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 1 Samuel chapter 21.

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 It leaves us wondering whether David's story will turn around at all.

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! If you'll remember, and you can look back to the end of chapter 20, David is a man who lost everything.

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 His head is wanted by the wicked king Saul.

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 He may never see his wife again.

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 He may never enjoy rest at home.

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 We have to imagine, what is he wondering?

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 What is this attack he's going through?

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 If I were in his shoes, I would probably be wondering whether God will keep his word.

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 Whether God can be trusted at all.

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 So now let's see if things turn around for David.

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 1 Samuel chapter 21.

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 As he says his goodbye to Jonathan at the end of 20,

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 we read in 21 that David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest.

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 And Ahimelech was afraid when he met David and said to him,

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 Why are you alone and no one is with you?

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 So David said to Ahimelech the priest,

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 The king has ordered me on some business and said to me,

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 Do not let anyone know anything about the business on which I send you or what I have commanded you.

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 And I have directed my young men to such and such a place.

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 Now therefore, what do you have on hand?

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 Give me five loaves of bread in my hand or whatever can be found.

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 And the priest answered David and said,

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 There is no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread.

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 If the young men have at least kept themselves from the women.

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 Then David answered the priest and said to him,

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 Truly, women have been kept from us about three days since I came.

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 And the vessels of the young men are holy,

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 and the bread is in effect common,

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 even though it was consecrated in the vessel this day.

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 So the priest gave him holy bread,

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 for there was no bread there but the showbread,

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 which had been taken from before the Lord,

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 in order to put hot bread in its place on the day when it was taken away.

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 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day detained before him.

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 And David, and his name was Doeg, an Edomite,

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 the chief of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.

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 And David said to Ahimelech,

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 Is there not here on hand a spear or a sword?

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 For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me,

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 because the king's business required haste.

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 So the priest said,

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 The sword of Goliath the Philistine whom you killed in the valley of Elah,

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 there it is, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod.

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 If you will take that, take it.

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 For there is no other except that one here.

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 And David said,

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 There is none like it, give it to me.

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 Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul,

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 and went to Achish the king of Gath.

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 And the servants of Achish said to him,

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 Is this not David, the king of the land?

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 Did they not sing of him to one another in dances,

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 saying Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands?

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 Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish, the king of Gath.

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 So he changed his behavior before them, pretending madness in their hands,

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 scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down on his beard.

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 Then Achish said to his servants,

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 Look, you see the man is insane.

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 Why have you brought him to me?

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 Have I need of madmen that you have brought this fellow to play the madmen in my presence?

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 Shall this fellow come into my house?

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 Look at the next verse in 22.

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 David therefore departed from there and escaped.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Please be seated.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, we trust the promise that your word is living, it's active,

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 and it's more sharp in your hand, the hand of the Spirit, than a double-edged sword.

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 We pray, Lord, that your word, even in this narrative of 1 Samuel 21, will be alive.

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 We pray that this will teach us about your kingdom and about you, Lord,

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 that we can know you in your covenant faithfulness.

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 To all those, Lord, who are here today,

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 I pray that you'll draw us closer to you and Jesus Christ.

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 To those who are spiritually hungry, Lord.

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 Those who may be in great need now,

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 even need that they're not aware of, Lord.

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 We pray that you'll stir that up,

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 and you'll give us no other option

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 but to run to Jesus Christ.

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 We pray this for your glory.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Have you ever wondered

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 if God will be faithful to you

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 even when God sees you at your ugliest?

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 This is something that will tell us a great deal about God.

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 When God sees you or me at our ugliest,

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 can you go to him still?

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 I'll be honest with you,

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 in this chapter there's a lot of questions I still have,

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 I think even more after our discussion

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 and our Bible study this morning.

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 Praise God, it's wonderful.

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 What I want to do as we approach this chapter, though,

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 is to take our cue from the Psalms.

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 Because in the Psalms we see

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 the great despair of men like David.

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 David is not the Messiah.

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 He's a weak sinner like you and me.

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 But we also see David throwing himself unabandoned,

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 just completely at Christ's feet.

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 The feet of the Lord who's the covenant keeper.

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 And so that's what I hope to do in this passage

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 is to the extent that David may be foreshadowing

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 a hidden kingdom

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 and the fact that many will miss the kingdom

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 and it'll be the kingdom like a mustard seed

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 in Christ's first coming.

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 I mostly want to keep our focus on David

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 as a sinner who needs the Lord,

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 the Lord of covenant faithfulness.

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 So the title for today is this,

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 To Whom Is God Faithful?

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 To Whom Is God Faithful?

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 And what we'll see over and over is God is faithful,

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 but it's not because of David deserving this.

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 And the encouragement for you and me

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 is that God is faithful,

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 not because of who we are,

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 but despite who we are.

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 When we are at our ugliest,

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 our Lord is faithful still.

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 The first observation is this,

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 God proves his covenant faithfulness

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 to the lonely and brokenhearted.

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 God proves his covenant faithfulness

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 to the lonely and brokenhearted.

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 In the last verse of chapter 20,

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 we're told that David wept

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 and Jonathan wept,

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 but David wept the most.

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 And if you'll remember those parting words

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 from Jonathan,

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 who's a picture to us

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 of the covenant keeping friend,

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 his words to David are,

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 Shalom.

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 Go in peace.

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 May the Lord be between us.

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 I found it interesting

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 that the very next action David takes

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 in response to that word

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 is to go find a priest.

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 He goes to the tabernacle.

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 He goes to the mediator

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 between people like him

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 and the covenant keeping Lord.

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 You see verse 1 in chapter 21.

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 David shows up now

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 before Ahimelech,

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 the priest.

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 It's interesting how the priest

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 is the one meant to minister

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 peace to sinners with God.

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 And for reasons we're not told,

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 instead,

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 Ahimelech seems shocked

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 to encounter David.

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 David,

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 he says he was afraid

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 when he met David.

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 He trembled,

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 literally.

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 And he asked him,

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 why are you alone?

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 No one is with you.

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 And that's all the information

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 we have to go off of.

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 But David's response

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 seems to fill in a gap

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 of what was Ahimelech

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 potentially trembling about.

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 David says in verse 2

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 to the priest,

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 the king has ordered me

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 on some business.

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 He seems to want to right away

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 establish that the king

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 and I are talking.

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 The king and I are on good terms

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 and I'm still working for him.

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 We know that at this time

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 Saul had spies

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 across the entire nation

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 and it's taking sides.

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 Whose kingdom will prevail here?

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 So David says,

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 the king has ordered me

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 on some business.

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 He seems to be using vague words

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 on purpose.

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 It leads the priest to believe

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 David is on a secret mission.

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 And he asked him,

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 why are you alone?

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 And David says,

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 I have directed my young men

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 to such and such a place.

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 So we have one of two options.

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 Either David is telling the truth

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 or he's lying.

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 He's deceiving the priest.

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 It seems like David is truly alone

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 because he left with no provisions,

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 no plan.

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 He doesn't even have food to eat,

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 doesn't have any weapons.

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 We last saw him all alone

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 behind the rock

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 and Jonathan says his goodbye.

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 So I believe that

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 in this entire chapter,

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 David is practicing deception,

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 telling half-truths,

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 speaking in vague terms,

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 and letting people assume

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 something that's not right.

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 Why are you alone?

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 No one is with you.

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 I wonder how those words

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 hit David's ear.

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 What's evident,

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 despite the questions we may have,

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 is that God has humbled David.

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 Remember, this is the same David

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 who went out leading the men

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 to battle

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 and coming back victorious,

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 getting promoted

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 and getting more armies,

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 more men,

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 leading them out

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 and coming back victorious.

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 That's been the story

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 of David so far,

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 never alone,

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 always with an army.

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 Why are you alone?

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 No one is with you.

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 David is desperate,

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 but David is in the presence

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 of God.

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 There's no other place

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 to be when we're desperate.

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 The world will tempt us.

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 Oh, you're desperate.

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 Satan will accuse us.

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 Desperate people

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 do desperate things.

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 We need to put ourselves

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 in the presence of God.

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 There's no other place

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 to enjoy shalom,

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 to enjoy peace,

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 unless the Lord is among us.

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 This is the place

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 where God's grace

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 is mediated.

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 When you and I feel

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 our sins abound,

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 we can approach God

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 the same way,

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 put ourselves back

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 in His house,

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 ask God for mercy

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 John Gill commented

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 that mercy is not shown

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 to any because

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 they are worthy of it,

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 for that would be

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 a contradiction in terms.

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 Mercy is for those of us

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 who don't deserve it.

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 Romans 5.20 encourages us,

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 where sin abounds,

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 God's grace abounds

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 all the more.

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 God proves His covenant

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 faithfulness to the lonely

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 and brokenhearted.

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 Number two,

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 God proves His covenant

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 faithfulness to those

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 who hunger.

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 God proves His covenant

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 faithfulness to those

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 who hunger.

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 Well, by verse three,

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 David's most urgent need

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 has come to the surface.

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 In verse three,

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 he says,

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 therefore,

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 what you have on hand,

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 give it to me.

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 Five loaves

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 or whatever you can find.

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 See, one more way now

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 in which God

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 has humbled David.

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 Remember, it was David

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 who took the bread

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 to his brothers.

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 He's the one

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 bringing provision.

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 Now he's the one

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 without even a loaf

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 of bread to eat.

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 He had been married

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 to the princess,

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 King Saul's daughter.

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 He feasted

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 at the king's table.

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 And all of that's been

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 stripped away from David

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 now.

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 He's hungry.

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 He's starving.

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 In verse four,

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 the priest answered David

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 and said,

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 there is no common bread

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 on hand.

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 But next,

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 the priest does something

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 very interesting.

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 And let's shift our focus

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 now from David's perspective

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 to the perspective

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 of the priest

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 for a moment.

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 What he does,

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 we could call

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 a theological triage.

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 If you're a nurse

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 in the emergency department

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 and people are coming in,

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 you've got to decide

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 which need comes first here.

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 And I'm triaging

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 the needs

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 based on importance.

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 The priest considers

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 in verse four

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 availability.

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 He says,

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 there is holy bread.

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 We do have some bread

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 available.

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 And verse six

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 describes this.

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 It was removed

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 in order to put

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 hot bread in its place

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 on the day

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 when it was taken away.

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 This is a ceremonial law

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 God had given his people.

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 Leviticus 24 9

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 tells us,

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 12 loaves were baked

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 and placed

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 on a golden table

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 in the tabernacle

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 every Sabbath.

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 So once a week.

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 When the new loaves

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 were brought in,

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 the old loaves

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 were removed.

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 The day old bread

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 or multiple days old,

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 it was reserved

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 exclusively for Aaron

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 and his sons,

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 the priests.

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 And it had to be eaten

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 in a holy place.

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 But the principle

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 that the priest

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 is evaluating right now

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 is captured for us

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 in Proverbs 3 27.

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 There is bread available.

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 And the principle

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 in the proverb is,

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 do not withhold good

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 from those

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 to whom it is due

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 when it is in your power

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 to give it.

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 But notice how the priest

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 doesn't go all the way

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 to antinomianism

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 to saying

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 there is no law

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 or the law of God

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 doesn't matter.

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 He still shows

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 submission to God's law

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 at verse 5.

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 Look at that.

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 He says,

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 if the young men

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 have at least

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 kept themselves

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 from women.

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 He's not throwing

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 the law,

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 even the ceremonial law,

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 all the way out.

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 Well, David and his men,

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 they were not priests,

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 but Ahimelech

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 seems to be making

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 for them

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 a mercy-based exception.

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 Since David said

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 they were ritually clean,

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 even though I believe

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 he had no soldiers

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 with them,

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 and the priest

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 then decided

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 that the moral obligation

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 to preserve life,

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 which is upholding

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 the sixth commandment,

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 outweighs

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 the ceremonial restriction.

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 See, he did a triage.

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 The moral law

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 takes a higher precedent,

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 higher weight

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 than the ceremonial law.

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 In verse 6,

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 we read,

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 so the priest

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 then gave him

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 holy bread.

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 And then we get

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 this wonderful

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 little detail

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 that we won't

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 make much of now,

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 but it's important

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 as this story

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 gets layered

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 for an upcoming chapter

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 in verse 7,

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 that there was a witness

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 to all of this

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 who stood by,

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 observed the whole thing,

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 and he worked for Saul,

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 the chief shepherd.

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 He would later testify

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 in the defense

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 of this priest.

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 So let me ask

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 your opinion.

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 You got the scene,

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 you got the situation.

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 From Ahimelech's perspective,

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 did the priest

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 do the right thing?

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 What do you think?

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 Well, it seems

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 that by the time

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 we get to the

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 New Testament,

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 to the New Covenant,

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 all of the Jewish tradition

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 affirmed and celebrated

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 both the priest

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 and David.

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 Remember,

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 David is the greatest

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 hero of Israel,

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 national Israel.

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 Yet,

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 when the Lord Jesus

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 was teaching them

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 the true meaning

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 of the Ten Commandments

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 and how he is

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 the Lord of the Sabbath,

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 the Pharisees

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 were very quick

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 to condemn Jesus

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 and his disciples.

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 So in Matthew 12,

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 Jesus quotes Isaiah 6.6

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 and Jesus says,

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 God desires mercy,

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 not sacrifice.

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 And the word mercy

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 is the same word

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 that Jonathan and David

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 spoke to one another.

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 It's hesed.

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 Our Lord Jesus revealed

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 God is a God of hesed,

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 covenant kindness,

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 covenant faithfulness

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 to those who need it most.

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 David was a man in need.

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 So,

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 in my opinion,

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 it's okay if you disagree,

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 but the New Covenant

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 affirms the decision

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 of the priest.

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 Leaving David's actions

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 and behaviors aside,

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 the priest in this case

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 elevated the moral law.

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 The ceremonial law

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 was a pointer to Christ

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 and it would fade away.

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 It would be done with.

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 But the moral law

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 is upheld.

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 The life of David

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 is precious

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 and God is pleased

00:17:20.399 --> 00:17:21.720
 to show his covenant

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 faithfulness

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 to this man

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 who hungers.

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 John Calvin

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 had a comment on this.

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 He said,

00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:30.220
 Christ uses this very example

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 to teach us

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 that the law

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 was made for man,

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 not man for the law,

00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.880
 showing that his own ministry

00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:37.259
 is one of mercy

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 and life

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 to those in need.

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 You see how twice now

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 the Lord has humbled David.

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 He was popular,

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 now he's alone.

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 He had plenty

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 and now David hungers.

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 Can this God be trusted

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 who deals with his people

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 this way?

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 You see,

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.160
 it's God's kindness

00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:00.660
 to humble his people,

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 isn't it?

00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.799
 It's the Lord

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:04.160
 who in his covenant

00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:05.000
 faithfulness,

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 he humbles us too.

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 We've each been

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 through different seasons

00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:11.299
 of being humbled,

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 being made to hunger

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 and it's one of the greatest

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.399
 joys of being

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 in church life

00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:18.679
 is to hear God's faithfulness

00:18:18.679 --> 00:18:19.639
 to each one of us

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 about how he made you

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 hunger more for his word

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 and how he fed you

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 and has proved

00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:26.779
 his covenant faithfulness

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:28.059
 to you and to me.

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 Deuteronomy 8, 3

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 bears witness to that.

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 It's the Lord

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 who humbles you.

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 He made you hunger

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 and he fed you

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 with manna

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 that you did not know

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 nor did your fathers know.

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 Why?

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 That he might make you

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 to know that man

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 shall not live

00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.339
 by bread alone

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 but man lives

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 by every word

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 that proceeds

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 from the mouth

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.720
 of the Lord.

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 Amen?

00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:54.720
 John Cotton commented

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 God's overruling hand

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.500
 in this case

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 used David's need

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 to sanctify

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:01.559
 his dependence

00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:02.900
 on God.

00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:05.440
 David was reminded

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:06.700
 that he was sustained

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:08.779
 not by Saul's table

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:10.420
 but by God's

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 in his sanctuary.

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 Amen.

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 That's the end

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.500
 of Cotton's quote.

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 The life-giving bread

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 that fed David

00:19:18.860 --> 00:19:20.059
 and sustained him now.

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 It says it was

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 the holy bread

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 taken from

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 the presence

00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.820
 of the Lord.

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 And literally

00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:26.440
 the language

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 in the original

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 is taken from

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 before the faces.

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 It means

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 before the face,

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 the presence

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 of the Lord.

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 It was not

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 merely food.

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 This was a gift

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:39.380
 from God

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 himself.

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 You can see

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.380
 how God's holiness

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:44.119
 even as it was

00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:44.920
 protected in the

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.700
 ceremonial law

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 ultimately God's holiness

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:49.119
 is not a barrier

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 but it's the very

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.940
 holiness of God

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.920
 to which we're united

00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.660
 through Christ

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.900
 that is the only

00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:56.519
 source of eternal life

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.619
 for those that God

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.359
 has made to be

00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:59.259
 spiritually hungry.

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 God proves

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.379
 his covenant

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 faithfulness

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 to those

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.640
 who hunger.

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 Number three,

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.779
 God proves

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.240
 his covenant

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.980
 faithfulness

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:09.140
 to the empty

00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:09.599
 handed

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.879
 and weak.

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.440
 God proves

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.940
 his covenant

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.640
 faithfulness

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.279
 to the empty

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.660
 handed

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.740
 and weak.

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:17.180
 Look at verse 8.

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 David said

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.720
 to Ahimelech

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.339
 the priest,

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.299
 is there not

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:21.740
 here

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:23.279
 on hand

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:24.359
 a spear

00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:25.279
 or a sword?

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.619
 Here's God

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.460
 humbling David

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.279
 one more time.

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:30.960
 David,

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:32.380
 the one who

00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:33.460
 first from Israel

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.440
 held Goliath's

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:34.740
 sword,

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.079
 is now

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.799
 empty handed.

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.579
 David,

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.460
 whose military

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.579
 might was famous

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.880
 not only in his

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:42.640
 nation but also

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.079
 among the

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.700
 Philistines,

00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:45.640
 he now

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:46.400
 is weak.

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.559
 He has nothing

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.259
 with which to

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:49.559
 fight or defend

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.100
 himself.

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.840
 Defenseless.

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.200
 No way to

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:55.079
 build a kingdom

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:56.299
 for himself.

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.940
 will God

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.379
 keep his

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:58.759
 covenant?

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.460
 Will God

00:20:59.460 --> 00:20:59.899
 keep his

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.319
 promises?

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.539
 How will

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.119
 God do it?

00:21:03.159 --> 00:21:03.639
 We see

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.200
 David now

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.619
 at a moment

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:06.000
 of weakness.

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.639
 God has

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.359
 stripped him

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:08.159
 of any

00:21:08.159 --> 00:21:08.659
 source of

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:09.139
 strength

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.899
 in himself

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.980
 and this

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.480
 too is a

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.839
 blessing.

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.460
 David says,

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.139
 I have

00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:14.680
 brought neither

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.299
 my sword

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.740
 nor my

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.079
 weapons

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.599
 with me.

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.399
 Now that's

00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:17.659
 true.

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.240
 He left

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:19.000
 in haste.

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.659
 He's got

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.039
 nothing.

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.299
 And then he

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.579
 says,

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.159
 because the

00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:22.839
 king's business

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.939
 required

00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:25.419
 haste.

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.319
 Well,

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.639
 if he's

00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.199
 referring to

00:21:28.199 --> 00:21:28.879
 Saul as

00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:29.199
 king,

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:29.980
 then this

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.339
 is bearing

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.119
 false witness.

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:32.919
 Will God

00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:34.019
 show mercy

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.679
 to this

00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.980
 broken,

00:21:36.459 --> 00:21:36.799
 lonely,

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:37.879
 hungry,

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.319
 weak man?

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:42.099
 If David's

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.899
 being deceptive

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.279
 here and

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.759
 trying to

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:45.599
 be crafty

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:45.879
 and get

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.339
 things by

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.740
 his own

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.259
 efforts,

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.439
 he doesn't

00:21:48.439 --> 00:21:49.220
 deserve God's

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.500
 mercy.

00:21:50.439 --> 00:21:50.839
 And God

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.419
 is merciful

00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:51.859
 still.

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.719
 Look at

00:21:52.719 --> 00:21:53.240
 verse 9.

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.099
 The priest

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.359
 said,

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:54.819
 The sword

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.459
 of Goliath

00:21:55.459 --> 00:21:56.099
 the Philistine

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:56.519
 whom you

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.419
 killed in

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:57.859
 the valley

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.519
 of Elah.

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.500
 There it

00:21:59.500 --> 00:21:59.699
 is,

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.119
 wrapped in

00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.639
 a cloth

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:02.679
 behind the

00:22:02.679 --> 00:22:03.159
 ephod.

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.419
 The ephod

00:22:05.419 --> 00:22:05.919
 was that

00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.539
 elaborate

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.500
 multicolored

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.899
 garment

00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:08.659
 that the

00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:09.119
 high priest

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.559
 would put

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.119
 on to

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.799
 perform the

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.319
 ceremonial

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.759
 duties.

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.000
 Benjamin

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.339
 Keech

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.819
 commented

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.179
 how,

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:15.779
 this is

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.199
 interesting,

00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:16.899
 God kept

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.439
 the weapon

00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:18.299
 of the

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.679
 enemy in

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.219
 the place

00:22:20.219 --> 00:22:20.959
 of worship.

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.359
 It reveals

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.719
 that the

00:22:22.719 --> 00:22:23.319
 power to

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.019
 overcome the

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.599
 giant was

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:24.979
 God's

00:22:24.979 --> 00:22:25.959
 power all

00:22:25.959 --> 00:22:26.339
 along.

00:22:27.219 --> 00:22:27.699
 God gets

00:22:27.699 --> 00:22:28.219
 the trophy.

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.979
 And now

00:22:29.979 --> 00:22:30.699
 he had laid

00:22:30.699 --> 00:22:31.219
 it up and

00:22:31.219 --> 00:22:31.859
 preserved it

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.240
 for his

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.019
 anointed one

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:34.399
 in his

00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:34.979
 time of

00:22:34.979 --> 00:22:36.139
 greatest need.

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.240
 In verse 9,

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.839
 the priest says,

00:22:38.959 --> 00:22:39.399
 If you will

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:39.979
 take that,

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.740
 take it.

00:22:42.199 --> 00:22:43.059
 For there is

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.539
 no other

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.179
 except that

00:22:44.179 --> 00:22:44.859
 one here.

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.159
 Can you picture

00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:47.639
 David,

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.139
 you know,

00:22:48.219 --> 00:22:48.859
 there in the

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.419
 tabernacle

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.300
 from behind

00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:51.200
 the priest's

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.480
 garments

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.180
 comes the

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.600
 sword of

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:53.120
 Goliath.

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:54.080
 They unwrap

00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:54.620
 the cloth.

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.860
 I don't know

00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.320
 where in his

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:56.960
 body he put

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.380
 it, you know,

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:58.420
 maybe like on

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.360
 his back or

00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:00.340
 on his belt,

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.039
 on his side.

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.180
 I mean,

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.960
 from then on,

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.519
 David is going

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:03.900
 to get to

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.500
 walk around

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.539
 now with

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.140
 this sword

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:07.519
 of Goliath.

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.279
 A constant

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.740
 reminder of

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.539
 God's past

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.400
 deliverance.

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:13.900
 Whenever you

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.160
 doubt,

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.920
 whenever you

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.220
 fail,

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:15.960
 God is putting

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:17.800
 this visible,

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.640
 tangible

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.940
 reminder on

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:21.340
 you of

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:22.600
 God's past

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.560
 faithfulness.

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.060
 Of course,

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.900
 he will be

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.440
 faithful to

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.780
 the end.

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.840
 He will keep

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.320
 his covenant

00:23:27.320 --> 00:23:28.200
 faithfulness to

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.440
 you.

00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.460
 David said,

00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:31.120
 there is none

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.759
 like it.

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.800
 Give it to

00:23:32.800 --> 00:23:32.980
 me.

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.160
 Matthew

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.840
 Henry's comment

00:23:35.840 --> 00:23:36.380
 was this,

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.120
 by giving him

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.860
 the sword he

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.580
 once used to

00:23:38.580 --> 00:23:39.100
 cut off the

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.759
 giant's head,

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.660
 God was

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.220
 saying the

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.360
 battle is

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.240
 the Lord's.

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.440
 It was God's

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.020
 way of saying,

00:23:45.520 --> 00:23:46.080
 of arming

00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:46.920
 those who

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.780
 come to

00:23:47.780 --> 00:23:48.520
 God in

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.259
 their distress.

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.799
 That's the

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.019
 end of

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.259
 Matthew

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.680
 Henry's

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:51.940
 quote.

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.920
 Why did

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.299
 God do

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.599
 this?

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.619
 Why was

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.059
 God so

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.000
 kind to

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.279
 David?

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.339
 It's because

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.920
 this is who

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.519
 God is.

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.799
 He is the

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.579
 God of

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.039
 covenant

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:04.220
 faithfulness.

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.379
 Psalm

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:07.000
 111.5,

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.599
 God will

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.240
 ever be

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.359
 merciful to

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.960
 his covenant.

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.259
 Titus 3.5,

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.119
 not by works

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.839
 of righteousness

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.819
 which we

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.440
 have done,

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.420
 but according

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.140
 to his

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.539
 mercy,

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.539
 he saved

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.000
 us.

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.840
 John

00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:21.019
 Gill,

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:21.360
 one more

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:21.660
 time,

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.940
 mercy is

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:24.039
 for the

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.500
 miserable.

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.880
 I love

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.120
 that.

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.759
 Mercy is

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.300
 for the

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:28.720
 miserable,

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.900
 not for

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.460
 the worthy,

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.560
 but it

00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:32.100
 shows,

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:32.759
 it is

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.460
 shown because

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.500
 God has

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:34.920
 made a

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.580
 covenant with

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.220
 his chosen

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.259
 and his

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.680
 faithfulness is

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.500
 the security

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.360
 of it.

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:42.599
 if you

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.259
 feel empty

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.639
 handed,

00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:44.879
 if you

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.539
 feel weak,

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:48.139
 God's

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:48.500
 word,

00:24:48.719 --> 00:24:49.019
 God's

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.699
 spirit through

00:24:49.699 --> 00:24:50.379
 his church

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.579
 are constantly

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.699
 his reminder

00:24:52.699 --> 00:24:53.659
 to you

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.639
 of his

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.099
 power

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:56.339
 and his

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.679
 past

00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:57.379
 deliverance.

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.399
 Reading stories

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.019
 like this from

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.659
 1 Samuel,

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.479
 keeping it

00:25:00.479 --> 00:25:01.159
 always before

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.519
 us,

00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:03.759
 God is

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:05.099
 merciful for

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.619
 you and me

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.339
 who are weak,

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.299
 empty handed,

00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:08.839
 especially when

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.419
 we're miserable.

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.719
 Number four,

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.039
 God proves his

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.199
 covenant faithfulness

00:25:14.199 --> 00:25:15.679
 to the fearful

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:17.459
 and desperate.

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:19.000
 God proves his

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.759
 covenant faithful

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.559
 to the fearful

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.859
 and desperate.

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.019
 In verse 10,

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.459
 we read,

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.819
 then David arose

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:27.099
 and fled that

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.939
 day from before

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:29.339
 Saul and went

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.179
 to Achish,

00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:31.959
 the king of

00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:33.000
 Gath.

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.000
 Gath?

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:37.019
 That's the next

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.659
 city he goes

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:37.899
 to.

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.419
 You remember

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:39.799
 Gath.

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.319
 This is one

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.019
 of the five

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:42.139
 powerful cities

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.980
 of the Philistine

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:44.440
 nation that

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.379
 have tormented

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:46.139
 and enslaved

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.819
 the Israelites.

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.899
 Not only

00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:49.919
 just one of the

00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:50.240
 five,

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.899
 but this is the

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.639
 city that

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.680
 Goliath himself

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.379
 is from.

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:54.919
 Right after

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.779
 getting the

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.779
 sword of Goliath,

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.019
 probably made

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:59.379
 by iron workers

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.180
 in the city

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.779
 of Gath,

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.200
 he now goes

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.099
 marching back

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.980
 into that city

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.480
 with this

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.779
 sword.

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.980
 And why did

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.539
 he do this?

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:08.839
 Well,

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.339
 as we

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.620
 mentioned,

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.299
 this is still

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.299
 the kingdom

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.880
 of Saul

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:13.500
 needing to

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.120
 be reclaimed

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.500
 for the

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.779
 Lord.

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:15.799
 But right

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.099
 now,

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.019
 everywhere that

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.660
 you go within

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.000
 Israel,

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.519
 you will be

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.380
 now viewed

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.059
 as a threat

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.759
 to Saul's

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.079
 kingdom.

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:22.980
 And God

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.539
 isn't the one

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.279
 sending David

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.779
 to Gath

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.319
 necessarily.

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.900
 Maybe this

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.299
 is David

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.140
 in his flesh

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:28.220
 thinking there's

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.740
 no other way

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.480
 to survive.

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.420
 But this

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.860
 in God's

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.319
 providence

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.139
 is where

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:32.899
 David lands.

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.039
 We read

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.700
 in verse 11

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.079
 that the

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.919
 servants of

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.480
 Achish,

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.919
 these Philistine

00:26:39.919 --> 00:26:40.460
 soldiers,

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.139
 said to the

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.439
 king,

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.879
 is not this

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:44.220
 David the

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.980
 king of

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.519
 the land?

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.720
 And then

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.099
 they quote

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.559
 that song

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:47.839
 that the

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.240
 women of

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.879
 Israel sing.

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.740
 And this

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.079
 gives us

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.500
 an insight

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.159
 from an

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:51.960
 outsider's

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.460
 perspective,

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.099
 from another

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.539
 nation,

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.700
 how famous

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.519
 David was,

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.480
 how high

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.220
 his popularity

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.099
 had soared

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:59.439
 to the point

00:26:59.439 --> 00:27:00.039
 that they think

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.519
 he was the

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.879
 king of

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.780
 Israel already.

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.600
 His following

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.840
 was swelling.

00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:06.920
 In verse 12,

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.440
 now David

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.000
 took these

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.600
 words to

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:08.900
 heart,

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.560
 and notice

00:27:10.560 --> 00:27:10.960
 the next

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.380
 words,

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.140
 and was

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.300
 very much

00:27:14.300 --> 00:27:15.720
 afraid of

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.300
 Achish,

00:27:16.760 --> 00:27:17.200
 the king

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.700
 of Gath.

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.380
 I think

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.040
 this entire

00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:21.580
 context is

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.280
 important because

00:27:22.280 --> 00:27:23.160
 it sets up,

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.420
 even though

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.740
 you've got

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.360
 Goliath's

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.700
 sword,

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.380
 a reminder

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:26.740
 that God

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.180
 has defeated

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.780
 this entire

00:27:27.780 --> 00:27:28.680
 nation and

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.100
 their greatest

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.620
 champion,

00:27:30.020 --> 00:27:30.260
 and you're

00:27:30.260 --> 00:27:30.720
 going back

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.019
 to their

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.319
 city.

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.500
 It just

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.039
 sets up

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.759
 how much

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.299
 David is

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.000
 humbled again.

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.200
 Even there,

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.759
 with all of

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.000
 this,

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.920
 he's afraid.

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.559
 He's weak.

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.160
 He's like

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.420
 you and

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.600
 me.

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.380
 God humbled

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.000
 David.

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.600
 David,

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.299
 who was feared

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.000
 by the entire

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.579
 army of the

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.160
 Philistines,

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.920
 they were the

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.640
 ones who saw

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.500
 him cut off

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.420
 Goliath's head.

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.240
 Remember,

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:53.960
 David carried

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.620
 Goliath's head

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.259
 around with him

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.819
 everywhere he

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.180
 went.

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:58.279
 And now

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.299
 David is

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.759
 afraid.

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.539
 In verse

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.000
 13,

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:02.500
 we're told

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.460
 what he

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.120
 does in

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.640
 his fear.

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.480
 He changed

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.160
 his behavior

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.920
 before them,

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.100
 pretended

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:10.560
 madness in

00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.160
 their hands.

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.740
 So apparently

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.180
 they laid

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.620
 their hands

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:13.920
 on him,

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.019
 and they're

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.440
 bringing him

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:15.920
 before their

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.220
 king.

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.799
 And as he's

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.299
 going in,

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:18.779
 David is

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.560
 scratching at

00:28:19.560 --> 00:28:20.080
 the doors

00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:21.039
 of the gate

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.240
 and letting

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:24.120
 saliva run

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.660
 down his

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:24.980
 beard.

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:27.779
 In ancient

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.220
 Near Eastern

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.660
 culture,

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.220
 the beard

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.220
 for a man

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.880
 was a symbol

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.519
 of dignity

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.680
 and masculinity.

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.299
 So for a

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.839
 man to let

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.380
 saliva,

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.480
 which is

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.019
 associated

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:38.000
 with a lack

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.880
 of self-control,

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.079
 for that to

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.539
 defile his

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.120
 beard was

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.579
 like the

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.779
 ultimate sign

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.380
 of craziness,

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:47.099
 total loss

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.220
 of status.

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.779
 David is

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:51.019
 humbled,

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.599
 once feared,

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.299
 respected,

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.799
 now considered

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.299
 crazy.

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.339
 John

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.700
 Flavel

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.220
 commented,

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.180
 even great

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.940
 saints like

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.599
 David may

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.339
 have ebbs

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.240
 and flows

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.079
 of faith

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:07.319
 where fear

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.339
 drives them

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.299
 to shift

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.240
 their behavior

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.160
 disgracefully.

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.380
 And this is

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:13.860
 true in my

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.140
 life,

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.660
 it's true in

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:14.880
 yours,

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.599
 and it will

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:15.940
 happen.

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.420
 We see

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.000
 those who

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.920
 we see as

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.500
 strong in

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.880
 the faith

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.980
 having these

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.519
 moments where

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.940
 their faith

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.420
 is weak

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.259
 and their

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.960
 behavior show

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.180
 it.

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.059
 In verse

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.600
 14,

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.200
 then Achish

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.039
 said to

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.579
 his servants,

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.000
 look,

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:29.160
 you see,

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.840
 this man

00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:31.400
 is insane.

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.440
 Even when

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.000
 David's

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:36.140
 faith ebbed,

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.600
 he resorted

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.720
 to these

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.380
 unseemly

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.759
 shifts,

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.259
 but God

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.720
 was sanctifying

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.299
 David and

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.740
 had not

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.180
 abandoned

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.480
 him.

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.059
 He uses

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.840
 David's

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.360
 craftiness

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:46.640
 here,

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.539
 acting crazy

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.600
 as a means

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.279
 of escape

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.339
 and deliverance.

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.420
 I love

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.879
 the king's

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.200
 comment,

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.559
 have you

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.960
 brought him

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.339
 to me?

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:56.000
 Verse 15,

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.700
 have I need

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.119
 of more

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.519
 madmen?

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:58.559
 I don't

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:58.819
 know if

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.160
 madmen

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.480
 had just

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.879
 left the

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.180
 presence

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.559
 of the

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:00.960
 king

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.220
 there,

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.660
 left his

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:01.940
 court.

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.639
 I don't

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.039
 need more

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.700
 crazy people

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:03.920
 in here.

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.279
 Why have

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.579
 you brought

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:04.879
 him here?

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.819
 So David

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.379
 is weak.

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.839
 We see

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.240
 that it was

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.759
 not his

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.579
 acting this

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.000
 way that

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.639
 delivered him

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.259
 or gave

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.539
 him an

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:13.879
 escape,

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.339
 but it was

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.859
 God who

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.259
 did it.

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.480
 God

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.139
 sovereignly

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:17.740
 moved the

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.139
 heart of

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.639
 this pagan

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:19.059
 king,

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.299
 to preserve

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.599
 his

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.019
 anointed,

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.660
 not because

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.440
 David deserves

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.700
 it,

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.559
 but because

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.399
 God will

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.879
 keep his

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.200
 covenant.

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.259
 God will

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.259
 establish the

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.879
 throne through

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.519
 the line of

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.079
 this man,

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:29.980
 this weak

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.319
 man,

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.720
 David.

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.460
 Proverbs

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.960
 21,

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.759
 1 tells us

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.240
 the king's

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.819
 heart is in

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.359
 the hand

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.099
 of the

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:37.019
 Lord like

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.539
 the rivers

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.279
 of water,

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:38.859
 and he

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.319
 turns it

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.879
 wherever he

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.299
 wishes.

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.500
 2 Corinthians

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.920
 12,

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.619
 9 reminds

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.639
 us God's

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:46.059
 strength is

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.859
 made perfect

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.859
 in our

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.740
 weakness.

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.420
 And so

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.859
 we read in

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.559
 21, 1,

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.279
 therefore David

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.700
 departed and

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.259
 escaped.

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.920
 David has

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.879
 been humiliated,

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.299
 ashamed.

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.720
 He was afraid

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.299
 and he was

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.779
 desperate,

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.879
 yet God

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.799
 delivered him

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.460
 in his

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:09.920
 weakness.

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.119
 David didn't

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.619
 have to get

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.559
 himself strong,

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.680
 get his act

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.119
 together,

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:15.519
 and then

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.279
 received God's

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.839
 deliverance.

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.099
 God did it

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:19.439
 despite David.

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.659
 You may be

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.119
 in a place

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.579
 where you feel

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.299
 backed into a

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.599
 corner.

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:25.979
 You may have

00:31:25.979 --> 00:31:27.319
 shame or

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.859
 disgrace.

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.239
 It's for

00:31:30.239 --> 00:31:30.939
 people like you

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:31.959
 and me in

00:31:31.959 --> 00:31:32.679
 those moments.

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:34.000
 God wants us

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:35.099
 to depend on

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:36.339
 him completely.

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.500
 If he delivers

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.139
 you when you're

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.659
 strong,

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.939
 you can take

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.359
 some of the

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:43.319
 credit perhaps in

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.859
 your flesh.

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.079
 But if you

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.659
 are utterly

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.279
 desperate,

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.339
 laid low,

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:48.059
 stripped of

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.019
 everything that

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.939
 you once put

00:31:49.939 --> 00:31:50.539
 some pride

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:50.899
 into,

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.399
 God alone

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:53.220
 will get the

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.339
 glory and

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.740
 the credit

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.139
 for the

00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:55.759
 deliverance.

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.039
 And God

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.599
 will see to

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.200
 it that all

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.720
 things,

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.079
 even in our

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:01.339
 worst failures,

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.839
 they turn out

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.639
 for our good

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.539
 and for his

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:04.919
 glory.

00:32:05.939 --> 00:32:06.679
 God proves

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:07.240
 his covenant

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.119
 faithfulness to

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.639
 the fearful

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.960
 and desperate.

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.140
 it.

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.180
 Well, we've

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.579
 made it through

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.299
 our passage and

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.120
 I want to give

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.799
 you one final

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:17.039
 encouragement as

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.759
 we meditate on

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.059
 this.

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.420
 You and I,

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.180
 whom God has

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.740
 redeemed, we

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:24.200
 cannot fail

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:26.039
 ourselves out

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:27.299
 of God's

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.640
 covenant

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.559
 faithfulness.

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.980
 We cannot

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:32.559
 fail ourselves

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.980
 out of God's

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.319
 covenant

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.120
 faithfulness.

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:37.319
 in this

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.799
 chapter, we

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.479
 see David at

00:32:38.479 --> 00:32:39.139
 his lowest

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:41.719
 to the extent

00:32:41.719 --> 00:32:42.199
 that he was

00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:42.839
 acting out of

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.479
 his flesh.

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.379
 Even there,

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.579
 we just see

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.299
 God's grace

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.339
 shining through

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:48.639
 and as David

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.239
 gets humbled

00:32:49.239 --> 00:32:50.019
 lower and

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.699
 lower and

00:32:50.699 --> 00:32:51.339
 lower and

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.500
 lower, it's

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.119
 the power,

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.339
 the faithfulness

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.939
 of God that

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.639
 gets elevated

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.799
 higher and

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.159
 higher.

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.479
 So,

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.000
 brothers and

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.519
 sisters, we

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.139
 need to remember

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:01.319
 our security,

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.399
 just like David's,

00:33:02.679 --> 00:33:03.259
 it doesn't

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.839
 rest on our

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.359
 performance,

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:05.980
 but on the

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:07.379
 perfection of

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.879
 our Savior.

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.659
 Our standing

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:11.179
 before God is

00:33:11.179 --> 00:33:12.539
 grounded solely

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:14.220
 on God, the

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.919
 covenant keeper.

00:33:16.199 --> 00:33:17.259
 Our assurance

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:19.259
 is found not

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.839
 in our

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:21.220
 faithfulness, but

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.939
 in God's.

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.839
 The Lord is the

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:25.079
 refuge for the

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.899
 sinner who has

00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:27.039
 nowhere else

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.759
 to go.

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.539
 If God is

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.159
 making you to

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:32.079
 hunger spiritually,

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.399
 it's so that he

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:34.159
 can feed you.

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:38.720
 Christ is not

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.119
 for the

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.899
 self-sufficient,

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:41.179
 but for those

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:41.919
 who, like David,

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.699
 realize they

00:33:42.699 --> 00:33:43.439
 will perish

00:33:43.439 --> 00:33:44.980
 without God's

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.579
 immediate

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.539
 provision.

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.339
 Jesus Christ

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.959
 is the bread

00:33:48.959 --> 00:33:49.439
 of life.

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.139
 We read John

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.939
 6 earlier.

00:33:51.959 --> 00:33:52.720
 Jesus Christ

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:54.119
 is taken from

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:55.019
 before the face

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.619
 of God,

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.179
 and he declared

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:57.859
 in John 6,

00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:58.299
 35,

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.899
 I am the bread

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.579
 of life.

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.699
 He who comes

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:02.419
 to me shall

00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:03.579
 never hunger.

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:05.639
 Jesus Christ

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.460
 gave his

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.519
 own body,

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.440
 his holy

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.920
 body,

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.719
 given to

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.440
 wicked people,

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.519
 commoners like

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.039
 you and me,

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.360
 who are

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.059
 perishing and

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.840
 would starve in

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.239
 the wilderness

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:18.079
 of this world.

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.199
 Matthew Henry

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.880
 pointed out how

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.559
 the priest did

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.239
 not hesitate

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:23.900
 to give the

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:25.059
 bread for

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:26.659
 David and

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.400
 his necessity.

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.539
 him.

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.579
 And Jesus

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.240
 Christ does

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.900
 not hesitate

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.820
 to give

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:33.039
 himself to

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.619
 sinners like

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.139
 you and me.

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.559
 Our Lord is

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.240
 faithful to

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:37.300
 lavish his

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:37.920
 grace upon

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:39.260
 us who are

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:40.340
 spiritually desperate.

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.220
 When we're

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:42.000
 empty-handed

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.500
 beggars,

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:43.559
 when we know

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.760
 that we are

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.599
 guilty in our

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.420
 sin on our

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.680
 own,

00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.079
 and when we

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.940
 feel completely

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:49.139
 disgraced,

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.200
 most humbled,

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:52.079
 that's when

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.700
 our Lord Jesus

00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.440
 loves to come

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.360
 near to

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.019
 commune with

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.360
 us.

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:57.119
 He feeds

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.340
 you,

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.079
 he equips

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.340
 you,

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.820
 and he

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.619
 delivers you.

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.179
 Amen.

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.500
 Because our

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.960
 Lord has

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.840
 bound himself

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:07.219
 in covenant

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:08.900
 faithfulness to

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.599
 us as people.

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:11.079
 Go to him.

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.900
 Let's pray.

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.420
 Lord, we

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.039
 praise you for

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.780
 those times when

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.539
 you humble us,

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.179
 when you make

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.659
 us hunger,

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.639
 hunger.

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.619
 And we

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.219
 praise you that

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.639
 you don't

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.399
 hesitate to

00:35:28.399 --> 00:35:28.899
 give yourself

00:35:28.899 --> 00:35:29.500
 to us.

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.279
 You love to

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:31.839
 commune with

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:32.139
 us.

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.799
 We praise you

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.219
 that you,

00:35:34.359 --> 00:35:34.759
 Lord Jesus,

00:35:34.899 --> 00:35:35.599
 are the great

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.579
 high priest

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:38.339
 who pulls

00:35:38.339 --> 00:35:38.759
 your people

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:39.299
 close,

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.339
 who keeps

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:41.980
 us close

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.420
 to you.

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.179
 We thank

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:45.339
 you,

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.519
 Lord,

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:45.980
 for your

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:47.539
 great

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.139
 compassion.

00:35:48.879 --> 00:35:49.399
 We thank

00:35:49.399 --> 00:35:49.559
 you,

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:49.759
 Lord,

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.139
 for your

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.759
 good law.

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:50.860
 God,

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:52.940
 we thank

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.100
 you,

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.240
 Lord,

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.600
 that your

00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:54.200
 kingdom is

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:54.580
 not a

00:35:54.580 --> 00:35:54.900
 kingdom

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:56.300
 dependent on

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.540
 man,

00:35:56.620 --> 00:35:56.900
 but your

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.800
 kingdom is

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.660
 established in

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.380
 Jesus Christ

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.540
 forever and

00:36:00.540 --> 00:36:00.820
 ever,

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.280
 and that by

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.820
 your grace

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.140
 and your

00:36:03.140 --> 00:36:03.420
 covenant

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.080
 faithfulness

00:36:04.080 --> 00:36:04.440
 alone,

00:36:04.620 --> 00:36:05.340
 we belong

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.780
 to you.

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.140
 Help us to

00:36:07.140 --> 00:36:07.640
 know more of

00:36:07.640 --> 00:36:08.320
 this assurance,

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.760
 to find more

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.360
 of this comfort

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.800
 in you,

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.200
 and we know

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.580
 that your

00:36:12.580 --> 00:36:13.680
 grace is a

00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:14.460
 redeeming grace

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.180
 from start to

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.540
 finish.

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:16.960
 We thank you

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.420
 for the good

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.940
 work you have

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.760
 begun in

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.260
 each life

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:19.539
 here,

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:21.240
 in each

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:22.179
 household,

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.159
 and in this

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.740
 church as a

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:23.960
 whole,

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:25.119
 and we trust

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.780
 that by your

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.159
 covenant

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.880
 faithfulness,

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.380
 you will see

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:27.920
 it through to

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.360
 completion.

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:29.800
 We ask this

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.119
 for your

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.460
 glory.

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.220
 Amen.