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Well, we are looking at the book of 2 Samuel tonight, chapter 16. 00:00:08.220 --> 00:00:12.359 So that's page 267 in the Black Pew Bibles in front of you. 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:14.000 Let me invite you to turn there with me. 00:00:17.059 --> 00:00:21.140 We are working through a sermon series in the book of 2 Samuel. 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:26.240 We got through chapter 15 last year, took a little break for the holidays, 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:28.640 and then we'll finish it up by Easter time. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.940 And while you're turning there, let me point out too, 00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:37.719 in the pews in front of you is a new sermon card for the sermon series in the coming months. 00:00:37.820 --> 00:00:39.420 So you can take one of those home actually. 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:44.859 You can stick it on your fridge or wherever you stick things in your life. 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:47.679 You can take a picture of it and put it on your phone and then throw it away 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:49.600 or whatever you do with things these days. 00:00:49.939 --> 00:00:51.659 You can follow along so you know it's coming up. 00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:54.500 So you can read the passage in the week and be prepared for Sundays. 00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:58.659 Once we're done with 2 Samuel, we're going to celebrate Easter 00:00:58.659 --> 00:01:02.859 and then we're actually going to be preaching through the middle portion of the Gospel of Luke 00:01:02.859 --> 00:01:06.739 and thinking about discipleship, discipleship in the real world. 00:01:06.859 --> 00:01:10.019 As Jesus leads his followers to Jerusalem in the Gospel of Luke, 00:01:10.060 --> 00:01:11.859 he teaches them about what it means to follow him. 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:14.280 So that's kind of where we're going in the next few months. 00:01:14.739 --> 00:01:17.340 Tonight, we're looking at 2 Samuel. 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:24.939 So as we approach this passage tonight, I think we'll find it fruitful if we pause first 00:01:24.939 --> 00:01:33.219 and think about a time in your life when maybe you were at a moment of weakness or vulnerability 00:01:33.219 --> 00:01:39.800 and someone actually took advantage of you or maybe even manipulated you, deceived you, 00:01:39.859 --> 00:01:43.859 or tricked you in some way, sort of took advantage of you in a moment of weakness. 00:01:43.859 --> 00:01:52.519 Or even think about a time when someone maybe unjustly accused you or criticized you 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:59.299 for something that you didn't do or came at you in a way that was full of misrepresentations and untruth. 00:02:01.900 --> 00:02:05.579 Or think about a time even when maybe someone betrayed you, 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:10.099 like a close friend or a colleague or even a spouse or a brother or sister. 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:14.879 Or think about a time when someone that you loved and trusted betrayed your trust 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:20.199 and abandoned you and worked for your hurt and not for your good. 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:27.560 If you get a personal experience like that in mind, as unpleasant as it is, 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:31.439 with all the emotion and all the anguish and all the anger and hurt that it brings up, 00:02:32.099 --> 00:02:36.019 then I think you'll be able to connect with our passage tonight. 00:02:36.020 --> 00:02:41.240 Because in our text tonight, David is experiencing all of those things. 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:47.820 David in this chapter endures all sorts of unjust reproach and betrayal. 00:02:48.420 --> 00:02:52.879 At this point in his life's story, he's on the run from his son Absalom. 00:02:53.040 --> 00:02:55.120 He's fleeing the city of Jerusalem, the capital. 00:02:55.760 --> 00:02:58.980 And in chapter 15 that we looked at before the holidays, 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:04.160 we found that David in his flight was greeted mostly by friends along the way. 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:10.840 But now here in chapter 16, he's greeted not by his friends, but by his foes. 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:17.639 And the chapter ends with him having been manipulated and cursed and betrayed. 00:03:20.539 --> 00:03:25.560 So as we dive into this chapter, I want us to think about three things, three questions. 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:29.620 First, why does all this happen to David? 00:03:30.300 --> 00:03:32.240 And why do things like this happen to us? 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:38.280 Second, how does David respond to this harsh reality? 00:03:39.200 --> 00:03:44.520 And then third, how can we today respond similarly? 00:03:46.620 --> 00:03:47.700 So that's where we're going. 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:49.879 Let's read 2 Samuel chapter 16. 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:57.599 When David had passed a little beyond the summit, that is the summit of the Mount of Olives, 00:03:57.659 --> 00:03:58.639 which was east of Jerusalem. 00:03:58.780 --> 00:04:01.299 David's, remember, on the run from his son Absalom. 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:06.740 When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, met him 00:04:06.740 --> 00:04:12.159 with a couple of donkeys saddled bearing 200 loaves of bread and 100 bunches of raisins 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:14.639 and 100 of summer fruits and a skin of wine. 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.620 And the king said to Ziba, why have you brought these? 00:04:18.539 --> 00:04:22.579 Ziba answered, the donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer 00:04:22.579 --> 00:04:26.139 fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink. 00:04:26.819 --> 00:04:28.879 And the king said, and where is your master's son? 00:04:29.779 --> 00:04:32.060 Ziba said to the king, behold, he remains in Jerusalem. 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:35.740 For he said, today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father. 00:04:35.740 --> 00:04:40.500 Then the king said to Ziba, behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours. 00:04:41.340 --> 00:04:42.639 And Ziba said, I pay homage. 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:45.540 Let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord, the king. 00:04:47.900 --> 00:04:52.639 When David came to Baharim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:56.220 whose name was Shimei, the son of Gerah. 00:04:56.259 --> 00:04:58.759 And as he came, he cursed continually. 00:04:59.819 --> 00:05:03.160 Then he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David. 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:06.400 And all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 00:05:06.580 --> 00:05:11.580 And Shimei said as he cursed, get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man. 00:05:12.020 --> 00:05:17.420 The Lord has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned. 00:05:17.820 --> 00:05:21.100 And the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:25.280 See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood. 00:05:26.860 --> 00:05:32.200 Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, why should this dead dog curse my lord, the king? 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:34.620 Let me go over and take off his head. 00:05:35.819 --> 00:05:40.019 But the king said, what have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? 00:05:40.459 --> 00:05:45.719 If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, curse David, who then shall say, why have you done so? 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:50.159 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, behold, my own son seeks my life. 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:56.180 How much more may now this Benjaminite leave him alone and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to. 00:05:56.180 --> 00:06:02.699 It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today. 00:06:04.459 --> 00:06:13.460 So David and his men went on the road with Shimei, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust. 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.240 And the king and all the people who were with him arrived weary at the Jordan. 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:19.399 And there he refreshed himself. 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:25.359 Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem and Ahithophel with him. 00:06:25.579 --> 00:06:31.279 And when Hushai the archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, long live the king, long live the king. 00:06:32.039 --> 00:06:35.179 And Absalom said to Hushai, is this your loyalty to your friend? 00:06:35.620 --> 00:06:37.319 Why did you not go with your friend? 00:06:38.099 --> 00:06:43.159 And Hushai said to Absalom, no, for whom the Lord and the people and all the men of Israel have chosen, 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:45.800 his I will be and with him I will remain. 00:06:45.880 --> 00:06:47.540 And again, whom should I serve? 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:48.620 Should it not be his son? 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:51.260 As I have served your father, so I will serve you. 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:55.860 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, give your counsel. 00:06:56.180 --> 00:06:56.880 What shall we do? 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:04.520 Ahithophel said to Absalom, go into your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house. 00:07:05.340 --> 00:07:11.020 And all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened. 00:07:11.019 --> 00:07:18.279 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof and Absalom went into his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:23.919 Now in those days, the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God. 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:28.759 So was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed both by David and by Absalom. 00:07:30.419 --> 00:07:31.219 Let's pray together. 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:36.519 God, give us your spirit, we pray tonight, so that we might understand the message of this text, 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:42.180 apply it well to our lives, so that we might live in line with the truth of your word, 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:44.000 and the truth of your good news, the gospel. 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:45.719 Help us, we pray. 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:46.879 Amen. 00:07:48.979 --> 00:07:54.939 So as we said, David in this chapter experiences some of the hardest human relational experiences, 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:56.319 I think, that we go through. 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.659 He's tricked, he's cursed, and in the end he's betrayed. 00:07:59.660 --> 00:08:07.580 Now, at first, it's kind of hard to parse things out, but he's tricked, you see, by Ziba, 00:08:08.760 --> 00:08:09.939 the first one he meets. 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:12.060 We met Ziba actually back in chapter 9. 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:15.740 He was a servant in Saul's household, the king that preceded David, 00:08:16.260 --> 00:08:21.200 and David gave to Ziba the stewardship over what was left of Saul's house and his ancestral property, 00:08:21.520 --> 00:08:28.020 and in particular, David gave Ziba as a servant to Saul's remaining heir, Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth. 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:33.799 And Mephibosheth, you remember, had been injured as a child and was lame in both of his feet. 00:08:34.939 --> 00:08:38.340 And at first glance, it seems like Ziba's doing David a great favor, right? 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:42.799 Here he is providing tasty food and drink and transportation to David and his followers 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.120 when they're weary and weak on their trek into the wilderness. 00:08:46.579 --> 00:08:49.600 But, you know, when we read the rest of the story of 2 Samuel, 00:08:49.740 --> 00:08:52.179 especially if you were to skip ahead and read chapter 19, 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:56.980 we learn that Ziba's intentions here are not what they seem. 00:08:58.019 --> 00:09:03.199 Ziba claims that his master, Mephibosheth, has abandoned David and gone over to Absalom, 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:06.139 but we'll find later that that's simply just not true. 00:09:07.819 --> 00:09:10.399 Mephibosheth has, it seems, remained loyal to David, 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:16.059 and here Ziba is taking advantage of David's position of weakness and need, 00:09:16.620 --> 00:09:17.759 showing up with gifts, 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:20.259 lying about his master, 00:09:20.259 --> 00:09:27.139 all in order to manipulate David into giving him the rights over Mephibosheth's property. 00:09:28.899 --> 00:09:30.600 The commentator Matthew Henry wrote, 00:09:30.819 --> 00:09:33.120 no longer content to be the manager, 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:35.600 Ziba wants to be the master. 00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:38.759 And for the time being, it works. 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:40.259 David believes the story, 00:09:40.779 --> 00:09:41.580 he receives the gifts, 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:43.039 and is deceived. 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:46.719 The next person David meets is Shimei, 00:09:47.179 --> 00:09:48.299 a descendant of Saul, 00:09:48.819 --> 00:09:49.759 who curses David. 00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:55.299 That is, he sort of calls down God's, you know, wrath upon his head, 00:09:55.899 --> 00:09:57.199 calling him a man of blood, 00:09:57.299 --> 00:09:59.379 saying that he deserves all that's happening to him 00:09:59.379 --> 00:10:02.819 because he butchered Saul's family on his way to being the king. 00:10:04.579 --> 00:10:07.480 Now, of course, if you've been following the story of 1 and 2 Samuel, 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:11.800 you know, actually, that Shimei's accusation isn't true. 00:10:13.980 --> 00:10:19.420 David actually has dealt incredibly honorably towards Saul and his family. 00:10:20.700 --> 00:10:22.840 I mean, you remember all those times in 1 Samuel 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:26.019 when David refuses to lift his hands against Saul. 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:31.820 So this reproach that Shimei flings at David along with all the stones and all the dirt, 00:10:31.899 --> 00:10:33.240 it's all unjust, it's all undeserved. 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:37.000 And then lastly here, there's the episode with Hushai and Ahithophel. 00:10:37.860 --> 00:10:40.940 Now, Hushai in these final paragraphs comes to Jerusalem 00:10:40.940 --> 00:10:44.860 actually as a spy on behalf of David. 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:47.600 So the one guy that looks like he is selling David out 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:49.460 is actually on David's side in this chapter. 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.460 He's winning his way into Absalom's court, 00:10:52.779 --> 00:10:55.039 hoping to be something of kind of a fifth column 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:56.360 to undermine Absalom, 00:10:56.460 --> 00:10:59.000 or at least to be sort of an inside pair of eyes and ears 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:01.279 for David who's had to run into the wilderness. 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:03.300 You can look back in chapter 15 00:11:03.300 --> 00:11:06.060 to see how David and Hushai sort of plotted 00:11:06.059 --> 00:11:08.519 this risky counterinsurgence maneuver 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:10.119 that Hushai is all about here. 00:11:10.659 --> 00:11:12.779 And next week, we're going to see how that goes 00:11:12.779 --> 00:11:14.419 in chapter 17. 00:11:15.439 --> 00:11:19.119 But then there's this character of Ahithophel, 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:24.239 who at one point was David's trusted and esteemed counselor, 00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:26.619 his right-hand man. 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:32.100 And we find that Ahithophel sides with Absalom's insurrection. 00:11:33.179 --> 00:11:34.799 And he tells Absalom to do what? 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:38.299 To go up on the roof and to sleep with David's concubines. 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:41.480 And that that would be a sign to all of the city 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:44.940 that Absalom is now in control of all that was David's, 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:47.519 down to his very household, down to his very bedroom. 00:11:48.179 --> 00:11:49.100 Absalom owns it all. 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:55.220 In other words, Ahithophel totally betrays David. 00:11:56.820 --> 00:12:00.240 Now, why does all this happen to David? 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:03.259 And why does it happen to us? 00:12:05.040 --> 00:12:06.540 Live life for any length of time 00:12:06.540 --> 00:12:08.899 and you experience people who will try to trick you 00:12:08.899 --> 00:12:10.980 when you're weak, curse you when you're innocent, 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:14.940 and even betray us because we're no longer useful to them 00:12:14.940 --> 00:12:17.440 when something better comes along, right? 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.280 Now, you might ask, why? 00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:21.900 Why does that happen? 00:12:24.280 --> 00:12:25.660 Now, sometimes these things happen 00:12:25.660 --> 00:12:28.540 because of consequences for our own actions, right? 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:31.480 David had blown it big time with Bathsheba, 00:12:31.700 --> 00:12:33.460 and he'd even blown it in his relationship 00:12:33.460 --> 00:12:34.420 with Absalom himself. 00:12:34.780 --> 00:12:36.200 And now, maybe we might think 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:38.200 that David is reaping more of what he's sown. 00:12:40.040 --> 00:12:43.100 But you know, that doesn't explain all of it, 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:45.300 either for David or for us, 00:12:45.300 --> 00:12:47.220 and it doesn't explain what's going on here in 16. 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:49.240 I mean, think of it. 00:12:49.700 --> 00:12:52.320 Absalom's revolt is connected to David's failure and sin. 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:53.360 There's no getting around that. 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:54.960 We looked at that in chapter 15. 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:56.660 David mourns for his sin. 00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:58.260 He experienced the Lord's discipline there. 00:12:58.320 --> 00:12:59.500 But you know, here in chapter 16, 00:12:59.880 --> 00:13:01.600 it's not like Ziba's trickery 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:03.300 or Shimei's cursing 00:13:03.300 --> 00:13:05.040 or even Ahithophel's betrayal 00:13:05.040 --> 00:13:08.100 are necessarily the result of what David did. 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:10.680 They're not logically connected to that 00:13:10.680 --> 00:13:12.480 in any intimate way. 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:17.940 And so we need to see that sometimes 00:13:17.940 --> 00:13:20.700 we are going to undergo betrayal 00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:23.480 and cursing and even manipulation 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:27.539 simply because we live in a fallen world. 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:31.039 We live in a fallen world 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:33.839 and it's full of people like ourselves 00:13:33.839 --> 00:13:35.399 who are fallen and who are sinful. 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:38.959 Why does all this happen to David? 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:39.819 Because tragically, 00:13:40.219 --> 00:13:41.959 this is kind of how life goes 00:13:41.959 --> 00:13:43.299 in the fallen world. 00:13:43.419 --> 00:13:44.620 We'll be sinned against. 00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:48.139 The life of the saint, you see, friends, 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:49.639 will not be a rosy walk 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:51.980 through fields and streams all the time 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:53.699 smelling the glad roses. 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:56.840 There will be descents. 00:13:57.680 --> 00:13:59.980 David is going down the Mount of Olives 00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:00.800 and figuratively, 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:02.120 he's sort of heading down 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:04.400 in all of these ways. 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.140 There will be valleys of darkness and betrayal. 00:14:08.640 --> 00:14:10.700 And I think it's good to be reminded of this 00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:13.259 so we aren't taken so by surprise. 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:15.879 You know, oftentimes in our spiritual life, 00:14:16.140 --> 00:14:17.920 I think that we're like a football player 00:14:17.920 --> 00:14:20.560 who's running with the ball down the field 00:14:20.560 --> 00:14:22.440 and then suddenly we get shocked 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:23.600 that someone from the other team 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:24.740 is trying to tackle us. 00:14:25.160 --> 00:14:25.980 What are they doing? 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:27.540 Why is this happening to me? 00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:28.720 Why are they trying to crush 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.720 every bone in my body? 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:32.120 Well, that's just the reality 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:32.840 of the game of football. 00:14:33.380 --> 00:14:34.260 When you got the ball, 00:14:34.420 --> 00:14:35.320 people are coming to get you. 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:39.780 And friends, Jesus is very clear 00:14:39.780 --> 00:14:41.040 that there would be times 00:14:41.040 --> 00:14:43.000 when his followers would be ridiculed, 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:44.640 falsely accused, and betrayed. 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:46.620 In essence, Jesus tells his followers, 00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:48.880 look, if they rejected me, 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.340 there will be times 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:51.800 when you too are rejected. 00:14:54.800 --> 00:14:56.160 And I think that means that 00:14:56.160 --> 00:14:59.300 we shouldn't really sort of shake our fist at God 00:14:59.300 --> 00:15:00.879 when people do sinful things against us. 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:03.480 Of course, we can and should 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:05.040 lament and cry out to God. 00:15:05.540 --> 00:15:07.480 We should vent our emotions to him. 00:15:07.540 --> 00:15:08.500 We should do that. 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.500 We should come to him 00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.320 with all that we're feeling 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:11.600 and all that we're experiencing. 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.420 And yet we should remember 00:15:13.420 --> 00:15:14.440 that God told us 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:15.340 these things would happen 00:15:15.340 --> 00:15:17.899 and he's worked to prepare us. 00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:20.720 And that this is a sad and grim reality 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:22.300 of living in a fallen world 00:15:22.300 --> 00:15:23.940 amidst fallen people 00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:25.100 just like ourselves. 00:15:26.560 --> 00:15:27.680 People will manipulate 00:15:27.680 --> 00:15:29.460 and curse and betray. 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.800 And yet, friends, 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:34.040 isn't it helpful to know 00:15:34.040 --> 00:15:37.100 that God's king, 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:39.379 both then and now, 00:15:40.259 --> 00:15:41.120 isn't immune 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:42.960 to knowing firsthand 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:43.920 what that's like? 00:15:45.680 --> 00:15:46.180 You see, 00:15:46.280 --> 00:15:47.120 David could be 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.759 the sort of king he was, 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:51.280 compassionate and strong, 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:52.180 understanding 00:15:52.180 --> 00:15:53.800 and yet full of vision. 00:15:55.160 --> 00:15:57.139 He could be the sort of king he was 00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.900 because he knew 00:15:57.900 --> 00:15:58.600 what it was like 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:00.180 to suffer the worst from people, 00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:01.040 because he knew 00:16:01.040 --> 00:16:02.560 exactly what it was like 00:16:02.560 --> 00:16:03.720 to stand in the shoes 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.759 of the people that he led. 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:07.540 And friends, 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.500 how much more 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:10.800 do we have that sort of king 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:12.679 today in the Lord Jesus 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:15.500 who knows what it's like 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.459 to walk in our shoes? 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.639 And how much more 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.879 can we trust him 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:21.879 to be a faithful 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:23.219 and knowing 00:16:23.219 --> 00:16:24.339 and loving 00:16:24.339 --> 00:16:25.599 and trustworthy king 00:16:25.599 --> 00:16:26.259 over us? 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:31.379 So how should we respond then? 00:16:31.699 --> 00:16:32.719 If this is kind of 00:16:32.719 --> 00:16:33.759 an inevitable thing, 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.299 how do we deal with it? 00:16:35.719 --> 00:16:36.740 This is the second thing 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.779 that we see in our text here. 00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:39.319 And I think we see it most 00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:40.860 in David's response 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:42.240 to Shimei. 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.879 David's being unjustly cursed here. 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:46.579 Insults, rocks, dirt 00:16:46.579 --> 00:16:47.500 all come raining down 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.179 on David's head. 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:49.779 And when this happens to us, 00:16:49.839 --> 00:16:50.819 I think our response 00:16:50.819 --> 00:16:53.319 is often more like Abishai 00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:54.799 than like David, right? 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.240 What does Abishai say 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:56.919 in verse 9? 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.779 Essentially, 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.240 how dare he? 00:16:59.959 --> 00:17:01.839 This guy's a dead dog. 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:02.919 Now, if you were an Israelite, 00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:03.879 you didn't like dogs. 00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:05.059 They were filthy and mangy 00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:06.519 and they were sort of scavengers. 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.920 And like doubly worse 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.920 would be a dead dog 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.420 because you weren't supposed 00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:10.440 to touch dead things 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.740 as an ancient Israelite. 00:17:11.879 --> 00:17:12.720 So this guy is like 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.819 the lowest of the low 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:15.019 in Abishai's viewing. 00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:17.200 How dare this dead dog 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.279 curse my lord, the king? 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.859 And then what does Abishai say? 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.920 I've got an easy way 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.759 to fix this problem, David. 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.420 Let me go over 00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:24.240 and take off his head. 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:24.639 Done. 00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:25.920 No one's going to get hit 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.379 with stones. 00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:26.960 No one's going to get 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.420 with dirt. 00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:28.559 I'm just going to kill him. 00:17:30.879 --> 00:17:32.039 This seems to be Abishai's 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:32.599 kind of MO, 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.980 his standard way of operating. 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:34.579 You remember back 00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:36.099 in our first Samuel series, 00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:37.480 Abishai was the guy 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:39.279 who snuck into Saul's 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.500 sleeping camp with David 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.359 in the middle of the night 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.919 and said, 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:44.139 David, let me pin Saul 00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:44.759 to the ground 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.439 with my spear 00:17:45.439 --> 00:17:46.279 while he sleeps. 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:46.959 Trust me, 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.619 I'm not going to have 00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:48.379 to throw twice. 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.539 I'll hit him the first time. 00:17:50.199 --> 00:17:50.379 Right? 00:17:50.959 --> 00:17:52.259 So this is Abishai. 00:17:54.459 --> 00:17:54.980 But you know, 00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:56.579 isn't that how often 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:58.159 we respond 00:17:58.159 --> 00:17:59.559 to criticism 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:00.559 and reproach? 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.700 If there's any amount 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.740 of inaccuracy 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.559 in the criticism, 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.299 any amount 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.559 of getting the facts wrong, 00:18:07.919 --> 00:18:08.240 okay, 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:09.000 we don't literally 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:10.039 take off their head. 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.279 But don't we often think, 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:12.419 how dare you? 00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:13.779 And then proceed 00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:15.019 maybe to figuratively 00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:16.339 take off their head? 00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.359 Think about it. 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:20.899 The last time 00:18:20.899 --> 00:18:21.980 someone charged you 00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.799 with a failure 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.019 or a shortcoming, 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:26.159 the last time 00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:27.039 someone corrected 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:28.079 or criticized you, 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:29.019 how did you respond? 00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:31.960 Were you defensive? 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:34.200 Did you lash back? 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:36.299 Did you walk away 00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.759 in anger 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.740 and refuse to listen? 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:39.119 That's often how I do it. 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:41.759 Did you think of all 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.339 the stupid 00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:43.299 and wrong things 00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.480 that they were guilty of? 00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:48.859 But look how David responds. 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.519 Two things. 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:51.619 First, 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.299 surprisingly, 00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.639 he listens. 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.660 And he listens 00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:57.700 as if 00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:59.000 this could maybe 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:00.340 be God's word 00:19:00.340 --> 00:19:00.799 to him. 00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.819 See that in verse 10 00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.620 and verse 11. 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:06.160 David is open 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:07.180 to the possibility 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:08.940 that this cursing 00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.880 may have been prompted 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:10.440 by the Lord. 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:10.840 That is, 00:19:11.080 --> 00:19:11.799 that the Lord 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.620 may have something 00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:13.220 for David 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:15.019 to actually hear in it. 00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.580 Even though, 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.259 and get this, 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.220 even though, 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.960 as David points out 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.559 in verse 12, 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.500 that it is 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:22.039 an unjust accusation. 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:23.480 Okay. 00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.759 Even though 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.460 it's a wrong 00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.440 being done to him, 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:27.700 David still 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.960 attends to it 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:30.299 as if there's still 00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.440 something for him 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.000 to hear. 00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:33.400 Something that he 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.160 needs to hear. 00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.180 Friends, 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.039 I think this is how 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:40.080 we ought often 00:19:40.080 --> 00:19:40.779 to approach 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.940 even some of the 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.680 most unjust 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.960 criticism that we face. 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.580 With the humility 00:19:46.580 --> 00:19:47.840 that even if 00:19:47.840 --> 00:19:48.460 it's loaded 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.420 with hatred 00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:50.220 and falsehood, 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:50.759 that there might 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:52.080 still be something 00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:52.940 that God has 00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.779 for us in it. 00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:58.139 after all, 00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:58.799 think about it, 00:19:58.859 --> 00:20:00.019 David did not 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:01.119 spill the blood 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:01.839 of Saul's house. 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.839 That was an unjust 00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.539 accusation. 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.700 David did not 00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.660 deserve that curse, 00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.379 but 00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:08.879 did he not 00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:09.399 still 00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:10.740 spill 00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.539 innocent blood 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:13.440 when he sent 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.599 Bathsheba's husband 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.000 Uriah 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.940 to the front lines 00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:17.359 with a letter 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:18.220 in his hand 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.920 to Joab 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.920 telling Joab 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.759 to pull back 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.240 the forces 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.720 when you get 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.139 into the thick 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.480 of battle 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.380 so that Uriah 00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:23.900 gets killed. 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.520 David did have 00:20:27.520 --> 00:20:28.400 blood on his hands. 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.759 He knew it 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.320 to be true. 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.420 So he heard 00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:34.060 the rebuke 00:20:34.060 --> 00:20:35.500 because he knew 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.140 he was a sinner 00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:37.620 and he knew 00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:38.440 he wasn't perfect. 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:42.080 Now friends, 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.660 maybe you've been 00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.040 criticized. 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.640 Are you willing 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.220 to hear 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:45.320 what's true 00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:45.880 in it? 00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:48.320 Even if it's 00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:49.000 surrounded 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.900 by a lot 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.700 of falsehood, 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.759 even if a lot 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.039 of it is 00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.740 ungrounded? 00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.559 Are you 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.120 willing to 00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:55.700 listen to 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.180 what God 00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.779 might be 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.580 saying even 00:20:57.580 --> 00:20:58.039 through all 00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.620 the radio 00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.860 static and 00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:00.100 through all 00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:00.620 the stones 00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.039 and dirt 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.319 that are 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.799 falling down 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.039 on your 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.279 head? 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.340 And what's 00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:06.779 the result? 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:08.600 The result 00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:08.860 of David 00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.279 doing this 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.640 is actually 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:09.980 that he 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.799 avoids 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.759 more bloodshed 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.220 by just 00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.700 receiving 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.380 the rebuke. 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:14.960 Abishai 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.819 doesn't take 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.160 off 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.980 Shimei's 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.279 head. 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:19.339 Now, 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:21.039 it's not 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.180 that we 00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:22.539 shouldn't 00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.319 ever seek 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.940 to correct 00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.819 misunderstandings 00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.339 or clarify 00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:25.980 what's true. 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.740 We should 00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.180 do that. 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.500 We should 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.740 do it 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.139 calmly, 00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.099 peaceably. 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.639 But friends, 00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:33.980 how much 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:35.180 more figurative 00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:35.920 bloodshed 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.720 and back 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.200 and forth 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:38.160 and grudges 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.000 and bitterness 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.879 in our 00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:40.460 relationships 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.619 and in our 00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:41.920 churches 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.359 and our 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:42.859 communities 00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.359 and in our 00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:43.740 marriages 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.240 and in our 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.599 friendships, 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:47.459 how much 00:21:47.459 --> 00:21:47.679 of that 00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.019 would be 00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.679 avoided 00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:51.019 if we 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.379 would learn 00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:51.959 to hear 00:21:51.959 --> 00:21:53.179 and listen 00:21:53.179 --> 00:21:54.339 to rebukes 00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.819 even if 00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.240 they happen 00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.619 to be a 00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.339 little unjust? 00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.939 You know, 00:22:01.959 --> 00:22:02.359 the next thing 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:02.659 that David 00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:03.099 does in the 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.539 face of all 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.679 this is that 00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:04.919 he doesn't 00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.719 just listen. 00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.019 This is 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.379 important. 00:22:07.719 --> 00:22:08.219 He also 00:22:08.219 --> 00:22:09.059 entrusts 00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.279 himself to 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.779 God's 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.279 justice, 00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:11.740 you see. 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:12.740 Look at 00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.319 verse 12. 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.500 David is 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.220 confident 00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:17.019 that whatever 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:18.299 unjust 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.099 cursing he 00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.639 endures, 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.379 the Lord 00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:21.240 will repay 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.200 him with 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.119 good for 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.480 the evil 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:23.819 that he's 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.220 received. 00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:26.939 It reminds 00:22:26.939 --> 00:22:27.159 me of 00:22:27.159 --> 00:22:27.379 Jesus' 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:27.939 teaching in 00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.259 the Sermon 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.460 on the 00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:28.619 Mount, 00:22:28.679 --> 00:22:28.859 doesn't 00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.019 it? 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.639 Matthew 00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:29.980 5, 00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.299 11. 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.279 Jesus 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.700 says, 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.539 blessed 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.039 are you 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:34.500 when others 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.399 revile you 00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:36.619 and persecute 00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.279 you and 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.919 utter all 00:22:37.919 --> 00:22:38.439 kinds of 00:22:38.439 --> 00:22:39.039 evil against 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.799 you falsely 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.159 on my 00:22:40.159 --> 00:22:40.539 account. 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.259 Rejoice 00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.619 and be 00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.059 glad, 00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.359 Jesus 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.659 says. 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:43.980 Why? 00:22:45.159 --> 00:22:45.460 For 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:45.700 your 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.359 reward is 00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.220 great in 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.480 heaven. 00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:48.659 For 00:22:48.659 --> 00:22:48.960 so they 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.359 persecuted 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.879 the prophets 00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:50.179 who were 00:22:50.179 --> 00:22:50.759 before you. 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.500 When we 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:53.879 face this 00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.159 kind of 00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.720 unjust 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.259 cursing, 00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:55.740 criticism, 00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.299 reproach, 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:57.000 even betrayal 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.779 or manipulation, 00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:58.940 you see, 00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.119 friends, 00:22:59.159 --> 00:22:59.500 we can 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.419 respond with 00:23:00.419 --> 00:23:01.559 courage and 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.519 with composure 00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.919 because we 00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:05.679 know that 00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.339 God will 00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.419 look at 00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:07.879 the wrong 00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.319 done to 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:10.179 us and 00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.679 one day he 00:23:10.679 --> 00:23:11.240 will repay 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.740 us with 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.019 good. 00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:14.599 he will 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.299 make things 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.159 right. 00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.639 That is 00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.039 the sort 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.460 of God 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.019 he is. 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.000 There is 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.799 no hurt 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.579 or no 00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.659 loss or 00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.319 no betrayal 00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.980 or no 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.720 curse that 00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.220 has come 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.839 down upon 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.440 the head 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.159 of the 00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:27.539 Christian 00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.839 that will 00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:30.179 not ultimately 00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:30.779 be made 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.919 right and 00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:32.519 repaid with 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:32.919 good in 00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.220 God's 00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.500 kingdom. 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:35.039 God's 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.500 God's 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.039 resurrection. 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.660 In other 00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:36.839 words, 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.819 every cross, 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.640 friends, 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:41.119 will be met 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.380 with a 00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:41.819 resurrection. 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:46.839 Lastly, 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.119 then, 00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.440 seeing how 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.099 David responds, 00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.640 where in the 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.039 world do we 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:52.000 get the kind 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.579 of emotional 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.220 and spiritual 00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.240 wealth to 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.559 do all 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:54.839 this? 00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.160 How 00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:57.480 possibly can 00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.000 we listen 00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.500 and can we 00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.079 trust God's 00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.559 justice in all 00:23:59.559 --> 00:23:59.960 these ways? 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.259 Where do we 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.599 get the inner 00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.359 strength to 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.919 respond this 00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:03.119 way? 00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:04.159 To not be 00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:04.979 like Abishai 00:24:04.979 --> 00:24:05.319 and want to 00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.719 just rip 00:24:05.719 --> 00:24:06.099 people's 00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.679 heads off? 00:24:07.439 --> 00:24:07.919 Or, 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.319 on the other 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.639 hand, 00:24:08.719 --> 00:24:08.939 right, 00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:09.779 or to 00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.599 respond in 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.019 the opposite 00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.799 way by 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.279 just giving 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:14.199 up when 00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:14.379 we're 00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.779 criticized or 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.079 when we're 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.559 betrayed, 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.919 by just 00:24:17.919 --> 00:24:18.579 crumpling and 00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:19.079 folding and 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.619 refusing to 00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.099 go on. 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.459 Notice that's 00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:22.039 not David's 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:23.299 response either. 00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.519 He presses on 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.459 to the Jordan 00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:26.159 in this text. 00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:26.979 He keeps 00:24:26.979 --> 00:24:27.299 going. 00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:27.699 He doesn't 00:24:27.699 --> 00:24:28.099 give up. 00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:32.399 Well, 00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:32.599 one of the 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:32.859 great things 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.259 about this 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.919 chapter is 00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:34.980 that it's 00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.339 one of those 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.139 episodes in 00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.679 David's life 00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:37.000 where we're 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.939 actually given 00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:38.879 an inside 00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.639 look into 00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.339 David's heart, 00:24:40.459 --> 00:24:40.959 into David's 00:24:40.959 --> 00:24:41.679 spiritual life. 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.419 And the 00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:43.719 place where 00:24:43.719 --> 00:24:44.019 we're given 00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.519 that is in 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.779 the book of 00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.379 the Psalms, 00:24:45.939 --> 00:24:46.299 in Psalm 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.000 chapter 3, 00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.099 which is 00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.679 attributed to 00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:49.159 this very 00:24:49.159 --> 00:24:49.740 moment in 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.379 David's life. 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.539 So let's 00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:51.899 look there 00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.199 actually. 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.879 Turn with 00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.139 me. 00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:53.639 It's page 00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:55.139 448 in 00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:55.339 the Pew 00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.599 Bible. 00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.159 Let's look 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.500 at Psalm 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.279 3 together 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.100 and see 00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.779 the sort 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.420 of secret 00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.720 of David's 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.440 composure 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.340 in the 00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:03.880 midst of 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.560 reproach. 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.740 Psalm 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.140 3, 00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:07.560 page 00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.259 448. 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.340 Let me 00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:12.759 begin reading 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.120 this for 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.340 us. 00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:13.900 David 00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.120 writes, 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.560 O Lord, 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.460 how many 00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.860 are my 00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.400 foes? 00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.259 Many 00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.900 are rising 00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.320 against 00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:18.580 me. 00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.320 Many 00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:19.840 are saying 00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.200 of my 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.480 soul, 00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:20.720 there's 00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.480 no salvation 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.060 for God, 00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.120 for him 00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.620 and God. 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.500 So what's 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.860 David doing 00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.139 right off 00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.439 the bat? 00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:27.559 He's 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.179 crying out 00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.639 to God. 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.599 He's 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.099 praying. 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:31.939 And friends, 00:25:31.979 --> 00:25:32.179 that should 00:25:32.179 --> 00:25:32.559 tell us 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.139 that prayer 00:25:33.139 --> 00:25:34.159 is not 00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.740 some sort 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.359 of luxury 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:36.039 activity 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.579 for when 00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:37.959 we happen 00:25:37.959 --> 00:25:38.219 to get 00:25:38.219 --> 00:25:38.599 some free 00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.879 time and 00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:40.319 we're feeling 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.839 sort of extra 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.299 spiritual. 00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:41.979 Okay, 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.379 I'll pray 00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.679 now. 00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:43.779 No, 00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.059 friends, 00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.159 prayer is 00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:46.619 a lifeline 00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.079 in the 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.599 trenches 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.039 of the 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.459 warfare 00:25:48.459 --> 00:25:49.199 of life. 00:25:50.979 --> 00:25:51.679 And David 00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.500 lays it all 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.019 out before 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.399 God. 00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.119 He's not 00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.740 sugarcoating 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.379 one thing. 00:25:55.459 --> 00:25:55.679 He says, 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.000 Lord, 00:25:56.060 --> 00:25:56.460 how many 00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:56.759 are my 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.440 foes? 00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.799 Verse 3, 00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.519 But you, 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:01.860 O Lord, 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.200 are a 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.580 shield 00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:03.480 about me, 00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:05.060 my glory 00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:06.180 and the 00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.519 lifter 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.880 of my 00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.259 head. 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.180 I cried 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.620 aloud to 00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.039 the Lord 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.660 and he 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.080 answered me 00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.360 from his 00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.860 holy hill. 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.400 Now notice 00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.680 here, 00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.200 David's 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:16.279 protection 00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.900 and David's 00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.519 security, 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.440 his shield, 00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:18.680 right? 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.019 That's what a 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.500 shield is. 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.880 His worth, 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.340 his glory, 00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:24.220 his dignity 00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.819 and honor, 00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:25.500 the lifter 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.879 of my 00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.199 head. 00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.639 His 00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.079 protection, 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.759 his worth, 00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.279 his dignity, 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.079 they're not 00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.559 in what people 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:31.919 think of 00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.039 him, 00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.359 are they? 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.439 They're not 00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:35.000 ultimately 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:36.259 in how great 00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.599 David's 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:36.980 circumstances 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.480 are. 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.439 Where then 00:26:39.439 --> 00:26:39.799 are they? 00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:41.879 You, 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.399 O Lord, 00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.240 are my 00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.720 shield 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.980 and my 00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.459 glory. 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.960 Yeah? 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.900 And as 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.860 David cries 00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.259 to God 00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.660 in prayer, 00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.319 he says, 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.180 God answered 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.519 me. 00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.100 Now, 00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.279 God did 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.960 not answer 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.299 him by 00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.680 changing 00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:56.940 his 00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.559 circumstances, 00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:57.960 right? 00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.360 2 Samuel 16, 00:26:59.519 --> 00:26:59.980 it's not like 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.480 at the end, 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.900 poof, 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.319 magically, 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.380 David's totally 00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.960 vindicated. 00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.900 Things get 00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.140 bad. 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.420 Things are 00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:04.559 going to 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.059 get a 00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.600 little even 00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.579 worse in 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.400 the story 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.079 here before 00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.340 they get 00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:08.600 better. 00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.440 But still 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.299 God answers. 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.420 Deep in 00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.380 David's soul 00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:14.860 in this 00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.519 moment, 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.359 he gets 00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.179 a divine 00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:18.119 assurance 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.639 that the 00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.619 Lord is 00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.139 with him. 00:27:20.219 --> 00:27:20.879 In prayer, 00:27:21.479 --> 00:27:22.259 God speaks 00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.599 to his 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.079 heart and 00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.799 comforts 00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.699 him and 00:27:24.699 --> 00:27:25.099 gives him 00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.859 strength. 00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:28.259 Look at 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.819 verse 5. 00:27:29.459 --> 00:27:29.819 I lay 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.339 down and 00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:30.799 slept. 00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.939 I woke 00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:32.419 again, 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.240 for the 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.500 Lord 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.159 sustained 00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:34.459 me. 00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.839 I will 00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.119 not be 00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.479 afraid of 00:27:36.479 --> 00:27:36.659 many 00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.219 thousands 00:27:37.219 --> 00:27:37.659 of people 00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:37.879 who have 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.019 set 00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.339 themselves 00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.679 against 00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:38.839 me 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:38.979 all 00:27:38.979 --> 00:27:39.379 around. 00:27:40.479 --> 00:27:40.959 Arise, 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.379 O Lord, 00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.439 save me, 00:27:42.479 --> 00:27:42.699 O my 00:27:42.699 --> 00:27:43.019 God, 00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.319 for you 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.740 strike all 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.200 my enemies 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.539 on the 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.839 cheek. 00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.900 You break 00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.299 the teeth 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.519 of the 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.759 wicked. 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.599 Salvation 00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:51.099 belongs to 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.480 the Lord. 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:52.799 Your 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.900 blessing be 00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.140 on your 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.500 people. 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.259 David here 00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.240 knows and 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.039 acknowledges and 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:01.920 prays and 00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.660 recognizes that 00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.319 God will not 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.299 allow evil to 00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.180 triumph forever. 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.640 Salvation, 00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.160 he says, 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.500 belongs to 00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.799 the Lord. 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.480 It's part of 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.380 his essence. 00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:12.840 It's part 00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.240 of God's 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.700 nature to 00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:14.980 be a 00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.600 redeeming 00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.060 God. 00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:17.700 Belongs 00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.180 to him. 00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.440 Now, 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.600 friends, 00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:21.940 if David 00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.860 knew this, 00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:24.120 deep in 00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.860 his bones, 00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.720 how much 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:28.800 more do 00:28:28.800 --> 00:28:29.100 we, 00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.060 or should 00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.340 we? 00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.760 You know, 00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.240 David had 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.080 seen God 00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.880 rescue him 00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.780 time and 00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:36.760 time again. 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:38.420 But haven't 00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.980 you and I 00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.900 seen God's 00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:42.400 greatest act 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.220 of rescue? 00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.779 Not just for 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.200 you and me 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.640 individually, 00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.200 but for the 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.240 whole world 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.400 in Jesus 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.940 Christ. 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.799 Do we not 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.220 know the 00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.500 king who 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.900 endured the 00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:57.000 most unjust 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.700 reproach? 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.299 The king who 00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.799 was truly 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:02.059 betrayed and 00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.160 abandoned and 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.200 mocked and 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.940 scorned? 00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:07.920 But unlike 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.180 David, 00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.960 Jesus had no 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.640 sin and 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.180 there was no 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.940 ground for the 00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.500 curses that he 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.980 received. 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.000 None whatsoever. 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.400 He was actually 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.519 completely innocent. 00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.059 There was no 00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.680 right for that 00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.799 army of 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.559 shimmy eyes 00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.460 who assaulted 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.620 Jesus in his 00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:23.080 passion as 00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:24.799 one after 00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.400 another, 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.279 after another, 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.019 after another, 00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:28.080 just flung 00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:29.019 down curses 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.180 and rebuke 00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.200 and reproach 00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.840 on Jesus' 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:33.539 head when 00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.120 he was arrested 00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:34.759 and crucified. 00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.159 And yet, 00:29:38.239 --> 00:29:38.359 friends, 00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:39.299 don't we know 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.199 that this 00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.739 king who's 00:29:40.739 --> 00:29:41.159 come and 00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:41.879 born all 00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.939 this unjust 00:29:42.939 --> 00:29:44.039 cursing and 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.679 rebuke and 00:29:44.679 --> 00:29:45.239 reproach, 00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.279 don't we know 00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.819 that he bore 00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.439 these curses 00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:48.039 for us? 00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.619 The apostle 00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.079 Paul writes 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.339 in the book 00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.939 of Galatians, 00:29:53.479 --> 00:29:54.879 Christ became 00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.819 a curse 00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:57.099 for us 00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:59.099 so that we 00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.899 might receive 00:29:59.899 --> 00:30:00.939 God's blessing. 00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:03.400 every curse 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:03.980 that you and 00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.700 I deserved 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:06.059 because we're 00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.460 sinners, 00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.440 every curse 00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.000 that the holy 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.580 law of God 00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:10.279 would fling 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.940 and hurl 00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.480 against us 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.140 righteously, 00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:12.820 justly, 00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:14.160 Christ himself 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:15.380 has absorbed 00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:17.340 as our 00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:17.840 substitute, 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.799 standing in 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.360 our place. 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.360 And Jesus 00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.120 rose from the 00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.500 grave to 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:25.519 prove that 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.220 that curse 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.680 had been 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.840 undone and 00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.380 emptied. 00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:30.560 And that 00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:31.040 now, 00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:32.360 instead of 00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.580 God's curse 00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.060 being upon 00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:34.440 us, 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.480 it's God's 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.320 blessing that's 00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.860 upon us. 00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.960 Now God's 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:41.460 blessing is 00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.960 for you 00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.960 and for me 00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:44.000 and for 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.860 everyone who 00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:46.060 repents and 00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:46.560 believes. 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.720 You see, 00:30:48.760 --> 00:30:48.900 friends, 00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.380 this is the 00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.660 wellspring of 00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.660 David's and 00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.040 of our, 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.700 especially as 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.100 Christians. 00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.140 This is the 00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.640 wellspring of 00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:54.700 it. 00:30:54.760 --> 00:30:55.300 Now because of 00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:55.820 what Jesus 00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:56.800 has done, 00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.780 the one 00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.299 opinion that 00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.420 actually matters, 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.740 the opinion of 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.720 God himself who 00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.639 made you and 00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.240 made me, 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.940 the opinion of 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:09.160 that God is 00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.559 one of a 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.279 blessing over 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:12.440 us, of 00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.639 approval and 00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:14.039 love. 00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.139 And now we 00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.680 know that God 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.180 will always be 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.000 faithful to us 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.940 and never 00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.899 betray us. 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.859 And that God 00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:24.000 will always work 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.759 for our good and 00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.500 never deceive us 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.359 or manipulate us. 00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.819 and that God 00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.659 will always 00:31:28.659 --> 00:31:29.599 accept us 00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:31.219 and never 00:31:31.219 --> 00:31:31.939 curse us 00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:33.619 no matter what 00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.779 external circumstances 00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.219 we might 00:31:35.219 --> 00:31:35.839 experience. 00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.459 Salvation 00:31:39.459 --> 00:31:41.079 belongs to 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.500 the Lord. 00:31:42.199 --> 00:31:42.979 Your blessing 00:31:42.979 --> 00:31:43.740 be on your 00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.059 people, 00:31:44.199 --> 00:31:44.679 David says. 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.939 That's what 00:31:46.939 --> 00:31:47.299 will give you 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.599 the inner 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.899 strength to 00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.479 endure the 00:31:49.479 --> 00:31:50.000 curses and 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.559 betrayals of 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.559 this life and 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:53.539 to respond in 00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.299 humility and 00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.779 courage when 00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.179 they come. 00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.940 David saw it 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.880 and tasted it 00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.700 and experienced 00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.180 it. 00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.759 But you know, 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.279 in reality, 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.920 he did it from 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.259 afar. 00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.920 He saw just 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.759 shadows of what 00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.140 we know. 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.039 But we, 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.880 in Jesus Christ, 00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.440 by the Holy 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.880 Spirit, 00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.320 we see it up 00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.880 close. 00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.200 We see the 00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.019 substance itself, 00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.380 friends. 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.259 So why don't we 00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.220 go to God in 00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.720 prayer together 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.220 right now? 00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.019 And let's ask 00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.820 God to bury 00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.820 the reality of 00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.340 His salvation 00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:20.880 deep in our 00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.440 hearts so that 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:23.000 we can respond 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.720 like David did, 00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.160 so that we 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.860 can respond 00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.759 like people 00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.279 of God's 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.700 kingdom, 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.039 so that we 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.579 can respond 00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.500 like people 00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.140 of the 00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.680 King Jesus. 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.220 Let's pray 00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.539 together. 00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.480 Lord, 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:38.860 there's so 00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.339 much that we 00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.759 ought to be 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.640 bringing before 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.319 you in prayer 00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.019 as we think 00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.420 about this 00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.860 text. 00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.579 First, 00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:44.740 God, 00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.120 we want to 00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.680 just pray 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.120 for your 00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.759 comfort and 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.079 for your 00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:48.380 strength to 00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.900 be with those 00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.319 of us who 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.220 are experiencing 00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.779 some of the 00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.460 realities that 00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.220 David experienced 00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.940 in this text. 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.279 Lord, 00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.720 for those of 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.380 us who are 00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.559 undergoing the 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.819 hurt of 00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:59.200 betrayal or 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.400 of unjust 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.380 accusation, 00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.799 for those who 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.200 have been 00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:05.059 manipulated or 00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.539 deceived, 00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:05.980 God, 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:07.120 we ask for 00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.500 your comfort 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.819 and your 00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.720 strength to 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.240 be near to 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.480 them. 00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.360 God, 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.100 we also pray 00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.579 that you would 00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.319 help us, 00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.240 Lord, 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:16.000 in the midst 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.380 of those 00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:17.480 trying times 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.460 to respond 00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.660 with humility 00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.079 and with 00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.480 grace. 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.740 Lord, 00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.079 not to 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.480 back down 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.900 from what's 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.279 true, 00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.759 not to 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:26.720 shy away 00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:26.900 from 00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.720 clarifying 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.900 misunderstandings, 00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.779 and yet, 00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.039 God, 00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.720 to approach 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:32.039 these things 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.680 with humility 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:35.680 and to 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.059 listen. 00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.279 And, 00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.440 God, 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.860 also to 00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.420 trust 00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:42.460 that you 00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.799 will keep 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.299 account of 00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.880 everyone 00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:45.420 and make 00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.860 all things 00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.180 good in 00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.539 the end. 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:49.319 God, 00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:49.700 most of 00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:49.819 all, 00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.240 we pray 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.619 that what 00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.240 is true 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:53.940 in Jesus 00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.500 Christ, 00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.779 for all 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.379 who believe, 00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.619 that you 00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.019 have loved 00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.379 us and 00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:59.259 blessed us, 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.279 God, 00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.639 that you 00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.019 are our 00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.839 shield and 00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.579 our glory 00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.039 and the 00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.539 lifter of 00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.180 our heads. 00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:05.599 Lord, 00:34:05.659 --> 00:34:06.200 all that we 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.480 have in 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.200 you is so 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.920 rich and 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.480 so all 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.300 encompassing. 00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.340 God, 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.639 that even 00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:10.940 if we 00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.820 experience 00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:13.719 criticism 00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:15.639 and reproach 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.519 and betrayal 00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:16.960 Lord, 00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.599 we have 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.199 a rock 00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.500 that will 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.199 not move 00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:22.259 because we 00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.739 know Jesus 00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.420 bore every 00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.500 real curse 00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:24.880 that could 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.360 ever undo 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.699 us. 00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.840 Every curse 00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.139 that could 00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.800 really be 00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.239 the end 00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.519 of us, 00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:29.860 he has 00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.699 taken away 00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:32.239 and the 00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.719 blessing that 00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.099 we need 00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.679 is ours 00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.280 in him. 00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.400 Oh, 00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.699 Father, 00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.079 by your 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.519 spirit, 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.039 make these 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.599 things real 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.139 to us. 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.199 Help us 00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.659 to sense 00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:40.960 them and 00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.300 know them 00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.699 deep in 00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.360 our bones. 00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.480 And, 00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.619 Lord, 00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.079 help us 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.340 as a 00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.739 community, 00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.119 as a 00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.500 church, 00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.960 together, 00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:49.420 to live 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.920 out this 00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.500 kind of 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.159 peacemaking, 00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.599 this kind 00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.239 of humility. 00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.079 Lord, 00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.360 help it 00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.759 to spread 00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.420 beyond these 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.739 walls. 00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.099 Help us 00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.440 to be a 00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.039 counterculture 00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.340 in the 00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.719 midst of 00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.079 our 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.800 accusatory 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.219 culture 00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.440 where 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.880 everyone's 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.259 fuse 00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:02.759 seems to 00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.219 be so 00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.780 short. 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.199 Lord, 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.619 help us 00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:05.840 to just 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.119 have a 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.599 wealth 00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.860 of 00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.519 patience 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.320 and 00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.800 listening. 00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.440 God, 00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.840 help us 00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.139 even to 00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.500 endure 00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.360 unjust 00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.320 cursing 00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.639 for the 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:12.940 sake of 00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.079 your 00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.400 kingdom. 00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:15.960 knowing 00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.240 that our 00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.700 reward is 00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.059 great in 00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.260 heaven. 00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.079 We look 00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.380 to you, 00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.599 Jesus, 00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:20.940 for the 00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.320 strength to 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.740 do this. 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.660 Thank you 00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.300 that by 00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.740 your spirit 00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.079 you give 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.400 us just 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.680 that. 00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.420 Amen. 00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:28.760 Friends, 00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.000 we're going 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.599 to continue 00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.099 to respond 00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.500 to God's 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.920 word by 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:32.300 singing and 00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:33.720 praying and 00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:34.340 praising together. 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.940 This song 00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.119 that we're 00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.320 going to 00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.519 sing.