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Genealogy of Jesus Part 5: David · The Living Freed Podcast

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Hey y 'all, thank you so much for diving back
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in to the Living Free Podcast where this week
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we're going over part five of the genealogy of
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Jesus. It's so crazy that we're already at part
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five and I don't know about you but I feel like
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I've learned a lot about the history of the timeline
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and bloodline of Jesus. It's been really crazy
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to see all these stories that I knew but didn't
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know that they were connected. Yeah, I'm like
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really genuinely loving it. So thank you so much
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for coming back this week and I hope that you're
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having a great week because I am having an amazing
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week. This last week, my sister had her baby.
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It's her second one. He's a boy and I mean after
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26 hours of labor, supposedly it went well. I've
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never given birth, so I wouldn't know. And if
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you are listening to this podcast the day it
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comes out, I will be on my way to Atlanta to
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see the band Kamino, which I am very excited
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for. Anyone who knows me knows that I love the
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band Kamino. I'm a big fan. I listen to all of
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their music. bought two t -shirts last time we
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went to their concert, which is crazy for me
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because I very rarely buy tour merch unless you're
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Megamoroni. Actually, those are the only times
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I've ever bought merch is the Bancomino Megamoroni.
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Unless I was at the Passion Conference, which...
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to me doesn't count because that's like totally
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different that's a conference and like yeah that's
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just different so anyways super freaking excited
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to go down to Atlanta I have a couple friends
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that live down there so I texted them and was
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like y 'all what should I do while I'm here like
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what's your top coffee shop where should I shop
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till I drop dinner we love some good food dinner
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like where do I get dinner so they sent me their
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recommendations and I'm pumped and drum roll
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please we're going to the aquarium and I love
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Love, love, love the Atlanta Aquarium. My dad
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lived down in Atlanta off and on for a few years
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for work. And we went a couple times when I was
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growing up. And I just love anything about the
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ocean. Like let me see the sharks, let me see
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the jellyfish, let me see everything. Anything
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that I can see, let me see it. So I'm really,
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really excited to go to the aquarium. Yeah. And
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it's gonna be, yeah. It's going to be fantastic.
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I'm so excited. And then from the aquarium and
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the concert, Mia and my roomie are headed up
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to Western, Western, Western North Cackalacki.
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And we're going to go stay at her dad's house
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and hang out with her mom and do some hiking,
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drink more coffee as one does. Maybe if we find
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a cute little small boutique, do some shopping.
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It's hard in those little towns, I will tell
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you, just because I'm from a little town. And
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that's going to be yeah. Speaking of coffee because
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I keep talking about it today. I have been making
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Instead of a latte y 'all. I've started just
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making my iced Americanos now. I was a big Americano
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girl Gosh, like six seven years ago, which is
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crazy to say but I loved an Americano loved it
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Like give me that skull my tongue burn off all
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my taste buds espresso. Give it to me But I've
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started making iced Americanos with putting a
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little tiny drop of cream in it I know not really
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an Americano anymore and started making lattes
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because lattes have so many calories and I realized
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I don't really like the milk that comes with
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like a latte like that much cream and I was having
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a hard time lessening it and still getting Like
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the same consistency because that's the whole
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point, right? So I've given up and you know,
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my latte art was getting better. So I think that's
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why I was making lattes is I was having fun making
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the latte art and then I realized that I really
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also enjoy an iced latte just as much. So then
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I started doing iced lattes and then I was like,
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you know what? I really don't need all these
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calories. So let's just make an iced Americano
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and then throw some cream in there. So basically
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iced coffee. I'm drinking iced coffee. Yeah,
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you're right. Absolutely. So today I'm drinking
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my iced coffee and I put my I love. sorry going
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on a tangent I love fun little ice cubes so I
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have like little tiny squared ones I have a little
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round ones that are supposed to make a shape
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of a ball that I'm not good at doing I've made
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like successively two or three ball shaped ice
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cubes the other ones have been like half half
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of the ball I don't know what to tell myself
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or you and then lastly I have these bow shaped
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ones and the bows always turn out so cute so
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today and my iced Americano I put, because I'm
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going to keep calling it that, I put the half
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balls in the bow shaped ice cubes in it. And
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it's cute. It's a vibe. I'm loving it. I just
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love a cute little girly coffee. So I'm here
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for it. OK, let's talk about what's in. What
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is in is this fall weather. I know I said it
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last week. I'm saying it again because it's significantly
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cooler than it was last week. I mean, we hit
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65 and I am so excited about it. We had 65 degrees.
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I mean, it's definitely 7172 by the time the
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sun's setting. That's okay. In North Carolina,
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that's fall. So what is in is fall activities.
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I cannot wait. We are going to do the pumpkin
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patch. We are going to do a corn maze. We...
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I'm not going to carve pumpkins though. We might
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even throw in a couple bonfires. We might get
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really crazy and throw in a couple bonfires on
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the beach at the apartment. I'm not sure, but
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it will happen. i'm really really oh and the
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nc state fair i cannot wait for the nc state
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fair i'm so excited i'm so excited i love the
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nc state fair i love a funnel cake i love the
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turkey leg that i only eat like one fourth of
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i a blooming onion oh my gosh i love a blooming
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onion and the people watching is immaculate at
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the nc state fair it's so fun because like all
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kinds of kinds of kinds of people come to the
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NC State Fair, and I love to just see people
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be human and function out in the world. It's
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fun for me. It just is. So I'm so excited. I'm
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not a rights girl. I'll do a couple, especially
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if my friend Caitlin with a C talks me into doing
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them. Like one time we did the swings and I was
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crying, not out of fear. I just did not like
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it. and the wind was whipping my face and I literally
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had tears coming out of my eyes and she was like
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are you that scared you're crying and I was like
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no I'm not that scared but like I'm not having
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fun but then we do it every year ever since as
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well I do love a ferris wheel I like to see what
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people have made what they've done and the garden
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center is so pretty like seeing people's gardens
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that they've made for the last few months getting
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ready for this state fair I don't know I love
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the state fair so I'm so excited to go um okay
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What is out? I hate to say it. Once again, I
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I backtracked and once again is sweet treats.
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Sweet treats are out again. What can I say? I
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fell back into the habit. I even went and bought
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ice cream last night. I didn't eat it, but I
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bought it. I had to know it was in the freezer
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and I've got to get this under control. So sweet
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treats are out. It is not going to be an every
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night thing. I I'm going to be committed to it.
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It just became like a comfort thing, I think.
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And again, I'm more of a savory over sweet person
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and I need to get back to my savory over sweetness.
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So that's what's out. Anyways, that's all I have
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for this part of the podcast. Let's go ahead
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and dive into today's episode. Welcome to part
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five of the Genealogy of Jesus. Last time, we
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ended on Ruth and how God used her story just
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like many others. This time, we're going to pick
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up back with her son, Obed, and what little we
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know about him and continue on from there. Obed's
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name means serving or worshiping. There are many
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other men in the Bible with his name, like the
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ones from 2 Samuel or 1 and 2 Chronicles, and
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truthfully, we know a lot more about them and
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their stories than we know about this one. This
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Obed is the son of Ruth and the father of Jesse
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who is the father of King David and yep that's
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all we know that's literally it we don't have
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anything else at least that I've been able to
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find and I've been scouring everywhere every
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book every webpage any literally anything anything
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so yeah that's all I got for you so sorry um
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so thanks for listening and we'll see you next
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week I'm just kidding okay But we are going to
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end it there with Ovid and continue with Jesse
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and his story. Jesse lives in Bethlehem, yes,
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that Bethlehem, and Bethlehem was known as the
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sheep herding town. In 1 Samuel chapter 16, we
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see God tells Samuel to go to Bethlehem and seek
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out the next king. Crazy foreshadowing, right?
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Samuel goes, meets with the elders, and tells
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Jesse to bring out all his sons because the Lord
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is going to pick one to be the next king. Jesse
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brings out seven of his eight sons in verses
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6 -13, which we will read, and we will see how
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God plays Goldilocks with Jesse's seven sons.
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Verse 6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Elib and
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thought, Surely the Lord's anointed stands here
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before the Lord. But the Lord said to Samuel,
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Do not consider his appearance or his height,
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for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look
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at all the things people look at. People look
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at outward appearance, but the Lord looks at
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the heart. Then Jesse called Amenadab and had
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him pass in front of Samuel. But Samuel said,
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The Lord has not chosen this one either. Justin
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then had Shehaim pass by, but Samuel said, nor
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has the Lord chosen this one. Jesse had seven
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of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said
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to him, the Lord has not chosen these. So he
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asked Jesse, are these all the sons you have?
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Jesse answered, there is still the youngest.
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He is herding the sheep. Samuel said, send for
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him. We will not sit down until he arrives. So
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he sent for him and had him brought in. He was
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glowing with health and had a fine appearance
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and handsome features. Then the Lord said, Arise
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and anoint him. This is the one. So Samuel took
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the horn of the oil, anointed him in the presence
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of all his brothers, and from that day on, the
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Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David.
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Samuel then went to Reham. So, God chooses David.
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David is thought to be around 15 years old when
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chosen by God through Samuel. David is a small
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town shepherd boy, just out here keeping his
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father's sheep. Who else keeps his father's sheep?
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That's right, Jesus. We will call this connection
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number one. When David was anointed, the Spirit
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of the Lord instantly rushed upon him, which
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is what we also see when Jesus gets baptized
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in Matthew chapter three, verse 13 through 17.
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Connection number two, we also see that in verses
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14 through 22, that the Spirit of God leaves
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Saul and he falls into dismay. Saul starts to
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be harassed by an evil spirit that is said to
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be sent from the Lord. God could have done this
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for many reasons. 1. The spirit could have asked
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like they did with Job 2. It could have been
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punishment of Saul not obeying God 3. It could
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have been God setting up the scene for David
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to come in or all of the above. But nonetheless,
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someone suggests to Saul to have someone come
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and play an instrument for him while he's being
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tormented in hopes that the spirit would calm
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or leave and the person who gets the job ends
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up being David. In chapter 17, we see the web
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of David grow. This is where Goliath comes in.
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Let me set the scene for you. So the Philistines
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are fighting Israel of the land that belongs
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to the people of Judah. The same Judah who is
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in the line of Jesus. Goliath is a monster of
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a man who landed somewhere between seven and
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nine -ish feet tall, comes out every single day
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for 40 days while the battle takes place to talk
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crap. He says, send someone, just one person
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out to fight me and if you win and kill me, then
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my people will serve you. But if we win, then
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you become our servants. Let's remember the trauma,
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though, that these people have with being servants
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in the first place when they came out of Egypt.
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Well, David is there one day, dropping off supplies
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for his brothers, and probably a little excited
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to see the battle because, well, he's a boy.
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And when he heard the words of Goliath spoke,
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he basically said, who the heck does this guy
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think he is? To talk about my god? Excuse me,
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our god? Like that? And y 'all are just gonna
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let him? We're going to pick back up in chapter
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17 with verses 31 -39. What David said was overheard
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and reported to Saul and Saul sent for him. David
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said to Saul, Let no one lose heart on account
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of the Philistine. Your servant will go out and
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fight him. Saul replied, You are not able to
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go out and fight against a Philistine. You are
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only a young man. He has been a warrior since
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his youth. But David said to Saul, Your servant
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has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion
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or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the
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flock, I went after it, struck it, and rescued
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the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me,
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I seized it by its hair, struck it, and killed
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it. Your servant has killed both lion and bear.
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This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like
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them, because he has defied the armies of the
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living God. Then Saul dressed David in his own
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tunic. He put on a coat of armor on him and bronze
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helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword
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over the tunic and tried walking around because
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he was not used to them. I cannot go in these,
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he said to Saul, because I am not used to them,
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so he took them off. Let's stop here for just
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one second because there are two things I want
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to point out to you. One, David was strong, athletic,
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and had been slowly prepared by God for this
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battle. Not just physically by killing the lion
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and the bear, but also emotionally by learning
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to not fear those beasts and also spiritually,
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knowing that he had faith and trust in his God.
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2. Saul took time to dress David in his armor,
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the armor of a king. He knew David and cared
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for him. It also is a foreshadowing of David
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taking his place one day, but David wasn't meant
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to be like Saul or try to be Saul. David's natural
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weakness was pointed out to him, but God showed
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his power through David. Saul's armor was too
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big and too heavy for David. Saul's armor was
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fed to Saul for Saul, not for David, so David
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couldn't wear it into battle. Just like David,
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we can't wear someone else's armor, so David
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went out in his natural weakness, but God got
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to show up in his superior power. Okay, let's
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jump down to verses 42 -47 where it talks about
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Goliath's battle with David. He looked David
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over, that being Goliath, and saw that he was
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little more than a boy, glowing with health and
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handsome and he despised him. He said to David,
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Am I a dog that you come to me with a stick?
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And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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Come here, he said, and I will give your flesh
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to the birds and wild animals. David said to
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the Philistine, You come against me with sword
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and spear and javel, but I come against you in
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the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the
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armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This
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day the Lord will deliver you into my hands,
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and I will strike you down and cut off your head.
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This very day, I will give the carcass of the
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Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals
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and the whole world will know that there is a
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God in Israel. All those gathered here will know
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that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord
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saves for the battle is the Lord's and he will
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give all of you into our hands. Why do I get
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the feeling that David is definitely the Gen
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Z of his time? David wins the famous battle that
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we all know and life continues on for him. David
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becomes the closest friend Jonathan, Saul's son,
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and marry Saul's daughter as well. At the end
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of chapter 18 we see Saul grow to hate David.
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Saul sees that God is with David and that causes
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him to fear David. Chapter 19 starts the persecution
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from Saul. Saul goes mad. David has the chance
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to kill him but decides not to take it and Saul
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dies by the sword in battle. Saul's blood never
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ends up on David's hands. During this time frame,
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though, David is being loved by Saul. Saul is
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like, I love you, we have history, let's make
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peace. And then he switches to, I will kill you.
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David flees again and again. Eventually, David
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realizes how truly unhealthy Saul clearly is,
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and he flees for his life for good. David hides
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in houses with other kings and caves and is even
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betrayed. Sound familiar? Connection number three?
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In chapter 21, David ends up in Gath, the very
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land that Goliath was from. People recognized
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him, which he didn't love, so he started acting
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crazy. And in verses 13 through 15, which we're
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about to read, so he pretended to be insane in
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their presence. And while he was there, So you
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see the king is like, we have nothing to fear
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of this crazy man and my gods know I don't need
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any more crazy people around so send him away.
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That's when David goes to hide in a cave. From
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the cave, David gets bold again, re -enters society,
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ends up saving a city after asking God's permission,
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which God gives him, and then he moves on. In
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23, Saul is like a dog with a bone and is still
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after David. And in chapter 24, David gets the
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chance to kill Saul, but God doesn't give him
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permission to, so he doesn't. Chapter 25, David
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has made his way around the country. His name
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is a household name. There was a very rich man
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who was sharing his sheep in the wilderness and
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let's remember that David does know something
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about sheep and how to shepherd them. A feast
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was coming up and David sent his servants to
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ask this very rich guy if he could spare some
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food for the feast because 1. David is still
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on the run and 2. They are in the wilderness
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and 3. David has been looking out for this guy's
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sheep and shepherds this whole time. This guy
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has the nerve to say, who is David? Never heard
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of him. And if I have heard of him, not saying
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I have, but if I had, how could I know his servants
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haven't departed from him? And this isn't a scam.
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But the rich guy's wife, Abigail, knows better.
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In fact, she's described as discerning and beautiful.
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Curly Pot makes loaves of bread, packs up the
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goods, and delivers them to David herself because
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her husband might be full of himself and act
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like he doesn't know who David is, but she sure
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does. So, our girl Abby is on her donkey, sees
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David, falls on her knees before him, asks forgiveness
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and takes the blame for her husband. And verse
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32 -35 David says, Praise be to the Lord, the
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God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet
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me. May you be blessed for your good judgment.
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for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from
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avenging myself with my own hands. Otherwise,
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as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives,
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who has kept me from harming you. If you had
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not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging
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to Nabal, a .k .a. the rich guy, would have been
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left alive by daybreak. Then David accepted from
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her hand what she had brought him and said, Go
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home in peace. I have heard your words and grant
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your request. Abby goes home, lets her husband
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enjoy his feast, but when he sobers the next
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day, she tells him what she's been up to, and
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then he died. From the shock, from the lord,
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from a heart attack, he died. David hears that
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the rich guy died, decides he wants Abby to be
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his wife, so he sends his servant to go get the
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beautiful, discerning woman, and she comes back
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with them and marries him. He also marries some
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other girl named Jizzrel. Jizzrel? Yeah, Jizzrel.
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Now, you might be wondering, Wasn't he married
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to Saul's daughter? Why, yes he was, but Saul
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took her back and gave her to someone else to
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be their wife, which high key is so wrong because
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she did love David. In chapter 26, David spares
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Saul again because again, God told him not to
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kill Saul. And in chapter 27, David flees again
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into enemy territory with 600 men and they make
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peace for the time being because in chapter 29,
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they reject him and send him on his way. Chapter
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30 gets kind of crazy though because David's
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two wives get kidnapped and all of his children
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and all of his men's children and well basically
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anything that belonged to David or his men got
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taken away while they were away in battle. David's
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men are so upset that they speak about stoning
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him, their own leader. Let's look at verses four
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through six. Verse four. So David and his men
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wept aloud until they had no strength left to
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weep. David's two wives had been captured. David
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was greatly distressed because the men were talking
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of stoning him. Each one was better in his spirit
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because of his sons and daughters. But David
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found strength in the Lord his God. Notice how
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David is constantly trying to strengthen himself
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through God and not in his own ability. In verse
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7, we see David ask the priest for this garment
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called an ethoid, which is a vest -like thing
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that priests wore when serving in the presence
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of God or facilitating oracle guidance. David
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asked God if he could go after his wife and children,
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and God said yes. So David goes, defeats the
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enemies as usual, and gets all that is his and
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his men's back. We're going to stop here while
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David still looks good and pick up again on David
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in part 6. But for now, let's recap. Obed is
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the son of Ruth, the father of Jesse. Jesse was
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the father of David, a sassy shepherd boy who
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was overlooked by his family and culture, but
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God sought him for himself. God sought the overlooked
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and desired him for himself and his plans. David
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was a young man who conquered much, defeated
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beasts, was patient with God's plan. He allowed
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his faith and love for God to dictate more than
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his own fears or desires. He felt much but sought
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God and God's permission in all, but when he
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didn't, that's when things didn't work out for
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him. He had his first wife taken away from him,
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his bestie died, he was betrayed, and at one
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point his own men thought to turn against him,
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but he remains to seek his strength in the Lord.
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All right, well that's all I have for you for
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part five of the genealogy of Jesus. I hope that
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you enjoyed hearing about David's story because
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really that's the one we had the most info on,
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so much so we have to do a part two of part five.
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But I hope that you will come back for part six
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to hear about how God uses David's sins and downfall
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because we're all human and no one is perfect
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and some of us are really bad people as we're
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about to see with David. but God brings redemption
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in all. Anyways, thank you so much for listening
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