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Eager to go into the Bible with 
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Second Samuel chapter 2 is where
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we were at verse 12 before we 
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together at verse 12 of chapter 
2 of second Samuel, And our 

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brother just prayed. 
But why don't we pray one more 

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time as we have the word of God 
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O Lord, we thank you. 
We thank you for the word. 

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We love your word, it is our 
Delight. 

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It is our joy, it is sweet to 
the taste. 

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It is strength to the bones. 
We thank you Lord, that it is 

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the window by which we can see 
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It is your invitation for us to 
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And Lord, we just sit at your 
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And we just ask Lord, as this is
a study that you would help us 

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learn of you about you and I 
Lord it would get into our blood

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so that we can live like you and
we can answer the call that you 

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have for us in this text. 
We ask Lord that there would be 

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a special touch when the power 
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Hearts. 
We thank you Lord. 

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That these doors are open every 
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We bless you. 
By your grace Lord, one service 

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a week is not enough we long for
more of you. 

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Oh God and we are blessed by a 
people who want to gather 

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together to receive from your 
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We give you all glory and thanks
in Jesus name. 

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Amen. 
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you and I can do before we 
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to understand. 
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this story before completing 
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So let's recollect, what we 
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Let's summarize him Saul died, 
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David becomes king, he is 
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certain tribe. 
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own people and so they recognize
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they clothed him with their 
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God's anointed You will become 
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Now, unfortunately, David is not
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there is another man who had a 
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His name was Abner, he was 
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commander of his army and 
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threatened because of David's 
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son, the remaining son, the 
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ones died in battle ish. 
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the rest of the tribes to be 
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heir to the throne. 
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Abner using a spaceship as a 
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ambition. 
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war on the dynasty of David. 
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plan and Abner knew that 
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This is not because he cared 
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This is not because he wanted 
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This was because he had a desire
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that to you very briefly go to 
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And look at verse 6 of second 
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Scroll down to verse 6 of 
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while there was war between the 
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And the House of David Abner was
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in the house of Saul. 
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self. 
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ishka Chef King, but he was 
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position. 
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pride, his Prosperity, his name.
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our context, we come now to 
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take place between these two 
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And as I personally studied 
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chapter 2, I could not help but 
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theme and it is intensely 
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Really is the great need for 
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strengths and my abilities and 
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cleverness, no matter what would
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our efforts might even be 
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ministering God's work, if 
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us to lead us to instruct us. 
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great failure and many ways. 
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different illustrations in this 
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is going to be intensely 
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faith is. 
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this. 
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guard at all times. 
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four total in this study. 
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teaches us to be on guard? 
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dangerous. 
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your front door, but at all 
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verse 12 Abner, the son of nerve
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son of Saul went out from 
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I enjoyed the son of Zechariah 
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out and met them at the pool of 
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one on the one side of the pool 
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of the pool. 
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The son of Nur is making his way
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They're not shot. 
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they're actually extremely 
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end of it that mahanaim was 
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where their headquarters was he 
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This is concerning enough for 
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his army, joab, and a few of his
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was up to. 
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to learn what it is that he is 
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move is declaring something. 
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is that he is hungry for all of 
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He already has a majority of the
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The only tribe that's really not
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is so ambitious that he is 
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make way to overthrow David and 
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You see when the Abner made this
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David. 
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months period, while David was 
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is a war between the house of 
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he's making his way to try to 
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Way to usurp The Authority that 
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David. 
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I believe Abner's ambition here.
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reflection of the ambition that 
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believer. 
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with only having part of you. 
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of life. 
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want to dominate you and I and 
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one thing is for certain sin 
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Veer you off the will of God 
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completely And what we see with 
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satisfied with 11 tribes. 
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has the same attitude for you 
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individual scale, but on a macro
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everything. 
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take a peek down history and 
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invention with with every 
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it is corrupted by evil. 
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true technologically. 
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everything that we develop as 
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comes in and seeks to hijack. 
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everything about it. 
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discovered these chemicals, and 
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nuclear bombs, why? 
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communicate with somebody across
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internet has 30, something 
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visits on website to be 
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And so what you see here is that
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that this is a good place to 
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satisfied with only having 
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Satan is not satisfied, just to 
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Satan is not satisfied. 
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share in the Middle East. 
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love to turn this lovely nation 
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past two years was not a simple 
experiment of political 

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overreach. 
As I said earlier, it was a 

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slick attempt. 
This might shock you welcome to 

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Bible say. 
It has been a slick attempt from

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the evil one to try to render 
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Now that might be hard for you 
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Biblical worldview, but if you 
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We wrestle against principality.
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and demons are not just 
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They are sophisticated. 
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teachings, they hate the idea of
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They hate the idea of there 
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easily. 
And so, what you and I saw Was a

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great bold attempt from the evil
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so look like everything blended 
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If you and I do not learn from 
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years, we will not be prepared 
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I'm telling you, let me say this
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raise my voice. 
I get very passionate sometimes 

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most of the churches of sleep. 
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is asleep. 
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they have reduced the 
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And let me get out of here, so I
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I have things to do after the 
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I have my own plans, I had my 
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interesting, you don't even 
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you won't be able to go to 
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You won't have those freedoms, 
you won't have those luxuries 

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and so we have to see the 
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We have to understand that as we
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the end of the age, Hebrews 
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Drawing Near you don't meet 
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another and meet even more. 
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generally speaking of the 
indifference and the lack of 

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alertness from many many 
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one court has been shared so 
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It's not my own normal is not 
coming back, Jesus is that's the

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difference. 
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to go into tension. 
I'm trying to come back to this.

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I'm trying to come back to this.
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is that there is an agenda. 
There is an agenda. 

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And just as much as there are 
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in this generation in this 
world, there are agents of Satan

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They want to accelerate what the
Antichrist wants to do and that 

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is to dominate this world to 
bring worship away from God, and

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to himself, and Laura, as many 
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is she can? 
So we come back to this and I 

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want to say though, we do not 
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Wisdom Keeps Us alert at all 
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We do not have as much ability 
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from being poisoned. 
We do have a call from God to be

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responsible for that, which he 
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the Temple of the Holy Spirit. 
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And that is the local church 
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part of and our attitude towards
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evil, one should be the same of 
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What is David doing verse 13? 
When he when he learns these are

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early signs that he is going to 
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When he learns that, there is 
strange Behavior coming from 

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Abner. 
He sends joab because he seems 

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to have a great intelligence 
agency. 

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He sends job early on before, 
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danger to be able to study and 
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And to prevent he's acting 
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coming with an awareness on his 
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That there is something 
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we want to stop it in its larvae
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We want to stop at as early as 
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Before Abner comes into Judah 
into have-nots and creates Havoc

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that will be much more difficult
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at this point. 
Here's what I want to say. 

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A true soldier of Jesus Christ. 
A true soldier of Jesus Christ. 

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Is a watchful Christian. 
They are constantly on guard. 

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It's not, they don't become 
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They don't get, they don't get, 
oh, they don't become aware of 

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God. 
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just turn on. 
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constantly having the radar on 
And there are strengthened and 

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they are nourished, and they're 
watching. 

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And they are seeking and they 
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times. 
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Abner to cause trouble. 
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trouble to even begin with. 
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the Christian? 
Because we have a different war 

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is not against flesh and blood. 
But what does it look like our 

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main enemy is sin? 
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what that looks like. 
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is that when a Believer 
identifies a common thought 

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pattern and he knows that it's 
wrong. 

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And he knows that it's 
entertaining sin that believer 

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doesn't just allow his thoughts 
to wander where the he sees the 

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potential direction that this is
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the, but he deals with the, he 
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that his emotions begin to 
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the emotional level. 
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crowd that I'm in and the crowd 
that I'm with is now removing me

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from relishing and spiritual 
things and is now dominating the

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things of God. 
A my desires of my Pursuits, I'm

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going to do something about it 
early on they act preemptively 

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they act before Things become 
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They are able See pass? 
What's may seem innocent on the 

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surface and see the actual harm 
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If that was true of many 
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less remorse in their lives a 
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Because like David, they are 
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subtle activity, that identify 
it and they take measures to 

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face it before. 
It gains more ground over your 

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will, over your mind, over your 
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relationships and David's 
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Here is a wonderful example of 
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Vision seeing the potential 
Hazard of these things that may 

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seem harmless at the beginning 
which brings us to our second 

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Point. 
Wisdom is not just The necessity

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to being alert at all times, it 
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Consequences of present. 
Compliances wisdom takes into 

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account future consequences of 
present compliances. 

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Where do I get that from? 
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Here's the scene. 
You have Abner with his men and 

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they are sitting at this large 
pool, maybe a well, you have job

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in his men, sitting on the other
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He breaks the silence. 
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Let the young man arise and 
compete before us. 

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And job said, let him arise. 
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Right? 
And so he seized the opportunity

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and he says, let them compete 
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play. 
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different shades of meaning, 
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That word can be used when David
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instruments before the Lord, 
that word was also used when 

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Samson was apprehended by the 
Philistines and when they 

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realize that they got Enemy 
Number One, they wanted him to 

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come out and entertained. 
Um it's the same Hebrew word and

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there was laughing and mocking 
their their scorning him as he 

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was almost like a clown and 
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think for them and humiliation. 
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when he says, let the young man 
arise in compete before us, it's

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almost as though he is calling 
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match to prove which side is 
stronger. 

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He's not he's not he's not 
looking to initiate a bloodbath 

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at this point. 
What he's really wanting to do 

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is is to make a statement by 
creating less casualties to say 

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look at look at us. 
We prevailed over David and to 

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convince somehow through that 
that they should join his side 

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because David side is inferior. 
They are weaker. 

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And so that's what he is 
proposing here and regardless of

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the motive. 
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Abner is the aggressor Abner's 
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Abner's the one who wants to 
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not entertaining as he's not 
initiating this but 

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unfortunately, we're job failed 
was where he complied he hears 

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this and instead of rejecting 
the senseless idea. 

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He actually B. 
He says, okay, let them arise 

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now listen, it doesn't take much
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you have two opposing people 
coming to some kind of a 

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wrestling match that that's 
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This isn't a friendly 
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This is a way of flexing your 
muscle at the expense of young 

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men who are going to become 
casualties for no reason. 

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But job here, gives in and my 
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you do this? 
And if you've studied jobs life 

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before if you've studied this 
text before, you know what kind 

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of character is job was tough 
job was relentless, he was 

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ruthless. 
Actually he was a never backed 

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down kind of fellow and so when 
this was proposed this challenge

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is brought before him those who 
know job say, okay, it's kind of

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we kind of saw this coming yet. 
He's going to give into this and

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he does. 
But for what reason? 

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Remember job is the commander of
David's Army Abner's the 

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commander of Saul Sons Army. 
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threatened. 
I wonder if job wants to make a 

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point. 
I wonder if Joy type here is 

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allowing his pride to override. 
His reason, you want to 

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challenge me and my men, huh? 
Okay, let us move it. 

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Guys, get up and he's selected 
12 of his vast and Abner did the

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same. 
And they went at it, and it 

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didn't last very long, before 
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thrust it in each other's sides 
and twenty four young men, And 

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I'd for no reason. 
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jobs failure to take the higher 
road to take the higher Road. 

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Because of that, there would be 
an open door for Unnecessary 

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tragedy. 
What do you and I learned? 

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This is remember, this is 
intensely practical tonight. 

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We want to be Servants of God. 
We want to be effective, we want

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to testimonies to shine bright. 
We want to be used by God. 

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Well, then understand this 
wisdom takes into account future

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consequences of present 
compliances and so here's a word

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from the book of wisdom and 
proverbs in Proverbs 1714. 

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Here's what this verse says. 
And Proverbs 17:14 the 

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beginning. 
Of strife. 

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Is like letting out water. 
So, quit before the quarrel 

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breaks out. 
The beginning of strife is like 

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letting out water, so quit 
before quarrel breaks out. 

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So what's the teaching their? 
Well, when you begin to see 

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Sparks of contention fly, And 
one heated, word is exchanged 

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for another. 
And one blow of accusation is 

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served after one was received, 
and there begins to be some kind

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of Brewing of tension between 
two parties. 

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You know what this calls us to 
do be the better man. 

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Be the true representative of 
your master in Jesus Christ in 

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humility and back down. 
Pull back, quit. 

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Press the eject button. 
Let him get the last word. 

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Let her have the last word don't
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Don't even try to go back. 
You did this, I'm going to quit 

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before it becomes worse. 
It is much easier to fix a small

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leak than it is to deal with a 
broken Dam. 

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And that's the wisdom here. 
Once you have a massive water 

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that gushes out, it becomes 
incalculable in its destruction 

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and much more difficult to 
control when it is in its forms 

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of drops. 
That's much more, easy to handle

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and wisdom. 
In the Christian Life, where you

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will deal with many characters, 
wisdom will often whisper in 

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your ear and encourage you to 
realize that this tension these 

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issues with others or somebody 
who's trying to cause you and 

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invite you into some kind of a 
battle wisdom will say it will 

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become way worse, if you 
entertain it. 

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So pull out while you can 
because this battle can lead to 

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a war. 
This is so appropriate for our 

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church. 
This is so improper it for us as

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a family in Jesus Christ. 
If you're not a part of this 

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church, take this with you to 
your local church. 

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The personal feud between Abner 
and joab, would actually lead to

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other people dying. 
And if we are serious about the 

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health of the local church, if 
we are serious about the 

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testimony of the church. 
Then we have to understand what 

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wisdom teaches us and that's my 
personal problem with another 

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brother or sister in Christ can 
actually lead to collateral. 

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Damage can actually create much,
more difficulty and friction to 

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those who are not even 
necessarily involved to begin 

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with, and this verse among many 
versus calls. 

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You and I to die to ourselves. 
To die to ourselves. 

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Let me give you a new testament.
In example. 

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Okay, I love versus like this 
because I always think Lord, you

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didn't have to put a person like
that. 

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I mean you could have filled 
every epistle from the beginning

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to the end with wonderful 
descriptions and Theological 

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truths about the person and 
Glory of Jesus Christ. 

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But then you come to verses like
this turn your Bibles with me. 

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The Philippians chapter 4 and 
look at this in verse 2. 

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Philippians 4 to Paul writes to 
this church in Philippi. 

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And he gets to a certain point 
where he addresses a couple of 

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women And this is what he says. 
I entreat. 

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Yo, Dia and Ian treats in Turkey
to agree in the Lord. 

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Full stop. 
Why is that in the Bible? 

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Why is that in the Bible? 
Well, for Paul to write this in 

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this epistle. 
As a public letter, surely means

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that he is. 
Learn about a contention, a 

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conflict between two women. 
That was actually causing 

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problems to the church as a 
whole it was causing issues from

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from them and he wanted to deal 
with it head-on and we don't 

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know the exact nature of the 
issue because he doesn't tell 

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us. 
But one thing we know for 

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certain is that it's not 
doctrinal because if it was a 

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doctrinal issue, then Paul would
obviously side with the person 

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who was in right, the person who
is teaching the truth. 

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With that being eliminated as a 
possibility. 

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What is the strongest 
possibility? 

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Is that these two women had 
personal issues between each 

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other? 
It was totally personal But it 

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has come to a point where now 
sides are being taken. 

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There's there's there's a 
heaviness in the meetings and as

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the Believers are coming 
together, there's awkwardness 

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and there's there's a sense of 
walls being built up because of 

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emotional conflict and 
disruption and Paul's, like I'm 

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hearing about this and I can see
where this is going and Paul as 

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a great Pastor to pastors and 
church planter says agree in the

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Lord. 
Agreeing the Lord that tells me 

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something very, very important. 
One of the reasons no matter 

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what the nature of the problem 
is one of the reasons why 

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conflicts between people are not
solved amongst Christians is 

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because the Lord is not included
in their reasoning. 

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You get so consumed with self 
that, you forget to see that you

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and that fellow believer have 
common ground in the kingdom of 

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God. 
And that you have a greater 

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cause that is bigger than the 
issue that you guys had between 

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one another But see problems 
arise more and more, the more we

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become self-absorbed. 
And the more self-absorbed, we 

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become the more we push out God 
from our thinking, and from our 

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planning and, and from our life 
goals and that's exactly what is

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taking place here. 
And in the case of Abner and joy

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of who are brothers, after is 
going to say that later on, they

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were brothers. 
They're of the same people, the 

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same Kingdom, they serve the 
same God. 

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Apparently 24, young men are 
going to die and more later on. 

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just because of two guys who 
have ego issues, it's because of

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00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:39,200
two guys, mainly one who had 
more of under the other who had 

452
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,900
selfish ambition, that was more 
Abner than it was job after give

453
00:28:42,900 --> 00:28:46,400
job credit and how many have 
suffered suffered within the 

454
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,700
church? 
How many churches have lost 

455
00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:52,700
loved and lost that fervency in 
Lost. 

456
00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:57,200
Focus for the gospel because of 
personal issues, Listen, the 

457
00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,300
church is not a glorified 
Nursery, okay? 

458
00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:05,800
It's an army. 
It's an army and we have to be 

459
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,200
careful because little things 
like this can actually Road and 

460
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:14,400
we can the body of Jesus Christ.
And what I find so amazing about

461
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,300
what we see in Philippians 4 2, 
Is what you read in the next 

462
00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:22,700
verse look at Philippians 4 3, 
he continues with this thought. 

463
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:28,100
Yes I ask you also. 
True Companion help these women 

464
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:30,700
so now he's addressing somebody 
there's debate who is addressing

465
00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:36,200
Help these women who have 
labored side by side with me in 

466
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,500
the gospel. 
Together with Clement and the 

467
00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:42,600
rest of my fellow workers whose 
names are in the Book of Life. 

468
00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:45,200
What stands out to you from that
verse? 

469
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,100
What stands out to you? 
Let me ask this question. 

470
00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:54,800
What is the quality of these 
woman? 

471
00:29:55,400 --> 00:30:10,400
What did they contribute? 
Paul says, they have labored 

472
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:15,200
with me side by side. 
So, these weren't carnal woman 

473
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,900
that came to church because it 
was a social thing. 

474
00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:21,500
These were genuine Servants of 
the Gospel. 

475
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:28,000
These were women who contributed
to the ministry of the Apostle. 

476
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:33,500
Paul, these were these were 
women who who evidently had some

477
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:37,500
kind of spiritual maturity. 
Now, here's the warning, but 

478
00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:41,200
even such woman of such caliber 
were overcome by selfishness. 

479
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,900
That's how power the flesh can 
be. 

480
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:47,700
That's how powerful the flesh 
can be. 

481
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,000
That even women have such 
standards in the church can 

482
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:56,700
succumb to self to such a degree
that it overrides their 

483
00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:58,000
Ministries. 
It overrides. 

484
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,100
What they were contributing for 
the kingdom of God. 

485
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,500
To the point where they don't 
even care. 

486
00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:06,000
If it's creating disunity among 
the people of God, isn't that? 

487
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,700
Like, if you're scared? 
Good. 

488
00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:12,400
I hope you're even more scared. 
There is a healthy fear of what 

489
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:16,000
this flesh can bring us to. 
Unless we subject it to the word

490
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,000
of God, and the power of the 
Holy Spirit. 

491
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,900
These are these are good woman. 
These Are Holy woman. 

492
00:31:21,900 --> 00:31:25,600
And yet still, they could not 
agree because of a personal 

493
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,300
issue and it was creating issues
within the church. 

494
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:34,700
And so you see Paul Here is 
addressing something at its seed

495
00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:39,200
form, because as a leader, he 
realizes where this can go and 

496
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,200
what Paul has in mind is the 
gospel, the advancement of the 

497
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:46,200
Kingdom through the church. 
And so I invite you today that 

498
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,300
if you have an issue with 
somebody, you be the higher 

499
00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:54,200
person and die to yourself. 
Die to yourself. 

500
00:31:55,700 --> 00:31:57,900
Die to yourself for the sake of 
the Gospel. 

501
00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,900
Well, what if they do? 
Don't worry about them. 

502
00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:02,400
You do it. 
You do it. 

503
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,200
Don't worry. 
If they agree, don't worry. 

504
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,300
If they see our, I don't worry. 
If they clap back, you die to 

505
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:11,600
yourself. 
You see Paul solution to this 

506
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,500
conflict. 
Look what he says in verse 3. 

507
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,500
Yes, I ask you also True 
Companion. 

508
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:18,300
Help these women. 
He's calling the church. 

509
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,600
He's calling somebody else in 
the church, but you can say he's

510
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,000
calling the church. 
He's calling someone from within

511
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,200
to help these women who are in 
the same church to come to a 

512
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,700
place of solution. 
And I love that. 

513
00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:33,100
You know why I love that because
God designed the local church. 

514
00:32:35,300 --> 00:32:38,300
To have a measure of influence 
upon selfishness in someone's 

515
00:32:38,300 --> 00:32:41,900
life. 
Can I tell you something? 

516
00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:46,500
I've seen so many relationships 
destroyed. 

517
00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:52,300
Not just between people like on 
a French level, mainly even in 

518
00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:53,900
marriage. 
And you know, what many of those

519
00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:56,400
marriages have in common, if not
all of them, I'll tell you what.

520
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,100
Either both or one are not part 
of a local church. 

521
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,700
For years, I've seen it and they
may come like to hear messages, 

522
00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:10,200
but I'm saying they're not 
plugged in there, not like this 

523
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,500
is my church, I'm a member here.
These are my elders. 

524
00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:15,000
I'm accountable to these men. 
I'm accountable to this body. 

525
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,500
I can't think of one 
relationship. 

526
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,800
That's not having great problems
where they don't, share the same

527
00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:25,600
common denominator. 
Either one or both are not 

528
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,500
seriously devoted to a local 
church. 

529
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:34,600
Because Paul here sees a 
solution to these two going to 

530
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,700
war with each other. 
He sees the church who is 

531
00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:41,600
outside of them who is unbiased 
who stands for what is right to 

532
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:46,700
come in and to quench the fire. 
And so we all struggle with 

533
00:33:46,700 --> 00:33:51,700
selfishness, but what you and I 
need and God's wisdom, is a body

534
00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:56,200
of believers who love us enough 
to say smart, not snap out of 

535
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,900
it. 
Do you realize how you are 

536
00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:00,800
actually hindering the work of 
Christ. 

537
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,000
Do you realize how you were 
actually damaging the ministry 

538
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,700
that you are a part of because 
of a personal issue with someone

539
00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:08,699
else wake up. 
Wake up. 

540
00:34:09,900 --> 00:34:12,400
And that's what Paul is doing 
here you and I need to see that.

541
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:18,400
Because wisdom, wisdom, 
foresees, future consequences to

542
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,300
present, compromises and 
compliances. 

543
00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:24,500
And sometimes we are so blinded 
by our own selfishness, and our 

544
00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:28,600
own desires that we need other 
eyes of the same body, the body 

545
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,699
of Jesus Christ to call it out 
for us and to speak up. 

546
00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:37,800
Thirdly wisdom teaches us to 
take advice is a perfect 

547
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,699
transition. 
So, look at verse 15 of second. 

548
00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:45,000
Samuel too. 
Then they arose and passed over 

549
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,900
by number 12 for Benjamin and 
Ishmael Chef, the son of Saul 

550
00:34:47,900 --> 00:34:51,000
and 12 of the Servants of David 
and each caught his opponent by 

551
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:55,000
the head, and thrust his sword 
and his opponent side. 

552
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,300
So they fell down together. 
It was a draw. 

553
00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:04,000
And then we come down here to 
verse 18 and the Three Sons of 

554
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,600
Zechariah were their job abishai
and a Sahel. 

555
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:13,100
Now as to how was as Swift as 
foot as a wild gazelle. 

556
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,300
So now we're being introduced to
this set of Brothers. 

557
00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:20,300
Does anybody know how they are 
related to David? 

558
00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:26,000
There is nephews when you go to 
1st Chronicles in Chapter 2, you

559
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,100
realize Azariah here is actually
David sister. 

560
00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:34,500
David sister had three sons. 
These three sons join David's. 

561
00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:38,100
Can't they trusted that he was 
the Lord's anointed and they 

562
00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:41,500
were warriors. 
And what's interesting here is 

563
00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:43,700
that we're going to learn not 
just something about Joy, but 

564
00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:46,300
have another brother and that is
as to how all we are told about 

565
00:35:46,300 --> 00:35:49,700
us the hell is that he was as 
Swift of foot as a wild gazelle.

566
00:35:49,700 --> 00:35:51,300
In other words, he was really 
fast. 

567
00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:56,000
He was, he had agility. 
He was known for his swiftness. 

568
00:35:57,100 --> 00:36:00,400
But as you read on, you realize 
that a Sahel had something in 

569
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,500
common with his brother job and 
it is this that though he had 

570
00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:06,500
great ability. 
And in his case, he had a great 

571
00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:09,700
zeal. 
He lacked what his brother had. 

572
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,000
I rather yeah. 
Also like, with his brother 

573
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,700
lacking that is wisdom. 
Job was known for his great 

574
00:36:16,700 --> 00:36:17,900
courage. 
He was Fearless. 

575
00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:20,300
He would take up any Challenge 
and you were going to see that 

576
00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:22,300
throughout second Samuel. 
But what you see here with his 

577
00:36:22,300 --> 00:36:25,300
brother is that he actually had 
the same problem. 

578
00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:31,200
Great gifting great ability, but
it wasn't guided and protected 

579
00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:34,300
by wisdom. 
Here's my so fast. 

580
00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:37,900
And I was reading this today and
I thought to myself, up to this 

581
00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:41,000
point David stands out from his 
family in so many ways, like 

582
00:36:41,100 --> 00:36:47,300
though he is related by blood, 
He differs so vastly and 

583
00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:50,600
character. 
I mean, realized, Who David was 

584
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:54,000
in light of his parents, 
especially his dad realize who 

585
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,800
David was in light of his 
brothers. 

586
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,600
His brothers were not the same 
as him. 

587
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,300
Realize, who David was in light 
of his nephews. 

588
00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:04,400
He really stood out. 
And the point is this, that 

589
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,800
though, you may share the same 
blood, does it mean you have the

590
00:37:07,808 --> 00:37:12,100
same spirit? 
Though you may have a certain 

591
00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:15,600
lineage even if it's a spiritual
lineage does not mean 

592
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,500
necessarily that you will share 
in that. 

593
00:37:17,700 --> 00:37:21,000
But here's the encouraging thing
that even though David came from

594
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,700
a family that wasn't necessarily
the most admire below. 

595
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,200
And the most exemplary God still
chose David. 

596
00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:31,500
God still would use David. 
He didn't come from a Polish 

597
00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:33,800
family. 
He came from a family, where his

598
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,500
dad even recognize him as a son,
when Samuel asked for all his 

599
00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:39,000
sons. 
He came from, it came from 

600
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,300
brothers who had issues, he From
nephews who had issues, he had 

601
00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:44,700
issues all around. 
And if you're thinking that God 

602
00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:47,200
recruits those who have a 
certain pedigree in their 

603
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:52,300
family, you're sadly mistaken 
and you should be encouraged 

604
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:57,200
salvation. 
And true walk with God, comes 

605
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:01,300
from an individual sense of who 
he is and individual 

606
00:38:01,300 --> 00:38:03,100
responsibility of submitting to 
him. 

607
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,300
And I praise God for that. 
God won't hold me accountable 

608
00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:08,200
because of my parents because of
my uncle's because of anybody 

609
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:12,500
else you and I have this walk 
and it's a one-on-one walk with 

610
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:15,600
the Lord that is deeply, deeply 
encouraging to me. 

611
00:38:15,900 --> 00:38:17,500
But as to how look what he does 
here. 

612
00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:21,900
Verse 19 as to how pursued Abner
as he went. 

613
00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:24,500
He turned neither to the right 
hand nor to the left from 

614
00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:29,400
following Abner he's running 
after him, not to give him a 

615
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,900
just a little beating. 
He wants to kill him. 

616
00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:36,900
He wants to destroy Abner and he
thinks this would be a wonderful

617
00:38:36,900 --> 00:38:42,500
trophy for the kingdom of David.
And what we see here is that, 

618
00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:45,800
this is a great Zeal, this is a 
great Passion, this is great 

619
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,000
fervency, there's great 
dedication here. 

620
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,100
I mean, he's running way ahead 
of everybody else. 

621
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,400
But again, as I said earlier, 
he's clearly demonstrating a 

622
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:57,900
great lack of wisdom. 
And the great lack of wisdom is 

623
00:38:57,900 --> 00:39:03,100
this. 
He was warned. he was warned by 

624
00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:10,700
Abner to stop and he would not 
stop, and because of that, He 

625
00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:12,900
would hurt himself. 
It would actually lead to his 

626
00:39:12,900 --> 00:39:16,000
own demise. 
And when I looked at that, I 

627
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:20,600
thought to myself. 
Zeal without knowledge is not 

628
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,600
good. 
Even if your Zeal is targeted 

629
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,700
towards that which aims to 
glorify God. 

630
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,300
And I was looking at this and I 
was reflecting on my own life 

631
00:39:31,300 --> 00:39:34,500
when I first got saved. 
And if I can give a description 

632
00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:37,400
about those early days of 
walking with the Lord, there was

633
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:43,800
a lot of zeal. 
Maybe need for more wisdom. 

634
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:49,100
It was it was it was in the name
of God, it was witnessing for 

635
00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:51,700
God, it was sharing the gospel. 
I was helping people. 

636
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,900
And I think that's common for 
many people who become born 

637
00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:58,200
again. 
They become very very zealous, 

638
00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:01,800
but even in our Evangelistic 
efforts do you just Jesus tells 

639
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,500
us to be wise as serpents. 
He wants us to exercise, wisdom 

640
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:07,500
and all things, even those 
things that are good. 

641
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:13,000
And I think here, what we see 
with with a Sahel is that he had

642
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,800
a Zeal, he lacked the wisdom and
something that he wanted to do. 

643
00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:21,400
In his mind, perhaps could have 
been right would actually turn 

644
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:27,100
out to his to his own harm. 
God is so patient with us, he 

645
00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:30,700
teaches us and I think that's 
why he's extremely patient with 

646
00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:32,300
all of us when we first get 
saved. 

647
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,600
But here's the thing, the 
solution to his Zeal early on in

648
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,700
our walk with the Lord, as we 
grow older. 

649
00:40:37,700 --> 00:40:42,200
The Lord is not less zeal. 
It's not less Zeal for the lord.

650
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,900
It's more wisdom. 
Right? 

651
00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:47,200
So you have people who grow in 
the Lord over the years and they

652
00:40:47,207 --> 00:40:49,600
become less zealous and they 
think that's more wisdom that 

653
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:53,200
that's not true. 
See, I remember when I was 

654
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:54,400
zealous for the Lord, I used to 
do it. 

655
00:40:54,408 --> 00:40:58,200
Well, what happened? 
You don't do anything anymore. 

656
00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:01,900
That's not wisdom. 
Wisdom is the ability to learn 

657
00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:04,000
from your mistakes and learn 
from those who have went on 

658
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,800
ahead of you to be able to teach
you how you can channel that 

659
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:12,500
Zeal for maximum Effectiveness 
and minimizing of issues and 

660
00:41:12,508 --> 00:41:20,300
problems. nothing can be worse 
for your spiritual success, or 

661
00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:26,400
mine than stubbornness It 
doesn't matter how gifted you 

662
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:32,200
are, doesn't matter who you are 
or who you're referred to, as 

663
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,600
you're the next dish. 
You're the next that if you and 

664
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,500
I do not have a teachable spirit
if you and I do not know how to 

665
00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:41,500
submit to the word of God, and 
the word of God, applied by 

666
00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:45,100
others, who know how to apply it
to your life, then then we will 

667
00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:49,000
fall and fail in serious ways. 
I've seen it myself over the 

668
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,400
years, people who had great Zeal
crashed. 

669
00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:56,000
When they could have avoided 
those walls, if they had, simply

670
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,600
just listen to those who had 
enough sense to say, you got to 

671
00:41:58,607 --> 00:42:00,500
do it this way, or you got to be
like this, or you got to be 

672
00:42:00,500 --> 00:42:03,100
careful how you do this and 
that's what happened to a Sahel 

673
00:42:03,100 --> 00:42:06,900
look what happens here. 
Verse 20, then abdur looked 

674
00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:08,900
behind him and said, is it you 
as to how? 

675
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,000
And he answered it is. 
I Abner said, to him, turn 

676
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,900
aside, to your right hand or to 
your left and sees one of the 

677
00:42:14,908 --> 00:42:17,800
young men and take a spoil. 
But as to, how would not turn 

678
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,600
aside from following him and 
Abner said again to us. 

679
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,000
I'll turn aside from following 
me. 

680
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,100
Why should I strike you to the 
ground? 

681
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:29,000
How then can I lift up my face 
to your brother joab but he 

682
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,900
refused to turn aside therefore 
Abner struck him in the stomach 

683
00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:36,400
with the butt of his spear. 
At the spear came out of his 

684
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:40,400
back and he fell there and died 
where he was and all who came to

685
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:42,500
the place where isil had fallen 
and died. 

686
00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:45,200
Stood Still. 
So you see what happened as to 

687
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,300
how this pursuing him. 
Abner looks back, he warns him 

688
00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:52,000
turn aside and he doesn't again.
He says turn aside, and he 

689
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,400
doesn't. 
And finally, he takes out his 

690
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,400
Spear and he thrust it in such a
way that with the speed of a 

691
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,800
Sahel is running. 
It literally penetrated him 

692
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,700
through his frame and the Spirit
came out the other side of his 

693
00:43:03,700 --> 00:43:09,700
back. 
And so I want to say that the 

694
00:43:09,700 --> 00:43:14,000
greatest thing that you and I 
have to protect ourselves from 

695
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:17,900
harming ourselves or harming 
others is to be teachable. 

696
00:43:19,700 --> 00:43:26,100
Is to take heed of warnings. 
Again, especially for younger 

697
00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:30,500
believers. 
Something happens often with 

698
00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:33,000
younger Believers and in their 
Zeal, they can become very 

699
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:37,000
critical. 
Very critical of authority, very

700
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,600
critical of older Believers 
because in their minds, they're 

701
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,800
so zealous and they look at 
those who might be more 

702
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:45,400
controlled and their emotions or
may do things in a certain way 

703
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,300
and it conflicts with what you 
think. 

704
00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:50,100
And you begin to criticize and 
you begin to is what happens. 

705
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,300
You have people become Lone Wolf
Christians and they despise 

706
00:43:53,300 --> 00:43:54,800
Authority. 
They don't think they should be 

707
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,600
part of the local church because
a local church is dead and 

708
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:01,700
pastors just don't get it and 
this and that and I'm on fire 

709
00:44:01,700 --> 00:44:05,100
and My Band of Brothers, my band
of sisters aren't front Since 

710
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,900
you are setting yourself up for 
great Danger. 

711
00:44:09,900 --> 00:44:11,500
And you may not be a younger 
believer here. 

712
00:44:11,500 --> 00:44:13,600
But if, you know, younger 
believer, listen to what I'm 

713
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,200
saying, encourage those and 
encourage your own heart that 

714
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:21,200
even though you may feel like 
you are gifted, or you have a 

715
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,800
certain way of thinking, or you 
have a better strategy to 

716
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:27,400
continue to remain open to being
instructed and taught. 

717
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:30,100
Now, listen, that's not just 
true for younger people years. 

718
00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:33,800
I'm just, I'm just saying that 
Because that's especially true 

719
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,200
with younger Believers, but it 
can certainly be true those who 

720
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,800
mature in the faith, but that 
was not the case of a man in New

721
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:42,500
Testament, who was mature and 
his knowledge of the scripture 

722
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:44,500
and his ability to communicate 
it. 

723
00:44:46,700 --> 00:44:48,000
Can you think of that man with 
me? 

724
00:44:48,900 --> 00:44:50,600
Who is he in the New Testament? 
The book of Acts? 

725
00:44:56,600 --> 00:45:04,500
Close. who was, who was a man 
who is known as Competent in the

726
00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:13,000
scriptures. and powerfully 
refuted the Jews paulose I'm 

727
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:16,700
encouraged by by Apollo's his 
life that the little window that

728
00:45:16,700 --> 00:45:18,700
we have of his life, a little 
snippet, not because of his 

729
00:45:18,700 --> 00:45:22,900
ability to teach or preach, not 
in his might in the scriptures 

730
00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:27,500
but because when he was 
approached with correction, he 

731
00:45:27,500 --> 00:45:31,200
humbled himself and he received 
it And I want to show you that 

732
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:34,200
and we're almost done here. 
I know we're running a little 

733
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:36,700
bit over time with the remaining
verses that we have here, but 

734
00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:39,300
it's worth going there. 
Go to acts 18 very quickly in 

735
00:45:39,300 --> 00:45:42,600
verse 26. 
Wisdom teaches us to take 

736
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:46,900
advice, wisdom teaches us to 
take advice and to be open to 

737
00:45:46,900 --> 00:45:53,300
correction. 
And acts 1826. 

738
00:45:53,300 --> 00:45:57,400
We learn of Apollo's. 
He began to speak boldly in the 

739
00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:01,600
synagogue, but when Priscilla 
and Aquila heard him, they took 

740
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:05,100
him aside and explained to him 
the way of God, more accurately.

741
00:46:06,100 --> 00:46:08,200
So think about it. 
This man was a traveling 

742
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,400
apologist to traveling speaker 
and he would go into synagogues 

743
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:16,000
and he would just dismantle 
people's arguments and he would 

744
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:20,400
Proclaim Jesus with the 
knowledge that he had. 

745
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,400
And one day in the congregation,
you had a couple Priscilla and 

746
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:26,500
Aquila and they heard Apollo's 
and they were they were they 

747
00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:29,100
were moved and they were 
obviously aware of this man, 

748
00:46:29,100 --> 00:46:32,600
this young man's gifting but 
they can they can tell that he 

749
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,700
did not have the full 
understanding of the message and

750
00:46:35,700 --> 00:46:38,400
the person of Jesus Christ. 
And so what do they do? 

751
00:46:39,100 --> 00:46:41,300
They take him aside and they 
instruct him. 

752
00:46:41,300 --> 00:46:43,900
Now, here's what's so 
significant about that what did 

753
00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:46,000
Priscilla and Aquila do as a 
trade? 

754
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,700
They make tents, they made 
tents, okay? 

755
00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:52,700
They weren't famous a famous 
couple and Ministry. 

756
00:46:52,700 --> 00:46:54,300
They didn't have their own TV 
station. 

757
00:46:54,300 --> 00:46:56,800
A Christian TV station. 
There were those who had a 

758
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,900
normal job that helped Paul 
later on help plant a church but

759
00:46:59,900 --> 00:47:03,500
they were just average people 
who loved God but knew a lot 

760
00:47:03,500 --> 00:47:06,200
about his word. 
So you have to understand that 

761
00:47:06,500 --> 00:47:09,300
it is that kind of a couple 
that's approaching the pastor 

762
00:47:09,500 --> 00:47:12,900
after the service and saying we 
were so touched and blessed by 

763
00:47:12,900 --> 00:47:14,800
but can we can we just take you 
aside? 

764
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:16,700
Can we just we want to tell you 
some things? 

765
00:47:17,100 --> 00:47:20,400
And Apollo says, okay sure and 
he's willing to receive the 

766
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:22,900
where you would you guys do? 
We were your business card. 

767
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:25,400
I know what to make of it. 
Nothing like that. 

768
00:47:26,300 --> 00:47:29,700
He's willing to hear from these 
people and he's willing to sit 

769
00:47:29,700 --> 00:47:31,800
with them and receive what they 
have to say. 

770
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,600
He's willing to be open to their
correction. 

771
00:47:33,700 --> 00:47:35,400
Now mind you. 
Look at how they're doing it. 

772
00:47:35,700 --> 00:47:39,700
They don't stand up Apollo's. 
Evangelist Apollo's. 

773
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,400
You got it wrong. 
You don't understand what that 

774
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:43,900
means. 
Actually, you do understand what

775
00:47:44,100 --> 00:47:46,600
Jesus actually meant, they 
weren't doing that. 

776
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:48,900
They weren't putting on blast on
Facebook, they weren't exposing 

777
00:47:48,900 --> 00:47:51,100
him. 
They knew how to take him aside 

778
00:47:51,100 --> 00:47:53,300
privately and to be able to sit 
down with him and to correct 

779
00:47:53,300 --> 00:47:56,900
them in gentleness and humility 
and with respect Okay, if you're

780
00:47:56,900 --> 00:47:59,300
going to ever correct anybody, 
please do it in a certain way 

781
00:47:59,300 --> 00:48:02,000
where you will win their 
affection and win their trust. 

782
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:05,100
Okay. 
Apollo's receives a now, here's 

783
00:48:05,100 --> 00:48:08,300
here's the beauty about this. 
He humbles himself, though. 

784
00:48:08,300 --> 00:48:11,600
He was a preacher. 
Though he could have said okay 

785
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:13,000
because you get over with. 
No he doesn't do that. 

786
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,000
He sits with him as long as he 
needs to sit with them. 

787
00:48:15,300 --> 00:48:17,400
He builds his relationship and 
look at the result. 

788
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:21,300
This is a direct result of the 
humility of Apollo's. 

789
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:25,100
Look at verse 27. 
And when he wished to to cross a

790
00:48:25,100 --> 00:48:29,300
takea, the brothers encourage 
them and wrote to the disciples 

791
00:48:29,300 --> 00:48:33,200
to welcome him. 
She say, I would love to go to 

792
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:34,900
aquella. 
I would love to go and Minister 

793
00:48:34,900 --> 00:48:39,100
there and the family that he 
built while in Ephesus 

794
00:48:39,500 --> 00:48:42,400
recommended him to the Believers
there. 

795
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:47,200
And they received him, I believe
that as a result of Apollo's, 

796
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:52,100
willingness to receive 
instruction and be teachable and

797
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:55,300
be humble. 
In other words, humility opens 

798
00:48:55,300 --> 00:48:58,000
greater doors for us. 
Humility. 

799
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:01,700
Expands our influence Pride 
suffocates. 

800
00:49:01,700 --> 00:49:06,600
It sabotages it. 
And I apologize here says, I 

801
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:09,900
would love to go and they said, 
gladly hey this brother. 

802
00:49:09,900 --> 00:49:14,100
Yeah, he knows he grew and he is
a wonderful person to serve god 

803
00:49:14,100 --> 00:49:15,400
with. 
Would you receive him? 

804
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:17,000
And look at the next part when 
he arrived. 

805
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:22,200
He greatly helped those through 
Grace who through Grace had 

806
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:27,400
believed Wisdom teaches take 
advice as to how did not take 

807
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,900
advice and he suffered for it. 
He did not heed. 

808
00:49:29,900 --> 00:49:32,600
Take heed the warning and he 
actually died and not only did 

809
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:34,100
he die? 
But look what happened? 

810
00:49:34,100 --> 00:49:36,000
Those who saw him die. 
Stood Still. 

811
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:39,000
You know what that did? 
That gave Abner more time to 

812
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,200
gain ground and to have his 
troops surround him. 

813
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:45,100
On a, top of a hill. 
And so many people suffered 

814
00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:49,700
because of because of this man's
unwillingness to take heed. 

815
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:54,200
Now we come to the last Point. 
Wisdom doesn't only tell us to 

816
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:56,600
take, advice wisdom, reminds us 
that hypocrisy will never 

817
00:49:56,600 --> 00:50:00,700
succeed. 
Look at verse 25, we'll skip a 

818
00:50:00,700 --> 00:50:04,200
couple verses here and the 
people of Benjamin gathered 

819
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:07,100
themselves together behind Abner
and became one group and took 

820
00:50:07,100 --> 00:50:09,300
their stand on the top of a 
hill. 

821
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:13,700
So, there was enough time now 
because of assholes death, that 

822
00:50:13,700 --> 00:50:16,800
they go on a top of a hill, 
which is a strategy, you have an

823
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:20,000
advantage there and the men of 
Benjamin's came and surrounded 

824
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:23,900
Abner, and Abner was ready to 
confront joab and the men that 

825
00:50:23,900 --> 00:50:28,300
followed a Sahel verse 26, then 
Abner called the job shall the 

826
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:30,000
Sword. 
Devour forever. 

827
00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:33,300
Do you not know that the end 
will be bitter? 

828
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:37,000
How long will it be before you 
tell your people to turn from 

829
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:41,600
the pursuit of their brothers? 
Impressive. 

830
00:50:43,300 --> 00:50:45,500
You read that first anything, 
Abner learned his lesson, you 

831
00:50:45,500 --> 00:50:48,100
realize the foolishness of his 
ways, he saw that, this was 

832
00:50:48,100 --> 00:50:50,400
becoming way worse than it. 
Could have. 

833
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:55,200
If he had, just you just humbled
himself from the beginning and 

834
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:58,300
so maybe he did learn right. 
Shall the sword devour forever. 

835
00:50:58,300 --> 00:50:59,700
Do you not know that the end 
will be bitter? 

836
00:50:59,700 --> 00:51:02,300
That's good stuff. 
And he goes on the even say how 

837
00:51:02,300 --> 00:51:04,800
long will it be before you tell 
you people to turn from the 

838
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:11,000
pursuit of who they're Brothers?
Here's my question, is he 

839
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:14,800
sincere? 
Well one, he's saying the right 

840
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:18,500
things but is he sincere? 
Is he being genuine? 

841
00:51:18,500 --> 00:51:20,000
Do you think he actually learned
his lesson? 

842
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,700
At this point? 
He saw the mistakes that he has 

843
00:51:22,700 --> 00:51:25,000
made that he's contributed to. 
So he wants to put an end to 

844
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:33,600
this foolishness and the 
senseless death I have a hunch 

845
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:39,600
that this is all just a show. 
Look at verse 31. 

846
00:51:42,500 --> 00:51:45,700
But the Servants of David had 
struck down a Benjamin 360 at 

847
00:51:45,700 --> 00:51:49,800
Abner's men of Abner's men. 
And we look at verse 30 job 

848
00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:51,300
return from the pursuit of 
Abner. 

849
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:53,100
And you see here the second 
part. 

850
00:51:53,100 --> 00:51:56,800
There were missing from David's 
servants, 19 men besides Assa. 

851
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:01,300
So at the end of the whole 
ordeal, David loses 19 men, 

852
00:52:01,300 --> 00:52:06,300
besides a Sahel job or rather 
Abner loses 360. 

853
00:52:09,100 --> 00:52:12,700
He was losing. 
He was losing and he realized 

854
00:52:12,700 --> 00:52:14,400
that he was probably going to 
die that day. 

855
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:18,600
And so he decides to put a stop 
to this before it gets worse for

856
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:20,300
him. 
How do I know that he's not 

857
00:52:20,300 --> 00:52:22,400
sincere will go to verse 1 of 
chapter 3 again. 

858
00:52:22,500 --> 00:52:25,200
There was a long war between the
house of Saul and the House of 

859
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:29,800
David War only continued after 
this and so he's trying to save 

860
00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:34,500
himself at this time and the 
reason why he speaks in this way

861
00:52:35,900 --> 00:52:37,300
It's because he's being very 
clever. 

862
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:40,000
He's putting on a righteous 
mask. 

863
00:52:40,900 --> 00:52:43,800
He's putting on this Pious 
display. 

864
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:48,300
So that he can seem as though 
he's in the right, and job is in

865
00:52:48,300 --> 00:52:50,600
the wrong and of job refuses. 
Then he's the one who's going to

866
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:53,300
be in the wrong. 
It's very, very smart. 

867
00:52:54,200 --> 00:53:00,300
But what's so scary about this? 
Is that He's only doing this for

868
00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:03,400
himself, he's not doing this 
because of righteousness. 

869
00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:06,100
He's not doing this because he 
wants to honor God, he's doing 

870
00:53:06,100 --> 00:53:08,400
this because he knows that he 
will lose. 

871
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:13,900
If he doesn't and those who 
operate in hypocrisy, this is so

872
00:53:13,900 --> 00:53:16,900
important to understand know the
right things to say. 

873
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:23,000
Those who know how to put on a 
mask, know what to say when to 

874
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:28,400
say it and who to say it to, and
the ugliness of hypocrisy is 

875
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:33,200
that it unashamedly attempts to 
try to put the blame that was 

876
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:36,700
caused by self on others, so 
that South can look like they 

877
00:53:36,700 --> 00:53:40,000
are in the right and that is 
essentially what Abner's trying 

878
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:44,600
to do here because if job 
refuses this, then job will look

879
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:47,400
like the one who is actually 
causing war between the brothers

880
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:51,100
and he's He's the one that wants
the sword to devour, and he 

881
00:53:51,100 --> 00:53:54,200
doesn't mind things becoming 
becoming bitter and that is 

882
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:56,600
frustrating, right? 
That is extremely frustrating to

883
00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:59,500
see somebody who's able to 
switch on godliness, and switch 

884
00:53:59,500 --> 00:54:04,200
off when it's convenient. 
And when its profitable, Listen.

885
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:06,800
But a wise person, a wise 
person. 

886
00:54:08,300 --> 00:54:10,500
Will find it very difficult to 
be tempted. 

887
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:13,800
To be a hypocrite in any sphere 
of life. 

888
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:18,600
Because they are convinced 
through wisdom by Understanding 

889
00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:22,500
God's word, and his law that in 
the long-term hypocrisy will 

890
00:54:22,500 --> 00:54:27,000
never succeed and whatever. 
Gain is retrieved through. 

891
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:31,100
Hypocritical means will 
ultimately fail and that's 

892
00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:32,700
exactly what you see. 
Look at, look at verse 1 of 

893
00:54:32,700 --> 00:54:37,100
chapter 3 again, And David grew,
stronger and stronger. 

894
00:54:37,100 --> 00:54:43,400
While the house of Saul became 
weaker and weaker Right. 

895
00:54:45,900 --> 00:54:49,100
He was going to lose if he 
thought he won that day, if he 

896
00:54:49,100 --> 00:54:53,000
thought he escaped because of 
his lies and his deception, he 

897
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,100
was actually headed towards loss
anyway. 

898
00:54:55,700 --> 00:54:58,700
And I think that is that is 
helpful for us as Believers 

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because what we need to 
understand is that you and I 

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will experience hypocrisy. 
No, you, and I may become 

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victims of hypocrisy. 
We're somebody's able to not 

902
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only pretend to be something or 
someone but even project wrong 

903
00:55:14,700 --> 00:55:19,200
on you and me and our names and 
our reputations in order to make

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themselves look like they are, 
they are righteous and they are 

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in the right but there's no 
reason to fear that and here's 

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why because Jesus himself 
promised, The hypocrisy will 

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never succeed. 
We'll never succeed. 

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I want to read this to you. 
I'm, you do have to turn that 

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this is my last scripture for 
the Bible study and Luke 12:1 

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Jesus is something so 
astounding, in the meantime, 

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when so many thousands of people
had gathered together that they 

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were trampling. 
One another, he began to say to 

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his disciples. 
First it's so important to read 

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our Bibles slowly. 
He looks at his own disciples 

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first, he doesn't look to the 
thousands that are coming to 

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hear him preach. 
He looked to his own disciples 

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at first and What comes out of 
Jesus mouth towards his 

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disciples, something incredible,
Beware of the leaven of the 

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Pharisees. 
Which is hypocrisy. 

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He's not warning warning, the 
world of hypocrisy, he's looking

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at his followers and he's 
saying, I'm calling you my 

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disciples to beware because all 
it takes why would say, what 

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would you say, the leaven of the
Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 

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00:56:24,300 --> 00:56:26,000
All you need is a little bit of 
it. 

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00:56:26,100 --> 00:56:28,900
All you need is a little bit 11 
and bred for it to for it to 

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inflate. 
All you need is a little 

927
00:56:30,700 --> 00:56:33,500
hypocrisy in your life for it to
corrupt, your whole being beware

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of this. 
He's warning his own people 

929
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don't let this come in because 
of what I'm about to tell you. 

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00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,100
Nothing is covered up that will 
not Be revealed. 

931
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Or hidden that will not be 
known. 

932
00:56:44,900 --> 00:56:47,800
Therefore, whatever you have 
said in the dark, shall be heard

933
00:56:47,800 --> 00:56:50,500
in the light and what you have, 
risked, whispered in private 

934
00:56:50,500 --> 00:56:57,400
rooms shall be proclaimed on the
housetops. so, when I am 

935
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tempted, To put on something 
that makes me seem some way so 

936
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that I can either advance in my 
Personal Agenda or try to evade 

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00:57:06,700 --> 00:57:12,200
something that I've done wrong. 
Jesus assures and wisdom says, 

938
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:14,900
don't even go there because it's
just not going to work out 

939
00:57:14,900 --> 00:57:19,900
anyway, and whatever relief 
comes at his temporal and Abner,

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00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:22,300
Abner did not believe that but 
he would learn it and he's going

941
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to learn it in the next chapter 
wisdom, teaches us, many things.

942
00:57:25,700 --> 00:57:29,000
And tonight, we got a fresh 
batch of what wisdom. 

943
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For us, wisdom tells us to be 
alert at all times. 

944
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:38,400
Wisdom teaches us. 
To consider future consequences 

945
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:42,100
of present. 
Compliance is wisdom. 

946
00:57:43,100 --> 00:57:45,400
Encourages us to take advice 
wisdom. 

947
00:57:46,900 --> 00:57:50,300
Convinces us. 
That hypocrisy will never 

948
00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:51,900
succeed. 
All there's so much more in 

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00:57:51,900 --> 00:57:53,800
these verses but we don't have 
time tonight. 

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Let's pray. 
We thank you for the word. 

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00:58:17,300 --> 00:58:19,500
Father, we ask you that these 
things would be true in our 

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00:58:19,500 --> 00:58:25,200
lives. 
We want to be wise. 

953
00:58:27,400 --> 00:58:29,600
We want to be effective, we want
to, we want to bear fruit. 

954
00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:34,900
We want people to see Christ. 
But we ask that. 

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00:58:35,900 --> 00:58:37,700
You would impart wisdom into our
hearts? 

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00:58:39,700 --> 00:58:43,300
thank you for these 
illustrations in your word, to 

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00:58:43,300 --> 00:58:46,500
take these principles that we 
read of and know about but CM 

958
00:58:46,500 --> 00:58:55,000
lived out successfully and 
unfortunately in failure, But to

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00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:57,100
our benefit Lord, you have given
us these things. 

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00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:00,500
Lord, we worship you. 
We thank you that your word is 

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00:59:00,500 --> 00:59:06,000
so pure and so Direct. 
T' and so clear. 

962
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:10,200
There's no confusion in it. 
Even a child can understand what

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00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:14,100
was said tonight and then we 
receive it with childlike faith.

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00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:18,800
And we asked you a lure to to 
just make us more like Jesus. 

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00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:23,200
And Lord as a church. 
We pray that we would be a wise 

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00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:25,700
people. 
That foolishness would not rain 

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00:59:25,700 --> 00:59:27,800
here. 
That it would not be even in one

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00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:29,600
heart, they would not dominate 
one person. 

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00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:33,300
We would all exercise wisdom and
how we treat one another and how

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00:59:33,300 --> 00:59:37,000
we see Temptation and how we 
deal with our own Pursuits that 

971
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:41,100
try to creep in and override 
your purposes in our lives. 

972
00:59:41,700 --> 00:59:44,100
Louis bless you and give you all
glory and honor As we sing to 

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00:59:44,100 --> 00:59:48,200
you because you've spoken to our
hearts and Jesus name we pray. 

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Amen.