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Powerful worship. 
Thank you for that. 

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Thank you for using your gifts. 
Praise team to bless us, and 

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thank you for participating with
your voices tonight. 

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Now, we continue to worship, 
don't we? 

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We worship in the word, we 
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word washes over us. 
And so meet me in the Old 

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Testament. in the book of 1st 
Samuel, Chapter 27. 

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First Samuel. 
Chapter 27. 

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And immediately you're going to 
recognize that this is a much 

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shorter chapter than what we are
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And so we are going to by the 
grace of God cover every verse 

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though, we will not be able to 
expound as much as we would like

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to on every verse We are going 
to buy the spirits, help, learn 

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what we need to learn, and you 
will probably hopefully pray for

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Lee. 
Take what you here tonight and 

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be a Brian and experience the 
word for yourself. 

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As you get a taste of it 
tonight, let's ask God to help 

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us Loi, thank you for your word.
Or we know that it is alive. 

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We know that it has been 
authored by you preserved by 

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you, provided by you for us 
tonight. 

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And so Lord just help us see the
honor and the privilege that we 

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have to be able to open the 
scriptures together. 

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Thank you for this place for the
people that filled this place. 

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Thank you for the shared, Love 
For Truth. 

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We ask Lord that it would not 
just be a love for knowledge but

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that it would be a love for 
them. 

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Knowledge of you and so that we 
can love you and Obey you and 

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worship you. 
The way you've called us to 

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Lord, protect the service from 
distractions and protect our 

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minds and our hearts from 
unbelief. 

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We pray, Lord, that this word 
would not miss our hearts. 

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It would grip us. 
We pray that the Holy Spirit 

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would do what only he can do. 
Lord, help us. 

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See Christ. 
Help us Relish in your wisdom 

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tonight in Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. if you've ever taken the 

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time to study, The word of God, 
particularly the lives of 

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certain men that God has 
recorded for our edification. 

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Perhaps, you have made an 
interesting observation about 

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some of their God glorifying 
faith-filled accomplishments. 

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What I'm speaking about more 
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to is how there are great 
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That often appear after some of 
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There are great temptations that
seemed to immediately meet these

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men almost right after their 
renowned victories for the glory

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of God. 
And perhaps there are some names

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running through your mind now 
and I'm curious to know if you 

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know what I'm speaking about or 
who I'm speaking about, it's 

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going to be David and this case 
but there are others who share 

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what David is about to 
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Can you tell me some men in the 
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Triumph have known great great 
turmoil. 

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Very good. 
Elijah Mount, Carmel. 

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Yes, anyone else? 
That's the most common one. 

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Job. 
We can say job. 

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Yes I think his life was just a 
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for a sudden things change. 
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But I'm talking about like an 
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I'm talking about like a 
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course of someone's life. 
I just wanted them. no way, you 

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can argue Maybe Who remembers 
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When Hezekiah was healed of his 
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afterwards? 
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There are visitors from where 
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him from where very good Babylon
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Oh, he showed him all that. 
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All that God had given all the 
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his Palace, and all these 
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It was an act of Pride. 
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was rebuked for his pride. 
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we come to this chapter, and 
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not just on a individual level, 
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when you think about Joshua. 
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after certain defeats over the 
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their arrogance. 
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chapter, in our study of David, 
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potential failure, being 
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becoming very Obvious, it's 
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David's life because David after
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temptation of assassinating 
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to do. 
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Kill nabal. 
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who resisted the urge to to hurt
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after a man hurled a few insults
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destroy him and his family and 
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we're in chapter 26, there was a
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the opportunity to rid of Saul 
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great, great mounting pressure 
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God intervened with Mabel and 
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mistake. 
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surely he will intervene for him
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Just like the first time he 
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reach. 
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to one of the lowest lows that 
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life. 
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this very chapter, we will see 
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encounter with the King He's 
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some serious mistakes this 
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tonight is important for us as 
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And the reason why it's so 
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this is very common among those 
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and God's will is because when 
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Temptation, you know what we 
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be prepared with the lies and 
the fears that once. 

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Try to hinder us from moving 
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But what's rarely talked about 
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us on the other side of 
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What we don't really prepare for
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Us once we actually do what 
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that's why we have this chapter 
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see, just how, how easy it is 
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for God, who are consistent with
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there are unique set of 
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experience like David that we 
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We are imbalanced in our 
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things that want to take us out.
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with a German pastor Europe is 
not looking too good in many 

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ways and one of the ways it's 
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As in their spiritual climate 
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decades. 
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old this interview was but I 
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known for his bold stance for 
the truth while his neighboring,

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ministers and friends and 
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culture and we're caving in to 
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of their day. 
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his congregation, Praise by 
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I were not in his immediate 
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interview to say, though, I 
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persecutions. 
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I faced in my obedience and in 
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that almost every week. 
When he preaches Faithfully from

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the word of God without apology,
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The moment, he closes his 
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pulpit to go sit where he 
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He hears in his heart. 
What a wonderful creature you 

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are. 
There's no one like you. 

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Look at the courage that you 
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crumbling. 
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You're what people need. 
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reject those thoughts on a 
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So you see in that situation, 
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Disobedience, people who 
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threats. 
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have a man, though he overcame 
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things that the former did not 
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worth and self, praise springing
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I are going to see that it's not
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experience as they move forward 
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And this is a chapter in David's
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things. 
So let's read in verse one, mind

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you that before we read David 
just finished, overcoming a 

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great series of Temptations to 
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Remember that look Happens. 
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27 verse 1, we read then, David 
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Now I Shall Perish One Day by 
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There is nothing better for me 
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I should escape to the land of 
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Then saw Will despair of seeking
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within the borders of Israel and
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So, David arose and went over, 
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him to a, he's the son of 
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live with a, he's agathe he and 
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Every man with his household and
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I know him of Jezreel, on 
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Widow, and when it was told Saul
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no longer sought him. 
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rest of this Bible study, but 
we're not going to do that. 

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There is so much in verse 1 
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And what we can take out of this
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the difficulty that he had to 
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After overcoming such great 
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And the previous chapter was a 
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Perhaps, we are not. 
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discouragement can be in a 
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Would it shock you for me to 
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one of Satan's favorite weapons 
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Servants. 
If the enemy cannot disqualify a

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Christian and his ministry 
through Scandal or character 

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flaws or immorality, then he 
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So debilitate him Too. 
So suck the life and hope out of

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his heart that he himself will 
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God's will. 
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happening to this, man. 
He overcame his great 

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temptations. 
That would have ruined his 

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reputation he had at the same 
time, he is going to go in the 

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wrong direction still, and in 
the same way that you and I, as 

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Christians should be reminded of
how we should be guarded against

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sexual Temptation, for example, 
or how we should be aware of the

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foot hole that we can give to 
Satan through our anger or 

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jealousy. 
You and I must also know what to

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do when discouragement visits 
our hearts because if not, it 

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will lead you in a direction 
that you never thought 

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discouragement can lead you to 
it's quite fascinating to read a

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case study of what power 
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Someone who doesn't know how to 
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There's not a discern what 
discouragement can do and this 

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is how we're going to learn it 
by looking at this man's life by

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looking at what fueled his 
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And though David situation is 
very uncommon unless you are 

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being chased by somebody in your
living in the streets and it's 

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been a few months now. 
Though his situation is not very

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relatable, his lack of 
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think straight is very very, 
very common. 

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Why do you think he was 
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Why do you think he's 
discouraged? 

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Very good. 
The situation, never seems to 

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change any disagreement with 
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Would everybody agree with that?
I would say. 

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That's probably the main reason 
why that David is discouraged, 

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because this man is just 
weathering a persistent assault 

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of a crazy person. 
And there seems to be no final 

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intervention from God. 
The man who is attacking him 

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does not have any weight to his 
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He has a very impressive 
intelligence agency that finds 

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his every step. 
And so this, this David is worn 

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out. 
Now put yourself in his shoes 

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before we pick up our stones and
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Imagine living in caves for 
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Imagine having to always look 
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Not knowing if at any moment 
3000 of Saul's men can come and 

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Surround you around a mountain. 
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600 men and their families, you 
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held responsible for their 
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You don't know how you're going 
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the most practical ways. 
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overwhelming and David here is 
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just give in because trusting, 
God is not easy, it's not It can

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if you don't know how God's work
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more complex than how we would 
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great longevity and this is 

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proven here. 
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ways because I'm sure you have 
experienced disappointment while

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serving God. 
I'm sure you have experienced 

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discouragement while trusting 
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In fact, the more we wait on 
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something with no result, the 
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are to not just being 
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worst possible outcome for your 
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It's incredible. 
What discouragement does it not 

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just makes you feel a certain 
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It actually deceives you It 
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any positive. 
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you take all of that and then it
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You just take. 
What is ugly and you take what 

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is not happening? 
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what you have is a complete 
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what's happening in the now and 
what will happen tomorrow and we

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panic and we get frustrated and 
we make strange Visions and look

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what he says here. 
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Day by the hand of Saul. 
Well, what about what Samuel 

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told you about being King? 
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Jonathan what about your wife 
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What about, what even Saul said 
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going to become king? 
What about all the times that 

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God has providentially and 
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Saul? 
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All the ways that God has 
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during the Wilderness, all of 
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All that was forgotten. 
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Because that's how persuasive 
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It's very convincing. 
It's extremely powerful. and 

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there are some people who are 
serving God even now maybe it's 

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you maybe it's not Who have come
to a place where they just say 

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to themselves. 
This is getting too hard. 

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The frequency of the challenges 
waiting on God, the difficulty 

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of circumstances. 
And the people that I have to, I

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don't know if I can live like 
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really worth that. 
I don't know if I, if I want to 

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move forward. and if we're not 
constantly for not constantly 

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aware of the faithfulness of 
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constantly, listen to this 
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we don't have those two things, 
then there's no knowing how 

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discouragement. 
Can direct you. 

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To spiritual death. 
And it can happen very quickly. 

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Look at verse 1, again, what 
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Not just now, I Shall Perish One
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Very good. 
We're going to come to that in a

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moment. 
There is nothing better for me. 

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That's quite fascinating. 
Look at something before that 

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though. 
Very good. 

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Then David said, where It's 
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Wondering what people are 
looking at David said in his 

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heart. 
Now this is telling us more than

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just Holy Spirit. 
Showing us what David is 

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thinking. 
No, no, there's an application 

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here. 
David is meditating, David is 

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internalizing. 
David is reflecting confining 

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within himself, and he is not 
communicating, what is 

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concerning him? 
There's a lot of wisdom and not 

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sharing certain things about 
your life or about what you feel

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or about what you think. 
There's a lot of wisdom in that 

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but there is also wisdom in 
making sure that you share 

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certain things and not keeping 
it to yourself. 

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Because there are some things 
that come through sharing with 

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God and with others, that can 
rescue you. 

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That can deliver you that can 
save you David's. 

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First problem here, is that he 
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there's no indication that he 
was pouring out his heart before

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God. 
There's no prayer here. 

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There's no song written, there's
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He's keeping it within himself. 
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psalmist? 
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Where's the man who in difficult
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God was able to give him almost 
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Where's that David? 
For whatever reason, this man is

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so dejected that he doesn't even
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and just to share what's going 
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let me give you a heads up. 
It's not a prophetic word, it's 

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very very obvious. 
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one point or another you will 
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feel that loss of enthusiasm, 
when you feel that loss of hope,

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when you begin to question, 
whether you are supposed to be 

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serving God in this way, or if 
you are effective for God, 

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whatever the case may be, never 
let your discouragement bar you 

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from coming to God, let it be 
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Come before him, honestly come 
before him and be broken in his 

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presence because I want to tell 
you something very fascinating 

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that happens. 
As you express those emotions as

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you express those thoughts 
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Often times what will happen is 
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change. 
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when I brought my worries before
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Because something happens, as 
you are in faith, communicating 

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to the Lord, the the air clears,
a little bit. 

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You realize I'm talking to God 
Almighty and then in that moment

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you were reminded and though may
not be immediate as you persist.

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God begins to open your eyes and
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And then you realize, I'm 
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control of everything. 
I'm the I'm talking to the one 

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who can make things happen like 
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I'm talking to the one who will 
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faithful to me. 
Something happens in the pursuit

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of God. 
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and supernaturally. 
Sometimes in practical ways, but

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he will not leave you in that 
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If you in faith, come to him in 
your Brokenness, David doesn't 

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do that here. 
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But what else did you not do? 
He doesn't share what he's 

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feeling with with others. 
He doesn't, he doesn't open his 

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heart. 
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was able to offer David and one 
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his life. 
It says that he strengthen his 

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hand in the Lord. 
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Does anybody remember what 
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That might be on a quiz one day.
Because it's so precious God has

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given Jonathan means, God has 
given and Jonathan lived out 

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that name because he offered so 
much. 

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He offered so much to David, his
presence. 

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His words built David up. 
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friend whose name is Jonathan. 
God has given people in your 

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life. 
Yes. 

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God has placed certain 
individuals in your life that 

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have the ability to not judge 
you in that state of confusion 

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or turmoil, but to help you 
realize who God is and who you 

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are in him. 
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mistake of not sharing his heart
though. 

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Jonathan was unavailable. 
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the 600 member, the sick, the 
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Faith. 
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but there was somebody, I 
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do, you know, who I'm talking 
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Who do you think? 
Somebody said it Abigail his 

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wife, what a woman of 
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a profound woman she was she was
she was able to speak it to his 

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life to persuade him not to make
a mistake that he would regret 

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for the rest of his days. 
Oh David have you only just went

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home to your wife and you just 
sat across the table though, you

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didn't have one, you're in a 
cataract, whatever, you just 

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poured out your heart. 
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experiencing. 
I don't know why this dark cloud

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is over my soul. 
Who knows. 

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Pause. 
What you could have been saved 

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from. 
Who knows? 

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How you could have avoided first
Samuel. 

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Chapter 27. 
But he doesn't, he keeps it 

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within himself. 
Can I tell you something in 

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moments of discouragement? 
I don't care how crazy your 

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thoughts are. 
It doesn't matter how out of 

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touch with reality. 
Your imagination is about 

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something. 
Do not forget that, a simple 

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conversation with somebody who 
fears God and loves you can do 

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much, much help. 
Really. 

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Don't forget that one. 
Simple phone call saying 

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brother. 
I know that this sounds silly, I

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know that this sounds, I know 
we've had this conversation a 

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hundred times, but I just feel 
and fill in the blank. 

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And as Believers, we should not 
be weary of hearing somebody, 

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even if it's repetitive, because
we're call to lift each other's 

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burdens. 
So if somebody comes up to you, 

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as a brother or sister says, I 
just feel like I'm going to be 

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single forever. 
And you had that conversation. 

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50 times. 
Have it 51 times, have it 75 

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times. 
And provide faith and provide 

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encouragement from the 
scriptures. 

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If somebody feels like whatever 
the case, maybe you, and I can 

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potentially save someone from 
sinking into a place that can 

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destroy their testimony. 
As we're about to find out, 

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don't underestimate. 
Somebody who is broken in 

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Failure even I do understand 
don't underestimate the ministry

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of answering that text message 
or going for a cup of coffee 

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with a fellow brother or sister 
and just speaking life to them. 

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Because this man as he swirling 
in, these thoughts is going to 

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make some serious mistakes. 
And it could have been solved. 

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I'm sure if he had just opened 
his heart primarily to the Lord,

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and then to the Lord's people. 
Now, this is what happens if you

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are not careful to deal with 
discouragement and wisdom with 

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what you just heard, then you 
can be misdirected and you can 

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be derailed in significant ways.
And that's what we see here in 

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verse 2. 
He's about to make some serious 

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decisions but before we go there
look at what he says in verse 1.

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And we heard earlier from our 
dear sister, he says there is 

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nothing for me. 
There is nothing better for me 

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than I should escape to the land
of the Philistines. 

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Are you serious? 
There is nothing better. 

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I can think of like, 50 things 
that are better than you going 

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to the land of the Philistines. 
In fact, what David thought 

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would be the best thing. 
Turn out to be the worst thing. 

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God had never given permission 
to his people to move out of the

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promised land, read the book of 
Ruth and that is another 

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principle of such a truth. 
God had never instructed, unless

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it was a clear. 
Clear, command to go to Egypt, 

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or there or whatever the case 
may be. 

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There is never a time where a 
person had the Liberty to go out

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of bounds of God's promises and 
his will without there being a 

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price. 
And for him to come to this 

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conclusion, shows how deluded 
David has become. 

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He actually thought that the 
greatest remedy was to go to the

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Philistines because then Saul 
would not be as bold to find him

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in that place and to even do 
something about it. 

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And we're ready to go. 
David. 

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You lost it? 
We're ready to say David. 

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You're you are so out of touch 
with God. 

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And yet, I say how many people 
do this today even believers. 

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Even Christians that end their 
moments where they are low and 

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their moments where they are out
of gas in the moments where they

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feel like this isn't worth that 
anymore. 

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They go to the wrong remedies, 
they turn to the wrong 

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Solutions, sometimes it's 
substance and sometimes it's a 

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behavior, sometimes it's a way 
of life. 

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Sometimes there's a door that 
you open that you think you can 

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vent your frustration for a 
little bit when it's clearly 

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sin. 
And you have some people that 

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you know, they give themselves 
to Extended mindless 

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distractions. 
So they don't have to deal with 

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what's disturbing them and then 
you have people like David who 

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just flirt and even entertained.
About disobedience. 

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I'm just going to do this 
because it's going to bring me 

457
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,700
some kind of relief, some kind 
of satisfaction, some kind of 

458
00:28:37,700 --> 00:28:41,700
distraction from the pain and 
the difficulty. 

459
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:47,500
And the Darkness that I'm in 
Could you actually believe with 

460
00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:50,900
me today, that discouragement 
can lead people to disobedience?

461
00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:58,400
It can we are seeing it right 
here and consider how these 

462
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,800
verses tell us. 
That David went somewhere. 

463
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,100
Where did he go? 
Exactly. 

464
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,900
He went to a specific person. 
Who is that person? 

465
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,900
I wish. 
Does he sound familiar or no? 

466
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:15,800
Who thinks we've seen him 
before? 

467
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:28,300
and if we have, where we've seen
him before, Oh very good. 

468
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,200
A few chapters ago. 
That is one of the first places 

469
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,100
that he went when he was running
from Saul initially. 

470
00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:36,200
And so go back a few chapters 
look. 

471
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:41,400
I want to make a point from this
connection and 21:10 First 

472
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,600
Samuel, 21 verse 10, we read and
David Rosen fled that day from 

473
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,500
Saul and went to a quiche the 
king of gas. 

474
00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:50,700
The same King, the same leader, 
the same ruler, the same 

475
00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:55,900
environment the same atmosphere.
He goes back to the place where 

476
00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:57,700
he did what we read in verse 13 
of 1st. 

477
00:29:57,700 --> 00:29:59,800
Samuel 21, what do you do in 
verse 13? 

478
00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:03,500
So he changed his behavior 
before them and pretended to be 

479
00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:06,600
insane in their hands and made 
marks on the doors of the gate. 

480
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,600
And let's spittle run down his 
beard. 

481
00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:13,400
Why would you go back to the 
place that encouraged you to be 

482
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:19,500
a crazy man? 
Why would you go back to such a 

483
00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:23,800
vulnerable? 
Position where you actually 

484
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:29,400
behave in such an ungodly, 
inhumane way. 

485
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,600
And the point is so obvious. 
It's so clear. 

486
00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:39,200
It's an illustration of how we 
are willing to go back to sin 

487
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,300
and not just sin sin that has at
one point, brought us through 

488
00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:46,800
much, shame, and dishonor. 
All you remember. 

489
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,600
I'm sure if you If you have a 
testimony where you went into 

490
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,000
the world for a bit or you grow 
up in a Christian household and 

491
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,600
you were never really born again
till later. 

492
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,500
I'm sure you remember of doing 
certain things saying certain 

493
00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:04,300
things participating in certain 
things where you told yourself I

494
00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:08,300
will never do that again. 
Only to find yourself doing what

495
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,300
that very same thing. 
Again once the memories of 

496
00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:15,000
disgrace disappear. 
But I'm not just talking about 

497
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,400
Sinners. 
I'm talking about how even the 

498
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,700
most righteous can revisit the 
unthinkable. 

499
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:25,100
They can, this is David were 
speaking about here and he's 

500
00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:28,800
willing to go back to the same 
place where he rolled around as 

501
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:33,300
though, he had lost his mind. 
Why would you do this? 

502
00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:37,900
And the point is very obvious, 
discouragement encourages us to 

503
00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:43,000
do things like that and that 
funny Discouragement encourages.

504
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,200
It encourages you to even do 
things that you never thought 

505
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,300
you would do. 
I know this sounds kind of 

506
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:56,700
exaggerated, but it's true. 
Because what is his reason of 

507
00:31:56,700 --> 00:32:00,300
discouragement he is discouraged
in the will of God. 

508
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,100
He is discouraged while obeying.
God, he is discouraged. 

509
00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:07,800
While trusting God. 
And so, what is the flesh trying

510
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,200
to convince him of? 
Well, surely there's some kind 

511
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,200
of relief outside of the will of
God. 

512
00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:17,200
If this is what it is, serving 
God, the maybe you have to step 

513
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,500
outside of this Lane just for a 
little break, get a breather and

514
00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:24,200
it come back in. 
Do you know? 

515
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,900
There are some people who are in
Ministry who after they've been 

516
00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:31,700
caught and certain sin confess 
that what they told himself 

517
00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:35,300
before sinning and usually in 
the case of sexual immorality 

518
00:32:35,300 --> 00:32:38,100
was well I've been serving God 
so much I thought I deserved the

519
00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:43,100
break. 
And so it before we think that 

520
00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:44,900
this is out there before we 
think this is fairy tale, you 

521
00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:47,200
have some people who are 
convinced in discouragement in 

522
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,700
the and the weariness of 
ministry and serving people who 

523
00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:54,000
have bought into the lie. 
That maybe I just need some kind

524
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:58,200
of relief in the flesh. 
David's doing that. 

525
00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:03,000
He just wants to step out into 
the territory, the Philistines 

526
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,800
for a little while, not for a 
long, while until salt gives up 

527
00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:11,400
until saw just lays off. 
What is that going to lead him 

528
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,500
to? 
That's gonna lead him to messed 

529
00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:16,900
up things. 
But here's the point, I want to 

530
00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:22,100
make and this this topic of 
discouragement Davis decision to

531
00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:23,300
do this. 
It's not just going to affect 

532
00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:24,600
David. 
Who else is it going to affect 

533
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:29,000
everybody with him? 
Look at verse 3 quickly and 

534
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:32,100
David lived with Alicia. 
Gareth, he and his men, every 

535
00:33:32,100 --> 00:33:35,300
man with his household. 
So remember the 600 came to 

536
00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:40,200
follow David and whether it was 
at that time or later on these 

537
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,000
men with their wives and their 
children. 

538
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:47,300
Now are with him and David is 
leading all of them into the 

539
00:33:47,300 --> 00:33:49,700
land of the Philistines, not 
just him. 

540
00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:52,800
And I read that today, and I 
thought to myself, 

541
00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:57,700
discouragement is so powerful, 
but it is especially dangerous 

542
00:33:57,700 --> 00:33:59,600
for those who are in leadership 
positions. 

543
00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:06,500
I'm not saying this because of 
the position that I might be 

544
00:34:06,500 --> 00:34:10,100
serving in. 
I'm saying this for all people 

545
00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:13,100
in any position of authority, in
any position of influence and 

546
00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:15,100
anybody who has great 
responsibility. 

547
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,199
Can I, can I tell you something?
Please don't, don't be a reason 

548
00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:22,000
to discourage them. 
They already have enough 

549
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000
discouragement to deal. 
They already have the lies of 

550
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,800
the devil to deal with. 
They already have the world to 

551
00:34:26,808 --> 00:34:28,199
deal. 
With the already, have crazy 

552
00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:30,300
people to deal with crazy 
emails. 

553
00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:33,199
Crazy things that they have to 
answer and they have to try to 

554
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:38,000
all these assaults and attacks. 
Here's here's what Satan would 

555
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,699
love to do. 
Is to so overwhelm someone who 

556
00:34:41,699 --> 00:34:44,300
is in a position with there are 
others under his influence 

557
00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:49,500
because like David if they 
become so burdened by that 

558
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:52,100
discouragement they can make 
decisions that will influence 

559
00:34:52,100 --> 00:34:55,500
others in the end and that can 
look like somebody quitting when

560
00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:56,900
they're not supposed to be 
quitting. 

561
00:34:57,700 --> 00:35:00,900
And I can look like somebody who
is so charged emotionally that 

562
00:35:00,900 --> 00:35:05,300
they do things in the flesh out 
of exhaustion or whatever the 

563
00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:06,800
case may be. 
That affects and has 

564
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,400
ramifications beyond their own 
lives, pray for your leaders. 

565
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,000
Be an encouragement to those. 
Now I'm not just talking about 

566
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:19,100
church leaders fathers who work 
hours upon hours in a week to 

567
00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:22,900
feed their families. 
Those that, you know, that a 

568
00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:26,700
servant a particular Ministry in
and they're taking extra time 

569
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,800
out of what they would usually 
have what we call a break from 

570
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:34,300
their regular Works. 
Encourage them because 

571
00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:38,300
discouragement can cause them to
not just misdirect their own 

572
00:35:38,300 --> 00:35:42,800
lives but even others. and so 
for the rest of this chapter, 

573
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,000
That clock is telling me 
something. 

574
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,100
We're going to keep going for 
the rest of this chapter. 

575
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:56,600
I want us to see quickly just 
quickly consider the insights 

576
00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:01,700
that we find in the place of a 
righteous man who willfully 

577
00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:03,600
choose. 
It's a step out of bounds in the

578
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,500
will of God for the rest of this
chapter. 

579
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,000
You and I are going to just 
we're going to take a flat 

580
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:13,300
Little Rock and skip it over a 
bed of this passage of scripture

581
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:18,200
and just lightly tap and see. 
What becomes Of a man. 

582
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,900
What can happen to a woman? 
Who willfully like David 

583
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,100
willfully. 
David is making a choice here. 

584
00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:26,900
He's not slipping, he's not 
caught off guard, he has 

585
00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:30,600
calculated and been convinced to
do this when a righteous man or 

586
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,000
woman chooses to go out of 
bounds. 

587
00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:36,000
What can they expect? 
And I hope that this will 

588
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,600
protect you and I hope that this
will be a source of wisdom. 

589
00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:42,500
If, you know somebody that you 
love that is entertaining such 

590
00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:47,900
thoughts. 
Let's look at verse 4. and when 

591
00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:51,700
I was told Saul that David had 
fled to gath, he no longer saw 

592
00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:56,700
to him The first thing that 
happens to David, when he moves 

593
00:36:56,700 --> 00:37:01,400
out of God's promise, the 
promised land is that apparently

594
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:06,300
he experienced some relief. 
There is, there is immediate 

595
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:11,500
success. 
And so we see here that he 

596
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:17,100
seemed to get what he wanted. 
The desire was fulfilled, what 

597
00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:21,600
he had hoped for came to pass 
and David just wanted to avoid 

598
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,300
the surveillance of saw. 
He could not live knowing that 

599
00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:27,600
there are spies in those Hills 
or there were those among his 

600
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,800
brethren in the land of Judah 
that were betraying. 

601
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,600
And he couldn't live like that 
any longer. 

602
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:35,100
So he goes to a place where no 
Israelite would willfully, go. 

603
00:37:36,300 --> 00:37:39,700
And for a moment, he is enjoying
the reward of his apparent 

604
00:37:39,700 --> 00:37:43,800
wisdom. 
And I want to tell you this, 

605
00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:50,800
that there is an element to sin.
That is somewhat pleasurable and

606
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:55,100
even to our understanding to the
Natural mind profitable. 

607
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,100
Or else you wouldn't be tempted 
to sin. 

608
00:37:59,100 --> 00:38:05,300
Hebrews 11 tells us that sin is 
pleasurable but it's fleeting 

609
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:09,300
pleasure. 
Psalms tells us that in his 

610
00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:11,700
presence, is the fullness of 
joy. 

611
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:17,100
Sin offer something but it 
evaporates very quickly. 

612
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,700
And what we see here is that no 
matter what kind of reward you 

613
00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:23,800
might experience in the place of
Disobedience. 

614
00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:27,600
It's temporary it's always 
temporary. 

615
00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:32,100
Yeah, so you fulfill the Fantasy
by living in an adulterous 

616
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:33,800
relationship but that's 
temporary exhibit. 

617
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,500
Turn into a nightmare real real 
soon. 

618
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,100
Okay, so you made extra money by
lying and cheating with the 

619
00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:43,500
numbers and so you can afford. 
I may be a little bit better 

620
00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:45,600
vacation than you did before 
that. 

621
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,800
It's going to come to haunt you.
It will that's just the rule. 

622
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,200
That's just a law that God has 
established in his universe. 

623
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,100
And so what we see here first is
that there is a sense in which 

624
00:38:55,100 --> 00:38:58,800
David experienced What are you 
desired? 

625
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:03,900
And this is a nearsightedness 
when it comes to sin we are able

626
00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:06,900
to see things very clearly up 
from but we can't see beyond. 

627
00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:10,300
We can't see where this can take
us and that's why God in his 

628
00:39:10,300 --> 00:39:12,700
perfect love. 
Gives us a chapter like this so 

629
00:39:12,700 --> 00:39:16,400
that we can examine and have a 
helicopter view of What Becomes 

630
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,400
of a man. 
When they willfully choose to go

631
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:24,900
out outside of God's will, This 
is what he's experiencing. and 

632
00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:31,100
if we fail to see it, or we are 
so confused, and Give into 

633
00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:32,900
something without realizing 
where I'll take us. 

634
00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:34,600
It doesn't matter. 
It will take us where we don't 

635
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:38,800
want to go. 
And so remember that whatever 

636
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:42,900
reward is in Rebellion, it will 
always always be temporary 

637
00:39:42,900 --> 00:39:46,700
always no matter what it is. 
Now, we come to verse five and 

638
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:50,100
six. 
Then David said to a quiche, if 

639
00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:55,000
I have found favor in your eyes,
let a place be given me in one 

640
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,700
of the country towns that I may 
dwell there for. 

641
00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:05,700
Why should your servant dwell in
the Royal City with you The 

642
00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:09,500
second thing that can happen to 
a person who willfully chooses 

643
00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:12,800
to disobey God, and it's really 
just in one area. 

644
00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:15,500
Let me remind you something. 
David is not becoming an 

645
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,200
apostate. 
He's not saying I'm not going to

646
00:40:17,207 --> 00:40:19,100
serve the god of Israel anymore.
I'm going to serve the god of 

647
00:40:19,107 --> 00:40:20,900
the Philistines. 
All he wants to do is just 

648
00:40:20,900 --> 00:40:25,200
change his address changing your
address isn't wrong but in this 

649
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,900
context it was it was sin. 
You couldn't leave the 

650
00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:32,100
boundaries of the promised land 
so is just an area of his life. 

651
00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:34,500
It was just a little Do in the 
house. 

652
00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:37,500
It wasn't the whole thing. 
Wasn't burning the place down. 

653
00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:43,000
Meaning The heart and his 
Devotion to God, just a sliver 

654
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,800
of it, but what begins to happen
is first. 

655
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,900
You do it and you don't see any 
consequence to it. 

656
00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:52,300
But s things begin to transpire.
And here's what's happening with

657
00:40:52,300 --> 00:40:55,500
David. 
Now he is willing to associate 

658
00:40:56,300 --> 00:41:01,100
with the unrighteous. 
He is willing to tolerate 

659
00:41:01,700 --> 00:41:04,200
relationships that he should not
be tolerating. 

660
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,000
Do you see how he's speaking to 
a quiche? 

661
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:11,100
Look how he's talking about if I
found favor in your eyes? 

662
00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:14,600
What are you saying? 
If I have found favor in your 

663
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:18,400
eyes, And some would say well 
this is David being strategic 

664
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,900
because he has a he has a he has
an end in mind and it's for the 

665
00:41:21,900 --> 00:41:24,300
good and for the glory of God so
he's kind of tricking out, he's 

666
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,300
okay fine. 
If you believe that or not 

667
00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:29,000
there's a matter. 
Why is he communicating with 

668
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,500
somebody that he's supposed to 
be at war? 

669
00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:32,800
With? 
That's the point. 

670
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:37,000
You're dealing with a people 
that have defied, the god of 

671
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:42,000
Israel that you have went to war
with since you're young adult 

672
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,300
years and now offer sudden 
you're willing to have these 

673
00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:46,700
casual conversations and make 
With. 

674
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,700
And consider this consider 
perhaps why they would even 

675
00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:59,200
justify this. 
Consider how he's treating 

676
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:04,100
David, because he does give it 
to him verse 6. 

677
00:42:04,100 --> 00:42:06,200
So that day at he's gave him 
ziklag. 

678
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,600
Therefore, ziklag had belong has
belonged to the kings of Judah 

679
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:17,400
to this day. 
It's no wonder that a person who

680
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,000
is, especially been discouraged 
by how they've been treated by 

681
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:25,200
supposed Christians. 
Veer off and embrace those who 

682
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:27,300
are not Christians because who 
wants to really live with a 

683
00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:31,000
hypocrite anyway, right? 
It's like this is how people 

684
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,900
think if I'm going to, I'm going
to deal with those who claim to 

685
00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:37,200
serve God, but live, like live, 
like heathens. 

686
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,400
I rather deal with those who 
live like heathens and admit. 

687
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:48,000
They're heathens. 
And I, I can't help but be 

688
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:54,600
embarrassed seeing how he's a 
Philistine is willing to embrace

689
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:59,600
David and provide for David upon
request. when you compare the 

690
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:03,700
treatment of his own brethren in
the land of Judah, Who betrayed 

691
00:43:03,700 --> 00:43:07,400
him and told on him over and 
over again and saw who was 

692
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,500
supposed to be not just his King
but his father-in-law. 

693
00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:14,400
This is how my father-in-law is 
going to treat, this is how my 

694
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,800
brethren from my own land, from 
the closest try possible are 

695
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:19,400
going to are going to relate to 
me. 

696
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,900
And then you come here and this 
is how this is, how the 

697
00:43:22,900 --> 00:43:27,200
unbelieving are embracing me. 
I'm gonna stay here. 

698
00:43:28,500 --> 00:43:30,900
I'm going to be, I'm going to be
comfortable here. 

699
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:35,000
I've been lacking this kind of 
love and support for so long. 

700
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:40,800
And so, here's what we have to 
understand. as a community of 

701
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:44,000
Believers, the warmth and the 
welcome that we share with one, 

702
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:51,100
another should outshine should 
radiate without comparison to 

703
00:43:51,100 --> 00:43:52,900
those who are outside the family
of God. 

704
00:43:54,500 --> 00:43:56,800
I mean there should be such an 
affection in this place. 

705
00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:00,300
There should be such a service, 
such a kindness, such a 

706
00:44:00,300 --> 00:44:03,700
willingness to support. 
And to sacrifice that it would 

707
00:44:03,700 --> 00:44:09,300
never be a Temptation in anyone 
to Crave the companionship of 

708
00:44:09,300 --> 00:44:11,100
those who are outside of 
Covenant with God. 

709
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:16,800
That makes sense. 
I mean, we should be able to to 

710
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:21,600
show walk in unity and so walk 
in love that when we look out 

711
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,800
there, we would see a cruel 
world. 

712
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,900
Nothing breaks my heart more and
I've heard this more than once 

713
00:44:27,900 --> 00:44:31,300
throughout my Christian 
experience, nothing breaks my 

714
00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:33,300
heart more. 
When I here Christian a genuine 

715
00:44:33,300 --> 00:44:35,200
Christian and a Christian that 
finds a negative and a demon 

716
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:38,900
under every Rock. 
But genuine Christians who say, 

717
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:42,300
you know, it's so sad that 
non-christians in this area, 

718
00:44:42,300 --> 00:44:45,100
have been more of a blessing to 
me than Christians like it 

719
00:44:45,100 --> 00:44:48,900
shatters me, it shatters me and 
it's not an unrealistic 

720
00:44:48,900 --> 00:44:52,200
expectation. 
That should not be the case. 

721
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:54,800
Now, I know there are some who 
will make an excuse of 

722
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:57,000
everything and will magnify 
everything because they think 

723
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,000
Christians should be should just
be perfect. 

724
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,500
I'm not saying that either, but 
I'm saying here is that the 

725
00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:05,300
treatment that David has endured
could possibly have been the 

726
00:45:05,300 --> 00:45:08,500
reason one of the reasons why he
was willing to just not visit 

727
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:13,300
the area the Philistines but now
live there I can I can ride this

728
00:45:13,300 --> 00:45:18,200
out. 
But even though it may be true, 

729
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,700
that there are some Believers in
our lives, that contradict their

730
00:45:20,700 --> 00:45:25,200
testimony and treat you and 
treat you like like dirt. 

731
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,300
It never gives you a neither 
right to yoke with those who are

732
00:45:28,308 --> 00:45:33,000
not yoke to Christ. 
Never When unfortunate, this is 

733
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,200
what he does. 
He begins to not entertain and 

734
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:38,700
associate with those that he's 
not supposed to and we read on 

735
00:45:38,700 --> 00:45:41,700
and see something in verse 7. 
Here's a third point and the 

736
00:45:41,700 --> 00:45:43,600
number of the days that David 
lived in the country of the 

737
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:46,200
Philistines was a year and four 
months. 

738
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:53,800
Wow, a year and four months. 
Why do you think the Holy Spirit

739
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:55,600
told us how long he was there 
for? 

740
00:45:57,400 --> 00:45:59,800
Maybe they tell us that he was 
there for a very long time and 

741
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:05,800
he shouldn't have been And the 
patience of God, we're going to 

742
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:10,200
see that next week. 
But not just that which is a 

743
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:13,000
great point. 
We're seeing here a very 

744
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:16,300
important point when it comes to
entertaining, any disobedience 

745
00:46:16,300 --> 00:46:20,000
in our lives. 
That when we think that we will 

746
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,300
just take a tour in the land of 
the Philistines, often you will 

747
00:46:23,300 --> 00:46:25,400
stay longer than you have 
anticipated. 

748
00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:31,500
You will end up finding a place 
that looks nice and you will end

749
00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:34,400
up buying that place and staying
there. 

750
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:38,000
And I think the reason why David
stayed so long is because he did

751
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:41,300
not see any consequences to his 
compromise. 

752
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:46,100
He didn't if anything you're 
going to be here he's going to 

753
00:46:46,100 --> 00:46:49,600
see prosperity and success. 
So he's like this is wonderful. 

754
00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:52,600
I want to stay here. 
This is, this is better than I 

755
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:55,900
thought. 
And that's unfortunately, what 

756
00:46:55,900 --> 00:47:01,200
many people do today? 
When Divine discipline is 

757
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,900
delayed. 
And when there seems to be no 

758
00:47:03,900 --> 00:47:08,000
dangerous to your decisions, 
there is a deception in that 

759
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,100
that causes you to stay in 
Disobedience longer. 

760
00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:15,000
Okay, so when David was with a 
quiche, the first time in first 

761
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:19,800
name of 21, he felt he felt the 
danger, he felt the threats. 

762
00:47:19,900 --> 00:47:21,700
So what does he do? 
He falls over and he starts 

763
00:47:21,700 --> 00:47:24,300
acting drooling and scratching. 
He wants to get out of there. 

764
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:29,100
This time when he comes, he's 
welcomed, he's given a town, not

765
00:47:29,100 --> 00:47:31,900
a car, here's a town. 
He's like, whoa, okay. 

766
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,200
And so, what's happening at? 
God is not saying I'm doing 

767
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:38,100
something wrong. 
And these people were supposed 

768
00:47:38,100 --> 00:47:39,800
to hurt me. 
They're not hurting me. 

769
00:47:41,300 --> 00:47:43,200
The stuff that I'm doing the 
stuff that I'm watching the 

770
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:45,200
stuff that I'm entertained, the 
stuff that I'm injecting. 

771
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:47,900
The stuff that I am. 
This isn't hurting me. 

772
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:52,400
It's actually helping me. 
And then what happens is you 

773
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:57,200
begin to begin to dig your heels
in and you become more Concrete 

774
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,500
in your compromise. 
You don't have to turn there, 

775
00:47:59,500 --> 00:48:01,400
but I want to read a verse to 
prove my point. 

776
00:48:01,900 --> 00:48:06,500
It's in Ecclesiastes 8:11, just 
listen to this. it says, because

777
00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:11,400
the sentence against an evil 
deed is not executed speedily 

778
00:48:12,500 --> 00:48:15,300
The heart of the children of man
is fully set to do evil. 

779
00:48:17,300 --> 00:48:21,900
Because the sentence against an 
evil deed is not executed 

780
00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:24,700
speedily. 
The heart of the children of man

781
00:48:24,700 --> 00:48:29,900
is fully set on doing evil. 
So what happens is you press the

782
00:48:29,900 --> 00:48:31,800
button that you're not supposed 
to press and nothing happens? 

783
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:34,000
No doors open, no nothing 
underneath. 

784
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:35,700
You opens up, you like? 
Wow. 

785
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:38,900
And then you keep pressing and 
you keep burning says, do not 

786
00:48:38,900 --> 00:48:40,600
press. 
And that's the point. 

787
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:43,700
The point is, this that men are 
set in their Disobedience 

788
00:48:43,700 --> 00:48:47,800
because there seems to be a 
delay in Divine discipline. 

789
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:52,400
And it's a sad thing that the 
greatest encouragement that 

790
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:56,500
people have. 
To not sin is that they don't 

791
00:48:56,500 --> 00:49:01,000
want to be punished for it. 
If that's your only motivation 

792
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:05,300
to not sin. 
Then you're not going to know a 

793
00:49:05,300 --> 00:49:08,800
joy in the Lord and you're going
to be deceived when there is. 

794
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:12,300
As we heard an extended period 
of God's mercy over your life 

795
00:49:12,700 --> 00:49:14,700
and you thinking that you're 
going to get away with it. 

796
00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:20,600
David was there for a year and 
four months, that's a long time 

797
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:25,300
and that's the point. 
I've seen it happen. 

798
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:27,500
I've seen it happen in your 
house. 

799
00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:28,500
Can I tell you what? 
I've seen? 

800
00:49:28,900 --> 00:49:31,200
I've seen what a person has been
truly saved and then they 

801
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:33,800
backslide. 
Their backslidden state is worse

802
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:35,900
than when they were before they 
were saved. 

803
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:42,900
Like you were messing with 
Satan's territory. and sometimes

804
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:47,100
like David, it was a year and 
four months Sometimes people 

805
00:49:47,100 --> 00:49:50,300
stay in that kind of condition 
for years before they wake up 

806
00:49:50,300 --> 00:49:54,400
again. and I can tell you they 
were just looking for some kind 

807
00:49:54,400 --> 00:50:02,200
of some kind of relief just for 
a moment and up becoming a 

808
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:05,100
long-term commitment to 
compromise. 

809
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:10,400
So, be careful. 
The scripture show is here that 

810
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:14,000
we are able we are capable of 
remaining somewhere that we 

811
00:50:14,008 --> 00:50:17,400
never intended to remain in. 
Because that is how powerful the

812
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:21,000
pull of sin is the clutch of 
this obedience is so strong. 

813
00:50:21,700 --> 00:50:25,200
Verse 8, we see another point. 
Now, David and his men went up 

814
00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:27,200
and made raised against the 
guest rights. 

815
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,600
The girls attackers sites and 
the amalekites for these were 

816
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:34,500
the inhabitants of the land from
old, as far as sure to the land 

817
00:50:34,500 --> 00:50:37,200
of Egypt and David would strike 
the land. 

818
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:39,900
And we'll leave neither, man, 
nor woman alive and would take 

819
00:50:39,900 --> 00:50:43,800
away the Sheep, the ox, and the 
donkeys, camels, and the 

820
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:45,700
garments, and come back to a 
quiche. 

821
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:51,600
So now what's happening, is he 
has this place and I mean you 

822
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:53,900
can imagine how excited David 
and his men were. 

823
00:50:53,900 --> 00:50:55,000
They've been living in caves 
for. 

824
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:58,100
Who knows how long now they 
actually have a house houses 

825
00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:00,700
living rooms bedrooms. 
They can put their kids in a 

826
00:51:00,700 --> 00:51:02,900
comfy. 
Warm place that can actually 

827
00:51:02,900 --> 00:51:05,600
cook with instruments and tools 
that I have to wait for some 

828
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:08,600
raid before they get more. 
And so now they're set in once 

829
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:11,800
they're set, they feel boldness 
and a confidence to go out and 

830
00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:15,100
perform more raids and we have 
to be careful here. 

831
00:51:15,100 --> 00:51:18,200
David is not Killing 
Philistines. 

832
00:51:19,900 --> 00:51:22,600
And David is not killing 
Israelites. 

833
00:51:23,900 --> 00:51:29,100
These tribes are those who 
remain due to the failure of 

834
00:51:29,100 --> 00:51:33,100
Joshua and that generation would
initially came into the Promised

835
00:51:33,100 --> 00:51:35,900
Land. 
Remember, they were supposed to 

836
00:51:35,900 --> 00:51:38,700
eradicate all of these men, and 
they failed to do so. 

837
00:51:38,900 --> 00:51:40,800
So you know what David is doing?
He's actually doing a good 

838
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:45,900
thing, David is finishing, what?
The previous generations, could 

839
00:51:45,900 --> 00:51:48,700
not complete. 
He is trying to actually obey 

840
00:51:48,700 --> 00:51:52,600
God in this, he is zealously 
obeying God. 

841
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:58,400
How do you make sense of this? 
I think one way you can make 

842
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:04,300
sense of it, is this. 
That's sometimes when somebody 

843
00:52:04,300 --> 00:52:06,200
is in this would be nice and 
they know the Lord, they know 

844
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,800
God's word and they have a they 
have an area of compromising 

845
00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:11,400
their lives. 
One way. 

846
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:14,300
They think that they can quiet. 
Their conscience is busying 

847
00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:16,200
themselves with righteous 
activity. 

848
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:23,100
And so to silence that nagging 
voice. 

849
00:52:23,100 --> 00:52:24,600
That's saying that is wrong, 
that is wrong. 

850
00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:28,500
They want to justify that by 
telling themselves and maybe 

851
00:52:28,500 --> 00:52:30,400
even telling God. 
But look what else I'm doing? 

852
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:33,500
Look what else I'm doing? 
Look at all these other things 

853
00:52:33,500 --> 00:52:35,100
that I am accomplishing for your
will. 

854
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:38,100
If it's not for me, this would 
have been done in my church. 

855
00:52:38,100 --> 00:52:42,300
Look at the role that I play. 
And so they begin to try to 

856
00:52:42,300 --> 00:52:46,800
balance, Consecration and 
compromise and they begin to try

857
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:50,400
to outweigh the good or the bad 
with the good. 

858
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:53,300
And and this is this is really 
the pattern of many people's 

859
00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:54,500
lives. 
Unfortunately. 

860
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:58,800
But here's the thing, God is not
looking for you to give him more

861
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:00,600
good than your bad. 
He's looking for you and I to 

862
00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:04,400
repent. 
He wants you to just get rid of 

863
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:09,200
the thing altogether. 
He wants obedience not 

864
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:12,500
sacrifice. 
And listen if you're trying to 

865
00:53:12,500 --> 00:53:16,200
deal with your conscience it's 
not going to happen by getting 

866
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:19,100
busier with religious activity. 
It's going to happen. 

867
00:53:19,100 --> 00:53:21,500
When you say I'm getting rid of 
this, I'm nailing it to the 

868
00:53:21,500 --> 00:53:26,600
Cross once and for all when you 
just put it aside and died to 

869
00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:30,200
that thing then you will know 
true Liberty then you know, a 

870
00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:33,800
true rest then you will be whole
again. 

871
00:53:34,900 --> 00:53:36,900
But here's David think about it.
He's in the land of the 

872
00:53:36,900 --> 00:53:41,300
Philistines and he is trying to 
obey God in another area and it 

873
00:53:41,300 --> 00:53:44,600
looks silly. 
It just it's actually sad. 

874
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:48,300
It really is in David's mind. 
He's probably thinking that he's

875
00:53:48,300 --> 00:53:53,900
right here. and often times, you
see people He tried to do the 

876
00:53:53,900 --> 00:54:00,800
same who try to do the same. 
Remember nothing will be able to

877
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:04,800
truly. 
Give you that sense of healing 

878
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:08,800
and restoration and completion 
until you confess, and you turn 

879
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:13,600
away from it to try to spray it 
with righteous perfume isn't 

880
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:18,500
going to work. the death of the 
thing is going to overwhelm 

881
00:54:18,500 --> 00:54:22,600
anything that you try to 
sprinkle it with, and I've seen 

882
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:27,500
many people like that. 
We come to verse 10 and we see 

883
00:54:27,500 --> 00:54:29,800
another thing that happens when 
somebody willfully chooses to 

884
00:54:29,808 --> 00:54:34,100
step outside of God's will. 
When I, he's a square, have you 

885
00:54:34,100 --> 00:54:36,600
made a rated? 
A David would say against the - 

886
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:40,600
Judah or against an egg above 
German Lima lights or against 

887
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:44,500
the negative of the kenites. 
And David would leave neither 

888
00:54:44,500 --> 00:54:47,100
man nor woman alive to bring 
news to God thinking less. 

889
00:54:47,100 --> 00:54:49,100
They should tell about us and 
say. 

890
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:54,900
So David has done such was his 
custom all the while he lived in

891
00:54:54,900 --> 00:54:59,700
the country of the Philistines. 
So, what's happening here? 

892
00:55:00,900 --> 00:55:05,000
David is making these raids and 
he's actually, he's actually 

893
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:08,000
chipping away at these 
amalekites and these different 

894
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:11,000
people groups. 
But then he's coming home with 

895
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,400
possessions and with animals and
with clothing, and he's even 

896
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:17,600
giving a portion of that to the 
king for his kind treatment of 

897
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:21,300
him and his willingness to give 
him a town and all these 

898
00:55:21,300 --> 00:55:25,100
wonderful things. 
So the man asks, he's like, 

899
00:55:25,100 --> 00:55:29,600
where did you go to get this? 
Or probably with with Glee's. 

900
00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:33,100
I who did you take over this 
time now? 

901
00:55:33,100 --> 00:55:36,300
David told the truth. 
He's going to be in trouble with

902
00:55:36,308 --> 00:55:39,600
that he's schtupping because 
what David is actually doing is 

903
00:55:39,900 --> 00:55:44,300
killing this man's allies. 
He and his people are enemies to

904
00:55:44,300 --> 00:55:46,400
Israel. 
These tribes that we read in 

905
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verse 8, our enemies to Israel 
So what is David left to do? 

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00:55:51,300 --> 00:55:55,700
What he did earlier when he also
was disconnected to the Lord? 

907
00:55:56,500 --> 00:56:00,200
What was that he lies? 
He lies. 

908
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:05,900
David has a lying problem and 
the more he's out of tune with 

909
00:56:05,900 --> 00:56:09,400
God, the more he gives into 
lying and he does it with ease 

910
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:11,000
and he's like a professional at 
it. 

911
00:56:12,300 --> 00:56:14,200
And so he begins to tell him 
all, we went here, he's being 

912
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:17,200
very general and he's telling 
he's not telling the truth. 

913
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:22,100
Here's the point that I want to 
make that when a person who 

914
00:56:22,100 --> 00:56:26,400
knows God knows God's word, 
chooses, to come to a place, 

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00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:29,300
where they compromised, in one 
area, it is inevitable where 

916
00:56:29,300 --> 00:56:31,300
they will compromise in another 
area. 

917
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:37,500
Because when you think we'll 
look I've done this and nothing 

918
00:56:37,500 --> 00:56:39,800
has happened. 
The flesh. 

919
00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:42,900
Now, begins to tell you, well, 
if nothing happened here, that 

920
00:56:43,300 --> 00:56:45,400
what makes me think that, if I 
do this, that nothing will 

921
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:48,000
happen. 
Nothing will happen. 

922
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:50,200
If it didn't happen here. 
Surely won't happen here. 

923
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:54,100
And what started as a little 
visitation to the land of the 

924
00:56:54,100 --> 00:56:57,100
Philistines. 
Look what it says here such was 

925
00:56:57,100 --> 00:56:59,500
his custom all the while he 
lived. 

926
00:57:00,300 --> 00:57:04,200
So now he develops a custom. 
Now he develops a habit and his 

927
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:07,300
habit was to lie. 
His habit was to not tell the 

928
00:57:07,300 --> 00:57:10,900
truth. 
I'm sure David did not plan on 

929
00:57:10,900 --> 00:57:12,900
doing that. 
Back in verse 1. 

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00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:16,100
He just wanted to be in a 
different location so that he 

931
00:57:16,100 --> 00:57:18,200
can be protected from Saul 
spies. 

932
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:20,000
You say oh he's there we don't 
want to deal with it. 

933
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,500
And now it went from that, give 
it a little bit of months and 

934
00:57:23,500 --> 00:57:28,400
now he is now lying, his custom 
house to be a Deceiver. 

935
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:33,900
And so, it is with those who 
choose to who choose to go 

936
00:57:33,900 --> 00:57:37,000
outside of God's will, it begins
with one thing, and then you 

937
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:39,800
adopt another thing, and then 
another thing, and then now you 

938
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:43,100
develop new habits. 
Now you're talking differently. 

939
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:48,100
Now, you're regularly with those
people regularly doing such 

940
00:57:48,100 --> 00:57:56,100
things. 
David's relocation led him to a 

941
00:57:56,100 --> 00:57:59,600
new habit. 
And he had no issue, adopting 

942
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:03,800
this habit because he didn't see
any consequence to his first 

943
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:06,400
decision. 
But here's what we're about to 

944
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:08,400
find out. 
David's relocation and his lying

945
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:10,100
is going to catch up to him very
soon. 

946
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:13,900
And the coming chapters he's 
going to see how every move that

947
00:58:13,900 --> 00:58:16,600
he made, though. 
It did not show itself at first 

948
00:58:17,500 --> 00:58:22,100
ends up saying, here's the bill.
Happens to all of us. 

949
00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:29,400
Look at verse 12, Here's the 
final thing and I he's trusted 

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00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:33,800
David thinking, he has made 
himself an utter stench To His 

951
00:58:33,800 --> 00:58:34,900
People. 
Israel. 

952
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:39,400
Therefore, he shall always be my
servant. 

953
00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:45,300
Wow. 
So this is what happens David 

954
00:58:45,300 --> 00:58:49,200
over, the months, lies Tahitian 
and he believes him. 

955
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:54,500
And because he believes him, his
testimony is ruined. 

956
00:58:56,600 --> 00:58:59,300
He sees him as a traitor to his 
own people and not only does it 

957
00:58:59,300 --> 00:59:02,300
see him as a traitor. 
He actually sees him now as an 

958
00:59:02,300 --> 00:59:06,700
asset and he realizes that 
there's something I can do with 

959
00:59:06,700 --> 00:59:12,800
this David. 
And this man who came to a point

960
00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:15,400
where he was exhausted and 
trusting God. 

961
00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:22,100
Has now reached the point where 
he's also going to be used by 

962
00:59:22,100 --> 00:59:26,900
the world. 
It went from finding relief. 

963
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:35,800
To adopting a custom and now 
potentially being a vessel that 

964
00:59:35,800 --> 00:59:40,300
would do damage to the side that
you once stood for and that was 

965
00:59:40,300 --> 00:59:44,100
God's side. 
Here's the point that I want to 

966
00:59:44,107 --> 00:59:47,400
make. 
David at this point. 

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00:59:48,800 --> 00:59:52,000
Though he chose to be deceiving 
and maybe he thought that he it 

968
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:56,000
was working like this is it like
it can't go any more than this. 

969
00:59:56,200 --> 01:00:00,300
He's believing what I'm saying. 
What he didn't realize was that 

970
01:00:00,300 --> 01:00:04,300
because of his sin because of 
his persistence, a quiche is 

971
01:00:04,300 --> 01:00:09,200
going to make demands on David. 
And those demands will be near 

972
01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:13,000
impossible to refuse without 
without a price. 

973
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:16,900
Meaning David could choose not 
to do what he's about to ask him

974
01:00:16,900 --> 01:00:19,600
to do but if he did, he would 
expose himself and he might find

975
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:23,600
himself in a war himself. 
What am I trying to say? 

976
01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:26,000
Just quickly. 
Look at verse 1 of chapter 28, 

977
01:00:26,700 --> 01:00:30,600
in those days, the Philistines 
gathered their forces for war to

978
01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:34,500
fight against Israel. 
And he said to David, understand

979
01:00:34,700 --> 01:00:38,300
that you and your men are to go 
out with me in the army. 

980
01:00:41,400 --> 01:00:46,000
You see what is he saying here? 
That's not an invitation that's 

981
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:52,900
a command and what is he saying?
David, you're going to war with 

982
01:00:52,900 --> 01:00:59,900
us against the Israelites. now 
compare verse 1 here and verse 1

983
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:07,100
and verse 27 and think of how 
far those two things are from 

984
01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:14,000
from discouragement all the way 
down to potential apostasy This 

985
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:19,000
is fascinating. 
And that's the point I want to 

986
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:26,100
make in conclusion. 
That what began as a little trip

987
01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:30,300
would end up becoming 
potentially. 

988
01:01:31,700 --> 01:01:33,900
Total allegiance to the wrong 
side. 

989
01:01:35,900 --> 01:01:41,100
And now David could potentially 
find himself going to war with 

990
01:01:41,100 --> 01:01:44,900
somebody that he vowed that he 
would never touch and that's all

991
01:01:44,900 --> 01:01:50,100
himself. 
Be careful with discouragement. 

992
01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:54,100
I'm going to end up this way. 
If you know somebody who is 

993
01:01:54,100 --> 01:01:58,000
discouraged, don't underestimate
where that can direct that 

994
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:02,500
person and be what Jonathan was 
like and be what Abigail was 

995
01:02:02,500 --> 01:02:06,200
like a source of Hope. 
And if you are that person who 

996
01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:12,500
struggles with discouragement in
your will, in your ambition, in 

997
01:02:12,500 --> 01:02:15,400
your, even your thoughts about 
God, your conclusions about how 

998
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:21,600
things turned out in life. 
Do not fail to First spill that 

999
01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:27,400
before God's presence and do not
in your pride Reserve, what you 

1000
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:31,200
feel from those who care about 
you and are able to grab you by 

1001
01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:33,900
the hand and pull you out of 
that sinking sensation. 

1002
01:02:35,400 --> 01:02:38,600
Discouragement is powerful, but 
more powerful is godly 

1003
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:41,900
encouragement so it can 
strengthen our hands. 

1004
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:45,500
So it can provide fresh gray. 
So it can provide great, great, 

1005
01:02:45,500 --> 01:02:50,200
great and wonderful abilities to
move forward and something that 

1006
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:51,900
we thought we could never endure
again. 

1007
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:55,300
Let's ask God to help us showing
its prey. 

1008
01:03:16,900 --> 01:03:25,800
Lord in this moment tonight. 
We are so thankful for providing

1009
01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:30,300
us such Rich insight into 
something that we all have 

1010
01:03:30,300 --> 01:03:33,800
experienced before and perhaps 
some are experiencing even 

1011
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:40,800
tonight. 
A sense of discouragement a loss

1012
01:03:40,800 --> 01:03:45,700
of Hope. 
Feelings. 

1013
01:03:48,500 --> 01:03:53,600
Emotions conclusions. 
That might even lead us to make 

1014
01:03:53,600 --> 01:03:56,200
decisions that would harm us and
harm our testimony. 

1015
01:03:57,600 --> 01:03:59,400
Laurie. 
Pray for those who are serving 

1016
01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:01,300
either trying to serve you. 
Oh God. 

1017
01:04:02,500 --> 01:04:06,300
But they are regularly choked by
lies. 

1018
01:04:09,100 --> 01:04:11,900
They are bent on looking at what
is wrong instead of what is 

1019
01:04:11,900 --> 01:04:15,300
right. 
We pray Lord that we would not 

1020
01:04:15,400 --> 01:04:17,900
fail to take heed to the 
warnings found in this chapter, 

1021
01:04:18,300 --> 01:04:21,700
we would long to pour our hearts
before you and we would we would

1022
01:04:21,700 --> 01:04:26,900
be humble enough to speak to a 
brother or to his sister. 

1023
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:31,900
What make us sensitive enough to
those around us, who might not 

1024
01:04:31,900 --> 01:04:37,700
be quick to share what they feel
and to be sensitive enough to to

1025
01:04:37,700 --> 01:04:41,100
show them that we love them so 
they can trust us. 

1026
01:04:42,900 --> 01:04:44,900
And we just ask that you would 
help us. 

1027
01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:49,600
Help us believe you in times 
where we don't see what we 

1028
01:04:49,600 --> 01:04:50,500
believe. 
We need to see. 

1029
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:55,000
We feel like you're not giving 
us what we think we need and 

1030
01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:56,600
what we've been praying for for 
so long. 

1031
01:04:57,600 --> 01:05:00,800
Lord by your spirit. 
Would you just resurrect us? 

1032
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:03,500
Build this up again for your 
glory. 

1033
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:06,300
We don't want to fall into the 
Trap that David did. 

1034
01:05:07,100 --> 01:05:09,500
We don't want to dishonor you oh
God we don't want to be let into

1035
01:05:09,500 --> 01:05:11,300
disgrace because of 
discouragement. 

1036
01:05:11,700 --> 01:05:17,500
Keep a strong, keep a strong. 
Keep this church strong. 

1037
01:05:19,800 --> 01:05:21,600
May this church provide such a 
love. 

1038
01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:23,700
That would make it very 
difficult for anybody. 

1039
01:05:25,200 --> 01:05:28,500
To doubt. 
Your work in our hearts. 

1040
01:05:29,500 --> 01:05:31,700
We want to give you all glory 
and praise for this Bible study.

1041
01:05:31,700 --> 01:05:34,000
In Jesus name, we pray. 
Amen. 

1042
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:35,800
And amen. 
Let's stand and worship, Lord, 

1043
01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:36,900
and closing, shall we?