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 from verse 15.

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 Read from verse 15 down as far as verse 18.

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 David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life.

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 David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

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 And Jonathan Saul's son rose and went to David at Horesh

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 and strengthened his hand in God.

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 And he said to him,

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 Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you.

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 You shall be king over Israel and I shall be next to you.

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 Saul my father also knows this.

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 And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord.

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 David remained at Horesh and Jonathan went home.

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 That wonderful relationship between David and Jonathan

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 is mentioned a number of times in the chapters

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 where we find information about them and about that relationship.

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 If you didn't know what happened after the death of Goliath,

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 after David had killed Goliath,

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 you might be tempted to think that surely David was given a great promotion by Saul.

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 Surely he would have had him as his right-hand man.

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 Surely there would be nobody else in the nation that Saul would prefer ahead of David.

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 Of course, you know that that's not what happened.

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 We might think that the prospects for David were bright

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 after he actually led this campaign against the Philistines,

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 killing their champion Goliath in battle.

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 Unfortunately, David was hounded by Saul and came to be persecuted by Saul for many years.

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 Indeed, all the way through to Saul's own death,

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 David was actually hounded by Saul from place to place.

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 He didn't have an easier life of it after he had shown his prowess in killing Goliath.

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 It was actually the other way about.

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 But you know from, not only from this, but from many of the Psalms,

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 that for David, trial was really something which shaped his life positively.

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 Not that in every situation of triumph, David was as he should have been,

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 but by and large, trial, suffering, difficulty, persecution for David,

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 they were instances, they were events, they were circumstances in which he sought the Lord,

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 in which he knew that his own strength would not be sufficient for him.

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 They shaped David's life greatly.

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 But while he lived, Jonathan was very much a part of David's development.

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 And what you read here, and in the other passages,

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 we'll mention a few verses related to this tonight,

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 you'll find that many times David came to experience

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 how Jonathan strengthened him and encouraged him as he went about his business.

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 Like you find it here, for example,

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 he went out to where David was at Horesh,

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 and he strengthened his hand in God.

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 That's a wonderful expression that carries through into our own lives as Christians,

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 into our own relationships with each other,

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 into what we need to be as individuals,

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 but also as a congregation or as a group of people in Christ,

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 strengthening his hand in God.

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 Saul's persecution of David was something that actually arose

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 out of envy or jealousy, to use another word.

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 Back to chapter 18, we were at, you find there in verses 8 and 9 especially,

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 you find a description there of how things came about.

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 As they were coming home, David returned from striking down the Philistine.

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 Women came out of the city singing and dancing,

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 and we sang through, we read through what they sang there as songs of joy,

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 celebrating the victory of David.

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 But the words they used were interesting.

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 They said, Saul has struck down his thousands,

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 and David is ten thousands.

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 In other words, they were singing about, as they saw it,

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 how David had outdone Saul by ten to one.

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 And really, that's when Saul was determined from that time forth.

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 Saul was very angry.

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 This saying displeased him.

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 And you can see from the way it's worded there,

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 they have ascribed to David ten thousands.

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 To me, they have ascribed thousands.

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 You can tell that there's jealousy eating away at his heart.

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 You can tell that's envy that's really moving him

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 in his view of David as it now is.

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 And then when you go forward again to verse 12,

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 Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him,

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 but had departed from Saul.

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 In other words, Saul actually knew that David had things which he did not,

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 that he had abilities which he did not,

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 but above all, that he had the Lord in his life in a way that Saul did not.

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 It all remains a mystery in terms of his faith,

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 his relationship to God.

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 Different opinions of that have been presented to us over the years.

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 Different commentators say he was never really a good man.

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 Others say he was, but he went astray.

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 In respect of that, it's obviously the case that Saul was motivated by jealousy

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 and envy against David.

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 And jealousy and envy is something that caused him,

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 instead of focusing on his leadership of the nation.

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 He focused instead on getting rid of David.

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 David had to be killed.

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 He had to get rid of David.

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 Otherwise, he was going to take over the kingdom

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 because of his popularity with all the people.

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 And of course, envy,

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 as that's developed in the Bible,

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 is such a powerful, powerful, destructive force.

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 Whether it's envy or jealousy,

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 whatever word we use,

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 both in the Old and in the New Testament,

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 you find that envy is a powerful, destructive force in anybody's life.

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 Jesus, for example, spoke of envy as something.

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 In Mark chapter 7, verse 22,

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 he mentioned things which didn't defile a person.

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 To eat with unwashed hands,

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 he said that's not what defiles a person.

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 Defilement comes from within,

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 from within the heart.

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 And he mentioned a number of things that come out from the heart.

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 Murders, adulteries,

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 envy was amongst them.

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 These things come from within a person,

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 from within the heart.

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 These are the things, he said,

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 which defile a person.

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 1 Corinthians 13,

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 wonderful chapter about love,

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 and we're going to focus on the love

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 between David and Jonathan tonight for a wee while.

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 But that great chapter on love

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 has amongst all the descriptions it gives of love,

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 that love does not envy.

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 Love does not have a jealousy

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 against those that are loved.

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 In fact, it's a contradiction to say,

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 I love you, but I'm actually very jealous of you.

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 Because love does not envy.

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 And then when you find 1 Peter, for example,

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 just to take one other example,

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 1 Peter chapter 2,

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 which follows on, of course,

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 from what he had said previously

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 about salvation and so on.

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 As you come to chapter 2 of 1 Peter,

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 well, you'll find Peter saying,

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 therefore, putting aside or putting off

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 enmity amongst other things,

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 all malice and all deceit

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 and hypocrisy and envy and slander

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 like newborn infants long

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 for the pure spiritual milk.

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 In other words, he's saying,

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 envy is part of the bad clothing,

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 part of the dirty clothing

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 that you put off metaphorically,

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 of course, spiritually.

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 And instead of that,

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 you put on those things

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 which are the opposites to envy and jealousy,

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 love being preeminent

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 preeminent amongst the other qualities

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 of a Christian life.

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 So envy lies behind Saul's attitude to David.

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 And it's in that context

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 that it's important for us

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 to actually see Jonathan's relationship to David.

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 Jonathan, of course,

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 is the heir to the throne.

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 He is Saul's son.

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 And Saul is looking at

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 handing the kingdom over to Jonathan

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 whenever that time will come,

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 whether it's through Saul's death or otherwise,

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 but that's what he has in view.

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 But this is a wonderful emphasis

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 in the relationship between David and Jonathan,

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 that despite the fact that he's the king's son,

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 he has David as a very special person in his heart.

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 He loves David as his own soul.

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 Their soul was knit together,

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 chapter 18 puts it,

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 and that really means

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 being tied so closely together

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 in the bonds of love.

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 And it's often the case, isn't it,

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 that you find in Scripture,

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 you find those who are perhaps like David

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 or like Paul or like Peter

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 on the front line of the church's activity

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 on the preaching of the gospel

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 or whatever mission it may be about,

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 you very often and indeed

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 almost always find that those

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 who are prominent in that way

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 have behind them

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 some sometimes unnamed saints of God,

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 but certainly those saints

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 that stay in the background pretty much.

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 And all the way through Paul's letters,

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 for example,

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 you'll find him talking about people

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 who were very much his supporters,

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 but didn't write any epistles,

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 weren't really in the forefront,

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 if you like,

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 of the church's mission or activity,

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 at least not in a prominent sense,

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 where he mentions likes of Aquila,

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 Priscilla, Clement, Tychicus, and others.

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 That's how it always is in the church.

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 Just because we're not prominent,

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 just because we're not given a place

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 that's obvious to many people,

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 doesn't mean that we're not serving the Lord

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 in a very, very important way

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 to actually support his cause

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 whatever way he gives us to do that.

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 So Jonathan's relationship with David

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 was rooted in these bonds of love.

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 What kind of love was it?

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 Well, if we take a few verses

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 from these chapters,

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 we can see four things about that love

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 that tells us what kind of love it was,

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 what kind of quality of love,

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 especially,

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 was between David and Jonathan.

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 It was, first of all,

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 a godly love.

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 Back to chapter 18,

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 and the first verse there says,

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 as soon as he had finished speaking to Saul,

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 the soul of Jonathan

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 was knit to the soul of David,

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 and Jonathan loved him

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 as his own soul.

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 It was a very genuine,

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 a very godly love.

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 And that's important,

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 especially in the days

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 in which we live.

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 Because as you very well know,

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 a friendship of this kind

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 between two men

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 might be looked at very suspiciously.

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 And in fact,

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 you'll find some people

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 of the view

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 that this was actually

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 a same-sex attraction.

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 I know that sounds distasteful to us,

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 but some actually take

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 that view of this relationship,

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 of these descriptions

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 that you find

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 of the love,

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 the relationship

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 between David and Jonathan.

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 But this was

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 a godly love.

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 There's nothing distasteful

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 about it.

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 There's nothing about it

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 that should raise

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 any suspicions

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 that it was in some way

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 or other sinful

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 or unwholesome.

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 If you go to 2 Samuel

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 and chapter 1,

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 you can see there

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 Paul's,

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 Saul's,

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 sorry,

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 it's Jonathan's

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 reference to it,

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 David's reference

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 rather to Jonathan

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 in 2 Samuel chapter 1

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 and verse 26.

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 This is David's lament

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 following the death

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 of Saul

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 and Jonathan

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 in battle.

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 And this is how

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 he actually finishes

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 that lament

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 where he says that

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 verse 26,

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 I am distressed

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 for you,

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 my brother Jonathan.

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 Very pleasant

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 have you been to me.

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 Your love to me

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 was extraordinary,

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 surpassing the love

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 of women.

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 And as I said,

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 that does not describe

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 something unwholesome,

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 something sinful,

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 something that would

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 in modern parlance

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 be regarded,

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 as we said,

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 as some sort of

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 unhealthy attraction.

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 Your love for me

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 surpasses the love

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 of women

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 because there was

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 such a special

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 bond between them.

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 Not even the love

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 between a man

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 and a woman

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 could actually come near

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 to the quality

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 of the love

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 between David

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 and Jonathan

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 for its faithfulness,

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 for its sheer brilliance

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 in terms of being

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 genuine

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 and godly

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 and unselfish.

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 And what that really

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 says in that

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 version

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 in 2 Samuel

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 chapter 1,

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 surpassing the love

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 of women,

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 what David is really

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 getting at

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 is the

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 unselfish love

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 of Jonathan

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 for him.

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 Jonathan

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 was the heir

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 to the throne.

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 He had everything

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 going for him.

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 He was the son

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 of Saul.

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 He would be the next

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 to take over the throne

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 ordinarily

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 and yet

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 selflessly

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 and in his love

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 for David

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 he was prepared

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 even to put that aside.

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 It surpasses

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 he says

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 the love of women

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 in its unselfishness

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 as he says.

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 It doesn't mean that

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 the love of women

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 is a selfish love

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 of course

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 not saying that either

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 but he's actually saying

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 this is something

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 really quite unique

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 and quite special

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 and we must never

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 distort that

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 into something

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 that seems

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 unseemly

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 or distasteful.

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 It is

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 holy

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 and pure

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 and God

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 honoring

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 in every way

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 in which it's spoken

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 about

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 when you take

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 the words

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 as they are

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 at face value

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 and to read

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 something else

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 into them

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 is not only

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 just to dishonor

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 the love

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 that existed

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 between them

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 but it's

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 to dishonor

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 God

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 and dishonor

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 the word

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 of God

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 that describes

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 the quality

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 of this

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 godly love

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 between them.

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 We read

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 that it was

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 knit

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 they were knit

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 together

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 in chapter 18

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 their souls

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 were knit

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 together

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 bound

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 together

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 in such a way

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 just as you bind

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 threads or something

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 together

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 so the two souls

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 of these two men

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 were bound

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 together

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 in love.

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 It was a godly love.

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 Secondly

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 it was a giving love

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 generous love

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 a giving love

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 and really

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 that of course

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 is of the essence

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 of love

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 isn't it?

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 you can't

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 really

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 think of love

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 other than

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 it is a giving

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 thing

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 it's a love

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 which gives out

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 it's a thing

00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:31.819
 which actually

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 doesn't act

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 selfishly

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 such as you find

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 that's where you find

00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:37.179
 these descriptions

00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:38.000
 in 1 Corinthians

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 13

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 does not seek

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 its own

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 love

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 gives

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 and love

00:15:43.819 --> 00:15:44.279
 is prepared

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 to give

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 abundantly

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 and in the case

00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:47.599
 of David

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 and Jonathan

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 that was the case

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 as well

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 if you go back

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 again to chapter

00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:51.779
 18

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:53.659
 and look at

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 verse 4

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 here is Jonathan

00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:56.220
 saying

00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:57.960
 he stripped himself

00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.700
 of the robe

00:15:58.700 --> 00:15:59.419
 that was on him

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 and he gave it

00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.000
 to David

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:02.299
 and his armour

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 even his sword

00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.860
 and his bow

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 and his belt

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 and that's

00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:07.460
 symbolic

00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:08.639
 that shows you

00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.779
 the mind of Jonathan

00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:10.700
 that shows you

00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:11.340
 the quality

00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:12.200
 of his love

00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:12.779
 for David

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:15.100
 because what David

00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:16.320
 what he told David

00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:16.899
 was that

00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:18.840
 as he made a covenant

00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.539
 with him there

00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:20.219
 and then you go on

00:16:20.219 --> 00:16:21.719
 to chapter 23

00:16:21.719 --> 00:16:22.620
 and verses 17

00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.240
 to 18

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:23.899
 you'll find

00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:25.459
 Jonathan

00:16:25.459 --> 00:16:25.819
 there

00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:27.719
 absolutely convinced

00:16:27.719 --> 00:16:28.120
 that

00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:29.860
 David is going

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.539
 to be the next

00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:30.899
 king

00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:32.139
 of Israel

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:33.559
 and he went out

00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.120
 and strengthened

00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.620
 his hand

00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:35.139
 in the Lord

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:36.899
 he said to him

00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:37.980
 do not fear

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.860
 for the hand

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.299
 of Saul

00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:39.860
 my father

00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:40.839
 shall not find you

00:16:40.839 --> 00:16:42.120
 you shall be

00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:43.120
 king over Israel

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.399
 and I shall

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.539
 be next to you

00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:47.279
 here's the heir

00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:47.879
 to the throne

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:49.399
 giving not just

00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:49.980
 his cloak

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:51.439
 and his robe

00:16:51.439 --> 00:16:53.220
 to David

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:54.279
 symbolically

00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.100
 as if to say

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.559
 well I know

00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:55.980
 that you're going

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.379
 to be king

00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.000
 so this really

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.840
 properly belongs

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.459
 to you

00:16:58.459 --> 00:17:00.360
 he's actually

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:00.980
 saying here

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.699
 I know

00:17:01.699 --> 00:17:02.939
 I know

00:17:02.939 --> 00:17:03.559
 that you will

00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:04.079
 be the next

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.819
 king of Israel

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:06.660
 and that I

00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:07.299
 will be next

00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:07.599
 to you

00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:08.119
 well it didn't

00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:08.839
 turn out that

00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:10.359
 way sadly

00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:11.099
 but that's what

00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:11.519
 Jonathan

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.559
 was committed

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:12.940
 to

00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:14.519
 you shall be

00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:14.799
 king

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:16.200
 and I

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.720
 shall be

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.500
 next to you

00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.519
 Saul my

00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:19.480
 father also

00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.299
 knows this

00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:21.319
 Jonathan knew

00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:22.299
 the workings

00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:23.039
 of his father's

00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.339
 mind

00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:23.879
 he knew

00:17:23.879 --> 00:17:25.200
 the jealousy

00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:25.919
 the evil

00:17:25.919 --> 00:17:26.379
 intent

00:17:26.379 --> 00:17:27.279
 of his father's

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:27.599
 heart

00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:28.599
 and he was

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.099
 taking that

00:17:29.099 --> 00:17:29.639
 into account

00:17:29.639 --> 00:17:30.000
 as well

00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.480
 as he went

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:30.879
 here to

00:17:30.879 --> 00:17:31.259
 strengthen

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.740
 the hand

00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:32.259
 of David

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:33.139
 one of the

00:17:33.139 --> 00:17:33.500
 ways he

00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.019
 strengthens

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.379
 the hand

00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:34.779
 of David

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.079
 is to

00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:35.619
 assure him

00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:36.599
 I know

00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.359
 how things

00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:37.680
 are going

00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.000
 to be

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.559
 I know

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:38.819
 what the

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.180
 Lord's

00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:39.460
 will

00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:39.940
 is

00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:41.259
 and therefore

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:42.460
 I'm committed

00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:43.240
 to that

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:44.079
 and I'm

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.559
 committed to

00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:45.079
 you in

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.500
 that

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:48.519
 he wants

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.079
 the best

00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:50.440
 for David

00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.920
 and that of

00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:52.600
 course is a

00:17:52.600 --> 00:17:53.799
 great challenge

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.680
 to ourselves

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.840
 in our

00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:56.460
 relationships

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.059
 with each

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.319
 other

00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:58.380
 the relationships

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:59.180
 that we have

00:17:59.180 --> 00:18:00.220
 in our human

00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:00.900
 lives whether

00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:01.340
 it's in our

00:18:01.340 --> 00:18:01.840
 homes and

00:18:01.840 --> 00:18:02.480
 our marriages

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.680
 or in

00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.440
 congregational

00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:05.160
 terms of

00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:05.860
 love between

00:18:05.860 --> 00:18:07.100
 each other

00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:07.920
 as Christians

00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:08.680
 in Christ

00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:10.380
 the challenges

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.519
 that we

00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:12.360
 give ourselves

00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:13.039
 to each

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.340
 other

00:18:13.340 --> 00:18:14.140
 that we

00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:14.560
 make such

00:18:14.560 --> 00:18:15.299
 time for

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:15.799
 each other

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.640
 as shows

00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:17.000
 that our

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.720
 regard for

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.299
 others comes

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.220
 even ahead

00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:19.700
 if you like

00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:20.340
 of the regard

00:18:20.340 --> 00:18:21.100
 for ourselves

00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:21.820
 for our

00:18:21.820 --> 00:18:22.640
 own well-being

00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.140
 and for our

00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:24.860
 own comfort

00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:25.420
 and of course

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:25.860
 that's very

00:18:25.860 --> 00:18:26.299
 difficult

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:27.580
 that's very

00:18:27.580 --> 00:18:28.039
 challenging

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.539
 but then you

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:28.940
 go to the

00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:30.019
 best example

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.620
 of all

00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.380
 of that

00:18:31.380 --> 00:18:32.259
 is Jesus

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.779
 himself

00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.519
 the apex

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:33.900
 of a

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.640
 giving love

00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.180
 of a

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.900
 generous love

00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:36.360
 of a love

00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:37.080
 that puts

00:18:37.080 --> 00:18:37.779
 others ahead

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.380
 of himself

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:39.020
 is in

00:18:39.020 --> 00:18:39.320
 Jesus

00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:39.820
 himself

00:18:39.820 --> 00:18:40.180
 what do

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.480
 you read

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.100
 in John

00:18:41.100 --> 00:18:41.940
 15 there

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.720
 where Jesus

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.280
 is speaking

00:18:43.280 --> 00:18:43.940
 of himself

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:45.280
 he said

00:18:45.280 --> 00:18:45.960
 greater love

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.840
 has no man

00:18:46.840 --> 00:18:47.380
 than this

00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:48.680
 that a man

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.140
 lay down

00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:49.960
 his life

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.980
 for his

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.340
 friends

00:18:51.340 --> 00:18:51.940
 and you

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.320
 are my

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 friends

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 you do

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 whatever I

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 command you

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 as you see

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 Jesus

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 hanging on

00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:57.980
 the cross

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 you can just

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.700
 see these

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 words of

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 John 15

00:19:01.060 --> 00:19:02.420
 almost as if

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 they were

00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:03.340
 written above

00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:04.000
 the cross

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:05.080
 greater love

00:19:05.080 --> 00:19:05.860
 has no man

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 than this

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:06.980
 that a man

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.400
 lay down

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:07.920
 his life

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 for his

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.680
 friends

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.559
 the greatest

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.440
 of all

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:11.120
 gifts is the

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 giving of

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.120
 himself

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 he gave

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.440
 himself to

00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:14.819
 the death

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.360
 he died

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 why did he

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 give himself

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.339
 to the death

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 he died

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 well not just

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.140
 so that you

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 and I

00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.860
 wouldn't have

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 to die

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 that death

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 but because

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.299
 his love

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.160
 is of such

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 a caliber

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 and such

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 a quality

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 as shows

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 in its

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 essence

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 that it's

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 generous

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 to that

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 extent

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 that it's

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 giving to

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 that extent

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.480
 that he

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 gives

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.240
 himself

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 and so

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 it was

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:37.099
 for Jonathan's

00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:37.559
 love for

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 David as

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.359
 well and

00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:38.640
 the love

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 between

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 them

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 reciprocated

00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:41.940
 on David's

00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.440
 part no

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.859
 doubt but

00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:43.299
 the emphasis

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.920
 here is on

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 Jonathan

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 especially

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:46.779
 in chapter

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.680
 23 here

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.200
 strengthening

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 his hand

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:48.960
 in the

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.140
 Lord by

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 telling him

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 this is how

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 I see it

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 this is how

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 I know

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 things will

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 be and

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 should be

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 and therefore

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.039
 what a

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 strength what

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 an encouragement

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.920
 that was

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 undoubtedly

00:19:59.099 --> 00:19:59.880
 to David

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 so it's

00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:02.440
 it's a

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.860
 godly

00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:03.260
 love

00:20:03.260 --> 00:20:03.620
 it's a

00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:03.960
 love which

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:05.120
 honors God

00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:06.260
 love which

00:20:06.260 --> 00:20:06.960
 is pure

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:08.040
 a love which

00:20:08.040 --> 00:20:09.420
 regards God

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.340
 himself very

00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:10.820
 carefully

00:20:10.820 --> 00:20:11.980
 it's a love

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.980
 which is a

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.620
 giving love

00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.180
 even to the

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 extent of

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.840
 giving himself

00:20:15.840 --> 00:20:16.600
 giving up

00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:17.600
 the career

00:20:17.600 --> 00:20:18.340
 that he had

00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:19.320
 ordinarily

00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:20.500
 and would be

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.500
 his in the

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:21.860
 ordinary

00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:22.440
 course of

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:22.920
 things

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:24.520
 that was

00:20:24.520 --> 00:20:25.180
 Jonathan

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.760
 saying no

00:20:25.760 --> 00:20:26.300
 I know

00:20:26.300 --> 00:20:26.700
 that that's

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.060
 not how

00:20:27.060 --> 00:20:27.360
 it's going

00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:27.740
 to be

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.380
 so I'm

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:28.960
 giving over

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.460
 the throne

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.039
 to you

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.980
 this is

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.279
 going to

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.720
 be yours

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.140
 rightly

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.480
 yours

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.079
 this is

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.460
 God's

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:33.819
 will

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:36.720
 a godly

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.160
 love and

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.519
 a giving

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:37.940
 love but

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.440
 thirdly

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.440
 we find

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:39.799
 that this

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.840
 love is

00:20:40.840 --> 00:20:42.019
 a guarding

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.740
 love as

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.079
 well

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:44.079
 it's a

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.660
 love which

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.840
 looks after

00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:46.620
 things in a

00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.380
 proper way

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:49.400
 and again

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.340
 it's something

00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:51.579
 that is shown

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.019
 in the way

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.779
 that Jonathan

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.660
 defended

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.220
 David

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:55.240
 guarded

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.880
 David's

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.519
 reputation

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.380
 and was

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.360
 concerned that

00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:59.319
 David would

00:20:59.319 --> 00:20:59.699
 not be

00:20:59.699 --> 00:21:01.079
 misrepresented

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:02.019
 that he

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.359
 would not

00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:02.839
 actually be

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.479
 spoken of

00:21:03.479 --> 00:21:04.000
 even by

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.679
 his father

00:21:04.679 --> 00:21:05.439
 in a way

00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:06.019
 that wasn't

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.599
 true to

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.059
 David's

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.579
 character

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:09.199
 because again

00:21:09.199 --> 00:21:09.639
 you can go

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.179
 back to

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:11.679
 chapter 19

00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:12.159
 this time

00:21:12.159 --> 00:21:12.839
 verses 4

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.439
 and 5

00:21:13.439 --> 00:21:15.379
 and when

00:21:15.379 --> 00:21:15.719
 you look at

00:21:15.719 --> 00:21:16.279
 these verses

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.579
 again this is

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.299
 Saul and

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:18.579
 Jonathan

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.419
 speaking together

00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:20.419
 David isn't

00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:20.979
 present at

00:21:20.979 --> 00:21:21.539
 that time

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.919
 but it does

00:21:22.919 --> 00:21:23.599
 remind us

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:23.939
 there in

00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:24.500
 verse 1

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.539
 chapter 19

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.000
 Jonathan

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.879
 David's

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.039
 son

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.700
 delighted

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.259
 much

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.480
 in

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:28.839
 David

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.700
 and

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.000
 Jonathan

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.460
 told

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.920
 David

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.480
 Saul

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.720
 my

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.079
 father

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.519
 seeks

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:32.700
 to

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:32.920
 kill

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.159
 you

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.859
 therefore

00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:34.259
 be on

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.799
 your guard

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.039
 in the

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.339
 morning

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:36.359
 stay in

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:36.720
 a secret

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.059
 place

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.420
 and hide

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:37.859
 yourself

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.759
 and I

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.059
 will go

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.379
 out and

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:40.039
 stand beside

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.599
 my father

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.579
 in the field

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:41.980
 where you

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.379
 are and I

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:42.779
 will speak

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.139
 to my

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.420
 father

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.960
 about you

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.920
 and if I

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.440
 learn anything

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:45.779
 I will

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.279
 tell you

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.720
 and Jonathan

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.700
 spoke well

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.259
 of David

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.920
 to Saul

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:51.259
 and said

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.579
 to him

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.559
 let not

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:52.980
 the king

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.759
 sin against

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.279
 the seven

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.700
 David

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.860
 because he

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.299
 has not

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.660
 sinned

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:56.940
 against

00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:57.279
 you

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.200
 and because

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.779
 his deeds

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.340
 have brought

00:21:59.340 --> 00:21:59.840
 good to

00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.180
 you

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.019
 for he

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.380
 took his

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.860
 life in

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.360
 his hand

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:02.960
 and he

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.640
 struck down

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.400
 the Philistine

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.200
 and the

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.720
 Lord worked

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.059
 a great

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.680
 salvation

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.240
 for all

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.559
 Israel

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.440
 you saw

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.680
 it

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.600
 and rejoiced

00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:10.660
 why then

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.019
 will you

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.340
 sin

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:12.299
 against

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.819
 innocent

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.259
 blood

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.819
 by killing

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.220
 David

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.960
 without

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.559
 cause

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.779
 and Saul

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.160
 listened

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.500
 to the

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.920
 voice of

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.279
 Jonathan

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.100
 and Saul

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:19.519
 swore

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.180
 as the

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.400
 Lord

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.740
 lives

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.200
 he shall

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.700
 not be

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.039
 put to

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.340
 death

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:23.620
 and Jonathan

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.000
 called

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.360
 David

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.959
 and Jonathan

00:22:24.959 --> 00:22:25.679
 reported to

00:22:25.679 --> 00:22:25.819
 him

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.879
 all these

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.339
 things

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:28.259
 well unfortunately

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.839
 Saul was

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.799
 not very

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.779
 steadfast

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.339
 in mind

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.919
 he could

00:22:32.919 --> 00:22:33.500
 just flip

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:35.019
 flip just

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.599
 like that

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.879
 which is

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.279
 exactly

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.479
 what happened

00:22:38.479 --> 00:22:39.839
 because when

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.240
 you go

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.459
 onwards in

00:22:41.459 --> 00:22:42.299
 chapter

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:44.039
 in chapter

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.879
 23 again

00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.719
 verses 17

00:22:45.719 --> 00:22:46.719
 to 18

00:22:46.719 --> 00:22:47.299
 you'll find

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.179
 that that's

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:48.779
 exactly what

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.179
 happened

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:50.420
 do not

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:50.440
 do not

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:50.799
 fear the

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.060
 hand

00:22:51.060 --> 00:22:51.220
 of

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.779
 Saul

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.019
 my

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.420
 father

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:52.940
 shall

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.180
 not

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.500
 find

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:53.740
 you

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.420
 he says

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.700
 and you

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:54.860
 shall

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.060
 be

00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:55.360
 king

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:56.240
 over

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.900
 over

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.380
 Israel

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:58.360
 and even

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:58.560
 though

00:22:58.560 --> 00:22:58.799
 David

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.220
 wasn't

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.660
 present

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.400
 Saul

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.240
 Jonathan

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.500
 was

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.940
 determined

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.700
 to support

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:02.920
 him

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.880
 to speak

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.380
 well of

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.840
 him before

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.420
 his father

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:06.100
 even knowing

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.440
 that his

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:06.799
 father

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.640
 at that

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.000
 point

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.860
 had actually

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.740
 committed

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.360
 to killing

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.880
 David

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:12.200
 and there

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.799
 is love

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.940
 and there

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.560
 is love

00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.420
 as it is

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:15.860
 said for

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.539
 us as well

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.899
 it's not

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.339
 about our

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.539
 own

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.220
 reputation

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.339
 it's not

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.839
 about whether

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.519
 people will

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.019
 or won't

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.700
 speak well

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.200
 of us

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.460
 it's not

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.200
 about making

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:25.019
 friends just

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.659
 for the sake

00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:25.960
 of it

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.839
 and thereby

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.599
 very often

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.579
 not really

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.740
 being faithful

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.240
 to the

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.659
 truth

00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:32.359
 and not

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.960
 as Jonathan

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.159
 is determined

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:35.180
 whatever his

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.720
 father will

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.279
 think of it

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.759
 whatever his

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.180
 father will

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.940
 do about it

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:39.059
 he is going

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.639
 to defend

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.000
 David

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.319
 he's going

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.859
 to defend

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.720
 his reputation

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.899
 he's going

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.240
 to show

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.639
 that his

00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.839
 love for

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.559
 David is

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.240
 not going

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.519
 to be

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.240
 deflected

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.680
 by even

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.220
 any thoughts

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.619
 his father

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.139
 might have

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.879
 of putting

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.359
 David to

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:50.539
 death

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.859
 or even

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.139
 putting

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.619
 Jonathan

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.220
 to death

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.279
 which of

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.599
 course he

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.500
 did at

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.000
 one time

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.539
 try to

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:57.200
 do by

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.400
 throwing his

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.500
 spear at

00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.879
 Jonathan

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.720
 as well

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:02.660
 and so

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.680
 that's

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.259
 of course

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.720
 for us

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.079
 as well

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.500
 such an

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.879
 important

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.359
 factor

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:07.759
 and it's

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.160
 important

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.700
 especially

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.740
 in terms

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.079
 of our

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.559
 relationship

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.079
 with the

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.400
 Lord

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:13.400
 because just

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:13.859
 as Jonathan

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:15.379
 came to

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:16.119
 defend David

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:16.379
 in the

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.659
 presence

00:24:16.659 --> 00:24:17.019
 of his

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.359
 father

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.979
 a hostile

00:24:17.979 --> 00:24:18.559
 father

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.979
 so you

00:24:19.979 --> 00:24:20.259
 and I

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.599
 have to

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.019
 defend

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.779
 the Lord

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.579
 not that

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.279
 he needs

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.639
 us to

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.179
 defend him

00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:24.639
 strictly

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.139
 speaking

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.079
 but you

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.559
 do speak

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:26.959
 up for

00:24:26.959 --> 00:24:27.099
 him

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.379
 you do

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:27.819
 speak up

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.139
 for his

00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:28.659
 cause

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.279
 you do

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.799
 speak up

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:31.039
 for the

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.659
 values of

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.199
 the gospel

00:24:32.199 --> 00:24:32.979
 for the

00:24:32.979 --> 00:24:33.439
 principles

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:33.899
 of the

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.299
 gospel

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.679
 against the

00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.399
 hostility of

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:36.799
 the world

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.399
 in which we

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:37.679
 live

00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:38.379
 that's out

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.879
 to kill

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.439
 the gospel

00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:40.079
 that's out

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.399
 to put

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:40.799
 to death

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.159
 anything

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.900
 representing

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.380
 Jesus

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.540
 or resembling

00:24:43.540 --> 00:24:43.980
 Jesus

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.980
 what do

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.279
 you do

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.620
 you don't

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:45.960
 just go

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.320
 and hide

00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:46.759
 yourself

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.480
 you don't

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.880
 go and say

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.580
 well I'll

00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:49.019
 just leave

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.320
 that to

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.840
 someone else

00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:50.180
 I'll just

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.540
 go into

00:24:50.540 --> 00:24:51.040
 the background

00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:51.860
 let this

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.360
 pass

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.320
 no you

00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:54.120
 say my

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.680
 Lord's

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.320
 reputation

00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:55.920
 is tied

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.360
 up with

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:56.600
 this

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:57.100
 whatever

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:57.640
 movement

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.140
 it is

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.380
 that's

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.700
 against

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.279
 the gospel

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.920
 whatever

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.340
 movement

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:00.660
 it is

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.480
 that requires

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.440
 support

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.100
 against

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.779
 atheism

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.300
 or against

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:04.700
 whatever

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.580
 kind of

00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:06.160
 ideology

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.580
 is trying

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:07.220
 to destroy

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.200
 the Bible

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.540
 and the

00:25:08.540 --> 00:25:09.000
 character

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.680
 of a

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.000
 Christian

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.580
 life

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:12.339
 you and

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.759
 I say

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.740
 well that

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.220
 involves

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.699
 me

00:25:14.699 --> 00:25:16.500
 and it

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.879
 involves

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.119
 me

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.699
 in whatever

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:18.119
 way is

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.699
 open to

00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:18.939
 me

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:20.099
 legitimately

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.980
 and lawfully

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.399
 to do

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:21.779
 so

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:23.659
 to actually

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.119
 come

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:25.240
 to show

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.259
 that my

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.740
 commitment

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.319
 is to

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.859
 the Lord

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.720
 to his

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.119
 truth

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:30.099
 to the

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.619
 quality

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.539
 of life

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:31.819
 that he

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:33.099
 requires

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.740
 of me

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.019
 and of

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.359
 God's

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.759
 people

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:36.119
 and so

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.379
 if it

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.879
 means that

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.799
 God's

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.299
 people are

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.899
 under threat

00:25:38.899 --> 00:25:39.240
 then I

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.559
 have to

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:39.859
 come

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.679
 to their

00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:41.259
 defense

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:42.319
 I have

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.599
 to come

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:42.919
 to their

00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:43.459
 support

00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:44.799
 or whatever

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.199
 way we

00:25:45.199 --> 00:25:45.659
 do that

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.000
 you can

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.299
 do that

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.939
 different ways

00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:47.199
 you know

00:25:47.199 --> 00:25:47.659
 yourselves

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.459
 it's not

00:25:48.459 --> 00:25:49.039
 just a matter

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.579
 such as it

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.000
 was in the

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.399
 days of

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:51.119
 Samuel or

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.519
 days of

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.039
 the apostles

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.319
 you do

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.759
 that by

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.299
 engaging

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.779
 with those

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:54.939
 who are

00:25:54.939 --> 00:25:55.519
 in authority

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.519
 you do

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.879
 that by

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.479
 representing

00:25:57.479 --> 00:25:58.119
 the cause

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.699
 of Christ

00:25:58.699 --> 00:25:59.479
 whether it's

00:25:59.479 --> 00:26:00.039
 by writing

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.639
 letters or

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.179
 contacting

00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:02.059
 your MSP

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.979
 whatever else

00:26:02.979 --> 00:26:03.519
 it might be

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.219
 you get in

00:26:04.219 --> 00:26:04.639
 touch with

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.000
 those in

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.359
 authority

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.759
 you say

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.099
 this is

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.659
 not on

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.900
 this is

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.220
 not

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.840
 this is

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.200
 not

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.160
 conducive

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:11.160
 to a

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.600
 proper

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.800
 truthful

00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:14.160
 righteous

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.019
 society

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:17.620
 but it's

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.060
 the Lord's

00:26:18.060 --> 00:26:18.640
 reputation

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.940
 primarily

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.500
 that's at

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.900
 stake

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.880
 and when

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.279
 you find

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.779
 the Lord's

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.140
 name and

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.540
 the Lord's

00:26:23.540 --> 00:26:24.120
 reputation

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:25.000
 trampled

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.640
 upon you

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.680
 can't sit

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.580
 easy or

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.160
 stand back

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.540
 and just

00:26:28.540 --> 00:26:29.019
 let that

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.440
 happen

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.700
 just as it

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.220
 was for

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.140
 Jonathan

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.940
 he wasn't

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.360
 prepared

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.880
 even though

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.560
 Saul the

00:26:34.560 --> 00:26:35.020
 king was

00:26:35.020 --> 00:26:35.540
 his father

00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.300
 he wasn't

00:26:36.300 --> 00:26:37.020
 prepared to

00:26:37.020 --> 00:26:37.880
 stand there

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.480
 silently

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.800
 and say

00:26:39.800 --> 00:26:41.120
 well I

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.480
 better not

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:41.860
 get too

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.440
 involved with

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.840
 this otherwise

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.380
 I'll lose

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.000
 my life

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.820
 if I speak

00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:45.140
 up for

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.759
 David Snow

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.240
 in the

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.759
 presence of

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.340
 my father

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:47.940
 who's out

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.400
 to kill

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.759
 him

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.480
 what's that

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.759
 going to

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.080
 do to

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:50.440
 me

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:52.600
 so he

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:53.160
 said no

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.680
 well whatever

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.020
 it's going

00:26:54.020 --> 00:26:54.460
 to do to

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.680
 me

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:56.040
 David is

00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:56.720
 the friend

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.080
 that I

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:58.020
 love deeply

00:26:58.020 --> 00:26:59.040
 and I

00:26:59.040 --> 00:26:59.580
 love him

00:26:59.580 --> 00:26:59.940
 in the

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.300
 Lord

00:27:00.300 --> 00:27:01.460
 and I

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.820
 love him

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.139
 as the

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:02.539
 Lord's

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.899
 choice

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.259
 of the

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.539
 next

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.919
 king

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:05.559
 and I

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:05.899
 can't

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.559
 stand by

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.399
 and not

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.859
 speak up

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.339
 for him

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.779
 and not

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.220
 put in a

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.619
 word in

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.139
 his favour

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:12.439
 whatever it's

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:12.720
 going to

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.720
 mean for

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.179
 myself

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.759
 that's really

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.079
 what you

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.059
 get coming

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.720
 across there

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.279
 in the way

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.859
 that Jonathan

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:19.439
 supported and

00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:19.980
 stood for

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.839
 David and

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.519
 came here in

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.200
 chapter 23

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.240
 to go out

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.639
 to him

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.419
 to strengthen

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:25.319
 him and

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.939
 strengthen his

00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:26.839
 hand in

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.240
 the Lord

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.819
 so love

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.819
 that love

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.740
 that Christian

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.000
 love is a

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.579
 godly love

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:31.939
 it's a

00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:32.619
 giving love

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.899
 it's a

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.619
 guarding

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.159
 love

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:36.819
 but just

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.259
 to try and

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.039
 keep the

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.519
 G at the

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.980
 beginning of

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.379
 the words

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:41.379
 the fourth

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.819
 point is

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.159
 it's a

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:43.480
 galvanizing

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.960
 love

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.639
 by galvanizing

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.599
 I mean the

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.079
 way we often

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.639
 use the word

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.399
 galvanized

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.319
 you galvanize

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.720
 something

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.000
 something

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.279
 or someone

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.059
 galvanizes

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.299
 you

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.099
 spurs you

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.720
 into action

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.579
 that's what I

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.500
 mean by a

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.259
 galvanizing

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.519
 love

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.000
 it's a love

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:58.180
 which especially

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:59.460
 encourages

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.619
 it's a

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.779
 special aspect

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.480
 of love

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.319
 that it's

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.039
 an encouraging

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.660
 thing you

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:04.980
 could take

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.759
 from this

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.339
 passage in

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.759
 23

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:08.059
 in 1st

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.720
 Samuel 23

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.420
 that it's

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.519
 it's love's

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.140
 strengthening

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:12.200
 quality that's

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.660
 really brought

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.259
 before us

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.140
 when you find

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:15.779
 this man

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.579
 Jonathan and

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.019
 his love

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.579
 for David

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.500
 and he went

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.099
 out to him

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.859
 and strengthened

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.519
 his hand

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.000
 in God

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.920
 love

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:23.599
 strengthens

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.899
 sharing love

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.859
 strengthens

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.500
 relationship

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.379
 strengthens

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.359
 individuals

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:30.619
 nothing

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:31.299
 strengthens

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.339
 a marriage

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.759
 like

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.899
 genuine

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.980
 committed

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:36.000
 love

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.500
 nothing

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.159
 strengthens

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:39.119
 relationships

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.500
 in a

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.939
 congregation

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:41.059
 like

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.699
 genuine

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:42.399
 committed

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.500
 godly

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.259
 giving

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.059
 guarding

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.679
 love

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:47.000
 a love

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.240
 which

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.359
 galvanizes

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.879
 you into

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.480
 encouragement

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.799
 into action

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:52.059
 this is really

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.939
 as we say

00:28:52.939 --> 00:28:53.519
 what you find

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.359
 in chapter

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.259
 23 here

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.639
 but when you

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.119
 go to

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:57.500
 23 verses

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:59.099
 16 and

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.660
 17

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.940
 that's exactly

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.259
 what you find

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.779
 here in the

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.779
 text before us

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:05.220
 he went

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.319
 in person

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.220
 to David

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.940
 we're very

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.539
 familiar of

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.759
 course

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.759
 in our day

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.160
 and it's

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.759
 it's a great

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.400
 advantage that

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.839
 we have

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.660
 we we're very

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.400
 familiar with

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.200
 texting

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.379
 with emails

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.220
 with different

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.680
 ways of

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.359
 communication

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.559
 and that's a

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.440
 superb facility

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.400
 that god in his

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.180
 kindness has made

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.139
 available to us

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:24.360
 and it's so

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:25.340
 much easier

00:29:25.340 --> 00:29:26.060
 and sometimes

00:29:26.060 --> 00:29:28.420
 it's really the

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.060
 best thing to

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:30.220
 do for for

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:32.140
 for speed's sake

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:33.620
 certainly to use

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.320
 that just so you

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.980
 get your message

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.720
 to the person

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.920
 as quickly as

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.420
 possible

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.780
 we thank god for

00:29:38.780 --> 00:29:39.259
 all of these

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.780
 facilities

00:29:39.780 --> 00:29:41.160
 because they've

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.800
 changed our lives

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.480
 for the good in

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.380
 so many ways

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:45.980
 having said that

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.340
 there is no

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:48.980
 substitute for

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.560
 personal in

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.179
 person

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:52.440
 relationships

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:54.319
 there is no

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.079
 substitute for

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.899
 simply coming

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:57.259
 alongside a

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.039
 person even

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.500
 if you're just

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.279
 sitting down and

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.859
 sharing their

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:01.200
 experience sharing

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.700
 with them and

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.539
 their support and

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.539
 their sorrow or

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.240
 in their happiness

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:05.119
 whatever it might

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:06.339
 be but the fact

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.460
 that it is a

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.240
 person-to-person

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.839
 exchange

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:10.419
 physically is

00:30:10.419 --> 00:30:10.919
 something that

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:12.059
 cannot actually be

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:13.079
 replaced by any

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.279
 electronic means

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:16.399
 and this is

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:18.379
 really david and

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:18.960
 and so and

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:20.519
 jonathan here if

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:22.619
 you like a

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.920
 really an

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:25.240
 example of what

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.160
 it is to come

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.480
 he made a special

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.180
 effort you see

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.480
 jonathan he he

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.240
 went out to him

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.660
 he was in the

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:33.500
 wilderness he was

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:35.119
 under danger from

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:37.000
 saul but he rose

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.240
 and went to

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:40.039
 david at horesh

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:41.099
 and strengthened

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:43.139
 his hand in

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:46.020
 god so often

00:30:46.020 --> 00:30:48.060
 you find people

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:49.080
 that have been

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.940
 praying that day

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.440
 somebody would

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.960
 come and visit

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:52.840
 them feeling

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:55.120
 the loneliness

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:57.300
 difficulties the

00:30:57.300 --> 00:30:57.960
 challenge of

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.780
 living on their

00:30:58.780 --> 00:30:59.540
 own or not being

00:30:59.540 --> 00:31:00.160
 able to leave

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:01.300
 the house and

00:31:01.300 --> 00:31:02.100
 just longing that

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.820
 someone would come

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.759
 in and talk with

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:05.000
 them and the

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.740
 lord put it into

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.340
 the heart of

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.940
 somebody that day

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.740
 to to go and

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.640
 visit that person

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.120
 whether it's

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.840
 minister or what

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.300
 doesn't have to

00:31:11.300 --> 00:31:12.700
 be but another

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.319
 christian or

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.519
 whatever and

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.160
 very often you

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.680
 go into that

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.840
 home and the

00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:17.720
 first thing the

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.299
 person will say

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:19.100
 to you well i

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:20.140
 was really praying

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.920
 that somebody would

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.880
 come and visit me

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.840
 see that's the

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:24.500
 lord stirring up

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.580
 the hearts of

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.779
 his people so

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.620
 that the love

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.380
 between them this

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.720
 galvanizing love

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.819
 moves you to

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:32.460
 take action and

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.059
 very often when

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.819
 you take action

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.980
 sometimes not

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.880
 necessarily knowing

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.720
 exactly what's

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.120
 going to be

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:38.559
 involved but then

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.180
 you get the great

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.180
 benefit of all of

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.620
 this coming

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.819
 together and

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.639
 a sharing in

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.519
 love of things

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.259
 which really are

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.779
 mutually encouraging

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.819
 to each person

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:50.659
 and that is a

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.619
 part of individual

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:53.139
 and congregational

00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:54.379
 life especially

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:54.819
 isn't it you

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:56.079
 remember the

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.659
 new testament

00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:57.619
 itself you find

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.759
 the likes of

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.459
 ephesians for

00:31:59.459 --> 00:31:59.939
 example

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:02.799
 ephesians 6

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.839
 verse 22

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:05.519
 i'll mention a

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.159
 few verses in

00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:06.939
 closing ephesians

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:09.059
 6 and verse 22

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:10.320
 and where you

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:11.380
 find uh paul

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:11.960
 saying i have

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.960
 sent him talking

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.360
 here about

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:14.740
 tychicus the

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.460
 beloved brother

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.440
 and faithful

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.640
 minister in the

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.660
 lord he will

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.200
 tell you

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.140
 everything

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:22.539
 i have sent

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.160
 him to you

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:24.240
 for this very

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.799
 purpose that

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.420
 you may know

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.259
 how we are

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.740
 and that he

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.640
 may encourage

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:31.019
 your hearts

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:32.900
 see david

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:34.680
 paul in this

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.099
 instance

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:36.299
 and like

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.920
 jonathan with

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.359
 david he

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.000
 wasn't prepared

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.000
 just to send

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.500
 him a letter

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.200
 or to send

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.839
 him a message

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:42.019
 by uh

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.799
 by way of

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.160
 an impersonal

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.740
 message it

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.099
 was just

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.839
 sending this

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:47.400
 man tychicus

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.019
 when paul

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.700
 himself couldn't

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.019
 do it

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:50.559
 he sent this

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.079
 man in his

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.700
 place as his

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.299
 representative

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.819
 and you find

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.299
 the same in

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.039
 colossians 2

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.660
 verse 2 the

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.720
 same emphasis

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.319
 he's sending

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.819
 tychicus so

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.419
 that he will

00:32:59.419 --> 00:33:00.899
 encourage your

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.439
 hearts

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:03.539
 first thessalonians

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:05.240
 um again an

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.000
 instance with

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.359
 you remember the

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:08.079
 passage paul

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:09.000
 dealing with the

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.419
 resurrection

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:11.200
 and with uh

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.879
 participation in

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.519
 the coming of

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.519
 the lord on the

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.259
 part of god's

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.700
 people whether

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.399
 they have died

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.000
 or whether they've

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.439
 been raised

00:33:18.439 --> 00:33:18.899
 similar to

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.439
 first corinthians

00:33:19.439 --> 00:33:21.220
 15 this is

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.819
 what he says

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.500
 in from

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.259
 verses 13

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.439
 to to 17

00:33:24.439 --> 00:33:25.919
 he gives out

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.759
 this wonderful

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.599
 teaching about

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 and then he

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:29.039
 concludes this

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:31.080
 therefore you

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.640
 know so like

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.160
 that is to

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.700
 first corinthians

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.539
 15 ending

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:35.259
 therefore therefore

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:37.279
 encourage one

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.380
 another with

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:39.440
 these words

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:41.920
 encourage one

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.700
 another with

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.200
 these words

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.700
 in the same

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.700
 in the same

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.140
 letter you

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.299
 find at

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:47.380
 chapter 5

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.340
 and verse

00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:49.900
 11 therefore

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:51.059
 encourage one

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:52.279
 another and

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.080
 build one

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.740
 another up

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:55.180
 just as you

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.920
 are doing

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:57.240
 that really

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.019
 gives you an

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.759
 insight into

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.700
 the the

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.279
 meaning of

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.920
 encouragement

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:02.120
 because to

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:04.240
 encourage is

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.300
 to embolden or

00:34:05.300 --> 00:34:05.779
 to give

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.580
 strength to

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.680
 people when

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.340
 you encourage

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.260
 someone what

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.680
 you're actually

00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:10.280
 doing is

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.700
 seeking to

00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:11.280
 give them

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:13.099
 strength to

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.740
 help them to

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.659
 to strengthen

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:16.079
 up and

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.700
 especially in

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.079
 difficult

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.599
 circumstances we

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.659
 need strengthening

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:21.079
 up primarily from

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:22.019
 god of course

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.280
 but in the

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.820
 relationships

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.579
 christians have

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.920
 to each

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:26.239
 other it's

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:27.340
 so important

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.480
 that we're like

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.099
 what paul is

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.619
 saying here to

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.420
 the thessalonians

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.340
 that we are

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.239
 encouraging one

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:33.179
 another and

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.880
 building one

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.380
 another up

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:34.739
 because it

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.219
 comes to the

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.759
 same thing

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:37.179
 if we're

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.880
 encouraging each

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.340
 other this is

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.920
 what's happening

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.119
 we're building

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.019
 each other up

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.920
 if we're building

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.780
 each other up

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:44.259
 then it's really

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:45.019
 an encouragement

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:46.199
 that we're

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.960
 engaged in a

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:48.360
 ministry of

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.000
 encouragement

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.880
 it's not a

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.539
 short-term

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:52.440
 emotional fix

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.960
 if you like

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.500
 just for

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.900
 somebody in a

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.719
 certain situation

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.360
 and then that's

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:57.019
 an end of it

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:58.380
 no encouragement

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.980
 is something

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.880
 that's shared

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:01.340
 continuously between

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.179
 the lord's people

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:04.000
 they encourage

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.920
 each other in

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:06.179
 the lord or in

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.679
 the words of

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.280
 first samuel

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.360
 they strengthen

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:09.380
 each other's

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:11.039
 hands in the

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:13.099
 lord and we

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.960
 need that we

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.860
 all need that

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:17.559
 we all need

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.760
 that ongoing

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.680
 activity of

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:21.040
 encouraging each

00:35:21.040 --> 00:35:22.260
 other in a

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.980
 love that's a

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.160
 godly love and

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:25.080
 a giving love

00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:26.120
 and a guarding

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:28.360
 love and a

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.640
 galvanizing love

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:31.680
 so that for the

00:35:31.680 --> 00:35:33.760
 lord we may be

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.400
 known as

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.800
 encouragers

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:37.340
 building one

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:39.240
 another up in

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:40.540
 love may he

00:35:40.540 --> 00:35:41.000
 bless these

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.640
 thoughts to us

00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:42.140
 let's pray

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:45.300
 we give thanks

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:46.320
 lord our god

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:49.160
 for the way in

00:35:49.160 --> 00:35:49.920
 which your word

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.460
 teaches us so

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.380
 much in regard to

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.039
 our relationships

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.920
 one to another

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.360
 as well as our

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.300
 relationships and

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.340
 responsibility to

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:58.240
 you as our god

00:35:58.240 --> 00:36:00.000
 and we thank you

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.800
 tonight lord for

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.800
 that encouragement

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:03.460
 that we all have

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.260
 through your spirit

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:06.100
 especially or your

00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:06.960
 spirit is the great

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:08.559
 comforter your

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.340
 spirit is the one

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:10.280
 who comes alongside

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:11.400
 of us and lives in

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:13.160
 us and to bring us

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:14.019
 encouragement and

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.780
 strengthening from

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:16.640
 day to day we

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:17.300
 thank you lord

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:18.019
 under the direction

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.740
 of your spirit

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:20.200
 that we are called

00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:21.240
 upon and seek to

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:22.260
 be encouragers of

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:23.140
 each other as well

00:36:23.140 --> 00:36:24.720
 to encourage one

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:25.620
 another in all

00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:26.500
 aspects of our

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:28.180
 christian life to

00:36:28.180 --> 00:36:28.980
 face the challenges

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.160
 to share in the

00:36:30.160 --> 00:36:31.900
 joys to be as we

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.740
 should be lord as

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:34.180
 a people who are

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:35.100
 set on building one

00:36:35.100 --> 00:36:36.140
 another up in love

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:37.580
 and we pray that

00:36:37.580 --> 00:36:38.260
 you would enable us

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.720
 to do that that

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.820
 you would enable us

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:42.800
 increasingly to be

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.480
 as the apostle

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.340
 called on the

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:46.019
 philippians to

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.960
 abound in love

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:48.639
 more and more

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.760
 hear us now we

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.559
 pray and hear our

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.920
 prayers for jesus

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.840
 sake amen

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:58.039
 good

00:36:58.039 --> 00:37:00.039
 you

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:02.220
 you

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:02.780
 you

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:04.720
 you