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 If you don't know me, my name is Alan. I'm one of the staff here at Watermark.

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 It's an incredible joy, an incredible privilege to bring God's Word to us this morning.

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 Before Annabelle and Catherine comes and reads the Scripture to us,

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 I thought of just recapping a little bit.

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 We've been going through, for about four weeks now, we've been going through 2 Samuel.

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 And one thing we've been looking at is this David, right?

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 David, the glorious king in his glorious kingdom, which because of sin,

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 just feels like there's a lot of stuff happening because of the consequences of sin.

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 Even though David repents, we see the consequences at working itself throughout the story.

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 Now, we see him being very passive. We see him being very quiet, not bringing justice.

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 And finally, if you remember last week, we start seeing some changes in David.

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 More of he was going back to who he was.

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 Now, David, we start seeing him praying a little bit, him surrendering to God last week.

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 But what we find in the story last week was that his son, Absalom, was chasing him

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 because there's almost like a coup, a rebellion to get rid of David

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 so Absalom, his son, can steal David's throne.

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 What we're going to see today is God is going to finally rescue David.

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 God is finally going to, in many ways, bring salvation to David.

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 And what I mean by salvation is he's going to save David.

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 Now, it's not going to be a great story. It is a great story.

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 But what you're going to find is that salvation, that David's deliverance,

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 is going to come at a very deep cost.

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 So in many ways, it is a great story. It is a very sweet story.

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 But it ends on a very, what we call a very bitter and sweet ending.

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 So, hey, let's listen to God's word.

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 This is God's word. This is what's going to change our life.

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 God's word is God in spell, speaking to us, revealing who he is to us.

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 So let us sit under God's word.

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 Let us receive as Catherine and Ann go.

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 We'll read that in one.

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 So, guys.

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 The scripture for today comes from 2 Samuel, chapter 18, verses 1 to 5, 9 to 15, 24 to 33,

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 and chapter 19, verses 1 to 8a.

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 So do follow along on the screen in your bulletin or your own Bibles.

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 Then David mustered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

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 And David sent out the army, one-third under the command of Joab,

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 one-third under the command of Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother,

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 and one-third under the command of Ittite, the Gittite.

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 And the king said to the men,

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 I myself will also go out with you.

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 But the men said,

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 You shall not go out, for if we flee, they will not care about us.

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 If half of us die, they will not care about us.

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 But you are worth ten thousand of us.

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 Therefore, it is better that you send us help from the city.

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 The king said to them,

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 Whatever seems best to you, I will do.

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 So the king stood at the side of the gate,

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 while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.

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 And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittite,

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 Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.

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 And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom.

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 And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David.

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 Absalom was riding on his mule,

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 and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak.

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 And his head caught fast in the oak,

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 and he was suspended between heaven and earth,

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 while the mule that was under him went on.

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 And a certain man saw it and told Joab,

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 Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

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 Joab said to the man who told him,

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 What? You saw him?

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 Why then did you not strike him there to the ground?

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 I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt.

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 But the man said to Joab,

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 Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver,

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 I would not reach out my hand against the king's son.

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 For in our hearing, the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittite,

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 For my sake protect the young man Absalom.

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 And on the other hand,

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 If I had dealt treacherously against his life,

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 and there is nothing hidden from the king,

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 then you yourself would have stood aloof.

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 Joab said,

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 I will not waste time like this with you.

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 And he took three javelins in his hand

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 and thrust them into the heart of Absalom

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 while he was still alive in the oak.

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 And the ten young men,

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 Joab's armor bearers,

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 surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him.

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 At verse 24 we read,

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 Now David was sitting between the two gates,

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 and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall.

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 And when he lifted up his eyes and looked,

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 he saw a man running alone.

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 The watchman called out and told the king,

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 and the king said,

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 If he's alone,

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 there is news in his mouth.

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 And he drew nearer and nearer.

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 The watchman saw another man running,

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 and the watchman called to the gate and said,

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 See, another man running alone.

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 The king said,

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 He also brings news.

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 The watchman said,

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 I think the running of the first one

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 is like the running of Ahimeaz,

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 the son of Zadok.

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 And the king said,

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 He's a good man and comes with good news.

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 Then Ahimeaz cried out to the king,

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 All is well.

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 And he bowed before the king with his face to the earth and said,

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 Blessed be the Lord your God,

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 who has delivered up the man who raised their hand against my lord, the king.

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 And the king said,

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 Is it well with the young man Absalom?

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 Ahimeaz answered,

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 When Joab sent the king's servant,

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 your servant,

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 I saw a great commotion,

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 but I do not know what it was.

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 And the king said,

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 Turn aside and stand here.

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 So he turned aside and stood still.

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 And behold,

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 the Cushite came,

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 and the Cushite said,

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 Good news for my lord, the king,

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 for the lord has delivered you to this day

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 from the hand of all who rose up against you.

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 The king said to the Cushite,

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 Is it well with the young man Absalom?

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 And the Cushite answered,

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 May the enemies of my lord, the king,

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 and all who rise up against you for evil

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 be like that young man.

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 And the king was steeply moved

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 and went up to the chamber over the gate

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 and wept.

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 And as he went,

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 he said,

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 Oh, my son Absalom,

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 my son,

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 my son Absalom,

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 would I have died instead of you,

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 O Absalom,

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 my son,

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 my son.

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 And in chapter 19,

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 it was told that Job,

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 Behold,

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 the king is weeping

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 and mourning for Absalom.

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 So the victory that day

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 was turned into mourning

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 for all the people.

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 And for the people heard that day,

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 the king is grieving for his son.

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 And the people

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 stole into the city

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 that day

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 as people steal in

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 who are ashamed

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 when they flee in battle.

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 The king covered his face

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 and the king cried

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 with a loud voice,

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 Oh,

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 my son Absalom,

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 Oh,

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 Absalom,

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 my son,

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 my son.

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 Then Job came into the house

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 to the king

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 and said,

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 You have today covered with shame

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 the faces of all your servants

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 and have this day saved your life

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 and the lives of your sons

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 and your daughters

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 and the lives of your wives

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 and your concubines.

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 Because you love those who hate you

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 and hate those who love you.

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 For you have made it clear today

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 that commanders and servants

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 are nothing to you.

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 For today I know that

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 if Absalom were alive

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 and all of us were dead today,

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 then you would be pleased.

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 Now,

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 therefore arise,

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 go out,

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 and speak kindly to your servants.

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 For I swear by the Lord,

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 if you do not go,

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 not a man will stay with you

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 this night.

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 And this will be worse for you

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 than all the evil

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 that has come upon you

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 from your mouth,

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 from your youth until now.

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 Then the king arose

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 and took his seat in the gate.

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 And the people were all told,

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 Behold,

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 the king is sitting in the gate.

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 And all the people

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 came before the king.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Thank you guys.

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 Hey church,

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 why don't we pray

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 before we start.

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 Father God,

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 we come before you

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 this morning.

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 You're a God

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 who's gracious and kind,

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 who's good

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 in all of your ways.

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 Lord,

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 as we sit under your word,

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 Father,

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 we pray,

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 may your spirit

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 work in our hearts

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 to receive

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 what you say this morning.

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 Would you

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 help us

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 not just understand,

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 but

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 also would you

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 change our hearts

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 to live a life

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 that's

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 pleasing to you,

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 that brings you glory,

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 that brings you honor

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 in all ways.

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 Father,

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 we pray,

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 come do your incredible work

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 through your word

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 in our lives

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 and in our church.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 as you saw,

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 that was quite a

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 reading,

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 wasn't it?

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 Okay,

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 this mic,

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 I'm just going to move away

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 from this mic.

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 I wonder if how many of us

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 have been in that kind of situation

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 where you know

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 what is the right thing to do,

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 but you find it so difficult

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 to do it

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 because it comes

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 with a very heavy price

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 or a heavy cost.

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 You know,

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 maybe if you're a youth there,

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 it's standing up for

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 something that you believe

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 is right,

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 something that is right,

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 but the cost is

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 you're looked at

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 as if you're very arrogant

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 or ignorant

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 or very weird.

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 Or maybe

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 if you're working in office,

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 maybe if you,

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 your boss is being

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 very unjust

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 to a colleague

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 and the right thing to do

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 is to stand up

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 against your boss,

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 but the cost is

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 you might have a target

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 on your back now.

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 Or maybe

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 a promotion

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 comes your way

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 and you know

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 the right thing to do

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 is reject it

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 because that takes

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 time away from your family,

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 which is already tight,

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 but the heavy cost is

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 you're going to miss out

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 on a higher salary,

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 which might be,

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 could have been helpful

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 for your family.

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 You see a situation

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 where you know

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 what is the right thing to do,

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 you know what has to be done,

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 but it's very difficult

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 because of the heavy cost

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 that comes with it.

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 In today's story,

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 that's what we find

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 in David's life.

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 David finds himself

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 in a very similar situation

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 and if I may,

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 actually a much more

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 difficult situation.

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 So why don't we dive

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 straight into God's word.

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 Let's dive into God's word

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 and the first thing

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 you're going to see

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 is this tension

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 that David has.

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 David's tension.

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 So if you have

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 your Bible with you

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 or if you have

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 the bulletin,

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 just follow along

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 the scripture.

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 So verse 1 and 2

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 in chapter 18,

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 right?

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 What you're going to find

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 is this battle

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 between Absalom

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 and David's people,

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 David's servants,

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 army,

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 that's going to start

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 and you can see them

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 organizing this army,

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 thousands and hundreds

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 and it almost feels

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 like this,

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 like a lot of the rings

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 kind of final war

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 kind of thing,

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 right?

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 They're marching outside

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 and this huge,

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 feels like,

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 oh,

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 something's going to happen.

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 Something's going to go on

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 and then you come down

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 to verse 2

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 and David comes

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 and he says,

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 hey,

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 I'm going to join you guys

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 as you go out

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 in the battle.

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 David says,

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 hey,

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 I'm going to go out

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 and fight this battle

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 with you.

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 But verse 3,

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 if you calm down,

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 what do they say?

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 Verse 3 says,

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 hey,

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 you shall not go out.

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 David,

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 you shall not go out

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 for if we flee,

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 they will not care about us.

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 If half of us die,

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 they will not care.

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 But you,

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 you,

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 David,

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 you are worth

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 10,000 of us.

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 In other words,

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 David's men

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 really value David

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 because it's something

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 that they understand

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 and they understand this,

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 that the king

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 is important

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 for the kingdom.

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 There cannot be any kingdom

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 without this king.

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 So David

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 has to be alive.

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 So,

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 which is why,

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 if you think about that,

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 which is why

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 what David says

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 in verse 5

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 is pretty ridiculous.

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 Right?

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 What does he say?

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 He calls them,

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 he calls the three commanders

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 and in front of,

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 as the army's marching on,

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 he calls them

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 and he says,

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 hey,

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 deal gently

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 for my sake

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 with the young man

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 Absalom.

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 I mean,

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 it's like,

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 it's like telling the doctor

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 who's doing

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 a cancer operation

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 on you,

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 telling the doctor like,

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 hey,

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 can you deal gently

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 with the tumor?

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 Like,

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 don't,

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 just don't fully cut it,

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 okay?

00:13:09.259 --> 00:13:10.120
 Deal gently with it.

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 Or imagine you're going

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 for a volleyball

00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:12.600
 final,

00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:13.980
 final match

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 and then the coach

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 calls you guys

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 and says like,

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 hey,

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 deal gently

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 with the other team,

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 okay?

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 Just don't play too hard.

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 We don't want to hurt them

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 or something like that.

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 And that's exactly

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 what's happening here,

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 right?

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 It's like,

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 imagine you're marching

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 up in the battle,

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 you're marching out

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 and the king,

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 you hear the king say,

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 hey,

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 deal gently

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 with the enemy.

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 Like,

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 hey,

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 if you see them,

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 like,

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 yeah,

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 you know,

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 just let them

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 kind of go.

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 But the thing is,

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 Absalom had to go

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 in the same way

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 the tumor has to go

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 if the person had to,

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 if the man had to live.

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 Absalom was out

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 to kill David.

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 Absalom was not around

00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:50.539
 playing.

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 He was out

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 to kill David

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 and if you remember

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 Absalom's track record

00:13:54.979 --> 00:13:56.000
 of murder,

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 there's no doubt about it.

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 I mean,

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 we skipped chapter 17

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 but chapter 17

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 is a lot about

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 receiving counsel

00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:05.120
 about how to get rid

00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:05.559
 of David.

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 How can we get rid

00:14:06.459 --> 00:14:06.819
 of David?

00:14:07.099 --> 00:14:07.120
 Now,

00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:08.799
 Absalom was out

00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:09.639
 to kill

00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:10.860
 and murder David.

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 And you see,

00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:13.899
 if the kingdom of God,

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 if this kingdom

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 was to live on,

00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:18.079
 if God's chosen king

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 was to live on,

00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:20.179
 then he needed

00:14:20.179 --> 00:14:20.860
 to be alive.

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 You cannot have

00:14:22.100 --> 00:14:22.860
 Absalom around

00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:24.199
 if you want the king

00:14:24.199 --> 00:14:24.719
 and the kingdom

00:14:24.719 --> 00:14:25.379
 to be around.

00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:27.339
 So it was this tension.

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 But,

00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:31.620
 but then Absalom

00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:33.039
 was not just any enemy,

00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:33.480
 was he?

00:14:34.179 --> 00:14:35.139
 He was not just

00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:35.679
 another one

00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:36.639
 of David's enemy.

00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:38.199
 You see,

00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:38.959
 and this is where

00:14:38.959 --> 00:14:40.000
 David's tension

00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.539
 comes in

00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:41.799
 because Absalom

00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:42.840
 was his son.

00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:44.519
 But Absalom

00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.200
 had to go

00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:45.820
 if David

00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:46.559
 was to live.

00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:47.879
 But that was his son.

00:14:49.940 --> 00:14:50.240
 But,

00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:51.799
 but the thing is,

00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.639
 David and Absalom

00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:53.460
 didn't have the greatest

00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:54.259
 father and son

00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:55.159
 relationship, right?

00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:55.559
 I mean,

00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.200
 they spent like

00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:58.000
 almost two years

00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:59.200
 not speaking to each other.

00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:00.360
 Absalom spent

00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:01.019
 most of his,

00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:02.299
 about four years

00:15:02.299 --> 00:15:03.220
 of planning

00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:03.899
 and working

00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:04.980
 to kill David.

00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:05.399
 Now,

00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:05.980
 it's not the best

00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:06.639
 father and son

00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.200
 relationship,

00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.280
 but nonetheless,

00:15:08.920 --> 00:15:09.900
 this was David's son.

00:15:10.900 --> 00:15:11.800
 And the tension

00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:12.800
 was that of

00:15:12.800 --> 00:15:13.600
 having Absalom

00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:14.140
 to die,

00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:15.480
 but the tension

00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:15.900
 was David

00:15:15.900 --> 00:15:16.840
 did not want

00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:17.480
 that to happen.

00:15:17.660 --> 00:15:18.580
 David did not want

00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:20.100
 that to be sin.

00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:21.280
 And this tension

00:15:21.280 --> 00:15:22.500
 is something

00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:23.100
 we're going to see

00:15:23.100 --> 00:15:23.940
 throughout today's

00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:24.240
 scripture,

00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:25.420
 throughout today's

00:15:25.420 --> 00:15:25.920
 word.

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 But I want us to

00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:28.580
 just sit on that

00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:29.020
 for a while.

00:15:29.520 --> 00:15:29.700
 You know,

00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.480
 a situation

00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.680
 where you know

00:15:31.680 --> 00:15:32.320
 what is the right

00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:32.860
 thing to do,

00:15:33.460 --> 00:15:34.360
 but it's difficult,

00:15:34.540 --> 00:15:35.120
 but it comes

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.820
 with a cost.

00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:36.840
 That kind of

00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.420
 situation.

00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:39.620
 And if you think

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.120
 about it,

00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:41.580
 whenever we are

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:42.120
 in those kind

00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:42.780
 of situations,

00:15:43.340 --> 00:15:44.080
 it tells us

00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:45.040
 a lot about

00:15:45.040 --> 00:15:45.860
 our own heart,

00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.800
 doesn't it?

00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.720
 In the same way,

00:15:48.780 --> 00:15:49.480
 it tells us

00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:50.379
 about David's

00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:51.500
 affection towards

00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:53.300
 his son,

00:15:53.400 --> 00:15:53.720
 Absalom.

00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.280
 I mean,

00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.840
 the last chapter

00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:57.760
 of chapter 19,

00:15:58.260 --> 00:15:58.560
 it talks,

00:15:59.060 --> 00:15:59.340
 I mean,

00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:00.320
 Joab scolds

00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:01.180
 David about that.

00:16:01.260 --> 00:16:01.780
 He says like,

00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:02.360
 man,

00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:02.840
 you love

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.920
 your son,

00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:04.240
 Absalom,

00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:05.160
 more than you love us.

00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:05.839
 We have fought

00:16:05.839 --> 00:16:07.019
 and given our lives

00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.980
 to save you.

00:16:09.819 --> 00:16:10.639
 And think about

00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.159
 our lives.

00:16:11.339 --> 00:16:11.860
 Whenever we are

00:16:11.860 --> 00:16:12.419
 in those kind

00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:13.120
 of situations,

00:16:13.819 --> 00:16:14.799
 does it not tell us

00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:15.480
 about our heart?

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.419
 Think about

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.360
 that example

00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:19.240
 of standing up

00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.959
 to your boss,

00:16:20.439 --> 00:16:20.959
 but it comes

00:16:20.959 --> 00:16:21.480
 with the cost

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.339
 of having a target

00:16:22.339 --> 00:16:22.959
 on your back.

00:16:23.439 --> 00:16:24.519
 Maybe it tells us

00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:25.679
 that our heart

00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:26.659
 treasures our own

00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:27.860
 comfort and security

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:29.299
 more than justice.

00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:31.679
 How about

00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:32.379
 for the promotion

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:33.379
 that can take away

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:33.919
 time?

00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:34.599
 Maybe it tells us

00:16:34.599 --> 00:16:35.219
 about our heart

00:16:35.219 --> 00:16:36.159
 that we would

00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:36.679
 rather love

00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.240
 our family

00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:37.779
 with money

00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:38.439
 than actually

00:16:38.439 --> 00:16:39.379
 spending time

00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.620
 with our families.

00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:43.459
 You see,

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.860
 these examples

00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.399
 are of course

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.179
 very complex,

00:16:47.319 --> 00:16:47.500
 right?

00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.120
 It's more,

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.259
 it's not just

00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:49.860
 black and white.

00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:50.899
 But what I'm trying

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.360
 to push us

00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.219
 to see is that

00:16:52.219 --> 00:16:53.319
 whenever we find

00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:53.959
 it difficult

00:16:53.959 --> 00:16:55.479
 to do something

00:16:55.479 --> 00:16:56.019
 that is right

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.659
 because it comes

00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:57.199
 with a cost,

00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:58.240
 it actually tells us

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.219
 a lot about our heart.

00:16:59.939 --> 00:17:00.519
 Maybe it's something

00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.620
 as simple as

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:03.039
 getting out of your bed

00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:04.079
 to read your Bible.

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.299
 Maybe the cost

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.940
 is getting out

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.339
 of your bed.

00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:09.079
 But does that

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.759
 not tell us

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.359
 about our heart

00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:10.759
 that we would

00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.420
 rather enjoy

00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:12.139
 our comfort

00:17:12.139 --> 00:17:12.859
 in our bed

00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:13.920
 rather than

00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.879
 sitting in God's

00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.099
 word?

00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.159
 So that's something

00:17:18.159 --> 00:17:18.759
 to think about.

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.079
 But now coming

00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.799
 back to the story,

00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.579
 as we see this

00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:22.059
 tension

00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:23.960
 and all the people

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:25.460
 hear of David's

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:25.799
 request,

00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.279
 they hear,

00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:26.480
 hey,

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.079
 deal gently

00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:27.680
 with Absalom,

00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.279
 deal gently

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.200
 with this young man

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.500
 Absalom.

00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.500
 Now what we're

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:30.859
 going to find

00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:31.579
 in the next act

00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:32.199
 of this story

00:17:32.199 --> 00:17:33.000
 is the battle

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.439
 starts.

00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:34.559
 The battle

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:35.059
 begins

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.779
 and through

00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.339
 this battle

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:36.759
 what we're

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.299
 going to see

00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.119
 is that

00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:39.079
 David is

00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:39.480
 going to be

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:39.839
 delivered

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.879
 which leads

00:17:40.879 --> 00:17:41.299
 us to the

00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:43.480
 second act

00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:43.919
 of the story.

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 So if you're

00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:45.059
 on your bulletin

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:46.439
 look at from

00:17:46.439 --> 00:17:47.480
 verse 6 onwards.

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:48.899
 Verse 6

00:17:48.899 --> 00:17:49.639
 and 7

00:17:49.639 --> 00:17:50.720
 it tells us

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.439
 about the battle.

00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:52.799
 Now this battle

00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.639
 is devastating,

00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.980
 is brutal.

00:17:55.179 --> 00:17:56.079
 About 20,000

00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:57.559
 people are killed

00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.299
 and because

00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:58.899
 the battle

00:17:58.899 --> 00:17:59.720
 is in a forest,

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.960
 the forest itself

00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:02.079
 takes more

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.480
 life.

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:03.980
 I don't know

00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.539
 how that was,

00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:05.000
 maybe it was

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.620
 branches and

00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:06.019
 swamps,

00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:07.360
 but it's a very

00:18:07.360 --> 00:18:08.180
 brutal and

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.579
 devastating war.

00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.440
 And what we're

00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.900
 going to see in

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.400
 this battle

00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:13.140
 is that

00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:14.640
 God's hand

00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:15.579
 in delivering

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:16.039
 David

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:17.319
 is fully

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.980
 in control.

00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:19.120
 God is fully

00:18:19.120 --> 00:18:19.799
 in control

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.600
 throughout this

00:18:20.600 --> 00:18:20.920
 battle.

00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.740
 Now in the

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.120
 midst of the

00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:23.319
 battle,

00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:23.720
 what do we

00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:23.980
 find?

00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:25.100
 We find

00:18:25.100 --> 00:18:26.140
 Absalom

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:27.019
 riding his

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.240
 mule.

00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.559
 Now we must

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:28.920
 wonder,

00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.640
 why is

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.120
 Absalom

00:18:30.120 --> 00:18:30.580
 in the

00:18:30.580 --> 00:18:30.980
 middle of

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:32.180
 the battle

00:18:32.180 --> 00:18:33.440
 when the

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.300
 army of

00:18:34.300 --> 00:18:35.900
 his enemy,

00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:36.779
 King David

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.340
 is not even

00:18:37.340 --> 00:18:37.580
 in the

00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:37.940
 battlefield?

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.380
 Why is he

00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:39.779
 there but

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.300
 King David

00:18:40.300 --> 00:18:40.660
 is not

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:40.920
 there?

00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:42.539
 And for

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:42.900
 that we

00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:43.240
 got to go

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:43.720
 back to

00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:44.700
 chapter 17.

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:45.880
 And if you

00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.140
 look at

00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:46.860
 chapter 17,

00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.600
 God actually

00:18:47.600 --> 00:18:48.320
 had a hand

00:18:48.320 --> 00:18:49.300
 in bringing

00:18:49.300 --> 00:18:50.060
 Absalom to

00:18:50.060 --> 00:18:50.580
 the forest.

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.220
 It's not in

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:52.640
 the bulletin

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:52.920
 but if you

00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.220
 look at

00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:54.400
 17 verse

00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:54.940
 14 it

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.240
 says,

00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:55.600
 for the

00:18:55.600 --> 00:18:55.960
 Lord had

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.960
 ordained to

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.600
 defeat the

00:18:57.600 --> 00:18:58.240
 good counsel

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:59.019
 of Ahithophel.

00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.019
 Now basically

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.599
 what happened

00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:01.620
 was Absalom

00:19:01.620 --> 00:19:02.079
 was taking

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.720
 counsel on

00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.039
 how to

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.599
 kill or

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:03.900
 how to

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.700
 defeat David.

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.319
 And Ahithophel

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.460
 was this one

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.000
 counselor,

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.079
 one consultant

00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:09.819
 who had the

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.480
 best consultant

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.460
 firm at

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:11.900
 those days.

00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:12.819
 And he

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.839
 and he

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.960
 his counsel

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:16.200
 was basically

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:17.059
 defeated by

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.419
 God.

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.339
 But then

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.919
 Absalom

00:19:18.919 --> 00:19:19.319
 took the

00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:19.720
 counsel of

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.259
 another man

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.720
 which told

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:20.939
 him to

00:19:20.939 --> 00:19:21.319
 go out

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.919
 into the

00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:22.159
 field.

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.879
 You see

00:19:23.879 --> 00:19:24.339
 the reason

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.779
 Absalom

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.419
 was there

00:19:25.419 --> 00:19:25.700
 in the

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.019
 field in

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.500
 first place

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.319
 was because

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.799
 God

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.859
 had put

00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.220
 him there.

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.159
 And what

00:19:31.159 --> 00:19:31.679
 happens if

00:19:31.679 --> 00:19:32.000
 you look at

00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.599
 verse 9?

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:34.039
 And Absalom

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.639
 happened to

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.000
 meet the

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.480
 servants of

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:35.759
 David.

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.000
 Absalom

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.480
 was riding

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:37.819
 on his

00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.119
 mule and

00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:38.419
 the mule

00:19:38.419 --> 00:19:38.859
 went under

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.740
 thick branches

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.259
 of great

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:41.039
 oak and

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.559
 his head

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.319
 was caught

00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:42.879
 fast in

00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:43.259
 the oak

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.899
 and he

00:19:43.899 --> 00:19:44.559
 was suspended

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.079
 from heaven

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.480
 and earth

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.139
 while the

00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:46.559
 mule that

00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:46.940
 was under

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.920
 him went

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.180
 on.

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.339
 In many

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:50.720
 ways that

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.940
 looks very

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.319
 comical.

00:19:53.399 --> 00:19:54.220
 Imagine you're

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:55.180
 out in the

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.500
 battlefield,

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.359
 you turn

00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:56.720
 around the

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.180
 bush and

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:57.519
 boom,

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:57.960
 your enemy

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.299
 is there

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:59.099
 hanging on

00:19:59.099 --> 00:19:59.480
 a tree.

00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:00.839
 Like that.

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.339
 It's sad

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:03.079
 but it

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.899
 feels like

00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.139
 wow,

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:05.279
 that's so

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.720
 much easier

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.059
 than I

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.339
 thought,

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:06.599
 right?

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.279
 But if

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.500
 you think

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.980
 about it,

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:11.539
 this is

00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:11.900
 not a

00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.579
 coincidence

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.720
 because in

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.059
 God's word

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.400
 there is

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.019
 no coincidence.

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.319
 God was

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.740
 very much

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.240
 in control

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.660
 because if

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.079
 you remember

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.880
 in Deuteronomy

00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.319
 21,

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.599
 it says that

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.099
 anyone that

00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:21.539
 is hanging

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.180
 from a tree

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:23.120
 is cursed

00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:23.660
 by God.

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.220
 Absalom

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.839
 was cursed

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.319
 by God.

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.079
 In other

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.240
 words,

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.660
 if you look

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.279
 at the

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.880
 verse we

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.200
 looked at

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.960
 chapter 17,

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.660
 it said that

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.759
 God had

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.620
 ordained to

00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:34.259
 bring harm

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:35.240
 to Absalom.

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.720
 God was

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.299
 out to

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:37.140
 bring justice

00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:38.099
 against

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.620
 Absalom.

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.860
 So we

00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:41.440
 find Absalom

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:42.079
 hanging on

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.460
 the tree,

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.420
 unable to

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.960
 do anything

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:45.220
 and here

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.700
 again we

00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.059
 see this

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.380
 little bit

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:46.860
 of tension,

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.180
 right?

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.220
 A soldier

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.680
 comes in

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:48.860
 and he's

00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.039
 like,

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.420
 oh man,

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:49.799
 I cannot

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.079
 kill,

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.460
 this is the

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.620
 king,

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.000
 king said

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.400
 don't kill

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:52.099
 him and

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.480
 Joab is

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.620
 like,

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:52.880
 why don't

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.180
 you kill

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.380
 him?

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.180
 And there's

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.559
 this whole

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:56.079
 tension and

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.660
 finally,

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:59.019
 Joab comes

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.160
 in,

00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.779
 the commander,

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.900
 he knows

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.339
 what needs

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.920
 to be done

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.759
 and he goes

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.960
 in and he

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.339
 takes the

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:04.839
 life of

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:06.500
 Absalom and

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.000
 it was done.

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:09.519
 So the

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.119
 question is,

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:11.279
 what was

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.500
 done?

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.480
 What did

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.319
 Absalom's

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:15.359
 death mean

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.700
 for David

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.460
 or for the

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:17.880
 kingdom of

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.079
 God?

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.740
 So I want

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.039
 us to look

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.059
 at verse 19

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:23.079
 onwards and

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.519
 that's where we

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:23.900
 find our

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.279
 answer.

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:26.099
 Verse 19,

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.599
 we do not

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.160
 read in our

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.759
 scripture reading

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.220
 but what

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:28.880
 happens here

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.160
 is,

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.660
 now the

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.019
 battle's

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.440
 finished,

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.220
 Absalom is

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.480
 dead,

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.819
 now who

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.400
 is going to

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:35.880
 go and tell

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.400
 David the

00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:36.680
 news?

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.160
 Who is

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.400
 going to

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:38.940
 go tell

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:40.059
 David that

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.619
 the battle

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.700
 is won but

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.980
 his son is

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.160
 dead?

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.619
 And there's

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:44.940
 this whole

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.619
 tension again,

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:45.839
 right?

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.240
 There's one

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.079
 guy who's,

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.500
 Ahimez says,

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:48.900
 I want to

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.380
 go and tell

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.259
 the king.

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.460
 And Joab in

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.140
 all his wisdom

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.500
 says,

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.859
 I don't think

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.220
 it's a great

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.480
 idea,

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.220
 it's not the

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.839
 best news and

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.220
 he sends

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.539
 another guy but

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.140
 Ahimez is

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.420
 like,

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:58.640
 no,

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:58.759
 no,

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:58.900
 no,

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:58.980
 no,

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.559
 I want to

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.180
 go and

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.700
 finally Joab

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.119
 was like,

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:02.640
 fine,

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.299
 go and

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.099
 Ahimez takes

00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.680
 a shortcut,

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.000
 wins this

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.700
 other guy

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.420
 to tell the

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.680
 news.

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.519
 But what I

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.900
 want us to

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.819
 notice here is,

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.779
 I want us to

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.319
 notice the

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.279
 news that

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.559
 they were

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:12.860
 bringing.

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.039
 See what was

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.480
 the news,

00:22:15.580 --> 00:22:15.920
 what had

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.740
 actually happened

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:18.039
 from their

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.340
 mouth.

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.700
 Look at

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.360
 verse 19

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.740
 on the bulletin,

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.119
 it says,

00:22:21.199 --> 00:22:21.719
 then Ahimez,

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.139
 the son of

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:22.439
 Zadok,

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.719
 said,

00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.879
 let me run

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.379
 and carry

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.779
 the news

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.119
 to the

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:25.359
 king.

00:22:25.959 --> 00:22:26.299
 And what

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.579
 was the

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:26.839
 news?

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.719
 That the

00:22:27.719 --> 00:22:28.299
 Lord has

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:29.159
 delivered him

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.879
 from the

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.519
 hand of

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.059
 his enemies.

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.079
 Now,

00:22:33.159 --> 00:22:33.519
 this is not

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:33.859
 just a

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.619
 random message

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.359
 because this

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:35.899
 is a message

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:36.759
 that's repeated

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.439
 two more

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:37.799
 times,

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.599
 in a total

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:38.979
 of three

00:22:38.979 --> 00:22:39.439
 more times

00:22:39.439 --> 00:22:39.919
 and anything

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:40.559
 that's repeated

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.079
 in God's

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.719
 word is

00:22:41.719 --> 00:22:42.099
 important.

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.679
 Okay,

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.039
 look at

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.819
 verse 28.

00:22:44.179 --> 00:22:44.619
 28,

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.679
 he says,

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:45.899
 again,

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.259
 the news

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.460
 is,

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:46.820
 who has

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.519
 delivered up

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.980
 the man

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.320
 who has

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:49.120
 raised their

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.820
 hand against

00:22:49.820 --> 00:22:50.720
 my lord,

00:22:50.780 --> 00:22:51.140
 the king.

00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:52.200
 Look at

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.800
 verse 31

00:22:52.800 --> 00:22:53.280
 again.

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.120
 The good

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.420
 news is

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.660
 what?

00:22:54.800 --> 00:22:55.140
 For the

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.560
 Lord has

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:56.280
 delivered you

00:22:56.280 --> 00:22:56.820
 this day

00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.400
 from the

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.820
 hand of

00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:58.440
 all who

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.000
 rose up

00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.100
 against you.

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.180
 So,

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:01.620
 what has

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.180
 God done

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.680
 for David?

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:03.800
 God has

00:23:03.800 --> 00:23:04.720
 delivered David

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.140
 from the

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.480
 hand of

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.040
 his enemies,

00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:07.160
 those that

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.700
 have raised

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.180
 their hand

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.040
 against him.

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.740
 Those,

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:10.780
 they are

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:11.560
 all defeated.

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.420
 David is

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.759
 saved.

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.460
 David is

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.860
 delivered.

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.620
 Man,

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.060
 that's the

00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:15.540
 great news,

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:15.920
 isn't it?

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.240
 That's the

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.680
 great news

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:16.940
 for the

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.200
 kingdom.

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:17.700
 God's

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.119
 kingdom,

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.159
 God's

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:20.720
 chosen king

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.379
 is saved.

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.039
 I mean,

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.480
 all these

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.039
 people that

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.619
 had to run

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.259
 away because

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.500
 of the

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.960
 rebellion,

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.799
 that had to,

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.460
 as they were

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.019
 running away,

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:27.920
 being mocked as

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.480
 they ran away,

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.759
 being cursed as

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.220
 they ran away,

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.299
 being stoned as

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.859
 they ran away,

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.460
 being exiled

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.440
 because of their

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.240
 sin away from

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.839
 God's kingdom,

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.759
 all these people,

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.819
 all this situation

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.960
 is finally

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.819
 over.

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.980
 God has

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:43.539
 delivered David

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.379
 and his people.

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.940
 But then,

00:23:47.379 --> 00:23:48.680
 it doesn't

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.559
 really feel that

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:49.819
 way,

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.279
 does it?

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.279
 It doesn't

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.180
 feel like it's

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.159
 a great and

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:55.159
 joyful moment.

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.220
 Look at

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.039
 verse 28.

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.460
 Ahimez comes

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.420
 with the same

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.379
 joyful attitude,

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:03.740
 right?

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.399
 He comes with

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:04.720
 this like,

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.180
 woohoo,

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.879
 it's done.

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.180
 Let's go and

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.759
 tell the king.

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.960
 And Ahimez says,

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.240
 yeah,

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.180
 God has

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.799
 delivered you.

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.759
 And David

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.259
 asks him,

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:13.960
 hey,

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.480
 but what about

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.139
 the young man

00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:15.519
 Absalom?

00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.139
 What happened?

00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.639
 And Ahimez was

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:18.919
 like,

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.440
 whoops.

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.899
 And he knows

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.379
 what happened,

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.220
 but he tells a

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.440
 lie,

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.700
 right?

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.180
 He says,

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.599
 I don't know,

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.379
 there was a

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.379
 crowd there,

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.899
 something was

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.319
 happening,

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.339
 not exactly sure,

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:30.819
 but yeah,

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.720
 I don't know.

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.859
 And David

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.519
 tells him to,

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.079
 why don't you

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.519
 stand at the

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.759
 side?

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.599
 The second

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.319
 messenger comes

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.579
 in,

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:37.859
 David,

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.439
 God has

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:38.919
 delivered you

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.919
 from the

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.379
 enemies,

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.579
 the young

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.039
 man Absalom?

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.039
 Ahimez must

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.639
 have been at

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:44.939
 the side,

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.139
 like,

00:24:45.219 --> 00:24:45.859
 don't tell

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.019
 him.

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.079
 And he

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.399
 says,

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.679
 basically,

00:24:51.199 --> 00:24:51.740
 Absalom was

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.099
 no more.

00:24:54.459 --> 00:24:55.179
 And then in

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:55.879
 verse 33,

00:24:56.719 --> 00:24:57.299
 David goes

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.879
 back to his

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.519
 room and

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.059
 he grieves

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.719
 and he mourns.

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.240
 Now,

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.959
 I don't think

00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:05.379
 David was

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.339
 shocked by

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.839
 the news.

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:09.000
 he knew

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.339
 that this

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.599
 was going

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.000
 to happen.

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.579
 If you

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:10.899
 remember

00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:11.439
 verse 1

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:11.919
 to 5,

00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:12.539
 the whole

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.199
 army,

00:25:13.979 --> 00:25:15.059
 you cannot,

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.219
 as the army

00:25:16.219 --> 00:25:16.639
 was going

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.240
 out against

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.579
 Absalom,

00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:18.939
 we know

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.419
 that war

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:20.139
 isn't over

00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:21.059
 until the

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.659
 enemies are

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.059
 defeated.

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.959
 It's not

00:25:24.959 --> 00:25:25.699
 a shock

00:25:25.699 --> 00:25:26.699
 that Absalom

00:25:26.699 --> 00:25:27.119
 was going

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.359
 to be

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.759
 defeated

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:29.199
 and that

00:25:29.199 --> 00:25:29.579
 his life

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:29.819
 was going

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.000
 to be

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.319
 taken.

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.319
 You see,

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.679
 but then

00:25:36.679 --> 00:25:37.039
 still,

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.619
 David,

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.359
 for some

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.879
 hopeful

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:39.399
 reason,

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.539
 he gives

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.099
 this request

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.500
 of deal

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.939
 gently

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:43.299
 with this

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.679
 young man

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.099
 Absalom.

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.579
 But if you

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.979
 think about

00:25:48.979 --> 00:25:49.199
 it,

00:25:50.459 --> 00:25:51.240
 this whole

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.099
 ordeal,

00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:52.779
 this whole

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.119
 thing,

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.299
 David kind

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.639
 of knew,

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.959
 he was not

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:56.500
 shocked by the

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.819
 news,

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.500
 and yet it

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.259
 comes and

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.619
 he's in

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.319
 his grieving

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.939
 and mourning.

00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:01.819
 Yes,

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.459
 he was

00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:02.859
 delivered,

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.859
 but then

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.240
 there was

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.779
 this whole

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.700
 sadness

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.299
 to it,

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.680
 which leads

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:08.940
 us to

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.640
 our last

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:09.980
 thought,

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.640
 last act

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:10.880
 of the

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.180
 story,

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.740
 which is

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.279
 the cost.

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.319
 If you

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.559
 look at

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.019
 from verse

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.839
 33 all

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.120
 the way

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.740
 till chapter

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.160
 19,

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.700
 verse 4,

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.180
 we see

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.599
 David

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.019
 grieving,

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:19.859
 David

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.299
 mourning.

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.019
 I mean,

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.259
 yes,

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.519
 he was

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.160
 delivered from

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.620
 his enemies,

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.400
 yes,

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.700
 he was

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.200
 allowed to

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.759
 come back

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.519
 into God's

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.259
 kingdom now,

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.059
 but

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:29.880
 nonetheless,

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:31.480
 the deliverance

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:33.060
 of him

00:26:33.060 --> 00:26:33.840
 was very,

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:34.640
 very costly.

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:36.960
 You see,

00:26:37.040 --> 00:26:37.500
 we see here

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.100
 David mourning

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:38.520
 his son,

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.980
 but maybe,

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.980
 not maybe,

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.680
 but perhaps,

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.580
 David was

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:45.320
 also mourning

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:46.520
 his role

00:26:46.520 --> 00:26:47.480
 in that.

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.720
 You see,

00:26:49.780 --> 00:26:50.120
 because this

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.960
 whole story

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.360
 is an

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.000
 outworking

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.860
 of the

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.520
 consequences

00:26:53.520 --> 00:26:54.320
 of David's

00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:54.500
 sin.

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:55.920
 You see,

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.400
 his sin

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.800
 in being

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.680
 very passive

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.880
 when there

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.820
 was abuse,

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.660
 and murder

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:02.280
 David's

00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:02.720
 sin in

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.500
 being very

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.680
 passive

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.080
 and not

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.400
 bringing

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:06.140
 justice

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:07.440
 when this

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.940
 was happening

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.440
 among his

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:08.660
 son.

00:27:09.260 --> 00:27:09.520
 And more

00:27:09.520 --> 00:27:09.800
 than that,

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.280
 his sin

00:27:10.280 --> 00:27:10.820
 right from

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:11.220
 the beginning

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.480
 of,

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.040
 with Bathsheba,

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.360
 where he

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.840
 took a

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.280
 woman that

00:27:14.280 --> 00:27:14.600
 was not

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.080
 his wife

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:16.120
 and murdered

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:17.140
 her husband.

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.960
 And outworking

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.040
 of his sin,

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.160
 we see it

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.560
 throughout the

00:27:21.560 --> 00:27:21.840
 story.

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.160
 And look

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.840
 at the end

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.580
 of verse 33

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.280
 in chapter 18,

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:27.880
 he says,

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:29.840
 would I

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.400
 have died

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.660
 instead of

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:31.820
 you?

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.240
 And that

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.680
 seems to be

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.080
 a mourning,

00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:35.460
 yeah,

00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:36.100
 both of his

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:37.020
 son,

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.580
 but also a

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.380
 mourning because

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.060
 of his role

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:41.180
 in this whole

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.500
 event.

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.320
 Now,

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.860
 this does not

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.280
 mean that

00:27:44.280 --> 00:27:45.180
 Absalom was

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:46.260
 completely innocent

00:27:46.260 --> 00:27:46.940
 and guiltless.

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:47.940
 I mean,

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.680
 Absalom had

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.660
 raised his hand

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.300
 against the

00:27:50.300 --> 00:27:50.980
 Lord himself

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.200
 by opposing

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.840
 God's

00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:53.880
 appointed king.

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:54.640
 Right?

00:27:54.780 --> 00:27:55.240
 If you remember

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.840
 the story of

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.139
 David,

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.980
 when he was

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.480
 running away

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.919
 from King

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.319
 Saul,

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.379
 David never

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.919
 raised his

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.759
 hand against

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.319
 King Saul.

00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:01.639
 Why?

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:01.859
 Why?

00:28:01.959 --> 00:28:02.980
 Because he

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.480
 was God's

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.980
 appointed,

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.319
 anointed one.

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.459
 He was God's

00:28:06.459 --> 00:28:07.179
 chosen and he

00:28:07.179 --> 00:28:07.839
 would not raise

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.859
 his hand against

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.419
 God's chosen,

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.959
 no matter how

00:28:10.959 --> 00:28:11.639
 much injustice

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.379
 he was facing.

00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:13.720
 And in the same

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:13.879
 way,

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.519
 but what we see

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.299
 here is Absalom

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.179
 is raising his

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:16.659
 hand against

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.439
 God's anointed

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:17.799
 one,

00:28:18.199 --> 00:28:19.179
 which is similar

00:28:19.179 --> 00:28:20.059
 to him raising

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.939
 his hands against

00:28:20.939 --> 00:28:21.759
 the Lord himself.

00:28:22.419 --> 00:28:23.059
 Not only that,

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.599
 he was someone

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.359
 who planned a

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.099
 murder for two

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.559
 years.

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.799
 And after that,

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.500
 he was planning

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.279
 a rebellion for

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.899
 four years,

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.779
 put it to work

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:31.039
 and done it

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.220
 and out to

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.779
 kill David.

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.480
 You see,

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:33.959
 he's not like

00:28:33.959 --> 00:28:34.740
 most people.

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.240
 Most people get

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.579
 angry,

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.039
 they do something,

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.240
 they say something

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.779
 and then they

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.299
 regret it.

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.559
 Right?

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:40.879
 It's very

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.279
 impulsive.

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.279
 But Absalom

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.939
 was a type of

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:43.639
 man who gets

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.059
 angry,

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.659
 who plans it

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.359
 out for two

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.819
 years,

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.619
 holds on to

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:47.819
 it,

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.199
 and then commits

00:28:49.199 --> 00:28:49.980
 and executes

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.139
 it.

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.500
 In many ways,

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.980
 he's a very

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.519
 evil man.

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:54.279
 Very angry

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.099
 and very

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.899
 out to

00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:57.379
 kill man.

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.059
 And justice

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:00.220
 has come

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.039
 upon him.

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.339
 But going

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.779
 back to

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.299
 David's

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.019
 deliverance,

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:07.039
 we still see

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.500
 that it came

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.079
 with a cost.

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.920
 We see that

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.740
 what was broken

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.420
 between David

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.920
 and God,

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.119
 his exile,

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.539
 and for him

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.359
 to come back,

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.299
 it came with

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.759
 a cost.

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:19.240
 But if you

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.660
 think about

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:19.920
 it,

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.220
 isn't that

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.299
 what life

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.940
 is like?

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.539
 Isn't that

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.000
 reality?

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.700
 I mean,

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.440
 if someone

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.000
 breaks a

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.259
 cup,

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.359
 it's going

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:30.200
 to cost

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:31.220
 someone to

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.480
 put it

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.039
 back together.

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.640
 Someone

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.059
 got to

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.839
 spend some

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.440
 time and

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.019
 money and

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.539
 glue and

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.839
 stuff.

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:36.740
 I mean,

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.039
 even if

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.119
 someone buys

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.460
 you a

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:38.740
 cup,

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.460
 it's not

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:39.720
 free.

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.440
 Someone pays

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.879
 the cost

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.279
 for that.

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.200
 It's a

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.779
 reality in

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.039
 human

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.660
 relationship.

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.839
 When a

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.440
 husband cheats

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.900
 on his

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.299
 wife,

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.420
 for there

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.680
 to be

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.160
 reconciliation,

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.759
 there is

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.259
 a cost.

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.519
 The wife

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.019
 pays it

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.859
 by choosing

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.240
 not to

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.660
 think about

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:53.779
 it,

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.220
 by choosing

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.740
 to forgive,

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.379
 learning to

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.000
 trust again.

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.220
 There's a

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.640
 cost when

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:58.920
 there's a

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.339
 conflicts,

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.740
 when one

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.339
 person has

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.960
 to forgive

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.200
 in the

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.599
 midst of

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:03.920
 pain.

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:04.879
 One

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.500
 person has

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.819
 to pay

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.299
 the cost

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.779
 of saying

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.279
 it's okay,

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.480
 I forgive

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.720
 you.

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.500
 You see,

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:10.740
 it's a

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.299
 reality in

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.579
 life,

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.000
 it's a

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.740
 reality in

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.079
 human

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.740
 relationships,

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.660
 and it's

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.140
 a reality

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.720
 with God.

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:18.220
 God cannot

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.940
 just forgive

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.279
 us.

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.819
 It comes

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.180
 with a

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.519
 cost.

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.539
 There is

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.079
 a cost

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:26.460
 for our

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.839
 sins to

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.339
 be forgiven,

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.680
 and who

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.299
 is going

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.559
 to pay

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.079
 that cost?

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.620
 And in

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.120
 this story,

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.740
 we see

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.259
 that David

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.819
 were in the

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.240
 wilderness,

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.140
 exiled,

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.299
 very symbolic

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.220
 of being

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.980
 exiled away

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.519
 from God's

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.180
 kingdom because

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.600
 of sin.

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.919
 what is

00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:42.159
 going to

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:42.480
 bring them

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.779
 back?

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.679
 And we

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.039
 see the

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.659
 cost that

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.679
 David goes

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:45.980
 through.

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.659
 But the

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.159
 question is,

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.459
 how about

00:30:48.459 --> 00:30:48.819
 for you?

00:30:50.199 --> 00:30:50.759
 How about

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.259
 for us?

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.579
 Who is

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.879
 going to

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.279
 pay the

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.740
 cost of

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.419
 our sins?

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.159
 Who has

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.819
 the capacity

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.339
 to pay

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.939
 that cost?

00:30:58.899 --> 00:30:59.079
 You know,

00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.599
 by God's

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.019
 word tells

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.299
 us the

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.919
 wages of

00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:01.939
 sin is

00:31:01.939 --> 00:31:02.319
 death.

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.859
 Who here

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.299
 has the

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.019
 capacity to

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.439
 pay that?

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.019
 Who is

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.599
 pure enough

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:08.959
 to pay

00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:09.179
 that?

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:12.740
 Well,

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.000
 if you

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.279
 are in

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.639
 Christ,

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.899
 I want

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.119
 us to

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.559
 think about

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:16.839
 this.

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.339
 You and

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.559
 I,

00:31:17.699 --> 00:31:18.059
 we can

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.599
 stand

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.599
 before a

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.279
 holy God

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:22.859
 and ask

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.500
 for forgiveness

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:25.480
 and have

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.240
 the assurance

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.319
 of being

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:28.139
 forgiven and

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.759
 be forgiven

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.379
 because that

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:31.779
 cost has

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.339
 already been

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.000
 paid by

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.339
 Jesus.

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.139
 You see,

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.539
 when a

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.079
 criminal

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:41.119
 murders

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:42.039
 or kills

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.639
 a person,

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:43.579
 we cannot

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.179
 just say,

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:44.379
 oh,

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:44.819
 it's okay,

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.460
 that's fine,

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.179
 don't do it

00:31:46.179 --> 00:31:46.399
 again.

00:31:46.939 --> 00:31:47.539
 He has to

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.899
 pay the

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.240
 price.

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.000
 And it's

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.359
 the same

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.879
 for us.

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.919
 Our sin

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.439
 is a sin

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:52.259
 against God.

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.059
 And the

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.419
 one who

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:53.839
 is supposed

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.460
 to pay

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.779
 is us,

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:56.259
 no one

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.539
 else.

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.679
 But when

00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:58.279
 we come

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.639
 to the

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:59.039
 cross,

00:31:59.579 --> 00:31:59.879
 it was

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.419
 not us

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:00.919
 who pays,

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.539
 but it

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.179
 was God,

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.359
 the one

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.059
 who we

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.839
 sin against,

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.639
 He is

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.119
 the one

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:07.059
 who pays

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.699
 the cost

00:32:07.699 --> 00:32:08.439
 of our

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:08.859
 sin.

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:11.159
 Isn't

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.339
 that

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.879
 incredible?

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.159
 You see,

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.639
 God was

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:13.939
 the one

00:32:13.939 --> 00:32:14.339
 who pays

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.459
 it.

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.919
 In fact,

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.599
 2 Corinthians

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.339
 5 tells

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.519
 us,

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.039
 for our

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.539
 sake,

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.819
 God made

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.119
 Him,

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.639
 Jesus,

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.819
 who knew

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.559
 no sin,

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:23.219
 to become

00:32:23.219 --> 00:32:23.679
 sin,

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.019
 so that in

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.299
 Him,

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.819
 we can have

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.519
 the righteousness

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.159
 of God.

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.459
 In other

00:32:29.459 --> 00:32:29.799
 words,

00:32:30.439 --> 00:32:31.079
 because He

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.559
 took the

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:31.959
 cost,

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:33.339
 now we can

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:33.740
 have the

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.139
 righteousness

00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.639
 of God.

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.100
 we can

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:36.660
 be forgiven,

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.259
 washed,

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.740
 and have

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.259
 the right

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.960
 standing

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:40.580
 before God.

00:32:41.540 --> 00:32:42.060
 Because

00:32:42.060 --> 00:32:42.740
 Jesus,

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.240
 Christ Jesus

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.759
 paid that

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.200
 price,

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.020
 paid the

00:32:46.020 --> 00:32:46.340
 cost.

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.280
 Isn't

00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:48.440
 that

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.920
 incredible?

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.580
 Isn't

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.320
 that an

00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:51.620
 amazing

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.060
 grace?

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.160
 In a bit,

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.460
 we're going

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.759
 to sing

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.259
 this song,

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.620
 and there's

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.120
 this line

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.400
 in the

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:55.840
 song that

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.220
 says,

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.000
 because

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.520
 the

00:32:57.520 --> 00:32:57.960
 sinless

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.360
 Savior

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:58.800
 died,

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.540
 my

00:32:59.540 --> 00:32:59.960
 sinful

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.460
 soul

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.240
 is now

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.800
 set free.

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.720
 For

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.320
 God the

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.920
 just is

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.560
 satisfied,

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.500
 to look

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.040
 on Him

00:33:06.040 --> 00:33:07.259
 and pardon

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.600
 me.

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.340
 That's

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:12.780
 something to

00:33:12.780 --> 00:33:13.580
 really ponder

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:14.040
 upon.

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.400
 That God

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.759
 will look

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.440
 at Christ

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.700
 and would

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.620
 pardon us

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.820
 and unworthy,

00:33:20.020 --> 00:33:20.600
 undeserving

00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:21.240
 sinners,

00:33:21.540 --> 00:33:22.360
 because Jesus

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:23.440
 paid that

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.780
 price.

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.880
 And if

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.280
 you're new

00:33:27.280 --> 00:33:27.759
 here today,

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.200
 or if you

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.500
 have not

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.020
 really given

00:33:29.020 --> 00:33:29.420
 your life

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.900
 to Christ,

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.259
 this is an

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.680
 incredible

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.540
 invitation to

00:33:32.540 --> 00:33:32.880
 come and

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.560
 receive His

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:33.860
 love,

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.380
 isn't it?

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.140
 You see,

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.560
 because on

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:36.140
 the cross,

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.360
 the price

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.640
 has been

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:37.960
 paid,

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.680
 which means

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:38.960
 that you

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.440
 don't have

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.060
 to perform,

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:40.780
 you don't

00:33:40.780 --> 00:33:41.180
 have to

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.759
 do a

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.120
 thousand

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.780
 good deeds

00:33:42.780 --> 00:33:43.520
 to be

00:33:43.520 --> 00:33:44.020
 accepted

00:33:44.020 --> 00:33:44.600
 by God.

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.340
 You don't

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:45.759
 have to

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.080
 sort out

00:33:46.080 --> 00:33:46.520
 yourself

00:33:46.520 --> 00:33:47.480
 and get

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.900
 your life

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.540
 in place,

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.140
 sorted,

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:49.700
 and come

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.480
 before God,

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.300
 because we

00:33:51.300 --> 00:33:51.660
 can all

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.340
 come before

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:53.560
 God with

00:33:53.560 --> 00:33:54.360
 our brokenness

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:54.920
 and sin,

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.940
 because when

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.400
 we give our

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.800
 life to

00:33:56.800 --> 00:33:57.400
 Christ in

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.720
 faith,

00:33:59.300 --> 00:33:59.700
 we can

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.200
 know that

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.720
 the cost

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.060
 has been

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:01.400
 paid,

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.220
 and that

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.680
 we can be

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.520
 accepted and

00:34:03.520 --> 00:34:03.860
 forgiven.

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:06.659
 But church,

00:34:06.899 --> 00:34:07.359
 isn't that

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.739
 incredible news?

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.319
 That the cost

00:34:11.319 --> 00:34:11.619
 has been

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:11.920
 paid.

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.299
 But this is

00:34:14.299 --> 00:34:15.039
 what I really

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.599
 want us to

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.019
 take away

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.519
 today.

00:34:16.859 --> 00:34:17.500
 This is what I

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.299
 really want us to

00:34:18.299 --> 00:34:18.739
 think about,

00:34:18.799 --> 00:34:19.500
 not just take away,

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.759
 but really meditate

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.519
 and think about

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.279
 in this coming

00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:22.559
 week.

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.279
 You see,

00:34:23.359 --> 00:34:23.960
 the cost was not

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.219
 cheap,

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.199
 it was not

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.900
 cheap for David,

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:27.059
 and it's

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.740
 definitely not

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.660
 cheap and

00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:29.559
 simple for

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.280
 Jesus and

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:30.519
 God.

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.460
 So I want us

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.960
 to take away

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.360
 these three

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.720
 things.

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.260
 And here's the

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.740
 first thing,

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:36.139
 don't take sin

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.539
 lightly,

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.519
 or don't

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.820
 take the

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.260
 cost of

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.740
 salvation

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.280
 lightly.

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.420
 You see,

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.220
 it's so easy

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:44.260
 for us to

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.720
 forget the

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.360
 cross and

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.880
 take our

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.480
 sin very

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.800
 lightly,

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.260
 isn't it?

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:48.139
 We can have

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.720
 this attitude

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.200
 of,

00:34:49.680 --> 00:34:49.800
 yeah,

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.340
 Jesus has

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.840
 forgiven my

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.039
 sin,

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:51.660
 I can go

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:52.119
 on my life

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.380
 and do

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.880
 whatever I

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.139
 want.

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:54.719
 We might

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.219
 not think

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.500
 that,

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.940
 but how

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.259
 about when

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.900
 we don't

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.559
 deal with

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.099
 our sin?

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.000
 Maybe it's

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.420
 an addiction

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.920
 like porn

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.219
 addiction,

00:35:01.379 --> 00:35:01.639
 when we

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.239
 just get

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.779
 used to

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:04.079
 it and

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:05.059
 just make

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.460
 it part of

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.839
 our lives

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.359
 without ever

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:06.900
 dealing with

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.079
 it.

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.159
 Or maybe

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.480
 it's a

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.900
 conflict that

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.379
 we don't

00:35:10.379 --> 00:35:11.279
 move towards

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:12.960
 resolution and

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.599
 unity in

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.039
 forgiveness.

00:35:15.879 --> 00:35:16.199
 You see,

00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:16.779
 all of these

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:17.159
 things,

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:18.539
 we can,

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.539
 it's also an

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.179
 example of maybe

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.920
 we can usually

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.559
 go back to

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.960
 our life and

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.460
 have this

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:24.380
 attitude of,

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.260
 yeah,

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.539
 I've got

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:25.880
 work,

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.320
 I've got

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.840
 relationships,

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.260
 I'm just

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.480
 going to go

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.800
 back my

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.139
 life and

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.780
 never really

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.280
 think about

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:30.240
 God throughout

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:30.720
 the week.

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.579
 Maybe it

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.400
 can go days

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:32.980
 and months

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.519
 and weeks

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.619
 without actually

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.420
 sitting with

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.720
 God.

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.920
 Or days and

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.400
 weeks without

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.000
 actually getting

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.679
 on our knees

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:40.019
 and thanking

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:42.079
 God for what

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.659
 He has done

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.280
 on the cross.

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.199
 How do we

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.679
 take God's

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:48.039
 costly payment?

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:48.559
 How do we

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.220
 take God's

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:50.159
 sacrifice for us

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.880
 in our lives?

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:53.660
 that does

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:54.099
 come off

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.800
 very sharp,

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:56.039
 but it's a

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.780
 call for us

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.559
 to think about

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.980
 our life.

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.900
 How is our

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.480
 time used?

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.280
 How is our

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.860
 hearts and

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.780
 passions used?

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.960
 What are we

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.559
 so passionate

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:03.860
 about?

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.240
 What is

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:05.539
 something that

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.079
 makes our

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.980
 heart beat

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.500
 fast?

00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.860
 What is

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.140
 it?

00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:14.400
 Or is it

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:15.059
 very easy for

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.640
 us to

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:16.059
 compromise

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.980
 with the

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.519
 things of

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.860
 the world?

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.000
 Do we

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.460
 take sin

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.880
 seriously?

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.920
 do we

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.500
 take the

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.000
 cost that

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.539
 Jesus paid

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.760
 seriously with

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.380
 thankfulness?

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.920
 Now here's the

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.559
 second thing for

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.920
 us to take

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.140
 away.

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.200
 Follow the

00:36:29.200 --> 00:36:29.980
 footstep of

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.300
 Christ.

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.820
 When Jesus

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.640
 calls us to

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:35.160
 follow Him,

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:38.099
 oh that's a

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.320
 baby.

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.800
 When Jesus

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.340
 calls us to

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.860
 follow Him,

00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:43.640
 He calls us

00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:45.220
 to carry our

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:46.140
 cross and

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:46.680
 follow Him.

00:36:46.679 --> 00:37:09.859
 God's words

00:37:09.859 --> 00:37:12.039
 tells us to

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.659
 forgive one

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.339
 another in

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:13.799
 the same

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:14.239
 way as

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:15.599
 Christ has

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.359
 forgiven you.

00:37:16.859 --> 00:37:17.239
 Or what

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.659
 He's saying

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.339
 is in the

00:37:18.339 --> 00:37:18.779
 same way

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.319
 that Jesus

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:20.079
 has paid

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.719
 the cost in

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.420
 forgiving us,

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.159
 He's calling

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.819
 us to bear

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:23.579
 the cost of

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:24.279
 forgiving one

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:25.099
 another in

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.679
 the same

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.839
 way as

00:37:26.839 --> 00:37:27.920
 He has

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.239
 done.

00:37:29.359 --> 00:37:29.719
 I mean,

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.179
 it's not just

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.719
 in conflicts,

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.000
 right?

00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:32.099
 We're called

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.719
 to consider

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.339
 one another

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:34.319
 better than

00:37:34.319 --> 00:37:34.759
 ourselves.

00:37:35.399 --> 00:37:36.019
 We're called

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.819
 to disciple

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:37.739
 one another

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.539
 and to

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.979
 pour out

00:37:38.979 --> 00:37:39.419
 our lives

00:37:39.419 --> 00:37:39.779
 in one

00:37:39.779 --> 00:37:40.239
 another and

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.659
 all of

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.279
 these things

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:42.339
 cost.

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:45.019
 But here's

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:46.500
 the important

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:46.859
 thing.

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.099
 In all of

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.639
 these things,

00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:50.079
 there is a

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:51.239
 cost when

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:51.859
 you do it,

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.419
 but there is

00:37:53.419 --> 00:37:54.500
 also a cost

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.259
 when you

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:55.979
 don't do it.

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.179
 You see,

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:58.779
 in conflict,

00:37:59.619 --> 00:37:59.819
 yeah,

00:37:59.879 --> 00:38:00.179
 there's a

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.539
 cost to

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:00.899
 forgive,

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:01.779
 but there's

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.279
 also a

00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:03.000
 cost when

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.479
 you don't

00:38:03.479 --> 00:38:04.099
 forgive and

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.639
 walk away.

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:05.939
 And the

00:38:05.939 --> 00:38:06.699
 cost is paid

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.319
 by broken

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:08.140
 relationships,

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.680
 disunity in

00:38:09.680 --> 00:38:10.080
 the group.

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.440
 Even for

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.220
 considering others

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.640
 better than

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:13.960
 yourself,

00:38:14.080 --> 00:38:14.420
 there's a

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.800
 cost in

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.100
 doing it,

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:15.360
 but there's

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.760
 also a

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.120
 cost in

00:38:16.120 --> 00:38:16.559
 not doing

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.800
 it.

00:38:17.640 --> 00:38:18.220
 It brings

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:18.800
 disunity,

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.620
 it brings

00:38:19.620 --> 00:38:20.140
 pride,

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:20.720
 it brings

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:21.519
 jealousy,

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.000
 it brings

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.640
 a whole lot

00:38:22.640 --> 00:38:23.039
 of stuff.

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.220
 And what

00:38:24.220 --> 00:38:24.720
 it does is

00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:25.320
 it also

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.940
 mars the

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:28.280
 gospel

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:29.519
 message to

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.940
 the world

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.920
 because unity

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.780
 is supposed

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:32.300
 to be a

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.660
 message.

00:38:33.160 --> 00:38:33.720
 The church,

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:34.360
 unity in the

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.700
 church is

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:35.160
 supposed to

00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:35.760
 be a gospel

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.380
 message to

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.660
 the world.

00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:37.300
 It brings

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:38.060
 it destroys

00:38:38.060 --> 00:38:38.620
 that image.

00:38:39.080 --> 00:38:39.640
 A cost is

00:38:39.640 --> 00:38:40.140
 still paid.

00:38:42.060 --> 00:38:42.560
 You see,

00:38:42.620 --> 00:38:42.900
 there's a

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.360
 cost whether

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:44.019
 we do it

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.740
 or whether

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.120
 we don't

00:38:45.120 --> 00:38:45.480
 do it.

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.280
 And that

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.900
 is true

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:48.200
 also for

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:49.019
 evangelism

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:50.460
 when we

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.880
 share the

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.420
 gospel to

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.960
 other people.

00:38:52.660 --> 00:38:53.019
 You see,

00:38:53.060 --> 00:38:53.340
 in some

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:53.960
 other countries,

00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.640
 there's a

00:38:54.640 --> 00:38:55.280
 real physical

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:55.960
 cost in

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.340
 sharing the

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.600
 gospel,

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:57.060
 isn't there?

00:38:57.620 --> 00:38:57.980
 If you

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.280
 share the

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:58.580
 gospel,

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.340
 there's a

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.920
 high chance

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.240
 that you

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.680
 might lose

00:39:00.680 --> 00:39:01.100
 your life,

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:01.800
 lose your

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.160
 family,

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:02.620
 lose your

00:39:02.620 --> 00:39:02.920
 work,

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.640
 lose a

00:39:03.640 --> 00:39:03.920
 whole lot

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.300
 of stuff.

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:05.560
 In Hong

00:39:05.560 --> 00:39:05.700
 Kong,

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:06.080
 that might

00:39:06.080 --> 00:39:06.920
 not be

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.580
 fully true,

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:08.980
 but there's

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.600
 still a cost

00:39:09.600 --> 00:39:10.100
 nonetheless.

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.740
 Maybe the

00:39:11.740 --> 00:39:13.320
 cost is to

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:14.039
 be looked at

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.720
 as your

00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:15.539
 weird or

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.000
 outdated,

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.800
 arrogant,

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:19.519
 prideful.

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:21.759
 the cost

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.199
 might be to

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.659
 come out of

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.099
 your comfort

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.360
 zone,

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.780
 but there's

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.759
 a cost to

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:25.239
 bringing the

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:25.699
 gospel to

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:26.119
 the people.

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.519
 But there's

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.400
 also a cost

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.699
 if we don't

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.079
 do it.

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.500
 But the

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.340
 cost is

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:34.280
 paid by

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:34.900
 the person

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.440
 who does

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:35.920
 not hear

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.400
 the gospel.

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:38.199
 They will

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.559
 bear the

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:38.960
 cost,

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.860
 for they

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.199
 will never

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:40.699
 hear the

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:41.039
 gospel.

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:42.880
 They will

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:43.280
 not hear

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.759
 the gospel,

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.059
 and they

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.360
 might be

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.759
 eternally

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:46.259
 separated

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:46.659
 from the

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:46.900
 Father.

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:49.579
 You see,

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:50.099
 there's a

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.639
 cost both

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:50.940
 ways.

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.300
 But church,

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:55.639
 I want us

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:55.980
 to think

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.579
 about this

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.139
 deeply,

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:59.760
 because if

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:01.220
 we follow

00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:01.680
 Jesus,

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.660
 if we know

00:40:02.660 --> 00:40:03.300
 his life,

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:03.920
 if we know

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.579
 the life of

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:04.840
 Jesus,

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.340
 and we

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:06.119
 follow him,

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.480
 shouldn't

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.139
 our life

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:09.660
 in many

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:10.780
 ways reflect

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:11.260
 his?

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.960
 Sometimes

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.720
 we are so

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.260
 stuck

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:18.260
 with getting

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:18.720
 our own

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.380
 lives right.

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.900
 We are so

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.700
 stuck with

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:21.160
 getting our

00:40:21.160 --> 00:40:22.000
 devotions right.

00:40:22.060 --> 00:40:22.420
 We are so

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.940
 stuck with

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.240
 getting our

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.780
 relationships

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.100
 right,

00:40:24.140 --> 00:40:24.640
 our career

00:40:24.640 --> 00:40:25.040
 right,

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:26.780
 our life

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.180
 right,

00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:27.620
 and I'm

00:40:27.620 --> 00:40:27.980
 not saying

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.340
 those things

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:28.700
 are not

00:40:28.700 --> 00:40:29.120
 important.

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:29.940
 God cares

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.580
 about them,

00:40:31.120 --> 00:40:31.620
 but there's

00:40:31.620 --> 00:40:32.140
 something more

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:32.640
 than those.

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.460
 And it's

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:34.900
 the last

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.480
 thing that

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.260
 Jesus tells

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:36.880
 us to do

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.760
 before he

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.100
 lives,

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.020
 and that is

00:40:39.020 --> 00:40:39.540
 to go

00:40:39.540 --> 00:40:41.000
 and make

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.900
 disciples of

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.740
 all nations,

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:44.180
 baptizing

00:40:44.180 --> 00:40:44.420
 them,

00:40:44.580 --> 00:40:44.940
 teaching

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.360
 them,

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:46.680
 to follow,

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:47.500
 to obey

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.519
 Jesus.

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:50.140
 If you

00:40:50.140 --> 00:40:50.380
 look at

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:50.760
 the life

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:51.300
 of Jesus,

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.579
 he paid

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.099
 the cost,

00:40:53.180 --> 00:40:53.960
 he surrounded

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.620
 his life

00:40:54.620 --> 00:40:56.039
 with the

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.480
 fact of

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.039
 bringing the

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.640
 gospel to

00:40:57.640 --> 00:40:58.099
 the world.

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.140
 That was

00:40:59.140 --> 00:40:59.740
 his big

00:40:59.740 --> 00:41:00.059
 one,

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:01.599
 and he

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:02.039
 paid that

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.380
 cost,

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.220
 and shouldn't

00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:03.720
 our life

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.559
 reflect that

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.420
 too?

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.740
 But many

00:41:07.740 --> 00:41:08.240
 times there

00:41:08.240 --> 00:41:08.559
 are other

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:10.280
 things that

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:13.560
 takes

00:41:13.560 --> 00:41:14.300
 advantage

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:14.640
 or

00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:15.920
 dominion

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.280
 of our

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:16.640
 lives.

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:21.160
 An Irish

00:41:21.160 --> 00:41:22.040
 missionary to

00:41:22.040 --> 00:41:22.380
 India,

00:41:23.080 --> 00:41:23.780
 her name

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:24.000
 was

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:25.000
 Amy

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:26.320
 Carmichael,

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:27.500
 who died

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:29.260
 in 1952

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:29.780
 at the age

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.280
 of 84.

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:31.580
 She was in

00:41:31.580 --> 00:41:32.400
 India as a

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:33.120
 missionary for

00:41:33.120 --> 00:41:34.800
 55 years

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:36.180
 of our

00:41:36.180 --> 00:41:36.440
 life.

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:37.480
 She was a

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:37.980
 missionary there

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.679
 bringing gospel

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:40.539
 and taking

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:41.200
 care of the

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:41.860
 orphans there.

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:42.840
 Her life was

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.280
 not easy.

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:43.800
 There was

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.260
 fractures,

00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:44.599
 there was

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:45.019
 pain,

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.940
 there was

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:47.420
 persecution,

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:49.179
 and very

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.480
 hard.

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.659
 And she

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.220
 writes this

00:41:52.220 --> 00:41:52.720
 poem,

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:54.780
 which is a

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:55.900
 challenge to

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:56.599
 Christians who

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:57.000
 wanted to

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.340
 live a

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:58.019
 comfortable life

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.599
 without sharing

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.059
 the gospel.

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.619
 It's very

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:00.139
 sharp.

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:01.139
 And this

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.379
 is the

00:42:01.379 --> 00:42:01.679
 third

00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:02.259
 paragraph

00:42:02.259 --> 00:42:02.900
 of that

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:04.519
 poem.

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:04.980
 And she

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.299
 says,

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.579
 No wound,

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:08.279
 no scar,

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.159
 yet as the

00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:10.940
 master shall

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.559
 the servant

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:11.859
 be,

00:42:12.799 --> 00:42:13.639
 and pierced

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:13.960
 are the

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.519
 feet that

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:15.079
 follow me.

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:16.659
 But thine

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:17.139
 are whole,

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.599
 can he have

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:19.319
 followed far

00:42:19.319 --> 00:42:20.339
 who has no

00:42:20.339 --> 00:42:21.000
 wound nor

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.259
 scar?

00:42:26.319 --> 00:42:27.039
 It's a

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:27.519
 poem to

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:27.960
 really

00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:30.099
 reflect.

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.319
 on.

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.960
 Church,

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.379
 I'm not

00:42:33.379 --> 00:42:34.359
 saying this

00:42:34.359 --> 00:42:35.319
 as a

00:42:35.319 --> 00:42:35.779
 person who

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:37.579
 has really

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:38.679
 created evangelism.

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.980
 As much as

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.859
 I'm speaking,

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.579
 I feel like I'm

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:42.079
 speaking to

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.539
 myself.

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.920
 How much

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:46.019
 is mission

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.480
 and the

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:47.139
 gospel and

00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:47.599
 the love for

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.099
 the lost

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:49.099
 part of my

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:50.219
 heart and

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:50.779
 my desire?

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:52.739
 Church,

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:53.400
 it's so easy

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:54.019
 to get lost

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:55.099
 in our own

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.420
 lives,

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:55.940
 in our

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.699
 work,

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:58.440
 but there's

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:58.920
 eternity.

00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:00.740
 eternity,

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:01.380
 there's

00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:01.840
 Jesus,

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:03.800
 and there's

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:04.240
 the lost

00:43:04.240 --> 00:43:04.860
 outside of

00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:05.139
 this,

00:43:05.680 --> 00:43:06.360
 who needs

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:06.900
 the gospel,

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:07.480
 who needs

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:08.159
 to hear that

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:09.260
 Jesus has

00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:09.760
 paid the

00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:10.119
 cost.

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:13.119
 So follow in

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:13.599
 the footstep

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:14.139
 of Christ,

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:16.059
 in our daily

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.400
 living,

00:43:16.720 --> 00:43:16.980
 in our

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:17.579
 relationships

00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:18.099
 with one

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.380
 another,

00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:19.920
 and mostly

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.440
 in bringing

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:21.059
 the gospel

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.880
 to this

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:22.940
 city and

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.200
 to the

00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:23.740
 people around

00:43:23.740 --> 00:43:24.059
 us.

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:26.099
 and here's

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.480
 the final

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.460
 thing to

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:27.940
 think about,

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:28.920
 is to go

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.179
 with the

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:29.820
 assurance of

00:43:29.820 --> 00:43:30.420
 Christ's love

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.799
 for you.

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:31.940
 Now,

00:43:32.019 --> 00:43:32.380
 this is not

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:32.860
 a tag on

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:33.480
 from the

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:33.960
 second point,

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.259
 which is

00:43:34.259 --> 00:43:34.759
 very harsh.

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:35.659
 This

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:37.119
 actually flows

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.440
 out.

00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:40.900
 Go with the

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.480
 assurance of

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.019
 Christ's love

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.400
 for you.

00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:43.000
 You see,

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.679
 Christ paid

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.219
 the cost

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:44.719
 for our

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:44.880
 sin,

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:46.000
 and on

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.559
 the cross,

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.380
 the cost

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:47.980
 was paid,

00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:49.460
 justice was

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:49.779
 done,

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:51.180
 and in

00:43:51.180 --> 00:43:51.560
 the same

00:43:51.560 --> 00:43:51.860
 way,

00:43:52.560 --> 00:43:52.760
 you know,

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.480
 for David,

00:43:53.580 --> 00:43:53.880
 the cost

00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:54.420
 was paid,

00:43:54.720 --> 00:43:55.120
 there was

00:43:55.120 --> 00:43:55.720
 justice,

00:43:57.040 --> 00:43:57.480
 but in

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:58.000
 many ways,

00:43:58.120 --> 00:43:58.480
 he lost

00:43:58.480 --> 00:43:58.940
 his son,

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.500
 and in

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:01.540
 many ways,

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:03.840
 love did

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.220
 not really

00:44:04.220 --> 00:44:04.840
 come together

00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:05.420
 with justice

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:05.700
 there.

00:44:07.140 --> 00:44:07.580
 You see,

00:44:07.640 --> 00:44:07.860
 there was

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:08.260
 justice,

00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:08.760
 but he

00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:09.160
 lost his

00:44:09.160 --> 00:44:09.360
 son.

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:11.560
 But in

00:44:11.560 --> 00:44:12.140
 all history,

00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:12.600
 there is

00:44:12.600 --> 00:44:13.220
 one place

00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:14.019
 where justice

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:15.040
 and love

00:44:15.040 --> 00:44:15.880
 comes together,

00:44:16.540 --> 00:44:17.220
 and it's

00:44:17.220 --> 00:44:17.700
 the cross.

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:18.740
 You see,

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.220
 when we come

00:44:19.220 --> 00:44:19.760
 to the cross,

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.560
 our sin

00:44:20.560 --> 00:44:21.500
 is justified.

00:44:22.640 --> 00:44:23.200
 The justice

00:44:23.200 --> 00:44:23.900
 was done,

00:44:24.080 --> 00:44:24.740
 it's paid.

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:26.100
 By the same

00:44:26.100 --> 00:44:26.400
 time,

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:26.960
 we are so

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:27.660
 loved at

00:44:27.660 --> 00:44:28.160
 the cross,

00:44:28.540 --> 00:44:29.040
 because it

00:44:29.040 --> 00:44:29.400
 was not

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:29.700
 you,

00:44:30.160 --> 00:44:30.620
 it was not

00:44:30.620 --> 00:44:31.500
 me who

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:32.180
 paid that

00:44:32.180 --> 00:44:32.900
 cost,

00:44:33.180 --> 00:44:33.900
 it was God

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.400
 himself,

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.060
 with his

00:44:35.060 --> 00:44:35.320
 son,

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:36.120
 Jesus Christ,

00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:36.700
 dying on

00:44:36.700 --> 00:44:37.120
 the cross.

00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:38.240
 When we

00:44:38.240 --> 00:44:38.540
 look at

00:44:38.540 --> 00:44:39.019
 the cross,

00:44:39.200 --> 00:44:39.560
 in the

00:44:39.560 --> 00:44:40.160
 words of

00:44:40.160 --> 00:44:41.080
 late Tim

00:44:41.080 --> 00:44:41.340
 Keller,

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:41.920
 we see

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.460
 that we

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:42.880
 are more

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:44.280
 sinful than

00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:44.540
 we could

00:44:44.540 --> 00:44:45.200
 ever imagine,

00:44:45.300 --> 00:44:45.940
 ever think

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:46.820
 of right

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.140
 now,

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.400
 and at the

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:48.740
 same time,

00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:49.120
 when we look

00:44:49.120 --> 00:44:49.600
 at the cross,

00:44:49.780 --> 00:44:50.360
 we see

00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:50.620
 that we

00:44:50.620 --> 00:44:50.960
 are more

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:52.000
 loved than

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:52.320
 we can

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:53.040
 ever dream

00:44:53.040 --> 00:44:53.320
 of.

00:44:55.860 --> 00:44:56.680
 So church,

00:44:57.560 --> 00:44:58.180
 don't take

00:44:58.180 --> 00:44:58.700
 sin lightly.

00:44:59.620 --> 00:45:00.019
 Do not

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.840
 take the

00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:01.220
 cross,

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:01.900
 the cost

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:02.360
 that Jesus

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:02.780
 has paid

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:03.160
 lightly.

00:45:03.159 --> 00:45:05.119
 and at the

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:05.480
 same time,

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.359
 follow in the

00:45:06.359 --> 00:45:06.940
 footstep of

00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:07.500
 Christ in

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:08.059
 paying the

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:09.639
 cost in

00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:09.779
 our

00:45:09.779 --> 00:45:10.379
 relationships,

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.539
 in our

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:12.599
 servings,

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:13.599
 and especially

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.420
 in bringing

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:15.179
 the gospel to

00:45:15.179 --> 00:45:15.579
 the people

00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:16.339
 around us.

00:45:17.699 --> 00:45:18.259
 And in

00:45:18.259 --> 00:45:18.859
 all of this

00:45:18.859 --> 00:45:19.159
 thing,

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:20.019
 go with this

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:21.339
 assurance that

00:45:21.339 --> 00:45:22.059
 you are loved,

00:45:22.319 --> 00:45:22.719
 that you are

00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:23.279
 justified,

00:45:23.799 --> 00:45:24.599
 that nothing can

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:25.319
 take you away

00:45:25.319 --> 00:45:25.859
 from the love

00:45:25.859 --> 00:45:26.399
 of Christ.

00:45:27.219 --> 00:45:27.899
 And go with

00:45:27.899 --> 00:45:28.420
 this assurance

00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:29.339
 that Christ is

00:45:29.339 --> 00:45:29.819
 with you,

00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:30.860
 because in

00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:31.460
 the Great

00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:31.840
 Commission,

00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:32.559
 there is a

00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:33.059
 promise at

00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:33.440
 the end,

00:45:34.059 --> 00:45:34.539
 that Jesus

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:34.820
 says,

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:35.360
 I will be

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:35.760
 with you

00:45:35.760 --> 00:45:36.140
 until the

00:45:36.140 --> 00:45:36.380
 end of

00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:36.700
 times.

00:45:37.580 --> 00:45:38.100
 He is with

00:45:38.100 --> 00:45:38.660
 you as you

00:45:38.660 --> 00:45:39.140
 bring the

00:45:39.140 --> 00:45:39.500
 gospel,

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:40.440
 as you live

00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:40.980
 out a life

00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:41.420
 that does

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:42.019
 not take

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:42.720
 sin lightly,

00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:43.880
 that lives

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:44.400
 a life of

00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:45.140
 thankfulness,

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:46.360
 gratefulness for

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:47.480
 what Jesus

00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:48.160
 has done on

00:45:48.160 --> 00:45:48.559
 the cross.

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:51.599
 before we

00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:52.159
 reflect on

00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:52.400
 that,

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:53.299
 I understand

00:45:53.299 --> 00:45:54.460
 that there is

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:54.860
 a lot of

00:45:54.860 --> 00:45:55.259
 stuff in

00:45:55.259 --> 00:45:55.900
 this story,

00:45:56.320 --> 00:45:56.920
 and this can

00:45:56.920 --> 00:45:57.460
 be quite a

00:45:57.460 --> 00:45:57.840
 challenging

00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:58.799
 passage with

00:45:58.799 --> 00:45:59.340
 a lot to

00:45:59.340 --> 00:45:59.920
 reflect on.

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:01.980
 So if you

00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:02.259
 guys have

00:46:02.259 --> 00:46:02.820
 any questions,

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.559
 please feel

00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:04.179
 to reach out

00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:05.239
 to us,

00:46:05.340 --> 00:46:05.799
 the elders,

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.739
 CG leaders,

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:08.320
 where we can

00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:09.079
 study together

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:09.940
 and pray

00:46:09.940 --> 00:46:10.299
 together.

00:46:11.579 --> 00:46:12.000
 So church,

00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:12.340
 why don't we

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:13.079
 spend about

00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:14.739
 a few seconds,

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:15.920
 20 seconds,

00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:16.460
 a minute or

00:46:16.460 --> 00:46:16.679
 so,

00:46:17.380 --> 00:46:18.119
 just to reflect

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:18.519
 on that.

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:20.139
 Where is our

00:46:20.139 --> 00:46:20.420
 heart?

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:21.619
 How is our

00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:21.880
 heart?

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:22.340
 How do we

00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:22.940
 take the

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:24.500
 cross and

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:24.920
 think about

00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:25.299
 where is

00:46:25.299 --> 00:46:26.320
 evangelism in

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:26.739
 my life?

00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:27.639
 So let's

00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:28.239
 take a minute

00:46:28.239 --> 00:46:28.960
 or so as

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:29.199
 the band

00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:29.619
 comes in.