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The World the Flesh and You - 1/30/26 - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  And thank the Lord for his blessings. He
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  sure is good to us. I appreciate his
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  mercy and his grace. You find your seat,
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  find your Bible there. Turn with us to
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  the book of 1st Samuel, chapter 31.
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  And uh if you're watching with us uh by
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  way of live stream tonight, I try to be
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  quick just so our folk here in the
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  service can get home. I know things
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  freezing back, things of that nature.
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  There's still a lot of ice on our
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  parking lot and all of that. And so
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  people brave the elements to be here and
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  I want to give them just a give you a
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  thought tonight. The Lord's put on my
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  heart for this service and uh something
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  I've been stewing on about the entire
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  time of this storm and you'll kind of
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  see that I'm going to try to get through
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  it in a decent amount of time. You pray
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  for me. The Lord will help me tonight.
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  1st Samuel chapter 31.
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  And uh
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  I'm uh I'm just glad to be here.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> That's all I know, man. I'm just I'm
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  just glad to be here and saved by the
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  grace of God. And uh Jesus comes, I'll
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  go home with him and it's all going to
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  be all right. Amen. And uh whatever
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  happens, I'm just thankful. And we'll
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  read two verses tonight. 1st Samuel 31.
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  I'll read verses 1 and two of chap 1st
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  Samuel chapter number 31. Give you the
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  thought here. I normally never do this.
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  I always uh stay in the text and just
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  preach pretty much line upon line. It's
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  going to be that way tonight. But uh I I
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  just got a thought on my heart. Try to
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  be a blessing and a help to you if we
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  can. And I want to look here verse
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  number one of 1st Samuel 31.
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  The Bible says, "Now the Philistines
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  fought against Israel, and the men of
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  Israel fled from before the Philistines
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  and fell down slain and Mount Gilboa.
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  And the Philistines, notice this,
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  followed hard upon Saul and upon his
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  sons. And the Philistines slew Jonathan
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  and Abinadab
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  and Maliua,
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  Saul's sons. Now, Father, I ask you
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  tonight for just a minute, Lord, that
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  you would help us, God. I stand in
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  desperate need of your touch. I ask you
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  that you would give us grace as we
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  consider these verses tonight. And I
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  pray you give us wisdom and discernment,
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  Lord, much beyond our years and
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  experience, God, to deal with this text.
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  And I pray tonight, Lord, that every
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  hearer, God, wherever they might be
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  tonight, wherever they're listening
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  from, I pray they would receive a
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  blessing from the word of God. And I
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  pray that we'd all be strengthened,
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  encouraged, Lord, if correction is
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  needed, God, I pray that you'd grant
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  that and convict the lost, Lord. I pray
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  and save the sinner from hell. Do all
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  the works, God, that you want done
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  tonight. And most of all, get glory to
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  yourself. And we'll be sure to thank you
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  for what you do because we ask it in
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  Jesus' name. Amen. Now, I know this is a
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  different service tonight, but I'm going
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  to be honest with you. It's been so long
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  since I preached. I'm I'm going to peel
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  the ears back for just a little while.
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  All right, if that'd be okay. So, I want
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  to look here tonight. 1st Samuel 31. I I
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  come to this text. I want you to notice
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  a couple of things by way of
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  introduction. I'll give you the thought
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  here in just a minute, and I want you to
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  keep your Bibles open. We're going to be
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  using them tonight. Uh flipping about
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  quite a bit. But I notice in this text,
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  I want to give you a few things by way
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  of introduction. When we come to this
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  text, the the first apparent the
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  apparent thing that we notice here in
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  the text is that there is a fight that's
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  going on by verse number one. The Bible
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  says that now the Philistines fought
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  against Israel. Now, if you know
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  anything about your Bible tonight,
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  that's nothing new. Amen. The
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  Philistines have been fighting against
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  Israel all the way since the days of
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  Samson. And because Samson didn't do his
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  job as the judge, amen, the Philistines,
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  they ransacked Israel for years and
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  years to come. And and I'll say more
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  about the Philistines here in just a
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  minute. But this fight is present. And
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  you notice not only that there's a fight
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  going on, but there's also fatalities.
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  In verse number one, the Bible says,
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  "And the men of Israel fled from before
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  the Philistines and fell down slain in
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  Mount Gilboa." So obviously here the
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  armies of Israel have been ambushed by
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  the armies of Philistia, the armies of
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  the Philistines and the men of Israel
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  has been slain before them. Their lives
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  have been taken. Now you notice not only
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  the fight and the fatalities, but you
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  notice in verse two, there's a family
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  that appears on the pages of scripture.
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  The Bible says, "And the Philistines
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  followed hard upon Saul." Now Saul
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  tonight, he is the first king of Israel.
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  Amen. And he was the one that Samuel
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  anointed king over Israel when they
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  didn't want a judge. Amen. They wanted a
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  king so they could be like all other
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  nations. Amen. God sent Saul unto them.
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  And Saul did not follow the Lord. He
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  followed his own heart and his own way.
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  And you notice here in this text, this
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  chapter describes the end of Saul. But
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  not only the end of Saul, but the end of
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  his family. You notice there in verse
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  two that the Philistines followed hard
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  upon Saul. That means their pressure was
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  great. They have they have laid out the
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  men of Israel, the armies of Israel. And
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  so now they are headed for leadership.
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  Amen. And the Bible says that they
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  followed hard upon Saul and upon his
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  sons. And you notice there in verse
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  number two, this little phrase, the
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  Bible says, "And the Philistines slew
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  Jonathan and Abinadab and Melua
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  Saul's sons." Now, you notice here in
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  this family, of course, Saul's three
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  sons are mentioned here in the text, but
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  I want to give you this and I'll give
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  you the thought tonight. We've seen the
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  fight, the fatalities, the family that's
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  mentioned here. But I want you to notice
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  the failure in our text. You see, in
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  this text, the reason that Saul's sons
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  died is because Saul was in a position
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  that he had not he did not deserve any
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  longer. Saul was in a place where he was
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  not so supposed to be fighting a battle
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  that he had no business fighting. And
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  the Bible says in verse three that the
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  battle went sore against Saul and the
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  archers hit him and he was sore wounded
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  of the archers. And you notice in verse
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  number four, I not got time to preach it
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  tonight, but Saul here in the text, of
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  course, they they shoot him. The arrow
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  gets to him and he tells his armor bear
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  to draw his sword and thrust him
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  through. So the Philistines couldn't
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  kill him. But Saul in verse number four,
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  he takes his sword and falls upon it and
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  dies in this text. And we note the
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  failure of Saul. Saul's sons died in
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  this text because Saul was disobedient
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  to God.
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  >> And I want to give you this and I'll
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  give you the thought tonight. We note
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  the failure, but I want you to note the
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  figure in our text. Each one of these
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  people type typify something tonight.
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  Now, the Philistines, when you study the
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  word of God, they're always a picture
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  and type of the world,
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  a picture and type of the world
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  controlled by the power of Satan. And
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  Saul in the word of God, when you
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  consider his life and look at it in its
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  entirety, Saul is a type of the flesh.
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  And then you see Saul's sons. And I want
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  to highlight just one of those sons
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  tonight. In verse number two, the Bible
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  says, "And the Philistines slew
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  Jonathan."
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  And I want to say this tonight that
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  Jonathan when I what I'm for what I'm
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  going to preach tonight is a type of you
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  and me.
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  And I want to preach for just a little
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  while tonight on this thought. The
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  world, the flesh, and you.
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  The world, the flesh, and you. Now, what
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  you notice in this text is is that the
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  Philistines have brought death.
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  What has died in this text? Well, Saul,
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  he dies in this text. The flesh dies
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  because of the world system and Jonathan
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  ultimately dies as well. And I'll say
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  more about that in the message. But you
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  realize there's a lot of events that had
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  to take place in order for them to get
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  to this point.
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  >> I want to preach on that thought
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  tonight. The world, the flesh, and you.
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  Jonathan is a picture and type of you
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  and I in our life as believers. And I I
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  want to highlight a few things tonight.
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  And I want to start at the very
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  beginning.
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  Where does Jonathan appear on the pages
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  of scripture? Well, the first time
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  Jonathan appears on the pages of
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  scriptures in the book of 1st Samuel,
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  chapter number 13.
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  And I want to give you five truths
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  tonight concerning this thought. The
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  world, the flesh, and you, you
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  understand the world's out to get you.
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  >> Amen. Let me just say this tonight.
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  Saved or lost, the world is out to
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  destroy you. And the thing it's going to
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  use to do it is your flesh. The
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  Philistines were always out to destroy
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  Israel and they knew if they were going
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  to destroy Israel, they had to take out
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  their leadership. And so if the world is
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  going to influence you and I tonight,
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  it's going to have to do it through our
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  flesh. And I notice in 1st Samuel 13
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  what happens. We note first of all
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  tonight in the message concerning this
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  thought, the world, the flesh and you or
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  the world, the flesh and me. It's
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  applicable to all of us tonight. I want
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  to note the companionship. The first
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  place that we find Jonathan mentioned in
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  the word of God is 1st Samuel chapter
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  number 13 and verse number one. And
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  what's interesting is is that somebody
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  else is mentioned with him. And matter
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  of fact, somebody else is mentioned
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  before him.
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  >> Notice verse number one of 1st Samuel
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  13. The Bible says Saul reigned one
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  year. And when he had reigned two years
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  over Israel, Saul chosen 3,000 men of
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  Israel, whereof 2,000 were with Saul and
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  Mcmash, and in Mount Bethl, and a
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  thousand, notice this, were with
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  Jonathan in Gibia of Benjamin. And so,
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  the first place Jonathan appears on the
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  pages of scripture, he is a companion to
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  his father. Now, I want you to think
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  about this with me tonight. What you're
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  going to find throughout the course of
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  this message is is that wherever you
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  find Jonathan, Saul is not too far away.
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  And let me say this to you tonight.
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  Where you're at tonight, your flesh is
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  with you. Amen. I don't care where you
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  find yourself at, you cannot separate
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  your soul from this fleshly body. The
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  Bible says to be absent from the body is
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  to be present with the Lord. But as long
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  as we're on this earth, we are robed in
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  this flesh. And we are ALWAYS PRESENT
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  WITH THE FLESH. WE CANNOT SEPARATE
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  OURSELVES from this fleshly body on this
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  earth. And when you look at Jonathan,
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  Jonathan is always without fail found
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  close to Saul. And you say, why is that?
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  Well, the reason anytime we see Jonathan
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  in the scriptures that his father's not
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  far away is because they have a
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  connection.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, what is that
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  connection?" Well, we know for the
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  context of the scripture, the connection
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  is that Saul is his daddy and Jonathan
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  is his son. And let me say this to you
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  tonight. What do we know about the
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  father-son relationship? It does not
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  matter if the father denounces the son
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  or the son denounces the father. There
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  is no way that a father can do get rid
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  of his sunship, his fathership or a son
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  can get rid of his sunship. JUST BECAUSE
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  YOU DENY your parents or just because
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  you deny your children, that does not
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  make them any less your children OR DOES
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  NOT MAKE THEM ANY LESS YOUR PARENTS. And
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  let me say this to you tonight, CHILD OF
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  GOD. WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU'RE
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  ROBED IN THIS FLESH AND THERE IS NOTHING
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  you can do to disconnect yourself from.
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  Amen. And so this connection that they
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  have is inseparable. The Bible tells us,
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  notice this, 2 Corinthians chapter 10
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  verse number three. Put this in your
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  margin. 2 Corinthians chapter number 10
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  verse number three. He didn't have time
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  to write all my verses down. Listen to
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  what he says in 2 Corinthians 10 and:3.
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  For though we walk in the flesh, we do
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  not war after the flesh. So the truth is
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  tonight that we live out our lives in a
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  fleshly body. We cannot deny the fact
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  that we breathe through lungs and our
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  heart pumps blood and every bit of that
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  flesh. Amen. And this body is a
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  tabernacle. It's a tabernacle of the
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  soul of man, but it's a tabernacle for
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  those who are saved of the spirit of
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  God. And so, we are connected. There is
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  a companionship. And whether you like it
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  or not, you're going to have to learn
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  how to live with your flesh. Somebody
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  say amen tonight. You cannot live
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  outside of it, you cannot live without
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  it. Amen. And so, you notice in the
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  text, not only the companionship, but I
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  want to say this. You the the truth is
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  the flesh is always near. Amen. We
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  cannot be separated from. And I need to
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  say this before I move on. But what
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  you're going to find is in this text,
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  it's interesting that the flesh is
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  always fighting.
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  >> Notice what's fighting in verse chapter
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  13 verse number three. The Bible says,
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  "And Jonathan smoked the garrison of the
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  who?
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  >> The Philistines."
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  >> And so there's a connection. You and
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  your flesh are always going to be
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  dealing with the world. Amen. That's
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  exactly right. Tonight, you're always
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  going to be dealing with the world in
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  your life. So, I consider the
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  companionship. I'll say more about that
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  in just a minute. But notice not only
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  the companionship tonight, but consider
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  the curse of the flesh. Now, I when you
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  look at this text, turn over with me a
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  chapter to 1st Samuel chapter 14. Saul
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  here, you notice that Saul and Jonathan
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  are fighting together. In chapter 13,
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  chapter 14, Jonathan goes with his armor
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  bearer and takes out 20 of the
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  Philistines by himself. And then you
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  find later on that they go forth to
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  battle once again. In chapter number 14,
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  the Bible says that Saul is so concerned
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  about the enemy. He's so concerned about
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  the Philistines and about himself that
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  he makes an oath. He puts out a curse.
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  In verse number 24, the Bible says, "And
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  the men of Israel were distressed that
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  day, for Saul had adjured the people,
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  saying, "Cursed be the man, curs, cursed
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  be the man that eateth any food until
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  evening, that I may be avenged of mine
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  enemies, so none of the people tasted
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  any food." So what you find in this
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  chapter is that Saul here, he puts out a
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  curse. And his curse is he's so
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  concerned about the enemy. He's so
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  concerned about his rulership that he
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  tells his men that they're not to eat
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  any food until the evening until he be
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  avenged of his enemies. And the Bible
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  says in verse number 25 that all they of
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  the land came to a wood and there was
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  honey upon the ground. And when the
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  people were coming to the wood, behold,
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  the honey dropped, but no man put his
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  hand to his mouth, for the people feared
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  the oath. But notice verse 27. But
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  Jonathan heard not when his father
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  charged the people with the oath.
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  Wherefore he put forth the end of the
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  rod that was in his hand and dipped it
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  in a honeycomb and put his hand to his
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  mouth and his eyes were enlightened.
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  That simply means that Jonathan received
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  strength. He said there in verse 24 that
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  the people were distressed. They were
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  weak. You know what happens when you get
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  hungry and you hadn't eaten a long time?
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  What happens? You get weak, don't you?
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  Amen. And the men of Israel, the armies
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  were getting weak in their travels
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  because they hadn't eaten. And Saul
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  looks at them and says, "All right, if
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  any of you eats before I'm delivered of
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  my enemies, you're going to have a curse
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  upon you." And so the text tells us that
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  Jonathan didn't hear his father when he
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  charged the people with the oath. And so
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  Jonathan sticks out his rod and gets
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  some of that honey and takes it in. And
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  the Bible said in verse number 28, then
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  answered one of the people and said,
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  "Thy father straightly charged the
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  people with an oath, saying, "Cursed be
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  the man that eateth any food this day."
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  And the people were faint. You see,
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  they're still starving to death. Let me
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  say this tonight before I GO ANY
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  FURTHER. THAT'S what your flesh will do.
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  Amen. It'll starve you to death
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  spiritually. Amen. You'll you'll try to
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  fill the flesh up. And what you'll do,
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  you're just starving that new man every
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  day of your life that you're walking in
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  the lust of the flesh. Why did Saul
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  starve his men? Because he was more
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  concerned about dealing with that enemy
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  than he was about his own men. Amen. He
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  was only concerned about himself. And
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  your flesh tonight IS ONLY CONCERNED
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  ABOUT ITSELF. AMEN.
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  >> And the Bible says in verse number 29,
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  "Then said Jonathan," notice this. You
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  say, "Preacher, well, Jonathan's in the
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  wrong here." Well, I don't know about
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  that. Listen to what Jonathan says in
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  verse 29. Then said Jonathan, my father
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  hath troubled the land.
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  >> See, I pray you, how mine eyes have been
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  enlightened because I've tasted a little
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  of this honey. Now, I know tonight we
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  can disagree on this text. What it
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  means, but I tell you this, the truth,
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  what I'm trying to give you tonight is
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  this is that Saul put a curse out that
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  was not necessary.
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  >> Right?
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  >> Let me say this tonight. Because of your
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  flesh, you're cursed.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. You know what David said? He said,
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  "I was shaped in iniquity and in sin did
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  my mother conceive me." You know what
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  that means? That this flesh has got a
• 17:50
  curse on. Amen. And so your flesh
• 17:52
  tonight because Adam sinned, all flesh,
• 17:55
  the Bible says that all flesh is grass.
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  That means that we're going to wither
• 17:59
  and fall away. Why? Because we're
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  cursed. Amen. The flesh is cursed,
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  doomed, despair, doomed to be destroyed.
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  And so THIS FLESH HE PUTS FORTH is
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  cursed. And Jonathan here in the text,
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  he didn't know that Saul had put it out
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  and he takes unto himself and he's
• 18:16
  revived. Amen. And so, you know what's
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  happened here? The father, this Saul has
• 18:21
  hindered the fighting of the army. Now,
• 18:24
  what's interesting about this tonight is
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  this. Amen. It's always right to fight
• 18:28
  against the world. Somebody say, "Amen."
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  Hey, we're we're going in direct combat
• 18:33
  >> with this world system. Amen. John said
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  it this way in 1 John chapter number
• 18:37
  two. He said, "Love not the world."
• 18:39
  Amen. Neither the things that are in the
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  world. If any man love the world, what'd
• 18:42
  he say? The love of the father is not in
• 18:45
  not in him. He said, for all that's in
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  the world, the lust of the flesh, the
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  lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,
• 18:50
  it's not of the father, but it is of the
• 18:52
  world. And so, it's right to be going
• 18:54
  against the world. But let me say this
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  to you tonight. If you're fighting
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  against the world AND THE POWER OF YOUR
• 18:59
  FLESH, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
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  FIND? YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP WEAK AND
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  DEFEATED EVERY SINGLE TIME. YOUR FLESH
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  WILL hinder you from winning the battle
• 19:08
  >> that you're supposed to win. But I'll
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  say this, it was more than just a
• 19:12
  hindrance. You see, it was a hindrance
• 19:14
  to the army, but it was harm for
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  Jonathan. The Bible says in verse number
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  30, Jonathan rebukes the methods of his
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  father. Look what he says. He said, "How
• 19:23
  much more if happily the people had
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  eaten freely today of the spoil of their
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  enemies which they found? For had there
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  not been now a much greater slaughter
• 19:30
  among the Philistines, Jonathan says
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  that the enemy would have been destroyed
• 19:34
  in a much greater rate. If there hadn't
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  been this curse, if there hadn't been
• 19:37
  this unnecessary law put out saying that
• 19:40
  if we didn't eat, if we ate that we'd be
• 19:42
  cursed. Amen.
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  >> Your flesh going to put unnecessary
• 19:45
  hindrances on you.
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  >> Notice this verse 37 of 1st Samuel 14.
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  I'm talking about the curse. Look what
• 19:52
  he says. And Saul asked counsel of God,
• 19:56
  "Shall I go down after the Philistines?
• 19:58
  Wilt thou delivered them into the hand
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  of Israel?" But he answered him, "Not
• 20:02
  that day." Now Saul's asking here in
• 20:04
  this text to go and fight the
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  Philistines once again. God doesn't
• 20:08
  speak to him. Verse number 38. And Saul
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  said, "Draw ye near hither all the chief
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  of the people, and know and see where in
• 20:16
  this sin have been this day." And the
• 20:18
  Bible says that in this text, they
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  gather all the people of Israel
• 20:21
  together. None of the children of Israel
• 20:23
  come up. Saul and Jonathan are taken. In
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  verse 41, verse 42, there are lots that
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  are cast. In verse 42, Jonathan is
• 20:30
  taken. Verse 43, Saul said to Jonathan,
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  "Tell me what thou has done." And
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  Jonathan told him and said, "I did but
• 20:37
  taste a little honey with the end of the
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  rod that was in mine hand. And lo, I
• 20:42
  must die." You understand? Your flesh is
• 20:44
  the reason you die. You're
• 20:46
  >> right.
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  You know the reason that men that die
• 20:51
  lost without God die and go to hell
• 20:54
  >> because Adam and Eve in their flesh
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  >> made a decision
• 20:59
  >> to plunge the human race into sin.
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  >> AND SO BECAUSE OF SAUL'S DECISION,
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  WHAT'S going to happen? Jonathan's got
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  to die,
• 21:06
  >> right?
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  >> Notice this in the text. Not only verse
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  number 30, notice verse 39. I skipped
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  this. The Bible says, "And as the Lord
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  liveth, which saveth Israel, though it
• 21:17
  be Jonathan, my son, he shall surely
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  die." It also reveals that he wasn't
• 21:21
  only hindering the armies, but he was he
• 21:23
  was he didn't care to harm his child.
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  >> You know what? Your flesh doesn't care
• 21:26
  if you're destroyed.
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  >> You're right.
• 21:28
  >> It does not care if you are destroyed.
• 21:30
  Does not care if you die. It does not
• 21:33
  care if long as it's fulfilled and full
• 21:35
  of itself. It doesn't want nothing else.
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  >> Right?
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  >> Saul didn't care. Notice verse number
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  44. Lord Saul answered, "God, do so and
• 21:44
  more also, for thou shalt surely die,
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  Jonathan." Verse 45. And the people said
• 21:49
  unto Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who hath
• 21:52
  wrought this great salvation in Israel,
• 21:54
  God forbid, as the Lord liveth, there
• 21:55
  shall not one hair of his head fall to
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  the ground, for heath wrought with God
• 21:59
  this day, so the people rescued Jonathan
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  that he died not." I You say, "Preacher,
• 22:03
  what does all this mean?" Well, I'm just
• 22:05
  telling you the fact tonight that your
• 22:06
  flesh has got you under a curse.
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  >> Right?
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  >> Your flesh is cursed tonight. Because of
• 22:11
  that, if you're lost, you're doomed to
• 22:13
  hell. Amen. Your sin is what's going to
• 22:15
  send you there. And your flesh is how
• 22:17
  you commit those sins. Somebody say,
• 22:19
  "Amen." And so, there's the
• 22:21
  companionship and there is the curse.
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  But this is where it gets better. Amen.
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  Notice 1 Samuel chapter 18. We're just
• 22:28
  traveling through the life here,
• 22:29
  Jonathan, for just a minute. I want to
• 22:32
  remind you this tonight. Truth is, your
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  life and mine, everybody that's ever
• 22:35
  been saved, still robed in body of
• 22:36
  flesh.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. Our Lord himself was robed in a
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  body of flesh. He suffered the aches and
• 22:42
  pains and all of that that we did.
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  Thankfully, he wasn't sin sinful. Amen.
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  Hallelujah. He's a sinless, spotless
• 22:48
  savior. Amen. And I notice in this text,
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  there's another character that appears
• 22:52
  on the scene. Notice 1st Samuel chapter
• 22:55
  18 and verse number one. We've seen the
• 22:58
  companionship and the curse. Note the
• 23:00
  covenant now that's made here in the
• 23:02
  text. 1st Samuel 18 and verse one. And
• 23:05
  it came to pass when he had made an end
• 23:07
  of speaking unto Saul that the soul of
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  Jonathan was knit with the soul of
• 23:11
  David. And Jonathan loved him as his own
• 23:15
  soul. Boy, aren't you thankful for the
• 23:17
  day that David came along. Amen. You
• 23:20
  see, Jonathan had lived all his life
• 23:22
  with Saul. And all his life he'd been
• 23:24
  fighting against the world with Saul.
• 23:26
  You know what's happened? They'd get
• 23:27
  victory for just a little while. And
• 23:29
  then the Philistines would come back
• 23:30
  again. Oh, but in 1st Samuel 17, there's
• 23:34
  a little ruddy boy shows up. Amen. The
• 23:36
  weakest, the youngest of his father's
• 23:38
  brethren, AND ALL HIS BRETHREN WAS out
• 23:40
  there trembling, looking at that giant.
• 23:42
  What was his name? It was Goliath. Amen.
• 23:45
  He was the Philistines champion. And
• 23:47
  David said, he walked up in chapter 17.
• 23:50
  And he said, "Who is this uncircumcised
• 23:52
  Philistine that he defy the armies of
• 23:55
  the living God?" AND DAVID GOT five
• 23:57
  smooth stones. Hallelujah. I feel LIKE
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  PREACHING TONIGHT. HE GOT FIVE SMOOTH
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  STONES IN that shepherd's bag and got a
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  sling AND WALKED UP TO THAT GIANT AND
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  RARED BACK AND SLUNG THAT ROCK INTO THE
• 24:08
  FACE OF THAT OLD GIANT and down to the
• 24:11
  ground he went. Amen. And David brought
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  deliverance. You say, "PREACHER, WHAT
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  ARE YOU SAYING?" I'M SAYING DAVID
• 24:17
  BROUGHT salvation to the ENTIRE NATION
• 24:20
  OF ISRAEL THAT DAY. THEY LOOKED AT THAT
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  GIANT AND SAW HE WAS HOPELESS. SAUL
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  looked at THAT GIANT SAID, "THERE'S NO
• 24:26
  WAY THEY CAN TAKE HIM DOWN." JONATHAN
• 24:28
  AND ALL THE ARMY LOOKED AT GOLIATH AND
• 24:30
  SAID, "THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN HANDLE
• 24:32
  HIM." BUT LITTLE DAVID CAME WALKING UP
• 24:34
  WITH THAT STONE AND SLUNG IT INTO THAT
• 24:36
  THAT GIANT'S HEAD AND ON THE GROUND HE
• 24:38
  WENT. YOU SAY, "PREACHER, WHAT ARE YOU
• 24:40
  SAYING?" I'M SAYING, "JESUS IS OUR
• 24:43
  HEAVENLY DAVID." AMEN. AND HE BROUGHT
• 24:45
  SALVATION TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
• 24:48
  HALLELUJAH. HE TOOK OUT THE GOLIATH OF
• 24:50
  SIN, DEFEATED THE WORLD, THE FLESH, AND
• 24:52
  THE DEVIL, TOOK THE KEYS OF HELL. AMEN.
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  AND PRAISE GOD, HE'S BROUGHT SALVATION
• 24:58
  TO ALL WHO WILL RECEIVE HIM. AMEN. And
• 25:01
  in this chapter, Jonathan meets up with
• 25:03
  this great deliverer. Amen. Chapter 18
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  and verse number one, it came to pass
• 25:08
  when he, that's David, had made an end
• 25:11
  of speaking unto Saul that the soul of
• 25:13
  Jonathan was met with the soul of David.
• 25:16
  And Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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  AND LET ME JUST SAY, TIME OUT RIGHT
• 25:20
  there for JUST A MINUTE. BOY, THE DAY
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  THAT I MET JESUS AND HE SPOKE TO MY
• 25:25
  HEART RIGHT AS SOON AS HE GOT DONE
• 25:26
  TALKING. BROTHER WAYNE, HEY FRIEND, MY
• 25:29
  HEART YOLKED UP WITH HIM. AMEN. I
• 25:31
  BELIEVED AND TRUSTED IN HIS NAME AND HE
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  SAVED MY NEVER DYING SOUL. AND THERE'S A
• 25:36
  COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THE LAMB OF GOD
• 25:39
  TO THIS VERY DAY. I'M SAVED BECAUSE OF
• 25:42
  THE DELIVERER. AMEN.
• 25:45
  >> He come and defeated the world. And
• 25:47
  Jonathan here has made a covenant. David
• 25:49
  has wrought victory over Goliath. the
• 25:51
  Philistines champion. Chapter 17 and
• 25:54
  verse number 49. And here in the text in
• 25:57
  chapter 17, Abner, the the cousin of
• 26:00
  Saul, brings David up and he's got the
• 26:02
  head OF GOLIATH IN HIS HAND. THAT little
• 26:04
  ruddy shepherd boy. I can just see him
• 26:06
  now, Brother Wayne, carrying that HEAD
• 26:08
  LIKE THIS, WALKING UP to the king. Amen.
• 26:11
  Hey, I'm going to preach for just a
• 26:12
  minute. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? HE COMES TO
• 26:14
  WALKING UP TO THE KING WITH THAT BIG OLD
• 26:16
  GIANT'S HEAD IN his arms. AND HE SAID,
• 26:17
  "WHO ARE SAUL SAID, WHO ARE YOU?" HE
• 26:20
  SAID, "I'M THE SON OF JESSE, THE LEAST."
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  AMEN. HALLELUJAH. I'M THANKFUL. WHEN
• 26:25
  JESUS CAME, HE BROUGHT DELIVERANCE. But
• 26:27
  friend, he didn't come with a name. HE
• 26:29
  DIDN'T COME WITH NO REPUTATION. THE
• 26:31
  BIBLE SAYS THAT HE MADE HIMSELF OF NO
• 26:33
  REPUTATION AND TOOK UPON HIMSELF THE
• 26:36
  FORM OF A SERVANT. HALLELUJAH. AND HE
• 26:38
  WENT TO CALVAR'S CROSS AND DIED FOR OUR
• 26:40
  SIN SO that we could be delivered. Amen.
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  >> And you see this covenant in the text.
• 26:47
  David brings Goliath's head. Jonathan
• 26:50
  sees the victory and you know what
• 26:51
  happens? He realizes it wasn't only
• 26:54
  victory for everybody else in Israel,
• 26:56
  >> but it was victory for him.
• 26:59
  >> Jonathan the very same way that all the
• 27:02
  rest of Israel looked at Goliath and
• 27:03
  said, "There's no way we can beat him."
• 27:06
  Oh yes. Looked at Goliath and said,
• 27:09
  "There's no way we can take him down."
• 27:12
  David comes walking up with his head.
• 27:15
  Let me say this to you, child of God.
• 27:17
  the sin in your life that's keeping you
• 27:19
  bound. That thing that looks so big, I'm
• 27:21
  thankful Jesus can take care of that for
• 27:24
  you. Amen. He can come walking back with
• 27:26
  his head. Praise God. And you notice in
• 27:28
  this text, he realizes it's his own
• 27:31
  deliverance. David has saved him
• 27:34
  >> and all Israel. And so, you know what
• 27:36
  happens out of that? There's a new
• 27:38
  relationship born.
• 27:40
  >> The Bible says that the soul of Jonathan
• 27:42
  was knit
• 27:44
  yoked together. Jonathan and David
• 27:47
  became the best of friends, more than
• 27:49
  friends. They loved each other as
• 27:52
  brothers. And I'm so thankful, amen,
• 27:55
  that when Jesus saved me, he became more
• 27:57
  than just a man.
• 27:59
  >> He's more than just a distant God. But
• 28:01
  I'm thankful he's a friend. Amen. A
• 28:03
  friend that stickketh closer than a
• 28:05
  brother. Hallelujah. And in this text,
• 28:07
  you notice not only the new
• 28:08
  relationship, but there's a new
• 28:10
  relinquishing that's needed. In the in
• 28:12
  the verse, the Bible says in verse two
• 28:14
  and verse three, "Then Jonathan and
• 28:16
  David made a covenant because he loved
• 28:18
  him as his own soul. And Jonathan
• 28:21
  stripped himself of the robe that was
• 28:22
  upon him and gave it to David in his
• 28:25
  garments, even to his sword and to his
• 28:27
  bow and to his girdle." You know what
• 28:28
  that means? Jonathan took his authority
• 28:31
  as the king's son
• 28:33
  >> and said, "It ain't mine no more.
• 28:36
  I'm going to place it on David." You
• 28:39
  know what Jonathan was saying? I'm not
• 28:41
  next in line. And Saul's not even king.
• 28:45
  But David,
• 28:46
  >> Amen.
• 28:47
  >> He's king.
• 28:48
  >> That's right.
• 28:49
  >> Amen. Let me say this to you. The night
• 28:51
  that you got saved, you know what
• 28:52
  happened?
• 28:54
  >> You had to take your the authority that
• 28:56
  you thought you had.
• 28:57
  >> Them rags. Amen. Them robes of
• 29:00
  unrighteousness.
• 29:01
  You know what the Bible says? That all
• 29:03
  he was made to be sin for us who knew no
• 29:05
  sin that we might be made the
• 29:06
  righteousness of God in him. And so he
• 29:09
  takes our filthy rags and puts his robe
• 29:11
  of righteousness onto us. And you know
• 29:14
  what happens? He becomes our king.
• 29:16
  You're
• 29:16
  >> right.
• 29:18
  >> The covenant. There's a new
• 29:20
  relationship. There's a needed
• 29:22
  relinquishing of the garments
• 29:23
  recognizing his authority is now placed
• 29:26
  on David. And I notice this. You see, we
• 29:31
  see the companionship and the covenant,
• 29:34
  the curse and the covenant. But note
• 29:36
  fourthly, and I want I want to just take
• 29:38
  just a few minutes. I'll be done here
• 29:40
  tonight. Notice the conflict.
• 29:42
  Just as soon as Jonathan and David are
• 29:46
  knit together,
• 29:47
  >> just as soon as this new relationship
• 29:50
  begins, it's not even five verses later
• 29:52
  that the flesh is rearing up his head.
• 29:55
  >> Notice what your Bible says. David has
• 29:58
  wrought victory. And in this text,
• 30:00
  because of his victory, David is getting
• 30:02
  praise. And I'll say this, he deserves
• 30:04
  all glory, honor, and praise tonight.
• 30:07
  Amen. To him alone be glory, honor, and
• 30:10
  dominion, all power. The angels, they
• 30:12
  cry holy, holy, holy to Jesus night and
• 30:15
  day, worshiping him for who he is. Amen.
• 30:18
  Perfect and holy and spotless and
• 30:20
  sinless. Amen. And he deserves the
• 30:22
  praise. But I'll tell you this tonight,
• 30:24
  your flesh does not like to praise him.
• 30:27
  Amen. IT DOESN'T LIKE WHEN OTHER PEOPLE
• 30:29
  PRAISE HIM. AMEN. Notice verse number
• 30:31
  six of 1st Samuel 18. And it came to
• 30:34
  pass as they came when David was
• 30:36
  returned from the slaughter of the
• 30:38
  Philistine that the women came out of
• 30:40
  all cities of Israel singing and dancing
• 30:43
  to meet King Saul with tabras with joy
• 30:45
  with instruments of music. And the women
• 30:48
  answered one another as they played and
• 30:49
  said, "Saul slain his thousands and
• 30:52
  David is 10 thousands. And Saul was
• 30:56
  what? Very wroth."
• 30:59
  And the saying displeased him. And he
• 31:01
  said, "They've ascribed unto David 10
• 31:03
  thousands, and to me they have ascribed
• 31:05
  but thousands. And what can he have more
• 31:08
  but the kingdom?"
• 31:10
  And what you find in this verse tonight
• 31:12
  is what begins the rivalry
• 31:15
  between this man David and this man
• 31:18
  Saul.
• 31:19
  Now, I want to remind you tonight, we're
• 31:22
  talking about the world, the flesh, and
• 31:24
  you.
• 31:25
  >> But now there's a new character in the
• 31:27
  in the battle. Who is this? Christ. You
• 31:29
  know what happened when you got saved?
• 31:31
  The Holy Ghost took up a bode in your
• 31:33
  heart. The person of Jesus Christ lives
• 31:34
  within you.
• 31:36
  >> And so the Bible says that the spirit
• 31:38
  lustth against the flesh and the flesh
• 31:40
  lust against the spirit. There's the war
• 31:42
  between the holy part of man and the
• 31:45
  sinful part of man each and every day of
• 31:48
  our life. There's a this body of death.
• 31:50
  Paul said, "Who shall deliver me from
• 31:52
  this body of death?" What was he talking
• 31:53
  ABOUT? HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE BATTLE
• 31:54
  WITHIN. And in this battle, David here
• 31:58
  is hated by Saul. And and just like your
• 32:01
  flesh, your flesh hates Christ and
• 32:03
  everything about who he is, everything
• 32:05
  that he demands. And what you find here
• 32:07
  in this text is is that Jonathan is
• 32:10
  caught between in the middle in the
• 32:12
  crosshairs of Saul. And Saul's trying to
• 32:14
  take out David.
• 32:17
  >> And for the next 10 chapters, matter of
• 32:19
  fact, the next 12 chapters,
• 32:22
  Saul is going to chase David.
• 32:25
  And I notice in this conflict you you
• 32:28
  see it takes place in this chapter.
• 32:30
  Jonathan is watching for David. Chapter
• 32:33
  number 19:2 Jonathan Saul's son
• 32:36
  delighted much in David. Remember he
• 32:38
  loved him. And Jonathan told David
• 32:41
  saying, "Saul, my father seeketh to kill
• 32:43
  thee." You see in chapter 18, Saul tried
• 32:45
  to drive him through with a javelin two
• 32:47
  times. The Bible says chapter 19 he
• 32:50
  tries to do it again. He's trying to
• 32:52
  take David out. hates him because he's
• 32:54
  stealing his glory away. He's taken away
• 32:56
  his honor. He He's He's taken away all
• 32:59
  that he desires for himself. Let me say
• 33:01
  this tonight to you, child of God. When
• 33:03
  you get right with God and start
• 33:05
  following WITH HIM, YOUR FLESH IS NOT
• 33:07
  going to like it. Amen. It is not going
• 33:09
  to like to follow God. It is not going
• 33:11
  to like to PRAISE GOD AND BE obedient
• 33:13
  unto him. What I'm saying is this IS
• 33:15
  THAT YOUR FLESH IS GOING TO DO
• 33:17
  EVERYTHING TO SHUT OUT THE VOICE OF GOD
• 33:19
  IN YOUR LIFE.
• 33:22
  So he tries to take him out. Jonathan's
• 33:25
  watching for him though. Chapter 19
• 33:27
  verse two. Jonathan's not only watching
• 33:30
  for David, but Jonathan's also willing
• 33:32
  to do whatever David asks. Chapter 20
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  and verse number four.
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  Saul's asking after him again. And D
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  Jonathan says this. Then said Jonathan
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  unto David, "Whatsoever thy soul
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  desireth, I will even do it for thee."
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  Jonathan loves David. He's desiring to
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  help David be delivered. And you say,
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  "Preacher, you you Jesus doesn't need
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  deliverance from our flesh." And I
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  understand that tonight, but figure out
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  the picture the typology with me. Your
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  flesh tonight is after the influence of
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  Christ in your life.
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  >> And if it can hinder you from reading
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  your Bible and getting on your knees and
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  praying and coming to the house of God,
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  it's going to do everything that it can
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  to do so. And you're going to HAVE TO
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  GUARD THOSE PLACES IN YOUR LIFE. WELL,
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  >> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH INTO THOSE
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  PLACES. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
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  WILLING TO DO WHATEVER HE ASKS.
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  >> RIGHT?
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  >> He's watching. He's willing, but he's
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  also waiting. You see, in this text, and
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  I've not got time to preach it all, but
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  I just want to share this thought with
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  you, Jonathan's waiting for David.
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  Verses 25 of 1st Samuel 20 all the way
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  through verse 32, Jonathan goes and sits
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  at his father's table and trying to to
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  make intercession for David. Saul is
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  bitter. Saul is is is ready to destroy
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  David. He becomes so bitter at Jonathan.
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  Notice what the Bible says in verse
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  number 30. Jonathan tells Saul, he says,
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  "Look, Saul, David just wanted to go
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  back to his family for a little while,
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  just trying to see whether or not how
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  angry Saul was at David." And the Bible
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  said in verse 30, "Then Saul's anger was
• 35:06
  kindled against Jonathan. And he said
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  unto him, "Thou son of the perverse
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  rebellious woman, do not I know that
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  thou has chosen the son of Jesse to
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  thine own confusion, and under the
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  confusion of thy mother's nakedness, for
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  as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon
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  the ground, thou shalt not be
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  established, nor thy kingdom." Let me
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  say this for just a minute. All right.
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  Saul's saying, "Look, Jonathan, as long
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  as David's living, you'll never reign."
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  >> Right?
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  >> This is what your flesh going to tell
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  you every day of your life. Come on.
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  >> As long as Jesus is on the throne of
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  your heart, you're never going to enjoy
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  what you want to do. That's
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  >> right.
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  >> You're never going to get to the place
• 35:45
  that you want to get. That's what your
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  flesh is going to tell you. Notice verse
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  number 32. And Jonathan answered Saul
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  his father and said unto him, "Wherefore
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  shall he be slain? What hath he done?"
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  Verse 33, notice this. "AND SAUL CAST A
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  JAVELIN at him."
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  Saul's tried to kill David at least
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  twice, possibly three times. And now
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  HERE IN THIS TEXT, NOT ONLY DAVID, HE'S
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  NOW THROWN AT HIS OWN SON.
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  >> You say, "PREACHER, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
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  WELL, REMEMBER THAT he cursed him in
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  chapter number 14. NOW, IN THIS TEXT,
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  HE'S TRYING TO KILL HIM.
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  >> YOUR FLESH WILL TRY ITS BEST TO TAKE YOU
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  OUT IF YOU ALLOW IT TO.
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  >> SAUL HERE IN THE TEXT WANTED JONATHAN
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  DEAD BECAUSE JONATHAN WAS NOT OBEYING
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  HIS COMMAND. LET ME SAY THIS TONIGHT.
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  When you start serving God,
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  You just remember this. This old body
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  going to shut down.
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  >> You ever wondered why preachers have the
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  worst health
• 36:43
  >> of anybody?
• 36:48
  >> They have the worst health of anybody.
• 36:50
  It's not always just because they don't
• 36:51
  take care of themselves.
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  >> Right? Come on.
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  >> I tell you, it's because the flesh don't
• 36:56
  like serving God.
• 36:57
  >> Right?
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  >> No, I don't want to SERVE GOD. JONATHAN,
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  SHUT UP. YOU'RE WORKING FOR DAVID. IF
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  YOU'RE CONSPIRING AGAINST ME,
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  >> I'm saying there's a conflict.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> YOUR FLESH DOES NOT LIKE IT. Jonathan is
• 37:12
  waiting for David. And just like David,
• 37:14
  HE HAS A JAVELIN thrown at him. JUST
• 37:17
  LIKE TRYING TO SHUT OUT THE VOICE OF
• 37:19
  GOD. If the flesh will cannot shut out
• 37:22
  THE VOICE OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE, THEN
• 37:24
  IT'LL RESORT TO THE NEXT AND ONLY THING
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  IT CAN DO. IT'LL TRY TO KEEP YOU FROM
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  listening to it. Right. Come on.
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  >> There's a conflict.
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  He's watching. He's willing. He's
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  waiting. But I I wish I could tell you
• 37:39
  that this ends better than it does. You
• 37:41
  see, Jonathan protects, preserves. And
• 37:45
  what happens in this chapter?
• 37:47
  He protects and preserves David. But
• 37:49
  what does he do? He points David away.
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  The sad part of this story is though he
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  watched, was willing, and waited for
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  David, he still walked away from David.
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  Right?
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  >> Notice this in the text. The Bible says
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  in verse number 40 of this same chapter,
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  "And Jonathan gave his artillery unto
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  his lad and said unto him, go carry them
• 38:09
  to the city." And as soon as the lad was
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  gone, David arose out of a place toward
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  the south and fell on his face toward
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  the ground and bowed himself three
• 38:17
  times. And they kissed one another and
• 38:18
  wept with one another until David
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  exceeded. And Jonathan said to David,
• 38:22
  "Go in peace,
• 38:25
  for as much as we have both sworn both
• 38:27
  of us, in the name of the Lord, saying,
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  The Lord be between me and thy my seed
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  and thy seed forever." And he arose and
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  departed. And notice that last phrase,
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  "And Jonathan
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  went into the city." Now, look, there's
• 38:40
  a whole lot more preaching this and
• 38:42
  there's a whole another message that I
• 38:43
  have on this text. Here's the point I'm
• 38:45
  trying to make. After everything that
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  Jonathan does for David,
• 38:50
  at the end of it all, he says, "All
• 38:52
  right, David, you go your way. We've
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  made our covenant."
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  What does he do? He goes back into the
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  city.
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  >> What was the city? That was his father's
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  house.
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  >> Yeah,
• 39:05
  >> that's good.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, what's the imagery?"
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  JONATHAN CHOSE SAUL,
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  >> RIGHT?
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  >> Over David.
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  You know what believers are doing every
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  day?
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  >> Come on.
• 39:18
  >> And it's where we live in.
• 39:21
  They're choosing to follow the flesh,
• 39:24
  >> right?
• 39:25
  >> Rather than follow the spirit.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, what's the tragedy
• 39:31
  of this?" Well, you're only going to
• 39:33
  find one more time that David and
• 39:35
  Jonathan, to the best of my studies,
• 39:36
  Brother Wayne, the the you're only going
• 39:38
  to find one more time that David and
• 39:40
  Jonathan meet.
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  Chapter number 23.
• 39:45
  1st Samuel 23 verse number 16. And
• 39:47
  Jonathan's son son arose and went to
• 39:49
  David, notice this, into the wood. He
• 39:51
  went to a hiding place just to see David
• 39:53
  for a little while and strengthened his
• 39:56
  hand in God. And he said unto him, "Fear
• 39:57
  not, for the hand of Saul my father
• 39:59
  shall not find thee, and thou shalt be
• 40:01
  king over Israel, and I shall be next
• 40:03
  unto thee." I'll go back to that in a
• 40:05
  minute. "And that also Saul my father
• 40:07
  knoweth." I want to get to this last
• 40:08
  phrase of verse 18. Notice this. And
• 40:11
  David abode in the wood. And what your
• 40:12
  Bible say?
• 40:14
  >> And Jonathan went to his house.
• 40:16
  >> Yeah.
• 40:18
  >> Jonathan goes all the way back to see
• 40:19
  David again, but he only stays for just
• 40:22
  a moment. He turns around, goes back to
• 40:25
  his house. You say, "Preacher, what's
• 40:27
  the indictment of this?"
• 40:29
  Jonathan was willing to do whatever
• 40:32
  David wanted except
• 40:35
  identify with him.
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  >> You know what Jonathan should have done?
• 40:41
  He should have left Saul's house and he
• 40:43
  should have went and followed David.
• 40:45
  >> Right?
• 40:46
  >> You say, "PREACHER, HOW DO YOU KNOW
• 40:47
  THAT? HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT JONATHAN
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  SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED DAVID?" WELL, turn
• 40:51
  with me back to chapter 31.
• 40:58
  We've seen the conflict.
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  Remember, the world's still present. The
• 41:03
  Philistines are still ling.
• 41:07
  DAVID'S OUT ON HIS OWN. LET ME SAY THIS.
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  CHAPTER 30, David gets victory against
• 41:12
  the Amalachites with his men. HE HAS
• 41:14
  VICTORY. HE DESTROYS THE AMALACHITES.
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  THEY SPOIL THEIR GOODS. HE GETS HIS
• 41:19
  WIVES BACK. He had there's rejoicing.
• 41:21
  THERE'S THERE'S PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS
• 41:23
  AT THE SPOIL OF THE ENEMY. And chapter
• 41:26
  31 shows up and look what happens now.
• 41:29
  The Philistines fought against Israel.
• 41:32
  And the men of Israel fled from before
• 41:33
  the Philistines and fell down slain in
• 41:35
  Mount Gilboa. And the Philistines
• 41:38
  followed hard upon Saul and upon his
• 41:39
  sons. And see it again. And the
• 41:41
  Philistines
• 41:43
  slew
• 41:45
  Jonathan.
• 41:47
  You know what that tells me? The world
• 41:50
  will take you out.
• 41:52
  >> You know why the world took Jonathan
• 41:54
  out?
• 41:56
  Because he was following his flesh.
• 41:59
  >> Jonathan died because Jonathan followed
• 42:02
  Saul into the battle against the world.
• 42:06
  And if you stand to fight the world, you
• 42:09
  know what's going to happen? If you
• 42:10
  stand with the flesh AND NOT WITH DAVID
• 42:12
  AND NOT WITH JESUS, YOU WILL DIE EVERY
• 42:16
  SINGLE TIME. YOU CANNOT WIN A SPIRITUAL
• 42:19
  BATTLE WITH A FLESHLY WEAPON. THAT'S
• 42:21
  WHAT HE SAID IN THE BOOK OF CORINTHIANS,
• 42:24
  2 Corinthians 10 and verse three. HE
• 42:26
  SAID, "THOUGH WE WALK AFTER THE FLESH,
• 42:28
  WE DO NOT WAR AFTER THE FLESH."
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  >> What happens? Jonathan dies prematurely.
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  Think about this. I'm done tonight. The
• 42:39
  conclusion.
• 42:41
  Jonathan number one never saw victory
• 42:43
  over the Philistines.
• 42:46
  Matter of fact, he died at the hand of
• 42:48
  the Philistines. When you follow the
• 42:50
  flesh, you will never see victory over
• 42:52
  the world.
• 42:54
  >> Never see it. Jonathan never saw victory
• 42:57
  over the Philistines. Victory comes when
• 43:00
  David fights. 2 Samuel 8:1. and put it
• 43:03
  in your margin. The Philistines are
• 43:05
  defeated at the hand of David. David is
• 43:08
  the only one that ever defeated and
• 43:10
  discomed completely the in the
• 43:12
  Philistines.
• 43:14
  >> Jesus is the only one that can defeat
• 43:16
  this world in your life. Did you hear
• 43:19
  what I said?
• 43:20
  >> Jesus, the Holy Ghost is the only one
• 43:24
  that can defeat the influence of the
• 43:26
  world in your life. Jonathan never saw
• 43:29
  victory, but I'll say this, Jonathan
• 43:31
  never reigned.
• 43:34
  You say, "Preacher, he wasn't supposed
• 43:35
  to rain. David was." No, he was supposed
• 43:37
  to rain.
• 43:38
  >> Notice what the text says. Chapter 23 of
• 43:40
  1st Samuel.
• 43:44
  See, Jonathan and David, I'm I'm going
• 43:47
  somewhere. Stay with me. All right. This
• 43:48
  all ties together.
• 43:50
  >> 1 Samuel 23:1 17.
• 43:53
  Fear not, for the hand of Saul, my
• 43:55
  father shall not find thee, and thou
• 43:57
  shalt be king over Israel. Notice this.
• 44:00
  and I shall be next
• 44:02
  >> unto thee. And that also saw my father
• 44:05
  knoweth.
• 44:07
  What are we tonight in Jesus Christ? We
• 44:10
  are hes and joint hes
• 44:13
  >> with Jesus.
• 44:14
  >> Amen.
• 44:15
  >> Come on.
• 44:17
  >> Let me say this to you tonight. You will
• 44:19
  never know what it's like to reign in
• 44:20
  victory in this life with Jesus
• 44:23
  as long as you're following your flesh.
• 44:25
  You're
• 44:25
  >> right.
• 44:27
  Jonathan followed Saul to his grave and
• 44:29
  never knew what it was like to reign
• 44:31
  with David.
• 44:35
  >> Jonathan never saw victory. Jonathan
• 44:37
  never reigned in his father'sstead.
• 44:39
  Jonathan never had fellowship with David
• 44:42
  again.
• 44:45
  >> Jonathan, as far as I can tell from what
• 44:47
  the Bible says, only saw David one more
• 44:50
  time
• 44:51
  after he went back into the city. And
• 44:54
  what is this? All of this is because of
• 44:56
  who he let control his life,
• 44:58
  >> right?
• 45:00
  >> He let Saul lead him.
• 45:02
  >> He was more concerned about what daddy
• 45:04
  said.
• 45:06
  David was king. JONATHAN KNEW THAT. Saul
• 45:10
  knew it. What happened? Jonathan allowed
• 45:13
  the influence of Saul to override the
• 45:18
  influence of David.
• 45:20
  >> Let me say this in your life. Just
• 45:22
  because you allow the flesh to override
• 45:24
  the influence of Christ in your life
• 45:25
  does not make Christ weak. You're
• 45:27
  >> right.
• 45:28
  >> Christ is a gentleman.
• 45:29
  >> Amen.
• 45:30
  >> He doesn't force himself on anybody.
• 45:32
  >> Right?
• 45:33
  >> And that's why when David was given
• 45:35
  chance after chance after chance to take
• 45:37
  out Saul, you know what happened? He
• 45:39
  said, "I'm not going to touch him."
• 45:41
  >> Right?
• 45:41
  >> God's going to deal with him.
• 45:43
  >> Amen.
• 45:43
  >> Let me say this to you tonight. If you
• 45:46
  don't deal with it, nobody else can.
• 45:49
  >> Right? Those of you that's watching over
• 45:51
  live stream, I really believe the Lord
• 45:53
  had me preach this for this reason.
• 45:56
  You've been at home. You've had the
• 45:59
  opportunity of a lot of free time. Let
• 46:01
  me ask you, what you been doing?
• 46:03
  >> Good.
• 46:04
  >> Come on.
• 46:05
  >> Look, I hate to go here tonight, but I
• 46:07
  have to. What you been looking at?
• 46:10
  >> What you been listening to?
• 46:12
  >> What is influencing you?
• 46:14
  These days can bring revival to your
• 46:17
  home.
• 46:17
  >> Come on. or they can bring destruction.
• 46:20
  You're
• 46:20
  >> right.
• 46:21
  >> All of this, Jonathan died because of
• 46:24
  who he let control of his life. Jonathan
• 46:27
  never got over the grip of his father.
• 46:30
  You're
• 46:30
  >> right.
• 46:31
  >> Saul had a grip on him.
• 46:33
  >> Here's the truth tonight. Your flesh has
• 46:35
  a grip on you. And if you allow it to,
• 46:39
  it will take you to your grief. You're
• 46:41
  >> right.
• 46:41
  >> You'll never know what it's like to have
• 46:43
  victory. You'll never know what it's
• 46:45
  like to reign. And you'll never know
• 46:46
  what it's like to have fellowship with
• 46:48
  God the way you're supposed to. Every
• 46:51
  head bowed and every eye closed for just
• 46:52
  a moment of time. Just going to pray
• 46:55
  this evening. That's all I'm going to
• 46:56
  do. No play playing or anything like
• 46:58
  that. But I want to ask you this.
• 47:01
  Truth is in all of our lives, those
• 47:03
  three things are present. The world, the
• 47:04
  flesh, and you. The world will destroy
• 47:08
  you if you let the flesh control you.
• 47:12
  Father, I pray in Jesus name tonight.
• 47:16
  Lord, I don't know what needs are
• 47:17
  present. Lord, I don't know what needs
• 47:19
  are, Lord, over the airways tonight.
• 47:22
  Lord, whoever's listening, however
• 47:24
  they're listening, I don't know how many
• 47:25
  days to come. Father, there'll be people
• 47:27
  listening to this. But God, this is what
• 47:30
  I do know. Lord, I know if we refuse the
• 47:34
  influence of Jesus in our life, the
• 47:38
  flesh will overtake us
• 47:40
  >> and it will lead us to destruction.
• 47:43
  It will lead us to a place where there
• 47:45
  is no joy, there is no victory, and
• 47:49
  there is no happiness and peace in you.
• 47:52
  And Lord, I realize tonight I preach
• 47:54
  primarily to the save. But if there's
• 47:56
  somebody that's listening tonight that's
• 47:58
  lost, God, they don't even know what
• 48:00
  it's like to know David or they never
• 48:03
  had that relationship and God, they're
• 48:06
  serving that cruel taskmaster.
• 48:08
  Lord, they're just following the flesh
• 48:10
  around,
• 48:11
  >> letting the world control them, they're
• 48:12
  headed for destruction.
• 48:14
  Lord, I'm thankful that I believe
• 48:16
  because of Jonathan's heart for David, I
• 48:18
  believe he's in heaven. I know David's
• 48:21
  there. But Lord, I know this tonight,
• 48:24
  God, if somebody dies lost without
• 48:26
  knowing you, without being saved under
• 48:28
  the free pardon of sin by the blood of
• 48:30
  Christ, Lord, they will die and go to
• 48:33
  hell. And Lord, I pray tonight if
• 48:35
  there's somebody listening to my voice
• 48:37
  that's lost, I pray God tonight that
• 48:39
  they would come to you. And Lord, they
• 48:41
  would come to you and just ask, Father,
• 48:43
  for your forgiveness, number one, God,
• 48:45
  recognizing that they're a sinner and
• 48:47
  realizing that their sin condemns them
• 48:49
  to a place called hell. Lord, hell was
• 48:52
  not made for them. Lord, it was made for
• 48:54
  the devil and his angels. And God, all
• 48:56
  those that follow this world and the
• 48:58
  prince of the power of the air will go
• 49:00
  to that place. They'll suffer their
• 49:02
  torment forever. But God, you made a way
• 49:05
  of escaped. And Lord, you wrote in your
• 49:07
  word, you said Paul said, "I'm not
• 49:09
  ashamed. The gospel of Christ, for it's
• 49:11
  the power of God under salvation to
• 49:12
  everyone that believeth." And so, Lord,
• 49:15
  we know tonight, Lord, that there's not
• 49:16
  a person that you can't save. There's
• 49:18
  not a person that you're not willing to
• 49:20
  save. Lord, you told us that you're not
• 49:22
  slack concerning your promises. Some men
• 49:24
  count slackness, but you're
• 49:25
  long-suffering to us.
• 49:26
  not willing that any should perish,
• 49:28
  >> but that all should come to repentance.
• 49:31
  And Holy Ghost, I pray right now, Lord,
• 49:34
  if there's somebody under the sound of
• 49:36
  my voice that's lost, I pray they'd cry
• 49:37
  out to you, recognizing their sin.
• 49:40
  >> And Lord, I pray they'd ask you, Jesus
• 49:43
  Christ, the one that died for them,
• 49:45
  lived for them, died for them, and rose
• 49:46
  again so that they could be saved. So
• 49:49
  that I could be saved. And Lord, I know
• 49:52
  I'm safe tonight because I trusted you
• 49:55
  and I still trust you right now in this
• 49:57
  moment. And Lord, I pray for those,
• 49:59
  Lord, are listening. God, I pray right
• 50:01
  now they'll trust you and be saved. And
• 50:04
  Lord, I ask you, God, tonight, Lord, for
• 50:07
  the rest of us, God, that are saved,
• 50:09
  Lord. Would you help us?
• 50:11
  >> Lord, don't let us drown out your voice,
• 50:14
  >> God. There's so much Lord to make it
• 50:17
  quiet in our life if we're not careful.
• 50:21
  God, help us to have our ear open for
• 50:23
  that still small voice for you to speak
• 50:25
  to us and help us to be obedient to you
• 50:28
  when you speak. Lord, I love you and I
• 50:30
  thank you for this time. We ask it all
• 50:32
  in Jesus name. Amen.
• 50:35
  >> Amen. Well, I appreciate the Lord. Don't
• 50:38
  you? Amen. God's good. I appreciate you
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  being here tonight, church. Thank you to
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  all those that's watching with us over
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  way live stream. Thank you for being on
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  and listening with us tonight. Thank you
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  for those that came tonight. I
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  appreciate you very much. And I'll say
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  this, we don't have to let the flesh
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  control us. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> We can have victory. Amen. I love each
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  and every one of you and I appreciate
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  you coming tonight. I'll let you go
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  ahead and get on the road. Know it's
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  getting cold and I don't think it's
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  snowing. I can't see any out there. So
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  anyway, amen. I love each one of you.
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  Let me say this. Those of you that's
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  watching by way of live stream, if you
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  have a need, let us know, okay? Please
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  let us know if you need something. Our
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  church members, shutins, all of you,
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  please let us know if you have a need
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  and we'll do our best to help you. But I
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  appreciate you. I love you, church. Good
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  night and God bless you.
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  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
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  We'd love it if you join us in person
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  the next time you are able at Meadows
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  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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  2988 Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
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  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
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  worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
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  evening Bible study at 7:00 p.m. For
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  more information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.