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Good evening. 
Yes, I greet you in the name of 

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the resurrected, Jesus Christ. 
It's good to see you on a Friday

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evening. 
It's good to see that there are 

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not some, but many Christians 
who aren't afraid of the cold. 

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I hope that will continue. 
I saw a funny. 

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Somebody sent me a funny thing 
where was a I guess it was a 

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meme where one side. 
Somebody said I can do all 

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things through Christ. 
Who strengthens me and the next 

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section says you can't even go 
to church when it rains. 

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I think there's some truth to 
that all joking aside meet me in

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the book of second. 
Samuel in chapter 10 and as I 

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said during the announcements, 
we weren't here together last 

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week. 
So feels like more than a week. 

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It feels like a month and so 
there is there is Importance in 

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reflecting on what we touched on
in this chapter before we 

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continue. 
So let me give you summary David

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King, David was on a quest of 
kindness. 

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He showed it to a man. 
Mephibosheth and chapter 9 but 

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didn't stop with Saul's. 
Descendants didn't stop. 

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Just with his covenant made with
Jonathan, he wanted it to go 

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beyond the borders of Israel. 
And so, he reaches out to the 

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ammonites and he reaches out to 
the king of the ammonites hanoun

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and his father passed away. 
And so David long to send, 

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Ambassadors to console him from 
a genuine place but 

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unfortunately High Noon had some
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by assuming that David had ill 
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spy instead of really show love.
And unfortunately, the king 

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believed that and he does 
something very humiliating. 

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He takes David's ambassadors, he
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he trims their clothing in a 
very embarrassing way. 

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And then kicks, Them out and 
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Jerusalem. 
Blushing, David recognize, what 

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was done. 
He tells him to wait in a 

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specific location namely Jericho
until they grow back their 

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beards, and they come back to 
Jerusalem as though nothing had 

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happened. 
And that's where we stopped. 

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We learned a lot in those few 
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beginning tonight is in verse 6 
and we will read the next few 

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verses. 
I'm going to ask you what you 

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see. 
I'm not going to read the 

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remainder of the chapter. 
Just the first few verses and 

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we're going to Explore what we 
see, what gems Sparkle on a 

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surface level reading and then 
we will dive in in a deeper way 

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and we will trust. 
God has much to say to us and so

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with that in mind, your bibles 
are open before you. 

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I trust. 
Let's come now to verse 6 of 

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second, Samuel chapter 10 and 
let's read. 

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When the ammonites saw that, 
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David the ammonites sent and 
hired the syrians of Beth Rahab 

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and the syrians of Zaba 20,000 
foot soldiers, and the king of 

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Makkah with a thousand men and 
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men. 
And when David heard of it, he 

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sent joy and all the host of The
Mighty Men and the ammonites 

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Came out and Drew up in battle 
array at the entrance of the 

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gate, and the syrians of Zaba 
and of Rahab. 

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And the men of Tobin Monica, 
were by themselves in the Open 

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Country. 
When George saw that the battle 

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was set against them both in 
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And in the rear, he chose some 
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raid them against the syrians, 
the rest of his many put in 

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charge of abishai. 
His brother. 

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And he arrayed them against the 
ammonites and he said, if the 

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syrians are too. 
Too strong for me, then you 

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shall help me, but if the 
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you than, I will come, and help 
you be of good courage. 

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And let us be courageous for our
people and for the cities of our

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God and may the Lord do what 
seems good to him. 

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This is the word of the Lord. 
Is there anything that stands 

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out to you in these? 
These verses? 

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Remember Friday nights are 
training nights want to train. 

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Our eyes to know how to read the
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Testament? 
What stands out to you? 

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You have something, okay. 
Yes. 

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Okay, so here we have Job 
saying, may the Lord do what 

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seems good to him and is he is 
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he not inquiring of the Lord 
perhaps? 

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But that, that phrase we're 
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think it's something we should 
admire about joab. 

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So we will visit that. 
Yes, great observation. 

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Anything else? 
yes, Vivian 

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So joab says to his brother. 
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overwhelmed, you got to come and
help me. 

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And if I see that you're being 
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that's good. 
Oh, that's really good. 

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There's so much in there for the
believer. 

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Let me say this. 
There's so much in there for 

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believers. 
You got it, good. 

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Anything else. 
Great. 

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Great observation. 
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we'll continue. 
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good observation to. 
So he sends Joe about the first 

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time but when the syrians come 
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his enemies. 
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more important for next week or 
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Next week, we have us. 
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We do, we do. 
Yes. 

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Next week when we explore 
chapter 11, we were going to see

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that. 
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So this is not a good habit, 
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we're going to save that for 
next week. 

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Good observation. 
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Definitely Maybe Two. 
Anything else? 

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Yes. 
Very good observation. 

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What he had just said was that 
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David's end on how to deal with 
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very good. 
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So there was a quickness there 
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his action to dealing with a 
Potential Threat, one more and 

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that will continue. 
Anything else? 

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These were wonderful 
observations. 

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Yes. 
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question. 
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look at it differently in terms 
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I think at one point we'll do 
like a huge segment on 

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translations because which 
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don't mind me asking 1984 out of
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Yes. 
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different kind of groupings, it 
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different families of manuscript
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But when it comes to the ESV, we
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believe that they could be 
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from that general area. 
But we're going to do a session 

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one day about translations and 
why things say things 

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differently. 
So I'm going to reserve a longer

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answer for that if you don't 
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maybe a future Q&A that will do 
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Okay. 
Okay, ready? 

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Now we're coming to this text. 
We've already made great 

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observations but let's look back
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We see that the news of David's 
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ammonites did to Israel's 
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noon and his fellow leaders. 
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What's impressive to me? 
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Is not giving any indication of 
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Right. 
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and getting his troops to go out
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for what they did to his 
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If there's anything that I see 
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restraining himself. 
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when you have your rear view 
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and you think back to David's 
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years? 
This is the beauty of being in a

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series because you have 
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of character observation or 
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Do you remember what David's 
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servants before? 
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his little band of men, he sends
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nabal. 
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And he took care of some of his 
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He expected some kind of favor 
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belittles him, he humiliates 
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And what is David? 
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servants came back with with 
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I'm just going to read it to 
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It's in first Samuel. 25:13 
David says to his men. 

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Every man. 
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And every man of them strapped 
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strapped on his sword in his 
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His servants returned and says 
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said about you. 
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your swords. 
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And now years go by and I see 
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insulted. 
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reaction. 
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There's a calmness. 
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strength that David grew into 
which is a mark of spiritual 

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progress. 
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carefully, it's that, when the 
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become a stench to David, the 
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they were the ones that grab 
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preparing for an attack, it 
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say that when David smelled what
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round up his troops to come 
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don't see that there is this 
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who has developed in the area of
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And it would be wrong, it would 
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David was not hurt by what 
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ambassadors because we're told 
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It was an insult. 
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me to say to even a believer 
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something to hurt you, that it's
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To say that a mark of spiritual 
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the sting when someone sins 
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But the genuine Mark of maturity
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thing, you respond in a manner 
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Jesus Christ. 
That's the difference. 

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David's pain here, perhaps is 
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when he was trying to deal 
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response, his reaction is reflex
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And you can see this throughout 
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This stumbled to me the other 
the other week and it's been 

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simmering in the back of my 
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And I want to show it to you 
because it fits perfectly with 

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what I'm trying to say. 
I need you to turn to two places

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though if you want to see the 
beauty of this. 

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So the first places in Acts 23, 
right? 

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And you're going to go to verse 
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The second place is in John 18 
and you're going to put your 

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finger there in verse 22. 
So acts 23 and verse 2. 

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We have the Apostle Paul 
standing before the high priest 

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of his day Because there are 
accusations against him, his 

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ministry, his message, and what 
he is doing to the Jewish 

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people. 
And I want you to see what 

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happens as he is being 
investigated by the high priests

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in the spiritual leaders of his 
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So verse 2, he said something. 
He's now making his defense and 

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before he can get out another 
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It says here in verse 2 vax, 23 
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Commanded? 
Those who stood by him to strike

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him on the mouth. 
With. 

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Then Paul said to him, God is 
going to strike you. 

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You whitewashed wall, are you 
sitting to judge me? 

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According to the law and yet 
contrary to the law, you order 

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me to be struck. 
Let me pause there to say how 

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many of you would respond? 
Very. 

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Similarly if you are brought 
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finish making your case, he has 
one of the security guards or 

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the officers Slap you on the 
mouth. 

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Not only is that insulting 
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It's actually illegal according 
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No, such punishment should be 
made until someone was proven 

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guilty. 
And yet they could not help 

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themselves, but, but harm this 
man who's been harassing them. 

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So to speak with his gospel. 
But look at verse for those who 

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stood by said would you revile 
God's high priest and Paul after

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this apologizes because 
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commanded to not revile the 
leadership that God has 

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established. 
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this way Paul was wrong and what
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what they did but he was wrong 
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Now, I want you to see our lord 
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In the very same, predicament 
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He is before the high priest. 
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answered, he answered in such a 
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The high priests has lack of 
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whole ordeal and John 18. 22. 
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his hand saying is that how you 
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Do you remember Paul's response?
God is going to strike you? 

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God is coming for you, my 
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somebody hits him in the mouth. 
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23. 
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If what I said is wrong bear 
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But what I said is right, why do
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Do I need to even explain 
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I just put those two scriptures 
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Do you see the Elegance of 
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Do you see? 
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Do you see his self-control? 
Do you see the honor and the 

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Integrity that the master 
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fragrance? 
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man of God, a mighty man of God 
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situation he could not help but 
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Still. 
Not shaken. 

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Strong. 
Straight as an arrow. 

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You know, when I was reflecting 
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what came to mind? 
Lord, I want to be like you. 

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I really, really want to be like
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the impulses of my emotions, 
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I want to know what it's like to
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Such a reflection of the person 
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you something? 
What's manlier, you men in this 

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place? 
What's manlier? 

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When you compare those two 
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Paul. 
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Or Jesus. if what I did was 
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Do you see? 
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of what manhood really is. 
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it means to be like Jesus, read 
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sanctification. 
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tenets of our faith. 
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you. 
That's great. 

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That's important. 
I'm not trying to mock that what

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I'm saying is the holy spirit, 
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so that we can look at 
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And look, I read that I go, I'm 
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honest, but I want to be like 
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Lord in every situation that 
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I would be like him. 
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we see There is a growth here. 
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verse 6 of second Samuel, 10 
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perspective of hanoun when the 
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become a stench to David. 
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When this man learned that what 
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embarrassment and insult an 
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that he did nothing in return. 
On top of that, what should he 

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have done? 
What any, what kind of what 

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sensible person would have done 
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Thank you. 
Forgive me. 

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I listened to the wrong advice. 
I misjudged what you were doing.

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Can we build this bridge again, 
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sense. 
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man did not see how the council 
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base. 
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intention is not just in his 
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fact that he does not come after
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that be enough of an apologetic 
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that you're wrong? 
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And what he was saying 
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is the opposite, this man 
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mercenaries. 
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to war And I think when you just
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couple of principles there in 
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you'll never forget for the rest
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The first lesson is this, right?
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It was a stench. 
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Well, he continues to sin and 
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Number one, sin. 
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to Greater sin. 
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always lead to Greater sin and 
we're going to see that played 

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out in David's, personal life in
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is going to commit adultery. 
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concealment instead of 
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And what does it do? 
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even worse things. 
Commits murder utilize. 

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There's all these horrific 
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will always lead you down to a 
darker path where you will 

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entertain sins that you never 
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I'm doing here. 
He insults the man and what does

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he do? 
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the man and so he wants to 
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Rebellion against David, and the
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always the same, always that 
when you try to hold on to it 

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and try to control it and try to
conceal it and try to justify 

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it. 
It's going to take you further. 

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Whenever we do wrong whenever we
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something, we know that is 
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Whenever we do something that 
stinks in the sight of God, that

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can use that language. 
There is only two paths to take 

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every single time. 
The first one is to conceal it, 

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which includes justifying it. 
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You convinced yourself. 
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And then that will lead to more 
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forsaking it. 
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That's not my idea. 
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life proverb. 
Here's a good one, Proverbs 

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28:13, it's a very simple one, 
it's easy to memorize, whoever 

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conceals his transgressions. 
Will not prosper. 

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But the one or he who confesses 
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obtain Mercy. 
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transgressions will not Prosper 
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forsakes them will obtain Mercy.
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remember in the case of hanoun, 
he thought that he could prosper

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by continuing to harass David 
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That's not going to be the case 
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it's going to cost them much 
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which is the second point. 
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unrepentant. 
Sin will always lead to Greater 

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sin. 
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regards to this. 
Unrepentant sin will always ask 

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of you, something that you did 
not intend to pay. 

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In other words, make it even 
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will cost you more and more. 
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price is. 
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that when he wants to go to war 
with David, we have to read 

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carefully. 
He hires the syrians, he hires 

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them and it's only when you go 
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same scene where you get the 
exact receipt, He had to pay a 

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thousand talents of silver. 
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around 75 pounds 75,000 pounds 
of silver to hire this Coalition

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of armies, to join him, and to 
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That's pricey. 
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Always will come with a check 
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one point or another. 
And here's the thing, when it 

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comes to the price of sin, as I 
said early you can determine 

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what you have to pay. 
You can't It will always rob you

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of your blessings and God 
always, but sometimes they will 

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tax you emotionally and 
sometimes it will demand 

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something from you physically. 
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If you're outside of Christ, The
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Eternity, when you want to make 
a willful decision of walking 

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against the one, that God chose 
in the person of Jesus Christ, 

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then you will actually have to 
pay a price. 

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And the proverb said it very 
clear, whoever conceals whoever 

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holds onto, whoever hides, 
whoever justifies his 

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transgression will not prosper. 
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So never forget those points, 
never forget those two 

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realities. 
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do we see? 
He hires these thousands of foot

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soldiers, these chariots, he 
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And in verse 7, we read when 
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and all the host of The Mighty 
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The moment he heard about, he 
says, we got to do something 

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about it, so he has this 
intelligence agency he gets a 

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report. 
Hey, the ammonites are coming 

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into partnership with the 
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up to something David, There's 
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And what David does here, as he 
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that if he waits the problem can
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So great, it will be too 
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Had David delayed. 
What would have happened? 

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Was that there could have been 
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have been a very sophisticated 
strategy that would be 

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implemented. 
That would make make this whole 

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thing much more complex and it 
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it just earlier. 
The attitude of David here, in 

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Warfare must be must be 
interpreted in view of our 

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spiritual war. 
What David is doing here is 

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absolutely inspiration to the 
believer who is in spiritual 

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warfare day and night and it's 
wisdom and here's the wisdom. 

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That David here does not delay 
because success and strategizing

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over Satan's tactics is doing 
what dealing and snuffing out 

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Sparks before they become 
wildfires. 

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Not waiting, not hesitating to 
come and resist evil. 

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Before it becomes something much
more difficult to overcome. 

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And that can be anything, that 
can be everything from an 

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inappropriate thought, that 
constantly visits you and you 

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having to Snuff it out. 
You having to deal with it 

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before it becomes persistent, 
and before becomes material. 

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Everything from something as 
harmless as a thought, that can 

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become harmful too. 
You approaching a brother Yuan, 

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humility approaching a sister 
and communicating because 

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there's unexplained tension. 
And you don't want to, you don't

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want to leave room for 
speculation or suggestions from 

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Satan against your brother or 
sister. 

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Again, of David waited too long,
things will get much more 

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complicated. and in the same way
the effort becomes much more 

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when we delay in our response to
formation of Temptation and 

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trouble. 
I've seen what they can do. 

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I've seen in so many cases. 
I've seen what it can do in 

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somebody's personal life, and 
I've seen it, especially what it

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can do relationally between 
between family members in Jesus.

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It it creates suspicion, it 
creates hurt and friendships and

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marriages and even local 
churches. 

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And so you have such wise 
instructions, not just by way of

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example like this. 
But even in the very clear 

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teachings of Jesus who, you 
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if you have a gift and you're 
coming to the altar to give an 

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offering to the Lord. 
But you remember, you remember 

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that someone has something 
against you dropped a gift and 

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go and pursue reconciliation. 
And here's the thing about that.

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What I take from that teaching 
is, Mending. 

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Something that is potentially 
ripping. 

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Apart is emergency protocol. 
Emergency protocol, it's not 

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something to wait until 
tomorrow. 

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It's something that must be 
dealt with. 

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And listen this is what the Lord
is saying. 

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This is so crucial that it 
Trump's over even offering your 

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sacrifice on the altar during a 
feast holiday. 

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Consider that what the Lord is, 
saying, don't delay. 

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And I've witnessed the great 
blessing on and so many 

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examples, let me give you the 
positive element has. 

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When somebody might approach me,
call me. 

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Whatever and say, well, you know
so-and-so said this. 

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So, and so did that or so. 
And so is acting in a certain 

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way and it's hurting me. 
It's confusing me. 

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You know what my answer is go 
and tell them. 

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Don't wait till the smoke 
becomes fire. 

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Don't let your mind. 
Be open for Satan to say certain

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things and suggest certain 
things and confuse you and begin

455
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,300
to accuse that person through 
your thinking just clear the air

456
00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:08,800
as soon as you can I'm telling 
you. 

457
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,700
So many fires could have been 
put out and so many local 

458
00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:15,700
churches that they just took 
what Jesus said, seriously, 

459
00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:17,900
right? 
And David is doing that in terms

460
00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:21,000
of real war, he hears that 
something is happening. 

461
00:29:21,100 --> 00:29:24,500
And he's not waiting before he 
deals with it, he's going to act

462
00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:26,700
upon it immediately and so he 
does. 

463
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:31,100
And what happens? 
we read here as we scroll down 

464
00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:36,100
to verse 11 and he said, Joab 
goes out and he said to his 

465
00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:38,200
brother abishai. 
The syrians are too strong for 

466
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,000
me. 
Then you shall help, you shall 

467
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,400
help me. 
But of the ammonites are too 

468
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:46,000
strong for you than I will come 
and help you. 

469
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:50,300
Here's what here's the see now 
between verse eight and nine job

470
00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:53,900
is sent with his men, the Mighty
Men, and they realized the 

471
00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:57,300
seriousness of the situation, 
the ammonites are before them 

472
00:29:57,900 --> 00:30:01,500
the syrians are behind them. 
They're surrounded. 

473
00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:04,000
They're surrounded, they're 
outnumbered. 

474
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,500
Perhaps and so this is a very 
dangerous predicament and so the

475
00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:09,100
strategy is very 
straightforward. 

476
00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:13,600
What he says here is that I'm 
going to place myself to fight 

477
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,400
the syrians and we're going to 
place those who are weaker, the 

478
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,300
abishai and his men before the 
ammonites. 

479
00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:23,400
And there's much to say about 
that, which I won't say, but 

480
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:28,200
it's very simple that according 
to one's qualifications, they 

481
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,000
will be placed in certain 
positions. 

482
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,400
But instead of touching on that,
I want to draw your attention to

483
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,800
what he says in verse 11. 
The too strong for me, come and 

484
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,700
help me if they're too strong 
for you, I'll come and help you.

485
00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:48,400
Okay, so let's stay in that 
theme of obtaining wisdom and 

486
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,300
successful spiritual warfare. 
Here's another one. 

487
00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:58,300
I'll call for Mutual support in 
the fight of faith. 

488
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:04,600
A call for Mutual collaboration 
cooperation in the fight of 

489
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,200
faith and you and I know that 
that's why many of you are 

490
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:11,900
members of a local church. 
You Christian should be inspired

491
00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:15,100
to see how these these brothers 
literal brothers are locking 

492
00:31:15,100 --> 00:31:19,100
their arms, with one another 
because of the revelation of how

493
00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:22,100
great of a danger, they are in 
there. 

494
00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:25,400
Surrounded by, we need to come 
closer to each other. 

495
00:31:27,900 --> 00:31:31,700
How much more us? 
Listen how much more us in a day

496
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:38,000
when evil perversion confusion 
false teaching deception is 

497
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,900
closing in on the remnant of 
God. 

498
00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:46,800
I-i'll be, I don't know how 
people can claim that they can 

499
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,300
weather the storm and it's only 
going to get more intense. 

500
00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:54,100
Wild istening cells from the 
people of God, it just it's 

501
00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:59,300
mind-boggling. 
Intentional Fellowship, 

502
00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:02,600
intentional accountability, 
intentional relationships with 

503
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,900
one another and we can amend 
that we can say, Amen, because 

504
00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:06,900
the principal you can't disagree
with it. 

505
00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:11,600
We all agree with amen. 
But the blessing, the reaping of

506
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:16,100
reward is when we put it into 
practice and the particular ways

507
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:18,900
that we see in the Bible, 
including what we see here and 

508
00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:21,700
what do we see here? 
We see that. 

509
00:32:21,700 --> 00:32:25,100
What job is setting as a rule is
impossible. 

510
00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:29,700
It doesn't work, unless both he 
and his brother abishai. 

511
00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:32,200
You ready for this? 
Are aware of one another's 

512
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:37,700
conditions. 
How is abishai going to come and

513
00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:40,700
help job? 
If he doesn't know, that job 

514
00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:43,200
needs help? 
How is job supposed to help his 

515
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:44,100
brother? 
If he doesn't know that his 

516
00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:46,800
brother needs help? 
How is your brother supposed to 

517
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,000
help you? 
If he doesn't know that you need

518
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,300
help? 
How is your sister supposed to 

519
00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:53,800
know that your she supposed to 
help you unless how you can't? 

520
00:32:55,700 --> 00:32:57,200
So, you know what this means, 
you ready for this? 

521
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:02,300
All, this is good, this means 
that those who want to show 

522
00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:05,500
themselves strong before other 
believers. 

523
00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:11,100
They can't, they can't fathom 
the thought of another believer.

524
00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:13,400
Finding out that perhaps you are
struggling. 

525
00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:18,200
Whether you need help that your 
where you are, you are going to 

526
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:23,000
war. 
If you want to know the 

527
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,800
blessings of the mutual support 
that God has designed for the 

528
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,900
army of God, you're going to 
have to humble yourself. 

529
00:33:30,500 --> 00:33:35,700
Wouldn't it be so silly to see 
joab, smothered by soldiers and 

530
00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:38,400
him refusing to call out for 
help from his brother abishai 

531
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,100
because he does want to be 
perceived as weak. 

532
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,800
He imagined that we would say 
how foolish what's wrong with 

533
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,000
you. 
I want you to see yourself in 

534
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,700
that same light, when you feel 
the Temptation in your tent, in 

535
00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:56,300
your struggle, in your trials, 
and your tribulations, to remove

536
00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:57,900
yourself. 
Instead of throwing yourself at 

537
00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:00,700
the hands of merciful Brothers 
and Sisters in Christ. 

538
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:04,100
It's just that silly. 
It's just that silly. 

539
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,800
And what often is the thing that
holds people back from 

540
00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:12,199
receiving, the bomb that God has
deposited in those that he's 

541
00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:16,400
providentially brought into your
life is pride, it's spiritual 

542
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,400
Pride. 
So you won't ask for counsel, 

543
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:23,400
you won't ask for prayer, you 
won't come to the house of God 

544
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:26,699
to know the healing that comes 
from the gifts that God has put 

545
00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:29,900
into that church. 
Because you want to be, you want

546
00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:32,000
to be a Mighty, Man, a mighty 
woman. 

547
00:34:33,900 --> 00:34:36,699
You're just as much in trouble. 
As job would be if he was 

548
00:34:36,699 --> 00:34:40,600
overcome by soldiers and refused
to call out to his brother 

549
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,699
abishai. 
But also means something else 

550
00:34:44,100 --> 00:34:47,199
and that is a willingness for 
you and I to what give ourselves

551
00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:53,100
to others to cooperate. 
And to contribute Galatians, you

552
00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:56,400
heard that Maranatha Galatians 
6:2 that we are to Bear one 

553
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,500
another's burdens. 
This is the law of Christ. 

554
00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:01,500
And you know what is unfortunate
and I praise God. 

555
00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:06,500
That it's not the case here, I 
hope it would never be That a 

556
00:35:06,508 --> 00:35:11,100
lot of people view the local 
church as a charity in this way 

557
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,100
they can take. 
But God forbid, they would give 

558
00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:19,000
God forbid, they would give and 
so they have no issue. 

559
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,800
Reserving, their resources, 
reserving, their presence 

560
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,900
reserving, their participation 
reserving their voice, 

561
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,400
reserving, their, whatever it is
that your call to bring it to 

562
00:35:30,408 --> 00:35:32,700
the church. 
They have no problem, but all 

563
00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:35,000
they will get vocal if they 
don't get what they think they 

564
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,900
deserve and they have no issue, 
they have no issue. 

565
00:35:40,100 --> 00:35:43,000
Arriving and coming when they 
need a good old. 

566
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:49,000
Pick me up, right? 
But when it comes to them, 

567
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:55,700
investing in others, It's not a 
reality. 

568
00:35:56,300 --> 00:36:00,100
You know what job didn't say? 
If the syrians overcome me, come

569
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:02,500
and help me. 
He didn't say that he added and 

570
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:04,100
if you need help, I'm here for 
you brother. 

571
00:36:05,100 --> 00:36:08,800
You see, it's this, this Mutual 
responsibility and 

572
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:12,000
accountability. 
It's not this vacuum where you 

573
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,700
get to suck as much as you want 
this consumer mentality and then

574
00:36:15,700 --> 00:36:20,200
leave wiping your mouth. 
Now I pray that that would never

575
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,500
be the case. 
We will see Miracles take place,

576
00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:27,300
we will see his strength and and
we will see a wonderful 

577
00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:31,000
longevity and our spiritual 
health when we lock arms. 

578
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,700
In the way that these brothers 
are and we saying we're going to

579
00:36:32,707 --> 00:36:36,400
do this together, we're gonna do
this together, so you and I need

580
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:37,600
to understand that. 
Okay? 

581
00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:42,300
It's okay to be broken in the 
house of God. 

582
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,700
The days are difficult and I 
know that I'm going to stay 

583
00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:53,600
here. 
I know that this ministry, 

584
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:58,700
preaches, a strong word. 
Because we need to, we need to 

585
00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:01,500
preach repentance. 
We need to preach the fear of 

586
00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:03,400
God. 
We need to preach the whole 

587
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,700
counsel of God. 
But I want you to know something

588
00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:11,300
as well. as much as we strive 
for Holiness, and we strive to 

589
00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:15,300
be Godly, I hope that not one 
person in here, whatever 

590
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:19,100
interpret that we do not have 
Grace in our hearts. 

591
00:37:21,100 --> 00:37:25,200
I pray that you would see that 
as we pursue this together. 

592
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:29,000
There is so much Mercy 
available. 

593
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,700
So much grace, so much 
forgiveness, so much 

594
00:37:32,700 --> 00:37:36,500
understanding. 
So that if you do fall, you can 

595
00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:39,500
get right back up and you have a
leadership and you have a church

596
00:37:39,500 --> 00:37:42,800
that says get up brother. 
Get up Sister. 

597
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,000
Keep going. 
Keep going keep pursuing that 

598
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,300
prize. 
Keep pursuing that Mark. 

599
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:51,900
And so you have to understand 
joyed I'm a shy, they were 

600
00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:57,200
warriors but they knew their 
weaknesses, they knew their 

601
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,800
weaknesses and they gladly 
confess when they were weak, 

602
00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:03,800
they gladly opened up and they 
said to one another when they 

603
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:07,700
needed a helping hand, what's 
the point of all of this? 

604
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,900
If that's not the case. 
So be built up and be encouraged

605
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:15,100
to know that in this place. 
There's so much encouragement 

606
00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:19,200
reserved and ready to be shared 
and I pray, and I trust that 

607
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,600
many Book can attest to that. 
Now job doesn't end up. 

608
00:38:22,607 --> 00:38:27,600
Let's go back to verse 12. 
He continues and a way that may 

609
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,900
be surprises us because Javas 
disappoint Us in the past but we

610
00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:34,500
can, we can applaud him tonight.
Okay, we can give job some some 

611
00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:37,300
Grace, because look what he 
says, be of good courage. 

612
00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:39,900
She speaking to his brother be 
of good courage and let us be 

613
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:43,400
courageous for our people and 
for the cities of our God and 

614
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,800
may the Lord do. 
What seems good to him. 

615
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,300
Oh, we could take that and chop 
it up and break down every 

616
00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:51,100
single portion of what job said,
but I want us to focus on the 

617
00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:56,500
latter part. 
And may the Lord do what seems 

618
00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:58,700
good to him. 
Now go back to verse 9. 

619
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,700
Because I want you to see what 
job that before this, when jobs 

620
00:39:02,700 --> 00:39:05,300
saw that the battle was set 
against them both in front and 

621
00:39:05,300 --> 00:39:08,200
the rear, he chose some of the 
best men of Israel and a raid 

622
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,900
them against the syrians. 
Joab did everything that he 

623
00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:14,500
could to prepare and plan for 
victory. 

624
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:21,300
He organized, he delegated, he 
directed, he encouraged, he did 

625
00:39:21,300 --> 00:39:23,400
all these things that any 
commander would do. 

626
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,600
And yet he came to a point 
before running into that field 

627
00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:33,000
by declaring an Mid trust and 
faith that the outcome belongs 

628
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:37,200
to God. 
Whatever God is going to do. 

629
00:39:38,300 --> 00:39:41,100
He will do it. 
And that's an important truth 

630
00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:44,200
because you and I believing in 
God's authority over all things 

631
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:48,100
and has power over all Affairs 
does not negate. 

632
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,000
Our intense participation in the
process. 

633
00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:57,000
Right, if the doctrine of the 
sovereignty of God makes you 

634
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,000
lazy, you're not learning it, 
right? 

635
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:06,900
If it makes you less zealous to 
be obedient to be Evangelistic 

636
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,900
to be prayerful, you're not 
interpreting that Doctrine, 

637
00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:15,000
right? 
Joy had that so much and guess 

638
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,500
what? 
God considered it. 

639
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:21,000
He considered his wisdom, he 
considered his strategy, he 

640
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:26,500
considered all that he did and 
he would work with him in this 

641
00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:31,000
and he relied on him and that 
should comfort every person in 

642
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,000
this place. 
Who has his our Lord. 

643
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:35,900
I want to be dead center in the 
will of God. 

644
00:40:36,900 --> 00:40:38,400
Here's my encouragement to you 
ready. 

645
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,100
That as you do, everything that 
God's called you to do, just 

646
00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:45,000
like what job did You can rest 
in the outcome because it 

647
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,100
belongs to the Lord. 
All right, so I'll use myself as

648
00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:52,000
an example. 
As use any password example, as 

649
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,200
long as they honor God's word, 
they preach, they have a holy 

650
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,800
life, they're serious. 
The repentant, they're walking 

651
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,700
in humility and they're doing 
all their duties, regardless of 

652
00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:06,500
what happens in that ministry, 
that's not up to him, that's up 

653
00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:10,000
to him, it's the Lord, right? 
Take that for anything that you 

654
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,000
do in life and your life, for 
the Lord job your presents, a 

655
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:17,700
wonderful wonderful lesson for 
all of us who really desire to 

656
00:41:17,700 --> 00:41:20,400
obey him, but cannot determine 
In the fruit. 

657
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,500
You can't determine the fruit 
rest in that. 

658
00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:25,300
So now we see. 
It's so much we can say, but I 

659
00:41:25,308 --> 00:41:31,700
want to continue in verse 13 
Job. 

660
00:41:32,500 --> 00:41:34,400
And the people who are with Him 
Junior to battle against 

661
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:35,900
Assyrians and they fled before 
him. 

662
00:41:36,900 --> 00:41:39,400
And when the an amide saw the 
syrians that the syrians. 

663
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,500
Fled, they likewise fled before 
abishai and entered the city, 

664
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,000
then job returned from fighting 
against the ammonites and came 

665
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,200
to Jerusalem. 
Here's what's fascinating. 

666
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,700
Remember we heard in the 
beginning that there was a 

667
00:41:51,707 --> 00:41:54,700
principal but sin in relation to
the ammonites and the syrians, 

668
00:41:55,700 --> 00:41:58,500
check this out, what we learned 
was if you're going to pursue 

669
00:41:58,500 --> 00:42:01,300
sin it's going to cost you more 
than you plan to pay. 

670
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:03,800
It's going to take you to 
Greater sin and here's another 

671
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:05,800
principle. 
Here's another principle. 

672
00:42:08,100 --> 00:42:13,000
When joab, and his men arrived 
on the scene, the syrians, fled,

673
00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:17,200
the ammonites saw the syrians, 
they, they fled, and I can't 

674
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:18,900
help. 
But think this, if I was hand 

675
00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:21,900
noon who paid seventy five 
thousand pounds of silver, for 

676
00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:24,600
these guys to come in to help 
me, do what I desire to do, 

677
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:30,700
wouldn't you be disappointed? 
That's a letdown not one Arrow 

678
00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:32,600
was shot. 
Not once sword was swung 

679
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,100
nothing. 
Now, once Shield was lifted up, 

680
00:42:35,100 --> 00:42:38,700
they turned around and fled, 
that's pretty disappointing 

681
00:42:38,700 --> 00:42:40,000
stuff. 
And let me tell you, it's the 

682
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:44,200
same for sin sin will disappoint
you. 

683
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:51,800
Disobedience will disappoint. 
You pursuing what God says not 

684
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:57,800
to pursue will fail you and it's
a truth that we know from the 

685
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,300
beginning that that glistening 
Apple. 

686
00:43:01,300 --> 00:43:06,000
Well, it's not an apple, we 
don't know it's a fruit that 

687
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:11,800
fruit that promised so much. 
And it becoming bitter. 

688
00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:15,700
And when we think about 
Temptation, when we think about 

689
00:43:15,700 --> 00:43:18,600
all these different patterns and
life that our culture suggests, 

690
00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:22,000
it always asks, you throw away 
your, you throw away the 

691
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,500
strength of your you throw away 
your money, throw away your 

692
00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:27,500
time, throw away the blessings 
of God, right? 

693
00:43:27,700 --> 00:43:32,400
And so many people bite, and it 
bites back because when it comes

694
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,900
to the moments, where you think 
that that thing, that promise so

695
00:43:35,900 --> 00:43:40,000
much happiness is security and 
strength was going to deliver it

696
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,000
failed to execute the way you 
thought. 

697
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,200
That's exactly what we see here 
with a syrians and the 

698
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:51,400
ammonites, they expected so much
and they were LED down and Paul 

699
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:54,300
use that as an example, when 
he's preaching on Holiness, in 

700
00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:56,800
Romans 6, he says there in 
Romans 6. 

701
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,700
Hey, what fruit were you getting
at the time of the things of 

702
00:43:59,700 --> 00:44:03,100
which we are now ashamed? 
Like what benefit was there in 

703
00:44:03,100 --> 00:44:06,100
your previous life? 
And I always tell this to people

704
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,300
when you are tempted with a 
particular sin, may be a sin 

705
00:44:09,300 --> 00:44:12,700
that you crucified when you came
to Christ, don't think about It 

706
00:44:12,700 --> 00:44:16,500
makes you feel think about how I
let you down and let that live 

707
00:44:16,500 --> 00:44:19,200
before you. 
And so when that Temptation 

708
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,400
comes up, you say I can see 
right past through this mask and

709
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,200
I know what that is that it 
that's not an oasis. 

710
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,800
That's that's just a pile of 
sand. 

711
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:32,200
And so even we see here that 
though these men pursued greater

712
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,700
wickedness, thinking that it was
going to profit them and give 

713
00:44:35,700 --> 00:44:38,200
them Victory. 
And in fact turn to slap them in

714
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:40,200
the face. 
So it is with sin. 

715
00:44:41,100 --> 00:44:42,600
Now we come. 
And what do we see here in verse

716
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:46,100
15? 
Well, they fled the ammonites 

717
00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:48,000
fled. 
So, job goes back to Jerusalem 

718
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,700
and when he goes back to 
Jerusalem, something interesting

719
00:44:50,700 --> 00:44:53,600
happens, and we haven't read 
this yet together, but when the 

720
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,900
Syrian saw that they had been 
defeated by Israel, they 

721
00:44:56,900 --> 00:45:01,100
gathered themselves together and
how do they user sent and 

722
00:45:01,100 --> 00:45:03,900
brought out the syrians, who 
were beyond the Euphrates, they 

723
00:45:03,900 --> 00:45:06,900
came to helium, which show back 
the commander of the army of had

724
00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:09,400
a desert at their head. 
And when it was told David, he 

725
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,700
gathered all Israel together, 
and cross the Jordan, and he 

726
00:45:11,700 --> 00:45:14,200
came to heal, and the syrians 
are raised themselves. 

727
00:45:14,300 --> 00:45:16,700
Has against David and fought 
with him. 

728
00:45:20,900 --> 00:45:22,500
Let me pause here because I've 
been talking a lot. 

729
00:45:24,300 --> 00:45:27,300
What do you take from that with 
the theme of sin with the theme 

730
00:45:27,300 --> 00:45:29,600
of rebellion with the theme of 
wickedness with the theme of 

731
00:45:29,700 --> 00:45:31,500
stubbornness? 
What do you see here? 

732
00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:34,800
Well, job goes back and the 
syrians. 

733
00:45:34,900 --> 00:45:39,400
They gather themselves again, I 
think you're foolish, this is 

734
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:43,200
stupid. 
You know what, I see from that 

735
00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:46,700
before we're quick to criticize 
where we any different when we 

736
00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:51,100
were in sin. 
Are we any different? 

737
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:58,200
Since Spooks us and makes us 
just look absolutely absurd. 

738
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:02,500
We've embarrassed ourselves. 
We feel filthy. 

739
00:46:03,700 --> 00:46:07,600
We had a near-death experience, 
we severed so many 

740
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:11,300
relationships, and just like 
these men, the moment things. 

741
00:46:11,300 --> 00:46:12,300
Calm down. 
We go right. 

742
00:46:12,300 --> 00:46:14,100
Back to the vomit that we just 
threw up. 

743
00:46:15,900 --> 00:46:18,300
And sometimes we go even harder 
than when we did it first. 

744
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:23,400
So we see the stubbornness, we 
see the stubbornness of the 

745
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,000
syrians. 
No different than the 

746
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:29,200
stubbornness of The Sinner. 
Who will just put their head 

747
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,000
down and continue to Ram it 
against the same wall? 

748
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:38,000
and when I look at this, I think
to myself How can this be? 

749
00:46:39,500 --> 00:46:44,000
How can you go back to the very 
thing that spooked you, that 

750
00:46:44,300 --> 00:46:47,600
exposed your weakness and how 
small you were? 

751
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,000
Well, that's what happens when a
heart does not have the rule of 

752
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:56,700
Christ in it. 
Sin makes people stupid. 

753
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,100
Can I use that language? 
Is that okay? 

754
00:47:01,100 --> 00:47:05,700
It just makes people lose their 
judgment lose their ability to 

755
00:47:05,700 --> 00:47:09,700
reason and we're going to see 
that in the next chapter we're 

756
00:47:09,700 --> 00:47:13,200
going to talk about the sin of 
adultery Proverbs 6 tells us 

757
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:16,600
that he who does, it has no 
sense. 

758
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:19,700
Because they don't consider the 
consequences. 

759
00:47:19,700 --> 00:47:22,000
They don't consider what can 
happen as a result. 

760
00:47:23,100 --> 00:47:26,100
Of that. 
Law-breaking. 

761
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:29,500
And just like the sinner, 
doesn't matter. 

762
00:47:29,500 --> 00:47:31,800
If you were warned, doesn't 
matter if you escape death, it 

763
00:47:31,808 --> 00:47:33,800
doesn't matter if you've 
experienced serious loss, 

764
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:37,700
doesn't matter if you just 
doesn't matter what. 

765
00:47:37,700 --> 00:47:41,700
Fearful fate might come before, 
you have people who was Spring 

766
00:47:41,700 --> 00:47:46,600
right back into action, even 
after they realized that this 

767
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:52,100
can potentially destroy them, 
And what was the blow that they 

768
00:47:52,100 --> 00:47:54,300
would suffer? 
Look at Verse 18 and the syrians

769
00:47:54,300 --> 00:47:57,600
fled before, Israel, David 
killed of the syrians the men, 

770
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:02,900
seven hundred chariots, forty 
thousand Horsemen and wounded 

771
00:48:02,900 --> 00:48:05,700
shabak. 
The commander of the army so 

772
00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:12,900
that he died there. 
The chapter does Anne Enright. 

773
00:48:14,900 --> 00:48:19,200
It doesn't end because as crazy 
as these syrians are in this 

774
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:24,600
text, we can actually applaud 
them because they learned their 

775
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:29,600
lesson. 
They learned their lesson, Only 

776
00:48:29,700 --> 00:48:32,400
After experiencing a severe 
blow. 

777
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,200
And there's two things that they
did. 

778
00:48:36,900 --> 00:48:41,800
That was right. as a result of 
this failure, the first thing, 

779
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:49,300
Is here in verse. 19. 
And when all the kings who were 

780
00:48:49,300 --> 00:48:52,100
Servants of, how did, as our saw
that they had been defeated by 

781
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:54,700
Israel, they made peace with 
Israel. 

782
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:58,300
Good job should have done it 
earlier, but better late than 

783
00:48:58,300 --> 00:49:02,800
never, they made peace with 
Israel. 

784
00:49:03,900 --> 00:49:05,400
You want to know the second 
thing? 

785
00:49:07,100 --> 00:49:09,200
And became subject to them. 
Here it is. 

786
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:13,800
So the syrians were afraid to 
save the ammonites anymore. 

787
00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:20,700
We will no longer associate with
you ammonites anymore because 

788
00:49:20,700 --> 00:49:24,200
every time we hang out with you 
you just lead us into greater 

789
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:25,500
trouble. 
We're done. 

790
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:35,800
Okay, I'm going to end here. 
oftentimes, What it takes for 

791
00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:40,000
The Sinner to make peace with 
the son of David, who is Jesus 

792
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:45,100
Christ, and to cut themselves 
off from the influences of sin. 

793
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:51,400
Is to get burned. 
It's only after you get beaten 

794
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:54,800
up by your decisions in 
Rebellion. 

795
00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:00,100
And not just light Taps because 
then got a light tap, the light 

796
00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:02,500
tap was just as they were 
fearful and they ran off the 

797
00:50:02,500 --> 00:50:06,200
site of job and those Mighty Men
was terrifying enough and it 

798
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,000
caused him to run in the other 
direction but it wasn't until 

799
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:14,900
the syrians new serious loss. 
That they change their ways, 

800
00:50:15,500 --> 00:50:22,300
this breaks my heart but it's 
true. unfortunately, for some A 

801
00:50:22,300 --> 00:50:26,500
sermon won't mean anything until
they're crushed by life. 

802
00:50:29,500 --> 00:50:32,000
And I see this particularly with
young people when I go and I 

803
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,700
speak at youth conferences. 
Most difficult audience to deal 

804
00:50:35,700 --> 00:50:37,800
with because they haven't been 
through life long enough. 

805
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:41,500
That's that's what really it is.
I think I've seen you have seen 

806
00:50:41,500 --> 00:50:45,100
young people fall on their knees
and cry and repent, genuinely 

807
00:50:45,100 --> 00:50:47,400
and change their course, because
of the grace of God. 

808
00:50:47,700 --> 00:50:51,200
And I've seen other people, 
there's just the smugness and 

809
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:55,100
there's this a sense of I am 
Invincible, you're 18. 

810
00:50:57,100 --> 00:51:02,400
Just live a little bit longer. 
Once you have to leave your 

811
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:05,000
house and you can't eat, mom's 
home-cooked meals and you don't 

812
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:07,000
have a nice bed warmed and ready
for you. 

813
00:51:07,100 --> 00:51:11,500
Once you go on to the real 
world, And you're no longer have

814
00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:13,800
to be forced to come into 
church, and you actually have to

815
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:17,300
make decisions on your own and 
Satan is right there waiting to 

816
00:51:17,300 --> 00:51:20,700
give his options to you. 
Just wait till then, just wait 

817
00:51:20,700 --> 00:51:27,400
till then, and so, Sometimes 
what God will do? 

818
00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:29,800
Instead of giving you a sermon 
is put you on a sick bed. 

819
00:51:31,900 --> 00:51:35,000
It doesn't have to be that way, 
but he can do it that way. 

820
00:51:36,100 --> 00:51:41,900
He can, he can and he has broken
many bones and I'm not talking 

821
00:51:41,900 --> 00:51:44,300
about, I'm not talking about 
psalmist language. 

822
00:51:44,300 --> 00:51:46,300
Here of what it feels like to be
convicted of sin. 

823
00:51:46,500 --> 00:51:48,300
I'm talking about real broken 
bones. 

824
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:55,100
And if you think, I'm coming up 
with my own ideas here, I want 

825
00:51:55,100 --> 00:51:58,000
you to, I want you to see what 
I'm saying, and the final verse 

826
00:51:58,100 --> 00:52:00,800
versus of our study tonight, 
it's in the Book of Job. 

827
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:06,800
It's in chapter 33, And I want 
you to see what is said here. 

828
00:52:08,900 --> 00:52:20,200
About the ways of God. 
Job is very tricky book to teach

829
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:24,300
from because a lot of the things
that job's friends say were 

830
00:52:24,300 --> 00:52:29,100
right, but applied wrongly and 
some things are off. 

831
00:52:29,100 --> 00:52:31,600
So you have to be, you have to 
be very careful of how you teach

832
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:35,500
and preach from The Book of Job.
And the best way to know what to

833
00:52:35,500 --> 00:52:39,200
use is to see how the rest of 
the scripture uses that same 

834
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:42,200
truth, right? 
But look at Job 33. 

835
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:45,000
Verse 9 that I think this is 
incredibly insightful and verse 

836
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:50,000
19. 
We read man is also rebuked with

837
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:56,200
pain on his bed and with 
continual Strife in his bones. 

838
00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:00,100
Who's doing the rebuking here? 
God is doing the rebuking here. 

839
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:08,800
So that his life loads bread, 
meaning your so battered that 

840
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:13,600
you have no appetite. 
And his appetite the choices 

841
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:19,200
food. 
His flesh is so wasted away that

842
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:25,000
it cannot be seen. 
And his bones that were not seen

843
00:53:25,500 --> 00:53:29,300
stick out. 
Remember what I told you it's 

844
00:53:29,300 --> 00:53:31,600
often it's not the light tops in
life. 

845
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:36,500
That get our attention. 
It's the major interventions. 

846
00:53:37,900 --> 00:53:43,300
Look at verse 22, his soul draws
near the pit and his life to 

847
00:53:43,300 --> 00:53:47,400
those who bring death. 
This is serious. 

848
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:53,500
And the spirit is attributing, 
this as a work of God that God 

849
00:53:53,500 --> 00:53:59,300
can rebuke a man in such a way 
to get his attention to get his 

850
00:53:59,300 --> 00:54:01,300
attention. 
Notice the words in verse 19 

851
00:54:01,300 --> 00:54:04,400
carefully men is also rebuked 
meaning. 

852
00:54:04,500 --> 00:54:08,500
This is just one of his ways of 
rebuking, And I think that this 

853
00:54:08,500 --> 00:54:11,200
kind of rebuking is reserved for
the ones who win their rebuked 

854
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:13,100
in this way. 
Right? 

855
00:54:13,300 --> 00:54:17,500
Hey, hey, repent, be careful 
surrender. 

856
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:20,800
Time is short when they don't 
get that rebuke. 

857
00:54:22,100 --> 00:54:23,200
That's fine. 
I can listen. 

858
00:54:25,100 --> 00:54:28,800
And he allows Providence to have
his way and he brings a man or a

859
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:32,000
woman to the very brink of death
itself. 

860
00:54:33,700 --> 00:54:35,300
You read the remaining versus 
you can do that on your own 

861
00:54:35,300 --> 00:54:37,000
time. 
There's a Redemptive element to 

862
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:39,600
this but look at verse 29, 
quickly. 

863
00:54:41,300 --> 00:54:46,400
Why does God do this behold? 
God does all these things just 

864
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:48,600
in case you thought I was adding
that. 

865
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:54,400
Twice. 
Three times with a man. 

866
00:54:55,100 --> 00:54:57,000
So patient. 
And you about tells me how 

867
00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:02,000
stubborn of us, I've had a 
handful of conversations, with 

868
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:05,600
people who reached out to me, to
ask me. 

869
00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:08,900
I need to sit with you, I need 
to tell you what happened to me,

870
00:55:08,900 --> 00:55:11,000
it's a fine. 
Come sit, they sit with me and 

871
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,200
they tell me of how they almost 
died near it, car accident near 

872
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:17,400
death, experience, something, 
whatever overdose. 

873
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,600
I don't know what it is so many 
different things and they look 

874
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:21,700
at me and you can see this 
concern on their face. 

875
00:55:21,900 --> 00:55:24,700
How they've come so close to 
meeting their maker. 

876
00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:30,600
Only for the gospel to be given 
to them for them, to be somewhat

877
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,800
receptive, to it, to get back 
and to never be seen again. 

878
00:55:36,100 --> 00:55:38,800
Behold. 
God does all these things twice 

879
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:41,600
three times with the same 
person. 

880
00:55:43,900 --> 00:55:46,900
You know, there's some people 
who just like won't die even 

881
00:55:46,900 --> 00:55:49,900
though they should be dead. 
I know a couple of those people 

882
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:54,400
say how are you alive? 
You fell off that roof. 

883
00:55:54,700 --> 00:55:57,900
You got hit by this car and 
they're just, they don't know. 

884
00:55:57,900 --> 00:56:00,200
And it's like, oh well what do 
you need to wake up, man? 

885
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,100
Right twice. 
Three times with a man for what 

886
00:56:03,100 --> 00:56:06,400
purpose verse 32. 
Bring his soul from the pit, 

887
00:56:07,100 --> 00:56:08,400
see, God is willing to crush 
you. 

888
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:12,600
Now, before you spend eternity 
away from him suffering, under 

889
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:16,100
his judgment under his Wrath, 
that's why it hurts me. 

890
00:56:16,100 --> 00:56:19,100
Sometimes, when people really 
have the strong stance about 

891
00:56:19,100 --> 00:56:21,600
suffering in the world. 
Well, how can God do this and 

892
00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:24,300
how can God allow this? 
Well, listen, if you keep it in 

893
00:56:24,300 --> 00:56:26,300
light of Eternity, you're not 
going to have that much 

894
00:56:26,300 --> 00:56:29,100
objection. 
When you realize the suffering 

895
00:56:29,100 --> 00:56:32,200
in this life, oftentimes is 
God's megaphone to get the 

896
00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:34,500
attention of a generation. 
Then you're going to understand 

897
00:56:34,500 --> 00:56:37,400
that suffering in light of 
Eternity is actually merciful, 

898
00:56:38,300 --> 00:56:41,200
it's merciful. 
I know that's controversial but 

899
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:45,200
I believe this book not popular 
opinion and so we see here that 

900
00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:48,300
he does it to bring his soul 
from pit from the pit that he 

901
00:56:48,300 --> 00:56:49,900
may be lighted with the light of
Life. 

902
00:56:49,900 --> 00:56:52,700
Yes, he will make your days dark
so that you could come to this 

903
00:56:52,700 --> 00:56:59,300
light of life. 
Does he have two with some? 

904
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:04,100
Can God avoid using this? 
Absolutely. 

905
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:06,500
It's contingent upon the 
hardness of your heart though. 

906
00:57:06,700 --> 00:57:12,400
Look back at verse 14 for God, 
speaks in one way and into 

907
00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:14,800
though, men does not perceive 
it. 

908
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:21,100
What with the what this text is 
saying is God, has many ways of 

909
00:57:21,100 --> 00:57:25,200
communicating to people. 
That's not to say that the word 

910
00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:28,800
of God is not sufficient, is 
that God uses the truth of the 

911
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,400
word of God. 
To be made known to you through 

912
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:35,500
different Avenues, including 
sticking you on a sick bed. 

913
00:57:38,500 --> 00:57:40,200
To help you realize that you 
are. 

914
00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:43,600
But a man you are but dust and 
Ashes. 

915
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:49,300
I hope that everyone in here 
knows the Lord. 

916
00:57:49,500 --> 00:57:53,300
I trust that. 
Especially for those that I 

917
00:57:53,308 --> 00:57:59,300
know. but maybe somebody will 
watch this Bible study months 

918
00:57:59,300 --> 00:58:01,100
from now weeks or not, maybe 
they're watching right now or 

919
00:58:01,100 --> 00:58:04,400
maybe you're in this place and I
don't know you and You don't 

920
00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:10,300
know Jesus. 
God speaks in one way into 

921
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:12,000
though. 
Men does not perceive it. 

922
00:58:13,900 --> 00:58:20,500
I don't want you to have to get 
beaten up by sin before you 

923
00:58:20,500 --> 00:58:27,200
realize you need a savior Why 
don't you realize it now and 

924
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:29,500
perceive that in God's 
Providence? 

925
00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:32,000
He's getting your attention 
tonight? 

926
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,500
Yeah. 
Yeah. 

927
00:58:36,100 --> 00:58:37,800
That he really wants to save 
you. 

928
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:42,800
And make a treaty with you and 
be an alliance with you and 

929
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:45,700
adopt you and redeem, you and 
fill you with his spirit. 

930
00:58:45,700 --> 00:58:49,000
So that not only, would you be 
safe from his wrath, but that 

931
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:52,800
like we heard earlier, you would
be conformed to his son's image.

932
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:59,200
So that even in moments where 
you know that you would act in a

933
00:58:59,207 --> 00:59:02,600
certain way, had it not been for
Christ, he would receive so much

934
00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:07,400
glory in your life. 
And so, we conclude today with a

935
00:59:07,400 --> 00:59:11,200
very, very sobering. 
Reality of not just the syrians,

936
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:16,300
but if Sinners oftentimes, The 
Sinner needs to be awakened. 

937
00:59:17,900 --> 00:59:20,600
To realize I need to make peace 
with my God. 

938
00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:23,700
And I need to do this ready for 
this. 

939
00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:30,800
Some of you, your fellowship 
will not be distasteful and 

940
00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:35,500
Until you realize the heartache 
of what it's like to be with 

941
00:59:35,500 --> 00:59:39,000
somebody who's not in Christ 
relationally and in friendships,

942
00:59:41,300 --> 00:59:45,100
Right. 
They told the ammonites were 

943
00:59:45,100 --> 00:59:47,900
done here. 
We're done here. 

944
00:59:47,900 --> 00:59:50,300
Why don't you just trust God's 
wisdom beforehand? 

945
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:54,000
Why don't you just trust God's 
wisdom before hand before you 

946
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:56,700
see what somebody who is not 
yoked to Christ? 

947
00:59:56,700 --> 01:00:00,100
Can do to you who was and who is
yoke to Christ? 

948
01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:06,600
Avoid it, avoid it now. 
With all that being said, let's 

949
01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:35,500
pray. 
Lord, we ask you that the truths

950
01:00:35,500 --> 01:00:38,000
that we heard in this this 
study. 

951
01:00:39,300 --> 01:00:41,800
Would be chained around our 
hearts. 

952
01:00:48,500 --> 01:00:56,000
And we ask Lord that. 
All these principles. 

953
01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:01,600
Would play out in real life 
situations. 

954
01:01:03,100 --> 01:01:09,800
We are forgetful. 
We we are creatures that need to

955
01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:11,800
hear the same truth over and 
over again. 

956
01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:15,900
But we just pray fully with 
genuine hearts. 

957
01:01:15,900 --> 01:01:19,400
Lord, we ask that your Holy 
Spirit would keep us from losing

958
01:01:19,400 --> 01:01:21,900
sight of what we saw in your 
word. 

959
01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:26,900
And Lord, for the person who 
doesn't really know you. 

960
01:01:28,800 --> 01:01:30,900
And they're not even concerned 
about knowing you because 

961
01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:33,200
they're very comfortable in 
life. 

962
01:01:34,500 --> 01:01:37,600
Although we just pray that you 
would have mercy on them to get 

963
01:01:37,600 --> 01:01:41,400
their attention in any way 
possible, if it will open them 

964
01:01:41,400 --> 01:01:47,000
up to giving their souls to you.
And Lord for us as a church and 

965
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:49,000
for the different Ministries 
represented here. 

966
01:01:50,100 --> 01:01:53,300
May we implement the wisdom of 
David and actual Warfare and our

967
01:01:53,300 --> 01:01:57,600
spiritual warfare to be quick to
see temptation. 

968
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:03,500
And to deal with it to be quick 
to see potential trouble in our 

969
01:02:03,500 --> 01:02:08,200
relationships. 
And to deal with it, to confront

970
01:02:08,200 --> 01:02:11,900
it to communicate it. 
Lord, we need you and so many 

971
01:02:11,900 --> 01:02:16,700
things we need you. 
And Lord, When sin temps us, and

972
01:02:16,700 --> 01:02:19,700
it may even tempt us. 
The very moment, we say, Amen, 

973
01:02:19,700 --> 01:02:23,400
to this prayer, sin is right 
there to whisper in our hearts. 

974
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:28,100
may we never forget that 
unrepentant, sin will always 

975
01:02:28,100 --> 01:02:32,300
lead us into greater more 
Unthinkable sin and unrepentant,

976
01:02:32,300 --> 01:02:37,600
sin will always bring with it a 
price that we don't want to pay 

977
01:02:37,900 --> 01:02:44,000
but we will have to pay So Lord 
as we go into this dark evil 

978
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:48,900
lying world, may your truth be 
louder than every other voice 

979
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:55,600
and finally met this brief study
cause us to see the value of one

980
01:02:55,600 --> 01:03:00,300
another and to say I'm here for 
you, would you be here for me? 

981
01:03:01,300 --> 01:03:04,200
And when I'm weak, would you not
judge me and hurt me? 

982
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:07,800
But would you list me up? 
And when you're weak, I will be 

983
01:03:07,800 --> 01:03:10,200
there to pray for you to speak 
to you too. 

984
01:03:10,800 --> 01:03:12,100
Help you in any way that you 
need. 

985
01:03:12,100 --> 01:03:16,100
Lord, may that be the culture of
Maranatha, Bible Church. 

986
01:03:16,500 --> 01:03:18,600
And every other church, that is 
visiting here. 

987
01:03:19,700 --> 01:03:23,300
We give you glory and we sing to
you because your word is 

988
01:03:23,300 --> 01:03:28,600
incredible and you are awesome 
and so receive our praise on 

989
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:31,400
this Friday evening in Jesus 
name. 

990
01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:34,900
Amen, let's stand church, let's 
Worship the Lord.