1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,800 And before we read, let's pray, one more time as we as we come 2 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:20,200 before God in his word. Lord, we believe that you are 3 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,600 real. You are true. 4 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,700 You are alive. You are approachable as we sang. 5 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:31,700 That veil has been torn in two. Not only for us to enter into 6 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:34,900 the holy of holies before your presence to now dwell in us. 7 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:38,000 And so we thank you that we are now your Abode. 8 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,800 We are now your dwelling place and Lord as you are as you were 9 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,500 concerned about the structure of the Tabernacle with every inch 10 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:49,800 of it. Every qubit Material every 11 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,500 layer. So you are concerned with every 12 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:56,400 detail of Our Lives. You long for every part of who 13 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:01,200 we are to reflect your glory your moral Majesty. 14 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:04,900 We pray that as we expound the word as our dear brother and 15 00:01:04,900 --> 00:01:08,000 pastor had earlier shared enrollments, these things have 16 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 been given to us for our encouragement. 17 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,400 We come to the word to be encouraged and built up into. 18 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,700 Christlikeness sanctify us unto Christ and Jesus Name we pray, 19 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:26,600 amen. Notice that dark chapter studies 20 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,800 in this book are so lengthy. That we have two parts in one 21 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,400 chapter three parts in one chapter and that is the case 22 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,200 with this one. But that is the beauty of this 23 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:39,100 Bible study. It's just for us to extract as 24 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:42,300 much truth from every verse that we can. 25 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:45,900 And even then sometimes, if not, every time I leave a Bible, 26 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:48,300 study said there's so much more yet to be discovered. 27 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:51,500 There's so much more yet to look yet for us to learn and Is 28 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:55,400 certainly true in this chapter but we will do our best by God's 29 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,100 grace you. And I up to this point, 30 00:01:58,100 --> 00:02:00,200 especially in this chapter. I've learned so much through the 31 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,500 friendship between Jonathan and David. 32 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,600 It's amazing. The attention that the Bible 33 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,199 gives between these two men and it's important for us to take 34 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:11,700 our time to study their interaction, the Covenant that 35 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:14,900 they had made with one another because you're about to find out 36 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:18,600 that this is the last time we're going to see a lengthy 37 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:21,200 interaction between David and John. 38 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:23,100 Nathan, there's going to be one more time and then we're never 39 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:27,300 going to hear of Jonathan again. And one of the things that we 40 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:32,400 learned about Jonathan was that he was indeed a man who stood 41 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,400 for the truth, you've heard that in more than one occasion that 42 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:42,100 Jonathan was somebody who paid the price to defend and to be on 43 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:46,200 the side of righteousness. And that was the opportunity 44 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,600 that presented itself to him with David and his father. 45 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,200 He was willing to stand by David because he was willing to stand 46 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:57,000 by the truth even though it cause great discomfort in his 47 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,600 life especially with the Dynamics of his relationship 48 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:05,700 with his own dad with his own father and Jonathan's decision 49 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:10,300 to stand by David was not motivated by political ambition 50 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,000 was not motivated to satisfy some kind of selfish desire. 51 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:20,200 Again, it was propelled by a desire to stand for what God 52 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,000 would stand for, and he wanted to stand with David because he 53 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:29,400 wanted to stand with his Lord. And if we're not convinced that 54 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:34,400 that truth, then verse 16 will seal the matter for for 55 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,800 certainty and verse 16, we read after David and Jonathan are 56 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,700 going back and forth of David trying to convince his best 57 00:03:42,700 --> 00:03:45,900 friend that his dad is actually trying to assassinate him. 58 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:48,800 Your dad is actually trying to get at me. 59 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,300 He's trying to eradicate me from the face of the Earth and 60 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:54,600 Jonathan's willing to believe it, but it's hard for him to 61 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,800 believe it because he saw his father repent He saw his dad 62 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,000 make a vow that he would never do such a thing and so they are 63 00:04:01,008 --> 00:04:05,800 ready to make a plan to expose Saul and they just made a 64 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:11,300 covenant again to re-establish their relationship and not just 65 00:04:11,300 --> 00:04:13,700 for their life, but for their descendants and the life's to 66 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:16,500 come. We read here in verse 16 and 67 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:19,200 Jonathan made a covenant. With the House of David saying, 68 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:24,400 may the Lord take Vengeance on David's enemies and Jonathan 69 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,000 made David swear Again by his love for him. 70 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,600 For he loved them as he loved his own soul. 71 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,700 This was a man who stood for truth. 72 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,700 How do we know that? Well, number one, he invokes the 73 00:04:36,707 --> 00:04:42,800 name of the Lord, he appeals to God this issue between David and 74 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,400 Saul was not just a mere disagreement that it was not 75 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,600 just neutral from from spirituality. 76 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:54,600 Now, if very much involved God, there was right, there is wrong, 77 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,700 there is obedience, there is, this will be nice, there is 78 00:04:56,700 --> 00:05:00,500 righteousness, there is wickedness and David did not 79 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:02,700 side with anybody for any other reason. 80 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:06,500 Other than God is the One, who determines? 81 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:10,700 Who is true? And God is the one because he 82 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:13,200 will judge between right and wrong. 83 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,300 He will decide the Fate between these two men and Jonathan was 84 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:20,800 fully aware of that. He was fully aware that God will 85 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,800 intervene in this. And if God is going to intervene 86 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,500 in this, then I want to be on his good side. 87 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:30,600 I want to be in his favor. I want to be blessed by God, I 88 00:05:30,608 --> 00:05:33,600 don't want to stand against God and so I'm going to side with 89 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,500 you because it is clear that you are on God's side. 90 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:38,600 But notice he goes even further than that. 91 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:45,000 He says may the Lord take Vengeance on David's enemies Why 92 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,600 is that significant? Can somebody tell me why that's 93 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:52,800 significant. Yeah. 94 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:58,100 Saw his own dad is in the category of being David's enemy. 95 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:05,400 And so, he's so willing to stand for truth, even if he is having 96 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:10,100 to see his own, father on the side of being disciplined and 97 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:15,800 judged by God, he is so unbiased in this moment that he realizes 98 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,900 that even though his own father would stand against God, he is 99 00:06:19,900 --> 00:06:23,600 willing to be on God's side and That is the same allegiance that 100 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:29,300 Jesus calls his disciples to. It is the same standard that we 101 00:06:29,300 --> 00:06:33,200 would have to hate our fathers, and hate our mothers, and our 102 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,900 brothers, and our sisters, our wives, even our own children, 103 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:38,900 and the Bible doesn't use that word hate the same way that you 104 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:40,300 and I would understand it. Yes. 105 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:43,000 In some contexts, but in that context, he's not saying you 106 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,400 have to despise them or be hostile towards him, you know, 107 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,100 this very well. What he's saying is that your 108 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:50,800 allegiance to Christ should be so intense, so devoted that 109 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,700 would make Every other relationship of yours look like 110 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:59,700 hate and comparison. Jonathan here is a man of Truth. 111 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:04,200 And so he's willing to say even if my dad is an enemy to God, 112 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,800 He's worthy to be judged. He deserves to be judged. 113 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,700 So don't tell me that Jonathan doesn't love truth, the man 114 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:18,200 loves the truth. And as I read this, you and I 115 00:07:18,207 --> 00:07:23,300 learned something, something very important with this concept 116 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:26,300 of Revenge. Have you ever noticed how much 117 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:31,500 attention is given to this concept of Retribution or taking 118 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:33,400 Revenge? It's from cover to cover the 119 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,100 Holy Spirit as sprinkle that all over whether by way of command 120 00:07:37,100 --> 00:07:40,300 or instruction or by way of example as presented before us 121 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:42,200 tonight. It is incredible. 122 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,800 How much of the Bible instructs the people of God of how to 123 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,400 manage this temptation to take revenge? 124 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:54,200 Have you ever wondered why? It's because God, in his wisdom 125 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:59,600 knows that the people of God will have to endure, great 126 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,600 personal offenses. It will be a frequent 127 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,500 occurrence, you will know it and it will intensify as you grow 128 00:08:06,500 --> 00:08:12,100 and faithfulness to Christ. And because that pain will be 129 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:14,500 common. So will the temptation to take 130 00:08:14,500 --> 00:08:19,000 matters into your own hands in order to retaliate and satisfy 131 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 that burning sensation? That? 132 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,500 If you've done me wrong, you're going to get it right back. 133 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:25,200 If not you're going to get it worse. 134 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:30,700 And it's incredible because I was reading Romans this week and 135 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:34,200 the verse that you heard in the reading came to me, but I saw it 136 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,700 in a way that I never realized before I saw it, and it made me 137 00:08:38,700 --> 00:08:42,299 consider the absolute seriousness of us obeying that 138 00:08:42,299 --> 00:08:44,600 instruction. That seems so strange. 139 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:46,900 I seem so foreign but it's so real. 140 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:50,600 It's so real. When you walk in godliness, you 141 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:55,800 will be persecuted. And the verse is this and Romans 142 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,300 12:19. Vengeance is mine. 143 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:04,400 Says the Lord. I will repay. 144 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,100 I will repay in the thing that stood out to me. 145 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,100 Was that phrase? Vengeance is mine. 146 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:19,000 And I thought to myself God is making an exclusive claim there. 147 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,500 He is saying this thing of Vengeance of Revenge that 148 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:29,100 belongs exclusively to me. That doesn't belong to you. 149 00:09:31,300 --> 00:09:34,400 Now, if it belongs to God, if it's his rightful possession, if 150 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,200 it's his prerogative. Then what do we do? 151 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:42,300 If we attempt to take Vengeance into our own hands? 152 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:47,800 What's the equation? If it belongs to God and I try 153 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,000 to take it from God and make it mine? 154 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,600 What is that called in the Bible? 155 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,400 Yeah, it's called stealing. That's theft. 156 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:02,100 Here's what I understood from this that taking revenge is not 157 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:05,400 just wrong in itself, because it's ungodly and uncalled. 158 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,900 For taking revenge is vile because I'm stealing. 159 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:13,700 I am robbing god of what solely belongs to him. 160 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,700 I want you to never forget that. The next time you are tempted to 161 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:23,400 take revenge with your words with your actions, even in your 162 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,800 thoughts, even in your meditations to realize. 163 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:32,600 This is thievery. Because God says vengeance. 164 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,700 Is mine? It belongs solely to me, you 165 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:39,400 have no right to entertain it. You have no right to execute it. 166 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:42,200 And if we do give in to that Temptation, not only are we 167 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,200 doing wrong to somebody else? We are actually stealing from 168 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:50,500 God himself. May the Lord take Vengeance on 169 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:56,500 David's enemies and the Jonathan reassures him of the Covenant 170 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,200 and he wants to be reassured of David's love. 171 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:01,900 Then Jonathan comes up with a plan. 172 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:06,200 Jonathan is in agreement with David and he wants to provide an 173 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,200 answer to this mystery. At least a mystery to him about 174 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:14,100 his, his father's attitude, toward David Verse 18. 175 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:17,200 Then Jonathan said to him. Tomorrow is the new moon. 176 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,400 And you will be missed because your seat will be empty. 177 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:26,400 On the third day, go down quickly to the place where you 178 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,800 hate yourself when the matter was was in hand and remain 179 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:34,400 beside the stone Heap. And I will shoot, three arrows 180 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:38,400 to the side of it as though I had shot out of Mark and behold. 181 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,800 I will send the boy saying, go find the arrows. 182 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,100 If I say to the boy. Look, the arrows aren't in the 183 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:48,500 side of you take them then you are to come for as the Lord 184 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:50,600 lives. It is safe for you and there is 185 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,300 no danger. But if I say to A youth. 186 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:58,800 Look, the arrows are Beyond you, then go for the Lord has sent 187 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,300 you away. And as for the matter of which 188 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:04,000 you and I have spoken, behold the Lord is between you and me 189 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,000 forever. So David had presented Jonathan, 190 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,300 a plan. Listen, we got to find out. 191 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:12,000 You need to know this for yourself. 192 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:14,300 You might not believe me, but I believe it's so real. 193 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:16,700 In your dad's hard that it will be revealed. 194 00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:19,300 So go and tell your dad that I couldn't make it to the feast 195 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:22,500 the new moon feast and just watch his reaction. 196 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:25,600 Watch Jonathan, I'm telling you. If you just look at how he's 197 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,300 going to respond to my absence, you'll have all the evidence 198 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:31,900 that is required Johnson's. Fine, fine, fine, fine. 199 00:12:31,900 --> 00:12:33,400 But we got to be smarter about this. 200 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:34,900 So this is what we're going to do. 201 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:37,500 I'm going to give you an answer to what I discovered but it's 202 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:40,100 going to be in Disguise. It's not going to be obvious. 203 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:42,000 And the reason why I believe he's saying this is because 204 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,800 perhaps his father's even spying on Jonathan. 205 00:12:46,100 --> 00:12:49,900 Perhaps he fears that even saw has sent men to see where 206 00:12:49,900 --> 00:12:52,500 Jonathan is to know where the whereabouts of David is. 207 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,800 And so he wants to protect that. He doesn't want to expose David 208 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,800 so obviously. And so he comes up with this 209 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,700 idea that I'm going to shoot arrows and depending on where 210 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:04,300 they land will determine what your destiny is. 211 00:13:06,700 --> 00:13:09,200 And it's so incredible. And in these verses there's an 212 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,300 interesting phrase that proves to me the depths of the 213 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:16,000 knowledge that Jonathan has concerning his God and our God. 214 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:19,200 And here's what he says, it's an interesting phrase. 215 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:24,600 He says, if and verse 21 I will send the boys saying, go find 216 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,700 the arrows if I say to the boy. Look, the arrows are on the side 217 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:29,500 of you take them. Then you're to come forth as the 218 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:30,500 Lord lives. It is safe for you. 219 00:13:30,500 --> 00:13:33,300 There is no danger. But if I say to the youth look 220 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:36,800 the arrows are Beyond you then go look at this for the Lord has 221 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,700 sent you away. The Lord has sent you a David. 222 00:13:44,100 --> 00:13:45,100 You know what, I take out of that. 223 00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:48,600 I'm sure you see it now. Maybe you've seen it before. 224 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,800 This is a man who believed that, although Saul might be the 225 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:57,300 reason for David's departure. God was really the cause 226 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:01,500 Sovereign over your life. Your God is. 227 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,700 And as much as salt is King and he has Authority, and he can 228 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:09,600 push you around and he can drive you Into the Wilderness. 229 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,300 God is the one who's actually sending you. 230 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:19,000 And believer tonight, you have to understand that this is the 231 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,100 great confidence for the Christian who is Walking rightly 232 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:25,900 with God. That even though you are facing 233 00:14:25,900 --> 00:14:30,300 the Injustice of men, even though you are in a place where 234 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:34,800 all the odds are against you, God is the one coming back as a. 235 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:41,900 This is God. if you have to go, it's God. 236 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:49,400 And I wonder if we have the same understanding of God, Especially 237 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,500 when we are experiencing. What? 238 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:55,300 David might be experiencing? Do I really believe that God is 239 00:14:55,300 --> 00:14:56,600 the one who's taking it away from me. 240 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,500 Do I really believe that is God? Who's stopping me? 241 00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:00,200 Do I really believe? It's God, is closing the door? 242 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,000 Do I really believe that it is God. 243 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,800 Who is determining every step that I take whether I'm aware of 244 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:12,200 his Supernatural intervention or not. if you don't believe that 245 00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:16,700 you will know much more weight to those seasons, That are 246 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:22,000 burdensome, you will know much more heaviness, that can be 247 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,500 lightened by a simple understanding that. 248 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:30,700 It's the Lord who sends you. I believe if Christians 249 00:15:30,700 --> 00:15:33,100 understood that they would need a lot less counseling sessions. 250 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:39,100 I believe that there'd be a lot less tears being shed to be lot 251 00:15:39,100 --> 00:15:42,200 less sleepless nights to be a lot less questions and doubts. 252 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,900 If I really believe that God is providential over my existence 253 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:48,700 Then bring ten Saul's in my life. 254 00:15:48,700 --> 00:15:50,200 God is going to control each of them. 255 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:54,600 And he's going to use them for my sanctification and for his 256 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,700 glory. But look at David's example. 257 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:02,500 He says on the third day in verse 19 go down quickly, what 258 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:04,400 does that mean about David? What does he have to do? 259 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:09,300 What does David have to do while Jonathan seeks an answer. 260 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:13,700 Wait, something that we're not good at. 261 00:16:15,300 --> 00:16:19,600 Wait. David has to now put everything 262 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,900 on pause and there's nothing like waiting. 263 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,800 When the decision that's going to be revealed is going to 264 00:16:24,808 --> 00:16:29,700 determine the rest of your life. This isn't waiting, whether he's 265 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:32,200 going to get accepted to Seminary, though. 266 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,100 That might be stressful. No, no. 267 00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:38,000 This is waiting for. What is my future going to look 268 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,700 like in every sphere and every aspect? 269 00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:43,300 Where am I going to live? What's going to happen to my 270 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:45,600 family? My wife, how am I? 271 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:48,000 How am I going to? Am I ever going to worship at 272 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,800 the temple again? Am I ever going to be able to go 273 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,100 back to Bethlehem? That's the kind of waiting so 274 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:57,500 three days as much as we think it's from Friday to Sunday or 275 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:00,700 Monday morning. Three days for David, Shirley 276 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,500 would feel like three years. Three years. 277 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,099 It would feel like an eternity especially when David didn't 278 00:17:09,099 --> 00:17:12,500 have the luxury to stay in the Royal Suite with his wife 279 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:16,000 because you come here and verse 24 and you realize where he's 280 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,700 waiting. So David hid himself in the 281 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:24,099 field, that's where he's waiting for three days and some forest 282 00:17:24,700 --> 00:17:28,600 and some desert land, our Rock, became his pillow for three 283 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,900 nights. And he would wait wondering 284 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:33,700 wonder if he prayed during that time. 285 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:38,700 Sure, he did. And I look at this and I can't 286 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:43,300 help but smile, you know why? I can smile because I see that 287 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:48,100 God is willing to make his most faithful and devoted servants. 288 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:54,800 Wait. And not just wait for an answer, 289 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:57,500 but be uncomfortable while you're waiting. 290 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:03,100 This is why you and I are studying the Old Testament. 291 00:18:04,900 --> 00:18:06,100 We're not studying the Old Testament. 292 00:18:06,100 --> 00:18:11,700 Merely to find theology, or to see the lineage of how the 293 00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:15,600 Messiah came through the nation of Israel, or to see Prophecies 294 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,100 of Christ. Although we study all things in 295 00:18:18,100 --> 00:18:21,700 light of looking for Christ, but we just heard it earlier, I can 296 00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:24,500 come to the Old Testament, simply to be encouraged. 297 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:29,700 This is why we're getting familiar with God's ways because 298 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:33,600 life is real life isn't just sermons. 299 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,400 Life isn't just going to conferences, life is real, 300 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,200 there's actual episodes that happened there they're 301 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,400 suffering. There's there's things that we 302 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,100 need to do that are that are very Earthly and real and 303 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:48,000 because of that, we need to come and see. 304 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:54,000 Oh look, God, actually makes his servants weight and sometimes if 305 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:58,000 not all times. The waiting is not comfortable. 306 00:18:59,700 --> 00:19:02,000 It is willing to do it for the man who would become the next 307 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,200 king of Israel would be the example, for all Kings of what 308 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,200 to emulate. And surely he's going to make me 309 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,700 wait. Surely, I can't comment. 310 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:13,500 Huff and puff. It God doesn't answer my 311 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:14,900 prayers. The night, I pray them. 312 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,800 Surely if I feel fidgety and surely. 313 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,600 If I don't like the fact that I've been in the season for a 314 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,300 while, whether it's singleness or jobless or whatever it is, 315 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,900 surely it's not because God doesn't love me. 316 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:35,500 He made David wait. so God's silence and no matter is a sign 317 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:40,000 of his displeasure with us. David would wait. 318 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:46,300 And we read in verse 24. he hit himself in the field and when 319 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:52,400 the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food The king sat on 320 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:56,700 his seat. As that other times on the seat, 321 00:19:56,700 --> 00:19:59,400 by the wall wonder why he stopped by the wall. 322 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:02,700 Probably to protect himself from David. 323 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:10,000 He sat by the wall, Jonathan sat opposite and Abner Sat by saw 324 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,800 side but David's place was empty. 325 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,600 And you can imagine the suspense of reading this, right? 326 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,300 This is the moment that we've been waiting for. 327 00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:25,400 This is now going to reveal. If Saul is going to expose 328 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,700 himself to Jonathan, if Jonathan's going to be 329 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,600 confirmed, if he's going to feel as though he is. 330 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:36,200 Now totally convinced that what David was saying is true. 331 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,000 This is it but before we come to the revelation of Saul's heart, 332 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,000 there's so many things leading up to it. 333 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:48,200 That has so much benefit to us. This is some type of feast that 334 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,800 is obviously religious. It's a new moon feast. 335 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,500 And the reason why we know that it is religious in nature 336 00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:59,700 because in verse 26, we read it yet. 337 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:02,200 Saul did not say anything that day for a thought. 338 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,600 Something has happened to him. He is not clean, surely, he is 339 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,300 not clean. And so we know in the Old 340 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:10,900 Testament. We know, especially in Leviticus 341 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:14,300 that if there was something that you've done, whether you touch 342 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:17,400 that Body or there is relations between you and your spouse. 343 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,500 You would be considered unclean and oftentimes it would be just 344 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:22,700 for a day. You'd be disqualified from 345 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:25,500 participating in certain religious feasts, and festivals 346 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:28,000 and observances. And so, in Saul's mind, he's 347 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,000 thinking David much must have to a funeral or something. 348 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,700 And so that's why he's not here. So we know that this is a 349 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:38,800 spiritually motivated Feast, right? 350 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:41,500 So what does that say about Saul? 351 00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:49,700 If this new moon thing is is an observance to somewhat recognize 352 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:52,900 God and celebrate God. What does that reveal about 353 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:58,700 Saul? Well, he's in attendance. 354 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:05,400 He's sitting there not just that he's actually participating. 355 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,900 He's eating. Guess what does it mean a thing 356 00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:13,700 about his spirituality? Guys are hypocrite. 357 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:18,200 The guy's a hypocrite. You know what I read here? 358 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:23,400 I read that you can have people attend a worship service, sing, 359 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:27,900 pray, serve and be just like solve filled with jealousy, and 360 00:22:27,900 --> 00:22:33,900 envy and murderous rage. Think about this, this man is 361 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:37,600 sitting at the table. He's there. 362 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:41,800 Maybe he's even saying some things we don't know, it's not 363 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,200 recorded, he's certainly participating in the meal and I 364 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:50,100 read here that just because once presence in a religious setting, 365 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,100 Does not indicate that the presence of Christ is ruling in 366 00:22:54,100 --> 00:23:00,700 their hearts. And Saul again is not just 367 00:23:00,700 --> 00:23:04,000 present, he's actually involved nevertheless. 368 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:09,100 It adds no validity to his spiritual condition This 369 00:23:09,100 --> 00:23:11,900 scenario is no different today you know a very well. 370 00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:15,800 I'm sure. and the longer you stay in church, the more you 371 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,700 realize that there are a lot of people like Saul That is just 372 00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:23,100 there there and there, there may be even frequently present, they 373 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:28,900 observe all things, but inside they're dead inside. 374 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:32,300 They're filled with vices they're filled with creepy 375 00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:37,700 things, they're filled with cobwebs and lifelessness So what 376 00:23:37,700 --> 00:23:40,400 does it mean to be present in a religious gathering? 377 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:45,400 Just like this tonight very little Very little. 378 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,300 Fact, I was thinking about Judas, I don't know why Judas 379 00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:51,800 has been on my mind. For these past few weeks, and 380 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,900 the thing that keeps ringing, in my mind that keeps replaying was 381 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:59,100 like this man served in the greatest Ministry, known to 382 00:23:59,100 --> 00:24:03,200 mankind. And this man could claim a close 383 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,600 proximity to Christ unlike any other and yet he was still damp 384 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:11,100 to hell. He was still, he's in Hell, the 385 00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:15,000 guys in hell and he saw not just saw Miracles, he performed 386 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,100 miracles. We're going to be shocked at the 387 00:24:18,108 --> 00:24:20,700 judgement seat of Christ. I'm telling you, we are going to 388 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:24,600 be shocked. He was there. 389 00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:27,900 He was there and at the same religious gathering. 390 00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:30,500 He's about to assign, try to assassinate his own son. 391 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:35,300 It's incredible. It's like mind-boggling. but on 392 00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:41,200 the second day in verse 27, but on the second day, the day after 393 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:45,200 the new moon, David's place was empty. 394 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:51,800 And Saul said to Jonathan his son, why has not the son of 395 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:57,000 Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today, either 396 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:02,800 yesterday or today. So one day passed by and he 397 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,900 could justify it one day passed by and he even went to a law to 398 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:09,500 try to make sense of it. David isn't here. 399 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,600 I mean, think about this, you actually are expecting the 400 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,400 presence of David after you try to kill him more than Like how 401 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,000 delusional can you be, but that's what Pride does it makes 402 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,100 you the center of the universe? And so this man thinks where's 403 00:25:24,100 --> 00:25:25,800 David? Now, the second I, he's supposed 404 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,700 to be on the clear, he supposed to be cleansed, he's supposed to 405 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:34,500 be at this Feast, he supposed to be here at this table, David 406 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:37,700 doesn't show up. There is no excuse and Saul's 407 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:42,700 mind and so now he interrogates Jonathan and he asked him, hey, 408 00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:47,100 where was yesterday and where is he today? 409 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,600 Have you noticed the wording of his question though. 410 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:54,000 What stands out when he talks to Jonathan what stands out about 411 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,900 his question. Anybody see it? 412 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:06,900 He doesn't say David. Why has not the son of Jesse 413 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,000 come to the meal? Who? 414 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,300 This guy is just getting worse and worse and worse. 415 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,400 You know what's happening. His jealousy has reached such a 416 00:26:18,408 --> 00:26:21,900 feverish pitch that he could not even mention, David's name. 417 00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:30,000 This guy was so eaten up by Envy that he could not even utter 418 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:36,000 David's identity, and instead refers him to the son of Jesse 419 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,600 now, we think that's far-fetched, but that is one of 420 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,500 the strongest marks of stage for envy and Stage for 421 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:46,800 unforgiveness. Here's how it could be real in 422 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,700 our lives today. You can be in a group and 423 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,600 somebody mentions the name of somebody that you either have 424 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,500 bitterness towards and Mention of their name. 425 00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:00,900 Can erupt volcanic emotions. Volcanic emotions. 426 00:27:00,900 --> 00:27:04,300 Just A Rush of anger just a rush. 427 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:13,100 Of bitterness. And so this man is he's headed 428 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:17,600 towards trouble and now, it's manifesting, it's so clear, it's 429 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,000 so obvious. He can't even refer to him by 430 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,700 his name. And it's not just because he's 431 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,200 jealous, not just because he can't stand David, it's because 432 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:33,000 he's in a sense belittling him. He's almost saying who is Or 433 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:37,600 where is the son of a nobody? He's not connected to the Royal 434 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,600 Line. He doesn't even want to 435 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,600 entertain that thought. Where is nobody? 436 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:47,800 That's what he's trying to say. And Jonathan and this moment, 437 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,200 probably I wonder how he respond. 438 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,800 I wonder what that look on his face was because at this point I 439 00:27:53,808 --> 00:27:56,800 wasn't enough to know whether or not saw was bent on killing 440 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,500 David. So he takes advantage of this 441 00:27:58,500 --> 00:28:03,100 moment. He seizes the opportunity and he 442 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:06,300 presents what him and David had planned? 443 00:28:06,300 --> 00:28:11,400 He presents the scenario. He releases the bait. 444 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:14,700 To see how is Saul going to respond. 445 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:19,200 And this is a reminder that David convinced a Godly Man to 446 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,600 not tell the truth. David you didn't have to come up 447 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,900 with a lie to expose, Saul Saul had enough evil in his heart to 448 00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:30,400 expose himself, but he does go with it and he gets the desired 449 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,900 goal, but just a simple reminder that. 450 00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:35,400 Just because something is achieved through. 451 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,100 The means of sin. Doesn't justify the sin. 452 00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:43,600 Jonathan verse 28 answered Saul David. 453 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,500 Earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem. 454 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:49,800 He said, let me go for our clan holds a sacrifice in the city, 455 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,700 and my brother has commanded me to be there. 456 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:57,400 So now, if I found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my 457 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,600 brother's. For this reason, he is not come 458 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:06,200 to the Kings Table. So, the bait has been cast. 459 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:11,200 It's there before, Saul. And I am very, very, very 460 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,600 confident that Jonathan was not expecting what was about to 461 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:23,000 shoot out of his dad's mouth. Verse 30 then Saul's anger was 462 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:27,000 kindled against Jonathan and he said to him you son of a 463 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:32,000 perverse rebellious woman. Do I not know that you have 464 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:36,100 chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of 465 00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:40,100 your mother's nakedness for as long as the son of Jesse? 466 00:29:40,100 --> 00:29:43,500 There it is again. Can't say his name lives on the 467 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:46,400 earth. Neither you nor your kingdom 468 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:51,500 shall be established there for And and bring him to me for he 469 00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:57,100 shall surely die. And I can just imagine the forks 470 00:29:57,100 --> 00:30:03,800 dropping the music cutting off. The food stop being chewed in 471 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:08,700 people's mouths. As Saul erupts. 472 00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:14,600 At a religious gathering. What do you take out of these 473 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,300 answers? There's so much, there's so much 474 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,900 in Saul's where the reveals Many things about his heart and many 475 00:30:21,900 --> 00:30:25,500 things about the power of sin. Any observations from this? 476 00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:35,700 Yes. Yeah. 477 00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:42,500 Very great observation. This, this, this emotional 478 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:45,800 thing, this thing of jealousy who knew how far it would go, 479 00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:48,800 it's not just now between him and David, it's affecting his 480 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,600 son. He's now insulting his own wife 481 00:30:51,600 --> 00:31:00,000 publicly He's dishonoring his own wife at a religious 482 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:05,600 gathering with deplorable words. Who would have thought that 483 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:10,300 someone's personal hidden sin would have such extensive 484 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,400 consequences? Yes, great observation. 485 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:20,000 Anything else? He saw right through so that I 486 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,900 didn't really help anyway. The Leyden even helped anyway 487 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,400 because Saul Reddit for what it was. 488 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,000 Yes absolutely. Anything else. 489 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:43,400 Sure, sure. So now, he's really emphasizing 490 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,700 the threat that David carries as as, obviously God's anointed one 491 00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:51,600 and he is trying to hammer that in his son's head, which is 492 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,600 amazing because it doesn't move Jonathan at all. 493 00:31:53,600 --> 00:32:01,300 Yes. Right. 494 00:32:01,300 --> 00:32:03,500 Absolutely. So he's really now becoming 495 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:06,600 Reckless and it's becoming very dangerous and his behavior. 496 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,800 Yes. He forced them to distance 497 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,300 himself from both David and his son. 498 00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:20,500 Yes. So now that's a great 499 00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:22,500 observation. Now, he's now he's cutting off 500 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:26,700 all ties because sin erodes, it it eats up anything that's good 501 00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:28,900 in life. And he that is Holy and precious 502 00:32:28,900 --> 00:32:31,000 that, that God would consider a gift. 503 00:32:31,100 --> 00:32:34,700 Sin has has no limit and destroying these things. 504 00:32:34,700 --> 00:32:38,600 And, and when I read this about how he refers to Jonathan, he 505 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:45,200 says, you son of a perverse and Rebellion rebellious woman, the 506 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:49,500 irony If he's the son of anything, he's a son of a 507 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:55,900 perverse and rebellious man. And and look at this. 508 00:32:55,900 --> 00:33:00,000 He insults Jonathan's mother. That's your wife, brother. 509 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,200 That's your wife. I read that I thought maybe this 510 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,600 is an indication that things were not really good in Saul's 511 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:13,300 marriage. Maybe this is an indication that 512 00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:15,000 things weren't even good between his own wife. 513 00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:17,200 So he had no problem just smearing her. 514 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:21,300 And just using her as a means to injure his own son and even harm 515 00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:26,100 her her name and her reputation front of all these people think 516 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:29,800 about this, this man is destroying absolutely everything 517 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,000 in his life and he's just digging himself deeper into 518 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,300 this. And I look at I look at 519 00:33:36,300 --> 00:33:42,100 Jonathan. And I hear this insult, and it's 520 00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:44,800 even more than just insulting, his wife, insulting his mother, 521 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,000 you know what he's trying to say here. 522 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,800 What is he saying by saying you son of a perverse and 523 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:49,900 rebellious? When what is he trying to 524 00:33:49,900 --> 00:33:52,800 essentially say? You're not my son. 525 00:33:55,700 --> 00:34:00,300 You're not mine. You must be your mom must have 526 00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:05,400 got with another guy and had you Because he's calling his mama, 527 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:10,500 harlot. Perverse and rebellious woman 528 00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:13,800 who's your dad? Because my son wouldn't betray 529 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,300 me. Like how you're betraying me do 530 00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:19,800 you feel the weight of it now You know, I've sat with people 531 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,600 not in this setting, but in different places who have still 532 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:27,699 felt the wounds people who have been physically abused by their 533 00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:30,300 parents and they've told me the physical physical abuse, meant 534 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:32,699 nothing in comparison to being told you're no longer my 535 00:34:32,699 --> 00:34:36,300 daughter. This is painful. 536 00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:39,100 Let's let's let's feel this. It's not just read as a comment. 537 00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:40,500 Let's read. Let's feel it. 538 00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:43,800 You're not my son. Because my son wouldn't do what 539 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,199 you're doing, Jonathan. You're going to stand for this, 540 00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:49,300 son of Jesse against your own dad. 541 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,500 Your mom must have slept somebody and brought you into 542 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:58,100 the world. Are we ready to be disowned for 543 00:34:58,100 --> 00:35:02,200 our faith? Because this is, this is the 544 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:07,100 principal. Jonathan is going to come to a 545 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:10,100 Crossroads, it he's already set up, he's already made up his 546 00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:11,900 mind, but he's going to come to a Crossroads where he's going to 547 00:35:11,908 --> 00:35:14,400 really, have to make a decision now, because his relationship 548 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,200 with his dad is hanging by a thread. 549 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:20,100 It's hanging by a thread. All for what, for one simple 550 00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:21,700 reason he's standing for the truth. 551 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,300 And is that is challenging him and and notice he calls them 552 00:35:26,300 --> 00:35:30,100 rebellious. What's so confusing about that? 553 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,600 Who's really the rebellious one? A comparison between Saul and 554 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,200 Jonathan. I think we know the answer to 555 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:41,900 that but sin has a way of warping our judgment. 556 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,700 Pride has a way of blinding us and and, and it's all was so 557 00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:50,100 blinded to his own sin and his own character flaw and his own 558 00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:54,000 Disobedience that he was, he was with, apparently a clear 559 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,900 conscience. Able to label the one who's 560 00:35:56,900 --> 00:36:05,100 actually standing for truth as a rebel, your the rebel, And so 561 00:36:05,100 --> 00:36:07,100 here's another principle are you willing? 562 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,900 Are you ready to be labeled as evil for standing for the truth? 563 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,200 Because that's what he's enduring now. 564 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,300 You could feel the heat of this moment. 565 00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:21,500 Now, here's a man who's essentially saying are you my 566 00:36:21,500 --> 00:36:26,000 son or not? Who's being called a rebel? 567 00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:28,500 And that was just, it was more than just a common. 568 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:30,300 He's saying, are you a rebel to this Kingdom? 569 00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:35,400 Are you part of, are you part of the plan to overthrow me? 570 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,800 And Jonathan and this moment has to make a decision. 571 00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:44,500 And he does make a decision in verse 32. 572 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,700 Then Jonathan answered Sol his father. 573 00:36:46,700 --> 00:36:50,400 Why should he be put to death? What has he done? 574 00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:53,100 He crossed the line. That's it. 575 00:36:54,200 --> 00:37:01,000 He made his choice right there. And up to this point, as 576 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,500 difficult, as it was, to make a decision to stand by David. 577 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:13,500 This was this was the, the crossroads And God will find 578 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:19,200 ways to test our faith. When we have to stand for truth. 579 00:37:21,100 --> 00:37:27,400 When it comes with a price tag, may God give us a boldness and a 580 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:32,500 courage to stand for Christ. When there's a price attached to 581 00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:36,300 it. And what's amazing here in verse 582 00:37:36,300 --> 00:37:39,000 31, for as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, 583 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,300 neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. 584 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:45,300 So he's, he's trying to express some kind of concern about 585 00:37:45,300 --> 00:37:48,200 Jonathan's future and David being a threat to that. 586 00:37:48,207 --> 00:37:52,100 He said hey don't you see what this what this kid is going to 587 00:37:52,100 --> 00:37:56,300 do. Your posterity is at risk. 588 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,600 Your position is at risk, your future is at risk, your 589 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,800 Dynasty's at risk. You're going to just give it all 590 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:08,100 up for the son of Jesse. And so you can see how this is 591 00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:10,600 trickery. This is manipulation, Saul is 592 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:15,500 trying to persuade Jonathan by highlighting his own benefit and 593 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:17,900 his own future and his own well-being. 594 00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:21,100 Here's the thing. You can't tempt a man, like 595 00:38:21,100 --> 00:38:28,300 Jonathan with Fame with security, with prominence, even 596 00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:31,600 with a palace, when you've already been sold out to God's 597 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:36,800 purposes, Jonathan he doesn't even entertain the thought 598 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,800 because Jonathan as we've learned from chapter 18, when he 599 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,600 destroyed himself and place his weapon and his all these things 600 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,700 into the hands of of David. He already made a statement and 601 00:38:45,700 --> 00:38:48,300 that statement was this, I'm surrendered to the program that 602 00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:52,000 God has ordained for my life. And if in God's Providence and 603 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,500 in his planning, I'm not supposed to be king, but you're 604 00:38:55,500 --> 00:39:02,600 supposed to be king, then I would Joyce submit to that It's 605 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,800 very difficult to tempt, a man, or a woman who is completely 606 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:11,800 sold out to the purposes of God. Even if it is at his own 607 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,700 expense, even if the whole world can be, offered to him as Satan 608 00:39:15,700 --> 00:39:20,000 tempted Jesus, when your heart is convinced to please your 609 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,900 master, whatever it demands of you. 610 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,200 Satan has very little to work with. 611 00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:28,900 And that's what he's showing here. 612 00:39:30,100 --> 00:39:33,700 Quick question. Do you believe that saw was 613 00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:35,400 actually concerned about Jonathan's future? 614 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:43,300 Is this a dad wants to make sure that his son has a Ministry and 615 00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:45,800 his son has has something to look forward to. 616 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,100 Is that is that what's happening here? 617 00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:52,700 It's all being a good dad here and he just being cautious, know 618 00:39:52,700 --> 00:39:57,400 why? We have so much already up to. 619 00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,700 This point are studying for Samuel to give us reason to 620 00:40:00,700 --> 00:40:03,200 believe that Saul has proven over. 621 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:08,200 And over that he's very, very little concern about others and 622 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,500 very much concerned about himself proof. 623 00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:14,400 Remember when we saw David, scuse me, Jonathan, overtake, 624 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,100 that Garrison of the Philistines and first, Samuel 13 who took 625 00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:24,400 the credit for that saw So his son accomplish a great thing and 626 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,200 he wanted to take credit for himself now. 627 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,900 Never mind other chapters. How do we know in this very same 628 00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:34,900 chapter, the same context. That's all could care less about 629 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:38,400 his son's future and it was all about his name and his 630 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,500 reputation and the monument that he set up. 631 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:48,300 Look at verse 33. But saw hurled his spear at him 632 00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:51,200 to strike him. Interesting. 633 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:56,000 So, you're concerned about your son, being the king, and the 634 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,200 next move, you're ready to pin him against his chair with a 635 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,700 spear. Good job, Saul. 636 00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:08,800 Very simple illustration of a principle that you and I have 637 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,700 heard all our lives. That your words and my words. 638 00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:16,800 Do not mean much of our actions contradict, right? 639 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,600 Saul claims one thing. He behaves in another saw 640 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,900 professes. One thing and his behavior 641 00:41:24,900 --> 00:41:29,900 proves another the language of love in the Christian faith is 642 00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:33,800 spoken by acts of service and sacrifice. 643 00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:37,700 Even our love to God, no matter how much we profess it. 644 00:41:38,700 --> 00:41:40,800 If one says I love God but hates his brother. 645 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:46,700 John says he's a liar. I want you to be king and in the 646 00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:49,100 next breath, he takes a spear and he uses that breath to try 647 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:54,400 to kill his son. Your words mean so much song. 648 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:58,900 I read that now is convicted. When I say to somebody, I love 649 00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:00,500 you. Do I really mean I love you. 650 00:42:02,300 --> 00:42:04,300 Like what do I mean by that? I love you brother. 651 00:42:04,300 --> 00:42:08,000 What do I mean by that? When I say when I say I'm here 652 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,700 for you? What do I mean when I say this 653 00:42:09,700 --> 00:42:11,500 one's going to hurt. When I say, I'm going to pray 654 00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:15,300 for you. Like These Things are Slip out 655 00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:17,800 of our mouths, you know? I'll pray for you. 656 00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:26,700 A simple but necessary point about our actions being the 657 00:42:26,700 --> 00:42:29,600 determining factor of the worth and the validity of our claims. 658 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,700 I want you to be king, I'm protecting your Dynasty. 659 00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:43,500 John. And so this spear is hurled at 660 00:42:43,500 --> 00:42:47,100 him and we read. So Jonathan that same verse knew 661 00:42:47,100 --> 00:42:50,600 that his father was determined to put David to death. 662 00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:54,700 This guy is willing to kill his own son. 663 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:59,000 Why would I have it any trouble to believe that he's willing to 664 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:03,300 kill a Farmer Boy? David was right. 665 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:10,700 David was right now, this is incredible and verse 34 you read 666 00:43:10,700 --> 00:43:15,100 about Jonathan again. You read about Jonathan again 667 00:43:15,100 --> 00:43:17,700 and you see something. Listen, when I say Jonathan, I 668 00:43:17,700 --> 00:43:20,100 hope I hope you. And I have studied this man 669 00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:24,100 enough to realize that he is a great great portrait of 670 00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:28,000 selflessness of death to self. Right. 671 00:43:28,100 --> 00:43:31,100 If God Made You King though, politically, I'm supposed to be 672 00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:33,800 king, it's yours. If I had to stand for truth, 673 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,200 even though I have to face the fury of my father, then I will 674 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,600 stand for truth. Like this guy, this guy is dead 675 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:44,000 to himself and now we go even deeper into his Art the Holy 676 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,600 Spirit. Allows us to go even further 677 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,400 into this man's soul to see that. 678 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:51,000 He's really, really dead to himself. 679 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:55,500 And a beautiful way, we see it in verse 34 and Jonathan Rose 680 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:59,400 from the table and fierce anger. Yeah, no kidding. 681 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:02,800 You just called my mom, a prostitute. 682 00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:08,400 He just said, I'm not your son. You just threw a spear at me. 683 00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:10,400 Is that why? He was angry? 684 00:44:10,500 --> 00:44:14,500 No. Jonathan Rose from the table and 685 00:44:14,500 --> 00:44:18,100 fierce anger and ate no food. The second day of the month for 686 00:44:18,100 --> 00:44:24,200 he was grieved for David. Free was grieved for David 687 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,000 because his father has disgraced him. 688 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,000 Can you be consumed with such a love for another person? 689 00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:40,300 That even though you yourself are enduring pain and hurt, 690 00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:43,600 that's being hurled at you. You were so unconcerned about 691 00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:48,200 you because there's somebody else who is undergoing, shame 692 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:52,400 and disgrace and Injustice, it's possible. 693 00:44:53,700 --> 00:44:59,000 It's possible to be so dead to self. that when it comes to 694 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:06,900 insults towards you like a corpse, you're in Shakin. but 695 00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:11,800 when it comes to somebody else, you're broken, And this is not 696 00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,100 just an illustration of what our love should look like. 697 00:45:14,100 --> 00:45:16,900 For one another as members of the body of Christ I believe 698 00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:21,200 this is an illustration of what Christ demands from us 699 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:24,700 concerning our love for him. What I mean by that that we 700 00:45:24,700 --> 00:45:27,400 should be so alive in Christ that when it comes to his name 701 00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:31,200 being blasphemed and his name being smeared in the dirt and 702 00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:36,000 his name being Contradicted by the character of Christians and 703 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,300 maybe even our own lives. That it would, it would break 704 00:45:39,300 --> 00:45:43,400 us. And even cause what the psalmist 705 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,700 said, a righteous indignation because they have broken your 706 00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:52,400 long, but as much as we might be alive to Christ that we would, 707 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,900 we would be so sensitive to these things. 708 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,800 So sensitive, that even when you go to that game and people are 709 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,400 using God's name in vain, you would cringe. 710 00:46:02,300 --> 00:46:04,300 When you thought you were watching, something innocent and 711 00:46:04,300 --> 00:46:06,900 somebody takes the name of Jesus Christ as a cuss word, as an 712 00:46:06,908 --> 00:46:12,200 expression of frustration, it would burn in your bosom. so 713 00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:16,100 alive in Christ in such a way, but so dead to self that if 714 00:46:16,100 --> 00:46:20,600 people spit in your face, It's like you spout on a dead man. 715 00:46:23,900 --> 00:46:28,100 Jonathan. What a man makes you wonder why 716 00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:31,200 he didn't become king. I mean. 717 00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,400 We somebody made this beautiful illustration with Jonathan and 718 00:46:35,408 --> 00:46:38,800 David Jonathan was just as much as a man of God, and David was 719 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,200 so why did God choose day? Because that's his sovereignty. 720 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,500 David even up to me, I would not be concerned about me. 721 00:46:49,700 --> 00:46:53,600 Paul had a disciple like that. Paul had a man named Timothy, 722 00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:56,400 and I love this verse. It has stuck with me ever since 723 00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:01,300 I read it, and I can't shake it off because It just made an 724 00:47:01,300 --> 00:47:03,600 impression on my soul, you don't have to turn there, but just 725 00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:06,500 listen to these words, he writes to the Philippians and he says 726 00:47:06,500 --> 00:47:10,500 in Philippians 2 24. I have no one like him, Timothy, 727 00:47:10,900 --> 00:47:13,500 who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare? 728 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:18,000 Why verse 21 for they all seek their own interest. 729 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:23,300 Not those of Jesus Christ. They Timothy is unique. 730 00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:25,600 Why is Timothy unique? Not because he's a great order, 731 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:30,900 not because not because he's a theologian because the man's 732 00:47:30,900 --> 00:47:33,300 interest moment. He thought about one person 733 00:47:33,300 --> 00:47:38,300 David He thought it won't person his friend. 734 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,900 Oh, that Christ would fill us with such a love for one another 735 00:47:43,900 --> 00:47:49,500 and for him. So what happens first 35? 736 00:47:50,900 --> 00:47:52,900 In the morning. Jonathan went out to the field 737 00:47:52,900 --> 00:47:55,900 to the appointment with David and with him a little boy. 738 00:47:55,900 --> 00:47:56,800 Now this is what I'm going to do. 739 00:47:56,900 --> 00:48:00,300 The remainder of the study. This portion of the text is so 740 00:48:00,300 --> 00:48:04,300 beautifully written. It's so detailed, it's so 741 00:48:04,700 --> 00:48:08,700 colorful that as I read it, I don't have a doubt that you're 742 00:48:08,700 --> 00:48:10,200 going to begin to Envision it in your mind. 743 00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:11,700 You're going to actually see it play out. 744 00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:14,000 So let me just read it. I'm not going to interrupt and 745 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,800 just just let your mind. Let a holy imagination. 746 00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:21,800 Now, come to life and then we'll Talk about a few points. 747 00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:25,500 In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the 748 00:48:25,500 --> 00:48:29,300 appointment with David and with him a little boy and he said to 749 00:48:29,308 --> 00:48:34,600 this his boy run and find the arrows that I shoot as the boy 750 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,700 ran, he shot an arrow Beyond him. 751 00:48:37,900 --> 00:48:43,000 And he rose and departed and Jonathan went into the City and 752 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:49,000 the curtain closes. Precious beautiful. 753 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:54,700 So many things. So many things to learn but just 754 00:48:54,700 --> 00:48:59,800 a few to consider tonight. first, did you notice that there 755 00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:04,600 is an interesting Segment dedicated to Jonathan in this 756 00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:07,700 little boy. Right. 757 00:49:08,300 --> 00:49:11,300 It's amazing. How this is how we get 758 00:49:11,300 --> 00:49:13,400 revelation. We ask the text questions. 759 00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,500 Why? What why this whole thing played 760 00:49:17,500 --> 00:49:19,200 out? He brought this little boy and 761 00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:21,800 this little boy went and he followed the Arrow when he came, 762 00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:23,200 he says no, no, come on, let's go. 763 00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:26,800 Let's get moving and he comes and says human the wisdom of 764 00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:31,500 Christ when we don't we don't think that even obeying the Lord 765 00:49:31,500 --> 00:49:33,600 will bring about the best outcome. 766 00:49:33,900 --> 00:49:36,400 And yet still, he is worthy of our obedience. 767 00:49:37,700 --> 00:49:41,600 Says here that this boy obeyed his master. 768 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,000 And it's really the Simplicity of the Christian Life. 769 00:49:47,100 --> 00:49:51,200 You and I have God's word, have God's instructions and All 770 00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:54,200 Seasons. If you ever are doubting the 771 00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:57,600 will of God for your life realize that no matter what the 772 00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:00,200 particular as you were asking for the will of God has been 773 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:02,100 revealed to you. It's here. 774 00:50:04,500 --> 00:50:06,800 And here is the Simplicity of this illustration. 775 00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:08,900 It's really the Simplicity of the Christian Life Trust and 776 00:50:08,900 --> 00:50:12,100 Obey for there's no other way but to be happy in Jesus, but to 777 00:50:12,100 --> 00:50:16,600 trust and obey, Just like this childlike Faith, right? 778 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:18,900 He didn't ask question. You think this little boy with 779 00:50:18,900 --> 00:50:20,800 the Jonathan, why are you shooting arrows? 780 00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:23,200 And me picking it up target practice. 781 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:24,500 You would need to shoot more arrows. 782 00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:27,600 I don't understand. And then now you brought me all 783 00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:30,400 the way up to this field and now you want me to pick up one arrow 784 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,500 and then you want me to go all the way back to the city. 785 00:50:33,500 --> 00:50:35,900 That's not, that's not childlike faith. 786 00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:41,100 I don't understand Lord how this command is going to help me in 787 00:50:41,107 --> 00:50:42,800 this situation. In fact, I think it's going to 788 00:50:42,808 --> 00:50:46,000 get me in more trouble. But I'm going to trust you. 789 00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:49,500 If you want to be an honest believer, then I will be an 790 00:50:49,500 --> 00:50:51,600 honest believe and I will be truthful in this situation. 791 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:59,000 D.c. simple illustration. So let's look at the other side. 792 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:04,100 You and I as friends you and I as gospel Folk, To one another. 793 00:51:04,100 --> 00:51:09,800 We are called to be correctors to be rebuked errs, to be 794 00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:13,900 instructors, right? In love and in patients. 795 00:51:13,900 --> 00:51:19,100 And with with great caution And we are to be to this outside 796 00:51:19,100 --> 00:51:21,800 world truth-tellers. We are not supposed to withhold 797 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:24,000 the truth. We don't just emphasize on the 798 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,900 good. We don't even have good news if 799 00:51:25,900 --> 00:51:32,500 we don't first have bad news. but on the flip side, how much 800 00:51:32,500 --> 00:51:35,000 do we honor truth speakers in our lives? 801 00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:41,200 how much do we value those in our lives that are willing to 802 00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:46,200 call us out if we need to be called out, Do we love open 803 00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:51,400 rebuke more than hidden love? Do we love the Embrace of 804 00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:54,800 someone who's willing to wound us more than the kiss of an 805 00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:58,800 enemy. I see David as a man of great. 806 00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:02,200 Humility and integrity when he sees Jonathan, delivered this 807 00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:04,200 message. He respects him. 808 00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:06,400 He vows to him. He honors him. 809 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:12,800 And we must be the same to those who speak into our lives truth. 810 00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:16,600 And I don't think that everybody has the right to speak into our 811 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,500 lives, by the way. I don't, because not everybody 812 00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:21,200 has the best intention in mind for you. 813 00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:24,900 There are some people who want to criticize you to Cripple you. 814 00:52:25,100 --> 00:52:27,800 I'm not saying be naive and let anybody just say what they want. 815 00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:30,500 Or like no by the, the sermon of the spirit. 816 00:52:30,500 --> 00:52:34,600 Be very prayerful of inviting people into your life that will 817 00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:37,000 in love. And you know, and love will say 818 00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:40,200 what they need to say even if it hurts to build you up, David 819 00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:50,200 honored, he honored Jonathan and after this, They Embrace and in 820 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:52,100 good fashion, Middle Eastern style. 821 00:52:52,100 --> 00:52:56,500 They kiss each other. And they weep. 822 00:52:58,500 --> 00:53:01,400 They weep. David weeps more. 823 00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:07,300 Obviously Jonathan's going to get, get to go back to the city, 824 00:53:07,300 --> 00:53:08,600 Jonathan's going to go see his other friends. 825 00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:11,400 Jonathan's going to go to his warm bed, Jonathan's going to be 826 00:53:11,408 --> 00:53:14,700 able to be part of the army, still David. 827 00:53:16,100 --> 00:53:17,400 It's not gonna be able to see his wife. 828 00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,800 He actually has to go fetch his family to leave Bethlehem 829 00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:22,300 because he's scared for their safety. 830 00:53:24,700 --> 00:53:27,400 He's gonna have to walk in the desert night thinking. 831 00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:30,000 I thought I was supposed to be the king. 832 00:53:30,300 --> 00:53:33,100 How is this? How is this work? 833 00:53:35,100 --> 00:53:38,900 so, he weeps more Can I be honest with you? 834 00:53:39,500 --> 00:53:46,300 When I read that I got angry. Because I see this, I see 835 00:53:46,300 --> 00:53:48,900 Jonathan and David embracing each other weeping weeping 836 00:53:48,900 --> 00:53:50,700 weeping. And all I could think and saying 837 00:53:50,700 --> 00:53:56,400 this is Sol's fault. And I believe we need to be more 838 00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:59,400 angry about Sin. I don't think Christians are 839 00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:01,500 angry enough. Not about people, talking about 840 00:54:01,500 --> 00:54:03,900 Sin, the destructive nature about Sin. 841 00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:09,800 I believe if we were, if we had that anger more real in our 842 00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:13,300 lives, we wouldn't tolerate it so easily in our lives. 843 00:54:14,500 --> 00:54:17,500 Jesus Christ was anointed with the oil of gladness, not just 844 00:54:17,500 --> 00:54:20,200 because he loved righteousness, but because he hated wickedness, 845 00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:25,000 We just think Jesus was. Just he just loves and when 846 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,600 anything wrong happened. He just don't do that. 847 00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:30,300 No. He hated wickedness. 848 00:54:33,100 --> 00:54:36,400 He hated wickedness so much that he shed his blood, because of 849 00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:41,800 it. Since shatters it breaks it 850 00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:45,700 destroys. And we see a picture of it here. 851 00:54:45,700 --> 00:54:48,200 Destroying a friendship. Destroying family. 852 00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:51,000 Destroying something that could have been so beautiful. 853 00:54:53,100 --> 00:54:55,200 Be careful not to be angry at people because people are not 854 00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:59,300 our enemies. Sin and Satan our enemies. 855 00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:08,100 Jonathan after weeping heaving, maybe puts Javits David aside 856 00:55:08,500 --> 00:55:12,900 holds him by the shoulders. And he says, these three 857 00:55:12,900 --> 00:55:16,300 wonderful words that should not be surprising coming from a man 858 00:55:16,300 --> 00:55:19,000 of God after David is weeping and maybe Jonathan collected 859 00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:20,800 himself earlier and David still weeping. 860 00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:24,100 He says, in verse 42, go in peace. 861 00:55:25,900 --> 00:55:28,700 Go in peace. David, I know this hurts. 862 00:55:28,700 --> 00:55:29,600 I know. This is painful. 863 00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:33,000 I know you didn't expect this. Remember what I said earlier, 864 00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:36,600 the Lord is sending you away and he says, go in peace. 865 00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:39,500 Because he reminds him of the Covenant that they made, in the 866 00:55:39,500 --> 00:55:41,800 name of the Lord. He reminds him that his future 867 00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:46,700 is secure, he reminds him in essence indirectly that when 868 00:55:46,700 --> 00:55:49,600 you, and I have isn't going to finish, it's not leave it or 869 00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:55,600 jealous of it. as in sauce case, We end on a sad note. 870 00:55:57,300 --> 00:55:59,400 But we end also on a hopeful note, go in. 871 00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:04,700 Peace. David could go into that Bleak, 872 00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:10,400 lifeless Wilderness in Israel. Knowing that the Lord had sent 873 00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:13,800 them there. And you and I can have great 874 00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:17,200 confidence tonight that wherever we are in this moment. 875 00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:20,400 If you are walking with God, no matter what man has done to 876 00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:22,500 cause it. No matter what kind of family 877 00:56:22,500 --> 00:56:24,000 dysfunction, you're trying to deal with. 878 00:56:24,300 --> 00:56:27,300 No matter what it is in your life, God is sovereign. 879 00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:33,300 And what he's going to put David through is absolutely necessary 880 00:56:33,300 --> 00:56:35,700 before he becomes king. You think God is think God is 881 00:56:35,700 --> 00:56:41,500 just reacting to Saul. You think God's Got, You Know 882 00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:44,100 What I really was? I was really having David to 883 00:56:44,107 --> 00:56:45,500 stay in the palace this whole time. 884 00:56:45,500 --> 00:56:47,400 So let's just figure out another plan. 885 00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:54,100 No, God ordained it. God ordained it and this would 886 00:56:54,100 --> 00:56:56,900 do nothing but good to David as we're about to find out in the 887 00:56:56,900 --> 00:56:59,800 weeks ahead. Cherishes Bible study because 888 00:57:01,300 --> 00:57:04,200 And this season and this month of the year, we're going to be 889 00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:06,000 focusing on the Incarnation of Christ. 890 00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:08,600 So keep this fresh in your hearts before we return to this 891 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:11,800 Bible study. Let's pray and ask God to do 892 00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:36,900 that. Loi, thank you. 893 00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:42,200 That you and your great wisdom have spelled out such a glorious 894 00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:45,000 story filled with sanctifying truths. 895 00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:53,200 Lord, as we've concluded, our study of Jonathan in great 896 00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:56,500 detail. We thank you for this real 897 00:57:56,500 --> 00:58:01,100 person who who illustrates so much of the potential of the man 898 00:58:01,100 --> 00:58:05,700 set apart for God. Lord of Jonathan. 899 00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:09,000 Is an example of anything. Surely tonight. 900 00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:13,800 Lord, he's an example of the devotion, and the sacrifice that 901 00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:17,100 is required of us, in light of the son of David Christ, Jesus 902 00:58:17,100 --> 00:58:20,400 himself. We asked, oh God. 903 00:58:22,900 --> 00:58:26,300 That those who would blaspheme his name would hurt us more than 904 00:58:26,500 --> 00:58:28,000 if they have blasphemed our name. 905 00:58:28,700 --> 00:58:31,200 If they have tarnished our name, it would not mean anything in 906 00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:34,800 comparison to your glorious glorious name. 907 00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:36,600 We ask. Oh God. 908 00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:41,500 That we would have that fiery devotion that even if God 909 00:58:41,500 --> 00:58:45,100 forbid, we have to stand against the most lovely people in their 910 00:58:45,100 --> 00:58:47,200 lives, the closest people to our lives. 911 00:58:49,500 --> 00:58:52,400 We will choose peace with Christ, over peace with man. 912 00:58:55,400 --> 00:58:57,700 Lord. We pray that as we've learned so 913 00:58:57,700 --> 00:59:00,600 much about friendship that it went in, just stir our minds. 914 00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:05,000 Our hearts, it wouldn't be just good fresh insights Lord. 915 00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:08,800 Make It Real in our lives to love each other. 916 00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:13,100 With such a selfless concern. That people's pain would be our 917 00:59:13,100 --> 00:59:16,700 pain and people's distress would be our distress. 918 00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:21,200 That people's hunger would be our hunger. 919 00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:26,400 There need would be our need Inspire that in our hearts, by 920 00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:27,900 the spirit of God, we can't do it. 921 00:59:27,900 --> 00:59:30,700 Lord, we confess. We will fail at this. 922 00:59:31,100 --> 00:59:33,800 Leave us to ourselves Lord, and we will be consumed with 923 00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:39,500 ourselves but do a work in US. For those in this place, Lord, 924 00:59:39,500 --> 00:59:43,500 Jesus, who are enduring suffering, the Injustice of man 925 00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:46,500 Payne. Family, even the hurtful words 926 00:59:46,500 --> 00:59:54,200 of those that are supposed to Spring forth life, we just pray 927 00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:57,600 that this would serve as a motivation to remain. 928 00:59:57,600 --> 01:00:01,600 Holy Vengeance is mine says the Lord. 929 01:00:02,300 --> 01:00:04,400 We leave it to you, we will not rob you. 930 01:00:06,100 --> 01:00:10,400 We will not steal from you. And tonight not only is 931 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:14,400 Vengeance yours. All the glory is yours and we 932 01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:18,000 want to give you glory tonight because your word is life and 933 01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:21,100 you have supplied life into our souls tonight in a fresh way. 934 01:00:21,500 --> 01:00:25,900 We give you maximum praise, we give you all the honor and all 935 01:00:25,900 --> 01:00:30,200 the glory in this house because we have received, we have eaten 936 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:35,200 of your word, the bread of life. Be blessed by our worship. 937 01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:38,700 As we respond to these truths and we say I surrender and I 938 01:00:38,707 --> 01:00:41,500 give myself to your purposes, no matter, what is demanded of me 939 01:00:41,500 --> 01:00:44,100 to make it so and Jesus name we pray. 940 01:00:44,600 --> 01:00:45,100 Amen.