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 Evening. Good to see you all here tonight. Today, this evening, we'll be reading from 1 Samuel 20.

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 I've entitled this sermon, The King Who Divides, so it's another episode in the life of Saul and David.

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 So the new year isn't all that old yet. In 2018 saw the close of the commemoration of the centenary of the end of the First World War.

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 Here are the kings on the three major powers that were in the First World War.

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 So this was obviously a major division that caused massive loss of life and suffering all through Europe.

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 They were really thinking about last year.

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 And the interesting thing about these three men is that they're all cousins.

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 All these kings that were formed up against each other and took their country to war against each other were related.

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 They were all cousins. King George, Kaiser Bill, or Kaiser Wilhelm, I should say, and Tsar Nicholas of Russia were all cousins related through their grandmother, Queen Victoria,

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 who acquired the nickname, the Mother of Europe, because many of the monarchs of the time in Europe were descended from Queen Victoria.

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 And the reason I thought of this and this division and this conflict was division is the big theme of this passage tonight.

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 The division we'll see here is not because of an argument in this sense or a sort of family dispute because of something like the First World War.

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 It's because one person is God's chosen king, David, and the other, Saul, is rejected.

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 So this division is based on each one's obedience or disobedience to God's will.

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 Up until this point previously in the life of David and Saul, we've seen the slow demise and decline of Saul.

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 We see how he's completely self-absorbed and only getting worse.

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 He's so intent on retaining the kingship, he'll ignore God and his will by trying to kill God's anointed king.

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 So this chapter is just another incident that shows how far Saul has come on his journey,

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 how far Saul has left good sense and God's will.

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 And all through this process of being chased and abused by Saul, how David has obeyed God and the king,

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 the king that's trying to kill him, even though he knows he is the rightful king.

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 So, a faithful friend from verses 1 to 23.

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 If you'll join me in looking at verse 1 of the passage,

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 we read and see that David has fled from Nioth at Ramah, where Saul chased him to.

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 He's come to seek out Jonathan, King Saul's son, to ask him a question and seek his help.

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 David asked Jonathan in the second part of this verse that we've read,

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 What have I done? What is my crime?

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 How have I wronged your father that he is trying to kill me?

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 So David has come before Jonathan and potentially put himself in danger.

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 Jonathan is Saul's son and may show loyalty to his father Saul by betraying David or killing himself.

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 But Jonathan replies in verse 2,

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 You are not going to die.

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 So Jonathan is not going to betray or harm David.

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 And then in verse 4, reveals to us Jonathan's heart and mind where David is concerned.

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 He says to David,

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 Whatever you want me to do, I'll do for you.

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 Which is remarkable. It's mind-blowing.

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 David has come to Jonathan seeking his help.

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 David is the inferior and Jonathan the superior.

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 David is an important man in the kingdom, an army commander and the king's son-in-law,

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 but still not as important as Jonathan.

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 Jonathan is like Prince Charles here.

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 He's like the Prince of Wales of Israel.

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 So when he says to David his inferior who is running for his life,

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 they will do whatever he can to help him.

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 Jonathan asks, as I've said, as a faithful friend to David.

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 He puts himself under his inferior, at his command,

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 because he recognises David as God's true king, as his true king.

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 Even in spite of who he is,

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 and that his father is currently on the throne,

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 during this chapter,

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 Jonathan behaves as a faithful friend to David,

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 the true king.

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 And then going down to the next verse,

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 verse 5,

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 and if you'll look there,

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 in verse 5,

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 so David said,

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 look, tomorrow is the new moon feast,

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 and I'm supposed to dine with the king,

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 but let me go and hide in the field

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 until the evening of the day after tomorrow.

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 So David is devising this plan

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 to sound out Saul's intentions

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 and see what he means to do to him,

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 and also to convince Jonathan

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 that his father is out to get him.

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 So David was an important attendant of King Saul

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 by this point.

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 He was expected to be at this new moon feast,

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 to be at this new moon festival.

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 So with his absence,

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 David will be able to tell,

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 along with Jonathan,

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 what Saul intends to do,

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 without a shadow of a doubt,

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 what he wants to do to David.

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 At the end of the plan,

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 in verse 8,

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 David invokes the covenant

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 they had sworn between them

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 two chapters before in chapter 18.

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 A covenant just being a sworn,

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 holy, sacred agreement

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 between two parties promising

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 faithful, loving kindness.

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 So a modern day example

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 of a covenant would be marriage.

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 Obviously in marriage,

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 two people promise themselves

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 to forsake all others,

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 all others in front of witnesses.

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 So David and Jonathan

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 have a sworn covenant

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 much like this,

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 between them,

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 but with God as their witness.

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 And in verse 8,

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 when it says,

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 as for you,

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 show kindness

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 to your servant.

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 That word kindness,

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 although the NIV,

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 the New International Version,

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 translates that word

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 as kindness,

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 a better translation

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 of that word kindness

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 there would be

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 faithful, loving kindness.

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 So kindness is part of it,

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 but it doesn't fully cover

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 the breadth and depth

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 of this word

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 in the original Hebrew.

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 It has to be built

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 in mutual love

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 for each other,

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 to be bound up

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 with loyalty

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 and friendship.

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 And then from verses 12

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 to 23,

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 this covenant is renewed

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 and extended

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 beyond David

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 and Jonathan

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 to their descendants

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 as well.

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 And if you look

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 with me at the end

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 of verse 13,

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 it says,

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 may the Lord be with you

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 as he has been

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 with my father.

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 So Jonathan is in

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 this conversation

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 with David.

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 He's standing before him

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 and by saying that

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 he's saying,

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 the Lord's favour

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 has been withdrawn

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 from my father.

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 And it's been given

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 to you.

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 Along with the Lord's favour,

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 he has also given

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 David the kingdom.

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 He's also given you

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 the kingdom.

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 So Jonathan is acknowledging

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 here David's rightful

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 place as king

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 and his rightful place

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 as a humble subject

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 of God's king.

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 And then Jonathan

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 then goes on to say

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 in the next verse,

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 verse 14,

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 if you look there.

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 Do not ever cut off

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 your kindness

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 from my family.

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 So he's saying here,

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 you're the king,

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 your line will be

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 established over mine

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 and my line

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 will serve yours.

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 Totally relinquishing

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 his status,

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 importance

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 and position

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 to serve God's king

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 and to do God's will

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 over his own.

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 And then David

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 goes on to reaffirm

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 his oath to Jonathan

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 and his descendants.

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 This chapter

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 is a hard one

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 to wrap our heads

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 around as we've

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 sort of said

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 and thought about.

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 It took me ages

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 and I initially

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 sort of got it wrong.

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 However,

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 it has a really valuable

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 lesson for us all

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 and the lesson

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 is learned

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 from how

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 Jonathan

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 conducts himself

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 and what he says

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 in this passage.

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 Jonathan

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 is faced

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 with God's

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 anointed king,

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 the man

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 that God has said

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 will reign after

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 his father.

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 The man

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 that will take

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 his place

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 as the next king

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 and it would be

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 understandable

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 from our sinful

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 position

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 and our sinful

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 point of view

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 if Jonathan

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 had acted

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 like Saul,

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 if Jonathan

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 had opposed

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 David

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 and tried

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 to kill him

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 like Saul

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 did.

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 However,

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 he doesn't.

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 When confronted

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 with the choice

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 between arrogant

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 rebellion

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 and humble

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 obedience,

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 Jonathan

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 chose wisely

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 and took

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 the rightful

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 place

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 as the humble

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 servant of God's

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 anointed king.

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 king,

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 we also face

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 that same

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 choice

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 every day.

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 We are faced

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 with making

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 a decision

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 about our

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 king,

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 Jesus,

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 our true

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 king.

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 Just like

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 David

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 divided

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 Jonathan

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 and Saul,

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 if you look

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 at the screen

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 I've put up

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 a New Testament

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 passage,

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 look chapter

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 14,

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 25 to 27

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 if you turn

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 there in your

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 Bibles,

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 we read

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 about a

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 similar

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 division

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 caused

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 by our

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 king,

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 the Lord

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 Jesus.

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 I'm just

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 going to read

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 this now

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 for us.

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 Large crowds

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 were travelling

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 with Jesus

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 and turning

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 to them

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 he said,

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 if anyone

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 comes to

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 me and

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 does not

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 hate

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 father and

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 mother,

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 wife and

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 children,

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 brothers and

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 sisters,

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 yes,

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 even their

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 own life,

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 such a

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 person cannot

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 be my

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 disciple and

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 whoever does

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 not carry

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 their cross

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 and follow

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 me cannot

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 be my

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 disciple.

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 Don't

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 misunderstand

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 the house

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 for not

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 being

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 Christians

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 and our

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 faith should

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 cause us

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 to argue

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 with people

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 unnecessarily

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 about small

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 issues and

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 small things.

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 In fact,

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 they should

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 give us more

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 love and

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 concern for

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 our family

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 and our

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 friends,

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 so I'm not

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 saying that,

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 so don't

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 go on the

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 phone to

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 anyone when

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 you get

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 back or

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 send out

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 any rash

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 emails.

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 And if

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 you do,

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 it wasn't

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 me telling

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 you to do

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 that.

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 However,

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 we need

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 to know

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 that the

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 Lord Jesus

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 acknowledged

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 that the

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 Christian's

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 faith in

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 him and

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 love for

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 him is

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 going to

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 cause us

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 to be

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 at odds

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 with society,

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 to be

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 at odds

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 with our

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 culture and

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 to be

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 at odds

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 with people

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 within it.

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 It will

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 lead us

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 to being

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 drawn into

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 conflict at

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 times with

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 people we

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 know in

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 various

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 different

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 contexts,

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 in our

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 workplaces,

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 in our

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 schools,

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 universities,

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 and our

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 colleges,

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 socially,

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 and where

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 we meet

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 other people

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 or friends.

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 So we

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 shouldn't

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 look for

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 conflict or

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 argument with

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 our loved

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 ones or

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 anyone else.

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 people.

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 But let's

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 be aware

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 that this

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 division does

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 exist in

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 the Christian's

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 life and

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 in this

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 modern day

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 and it's

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 important that

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 we respond

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 correctly to

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 the Lord

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 Jesus.

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 Respond in

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 faith and

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 obedience.

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 If we don't

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 respond in

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 faith and

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 obedience,

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 then we will

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 find ourselves

00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:50.899
 rejecting the

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 king, which

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 will look

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 different for

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 the people

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 who do.

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 It's not

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 going to look

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 like this in

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 this passage.

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 No one

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 here is going

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 to throw

00:11:58.799 --> 00:11:59.319
 any spears

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 at you or

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 anything like

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 that.

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 So it

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 probably won't

00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:03.100
 look like

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 this, but

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 it will end

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 up, like

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 Saul, frustrated

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 and unfulfilled.

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 And worst

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 of all, each

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 person is going

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 to meet our

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 king Jesus.

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 And if we've

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 rejected him in

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 life and been

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 on the wrong

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 side of this

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 division, then

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 he will reject

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 us in time.

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 So we need to

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 be on the right

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 side of the

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 division.

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 like Jonathan

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 and learn

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 from Saul

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 and his

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 side of

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 division and

00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:31.620
 his reaction

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 to the

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 king.

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 And that

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 leads me on

00:12:35.459 --> 00:12:35.860
 to my next

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 point.

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 So a

00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:39.179
 spiteful king

00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:40.019
 from verses

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 24 to 42.

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 And if you

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 look at me,

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 look at me,

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 look at me,

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 but certainly

00:12:46.259 --> 00:12:46.840
 as well look

00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:47.439
 at verses

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 30 to 31.

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 Saul's anger

00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:52.759
 flared up at

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 Jonathan and he

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 said to him,

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 you son of a

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 perverse and

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 rebellious woman,

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 don't I know

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 that you have

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 sided with the

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 son of Jesse

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 to your own

00:13:01.660 --> 00:13:02.759
 shame and to

00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:03.400
 the shame of

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 the mother who

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 bore you?

00:13:04.900 --> 00:13:05.980
 As long as the

00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:06.580
 son of Jesse

00:13:06.580 --> 00:13:07.240
 lives on this

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 earth, neither

00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:09.660
 you nor your

00:13:09.660 --> 00:13:10.379
 kingdom will be

00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:10.980
 established.

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 Now send and

00:13:12.700 --> 00:13:13.460
 bring him to

00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:14.800
 me, for he

00:13:14.800 --> 00:13:15.680
 must die.

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 So we see

00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:20.000
 in these verses

00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:20.799
 the extent of

00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:21.399
 Saul's decline.

00:13:22.599 --> 00:13:22.859
 He has

00:13:22.859 --> 00:13:23.279
 steadily

00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:23.979
 departed from

00:13:23.979 --> 00:13:24.379
 all good

00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:24.779
 sins.

00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:26.719
 Jonathan has

00:13:26.719 --> 00:13:27.319
 just told his

00:13:27.319 --> 00:13:28.239
 father, Saul,

00:13:28.359 --> 00:13:28.979
 that David will

00:13:28.979 --> 00:13:29.779
 not be present

00:13:29.779 --> 00:13:30.679
 at the new

00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:31.759
 moon feast with

00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:32.479
 the king for

00:13:32.479 --> 00:13:33.139
 the celebration

00:13:33.139 --> 00:13:33.719
 and feasting.

00:13:34.939 --> 00:13:35.799
 David had

00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:36.339
 said to

00:13:36.339 --> 00:13:36.679
 Jonathan,

00:13:36.839 --> 00:13:37.299
 if Saul is

00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:38.479
 calm when you

00:13:38.479 --> 00:13:39.139
 tell him this,

00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:40.500
 then I'm safe

00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:41.459
 and the king

00:13:41.459 --> 00:13:42.179
 doesn't want my

00:13:42.179 --> 00:13:42.519
 life.

00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.939
 And if Saul

00:13:43.939 --> 00:13:44.840
 becomes angry

00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:45.939
 that he and

00:13:45.939 --> 00:13:46.439
 David will be

00:13:46.439 --> 00:13:47.259
 absent from the

00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:49.139
 celebration, then

00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:49.899
 Saul does mean

00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:50.879
 David's harm and

00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.659
 he does want to

00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:52.000
 kill him.

00:13:52.659 --> 00:13:53.299
 So this is

00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:53.960
 confirmed here.

00:13:54.139 --> 00:13:54.939
 He does indeed

00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:56.019
 want to kill

00:13:56.019 --> 00:13:56.199
 him.

00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:59.100
 So let's, I'm

00:13:59.100 --> 00:13:59.600
 going to move on

00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:00.199
 and pick some of

00:14:00.199 --> 00:14:01.279
 this apart so we

00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:01.960
 can understand it

00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:03.259
 a bit better and

00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:04.740
 see the extent of

00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:05.379
 Saul's thinking

00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:07.379
 about David and

00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:08.879
 Jonathan and

00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.860
 really reveal his

00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:10.419
 heart in all

00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:10.679
 this.

00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:14.139
 So you son of

00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:15.379
 a perverse and

00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:16.299
 rebellious woman.

00:14:17.319 --> 00:14:18.359
 This insult is

00:14:18.359 --> 00:14:18.899
 directed at

00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:20.419
 Jonathan rather

00:14:20.419 --> 00:14:21.000
 than his mother

00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:21.979
 as it says,

00:14:22.859 --> 00:14:23.399
 meaning that he's

00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:24.459
 a disobedient son

00:14:24.459 --> 00:14:25.419
 and he should be

00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:26.799
 ashamed of how he

00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:27.659
 has endangered his

00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:28.739
 birthright and

00:14:28.739 --> 00:14:30.099
 turned his back and

00:14:30.099 --> 00:14:30.959
 betrayed his father

00:14:30.959 --> 00:14:31.439
 the king.

00:14:32.599 --> 00:14:33.659
 Don't I know that

00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:34.719
 you have sided with

00:14:34.719 --> 00:14:35.579
 the son of Jesse

00:14:35.579 --> 00:14:36.939
 to your own shame

00:14:36.939 --> 00:14:38.019
 and to the shame

00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:38.839
 of the mother who

00:14:38.839 --> 00:14:39.259
 bore you?

00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:41.100
 When he says

00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.720
 that don't I

00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:42.939
 know, you can

00:14:42.939 --> 00:14:43.899
 almost hear the

00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:44.879
 contempt and

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:45.720
 disgust in his

00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:46.080
 voice.

00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:47.639
 Here he's saying

00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.559
 he's either been

00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:49.159
 told of the

00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:49.860
 covenant between

00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:50.340
 David and

00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:51.519
 Jonathan or

00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:51.860
 that he's been

00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:53.019
 put together the

00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.539
 pieces of the

00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:54.379
 puzzle and

00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:55.559
 worked out and

00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:56.439
 how Jonathan and

00:14:56.439 --> 00:14:57.120
 David treat each

00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:58.100
 other and conduct

00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:58.600
 our friendship.

00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:01.039
 You have sided

00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:02.539
 with the son of

00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:02.860
 Jesse.

00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:04.419
 Here is Saul

00:15:04.419 --> 00:15:05.539
 drawing a division

00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:06.240
 all of his own

00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:07.360
 making between

00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:08.379
 him and David.

00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.360
 There's no need

00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:10.240
 for this but he

00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:12.720
 does it anyway and

00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.279
 he's saying to

00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:14.039
 Jonathan you have

00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:15.320
 sided, you've chosen

00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:16.779
 the wrong side, you

00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:17.539
 have to be loyal to

00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:19.179
 me, I'm the king, I'm

00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:19.720
 your father.

00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:23.220
 When actually Saul

00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:25.799
 should be on the

00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:26.360
 same side as

00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:28.000
 Jonathan supporting

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.939
 David rather than

00:15:28.939 --> 00:15:29.939
 trying to kill him,

00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:32.799
 acknowledging him as

00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.179
 king as opposed to

00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:35.200
 chasing him all over

00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:35.700
 the country.

00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:38.500
 And in this verse

00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:39.660
 when I've underlined

00:15:39.660 --> 00:15:40.460
 the son of Jesse,

00:15:41.040 --> 00:15:41.820
 this is another

00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:43.180
 insult Saul throws

00:15:43.180 --> 00:15:43.660
 at David.

00:15:44.180 --> 00:15:45.300
 Saul hates David so

00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:46.320
 much he will not

00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.160
 even call him by

00:15:47.160 --> 00:15:47.560
 name.

00:15:49.060 --> 00:15:49.920
 Almost trying to

00:15:49.920 --> 00:15:50.700
 take David's

00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.740
 accomplishments and

00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:53.180
 fame from him by

00:15:53.180 --> 00:15:54.280
 invalidating his name

00:15:54.280 --> 00:15:55.200
 and refusing to

00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:55.680
 speak it.

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:58.180
 He calls David

00:15:58.180 --> 00:16:01.020
 this twice as well

00:16:01.020 --> 00:16:02.140
 in verse 31.

00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:04.019
 where he calls for

00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:04.919
 Jonathan to betray

00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:06.799
 David and bring him

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.939
 to Saul so he can

00:16:07.939 --> 00:16:08.840
 kill him.

00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:10.080
 Sighting that

00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:10.939
 Jonathan and his

00:16:10.939 --> 00:16:11.720
 claim to the

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.860
 kingdom will not

00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:14.080
 come to fruition as

00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:15.240
 long as David is

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.699
 alive.

00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:18.199
 Jonathan realises

00:16:18.199 --> 00:16:19.159
 that's not true.

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 Saul however thinks

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 that he will be able

00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.659
 to get rid of David

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 and secure his fame

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 and glory.

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 So let's not be

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 confused.

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 Although Saul

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 speaks to Jonathan

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 and uses the language

00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:32.139
 of Jonathan

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 inheriting the

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 kingdom from Saul

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 Saul is in fact

00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:37.399
 only concerned with

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:37.860
 himself.

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:39.799
 Saul loved the

00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.519
 adulation of the

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 people and the

00:16:41.439 --> 00:16:42.059
 fame it brought

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 and when David

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:44.459
 received more praise

00:16:44.459 --> 00:16:45.599
 and more honour

00:16:45.599 --> 00:16:46.159
 from the people

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 than Saul did

00:16:46.839 --> 00:16:49.559
 that began to turn

00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:50.719
 Saul against David

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 and now we see

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 Saul for what he

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 really is.

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 A spiteful king

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 willing to do

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 anything to hang

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 on to power

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 and fame

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 and glory.

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 In verse 33

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 it goes on

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 to confirm this

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 thinking even

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 further

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 that Saul is

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 only concerned

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 with himself.

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 So in verse 33

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 if you look there

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 now

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 Saul flies into

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 a seething rage

00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:20.460
 with Jonathan.

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 So verse 33

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 says

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 but Saul

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 hurled his spear

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 at him

00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:27.079
 to kill him

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 then Jonathan

00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:28.859
 knew that his

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 father intended

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 to kill David.

00:17:33.619 --> 00:17:34.539
 So Saul

00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.599
 throws his spear

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 at his own

00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:37.400
 son Jonathan

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 at the start

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 of verse 33

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 but not just

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 to kill him

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 it's not just

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.420
 that he wants

00:17:44.420 --> 00:17:44.859
 to kill him

00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:45.500
 and murder him

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.579
 he specifically

00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.440
 tries to kill him

00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:48.460
 the exact same

00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:49.119
 way he tried

00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:50.119
 to kill David

00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:51.019
 earlier in the

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.319
 story.

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 He thinks so

00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.219
 little of Jonathan

00:17:54.219 --> 00:17:55.299
 this humble

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.659
 servant hearted

00:17:56.659 --> 00:17:57.039
 man

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 that he will

00:17:57.879 --> 00:17:59.279
 try and kill

00:17:59.279 --> 00:17:59.659
 him in the

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 same way

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 he tried to

00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:01.679
 kill his

00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.459
 supposedly great

00:18:02.459 --> 00:18:03.459
 enemy David

00:18:03.459 --> 00:18:05.139
 and just the

00:18:05.139 --> 00:18:05.519
 fact that he

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.099
 tries to kill

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 his own son

00:18:06.739 --> 00:18:07.639
 and all this

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.139
 is shocking

00:18:08.139 --> 00:18:10.139
 and then the

00:18:10.139 --> 00:18:10.599
 end of verse

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 33

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 is Jonathan's

00:18:12.379 --> 00:18:13.039
 realisation

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:14.239
 that yes

00:18:14.239 --> 00:18:14.899
 Saul

00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.679
 my father

00:18:15.679 --> 00:18:16.179
 the king

00:18:16.179 --> 00:18:17.299
 is indeed

00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:17.839
 trying to

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.500
 kill David.

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 And you can

00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:22.139
 almost feel

00:18:22.139 --> 00:18:22.699
 and hear

00:18:22.699 --> 00:18:23.339
 the remorse

00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:24.919
 in Jonathan's

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 voice as he

00:18:25.659 --> 00:18:26.299
 comes to that

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:27.000
 realisation

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.779
 that Saul

00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.359
 his father

00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:29.839
 the king

00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:30.759
 is trying to

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.119
 kill his

00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:31.539
 friend

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:32.639
 and this

00:18:32.639 --> 00:18:33.379
 friend is

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 God's chosen

00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:35.339
 king for

00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:36.759
 God's chosen

00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.219
 people.

00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:39.099
 David's been

00:18:39.099 --> 00:18:39.979
 chosen for a

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 very important

00:18:40.699 --> 00:18:41.279
 and special

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.879
 task to

00:18:42.879 --> 00:18:43.699
 steward God's

00:18:43.699 --> 00:18:44.679
 nation Israel

00:18:44.679 --> 00:18:45.339
 as king.

00:18:46.639 --> 00:18:47.500
 Saul had been

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.219
 chosen for the

00:18:48.219 --> 00:18:48.739
 same job

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:51.200
 and he'd

00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.640
 blown it

00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.200
 basically.

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 Rather than

00:18:53.620 --> 00:18:54.079
 being a

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.720
 servant-hearted

00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.640
 king like

00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.279
 God commanded

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:57.099
 and God

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.660
 laid out in

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.079
 his law

00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:59.140
 Saul was

00:18:59.140 --> 00:19:00.900
 proud and

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.319
 used the

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:01.920
 kingship to

00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:02.480
 aggrandise

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:03.400
 himself with

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:03.980
 fame and

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.680
 glory and

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:06.420
 honour at

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:07.120
 the expense of

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:08.819
 God often

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.640
 forgetting God

00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:10.900
 and neglecting

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.660
 God's fame and

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.599
 glory over

00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.039
 his own.

00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.400
 And in

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:15.039
 verse 34

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.480
 Jonathan

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.120
 leaves the

00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:16.480
 king's

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.640
 presence and

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.359
 is ashamed

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.240
 of how

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:20.379
 Saul has

00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:20.719
 treated

00:19:20.719 --> 00:19:21.139
 David.

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.919
 For two

00:19:22.919 --> 00:19:23.339
 reasons.

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 Because David

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.679
 is Jonathan's

00:19:25.679 --> 00:19:27.339
 friend and

00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.979
 because David

00:19:27.979 --> 00:19:29.199
 is God's

00:19:29.199 --> 00:19:30.240
 king and

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:31.379
 Saul is not

00:19:31.379 --> 00:19:31.979
 just sinning

00:19:31.979 --> 00:19:32.799
 against David

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.740
 but against

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.599
 God as

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:34.919
 well.

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.339
 And then

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:37.719
 continuing in

00:19:37.719 --> 00:19:38.559
 verse 41

00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:40.619
 David and

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.139
 Jonathan meet

00:19:41.139 --> 00:19:41.479
 each other

00:19:41.479 --> 00:19:42.199
 once again

00:19:42.199 --> 00:19:45.659
 after Jonathan

00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:46.399
 has used the

00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:46.859
 code of the

00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:47.399
 arrows to

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.280
 communicate that

00:19:48.280 --> 00:19:48.840
 Saul does

00:19:48.840 --> 00:19:49.400
 indeed want

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:49.740
 to kill

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.080
 David.

00:19:51.080 --> 00:19:51.880
 And this is

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.400
 hard to hear

00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:52.880
 for the two

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.340
 friends.

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.759
 Hard because

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.100
 now they

00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:55.640
 must part.

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.759
 Hard because

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.480
 Saul will

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.160
 seemingly stop

00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.720
 at nothing

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.220
 to kill

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:00.580
 David.

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.080
 And hard

00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:02.620
 because the

00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:03.280
 current king

00:20:03.280 --> 00:20:04.019
 of God's

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:05.080
 people is

00:20:05.080 --> 00:20:05.740
 very quickly

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.320
 going off

00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:06.800
 the rails.

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:08.780
 Just like

00:20:08.780 --> 00:20:09.720
 any time you

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.140
 have to say

00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:10.780
 goodbye to a

00:20:10.780 --> 00:20:12.340
 friend you

00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:12.740
 know you won't

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.420
 see again for a

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.340
 long time because

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:15.080
 they live abroad

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.899
 or they have

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.339
 such a busy

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.460
 lifestyle it's

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.000
 hard to meet

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.179
 them.

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.879
 It's hard and

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.659
 painful for

00:20:21.659 --> 00:20:22.220
 Saul and David

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.559
 here.

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.220
 And Saul is

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.799
 very quickly

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:26.379
 descending into

00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:27.539
 madness and

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.079
 violence.

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.720
 Consumed by

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:29.980
 his own

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.460
 importance,

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:32.259
 his fame and

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.539
 the legend that

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.220
 he has actually

00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:34.879
 started to

00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:36.139
 believe about

00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:36.740
 himself.

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.179
 He's forgotten

00:20:38.179 --> 00:20:39.279
 the days when

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.259
 he like David

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.939
 was an ordinary

00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:43.299
 Israelite and

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:43.700
 that God

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.559
 also picked

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.460
 him for

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.079
 the task.

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.099
 God doesn't

00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.919
 work like

00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:49.740
 men and

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.339
 his throne

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:52.700
 is not to

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.299
 be controlled

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:54.039
 as Saul is

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.579
 trying to.

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.859
 That just

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.559
 because Saul

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.279
 sits on the

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.019
 throne that

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.740
 his descendants

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.500
 will as well

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.059
 is an

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.180
 assumption that

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.799
 Saul is working

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.119
 on.

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.779
 Even though

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.819
 Samuel has

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.819
 told Saul the

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.319
 opposite of

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:06.579
 that.

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.680
 And moving

00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.259
 on to the

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.879
 last verse in

00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.379
 the passage,

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.200
 verse 42,

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.359
 if you'll look

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:12.940
 there with me.

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:15.319
 Jonathan said

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.740
 to David,

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.819
 go in peace

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:18.220
 for we have

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:19.339
 sworn friendship

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:21.339
 with each

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:21.879
 other in the

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.299
 name of the

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.579
 Lord,

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:23.519
 saying,

00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:24.579
 the Lord has

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:25.220
 witnessed between

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.859
 you and me

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.799
 and between

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.480
 your descendants

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:28.019
 and my

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.500
 descendants

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.960
 forever.

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.680
 Then David

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.779
 left and

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:33.000
 Jonathan went

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.960
 back to the

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.240
 town.

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.859
 Jonathan sends

00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:37.659
 David away as

00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:38.200
 he said he

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:39.119
 would if his

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.599
 father Saul

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.359
 wanted to kill

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:40.539
 him.

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.000
 Citing their

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.799
 sworn friendship

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.599
 with God as

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:44.039
 our witness,

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.700
 this covenant

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.279
 between them

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.740
 and also

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.299
 between their

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.919
 houses in the

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.240
 future.

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.639
 Jonathan once

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.359
 again pledging

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:52.139
 his loyalty to

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:53.119
 David and the

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.899
 loyalty of his

00:21:53.899 --> 00:21:54.759
 descendants after

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.980
 him to David

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.539
 and his

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.839
 descendants for

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.399
 all time.

00:21:58.399 --> 00:22:00.799
 As we saw in

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.359
 this chapter,

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:03.039
 David is a

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.919
 king who

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.700
 divides opinion,

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:07.079
 splitting Saul

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.159
 from Jonathan.

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:10.060
 he divides

00:22:10.060 --> 00:22:11.259
 father and

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.660
 son.

00:22:13.060 --> 00:22:13.519
 And Saul

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.279
 unfortunately

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:15.140
 finds himself

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.320
 on the wrong

00:22:16.320 --> 00:22:16.900
 side of this

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.259
 division.

00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:18.860
 He finds

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.660
 himself not

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.060
 just set

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:21.080
 against Jonathan

00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:21.900
 and against

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.279
 David,

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.480
 but most

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.420
 importantly set

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 against God,

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 set against

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 God's will,

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 set against

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 God's king.

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 Saul is

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 hard-hearted

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 and refuses

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 to accept,

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 believe,

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.660
 and act

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:38.000
 appropriately in

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.079
 the face of a

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 clear and

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:41.019
 direct word of

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.339
 God.

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 Instead of

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.579
 bowing to

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 this, Saul

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.299
 continues to

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.200
 rage and

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.559
 tries to

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.140
 help Jonathan

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.000
 in the process.

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 Saul by this

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.220
 point is

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.120
 completely caught

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.559
 up in his

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.460
 own fame and

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.880
 ambition.

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 And we face

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:56.920
 the same

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 division which

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 I had mentioned

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 earlier.

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 the division

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 between our

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:02.460
 reaction to

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 the king.

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 Not King

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 David like in

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.080
 the chapter,

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 but our far

00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:07.759
 greater king,

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 King Jesus.

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 And in those

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.860
 verses we looked

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:12.340
 at from the

00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:12.920
 New Testament,

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.019
 from Luke

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 chapter 14,

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 25 to 27,

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.900
 Jesus says

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.299
 that he will

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.160
 divide families,

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.539
 relatives and

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:22.980
 friends.

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 One side of

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.940
 that division is

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:27.440
 with Jesus and

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 the other against

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 him.

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 and the

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.279
 people who

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 are with

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:30.740
 him.

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 This is the

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:33.000
 only true

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.559
 division in

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:33.860
 life.

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.700
 All the time

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.319
 in the news

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.779
 we're hearing

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.240
 about other

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:39.059
 divisions and

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.900
 hostility between

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:41.120
 people over in

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.940
 America, between

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:43.059
 Donald Trump and

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:44.120
 his supporters and

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.580
 the people that

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.240
 oppose him.

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.680
 Over here,

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.799
 Brexit, with

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.340
 people who want

00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:49.259
 to stay in the

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.500
 EU and people

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.019
 who want to

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.340
 leave.

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 And even in

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.860
 Scotland, between

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.720
 those who want

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.700
 independence and

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.380
 those who want

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 to stay as

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.000
 part of the

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.639
 United Kingdom

00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:00.899
 and countless

00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:02.139
 more we can

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:04.139
 think of, such

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.659
 as World War

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:05.399
 I or any

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.019
 other number of

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.939
 ones from the

00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:07.819
 past or from

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.319
 the present.

00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:10.939
 However, none

00:24:10.939 --> 00:24:11.819
 of these divisions

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.539
 that I've

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.399
 mentioned deserve

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:14.759
 as much attention

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.579
 as the division

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.240
 we're discussing

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.919
 here tonight,

00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:19.059
 because this is

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.639
 a life and

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:20.379
 death scenario,

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.919
 i.e.

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:24.420
 everlasting life

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:26.300
 or everlasting

00:24:26.300 --> 00:24:26.920
 punishment.

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:29.420
 If we are with

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:31.320
 Jesus, then we

00:24:31.320 --> 00:24:32.300
 are safe and

00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:33.640
 our future is

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.160
 secure.

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.580
 We will be

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:37.180
 welcomed by

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.580
 Jesus and be

00:24:38.580 --> 00:24:39.640
 given a glorious

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.300
 inheritance.

00:24:41.300 --> 00:24:42.580
 And if we are on

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.620
 the opposite side

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.580
 of this division,

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.980
 then you are in

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.600
 great danger.

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:48.719
 no one knows

00:24:48.719 --> 00:24:49.439
 when their life

00:24:49.439 --> 00:24:50.039
 is at an end.

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.419
 If we die

00:24:51.419 --> 00:24:52.219
 without receiving

00:24:52.219 --> 00:24:53.059
 forgiveness for

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.699
 our sins from

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:55.119
 Jesus, then we

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:56.079
 will find ourselves

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:57.659
 eternally separated

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:59.559
 from Jesus and

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:01.039
 eternally on the

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.279
 wrong side of this

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.199
 much greater

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:04.199
 division.

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.019
 And we will be

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:07.259
 trapped on the

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.980
 wrong side of this

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.319
 division.

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:12.159
 to go back to

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.279
 the First World

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.899
 War, Roger

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.579
 Kipling, a

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.839
 favourite and a

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:18.200
 famous author from

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.379
 that time, wrote

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.939
 in a national

00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:21.399
 newspaper at the

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:22.419
 time in an effort

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.220
 to drum up

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:25.179
 national pride and

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:26.539
 patriotic fervour for

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.179
 the war effort.

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.419
 However the world

00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:30.599
 pretends to divide

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:32.159
 itself, there are

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:33.779
 only two divisions

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.480
 in the world

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.939
 today.

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.859
 Human beings

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:38.159
 and Germans

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.880
 I don't agree

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.140
 with that.

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.500
 Don't take that

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.900
 home with you

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.120
 either.

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.500
 But even in the

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.740
 terrible days of

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.300
 the First World

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:47.540
 War and all the

00:25:47.540 --> 00:25:48.519
 suffering and

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:50.279
 inhumanity, that

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.680
 assertion there is

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.259
 incorrect.

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.960
 And whatever other

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.100
 division we would

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:56.440
 think about today

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.900
 that I've mentioned

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:59.019
 is incorrect.

00:26:00.040 --> 00:26:00.940
 Despite what was

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:02.000
 going on at the

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.960
 time and people's

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:04.060
 feelings and the

00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:05.460
 war and all that,

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.700
 there was only ever

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.740
 been this one

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.620
 divide we have

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.440
 spoken about here

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.220
 this evening.

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:12.200
 The divide between

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.420
 Christians and

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.180
 non-Christians.

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.480
 Those who have

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.839
 been forgiven of

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.720
 their sins by the

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.440
 Lord Jesus and

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.460
 those who have

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.799
 not.

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.920
 If you're here

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:24.200
 tonight as a

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.279
 Christian, again,

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.420
 you're on the

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.120
 correct side of

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:28.380
 this division and

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.160
 you are secure.

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.279
 If you're here

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.960
 this evening as a

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.539
 non-Christian,

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:34.019
 however, then you

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.880
 are on the wrong

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.740
 side of this division

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.680
 from God and

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:38.120
 from Jesus and

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.980
 need to come to

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.559
 Jesus and ask for

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.940
 forgiveness and

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.019
 shelter as well.

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.880
 Let's just pray.

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.599
 Heavenly Father, we

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:52.160
 thank you for your

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.720
 word and what we

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.880
 have read here

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.259
 tonight.

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:58.119
 we thank you that

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:59.299
 you have sent the

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:01.079
 Lord Jesus to

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:04.079
 bring us over this

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:05.500
 divide to yourself,

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.160
 Heavenly Father,

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.819
 that although we are

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.680
 sinners, we can have

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.559
 this forgiveness and

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:12.000
 cross this divide and

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.079
 be secure in the

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:14.259
 knowledge that when

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.799
 the Lord Jesus

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:16.640
 returns again, that

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.379
 we will be on the

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:18.059
 right side of this

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.839
 division and we

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:20.700
 will be welcomed and

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.359
 we will not be

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.819
 rejected.

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:23.919
 Heavenly Father, we

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.879
 just pray that you

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:26.119
 will help us to

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.939
 think in these things

00:27:26.939 --> 00:27:27.579
 and think in your

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:29.019
 word in this week to

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:31.359
 come and think of

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.379
 this division and

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:33.279
 where we are in

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:34.079
 regards to it.

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.700
 And we ask this all

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.480
 in Jesus' name.

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.379
 Amen.

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.480
 Amen.