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 tonight.

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 We're going to look at the end of 2 Samuel 19.

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 That's page 271 in the Pew Bible. If you want to turn there, that'll be helpful.

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 We'll kind of walk through this text together and see what God has for us here to learn

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 tonight. Last week, Greg preached on 2 Samuel

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 18 and in the beginning of 19 where David mourned the death of Absalom. Tonight, we're going to

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 look at the rest of that chapter. And what's going on in this chapter is

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 this is 2 Samuel's account of David's return

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 to Jerusalem after Absalom's rebellion has come to an end.

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 In other words, David, the rightful king

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 is coming home in this text.

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 And the big question that's looming at this point in Israel's

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 history is this. How will

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 David restore unity and peace

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 to the kingdom?

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 How's he going to do that?

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 The king of Israel, after all, was supposed to unify

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 the nation of Israel in the praise of God.

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 And actually,

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 through Israel, the king was really

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 supposed to unify and eventually unite

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 all nations in the praise of God.

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 But right now, at this point in the story,

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 as we'll see in a second,

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 David is not coming home to peace.

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 He's coming home to a fragile

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 and fractured

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 and fearful people

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 who are on the brink of chaos.

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 My wife and I, as some of you know,

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 have three young kids.

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 And when I come home

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 after work,

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 when I come home,

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 what I often find waiting for me

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 when I step through the door is not peace,

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 but chaos.

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 The kids have been playing all day,

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 so their toys are strewn all around the house.

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 Dinner is cooking.

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 Someone's crying.

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 In short, the Lauer household

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 around 5.15 p.m. is nuts.

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 And my wife, Beth,

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 she is very awesome.

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 She's great with the kids.

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 But, you know,

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 I think anybody at the end of the day,

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 you know,

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 those three kids at the end of the day,

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 they are just toast.

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 They're ready to unravel.

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 Of course,

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 I would love for my kids

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 to welcome me

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 at the door

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 and say,

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 Oh, Daddy dearest,

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 welcome home.

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 We're so glad to see you.

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 Look at how I've cleaned up all my toys

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 and made all things ready

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 for your arrival.

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 Come, let me hand you

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 your slippers.

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 Take this warm cup of tea.

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 Here's the newspaper.

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 I shall not bother you

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 until it be dinner time,

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 Father.

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 That, of course,

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 is not how it goes.

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 Isn't it the case

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 that the fallen world

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 that we live in

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 does not naturally tend

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 towards peace and wholeness?

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 It tends towards

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 fragmentation and chaos.

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 I think that is a great sign

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 of the fact

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 that things are not the way

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 they're supposed to be

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 in our world.

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 And David,

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 when he returns,

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 the kingdom is not stable

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 and peaceful

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 and unified.

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 It's fragile

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 and it's on the verge of chaos.

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 So let's jump into this text.

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 Let's read the first two paragraphs

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 and let's see how David

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 goes about making peace

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 in this situation.

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 End of verse 8.

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 Now Israel.

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 Now Israel had fled

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 every man

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 to his own home.

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 Israel here refers

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 to the northern tribes of Israel

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 in the rest of this narrative.

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 And they've fled

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 to their homes

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 because their army

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 backing Absalom

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 has just been crushed

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 by David's army.

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 So they've fled

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 every man to his home.

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 And all the people

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 were arguing

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 throughout all the tribes

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 of Israel saying

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 the king delivered us

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 from the hand of our enemies

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 and saved us from the hand

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 of the Philistines

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 and now he has fled

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 out of the land from Absalom.

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 But Absalom,

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 who we anointed over us,

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 is dead in battle.

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 Now therefore,

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 why do you say nothing

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 about bringing the king back?

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 You could hear them

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 sort of arguing

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 with one another.

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 And King David

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 sent this message

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 to Zadok

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 and Abiathar the priests.

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 Say to the elders of Judah,

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 these are the southern,

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 this is the southern tribe,

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 why should you be the last

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 to bring the king

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 back to his house

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 when the word of all Israel

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 has come to the king?

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 David apparently

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 has gotten word

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 that the northern tribes

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 are ready to bring him home.

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 You are my brothers.

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 You're my bone

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 and my flesh.

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 Why then should you

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 be the last

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 to bring back the king?

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 And say to Amasa,

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 are you not my bone

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 and my flesh?

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 God, do so to me

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 and more also

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 if you are not commander

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 of my army from now on

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 in place of Joab.

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 And he,

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 that is David,

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 swayed the heart

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 of all the men of Judah

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 as one man

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 so that they sent word

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 to the king,

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 return both you

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 and all your servants.

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 So the king came back

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 to the Jordan

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 and Judah came to Gilgal

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 to meet the king

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 and to bring him

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 over to the Jordan.

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 Okay, let's pause there.

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 So we see the situation here.

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 The people are scared.

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 They're arguing

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 as people who are scared

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 often do.

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 Some are obviously worried

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 that if David comes back

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 he'll punish them

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 for rebelling.

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 Others are probably thinking

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 that if they don't

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 welcome him back

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 it will get even worse

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 for them

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 and they don't know

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 what to do.

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 And if you think about it

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 on a broader

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 sort of political level,

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 the nation's

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 in a pretty dangerous

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 place right now.

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 They're fragmented.

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 They're alienated

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 from their king

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 who was basically

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 the military leader

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 at that time.

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 They're in the aftermath

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 of a civil war.

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 This is just the sort of thing

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 that an Egypt

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 or Assyria

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 or the Philistine armies

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 would love

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 to just come rumbling

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 into Israelite territory

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 and take advantage

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 of their weakened condition.

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 They're in a dangerous spot.

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 And even Judah,

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 David's own tribe here,

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 is uncertain

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 of what to do.

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 They too, remember,

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 went over to Absalom.

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 But David here,

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 not wanting

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 the nation

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 to be fractured,

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 wanting them

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 to be unified,

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 appeals to Judah

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 for them not to be

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 left out or left behind

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 when he returns

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 to Jerusalem.

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 Why should you be

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 the last to welcome me back?

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 Aren't we

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 bone of bone

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 and flesh of flesh?

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 And then David

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 does something

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 really surprising.

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 As a sign

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 of what they can expect

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 when he comes home,

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 what does he do?

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 He makes a guy

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 named Amasa

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 the head of his army

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 in the place of Joab.

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 Now, you're thinking,

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 who the heck is Amasa?

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 What is that?

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 What difference

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 does that make?

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 Well, Amasa, remember,

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 was just recently

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 the head of Absalom's army.

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 This was the opposing general

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 on the other side

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 of the civil war.

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 These were the guys

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 David was just fighting against,

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 the ones who just staged a coup

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 and tried to kill him.

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 He says, look,

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 I'm going to extend

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 an olive branch.

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 Amasa is general now

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 in the place of Joab.

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 David's not going

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 to enact revenge.

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 He's going to work

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 to rebuild the nation,

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 even if that means

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 demoting his long-standing

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 general, Joab,

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 and putting Amasa

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 in his place.

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 Okay, now this,

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 these paragraphs

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 are pretty introductory, actually.

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 This kind of sets up

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 the rest of the chapter

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 and what's going to happen.

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 On his way

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 back to the Jordan

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 and back to Jerusalem,

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 David is going to have

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 three encounters

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 that sort of encapsulate

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 or give a concrete picture

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 of how David

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 is going to try

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 to restore peace

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 to the nation,

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 how he's going to try

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 to be a peacemaker

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 in the midst

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 of this really fragile

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 and fractious situation.

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 And he's going to do

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 two things.

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 On the one hand,

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 he's going to show mercy

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 to his enemies,

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 and on the other hand,

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 he's going to show kindness

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 and loyalty

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 to his friends.

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 And what the narrator

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 of 2 Samuel

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 is trying to show us here,

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 he's trying to show us

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 that this is what

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 a real king looks like.

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 Not someone

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 who's power hungry,

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 not someone

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 who's vengeful,

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 not someone

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 who's self-serving.

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 No.

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 A real king

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 is a peacemaker

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 who's willing

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 to extend mercy

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 to his enemies

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 and maintain loyalty

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 with his friends.

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 So we're going to see

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 three episodes.

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 Two of them

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 are episodes of mercy

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 and one of them

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 loyalty to friends.

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 So let's look at

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 the first episode

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 in 16.

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 Verse 16.

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 And Shimea,

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 the son of Gerah,

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 the Benjaminite

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 from Baharim,

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 hurried to come down

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 with the men of Judah

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 to meet King David.

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 And with him

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 were a thousand men

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 from Benjamin.

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 And Ziba,

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 the servant of the house

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 of Saul,

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 with his 15 sons

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 and his 20 servants,

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 rushed down

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 to the Jordan

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 before the king.

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 And they crossed the ford

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 to bring over

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 the king's household

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 and to do his pleasure.

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 And Shimea,

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 the son of Gerah,

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 fell down before the king

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 as he was about

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 to cross the Jordan.

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 And he said to the king,

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 let not my lord

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 hold me guilty

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 or remember

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 how your servant

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 did wrong

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 on the day

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 my lord the king

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 left Jerusalem.

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 Do not let the king

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 take it to heart

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 for your servant

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 knows that I have sinned.

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 Therefore behold,

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 I have come this day

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 the first of all

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 the house of Joseph

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 to come down

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 to meet my lord the king.

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 Abishai,

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 the son of Zeruiah,

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 answered,

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 shall not Shimea

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 be put to death

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 for this

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 because he cursed

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 the lord's anointed?

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 But David said,

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 what have I to do

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 with you,

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 you sons of Zeruiah,

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 that you should this day

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 be an adversary to me?

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 Shall anyone

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 be put to death

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 in Israel this day?

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 For do I not know

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 that I am this day

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 king over Israel?

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 And the king said

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 to Shimea,

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 you shall not die.

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 And the king

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 gave him his oath.

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 Okay,

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 so you'll remember

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 this guy,

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 Shimei,

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 or Shimea,

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 or however you pronounce it,

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 however you want to pronounce it.

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 You'll remember this guy

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 from chapter 16,

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 right?

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 This is the guy

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 who when David

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 was running away

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 from Absalom

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 on his way out of the city

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 showed up

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 and just started cursing him

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 and casting dirt

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 on his head

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 and calling him

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 a ruthless,

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 bloody man

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 and said,

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 you're getting

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 what you deserve,

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 David.

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 And now

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 that it looks like

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 David is still going

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 to be king after all,

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 lo and behold,

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 here comes Shimei

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 as fast as he can

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 to ask for forgiveness.

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 Did you notice

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 how the narrator said

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 he hurried down

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 to the Jordan

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 and then he didn't just wait there

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 for David to cross the Jordan,

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 he went over the Jordan

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 to get to David

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 as quickly as he possibly could.

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 And he asks for forgiveness.

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 And Abishai,

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 one of David's soldiers,

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 gives David the same advice

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 that he gave to David

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 back in chapter 16.

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 Do you remember that?

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 Abishai said in chapter 16,

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 David,

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 I've got an easy solution here.

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 Let's just take this guy's head off.

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 Done.

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 And Abishai is sort of like,

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 you know,

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 he's kind of a one-track-minded guy.

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 He's like,

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 hey,

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 here's another opportunity,

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 David.

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 He's back.

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 Let's kill him.

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 But David again

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 doesn't listen to Abishai.

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 And instead,

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 what does David do?

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 He refrains

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 from executing harsh judgment

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 and he grants Shimei mercy.

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 Now,

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 was Shimei guilty?

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 Of course.

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 He cursed David

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 up one side

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 and down the other

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 on his way out of Jerusalem.

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 Was Shimei's repentance

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 and apology sincere

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 here in chapter 19?

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 I mean,

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 he sincerely wanted

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 to save his own skin.

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 That's for sure.

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 Right?

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 And if David had lost

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 the war with Absalom,

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 one wonders whether Shimei

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 would have been so contrite.

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 So I think we can question

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 whether he's really

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 that sincere here.

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 But for all that,

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 David still extends mercy.

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 He keeps his cool

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 and he acts with prudence

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 for the sake

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 of making peace

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 in the nation.

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 Now,

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 I don't know about you,

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 but I think

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 of just how rare

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 that kind of thing is.

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 If you and I

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 are given the chance

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 to prove someone wrong

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 or to make someone

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 pay for wronging us,

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 I mean,

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 we often do it,

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 don't we?

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 And yet,

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 David refrains.

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 He affirms

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 that what Shimei did

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 was wrong,

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 but at least for now

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 he doesn't make him pay.

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 And you have to ask,

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 what is it

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 that allows David

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 to respond that way?

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 How is he,

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 I mean,

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 he has every right,

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 all the authority,

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 certainly all the power

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 at this moment

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 to do exactly

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 what his young friend

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 is telling him to do.

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 And yet,

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 what allows David

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 not to respond that way?

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 Look again

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 at the end of verse 21.

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 For do I not know

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 that I am this day

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 king over Israel?

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 What is David saying there?

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 In other words,

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 David is saying

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 that he doesn't have

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 to prove himself

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 in this moment.

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 And he doesn't have

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 to send a message

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 to his enemies

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 and he doesn't have

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 to nurse his wounded pride.

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 He tells his young friend,

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 look,

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 I know I am the king

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 right now

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 and I don't need

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 to do anything

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 to prove it.

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 He is so certain

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 and so secure

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 in that fact

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 that he extends

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 mercy to this guy.

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 And he knows

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 that as the king,

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 there is a bigger job

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 to do

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 than just evening

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 the score

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 and making this guy

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 pay for what he did.

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 David, you see,

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 has got this bigger agenda

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 and he wants there

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 to be peace

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 and wholeness

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 and unity

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 in the people of God.

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 And for that end,

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 he extends this guy mercy.

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 And friends,

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 I think the same

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 will be true of us.

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 As you and I grow,

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 in our assurance

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 of our identity,

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 not obviously

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 as God's king,

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 but certainly

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 as God's children,

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 as you and I

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 become more and more

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 assured of the fact

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 that God knows us

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 and loves us

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 and has chosen us

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 in Christ,

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 the more and more

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 we will have

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 a deep wellspring

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 to pull from

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 and the more and more

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 we'll find

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 that our lives

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 are caught up

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 in a much bigger agenda

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 than just getting even

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 with the people

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 who happen to cross us.

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 In other words,

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 I think as we sort of

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 root ourselves

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 in our identity

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 of who God has made

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 us to be in Christ,

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 we actually get the power

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 to become peacemakers

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 and extend mercy

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 the way David did.

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 Well, let's look at

00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:21.019
 the next meeting

00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:21.679
 that David has

00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:22.340
 where he again

00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:23.299
 extends mercy,

00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:23.879
 but this time

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 it looks a little different.

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 Pick up the story

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 in verse 24.

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 The narrator says,

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 And Mephibosheth,

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 the son of Saul,

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 came down to meet the king.

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 He had neither

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 taken care of his feet

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 nor trimmed his beard

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 nor washed his clothes

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 from the day the king

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 departed until the day

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 he came back in safety.

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 And when he came to Jerusalem

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 to meet the king,

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 the king said to him,

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 Why did you not go with me,

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 Mephibosheth?

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 He answered,

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 My lord, O king,

00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:48.580
 my servant deceived me.

00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.300
 For your servant said to him,

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 I will saddle a donkey

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 for myself

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 that I may ride on it

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 and go with the king.

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 For your servant is lame.

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 He, that is Ziba,

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 has slandered your servant

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 to my lord the king.

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 But my lord the king

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 is like the angel of God.

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 Do therefore

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 what seems good to you.

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 For all my father's house

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 were but men

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 doomed to death

00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:09.779
 before my lord the king,

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 but you set your servant

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 among those

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 who eat at your table.

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 What further right

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 have I then

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 to cry to the king?

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 And the king said to him,

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 Why speak any more

00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:19.680
 of your affairs?

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 I have decided.

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 You and Ziba

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 shall divide the land.

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 And Mephibosheth

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 said to the king,

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 Oh, let him take it all

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 since my lord the king

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 has come safely home.

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 If you look up

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 before this paragraph

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 in verse 17,

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 we're told

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 that a man named Ziba

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 also came rushing down

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 to the Jordan

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 and crossed over

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 to meet David.

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 And you'll remember

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 that like Shimei,

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 David was also met

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 by this guy named Ziba

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 as he was fleeing

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 Jerusalem from Absalom.

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 and Ziba

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 in that moment

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 seemed to be

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 a friend

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 to David then.

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 He gave him food

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 and drink

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 when David was tired

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 and thirsty

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 and hungry

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 on his flight.

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 But

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 in that moment,

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 if you look back there,

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 that chapter,

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 Ziba also sort of says

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 that his master,

00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.220
 Mephibosheth,

00:16:09.319 --> 00:16:10.220
 Ziba is the servant

00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:10.919
 of Mephibosheth.

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 Ziba says,

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 Oh, Mephibosheth,

00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:13.779
 David,

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.740
 he's gone over

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 with Absalom.

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 He's totally abandoned you

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 and betrayed you.

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 And in that moment,

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 David says,

00:16:19.280 --> 00:16:19.700
 okay, Ziba,

00:16:19.780 --> 00:16:20.500
 all of his property

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.019
 is yours.

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 For your loyalty,

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 you get his inheritance.

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 But now,

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 lo and behold,

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 as David is coming

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 back into the land,

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 we get to hear

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 Mephibosheth's side

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 of the story.

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 And David,

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 in some sense,

00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:35.940
 can see Mephibosheth's

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 side of the story

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 right before his eyes

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 because Mephibosheth,

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 the narrator says,

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 is a total wreck.

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 His feet are dirty,

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 his beard is scraggly,

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 his clothes are dirty.

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 In other words,

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 he's been in mourning,

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 sadness,

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 and grief

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 since David left the nation,

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 since he had to flee.

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 And because of Mephibosheth's

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 disability,

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 he was lame

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 in both of his feet,

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 he couldn't actually

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:01.479
 make it out to David

00:17:01.479 --> 00:17:02.759
 in time to go with him.

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 He was stranded.

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 It seems that his servant,

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.139
 Ziba,

00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:07.079
 had betrayed him,

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 kind of left him,

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 and gone out

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 and taken advantage

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 of David

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 while David

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 was on the run.

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 So,

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 the question is,

00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:17.700
 who's telling the truth?

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 Is it Ziba

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 or is it Mephibosheth?

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 At this point,

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 I mean,

00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:24.900
 David is sort of confronted

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 with a giant

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 he said,

00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:26.839
 she said,

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 right?

00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:29.599
 Of course,

00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:30.039
 on the surface,

00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:30.779
 it looks like Ziba

00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.599
 is guilty.

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.900
 Mephibosheth's story

00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:35.160
 certainly seems more plausible

00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:36.299
 and he kind of

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:37.079
 looks the part too.

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 But David doesn't rush

00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:41.119
 to any conclusions here.

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 Isn't it interesting

00:17:42.899 --> 00:17:44.079
 that if David showed

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.799
 restraint

00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.979
 in the episode

00:17:45.979 --> 00:17:46.559
 right before this

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 with Shimei

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 not putting him

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.819
 to death immediately,

00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.979
 David also shows

00:17:50.979 --> 00:17:51.659
 some restraint here

00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:53.179
 by not immediately

00:17:53.179 --> 00:17:54.639
 reinstating Mephibosheth

00:17:54.639 --> 00:17:55.859
 and punishing Ziba.

00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:58.439
 Instead,

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:59.299
 David does something

00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:00.779
 again that's very prudent.

00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:01.759
 What does he do?

00:18:02.659 --> 00:18:03.979
 He divides the property

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 50-50.

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 And it's almost

00:18:08.219 --> 00:18:08.979
 like a test.

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 Do you remember

00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.920
 when Solomon,

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.480
 David's son,

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.339
 first became king?

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:15.299
 What's one of the first things

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:16.200
 that Solomon has to do

00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:16.599
 when he's king?

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 Two women come to Solomon

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 and these two women

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 both had children.

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 One of them died

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 and one of them was alive

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 and they both come to Solomon

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 and say,

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 my child's the alive one

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 and the other child

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 is the dead one.

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 Right?

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:31.120
 And they're arguing it out.

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 And what's Solomon

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:32.940
 going to do?

00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:33.579
 It's a he said,

00:18:33.620 --> 00:18:34.539
 she said kind of thing.

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 So he says,

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:35.559
 well,

00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:36.420
 you say one thing,

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 you say another,

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 cut the baby in half,

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 and you each get to take

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 one part of it home.

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 And one woman says,

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.000
 great,

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 fine by me,

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 sounds like a good deal.

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 And the other woman says,

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.380
 no,

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.660
 let her have it.

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 And right away,

00:18:51.120 --> 00:18:52.220
 everybody knows

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:53.180
 who the real mother is.

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 The one who wanted

00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:55.319
 the child to live

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 even if she would lose him.

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 And I think in some sense

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.519
 when David says,

00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:01.720
 look,

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.740
 let's just cut the property

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.480
 50-50,

00:19:04.080 --> 00:19:06.240
 we get to see immediately

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:07.920
 where Mephibosheth's heart

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.380
 is at.

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.480
 Because in essence,

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.519
 what does Mephibosheth say?

00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.140
 He says,

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.519
 you know what,

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:13.779
 David?

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.599
 Let Ziba have the whole thing.

00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.720
 Why?

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.480
 Because if I have you,

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.720
 if you've come home

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.660
 and you're going to reign,

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:22.220
 then I've got everything I need.

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:24.839
 I don't need property,

00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:25.660
 livelihood.

00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.519
 I don't need that.

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.359
 You're here.

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 That's what matters.

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.319
 Now pause,

00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:33.440
 let's just pause

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.440
 on that for a minute.

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:36.920
 Friends,

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.480
 do you want to know

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.279
 whether or not

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:40.160
 you really get

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:41.539
 the gospel?

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.360
 Do you want to know

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:46.279
 whether you really grasp

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.519
 the heart of what

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.640
 Christianity is all about?

00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:54.000
 So often at the heart level,

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:55.340
 what we're really saying

00:19:55.340 --> 00:19:56.400
 spiritually is this.

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.100
 I'll follow Jesus.

00:19:58.340 --> 00:19:59.600
 I will believe in him

00:19:59.600 --> 00:20:01.420
 as long as that helps me

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.580
 get what I really want.

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.339
 Or,

00:20:04.179 --> 00:20:04.759
 at least,

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.879
 I'll follow him at least

00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.839
 if it doesn't get in the way

00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.839
 of what I really want.

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.179
 But you know

00:20:12.179 --> 00:20:13.220
 that you're really

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:14.399
 starting to get it.

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.419
 You know that your heart

00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:17.399
 is really starting to change.

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.720
 When you start to say,

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.039
 you know,

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.519
 actually,

00:20:21.179 --> 00:20:22.779
 the most important thing

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:24.299
 in my life

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:25.599
 isn't whether or not

00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:27.279
 I get this particular thing.

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:30.220
 But the most important thing

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:32.620
 is to have Jesus himself.

00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:34.579
 That's what really matters.

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.299
 To have him

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:37.360
 reigning in my life,

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.079
 it doesn't matter

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.799
 if I get this,

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.059
 that,

00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:39.620
 or the other thing.

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.299
 I've got him.

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.740
 In other words,

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:44.079
 when your heart starts to see

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.519
 not Christ

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.860
 as a means to an end,

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.960
 but himself

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:49.160
 as the end,

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:51.880
 that's when you're

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:52.700
 starting to get it.

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.600
 When you start to see

00:20:55.600 --> 00:20:56.539
 that being in a relationship

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:56.960
 with him,

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.960
 that's the greatest thing.

00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:58.839
 And isn't that what

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.959
 Mephibosheth is saying here?

00:21:00.679 --> 00:21:01.039
 David,

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.579
 look,

00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:03.779
 the land is not the thing.

00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:04.899
 You're the thing.

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.579
 To sit at your table,

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:08.139
 to be a part of your family,

00:21:08.419 --> 00:21:09.659
 that's what I care about.

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:11.119
 So you can give Ziba

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.619
 the property,

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.579
 I don't really care.

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.299
 What I care is

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.559
 to be reconciled to you.

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:19.819
 That's the heart

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:20.639
 that really gets it.

00:21:23.159 --> 00:21:23.559
 Friends,

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.259
 is that you tonight?

00:21:25.459 --> 00:21:26.339
 It's a hard question.

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:30.759
 Or is something

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:32.619
 more precious to you

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:34.679
 than having God himself

00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.259
 in Christ?

00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:37.319
 Are you seeing

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.319
 your relationship with God

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.619
 as just a means to an end?

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.379
 Are you seeing it

00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:40.980
 for what it is,

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.799
 the very end

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.879
 for which you were created?

00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.699
 To know him

00:21:44.699 --> 00:21:45.939
 and to love him

00:21:45.939 --> 00:21:46.980
 and to be in fellowship

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.399
 with him.

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.339
 Is that the most

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:49.159
 precious thing to you?

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.859
 Let's look at David's

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.839
 last encounter here.

00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:59.039
 And here we see David

00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:00.159
 not dealing with his enemies

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:01.259
 like Shimei or Ziba,

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.839
 but he's dealing

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.579
 with a friend here.

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.759
 Let's pick up

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.419
 in verse 31.

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.980
 Now Barzillai,

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:09.179
 the Gileadite.

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.839
 That's a sweet name

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.319
 by the way.

00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:12.679
 Anyone here expecting?

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.619
 Barzillai.

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.139
 Put that one

00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:14.799
 on your short list.

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.599
 That's a good deal.

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.019
 Barzillai,

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.740
 the Gileadite,

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.619
 had come down

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.399
 from Rogalim

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:20.839
 and he went on

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.179
 with the king

00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:21.639
 to the Jordan

00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:22.279
 to escort him

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:23.839
 over the Jordan.

00:22:24.879 --> 00:22:25.399
 Barzillai was

00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:26.439
 a very aged man,

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.279
 80 years old.

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.920
 He had provided

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.660
 the king food

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.240
 while he stayed

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.940
 at Mahanaim

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.900
 for he was

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.720
 a very wealthy man.

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.100
 And the king

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.900
 said to Barzillai,

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:35.519
 come over with me

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.700
 and I will provide

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.400
 for you with me

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:37.920
 in Jerusalem.

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.900
 But Barzillai said

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.360
 to the king,

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:42.380
 how many years

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.259
 have I still to live

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.900
 that I should go up

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.279
 with the king

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.799
 to Jerusalem?

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.380
 I am this day

00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:47.320
 80 years old.

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.559
 Can I discern

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.160
 what is pleasant

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.779
 and what is not?

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.019
 Can your servant

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.920
 taste what he eats

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.519
 or what he drinks?

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.279
 Can I still listen

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.759
 to the voice

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.440
 of singing men

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.079
 and singing women?

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.640
 Why then should

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:56.980
 your servant

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:58.559
 be an added burden

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.480
 to my lord the king?

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.720
 Your servant

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.440
 will go a little way

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.940
 over the Jordan

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.599
 with the king.

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.400
 Why should the king

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.920
 repay me

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.779
 with such a reward?

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.900
 Please let your servant

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:09.160
 return that I might die

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:10.319
 in my own city

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.180
 near the grave

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.779
 of my father

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.319
 and my mother.

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:14.119
 But here is your servant

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:15.099
 Kimham.

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.660
 Let him go over

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.519
 with my lord the king

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:19.000
 and do for him

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.079
 whatever seems good

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.500
 to you.

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:22.160
 And the king answered

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:23.680
 Kimham shall go

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.259
 over with me

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.240
 and I will do

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.519
 for him

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.039
 whatever seems

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.599
 good to you

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:28.460
 and all that you

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.000
 desire of me

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.819
 I will do for you.

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:32.039
 Then all the people

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.740
 went over the Jordan

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.180
 and the king

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.660
 went over

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.559
 and the king

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.279
 kissed Barzillai

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.779
 and blessed him

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.200
 and he returned

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.900
 to his own home.

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.059
 The king went

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.680
 on to Gilgal

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.619
 and Kimham

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.200
 went with him.

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.140
 So here we see

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:43.440
 that David

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.180
 doesn't forget

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.619
 the kindness

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.960
 that this man

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.480
 Barzillai

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.180
 showed to him

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.160
 when he was in need.

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:51.800
 And when Barzillai

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:53.200
 refuses to accept

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.060
 David's offer

00:23:54.060 --> 00:23:54.660
 of coming back

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.340
 with him to Jerusalem

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:56.800
 David doesn't

00:23:56.800 --> 00:23:57.340
 get offended.

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.960
 Instead he finds

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.940
 a way to honor

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.600
 his old friend

00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:00.980
 nonetheless

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:02.060
 by blessing

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:03.300
 this young man

00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:04.080
 Kimham

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:04.860
 in his place.

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.519
 I think there's

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:08.880
 a critical

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.580
 actually lesson

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.580
 in this paragraph.

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.220
 Think about David.

00:24:12.540 --> 00:24:13.180
 David is putting

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.920
 out fires

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.600
 left and right

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.019
 isn't he?

00:24:15.560 --> 00:24:16.519
 He's got huge

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.920
 massive problems

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.680
 to deal with.

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.160
 The nation

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.740
 is on the verge

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.279
 of crumbling

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.720
 and yet

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:23.740
 he doesn't forget

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:25.000
 and he doesn't

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.840
 take for granted

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:27.519
 the friends

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.180
 who actually

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:29.259
 stood by him

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.340
 when he was in need.

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.759
 I think this is

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.660
 a really good reminder.

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.519
 You know it's important

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.240
 to think about

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.759
 how we treat

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.320
 our enemies

00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:40.880
 and we've been seeing

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.320
 how David

00:24:41.320 --> 00:24:42.000
 is an example

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.580
 of prudence

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:42.960
 and mercy

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.560
 in that regard

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:43.920
 but friends

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.740
 we also need

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.200
 to think about

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.660
 how we treat

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.279
 our friends.

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.500
 Think about

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.820
 the people

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:50.580
 who are close

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.100
 to you

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:52.759
 who stand

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.340
 by you

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:53.960
 the people

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.880
 who encourage

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.279
 you

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.299
 and who support

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.660
 you

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:58.120
 and who are there

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.500
 for you

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:58.960
 when you need

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.299
 them.

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.620
 Are you taking

00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:03.360
 them for granted?

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:08.059
 being a peacemaker

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.879
 being an agent

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.839
 of God's kingdom

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:12.639
 is just as much

00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:13.659
 about loving

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.279
 our spouses

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.399
 and showing

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:15.879
 kindness

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.519
 to our fellow

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.139
 church members

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:18.299
 and being grateful

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.959
 to our friends

00:25:18.959 --> 00:25:19.779
 it's as much

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.859
 about that

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.819
 not taking

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.259
 those people

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.759
 for granted

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.579
 working hard

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.379
 at cultivating

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:25.079
 those relationships

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.959
 is as much

00:25:25.959 --> 00:25:26.839
 about that

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:28.219
 as it is

00:25:28.219 --> 00:25:28.719
 about forgiving

00:25:28.719 --> 00:25:29.339
 our enemies.

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:33.359
 And notice

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.839
 how David

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.539
 here is not

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.059
 easily

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.779
 deterred

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:37.159
 his plan

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:37.480
 A

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.240
 doesn't work

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.419
 Barzillai

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:40.019
 declines

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.519
 the offer

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.959
 to come

00:25:40.959 --> 00:25:41.500
 to Jerusalem

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:43.259
 and then

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.480
 what does

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.019
 David do?

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.399
 Well fine

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:46.579
 see you later

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.179
 no

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:48.319
 he gladly

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.019
 goes along

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:50.099
 with plan B

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.459
 right

00:25:50.459 --> 00:25:50.939
 he'll show

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.399
 kindness

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:52.480
 to the servant

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.039
 instead

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:54.319
 bring him

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.659
 along

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:55.579
 I'll shower

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.379
 blessings on him

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.000
 for your sake

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:59.420
 in other words

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.980
 David's going

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.319
 to show

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.799
 loyalty

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.759
 and gratitude

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.799
 to his friend

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.640
 and he's going

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.119
 to do it

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.740
 in a way

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.559
 that matters

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.359
 and that counts

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.200
 to him

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.740
 to Barzillai

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.539
 not to David

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:12.640
 friends

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.059
 when you think

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.519
 about showing

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.980
 kindness

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.460
 to those

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.640
 who are

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.400
 closest to you

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.000
 to really

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.559
 blessing them

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:16.819
 to really

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.240
 showing them

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.640
 gratitude

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:19.059
 are you

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.539
 thinking about

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.819
 what would

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.400
 be meaningful

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.519
 for that

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.980
 person

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:24.619
 or are you

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.019
 doing it

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.240
 sort of

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.640
 according to

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:25.940
 your own

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.299
 agenda

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.119
 and what

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.480
 you think

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.879
 they should

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.220
 like

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:30.099
 are you

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.299
 like

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.940
 Homer Simpson

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:32.019
 who buys

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.619
 Marge Simpson

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.299
 a bowling ball

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.659
 for her

00:26:33.659 --> 00:26:34.000
 birthday

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:36.200
 oh

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.220
 you're not

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.359
 going to

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:37.619
 use the

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.000
 bowling ball

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.339
 Marge

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.079
 I'll take

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.599
 it

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:43.859
 friends

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.059
 we should

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.359
 rather be

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.659
 ultimately

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:45.059
 concerned

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.440
 about what's

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:45.599
 going to

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.059
 show that

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.480
 person

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.359
 loyalty

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.240
 and kindness

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.039
 and gratitude

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.519
 and bless

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.919
 them

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.819
 Barzillai

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.220
 comes up

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.460
 with this

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.700
 plan

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.159
 here's my

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.519
 servant

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.159
 take

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:54.339
 this servant

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.919
 boy to

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:55.379
 Jerusalem

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.840
 and shower

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.200
 blessing

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.560
 on him

00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:57.160
 that would

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.540
 not have

00:26:57.540 --> 00:26:57.820
 been a

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.260
 sexy

00:26:58.260 --> 00:26:59.100
 flashy

00:26:59.100 --> 00:26:59.680
 proposal

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.280
 to David

00:27:00.280 --> 00:27:02.300
 would have

00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:02.620
 been much

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.040
 more great

00:27:03.040 --> 00:27:03.380
 to take

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.980
 this aged

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.520
 old guy

00:27:04.520 --> 00:27:05.040
 to Jerusalem

00:27:05.040 --> 00:27:05.720
 and have

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.100
 him sit

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.360
 at his

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.720
 table

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.280
 and look

00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:07.480
 at how

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.760
 great

00:27:07.760 --> 00:27:08.340
 that is

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.420
 but no

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.660
 David

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.160
 says great

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.620
 Barz life

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.140
 that's what's

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.360
 going to

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:11.740
 bless you

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.220
 bring him

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.560
 along

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:13.560
 I'll make

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:13.760
 him one

00:27:13.760 --> 00:27:13.960
 of my

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.260
 own

00:27:14.260 --> 00:27:19.040
 David's

00:27:19.040 --> 00:27:19.320
 ultimately

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.840
 concerned with

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.140
 what's going

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.480
 to show

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.960
 him

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:22.940
 that he's

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.440
 grateful for

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:23.920
 his loyalty

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.440
 and love

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:26.380
 and I think

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:26.779
 that's worthy

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.039
 of our

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.500
 imitation

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:31.519
 but you know

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.920
 friends for all

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.299
 that when we

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.620
 come to the

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.120
 end of this

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:34.120
 chapter we

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.660
 see something

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.220
 again that's a

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.880
 little surprising

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:37.660
 David has

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.100
 done his

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:39.200
 best at

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.680
 this point

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.640
 to repair

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.620
 and restore

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.360
 the nation

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.799
 he's showing

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.519
 mercy to his

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.819
 enemies

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.220
 he's showing

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.920
 kindness to

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.440
 his friends

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.079
 he's being

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.880
 prudent and

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.680
 wise and

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.140
 thoughtful

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.380
 he's being

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:49.780
 a good

00:27:49.780 --> 00:27:50.220
 king

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:52.520
 but in

00:27:52.520 --> 00:27:52.940
 the end

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:54.540
 it doesn't

00:27:54.540 --> 00:27:54.880
 seem to

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.120
 have been

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.480
 enough

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.980
 let's pick

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.259
 up with

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.540
 the rest

00:27:57.540 --> 00:27:57.820
 of verse

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.160
 40

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.800
 all the

00:27:59.800 --> 00:28:00.120
 people of

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.360
 Judah

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.600
 and also

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.000
 half the

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.360
 people of

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.660
 Israel

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.480
 brought the

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.880
 king on

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.360
 his way

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:05.940
 then all

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.160
 the men

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.540
 of Israel

00:28:06.540 --> 00:28:06.960
 presumably

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.420
 all those

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.720
 who didn't

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.180
 show up

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:09.000
 came to

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.400
 the king

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.160
 and said

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.380
 to the

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.620
 king

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:12.020
 why have

00:28:12.020 --> 00:28:12.200
 our

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.560
 brothers

00:28:12.560 --> 00:28:12.900
 the men

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.040
 of

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.240
 Judah

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.900
 stolen

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.600
 you away

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.680
 and brought

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.080
 the king

00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:16.340
 and his

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.759
 household

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.140
 over the

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.440
 Jordan

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.960
 and all

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.279
 David's

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.420
 men

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.640
 with

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:18.860
 him

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:20.819
 they're

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.100
 accusing

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.299
 them

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.420
 of

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.640
 going

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:21.880
 behind

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.039
 their

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.400
 back

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.539
 and

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.779
 bringing

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.059
 David

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.420
 home

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.039
 and not

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.279
 letting

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.460
 them

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.680
 join

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:24.799
 the

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.079
 party

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:27.000
 and all

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.180
 the men

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.279
 of

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.440
 Judah

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.779
 answered

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.000
 the men

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.120
 of

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.380
 Israel

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:29.039
 because

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.220
 the

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.400
 king's

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:29.500
 our

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.680
 close

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.039
 relative

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.519
 why

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:30.720
 then are

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.100
 you angry

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.279
 over

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.440
 this

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.720
 matter

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.920
 have

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.079
 we

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.380
 eaten

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.600
 at

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:33.840
 all

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:33.960
 at

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.059
 the

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.319
 king's

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.680
 expense

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:34.880
 or

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.100
 has

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.220
 he

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.440
 given

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.620
 us

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:35.799
 any

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.100
 gift

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.259
 the

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.480
 implied

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.680
 answer

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:36.819
 there

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:36.940
 is

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.140
 no

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.299
 we

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.500
 haven't

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.700
 gotten

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.880
 any

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.240
 profit

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.420
 out

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.500
 of

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.640
 this

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:38.860
 deal

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:40.539
 and

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.640
 the

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:40.759
 men

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:40.880
 of

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.080
 Israel

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:41.420
 answered

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.580
 the

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:41.680
 men

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:41.800
 of

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.000
 Judah

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.700
 we

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:42.960
 have

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.300
 ten

00:28:43.300 --> 00:28:43.640
 shares

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:43.779
 in

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:43.920
 the

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.200
 king

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.440
 and

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.539
 in

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:44.720
 David

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.000
 also

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.160
 we

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.259
 have

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.380
 more

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:45.519
 than

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.759
 you

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.840
 why

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.039
 then

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.140
 do

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.259
 you

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.720
 despise

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.080
 us

00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:48.640
 were

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:48.779
 we

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:48.900
 not

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.060
 the

00:28:49.060 --> 00:28:49.300
 first

00:28:49.300 --> 00:28:49.480
 to

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.720
 speak

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:49.880
 of

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.120
 bringing

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.380
 back

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.560
 our

00:28:50.560 --> 00:28:50.820
 king

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:52.420
 it

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:52.519
 was

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.640
 our

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:52.840
 idea

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:52.960
 in

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.039
 the

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.200
 first

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.560
 place

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:55.320
 but

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:55.440
 the

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.600
 words

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:55.700
 of

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:55.759
 the

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:55.840
 men

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:55.940
 of

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.080
 Judah

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.240
 were

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.800
 fiercer

00:28:56.800 --> 00:28:57.920
 than

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.019
 the

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.200
 words

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.320
 of

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:58.400
 the

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:58.519
 men

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.620
 of

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:58.980
 Israel

00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:02.580
 end

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:02.700
 of

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.060
 chapter

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:07.040
 despite

00:29:07.040 --> 00:29:07.519
 all

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:07.680
 of

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.140
 David's

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.720
 robust

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.620
 peacemaking

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.120
 activity

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.360
 the

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.680
 nation

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.100
 still

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.660
 descends

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:11.900
 into

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.420
 pettiness

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.920
 and

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.500
 tribalism

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.680
 and

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.040
 pride

00:29:14.040 --> 00:29:14.500
 and

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.620
 it

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:14.800
 ends

00:29:14.800 --> 00:29:14.940
 like

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.060
 a

00:29:15.060 --> 00:29:15.300
 shouting

00:29:15.300 --> 00:29:15.580
 match

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:15.820
 between

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.060
 two

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.280
 kids

00:29:16.280 --> 00:29:16.400
 on

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.500
 the

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.840
 playground

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:19.820
 except

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.040
 with

00:29:20.040 --> 00:29:20.220
 much

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.400
 more

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.600
 dire

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.259
 consequences

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.740
 because

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.540
 as

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:22.640
 we'll

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:22.780
 see

00:29:22.780 --> 00:29:22.880
 in

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:22.960
 the

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.140
 next

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.540
 chapter

00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:24.240
 as

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.360
 a

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:24.600
 result

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:24.740
 of

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:24.920
 this

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.540
 fracturing

00:29:25.540 --> 00:29:26.120
 a

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.280
 whole

00:29:26.280 --> 00:29:26.500
 other

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.920
 rebellion

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.300
 breaks

00:29:27.300 --> 00:29:27.620
 out

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.240
 and

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.380
 the

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.660
 nation

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.180
 again

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.620
 descends

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:29.820
 into

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.080
 war

00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:30.280
 with

00:29:30.280 --> 00:29:30.780
 itself

00:29:30.780 --> 00:29:33.840
 so

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:33.960
 what

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.060
 does

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.140
 it

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.440
 mean

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:36.300
 friends

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:36.400
 I

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.520
 think

00:29:36.520 --> 00:29:36.600
 it

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:36.760
 means

00:29:36.760 --> 00:29:36.880
 that

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.100
 not

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.420
 even

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.800
 great

00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:38.220
 David

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.180
 can

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.640
 finally

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:39.920
 heal

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.080
 the

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:40.480
 divisions

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.700
 that

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:40.860
 tear

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.020
 us

00:29:41.020 --> 00:29:41.340
 apart

00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:44.040
 the

00:29:44.040 --> 00:29:44.320
 chapter

00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:44.700
 ends

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.380
 crying

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.760
 out

00:29:45.760 --> 00:29:46.400
 with

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.560
 the

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:46.780
 need

00:29:46.780 --> 00:29:46.960
 for

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.100
 an

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.220
 even

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.600
 greater

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.040
 David

00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:49.400
 for

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.520
 an

00:29:49.520 --> 00:29:49.620
 even

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:49.880
 better

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.260
 king

00:29:50.260 --> 00:29:52.740
 and

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:52.900
 friends

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.180
 that's

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.260
 what

00:29:53.260 --> 00:29:53.360
 the

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:53.580
 Bible

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:53.700
 is

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:53.840
 all

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.200
 about

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:56.380
 it's

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.540
 about

00:29:56.540 --> 00:29:56.720
 one

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:56.860
 who's

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.000
 come

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.220
 to do

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.560
 just

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:57.920
 that

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.660
 you

00:29:59.660 --> 00:29:59.700
 know

00:29:59.700 --> 00:29:59.800
 when

00:29:59.800 --> 00:29:59.960
 Jesus

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.380
 Christ

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:00.680
 came

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:00.820
 to

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.140
 earth

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.940
 one

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.100
 of the

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.279
 things

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.640
 he taught

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:02.800
 his

00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:03.120
 disciples

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.519
 was this

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.920
 blessed

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.400
 are the

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:05.100
 peacemakers

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.800
 for they

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.080
 shall be

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.440
 called

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.100
 the sons

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.480
 of God

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.800
 and in

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.220
 some sense

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.539
 that's what

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.820
 we've been

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.259
 thinking about

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.519
 tonight

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:09.880
 how to be

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.480
 peacemakers

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.820
 but you

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:11.880
 know

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.080
 at the end

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.340
 of the day

00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:12.580
 Jesus

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.300
 didn't come

00:30:13.300 --> 00:30:13.880
 just to

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.320
 teach us

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.560
 what we're

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:14.820
 supposed

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.340
 to do

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:16.639
 he came

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:16.720
 to

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.519
 he came

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.639
 to

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:17.679
 do

00:30:17.679 --> 00:30:17.919
 what we

00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:18.279
 couldn't

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.579
 do

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:21.579
 he came

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.259
 to

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.059
 extend

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.959
 a

00:30:23.959 --> 00:30:24.500
 mercy

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.339
 and to

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.859
 extend

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.159
 a

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:26.759
 kindness

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.859
 to such

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.480
 a degree

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.159
 and to

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.619
 such a

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.000
 depth

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.699
 that even

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:31.079
 the most

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.740
 violent

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.319
 of our

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.740
 divisions

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.220
 can be

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.559
 healed

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:35.740
 in other

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:35.879
 words

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.099
 Jesus

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.419
 Christ

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:36.599
 came

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:36.939
 not just

00:30:36.939 --> 00:30:37.319
 to teach

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.740
 peace

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.299
 but to

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.679
 make

00:30:38.679 --> 00:30:39.019
 it

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:41.119
 definitively

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:42.019
 once and for

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.339
 all

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:44.339
 how

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:47.279
 because you

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.659
 see friends

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.199
 for all

00:30:48.199 --> 00:30:48.839
 of those

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:50.259
 men

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.720
 and women

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.480
 for everyone

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.879
 who puts

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.599
 their trust

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.679
 in Christ

00:30:53.679 --> 00:30:56.199
 his death

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:56.980
 on the cross

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.919
 heals

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:59.339
 the most

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.339
 severe

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.399
 division

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:03.419
 that any

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:03.779
 of us

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.359
 ever

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.079
 experience

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:06.619
 the division

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.459
 that exists

00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:08.259
 between us

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.679
 as sinful

00:31:08.679 --> 00:31:09.399
 human beings

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.179
 and our

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.659
 holy

00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:11.199
 wise

00:31:11.199 --> 00:31:11.639
 and good

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.019
 creator

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.460
 God

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:14.700
 and as

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.079
 the son

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.559
 of God

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.099
 Jesus

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.740
 came as

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:16.900
 our

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.599
 perfect

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.200
 representative

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.240
 fully

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.720
 in the

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.139
 flesh

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:21.319
 living

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.059
 a life

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.680
 that we

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:22.920
 should

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.079
 have

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.500
 lived

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.720
 dying

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.720
 a death

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.119
 that we

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.500
 deserve

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.940
 to die

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.259
 dying

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.680
 in our

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.099
 place

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.700
 and then

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.319
 rising

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.759
 again

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.379
 to prove

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:30.740
 that the

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.160
 penalty

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.740
 for our

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.019
 sins

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.579
 have been

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.920
 paid

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.539
 in full

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.299
 when we

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.579
 trust

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:34.980
 in him

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:39.200
 and friends

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.900
 the reality

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.400
 is

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:41.460
 is that

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:41.740
 when we

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.120
 come to

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:42.740
 know

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.299
 the

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.960
 peace

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.819
 of being

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.840
 reconciled

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.259
 to God

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.480
 through

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.980
 grace

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.420
 something

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.819
 that David

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.340
 could never

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.680
 do

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.779
 no human

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.059
 king

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.779
 could reconcile

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.299
 us to

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.600
 God

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.519
 but Jesus

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.140
 can and

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.420
 did

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.720
 once we

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.019
 come to

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.400
 know

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.680
 that

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.480
 reconciling

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.900
 grace

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.980
 the apostle

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.559
 Paul says

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.900
 is that

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.299
 then

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.160
 we're

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.440
 actually

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.059
 reconciled

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.299
 to one

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.640
 another

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:04.079
 that when

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.600
 the wall

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:04.900
 between

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.460
 us and

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.720
 God

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.620
 came crashing

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.120
 down

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.919
 the wall

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.239
 between

00:32:08.239 --> 00:32:08.459
 one

00:32:08.459 --> 00:32:08.779
 another

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.019
 came

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.539
 tumbling

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.839
 down

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.059
 with

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.379
 it

00:32:10.379 --> 00:32:14.199
 David

00:32:14.199 --> 00:32:14.699
 did his

00:32:14.699 --> 00:32:15.619
 very best

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.939
 to unite

00:32:16.939 --> 00:32:17.439
 the people

00:32:17.439 --> 00:32:17.979
 around his

00:32:17.979 --> 00:32:18.419
 kingship

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:18.759
 but it's

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.419
 still broke

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:19.919
 and it's

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:21.139
 still splintered

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:23.019
 but when

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.539
 Jesus Christ

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.339
 was exalted

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:25.799
 on the cross

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:27.519
 our enmity

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.239
 was finally

00:32:28.239 --> 00:32:29.000
 taken away

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.719
 because before

00:32:30.719 --> 00:32:31.359
 the cross

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.659
 we're all

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.019
 equal

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.460
 no matter

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.799
 what our

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.420
 tribe

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.139
 no matter

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.460
 what our

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.119
 background

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:38.240
 we're all

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.539
 sinners

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.779
 and we're

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.559
 all recipients

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.059
 of a steadfast

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.440
 love and

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.879
 grace like

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.180
 we could

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.139
 only imagine

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:46.700
 and that

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.559
 puts everything

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.279
 else in

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.759
 perspective

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:50.799
 and friends

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.400
 as we

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.279
 the church

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.700
 come to

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.279
 grips with

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.799
 that and

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.819
 grasp that

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.579
 and hold

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.579
 tightly to it

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:59.119
 in the power

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.500
 of the Holy

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.920
 Spirit

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.379
 you know

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:00.960
 what happens

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.799
 the church

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.879
 actually becomes

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.460
 this great

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.460
 signpost

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.919
 of the

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.559
 reconciling

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:07.960
 power of

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.419
 the cross

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:09.039
 of Jesus

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.440
 his own

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.119
 reconciling

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:10.480
 power

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:13.299
 that today

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.680
 as we

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.259
 extend mercy

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.579
 to our

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.940
 enemies

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.339
 as we

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.799
 show kindness

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.139
 to one

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:16.440
 another

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.740
 and to

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:16.899
 our

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:17.379
 friends

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.740
 we're

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.000
 actually

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.519
 telling

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.159
 the world

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:20.539
 in our

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.940
 life

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.399
 together

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:23.339
 that there's

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.440
 finally a

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.980
 king that

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.559
 has come

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.740
 who can

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.180
 take away

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.759
 our chaos

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.159
 and give

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:28.740
 us peace

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:30.139
 who can

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.899
 heal us

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.819
 and make

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.200
 us one

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.580
 and take

00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:32.819
 away

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.039
 these

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.380
 divisions

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:33.680
 that just

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.059
 rip us

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.420
 apart

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:37.019
 and when

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.100
 we're

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:37.720
 living in

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:37.940
 that

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.140
 Jesus

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.400
 says

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.660
 blessed

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:38.819
 are

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:38.940
 the

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.480
 peacemakers

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.299
 for they

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.620
 shall be

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:41.500
 called sons

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.900
 and daughters

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.279
 of God

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.660
 you see

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:46.059
 may that

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.360
 be true

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.740
 of us

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.420
 let's

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:47.680
 pray

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:53.620
 Lord

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:53.819
 Jesus

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.200
 we thank

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.420
 you that

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.720
 you are

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.340
 the true

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:55.799
 and better

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.140
 David

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.500
 who has

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.880
 come

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.860
 to unite

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.380
 your people

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:59.120
 into one

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:01.239
 to forgive

00:34:01.239 --> 00:34:01.819
 all their

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.319
 sins

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:03.559
 and to

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:03.939
 give us

00:34:03.939 --> 00:34:05.000
 a reconciling

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.279
 mission

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.559
 in the

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.879
 world

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:07.779
 and Lord

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.159
 thank you

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.519
 that you've

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.019
 given us

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.859
 your spirit

00:34:09.859 --> 00:34:10.400
 to dwell

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.000
 permanently

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.400
 in our

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.739
 midst

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.139
 and in

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.480
 each one

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.880
 of us

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.900
 that we

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.319
 might have

00:34:14.319 --> 00:34:14.900
 strength

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.359
 energy

00:34:15.359 --> 00:34:15.779
 power

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:16.299
 and guidance

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:16.799
 to do

00:34:16.799 --> 00:34:17.119
 this

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.380
 in the

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.579
 world

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.940
 today

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:19.519
 so Lord

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.839
 we thank

00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:20.059
 you for

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.579
 your grace

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.779
 we thank

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:22.000
 you that

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.219
 you've

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.579
 healed

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:24.099
 the great

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.559
 divisions

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.819
 between us

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.659
 and God

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.000
 and between

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.380
 us

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.860
 and each

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.119
 other

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:29.739
 we pray

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.440
 Lord

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.860
 that more

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.219
 and more

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.539
 we would

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:31.880
 come to

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:33.380
 love

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.199
 and cherish

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:35.840
 the reconciling

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.219
 work that

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.559
 you've done

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.980
 for us

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:38.759
 we pray

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.059
 this in

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.380
 your name

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.639
 Lord

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.460
 amen

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:43.739
 friends

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.000
 the music

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.239
 team's

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.380
 going to

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.659
 come up

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:44.779
 we're

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:44.920
 going to

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.079
 sing

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.420
 one more

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.699
 song

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.019
 together

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.360
 and just

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.639
 meditate

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.019
 on these

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.279
 truths

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.519
 a little

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:47.719
 more

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.139
 together

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.980
 so let's

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.219
 stand

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:49.559
 and let's

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.739
 sing

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.000
 and let's

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.139
 pray

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.480
 together

00:34:50.480 --> 00:35:20.460
 thank you