most beneficial option in 
seeing Something good. 

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Come out of it, for example. 
Can a man steal if he's trying 

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to, you know, save his starving 
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If they are being threatened 
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further imprisonment, And here's
the most famous one, is it okay 

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to lie? 
Sometimes, if in lying, we are 

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protecting someone from being 
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Now it's now it's coming close 
to home, right? 

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And I can give you different 
real-life scenarios and 

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situations that would make this 
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To come to a conclusion. 
I think that's dangerous 

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territory to tread on very 
dangerous territory to the tread

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on, because with our sinful 
Hearts, we are very capable of 

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pushing the boundary and what 
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applying situation ethics to 
situations that are so obvious 

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and so clear, but in the name of
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this will alleviate suffering or
this will help with this. 

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They're willing to dismiss 
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interpreted as favorable or 
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Very dangerous territory tread 
on. 

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And again, you have some people 
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they hold to this View. 
They even wanting to honor God's

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word will use proof text in the 
Bible to prove that sometimes in

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some circumstances with some 
situations God does allow a 

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leniency with his law in order 
to achieve a greater good or 

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avoid a greater evil. 
Can you give me some familiar 

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stories that come to mind? 
Rahab Ray. 

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What did Rahab do? 
She brought in the spies? 

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She told them to go in a certain
direction and then what, when 

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the people came to ask about 
them, our brother just said it, 

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she lied. 
She lied in order to protect 

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God's men. 
And where people go from, there 

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is even God affirms Rahab in the
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sometimes this is applicable, 
can I show you the two texts? 

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Because Raves only mentioned 
twice in the New Testament, as 

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anybody know, which texture is 
mentioned in. 

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Hebrews 11 is one where's the 
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Yes, but I'm pertaining to what 
she did in. 

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Joshua James, go to Hebrews 11 
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Hebrews 11 31, Here is the first
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for her faith. 
And this is what I said, Hebrews

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11 31 by faith Rahab. 
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with those who were disobedient 
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friendly. 
Welcome to the spies. 

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So she's being praised for her 
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came to her front door, she 
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And she preserve them. 
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James 225 the second verse 
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in the same way, was not also 
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by works when she received the 
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another way. 
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she had true faith in that she 
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The spies one, number two and 
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She had true Faith because that 
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messengers and then sent them 
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no, it's totally absent actually
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very careful with how we divide 
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interpret certain things. 
She is mentioned, she applauded.

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She is championed. 
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welcoming despise her, receiving
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out the spies instead of giving 
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To the men in Jericho nothing 
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Nothing about her. 
Saying what's not true nothing 

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of the sort, okay, give me 
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That is often referred to 
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Ethics very good. 
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chapter 1, you know the story. 
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that when they were to help give
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woman that they were to kill 
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so. 
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going on here? 
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women, they're tough, they're 
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fast at giving birth. 
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just can't catch up. 
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blessed the Hebrew midwives by 
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misinterpret. 
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God bless them because yes they 
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also have to lie in order to 
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So you can see the equation 
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But revisit Exodus 1 and go to 
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Notice, you got to be careful 
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Exodus 1 verse 20, so God dealt 
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people multiplied and grew very 
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feared God, because they feared 
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He gave them families. 
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Because of the fruit of their 
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There was obvious blessings 
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questionable means to achieve 
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And we even come to shine, we 
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comes very cleverly, right? 
And I really I can sense that 

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he's doing the best that he can 
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God is going to honor. 
God is going to honor in that. 

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He's going to vindicate, his 
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overthrow. 
I feel First Council through who

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shies presence in the courts. 
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just because God is silent about
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except sit, right? 
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doesn't mean he affirms it. so 
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because of God's mercy. 
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kindness, and his willingness to
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Sometimes through muddied means 
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that would glorify and honor 
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It's a merciful thing, it's not 
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God doesn't justify dishonesty 
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He Champions Truth at all times 
and in all places and in all 

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situations, Now someone said and
then they bring up certain 

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situations. 
We what would you do if and what

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would you do? 
If what would you do if and I 

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get it gets really complicated 
and what I loo to and perhaps 

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you wouldn't agree with my 
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disciples promised by God that 
when they were to be put in a 

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situation where they stand 
before, Governors and Kings, 

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they were not to meditate on 
what they were to say, but they 

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would trust the Holy Spirit 
would give him exactly. 

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What they needed to say and 
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Sovereign assistance and very 
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moments. 
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of that and Nazi Germany and 
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historical places where that was
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somehow was able to in that 
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them a way of presenting 
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scenario and and God got comes 
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So it's interesting right? 
It's interesting to see this at 

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play and I love how the Bible 
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us that through human agency. 
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imperfect vessels. 
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merciful, and kind, when we try 
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learn from her shy there. 
Know if he thought situational 

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ethics was going to come from 
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on and we see Absalom and verse 
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Is this your loyalty to your 
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Why did you not go out with your
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long live, the king NG Absalom 
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He had his reservations. 
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Absalom has here is actually 
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don't you think? 
I love how the reference. 

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He gives the David is your 
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Is this how you treat your 
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Is this your loyalty to your 
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Why didn't you go to your 
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friend? 
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this is what it tells me that 
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shies reputation in relation to 
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actions and behavior out of 
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It was out of line, there's 
something off here and even 

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Absalom could pick on the out of
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shy is demonstrating. 
And I think that is commendable 

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for who shy extremely 
commendable. 

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Because here's the picture the 
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loyalty to King. 
David is something that you and 

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I should aspire. 
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loyalty to the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

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That's what I take out of it. 
That we should live. 

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So constantly Let me, let me 
reserve my thoughts for after 

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what I'm about to say. 
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obvious with our loyalty to 
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That to some degree, those of 
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Should not be mistaken that we 
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We should orchestrate our lives 
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realize, though. 
They may not agree with us, they

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would at least realize and 
understand you really do belong 

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to Jesus Christ. 
Don't you? 

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You really take this man 
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and I can't think of anything 
more disheartening than to be in

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the presence of unbelievers in 
close proximity for a certain 

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amount of time. 
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actually am a friend of Christ. 
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me. 
Not that. 

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I would try to force anything 
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enough, if they know about my 
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my activities, my convictions 
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conclusion that I have an 
association with Jesus Christ 

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that would break my heart. 
That would break my heart if I 

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was too shy in this moment. 
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would try not to smirk. 
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prophetic picture of Jesus 
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And let me tell you, regardless 
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regardless of the positions in 
this life and that, whatever you

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can attain there is no greater 
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to know that you supremely are 
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There's nothing better than 
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Nothing better than that. 
And the only way you can achieve

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such a place is when you are 
absolutely consumed with a 

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desire to honor the Lord, in all
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missing in a lot of people. 
Zeal for God's house. 

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Remember Christ. 
It was it was told that Zeal for

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your house, has consumed me you 
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119 that tears were streaming 
down his face for what reason 

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because they break your law. 
And so strive to buy the holy 

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spirit's help to live with an 
absolute ambition to honor 

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Christ. 
In all things in all ways, Don't

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Be Afraid, don't be shy, don't 
be timid. 

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Don't be don't be intimidated by
anybody about anything, 

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especially when it comes to your
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And what he has said in his 
word, He's Worthy. 

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You know what? 
Thought came to mind? 

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You might think it's not 
relevant, but I thought about 

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it. 
Do you want to know? 

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Or do you know the first 
category of people that will be 

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thrown into hell? 
According to revelation, Right. 

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Revelation 21 tells us that out 
of the list of people who will 

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be thrown into the Lake of Fire.
The first thing that is 

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mentioned, are the Cowardly The 
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Not the deceiver, not the sexual
moral, not the greedy. 

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Not the Pervert, the Cowardly 
now. 

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That is not speaking about those
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of being timid. 
Or a little bit lower in tune, 

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concerning their personality, 
the Cowardly, those who, when 

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they come to a decision to 
either honor Christ or honor 

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manner, honor of choose man or 
self. 

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Those are the people who are 
listed first as being condemned 

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for eternity, the Cowardly, 
don't be a coward. 

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Be courageous for Christ, stand 
for Christ, no matter what it 

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costs you. 
I don't care what the cost is. 

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Christ is worthy of honor. 
He is worthy of honor. 

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Be willing to lose friends. 
Be willing to lose family, be 

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willing to lose your job, be 
willing to lose whatever you 

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have to lose. 
That's how much Christ is 

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Worthy. 
And I want to be his friend. 

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His shine makes his case Absalom
lets his guard down, and he 

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allows them into his courts. 
And before we explore why, his 

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doubts were so quickly, 
evaporated reminded here of ziba

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and David, I couldn't help, but 
make the connection. 

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Why was David deceived by ziba? 
Because of two things, who 

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remembers the two things. 
One, he was emotionally wounded 

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and that played a role and we 
are susceptible to making ill 

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judgments when we have been 
wounded in one way or another, 

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especially by other people. 
And so after being wounded by 

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one betrayal and one active 
distressed after the other, when

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the news came of another 
potential betrayal, he was just 

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willing to absorb it and believe
it emotional wound. 

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Secondly, what was the second 
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Physically deficient he was 
drained. 

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He was tired. 
It was a difficult day. 

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And we also learn in different 
examples of the Bible, that, 

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when we are in that place of 
being weak, we can also make bad

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judgments. 
We are foggy in our discernment,

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in our decision-making, 
abilities. 

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But Absalom is willing to 
believe who shy, not because he 

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was emotionally feeble, not 
because he was physically 

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depleted, and no way, no shape, 
no form, obviously. but what 

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wizard that contributed to his 
willingness to literally invite 

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The very thing that would lead 
to his downfall, any idea. 

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There was something occupying 
absalom's heart that made him 

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vulnerable to something that 
would actually be his very 

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detriment. 
If you want the answer, you're 

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going to be surprised of what 
reference I'm going to give you 

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Obadiah. 
When's the last time you were 

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told to turn to Obadiah. 
Obadiah, 1:3, Obadiah 1, verse 

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3, and you're going to get your 
answer. and when you're, when 

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you get there just Declare what 
you believe to be the answer 

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concerning Absalom? 
Who said it? 

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Did you hear it? 
What did what did the prophet 

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say concerning the people of 
Edom? 

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the if your heart is deceived 
you, he told that to a nation, 

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And prize relevant to the 
individual. 

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As much as it is to a nation and
the fate of both is the same in 

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Adventureland inevitable 
downfall. 

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The pride of your heart has 
deceived you was Absalom a proud

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man, there's no doubt about it, 
extremely proud and here's how 

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proud he was that when Housh I 
came forward with this 

454
00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:47,800
ambiguous. 
Presentation. 

455
00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:53,700
He automatically applied and 
assumed that he was speaking 

456
00:30:53,700 --> 00:30:57,600
about him. 
And he took one who shines said 

457
00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:03,400
and acknowledge himself in it, 
when we know that, it could very

458
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:09,000
well be something. 
Here's the lesson that you and I

459
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,200
can learn concerning this pride 
has away. 

460
00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:18,100
Of telling you about you and 
about others. 

461
00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:21,000
Something that is untrue. 
Pride, lies to you. 

462
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,400
Pride exaggerate things to you 
Pride, Miss translates and 

463
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:33,100
misinterprets events. 
And everything in between. 

464
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,500
And that is precisely What's 
Happening Here with this man. 

465
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,000
He interprets his eyes Words As 
for himself. 

466
00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:45,700
And here's the, here's the, the 
series, the sequence of what 

467
00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:49,400
Pride does, it begins with high 
fonts of yourself and those 

468
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,600
thoughts of yourself create a 
belief system. 

469
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,700
And that belief system again, 
makes you believe is about you. 

470
00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:00,100
About even God about things 
around you about how things play

471
00:32:00,100 --> 00:32:03,400
out about other individuals. 
And then because you believe 

472
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,900
that, if you believe that long 
enough you in that leave system,

473
00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:10,200
end up inviting things into your
life that end up destroying you.

474
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:17,100
And sometimes that discipline 
can come directly from God 

475
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:19,600
because of like the edomites. 
They thought of themselves as 

476
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:23,600
lofty and indestructible and 
nobody can penetrate their 

477
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,200
Fortress. 
And God said, I'm going to deal 

478
00:32:25,208 --> 00:32:26,700
with you and show you how I can 
do it. 

479
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:33,500
Or God will just allow the 
foolishness of your own Pride to

480
00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:37,200
destroy whatever you think you 
can preserve by your might buy 

481
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,400
your beauty by your gift, by 
your charisma. 

482
00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:44,800
And so Absalom here because of 
his pride opens the door for an 

483
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:49,000
enemy to come in. 
It's quite frightening to 

484
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:56,400
realize that. 
And so, living presence of the 

485
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,400
Lord. 
Spill your heart out. 

486
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,700
Glory constantly asked him to 
keep you long. 

487
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,900
Ask him to keep his the scariest
thing about deception as you 

488
00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:09,100
don't know, you're being 
deceived That's the nature of 

489
00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:12,300
deception. 
It's very difficult for somebody

490
00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:14,200
to realize, I'm deceived right 
now. 

491
00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:17,500
The whole, the whole thing about
deception is you think you're 

492
00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:19,900
right? 
You think you're in the right, 

493
00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:21,800
you think you're headed the 
right way? 

494
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:28,100
And so stay low, stay close, 
stay under the word. 

495
00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:30,600
Stay in the presence of the 
Lord, stay with people in your 

496
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,500
life that are not afraid to. 
Look at you and say brother and 

497
00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:36,000
call you out sister and say 
something to you. 

498
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:39,600
But there's something else at 
play here. 

499
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,300
Absalom. 
And one way is being deceived. 

500
00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:48,600
He's being tricked. 
Do you remember how Absalom? 

501
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,400
Got his revenge against his 
half-brother amnion. 

502
00:33:54,400 --> 00:34:01,100
What did he do? 
He deceived them, he invited him

503
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:03,900
for what he said, would be a 
feast. 

504
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:09,300
And he had his brother killed 
when he was supposed to be 

505
00:34:09,300 --> 00:34:11,199
celebrating with him and his 
brothers. 

506
00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:17,199
The Bible has a phrase about 
this whatever men's Souls that 

507
00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:21,600
he will also reap. 
This meant the seed somebody and

508
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,000
had him kill through the 
deception. 

509
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,800
And now we have somebody coming 
to him cloaked and it will be 

510
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,500
his death sentence. 
It's incredible. 

511
00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:31,699
How you see this play out. 
It's actually frightening to see

512
00:34:31,699 --> 00:34:35,300
house. 
Housos precise, God is in. 

513
00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:38,199
Fulfilling his promises the laws
that he is established in our 

514
00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:41,000
universe. 
This is what we learned from 

515
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,699
Absalom right now. 
We come to our final characters,

516
00:34:44,699 --> 00:34:46,900
a name that you've heard before.
It's someone that you're 

517
00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:49,000
familiar with at this point of 
the story. 

518
00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:52,400
But for the first time, you're 
actually going to see and hear 

519
00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:56,699
his words, you've never heard 
from him, you never, you never 

520
00:34:56,699 --> 00:35:00,800
seen what he was saying, or how 
he thinks, but you've seen his 

521
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,700
name, and you've seen his 
actions but now his mouth will 

522
00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:05,700
open. 
And that's what we see here in 

523
00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:07,500
verse 20. 
Then Absalom said that he felt 

524
00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:10,600
full, that's the person were 
speaking of he said to Annie 

525
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:15,200
filfil, give your counsel What 
shall we do? 

526
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:20,700
And he felt for said to Absalom,
go into your father's concubines

527
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,100
whom he has left to keep the 
house and all Israel will hear 

528
00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:27,900
that you have made yourself a 
stench to your father and the 

529
00:35:27,900 --> 00:35:31,400
hands of all who are with you 
will be strengthened. 

530
00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:37,100
So they pitched a tent for 
Absalom on the roof, by the way,

531
00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:39,300
where did everything begin for? 
David's downfall? 

532
00:35:41,300 --> 00:35:44,600
On the roof. 
I wonder if it's the very same 

533
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:48,200
roof. 
Whenever a man Souls that he 

534
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,300
will also reap. 
On the roof and Absalom went 

535
00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:55,200
into his father's. 
Concubines in the sight of all 

536
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,300
Israel. 
Okay. 

537
00:35:58,900 --> 00:36:03,500
Absalom very ambitious. 
His heart is inflamed, he wants 

538
00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:07,100
to secure his throne as quickly 
as possible and so he doesn't 

539
00:36:07,100 --> 00:36:12,000
hesitate to turn to I feel full 
and he asked this praise 

540
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,100
consulted of the Kingdom. 
What do I got to do next without

541
00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:20,700
skipping a beat and he focuses, 
take your father's concubines 

542
00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:24,400
and sleep with them and do it in
such a way where everybody knows

543
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,400
about it, right? 
Let it be something that the 

544
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,300
nation. 
Earns. 

545
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,500
Now, at first, if you're 
unfamiliar with what's happening

546
00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:35,800
here, you would think that this 
is a very strange, very, very 

547
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:39,500
strange military strategy. 
What does this have to do with 

548
00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:42,200
anything and as absurd as it 
might be? 

549
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:47,100
It's actually very political. 
It's not just, it's not just an 

550
00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:51,700
act of Revenge, it's actually 
very much a strategy because you

551
00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:54,300
remember at one point in this 
study of our body, of our Bible 

552
00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:57,600
and the Book of second Samuel, 
we learn at one point that in 

553
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,400
this time when In a kingdom 
would be transferred to another 

554
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,100
kingdom or when a king would 
succeed. 

555
00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:06,100
Another one part of that would 
be the Trent of the previous 

556
00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:11,300
Kings Haram over to the new king
because unfortunately all the 

557
00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:14,500
property including concubines 
people. 

558
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,300
Would be now spoil or would be 
transferred over to a new 

559
00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:22,700
government. 
And so what you have going on 

560
00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:27,400
here is a statement and the 
statement is this by taking 

561
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,800
David's concubines, Absalom was 
declaring that a Revolution was 

562
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:35,700
here and that there is a new 
figure, there is a new what a 

563
00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:39,300
new King on the throne. 
So that is what you that is what

564
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:41,000
You observe. 
That is what you're seeing here.

565
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,200
That this is a statement of a 
grab of power. 

566
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:50,400
All of this is now mine. 
And it was really a point of no 

567
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,000
return. 
This was kind of like a signing 

568
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,000
off. 
This is a very bold bold, bold 

569
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:02,200
move made by Absalom At the same
time. 

570
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:06,000
Think about it. 
We know that God does not 

571
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:10,200
condone this kind of practice, 
despite the cultural practices 

572
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,400
of the day. 
God does not promote this kind 

573
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,700
of behavior, especially in 
sense, because that's what it 

574
00:38:17,700 --> 00:38:20,900
is. 
And so with that into 

575
00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:25,100
consideration, we have to we 
have to rethink about Eiffels 

576
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:29,600
advice here. 
It makes you wonder that despite

577
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:33,600
how familiar these actions were 
to the kingdoms and the Nations 

578
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,400
and the civilizations and the 
empires of that time. 

579
00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:41,200
If there is something personal 
in all of this, There is. 

580
00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:47,600
Actually, you would be safe to 
say that I felt was probably 

581
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,600
going to get more gratification 
out of this than Absalom one. 

582
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,300
Why would we make that 
conclusion because you have the 

583
00:38:54,300 --> 00:38:56,200
background? 
Knowledge of who I felt full is?

584
00:38:56,200 --> 00:39:01,300
Don't you? 
Who is he He is the grandfather 

585
00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:04,200
of Bathsheba. 
That's what you learn. 

586
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,900
At the end of the book of second
Samuel, you learned that and he 

587
00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:10,400
fell for was related to 
Bathsheba it because he was 

588
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:15,800
raided the related to Bathsheba.
It helps us solve the mystery of

589
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:23,400
why this man joined Absalom. 
His heart is absolutely plagued 

590
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:30,200
with bitterness. 
And In This Moment, he saw, I'm 

591
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:36,400
sure he saw some kind of 
satisfaction. and being able to 

592
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:42,700
witness, Some of David's woman 
being violated on the very same 

593
00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:47,800
roof, perhaps, with David saw 
Bathsheba took her for himself. 

594
00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:54,000
Is that possible? 
Absolutely. 

595
00:39:54,900 --> 00:40:00,400
Can unforgiveness drive a man to
such Unthinkable unimaginable? 

596
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,700
Behavior. 
Imagination entertainment. 

597
00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:09,900
You better believe it. 
And this is what we see. 

598
00:40:09,900 --> 00:40:11,800
We see a man here, who is 
unhinged? 

599
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,600
We see a man here, who is given 
completely and totally to his 

600
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:20,900
offense. 
And personal offense is one of 

601
00:40:20,900 --> 00:40:26,600
Satan's favorite doors to put 
his foot in and to crack wide 

602
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:30,300
open so that he can have his way
through through a person. 

603
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,800
This man will be literally 
driven to Suicide. 

604
00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:40,200
We're going to read that in the 
coming weeks, but for now, we 

605
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,600
see somebody that we never 
thought would stoop so low. 

606
00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:49,400
And what you have to understand 
then is that Those who are given

607
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:54,100
over to offense or bitterness. 
Our candidates. 

608
00:40:55,700 --> 00:40:59,700
For personal catastrophe and 
catastrophe and other people's 

609
00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:02,900
lives and it can come from what 
we see in our. 

610
00:41:02,900 --> 00:41:07,300
He felt was life when you have a
family member that has been 

611
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,900
sinned against or that has been 
violated or that has been hurt. 

612
00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:15,400
And you just vowed Vengeance. 
You did this to my brother. 

613
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,000
You did this to my mother, you 
did this to my husband, you did 

614
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,900
this to my wife. 
I will live with the absolute 

615
00:41:21,900 --> 00:41:25,000
ambition to make sure that you 
pay a price. 

616
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,100
There's people like that. and 
there's people who can be 

617
00:41:31,100 --> 00:41:34,800
offended not by something as 
scandalous as this, but by, 

618
00:41:36,900 --> 00:41:41,100
Challenge. 
By rebuked by correction. 

619
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,400
And they can Harbor things in 
their own hearts and that 

620
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:50,000
Blossom, it is something that 
they never thought could be true

621
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,200
of themselves. 
Can I ask you a random question?

622
00:41:53,200 --> 00:42:00,700
May seem random but it's not Why
did Judas betray Jesus? 

623
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:05,100
Humanly speaking. 
I know there's prophecy. 

624
00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:10,000
I know that God's providential 
plan was at work through Judas. 

625
00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:17,700
Humanly speaking. 
Say that again, money was one 

626
00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:20,300
thing. 
And here's the thing, we do not 

627
00:42:20,300 --> 00:42:26,300
know for sure. 
There is no certain answer to 

628
00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:28,900
this and you have different 
theories about it. 

629
00:42:28,900 --> 00:42:31,000
Can I give you one theory that 
you probably never heard of? 

630
00:42:31,100 --> 00:42:34,800
I thought it was a strange 
theory that Judas in wanting to 

631
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:41,200
see Jesus, fulfill his political
messiahship to ushering in the 

632
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,000
Kingdom, that they were all 
longing for. 

633
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:47,300
Cause this whole thing too, To 
happen in order to force a 

634
00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:51,300
rebellion from Jesus and his 
following strange 

635
00:42:52,100 --> 00:42:57,200
interpretation. 
But I believe humanly speaking. 

636
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,300
There are many ingredients that 
contributed to it. 

637
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,300
One of them, we just heard. 
He was very greedy. 

638
00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:04,900
Very Covetous. 
Any other reasons you think that

639
00:43:04,900 --> 00:43:07,900
Judas betrayed Jesus? 
Pride. 

640
00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:15,000
Why would you say Pride? 
Okay. 

641
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,700
So there's a pride element to 
that will explore that further 

642
00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:25,200
in a moment. 
That's another strong one. 

643
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,100
Could it be that Judas at some 
point? 

644
00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:34,400
Realize This is not the Messiah 
that I thought the Messiah would

645
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:39,600
be. 
And here you have, you have 

646
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:44,800
Jesus constantly talking about 
now, him dying being given over 

647
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:50,300
to the hand of the elders. 
Messiah dying that doesn't work,

648
00:43:50,300 --> 00:43:54,500
right? 
And so we have two strong 

649
00:43:54,500 --> 00:43:56,800
points, right? 
We have the greed element 

650
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,600
because we know he sold Jesus 
for 30 pieces of silver. 

651
00:44:01,700 --> 00:44:04,900
We have the element of him being
disappointed, where he learned 

652
00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:08,600
probably registered. 
This is not who I thought this 

653
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:11,200
man was supposed to be in. 
This is not what I signed up 

654
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,400
for. 
So let me get out of this while 

655
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:18,100
I can and this is the perfect 
time because you have people who

656
00:44:18,100 --> 00:44:21,300
want him dead. 
I really like money so I can 

657
00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:24,300
just sell him, get out of this 
thing and get out of it with 

658
00:44:24,300 --> 00:44:28,500
something. 
And I think those are very 

659
00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:34,100
strong valid conclusions. 
There's a potential other 

660
00:44:34,100 --> 00:44:36,800
ingredient. 
That's not often spoken of, and 

661
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:39,200
where it comes from again. 
It's not dogmatic. 

662
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:43,600
It's not for certain is not 
established as a non-negotiable 

663
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,900
interpretation, but it's an 
ingredient that comes from the 

664
00:44:46,900 --> 00:44:54,100
Bible that stems from the timing
of when Judas implemented his 

665
00:44:54,100 --> 00:44:57,900
initial plan to betray Jesus. 
Go to Matthew 26. 

666
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:10,800
Matthew 26. 
In Matthew 26, I want us to 

667
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:14,400
start in verse 14. 
This is where we learn What 

668
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:17,500
Judas? 
Was known for. 

669
00:45:18,900 --> 00:45:21,800
We read here in verse 14 and 
then one of the twelve whose 

670
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,900
name was Judas. 
Iscariot went to the chief 

671
00:45:24,900 --> 00:45:27,200
priests and said, what will you 
give me? 

672
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:32,000
If I deliver him over to you and
they paid him 30 pieces of 

673
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,400
silver. 
And from that moment, he saw an 

674
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,200
opportunity to betray him. 
Right? 

675
00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:38,400
There's a very important word in
verse, 14. 

676
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,400
Can you guess what? 
It is then? 

677
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,900
Because that word hinges, what 
happened before with What's 

678
00:45:44,900 --> 00:45:47,000
Happening Here? 
What happened before? 

679
00:45:47,100 --> 00:45:51,100
What was it that occurred before
Judas? 

680
00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:54,800
Or perhaps even inspired, Judas 
or triggered Judas to go and 

681
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:58,000
seek opportunity to or at least 
a plan to betray? 

682
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,400
Yes. 
The breaking of the alabaster 

683
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:04,800
flask what happened, in the 
breaking of the alabaster flask.

684
00:46:04,900 --> 00:46:08,100
We know the story very well. 
Mary of Bethany comes as an act 

685
00:46:08,100 --> 00:46:10,300
of worship. 
She takes her most expensive. 

686
00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:14,500
Ointment cracks it open pores it
on Jesus head, and who's there 

687
00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:17,600
to criticize her. 
But we're told here, scroll back

688
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:21,700
and look at verse 8 and when the
disciples saw it, when the 

689
00:46:21,700 --> 00:46:25,300
disciples saw it, they were 
indignant saying, why this waste

690
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,500
for this could have been sold 
for a large sum and given to the

691
00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:31,300
poor. 
But Jesus aware of this said to 

692
00:46:31,300 --> 00:46:33,100
them. 
Why do you trouble the woman 

693
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:34,900
for? 
She has done a beautiful thing 

694
00:46:34,900 --> 00:46:37,800
to me for you always have the 
poor with you but you will not 

695
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:40,500
always have me. 
And pouring, this ointment on my

696
00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:42,900
body, she has done it to prepare
for burial. 

697
00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:46,300
Again, that might be Judaism, 
burial cave, talking about this 

698
00:46:46,300 --> 00:46:48,000
death thing. 
I'm not very happy with. 

699
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:52,700
It could be, truly I say to you.
Wherever this gospel is 

700
00:46:52,700 --> 00:46:55,800
proclaimed in the whole world. 
What she has done will also be 

701
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,800
told in memory of her. 
I find that one of the most 

702
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,700
astounding statements that Jesus
makes in the gospels. 

703
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,900
What this woman has done will be
accompanied with the gospel 

704
00:47:03,900 --> 00:47:07,600
message. 
How often do you hear of Mary of

705
00:47:07,607 --> 00:47:09,300
Bethany when the gospel is being
taught? 

706
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:13,900
Very interesting, right? 
It makes more sense. 

707
00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:16,900
Now, when we look at because 
after this, we're told in verse 

708
00:47:16,900 --> 00:47:21,200
14, then one of the twelve whose
name was Judas goes into trees, 

709
00:47:21,900 --> 00:47:28,000
okay, go to John 12 and look at 
the perspective of John Matthew 

710
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:33,700
Mark, Luke John when you come to
John chapter 12 again this 

711
00:47:33,700 --> 00:47:36,900
record is here preserved for us 
but with a different detail. 

712
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:41,800
Verse three. 
Married therefore took a pound 

713
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:45,100
of expensive, ointment made from
Pure nard and anointed the feet 

714
00:47:45,100 --> 00:47:47,900
of Jesus and wiped his feet with
her hair. 

715
00:47:48,300 --> 00:47:51,700
The house was filled with the 
fragrance of the perfume but 

716
00:47:51,700 --> 00:47:59,300
Judas Iscariot Judas. 
Iscariot one of his disciples he

717
00:47:59,300 --> 00:48:03,700
who was about to betray him said
why was this ointment not sold 

718
00:48:03,700 --> 00:48:06,300
for three hundred denarii and 
given to the poor. 

719
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:12,400
So who's the main voice here of 
complaint, it's Judas. 

720
00:48:13,700 --> 00:48:18,200
In fact, he's the instigator. 
He's the one who cracks this 

721
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:22,200
thing open, and I believe he's 
the one that inflames the other 

722
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,900
disciples to begin to complain 
and criticize. 

723
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:28,800
Listen, complaining is like the 
common cold, it's very 

724
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:32,000
contagious. 
It's very contagious murmuring 

725
00:48:32,300 --> 00:48:37,900
accusations pulling up the - and
things that that's so easy, and 

726
00:48:37,900 --> 00:48:41,100
it's very, very much contagious.
Even among Christians. 

727
00:48:41,900 --> 00:48:44,500
So Judas is the one who speaks 
up he goes. 

728
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:47,300
This is a waste and you have the
other disciples according to 

729
00:48:47,300 --> 00:48:52,000
Matthew's gospel saying, yeah, 
this is a waste John highlights 

730
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,700
Judas. 
And then he by the spirit 

731
00:48:55,700 --> 00:48:58,200
reassures is that he's not doing
this for the righteous reasons. 

732
00:48:58,200 --> 00:48:59,900
Or righteous reasonings, at 
least. 

733
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:02,600
What do we learn? 
He said this in verse 6, not 

734
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:06,900
because he cared about the poor 
but because he was a thief and 

735
00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:09,900
having charge of the money back,
he used to help himself to what 

736
00:49:09,900 --> 00:49:15,400
was put into it. 
So this was not a misguided 

737
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:18,700
thing that Judas was a was upset
about, this was a missed 

738
00:49:18,700 --> 00:49:24,300
opportunity for Judas. 
That perfume was very expensive 

739
00:49:24,300 --> 00:49:27,400
and in giudices mind if that was
just given over to him. 

740
00:49:27,700 --> 00:49:30,800
Because we are told here, the 
next verse, excuse me, we're 

741
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,400
totally on this verse that. 
We just read that he was a 

742
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:36,700
treasure of Jesus ministry. 
He was the one who took in all 

743
00:49:36,707 --> 00:49:40,000
the donations and count it and 
distributed it, you how to spend

744
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,500
it and knew how to give it out 
to the poor, he was assigned 

745
00:49:42,500 --> 00:49:45,700
that position. 
The treasurer of Jesus ministry.

746
00:49:46,700 --> 00:49:50,100
But we are told that he would 
help himself to some of those 

747
00:49:50,100 --> 00:49:52,800
donations. 
And what he saw here was a large

748
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:56,900
sum that could have been given 
and a great opportunity to make 

749
00:49:56,900 --> 00:50:02,400
more personal profit. 
So Judas here is very upset and 

750
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:05,000
I think the disciples can 
understand why he's upset 

751
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:09,400
because again, of his position 
The giftedness that he 

752
00:50:09,408 --> 00:50:11,500
apparently had was 
administrative. 

753
00:50:11,500 --> 00:50:14,900
And so, you see this man upset 
that there was a wasted 

754
00:50:14,900 --> 00:50:18,600
opportunity to wasted charitable
donation to the ministry of 

755
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:22,200
Jesus. 
But look, what happens verse 7. 

756
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:26,600
Jesus said, leave her alone. 
Who is he speaking to? 

757
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:31,400
According to this context, who 
is he speaking to Judas? 

758
00:50:32,100 --> 00:50:35,900
Jesus said, leave her alone so 
that she may keep it for the day

759
00:50:35,900 --> 00:50:39,800
of my burial for the poor. 
You always have with you, but 

760
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:41,700
you don't always have me if you 
connect. 

761
00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:45,500
What's happening here with the 
timeline of Matthew. 

762
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:51,200
Then what you have is Judas, who
openly speaks, and who is openly

763
00:50:51,200 --> 00:51:00,200
rebuked. and once he is 
corrected by Jesus, For his 

764
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:04,500
wrong attitude, and his wrong 
perspective, Matthew tells us 

765
00:51:04,500 --> 00:51:08,300
that then one of the twelve goes
to the chief priest. 

766
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:15,200
I'm not saying, again, this is 
for certain, I'm not saying this

767
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:17,300
is conclusive. 
I'm just asking you to 

768
00:51:17,300 --> 00:51:21,500
potentially consider this 
ingredient among the other 

769
00:51:21,700 --> 00:51:26,100
obvious ingredients of why Judas
betrayed, Jesus. 

770
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:30,700
The timeline suggest that after 
he was openly corrected by the 

771
00:51:30,700 --> 00:51:33,100
Lord. 
All right. 

772
00:51:33,100 --> 00:51:39,400
You want to do that to me? 
And he finds the chief priest. 

773
00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:47,600
I wonder how much of personal 
offense played in. 

774
00:51:48,900 --> 00:51:53,500
The evil scheme of Judas. 
To betray the son of God. 

775
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:58,100
I wonder if there was one 
ingredient among the other 

776
00:51:58,100 --> 00:52:02,300
ingredients and if it is the 
case, notice my wording. 

777
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:06,200
If it is the case, if that is 
true, if that did play A Part, 

778
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:11,200
then what a lesson about 
offense, How it has the 

779
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:15,800
capability of driving us to 
places to decisions to ways of 

780
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:19,000
thinking that are absolutely 
destructive? 

781
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:24,100
And so many ways? 
And they can come from things 

782
00:52:24,100 --> 00:52:27,500
like a he fell for were a great 
crime was committed against 

783
00:52:27,500 --> 00:52:30,900
someone you love. 
And it can also come from when a

784
00:52:30,900 --> 00:52:35,000
faithful person in your life. 
Speaks up for something that is 

785
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:38,300
obviously wrong, but you just 
didn't like it. 

786
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:44,500
Satan loves this kind of Open 
Door and what's so disturbing 

787
00:52:44,500 --> 00:52:46,800
about Judas? 
If again, if that is the case, 

788
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:51,400
if that is an ingredient in this
complicated matter and this not 

789
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:55,600
so obvious. 
Reason of, why Judas did what he

790
00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:59,000
did apart from what we know from
prophecy and God's Sovereign 

791
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:02,200
will over. 
These matters is that Jesus was 

792
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:08,700
perfect. 
Jesus is sinless, everything 

793
00:53:08,700 --> 00:53:11,000
that Jesus did and everything, 
that Jesus said it was in 

794
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:14,200
perfect alignment with the will 
and the character of the father 

795
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:22,700
and if personal offense, if 
Being stung by loving rebuke is 

796
00:53:22,700 --> 00:53:25,500
a part of this. 
Then it teaches something. 

797
00:53:26,300 --> 00:53:29,600
How you feel, doesn't justify 
your actions. 

798
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,000
Right. 
There are many people who do 

799
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,300
certain things or behave in 
certain ways or make certain 

800
00:53:35,300 --> 00:53:40,300
decisions because of feelings. 
This made me feel a certain way.

801
00:53:40,300 --> 00:53:43,300
This made me feel like this or 
not like that. 

802
00:53:43,300 --> 00:53:46,400
And so this is why I did this 
and this is why I'm going there.

803
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:53,000
This is a Your feelings don't 
matter as much as truth. 

804
00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:57,000
What is truth? 
What is true in this situation? 

805
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:00,000
No matter what it does to you no
matter how flares you up? 

806
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:05,400
No matter what consequences 
follow is it true is what Jesus 

807
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:13,000
said, true Judas. 
Some people justify things in 

808
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:16,300
their minds. 
And they try to justify to 

809
00:54:16,300 --> 00:54:20,300
others when it really stems from
selfishness and pride. 

810
00:54:21,700 --> 00:54:28,600
Ego being wounded. 
Which brings us perfectly to the

811
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:31,100
ending of our studying 2nd 
Samuel 16. 

812
00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:35,700
Let's go to the last verse of 
this chapter In verse 23, we 

813
00:54:35,700 --> 00:54:37,300
didn't read it, but we'll read 
it now. 

814
00:54:40,700 --> 00:54:43,900
After and he fulfilled gave this
Council to Absalom. 

815
00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:48,700
There's a commentary about his 
advice generally, that is quite 

816
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:52,700
interesting. 
Now, in those days, the council 

817
00:54:52,700 --> 00:54:57,900
that he fell for gave was as if 
one consulted the word of God. 

818
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:04,400
So, was all the counsel of a he 
thoughtful is steam both by 

819
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:09,800
David and Absalom. 
Can you think about anybody in 

820
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:12,500
your life? 
That has such a reputation that 

821
00:55:12,500 --> 00:55:17,500
every time you speak to them, 
it's as though their word is as 

822
00:55:17,500 --> 00:55:24,100
trustworthy as God's word is. 
That is astounding. and it's not

823
00:55:24,100 --> 00:55:28,000
just saying that Absalom had 
that view even David esteemed 

824
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:32,600
and he fulfills advice as such 
there was something so 

825
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:40,100
authoritative insightful. 
Profitable effective about his 

826
00:55:40,100 --> 00:55:45,600
past Council, obviously, that it
was esteem that he had this 

827
00:55:45,700 --> 00:55:51,100
amazing reputation and yet with 
this reputation, you come to 

828
00:55:51,100 --> 00:55:55,000
this point where he gives advice
to Absalom, and it's so contrary

829
00:55:55,000 --> 00:56:00,100
to God's heart. 
And you look at this and you 

830
00:56:00,100 --> 00:56:02,000
wonder, right? 
You wonder if this is an 

831
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:09,000
exaggeration that people had you
wonder if Absalom and David saw 

832
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:14,600
this about a heath offal And 
esteemed him for a time. 

833
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,500
But now, as we read this at this
point because of the bitterness,

834
00:56:17,500 --> 00:56:22,100
that's occupying his heart, his 
counsel can be seen as very 

835
00:56:22,100 --> 00:56:25,100
questionable and very 
untrustworthy, meaning he just 

836
00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:27,600
went sour. 
Something happened along the 

837
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:29,300
line, and it's obviously due to 
his sin. 

838
00:56:30,500 --> 00:56:33,000
Whatever the case, maybe here's 
the point that you and I can 

839
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:38,200
apply to our own lives. 
Great Men, great resources, even

840
00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:41,100
great Ministries. 
That might have bless us at one 

841
00:56:41,100 --> 00:56:45,300
point, the might be praised by 
others are not your ultimate 

842
00:56:45,300 --> 00:56:48,100
Authority. 
They're not. 

843
00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:52,000
God's word. 
Forever. 

844
00:56:53,100 --> 00:56:56,700
His word. 
Indoors for the ages. 

845
00:56:57,200 --> 00:57:00,100
This is what you fall upon. 
This is what you refer to. 

846
00:57:00,300 --> 00:57:05,000
This is what you ultimately 
submit to God's word and he felt

847
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:08,200
was will come and go but God's 
word remains forever. 

848
00:57:08,700 --> 00:57:10,100
And that's what you have to 
understand. 

849
00:57:10,100 --> 00:57:11,800
Right? 
Because I meet some Christians, 

850
00:57:12,100 --> 00:57:14,900
I meet some believe is 
good-hearted Believers and the 

851
00:57:14,900 --> 00:57:18,200
way they interpret the Bible and
the way they apply certain 

852
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:21,800
things in life and Ministry is 
this way well so-and-so. 

853
00:57:21,800 --> 00:57:23,800
And they refer to a very 
well-known minister. 

854
00:57:24,700 --> 00:57:28,300
So-and-so says that so-and-so 
believes that so-and-so 

855
00:57:28,300 --> 00:57:31,200
interprets that and that is the 
that is the case closed for 

856
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:35,100
them. 
I think it is, it's important to

857
00:57:35,100 --> 00:57:40,900
seek the advice and the council 
and the commentaries of others. 

858
00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:45,000
But when something is clearly 
violating, what is playing in 

859
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:47,300
the Bible, you go with the 
Bible. 

860
00:57:47,900 --> 00:57:49,900
I know this is simple, but you'd
be amazed to know how many 

861
00:57:49,900 --> 00:57:55,000
people who Champion the word of 
God, whose Sola scriptura, 

862
00:57:55,100 --> 00:57:58,100
right? 
And at the same time, the reason

863
00:57:58,100 --> 00:58:01,600
why I, where they are in their 
theological framework and their 

864
00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:06,300
personal walk with the Lord is 
completely orchestrated by 

865
00:58:06,300 --> 00:58:09,100
somebody who has certain letters
behind their name or certain 

866
00:58:09,100 --> 00:58:14,500
popularity on YouTube. 
That's not the way you go about 

867
00:58:14,500 --> 00:58:17,400
your walk with the Lord. 
You come to the Bible and you 

868
00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:22,900
reflect everything that is said,
preach taught blogged about Is 

869
00:58:22,900 --> 00:58:25,400
it written? 
Is it written? 

870
00:58:27,100 --> 00:58:29,600
And at the same time, may also 
say that there are some people 

871
00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:32,700
that might have blessed you and 
that you might have seen that 

872
00:58:32,700 --> 00:58:35,300
one point. 
It's not a surprise. 

873
00:58:35,300 --> 00:58:41,400
If they do end up failing you 
for disappointing, you Or 

874
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:44,900
veering off into different 
beliefs or perverting the 

875
00:58:44,900 --> 00:58:48,400
scriptures in different ways. 
At some later time in life, it 

876
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:52,800
happened to a he filfil been to 
preachers and ministers today. 

877
00:58:53,700 --> 00:58:56,300
What do you do? 
You stick to the word of God, 

878
00:58:57,100 --> 00:58:58,800
you stick to the God, who 
doesn't change? 

879
00:58:59,100 --> 00:59:01,700
You put your hope your love, 
your adoration, your trust in 

880
00:59:01,700 --> 00:59:06,400
him, not in the people that come
and go. and so, even though I 

881
00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:12,400
felt was Council was esteemed in
such a manner, oh, he is He is 

882
00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:17,000
coming down. 
Headfirst and unless the mercy 

883
00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:19,500
of God intervenes, he will crash
and he will burn. 

884
00:59:19,500 --> 00:59:23,000
And those who follow him, also 
Crash and Burn. 

885
00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:27,400
And so, it seems as though, I 
felt from Absalom are winning at

886
00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:31,200
this point, but there are still 
a chapter 17, and there's still 

887
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:34,800
a chapter 18, and we will learn 
many, many wonderful things. 

888
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:39,000
And if you want to know how 
trustworthy God's word is, Then 

889
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:41,500
you know that what is happening 
here? 

890
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:45,700
Although we are getting the 
human vantage point is actually 

891
00:59:45,700 --> 00:59:49,100
God's word being fulfilled. 
What do you mean? 

892
00:59:49,100 --> 00:59:53,300
What did Nathan tell David when 
he initially confronted about 

893
00:59:53,300 --> 00:59:57,100
his sin? 
Let me remind you go to chapter 

894
00:59:57,100 --> 01:00:07,700
12 and this is where we'll end. 
Nathan prophesied and 12:11. 

895
01:00:07,700 --> 01:00:10,900
Thus says, the Lord behold I 
will raise up evil against you 

896
01:00:10,900 --> 01:00:14,500
out of your own house, and I 
will take your wives before your

897
01:00:14,500 --> 01:00:18,000
eyes and give them to your 
neighbor and he shall lie with 

898
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:20,900
your wives in the sight of the 
Sun. 

899
01:00:22,900 --> 01:00:26,300
God's word is always true. 
You know what's funny here? 

900
01:00:26,300 --> 01:00:29,900
Much time has passed from 
Nathan's prophetic word to the 

901
01:00:29,900 --> 01:00:31,700
actual fulfillment, as what we 
see in absolute. 

902
01:00:31,700 --> 01:00:35,600
Remember, it took many years for
for Absalom to wait to kill em 

903
01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:38,900
and then even more years for him
to wait before he usurped 

904
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authority of his father years, 
have gone by seemingly making 

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Nathan's word unfulfilled but 
here we are. 

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God's word is true. 
Though, it may be delayed. 

907
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It is true. 
And the same way people are very

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indifferent about the truth of 
God's coming, judgment. 

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It's true. and all might be fine
and dandy though may be more 

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difficult to say that now in 
this time of History, But no 

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matter what is happening and how
promising things look and no 

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matter what candidate seems to 
be our nation's Messiah. 

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God's calendar. 
God's word supersedes over at 

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all. 
And it will ultimately determine

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all the events that you and I 
are walking through in this 

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life. 
Christian. 

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01:01:36,600 --> 01:01:38,600
If there's anything you took out
of this Bible study, is this 

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God's word? 
God's word, God's word, God's 

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01:01:42,900 --> 01:01:45,900
word, love it. 
Learn it preach it. 

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01:01:46,700 --> 01:01:49,200
And by his grace livid, let's 
pray. 

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01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:54,700
Well, we do love your word. and 
we do ask Laura with the things 

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that we've heard today that you 
would you would change us. 

923
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:05,600
Well, we heard before the 
service even began that your 

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precepts, make us wiser. 
Wiser than the age wiser than 

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our teachers, wiser than those 
who claim human wisdom. 

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01:02:13,400 --> 01:02:18,600
We pray o God that we would not 
be foolish enough to hear these 

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things and not ask you to show 
them where they work and where 

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01:02:21,900 --> 01:02:25,400
they're supposed to work in US. 
Oh Lord. 

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If there is unforgiveness in any
heart, may we not think that we 

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can tame it. 
By thinking that we can leave it

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in our thoughts without it 
permeating, our actions, our 

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decisions. 
Our attitudes, Lord dig deep 

933
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:43,200
inside and uproot these things 
and set us free set us 

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01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:47,200
completely free Lord. 
And Lord make our hearts, make 

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our hearts rock-solid to not be 
so easily, moved by the failures

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of others. 
Lord, we ask that in difficult 

937
01:02:57,200 --> 01:03:00,900
times. 
Where we don't know what to do 

938
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in order to see a greater good, 
give us wisdom, wisdom of the 

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spirit to know how to move 
forward. 

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01:03:07,300 --> 01:03:10,900
That would best glorify you and 
best benefit, man. 

941
01:03:12,700 --> 01:03:18,200
And Lord, we pray as we heard. 
That you would make us. 

942
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So passionately loyal to you. 
That even the world would be 

943
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:27,300
able to say your friend of him, 
aren't you? 

944
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:30,700
You belong to him, you're a 
Christian. 

945
01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:35,400
Lord, May Our Lives speak and 
testify of that. 

946
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:39,800
Lord. 
We just pray that regardless of 

947
01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:45,400
what men say regardless of what 
resources claim, anything to 

948
01:03:45,400 --> 01:03:48,100
know your word and to follow 
your word. 

949
01:03:48,100 --> 01:03:51,600
Regardless of what's popular 
regardless of who says what? 

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01:03:52,300 --> 01:03:56,200
Lord give us the minds and the 
hearts to understand your 

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01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:58,900
perfect. 
Will we want to be in your will?

952
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:01,900
Regardless of, who is a part 
from him? 

953
01:04:02,300 --> 01:04:05,400
And outside of it though, we 
sing to you now because our 

954
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:09,200
hearts are full. 
Our hearts are full and knowing 

955
01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:12,500
that much more of who you are 
through this Bible, and through 

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01:04:12,500 --> 01:04:18,000
this particular chapter that has
been disclosed and open to us. 

957
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:23,500
We rejoice in your goodness And 
We Praise Your Great Name in 

958
01:04:23,500 --> 01:04:24,900
Jesus name. 
We pray. 

959
01:04:25,300 --> 01:04:27,200
Amen. 
Amen. 

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01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:30,500
Let's stand in. 
Bless him, shall we let stand in

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honor of the Lord?