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First Samuel chapter 23. 
Let's meet there together. 

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First Samuel 23, beginning in 
verse 15. 

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That's pretty one more time. 
Go. 

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We thank you for the written 
word. 

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We ask O Lord that this Bible 
study. 

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Lord, he would impart the wisdom
that we need. 

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It would impart. 
The Revelation that would draw 

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our hearts closer to Christ. 
Lord, may we be reminded, may 

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you destroy every distraction 
May you Lord win every ounce of 

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our affection. 
Oh lord, for those who might be 

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dry inside, we ask that this was
kindled afresh fire, for those 

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who might be defeated in a 
certain sin, but we pray that 

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they would receive the faith to 
be able to rise above, all sin 

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and live in Victory, that you've
purchased on the cross for us. 

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For those who might be 
mesmerized by the world, Lord, 

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show the glory of Jesus Christ. 
We need you tonight, we need you

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in the study. 
Take us by the hand and teach us

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your word and let no other 
voice. 

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Interfere with the voice of God 
and Lord. 

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As we share with one, another 
may we be mutually edified so 

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that we can continue this race. 
Running with full force For Your

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Glory. 
We ask these things in Jesus 

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name. 
Amen. 

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Any man. the last that we've 
heard of David, Is that he was 

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with 400 men. 
And that he was delivering a 

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people from an invasion of the 
Philistines, it was a town 

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called kiala and it was a 
successful Endeavor that people 

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have kiala word, delivered, they
sought for his help. 

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And he did not fail to provide 
what he's always provided. 

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And that was faithful sacrifice 
with the skill that God has 

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given him as a Shepherd, not 
just of sheep, but if people, 

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and when we come to verse 13, 
very quickly realized something 

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interesting about It's following
as we read here, then, David, 

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and his men who were about 600 
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and they went wherever they 
could go. 

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And so we read here that there 
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What was the number before this?
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400. 
And so, now the, the following 

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is climbed to 600. 
We don't know where these men 

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came from. 
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after they saw David's 
leadership, and they were 

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convinced and though the 
majority wanted to surrender him

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to solve perhaps 200 of them 
said, we want to follow this man

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and so they did and so they 
follow him but unfortunately the

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majority of those who inhabited 
this place wanted to get rid of 

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him and so David as a leader was
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Choice. 
But to wander into the unknown, 

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with 600 others and they finally
come as we're about to read into

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a specific Wilderness called 
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And there seems to be some 
relief for a moment, evading 

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saws, immediate threat. 
But we're about to find out that

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that relief, whatever there was 
of, it was about to be 

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evaporated. 
Let's read from verse 15. 

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David saw that saw had come out 
to seek his life, David was in 

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the wilderness of ziff at 
whorish And if we read in verse 

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14, which I think should help us
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read and David remained in the 
strongholds, in the wilderness, 

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in the Hill, Country of the 
Wilderness of ziff and Saul 

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sought him every day. 
But God did not give him into 

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his hand. 
So they settle into this area 

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called ziff. 
They're hiding out there and 

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whatever Refugee was Finding, we
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he was also haunted. 
By the reality that saw was 

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after David, every single day, 
there wasn't a break. 

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There wasn't a moment of pause. 
This man now, is all consumed 

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with this passion to kill David.
And David lived in his thoughts.

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He affected his affections. 
He determined his plans and he 

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distracted this king from doing 
what he was supposed to be doing

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as a king. 
And I read this and I look and I

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see saw and I feel, I feel many 
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feel is Disappointment because 
look at this man and his 

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tenacious desire to satisfy his 
sin and you would wish that you 

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would have that same level of 
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Well, you see nothing of the 
sort from King Saul instead of 

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pressing on to know the Lord, 
instead of giving, all he asks 

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to the Lord instead he's he is 
now obsessed with this desire to

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eradicate. 
David from the face of the Earth

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and behold tonight. 
The sad sight of when someone is

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not a slave to Christ your slave
to something else. 

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Your slave to another passion 
other dream. 

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It could be as evil as this and 
it can seem good, but it can 

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seem pathetic because it's not 
Eternal. 

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There is no neutrality in 
service you and I are according 

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to the Bible are either a 
servant or a slave to 

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righteousness, or a slave to 
sin, where the either Servants 

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of God are Servants of some 
other God and that God can be 

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you or me. 
And saw here is such a contrast 

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to David where he sought the 
Lord David with all his heart, 

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he was known as a man. after 
God's Own Heart, you see Saul 

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here satisfying, his own passion
and his own pleasure and it's 

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very despicable to see But I 
read something about Saul 

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seeking David after day every 
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reflects the attitude. 
Not only of what happens when 

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you are given to your flesh, the
potential of it. 

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But what happens? 
And understanding Satan's 

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Endeavor to come after you and 
me. 

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The enemy of our soul, takes no 
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He doesn't have a weekend off, 
he didn't punch in and punch 

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out. 
There is an enemy of your soul 

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in mine and he has an 
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What Saul he is trying to do 
with David and that is to make 

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sure you don't fulfill what God 
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As much as this is a personal 
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there's a spiritual Dimension 
behind it and that is David 

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being the one who would Usher in
through his Descendants, the 

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seat of the Messiah. 
And Satan is not going to let 

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that happen so easily and you 
and I when we are born again 

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though, the enemy cannot Rob our
Salvation. 

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He can hinder you from being 
effective. 

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It doesn't matter how 
inconsistent you, maybe it 

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doesn't matter how distracted 
you might be, doesn't matter if 

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you are. 
Most of the time unmotivated to 

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serve the Lord, or to pray or to
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This none of that really matters
because the enemy doesn't care, 

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he is always on 6th Gear, he 
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And that should cause us to 
certain degree, to be like, what

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David is showing here and that 
has to be consistently vigilant.

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Always on guard, always 
sensitive to the spirit, always 

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in community with Believers, 
always depended upon the Lord to

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protect us and guide us as we 
are Behind Enemy Lines. 

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You know, if I receive some kind
of Intel that someone was trying

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to kill me but I also receive 
some kind of information about 

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my enemy and how he works and 
his schemes. 

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I hope if you receive that kind 
of Intel it would change the way

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you prepared yourself every 
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I don't think you'd be casual 
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I don't think you would just go 
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There's no potential risk. 
If I knew somebody was after my 

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head, if I knew somebody was 
coming after me like David that 

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I'm not leaving the house 
without some kind of protection.

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I'm probably never going to go 
anywhere alone. 

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I'm going to make sure that I am
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I don't go to certain areas that
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my enemies attacks. 
That I would not associate 

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myself with certain people that 
might throw me and surrender me 

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to my enemy and yet, at the same
time, you have Christians who do

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have an enemy and yet they live 
every single day unprepared 

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Unprepared. 
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the armor of God. 
They're not conscious of 

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building their faith, they're 
not serious about nourishing, 

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the understanding of who God is 
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They don't they don't strap 
themselves with the sword of the

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spirit. 
They're not empowered by prayer.

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They can leave the house. 
Not believing that there's an 

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enemy who has traps setting for 
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And so they're not serious about
Community, they're not serious 

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about being under the protective
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They just think they can just 
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thinking that they're just 
somehow in the middle of this 

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battle Zone. 
Their neutral when in fact, if 

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you have confessed Christ, 
you've been marked by the evil 

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one. 
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there's so many casual 
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because most of those 
Christians, don't believe 

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they're in a spiritual war. 
They really don't. 

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How many people in here, 
actually, believe that every 

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single day, you're in a war. 
Most people believe that only 

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thing about Christianity is that
I'm on my way to heaven. 

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I got my insurance. 
Know, you are in a battle and 

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ancient battle. 
And again, though, you were 

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well, God was going to protect 
me. 

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I might not secure. 
You are secure. 

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Just as David was secure. 
God did not give him into his 

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hand. 
But the only one that can make 

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you ineffective is really you. 
And as long as the enemy can 

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dismantle you, or make you not 
believe of this Warfare, then he

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knows that he can disarm you in 
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And so part of me sometimes yes 
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Lord. 
Obviously my main motivation in 

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my Christian discipline is I 
want to know the person who 

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saved me but sometimes when 
there are days where my flesh is

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is trying to convince me 
otherwise or there seems to be a

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brass above me when my prayers. 
Don't seem to be penetrating, 

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the heavens there are times 
where I wake up and say I must 

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do this. 
I must watch and pray. 

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There's no way that I can serve 
God and Ministry and think that 

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the enemy is just going to let 
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And so there is no fear in me 
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you, I with this truth but there
should be a call to Readiness 

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and a call to be filled with the
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So saw demonstrates that but 
something happens in these 

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verses that will help David soar
above soar above these threats, 

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and these Temptations. 
David was aware that Saul was 

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coming after him and makes you 
think, I mean, put yourself in 

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his shoes for a moment. 
Imagine living under these kinds

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of circumstances. 
Imagine living with the constant

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gnawing thought that at any 
moment saw and his, his armies 

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can appear right before us. 
And we are outnumbered. 

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We are under resource. 
We have known. 

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We have no Fortress. 
We have no Shield. 

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We're just in some caves and 
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Now, think about it. 
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This man has 600 people to take 
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And it's getting harder to hide,
isn't it? 

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It's one thing to hide alone. 
It's one thing to find a cave 

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that can host 400 people. 
But now you're growing now you 

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guys 600 where you going to 
hide, you can't and that's about

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to my found out here. 
You can't hide Not only that 

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there's practical management. 
How are you going to feed these 

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men who have devoted themselves 
to you? 

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And on top of that, David seems 
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faith in these men, which could 
provide an obstacle to him. 

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He really believes God When God 
says go, I will give you Victory

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while the others are like, I 
don't know about this. 

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So just think about all these 
mountainous things that are 

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burned it on David and just feel
the pressure because he's a man 

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he's a man, just like you and me
and yet at the same time, this 

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man is going to know something. 
I've Supernatural strength 

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that's going to help him rise 
above every single one of these 

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threats. 
These temptations that could 

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easily deflate any of us that 
can easily cause you just throw 

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in this towel and say I'm done 
with it. 

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I didn't this. 
If this is what it means to be 

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king. 
I don't want to be king. 

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Let me go work for my dad again.
Look at verse 16 and Jonathan 

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saw sun rose and went to David 
at horesh and strengthened his 

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hand in God. 
And he said to him, do not fear 

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for the hand of Saul. 
My father shall not find. 

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You you shall be king over 
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you saw. 
My father also knows this and 

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the two of them made a covenant 
before the Lord David remained 

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at horesh and Jonathan went 
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Jonathan comes by for a visit 
Jonathan intentionally rises 

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from his home, seeks out, David 
finds David and he gives to 

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David something better than any 
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He doesn't give David an Insight
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treaty between his dad and him. 
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resources to help him while he's
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Nothing of the sort. 
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strengthens his hand in God, 
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See to the spiritual true 
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this in different ways. 
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writing from jail, I love this 
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he's telling the people who are 
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would think that they would 
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Hey, Paul Rejoice always 
Rejoice. 

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He's reading it from prison. 
He's saying you rejoice, but did

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he say rejoice? 
I say always Rejoice. 

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Is that what he said? 
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What did he say, rejoice? 
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Because true Joy is in the Lord.
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from the Lord. 
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know. 
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you can't You might know some 
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cannot know true strength. 
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him? 
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God's character and God's ways 
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David's, beaten soul. 
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disappoint you tonight, does it 
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understanding of God's 
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is, what he can do and is 
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He's not just saying believe 
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he's being very specific with 
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Now, what are the particular 
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that Jonathan provides? 
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Jonathan's encouragement? 
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moments and then if you have an 
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Bible study, we study, so we're 
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Look at the verse. 
What are some elements there? 

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Read it slowly. 
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That's one good. 
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knows this that you will be 
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Say it again, sorry. 
I will be with you. 

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Oh, that's good. 
Yes, somebody said something 

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over here. 
You won't be defeated. 

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You will be king over Israel. 
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Great observation. 
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That Jonathan had a revelation 
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is I believe. 
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Can I provide an insight into 
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Get insight from the scriptures.

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Ask the Bible questions. 
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And if you want to main 
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number one, what does it say 
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What does it say about my God? 
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What does it say about man with 
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when I read the scriptures 
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this say about God? 
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said to him, do not fear for the
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My father shall not find you. 
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not going to find him because 
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ability know because God we just
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God did not give him into his 
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So I look at verse 7, they say 
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You do not fear for the hand of 
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Well, you are going to protect 
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promise. 
The principle applies to every 

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servant of God God's protection 
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pause. 
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Is surveillance over your life. 
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non-stop, it is always provided 
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something to you, because we are
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will mean a lot to you. 
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so, the Assurance here is nobody
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invisible, whether the threats 
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No one has free access to touch 
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You need to believe that need to
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person who is serving God with 
all your heart, with all your 

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soul, with all your mind with 
all your strength, God has a 

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holy obligation to preserve you.
no one, not even if all of Hell 

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opened up and swarms of demons 
came against you, they would not

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be able to lay a finger on you. 
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fear, think about how many 
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connected to do not fear. 
Do not fear, do not fear, do not

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fear, do not fear. 
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God is trying to tell us? 
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to the Christian. 
Like that should be what it 

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should be like a language that 
you don't understand, that's how

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that's how foreign fear should 
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And here's my question. 
Do you know those promises now? 

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I know a lot of people memorize 
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They put them on coffee cups. 
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Nice, Drawings and paintings and
they put it up on their wall, or

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they have these Graphics that 
stickers on their Bible. 

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Do you believe it? 
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Do you believe it? 
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the Bible, know the Bible when 
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are persecuted or pressured, 
they fear. 

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They melt And I want to be like 
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I want to provide a do not fear.
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This is casual. 
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God being preached but it's 
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And some sense, one of my 
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to be crippled by fear or let no
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not fear. 
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I love this in the New Testament
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Lord is my helper. 
I will not fear what can man do 

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to me? 
What can man do to me? 

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Did he say some men? 
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matter how prestigious no matter
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resources no matter the threat, 
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What can man Times a billion due
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Nothing. 
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Because God is on my side, the 
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earlier, we can confidently, 
say, I mean, with boldness, with

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Assurance with an anchoring 
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Can't do anything to me and to 
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that truth of not fearing, man 
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it's not just understanding who 
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It says the Lord is my helper. 
That's right, I'm not going to 

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fear but you want it you want to
know greater assurance and 

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greater Security in the face of 
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Don't just study who God is 
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How God thinks of man. 
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because it's tied into this. 
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Verse 12. 
Look What the Lord says I I am 

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he who comforts you now, look 
what he says, who are you that 

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you are afraid of man who dies. 
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That you are afraid of man who 
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Now, look at this, or the son of
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He goes, can you explain to me 
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creature? 
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And not only that he goes, the 
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grass. 
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thought ran through my mind. 
Is anybody here afraid of grass?

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If you are willing to give you 
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anybody here afraid of flowers 
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Because God is saying you're 
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You know how I view, man. 
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One day, they're there the next 
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vulnerable. 
So at the mercy of man or mercy 

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of God rather and so he's saying
that's how I view man as 

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something as harmless as grass 
and year you are terrified I'm 

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your helper. 
Do not fear and so what this man

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is doing here over, David is he 
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reassurance of God's genuine 
like genuine protection. 

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I can tell you some scary 
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people try to touch God's 
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I've heard some stories that 
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I've seen some things that made 
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But he goes on to say you shall 
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You shall be king over Israel. 
So now he goes from God's 

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protection. 
To God's what? 

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Promise, good good God's 
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You shall be king. 
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assurance, but again, we could 
be encouraged to know and we can

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be confident that God also 
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That every single day, every 
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preserved by your God. and as 
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know this God has predestined, 
you God has predestined you to 

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christlikeness. 
And as long as you are his 

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child, there is not a moment 
where he is not either pruning. 

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You polishing you providing for 
you, protecting you or 

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positioning, you to be of use 
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That's happening all the time. 
They may be silent. 

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Do may be obvious though. 
You may not be able to see it 

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though. 
You may be able to see it. 

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No, this that no one or nothing 
can stand. 

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In the way of a person who has 
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Nothing, no matter what is taken
from you, no matter what doors, 

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shut slant in your face. 
Whatever God has purpose for 

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your life, which Ephesians 2 
tells us that he's prepared even

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before the world was created, 
that's going to happen and the 

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only one who can sabotage you 
from fulfilling God's. 

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Purpose is who you yourself. 
And so David was a shirt here, 

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it doesn't matter. 
What saw says or does our plans,

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you will be where God wants you 
to be. 

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God will provide for you and God
will preserve you until the 

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Fulfillment of what he has for. 
You comes to pass and that's not

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just true for David. 
That's true for all God's 

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servants. 
You don't have to turn that. 

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Let me read it to you about 
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I love this. 
This Moses whom they rejected, 

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this Moses, whom they rejected 
Now who is the author talking 

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about here? 
The people of Israel rejected, 

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Moses. 
They said, what, who made you a 

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ruler? 
And a judge. 

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This man. 
God sent as both ruler and 

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Redeemer by the hand of the 
Angel, who appeared to him in 

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the bush, this man whom they 
rejected, guess what I appointed

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Then a matter of the whole 
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Being their leader, God said it 
is done and he will be your 

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leader no matter what. 
And so, you see the program that

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he has planned for your life? 
It will plow through all 

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opposition, as long as you are, 
walking in humility and in 

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hunger, God will lead you and he
will guide you and that brings 

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so much joy to my heart every 
day. 

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I wake up. 
They are the people of Israel, 

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but God is God. 
And if you want to rescue 

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somebody from despair, like 
Jonathan is rescuing, David can 

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I provide some some help Don't 
Reserve. 

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Your encouragement. 
And the reminder that, as long 

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as that person is alive, God has
a plan for them. 

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God has a purpose for them, man.
It's amazing to see the 

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hopelessness in our nation. 
The Hopeless isn't people's 

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lives today. 
How they are, so caught in the 

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sense of not knowing the 
unknown. 

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And yet, you and I have access 
to truth. 

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And I'm telling you, there's 
something so profound by just 

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looking somebody in the eye 
genuinely in a personalized way 

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and saying, brother, you've been
a blessing. 

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God has given you gifts, sister.
You have contributed to my love 

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for the Lord, and it's not 
stopping here. 

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God is still going to do 
something through your life. 

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You can change somebody's week 
that way. 

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You can rescue somebody from so 
much just by simple Assurance of

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God's plan for them, God's 
gifting through them. 

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And that's what he does. 
He goes, I will be next to you 

453
00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:26,800
I'm willing to assist you in, 
whatever God has called you to 

454
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,400
do. 
I'm not in competition with you.

455
00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:33,000
I see you as a valuable member 
in the kingdom of God and I 

456
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,100
rejoice in the fact that I get 
to walk this with you. 

457
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,400
That, that language needs to be 
so common in the church. 

458
00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:45,300
And we see it here. 
A man or woman who is in touch 

459
00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:49,300
with God, is able to encourage 
somebody and remind them that in

460
00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:51,300
All Seasons, God is doing 
something. 

461
00:28:52,300 --> 00:28:56,400
People need that the same way 
you need that sometimes every 

462
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,500
person you know, needs a tie one
point or another. 

463
00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:02,600
And Jonathan is saying in some 
sense do not directly. 

464
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,800
This is contributing to God's 
purpose for your life. 

465
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:09,400
David, you're going to be king, 
no matter what God is going to 

466
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,900
use you. 
God has a plan for your life so 

467
00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:15,400
you see Jonathan provides David?
A reassurance of God's 

468
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:19,000
protection, God's promise. 
But one last thing, somebody 

469
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:24,000
said he goes what he says and I 
shall be next to you Jonathan's 

470
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,300
partnership. 
John says, I am beside you. 

471
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,800
I'm walking this thing out with 
you. 

472
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,200
I'm thinking about you clearly, 
he left his home and came to 

473
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,900
find David. 
I support you brother. 

474
00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:43,800
I'm blessed by you brother. 
I care for you. 

475
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,100
I celebrate God's call for you 
brother. 

476
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,500
And whatever you need for me to 
make it more possible. 

477
00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:51,000
I'm here for you. 
I will assist you. 

478
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,100
I shall be next to you implying.
I'm under your leadership and 

479
00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:57,800
Jonathan knew exactly what David
needed to hear. 

480
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,100
You know why? 
Because David only experienced 

481
00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:03,800
betrayal up to this point, his 
father-in-law betrays him, the 

482
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,500
citizens of kiella betraying him
and he's about to get a fresh 

483
00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:11,800
dagger thrust, it into his back 
in the rest of this chapter. 

484
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:16,100
And so what Jonathan is going to
give him is the reassurance of 

485
00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:18,900
an undying. 
Support from a friend. 

486
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:25,000
Listen, let me say it again, 
this world is divisive enough. 

487
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:30,700
It's called enough, it's ugly. 
As it is when we come together, 

488
00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:33,000
if you're a member of this 
church and if you're a member of

489
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,100
any church, make sure that you 
cultivate a culture that when 

490
00:30:37,100 --> 00:30:39,800
everybody comes or when you even
meet one-on-one, there is a well

491
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,900
of life that they can drink 
from. and they can find strength

492
00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:49,000
and the last thing that David 
needs to do is doubt Jonathan's 

493
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,800
loyalty, The best thing that he 
could have had was the 

494
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:59,000
reassurance of a love for him. 
We live in a Loveless world. 

495
00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:02,900
We live in a world of people 
give up on you so easily that. 

496
00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:06,600
If you do not contribute to my 
personal benefit, I cut you off.

497
00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:10,100
And Jonathan is doing the exact 
opposite. 

498
00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:13,000
As our brother said, he's 
endangering himself just to 

499
00:31:13,008 --> 00:31:17,600
provide a word of encouragement.
He can go back and one spy can 

500
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,900
see him and he can lose his life
but this is a committed. 

501
00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:25,300
Love a committed love and 
Jonathan benefited nothing in 

502
00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:29,300
the flesh from this relationship
but because of this consumer 

503
00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:32,200
Society, we always wondering how
can we get eat? 

504
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,100
Let me just talk about 
membership for a second. 

505
00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:37,500
Some people you know would 
innocently even ask what do I 

506
00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:38,600
get? 
Out of membership. 

507
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,200
See, that's the problem. 
That's the problem. 

508
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,100
We're always wanting. 
What's the incentive? 

509
00:31:43,100 --> 00:31:44,800
What's in this? 
For me? 

510
00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:48,400
Membership in the church, is 
unlike any other membership, any

511
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,200
other organization. 
Every other membership will say,

512
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,300
if you become loyal to us, 
here's what you get. 

513
00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:55,900
Here's some perks. 
Here's what it is for the church

514
00:31:55,900 --> 00:32:00,900
membership is what you can give 
What can you give? 

515
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:05,200
It's a pledge to I'm willing to 
give and give and give though 

516
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,100
there are benefits connected to 
it. 

517
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,500
If we want to build people up in
this age, where there is Raging 

518
00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:16,800
war and satanic attack and 
narratives that are coming to 

519
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,800
crash against the church, then 
we need to be people who are 

520
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,900
committed in love to one 
another. 

521
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:26,100
We need to be like those who 
support those who stand for the 

522
00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:27,300
truth. 
Like David. 

523
00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:31,100
I want to tell you because you 
sacrificially, serve God, I'm 

524
00:32:31,100 --> 00:32:33,400
with you. 
I praise God for you. 

525
00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:36,300
Now, you're hearing this, you're
saying the sound so simple, 

526
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,300
trust me, it will rescue people 
in today's a Ed. 

527
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:42,700
It will rescue people in the 
days ahead. 

528
00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:46,700
Mark my words of the dark clouds
that are coming over the 

529
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:51,100
Evangelical Church in America. 
And some of the attacks are 

530
00:32:51,108 --> 00:32:54,500
they're going to come from 
within because people will not 

531
00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:57,100
stand for the truth, like Saul 
doesn't stand for the truth. 

532
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,600
And that's why in verse 18, they
make a fresh Covenant, they're 

533
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,800
not making a new covenant, he's 
just re-establishing. 

534
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,300
The Covenant that they made at 
first, I'm telling you again, 

535
00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:07,900
that I am committed to you, 
David, I'm with you, you know 

536
00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:10,300
what's amazing. 
Look at Verse 18, one more time,

537
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,000
The two of the men made a 
covenant before the Lord David 

538
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,600
remained at horesh and Jonathan 
went home. 

539
00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:24,900
He comes to encourage David and 
guess what? 

540
00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:29,700
He leaves nothing changed for 
David. 

541
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,500
He still in the wilderness of 
ziff, Saw still wants to kill 

542
00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:36,600
him. 
He still has to take care of 600

543
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,100
men. 
He still doesn't know how he's 

544
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:40,100
going to become king. 
He didn't know where his next 

545
00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:44,800
meal, will be nothing changed 
for David except one thing his 

546
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:52,100
perspective That's what 
encouragement does it, heals 

547
00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:55,300
spiritual blindness? 
It clears. 

548
00:33:55,300 --> 00:34:02,400
The fog that chokes your faith. 
And so, would you put this in 

549
00:34:02,408 --> 00:34:06,900
Your Arsenal, as a person who 
might be committed to a people 

550
00:34:07,300 --> 00:34:11,600
who are the people of God never 
fail to use encouragement. 

551
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:16,199
It can save somebody. 
It can save somebody. 

552
00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:20,400
And in this case it provided 
fresh Grace for him to endure 

553
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:25,300
and to move on. 
And what I love about this, Is 

554
00:34:25,300 --> 00:34:28,500
that Jonathan did not just 
provide the right thing, but he 

555
00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:32,699
provided it at the right time, 
it was such an important time 

556
00:34:32,699 --> 00:34:35,900
for him to come and to deliver 
this message this word because 

557
00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:40,900
local we read here in verse 19. 
Then, the zip fights went up to 

558
00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:44,800
Saul a gibeah saying is not 
David hiding. 

559
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:49,199
Among Us in the strongholds of 
horesh, on the hill of Kyla, 

560
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:57,200
which is south of yes, Shamone 
So, you have the zip fights who 

561
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,700
recognize that David is in town,
because you can't really hide 

562
00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:03,100
600 people in your backyard 
without somebody noticing. 

563
00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:09,600
And the moment they realize that
David is here they send 

564
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:14,700
Messengers to Saul at gibeah and
they say we got your man. 

565
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,900
We know exactly where he is and 
look what else they say, verse 

566
00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:21,400
20 now come down. 
Oh King. 

567
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,700
According to all your heart's 
desire to come down and our part

568
00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:31,500
shall be to surrender him into 
the Kings hand, where is if 

569
00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:35,200
located? 
And what territory The same 

570
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:39,900
place where keala was located, 
which is what Judah, why does 

571
00:35:39,900 --> 00:35:42,600
that make this even more painful
than what it needs to be. 

572
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,600
Where's David from Judah? 
So, you know who's throwing him 

573
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:54,000
to solve his own brethren. 
His own tribe, his own kingdom. 

574
00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:57,300
Those that are closest to him. 
And all the nation are the ones 

575
00:35:57,300 --> 00:35:59,400
that are willing to give him up 
to the enemy. 

576
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,400
Now this is disappointing. 
This is Despicable, this is 

577
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,300
discouraging but what blesses? 
My heart is how David responds 

578
00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:09,100
to it. 
Does anybody know how David 

579
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:13,800
responds to this moment? 
Some of you do, it was read last

580
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,100
week. 
What did David do here? 

581
00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:17,800
Let me give you a hint. 
The same thing he did when he 

582
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,900
found out that kiella was 
willing to surrender him. 

583
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:25,400
He does what he prays and would 
you be blessed tonight to know 

584
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,700
that the prayer of David? 
And this very moment was 

585
00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:31,600
recorded and holy writ. 
Psalm 54. 

586
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:46,100
Let's go there together. so 
short psalm Verse 1. 

587
00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:50,200
Look at the title. 
To the choirmaster with stringed

588
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,300
instruments, a masculine of 
David when the zip fights went 

589
00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:56,800
and told Saul is not David 
hiding Among Us. 

590
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,600
So this is what was inspired and
David's heart. 

591
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,500
The moment. 
He heard that his own men, those

592
00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:06,100
who belong to his tribe. 
Went to Saul ready to betray him

593
00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:08,400
verse 1. 
Oh God. 

594
00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:15,000
Save Me by your name. 
And vindicate me by your might o

595
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,600
God hear my prayer. 
Give ear to the words of my 

596
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:22,000
mouth for strangers. 
Have risen against me, ruthless 

597
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,400
men seek my life. 
They do not set God before 

598
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,000
themselves. 
Say la. 

599
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:29,800
You know what? 
I find. 

600
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,700
So amazing about this one. 
His reflexes. 

601
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,900
Oh God. 
Oh God Almighty. 

602
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,800
I need you in this moment if it 
was hard. 

603
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:44,400
Now, it's harder. 
Even now I need you in this time

604
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,000
and he seeks the Lord. 
He cries out, but look how he 

605
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,400
refers to the zip fights. 
What does he say about them? 

606
00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:56,100
Look at verse 3. 
For strangers. 

607
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:01,500
Strangers. 
The men of your own tribe. 

608
00:38:02,500 --> 00:38:03,900
Danny thing they should be 
brothers. 

609
00:38:05,900 --> 00:38:07,900
But right now, he's highlighting
their character. 

610
00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:13,900
They're Outsiders. 
They're treating me like 

611
00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:17,800
strangers. 
It is a sad thing to see when 

612
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,200
those who are supposed to be 
Brothers and Sisters in Christ 

613
00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:26,900
are acting like Outsiders. this 
reminds me of a situation in 

614
00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:30,800
Corinth when Paul was rebuking, 
these Christians who are going 

615
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:37,000
to court against one another, 
who are suing each other, who 

616
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,300
are protesting in the Public's 
eye against one another. 

617
00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:46,900
And, and Paul says You're doing 
this to your own brother's, he 

618
00:38:46,900 --> 00:38:49,300
uses that language. 
He says, even to your own, 

619
00:38:49,300 --> 00:38:54,800
brother's you quarrel and you 
fight and you lay charges, he's 

620
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:59,700
like better to lose the case. 
Better to surrender your 

621
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:03,800
property. 
Better to pay the medical bill 

622
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:08,600
then for you to go out and for 
the world to see that you guys 

623
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,600
are willing to fight against 
each other. 

624
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,900
David is echoing that sentiment 
saying these men or God are 

625
00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:19,400
treating me as strangers. 
They're treating me as though. 

626
00:39:19,408 --> 00:39:22,200
We are not related as though. 
We don't share the same spirit. 

627
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,900
Do you know why it is that? 
There are so many people from 

628
00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:33,600
within the church that are so 
easily willing to attack and 

629
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:38,800
harm? 
And speak and Destroy and divide

630
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:41,600
for the same reason why the zip 
fights were willing to do it to 

631
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,400
David, what did you say? 
At the end of verse 34, 

632
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,800
strangers have risen against me,
ruthless men seek my life. 

633
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,000
They do not set God before 
themselves. 

634
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:57,100
That's why plain and simple. 
It's not about anything other 

635
00:39:57,100 --> 00:39:59,700
than this, those who 
intentionally come against the 

636
00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:03,500
family of God, make such 
decisions without God's 

637
00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:09,700
Accounting in mind. 
They're living out practical 

638
00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:12,800
atheism. 
They might believe in theory 

639
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,800
that God exists but they live as
though he doesn't. 

640
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,800
And in the case of the ziff 
eyes, they didn't believe that 

641
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,000
God anointed David. 
They didn't believe God's plan 

642
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,100
for David. 
And if they did, they were 

643
00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:25,800
trying to intentionally fight 
against God's program for the 

644
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,300
nation of Israel by saying, 
we're going to go tell on you. 

645
00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:34,400
And so, when I observe people 
that relentlessly come against 

646
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,000
Brothers and Sisters in Christ 
that cannot accept forgiveness 

647
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,400
that are causing trouble. 
I know, one thing among many 

648
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,300
other things, and it is this, 
they do not set God before 

649
00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:45,100
themselves. 
God is not in the picture, he's 

650
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:47,000
not in the thoughts. 
They don't consider the fact 

651
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,900
that he is recording and 
observing all these things. 

652
00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:55,500
I'm sure you fathers and you 
daughters or your father is in 

653
00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:57,900
you and your mother's with your 
daughters and your son's. 

654
00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:01,200
You will feel a certain wave. 
Somebody comes after your 

655
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:05,600
children. 
And you feel a certain way. 

656
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:09,200
When you see your one son, 
attacking the other son, your 

657
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:10,700
one daughter attacking the 
other. 

658
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,400
But it's amazing here about 
David. 

659
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:20,300
Look down here in verse 6 of The
Psalm with a free will offering.

660
00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:23,600
I will sacrifice to you. 
I will give thanks to your name.

661
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,900
Oh lord, for it is good. 
Hold on for a second. 

662
00:41:28,900 --> 00:41:33,800
So you're willing to not only 
pray to God as a response to the

663
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:35,500
attacks that are coming your 
way. 

664
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:39,200
But you're even willing to give 
extended worship to God, you 

665
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,800
willing to give not what is 
demanded of you in the legal 

666
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:45,400
system and the law, but a 
free-will offering. 

667
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,500
I want to give this freely from 
myself to you. 

668
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,500
I mean that's the thing you do 
when you're blessed. 

669
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:53,600
That's the thing you do when you
get promoted that's what you do.

670
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:57,800
When you find spoil, you don't 
do this in the natural sense. 

671
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,200
When you know that more threat 
is coming your way. 

672
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:03,000
But there's something, inspiring
the man to say, oh, I just want 

673
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:10,000
to worship you even more. 
Is how what, what inspires what 

674
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:14,700
motivates David to do this? 
Something quite insightful. 

675
00:42:15,100 --> 00:42:18,900
That I hope that on this night 
you will grab a, hold on and put

676
00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:22,100
it in the bosom of your soul, 
for the rest of your existence. 

677
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:28,100
Because this man here he is. 
He is facing betrayal. 

678
00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:30,900
He is facing disappointment from
those who are supposed to be 

679
00:42:30,900 --> 00:42:33,900
closest to him. 
And yet, at the same time, you 

680
00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:36,100
know what he's doing here. 
The reason why he can worship 

681
00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:40,700
God is because he is taking all 
of the failures of those who 

682
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:46,200
should not be failing him and he
lays it as a blank canvas. 

683
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,500
And he allows it to contrast, 
the glory of Jesus Christ. 

684
00:42:52,500 --> 00:42:56,300
He takes the Blackness of their 
sin, the evil, and the 

685
00:42:56,300 --> 00:43:01,200
wickedness of their ways, and it
provides this canvas. 

686
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:06,500
So that when Christ is seeing he
shines all the brighter, what do

687
00:43:06,508 --> 00:43:09,500
I mean by that? 
This man I believe can worship 

688
00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:13,600
because he's taking the 
unexpected, disappointment of 

689
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:19,600
others, The Sting of those who 
are hurting him. 

690
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,900
And then he looks to God and he 
says, you don't fail me. 

691
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:27,700
Lord, you'll never disappoint 
me. 

692
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:34,600
You'll never let me down. 
If you want a Reason To Worship 

693
00:43:34,700 --> 00:43:37,700
in the midst of pain, even from 
those that you thought would 

694
00:43:37,700 --> 00:43:40,200
never hurt you, never let you 
down. 

695
00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:45,100
Let it cause you to realize that
there is no one like Jesus. 

696
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,500
He's perfect. 
He is unchanging in his 

697
00:43:49,500 --> 00:43:53,100
character. 
He never breaks his promise. 

698
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:57,800
He is constant. 
And he is reliable. 

699
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:00,800
I'm sure you've experienced 
betrayal. 

700
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:04,500
I'm sure you experienced people 
that you never thought would 

701
00:44:04,500 --> 00:44:07,100
hurt you hurt. 
You can I ask you a question? 

702
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,700
Did it make Jesus more beautiful
to you as a result? 

703
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:15,300
Did it help? 
You see his Perfection as the 

704
00:44:15,300 --> 00:44:18,900
imperfection of man? 
Stood in contrast to him? 

705
00:44:20,500 --> 00:44:22,900
That's what he says your read. 
It slowly look at the verse with

706
00:44:22,900 --> 00:44:25,300
a free will offering. 
I will sacrifice to you. 

707
00:44:25,300 --> 00:44:28,200
I will give thanks to your name.
Oh lord for it is good. 

708
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:33,700
The name of God is connected to 
his character and what he's 

709
00:44:33,700 --> 00:44:37,400
saying here you are good. 
And so in the midst of betrayal 

710
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,800
from those that I didn't think 
would actually do it. 

711
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:44,100
You just look that much more. 
Brilliant and beautiful, and 

712
00:44:44,100 --> 00:44:46,900
infinitely awesome. 
So I just want to worship you 

713
00:44:46,908 --> 00:44:50,300
because there's no one like you.
There's no one like you. 

714
00:44:51,300 --> 00:44:53,000
Let me give you an example of 
this in another way. 

715
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,600
You know, the more you're in 
Ministry. 

716
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,800
One of the insights that you get
in Ministry is that you see the 

717
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:04,200
Brokenness of, man, the broke 
even among Christians, you just 

718
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:11,000
see Brokenness and just baggage 
and hurt and failure, and all 

719
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:15,700
these things. 
And, you know, that can crush 

720
00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:17,500
somebody just even listening to 
it. 

721
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,100
But it is caused a cry. 
In my heart. 

722
00:45:21,100 --> 00:45:23,700
Over the years to say, Lord you 
need to come back. 

723
00:45:25,300 --> 00:45:30,000
You need to come back. 
That nothing will be able to fix

724
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:33,600
this. 
Unless you come and you give us 

725
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:39,200
glorified, bodies, Maranatha, 
come Lord, Jesus and clean up 

726
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:42,800
this mess. 
We can't get it together. 

727
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:47,300
Do you see what I'm saying here?
Translate the pain that you see 

728
00:45:47,300 --> 00:45:49,800
in the world, even the pain, 
that's targeted towards you and 

729
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,000
let it cause you to see the 
goodness of God. 

730
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:54,800
And then let it cause you to say
I want to I want to Worship You 

731
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:59,500
Lord. 
You are in your own category, no

732
00:45:59,500 --> 00:46:03,800
one can come close to you and I 
see betrayal coming my way, but 

733
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:07,100
I looked at you and I see 
faithfulness you're my helper. 

734
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:15,900
Meditate on that long enough. 
You have an urge to worship him.

735
00:46:15,900 --> 00:46:20,400
Even when you face in coming 
your way, let the sins of 

736
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:25,200
others, make the sinlessness of 
Jesus Christ, all the more 

737
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:28,400
beautiful and apparent. 
He's the friend of friends. 

738
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:32,700
He's The Shepherd of shepherds. 
He's our elder brother. 

739
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:37,600
He's our father. 
Then we read on here in verse 

740
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:41,600
21. 
We come back to 1st, Samuel 23, 

741
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:46,800
what happens here? 
And Saul said he's talking to 

742
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:50,000
this. 
If fights may you be blessed by 

743
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:52,700
the Lord for you have had 
compassion on me. 

744
00:46:52,700 --> 00:46:56,600
This is sick. 
So, these men, come these 

745
00:46:56,600 --> 00:47:01,000
Messengers from the zip fights. 
They say, we got your men, we 

746
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,200
know exactly where he is and 
Saul response. 

747
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:10,400
May you be blessed by the Lord. 
For you have had compassion on 

748
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:12,900
me. 
Last week. 

749
00:47:12,900 --> 00:47:16,500
When you heard about David being
kiella, what did he say to 

750
00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:20,200
himself? 
God has what given him into my 

751
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:24,800
hand? 
And so that's self-deception 

752
00:47:25,300 --> 00:47:28,200
when you're in sin and you 
believe God, approves and 

753
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:31,600
accepts your ways. 
This is pride. 

754
00:47:31,700 --> 00:47:33,700
This is the fruit of Pride were 
you. 

755
00:47:33,700 --> 00:47:38,900
Now you're actually believing 
that God is going to Aid you in 

756
00:47:38,900 --> 00:47:43,600
your efforts to harm his 
purposes and clearly he hasn't 

757
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:46,700
sobered up. 
From earlier to this moment, 

758
00:47:46,700 --> 00:47:49,800
it's only been strengthened so 
much so that he can actually 

759
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:52,200
bless others who are partnering 
with him in this. 

760
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,600
Cause can you imagine the 
thought, may you be blessed by 

761
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:59,200
the Lord. 
For you have had compassion on 

762
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:00,500
me. 
It's all about you Saul. 

763
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:06,300
And so we learned that 
self-deception is 

764
00:48:06,300 --> 00:48:10,000
self-destructive and for a 
person to believe things about 

765
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:13,700
himself, and to believe things 
about God, wrongly that is the 

766
00:48:13,700 --> 00:48:16,500
fruit of Pride. 
When you make yourself the 

767
00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:20,900
center of the universe, you even
whether you realize are not make

768
00:48:20,900 --> 00:48:25,200
God worship you, you say? 
No, I say yes. 

769
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:29,000
How when you don't think certain
things apply to you anymore. 

770
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:32,800
We don't think that God will do 
certain things because somehow 

771
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:37,400
you're in a special category in 
his mind, you're his favorite or

772
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,300
whatever the case may be, and 
that's where Saul is? 

773
00:48:40,300 --> 00:48:41,800
He wants to be the center of the
universe. 

774
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:43,500
And guess who else is going to 
worship him? 

775
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:47,500
God God will serve him. 
God will do. 

776
00:48:47,500 --> 00:48:50,500
What Saul wants to do? 
But there are other reasons. 

777
00:48:51,700 --> 00:48:55,300
I think the reason why I saw can
do this may you be blessed by 

778
00:48:55,300 --> 00:49:04,900
the Lord. is because He seems to
be seeing some success. so early

779
00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:10,000
on, We he thinks that God. 
Providentially traps David, and 

780
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,900
keala and now because the zip 
fights come forward. 

781
00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:16,700
It's almost it's almost like he 
is being comforted by the fact 

782
00:49:16,700 --> 00:49:21,400
that others now are joining his 
cause And so to him because he 

783
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:26,200
interprets this as success, he 
must think that surely God is 

784
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:30,900
giving him the okay. 
Mingle that with pride and you 

785
00:49:30,900 --> 00:49:37,800
got deception Galore. 
You got intense deception And 

786
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:41,700
what I just said there isn't 
far-fetched because God and 

787
00:49:41,700 --> 00:49:47,600
another place in the word tells 
us that people misinterpret 

788
00:49:48,500 --> 00:49:54,000
God's silence as his approval. 
So notice let me say this again,

789
00:49:54,100 --> 00:49:57,900
he's seeing people joining his 
cause and let's add to that. 

790
00:49:57,900 --> 00:50:01,100
He is not seeing God intervened 
to stop him. 

791
00:50:01,500 --> 00:50:03,800
There's no judgment. 
There's no discipline. 

792
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:08,100
Saw seems to be getting away 
with this, so he the equation is

793
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:12,500
God must be okay with this. 
Not only that he must be 

794
00:50:12,500 --> 00:50:14,100
blessing. 
This look this is it fights are 

795
00:50:14,100 --> 00:50:16,100
coming to me. 
How else can we explain this? 

796
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:20,600
Shirley I'm in the right. 
And I want to show you how even 

797
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:24,900
man today when they take God's 
silence over their sin and 

798
00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:27,500
whatever success they're 
experiencing in life, they can 

799
00:50:27,500 --> 00:50:30,200
believe that God is like one of 
them. 

800
00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:33,900
I pray that you would never 
forget this verse especially as 

801
00:50:33,900 --> 00:50:37,600
we were headed towards much 
compromise in the west turn with

802
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:42,200
me to Psalm 50. 
As we come to a close very soon.

803
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:53,000
Look at verse 17. 
This is the Lord speaking, and 

804
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:58,700
look what he says to the wicked.
For you hate this Appling. 

805
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:01,900
And you cast my words behind 
you. 

806
00:51:02,500 --> 00:51:05,600
If you see a thief you are 
pleased with him and you keep 

807
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:09,600
company with adulterous, you 
give your mouth free rein for 

808
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:14,300
evil, and your tongue frames, 
the seat, you sit and speak 

809
00:51:14,300 --> 00:51:17,600
against your brother. 
You slander your own Mother's 

810
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:22,300
Son, pay attention to verse 21. 
These things you have done and I

811
00:51:22,300 --> 00:51:25,700
have been silent. 
You thought that I was one like 

812
00:51:25,700 --> 00:51:31,400
yourself. but now I rebuke you 
and lay the charge before you 

813
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:37,300
You see that? 
You thought I was one like 

814
00:51:37,300 --> 00:51:39,500
yourself. 
Why? 

815
00:51:39,900 --> 00:51:44,400
Because I've been silent. 
You were able to continue in 

816
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:48,600
this sin and you have 
interpreted your evil, not being

817
00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:52,000
punished as my acceptance of 
your ways. 

818
00:51:57,900 --> 00:51:59,800
God not condemning something 
immediately. 

819
00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:06,600
Doesn't mean he can sends of it.
God, not immediately chastising,

820
00:52:06,900 --> 00:52:12,300
doesn't mean that he confirms 
The Silence of God in Saul's 

821
00:52:12,300 --> 00:52:15,100
life just like the science of 
God, in many people's lives who 

822
00:52:15,100 --> 00:52:20,400
are living in adultery and 
homosexuality and pride and the 

823
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,200
love of money. 
That silence is his long 

824
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:28,800
suffering. 
It is that period in which God 

825
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:30,800
says, would you would you turn 
to me? 

826
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:36,100
I do not want to go in the way 
of punishment. 

827
00:52:36,100 --> 00:52:41,500
I want to extend Mercy much more
And you don't think people 

828
00:52:41,500 --> 00:52:46,300
interpreted this way. 
I believe one of the countries 

829
00:52:46,300 --> 00:52:48,900
in Europe. 
When one of the nation's it's 

830
00:52:48,900 --> 00:52:50,600
just it's my memory is failing 
me. 

831
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:54,100
They legalized same-sex marriage
Nationwide, and they receive a 

832
00:52:54,107 --> 00:52:58,400
double rainbow on that same day.
A double rainbow appeared in the

833
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:02,900
sky, the same day that that 
Nation received The affirmation 

834
00:53:02,900 --> 00:53:07,500
of homosexuality between a man 
and man woman, a woman as being 

835
00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:11,100
marriage and people were 
tweeting that day. 

836
00:53:12,100 --> 00:53:16,500
Look, God doesn't just approve. 
He ee approves because that's 

837
00:53:16,500 --> 00:53:18,600
the symbol of their movement, 
right? 

838
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:21,400
The rainbow And somebody really 
responded. 

839
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:23,200
That's not God doubly approving.
That's God. 

840
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:25,300
Doubly reminding himself. 
Not to judge you guys. 

841
00:53:29,900 --> 00:53:32,100
But do you see how people can 
misinterpret? 

842
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:38,300
How Sinners and the wicked take 
God's silence in his kindness, 

843
00:53:38,300 --> 00:53:43,500
his his Universal love and mercy
as he sends rain and he provides

844
00:53:43,500 --> 00:53:46,300
food and he lets people have 
children and have warm homes. 

845
00:53:46,900 --> 00:53:51,800
Surely God is, okay. 
He's like us and I believe to a 

846
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:54,600
certain degree saw was believing
that he was seeing whatever 

847
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,900
success. 
Are you seeing the silence? 

848
00:53:58,600 --> 00:54:01,800
And he put it together and he 
says, God is blessing me. 

849
00:54:04,300 --> 00:54:06,200
It's amazing how we can deceive 
ourselves. 

850
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:11,300
So we come back to 1st Samuel 
23, as we close in a moment. 

851
00:54:12,100 --> 00:54:15,800
He tells his if I had to go and 
make sure where he is, this guy 

852
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:18,900
is very cunning and I don't want
to waste my time. 

853
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:23,500
So you find him and you tell me 
his exact location and I will be

854
00:54:23,500 --> 00:54:26,500
there. 
Now let's come down to verse 25.

855
00:54:27,900 --> 00:54:30,600
And song, this man went to seek 
him being David. 

856
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:34,800
And David was told, so he went 
down to the Rock and lived in 

857
00:54:34,808 --> 00:54:39,000
the wilderness of my own. 
And when Saul heard that he 

858
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:42,500
pursued after David and the 
Wilderness of my own Saul went 

859
00:54:42,500 --> 00:54:45,800
on one side of the mountain and 
David and his men on the other 

860
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:49,100
side of the mountain and David 
was hurrying to get away from 

861
00:54:49,100 --> 00:54:52,300
Saul and Saul. 
And his men were closing in on 

862
00:54:52,300 --> 00:54:54,000
David and his men to capture 
them. 

863
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:56,000
I just pause, Can You Feel the 
suspense? 

864
00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:00,100
So just imagine, there's this 
hill or this mountain David and 

865
00:55:00,100 --> 00:55:03,400
his men are on one side Saul and
his men on the other side. 

866
00:55:04,100 --> 00:55:08,500
And you can you can feel the 
Cinematic music and If I as 

867
00:55:08,500 --> 00:55:12,000
they're coming closer and closer
and the Holy Spirit wants you to

868
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:15,500
feel that suspense the writer 
here is brilliant. 

869
00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:20,500
But look what happens? 
As they were coming into clothes

870
00:55:20,500 --> 00:55:24,700
on them, verse 27, a messenger 
came to Saul saying, hurry and 

871
00:55:24,700 --> 00:55:27,600
come for the Philistines of 
made, a raid against the land. 

872
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:31,500
So Saul returned from pursuing 
after David and went against the

873
00:55:31,500 --> 00:55:34,500
Philistines. 
Therefore that place was called 

874
00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:37,700
the rock of escape and David 
went up from there and live in 

875
00:55:37,700 --> 00:55:42,500
the strongholds of En gedi. 
I can just visualize it again, 

876
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:46,300
they're hiding their running, 
maybe they're losing pace and 

877
00:55:46,300 --> 00:55:49,400
saw and his men are coming 
closer and closer and right at 

878
00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:52,800
the nick of time a messenger 
from sauce Camp appears. 

879
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:56,200
And he says King Saul, hurry. 
The Philistines have invaded the

880
00:55:56,200 --> 00:56:02,700
land and it completely 
Distracted him and cause him to 

881
00:56:02,700 --> 00:56:06,100
go in a different direction. 
It's sabotage, the plan. 

882
00:56:09,100 --> 00:56:11,800
Not to the Natural or the 
immature, they would read that 

883
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:15,000
as coincidence. 
But to the one who's familiar 

884
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:18,000
with God's ways, they would see 
it as what verse 14 tells us, go

885
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:21,600
back to verse 14, the last 
phrase and saw saw him every day

886
00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:23,400
but God did not give him into 
his hand. 

887
00:56:27,300 --> 00:56:29,900
Up to this point, we've seen 
David Escape saw many times. 

888
00:56:29,900 --> 00:56:31,600
Could you remind some of us 
here? 

889
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:34,700
How David as escapes? 
All even from the beginning, 

890
00:56:37,500 --> 00:56:39,300
Let's strengthen our memory. 
How is Saul? 

891
00:56:41,700 --> 00:56:46,000
Or David rather Escape Saul. 
Think of the different episodes.

892
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:52,100
He dodged the spear. 
That's one. 

893
00:56:52,100 --> 00:56:57,800
Sure. 
Went out the window and who was 

894
00:56:57,800 --> 00:57:00,400
part of that plan? 
His wife. 

895
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:03,200
So his wife was involved and 
helping him very good. 

896
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:07,100
How else, how has he evaded 
Saul's attacks? 

897
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:13,000
remember when he was with 
Samuel, what happened to Saul, 

898
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:17,100
Prophesy. 
But what happened? 

899
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:20,800
They just prophesy or did 
something come over him, someone

900
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:24,500
rather the Holy Spirit came and 
arrested him and then he 

901
00:57:24,500 --> 00:57:27,900
prophesied yes. 
And let's fast-forward to this 

902
00:57:27,900 --> 00:57:31,900
chapter. 
What happens to him in kiala, he

903
00:57:31,900 --> 00:57:34,700
hears that Solace coming and he 
prays and he asked the Lord. 

904
00:57:34,700 --> 00:57:38,400
Lord is a true that Saul is on 
his way to come and get me. 

905
00:57:38,700 --> 00:57:41,000
And the Lord says, yes, then he 
asked the further. 

906
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:45,200
Question will the citizens here?
Give me up to them and he says 

907
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:46,300
they will. 
You up. 

908
00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:51,600
I put that in the category of 
Supernatural Revelation that 

909
00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:54,200
God's voice was as clear to 
David at that moment. 

910
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:59,600
As my voice is to you tonight he
heard God's words, get out. 

911
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:04,400
You're going to be surrendered 
and he leaves but when you come 

912
00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:08,900
here, The same purpose, but a 
different means. 

913
00:58:09,900 --> 00:58:12,800
There is no miracle, there's no 
Supernatural strategy, there's 

914
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:16,500
nothing opening in the sky. 
There is no Revelation from a 

915
00:58:16,500 --> 00:58:20,500
priest. 
There was a man who came to give

916
00:58:20,500 --> 00:58:27,200
news to Saul. and that was just 
as much God as it was when he 

917
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:34,800
said to David Kayla's, coming to
give you up, leave I want you to

918
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:39,900
be comforted by this truth. that
the Lord has plenteous of ways 

919
00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:46,200
performing the same cause He is 
not bound to a predictable 

920
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:50,300
method. 
He doesn't drive in one lane. 

921
00:58:52,100 --> 00:58:56,800
He is manifold in his wisdom. 
He is so creative. 

922
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:02,800
God doesn't just have one or two
options that he uses, but 

923
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:04,700
unfortunately, many of his 
children believe that God only 

924
00:59:04,700 --> 00:59:07,500
works in one or two ways. 
When his ways are not your ways 

925
00:59:07,500 --> 00:59:10,600
or mind as high as the heavens 
are from the earth. 

926
00:59:10,600 --> 00:59:14,100
His thoughts and his ways are 
separate from our thoughts in 

927
00:59:14,100 --> 00:59:17,600
our ways. and if you ever failed
to believe that, just look at 

928
00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:22,000
how many times David has escaped
Saul and I want you to realize 

929
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:25,200
that David himself believed that
each time, whether it was 

930
00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:30,700
Supernatural or it was 
providential, Whether it was 

931
00:59:30,700 --> 00:59:34,600
subtle or it was. 
So, clearly from Heaven, David 

932
00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:38,400
really believed that, it was all
God and where you going to find 

933
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:41,300
that is in the same Psalm where 
he wrote about the zip fights. 

934
00:59:42,500 --> 00:59:46,500
And some 54 verse 7, this is how
he concludes his psalm for. 

935
00:59:46,500 --> 00:59:50,200
He being God, has delivered me 
from every trouble. 

936
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:54,600
He has delivered me from every 
trouble. 

937
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:58,000
Oh yeah. 
When he when he was spoken to by

938
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:01,800
God and kiella that was clear 
and when this messenger from 

939
01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:05,000
sauce Camp came that was just as
much. 

940
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,900
God David said, every trouble 
that I've escaped has come from 

941
01:00:08,900 --> 01:00:15,400
the hand of God. 
And you and I we need a grow in 

942
01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:19,000
our understanding of the Lord's 
ways so that we can be able to 

943
01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:22,800
give him more Glory. 
And we are actually giving him. 

944
01:00:24,500 --> 01:00:28,400
Sometimes we are ready to share 
a testimony when it is a miracle

945
01:00:28,500 --> 01:00:32,300
and it's in the category of the 
unexplainable and yet David here

946
01:00:32,300 --> 01:00:34,400
is willing to give God glory 
even in what seems to be 

947
01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:39,300
natural. 
It was such a evident thing to 

948
01:00:39,300 --> 01:00:41,200
David and his men that they made
this rock. 

949
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:44,200
This hill, a memorial they said 
this is the rock of Escape God 

950
01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:47,400
was behind this. 
You know, there are some people 

951
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:50,800
who are very skeptical, when 
others give God glory for so 

952
01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:54,500
many different things. like 
maybe you're reading too much 

953
01:00:54,500 --> 01:00:57,300
into it, I think that's possible
but I also think that there is a

954
01:00:57,300 --> 01:01:01,500
way of seeing God in so many 
things that we seem to fail to 

955
01:01:01,500 --> 01:01:05,800
recognize Don't limit the way 
God works. 

956
01:01:07,100 --> 01:01:10,200
Don't limit the way he leads. 
Don't limit the way he provides.

957
01:01:10,900 --> 01:01:12,400
Can. 
God heal your body 

958
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:14,200
instantaneously. 
Yes. 

959
01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:17,200
Can God heal your body through 
many trips to a doctor and a 

960
01:01:17,207 --> 01:01:19,100
prescription? 
Yes. 

961
01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:26,100
Can God lead you to a spouse and
lead, a spouse to you in a way 

962
01:01:26,100 --> 01:01:28,500
that doesn't match to the 
Hallmark movie that you're 

963
01:01:28,500 --> 01:01:32,200
inspired by yes. 
It's amazing, I'm serious. 

964
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:34,800
So many people don't want to 
pursue something because it 

965
01:01:34,800 --> 01:01:37,000
doesn't match up to their 
expectation of what the romance 

966
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:41,100
story should read like. 
I mean you read about you read 

967
01:01:41,100 --> 01:01:45,000
about Isaac when he gets his 
wife, it was Supernatural. 

968
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:47,600
Abraham's servant goes God, 
spoke it was so clear. 

969
01:01:47,700 --> 01:01:49,700
Then you read about Ruth Story 
and it's like they have to go 

970
01:01:49,700 --> 01:01:53,100
through the legal system and its
not very like wow. 

971
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:55,700
It was Providence. 
She was there. 

972
01:01:55,700 --> 01:01:57,800
She was working, and he was 
there and they said, hey, I 

973
01:01:57,800 --> 01:01:59,900
think we're I'm supposed to take
care of you. 

974
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:08,400
It was God's leading in both 
ways. and so we see here that 

975
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:13,000
David recognized it Train 
yourself to see as this man saw,

976
01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:17,400
ask God to open your eyes to see
his dealings in his ways and 

977
01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:19,200
you'll have a song to write in 
your own life. 

978
01:02:23,500 --> 01:02:26,200
That's a good note to end on but
I'm in ended in a different way,

979
01:02:26,300 --> 01:02:28,700
not that it's not a good thing, 
but I think there's something 

980
01:02:28,700 --> 01:02:33,500
very valuable here. 
Notice that this man, this 

981
01:02:33,500 --> 01:02:36,800
messenger in verse 27, came to 
Saul saying hurry and come for 

982
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:39,000
the Philistines have made a raid
against the land. 

983
01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:44,600
Here's my question. 
When did the Philistines come 

984
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:46,000
and make a raid against the 
land? 

985
01:02:51,100 --> 01:02:55,500
I don't think it's accidental. 
I think it was strategic when 

986
01:02:55,900 --> 01:02:59,000
when did the Philistines feel 
comfortable to go against the 

987
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:02,200
land? 
Very good. 

988
01:03:03,600 --> 01:03:10,300
When they saw that Saul was 
distracted. you think that's all

989
01:03:10,300 --> 01:03:13,500
alone, had spies know, the 
Philistines had spies, I'm sure 

990
01:03:13,700 --> 01:03:16,800
and I'm sure they recognize that
Saul took all his men to go and 

991
01:03:16,800 --> 01:03:20,100
fight this other man in the 
wilderness and they said, this 

992
01:03:20,100 --> 01:03:26,900
is our chance and they moved on 
in Okay, get ready for this. 

993
01:03:29,900 --> 01:03:32,700
Do you know when Satan feels 
very comfortable to come and 

994
01:03:32,700 --> 01:03:37,900
attack in the life of a church? 
when the people are fighting 

995
01:03:37,900 --> 01:03:43,800
against one another, When 
they're in the flesh and they're

996
01:03:43,900 --> 01:03:47,900
all consumed when they are not 
quick to communicate, when 

997
01:03:47,900 --> 01:03:50,500
they're not quick to forgive 
when they're going around and 

998
01:03:50,500 --> 01:03:52,800
spreading these things and then 
causing more issues. 

999
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:54,900
That's when the enemy looks and 
he says, this is our chance to 

1000
01:03:54,900 --> 01:03:58,500
go in. 
Do you know when Satan will 

1001
01:03:58,500 --> 01:04:00,900
come? 
You want to know when a satanic 

1002
01:04:01,700 --> 01:04:03,500
Invasion will come in your 
marriage? 

1003
01:04:05,900 --> 01:04:09,900
Don't honor God's wisdom. 
Don't communicate separate from 

1004
01:04:09,900 --> 01:04:14,400
each other for a very long time.
And see the Demonic come into 

1005
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:16,700
that marriage saying, brother, 
that's harsh language, that's 

1006
01:04:16,700 --> 01:04:18,300
not mine. 
That's Paul's First Corinthians 

1007
01:04:18,300 --> 01:04:20,100
7. 
He says, hey, you guys if you 

1008
01:04:20,100 --> 01:04:22,500
want to separate you separate 
but if you go too long, Satan 

1009
01:04:22,500 --> 01:04:24,100
will come in time to when he 
said Satan. 

1010
01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:29,300
So the enemy looks for an 
opportune time just like he did 

1011
01:04:29,300 --> 01:04:33,000
with Jesus, the enemy doesn't 
waste his attacks, he's very 

1012
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:35,000
calculated. 
And one of the ways in which he 

1013
01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:39,300
brings his best is when he sees 
that we are distracted by our 

1014
01:04:39,300 --> 01:04:42,700
own flesh. 
And when we come against one 

1015
01:04:42,700 --> 01:04:46,300
another, remember that for the 
future, whatever church at your 

1016
01:04:46,300 --> 01:04:49,700
apart of less, you become the 
open door for the enemy to come 

1017
01:04:49,700 --> 01:04:51,700
in. 
Remember that in your marriage 

1018
01:04:51,700 --> 01:04:56,400
now or in your marriage to come 
that the enemy watches. 

1019
01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:58,200
You, I'm making this a full 
circle from the beginning of 

1020
01:04:58,207 --> 01:05:04,300
this Bible study, if you haven't
noticed, He watches to see and 

1021
01:05:04,300 --> 01:05:10,800
all it takes is one party. 
David was an attacking Saul Saul

1022
01:05:10,800 --> 01:05:14,900
was attacking David. 
All it takes is one party in a 

1023
01:05:14,908 --> 01:05:18,100
marriage. 
All it takes is one person in a 

1024
01:05:18,107 --> 01:05:22,800
church. 
And the enemy says, this is our 

1025
01:05:22,800 --> 01:05:26,300
chance. 
This is our chance. 

1026
01:05:27,500 --> 01:05:32,100
And so may that provoke a sense 
of wisdom in us to be quick to 

1027
01:05:32,100 --> 01:05:34,800
communicate to be quick to do it
God's way. 

1028
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:38,200
And that give foothold to the 
evil one. 

1029
01:05:38,900 --> 01:05:41,000
Oh, many things were said 
tonight, don't you agree. 

1030
01:05:41,900 --> 01:05:44,600
I hope that you were encouraged.
I hope you felt warned. 

1031
01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:48,800
I felt, I hope you felt built up
in the knowledge of Jesus 

1032
01:05:48,800 --> 01:05:51,500
Christ. 
Let's pray. 

1033
01:06:21,700 --> 01:06:26,500
Lord, we ask tonight. 
That all that we heard though it

1034
01:06:26,500 --> 01:06:30,900
was diverse in its application, 
would be able to be retained in 

1035
01:06:30,900 --> 01:06:34,600
our hearts. 
Laurie felt blessed by the 

1036
01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:39,300
reminder of your goodness. 
Of your multifold ways. 

1037
01:06:43,600 --> 01:06:45,800
Of the reminder of the power of 
encouragement. 

1038
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:50,700
Lord. 
We are reminded and even feel. 

1039
01:06:52,900 --> 01:06:56,300
As though, you have sobered, our
judgment and realizing that we 

1040
01:06:56,300 --> 01:07:00,200
are in a war that we have jobs 
and bills to pay and vacations 

1041
01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:06,500
to plan. 
There is a battle happening all 

1042
01:07:06,500 --> 01:07:10,600
around us, and sometimes that 
battle is very real. 

1043
01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:17,800
The Lord in times of Peace, may 
we not cease to be in prayer and

1044
01:07:17,800 --> 01:07:22,800
to be alert and watchful. 
Lord, thank you for the 

1045
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:25,400
gleanings tonight from first 
Samuel 23. 

1046
01:07:26,600 --> 01:07:28,400
Thank you o God that you can 
speak. 

1047
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:32,200
So clearly into our hearts with 
the true that you have reserved 

1048
01:07:32,200 --> 01:07:38,500
for your people We asked oh God 
that in this place that we would

1049
01:07:38,500 --> 01:07:41,800
be so distracted and serving you
and reaching the lost that the 

1050
01:07:41,800 --> 01:07:43,900
enemy would have no opportunity 
to work. 

1051
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:49,800
There'd be no door to open. we 
asked, oh God, that we would be 

1052
01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:54,900
True, brothers and sisters and 
not like the zip fights were to 

1053
01:07:54,900 --> 01:07:58,100
David. 
May there be no strangers in our

1054
01:07:58,100 --> 01:08:03,100
midst, may we be family. 
May we lovingly speak to each 

1055
01:08:03,100 --> 01:08:05,500
other warn each, other rebuked, 
each other comfort each other? 

1056
01:08:05,500 --> 01:08:11,400
And as we saw build each other, 
And Lord, we ask. 

1057
01:08:13,100 --> 01:08:15,500
We ask that you would make us 
effective For Your Glory. 

1058
01:08:16,899 --> 01:08:19,100
Well, we thank you for this 
group of people that willingly 

1059
01:08:19,100 --> 01:08:22,000
want to meet on a Friday night 
to worship you. 

1060
01:08:22,500 --> 01:08:25,500
We pray o God that we would 
sense the reward of your word 

1061
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:29,899
leaving this place. and so low, 
we speak to you now in response 

1062
01:08:29,899 --> 01:08:32,300
to your word and we ask that you
would you would deal with 

1063
01:08:32,300 --> 01:08:37,100
certain parts of our hearts God 
mold us and shape us into the 

1064
01:08:37,100 --> 01:08:40,600
image that you've planned. 
And purposed for us, in Jesus 

1065
01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:42,700
name, we pray. 
Amen. 

1066
01:08:42,899 --> 01:08:44,600
Amen. 
We stand and Worship the Lord 

1067
01:08:44,600 --> 01:08:45,100
together.