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if we can just to start a little
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again and stand again, And let's
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church. 
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regular thing. 
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obviously, but we're living in 
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bring that up, my intent is for 
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reality of our day. 
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to bring do more Gloom, but to 
realize that God has called us 

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to stand in the Gap as the 
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I know many people in here, have
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own Temptations, their own 
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And see that there are those who
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eternity. 
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at an accelerating rate and I 
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much time the church in the west
will have to be able to proclaim

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the truth as freely as we are 
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And God can change that. 
God can change that, but I look 

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to the north and I see Canada, 
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many times, and I Look to our 
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education system and even the 
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and if our hearts are not moved 
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said this, you may disagree with
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Now more than ever, he's a 
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But he said, if the church and 
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concentrate on prayer. 
They will soon. 

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Pray in concentration camps, 
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You'd be amazed to know how 
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And so before we enter into a 
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and study it together, maybe 
call out to God. 

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Maybe maybe respond to that 
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worship. 
Set seek me, I did not say to my

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people. 
Jacob seek me in vain. 

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Let's seek the Lord Lord. 
We come before you in this place

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tonight. 
God almighty. 

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Lord, our hearts are stirred. 
Lord, our hearts are broken. 

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Low. 
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we see depravity and wickedness.
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Lord we see that. 
There's so much compromise, so 

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much attack upon the truth. 
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have mercy on the United States 
of America. 

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Lord, we ask that you would pour
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Lord, you have brought to Great 
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Coast-to-Coast. 
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One that would revive your 
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One that would provide the truth
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pulpits. 
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have mercy upon our government. 
O Lord, we see our children and 

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what they are being exposed to 
by wicked men who have power and

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authority to determine laws. 
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God. 
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you and we know that he hates 
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namely us. 
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image of God and destroy the 
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you would save our government 
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them. 
That you would send an avalanche

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of conviction Lord upon those 
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to determine laws. 
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we would stand firm in the 
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No matter what compromise? 
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threats, Lord, Jesus. 
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persecution is on the horizon, 
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the west would stand. 
Strong stand. 

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Firm would not Bend. 
The Neo God and we pray for this

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local assembly that as we come 
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truth, that it would penetrate 
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strong in the faith. 
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be faithful unto you when it 
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The most Lord, we ask for our 
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spirit of God, May the spirit of
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the word and Lord may it 
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Practical Christian Living Lord.
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to be convicted. 
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need to be comforted and we 
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the wisdom of God, we would 
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And that Lord, we would have our
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you for you are worthy. 
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Lord of all that we have and all
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name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 
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Amen. 
Amen. 

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You may be seated. 
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is our text today in our Bible 
study through this book. 

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Second Samuel chapter two. 
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about this chapter. 
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realize that it is a pivotal 
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King David. 
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many, many chapters, many, many 
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been studying David, The 
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not a legitimate fugitive but 
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because of Injustice and 
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had power and authority to make 
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blameless a fugitive, at least 
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But what's going to happen here 
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Fugitive are coming to an end. 
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something is going to begin. 
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Fugitive anymore, it is going to
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to the throne. 
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throne that he was anointed to 
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elevated and exalted to that 
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had determined, because he had 
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after his own. 
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what's amazing is, we took weeks
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point, but in actuality it was 
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took years for him to arrive to 
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overarching theme of those 
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can rightly say that it would be
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greater responsibility in his 
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Listen, the Lord does not train 
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methods. 
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He takes his time. 
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endure similar trials to try to 
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until it is embedded in our 
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creative and using different 
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to carve in you and me a 
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Listen, a character that will be
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that come with promotion. the 
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greater opportunity that the 
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greater influence, God takes his
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longevity. 
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longevity in Holiness and 
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Of who God is and he wants to 
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We've had way too many Falls as 
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leaders and these past few years
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that, which we will not get into
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But as David here is graduating 
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God's school where you and I 
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the previous training was 
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The previous training from his 
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moment will prove to be 
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wonderful fruit from David as a 
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After this David, inquired of 
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of the cities of Judah and the 
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David said to, which shall I go 
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Also I had no him of just real 
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caramel And David brought up his
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with his household and they 
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the men of Judah came and there,
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the house of Judah. 
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The first two verses after this,
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after the news had arrived to 
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sworn enemy has been put to 
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They Mourn. 
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humility. 
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I love Force, although he was 
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after this the time of morning 
has come to an end because there

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was still a program to fulfill 
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And David was the man for that 
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remarkably after this after the 
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removed. 
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out for David to just 
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It seems walk up to that Throne 
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fulfilling. calling, he does 
something, he does something 

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quite inspiring exemplary, he 
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and he does what he prays. 
He seeks the Lord. 

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David doesn't jump ahead of 
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There's an assumed that this is 
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Just take advantage of David 
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and wait on the Lord and sense. 
God's leading precisely of how 

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he should move forward in this. 
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tells us that the Old Testament 
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illustration of how you. 
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serve the Lord, should be 
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God, especially when there are 
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our lives, new opportunities, 
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You'd be amazed to know how how 
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said to just walk and to pray 
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inviting God's wisdom, into the 
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dependency upon the Lord. 
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figure it out because it seems 
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And great humility stops. 
And he seeks, god, with what 

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would seem to us as something as
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It's there, it's, it's prepared 
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You know what it is. 
You know what to do. 

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He doesn't, he doesn't assume 
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And I think that's incredible 
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his life circumstances around 
this this moment that make it 

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even more inspirational. 
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about you've been here week 
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Think about how long this man 
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Think about the agonizing 
Wilderness season, think about 

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the moments of Doubt, think 
about the pain that he inherited

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just by trusting God for years 
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Now is evaporated because the 
dawn of God's promise being 

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fulfilled has now come and yet 
with all of that, he still comes

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to the place where he says, 
Lord, what do I do? 

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What do I do from here? 
Where do you want me to go? 

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How do we, how do we move 
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And I think that's amazing to 
see because there are many 

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people again, as I said earlier,
Who move on without the Lord? 

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Who move on without the Lord so 
so easily without his counsel 

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without considering him. 
And David was not, not that type

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of man. 
And we see secondly, something 

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else, consider the atmosphere 
consider the environment that he

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was in when he sought the Lord. 
Where was David praying from? 

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Who remembers? 
What location was he in? 

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He was among the Philistines but
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Ziklag, what was ziklag at this 
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Was it a standing town? 
Was that a standing City or was 

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it? 
Burnt ash? 

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It was burnt to the ground. 
This is a very uncomfortable 

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scene. 
There's nothing promising, 

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there's no life here. 
It's not even habitable It's so 

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the awkwardness of the moment 
that the difficulty of the 

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moment, the the atmosphere that 
promise nothing Tim would make, 

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anybody anxious to say let's 
just get out of here and yet 

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despite the fact that the 
predicament he was in had no 

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promise from it didn't even make
sense to even remain there. 

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It's to some it would say, why 
would you even pray? 

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Your home is burnt to the 
ground? 

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You have nowhere to sleep. 
You have you have nothing to do 

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here, David still? 
He's still inquires of the Lord,

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he still stops to seek God and 
he'd not going to move until God

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says to move. 
And I find that extremely 

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comforting and encouraging for 
me because there are many 

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Christians who are under the 
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where they are, unless what 
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their liking. unless it all 
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ready to move on to something 
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that would be a shame. 
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how God would instruct you to 
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natural doesn't make sense to 
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And you would be amazed to know 
how God would tell you to rise 

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up and go somewhere when a 
natural it doesn't make sense to

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leave. 
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leave. 
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in scripture and one of the 
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Paul wrote to Timothy in that 
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Pastoral Epistles and Timothy 
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church at least at that point 
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People were doing things. 
There was no structure, heresy 

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was coming in. 
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first thing that Paul charges 
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in mind, Is in the first few 
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he says, as I urge you when I 
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at Ephesus. 
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Maybe because Timothy was 
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remain here. 
People think I'm young people 

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think I shouldn't be in the 
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I'm in people disrespecting me. 
That's chaos. 

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People are doing this. 
People are doing that. 

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People are threatening. 
I'm out of here and yet Paul 

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says remain stay exactly where 
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God has called you to be there 
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I am charging you to stay there 
and to fight at the poor in and 

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to plant, and to do what you 
need to do until God makes it 

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clear otherwise You'd be amazed 
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settings. 
It can get so difficult and the 

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easiest thing to do and I'm 
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know who serve the Lord, and 
it's challenging at times. 

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The easiest thing to do is to 
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And there are times where the 
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difference is when you do what 
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stops and says Lord everything 
is to dust here and it would 

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make sense for me to move on. 
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What do you want me to do? 
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That you want me to be? 
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example. 
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the revivalist. 
He goes to Sumerian. 

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He preaches and crowds are 
coming to Christ Miracles are 

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happening, Revival is in 
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the midst of that, and the 
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spirit. 
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We read in Acts 8 at the angel, 
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Philip rise. 
Get up and go toward the south 

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of the road that goes from 
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leave. 
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Are you sure? 
The Lord there is a move of God 

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Is this really the time now to 
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to a Wilderness of all places 
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how God would tell you to leave.
To move on. 

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When you have the comfort of 
your family, when you have such 

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wonderful fellowship with 
people, and an amazing Ministry 

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that you are a part of and yet 
the Lord needs you to be 

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somewhere else. 
How do we ensure that we are in 

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step with God? 
We'll just do what David did. 

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You met many people who want to 
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What am I supposed to do? 
Here's, here's what I can give 

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you a cording to the scripture 
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now, but in First Corinthians 7,
Paul gives very practical advice

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to those who had that same 
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I'm not circumcised. 
Should I be circumcised now that

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I come to Christ and their 
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things and he says remain as you
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In other words, do what you're 
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it obvious for you to do 
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That's all You see this with 
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they get saved. 
And what everybody who gets 

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saved wants to be a missionary 
to Africa, it seems I want to 

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serve the Lord, I want to go 
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Wonderful. 
I'm not mocking that. 

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I'm not I'm not bringing that 
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sometimes, we're so eager to 
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That God wants us to be to the 
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the moment and that would be 
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What the Lord would say through 
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By example, and by clear 
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are. 
Stay exactly where you are until

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the Lord makes it clear. 
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for you to fulfill his will for 
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Sometimes we try to convince 
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convincing God that we want, his
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his will more than you do. 
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in the way he leads and speaks 
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But look at the second part of 
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inquired of the Lord shall I go 
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Judah and the Lord said him go 
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go up? 
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God's answer to this prayer? 
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answer. 
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Lord's answer? 
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okay, so you said something, he 
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He wasn't specific, he says go 
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He asks again? 
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location to where he's supposed 
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Here's what I'm seeing, I'm 
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honest before the Lord in his 
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wouldn't you give the whole 
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Why wouldn't you just say 
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God leads us. 
He doesn't give you all the 

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answers at at once. 
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God can give you the entire 
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that you have about your life. 
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how to keep his children near to
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And God is very wise and knowing
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aware of your dependency upon 
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tomorrows. 
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that? 
He veils all the answers. 

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And he allows you to come to him
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that we would not just Ask him 
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also pursue him and worship him 
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and adore him. 
God knows how to keep us near. 

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He does it in many ways. 
Sometimes affliction. 

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I'm blessed by that because even
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all the answers for his life and
so I should not fret and I 

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should not be frustrated because
I don't understand the next what

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next week is going to bring or 
how this is all going to play 

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out. 
All I'm called to do my 

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responsibilities to sit at his 
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many times as they need to come 
before him and to trust that his

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responsibilities to make it 
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it clear. 
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Because you and I have no reason
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This is how God does it with 
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woman with the best of them. 
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ensure God's leadership is to do
exactly what David is doing. 

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What is he doing? 
He prayed once that he stopped 

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praying. 
Didn't know he prays Again. 

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David perpetually prays, he 
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that is the, that is the 
spiritual discipline that 

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eliminates any fear. 
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many people of God, that that do
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will of God, even for a moment. 
Praise the Lord for that. 

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It may give to you. 
What a friend told to me that, 

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the very fear of being outside 
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evidence that you are probably 
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Center in it. 
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seeking him, Lord, I want to 
know what you have and I want to

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be in your will Lord. 
I'm not looking for an audible 

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voice. 
I'm not looking for a sign in 

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the heavens. 
I'm just looking for you. 

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Even providentially to guide my 
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faithful to lead you. 
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fear in your life that you will 
miss out on what God has planned

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for your life. not if there's no
seeking of God and if there's 

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this idea that that God needs me
and God you know I'm doing God a

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favor and I fear for you But for
the man that just says, oh Lord,

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please day by day God, I want to
be where you are. 

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I want to be exactly where you 
want me to be. 

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As you heard earlier. 
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And I think that is an exciting 
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verse like this, how God leads 
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leadership in our lives. 
Do you have that conversation 

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with the Lord? 
Is that how it looks like in 

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your life? 
Lord, I want to be exactly where

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you want me to be pleased or 
whatever. 

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Whatever you need to do with my 
short breath of an existence, 

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please, don't let me waste it. 
Please Lord guide me. 

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He will do it. 
Now, let's look what we see 

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here. 
So David went up there and we 

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That his wives are mentioned and
that the men who had traveled 

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with him into the Wilderness are
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Again, the way to Revelation in 
the word of God is having a 

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conversation with the text so to
speak. 

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And you ask the question. 
Why is it we know who's with 

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David? 
We know we've seen it over and 

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over. 
Why are we being told even by 

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name that they're going back 
with them? 

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And I believe, at least one 
application is that these men 

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and his family, those who chose 
to be associated with David, 

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when it was the most difficult 
when I was, it was the most 

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costly. 
Are now going to reap the reward

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as David now is about to be 
elevated to a prominent 

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position. 
They too will know a sense of 

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exaltation. 
And all of those difficulties 

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and all of those sleeping on 
rocks and not knowing what 

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you're going to eat and all the 
fear of Saul coming and 

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attacking with his 3,000 men, 
all of that will be a distant 

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memory as David now is about to 
ascend to the throne and that is

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a picture of our relationship 
with the Lord Jesus Christ. 

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There is a Time coming, a you 
and I will be elevated. 

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Will be exalted will be rewarded
and all the things that we have 

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to do now because we are 
associated with his name, the 

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son of David, all the attacks, 
all the hatred, all the slander,

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all the evil. 
All of that will be a distant 

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memory as we will enjoy, the 
glory of God, in the person of 

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Jesus Christ. 
As he will rule and Reign on 

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this Earth, forever and ever and
ever, and ever. 

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What am I trying to say to you 
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My fellow Pilgrim is what I'm 
trying to tell you. 

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Some of you look weary, I hope 
you're not weary in the heart, 

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it's going to be worth it. 
It's going to be worth it. 

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You fight that Temptation, you 
stand firm in your conviction. 

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And you will know the great joy.
You will know the great drawing 

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Christ calls you by name. 
And you will look back and you 

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will realize exactly what Paul 
said about the severe 

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Affliction. 
He knew he was he was bold 

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enough to say it's a light, 
momentary affliction. 

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And that is certainly true. 
David was not the only one who 

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was going to go up, those who 
chose to be with David when it 

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was not popular to be with 
David, we're also going up and I

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think that's a wonderful 
glorious thing for us to 

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consider about our walk with the
Lord. 

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There's a song I don't know if 
people know it it's an old song 

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so most likely not I'm not going
to sing it for you. 

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Sorry. 
But that one line I can repeat 

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it over and over it will all be 
worth it when we see Jesus. 

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It will all be worth it when we 
see Jesus. 

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Look at verse 4 and the men of 
Judah came and there. 

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They anointed David King over 
the house of Judah. 

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What do you notice about that 
verse read it carefully and the 

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men of Judah came and there. 
They anointed David King over 

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the house of Judah. 
This is first of all David's 

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first public anointing. 
What was his first private? 

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Anointing first Samuel, does 
anybody remember the chapter 16?

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That was his first private 
anointing? 

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This is his first public 
anointing. 

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There's going to be another 
public anointing in a few 

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chapters. 
But one thing to notice here, 

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another another exemplary thing 
from David's character, as David

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arrives to have brown, we are 
told in the verse before they 

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being him and his people lived 
in the towns of Hebron. 

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You and I would expect that in 
going to Hebron as God, 

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highlighted that being the 
headquarters at least 

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temporarily for his throne. 
He does not seize any throne. 

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He comes, he lives in the towns 
and he waits for what the men of

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Judah came and there. 
They anointed David, they came 

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to David and they anointed him, 
they elevated him, they promoted

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him. 
And what we make of this is an 

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amazing illustration to 
practical Christianity. 

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If you haven't noticed the 
intent of this Bible study more 

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than anything else is to 
translate these truths. 

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It's for practical Christian 
Living. 

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And here's another thing to 
consider. 

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This is important for those who 
are eager to serve the Lord. 

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Who want to be consistently in 
the will of God and be used for 

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the most that God would have 
them be used for there is a 

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Temptation among the ambitious 
within the kingdom of God to 

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grab opportunities. 
Or to force doors to be open for

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either promotion. 
Or for a platform for a title. 

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Instead of Simply resting and 
trusting that if God called you,

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God will make it come to pass. 
Listen, very, very important. 

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Though David was anointed by 
Samuel and those Saul was 

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removed from the scene as he 
comes to this place. 

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He does not take hold of the 
throne with his own hands. 

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There is a complete trust that 
if God has really anointed me 

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for this, then God will make it 
known to these people that I am 

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the one who's to be king over 
them. 

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You know what that's called. 
Called many things. 

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I'll use the word a t. 
KET This is humility. 

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This is very important to God. 
So important is it to God? 

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That Jesus Christ himself taught
on it to a certain degree when 

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he was in a room filled with 
people who lived for the best 

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seat of the house and to be 
recognized by those wherever 

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they enter into. 
Do you remember when he taught 

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about that? 
If you don't go to the Gospel of

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Luke with me and see it? 
this is, this is to spare you 

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and I from inheriting, shame and
embarrassment as a consequence 

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because again, Even among the 
redeem, there is this temptation

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for some that needs to be tamed 
of trying to promote ourselves. 

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And Luke 14. 
What do we see in Luke 14? 

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Jesus says here, beginning in 
verse 7. 

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Now, he told a parable to those 
who are invited when he noticed,

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how they chose the places of 
Honor saying to them. 

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When you are invited by someone 
to a wedding Feast, Do not sit 

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down in a place of honor. 
Let someone more distinguished 

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than you, be invited by him and 
he who invited you? 

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Both will come and say to you, 
give your place to this person 

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and then you will begin with 
shame to take the lowest place. 

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But when you are invited going, 
sit in the lowest place, so that

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when your host comes, he may say
to you. 

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Move up higher. 
Then you will be honored in the 

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presence of all who sit at table
with you for everyone who exalts

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himself will be humbled and he 
who humbles himself will be 

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exalted. 
I love the Lord. 

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This is important to him. 
And he Longs for his people to 

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reflect him and every detail of 
life. do you realize that the 

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Lord, our Lord, our Master 
deserves and deserved even then 

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while on the earth the highest 
honor, the highest praise And 

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yet, he willfully chose the 
lowest. 

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To become obedient as a slave to
the point of death and not even 

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just death, but death on a 
cross, the most humiliating and 

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the most gruesome. 
Way of dying. 

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And even in his life Christ, 
willfully chose the lowest 

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place. 
He chose to take upon himself to

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act as the lowest type of slave,
who would wash the feet of of 

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men who walked through the 
desert streets collecting dust 

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and their toes, who would enter 
into the house? 

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Take off their shoes, and then 
wash them. 

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Jesus Longs for his people to 
reflect him and what he's 

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essentially saying here is 
listen, there is no need my 

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child. 
To manipulate to coerce to 

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trumpet yourself, to push to 
shove, and to do anything, to 

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try to get you into a better 
position or a better 

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opportunity. 
Because all we really do while 

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doing that is positioning 
ourselves to be humbled, by God,

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that's all you're really doing. 
That's all I'm really doing. 

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No matter what we think, we're 
trying to gain all were really 

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doing is the one who has the 
Sovereign ability, throughout 

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the globe, to raise up and bring
down to do the same to us. 

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Listen. 
The most satisfying experience 

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of any type of Honor in this 
life is knowing that God is the 

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one who elevates you. 
God is the one who promotes you 

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and I've seen in my life. 
Personally, why a parable like 

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this is so applicable and is so 
needed because you have people 

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who who will die on the hill of 
making sure they arrive 

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somewhere with a position or a 
title even though the 

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opportunity is not given to them
and listen. 

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It gets ugly sometimes. 
It gets really, really ugly. 

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And so, I totally understand why
the Lord would teach on this, 

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for many reasons, ultimately for
our testimony as followers of 

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Christ, but even within the 
household of God, oh, you have 

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people who will go to war. 
For a title. 

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For one of these things, they 
will cause War humble yourself. 

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Just just trust the Lord rest in
his ability, that if he's really

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called you for something, he 
will move the hearts of men to 

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recognize you if there needs to 
be any elevation. 

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If there needs to be anything, 
God will ensure just like he did

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with David to move the hearts of
men to bring him to that place. 

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David would not dare though. 
He had a right and though he had

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the anointing though, he had a 
promise from God, he did not 

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dare move forward again. 
Trusting in God to lead him in 

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that. 
That's what we're really seeing 

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is a theme in this. 
And ultimately, you can see this

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in a salvific sense, that is God
is in Christ. 

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Is speaking about this, we can 
relate it to Salvation that you 

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have to just simply humble 
yourself. 

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If you want to be saved, humble 
yourself and he will exalt you 

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when you try to promote yourself
and your righteousness, you will

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be humbled and you will be 
humbled for all of eternity. 

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And so we come back to this tax,
right? 

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What else do we notice about 
this verse? 

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Not only the fact that you will 
preserve your energy and you 

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will preserve much 
embarrassment. 

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And just simply giving all that,
you have to where God has called

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you in that moment and letting 
God have the responsibility 

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solely to bring you up if he 
wants to bring you up, but 

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notice something else. 
And the men of Judah came, what 

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was David anointed for? 
to be king of Judah or Israel. 

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That Israel come to make him 
King. 

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Who made him, King Judah alone. 
Why? 

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Why? 
Why is this happening? 

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Why isn't Israel recognizing 
David? 

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I thought we were coming to the 
Ascension of David, I thought 

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this is the fruition of the 
promise of God. 

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Why is it only that Judah is 
recognizing? 

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Now, we know the prophetic sense
in which Judah was told back in 

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Genesis. 
That would be the Royal line 

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through him. 
Yes. 

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But in a practical sense, I 
think it's what we see later on.

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If we come down to verse 8, 
notice, but Abner, the son of 

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Nur commander of Saul's Army 
took ish bullshit, the son of 

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Saul and brought him over to my 
hanim. 

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And he made him King over Gilead
and the Irish rights and judge 

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real and Ephraim and Benjamin, 
and all Israel. 

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Who is Abner, who remembers? 
Abner was related to who saw 

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saws, Uncle commander of his 
army at the same time. 

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What you have is Abner taking 
one of the sons of Saul and 

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making him King over the rest of
the nation of Israel. 

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There is resistance here, there 
is opposition here and we'll get

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to that in a moment. 
But consider with me As you 

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meditate on the mysteries of 
God's ways. 

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We fall into the Trap. 
Of though, we declare God is 

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Sovereign and that his ways are 
not our ways and his thoughts 

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are not our thoughts. 
We fall into the Trap of really 

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thinking that we can predict 
God's ways. 

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And even almost interpreting 
situations as though, God is 

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going to do something in a 
certain way. 

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When in fact, he has a 
completely different script. 

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Saul is dead. 
What makes sense to me in the 

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natural? 
David is King, done deal. 

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The greatest opposition is now 
removed again. 

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Red carpet laid out what can 
possibly go wrong and yet, 

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instead what you see is only one
tribe, recognizes David. 

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And David Remains the king of 
Judah alone for how long. 

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Well, look, here in verse 11. 
And the time that David was King

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and Hebron over the house. 
House of Judah was seven years 

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and six months, sorry to 
disappoint you. 

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If you were excited for David to
become king over all of Israel, 

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You're gonna have to wait 
another seven years. 

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Seven years in six months. 
After years of waiting. 

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Now, the door is finally open. 
And once it's open, there's just

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another, just under 10 years, 10
more years, this wait, Why. 

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And here's what I want to say, I
don't really know and that's 

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okay. 
All I can really say is whenever

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God makes his men. 
Wait, it's always for good, it's

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always for good. 
It's always in preparation for 

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some kind of task or some kind 
of thing that lies ahead God 

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00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:40,100
knows God knows. 
And it makes you, it makes you 

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think. 
That if you were to Define your 

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Christian experience and anyway,
what would you say? 

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I'm sure there are many things 
and they would all be right, as 

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long as they're aligned with 
God's word, but I wonder if this

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is in your dictionary of your 
experience waiting on God. 

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Waiting on God. 
It's there an example. 

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It's there in charges in the 
Book of Psalms waiting on the 

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Lord. 
When I look at this I can't help

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but think about Joseph's life 
and God leading him in a very 

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00:41:11,300 --> 00:41:15,000
very similar way. 
Here's Joseph, here's Joseph 

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00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:19,500
unjustly thrown into a dungeon 
falsely accused of rape. 

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He's there and as he's there 
there's favor upon his life. 

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00:41:23,700 --> 00:41:27,800
He's made the overseer of the 
prisoners and so there he is 

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managing and being successful 
and all for sudden there are two

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Affairs employees who come And 
they have dreams, he interprets 

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00:41:36,500 --> 00:41:39,600
both of them, one of them of the
cupbearer and it's in his favor,

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you're getting out of here and 
he makes this request when you 

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go back, would you please? 
Would you please tell Pharaoh 

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00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,800
about me so that I too can leave
this house? 

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So I too can escape, because I'm
not supposed to be here. 

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00:41:53,300 --> 00:41:56,000
Now, after that point you and I 
at least if you read it 

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initially think. 
Wow, God is amazing. 

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Look at his wisdom. 
There he is. 

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00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,600
In Potiphar's house serving as a
slave falsely. 

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00:42:04,700 --> 00:42:08,000
Used thrown into this dungeon, 
but look what the Lord is doing 

651
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,200
here. 
He's going to now meet two of 

652
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,000
them, please a fair. 
One of them will die. 

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00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,200
One of them will go back to his 
position and then now he's going

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00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,900
to be able to have favor since 
he's super naturally. 

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00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:23,400
Help this man to escape and move
on with his life, only to to do,

656
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:26,900
what to read, what we read at 
the end of Genesis, 40? 

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The man forgot, Joseph, The man 
forgot, Joseph completely and 

658
00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:36,500
then you go to Genesis 41 one. 
And what do you read after two 

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00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:41,800
whole years? 
Sarah has a dream. 

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00:42:44,700 --> 00:42:49,000
Two years, not not two days, not
two weeks, not two months, two 

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00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:54,400
years. 
And you think there's the door, 

662
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,000
it's going to happen. 
Things are going to change. 

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00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,200
This is what this is. 
This is obviously God setting it

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up and then that same door seems
to slam right back in your face.

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00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,900
Lord, I really saw it really. 
I saw your wisdom in it. 

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00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,500
The Gonna Lose Control know, 
they got changes my know. 

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00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:14,600
As part of his plan all along, I
always wonder what would have 

668
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:18,700
happened if Dave Joseph rather 
would have gotten his way and 

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left immediately was removed 
from. 

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00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,900
I don't know this, the text 
isn't tell us but I might 

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sometimes I just imagine this 
stuff. 

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Imagine him just saying, well, 
I'm out of here, I'm not a slave

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00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,200
to potiphar anymore. 
I'm just a free man. 

674
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,100
I'm going back to Canaan. 
I'm going back to my family. 

675
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:34,500
I'm going to be a big surprise 
when I show up. 

676
00:43:36,100 --> 00:43:39,000
And yet, God had brought him 
there to save his people. 

677
00:43:40,700 --> 00:43:43,400
God, according to Psalms tells 
us that he was brought there 

678
00:43:43,900 --> 00:43:47,700
providentially, so that he would
be the Savior and the preserver 

679
00:43:47,700 --> 00:43:50,000
of his people ultimately for the
Messiah. 

680
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:54,300
And what would it take for 
Joseph? 

681
00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:56,900
Unknowingly at time you gotta 
wait two more years. 

682
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:03,300
You got to wait two more years. 
It's amazing how we begin to 

683
00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:07,000
bargain with God and argue with 
God, and we've all Fallen to 

684
00:44:07,008 --> 00:44:11,900
that to some degree. 
When we think that things are 

685
00:44:11,900 --> 00:44:15,200
right? 
And we think Lord, I am at the 

686
00:44:15,300 --> 00:44:17,400
at the right age gap for 
marriage. 

687
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:21,400
So, Where is he? 
Where is she? 

688
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:29,000
Or Lord. 
I'm young, I'm healthy. 

689
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:31,600
I have energy. 
Use me now. 

690
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:39,200
Send me out now. 
Look at all the resources I've 

691
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:40,300
had Lord. 
Look at all the. 

692
00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:42,100
Look at all. 
The finances here is just 

693
00:44:42,100 --> 00:44:43,700
sitting here. 
Show me how to invest it. 

694
00:44:43,700 --> 00:44:45,500
Show me. 
Maybe this is the opportunity. 

695
00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:47,600
Why won't it? 
Why won't it go through? 

696
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:54,500
And we begin to begin to tell 
God. 

697
00:44:55,700 --> 00:45:02,800
The best way of doing it. and 
that's when we need to come to 

698
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:08,500
examples like this where God has
given us real life, Testimonies.

699
00:45:10,300 --> 00:45:12,000
Of how he makes us. 
Wait. 

700
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,900
For purposes that you may know 
in this life. 

701
00:45:15,900 --> 00:45:21,700
But may not even know in this 
life So, David's going to have 

702
00:45:21,700 --> 00:45:28,400
to wait. but what does he do 
while he waits Look at verse 5 

703
00:45:28,700 --> 00:45:31,900
Davidson Messengers to the men 
of jabish Gilead and set them. 

704
00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:34,200
May you be blessed by the Lord 
because you showed this loyalty 

705
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:35,800
to Saul your lord and buried 
him. 

706
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,800
Now may the Lord show, steadfast
love and faithfulness to you and

707
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:42,900
I will do good to you because 
you have done this thing so he 

708
00:45:42,900 --> 00:45:45,500
rewards the men of Jabez Gilead.
You've heard it a couple of 

709
00:45:45,500 --> 00:45:48,600
weeks ago, I believe we're Jabez
Gilead where the people that 

710
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:52,300
came after Saul's body and his 
sons and they give him a proper 

711
00:45:52,300 --> 00:45:55,400
burial and they honor them. 
What is David doing here though?

712
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:56,600
He is not king of Israel, 
though. 

713
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,400
He's not seeing the fruition of 
his purpose, yet. 

714
00:45:59,900 --> 00:46:03,500
He's serving God. 
He's doing what he can to the 

715
00:46:03,500 --> 00:46:07,200
capacity that he can. 
He is honoring God, he's being a

716
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,000
righteous King rewarding. 
Those who do? 

717
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,100
Good punishing, those who do 
evil. 

718
00:46:11,100 --> 00:46:13,900
What's the idea while you? 
Wait you worship. 

719
00:46:14,900 --> 00:46:17,200
Not sing songs though, that's 
part of it. 

720
00:46:17,300 --> 00:46:19,400
You worship. 
God in your service, you honor 

721
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:24,200
God. 
Seven years, he's going to have 

722
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,000
to wait. 
And what is he gonna do? 

723
00:46:26,100 --> 00:46:30,000
This is not fair God. 
I prayed so much I've suffered 

724
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,900
so much. 
I've waited so much. 

725
00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:35,400
I don't understand. 
I want to be used by you. 

726
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:36,700
I want to do what you call me to
do. 

727
00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:38,000
So why aren't you letting me do 
it? 

728
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:41,900
None of that. 
No complaint. 

729
00:46:41,900 --> 00:46:45,300
No murmur. 
What I see here is a man who is 

730
00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:49,400
satisfied. 
He's just floating in the will 

731
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,700
of God. 
He is just so at rest knowing 

732
00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:53,700
that God is in control and all 
he's doing. 

733
00:46:53,700 --> 00:46:55,000
Okay, Laura, this is where you 
want me to be. 

734
00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:59,800
I'll serve you. 
I'll bless those who bless you. 

735
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:03,200
I will reward those who walk in 
righteousness. 

736
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:11,000
Worship while you wait. 
Serve God while you wait touch 

737
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,600
people's lives while you wait. 
Waiting on the Lord is not a 

738
00:47:14,607 --> 00:47:16,100
passive thing. 
Waiting on the Lord is not 

739
00:47:16,100 --> 00:47:18,200
literally just sitting there. 
Like you're waiting for a bus to

740
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:22,100
come by. 
It's actively waiting and David 

741
00:47:22,100 --> 00:47:25,400
gives us an example of that. 
Now, let's come to verse 8, as 

742
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:27,800
we close in a few minutes here. 
We see something quite 

743
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,500
interesting, that's God's 
perspective. 

744
00:47:31,100 --> 00:47:33,700
This is God's perspective on 
David's life, but there is a 

745
00:47:33,700 --> 00:47:37,300
human perspective and the human 
perspective of all of this, is 

746
00:47:37,300 --> 00:47:40,800
that there is a man who had some
kind of authority who had some 

747
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:46,700
kind of ability to resist. 
With David to be in opposition 

748
00:47:46,700 --> 00:47:50,100
to David and to fight again, the
purpose of God. 

749
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:52,300
And this is how he does in a 
very clever way. 

750
00:47:52,300 --> 00:47:55,600
He takes one of Saul's Sons, he 
brings him to a place of 

751
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:57,700
prominence. 
They actually makes him King, he

752
00:47:57,700 --> 00:48:01,000
announced it to the people, he 
wins the affection and the 

753
00:48:01,008 --> 00:48:07,700
Affinity of the people they say 
this is our King And I wonder 

754
00:48:07,700 --> 00:48:10,100
why Abner's doing this? 
Remember he's related this all? 

755
00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:12,600
I have the hunch, the actors 
doing this because he wants to 

756
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:16,100
secure his position, I am the 
commander of the army of Israel.

757
00:48:16,100 --> 00:48:20,200
I want it to stay that way. 
And I know if David comes to 

758
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:23,100
this position that I will be 
removed, and maybe have the same

759
00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:26,400
thought as saw, maybe he'll even
kill me since I'm related to 

760
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:30,400
Saul and so for the sake of his 
preservation, those selfish he's

761
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:35,100
just Maneuvers and moves things 
around to try to secure, secure 

762
00:48:35,100 --> 00:48:39,700
his desires and his Passions. 
Here's my question to you, do 

763
00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:43,300
you believe Abner knew that 
David was to be king of all over

764
00:48:43,300 --> 00:48:44,800
Israel? 
Or was he doing this out of 

765
00:48:44,808 --> 00:48:47,800
ignorance? 
But would say he that he is 

766
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:51,000
doing this out of ignorance, 
he's just doing what he thinks 

767
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,900
he needs to be doing. 
See some heads nodding. 

768
00:48:54,900 --> 00:48:57,400
So, you believe that Abner's 
doing this, with the knowledge 

769
00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:59,500
that Davis should be king, 
there's no guessing in that. 

770
00:48:59,500 --> 00:49:00,900
Just go to a couple chapters 
later. 

771
00:49:00,900 --> 00:49:02,300
What do you see? 
Actually, the next chapter? 

772
00:49:02,300 --> 00:49:05,000
Look at verse 9, of Chapter, 3 
of second, Samuel. 

773
00:49:05,100 --> 00:49:07,000
Look, what Abner says out of his
own mouth? 

774
00:49:09,900 --> 00:49:13,900
God do so to abdur and more. 
Also if I do not accomplish for 

775
00:49:13,900 --> 00:49:19,800
David, what the Lord has sworn 
to him to transfer the Kingdom 

776
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:23,600
from the house of Saul and set 
up the Throne of David over 

777
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:25,300
Israel. 
Over Judah from Dan to 

778
00:49:25,300 --> 00:49:32,600
Beersheba, he knew it He was 
totally convinced that David was

779
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:37,200
the rightful heir to the throne 
that he was supposed to be 

780
00:49:37,207 --> 00:49:39,300
inaugurated. 
He was supposed to be corny as 

781
00:49:39,300 --> 00:49:43,000
king, he believed it. 
And yet with that understanding 

782
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,300
of the truth before him, he 
still fought against it. 

783
00:49:46,700 --> 00:49:50,800
He still resisted it. 
And I would like, in closing of 

784
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:54,000
her Bible study to examine three
thoughts concerning Abner in 

785
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,800
this situation, how it applies 
today, here's the first one. 

786
00:49:57,200 --> 00:50:01,500
There are those who will fight 
against the truth, not because 

787
00:50:01,500 --> 00:50:06,200
they don't believe it's true. 
But they know that by embracing 

788
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:08,500
that truth, they will have to 
sacrifice something of 

789
00:50:08,508 --> 00:50:11,400
themselves and they don't want 
to do that. 

790
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:16,800
You have to understand here 
enemies of the truth, are not 

791
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,500
always enemies of the truth 
because they believe they have 

792
00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:23,200
the truth. 
You have people who hate the 

793
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:28,100
truth because of what that truth
demands of them and though they 

794
00:50:28,100 --> 00:50:35,000
cannot deny that truth. 
They will fight against it by 

795
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:36,500
mocking. 
It's Corning. 

796
00:50:36,500 --> 00:50:40,100
It even coming up with Concepts.
That would try to refute it 

797
00:50:40,100 --> 00:50:41,900
though. 
It holds no weight. 

798
00:50:44,100 --> 00:50:46,700
And so I've been thinking you me
and hearing me talk about it. 

799
00:50:46,700 --> 00:50:48,800
We prayed about it. 
I can't think of a more 

800
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:51,000
relatable example, than the 
world that we're living it with 

801
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,300
this transgenderism agenda in 
our day. 

802
00:50:55,500 --> 00:51:02,300
I mean, basic biology disagrees 
with your premise. your whole 

803
00:51:02,300 --> 00:51:08,100
ideology cannot even stand for a
moment because Common Sense, 

804
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:13,700
crushes, it And yet, would you 
like an insight to know why this

805
00:51:13,700 --> 00:51:15,700
is being propagated? 
Why this is being taught in our 

806
00:51:15,700 --> 00:51:17,400
schools? 
Why it's in our media and our 

807
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:18,800
cartoons. 
Would you like to know at least 

808
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:21,100
one reason? 
I'll give you one reason money. 

809
00:51:22,900 --> 00:51:26,000
Money. 
Because you would be amazed to 

810
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:29,000
know how much big Pharma is 
getting paid when it was a 

811
00:51:29,008 --> 00:51:33,900
child. 
Under the age of consent will go

812
00:51:33,900 --> 00:51:37,700
in and have their bodies carved 
out because that day they felt 

813
00:51:37,700 --> 00:51:40,100
like they were a girl. 
When they're really a boy, you'd

814
00:51:40,100 --> 00:51:43,700
be amazed to know what kind of 
money is in this stuff. 

815
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:50,500
And so let's pervert an entire 
generation for the sake of what,

816
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:53,200
filling our pockets want to know
another reason. 

817
00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:58,200
Because there are people out 
there who long to satisfy their 

818
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:02,100
perversion and they want to make
way for it to be so normal, that

819
00:52:02,100 --> 00:52:05,900
when they execute upon their 
lust, they will not be punished 

820
00:52:05,900 --> 00:52:10,300
for it. 
And so you have to see that this

821
00:52:10,300 --> 00:52:14,300
is not, this is more than just 
people who are warped in there 

822
00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:18,300
thinking you have people who 
know exactly what they're doing.

823
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:23,400
They know it doesn't make sense.
They know that it it just it's 

824
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:27,900
just an assault on basic truth. 
They know that, but they know 

825
00:52:27,900 --> 00:52:31,700
what's in it, they know what 
they can gain from it just like 

826
00:52:31,700 --> 00:52:35,000
Abner here fighting Edge David. 
He knows he's fighting against 

827
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:37,100
what God wants. 
He knows he's fighting against 

828
00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:39,800
what's true and Right, but he 
knows that in doing so he will 

829
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:46,200
secure his position. 
He will secure his prosperity. 

830
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:50,000
And so what do you have well 
prophetically? 

831
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,400
What you have here, you have 
people who do not want to make 

832
00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:59,100
Jesus king? 
But we rise up and raise up 

833
00:52:59,100 --> 00:53:03,600
other Lords and idols. 
Because they know that making 

834
00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:07,600
Jesus king will demand reform 
and repentance and they love 

835
00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:12,000
their Darkness, more than light.
and what's amazing here, is that

836
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:16,300
there's a second truth to 
consider And it is this every 

837
00:53:16,300 --> 00:53:22,000
stage of advancement. 
In God's work personally 

838
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:27,500
corporately, every stage will be
met with new opposition. 

839
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:33,000
It's just true when David had 
his private anointing by the 

840
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,300
hands of Samuel who did. 
He have to face for many many 

841
00:53:35,300 --> 00:53:40,200
years? 
So, here he is after his first 

842
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:43,200
public anointing and now who he 
has to deal with Abner. 

843
00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:49,300
This is not to discourage us, 
but to prepare us that if we are

844
00:53:49,300 --> 00:53:52,700
to be a Ministry or church, that
seeks to take more ground for 

845
00:53:52,700 --> 00:53:56,200
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 
You'd better believe that Satan 

846
00:53:56,200 --> 00:54:02,400
will not sit on his hands. 
He will fight and he will raise 

847
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:05,600
up people from within or outside
to make sure. 

848
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:10,700
That as the obvious move of God 
is taking place that it would be

849
00:54:10,700 --> 00:54:14,900
brought to a halt. 
And so be prepared less. 

850
00:54:14,900 --> 00:54:19,300
You become a foothold for the 
enemy to work through. 

851
00:54:20,100 --> 00:54:22,500
Now, David has to deal with 
Abner, he didn't even catch a 

852
00:54:22,500 --> 00:54:25,000
breath. 
And that is true for you. 

853
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:29,200
And I listen you and I for the 
rest of our lives, know this, if

854
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:31,600
you were to be an active 
Christian, a fruitful Minister. 

855
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:34,500
If you were to proclaim the 
truth and win souls, if you were

856
00:54:34,508 --> 00:54:38,100
to even just be some kind of 
asset to the king of God, to any

857
00:54:38,100 --> 00:54:45,000
degree, your life in the spirit 
will be a continual fight. 

858
00:54:47,900 --> 00:54:52,600
And what I am. 
So encouraged by his That when 

859
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:56,800
those things do rise up. 
I feel as though I'm doing 

860
00:54:56,800 --> 00:55:00,800
something right. 
I hope you feel the same way. 

861
00:55:03,300 --> 00:55:08,500
Lastly. 
The wide acceptance of Ishmael 

862
00:55:08,500 --> 00:55:12,600
Chef, the son of Saul is a 
testament to this true. 

863
00:55:12,700 --> 00:55:16,300
Listen to this, to this truth, 
the majority isn't always right.

864
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:21,200
The majority isn't always right.
The majority of Israel. 

865
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:25,700
Crowned this man as king though 
David was supposed to be king 

866
00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:31,000
and so this is a clear and 
obvious example that what is 

867
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:35,400
popular? 
Doesn't mean it is Right. 

868
00:55:35,700 --> 00:55:38,400
Does anybody know? 
Honestly, I would be surprised 

869
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:40,900
if anybody does but you would 
never know what ishka sheth 

870
00:55:40,900 --> 00:55:42,800
means as a name. 
What's the definition of that 

871
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:44,800
name? 
Anybody have an idea. 

872
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:48,500
Somebody said it. 
Great. 

873
00:55:48,500 --> 00:55:51,300
Somebody studied before the 
study very good. 

874
00:55:51,300 --> 00:55:56,200
Did you hear it? 
Especially means, man of Shame. 

875
00:56:00,100 --> 00:56:03,400
And we see here that Israel as a
culture had no problem. 

876
00:56:05,100 --> 00:56:09,000
Popularizing a man of Shame. 
And that that many times names 

877
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:12,900
in the Bible as a reflection of 
the character of the person and 

878
00:56:12,900 --> 00:56:15,200
we have reasonably that this man
is a man of Shame. 

879
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:18,200
He is old enough to go to war. 
But why wasn't he in battle with

880
00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:24,700
his brothers and his dad early 
on Either he he did not go out 

881
00:56:24,700 --> 00:56:27,200
of his own choice or he was 
incapable because he was not a 

882
00:56:27,207 --> 00:56:29,800
man of Valor to begin with. 
Whatever it is, I believe the 

883
00:56:29,808 --> 00:56:31,100
name, reflects a man's 
character. 

884
00:56:31,100 --> 00:56:34,900
And yet the majority of Israel 
said, we want the men of shame 

885
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:39,200
to be our King, welcome to 
America in 2022. 

886
00:56:42,300 --> 00:56:46,800
We have no issue. 
Popular lysing that which is 

887
00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:50,200
disgraceful and embarrassing and
disgraceful. 

888
00:56:52,700 --> 00:56:57,000
I mean, just look at the 
incompetence of our politicians.

889
00:56:57,900 --> 00:56:59,600
Apparently, he's the popular 
vote. 

890
00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:01,700
Pray for him. 
Yes. 

891
00:57:03,900 --> 00:57:10,000
But look at the Judgment in such
a selection. we make viral that,

892
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:15,200
which is Despicable we're 
willing to put money into 

893
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:19,400
things. 
That are just plain foolishness.

894
00:57:20,700 --> 00:57:26,600
So, our culture is no different.
We reject David, God's choice. 

895
00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:33,100
God's will God's Beauty God's 
purposes and we Elevate that 

896
00:57:33,100 --> 00:57:38,300
which is shameful And what we 
choose, listen, what we choose 

897
00:57:38,300 --> 00:57:40,800
to entertain, what we choose to 
elevate, as a reflection of what

898
00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:43,600
we truly desire and just like 
Judah. 

899
00:57:44,700 --> 00:57:47,700
There is a Remnant even today. 
Only a Remnant. 

900
00:57:47,900 --> 00:57:52,100
That sees the infinite glory and
worth that is in, not David, but

901
00:57:52,100 --> 00:57:57,100
the son of David Christ himself,
God always has a Remnant. 

902
00:57:57,900 --> 00:58:01,500
God has a Remnant, then God had 
him and then he has one now and 

903
00:58:01,500 --> 00:58:03,000
I want to be a part of that 
Remnant. 

904
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:06,500
I don't care. 
What is popular, I could care 

905
00:58:06,500 --> 00:58:11,500
less what the majority say. 
I want to be under the lordship 

906
00:58:11,500 --> 00:58:16,400
of Jesus Christ. 
I want to be under his Rule and 

907
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:19,400
his government no matter what. 
My government says, I could care

908
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:24,900
less do what you want to me. 
Shun me, as you would, like, I 

909
00:58:24,900 --> 00:58:28,500
want to please one person and 
one person alone, and that is 

910
00:58:28,500 --> 00:58:31,900
King Jesus and that is King. 
Jesus. 

911
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:36,100
And so, what you? 
And I see as we close in this 

912
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:40,100
are many things, we won't 
continue because there is not 

913
00:58:40,100 --> 00:58:43,900
enough time, but consider that 
for your own life in this day, 

914
00:58:49,300 --> 00:58:53,500
Are you waiting on God? 
Are you waiting on the Lord, 

915
00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:58,500
this demographic the majority? 
It wouldn't be prophetic for me 

916
00:58:58,500 --> 00:59:03,200
to say probably What are you 
doing while you wait? 

917
00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:06,800
Are you worshipping him? 
Are you serving him? 

918
00:59:07,400 --> 00:59:14,500
Are you trusting him? 
Are you discouraged because you 

919
00:59:14,508 --> 00:59:19,000
are serving the lord. 
And you're seeing satanic 

920
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:22,700
opposition. 
Know this, you're in the right 

921
00:59:22,700 --> 00:59:25,800
place, my brother. 
You're doing the right thing by 

922
00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:28,700
the grace of God, my sister 
stand, your ground. 

923
00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:34,600
Don't retreat, Don't Turn back. 
Remember the armor of God. 

924
00:59:35,300 --> 00:59:39,200
Every part of the body was 
covered according to Ephesians 6

925
00:59:39,500 --> 00:59:41,500
except one place. 
What does that place? 

926
00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:54,900
Not the back. 
For two reasons, one because his

927
00:59:54,900 --> 00:59:57,700
brothers and sisters were 
supposed to have each other's 

928
00:59:57,700 --> 01:00:03,000
back. 
The protection is the community 

929
01:00:03,300 --> 01:00:09,100
of God, but secondly. 
You can't retreat. 

930
01:00:11,300 --> 01:00:15,500
You can't turn back. 
You can't walk away. 

931
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:19,500
You can't give in. 
You cannot surrender. 

932
01:00:20,500 --> 01:00:23,100
That is the most dangerous place
to be no matter what danger is 

933
01:00:23,100 --> 01:00:25,100
before. 
You the most dangerous place to 

934
01:00:25,100 --> 01:00:29,000
be is to throw in the white flag
and to say, I'm done and to turn

935
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:31,900
your back on the cause of Christ
stand firm. 

936
01:00:33,100 --> 01:00:37,000
Stan from the Lord is with us 
and the Lord will use us. 

937
01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:40,300
If we simply humble ourselves to
say, oh God, I'm not interested 

938
01:00:40,300 --> 01:00:42,800
in any promotion, I'm not 
interested in names. 

939
01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:44,200
I just want to be in your 
perfect. 

940
01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:46,900
Will oh, just be satisfied in 
that. 

941
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:50,000
And God will do the rest. 
Let's pray. 

942
01:01:02,900 --> 01:01:06,000
Lori ask humbly in this place 
tonight. 

943
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:09,600
As we have come to this text, 
Lord. 

944
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:15,400
We are so capable of forgetting,
would you give us the grace to 

945
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:18,600
retain? 
Perhaps some hearts have been 

946
01:01:18,600 --> 01:01:23,000
stirred in this in this room, 
but Laura is so quickly able 

947
01:01:23,700 --> 01:01:26,500
that same heart that was stirred
to become calloused and 

948
01:01:26,500 --> 01:01:29,600
indifferent. 
Lord Jesus, by the spirit of 

949
01:01:29,607 --> 01:01:33,600
God, would you keep us soft? 
And Lord. 

950
01:01:37,700 --> 01:01:41,700
We are weak. 
If your Holy Spirit, does not 

951
01:01:41,700 --> 01:01:46,300
help us, we will fail. even the 
delivery of this Bible study 

952
01:01:46,300 --> 01:01:50,700
Lord, if it's not accompanied by
your power and Grace, Lord, they

953
01:01:50,700 --> 01:01:56,200
will fall. 
But Lord, we pray that your 

954
01:01:56,200 --> 01:01:58,300
spirit would drive it into our 
hearts. 

955
01:01:59,500 --> 01:02:02,300
And now Lord, we would be a 
people who will apply these 

956
01:02:02,300 --> 01:02:05,900
truths and Lord. 
If there's any any consequence 

957
01:02:05,900 --> 01:02:09,700
of this Bible study tonight 
maybe that you have won our 

958
01:02:09,700 --> 01:02:13,100
affections of fresh for Jesus 
Christ. 

959
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:16,800
We want to worship you. 
We worship you as we wait, we 

960
01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:18,500
want to worship you for these 
truths. 

961
01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:21,100
We want to worship you for your 
mysterious ways. 

962
01:02:21,100 --> 01:02:24,700
Lord, You Are God, you are king,
you are Lord. 

963
01:02:24,700 --> 01:02:26,300
We don't want to be where you 
are. 

964
01:02:26,900 --> 01:02:31,200
We want to just trust you and 
give our lives to you do as you 

965
01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:35,000
please with us, Lord. 
Jesus and help us be satisfied 

966
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:38,200
with the lot that you have 
determined for our existence. 

967
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:41,400
We give you all praise and glory
and honor in Jesus name. 

968
01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:43,100
We pray. 
Amen. 

969
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:45,100
And we stand and Worship the 
Lord together.