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Amen. 
Okay, meet me in second. 

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Samuel chapter 17. 
Students of God's word, lovers 

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of God's word. 
Second, Samuel chapter 17, I 

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believe in my estimation we 
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in this chapter and I'm not 
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introduction. 
We're going to go straight into 

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it and second, Samuel chapter 15
or scuse me 17:15, is, where we 

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stopped. 
And this is where we will 

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continue. 
And if you've been with us week 

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after week, it will be easy to 
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If not, let me give you a brief 
reminder of, where we're at who 

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shy? 
David's, friend is injured. 

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Jerusalem in God's perfect 
timing. 

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He is brought before Absalom, 
Absalom, strangely Astro, who 

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shies advice of what they should
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Concerning King David. 
Hoosh. 

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I gave advice, and this advice 
was veiled, veiled for the 

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benefit of David and this advice
had one strategy to cause delay 

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in order for David to win more 
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better be better prepared for 
the invasion of Absalom and all 

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of Israel. 
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God gives us a commentary that 
the reason why who shies advice 

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was accepted, was not because of
his eloquence and he was a, he 

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was a great communicator. 
He was rich with metaphor and 

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how he described the situation, 
how to present his case, it 

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wasn't because of his boldness. 
It wasn't because of his 

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confidence. 
It was because of what we see 

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here in verse 14, Verse 14. 
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had ordained to defeat the Good 
Counsel of ahithophel. 

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So that the Lord might bring 
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God had determined to destroy 
Absalom through these means, but

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there's still a human element to
all of this, right? 

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And that's what we're going to 
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So we get a glimpse of the 
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Now we come back to the ground 
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take place and how absalom's 
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Verse 15. 
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zadok and abiathar the priest, 
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So that I he thoughtful Council 
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and the sand. 
So I have counseled have I 

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counseled rather now therefore 
send quickly until David do not 

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stay tonight at the Ford's of 
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But by all means Passover less 
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are with him, be swallowed up. 
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Who shies advice was received. 
Absalom would wait, instead of 

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pouncing upon David, that very 
night and gather as many men as 

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possible in order to overwhelm 
David with the sheer number of 

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people on his side. 
And yet though, Absalom had 

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affirmed that this was going to 
be the plan who shy still senses

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this urgency and sends message 
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possible to flee as quickly as 
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And what's going on, who shies 
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urgency and there's simply one 
answer to that, he was under the

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impression that at any moment, 
Absalom can change his mind that

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in the same way, he was willing 
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I feel full and reject his 
counsel and embrace who shies he

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can revert just as quickly. 
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understanding of the fickleness 
of Absalom Precise concerned, he

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sends word to David. 
He says, as soon as you can 

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leave cross the border gold 
cross, the river and hide and 

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prepare, don't wait one moment 
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This man is unpredictable and 
you cannot assume based on what 

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he said that you have the 
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You might not have more time, 
you have to act. 

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Now, this is not something to 
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This is something consider. 
Italy in to act upon 

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immediately. 
Now if this is who shies heart 

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and is urgency concerning this 
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believer with the Gospel of 
Jesus Christ, Right? 

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When we present the truth, we 
must present it with urgency 

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now. 
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study about the need to count 
the cost and that's what who shy

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did for apps of. 
Hey, you better realize what 

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you're up against your before 
you pull the trigger and that's 

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true as well. 
But there is still an urgency in

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the urgency of hearing the 
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Is that you prioritize, it above
all else, the moment you receive

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it and and you make it a matter 
of This is what I have to deal 

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with. 
Now I'm not going to wait any 

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longer and though I do have to 
calculate I'm going to calculate

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it right now. 
Not tomorrow, not the day after 

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not next week because this is an
urgent matter and I plead with 

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you. 
I mean, we're beginning this 

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Bible study and we're in the 
presence of Believers, but God 

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knows your heart, if you're in 
this place and you have not yet 

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responded to the truth, if 
you're not made a decisive 

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decision, do so now Do not 
presume based on your age young 

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person based on your health 
based on your plans or your 

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dreams that everything will come
to pass and you will determine 

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when it is that you can actually
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Christ. 
That is as foolish as depending 

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upon the Reliance of absalom's 
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If absalom's attitude here 
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plans can change. 
And plans in your life can 

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change in the blink of an eye 
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Everything can change, death is 
not concerned about your bank 

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account. 
It's not concerned about your 

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dreams is not concerned about 
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It's not concerned about 
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And so, what David needed to do 
for himself, is what you need to

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ensure for yourself that because
tomorrow is not Grant guaranteed

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because things can happen 
tonight, even then, you must be 

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ready. 
And the best way to be ready is 

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to deal with the most important 
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And that's your Eternal 
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God help you. 
If you are not sure about your 

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Eternal destination and sure. 
Today, that you have your soul 

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secure in the hands of God. 
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that if death comes tomorrow or 
80 years from now, you're safe 

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in the hands of the shepherd. 
David needed to make a decision 

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and though, everything seemed 
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That was not the case. 
Things can change overnight and 

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so he would act as we will find 
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But look, here in verse 17, what
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so, David receives this word and
it's going to be received rather

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from these chain of individuals.
Now, Jonathan, and a hemas were 

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waiting at AndroGel. 
A female servant was to go and 

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tell them and they were to go 
and tell King David for there 

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are not to be seen and touring 
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When you read the rest of this 
chapter, you're going to see a 

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lot of names. 
A lot of names and these names 

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are generally good. 
And when you zoom out and you 

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consider all the actors in This 
scene, you get the impression 

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that they are there different 
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good cause and each link, each 
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valuable to the significant 
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to David and what you kind of 
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The fact that there is so much 
detail about who's playing what 

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role in, who's helping who, and 
how one action is affecting 

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another action. 
The sense is, That there is an 

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importance here with the 
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Of people rallying together for 
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In our case is the cause of 
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And every single role, though, 
the position is prominent or 

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hidden, though, the names are 
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Every single role is crucial to 
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accomplished. 
And the Bible is is so extremely

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clear concerning how the local 
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and progress in strength and 
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and their witness. 
It's no secret. 

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You know, for those who rely on 
other schemes, the they might 

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receive some kind of results but
it won't be the results of the 

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bible promises. 
But if we want biblical results 

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and if you're a person who 
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Jesus, Christ on the Earth being
known, being shared being 

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declared. 
Then you'll care about what I'm 

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about to say. 
Paul the Apostle gives one major

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ingredient one, major ingredient
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We can see the function of the 
body of Jesus Christ at its full

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potential at its full potential.
And the secret, which is not 

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really secret because it's plain
is in Ephesians 4 and I want you

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to see it in one verse Ephesians
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This is so encouraging because 
It includes you. 

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It includes you. 
There's an exclude. 

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You it's not reserved for an 
elite group of people who are 

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super spiritual know. 
It includes you if you're a 

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born-again blood-bought 
Christian, this will stir your 

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heart. 
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It does at least In Ephesians 
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We read look what Paul says from
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held together by every joint 
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When each part is working 
properly, makes the body grow so

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that it builds itself up in 
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How does the body grow? 
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to be at play here. 
The first one is here when we 

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are joined and held together by 
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equipped, that is a call. 
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every believer who is identified
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Christ, when every member is 
closely connected to other 

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members of Jesus Christ, This 
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This intimate Fellowship, this 
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absolutely vital. 
It's the Bedrock, it's the 

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foundation to seeing any church 
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So, what that means is you and I
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intentional. 
Of being immersed in involved in

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the lives of other like-minded 
believers, you have to be and to

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reserve your presence from the 
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Is to be a hindrance to the 
growth of the church when I'm 

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talking about the growth. 
I'm not just talking about the 

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the numeric growth though. 
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I'm speaking about the maturity,
the brightness, the power of the

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church requires you to be 
closely connected to other 

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members to refuse to do. 
So again, is to play a negative 

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role. 
It's like one of my fingers 

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trying to escape my hand. 
One of my limbs trying to escape

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my joints, it's just, it's 
sabotaging. and yet, a lot of 

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people who think that they can 
be saved and yet not be 

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connected. 
That's dangerous, but that's 

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just the beginning. 
Because now, physically 

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speaking, I can have all my 
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All my nerve, endings everything
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As you see, and yet that doesn't
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actually healthy. 
I can have everything and check 

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all the boxes of what makes me 
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complete sense. 
And still, not know, all that it

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is that I can know in this 
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Why? 
Because it depends upon the 

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condition of these members. 
That will determine who I am. 

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At least in my function, not in 
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talking about physically, but 
just bear with me with this 

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metaphor. 
And that's why Paul adds. 

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What is he adhered when each 
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So, the first thing, demands 
your presence, but you had to go

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beyond your presence, your 
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That's wonderful. 
Your present once a week or more

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at a local church, that's great.
But your presence is step one. 

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The next thing is your 
participation Your active 

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participation, a lot of people 
can't even. 

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They do have a job with step 
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Half a job is step one. 
They're barely present their 

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barely here. 
They come once in a while and 

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they just kind of sporadically 
make themselves known to ensure 

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that. 
Okay we meet met some kind of 

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quota at least we showed our 
face so that the pastor's won't 

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bother us. 
You're doing half a step one. 

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Step one is to be consistent in 
the lives of other people for 

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them to know your name for you 
to know their name, to know 

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something about their lives. 
But then step two is closely 

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connected and that's to actively
participate and effective 

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participation requires a humble 
acknowledgement of your 

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god-given gifts and the faithful
application of that gift in the 

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place that God has positioned 
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Right? 
And what I love about this 

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chapters, you get that 
impression that people here are 

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different but they're working 
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You heard about zadok and 
abiathar, you heard about 

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Jonathan. 
And I imahara's, you heard about

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this female servant whose 
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one scroll down here and look at
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them and told Absalom so both of
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to the house of a man about 
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Courtyard and they went down 
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spread a covering over the wells
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and nothing was known of it. 
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couple that opened their home to
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who are outside of Jerusalem and
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Messengers. 
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This is life risking stuff here.
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you're committing treason and 
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were willing to risk their lives
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This is such a heroic act and 
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have no idea who what their 
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Let me put it this way. 
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you're going to find in your 
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Curriculum of the champions of 
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They're hidden. 
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New Testament? 
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our flesh acknowledge these 
figures, we are to cherish them 

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nonetheless not just looking at 
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context you and I are called to 
protect and even praised those 

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that can be often overlooked and
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truth to you. 
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in First Corinthians. 
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but now we go to First 
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see, Paul's masterful words, his
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And I are to walk in partnership
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temptation to evaluate. 
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does. 1st Corinthians. 12 look 
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Are you there? 
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On the contrary Paul says, the 
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be weaker indispensable. 
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that we think less, honorable we
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our unpresentable parts are 
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which are more presentable 
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Do not require, but God has so 
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greater honor to the part that 
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Apollo's a genius. 
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but what a mind he had that God 
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Physically speaking, there are 
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can live without It's right. 
We see people living as a tease.

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We see people living without 
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to hear, they're able to still 
function and they are, they are 

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just as important as anybody, 
everybody who has the ability to

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do all those things, right? 
but there are some parts of your

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body that you cannot live 
without They're instrumental to 

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your survival, without them, you
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You cannot move on, you cannot 
go on and what he is saying 

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here, is that, yeah, you can 
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can't afford to lose your heart,
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And the point is this, That 
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you are that you cannot live 
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organs, for example, that pump 
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ministers within the local 
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That might not be easily 
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recognition of their service. 
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contributors to the dynamic of 
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In the same way again, let me 
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you that are hidden that even 
your body communicates are so so

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vital, right? 
You have you have the skeletal 

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structure that that hides and 
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The things that are absolutely 
sensitive but not just sensitive

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so needful for you and your 
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The local church has members 
within that are often overlooked

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not seen And yet are needed in 
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and survive. 
Paul by the spirit is trying to 

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encourage those in here who 
might function in a role that 

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week after week is, is behind 
the veil behind the curtain, not

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on the platform and yet and yet 
is absolutely special. 

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Not just in the sight of God, 
but in the very practical means 

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of how the church moves forward 
as a church be encouraged. 

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Be encouraged. 
Even how we clothe ourselves, 

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right? 
Paul, trying to say the things 

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that you cover with your 
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My face is exposed, my hands are
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be seen, there are parts of you 
that that received greater 

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protection, greater modesty. 
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communicate his, you out there 
in the churches who might not be

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constantly seeing who might not 
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Who might have people walk over 
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And don't understand the vein 
that you are, the nerve that you

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are in the church be encouraged,
God values you and he wants the 

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church to see what God sees as 
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So it's not just for us to do. 
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You know, there are people in 
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Oh yeah they're great. 
No he wants you to absolutely 

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feel in your heart. 
We can't do this ministry 

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without some of you in this 
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We can't preach, we can't sing. 
We can't share without some of 

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you here where nobody will ever 
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But God does and God will reward
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And God cherishes you, and he 
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even when others in the same 
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I love these hidden characters. 
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offices or titles but they are 
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They are worthy of our praise 
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Our natural frame conceals and 
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we are. 
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people working together And then
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is a Young Man Who Saw and told 
Absalom about this female 

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servant meeting with these two. 
Spies that belonged to David, he

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rushes to the king and he 
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they make a detour and they hide
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places at a home? 
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You have to have your rear-view 
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and you have to ask yourself 
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important? 
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important is when you consider 
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read this word before you've 
seen this place mentioned 

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before, and I'm going to invite 
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Does anybody here know the last 
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Any idea. 
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Very good. 
Did you hear him? 

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That is where shimei was 
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You remember shimei, right? 
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There came out a man of the 
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And as he came, he cursed 
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we came to the conclusion that 
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filled with strong, Saul 
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And we see that with shimei, 
obviously with his colorful 

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language, but we also see that 
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very same place, think about it.
This is the, this is an 

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encouragement by making this 
connection from the very same 

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place. 
That David was assaulted came 

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vital assistance. 
God is always ready to raise up 

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support in the most unlikely 
times of from the most 

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unexpected places. 
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And there's so many truths that 
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That argument one of my favorite
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of Proverbs rather It's 
Proverbs, 16:7 and Proverbs 

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16:7. 
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please. 
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He makes even his enemies. 
Be at peace with him. 

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When a man's ways, please the 
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He makes even his enemies. 
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Consider that for a moment. 
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raise up support from the most 
unlikely places in the most 

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unexpected times, Then all you 
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live in a way in which you, 
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pleasing. 
The Lord consciously with your 

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heart with your affections from 
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sovereignty, he can raise up, 
even your enemies, your foes to 

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be your friends. 
Now that proverb doesn't assure 

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us that all your enemies will 
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of the greatest men and women of
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their enemies and face death 
because of their enemies, the 

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enemies of the truth. 
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God can do it. 
God is able to do it. 

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And who does God do it for those
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Those, who seek to please him, 
he can transform a heart change 

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of perspective. 
He can subdue, even a reluctant 

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individual, the most envious 
unpleasant individuals that you 

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might know in the hands of God 
can become some of your 

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strongest. 
Aid, as you seek to serve God 

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saying, how does that work? 
I can tell you some stories, you

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might not believe me. 
It's incredible. 

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How people can support 
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Believers, don't. 
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It's amazing. 
How you have some people who can

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somehow come to your Aid. 
When in fact, everything 

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NaturallySpeaking doesn't make 
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So there's so many testimonies 
of this and I'm not going to 

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take the time to share those 
this proverb promises that in 

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some cases God can do 
Supernatural things even with 

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the enemies of the God-fearing. 
And so you see out of the place 

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of bahurim, you have a couple 
that are willing to serve 

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David's cause but then we read 
on and we see what, what 

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happens. 
Exactly verse 19, and the woman 

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took and spread a covering over 
the wells mouth. 

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And Scattered Grain on it and 
nothing was known of it. 

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When Absalom servants came to 
the woman at the house, they 

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said, where's I amaz? 
And Jonathan, and the woman said

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to them, they have gone over the
brook of water, and when they 

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had sought and could not find 
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Does this look familiar? 
This is look familiar to anybody

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here. 
I heard somebody say it who 

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Rahab didn't rehab, you 
something very, very similar to 

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spies came to her from Israel. 
She hid them when the men who 

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were after these spies came and 
asked she misdirected them. 

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This is, this is like, almost a 
mirrored picture of what took 

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place in Joshua chapter 2 and we
don't want to read too much into

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it. 
But I think to some degree this 

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parallel activity, is meant to 
give us a hint. 

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A little nudge and then not just
this, that The fate of Absalom 

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will be very similar to that of 
Jericho and Absalom had 

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everything going from at this 
point, he had the support of the

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nation, he had a strong Army, he
had charm, he had personality, 

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he had a strategy, but Absalom 
was not fighting against a man. 

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He was fighting against God. 
And no matter what you have in 

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your Arsenal, no matter what 
kind of personality you have, if

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you're going to fight against 
God, it's always a losing 

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battle, always. 
And so, in the same way that God

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brought down the walls of 
Jericho, God is about to bring 

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down the pride of this man. 
And crush him. and the people of

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God in the purposes of God will 
prevail, no matter how high how 

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strong The opposition maybe that
is what we're prepared to see 

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that is what God's Providence 
and the evidence of his 

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Providence is encouraging us to 
see the see unfold. 

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But listen, you've heard about 
God's Providence a thousand 

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times during this Bible study. 
If you've been with us for 

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years, God's Providence has been
mentioned so many times. 

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And why is that? 
It's not because it's my one of 

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my favorite doctrines though it 
is. 

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It's because the Bible is 
absolutely blanketed with God's.

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Providential work at different 
points in history, he's always 

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at work in Hidden ways and 
through natural means he is 

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performing Supernatural 
accomplishments. 

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And every time we're confronted 
with that, we're supposed to 

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take courage, right? 
And not just take courage. 

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We're also supposed to remember 
that though. 

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God is Sovereign, you and I have
a human responsibility in all of

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this. 
So, yeah, God will provide you 

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an income but guess what? 
You got to apply for jobs, okay?

453
00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:50,900
You got to apply and God will 
protect you, but it's a good 

454
00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:55,300
idea to wear your seatbelt. 
And God can solve relational 

455
00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:57,400
problems. 
But sometimes that's going to 

456
00:27:57,408 --> 00:28:00,000
require you to have awkward 
conversations to confront 

457
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,800
somebody who's in the wrong for 
him to do that, right? 

458
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,200
God can do amazing things but it
doesn't mean we sit back and 

459
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,200
watch him. 
Do it in the name of prayer. 

460
00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:13,000
Prayer is good, but it doesn't. 
Negate participation Providence 

461
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,300
is awesome. 
But God works through obedience 

462
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,900
now through lazy observation. 
So we see God's Providence at 

463
00:28:19,900 --> 00:28:23,900
work here. 
We see something so special and 

464
00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:25,600
that David here, receives the 
news. 

465
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,400
Finally. 
And what does he do? 

466
00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:32,200
Verse 21 after they had gone, 
the men came up out of the well 

467
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,300
and went and told King David. 
They said to David rise and go 

468
00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:37,400
quickly over the water for the 
sand. 

469
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,200
So has a, he thoughtful 
counseled against you, then 

470
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,600
David arose and all the people 
who are with him and they 

471
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,600
crossed the Jordan by Daybreak, 
not one was left. 

472
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,300
Who had not crossed the Jordan. 
Okay. 

473
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,200
Okay, we read in verse 14 that 
it was purposed, that he 

474
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,200
fulfills Council would be 
defeated so that Absalom would 

475
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,700
be destroyed. 
But what did David do? 

476
00:28:56,700 --> 00:29:01,000
He got up and he left He still 
did something. 

477
00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:05,300
God is very practical. 
He's very realistic and he asked

478
00:29:05,300 --> 00:29:07,600
us to do. 
What seems the most reasonable 

479
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,800
in your situation, and then 
he'll come with the 

480
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,800
supernatural. 
It's just important to know 

481
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:14,600
because you have people in the 
name of Faith. 

482
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:19,200
Who do crazy things, right? 
They don't see a doctor or get 

483
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,200
medication because they think 
that God will intervene God can 

484
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,600
intervene, and he can heal you, 
but the same Paul who laid hands

485
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,400
on people and saw them recover. 
Also told his son, Timothy 

486
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:34,000
drink, some wine for your belly.
So that might, that might be 

487
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,800
over your head but there's some 
people who really, really, 

488
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,900
really need that. 
God is powerful. 

489
00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:44,000
He is providential, but he wants
us to be practical. 

490
00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:48,100
David got up and he left now. 
This is this is suspenseful 

491
00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:51,600
right. 
We see this intensifying moment 

492
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:55,000
where the Brewing tension is now
coming to a boiling point. 

493
00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:58,800
Absalom and David are about to 
Face Off, Father and Son in a 

494
00:29:58,808 --> 00:30:03,700
very heartbreaking situation but
the spirit of God, suspends this

495
00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:07,700
moment and turns our attention 
away from Absalom away from 

496
00:30:07,700 --> 00:30:12,300
David and his quick Paste scene 
and brings us now to I feel full

497
00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:14,900
again. 
And what you're about to read is

498
00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:18,200
very dark verse. 
Very dark and for some people in

499
00:30:18,208 --> 00:30:22,300
here and might hit home more 
than the next, but it's 

500
00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:25,700
important to deal with and it's 
found in verse 23. 

501
00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:30,600
When I, he thoughtful saw that 
his counsel was not followed, he

502
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:35,300
saddled his donkey and went off 
home to his own City, he set his

503
00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:37,200
house in order and hanged 
himself. 

504
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:43,000
And he died. 
And was buried in the Tomb of 

505
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:48,900
his father. 
Zai. 

506
00:30:48,900 --> 00:30:54,100
So full after his counsel was 
rejected. 

507
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,500
Goes home sets his house in 
order and hangs himself. 

508
00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:04,300
My question is, why a couple of 
people came up to me last Friday

509
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,000
and that we talked about this 
briefly and I told them you have

510
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,300
to wait till next Friday in 
order to get your answer but I'm

511
00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:13,700
curious to know your thoughts. 
Why did I overdo this? 

512
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:15,900
This is a dramatic, this is 
dress. 

513
00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:18,400
This is permanent. 
There's nothing more permanent 

514
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:19,700
than this that you can do in 
life. 

515
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,000
But why did he do this? 
Any idea. 

516
00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:32,100
Yes. 
Okay. 

517
00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:38,500
So there might be this idea of 
his rejection, right? 

518
00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:44,200
His plan, his desire was shot 
down and his ego was so affected

519
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:45,900
that he couldn't even live 
another day. 

520
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,400
And that is the common view of 
this and do that can be some 

521
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,500
part in it. 
I think there's something deeper

522
00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:54,700
going on here. 
I thought I had a smart mind. 

523
00:31:54,700 --> 00:31:57,500
I thought full knew how to 
interpret the future in some 

524
00:31:57,500 --> 00:32:00,800
sense. 
And that's because yes, you have

525
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,400
something. 
That's right. 

526
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,200
He doesn't have a future and why
is that? 

527
00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:15,600
Because he believed what Absalom
could not see that, if who shies

528
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,300
advice was received, then it 
would fail. 

529
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:24,200
He knew what douche I said, 
would not bring success for 

530
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,800
Absalom. 
He knew that it would actually 

531
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,700
seal absalom's death and not 
just absalom's death. 

532
00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:32,600
But if David gains the Victory 
and comes back for the throne, 

533
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:37,300
I'm going to be killed as well. 
And so, what I thought was 

534
00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:39,500
thinking is I'm finished, this 
is done. 

535
00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:44,000
I rebelled against him. 
He's definitely going to win if 

536
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,700
they're going to implement it, 
who shies plans. 

537
00:32:45,700 --> 00:32:50,900
So I rather kill myself than die
by the hands of the one that I 

538
00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:55,900
hate with all my heart. 
Bitterness is scary stuff, man. 

539
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:02,000
Hatred is scary stuff. 
Hatred will do things to you, 

540
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,700
not to the person that you hate 
hatred, will destroy you more 

541
00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:07,600
than the person that you want to
see destroyed. 

542
00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:11,500
And this man is willing to hang 
himself and he's a very strong 

543
00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:15,300
picture of a Judas who betrayed 
the son of David and once he 

544
00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:19,500
realized the regret of his 
decision, didn't repent, neither

545
00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:24,200
as I feel full. 
But he destroys himself out of 

546
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,400
the sorrow. 
And I thought was a very strong 

547
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,700
picture of Judas. 
Actually, where was David found?

548
00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:35,600
When the news of Agatha's 
betrayal came to him. 

549
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:42,600
Does anybody remember in case 
you don't go to 2nd Samuel 15, 

550
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,800
And look at verse 30, actually, 
look at verse 31. 

551
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:52,200
They look at verse 30 and it was
told a heath, offal is among the

552
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,800
conspirators with Absalom. 
And David said, oh Lord, please 

553
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,400
turn the council that he 
thoughtful into foolishness. 

554
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,900
But when was that told verse 30,
but David went up the ascent of 

555
00:34:02,100 --> 00:34:09,699
where the Mount of Olives. 
Yeah, where did Judas plant his 

556
00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:12,400
lips on that precious face of 
the savior? 

557
00:34:13,699 --> 00:34:19,900
The very same amount. 
And so you see here a very eerie

558
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:25,600
mirroring of judases ways. 
And it's very difficult to move 

559
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,699
on from this verse without 
addressing at least to some 

560
00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:33,500
level, the issue of suicide. 
You have believers who feel 

561
00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:36,300
differently about who have 
different theological bends on 

562
00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:37,500
it. 
You have some who think that 

563
00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:43,300
suicide is the unforgivable sin.
You have others who believe that

564
00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:47,400
it is possible for a Believer to
undergo such dark moments in 

565
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,100
their lives that they are 
willing to entertain such a 

566
00:34:51,107 --> 00:34:56,699
Temptation and even execute that
Temptation and still be received

567
00:34:56,699 --> 00:35:00,200
into eternal life because of 
their confession of faith. 

568
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:05,600
It's difficult because we don't 
have a clear systematize 

569
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:09,000
understanding of what happens 
with that particular sin. 

570
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:13,900
I'm under the persuasion that it
is absolutely possible for a 

571
00:35:13,908 --> 00:35:17,200
genuine Born. 
Again, believer to be harassed 

572
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:22,900
by the lies of Satan and to be 
agitated by the cowardice of the

573
00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:25,800
flesh. 
To commit self murder. 

574
00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:31,600
Absolutely, it's possible. 
But at the same time, if I was 

575
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:37,700
sitting before somebody who was 
genuinely considering committing

576
00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:43,400
such an act against themselves, 
this is me I would look at them 

577
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,300
and after different 
conversations come to the point 

578
00:35:47,900 --> 00:35:50,700
of challenging them to examine 
the sincerity of their faith. 

579
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,700
Again, not because a Christian 
cannot stoop to such 

580
00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:58,000
hopelessness that is absolutely 
possible. 

581
00:35:58,900 --> 00:36:03,300
But for a Believer to come to a 
point where they're willing to 

582
00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:09,200
cross that line, I would want to
in a loving way, call them to 

583
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:13,100
say, brother, you need to or 
sister, you need to examine 

584
00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:16,200
yourself very carefully. 
Why is that? 

585
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:20,900
Because the Bible defines a 
Christian with many beautiful. 

586
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,900
Awful things. 
And one of the most precious 

587
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:29,900
aspects of a Believer is that 
they are filled with an 

588
00:36:29,900 --> 00:36:36,700
otherworldly life-giving hope. 
A hope so powerful that it can 

589
00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:41,200
enable that person to endure, 
all sorts of pain, all sorts of 

590
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:45,100
loss, or all sorts of defeat and
all sorts of suffering of 

591
00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:48,900
various kinds. 
It's a hope that energizes. 

592
00:36:48,900 --> 00:36:53,600
You, it doesn't eliminate the 
Dark Cloud that can hover over 

593
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:57,900
your mind and your heart, but it
is a hope that can help you push

594
00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:01,200
through. 
And make it to the other side 

595
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,100
and live to tell about how the 
Lord though. 

596
00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:06,900
You diss, you despaired of life 
itself. 

597
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,500
You relied on God and God 
brought you through that kind of

598
00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:14,600
a hope. 
It's so because we are described

599
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:19,100
with that hope. 
We have Triumph, we have 

600
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:23,000
Triumph. 
And from there, I would also say

601
00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:30,600
and I also believe that suicide 
is one of the most defying 

602
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,200
statements of the lordship of 
Jesus Christ. 

603
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,400
What I mean by that, when you 
become a Christian, what happens

604
00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:42,700
when you become a believer, you 
put your life completely over to

605
00:37:42,700 --> 00:37:45,800
the will. 
And the control of God. 

606
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:54,200
And to take my own life. 
With to say to God that the 

607
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,800
prerogative that exclusively 
belongs to you. 

608
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:02,400
I now assume for myself. 
I want to determine my faith. 

609
00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:05,600
I don't I'm not leaving it up to
you to determine what happens 

610
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:07,500
with my days. 
What happens with my future? 

611
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:11,900
What happens with my lat, I will
determine when I am unsatisfied 

612
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:14,800
enough to press the eject 
button. 

613
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,900
And to sabotage what you might 
have had for my life, right? 

614
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,400
That might sound harsh that 
might sound severe, but this is 

615
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,800
emergency protocol stuff. 
Right? 

616
00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:32,100
And one person said it very 
powerfully and referencing 

617
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:37,900
Christians, that they could not 
imagine standing before Jesus 

618
00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:42,600
Christ after committing self 
murdered and I would agree with 

619
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:47,600
that. 
So that is what I would say to 

620
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,500
somebody who would entertain it 
for themselves but I would have 

621
00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:53,000
a completely different tone for 
somebody who might have had a 

622
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:59,100
loved one that has done it and 
all the complicated ideas behind

623
00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:02,200
it and the what ifs? 
That's a different conversation 

624
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,100
for a different time. 
But let me say this before we 

625
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:07,800
move on from this place there's 
so much more I can say about 

626
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,300
that. 
And I know that it might be an 

627
00:39:10,300 --> 00:39:13,500
incomplete kind of address 
concerning such a vast subject. 

628
00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:19,600
But if you're a person today, 
who feels that tendency Remember

629
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,400
who you are in Christ Jesus. 
Remember what the holy spirit is

630
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,000
deposited in. 
You remember what it means to 

631
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,800
have Jesus Christ, Lord of your 
life. 

632
00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:32,500
I understand that no matter how 
daunting, it may seem, no matter

633
00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:37,700
how worrisome, no matter how 
fearful tomorrow might be or how

634
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:43,900
overwhelming today might be He 
has you in his hand, he will 

635
00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:47,500
bring you through. 
He will perfect the work that he

636
00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:54,200
started in you. 
And Satan would love to try to 

637
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,400
obstruct what God has been 
working on since you confess him

638
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:03,300
as Lord. 
So, sometimes when it comes to 

639
00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:07,300
those who are in a dark place, 
we have to, we have to just 

640
00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:11,300
remind them of their identity, 
and I get it there, chemical 

641
00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:14,900
things that go on and sometimes,
their neurological issues. 

642
00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:19,200
Again, it's a vast subject, but 
let me just speak planing speak 

643
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,900
straight. 
God has a purpose for you, 

644
00:40:22,900 --> 00:40:26,000
still. 
And I very Temptation should be 

645
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,100
indicative that you have 
absolute value in. 

646
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:30,900
Satan doesn't want to see you 
fulfill it. 

647
00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:39,000
So this man, he hangs himself. 
and and more than hanging 

648
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:44,100
himself, there's something worth
Our acknowledgement and it's the

649
00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:47,000
contradiction of his actions. 
What does he do before? 

650
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,300
He hangs himself. 
He sets his house in order. 

651
00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:56,400
So he comes home and he puts his
Affairs in place. 

652
00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,400
And when we say that's a wise 
thing. 

653
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:00,900
Absolutely. 
It's a wise thing. 

654
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:05,300
We should have our order. 
We should have plans, we should 

655
00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:09,100
have things put in place so that
when we do depart from this life

656
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:12,500
we're not leaving ramifications 
and issues for our loved ones to

657
00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:14,600
deal with that. 
Could have been better handled 

658
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,100
by us. 
Right? 

659
00:41:16,300 --> 00:41:21,500
So that's smart. 
And yet with this wisdom, We see

660
00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:25,200
a collision of foolishness in 
the very same breath, he sets 

661
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,700
his house in order, then he 
hangs himself like what are you 

662
00:41:27,700 --> 00:41:32,200
doing? 
And this is an extreme example, 

663
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:36,000
is it not but listen the same 
contradiction as being lived 

664
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,700
out, all around us. 
Absolutely, it is. 

665
00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:43,200
And what way? 
How many people are excellent at

666
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,800
business, but their families are
being destroyed at the same 

667
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:50,100
time, huh? 
How many people invest in their 

668
00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:53,300
bodies? 
And yet, their souls are 

669
00:41:53,308 --> 00:41:57,400
deteriorating. 
How many are so consumed day 

670
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,400
after day? 
The first thing, when they wake 

671
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,000
up, the last thing they do, when
they go to bed their bank 

672
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,200
account, their stocks, their 
Investments. 

673
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:07,700
And yet there is not one passing
thought about what will happen 

674
00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:11,500
when they stand before. 
God, It's happening all around 

675
00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:14,700
us, people. 
And it might not be physical 

676
00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:16,700
suicide, but it's spiritual 
suicide. 

677
00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:20,500
There is spiritual suicide, 
happening. 

678
00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:23,500
Every single moment of every 
single day. 

679
00:42:25,100 --> 00:42:29,200
People who might be very prudent
and smart in some areas, but in 

680
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:33,300
the areas where it matters the 
most, they're absolutely idiotic

681
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,700
and foolish. 
Please don't be that person. 

682
00:42:40,300 --> 00:42:44,900
Please don't be really smart in 
this life but very stupid with 

683
00:42:44,900 --> 00:42:48,500
your soul. 
Please don't be so concerned 

684
00:42:48,500 --> 00:42:53,500
with the temporal and so quick 
to dismiss the Eternal, that is 

685
00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:55,300
exactly what he thoughtful is 
doing. 

686
00:42:55,800 --> 00:43:00,300
He's willing to put so much 
effort and time and energy for 

687
00:43:00,300 --> 00:43:04,000
that, which matters in this life
alone, but when it came to his 

688
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,400
eternal State, he was willing to
throw it away. 

689
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,700
Yet people are doing that day 
after day. 

690
00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:18,300
Verse 24, then David came to 
mahanaim. 

691
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,800
And Absalom cross, the Jordan, 
with all the men of Israel. 

692
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,300
Now, Absalom had set a Mesa over
the Army. 

693
00:43:26,300 --> 00:43:29,100
Instead of jaw of a Mesa was the
son of a man named. 

694
00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:32,500
If through the issue might who 
had married Abigail the daughter

695
00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:36,500
of nakash, sister of xariah jobs
mother, it's a mouthful, isn't 

696
00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:40,700
it? 
Only to add to this Family Feud.

697
00:43:40,700 --> 00:43:43,100
You have more family members 
involved in this than you 

698
00:43:43,100 --> 00:43:46,400
thought. 
At first But then we read on an 

699
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:48,700
Israel and Absalom encamped in 
the land of Gilead. 

700
00:43:48,700 --> 00:43:54,600
Now, look at this in verse 27, 
when David came to mahanaim This

701
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,000
is twice in a very short amount 
of time. 

702
00:43:57,100 --> 00:43:59,300
We have this name, brought forth
to us. 

703
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:04,100
Does anybody remember the first 
time it is mentioned in all of 

704
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:11,600
the Bible. 
No, not when he's fleeing from 

705
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:15,300
Saul good, guess though it's 
much earlier in the Old 

706
00:44:15,300 --> 00:44:21,100
Testament than that. 
When was the first time the 

707
00:44:21,100 --> 00:44:27,700
place my name, my name. 
Did you whisper it? 

708
00:44:29,100 --> 00:44:31,800
Earlier, but that's a good guess
to, that's another strong guess 

709
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:37,400
even earlier than Joshua. 
I'm patient. 

710
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:42,400
I can wait. 
I'll give you more time to 

711
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:50,000
scroll through your Scrolls. 
One is the first time Joshua you

712
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,600
have any idea? 
No. 

713
00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:56,700
Okay, I'll tell you. 
No guesses. 

714
00:44:58,100 --> 00:45:01,700
Somebody said, Genesis. 
I'm not going to ask how you 

715
00:45:01,700 --> 00:45:06,200
found out. 
Okay, that's good Genesis where 

716
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:11,900
Okay, so let's just go together,
shall we? 

717
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:16,300
Genesis chapter 32. 
It's with Jacob. 

718
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:23,500
Jacob was ready to meet with his
brother, Esau. 

719
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,600
And on his way, we read 
something. 

720
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:32,000
The first two verses of Genesis 
chapter 32, Jacob went on his 

721
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,900
way and the angels of God met 
him. 

722
00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:39,400
And when Jacob saw them, he 
said, this is God's Camp. 

723
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,400
So he called the name of that 
place my name. 

724
00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:49,500
You see what's happening here. 
Jacob is obviously nervous for 

725
00:45:49,500 --> 00:45:53,000
this long awaited encounter with
his brother. 

726
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:56,100
Esau, the last he heard about 
Esau is that he wanted to kill 

727
00:45:56,100 --> 00:45:58,600
him and you've heard me say this
more than once, that his mother 

728
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:00,600
promised them. 
I'll send you back from your 

729
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,500
uncle's once his anger subsides 
and she never does, which 

730
00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:09,700
implies that he was still angry.
Nothing had changed with Esau's 

731
00:46:09,700 --> 00:46:13,500
feelings towards his brother and
now he knows that he has to meet

732
00:46:13,500 --> 00:46:17,400
with him and so he meets with 
him and on his way to meet him. 

733
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:22,400
God knows and God knew this man,
Jacob needs some encouragement. 

734
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:26,700
And so the way he encourages and
strengthens his faith, Is that 

735
00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:30,500
he opens his eyes to see a host 
of Angels in this region. 

736
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:34,500
And that Revelation was so 
profound him that he names that 

737
00:46:34,500 --> 00:46:37,300
location meant my name, which 
means two camps. 

738
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,900
In other words, what Jacob 
Learned was I'm not alone here. 

739
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:45,600
I'm not by myself. 
I'm not abandoned, I'm not going

740
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:49,300
to confront this issue. 
Apart from God's assisting 

741
00:46:49,300 --> 00:46:53,200
presence. 
He is with me and he is son for 

742
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,800
the angels to show that he is 
with me. 

743
00:46:57,100 --> 00:47:01,400
That's what this place meant. 
That is the very DNA of my name.

744
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:07,800
And now you have David David 
ready to be encountered by his 

745
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:10,600
son. 
There's not have the best 

746
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:14,200
intentions for him and yet 
though David arrives to this 

747
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:18,300
place David does not have the 
same experience that Jacob does,

748
00:47:18,700 --> 00:47:20,300
but he still does have an 
experience. 

749
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:24,500
And the experiences, this Angels
didn't show up. 

750
00:47:25,500 --> 00:47:32,600
But godly people did. 
A set of godly people, came to 

751
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:37,200
him at mahanaim. 
And the way they acted the way 

752
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:40,800
they assisted, the way they came
to his support, made it seem as 

753
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:44,900
though, they did come from 
heaven, Let me show that to you 

754
00:47:44,900 --> 00:47:48,800
here. 
Look at verse 27, when David 

755
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:53,100
came to mahanaim chaubey's, the 
son of nahas from Rabe of the 

756
00:47:53,100 --> 00:47:57,900
ammonites and Mahir, the son of 
a mile from load, the bar and 

757
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:02,400
barzillai the gileadites from 
Rogan leme brought beds, 

758
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,800
bastions basins, and Earthen 
vessels wheat, barley flour, 

759
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:09,500
Parts grains, beans, and 
lentils, honey, and Kurds, and 

760
00:48:09,500 --> 00:48:13,200
sheep, and cheese from the herd 
for David. 

761
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:15,600
And the People with him to eat 
for. 

762
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:19,000
They said, the people are hungry
and weary and thirsty in the 

763
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:23,900
wilderness. 
So, you have David. 

764
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,200
Experiencing something so 
precious. 

765
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:30,600
Not at the hands of Angels by 
the hands of real life people. 

766
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,800
And I thought, who are these 
guys? 

767
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:39,600
Because they're not very 
familiar to us. 

768
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:41,900
I just want to look at a couple 
of them. 

769
00:48:42,300 --> 00:48:44,600
Would you bear with me? 
Because this will hopefully 

770
00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:46,600
bless you. 
Look at the first person 

771
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:50,200
mentioned showed me the son of 
Maharaja from Raba. 

772
00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:53,900
The ammonites, is that a Jew? 
Is that an Israelite? 

773
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:58,000
No and more than not just an 
Israelite. 

774
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:02,800
The David have history with the 
ammonites answer. 

775
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:06,800
Yes. 
And when you realize that who 

776
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:10,900
shall be as it's even more 
profound, he is who the son of 

777
00:49:10,900 --> 00:49:15,200
NE hash and who is the hash at 
one point. 

778
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:17,200
He was the king of the 
ammonites. 

779
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:21,700
Do you remember that? 
Do you remember the story in our

780
00:49:21,700 --> 00:49:25,200
time together on a Friday night?
Where David heard of the death 

781
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:29,200
of nakash? 
And there was a man who took his

782
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:33,700
place and second Samuel 10, it 
was the son of Maharaja and so 

783
00:49:33,700 --> 00:49:38,300
he sends Messengers to bring 
consolation and comfort. 

784
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:42,900
And this man was told they're 
actually here to spy. 

785
00:49:43,500 --> 00:49:46,800
Don't let him get away with this
and so he cuts half their beard 

786
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,900
and he strips them of their 
clothes and he sends them back. 

787
00:49:49,900 --> 00:49:51,700
You remember that? 
And then it started a war. 

788
00:49:52,700 --> 00:49:56,900
This show be is the son of that 
same King who died and the 

789
00:49:56,900 --> 00:49:59,700
brother of the one who did that 
to David's men. 

790
00:50:01,300 --> 00:50:03,400
Think about that, that's 
significant. 

791
00:50:04,300 --> 00:50:05,800
And it should teach you many 
things. 

792
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:08,800
And here's one thing, you should
teach you that you and I should 

793
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:13,400
be very slow to assume the 
character of someone based on 

794
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:16,300
the actions of those that they 
are helplessly associated with 

795
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:22,900
And you and I should know that 
though there are some who does 

796
00:50:22,900 --> 00:50:28,000
not respond to our Mercy. with 
Mercy, kindness with kindness, 

797
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:32,800
there are who will show be did 
when he realized the kind of 

798
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:35,100
man. 
David was he came at a favorable

799
00:50:35,100 --> 00:50:39,300
time and showed love and 
compassion though he was an 

800
00:50:39,300 --> 00:50:44,300
enemy and that makes me very 
happy to know that I can look 

801
00:50:44,300 --> 00:50:46,600
out in a world. 
There were, there are enemies of

802
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,000
God enemies of Christ. 
And yet, there are people who 

803
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:50,900
still belong to him to some 
regard. 

804
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:55,300
But look at my here, the son of 
a mile from Lodi bar. 

805
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:58,700
Who's he? 
This is not the first time he's 

806
00:50:58,700 --> 00:51:02,200
brought to us in the scriptures 
and idea of who he is. 

807
00:51:07,300 --> 00:51:11,600
Shelby was the brother of hanoun
who replaced his father Mahir on

808
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:15,400
the other hand. 
Was somebody that we have heard 

809
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:19,300
of before? 
do you remember when David asked

810
00:51:19,300 --> 00:51:24,200
about any of the sentence from 
Saul who are left ziba, told 

811
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:29,400
them that there was one And when
David asked where he was 

812
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,600
mephibosheth, the answer is in 
2nd Samuel 9. 

813
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:35,700
And this is what we read in 2nd 
Samuel, 9 verse 4. 

814
00:51:35,700 --> 00:51:38,200
The king said to him, where is 
he? 

815
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,700
And ziba said to the king, he is
in the house of my are the son 

816
00:51:42,700 --> 00:51:50,800
of a meal at Lodi bar. 
Soma here, the last time you've 

817
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:54,700
heard of him was that he was 
taking care of a paralyzed man 

818
00:51:55,300 --> 00:51:58,200
and his family. 
He opened his home to him and he

819
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,500
had him stay as long as he 
needed to stay. 

820
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,800
And eventually he was summoned 
to promotion because of the 

821
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:05,600
kindness of David. 
And now the next time you see 

822
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:08,300
him out here, he realizes that 
David is in trouble. 

823
00:52:08,300 --> 00:52:11,900
David is in need and so he comes
to David's age. 

824
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,000
You know what I get from this 
guy, this guy really enjoys 

825
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:20,100
taking care of people He takes 
deep delight and finding 

826
00:52:20,100 --> 00:52:24,000
individuals that are struggling 
and that are in need and that 

827
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:29,300
cannot lift themselves up and he
comes as soon as he can to make 

828
00:52:29,300 --> 00:52:32,000
a way for them. 
You know, I was looking at my 

829
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:34,300
here, briefly this afternoon, 
and I thought to myself, this is

830
00:52:34,300 --> 00:52:36,900
probably one of the closest 
illustrations, to the 

831
00:52:36,900 --> 00:52:39,700
manifestations of one of the 
gifts of the Spirit, not the 

832
00:52:39,700 --> 00:52:42,500
gift of tongues, not the gift of
healing, I think gift of 

833
00:52:42,500 --> 00:52:45,700
Prophecy. 
The gift that Romans 12 tells us

834
00:52:45,700 --> 00:52:52,600
about of Mercy. 
The gift of Mercy, Mercy is a 

835
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:55,800
supernatural gift. 
At least the some most of us 

836
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:58,300
here, understand that mercy. 
And I hope all of us understand 

837
00:52:58,300 --> 00:53:02,400
that Mercy is is a Christian. 
Attitude, we all should have 

838
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:06,400
mercy but there's a gift of 
mercy and the gift of Mercy is 

839
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:11,500
the special intuition. 
The sensitivity this deep desire

840
00:53:11,500 --> 00:53:15,700
and delight and collecting your 
resources and your time to help 

841
00:53:15,700 --> 00:53:19,200
those that others might neglect 
or Overlook. 

842
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:24,000
You have this magnetic ability 
and discernment to look and find

843
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:26,900
people and you take a special 
delight. 

844
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:31,600
And pouring into them. 
And it's a blessing for you to 

845
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:33,700
help whereas, for others, it 
might be a blessing, but it's 

846
00:53:33,700 --> 00:53:35,400
also a burden. 
That's not for the person as the

847
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:40,000
gift of Mercy. 
It's like absolute joy to step 

848
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,900
in and to do what others might 
not want to do. 

849
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,400
So if you ever want to an Old 
Testament picture of what the 

850
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,600
gift of Mercy? 
Looks like look no further than 

851
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:50,400
Mahir. 
And if you're a person in this 

852
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:52,000
place, that feels the same way 
of the way. 

853
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,000
I just described you might have 
the gift of Mercy. 

854
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:56,500
The Holy Spirit might have put 
that in your life, in your 

855
00:53:56,500 --> 00:53:59,300
heart. 
And for any church, or any 

856
00:53:59,300 --> 00:54:01,800
person to be connected to 
another, who has the gift of 

857
00:54:01,808 --> 00:54:04,000
Mercy. 
They're like Angels Sent From 

858
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:07,300
Heaven, man. 
They're so precious. 

859
00:54:09,500 --> 00:54:12,100
And this man indeed was a 
special person to David. 

860
00:54:14,300 --> 00:54:15,800
You want to know who real 
friends are. 

861
00:54:16,900 --> 00:54:18,500
Get in trouble and see who 
calls. 

862
00:54:20,500 --> 00:54:24,200
Don't know who real friends are.
when you have nothing to offer 

863
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:29,000
them and yet they're willing to 
offer themselves, That's who our

864
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:32,400
real friend is. 
And instead of identifying who 

865
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,600
that person might be, I mean 
it's good to thank them and 

866
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:38,200
praise God for them be that 
person, right? 

867
00:54:39,900 --> 00:54:42,500
A lot of people want the gifts 
of the Spirit, I'm not against 

868
00:54:42,500 --> 00:54:45,900
the gifts of the Spirit. 
But what about those gifts, 

869
00:54:45,900 --> 00:54:48,900
like, Mercy, how many people 
pray for that one? 

870
00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:54,100
I sure many do. 
But all like those members that 

871
00:54:54,100 --> 00:54:56,100
are not often seen that are 
hidden Mercy. 

872
00:54:56,100 --> 00:55:00,700
Mercy, so needed in a day so 
much unforgiveness and coldness 

873
00:55:02,100 --> 00:55:04,200
There's another guy here. 
Did you see his name? 

874
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:07,500
Kind of difficult to pronounce 
his name barzillai. 

875
00:55:08,900 --> 00:55:10,000
We're going to deal with him 
later. 

876
00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:13,000
And Pastor Danny might correct 
me and how I'm saying these 

877
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:19,200
names after the Bible study? 
I thought so. 

878
00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:23,500
So we see here, another 
character and he's going to, 

879
00:55:23,500 --> 00:55:26,000
he's going to come back to us in
a couple of chapters. 

880
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:30,400
But I want to end this Bible 
study with a quote, sometimes I 

881
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:34,700
do that. 
The quote is from no other than 

882
00:55:34,700 --> 00:55:42,300
my good friend Spurgeon. 
The talk about Brazilian another

883
00:55:42,300 --> 00:55:45,600
time and let me end from a quote
with this man Prince of 

884
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:48,700
preachers who makes it 
beautiful, illustration and 

885
00:55:48,700 --> 00:55:51,700
comment about the connection of 
my knee between Jacob and David.

886
00:55:51,700 --> 00:55:57,500
And it is this quote Spurgeon 
said I infer from this. that if 

887
00:55:57,500 --> 00:56:03,300
at any time, a servant of God Is
marching onward in his master's 

888
00:56:03,300 --> 00:56:07,400
work and he needs assistance of 
any sort. 

889
00:56:08,100 --> 00:56:13,700
He need not trouble about it, 
but rest in the Lord for succor 

890
00:56:13,700 --> 00:56:19,300
and help will surely come if not
from the Angels Above yet from 

891
00:56:19,300 --> 00:56:25,500
the church below. 
And Spurgeon as only Spurgeon 

892
00:56:25,500 --> 00:56:30,600
can made the wonderful 
application with idea of my name

893
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:36,300
from Jacob to David by 
mentioning how our help is 

894
00:56:36,300 --> 00:56:43,700
either invisible or visible. 
Either comes from Supernatural, 

895
00:56:43,700 --> 00:56:46,900
being sent from God, that you 
may not be able to perceive like

896
00:56:46,900 --> 00:56:51,100
Jacob did but can trust by faith
that they are sent to administer

897
00:56:51,100 --> 00:56:55,600
Aid to those who are saved or 
from those that you can see and 

898
00:56:55,600 --> 00:57:00,100
perceive and walk by day by day.
And the encouragement here is 

899
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:04,300
you can expect that from God. 
The same way, Jacob didn't the 

900
00:57:04,300 --> 00:57:07,800
same way. 
David did we are continually 

901
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:11,800
walking under a mahanaim. 
We're continually walking. 

902
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:14,400
It's not just one area. 
It's a lifestyle. 

903
00:57:14,700 --> 00:57:19,200
We are always walking. 
With two camps. 

904
00:57:20,500 --> 00:57:23,600
And you and I should be blessed 
by that to know that God is 

905
00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:27,000
always with us. 
And I want to bless God with you

906
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:30,500
tonight for this Bible study. 
And I'm excited to have the 

907
00:57:30,500 --> 00:57:32,300
conversations afterwards with 
you. 

908
00:57:32,300 --> 00:57:35,300
But until then, let's pray and 
pour out our hearts before the 

909
00:57:35,300 --> 00:57:41,100
Lord of Glory. 
What a mighty God we serve what 

910
00:57:41,100 --> 00:57:43,800
a mighty God. 
We serve Angels. 

911
00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:47,900
They bow before him Heaven and 
Earth adore him. 

912
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:50,100
What a mighty God. 
We serve. 

913
00:57:50,100 --> 00:57:53,600
Does anybody know that song? 
Yeah, it's a classic. 

914
00:57:55,700 --> 00:58:00,200
Lord, we thank you. 
Like telling you what? 

915
00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:10,000
A mighty God we serve Lord. we 
trust that through the the 

916
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:15,200
delivery of this study though, 
imperfect T' and even through 

917
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:17,500
Me. 
Maybe are distracted hearts. 

918
00:58:18,900 --> 00:58:20,300
That your word will not return 
void. 

919
00:58:26,700 --> 00:58:31,200
Oh God, your word is profound. 
We are moved by it. 

920
00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:38,500
Each time it is expounded to us.
Words. 

921
00:58:38,500 --> 00:58:40,100
Can't express what you mean to 
us. 

922
00:58:42,500 --> 00:58:45,200
Help us believe that the god of 
David, the god of Jacob, is our 

923
00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:52,500
God. 
Lord in this place. 

924
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,200
We often feel the temptation to 
rush. 

925
00:58:57,900 --> 00:59:00,900
But teach us again, the Delight 
of sitting at your feet. 

926
00:59:02,100 --> 00:59:04,100
And simply adoring you for who 
you are. 

927
00:59:06,100 --> 00:59:14,200
Lord. 
There's none like you. 

928
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:18,800
Forgive us for inconsistencies, 
forgive us for our failures, 

929
00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:25,200
forgive us. 
For maybe looking at the things 

930
00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:27,300
that we shouldn't be looking at 
and listening to the voices. 

931
00:59:27,300 --> 00:59:31,900
We shouldn't be listening to but
we praise you that we can come 

932
00:59:31,900 --> 00:59:35,400
here week after week. 
And believe that you are 

933
00:59:35,400 --> 00:59:39,500
gracious enough to speak to our 
hearts and to realign our 

934
00:59:39,500 --> 00:59:42,600
thinking and our affections to 
where they belong. 

935
00:59:45,300 --> 00:59:49,500
Lord, I don't know what some 
here might be dealing with you 

936
00:59:49,500 --> 00:59:53,500
know. 
It might be dark, it might be 

937
00:59:53,500 --> 00:59:58,200
devilish but it is not beyond 
the hope that you have for those

938
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:01,600
who are yours. 
We pray that hope was swallow up

939
01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:07,700
all the spare All fear. 
All lies. 

940
01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:12,000
And that every person who 
Belongs to the Lord, Jesus 

941
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:15,000
Christ would be anchored with 
the truth that you have a 

942
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:18,900
purpose for their tomorrow's and
even in their pain, there is 

943
01:00:18,900 --> 01:00:21,700
purpose. 
And even though life is not 

944
01:00:21,700 --> 01:00:26,500
played out the way they thought 
you have a better way and you 

945
01:00:26,500 --> 01:00:30,600
have a better script for our 
sanctification and Lord. 

946
01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:35,800
We pray for those who might feel
as though their service to God, 

947
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:40,600
Is not significant or 
meaningful, and they come week 

948
01:00:40,600 --> 01:00:43,500
after week and they do things 
that seems menial. 

949
01:00:44,300 --> 01:00:48,000
Louis said they would realize 
the preciousness of who they are

950
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:51,200
and you pray that they would 
realize through this brief 

951
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:54,900
mentions that you have actually 
set them up to be the most 

952
01:00:54,900 --> 01:00:57,600
treasured and prized of your 
church. 

953
01:00:59,200 --> 01:01:01,900
And Lord with everything that 
was said in between in passing. 

954
01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:05,100
We trust that you've spoken to 
us. 

955
01:01:05,100 --> 01:01:07,900
Now, we speak to you again and 
song and give you glory and 

956
01:01:07,900 --> 01:01:11,300
honor and thanks in the precious
name of the living Christ. 

957
01:01:11,300 --> 01:01:14,600
We pray. 
Amen, and amen Church. 

958
01:01:14,700 --> 01:01:16,300
Let's stand and worship God 
together.