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While me eager to open the word 
of God with you tonight, so meet

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me in the book of 1st Samuel in 
chapter 21. 

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First Samuel, 21. 
It's only been a couple of weeks

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but it feels like months since 
we've come to this book again 

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but here we are. 
In this very important chapter 

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because up to this point in our 
study, you and I have examined 

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David and benefited from David 
in the season of his life when 

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he was that. 
Humble Shepherd boy of Israel, 

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right? 
and after a few chapters, we 

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quickly learned from David, not 
the humble Shepherd, boy, but 

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the unexpected hero of Israel, 
And we were encouraged by that, 

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I'm sure. 
But now as we come to this 

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chapter, we enter into a new 
chapter of David's life. 

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And if there was a theme, if 
there was a title, there was a 

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banner over this specific 
transition. 

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It would not be David. 
The Humble Shepherd boy of 

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Israel would not be David, the 
unexpected hero of Israel, it 

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would be David The Fugitive Of 
Israel. 

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And I'm sure this was unexpected
on his part. 

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If you remember, maybe we should
just refresh our memories and 

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our last study and first Samuel.
20 David was convincing, his 

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best friend, who is also the son
of his boss of his father-in-law

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saw, Jonathan. 
Your father wants to kill me. 

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Jonathan couldn't believe it but
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and they conjure up a plan to 
figure out. 

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If this was true, if Saul, 
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and we found out that it was the
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Jonathan approaches David and 
they they cry and they weep and 

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they embrace one another and 
they both come to the conclusion

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that the best thing for David to
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opposite. 
Direction of this deranged King.

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And that's what we read in. 
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20, David David goes into the 
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knowing what's going to happen 
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Not knowing, perhaps even 
thinking, how is this reconciled

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with the promise that I would be
the next king of Israel? 

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But with David needed to know is
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him, and let's go to that verse 
quickly before we go into 

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chapter 21. 
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verse 22 with me. 
It says here. 

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But if I say to the youth 
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Look, the arrows are Beyond you 
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You got to go. 
That's the sign for you to flee 

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for the Lord has sent you away. 
God is Sovereign over this 

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David. 
God is in total control. 

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God has not lost control. 
In fact, if this is happening, 

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then know this. 
God has allowed it and God is 

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going to use it to prepare you 
to be the king that he wants you

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to be. 
And that's exactly what you and.

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I are going to discover from 
this chapter moving forward to 

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the End of This Book, we're 
going to see David and the most 

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difficult Valley of his life, 
arguably. 

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All he's gonna do is jump from 
one location to the other always

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looking behind his shoulder. 
Not knowing when saw or his 

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henchmen are going to come after
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going to look up and just trust 
God, and what you and I are 

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going to observe is the absolute
Providence of the Lord, over all

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of these things. 
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David's life in this Valley. 
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exciting. 
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verse 1, The first steps of 
David's Exile as a fugitive. 

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Then David came to Knob. 
Hi, Malik. 

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The priest. 
And I melt like, came to me, 

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David trembling and said to him,
why are you alone? 

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And no one with you and David 
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priest, the King has charged me 
with a matter. 

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And said to me, let no one know 
anything of the matter about 

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which I send you and with which 
I have charged you, I've made an

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appointment with the young men 
for such and such a place now. 

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Then, what do you have? 
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bread or whatever is here and 
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I have no common Bread on hand 
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If the young men have kept 
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answered the priest truly woman 
had been kept from us. 

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As always, when I go on an 
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young men are holy even when it 
is an ordinary Journey, how much

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more today will their vessels 
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Holy. 
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bread. 
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the bread of the presence which 
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to be replaced by hot bread. 
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David heads to a place called 
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This is where he feels led to 
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This is where his reflex leads 
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And, and this is where I guess 
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Please tell me where was the 
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place called? 
Shiloh. 

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Right, Shiloh. 
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beginning of 1st Samuel, and 
then the ark was captured by the

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Philistines, it was returned. 
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place called Korea theorem, and 
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know the details, but it's now 
moved. 

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Its now situated in a place 
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the priests are worshipping. 
God, and they're trying their 

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best to continue the sacrificial
system, and this is where David 

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goes, this is where he wants to 
go. 

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This is where he feels like he 
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looking for something. he's 
looking for help but as the 

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priest hears or sees David in 
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Tabernacle he meets David and 
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not trembling because of his ah,
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concern. 
Why would why would the priest 

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be concerned of David's? 
Visitation. 

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Did that maniacal? 
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The answer is kind of there. 
He's alone. 

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But why is that a concern? 
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Is he a reputable man? 
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If you see the president's son 
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himself, wouldn't that be 
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I think I would be concerning 
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looked at this point. 
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in the wilderness for 3 days and
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He was journeying on foot. 
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himself, there's no Entourage. 
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no even announcement of his 
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He just shows up on the scene, 
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high priest. 
What's going on here? 

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There's something very 
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And so he approaches David. 
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Why are you alone? 
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disappointing. 
It's not very admirable or 

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exemplary for a man who has 
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God. 
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What's concerning about his 
answer? 

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Does it seem like a reasonable 
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This seemed like a good summary.
What is he saying? 

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Some of you are nodding your 
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Don't be afraid to answer. 
Why is your figuring out the 

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answer? 
Not. 

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So I'm not saying that fish 
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I'm saying if as you're thinking
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there's anything that is 
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is that he chooses to go to the 
right place, and its greatest 

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time of need David's reaction to
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something that we should applaud
out of all the places he wants 

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to go, where God's will can be 
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We're God's men can be sought 
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This is, this is where he goes, 
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Has proven in critical moments 
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right people or to the right 
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Remember when David was first 
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where did he go at that point? 
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he went to the prophet and he 
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and those band of prophets. 
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applaud because I can tell you 
from experience that, when many 

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Christians go through difficult 
seasons in life, when they're 

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faced with trials and 
tribulations, their attendance 

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is an increasing, its decreasing
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You barely see them. 
You barely hear from them 

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because in those moments whether
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they don't believe that being 
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presence that is manifested 
through the gifts through each 

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of us. 
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that will actually build them up
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Satan that they will be 
condemned and they're not worthy

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to be there because the enemy 
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come the encouragement that can 
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God's people in God's house. 
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come as temples of the Holy 
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He doesn't do that. 
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as you heard earlier, we're 
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going to do the right thing at 
the right place. 

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So you had enough time to look 
at it. 

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What's concerning about, 
David's? 

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Answer to the question. 
Yes, it's a lie. 

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It's a lie. 
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So David has proven up to this 
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moments, he knew who to go to or
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But then again, we see here that
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pattern at this point and you're
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that it's a really it's a rooted
issue here with David and here's

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the issue I'm sure you never 
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the man after God's Own heart 
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got to be honest and might 
shatter your Sunday school 

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dreams, but it's true. 
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problem. 
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pressure. 
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believed that utilizing lies was
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What did he do in the chapter 
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was planning with Jonathan, what
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Not even suggest? 
What did he instruct Jonathan to

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do to discover? 
What's all felt about David 

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total? 
I tell them that I went to 

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Bethlehem. 
Tell him that my dad called me 

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there, Tom. 
That's the reason why I'm not 

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there and let's just see how he 
responds. 

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You didn't need to do that. 
It's all really hated. 

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You would come out, one way or 
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There is other ways of 
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instructs a man of God, like 
Jonathan to lie. 

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And now he comes here before. 
Listen, Before the high priest 

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in the house of God. 
And he's lying. 

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Now some would say no. 
Well, he's just trying to 

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protect, I hate mail like he's 
not wanting to disclose 

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unnecessary information to 
somebody who's not related to 

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the problem. 
We could try to justify it all 

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we want, but you're going to see
how David's lies are going to 

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get a more and more into trouble
and how David's, false security 

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and lives are going to fail him 
over and over again. 

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And that's what he's doing here.
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place of fear. 
Fear is a powerful emotion. 

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Fear is a very powerful feeling.
And if we're not quick to manage

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that, by the power of the 
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confront fear, then fear will 
encourage other sins in our 

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lives. 
See, the reason why David is 

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lying here is because he thinks 
that if I tell a lie, he Malik 

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the truth or at least suggest my
condition and why I'm in this 

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place at this time, he might not
help me. 

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He might not provide for me the 
things that I need. 

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So I have to coat this. 
I have to I have to have to just

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shut this conversation down and 
he does and he could have done 

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another way, and I just want to 
get to the request and if I tell

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him the nitty-gritty details, 
maybe he'll be afraid himself 

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and he'll say just get out of 
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So let me just lie, let me just 
not tell the truth. 

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And so he does that but it's 
coming from a place of fear. 

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I want you to see what God says 
about fear. 

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God, identifies fear and a 
specific place as a motivator 

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for other sins and you have to 
turn there but it's a great 

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Insight from the lips of the 
prophet, Isaiah or the writings 

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rather, and Isaiah 57 verse 11. 
Look What God Says, through the 

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prophet to the nation of Israel 
and Isaiah 57, Isaiah 57 verse 

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we read whom, did you dread and 
fear so that you lied And did 

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not remember me, did not lay it 
to heart, haven't I held my 

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peace even for a long time and 
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between the nation's fear and 
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That feeling can be so 
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our sensibilities, it can 
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You see what David was afraid of
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what man could do to him or what
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I'm afraid of what's all can do 
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If I tell you the truth, you 
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You don't trust me. 
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man, you open up the floodgates 
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I've seen that firsthand. 
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God, keep him ever before you. 
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How muddy is as we heard from 
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What can man do to me when you 
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you're dealing with people that 
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God can literally buy one breath
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Beating what, what do you have 
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What do you have to fear? 
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He doesn't want to entertain it.
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this and he's very smart. 
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such a way that he would 
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asking because it's a secret, 
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something from you. 
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Give me five loaves of bread or 
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Again, it's it's admire about 
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God in this trial, but we 
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to the house of God for what you
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he's not coming for counsel, 
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He's coming for for bread for 
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in the moment and satisfy, maybe
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ahead, but there's no record 
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priest to see God on his behalf.
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relief. 
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molded, and bent out of shape 
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Now, here's the question. 
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God for bread? 
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bread? 
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many years ago. 
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of worship? 
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bread. 
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of furniture dedicated for the 
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It's called the table of 
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presence, where there was twelve
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Separate into piles of six 
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Israel and you look at Exodus 
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would represent the tribes. 
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If you would like frankincense 
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It was an aroma to God but it 
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priest. 
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the priests would eat that 
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So it stayed there as an act of 
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the Sabbath. 
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their payment they would eat of 
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have replaced that set with a 
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Batch of hot bread. 
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people of Israel, but it was 
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is filled with application 
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person of Jesus Christ as well. 
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it. 
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drive from this. 
Is that this priest who's about 

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to give this bread to David? 
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didn't. 
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doing something wrong. 
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they should do with the bread. 
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Leviticus. 
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Leviticus brother, don't skip 
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9, and it shall be the bread. 
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sons, and they shall eat it in a
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A Most Holy portion out of the 
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Perpetual do So what does that 
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supposed to eat it? 
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given this holy bread and they 
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holy place and it was a 
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would David is about to receive 
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He's not supposed to eat this 
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The sons of Aaron But he's going
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In fact, in verse 6 we read it. 
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reminder, which is removed from 
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by hot bread on the day, it is 
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mentioned in the New Testament. 
thank you reference and all 

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Jesus brings up this incident, 
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moment where David receives his 
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with the Pharisees who were 
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Disciples of breaking the law. 
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arguing against a certain point 
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And I'm curious to know in this 
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make of Jesus Motivation by 
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of 21 in the context of the 
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Pharisees. 
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and Matthew chapter 12. 
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haven't learned it yet. 
I'm sure you're convinced of it.

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Why you? 
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Testament to be better, students
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Even in the name of being a New 
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that after understand, they will
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If they neglect two-thirds of 
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that? 
Amen. 

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At that time, Jesus went through
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His disciples were hungry and 
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grain and to eat. 
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they said to him, look your 
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So let's visualize this. 
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break this up. 
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Bible, if you ever want 
revelation in the Bible, ask the

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text questions, ask the text 
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the Pharisees observe that as 
Lisa Skype disciples, were 

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letting their hands run through 
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the heads of them, and nibbling,
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doing something that was against
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Question. 
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against the law Was it actually 
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I'm seeing head? 
Say no and I'm going to ask why 

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because when you look at what 
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indication that he necessarily 
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doing is wrong. 
Is it actually a form of work on

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the Sabbath? 
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Who would say no? 
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Who's awake, okay. 
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I'm sure you have to go back to 
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I'm not going to tell it to you.
I'm going to let you turn your 

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Once you get there, you will get
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Deuteronomy 23, verse 25. 
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says about what these disciples 
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Or was it wrong? 
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So who says it was against the 
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Who says, it's not against the 
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Okay, if you go into your 
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may pluck the ears with your 
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sickle to your neighbor standing
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So, not only are they, are they 
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They're doing it. 
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it. 
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the Grain and that was a in 
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And God says, don't take 
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use a farming instrument, to 
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required as you're traveling by,
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some with your hand. 
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neighbor's property, but you're 
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grace through this law. 
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Pharisees right or wrong, they 
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They were wrong. 
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exactly in line with the word of
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Interestingly enough, when Jesus
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with what we just read in 1st 
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So, go back to Matthew 12. 
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them, He said to them, have you 
not read what David did when he 

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was hungry and those who are 
with him, how he entered the 

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house of God, and ate the bread 
of the presence? 

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Which it was not lawful for him 
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with him. 
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So let's backtrack here, the 
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with their hands of plucking, 
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The Pharisees see it. 
They see this as an opportunity 

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to condemn Jesus for allowing 
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Hey, your disciples are breaking
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Well, if you know the law 
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no, they're not breaking the 
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So, what's happening? 
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manifestation of the ugly face 
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And what legalism looks like 
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that you have man's tradition 
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Holding greater importance and 
even greater Authority than what

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is written. 
And you have many people Bound 

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by this devil. 
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brilliant. 
He brings up this situation with

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David. 
And I'm curious to know, as a 

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matter of discussion. 
Why do you think Jesus points to

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David and his eating of the 
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Any ideas? 
That is one of the most common 

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interpretations of this that the
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principal for mercy here. 
That the idea here is that 

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ceremonial regulations are not 
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If there is human need, if there
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there is some room for And 
neglect or or to even violate 

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certain ceremonial laws in order
to provide for his people 

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provide for human necessity. 
And I can see in this is this is

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one of the most common 
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see where people are coming from
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But I do not believe that is the
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trying to communicate here, and 
I'll tell you why very simple 

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observation. 
Jesus is not promoting primarily

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situational ethics, have you 
heard of the phrase situational 

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ethics? 
That sometimes it is permissible

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to execute certain things that 
might be wrong in order to 

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perform a greater good. 
Have you heard of it in some 

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situations? 
It might be okay to lie. 

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Because if I lie and it promotes
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I mean when you do that the the 
math and when you when you weigh

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it it seems okay. 
I don't believe that's what 

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Jesus is primarily teaching 
here. 

452
00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:24,400
For one simple reason I could 
see that. 

453
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,700
That is the primary argument if 
the disciples had broken the 

454
00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:31,000
law, but they didn't, you see 
what I'm saying? 

455
00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:36,400
Why is Jesus using an example of
David who? 

456
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,100
It's clear. 
You can't debate it. 

457
00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:40,300
He did something unlawful. 
Then we read it. 

458
00:28:40,900 --> 00:28:45,200
He did something. 
Unlawful, why would he use an 

459
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,800
example of somebody who did 
something on? 

460
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:50,800
Full to defend the case of 
somebody who is Guiltless. 

461
00:28:52,300 --> 00:28:53,500
Are you tracking with me 
tonight? 

462
00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:57,800
It would make sense to use an 
argument of somebody who broke 

463
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:03,900
the law in order to satisfy a 
need if somebody just broke the 

464
00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:08,500
law in order to satisfy a need 
correct, but they didn't break 

465
00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:12,700
the law, they were obeying the 
law, the ones who have it wrong.

466
00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:15,800
Here are the Pharisees and so I 
personally believe that this is 

467
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:21,400
less about upholding situational
ethics or upholding the idea 

468
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:25,200
that sometimes it's okay for 
things to not be observed. 

469
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:29,700
In order for a need to be met 
and this is more of Jesus in his

470
00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:34,000
Brilliance cornering the 
Pharisees, and their hypocrisy. 

471
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:44,000
He's calling for their 
conviction to be consistent. 

472
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,900
when he brings up David, what 
he's essentially trying to say 

473
00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:53,900
is you're willing to overlook 
David. 

474
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,100
Who you Revere, don't you, you 
Jews? 

475
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,400
You're willing to overlook the 
fact that he did break the law. 

476
00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:05,200
And then in verse 5, he brings 
an example of the priest. 

477
00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:08,100
Let's actually read it. 
Or have you not read in the law?

478
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:10,600
How on the Sabbath? 
The priests in the temple 

479
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,000
profane the Sabbath and are 
Guiltless. 

480
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:17,400
In other words if you think that
nothing should be done on the 

481
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:21,400
Sabbath. 
The priest actually do more work

482
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,200
on the Sabbath than any other 
day of the week. 

483
00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:27,500
They're actually they're killing
animals and they're burning 

484
00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:30,800
things and they're preparing 
things and they're doing a lot 

485
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,400
of things on the Sabbath yet. 
They're Guiltless and the 

486
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,200
strictest Pharisee would never 
ever condemn a priest from the 

487
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,900
law who is performing their Duty
on the Sabbath. 

488
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,900
And Jesus is Calling their 
attention, even not just the 

489
00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:49,100
priest, but to David. 
And he's what he's saying, is 

490
00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:52,600
this, why are you not willing to
condemn? 

491
00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:56,700
The priest who did much work on 
the Sabbath. 

492
00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:59,900
Why are you not willing to 
condemn David who did something 

493
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:02,500
unlawful? 
But you're willing to condemn 

494
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,900
unjustly, my disciples for not 
holding to your tradition. 

495
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,500
You're condemning my followers 
for something that's violating 

496
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,000
your human law. 
Are you willing to condemn 

497
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,800
David? 
Who actually broke the law? 

498
00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:23,800
Are you willing to criticize? 
The priest. 

499
00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,400
Who did much work on the 
Sabbath? 

500
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,100
And so Jesus is essentially 
cornering them because of their 

501
00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:36,500
hypocrisy and many would object 
to what I'm saying because of 

502
00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:38,700
what he says, in verse 7, look 
at verse 7. 

503
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,100
And if you had known what this 
means I desire mercy and not 

504
00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:47,900
sacrifice. 
So he quotes Hosea and that's 

505
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:53,700
that's where the argument might 
come from that Jesus is 

506
00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:56,700
providing a principal for mercy 
and he is, he's not not doing 

507
00:31:56,700 --> 00:32:00,600
that. 
But the second part of the 

508
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:04,000
verse, my solidify, what I'm 
trying to present to you 

509
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,000
tonight. 
And if you had known what this 

510
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,300
means, I desire. 
Mercy. 

511
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:10,600
Not sacrifice comma. 
You would not have condemned, 

512
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:15,800
who the Gillis. 
You would not condemned the 

513
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,600
Guiltless. 
Your Traditions. 

514
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:27,200
You Pharisees is so merciless. 
It's so void of Mercy. 

515
00:32:28,900 --> 00:32:33,900
Because you think that your 
severe strictness is a form of 

516
00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:37,600
sacrifice to God. 
When in fact it suffocates my 

517
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:42,800
people. 
It suffocates my people and you 

518
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,700
are so adamant about being 
sacrificial, that you're willing

519
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:52,200
to even attack the own law. 
That gives them to the 

520
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,300
permission to do what you are so
condemning. 

521
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,400
Consider that. 
Consider that so Jesus, in his 

522
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:03,700
Brilliance Jesus and his 
Brilliance points to David 

523
00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:05,900
points, the activity of the 
priests in the Old Testament to 

524
00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:07,500
say, what are you going to do 
with these guys now? 

525
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,800
What you can do with these guys.
What you're seeing here is the 

526
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,700
danger of legalism. 
It's so blinding. 

527
00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:22,400
It's so powerful. 
But it is actually satanic. 

528
00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:29,300
It's satanic because when it has
its full force unleashed, it 

529
00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:32,600
begins to Trump over the word of
God itself, and you have 

530
00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:37,500
millions today that are holding 
dear to tradition, even for 

531
00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:40,200
those, their salvation as we 
speak tonight. 

532
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,200
And like the Pharisees, they 
could even step on the word of 

533
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,200
God and make pronouncements of 
judgments on people. 

534
00:33:49,300 --> 00:33:52,300
Because they think that this is 
a form of sacrifice, that is 

535
00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:55,000
pleasing to God. 
When in fact, it is merciless 

536
00:33:55,000 --> 00:34:00,400
and it can even be damning Jesus
is a wonderful apologist. 

537
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:05,400
He's an incredible, incredible 
evangelist, and we see that in 

538
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,100
one example. 
Here, you may not agree with my 

539
00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:10,699
interpretation. 
I would love to discuss it. 

540
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,400
I would love to discuss it 
afterwards if you have the time 

541
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,900
to discuss it, but we come back 
to 1st Samuel. 

542
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:25,699
First Samuel chapter 21. 
I hope you're motivated to know 

543
00:34:25,699 --> 00:34:28,600
the Old Testament in order to 
know better, the New Testament. 

544
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:35,300
And what we see here Is after 
the fact, in verse 7 now, a 

545
00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:38,400
certain man of the Servants of 
Saul was there that day detained

546
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,300
before the Lord. 
His name was doe egg, the 

547
00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:44,300
Edomite, the chief of Saul's 
herdsman. 

548
00:34:44,699 --> 00:34:47,500
Remember doeg because next week,
we're going to see a lot of do 

549
00:34:47,500 --> 00:34:51,000
egg. 
He's a troublemaker. 

550
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,800
He's a troublemaker. 
Who's detained in the house of 

551
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,800
the Lord. 
Just a reminder. 

552
00:34:56,300 --> 00:34:58,300
There are troublemakers in the 
house of the Lord. 

553
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,500
And we'll talk about that more 
next week, God willing but we'll

554
00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:06,500
move on to verse 8. 
Then David said to I'm a lake 

555
00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:11,100
Here's a second request. 
So he received the bread, he had

556
00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:13,200
some bread to feed some of the 
men that were with him. 

557
00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:19,200
Then have you not hear a spear 
or a sword at hand for. 

558
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,500
I've brought neither my sword, 
nor my weapons with me because 

559
00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:24,700
the king's business required 
Hast. 

560
00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:34,500
What's concerning about this 
request There's two main things.

561
00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:41,400
He's still lying. 
Where's the LIE? 

562
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,800
The king's business requires 
haste. 

563
00:35:49,100 --> 00:35:51,400
Really. 
Did it? 

564
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:57,600
What an amazing principal. 
Principal for sin. 

565
00:35:58,900 --> 00:36:02,900
If we do sin, and we're not 
quick to repent of that sin to 

566
00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:05,800
come before God with that sin, 
to ask God, to empower us to 

567
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:10,600
overcome that sin. 
It will only become easier for 

568
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:17,000
us to sin. 
Oftentimes, our first steps into

569
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:24,600
sin are met with conviction. 
Are met with disgust are met 

570
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,000
with disturbance. 
And something begins to happen 

571
00:36:28,300 --> 00:36:30,600
as we familiarize ourselves with
that sin. 

572
00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:35,400
Is that that's in becomes less 
bothersome to us. 

573
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,200
We justify it. 
We lose that. 

574
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:42,600
Sting that comes with it. 
And what was once a hesitation 

575
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:46,600
now becomes a habit? 
What was once something that we 

576
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,400
tread very lightly on now is 
something we're swimming in. 

577
00:36:50,900 --> 00:36:52,800
David lied. 
Once to a priest. 

578
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:59,800
May I remind you where in the 
house of God, he's willing to do

579
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,700
it again. 
It's not becoming part of his 

580
00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:04,900
language. 
It's not just it's like a 

581
00:37:04,908 --> 00:37:05,800
reflex. 
Boom boom. 

582
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:11,100
There it is. 
And this is going to become more

583
00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:12,700
troubling for David in this 
chapter. 

584
00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:15,300
That's one thing. 
Great observation. 

585
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:17,600
What's the other concerning 
thing about his request here? 

586
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:25,200
What is he asking for sword? 
Is he asking it in the right 

587
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,400
place? 
I studied. 

588
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,100
Exodus and so, have you last 
time I checked? 

589
00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:34,300
I never saw. 
Oh, Armory in the Tabernacle. 

590
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,800
Never saw it, and God was very 
specific on what was supposed to

591
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,700
be in that place. 
God was very specific or the 

592
00:37:41,700 --> 00:37:45,200
measurements, the materials and 
even where they were placed, 

593
00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:50,600
What's a weapon doing in God's 
house? 

594
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,600
He's inquiring. 
And it's really an illustration 

595
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,700
of how people come to the house 
of God to demand for things at 

596
00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:02,300
the house of God was never 
designed to give to you. 

597
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,700
Right, you want to come to 
church for entertainment? 

598
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:11,800
The church wasn't designed for 
that. 

599
00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:15,500
When it come to the house of 
God, to feel good about yourself

600
00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:20,700
with Bible less preaching, 
Church wasn't designed for that.

601
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,600
Want to come to make friends 
because you just want friends 

602
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,000
and you're not concerned about 
personal Holiness, or being 

603
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,900
Sanctified or partnering with 
people for the king of the house

604
00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:33,100
of God was not designed for 
that. 

605
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:38,200
And it is the duty of the 
Ministers of God to protect the 

606
00:38:38,207 --> 00:38:41,800
design of the house of God. 
It's the concern of the people 

607
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:46,100
of God to preserve the purity of
the house of God because 

608
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,300
throughout the life of a church,
the life of a Ministry. 

609
00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:55,000
You will have people coming to 
that place to make suggestions 

610
00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:58,800
and to make requests that are 
contrary to the blueprint of the

611
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,200
house of God. 
And that's what we're seeing 

612
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,900
here. 
There's a request for a military

613
00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:06,800
weapon. 
The Tabernacle was not designed 

614
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:12,500
to equip soldiers that way. 
But David makes that request. 

615
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,500
And would you know it there was 
something tucked in there. 

616
00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:23,100
We read about in verse 9. 
And the priest said the sword of

617
00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:26,900
Goliath, the Philistine whom you
struck down in the valley of 

618
00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:30,300
elah behold. 
It is here wrapped in a cloth 

619
00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:33,700
behind the ephod if you will 
take that, take it for. 

620
00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:38,300
There is none but that here and 
David said there is none like 

621
00:39:38,300 --> 00:39:42,200
that give it to me. 
Give it to me. 

622
00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:50,800
So this sword David's trophy 
essentially over his victory, 

623
00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:53,200
concerning, Goliath in the 
Philistines. 

624
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:54,200
Was there? 
Why was it there? 

625
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,500
I have no idea why they put, I 
have no clue why it was there 

626
00:39:57,500 --> 00:39:59,300
and it shouldn't have been 
there, but it was there. 

627
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:05,500
He receives it. 
And he Praises it, he Praises 

628
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:09,200
this weapon and I don't know why
he's praising it because that's 

629
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,400
or didn't do much good for 
Goliath did it. 

630
00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:15,200
Didn't have much to offer 
Goliath, did it? 

631
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,600
But we're not in a good place 
spiritually, we tend to praise 

632
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,700
things. 
We tend to overvalue things that

633
00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:29,200
are void of the substance that 
only God and his word and his 

634
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:34,700
Spirit provide And you would 
hope that once David took that 

635
00:40:34,700 --> 00:40:38,400
sword into his hands. 
You would have hoped, wouldn't 

636
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:43,100
you that in that very scene? 
He would have had flashbacks. 

637
00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:48,900
He would have had flashbacks of 
how God's faithful power 

638
00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:54,100
intervened against his foes. 
You would have hoped that in 

639
00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:56,400
that moment. 
As he's holding that sword, he 

640
00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:00,200
would have remembered that. 
It's not by The arm of the 

641
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,300
flesh. 
It's not by sword, it's not by 

642
00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:06,200
Chariot. 
But by bold, faith in God. 

643
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:14,300
Do you see great success, right?
it's not by manipulation David, 

644
00:41:14,300 --> 00:41:18,700
it's not by carnal schemes, it's
not by the flesh that you get 

645
00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:23,100
things done, it's not by that, 
it's by trusting in God, you 

646
00:41:23,100 --> 00:41:25,100
would have hoped that in that 
moment he would have believed 

647
00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:29,800
that But unfortunately as he 
Embraces that sword as he's 

648
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,200
elated as he's excited about the
fact that he has something to 

649
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,700
defend himself with. 
He makes another disappointing 

650
00:41:35,700 --> 00:41:39,300
decision. 
Let's read about in verse 10 and

651
00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:41,800
David Rosen, fled that they from
Saul and went to. 

652
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:46,900
He's the king of gath and the 
Servants of a, he set them is 

653
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:49,900
not this David, the king of the 
land, did they not sing to one 

654
00:41:49,900 --> 00:41:52,700
another of him? 
And dances Saul has struck down 

655
00:41:52,700 --> 00:41:58,500
his thousands and David his ten 
thousands The first thing that 

656
00:41:58,500 --> 00:42:02,600
this man does after he receives 
this weapon, is he flees? 

657
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:06,800
We're to gath. 
Why is that concerning? 

658
00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:16,800
Who's from gath Goliath? 
Where is David going to the 

659
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,100
enemy's Camp? 
Why? 

660
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,300
Because it's amazing what fear 
can do to your judgement. 

661
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,700
It's amazing. 
When you're so out of touch with

662
00:42:27,700 --> 00:42:30,100
God, it's so amazing. 
When you've lost sight of 

663
00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:33,800
Christ, what you believe will be
a solution to you. 

664
00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:39,500
And Christians are no different,
you have Christians who try to 

665
00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:45,500
medicate themselves. 
With sin when there's a need 

666
00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:47,700
when there's a void, when 
there's lack of answers, when 

667
00:42:47,700 --> 00:42:50,500
there's long seasons of of great
difficulty, they try to medicate

668
00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:53,600
themselves with sin, they try to
comfort themselves with the 

669
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:58,500
presence of unbelieving people. 
They try to numb themselves with

670
00:42:58,500 --> 00:43:02,700
substances. 
They try to distract themselves 

671
00:43:02,700 --> 00:43:07,400
to death. 
David is running to the wrong 

672
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:11,900
Refuge. 
He is trying to find some kind 

673
00:43:11,900 --> 00:43:14,400
of comfort and because he's 
operating with worldly wisdom, 

674
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,500
here's the wisdom that he's 
operating with most likely. 

675
00:43:16,700 --> 00:43:18,400
If I go to the Philistines, 
there's no way. 

676
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:20,600
David is going to saw was going 
to chase me there. 

677
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:26,900
If I go to the Philistines, 
there is no way that's all would

678
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:28,500
entertain. 
Our lease will be much more 

679
00:43:28,500 --> 00:43:31,000
hesitant to come there if he 
knows that I'm there. 

680
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,000
So, let me go there. 
So you're going to go to gath 

681
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,700
and not only gasps you're going 
to go to gath with Goliath's 

682
00:43:36,700 --> 00:43:38,800
sword. 
It's not going to make a great 

683
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,200
impression. 
Philistines. 

684
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,800
But what you and I are seeing 
here is the absurdity that we 

685
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,800
fall into when we like the trust
that God demands. 

686
00:43:50,700 --> 00:43:53,700
We might not believe it but it's
amazing. 

687
00:43:53,700 --> 00:43:55,500
It's amazing. 
What happens. 

688
00:43:56,700 --> 00:43:58,800
Not just when something is 
difficult in your life when 

689
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,200
people feel like they lack the 
motivation that they once knew 

690
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,200
in Christ. 
It's amazing where they float 

691
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:09,000
towards. and David is 
illustrating that so clearly he 

692
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:14,000
goes to the Philistines And his 
Fame was so great that the 

693
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,100
Philistines even knew about the 
song that won the hearts of the 

694
00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:19,700
people of Israel. 
But did you notice something 

695
00:44:19,700 --> 00:44:23,800
about their comment? 
Look at verse 11 again, what 

696
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,500
stands out to you and their 
comment? 

697
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:34,800
Somebody said it. 
Not just the question, but his 

698
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:37,900
identity. 
How do they identify David? 

699
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:44,000
The king of the land. 
Not fascinating, he's not the 

700
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:48,100
king but even the enemy was so 
convinced that this man's 

701
00:44:48,100 --> 00:44:50,700
Destiny was for the throne. 
That didn't even object-- to the

702
00:44:50,700 --> 00:44:55,400
possibility. 
The king of the land, they're 

703
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,200
not sing to one another of him 
and dances. 

704
00:44:59,900 --> 00:45:04,100
And David is freaked out. 
He realizes that they've 

705
00:45:04,100 --> 00:45:05,800
identified them. 
I don't know how he thought he 

706
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:10,100
was going to blend. 
Among the Philistines, you our 

707
00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:13,800
Enemy Number One to the 
Philistines, you have destroyed 

708
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:16,100
their dreams or hopes their 
strategies. 

709
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,200
And here you are thinking that 
you're just going to camouflage.

710
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:23,000
They identify him and it says 
here in David and verse 12 took 

711
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:27,000
these words to heart and was 
much afraid of a, he's the king 

712
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:32,500
of gath. 
So, stop here. he's terrified 

713
00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:38,700
even more now, So his lying his 
skin, it didn't lead to what he 

714
00:45:38,700 --> 00:45:41,900
thought it would lead to he's in
a darker pit. 

715
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,400
He's in a more difficult 
circumstance that what he began 

716
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:48,400
with. 
And so what is this man? 

717
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:54,000
After God's heart going to do 
and answers in verse 13, so he 

718
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:59,400
changed his behavior before them
and pretended to be insane in 

719
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:04,200
their hands and made marks on 
the doors of the gate and let 

720
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,700
his spittle. 
Run down his beard. 

721
00:46:07,300 --> 00:46:09,000
Behold the future king of 
Israel. 

722
00:46:11,100 --> 00:46:15,700
Behold the anointed man of God. 
Can you envision this? 

723
00:46:16,900 --> 00:46:19,400
I can just see it here. 
He is walking through the 

724
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:23,800
streets of gath soldiers are 
looking from hightower's. 

725
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:28,400
They make the observation they 
come to me because it says in 

726
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:31,600
their hands they come to capture
him to bring him before the king

727
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:35,200
and this man's heart is pounding
and he is sweating, he's 

728
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:38,000
exhausted. 
And what comes to mind here is 

729
00:46:38,300 --> 00:46:43,600
let me put on an act, let me 
pretend that I am insane. 

730
00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:47,700
So he falls to the ground. 
He starts making Groaning noises

731
00:46:47,700 --> 00:46:49,600
he's salivating all over 
himself. 

732
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:52,600
He's scratching himself on the 
door, perhaps the door to go 

733
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:55,500
into the King's house. 
And these guys are looking like,

734
00:46:55,500 --> 00:47:00,900
what is going on? 
It's funny, but can I ask you 

735
00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:03,000
something? 
What is David doing here? 

736
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:06,200
Something that he's been doing 
already in this chapter lying? 

737
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:10,700
Not just with his words now, now
with his conduct. 

738
00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:16,800
He went from lying to the priest
initially lying to the priest 

739
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:20,400
again. 
And now, you are pretending that

740
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:24,400
you have gone mad. 
To persuade somebody of 

741
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:26,000
something. 
That is not true. 

742
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,400
We look at this and we think 
it's innocent and it's just a 

743
00:47:29,408 --> 00:47:31,700
strategy know. 
We're going to find out that 

744
00:47:31,700 --> 00:47:33,700
David himself realized that this
was wrong. 

745
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:37,400
But here's the point that I want
to make, if earlier we learned 

746
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:42,800
that by his second lie, that 
when we sin and we refuse to 

747
00:47:42,900 --> 00:47:45,600
deal with the conviction 
immediately and come before God 

748
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:50,900
to deal with that sin, it's only
easier to send but additionally 

749
00:47:50,900 --> 00:47:56,700
not only is it easier to act 
upon but sin also becomes worse 

750
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:03,100
and worse and it's contempt. 
It gets uglier and uglier more 

751
00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:09,400
degrading in degree than before.
And in this case, if you're a 

752
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,600
liar, not only will you lie more
but your lies will get more 

753
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,800
outrageous. 
And more crazy. 

754
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:19,900
And more outlandish. 
And even in the evidence of 

755
00:48:19,900 --> 00:48:23,700
proof, you will still lie. 
Because that's the nature of 

756
00:48:23,700 --> 00:48:25,800
sin. 
You look at James one and 

757
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:29,700
there's a progression there. 
that there is Temptations within

758
00:48:29,700 --> 00:48:33,000
that entices and if we if we 
listen to those Temptations, it 

759
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:38,100
gives birth to sin and sin gives
birth to what death It doesn't 

760
00:48:38,100 --> 00:48:43,300
stay in infancy, it grows it, 
matures it becomes stronger, it 

761
00:48:43,300 --> 00:48:46,000
becomes more vicious, more 
destructive and that's exactly 

762
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,900
what we're seeing here. 
We're seeing this progression of

763
00:48:48,900 --> 00:48:51,500
sin. 
A weakness in David's life that 

764
00:48:51,500 --> 00:48:54,600
he refused to deal with. 
So it's going to now deal with 

765
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:56,900
him. 
So now he's lying with his 

766
00:48:56,900 --> 00:48:59,700
conduct. 
Now he's exaggerating his 

767
00:48:59,700 --> 00:49:02,400
behavior in a way that is so 
shameful and it's an 

768
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:05,000
embarrassing. 
This is a child of God saliva, 

769
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:09,200
coming down your, your beard. 
Hold on, you're the same guy. 

770
00:49:09,300 --> 00:49:11,600
If I was one of those soldiers, 
I was said this is the guy that 

771
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:16,500
killed our Giant. 
This is who we were afraid of. 

772
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:21,800
Is that how a man of Faith acts 
in the presence of his enemies? 

773
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:27,200
But that that is what, What Fear
With Fear can bring somebody. 

774
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,100
That's what sin can bring 
somebody to. 

775
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:36,400
We're even now, David and his 
reputation is becoming tainted. 

776
00:49:37,900 --> 00:49:45,100
and despised, and even to a 
certain degree mocked But one 

777
00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:48,000
might say, Well, it worked, it 
worked because look at the 

778
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:51,000
response here in verse 14. 
And if he said to his servants 

779
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:54,400
behold, you see the man is mad. 
Why then have you brought him to

780
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:57,600
me? 
Do I like Madmen that you have 

781
00:49:57,600 --> 00:49:59,300
brought this fellow to behave as
a madman? 

782
00:49:59,300 --> 00:50:01,800
And my presence shall this 
fellow come into my house, that 

783
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:05,500
get him out of here. 
It worked, it works. 

784
00:50:05,500 --> 00:50:09,400
So, brother, just calm down, 
don't read too much into things 

785
00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:13,300
and just let it go. 
It was a little thing and it's 

786
00:50:13,300 --> 00:50:16,600
over. 
Does the end, justify the means,

787
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:18,800
are we not? 
People of Honor? 

788
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:22,200
Are we not people of Integrity? 
Should we not strive for the 

789
00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:25,900
most pure representation that we
can have of Christ? 

790
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:30,300
Yes, would you agree? 
So, this is not our example, 

791
00:50:31,300 --> 00:50:35,200
that's an interesting ringtone. 
I will wait for it too. 

792
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:43,900
Wonderful. 
It's amazing here. 

793
00:50:45,700 --> 00:50:48,500
That we would rather justify 
this Behavior, then learn from 

794
00:50:48,500 --> 00:50:53,700
it, right? 
This is not my example, neither 

795
00:50:53,700 --> 00:50:56,500
should be yours. 
That is not an example of faith.

796
00:50:57,700 --> 00:50:59,500
This is an illustration of 
weakness. 

797
00:51:01,500 --> 00:51:05,800
It worked. 
Well, let me ask you this, how 

798
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,800
was it that David was was able 
to flee from this, was it? 

799
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:10,900
Because he was so smart In This 
Moment. 

800
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,700
Or was it because of the grace 
of God? 

801
00:51:15,700 --> 00:51:21,100
I argue for the grace of God. 
Even though David with his at 

802
00:51:21,100 --> 00:51:23,700
this low Point, even though 
David is just digging himself 

803
00:51:23,700 --> 00:51:29,100
deeper because of his lie, that 
shovel of lie that's making this

804
00:51:29,100 --> 00:51:35,800
thing more and more embarrassing
and harmful, even as he is 

805
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:38,800
headed in the wrong direction, 
God still visits him with his 

806
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:40,100
Mercy. 
Does that sound familiar with 

807
00:51:40,100 --> 00:51:42,800
another figure in the Bible that
we studied not too long ago? 

808
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,200
What did God do when Saul was in
pursuit of David? 

809
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:49,000
As he was with Samuel? 
Did he strike him with 

810
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:52,200
lightning? 
What did he do? 

811
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:55,000
No, he showers him with the 
presence of God. 

812
00:51:55,500 --> 00:51:58,900
The Holy Spirit comes and 
arrests him in that moment, and 

813
00:51:58,908 --> 00:52:01,000
he begins to prophesy and 
worship God. 

814
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:05,400
And I believe in that moment saw
was getting a taste of what he 

815
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:09,000
wants to knew when he was 
anointed by God that very 

816
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:12,000
foreign feeling because he was 
tormented by an evil spirit. 

817
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:16,800
Now God for a moment, clothe him
with the Holy Spirit, he was now

818
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:20,400
able to sense what he knew when 
he was anointed by that spirit. 

819
00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:23,400
I believe that's God visiting 
him in his Mercy. 

820
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:27,000
Even in the pursuit of sin. 
God stops and not to harm him. 

821
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:29,100
But the say do you remember what
this was like? 

822
00:52:31,300 --> 00:52:36,800
And here's David righteously and
deserving to be punished for his

823
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:38,800
stupidity. 
And yet God says, I'm getting 

824
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:41,300
you out of here. 
Wow. 

825
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,200
And what do you think? 
The goodness of God in this 

826
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:49,600
moment and so many people's 
lives while they're insane. 

827
00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:52,900
What do you think that kindness 
is supposed to lead someone to 

828
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,000
Very good. 
Repentance. 

829
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:09,600
This David repent after this. 
David change after this. the 

830
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:13,600
David had the spiritual 
sensitivity to recognize that it

831
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:18,500
was not my crazy behavior that 
delivered me but it was God's 

832
00:53:18,500 --> 00:53:19,700
mercy. 
That delivered me. 

833
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:25,100
I'm saying, yes, but can I ask 
you how, you know that? 

834
00:53:26,700 --> 00:53:29,600
All very, very good. 
Did you hear the answer? 

835
00:53:30,100 --> 00:53:31,700
The answer is not found in first
Samuel. 

836
00:53:31,700 --> 00:53:33,600
The answer is found in the book 
of Psalms. 

837
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:38,200
There are two Psalms written on 
this account and one of them is 

838
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:44,000
Psalm 34, go to Psalm 34 with me
as we close this Bibles, that I 

839
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:45,600
want you to see something quite 
interesting. 

840
00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,800
Look at the title of the song 
and Psalm 34. 

841
00:53:58,100 --> 00:54:03,100
Psalm 34 of David when he 
changed his behavior before. 

842
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:08,100
Abimelech, so that he drove him 
out and he went away. 

843
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:15,400
So get this all of Psalm. 34 is 
written in light of that moment 

844
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:18,700
that we just read. 
Yes, this was written after 

845
00:54:18,900 --> 00:54:21,300
David wiped off the spit from 
his beard. 

846
00:54:24,700 --> 00:54:29,400
This was after David escaped 
from gath with scabs on his 

847
00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:32,000
knees scratches on his arms 
because he was acting like 

848
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:34,400
somebody that was just released 
from the insane. 

849
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:41,300
Asylum, He writes this. 
And what this proves is that 

850
00:54:41,300 --> 00:54:45,500
David recognize something of the
mercy of God and being released 

851
00:54:45,500 --> 00:54:48,600
from that situation. 
But not just recognizing then 

852
00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:52,900
repenting of it. 
Repenting of all those things 

853
00:54:52,900 --> 00:54:54,900
that we study in first Samuel 
21. 

854
00:54:55,100 --> 00:54:58,100
This was a turning point for 
David, where God said, don't you

855
00:54:58,107 --> 00:55:01,200
don't deserve this. 
I'm going to rescue you from 

856
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:04,200
this. 
And what's so interesting is 

857
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:07,900
that when you read the psalm 
with the lands of 1st Samuel, 21

858
00:55:08,100 --> 00:55:12,100
and inspires something within 
you, let me give you an example.

859
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:17,900
Look here with me and verse 11. 
Come O children. 

860
00:55:18,300 --> 00:55:22,000
Listen to me. 
I will teach you the fear of the

861
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:27,700
Lord. 
Really, I didn't see a man who 

862
00:55:27,700 --> 00:55:29,300
fear the lord in first Samuel 
21. 

863
00:55:30,100 --> 00:55:34,800
I saw men who feared, man? 
I saw a man who lied because he 

864
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:37,900
feared, man who fled to the 
enemy's Camp because he feared 

865
00:55:37,900 --> 00:55:42,400
man. 
But remember he's repenting. 

866
00:55:42,900 --> 00:55:47,000
Remember, he changed. 
Remember he learned from his 

867
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:51,200
failure and he wants to say, let
me tell you that. 

868
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:52,800
The best thing that you can do 
is fear. 

869
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:56,800
God, let me tell you from 
experience and the Holy Spirit 

870
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:59,100
design in such a way where you 
can read this and let it first 

871
00:55:59,100 --> 00:56:01,800
Samuel 21. 
And you see that this man is 

872
00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:07,000
speaking not just by the spirit,
but by experience, I must teach 

873
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:09,900
you the fear of the Lord, 
because it is the remedy to the 

874
00:56:09,900 --> 00:56:13,600
fear of man. 
Come, let me teach you the fear 

875
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:17,500
of the Lord. 
Not just that first 12. 

876
00:56:17,500 --> 00:56:20,200
What man is there? 
Who desires life and loves many 

877
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:23,400
days that he may see good. 
He wanted like he was escaping 

878
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:25,800
for his life. 
He's like do you want longevity 

879
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:29,000
and life? 
Now plus don't look. 

880
00:56:29,300 --> 00:56:33,500
If you were to suggest, if you 
were to suggest to somebody, 

881
00:56:34,300 --> 00:56:36,900
hey, do you want to live long 
life? 

882
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:39,200
What were your instructions be 
to that person? 

883
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:42,900
Like your top answer, what would
your top answer? 

884
00:56:42,900 --> 00:56:44,800
Be, would you like to live a 
long life? 

885
00:56:45,100 --> 00:56:47,600
Here's here's one ingredient 
that you need. 

886
00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:48,700
What would it be? 
Don't answer. 

887
00:56:48,700 --> 00:56:51,300
But just think, here's David's 
verse 13. 

888
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:54,800
Keep your tongue from evil and 
your lips from speaking deceit. 

889
00:56:57,500 --> 00:57:00,500
Does that make sense? 
A lot of 1st Samuel 21, the guy 

890
00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:05,000
was lying through his teeth. 
But he realized the trouble that

891
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:09,900
his lies brought him too. 
He realized what that's in led 

892
00:57:09,900 --> 00:57:11,900
him into. 
And so in light of that in the 

893
00:57:11,900 --> 00:57:16,100
Sami goes, let me tell you that.
If you want to avoid trouble, 

894
00:57:16,100 --> 00:57:18,300
don't be a liar. 
I could tell you from experience

895
00:57:18,300 --> 00:57:20,500
that when you lie, it messes, 
your life up. 

896
00:57:23,300 --> 00:57:27,700
Turn Away From Evil and do good 
seek, peace and pursue it. 

897
00:57:29,500 --> 00:57:31,700
And he goes on to describe the 
mercy of God. 

898
00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:34,900
He goes on to describe that the 
Lord is near to the 

899
00:57:34,900 --> 00:57:38,000
Brokenhearted. 
He saves the crushed in spirit. 

900
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:40,700
Look at verse 19, many are the 
afflictions of the righteous, 

901
00:57:40,700 --> 00:57:43,000
but the Lord delivers him out of
them all. 

902
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,000
She realized in that moment and 
got that. 

903
00:57:46,100 --> 00:57:48,400
It wasn't the sword was in the 
sword. 

904
00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:50,900
That was going to help him. 
It was God's Providence, God's 

905
00:57:50,900 --> 00:57:53,600
power God's intervention, God's 
grace. 

906
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:56,400
And what you and I are going to 
see. 

907
00:57:58,100 --> 00:58:01,000
As we continue to study first, 
Samuel is that this was a great.

908
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:04,300
This is a Monumental moment in, 
David's, trust in God. 

909
00:58:04,500 --> 00:58:10,100
In this Valley in this chapter, 
as he is still a fugitive in 

910
00:58:10,100 --> 00:58:13,000
Israel, shall we pray? 
Let's pray. 

911
00:58:32,300 --> 00:58:38,700
Lord, we thank you. 
That your word does not shy away

912
00:58:38,700 --> 00:58:43,000
from the failure of your best 
men. and we thank you that, you 

913
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:47,000
have placed these things in the 
word to encourage us and to 

914
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:54,300
build us and to remind us That 
if we are where David was you 

915
00:58:54,300 --> 00:58:56,000
still want to meet us with your 
mercy? 

916
00:58:57,900 --> 00:59:02,700
and if we choose to continue in 
our ways, we must take heed and 

917
00:59:02,700 --> 00:59:04,800
see what we are. 
Potentially leading ourselves 

918
00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:06,700
into. 
Below. 

919
00:59:06,700 --> 00:59:09,200
We thank you for that concluding
truth. 

920
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:12,700
That while we are even pursuing,
while we're still trying to 

921
00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:16,400
recover from the mess of our own
mistakes, and our failures, and 

922
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:22,100
our Rebellion, you want us. 
You want us to repent, so that 

923
00:59:22,100 --> 00:59:26,900
we can be revived. 
And so Lord, we ask you tonight.

924
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:31,400
That if there's anybody in this 
place that finds themselves in a

925
00:59:31,408 --> 00:59:35,100
pattern of sin, that they would 
realize that in this moment, you

926
00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:39,400
were communicating your kindness
so that they can turn and not 

927
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:44,900
continue down the path of 
destruction. and Lord, we pray 

928
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:48,100
that if there is a fear, not 
just of man, but if 

929
00:59:48,100 --> 00:59:53,800
circumstances of disease of the 
unknown That we would be 

930
00:59:53,800 --> 00:59:55,300
learned. 
We would, we would have 

931
00:59:55,300 --> 00:59:58,700
understanding that that emotion,
that haunting feeling that 

932
00:59:58,700 --> 01:00:02,200
anxiety can be the fuel to more 
sin. 

933
01:00:02,700 --> 01:00:07,600
So it helped us overcome fear. 
With a trust in the Lord. 

934
01:00:08,900 --> 01:00:10,900
Well, we thank you that you've 
shown us. 

935
01:00:10,900 --> 01:00:16,500
Another example of the harmony 
of the Bible of the supernatural

936
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:21,800
authorship of this book, and we 
are just astounded by your 

937
01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:25,800
wisdom. 
Heavenly father, if even one 

938
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:28,700
tonight, does not know, Jesus 
Christ, as their personal Lord 

939
01:00:28,700 --> 01:00:32,700
and Savior Lord, I cannot 
convince them. 

940
01:00:33,700 --> 01:00:36,500
Enough. 
I can do my part and present the

941
01:00:36,500 --> 01:00:38,600
gospel, but it must be your 
power. 

942
01:00:39,200 --> 01:00:42,300
It must be your conviction, that
awakens their conscience. 

943
01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:48,200
Lord, we are powerless, we will 
become dead intellectuals. 

944
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:53,000
If you do not come by the spirit
and so Lord, save the 

945
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,600
unregenerate, save the 
unbelieving, and also revive 

946
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:59,500
those who known you, but I've 
become dry in the pursuit of 

947
01:00:59,500 --> 01:01:01,900
you. 
Lord just rescue us from our 

948
01:01:01,900 --> 01:01:07,500
self rescue us from our own sin.
Our own lies, the lies of Satan,

949
01:01:07,500 --> 01:01:10,000
The Temptations of the evil one,
where we want to be in your will

950
01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:13,200
we want to walk with you as 
closely as possible? 

951
01:01:13,500 --> 01:01:16,400
And we just hope that this Bible
study would have provided a 

952
01:01:16,400 --> 01:01:18,400
nudge in the direction of your 
presence. 

953
01:01:19,100 --> 01:01:21,100
So, Lord, because of what we've 
heard, because of your 

954
01:01:21,100 --> 01:01:23,800
greatness, we want to worship 
you and song please. 

955
01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:27,800
Oh, God, In This Moment. 
If you haven't already sanctify,

956
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:30,400
his deeply in Jesus name, we 
pray Say. 

957
01:01:30,800 --> 01:01:32,000
Amen. 
Amen. 

958
01:01:32,300 --> 01:01:33,800
Can we stand and Worship the 
Lord together?