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February 5 - 1 Samuel 24 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. Hello, welcome, Welcome.
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  Not just to a new week on Monday.
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  Welcome not just to the 5th of February, but welcome to a whole
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  new year of reading the Bible. Yes, we have just put together
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  the final touches on the next 12 months of reading, where we'll
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  go, what we'll read and that is now available in the show notes.
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  There's a link to the next year of Bible verses.
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  Try again chapters that. There's lots of verses that we
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  very, very long document. No, the Bible chapters that
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  we'll be reading over the next year.
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  Have a click on it. Have a read.
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  There is so much that we are going to enjoy, from gospels to
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  epistles to more stories of the times of the Old Testament when
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  we see God's people being shaped so much that we will enjoy this
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  year together. I cannot even wait.
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  But here we are halfway through. Not halfway through, almost all
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  the way through the book of First Samuel.
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  We have only got a couple of weeks more in this book and this
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  week begins the time. Well, there's been a few things
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  that have needed to be established in the book, right?
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  Firstly, that saw there's really not up to the job of being king.
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  Secondly, that David's character is up to the job of being king.
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  And thirdly, and David was never aggressive in trying to steal
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  the kingship from Saul. And this week, particularly
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  today, we start to hear about that David could have indeed
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  ended Saul's life and taken the crown, but that's not what he
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  did. So this is just the end of this
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  trifecta of pointing out David's character and how he came to
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  bear the throne, the crown, the ruling of Israel.
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  So all that aside, let's read together, friends.
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  Let us read together first Samuel chapter 24.
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  After Saul returned from fighting the Philistines, he was
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  told that David had gone into the wilderness of Engedi.
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  So Saul chose 3000 elite troops from all Israel, and went to
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  search for David and his men near the rocks of the wild
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  goats. At the place where the road
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  passes some sheep folds, Saul went into a cave to relieve
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  himself. But as it happened, David and
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  his men were hiding farther back in that very cave.
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  NASA opportunity, David's men whispered to him.
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  Today the Lord is telling you I will certainly put your enemy
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  into your power to do with as you wish.
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  Sir David crept forward and cut off a piece of the Hymn of
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  Soul's robe. But then David's conscience
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  began bothering him because he had cut soul's robe.
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  He said to his men. The Lord forbid that I should do
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  this to my Lord the king. I shouldn't attack the Lord's
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  anointed one, for the Lord himself has chosen him, said
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  David restrained his men and did not let them kill Saul.
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  After Saul had left The Cave and gone on his way, David came out
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  and shouted after him, my Lord the king.
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  And when Saul looked around, David bowed low before him.
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  Then he shouted the soul. Why do you listen to the people
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  who say I'm trying to harm you? This very day, you can see with
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  your own eyes It isn't true, for the Lord placed you at my mercy.
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  Back there in The Cave, some of my men told me to kill you, But
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  I spared you, for I said I will never harm the King.
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  He is the Lord's appointed one. Look, my father, at what I have
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  in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your
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  robe. I cut it off.
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  But I didn't kill you. This proves that I'm not trying
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  to harm you, and that I've not sinned against you, even though
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  you have been hunting for me to kill me.
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  May the Lord judge between us. Perhaps the Lord will punish you
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  for what you were trying to do to me, but I will never harm
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  you. As that old proverb says, from
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  evil people come evil deeds. So you can be sure I will never
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  harm you. Who is the king of Israel trying
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  to catch anyway? Should he spend his time chasing
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  one who is as worthless as a dead dog or a single flea, may
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  the Lord therefore judge which of us is right and punish the
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  guilty one. He is my advocate and he will
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  rescue me from your power. When David had finished
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  speaking, Saul called back. Is that really you, my son
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  David? Then he began to cry, and he
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  said to David, You are a better man than I am, for you have
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  repaid me good for evil. Yes, you have been amazingly
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  kind to me today. For when the Lord put me in a
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  place where you could have killed me, you didn't do it.
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  Who else would let his enemy get away when he had him in his
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  power? May the Lord reward you well for
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  the kindness you have shown me today.
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  And now I realise that you are surely going to be king, and
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  that the Kingdom of Israel will flourish under your rule.
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  Now swear to me by the Lord that when this happens, you will not
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  kill my family and destroy my line of descendants.
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  Sir David promised this to Paul with an oath.
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  Then Saul went home, but David and his men went back to their
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  stronghold. Our Lord, how often do these
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  quick victories present themselves to us?
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  Far more than David had opportunity to kill Saul, that's
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  for sure. Whether it's sneaking something
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  that isn't ours. Whether it's not taking the
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  effort to share that kind word. When you know it would be of
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  such great benefit to the hero. So many times when we can just
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  sneak a little victory for ourselves that you call us to a
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  better way. You call us to a bigger vision a
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  bigger picture where your kingdoms priorities are set.
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  Lord continue to draw us to your way.
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  Thank you for the example of David as he continues not to
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  take the quick victory, but to pursue your values and the
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  fruits of your spirit well up inside of him.
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  May that be true of us as well. Holy Spirit, come, continue to
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  shape us. Shape us in your service as
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  living sacrifices. We love you, Jesus, and we pray
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  all of this in your name. Ah man.