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 Unmute myself here.

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 Are we good?

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 Well, it's good to see you all here tonight.

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 Let's ask the Lord for our help as we look at his word.

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 Please pray with me.

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 Lord, be with us now as we open your word.

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 God, I pray that you will graciously and kindly, Lord, by your spirit, open our hearts and our minds to understand and to know what you are saying through your word tonight.

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 Lord, I ask that you would speak through me, that my words would be useful as you teach us about who you are.

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 The greatness of your love.

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 Lord, we pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Who died and made you king?

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 It's one of the great playground retorts.

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 Right up there with, says who and am not, right?

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 Who died and made you king when you grab the kickball and say, I'm the captain and I get to pick first.

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 Or whatever it is.

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 When someone asserts themselves in a position of authority or control over something that you care about, maybe a little, maybe a lot, how often do we respond with this?

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 We resist it.

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 But if we remember correctly, this is in fact the very spirit that infected Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden back in the beginning of creation.

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 When they lived in a paradise, a world where everything was provided for them as they lived under the kingship of God himself.

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 And the serpent, Satan, came and whispered doubt.

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 Is he really good?

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 Can you really trust him?

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 Is it really better to submit to him than to try to be like him?

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 To be his peer?

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 To be independent of his rule?

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 To find life on your own?

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 Who died and made you king?

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 Is ultimately what Adam and Eve said to God with disastrous results.

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 If you've been coming to evening service, you know we're continuing the book of 2 Samuel.

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 In the series of 2 Samuel, we've been looking at God is establishing his physical kingdom for a period of time in the nation of Israel.

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 And he is starting with his chosen anointed king, David.

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 And that's what 2 Samuel is all about in many ways.

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 God establishing his king and answering the question, what kind of king can rule over his people?

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 We've seen in the first couple of chapters, David consolidating his power.

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 His rivals fleeing or disappearing and being eliminated.

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 Most importantly, in chapter 7 of 2 Samuel, we see God coming and making a covenant with David.

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 And saying, I will set you on a throne where your descendants will reign forever.

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 I will build you a house that will last for all of eternity.

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 And now we're in this section of chapters 8, 9, and 10,

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 where we see David in light of this covenant sitting upon this throne and extending his kingdom.

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 It shows David in many ways at his best, giving us a glimpse of the kind of king that God would have rule over his people.

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 And in fact, because we all know the story that's coming in chapter 11 with Bathsheba,

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 it's setting up a contrast between David at his best and David at his worst,

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 which is going to confirm our fears that who can sit in that role?

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 Who could ever do that?

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 God is doing this to point us to a greater son of David who will come at the end of the ages.

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 And we'll come back to that at the end of our sermon.

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 There will be another who will follow David who will sit on that throne.

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 And we will never have to worry whether we can trust him.

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 But in this chapter, we're in chapter 10, which is on page what?

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 I forgot to look it up.

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 261, page 261 in your pew Bible.

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 2 Samuel chapter 10.

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 We see God establishing the rule of his king, David, by his covenantal love,

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 extending grace to the nations and producing courageous faith in his people.

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 That's what this chapter is all about.

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 So turn with me to that passage, 2 Samuel chapter 10.

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 And even as we dive in, it's going to be a bit hairy because there are a lot of names

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 and there are a lot of people and, you know, this kind of happens sometimes.

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 So let me give you a few quick pointers before we even read the text.

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 All right?

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 First of all, the Ammonites are a key people in this story.

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 And who are they?

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 If you have a mental map of the Middle East, here's the Mediterranean Sea here, right?

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 Okay?

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 Wait, did I do that right?

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 Am I backwards or forwards?

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 Yes.

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 Okay.

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 So here's the Mediterranean Sea.

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 Here's Israel, right?

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 To the east of Israel.

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 Am I doing this right?

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 Okay.

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 To the east of Israel, along the eastern border, there are a couple of nations.

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 There's Moab down here.

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 And then just north of that is the Ammonites, right?

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 And just north of that is the Syrians, right?

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 The Ammonites live in vaguely what is now Jordan today.

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 Moab may also cover it.

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 Syria is mostly where Syria is today, although it extends further up.

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 So these are where those people live, right?

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 And what we've learned is that the Ammonites are enemies of the people of Israel.

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 They're people whom Saul, in 1 Samuel chapter 11, had a big military conquest against.

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 In fact, it was his victory over them that established Saul as the unified king over all the various tribes of Israel.

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 Right before he completely blew it and showed that he wasn't actually the one that God had intended to start his kingdom with.

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 We also see that, as if you were here a couple weeks ago when Justin talked about how David was expanding his kingdom,

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 the land that the Ammonites were in was not actually a part of the promised land.

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 It was outside of that.

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 But it was part of the area where David was extending his kingdom in order to create a buffer of peace around Israel

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 so that they could dwell in safety and worship God rightly.

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 Alright?

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 So that's a couple of just key things.

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 We'll see some names here.

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 Nahash and Hadadezer and some things like that.

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 But, you know, don't get caught up with those.

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 Just follow along a little bit as best you can.

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 I'll give a little commentary along the way just to follow along as we read 1 Samuel chapter 10.

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 After this, the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun, his son, reigned in his place.

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 And David said, I will deal loyally with Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father dwelt loyally with me.

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 So David sent his servants to console him concerning his father.

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 And David's servants came into the land of the Ammonites.

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 But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, their lord,

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 Do you think because David has sent comforters to you that he's honoring your father?

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 Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city and to spy it out and to overthrow it?

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 So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half their beards of each

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 and cut off their garments in the middle at their hips and sent them away.

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 When it was told, David, he sent to meet them.

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 For the men were greatly ashamed.

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 And the king said, Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.

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 When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David,

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 the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-Rehob and the Syrians of Zobah,

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 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maaka with 1,000 men,

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 and the men of Tob, 12,000 men.

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 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.

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 And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the gates.

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 And the Syrians of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maaka

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 were by themselves in the open country.

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 Okay, let's just stop and say, so what's happened here so far?

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 David sent a consolation to the people of the Ammonites, to the king, right?

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 His advisor said, don't trust him.

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 He's just trying to rule you.

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 And he completely embarrassed and shamed those messengers.

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 Sending them back, unmanning them in the way that he shaved their beards

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 and exposed their privates is basically what he's saying by cutting their trousers.

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 Right?

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 And he sent them back in shame.

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 And here's the thing.

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 You don't even see David's reaction except mercy to his things.

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 What happens?

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 The Ammonites know we have blown it.

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 We have now made ourselves so offensive to David that we've got to muster our army against him.

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 And so that's what they do.

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 And they call out, they hire, they make treaties with these Syrian kings from various places.

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 And they gather together in an army.

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 And David sees this and he calls out, Joab is general.

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 And he sends out the mighty men to meet them in battle.

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 Right?

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 That's just a summary.

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 Case you missed with all those names, what was going on.

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 That's where we are.

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 So, when Joab saw that the battle was set against him, both in front and in the rear,

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 he chose the sons of the best men, he chose some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Syrians.

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 The rest of his men he put in charge of Abishai, his brother, and he arrayed them against the Ammonites.

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 And he said, if the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me.

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 But if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

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 Be of good courage and let us be courageous for our people and for the cities of our God.

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 And may the Lord do what seems good to him.

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 So, Joab and the people who were with him drew near to battle against the Syrians and they fled before him.

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 And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai and entered the city.

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 Then Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

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 But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel,

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 they gathered themselves together.

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 And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates.

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 And they came to Helam with Shobach and the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.

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 And when it was told, David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan and came to Helam.

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 The Syrians arrayed themselves against David and fought with him.

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 And the Syrians fled before Israel.

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 And David killed the Syrians, the men of 700 chariots and 40,000 horsemen,

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 and wounded Shobach, the commander of their army, and so that he died there.

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 And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw they had been defeated by Israel,

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 they made peace with Israel and became subject to them.

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 So the Syrians were afraid to save the Ammonites anymore.

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 Okay, brief summary.

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 We'll get back to some of the details of this because it's important in the second half of what we're going to talk about.

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 But brief summary.

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 So they go out to battle.

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 Israel wins, right?

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 And the interesting thing is the Ammonites don't say,

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 shoot, we just got our tails handed to us.

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 We've got to go and try again.

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 It's the hired guys who say, how did we get beat by them?

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 We can muster a better team than that.

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 So they go back and they pull all these Syrians from, remember the map?

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 Across the Euphrates is like way out here.

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 They're drawing this huge army over to try to defeat Israel.

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 David hears of it.

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 He goes out to battle.

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 The battle's won.

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 Right?

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 So that's a very brief story about what happens.

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 Right?

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 And what we will see, just so you know, is that the end of the story happens at the end of chapter 12.

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 David finally, well, Joab actually leads the army to the capital city of Rabat.

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 He lays siege to it.

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 He finally defeats it.

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 As he defeats it, he calls David.

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 David comes and rides in as the conquering king.

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 And that's the end of the battle with the Ammonites for the foreseeable future in the Bible.

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 And so there's an end to this.

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 And it doesn't actually end here.

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 What does end here is the Syrians, who have been kind of the hired hands, are out of the picture.

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 No longer will they help this Ammonite country.

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 Because David has defeated them roundly and soundly.

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 Multiple times.

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 So here's the question.

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 Why did the author put this chapter in the Bible?

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 Right?

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 There's a great theologian, 20th century theologian, who said,

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 This chapter in the Bible has no theological significance whatsoever in the canon.

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 I don't believe that.

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 But it's interesting that a really learned Bible scholar said,

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 What the heck?

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 Why is this in here?

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 So this is the question.

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 This is the question that I want to explore for just a few more minutes tonight.

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 The narrator, I think, gives us two indications in the middle of what is basically a very clipped account of a battle.

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 It doesn't say much about what happened during the battles.

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 They went out to battle and the bad guys fled.

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 That's all it says when you look at it.

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 There's very little in the story.

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 But there are two places where the narrator inserts something that seems to be more significant.

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 In verse 2 and in verse 12.

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 And I think that what you see in verse 2 is actually a very core and central idea

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 that any Hebrew reader reading this story would think,

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 Wow!

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 There's something more going on here.

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 I think what the reader would see is that God is doing what he's doing in this chapter

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 because of his covenantal love and his loyal faithfulness.

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 Why do I say that?

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 Look at chapter 10, verse 2.

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 There's this word here that you don't see.

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 It doesn't stand out very much.

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 David says,

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 I will deal loyally with Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.

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 The word loyally there is a very rich word in the Hebrew Old Testament.

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 It is the word that is used of God's faithfulness to Joseph

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 when he's sent to prison after being falsely accused by Potiphar's wife.

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 It is the word that God uses to describe himself

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 when after the people of Israel had made themselves an idol of a golden calf

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 and begun to worship it at the very time that God was revealing himself to them

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 by giving Moses the Ten Commandments in the law.

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 After that event, God comes to Moses.

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 Moses says, I have to see you.

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 I have to know who you are.

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 You know the story.

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 God hides Moses in the cleft of the rock

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 and God passes by and he says,

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 The Lord, the Lord, slow to anger.

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 His steadfast love, this is the same word,

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 his steadfast love

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 is never ending.

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 It is the same psalm that David in Psalm 51 will begin

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 as he's confessing his sin about what happens with Bathsheba

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 in just a few chapters.

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 Have mercy on me, O Lord, according to your loving kindness.

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 So this word, loyally, steadfast love, loving kindness,

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 is translated variously in different places.

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 But it has this very central and weighty idea in the Bible.

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 And what it is is that the God of the Bible

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 is a God who makes gracious covenants with his people.

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 And those covenants are certain enough

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 and secure enough to put their whole weight of trust and faith in.

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 And they are characterized not by the harsh lex to lonis of the day,

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 the eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth

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 that normally governed relationships in the ancient Near East,

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 but instead were characterized by abundant kindness,

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 graciousness, undeserved favor and goodness towards his people.

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 And that's what David says,

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 I'm going to extend to these people.

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 And that's what, if you were here last week,

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 that's what David said that he wanted to show to Mephibosheth.

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 This idea of covenant love and loyal faithfulness,

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 that this is the character of God

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 and therefore the character of the king

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 who would rule over God's people,

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 is I think the key to understanding this passage.

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 Because what you see then is,

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 on the basis of this kind of God,

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 we see God's king extending this kind of love

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 to his enemies,

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 to the nations, right?

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 David doesn't have to do this.

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 He's beaten everybody he's gone up against so far.

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 But he goes to the Ammonites and he says,

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 hey, let's make a covenant, you and I.

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 Let's be at peace together.

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 And it's remarkable

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 how they respond, isn't it?

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 Do they respond and think,

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 wow, peace, unmerited favor

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 with a powerful nation.

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 That's great, let's do it.

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 No.

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 How do they respond?

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 Fear, suspicion, scorn, derision.

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 If you've ever seen the great

00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:13.139
 Kenneth Branagh version of Henry V,

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 there's a great scene at the beginning

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 where the Henry, young Prince Hal,

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 who has just descended to the throne

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 and everyone's wondering

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 whether this playboy could ever be a king,

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 is sitting on the throne with his counselors

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 and he has this first court audience

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 with the French ambassador.

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 And he's made claims saying,

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 we own part of northern France

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 that seemingly are legitimate.

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 And the French send him a tribute,

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 not of gold, not of silver,

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 but of tennis balls.

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 It is an act of scorn.

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 You are a king,

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 but you are really a playboy.

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 We don't fear you.

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 We don't honor you.

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 And we're not going to give you

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 what you have claimed.

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 It's a remarkable scene,

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 if you've ever seen it,

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 of this kind of thing that wells up,

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 I think, in our hearts as well.

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 Because I think we are often like

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 the Ammonites.

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 God comes to us

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 with his loving kindness and grace

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 and says,

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 I offer you a covenant

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 if you will be at peace with me

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 and honor me as your king.

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 But like trying to pet an abused dog,

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 God finds that we instead

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 snap at him,

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 run away,

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 cower in fear in the corner.

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 We struggle so much

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 to receive this gracious initiative

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 from God.

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 Our hearts well up instead

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 with resistance,

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 suspicion,

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 fear,

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 and sometimes even scorn.

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 That's what we do to our God.

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 This is what Adam and Eve did

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 in the garden.

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 No, God,

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 I won't submit

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 and receive from you.

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 I choose rather to be independent,

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 even though that means death,

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 even though that means

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 expulsion from the garden,

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 all the separation from providence,

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 provision.

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 We are like the Ammonites.

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 We are not like David.

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 Are we?

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 We are so rarely willing to extend

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 grace, kindness, compassion,

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 peace to those that we are afraid of,

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 to those who we view as our enemies.

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 Maybe in this world today,

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 the church struggles to do this.

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 In America,

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.759
 we may struggle to do this

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 towards radical Islamists

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 or to hardened atheists.

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 We don't extend grace

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:10.980
 and invite them into relationship

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 with ourselves and with the creator God

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:15.099
 out of fear

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 as well.

00:23:20.219 --> 00:23:21.959
 We often want to win

00:23:21.959 --> 00:23:24.059
 the battles of our day

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 out of fear

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 rather than winning people

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 with offers

00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:32.000
 of covenantal kindness.

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 Because that's what David was doing.

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.980
 He was saying,

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.900
 let me extend to you

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.960
 grace and peace

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 so that we can have

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:40.839
 peace with one another

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 rather than conflict.

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 They refused it,

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.960
 just like we often do.

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:51.119
 But at the end of the day,

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.259
 it reminds us that

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:54.619
 the God of the Old Testament

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 is a God of mercy

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 who has extended this to us.

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 God has shown mercy to me.

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 How have I received it?

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 The story goes on, doesn't it?

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:10.039
 Verses 1 through 5

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.980
 tell that story

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 and then it goes on

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:13.480
 to tell the story of the battle.

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 They array themselves up

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.339
 against David.

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.500
 And Joab comes out

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 and he finds himself

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:21.720
 in actually quite a predicament.

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:23.720
 It's a little difficult to tell

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.559
 because the narrator

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.579
 doesn't seem to make

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:27.119
 a big deal about it.

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:29.640
 But Joab finds himself

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.960
 with his band of

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:32.460
 mighty men

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.920
 but he's between

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:35.240
 a rock and a hard place.

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.640
 He's between

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:38.279
 two large forces

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:41.500
 with a small force

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.039
 in the middle.

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:45.279
 And any military tactician

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.620
 would say,

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.840
 this is a really terrible

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.799
 place to be.

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.440
 You've got to somehow

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.700
 get yourself out of this

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.360
 so you can fight

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:52.519
 only on one front.

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.120
 Particularly when

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:55.079
 you're outnumbered.

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:58.000
 But what we see

00:24:58.000 --> 00:25:00.460
 what we see

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:02.839
 with Joab

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.439
 is

00:25:03.439 --> 00:25:04.839
 that God's

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:06.259
 covenantal faithfulness

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.759
 his covenantal

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.480
 commitment

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.919
 to his kingdom

00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:11.359
 means that David

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.059
 can live with

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:13.039
 courageous faith

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.099
 in these circumstances.

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.220
 Right?

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.240
 He takes action

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.679
 he says

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.159
 alright

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:19.159
 this is where we are.

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.859
 You go there

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.619
 we go there

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.439
 we agree to help

00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:21.799
 each other

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.219
 if we see

00:25:22.219 --> 00:25:23.479
 that one of us

00:25:23.479 --> 00:25:24.099
 is in trouble

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:25.519
 and at the end

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.119
 of the day

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:27.319
 may God

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.199
 do what is good.

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.539
 It's fascinating.

00:25:30.739 --> 00:25:31.339
 Joab wasn't

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.859
 a particularly

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.799
 pious person.

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.659
 This is about

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.239
 the greatest

00:25:34.239 --> 00:25:35.259
 statement of trust

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.639
 and faith

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.079
 that we see

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.500
 in the whole

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.939
 Bible

00:25:36.939 --> 00:25:38.159
 from Joab.

00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:38.979
 Right?

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:43.120
 But what he does

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.660
 is

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.980
 in the face

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:46.160
 of overwhelming odds

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.180
 with no promise

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.900
 of victory

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.380
 Joab knew

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:50.299
 that God

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.759
 would

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:52.039
 ultimately

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.799
 establish

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:54.380
 David's kingdom

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.299
 but

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:56.900
 in contrast

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.480
 to some other

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.180
 places where

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.039
 God clearly

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.420
 says

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.779
 David

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.480
 go up here

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.039
 and do this

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.400
 and I will

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.059
 give you victory.

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.279
 There's no promise

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.559
 here.

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:05.140
 There's no clarity.

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.819
 There's no evidence

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.939
 that God

00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.599
 has promised

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:09.939
 Joab

00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.879
 you will win

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.759
 this victory

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.339
 today

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.220
 and yet

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.740
 in the face

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.279
 of that

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:18.419
 Joab lives

00:26:18.419 --> 00:26:19.480
 with great

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.019
 faith

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.460
 and do you see

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.119
 what his faith

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.599
 is in?

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.480
 His faith

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.240
 is not in the

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.639
 victory.

00:26:25.159 --> 00:26:25.919
 He says

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.559
 let's go be

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.059
 courageous.

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.099
 Let's defend

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:29.439
 God's kingdom

00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:30.740
 God's people.

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.779
 Let us go

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.319
 and lay

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.399
 ourselves down

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:35.859
 in this

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.720
 noble battle

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:39.860
 not because

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.460
 we trust

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.819
 that God

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.140
 will give

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.440
 us the

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.779
 victory

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.319
 but because

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.900
 we trust

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.680
 that God

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.180
 will be

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.559
 good.

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:48.299
 The only

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.940
 way that

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.400
 Joab

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.860
 could do

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.180
 that

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.160
 is because

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.799
 he knew

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.420
 the covenant

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.980
 that God

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.480
 had made.

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.460
 He knew

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.940
 the kind

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.519
 of covenant

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.600
 faithfulness

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:59.420
 that this

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.039
 God

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:01.140
 had showed

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.480
 to his

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.839
 people

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.839
 and so

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.519
 at one

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.740
 level

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.279
 what Joab

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.680
 is saying

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.080
 is hey

00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:07.640
 let's go

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.180
 and let's

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.640
 fight the

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.200
 good fight

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.960
 let's be

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.519
 courageous

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:13.120
 and we

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.700
 will trust

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.220
 God that

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.820
 whether we

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:16.100
 win or

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.700
 lose

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.500
 whether we

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.200
 live or

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.259
 die today

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:21.100
 God

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.779
 will be

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.200
 good.

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.000
 God

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.440
 will not

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.860
 abandon

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.460
 his kingdom

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.259
 God

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.680
 will not

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.320
 forsake

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:30.980
 his covenant

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.220
 and his

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.539
 king.

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.600
 Amen.

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:37.860
 what does

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:39.400
 it look

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.840
 like for

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.259
 us to

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.519
 trust

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.920
 God

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.380
 like

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:41.680
 that?

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.840
 What does

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.200
 it look

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.560
 like

00:27:45.560 --> 00:27:47.960
 to trust

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.340
 God

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:48.720
 when

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.120
 what

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.440
 seems

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.720
 good

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.039
 to

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:51.299
 you

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.060
 doesn't

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:52.299
 seem

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.640
 good

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.279
 to

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.600
 him?

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.299
 What does

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.620
 it look

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.019
 like to

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.279
 take

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.720
 courageous

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.320
 steps

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:59.560
 of risky

00:27:59.560 --> 00:28:00.080
 faith

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.759
 without

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.500
 confidence

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.380
 in the

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.839
 outcome?

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.420
 It

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.119
 reminds me

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:08.059
 of five

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.440
 men

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.920
 who back

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.160
 in the

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.359
 1950s

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:13.220
 heard

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.799
 of a

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.319
 tribe

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.660
 back in

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.200
 the jungles

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.799
 of Ecuador

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:19.420
 people who

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.920
 did not

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.500
 know the

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.859
 name of

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.119
 Jesus

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.700
 Christ

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.980
 people who

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.779
 lived in

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.759
 a stone

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.460
 age culture

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.700
 that was

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.500
 marked by

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.220
 violence

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:31.579
 they would

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.180
 kill one

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.620
 another

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.600
 over petty

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.420
 disputes

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.940
 all the

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.680
 tribes that

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.380
 surrounded this

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.920
 tribe were

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.480
 afraid of

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.960
 them because

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.539
 of their

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.600
 ferocity

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.259
 and because

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.920
 of their

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:45.539
 effective

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.700
 violence

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.860
 against

00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.360
 people

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:52.579
 but these

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.220
 five men

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.640
 said

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.480
 for the

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.799
 sake of

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.120
 Christ

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.480
 we will

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.819
 go

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:57.039
 and may

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.500
 God do

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.819
 what is

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.180
 good

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.160
 with us

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.799
 they

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.539
 found

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.000
 where they

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.480
 lived

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.900
 they made

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.400
 contact

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.000
 from the

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.360
 air

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:04.380
 they finally

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:04.840
 went in

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.420
 and landed

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.140
 their plane

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.660
 and set up

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.120
 a camp

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.580
 and waited

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.000
 for the

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.039
 tribe to

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.259
 come

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.560
 knowing

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:09.880
 that they

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.380
 would come

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:11.380
 and explore

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:11.720
 them

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:14.640
 so these

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.380
 five men

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.320
 I can remember

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.620
 all their

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:16.940
 names

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.560
 Nate Saint

00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:18.560
 Jim

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:18.920
 Elliot

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:20.519
 Roger

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.640
 Ewardian

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:23.140
 I got

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.700
 that wrong

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:26.680
 who are the

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.039
 other two

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.460
 anyway

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.279
 I forgot

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.579
 to write

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:28.980
 them down

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.680
 these

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.259
 five men

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.559
 went

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.480
 and they

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.880
 interacted

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.240
 with the

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.680
 tribesmen

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.100
 for two

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:33.360
 days

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.660
 and the

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:33.860
 third

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.160
 day

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.700
 the

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.120
 warriors

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.500
 came

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.940
 and they

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:38.319
 were slaughtered

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:41.799
 and it

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.059
 was a

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.519
 tragedy

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:46.379
 tragedy

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.960
 in the

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.439
 eyes of

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:47.939
 the world

00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:48.819
 it was a

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.399
 tragedy in

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.740
 the eyes

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.119
 of the

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.819
 American

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.299
 press

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.779
 that wrote

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.220
 stories

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.720
 about it

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.960
 but these

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.579
 men said

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.240
 let us go

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.700
 and fight

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.179
 the battle

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:57.599
 for the

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.059
 name of

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.399
 Jesus

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:59.740
 being known

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.139
 throughout

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:00.799
 the world

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:02.139
 for these

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.859
 men and

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.319
 women who

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.819
 are living

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.500
 in darkness

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.539
 of this

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.160
 incredibly

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.619
 violent

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.220
 and destructive

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.799
 culture

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:09.400
 who need

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.960
 to hear

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:11.059
 of the

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.559
 grace and

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:11.980
 love

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:13.559
 that can

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.000
 be theirs

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.420
 in Jesus

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:14.960
 Christ

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:17.740
 and they

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.079
 took a

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.440
 risk

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.940
 and they

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.500
 died for

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.900
 it

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:23.839
 was it

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.279
 a waste

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.400
 was God

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.900
 not good

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.460
 to them

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:28.539
 no

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.220
 others

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.779
 came behind

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.119
 them

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.539
 and the

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.139
 gospel was

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.619
 preached

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.699
 in fact

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.319
 the very

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.919
 act of

00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:35.279
 killing

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.579
 these

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:35.959
 men

00:30:35.959 --> 00:30:36.399
 some

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:37.199
 reported

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.579
 that they

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.239
 had visions

00:30:38.239 --> 00:30:38.979
 of seeing

00:30:38.979 --> 00:30:39.559
 angels

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:41.379
 the very

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.899
 site where

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.219
 the men

00:30:42.219 --> 00:30:42.799
 were killed

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.879
 and that

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.239
 was the

00:30:44.239 --> 00:30:44.639
 beginning

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.239
 of God

00:30:45.239 --> 00:30:45.959
 speaking to

00:30:45.959 --> 00:30:46.219
 them

00:30:46.219 --> 00:30:46.639
 and God

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.139
 drawing

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.639
 them to

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.319
 himself

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.919
 in faith

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:53.719
 it's a

00:30:53.719 --> 00:30:54.059
 remarkable

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.699
 story

00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:55.919
 about trusting

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:56.439
 God

00:30:56.439 --> 00:30:57.859
 without knowing

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.199
 what the

00:30:58.199 --> 00:30:58.799
 consequences

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.519
 are

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:02.039
 if you

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.259
 were in

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.639
 church a

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.000
 couple weeks

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.460
 ago you

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.839
 might have

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.200
 seen

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.440
 Stanley and

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.599
 Laura

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.180
 Kolisar

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.680
 come and

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.019
 tell the

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.480
 story of

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.799
 one of

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.819
 their

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.400
 colleagues

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:09.740
 named

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.299
 Yusuf

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:11.539
 who

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.039
 recently

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.500
 was

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.240
 executed

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.079
 in front

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.359
 of his

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:15.000
 home for

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.400
 his faith

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.000
 in Christ

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.599
 for his

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.180
 fearlessness

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.819
 in proclaiming

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.279
 Christ

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:23.240
 and yet

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:26.339
 the

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.859
 chesed

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:28.319
 that's the

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.779
 word for

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.099
 covenant

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.579
 loyalty

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.419
 the chesed

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:30.919
 God

00:31:30.919 --> 00:31:31.879
 has not

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.879
 changed

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:34.439
 he has

00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:34.699
 not

00:31:34.699 --> 00:31:35.159
 failed

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.839
 us

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:37.839
 you see

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.339
 friends

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.159
 what

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:40.779
 2 Samuel

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.579
 10 points

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:41.959
 us to

00:31:41.959 --> 00:31:42.359
 is that

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.759
 there is

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.179
 a king

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:43.459
 who will

00:31:43.459 --> 00:31:43.779
 sit

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.399
 on the

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:44.679
 throne

00:31:44.679 --> 00:31:45.199
 of David

00:31:45.199 --> 00:31:45.839
 to come

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.799
 and his

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.199
 name is

00:31:47.199 --> 00:31:47.679
 Jesus

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:50.659
 and that

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.039
 Jesus

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.719
 comes

00:31:51.719 --> 00:31:52.759
 and offers

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.519
 this

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.240
 covenant

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.899
 faithful

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.599
 love

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.459
 to us

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.579
 he

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:57.900
 actually

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.860
 establishes

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.440
 a covenant

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.299
 with all

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.660
 who have

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.120
 faith in

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.519
 him

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:03.039
 by laying

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.299
 down

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.500
 his

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.779
 very

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.019
 own

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.480
 life

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:07.400
 he

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.840
 establishes

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.500
 a new

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.960
 way for

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.279
 us to

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.640
 come to

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:10.980
 him

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.360
 that

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:11.660
 doesn't

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.039
 require

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.559
 us to

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:12.740
 do

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.100
 anything

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:13.500
 but to

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.799
 admit

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.019
 our

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.500
 sinfulness

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.440
 and our

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.880
 need

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.819
 to admit

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.180
 that we

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.539
 are like

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:17.720
 the

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.259
 Ammonites

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.980
 who run

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.519
 away from

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.920
 the grace

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.519
 of God

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:22.920
 and this

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.259
 Jesus

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.859
 comes

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.420
 and he

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.759
 says

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.359
 I've

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.619
 laid

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:25.839
 down

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.039
 my

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.379
 life

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.559
 for

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:26.740
 you

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:26.960
 now

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.379
 come

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:28.139
 believe

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.639
 in me

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.359
 trust

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:30.039
 in me

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:32.019
 and in

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.420
 my new

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:32.740
 covenant

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.240
 you will

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.619
 find

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.160
 life

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:35.460
 new

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.279
 spiritual

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.779
 life

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.299
 now

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:38.420
 and

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.879
 life

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.799
 everlasting

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.920
 in my

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.440
 death

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.720
 and in

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:42.900
 my

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.539
 resurrection

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.740
 I

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:44.960
 have

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.480
 overcome

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.400
 the

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.900
 greatest

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.720
 battles

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.500
 that you

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:48.980
 will face

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.240
 in the

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.619
 world

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.599
 against

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:50.859
 your

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.079
 own

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.699
 sinfulness

00:32:51.699 --> 00:32:52.359
 I

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.539
 have

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.819
 died

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.019
 to

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.259
 break

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.419
 the

00:32:53.419 --> 00:32:53.679
 power

00:32:53.679 --> 00:32:53.859
 of

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.079
 sin

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.199
 and

00:32:54.199 --> 00:32:54.579
 offer

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:54.879
 you

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.719
 forgiveness

00:32:55.719 --> 00:32:56.339
 that can

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.799
 change

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.059
 you

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.799
 so that

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:57.919
 you

00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:58.419
 no longer

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:58.739
 need to

00:32:58.739 --> 00:32:58.919
 be

00:32:58.919 --> 00:32:59.459
 slaves

00:32:59.459 --> 00:33:01.259
 to

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.439
 your

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:01.739
 sinful

00:33:01.739 --> 00:33:02.259
 hearts

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:04.059
 and

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.459
 death

00:33:04.459 --> 00:33:05.059
 itself

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.379
 the

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.599
 thing

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:05.739
 that

00:33:05.739 --> 00:33:05.879
 we

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.239
 most

00:33:06.239 --> 00:33:06.719
 fear

00:33:06.719 --> 00:33:07.500
 if

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.599
 we

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:07.719
 are

00:33:07.719 --> 00:33:07.939
 really

00:33:07.939 --> 00:33:08.259
 honest

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.459
 with

00:33:08.459 --> 00:33:09.059
 ourselves

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:10.079
 Jesus

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.439
 rose

00:33:10.439 --> 00:33:10.619
 from

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:10.779
 the

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:10.979
 dead

00:33:10.979 --> 00:33:11.159
 to

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.339
 say

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.619
 death

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:11.839
 has

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.059
 no

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.439
 hold

00:33:12.439 --> 00:33:13.459
 on

00:33:13.459 --> 00:33:13.979
 those

00:33:13.979 --> 00:33:14.159
 who

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:14.339
 have

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.619
 faith

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:14.779
 in

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:14.939
 me

00:33:14.939 --> 00:33:15.219
 because

00:33:15.219 --> 00:33:15.439
 I

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:15.639
 have

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:15.979
 risen

00:33:15.979 --> 00:33:16.199
 and

00:33:16.199 --> 00:33:16.519
 all

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.679
 who

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:16.799
 are

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.000
 with

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.299
 me

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.980
 will

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.399
 rise

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:18.819
 again

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:20.940
 and

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.099
 so

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.279
 we

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.559
 live

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.680
 in

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:21.799
 the

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.200
 world

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.799
 like

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.279
 Joab

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.579
 in

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.079
 between

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.759
 knowing

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.000
 that

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.180
 there

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.440
 is

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.599
 a

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:25.839
 king

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.180
 sitting

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.359
 on

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.519
 the

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.879
 throne

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.220
 and

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.440
 yet

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:27.919
 not

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:31.399
 experiencing

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:31.740
 the

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.099
 fullness

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.460
 of

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.819
 peace

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.079
 and

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.519
 victory

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:35.659
 and

00:33:35.659 --> 00:33:35.839
 being

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.099
 called

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.259
 to

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.599
 trust

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:36.839
 him

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:36.960
 in

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.099
 the

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.759
 meantime

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:39.460
 trust

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:39.700
 him

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:39.899
 with

00:33:39.899 --> 00:33:40.099
 our

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.519
 singleness

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.859
 when

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:40.980
 it

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.240
 goes

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.700
 on

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.759
 and

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.200
 on

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.919
 and

00:33:43.919 --> 00:33:44.099
 we

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.539
 wonder

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.319
 will

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.460
 it

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.659
 ever

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:46.220
 change

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.100
 will

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.339
 God

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.579
 ever

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.220
 provide

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:50.039
 trusting

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.460
 God

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.779
 as we

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.259
 face

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.900
 chronic

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.960
 or

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.339
 terminal

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.960
 illness

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.880
 not

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.259
 knowing

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.480
 will

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.740
 God

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.180
 heal

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.620
 and

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.160
 extend

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:59.420
 or

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.579
 will

00:33:59.579 --> 00:33:59.960
 God

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.440
 end

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.860
 this

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.360
 life

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:05.019
 trusting

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.600
 God

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:07.980
 to

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.340
 change

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.500
 your

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.019
 career

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.820
 so

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:10.960
 that

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.079
 you

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.199
 will

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.360
 be

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.780
 free

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.039
 to

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.300
 share

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.500
 the

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.880
 gospel

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.079
 in

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.320
 another

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.599
 part

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:13.699
 of

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:13.840
 the

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.199
 world

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:17.139
 trust

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.299
 in

00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:17.639
 God

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.039
 to

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.259
 make

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:18.399
 it

00:34:18.399 --> 00:34:18.619
 through

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:18.919
 one

00:34:18.919 --> 00:34:19.159
 more

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.579
 day

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.779
 on

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:20.939
 the

00:34:20.939 --> 00:34:21.359
 street

00:34:21.359 --> 00:34:21.960
 in

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.099
 the

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.460
 shelter

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:25.559
 Jesus

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:27.939
 has

00:34:27.939 --> 00:34:28.179
 come

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.319
 to

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.799
 establish

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.059
 a

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.480
 covenant

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.819
 with

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.000
 his

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.419
 people

00:34:30.419 --> 00:34:31.480
 that

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.659
 is

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.019
 certain

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.259
 and

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.599
 secure

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:32.939
 because

00:34:32.939 --> 00:34:33.139
 of

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.299
 his

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:33.519
 death

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.679
 on

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:33.799
 the

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.199
 cross

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:35.019
 he

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.259
 is

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:35.419
 the

00:34:35.419 --> 00:34:35.619
 king

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.779
 of

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.059
 David

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.279
 who

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.739
 offers

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.000
 now

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.219
 this

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.539
 grace

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.980
 to

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.219
 all

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.399
 the

00:34:38.399 --> 00:34:38.739
 nations

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:38.939
 of

00:34:38.939 --> 00:34:39.059
 the

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.500
 world

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:41.360
 and

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.639
 because

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.019
 of

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.320
 his

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.659
 death

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:42.840
 and

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.079
 his

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.659
 resurrection

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.599
 we

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:44.840
 can

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.260
 live

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:46.719
 with

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.119
 great

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.639
 courageous

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.199
 faith

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:49.280
 facing

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.519
 the

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.980
 challenges

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.340
 where

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.599
 we

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:50.900
 feel

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.519
 overwhelmed

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.760
 in

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.019
 between

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.199
 a

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.420
 rock

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.539
 and

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.599
 a

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:52.760
 hard

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.219
 place

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:55.480
 with

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.019
 courage

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.519
 saying

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.719
 maybe

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.159
 God

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.380
 will

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.679
 show

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:58.900
 us

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.079
 his

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.380
 goodness

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.300
 today

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:04.699
 and

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:04.880
 so

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.340
 friends

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.340
 this

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.739
 seemingly

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.219
 worthless

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.780
 chapter

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.019
 in

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.360
 2nd

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.699
 Samuel

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.139
 points

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.440
 us

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.339
 to

00:35:10.339 --> 00:35:10.500
 a

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.759
 great

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.179
 God

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.420
 who

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:11.579
 has

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.779
 done

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.059
 great

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.400
 things

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.639
 for

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:12.980
 us

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.779
 let's

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:14.059
 pray

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:19.039
 Lord

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.519
 thank you

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.920
 for

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.739
 this

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.159
 chapter

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.379
 in

00:35:21.379 --> 00:35:21.539
 the

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:21.859
 scriptures

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:22.179
 and

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.519
 thank you

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.879
 that it

00:35:22.879 --> 00:35:23.159
 points

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.379
 us

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:23.559
 to

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.839
 your

00:35:23.839 --> 00:35:25.319
 unfailing

00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:25.779
 love

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:28.239
 your

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:29.039
 steadfast

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.480
 love

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.000
 your

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:31.379
 loyalty

00:35:31.379 --> 00:35:31.679
 and

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.500
 faithfulness

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:34.440
 Lord

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.799
 you have

00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:35.279
 shown us

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:35.519
 this

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.980
 most of

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.179
 all

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.359
 in

00:35:36.359 --> 00:35:36.819
 Jesus

00:35:36.819 --> 00:35:38.679
 Lord

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.000
 that he

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.339
 is the

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:39.579
 king

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:39.759
 who

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:39.899
 has

00:35:39.899 --> 00:35:40.419
 established

00:35:40.419 --> 00:35:40.639
 a

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:40.919
 covenant

00:35:40.919 --> 00:35:41.179
 that

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.299
 will

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.559
 never

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.000
 fail

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:43.179
 and a

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.399
 kingdom

00:35:43.399 --> 00:35:43.619
 that

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:43.739
 will

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:43.980
 never

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.419
 end

00:35:44.419 --> 00:35:46.859
 Lord

00:35:46.859 --> 00:35:47.059
 you

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.279
 have

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.859
 graciously

00:35:47.859 --> 00:35:48.299
 invited

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:48.639
 us

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:48.819
 to

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.139
 come

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:50.519
 and to

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:50.739
 be

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:50.940
 at

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.239
 peace

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.500
 with

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.779
 you

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.139
 and to

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.299
 be

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:52.519
 in

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.659
 your

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:52.980
 kingdom

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:54.559
 Lord

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:54.699
 I

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:54.980
 pray

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.440
 tonight

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.940
 for those

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.199
 here

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.559
 who are

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.940
 seeking

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.419
 and who

00:35:57.419 --> 00:35:58.059
 are far

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.339
 off

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:58.559
 from

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.839
 you

00:35:58.839 --> 00:35:59.779
 Lord

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.059
 that they

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.219
 would

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:00.739
 respond

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.099
 to your

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.419
 grace

00:36:01.419 --> 00:36:01.839
 and love

00:36:01.839 --> 00:36:02.239
 and turn

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:02.699
 to you

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:03.319
 in faith

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 hope

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 Lord

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 for all

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 of us

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 may we

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 learn

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 to live

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 with

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 courageous

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 faith

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 because of

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 what you

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 have done

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 for us

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 we pray

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 in Jesus

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.039
 name

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 Amen