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1 Samuel 30 (Part 2) Bible Study - Pastor Daniel Batarseh · Bible Study with Pr. Daniel Batarseh | Verse by Verse Series | Maranatha Bible Church - Chicago

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You may never hear this reference for a long time, but
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meet me in first Samuel chapter 30 because we are almost there.
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I thought that we were going to complete this studying this book
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today but when I realized what was left in Chapter 30 I thought
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no, there's still, there's still too much to be said before we
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conclude this study, so definitely next week, will be
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their last study. It may be a shorter one but we
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have a tradition with Our Bible studies.
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There's anybody know what that is when we complete a book.
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Yes. And this may be a longer one and
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I think it excites people to study a little bit more and I
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like that I like that it excites people to study more so keep
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that in mind next week it may happen.
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Next week, it may happen the week after, I don't know, just
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come prepared anyway. First Samuel, 30.
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Minion verse 16, please. And our brother just prayed, but
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it doesn't hurts to pray again. As long as we are sincere in our
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hearts, Lord, we thank you for your word.
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And we open it now. Hello, I thank you for this
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family. Thank you for Gathering Us in
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this place or despite our week. Despite even the challenges of
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today, we've come to the sanctuary of your presence and
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we come to receive from you. Lord, you are our life, you are
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our strength, you are Our Hope, Lord, you are a delight.
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And Lord, we realize that there is a miracle that has taken
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place in our hearts for us to come here on a Friday night.
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And to enjoy this, that is your work in our lives and may you
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manifest the person of Jesus Christ, through the revelation
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of the word into our hearts, so that we would love him the
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resurrected. Lord, the returning Lord.
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Oh, Lord, just win our affections of fresh.
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When them a fresh for you are, worthy of all of our devotion in
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Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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There it is. I hope you remember from two
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weeks ago where we are at in this study.
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Don't mind what's happening back there.
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Just focus on me. They'll figure it out.
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And first Samuel 30, we know that there is a rescue mission
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that is taking place and the rescue mission that is taking
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place has to do with David and his men who have lost their
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wives and their children to the amalekites while they were on a
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three-day Journey away from this place called ziklag, the
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amalekites have come and ransacked their home base.
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They have destroyed the city. They have taken captives David
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and his men come back. Back to this horrible sight.
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And that was the turning point in David's, life to come back to
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the Lord. After a year and four months of
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being away from the Lord, and God immediately responded with
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Divine Direction, and guidance and leading.
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And now he knows where to go. Because in God's Providence,
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here is a slave out in the wilderness who is left behind by
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the amalekites David comes and rescues him and then he receives
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a reward. Bored Beyond his imagination and
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it was the exact steps needed to go and find his family and bring
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them back by God's power and promise.
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That's where we're at. And as we consider that we read
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in verse 16, what transpires? And when he had taken him down,
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behold they being the amalekites were spread abroad over all the
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land eating and drinking and dancing.
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Because of all the great spoiled that they had taken, from the
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land of the Philistines. And from the land of Judah, And
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David struck them down from Twilight until the evening of
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the next day. And not a man of them escaped,
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except, for hundred young men, who mounted camels, and fled,
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David recovered all that the amalekites had taken and David
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rescued, his two wives. Nothing was missing whether
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small or Great sons or daughters spoil or anything that had been
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taken, David brought back all all David also captured all the
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flocks and herds and the people drove the livestock before him
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and said this is David's spoil. Consider verse 16 quickly
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consider the site. They are there they are in the
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Blackness of that Midnight Hour, and as they approach with the
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amalekites were, they can hear in the distance, The Sound of
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Music and the voices of men, Perhaps singing shouting, and
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there was dancing. There is music, perhaps, and as
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David and his men, the 400 with him approach to this site.
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They realized something quite amazing.
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They are. They are celebrating what they
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had just done. They are enjoying themselves.
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They are indulging in the flesh. After committing such evil after
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such mischief. David finds his men in a place
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where they are clearly showing little to no concern about their
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safety. There seems to be no thought
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about the possibility of a counter-attack from the very
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people that they had just harmed the very people that they just
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assaulted there. Is this relaxed careless even
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Reckless kind of behavior from the amalekites and my question
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is, why do you think that is? Why do you think The amalekites
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seem to be so safe and are not on guard.
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What was happening in the background?
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There was another war that was taking place against who between
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who The Philistines, I heard it whispered, and who the Irizarry
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lights, right? Where the Philistines in their
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land, or where they three days away from their land, three days
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away from their land. Yes.
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And so you see that there is, this miscalculation, there is
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this false belief that there was a delay.
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And so they could be relaxed and they could be laid back.
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And when you look at something like this, it's a clear picture
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is a not of the spiritual negligence of Sinners today.
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And even if some saints, who have unfortunately, been
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influenced by the flesh who get caught up in the frenzy of the
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flesh, because they think that there is a delay.
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And they fail to prepare for that Divine judgment.
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Just like these men are failing to realize that they are dancing
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and shouting and singing and parting in the shadow of
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vengeance. It's incredible.
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Why weren't the amalekites sober-minded?
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Why weren't they Vigilant? Why weren't they on guard?
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What? We just heard it.
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Perhaps, they didn't believe that an attack would come.
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Well at least not now perhaps, they thought that they were so
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Victorious that they so conquered.
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That did not even think that it would ever happen.
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Whatever the case may be. You see here, unfortunately, a
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picture of how the world interprets God's judgment.
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They don't even believe it exists, and so they eat, they
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drink and tomorrow, they die. And they can live in their flesh
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and they can destroy the cells. Destroy others, destroy any
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conviction left in their conscience and just live it up.
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Not knowing that the eyes of God's Wrath are upon them.
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And just like David here is looming with his men to execute
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Vengeance. Here are people today on a
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Friday night? I can tell you very much that
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are living just like these amalekites for themselves
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without any concern about the safety of their own Souls.
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Without any sense that things can change swiftly and this life
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that they thought was the climax of their Bliss will turn into
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just a transition into the real world and that is eternity.
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And so, I look here at a sad picture.
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And is even a picture of many professing believers who delayed
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their surrender, the total surrender to the Lord.
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They just want to nitpick here of the world and it doesn't
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work. We must be ready at all times
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day by day, hour by hour. Now, we come to verse 17, and I
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says here in David, struck them down from Twilight until the
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evening of the next day. That's a, that's a pretty
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incredible accomplishment. Because think about it, when
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they were with the Philistines David and his men, they have to
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go back to ziklag. How many days did that?
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Take three on foot, they get to ziklag, they realize that
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there's smoke coming from their homes, there's rubble, and they
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are exhausted physically. Now, add on top of that physical
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exhaustion, emotional exhaustion, why?
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Because they left until there was no strength left in them,
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David seeks. God, this is emergency protocol.
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God gives answers right away and now he travels through the
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Wilderness to try to find. His family.
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You can imagine how bone-tired these men were.
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So tired that one-third of David's men, 200 out of the 600
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stay back. It says they were too exhausted
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to pursue even though their wives and their children were
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taken, that says something for warriors, who fight for a
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living? And yet at the same time, we
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read that on this night from Twilight, they fought throughout
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the night, throughout the next day until the evening of the
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next day and they won. And I look at that and I have
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one thing that comes to mind, that is determination.
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That is grit, that is commitment, that is sacrificed
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even at the expense of your comfort and your even Health,
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which sometimes, oftentimes can be dangerous with be wise.
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But when I read this, I see something very, very important
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number one, they were outnumbered.
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Because what do we read here? 400 young men.
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And the last verse, the last part of verse 17, who mounted
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camels and fled. So we know that there were at
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least four hundred men because 400 of the amalekites left
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meaning there is many more amalekites and yet David only
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had 400 in his rank. That's impressive.
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Second David and his men though, exhausted.
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Saw something they interpreted this in a very wise way,
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because, hey, look, if I'm David after three day journey, and who
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knows how long to come to this point.
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I see these men clearly do not a threatening position, they're
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just living it up, they're distracted.
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Boys. Let's let's call this an item
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will go to war tomorrow. Let's just rest for maybe a day
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or two recuperate spee strengthen and then we can come
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back and deal with these guys. But that's not how they did
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this. They saw this scene, they saw
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the posture of the amalekites and they realize, in this
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moment, this is to our advantage.
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This is a unique opportunity. This is a window of time that we
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cannot afford to lose. So we must act now with
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everything that is left within us.
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Whatever it demands of us, let us give it all now because we
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may not have this opportunity again because these men are
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intoxicated. These men are not Vigilant.
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They are defenseless, it's a perfect chance for an invasion
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even though they are outnumbered I look at this, and I realized
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that, even though these amalekites were in a drunken
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stupor, David and his men knew that it's time to act now.
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There's a spiritual lesson here from this, this King in training
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and his discipline and it is this.
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You and I have to seize the opportunities at hand.
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And our service to God. for whatever reason, it is many
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Believers are tempted to lose dedication when they realize
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that they are at an advantage. When a Believer is an
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environment or in a state where they they have great privilege
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oftentimes that is damaging to their devotion at least the
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quality of it. You want an example, look at the
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majority of Christians and America Look at the, the overall
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attitude of many people in Christendom in the West.
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You and I live in a country of great opportunity, even
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spiritually as wicked as our country is, do you realize that
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as a church as a ministry as Christians, we still have rights
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that protect us. We still have laws that we can
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utilize to our advantage. We still have certain Privileges
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and benefits that can actually help us move forward for the
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kingdom of God, with Greater Grace and ease and peace. and
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yet, at the same time, there seems to be a sense of ease in
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Zion. There seems to be little concern
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and a general sense for effort greater effort to be given into
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this awesome opportunity that we have in this land.
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Why pray so much, why praise so intensely?
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At least when there's no persecution when there's little
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problems. Why plan and invest in
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outreaches? When there's so many things
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happening through, so many Ministries already, like just
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have to be so concerned. Why meet together regularly we
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got something called livestream. I can access my favorite.
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Bible teachers Dead or Alive on one, click of the button.
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I don't have to get out of my pajamas.
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And so there's this strange Temptation, there's a strange
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thing that happens when we realize that there is there's
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much Advantage much much ease. But if we learn anything in the
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past 2 years, do you know what it is?
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That? Whatever Advantage you and I
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enjoy can be taken from us in a moment, right?
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Whatever opportunity lies before us.
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Can be swept away. Over a weekend.
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And Jesus gave very, very wise words.
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In John chapter 9 to his disciples, we must work the work
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of him. While it is day for night is
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coming. When no man can work.
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I believe with all of my heart that if we learn, if we should
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have learned anything in the past two years, as Believers is
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don't take what you have in this nation in this generation.
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So lightly. It can all flip in a moment.
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And what we thought was something so casual and just
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part of our weekly schedule something that we can say yes or
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no to can offer sudden be gone. And Ministry looks much much
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much different. I never thought I would see the
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day where Canadian pastors and 2020 2021 would be meeting with
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their congregations Underground. Anybody see that coming not me.
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And so you and I have to realize that while it is day, while
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there is the light of favor upon us, all the more should we give
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ourselves all the more we should utilize our technology.
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All the more we should utilize our strength, all the more we
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should you utilize our resources because night is coming when no
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man can work. These men saw the opportunity.
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It was an advantage. They went for it because they
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knew that they could have lost that opportunity if they waited
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too long. Verse 18, David recovered all
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that the amalekites had taken and David rescued, his two
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wives. Nothing was missing whether
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small or Great sons or daughters spoiler.
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Anything that had been taken only one explainable possibility
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for why, this happened for David?
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And it is this, the sheer mercy of God, the sheer grace of God,
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the fact that he came to this place and there was not one Hair
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missing from his children's heads or one wife missing the
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fact that none of them were destroyed.
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None of them were hurt. None of them were sold off into
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slavery. The fact that they were all
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intact every single one that one socks on.
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Not one daughter was gone is just a magnificent display of
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God's compassion. over a man who didn't deserve it, who didn't
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deserve it and you and I should consider This Truth for our own
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lives and just take a moment to reflect on our own history with
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God and the things that he is allowed to remain and the things
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that remain intact and the blessings that even continue to
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flow, especially in moments of sin, even seasons of sin.
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And yet, and yet still God's grace is there.
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And it's provision, is there, and his love, is there, his
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promises are still there. And as much as that is true, we
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can also make the case that there is an element of human
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responsibility here on David's part that perhaps made this
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result a greater possibility. Otherwise Meaning David did
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something on his part. I know this makes people
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nervous, right? Especially especially because we
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love Grace and I love Grace of Grace and anybody else I guess
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At the same time, there is an element, I believe of human
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responsibility. That is worth noting.
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Think about it. What if David when he came to
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ziklag and he saw the city destroyed.
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What if he had not immediately broken?
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And come contract before God and sought him.
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What if in his frustration he complained what if he had run
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back to the Philistines to ask for help?
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What if David had delayed his repentance upon the shocking
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revelation? Of the ziklag situation.
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Just imagine that for a second if he had stubbornly just paced
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back and forth and persisted In the Flesh.
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If he had just said to himself, what kind of God is this?
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Remember it was him coming before God praying and receiving
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direction from Heaven, that brought him to this point.
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But what if he didn't, at least in the moment?
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There, I believe there is a case that perhaps there have been a
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greater risk for harm to be implemented upon the very people
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he loved that there have been a greater Advantage for the
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amalekites to have their way because God brought David to
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ziklag in his Providence. Remember David try to go with
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the Philistines and God shut that door.
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So clearly it's almost forced David to go back and there was a
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timing issue in that God needed him to get back there.
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It was God's love redirecting. Although a I hurt in the moment
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that rejection could have been painful. and so, this is what
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I'm trying to say here, is that when you look at this, We also
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run the same risk in our lives. If we continually resist, God's
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conviction about a certain wrong that we are persisting in if we
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continue to ignore God, if we continued delay, the commands
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that he calls us to walk in knowingly stubbornly as much as
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we know that God restores and as much as he replenishes and he
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renews and he recovers that is all true.
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There is also the risk that our sin can take much more from us
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if we're not careful to be prompt and Urgent in our
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repentance Can you think of commands in the New Testament
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that tell us to act quickly in certain situations?
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Think about it. Some Whispers here and there.
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Think about it. Think about The Sermon on the
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Mount. Think about the the teaching on
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forgiveness, teaching on. If you know that you have
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something that's something has happened between you and her
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brother, somebody has something against you and you have a gift
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and you go to the altar. What are you supposed to do
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worship? And then go Yeah, leave it
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there. Leave it there and then go.
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And then Jesus says something quite amazing come to terms
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quickly with your Accuser. I quickly.
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Don't wait. Don't delay quickly.
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This is emergency protocol, because again, we run the risk
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with specific things, especially that if we delay, there's more
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damage. There's more damage
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relationally, there's more damage on ourselves.
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There's more damage to many things.
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And so even, even Paul says, in like manner, don't go to bed,
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don't go to bed. If there's if there's that anger
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in your heart, that's keeping you up.
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And you haven't communicated, don't even go to sleep.
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And so there is a call for each of us as Believers to be prompt
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with conviction and to not delay, because the delay may be
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too to cause more unnecessary damage.
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And that happens so much I'm telling you.
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There are people who have anger bitterness unforgiveness and
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because they do not deal with it.
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It deals with them, and here's what I would like to say.
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How would you act if you knew your family was kidnapped?
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Would you wait till tomorrow to make a phone call?
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Would you say to yourself? You know, it's not that big of a
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deal. I gotta think about it.
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Would be ridiculous. But if we saw our sin even in
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seed form as dangerous to our souls as the amalekites were to
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David's family when they kidnapped him, I'm sure that we
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would, we would not be slow to pursue God's Conformity and is
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standard for us as his Representatives.
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We would be quick, we would be quick and when you and I are
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quick, what we do is whatever foothold that we have given
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Satan, it's slams, the door on that foot.
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But the longer you do that the longer, you keep that door open
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and that foot there, then a shoulder gets in, then a leg
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gets in and then you sit with couples who have been married
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for decades. And there is a long, huge thick
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cement wall of bitterness, and unforgiveness.
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Because instead of dealing it with it, when it was a brick,
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they built upon it more and more and more.
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And and now you talk and you hear about the silliest of
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things. Things that seem to be
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mountainous in their minds because they didn't deal with it
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when it was a molehill. David.
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Although he is being showered by God's grace, God's grace was
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triggered by the appropriate response to his conviction.
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I hope that makes sense and I hope that stirs you and I Do you
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see Jesus in the verses that we just read?
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Nothing was missing whether small or Great sons or daughters
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spoiler. Anything that had been taken,
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David brought back all Nothing was missing.
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All of David's, possessions came back to David all that was in
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his name, came back into his arms and when I see David, I see
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the son of David, don't you? Because Jesus assures us that he
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will never ever lose his most prized possession.
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Would you like to know what that is?
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It's in John 6 39. Look what Jesus says in John
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6:39. I love this verse.
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And this is the will of him who sent me that I should lose.
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Nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last
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day. That I should lose nothing.
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Now, what do you mean lose nothing?
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Well, he tells us in the next year's for this is the will of
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my father that everyone who looks on the son and believes in
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Him should have eternal life and I will raise him up on the last
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day. I will raise him up or he's just
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a prophet. I is just a teacher.
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Tell me one Prophet that can raise up the Dead.
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All simultaneously by one command.
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I will raise him up on the last day but here's the promise.
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That those who look on him and Believe on him Christ will never
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let you be lost. He won't lose you.
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He won't lose you. And so here's how powerful that
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is, no matter what you go through in life, no matter what
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threats. Even something as powerful and
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as final as death itself, when Christ comes to claim you death
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has to let go of that body so that it can be glorified in his
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presence forever and ever. He won't lose you.
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There's not one part of you that will be lost.
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There's not one part of you that will be missing.
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Just like David claimed and reclaimed all.
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So Christ, when Adam and his race forfeited, so much she in
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his Redemption will redeem us completely.
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That's a glorious thought. So I'm going to trust the one
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who actually conquered the grave so that when I entered into
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grave, guess what if I'm able to if I'm able to I'll memorize a
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him and I'll be able to sing it and my dying breath, knowing
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that he's going to claim me one day.
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And you can do the same if you're in Christ.
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There's Christ, and crisis and done crisis, are done.
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Being shown here in David's life.
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Look what we look what we see next and first, Samuel.
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In verse 19. This is so exciting.
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We see here David also in verse 20 captured all the flocks and
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herds and the people drove the livestock before him and said,
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this is David spoil. So there's an additional thing
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that happens. Not only does David reclaim
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restore. He also adds he wins a spoil on
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top of what was his. There is greater reward, and
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here's the beauty about this reward, this reward on top of
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what belongs. Long to him was shared with his
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men. These men were sharing in that
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spoil and we're also experiencing the great Treasures
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that was claimed and Juan by David himself.
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And that's exactly what Christ has done with you.
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And I that when Jesus conquered death, when he went on that
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cross, he did not just purchase us, he purchased things for us.
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He purchased things for us. All you have to do is go to
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Ephesians 1 and see the list of the spiritual blessings that
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belong to us. All you have to do is realize
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what the inheritance of the Holy Spirit does for us.
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And that's what the blood did. Jesus goes into the enemy's
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Camp. Yes to save us but then as we
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walk out with them like these men, there are Treasures that he
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begins to share with the redeemed.
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And I find that so true in the New Testament.
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But you know what I find. So amazing here is that these
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men who had this this flock, and the herds, this great, great
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parade of possessions. Guess what they were saying?
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Well, what was it? Other saying?
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This is who spoil David spoil? I love that.
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This is David spoil. I don't know if they chanted it.
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I don't know if they said it once.
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I don't know if they said it throughout the Journey Back.
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But they were affirming that even though this was purchased
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for them, even though they get to enjoy this, even though they
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got to enjoy with their families, that it all came back
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to David, it all belonged to David.
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And you, and I have to understand that.
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We're not just forgiving. We're not just headed to an
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eternal Garden of Eden. We have received rewards, we've
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been given gifts, even giving gifts in Christ.
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And I know some people that receive gifts not when they were
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just born, I believe God gives people when they were born, and
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they could choose what to do with that gift, either.
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Use it for the world, and their own profit of, for God's glory,
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but I believe also that God gives gifts upon conversion.
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God gives gifts God gives callings, God gives a promise
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that we will rule and reign with him forever and ever.
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God ensures us. Also that there are specific
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reward, just read Revelation to see the specific prizes that are
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weight that away, those who overcome, and we will be with
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him, granted by Christ, forever and ever.
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And what's our response to that? What they say here?
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This is David spoil. so anything that you enjoy anything that you
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have experience because of Christ, whatever, Deliverance,
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whatever, piece, whatever Joy, whatever blessings that your
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family is knowing what you invited Christ into that home,
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no matter what kind of success you have known in Ministry, No
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matter what it is that you have known because of Jesus Christ in
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the end, you and I have to say the same thing as these men.
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This is because of Christ and this all belongs to Christ.
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It's his he gave it, he purchased it and we just enjoy
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it. And that's what's so incredible.
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A David, David didn't hoard all of this to himself you're going
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to read. He's gonna give it all out and
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that is the generosity of Jesus Christ.
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Look, I'm good with just getting into Gates, I don't know about
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you. I'm good with just slipping in
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and finding some Corridor in heaven and staying there.
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I don't even need a house. Just let me sleep on the golden
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street. I'll be good.
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But he doesn't, he doesn't just do that Isaiah 53 tells us that
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he divides the spoil with the strong.
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Meaning he goes beyond that his grace says, I'm going to redeem
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you. I'm going to bring you into my
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presence but I want to Crown you and I want you to sit on my
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throne and my father's Throne. I'm okay.
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Lord with the gold Street, I don't need to sit up there with
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you but he wants to he bids us. I mean his grace is so
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overflowing. That although this is sufficient
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that the tokens of his love, his wounds should suffice and it
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will be the theme of our song he says.
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Now, let me pick you up with these same hands and let me
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Elevate you, it's absolutely mind-blowing.
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It really is when you see it when you get deep and study and
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you see what awaits us even Beyond Redemption.
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I don't know how you can have a bad day coming to church.
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I just don't know how you can't sing its glorious.
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And what we do saying is, is this is David spoil.
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This is Christ spoiled this belongs to him?
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This is because of him. And what happens in verse 21.
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Then David came to the 200 men who had been too exhausted to
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follow David. And who had been left at the
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brook before and they went out to meet David and to meet the
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people who were with him and when David came near to the
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people, he greeted them, I just try to imagine it, you have
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David 400 men with all their wives and their children walking
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back. You can imagine the hugs and the
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kisses you can imagine the kids jumping in their dad's arms,
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these fathers putting their arms around their wives.
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And then these two hundred men who haven't seen their family,
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who didn't know It happened, we're staying back with the
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luggage, see them in the Horizon, and they approached
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them, and they Embrace and they there's a joyful celebration,
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our righteous celebration, unlike the amalekites, and all
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for a sudden, this glorious moment is interrupted
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momentarily, it's interrupted by something that's so
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disappointing. It's should be disappointing to
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be found amongst those who claim to be among the righteous.
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Look at verse 22. Then all the wicked and
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worthless fellows. Among The Men Who had gone with
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David said, because they did not go with us.
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We will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered,
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except that each man may lead away.
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His wife and children and depart So as these four hundred come
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they recognize that David is about to give some of the spoil
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to these men and their minds ago.
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That is not, that's not fair, that's not fair.
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And so, they voiced their frustration and they say, they
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should just get the bare minimum, they let them take
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their wives, and their kids, and let them go that they should
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have no part. They didn't come out with us,
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they didn't fight with us. And you know what's incredible?
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I hope you saw it because when I saw, I was shocked me almost how
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the Holy Spirit. Describes these men.
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What is he called them? Wicked.
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Worthless. Huh.
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Wait. Okay, call call Salzman Wicked
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and worthless. I get it.
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You're telling me the men Who followed David?
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Who trusted God's command with David and under David's lead
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though? Some of those men were Wicked
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and worthless. What is that say?
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I'm actually asking you, how is it that these men or what does
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it reveal at least that these men because the Bible is not
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lying about them? It's not an exaggeration.
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This is a true commentary on their character.
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They are wicked and they are worthless.
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How can that be any idea? Okay, so they're not really
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didn't have their own personal faith.
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That is trusting a David's leadership.
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Okay, it's possibility. Their intentions may be sure.
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They wanted to withhold something that didn't belong to
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them. We're onto something there.
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Yes. Anything else.
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Pride is definite part of it. There's a judgmental attitude.
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Towards who? Yeah, that's another thing too.
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I mean, it makes you wonder if the worthless wicked men were
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the same men that suggested to the others.
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That's why don't we Stone David possibility.
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Worthless and wicked men. Here's, here's at least.
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Three thoughts coming from that truth?
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The first one, is the fact that these men, these men here, Were
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among a righteous group. There are among a good and
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faithful group, who recognize the anointing on David's life,
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who recognize Saul's corruption, who recognize that there is a
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high price to be associated with Dave, but we're willing to pay
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that price. And yet all at the same time,
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there were corrupt. They were corrupt.
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Now, pay attention here, this will do some good.
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All right, this is really important.
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This is the first time that we have any indication of wicked
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and worthless men being among David's faithful group.
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What was the last solid description of this man that we
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receive go just back a few chapters just to see it and
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there was no hint of It. Go the first same of 22 verse 2
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and remember how we were introduced to these men when
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they join David in the first place.
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And first Samuel, 22 verse 2. We are told about the same group
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at least the core group, the first 400. and everyone who is
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in this dress and everyone who was in debt and everyone who is
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bitter and sold gathered to him, I read that I don't see that
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there are wicked people who joined them.
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I don't see Rebels. I see people who are sick and
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tired of being on their Saul's Reign who recognize what God had
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placed on David's life. What God had in mind for Israel,
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through David and they went out knowing that they could have
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been killed for doing so risking their lives.
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Their families lives to pledge themselves to the truth.
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To pledge themselves to that, which was right.
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And yet near the end of the book.
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Among those. Were some Wicked.
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And worthless men. Here's what I want to tell you.
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This teaches us that oftentimes it takes time.
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It takes time for the nature of some to be revealed.
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It will not be manifested immediately, but eventually will
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be exposed even those who are joined to an assembly or group,
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who is for the truth, who loves the truth or willing to pay a
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price for the truth. That's huge.
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That's huge. It wasn't there immediately.
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They just showed up at the right time.
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That might happen in your life. Is this true?
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That might happen? It might not happen immediately
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just give it a few years. Give it a little bit of time,
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given the right circumstances. And and those suit you suppose
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were for the truth, Who Loved Bible, who love prayer, who love
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worship. The real thing comes out.
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And it can be shocking to discover.
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As I'm sure it was shocking to you.
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When you realize that among the 400 there are wicked and
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worthless fellows. So, if it does happen, don't be
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too shocked. Even 1 out of the 12 and Jesus
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group was filled with the Devil. It's just another another
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reality of our relationships and Christian Living, but there's
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another thing to learn from this wicked and worthless fellows.
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And it is this It's not that they were Wicked just because
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they thought David was unfair. It's because they wanted the 200
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who stayed behind to be removed altogether.
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Look back at verse 22. Notice what they say in the end,
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except that each man may lead away.
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His wife and children and depart get out of here, go away.
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We want nothing to do with you anymore.
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I believe that is the essence at least a part of the reason why
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they're called worthless and wicked.
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Essentially what this group of men wanted to do was divided the
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group They wanted to sow Discord, they wanted to to
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remove people for no righteous purpose for no significant
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reason. All they wanted to do was
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satisfy their frustration, all they wanted to do was was deal
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with their greed. And these people stood in the
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way of their greed, You want us to spread it with and there's no
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way we want them to go and the scriptures are abundantly.
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Clear? Like, so scary clear about the
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great crime. It is when someone intentionally
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seeks to bring Division if it's just between 2 or 200, To
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achieve a selfish end. Whether that end is to deal with
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some anger or to acquire something that you think someone
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departing will give to you. In God's eyes.
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When there is a plan and an execution to bring about a
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ripping of relationships, among the Brethren God has a very
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strong word for it, and it is this abomination.
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That's, that's kind of crazy because I read the Old
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Testament. I see that bestiality is known
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as an Abomination and I can see how but in God's eyes, when
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there is an intention to bring division among people, it's
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equal in his eyes as an abomination.
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That's significant. Actually the scripture tells us
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that there are six things that the Lord hates seven.
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That are an Abomination to him. Bible study.
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Yes, let's name a few lying lips.
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Yes. Shedding of innocent blood.
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Absolutely Haughty eyes, very good.
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False witness. Absolutely.
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Sowing Discord among Brethren. Yes, already have five down, I
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believe if I counted right there, a couple more.
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Seven things that the Lord considers an abomination.
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The two last ones are a little harder.
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So I I'll be very impressive, somebody can get the last two.
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Say that again. Yes.
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Feet that are quick to do evil. One more.
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Somebody said something, I think they got it.
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Yes Bravo yes. A Heart That devises Wicked
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plans. So if you want to know where
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this list is because look, I don't want to know just what God
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loves. I want to know what he hates.
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And the list is found in Proverbs 6, 16 to 17.
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I want you to look there quickly.
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And Proverbs 6 16 to 17, there are six things that the Lord
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hates seven that are an Abomination to him.
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Abomination is like abhorrent listen.
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That word means disgusting. now, if I were to ask you to give me
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your top 10 7 list of the most heinous and ugly and vile
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things, you can think of Obviously, this is not limited,
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this is not an exclusive list but it's amazing what God
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highlights. Verse 17, haughty eyes, a lying
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tongue hands, that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises
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Wicked plans feet, that make haste to run to evil.
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A false witness who breathes out lies that somebody who like,
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like they lie and they don't even know they're lying.
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Like, it just, it's as easy as breathing and one.
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Who sews Discord among Brothers. Here's my question.
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What do all these sins have in common?
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Since we're here. What all these things have in
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common? You got it?
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It's something that one commits, another against another, it's
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relational. Every single one of these sins
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has to deal with how someone treats another person.
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Even down to haughty eyes. Now he could have said a proud
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heart, but this is showing that it's a pride that has seen a
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pride that looks down on someone else.
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So even the sight of The Proud is a statement to others.
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And this is what God is saying that, what he considers, an
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Abomination is how we would treat someone and the following
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ways. You know, what's another thing
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that's significant about this list of abominable practices,
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they all happen to the Lord Jesus.
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Each of these things happened to him throughout his ministry.
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Each of them, if you really think about it haughty eyes, a
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lying tongue hands. That shed innocent blood.
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Think about it, a heart that devises, Wicked plans feet, that
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make haste to run to evil a false witness who breathes out
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lies and one who sows Discord among Brothers.
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How was that have when the Pharisees were in the crowd
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before Pilate? And they were convincing the
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crowd to have Jesus crucified? All of these things.
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Jesus Christ himself experience and this is what so profound
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about this. If these things are so
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abominable to God when when it is done from one party against
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another, how much more was it? For him to be the recipient of
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all of these things. If he absolutely hates it.
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When one does it to another? What was going through God's
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mind? When all of it was poured out on
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him? How did he tolerate it?
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And the answer is very simple, as much as she hates these
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things, as much as they are. Absolutely vile.
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He did it because of love. That's How Strong his love is
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that he was willing to endure it and, and I'll allow it.
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Without retaliation without judgment immediately because he
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wanted to accomplish a greater, and he wanted to redeem the very
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same ones who are doing these things to him.
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That's the strength of God's love.
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It's incredible. and when you see here that the seventh one is
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one who sows Discord among Brothers, some would believe
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that this is actually being the seventh, the climactic The
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climactic expression. Of his hatred.
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And this collection of Evil's, it's as though, to say, ulis one
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after the next. And then he's like and the top
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of the tier, the one that really gets my Fury moving is when
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somebody shows Discord among Brothers, Says, something about
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our God. And these men were doing that.
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They were trying to cause Discord the vision.
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And we come to David's response and closing and verse 23.
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But David said, You shall not do so my brother's how he calls on
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my brothers. Still, it's incredible.
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With what the Lord has given us. He has preserved us and given
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into our hand, the band that came against us, who would
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listen to you in this matter. I love that because he can call
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him my brothers but he can also rebuked them.
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Like your what you're saying is ridiculous.
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My brothers. Who would listen to in this
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matter for as his share is who goes down into battle.
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So shall they share be who stays by the baggage?
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They shall share alike. I wish we had the time we're
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already getting to the clothes. I wish we had the time to just
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really dissect there's so much in David's response.
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Here's a here's a brief comparison.
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Notice verse 23 and compared to verse 22 notice how David
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interprets the victory compared to the men.
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What did the men say? The middle of verse 22.
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We will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered.
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And look at David, says, in verse 23, you shall not do.
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So, my brother's with what the Lord has given us Isn't that
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awesome? We're not going to give them
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what we have recovered and in David comes and goes this is
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God's. This is a Lords And David here
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in this simple. Revelation of his thought
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process shows us the great cure, the great cure against
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covetousness jealousy Envy a lack of generosity or
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Hospitality an unwillingness to extend a hand that might cost
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you something. There's a great cure and it is
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this very simple. You have to really believe that
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everything you have is God's. That's it.
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So many things fall off with that belief.
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So many things are solved with that belief and you see it when
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we get to 2nd Samuel, when we get 2 Chronicles, who knows when
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especially Chronicles that mindset live with David until
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his dying breath? He really believed it.
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He believed that now when he was a fugitive and he believed it
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when he had access to resources, that you could not even imagine
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the whole time, you believe this is God's, this is God's.
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I remember somebody long time ago, told me to take something
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and give it to somebody else. and they just said, just give it
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to them and just, you know, Just don't even say who it came from.
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I said, okay? And when I went to the person, I
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gave them that gift that person looked at me and thanked me and
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I said, look, it didn't come from me and there was nothing in
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my heart that was hesitant to extend it because it didn't even
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belong to me. Anyway, I was just extending it.
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I was just passing it along. It came from someone else.
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And there's such a liberty and there was a joy, seeing the
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person's Joy, but I knew who was the source of that.
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Joy who was the person that contributed to this person's?
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Ting and I was just there to experience.
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I was just there to give it and to just see the see the person
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feel and know that they have been blessed.
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Okay. That's how you.
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And I have to live with everything with absolutely
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everything. Not only do you, do you feel a
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liberty there? But you also know a humility
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there. If I bought a cake for our
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fellowship, this Sunday, I came down, open it up cut into pieces
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and gave it to everybody and people start saying you're a
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wonderful Chef. I'm not going to be able to take
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that to my heart. I didn't.
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Good thing I didn't bake at her maybe using the right
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terminology. I bought it and I brought it to
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you. This isn't mine.
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I didn't purchase it. I just delivered it.
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And so, if you have to do whatever you need to do to
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instill this and embed this, in your mind.
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Nothing belongs to me like tell yourself as much as you can.
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Not Lord help me believe that. Nothing nothing really belongs
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to me, and when you get there and you see slow victories,
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small leaps of great. Great Conquest there.
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And that belief system, you will know greater Liberty.
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In generosity, Hospitality freedom from any type of
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jealousy or lust for things. It's an incredible truth and
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David is showing that here, but listen and closing David is
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telling us a third possibility of why these men were Wicked and
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worthless. You know why?
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Perhaps you would debate me on this, but I believe one reason
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is because these four hundred or at least some among them, not
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all of them. Did not see the value or the
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worth, from those 200. They did not calculate what they
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brought to the table. They despise them, they want
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nothing to do with them. And they fail to see how
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dependent upon them. They actually were And perhaps
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that. That in God's mind.
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Cause them to be labeled as such You Don't See.
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What they have to offer, you don't see that apart from them,
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you could not be where you are now.
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And David says, they they deserve just as much as you too.
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You went to war. That's great.
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But they stayed back and they watched over our stuff and they
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risk their lives in a different way.
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Their service is not less significant than yours.
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Each of us deserve to be rewarded and that is an awesome
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picture of how Jesus. Our captain views all of his
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servants in whatever Ministry that God has called them to do.
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And we often can fall into this same trap by by praising that
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which is obvious. And under appreciating that
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which we don't think plays a significant role in the
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advancement of God's kingdom or blessings in our own lives
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happens, a lot happens, directly happens indirectly, And I want
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to just show you one example of how God thinks from the New
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Testament and this is, this is the last verse reference for the
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Bible study. This is going to, this is going
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to encourage you. I hope and First Chronicles
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rather Corinthians chapter 12 28, God list some gifts.
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And perhaps you'd be amazed to see how he lists these gifts at
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least in this passage of scripture.
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And First Corinthians 1228. And God has appointed in the
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church first apostles, second prophets third teachers, then
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Miracles, then Gifts of healing. Helping administrating, and
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various kinds of tongues. And most people come to this
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verse and say, what are the various kinds of tongues?
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I get the Curiosity. But maybe you're missing
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something that's very, very significant.
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Anything stand out to you year. Here's what stands out to me
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that when Paul lists the gifts of healing.
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Right away, he lists the gifts of helping. and so who do you
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think would get more attention and appreciation in the church,
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the one that has a gift that whoever you bring to and he
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prays for God has some favor, that works through him that
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people get healed or the one that helps in the background to
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make the service a little bit, less distracting and more
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graceful I think we know the answer to that.
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God's mind. They're all important.
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They're equally needed. They are just as much as gifts.
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No matter what kind of power or what kind of miraculous
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abilities behind? One God sees no greater one next
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to the other. They're connecting forces that
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are necessary for the overall health and the overall happiness
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of the church. Gifts of helping gives of
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helping, I find that amazing gifts of healing.
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And then in the next breath, the gift of helping.
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And whoever has the gift of helping.
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Will be rewarded just as much as the one who is faithful as a
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gift of a teacher. We have to believe that not just
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for ourselves, but that when we come together and we see
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somebody operating the gift of administration or the gift of
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helping who who have an eye to see a need and move upon that
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need, who are willing to be the first one to volunteer their
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time or energy to contribute to a gap in the church.
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When we see that we should, we should praise God.
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The same way he Praises them in a verse just like this, for
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example, And I wonder if these men back in David's story.
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I wonder if they're, they're ugly Behavior. is because they
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don't know the worth that each person offers in their own
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group. And could it be that there are
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people who cause trouble? Who caused issues within the
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church family because they can't look and see that every person
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in this place is needed and valuable.
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When you have somebody who believes that, it's all about
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them, and without them, nothing that person's going to cause
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trouble that person's going to start saying stuff that person
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is going to start bulldozing. And even causing some to depart.
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And I know one thing about those who refuse to be part of a local
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church, by the way, at least one thing.
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Those who are quick to vocalize their disgust with the bride of
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Christ, those who are quick to criticize and despise what she
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has to offer. They don't understand that they
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need that group of people to be more successful, in whatever God
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has called them to do their our spiritual selves.
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And David institutes a law from this.
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I close here. It says, you're back in the
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verses that we were covering and he and verse 25 made a statute
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and a rule for Israel from that day.
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For to this day, he made that a law.
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He made that a law to solidify the unity of the people of
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Israel. And I look what he does when
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David came to ziklag, he sent part of the spoiled his friends.
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The Elders of Judah saying here is a present for you from the
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spoil, the enemies of the Lord and then he lists the different
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towns and cities. So he goes, even Beyond his
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immediate group, there were such a great spoil that he goes out
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and he sends different packages to these different towns.
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And he's exemplifying, what he's preaching.
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What he is saying is law, what is so important to hold on to
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his living it out. And the question is, why look at
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verse 34, all the places where David and his men had roamed.
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So, he is rewarding and blessing, those that throughout
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his Wilderness, Trek, escaping and hiding from Saul, there are
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certain people in the land of Judah who are hiding him and
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taking care of him and providing for him and some time had
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passed. But David had not forgotten, I'm
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going to bless you for that. And so it wasn't just those who
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had swords who fought that were rewarded.
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It was those who even played a role to say we're going to just
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take care of you for a night to we're going to we're going to
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provide for you and your men here and David bless them
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equally as he did to those who went out into battle and that's
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the same picture that's the same.
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God, God is going to reward things that are going to shock
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us. Some telling you he's going to
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reward people, they're going to shock us.
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But he's especially going to reward a certain group of
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people. And who's that group of people?
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for all the places where David and his men had roamed, David
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had reward his men. Yes, because of their great love
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and care and concern when he was in his lowest point.
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But David is going to reward these men because these men,
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these groups of people, these families, these Elders did
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something. They did something for David,
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that very few people did when he was at this point in his
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ministry and that was showing him loyalty.
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Loyalty. They stuck by David when it was
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unpopular. They stood by David when it
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would cost them much, they stood by David.
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When the arrest when the majority under Saul's Reign were
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causing trouble for David. And reading this be encouraged.
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That the Lord. We'll take into consideration
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your loyalty and mind especially when it is a costly thing to be
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associated with Jesus. What are you going to do?
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What are you gonna do? What am I going to do?
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When people that we love turned their backs on Christ?
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What are we going to do when people forsake the ministry?
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Will you be loyal? Help sell.
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I want to tell you something, the longer become a Christian,
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the sweeter it gets its true but also at the same time, it's
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hard. It's hard.
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And you will know it sooner, if you haven't realized that yet.
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I was speaking to a group of people, most of them were young,
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and I was preaching on a certain subject, and I had the, I had
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the inclination that most of these people probably are not
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going to get what I'm saying. And I had to say it out loud.
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I said, some of you, I just have to stop and say, there's some of
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you haven't lived long enough. You haven't been smashed by life
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yet to understand what I'm saying.
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So, remember what I'm saying? When it does happen though, just
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continued on from there. And I'll say that to some here.
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Not because your rebellious or Disobedience because you haven't
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walked long enough. Yet, Paul said that through many
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tribulations. We must enter the kingdom of
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God. I was meditating on that verse
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all afternoon today. Through many tribulations, we
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must enter. That's Christians, many
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tribulations. Do you know what that tells me?
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And it dawned on me, it tells me this that the description of the
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experience of the average Christian who has made Jesus
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Christ Lord and Your is this many tribulations through life?
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Not few not sporadic men. Many.
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So all of us we have different giftings, different callings,
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different backgrounds, different cultures.
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Sure. One thing a common among many in
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Christ. And this is this, many
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tribulations, are you? And I going to walk through, you
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know, what Christ is calling for, because he deserves it
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loyalty. Loyalty.
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Why? Because he's worthy as simple as
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that, he is worthy. Would you tell him that he is
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worthy today as we close? This Bible study Lord, we thank
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you for this study. And these final verses of this
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chapter, thank you for giving us the grace to receive these words
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with attentive Minds though. We know that it is a difficult
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time of the week for many who work all week.
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But Lord, we pray that what we've heard, would have an
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impact on our souls and we ask Lord Jesus.
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Oh, help us in these times to know that you will look upon us
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with great favor. When you see that we are
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Overcomers in Jesus, help us be faithful.
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Help us know that though, at this time there may not be great
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reward, a reward is coming and Lord from the depths of our
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heart. We admit that the greatest
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reward is the smile on your face.
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Nothing else means anything. We just ask Lord, that you would
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prepare us for the tribulations that we have now and that will
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come, we ask Lord that you would help us not be B.
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Worthless. Or Wicked to wear one another.
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But that old God, we would see the value that each of us have.
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The role that we each play in each other's lives, open our
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eyes to see it. We worship you tonight in this
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place. We give you.
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Glory and praise. Amen.