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 So we are looking at 1 Samuel chapters 21 and 22 tonight, both of them.

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 It's a big chunk.

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 We're going to take it in one fell swoop.

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 That's page 244 in the Pew Bible.

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 We've been walking through the book of 1 Samuel in the evening service, if you're new, just

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 seeing the ways in which God's glory is displayed in this book and what it teaches us about

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 God, our true king, and the growth of his kingdom.

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 And there's much to learn in this book about a heart that's after God, some of the things

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 we've been looking at.

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 As you're turning to 1 Samuel chapters 21 and 22, I wonder if you've ever had a moment

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 in your life when you've ever been in serious danger, when you've really felt like you were

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 under threat or maybe not going to make it.

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 I remember once, can you guys hear me okay?

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 I'm losing my voice, so this sermon will probably be about 15 minutes, then we'll just go straight

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 to Q&A.

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 No.

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 I remember once when I was, I think in eighth grade, me and my best friend at the time,

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 John Barker, were camping with my parents in upstate New York, somewhere in the Adirondacks.

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 And we were young, and we were stupid, and we were canoeing on the lake where we were camping,

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 and we heard kind of the sound, like the sound of a radio.

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 Maybe it was sort of a, I don't know, a party or something like that.

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 And we were like, man, that doesn't sound really far away.

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 Let's go hike and sort of see what's going on.

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 So we docked the canoe and sort of hiked to the edge of the campground where it seemed

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 like the music was coming from.

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 We couldn't find it.

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 We're like, well, it's probably just like right over that ridge.

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 Let's go.

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 Let's go hike.

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 So we just went for it.

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 We just hiked into the woods.

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 Well, lo and behold, like after about 20, 30 minutes of hiking, we were totally lost.

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 And it was bad.

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 I mean, we sort of just kept going up and down ridges, up and down ridges, and it was like,

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 maybe we should turn back.

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 So we turned back.

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 We couldn't get back.

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 It was nuts.

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 And we could actually hear my older brother sort of calling out to us, like trying to

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 find where we were, because they knew we were probably lost or something like that.

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 And, you know, so here we were.

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 It started to get dark.

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 And we thought we heard things scuttling around in the forest around us.

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 And here we were, too tough.

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 I played football in middle school.

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 It looks like it, right?

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 I played football in middle school.

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 So we were, and so did Johnny Barker, my friend.

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 And we thought we were tough.

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 But we were literally holding hands, walking through the woods together in the dark, trying

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 to make our way, fearing for our lives.

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 But we thought we were in serious danger.

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 We thought we weren't going to make it.

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 We thought we were going to get eaten by wolves or something like that.

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 Well, thankfully, we eventually made it to this sort of access road and walked the access

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 road, and we found this party.

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 And I don't know what was more dangerous, the fact that we just went hiking out into the

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 woods to find this thing that we thought was curious, or the fact that we let these,

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 what I look, looking back, knowing we're just a bunch of drunk college kids give us a ride

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 back to our campground.

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 I don't know if that was a more dangerous thing or not.

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 So anyway, so that's my story of being in serious danger.

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 But I don't know about you.

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 Maybe you've been in an instance where you felt like you were in actual danger.

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 When we turn to 1 Samuel 21 and 22 tonight, we find that David is in a place of incredible

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 danger, actually.

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 And he's desperate.

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 And David's a pretty tough guy.

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 Remember the song that they used to sing about David?

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 Saul struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands.

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 And yet here we find in 1 Samuel 21 that David is on the run.

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 Remember from last week, Greg preached on 1 Samuel 20 where Jonathan warns David basically that

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 Saul's going to kill him.

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 So that's the situation.

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 And Saul's out to kill David out of jealousy and rage.

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 And David's running for his life.

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 Now, rather than just reading this straight through at one shot, I want to kind of give

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 you the bird's eye view of chapters 21 and 22.

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 So I hope you have it there.

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 I hope you actually just open up the Bible.

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 So if you haven't, sometimes we put it on the screens in the evening service.

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 But go ahead and open up the Pew Bible because I want you to just see sort of how these two

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 chapters are structured and how they're sort of put together.

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 Because I think when you do that, you see something important about how the author of 1 Samuel

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 constructed this little mini narrative in the midst of his big narrative.

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 So look down at, just sort of scan over verses 1 through 9 in chapter 21.

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 And what's David doing there?

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 He's running to a place called Nob or Nob.

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 And he's hanging out with some priests and he's begging for bread and trying to get some

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 things.

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 So there's David and some priests in 21, 1 through 9.

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 And now quickly look to the end of chapter 22 in verses 20 through 23.

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 There you find David with the priests again, this time a different priest.

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 So you see how he's sort of building the symmetry of this section.

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 David and the priests at the beginning.

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 David and the priests in the end.

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 Now look how this imagery continues.

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 Look at chapter 21 verses 10.

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 Here David flees to Gath, which is sort of enemy territory.

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 And he's with this hostile king.

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 And we'll look a little more closely at all these things.

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 But he's with a hostile king at this sort of second section of chapter 21.

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 Now look at 22.

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 22 verse 6 through 19.

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 Again, there's this hostile king.

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 So you've got priests, hostile kings, and then you've got something right in the middle.

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 And that's 22, 1 through 2, which says this.

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 David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam.

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 And when his brothers and his father's house heard it, they went down to him there.

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 And everyone who was in distress and everyone who was in debt and everyone who was bitter in soul gathered to him.

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 And he became commander over them.

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 And there were with him about 400 men.

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 So here is the sort of center of what I think our author wants us to see about this episode in David's life.

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 These other things are sort of framing this middle point.

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 This is often a way writers in the ancient Near East would sort of make their points.

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 They'd build these elaborate sort of symmetrical structures to their stories.

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 And put kind of the thing they wanted you to see right in the middle.

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 Everyone who was in distress and everyone who was in debt and everyone who was bitter in soul gathered to David.

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 And he became commander over them.

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 So what's happening here?

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 David's out in the wilderness.

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 And Saul wants to kill him.

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 And who comes out to David to be a part of his sort of resistance movement?

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 To be a part of his support?

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 Who comes out to sort of be, you know, supporters of David?

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 It's not exactly Israel's sort of best and brightest.

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 Right?

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 The people who come out to King David who gather around him are a pretty motley crew.

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 And yet isn't that a picture for us, I think, of wonderful hope?

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 At this point in Israel's history, things are terrible.

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 I mean, if you want to just put it bluntly.

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 I mean, look at what happens in the next episode.

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 Saul, the king, kills a bunch of innocent priests just because they helped David innocently.

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 And David, the sort of anointed king, the rightful king, is on the run.

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 I mean, the country is in utter turmoil.

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 And here is God in the middle of the wilderness rebuilding his people.

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 And who comes out?

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 Who is it that God uses to rebuild his kingdom and his nation and to renew his people?

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 The distressed and the indebted and everyone who is bitter in soul.

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 Kind of reminds you of another king who, many, many years later, would say,

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 blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God.

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 I think when I look at this verse, I find it deeply, deeply encouraging.

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 Because, in some sense, friends, this is an Old Testament picture of the church.

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 That this is God's people.

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 So, if you're here tonight and you're feeling distressed,

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 you know, maybe your job's not going well.

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 Maybe your relationships are on edge.

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 Maybe the stress of just paying bills and keeping things together is driving you to the edge.

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 Maybe you look at your own flaws and your own patterns of sin in your life,

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 and you think, I'm never going to change.

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 And you're distressed over that.

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 I think what this passage says is that there's a place for you in God's kingdom.

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 And that you can come and gather around this king and find your place.

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 Or if you're feeling like you're in debt, or if you're feeling like you're bitter in soul,

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 that you can come and you can gather around the king and find your place.

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 That this is who God's going to use to reestablish his kingdom.

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 This is who God gathers around his king.

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 Now, that's not just the only thing that I think the author of 1 Samuel wants to show us here in 21 and 22.

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 He's also going to show us something about this king to whom the people gather.

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 And that's what I want to take the rest of our time looking at.

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 As we come out to this king, who is this king that the people are gathering around?

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 And I think we can break down this chapter into three sections, so we'll go into a little more detail now.

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 First, we see that this is a king who provides for his people in the wilderness.

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 Let's pick up the story in chapter 21, verse 1.

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 It says,

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 Vessels there is a euphemism, in case you didn't catch that.

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 So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the presence,

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 which is removed from before the Lord to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.

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

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 His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen.

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 Keep a footnote on that.

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 We'll come back to that later in the story.

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 Then David said to Ahimelech,

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 Then have you not here a spear or a sword at hand?

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 For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

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 And the priest said,

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 The sword of Goliath of Philistine, whom you struck down in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here,

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 wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod.

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 If you will take that, take it.

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 For there is none but that here.

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 And David said,

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 There is none like that.

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 Give it to me.

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 Okay, so now I said that the point of this little section, at least one of the points,

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 is that David is a king who provides for his people in the wilderness.

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 Where do we see that?

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 Well, we see it in verse 3.

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 Well, verse 2 and verse 3.

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 I've made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place.

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 Now then, what do you have?

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 Give me five loaves of bread or whatever is here.

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 Here is David on the run, utterly destitute, utterly desperate, goes to the only place where he thinks he can find a friend and says,

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 Help, give me what you can.

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 And the priest says,

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 Well, we don't have any common bread here for you.

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 We only have this holy bread that we put in the tabernacle.

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 Now, what's the deal with this bread?

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 So this bread in the tabernacle was something that God told the people to do in the law of Moses,

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 to set out 12 loaves of bread in the tabernacle every week on the Sabbath as a sign,

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 as a sign of the sort of perpetual communion and fellowship that God had with his people Israel.

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 That there it was, in the middle of the sort of center of Israelite worship,

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 was a table set saying that I'm communing with my people.

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 And because this was part of the worship structure, only the priests were supposed to eat it.

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 It wasn't allowed for anybody else.

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 And yet here, Ahimelech, the priest, gives it to David.

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 And interestingly, it's on the Sabbath.

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 They're getting ready to change out the bread, so he gives it to them.

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 And I think we see here that God is providing, not just for David, but David's providing for his men.

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 He's going to sort of get something that he can then share with the rest of his men as he meets them.

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 You know, it's very interesting that Jesus himself will come back to this story in his life.

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 Do you remember that?

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 Let's turn there, actually, to Mark 2.

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 If you have your Bible open, you can turn to Mark 2, verse 23.

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 This is really interesting.

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 So Mark 2, verse 23.

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 One Sabbath, he, that is Jesus, was going through the grain fields.

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 And as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

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 And the Pharisees were saying to him, look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

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 And he said to them, have you never read what David did when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him?

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 How he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar, the high priest, and ate the bread of the presence, which is not lawful for any, but the priest to eat.

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 And also gave it to those who were with him.

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 And he said to them, the Sabbath was made for man, not man for Sabbath.

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 So the Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.

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 Now, isn't it fascinating?

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 Okay, picture Jesus in the cornfields with his disciples.

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 They're hungry.

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 And it was fully within the rights of the Old Testament law to grab some grain, rub it in your hands, and eat it.

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 But, later on, sort of Jewish tradition had cropped up and said, no, actually that very act of sort of rubbing grain together was work, and you shouldn't do it on the Sabbath.

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 So here, accusers come and say, what are you doing on the Sabbath?

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 This is not lawful for you to do.

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 And the first thing that triggers in Jesus' mind is this passage from 1 Samuel.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 Where David himself is the one who goes and gets bread that he's not really permitted to eat, and eats it and shares it with his men.

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 Now, why is David permitted to eat that bread and take it?

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 I think there's at least two reasons.

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 One is, I think we're seeing here that Jesus, and also we see it in the example of David that Jesus is pointing to,

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 is just saying, look, mercy trumps a sort of over-obsession with the ritual law.

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 That a human need actually isn't meant to be sort of ridden roughshod over by the important ritual laws that God set up.

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 You're missing the whole point of the law if you think that just sort of keeping all these meticulous things

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 to the expense of actually loving your neighbor is what it's supposed to do.

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 But there's a second reason, too.

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 And that's the reason, really, that Jesus alludes to at the end of this passage.

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 You know, when Abiathar gave the bread to David, he was basically saying,

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 in some sense, David, you've got a right to this.

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 As the king of Israel, as God's anointed one, you have a right to eat this bread.

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 And here Jesus is saying, don't you see that I've come and my disciples with me,

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 and with me, they've got a right to this.

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 That he stands up in their defense to make a point about his kingship and make a point about those who are connected to him.

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 So we see here David providing for his people.

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 Let's go to the next section.

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 Back in 1 Samuel 21.

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 David is a king who provides, and David is a king who protects.

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 Let's pick up in 21.10.

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 And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

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 And the servants of Achish said to him,

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 Okay, so where's Gath? Gath is one of the Philistine cities.

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 Anybody remember who was really sort of famous in the last few chapters who came from Gath?

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 Goliath, right?

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 Okay, so, well, keep that in mind.

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 So David goes to the king of Gath.

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 And the servants of Achish said to him,

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 Is not this David, the king of the land?

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

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 Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

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

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 So he changed his behavior before them,

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 and pretended to be insane in their hands,

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 and made marks on the doors of the gate,

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 and let his spittle run down his beard.

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 Then Achish said to his servants,

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 Behold, you see the man is mad.

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 Why then have you brought him to me?

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 Do I lack madmen that you brought this fellow to behave as a madman in my presence?

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 Shall this fellow come into my house?

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 David departed from there.

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 So back to where I've read before.

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 David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam.

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 And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it,

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 they went down to him there.

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 And everyone who was in distress,

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 and everyone who was in debt,

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 and everyone who was bitter in soul gathered to him.

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 And he became commander over them.

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 And there was with him about 400 men.

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 And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab.

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 And he said to the king of Moab,

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 Please let my father and my mother stay with you,

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 till I know what God will do for me.

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 And he left them with the king of Moab.

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 And they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

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 Then the prophet God said to David,

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 Do not remain in the stronghold.

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 Depart and go into the land of Judah.

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 So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.

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 Okay, what is David doing in this section?

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 Isn't it very odd?

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 I mean, imagine your arch nemesis and thinking,

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 I'm going to go spend some time with them to be safe.

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 That is a very strange thing to do.

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 That's about as strange,

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 even more strange than what David does in the first half of 21,

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 by going to the tabernacle to eat the holy bread.

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 Now he's sort of turning and heading straight for Gentile enemy territory,

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 the same place where he killed probably their most important hero,

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 their most important warrior.

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 And now he's saying, I'm going to go there for refuge.

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 What is David thinking?

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 Why does he do that?

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 Well, the text doesn't say exactly,

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 but I think there's actually a little hint at the beginning of chapter 21.

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 And I want to sort of tie a little thread together here of what's happening.

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 David comes to Ahimelech, the priest.

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 And David's alone.

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 And Ahimelech meets him.

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 And Ahimelech's trembling, it says.

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 And says to him, why are you alone?

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 And then what does David do?

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 He lies to him, basically.

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 He says, oh, I'm here on the king's mission.

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 It's cool.

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 Okay, why does David lie to the priest?

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 Isn't it because he wants to protect him?

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 I mean, think about it.

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 We're going to find out in the rest of this section

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 that to be associated with David at this point in the history of Israel is utterly dangerous.

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 That David knows that if he comes to Ahimelech and says,

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 look, I'm in trouble.

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 The king wants to kill me.

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 I'm on the run.

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 I'm actually the true king.

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 One day I'm going to come into my kingship.

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 It's going to be great.

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 Saul's going to get toppled.

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 Come with me.

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 Let's start the renewal movement in Israel.

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 Ahimelech was a goner.

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 So David says, no, no, no.

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 I'm on the king's business to protect him.

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 Was David right in lying?

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 Was he wrong in lying?

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 We can talk about that in the Q&A.

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 But look at his motivation.

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 He's doing it to try to keep him, like, safe.

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 And I think that's exactly why David is going to Gath.

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 On the one hand, it's probably the last place Saul was going to go look for David, right?

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 But at the same time, David knows he's not going to find anybody in Gath

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 who he's going to put in danger.

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 No one else is going to be affiliated with him there

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 who Saul's going to come after and kill.

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 Now, look at this.

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 Isn't it fascinating that David, for the sake of his people,

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 would go headlong into enemy territory for their protection?

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 What kind of love and concern for others must he have had in order to do that?

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 And we see the same sort of thread a little after the sort of middle paragraph in 22, right?

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 David goes from Mizpah.

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 David goes from there to Mizpah of Moab to the king.

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 And he takes his mother and his father with him to Moab and says,

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 Hey, take care of them because they're in danger too, right?

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 I mean, come on.

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 We've all seen mafia movies, right?

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 Mobster movies.

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 Who are the first people that the mob wants to off when they're trying to get at somebody?

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 They take out their family, right?

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 You know?

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 So David's like, okay, well, look, Saul's going to probably kill my family

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 because he hates me and wants me to die.

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 So he takes his family and takes them to Moab to protect them.

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 Now, why does David go to Moab?

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 Well, see the book of Ruth.

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 David actually, part of David's lineage and his heritage is actually Moab.

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 So he goes back to sort of part of his ancestral, you know,

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 he's got some sort of distant relatives there and says,

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 Hey, can you take care of my parents?

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 But I think the point that the author wants us to see here is that David is a king

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 who cares about the protection of his people.

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 And isn't that true of Jesus Christ too?

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 The true David.

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 That he will march into the jaws of death, straight into enemy territory

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 in order to protect and save his people that he loves.

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 And Jesus won't just have to sort of pretend to be mad, to be crazy.

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 But, you know, on the cross, Jesus actually descends into the depths of despair.

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 He actually cries out.

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 He actually is sort of swallowed by the jaws of death for our sake.

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 And that sort of launches us into the last section.

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 We won't read all of this.

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 We'll wrap up.

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 But the sort of spotlight now switches over to Saul.

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 Saul hears that David's discovered.

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 He's sort of, at this point in Saul's life, in a typical kind of Saul way,

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 just starts ranting and raving and says,

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 Are you all traitors?

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 Why have you betrayed me?

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 Is David actually going to give you everything I can give you?

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 Why didn't anyone tell me this?

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 And then Doeg the Edomite speaks up and says,

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 Well, I saw David with the priests.

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 And Saul says, Bring the priests.

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 And they bring the priests.

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 And Saul says, Why were you conspiring with David?

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 And the priest basically says,

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 What are you talking about conspiring with David?

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:58.299
 David's like your number one guy.

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 He's the guy who kills all your enemies.

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 Isn't he your son-in-law?

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 I don't know anything about what you're talking about.

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 It's very interesting.

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 And then Saul doesn't even respond to what Himalek says.

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 And he just says, Kill them all.

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 And none of the servants of Saul will do it.

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 And then Saul turns to Doeg and says, You do it.

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 And Doeg strikes them all down.

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 And then continues to strike down the whole city.

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 And isn't it ironic and sad

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 if you remember back in the story of Saul's life

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 that the very thing that caused Saul's ultimate downfall

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:46.700
 was not carrying through the Lord's command

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 to sort of defeat a city in battle,

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:52.600
 defeat an enemy city in battle.

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 He doesn't do it the whole way that God tells him to do it.

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 And now here he is,

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:59.500
 sort of crushing a city of his own people.

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.539
 That he's fallen so far

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:04.899
 that he's sort of sitting in this position of authority,

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.599
 sitting under the tamarisk tree,

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:09.420
 sitting in a position of authority,

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.579
 destroying his own people.

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:19.159
 But, verse 20 says in chapter 22,

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 one of the sons of Ahimelech,

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.700
 the son of Ahitub,

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:25.000
 named Abiathar,

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.519
 escaped

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:27.500
 and fled after David.

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 And Abiathar told David

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:31.740
 that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:34.040
 And David said to Abiathar,

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:35.000
 I knew on that day

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:36.940
 when Doeg the Edomite was there

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.279
 that he would surely tell Saul,

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:40.340
 I have occasioned the death

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 of all the persons of your father's house.

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.660
 Stay with me

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 and do not be afraid.

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 For he who seeks my life

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.740
 seeks your life.

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.660
 With me,

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:53.000
 you will be in safekeeping.

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.180
 Two things,

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 then we'll close.

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.220
 First,

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 that God,

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:08.080
 even in the midst

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:10.100
 of this awful thing

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:11.240
 that Saul does,

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:14.100
 is preserving a remnant of his people.

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:16.500
 That God won't let

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.320
 the attacks

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:18.500
 of the enemy

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:20.320
 utterly destroy

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:21.440
 his people

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.040
 and his purposes

00:27:22.040 --> 00:27:22.680
 in the world.

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:25.680
 That God's going to preserve,

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.680
 even against

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:28.040
 the most vicious attack,

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:30.120
 a remnant of his people

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:32.460
 who will carry out his plan.

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.860
 But second thing is this,

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 and in some ways

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.620
 this might be the big idea

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:40.380
 of this whole section,

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.360
 these whole two chapters

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:42.100
 when David says,

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.640
 with me,

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:45.000
 you will be in safekeeping.

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:48.440
 that Abiathar can come

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.060
 to David

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.580
 and know

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:51.180
 that he's safe

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:52.440
 in the arms

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:54.259
 of Israel's true shepherd.

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:57.100
 Look at what David says

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.780
 in verse 20.

00:27:58.580 --> 00:28:00.180
 He who seeks my life

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.740
 seeks your life.

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.340
 That there David

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:04.980
 is taking complete identity

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.580
 with this person,

00:28:07.040 --> 00:28:08.020
 with Abiathar.

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:11.059
 He's sort of identifying

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.920
 with him wholly

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:13.019
 and saying,

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.639
 I'm in this with you.

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.960
 Stay with me

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.019
 and I promise you

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.319
 I'll keep you safe

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.859
 to the end.

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.680
 Now friends,

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:22.960
 I don't know

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:24.039
 where you're at tonight.

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.680
 I don't know

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.160
 kind of

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.819
 in what way

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.720
 you are distressed

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.680
 or in debt

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:30.019
 or bitter in soul.

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.420
 I don't know

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.099
 what kind of wilderness

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:33.379
 you find yourself in.

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:35.900
 If you're a believer,

00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:36.580
 I do know

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.240
 that the enemy

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.000
 wants to seek

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.220
 to kill and destroy you.

00:28:40.020 --> 00:28:40.700
 That is something

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.340
 that is true.

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:43.480
 That we find ourselves

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.940
 in the midst

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:45.140
 of a great spiritual battle.

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:48.520
 But I do know this,

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:51.140
 that with the Lord

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.960
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.840
 you will be safe.

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.780
 And if you flee to him

00:28:55.780 --> 00:28:57.540
 and stay close to him,

00:28:58.540 --> 00:28:59.940
 he will keep you safe

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:01.240
 and see you through

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.740
 to the end.

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.580
 Let's pray.

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.820
 Lord Jesus,

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.580
 we are thankful

00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:12.840
 for the images

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.680
 and pictures of you

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.200
 that we see

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.900
 in this text.

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.380
 Lord,

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.120
 that you provide

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:18.500
 and you protect

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.500
 and you preserve us

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.140
 even in the most

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:22.400
 challenging of circumstances.

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:24.900
 God,

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.660
 would you increase

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:27.120
 our trust in you?

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.039
 Lord,

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.900
 thank you for gathering

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.740
 us to yourself.

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:31.660
 Lord,

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.240
 that it's not

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.320
 because we're so great

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:34.220
 or so perfect

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.800
 or so strong

00:29:35.800 --> 00:29:38.160
 that you've called us,

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.060
 but God,

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.920
 because you are great

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.920
 and you are strong

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.740
 and you are perfect.

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:42.880
 Lord,

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.040
 not many of us are wise.

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.900
 Not many of us

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.840
 are of noble birth.

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:47.780
 Lord,

00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.380
 not many of us

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.019
 are strong.

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.700
 And yet you delight

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:53.580
 to take the weak things

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.200
 of the world,

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.880
 the things that others

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:58.259
 would cast off

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.060
 and despise.

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:01.420
 and you delight

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.080
 to make them

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:03.240
 objects of your pleasure

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.700
 and your grace.

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.400
 Lord,

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.160
 to turn the world

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.860
 on its head

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:09.460
 and to display

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.380
 your great glory.

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.680
 Lord,

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:14.200
 so would we cling fast

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.920
 to Jesus.

00:30:15.540 --> 00:30:15.840
 Father,

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.780
 would we hold fast

00:30:16.780 --> 00:30:17.220
 to him

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.940
 and know

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:20.160
 that he is sufficient

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:22.620
 for all that we need.

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.180
 Amen.

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:27.420
 we're going to spend

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.840
 a little time

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:30.019
 just singing a song together,

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:30.860
 sort of meditate

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.539
 on some of the things

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.360
 we've been thinking about,

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.820
 and then we'll come back

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:34.940
 together for some discussion.

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.620
 Let's all stand

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.539
 and sing together.

00:30:44.539 --> 00:31:01.680
 Lord,

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.659
 I come,

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:04.920
 I confess,

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:08.579
 bowing here,

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:11.819
 I find my rest.

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:14.079
 And without you,

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:17.500
 I fall apart.

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:20.720
 You're the one

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:23.819
 that guides my heart.

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:28.059
 Lord,

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:29.019
 I come,

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:32.939
 I confess,

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:35.819
 bowing here,

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:39.839
 I find my rest.

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.919
 And without you,

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:45.879
 I fall apart.

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:49.139
 You're the one

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:52.419
 that guides my heart.

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:57.220
 Lord,

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:59.059
 I need you.

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.919
 Oh,

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:03.439
 I need you.

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.700
 Every hour,

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:09.799
 I need you.

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:13.059
 My one defense,

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:15.559
 my righteousness.

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.859
 Oh, God,

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:20.799
 how I need you.

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:27.639
 Where sins run deep,

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:31.379
 your graces come o'er.

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:34.200
 Where grace is found,

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:37.559
 is where you are.

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:40.839
 And where you are,

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.740
 Lord,

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:43.379
 I am free.

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.839
 Holiness

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:49.839
 is Christ in me.

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:53.359
 Where you are,

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.079
 Lord,

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:55.899
 I am free.

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:58.059
 Holiness

00:32:58.059 --> 00:33:02.720
 is Christ in me.

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:06.519
 Lord,

00:33:06.659 --> 00:33:08.419
 I need you.

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.399
 Oh,

00:33:09.459 --> 00:33:12.459
 I need you.

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:15.679
 Every hour,

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:17.680
 I need you.

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.680
 I need you.

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:21.940
 My one defense,

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:24.500
 my righteousness.

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:25.980
 Oh,

00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:26.660
 God,

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:29.960
 how I need you.

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:32.039
 So,

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:33.440
 teach my song

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:35.539
 to rise to you.

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.539
 Jesus,

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:39.039
 when temptation

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:41.440
 comes my way.

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:44.539
 And when I cannot stand,

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:46.359
 I'll fall on you.

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:49.180
 Jesus,

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:51.819
 you're my hope and stay.

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:55.220
 And when I cannot stand,

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:57.079
 I'll fall on you.

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.879
 Jesus,

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:02.799
 you're my hope and stay.

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:06.440
 So,

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.319
 good.

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.019
 Does anyone have questions

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.759
 about this text?

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.000
 What strikes you?

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.259
 Yeah,

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.599
 Andrew.

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.239
 Yeah.

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.219
 Yeah.

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.240
 Yeah.

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.880
 Yeah.

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.080
 Yeah,

00:34:35.080 --> 00:34:35.660
 great question.

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:35.900
 So,

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.560
 the question is,

00:34:36.580 --> 00:34:37.880
 what do we do with David's

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:39.780
 pretty much clear deception

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.640
 in verse two?

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.460
 So,

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:46.519
 historically,

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:48.080
 there have been two answers

00:34:48.080 --> 00:34:48.560
 to that.

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:51.300
 The first is

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:53.500
 that there are a lot of things

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.340
 that are described

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.980
 in the stories of the Bible

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.980
 that aren't really meant

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.500
 for our

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.640
 moral

00:34:58.640 --> 00:35:00.880
 imitation.

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:00.940
 creation.

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.000
 So,

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.559
 just because

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:04.140
 David does something

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:04.700
 doesn't mean

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.559
 we ought to then

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.079
 go do it.

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.900
 I mean,

00:35:09.140 --> 00:35:10.940
 there are a lot of things

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.539
 that the sort of

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:11.960
 quote unquote

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.860
 heroes of the Old Testament

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.640
 do that we probably

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:14.260
 shouldn't do,

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.599
 right?

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.840
 You probably shouldn't

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.820
 marry more than one

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.579
 husband or more than

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.119
 one wife.

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:20.059
 A lot of people do that

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.579
 in the Old Testament.

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:21.559
 It's a bad idea.

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.940
 You can kind of see that

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.980
 as the story sort of

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.539
 unfolds,

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.519
 that that's a bad idea.

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:28.079
 So,

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.519
 a lot of things

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.119
 are described

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:30.079
 without being prescribed,

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.539
 I guess,

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.380
 is a way of saying that.

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.460
 So,

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.980
 we need to look

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.900
 to the more clear

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.960
 sort of parts

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.900
 of Scripture

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.460
 that sort of

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.400
 actually are clear

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.820
 and sort of

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.320
 how we ought to

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.719
 live our lives

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.239
 before God

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:41.619
 to sort of

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.360
 use that then.

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.840
 But also,

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.639
 isn't that encouraging

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.360
 that David

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.300
 is a man

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.980
 who needs grace

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.840
 just like us,

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.480
 you know,

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.960
 and that he's

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:51.139
 a recipient

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:52.059
 of salvation.

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:53.039
 He's not sort of

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:54.139
 getting God's favor

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.940
 in his own righteousness.

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.960
 Now,

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.220
 okay,

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.019
 so that's one answer.

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.539
 You can take that

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:58.980
 if you like it.

00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:00.139
 Second answer is

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:02.079
 when God tells us

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.840
 not to lie,

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:05.099
 not to tell untruths,

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:07.840
 that basically

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:09.400
 if there is an authority

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.619
 who is,

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.559
 you know,

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.280
 unjust,

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.539
 murderous,

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.280
 evil,

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:16.480
 then that sort of

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.400
 absolves us

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:19.440
 from the obligation

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.900
 to give in to that

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.519
 and to go along

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.000
 with that.

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.480
 So,

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:25.300
 as Christian

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:26.500
 ethicists

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.340
 have thought about

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.300
 the Holocaust,

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.219
 for instance,

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:30.199
 what do you do

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.699
 when the Nazis

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.880
 come banging on your door

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.599
 and tell you,

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.860
 hand over the Jews

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.380
 that you're hiding?

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.800
 Or are you hiding

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.360
 anyone here?

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.840
 Are you under obligation

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:39.260
 to that wicked

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:40.440
 government,

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.579
 to that wicked authority

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:43.039
 to tell the truth

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.860
 and to basically

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.619
 go along with

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.219
 what they're saying?

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:46.059
 So some Christians

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.740
 have said no,

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.260
 actually,

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.760
 that in that instance

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.519
 you do not have

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.059
 an obligation

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.940
 to tell them the truth.

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:52.280
 That makes other Christians

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:53.019
 kind of uncomfortable.

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.059
 So,

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.500
 maybe David,

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:58.099
 so if one sort of

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.840
 believes that,

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.420
 then maybe David here

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.059
 is sort of

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:03.039
 falling under that

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.820
 because Saul's,

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:04.880
 I mean,

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.940
 in my sort of reading this,

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.440
 I think he's trying

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.420
 to protect Ahimelech

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.400
 from Saul's wrath,

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.740
 which as we see later,

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.139
 Saul

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:12.119
 still

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:13.280
 executes it.

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:13.700
 So,

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.039
 yeah.

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.099
 But,

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:18.000
 you should tell the truth

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:19.139
 in general.

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:20.579
 it's a good thing.

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:22.039
 But,

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:23.019
 yeah.

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.019
 Yes.

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:27.639
 Is it Amanda?

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.139
 Is that right?

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:30.000
 I'm sorry.

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.460
 What is it?

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:31.639
 Sarah.

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.719
 Fire away.

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:33.000
 Sorry,

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.500
 I don't know why

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:33.940
 I thought Amanda.

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.339
 My bad.

00:37:34.339 --> 00:37:34.539
 Yeah.

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:44.599
 Yeah.

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:53.420
 Yeah.

00:37:57.599 --> 00:38:01.920
 Yeah.

00:38:07.319 --> 00:38:08.259
 Yeah.

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:09.260
 Yeah.

00:38:16.180 --> 00:38:19.140
 Mm.

00:38:22.580 --> 00:38:23.520
 Mm.

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:26.160
 Mm.

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.780
 Mm.

00:38:36.120 --> 00:38:36.160
 Yeah.

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.259
 Yeah.

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.779
 Yeah.

00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:47.859
 Yeah.

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:49.779
 Yeah.

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.579
 Yeah.

00:38:58.319 --> 00:38:58.799
 Yeah.

00:38:59.379 --> 00:38:59.639
 Yeah.

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:02.819
 Well, thanks for sharing that, Sarah.

00:39:02.899 --> 00:39:04.159
 I think that's a really, yeah.

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:07.000
 I mean, I could see that reading of the text for sure.

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:07.699
 Yeah.

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:13.199
 And I think the question then that throws back on us is like, you know, what are we to make of that then?

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:17.799
 So here's David sort of basically taking advantage of these priests.

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:23.500
 And I think my understanding of the role of characters in the Old Testament is that they don't have to be perfect.

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:26.359
 You know, I think David does some despicable things.

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:31.319
 So if your reading is right, then David is doing something here that's a negative example for us.

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:33.899
 And we ought to learn from it and do the opposite.

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:36.159
 So, yeah.

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:36.899
 Thanks for that.

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:39.559
 Yeah.

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:39.899
 Yeah.

00:39:39.899 --> 00:39:46.980
 And I think David, the chapter came to do, I think there's a lot of people who are David that said that he did into what he was going to do.

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:48.279
 He was going to tell us all the time.

00:39:48.399 --> 00:39:49.899
 I said, I'm not responsible for that.

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.379
 Yeah.

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.859
 Yeah.

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.260
 Yeah.

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.340
 Yeah.

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:52.420
 Yeah.

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:52.860
 Yeah.

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.340
 Yeah.

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:53.860
 Yeah.

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.260
 Yeah.

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:58.740
 A lot of people have read that as sort of David saying like, because I lied, that's why you all died.

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:01.240
 So for sure.

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.660
 Yeah.

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:03.220
 That could be another contribution to that.

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:08.940
 I mean, I think one of the ways I, as I think about that verse, I think it could also be saying like,

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:11.360
 David was there to get help.

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:15.940
 He saw Doeg there and he knew that it was trouble.

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:21.039
 So, yeah.

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:23.119
 But.

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:25.940
 Other questions?

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.500
 Other thoughts?

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:38.000
 Yeah.

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.380
 Yeah, Jonathan.

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:44.039
 I just wanted to point out how far his soul has fallen.

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.280
 Yeah.

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:47.980
 Yeah.

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:13.720
 Yeah.

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:14.160
 Yeah.

00:41:14.160 --> 00:41:15.220
 Yeah.

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:28.299
 bring picture, isn't it?

00:41:28.299 --> 00:41:28.859
 Yeah.

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:35.480
 You know, it's one,

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:38.439
 well, more than one commentator,

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:40.239
 but a couple commentators have read this section

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:42.399
 of 1 Samuel

00:41:42.399 --> 00:41:44.439
 and have made the observation that like,

00:41:45.219 --> 00:41:47.539
 you know, if David at this point

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:49.919
 is God's anointed one, his Christ,

00:41:50.879 --> 00:41:54.480
 then here Saul is the sort of prototypical antichrist,

00:41:55.379 --> 00:41:58.500
 like trying to destroy God's anointed one

00:41:58.500 --> 00:42:01.019
 and destroying all the other people around him

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:03.299
 who are affiliated with him.

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:08.059
 Yeah, it's very sad and very sobering.

00:42:08.939 --> 00:42:12.259
 And I think it ought to be a good call to repentance for us,

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:14.639
 you know, to turn back to the Lord.

00:42:15.959 --> 00:42:18.319
 When we see sort of waywardness in our own hearts,

00:42:18.379 --> 00:42:20.819
 sort of encourage one another to do that too.

00:42:22.359 --> 00:42:24.819
 Yeah, because you see this just sort of progression

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:28.139
 in Saul's life of just unraveling and unraveling.

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:30.199
 It's going to keep going over the next few chapters.

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:32.239
 I mean, in a few chapters,

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:35.519
 Saul's going to be consulting a medium at Endor

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:38.039
 to try to get wisdom on what he's meant to do.

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:41.840
 So, I mean, he falls very far.

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:47.199
 Yeah.

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.519
 Yeah, Michael.

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:55.820
 Do you have any general thoughts on how you should struggle

00:42:55.820 --> 00:43:03.820
 rightly against people who are struggling against us

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:06.380
 or not rightly or really, I guess?

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:06.960
 Mm-hmm.

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.400
 Mm-hmm.

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:08.420
 Mm-hmm.

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:13.300
 I see it in Jesus' life,

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:15.920
 he's having to slip away from him the whole time in the Acts.

00:43:16.200 --> 00:43:16.480
 Yeah.

00:43:16.720 --> 00:43:19.120
 There's a lot of having to escape from the prison.

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.680
 Yeah.

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:23.099
 to what extent

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:24.559
 is it

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:27.440
 to praise God

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:28.059
 for suffering

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.440
 or

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:29.000
 yeah

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:32.919
 yeah

00:43:32.919 --> 00:43:36.919
 yeah

00:43:36.919 --> 00:43:37.639
 yeah

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:39.539
 so Michael's question is

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:41.019
 how do we respond

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:42.119
 to people who are

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:45.219
 well how would you

00:43:45.219 --> 00:43:46.219
 how would you summarize that

00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:46.980
 Michael's a good question

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.500
 how do

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:49.119
 how are we to react to those

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:49.839
 who are sort of

00:43:49.839 --> 00:43:52.759
 doing some kind of wrong

00:43:52.759 --> 00:43:53.420
 against us

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:54.339
 is that fair

00:43:54.339 --> 00:43:54.500
 or

00:43:54.500 --> 00:44:00.739
 yeah

00:44:00.739 --> 00:44:05.500
 yeah

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:14.699
 yeah

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:15.699
 yeah

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:16.619
 yeah

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:18.420
 well I think

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:18.719
 you know

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:19.519
 I think we go

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:21.439
 I think we go

00:44:21.439 --> 00:44:22.379
 straight to the New Testament

00:44:22.379 --> 00:44:23.039
 on this one

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:24.459
 and look at

00:44:24.459 --> 00:44:25.259
 sort of

00:44:25.259 --> 00:44:25.480
 A

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:26.219
 the example of Jesus

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:26.939
 and then two

00:44:26.939 --> 00:44:28.119
 all the teaching of the New Testament

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:28.480
 you know

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:29.439
 Paul has that great

00:44:29.439 --> 00:44:32.519
 sort of

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:34.359
 exhortation in Romans

00:44:34.359 --> 00:44:35.299
 to

00:44:35.299 --> 00:44:37.279
 not overcome evil

00:44:37.279 --> 00:44:37.699
 with evil

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:38.480
 but to overcome evil

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.019
 with good

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:40.480
 you know

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.119
 and

00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:42.639
 to respond

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.919
 even to our enemies

00:44:43.919 --> 00:44:45.000
 with loving kindness

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:45.940
 and mercy

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:45.960
 and mercy

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:47.639
 now there might be a time

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:48.400
 when you need to sort of

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:49.559
 stop associating

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:51.199
 with really destructive

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:52.440
 and sort of

00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:53.980
 corrosive practices

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.679
 you know

00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:55.320
 I think it's okay

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:56.360
 to sort of step back

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:57.199
 from something

00:44:57.199 --> 00:44:57.480
 but

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:58.500
 you know

00:44:58.500 --> 00:45:00.460
 Jesus would never

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.420
 have us sort of

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:02.739
 take matters

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:03.539
 into our own hands

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:03.980
 and sort of

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:05.039
 fight fire with fire

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.599
 if you will

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.260
 or sort of

00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:07.199
 something like that

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:08.000
 two wrongs are never

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:08.719
 making a right

00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:09.420
 but actually

00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:10.559
 and this is the sort of

00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:11.320
 great promise of the

00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:11.599
 gospel

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:11.920
 is that

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:13.440
 as we respond

00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:14.900
 with the love

00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:16.079
 as we respond

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:16.920
 to those who hate us

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:17.960
 with actually good

00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:18.380
 and love

00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:19.559
 not only are we sort of

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:21.099
 mirroring what Christ

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:22.039
 has done for us

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:23.339
 who when we sort of

00:45:23.339 --> 00:45:24.119
 hated him

00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:25.159
 and crucified him

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:26.079
 he forgave us

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:27.239
 and gave us new life

00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:29.699
 but also that God

00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:30.579
 promises that

00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:32.299
 in some sense

00:45:32.299 --> 00:45:33.739
 watch me work through that

00:45:33.739 --> 00:45:35.319
 what seems so

00:45:35.319 --> 00:45:36.019
 counterintuitive

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.719
 to us

00:45:36.719 --> 00:45:37.699
 that

00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:39.440
 if I actually respond

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:41.159
 with good

00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:41.820
 to those who are

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:42.659
 doing bad to me

00:45:42.659 --> 00:45:43.639
 like what is that

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:44.260
 but just getting

00:45:44.260 --> 00:45:45.320
 what is that

00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:46.200
 but being stupid

00:45:46.200 --> 00:45:46.920
 you know

00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:47.639
 and I think that's what

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:48.880
 typical sort of

00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:49.340
 worldly wisdom

00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:49.980
 would tell us

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:51.320
 but

00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:52.220
 you know

00:45:52.220 --> 00:45:53.420
 the kingdom of God

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:54.740
 is very different

00:45:54.740 --> 00:45:55.179
 than the kingdom

00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:55.700
 of the world

00:45:55.700 --> 00:45:57.280
 and it starts

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:58.159
 like a mustard seed

00:45:58.159 --> 00:45:59.260
 and it grows

00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:00.079
 into a great tree

00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:01.420
 so

00:46:01.420 --> 00:46:02.079
 yeah

00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:05.840
 one more question

00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:06.700
 it's ten of

00:46:06.699 --> 00:46:12.000
 or not

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:13.379
 anybody else

00:46:13.379 --> 00:46:19.779
 okay

00:46:19.779 --> 00:46:20.500
 well let's end there

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:21.579
 we can talk more after

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:23.079
 so let me just point out

00:46:23.079 --> 00:46:23.699
 a couple quick things

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:24.500
 in the bulletin