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 It's wonderful to pick back up in this book of history, 1 Samuel.

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 I had honestly forgotten how hard it is studying this.

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! It's humbling.

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 I don't have all the answers to probably many of the questions that will be popping in your mind even as we read this.

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 But it's delightful also.

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 It pulls us deeper and deeper into all of God's Word and makes us just open to learn and receive from Him.

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 So that's been my prayer, even as you hear God's Word read, that the Holy Spirit would illumine what it is that you and I are supposed to receive from Him today.

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 I'll read this, trusting it as God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient Word.

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 Yes, even in the Old Testament in a difficult passage like this.

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 And if you receive it that way as well at the end, respond with thanks be to God.

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 1 Samuel chapter 15.

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 Samuel also said to Saul,

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 The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people, over Israel.

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 Now therefore heed the voice of the words of the Lord.

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 Thus says the Lord of hosts,

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 I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel,

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 how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt.

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 Now go and attack Amalek.

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 And utterly destroy all that they have and do not spare them.

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 But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

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 So Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telane,

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 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

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 And Saul came to a city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

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 Then Saul said to the Canaanites,

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 Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them.

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 For you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.

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 So the Canaanites departed from among the Amalekites.

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 And Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

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 He also took Agag, king of the Amalekites, alive.

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 And utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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 But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good.

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 And were unwilling to utterly destroy them.

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 But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

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 Now the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,

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 I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.

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 And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night.

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 So when Samuel arose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying,

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 Saul went to Carmel, and indeed he set up a monument for himself.

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 And he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal.

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 Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him,

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 Blessed are you of the Lord.

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 I have performed the commandment of the Lord.

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 But Samuel said,

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 What then is the bleeding of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

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 And Saul said,

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 They have brought them from the Amalekites.

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 For the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God,

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 and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

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 Then Samuel said to Saul,

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 Be quiet, and I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.

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 And he said to him,

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 Speak on.

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 So Samuel said,

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 When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel?

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 And did not the Lord anoint you king of over Israel?

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 Now the Lord sent you on a mission and said,

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 Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.

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 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord?

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 Why did you swoop down on the spoil and do evil in the sight of the Lord?

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 And Saul said to Samuel,

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 But I have obeyed the Lord, the voice of the Lord,

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 and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me and brought back Agag king of Amalek,

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 and I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

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 But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed,

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 to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.

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 So Samuel said,

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 Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord?

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 Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.

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 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

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 Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he also has rejected you from being king.

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 When Saul said to Samuel,

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 I have sinned, for I transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words,

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 because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

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 Now, therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me, that I may worship the Lord.

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 But Samuel said to Saul,

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 Saul, I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord,

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 and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.

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 And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe and it tore.

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 So Samuel said to him,

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 The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

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 And also the strength of Israel will not lie nor relent, for he is not a man that he should relent.

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 Then he said,

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 I have sinned, yet honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel and return with me,

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 that I may worship the Lord your God.

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 So Samuel turned back after Saul and Saul worshiped the Lord.

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 Then Samuel said,

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 Bring Agag of the Amalekites here to me.

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 So Agag came to him cautiously.

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 And Agag said,

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 Surely the bitterness of death is past.

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 But Samuel said,

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 As your sword has made women childless,

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 so shall your mother be childless among women.

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 And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

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 Then Samuel went to Ramah and Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul.

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 And Samuel went no more to see Saul until the day of his death.

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 Nevertheless, Samuel mourned for Saul and the Lord,

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 regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Please be seated.

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 Amen.

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 Lord, we declare one more time in the words of Revelation 15.

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 Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty.

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 Just and true are your ways, O King of the saints.

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 We glorify your name, Lord.

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 We thank you that you are the same God yesterday, today, and forevermore.

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 We pray, Lord, that your Holy Spirit will illumine this dark passage for us.

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 We pray that you will bring out from this story what is true about you.

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 We pray, Lord, that by beholding you as our just creator,

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 the Lord of hosts whose ways are wise and righteous,

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 that you will apply this to our lives,

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 that we will align ourselves to a right view of you, our God and our creator.

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 I pray, Lord, that you will help me.

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 I pray that you will restrain my words.

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 I pray that you will guard the ears of your people.

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 I pray that only your truth will find its way into the hearts of your people

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 and that you will be glorified, Father,

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 as the work of Jesus Christ is exalted,

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 even from Samuel 15.

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 We pray this for his sake.

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 Amen.

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 Well, this passage we just read is a story of judgment.

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 First, the Amalekites are judged by God.

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 Next, Saul is judged.

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 And then finally, the wicked King Agag is judged.

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 Ben Franklin once remarked that he cannot command who does not obey.

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 A requirement to being the king of Israel is to obey the God of this people.

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 As I've reflected on this theme of judgment,

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 a very heavy passage and a heavy theme this week,

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 I think I've appreciated on a deeper level how we all obey something.

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 We all will give account for what we listen to, what we do,

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 what we are obeying in our lives.

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 One day we will give account to Jesus Christ himself.

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 Romans 2.16 says,

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 There will be a final judgment day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ.

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 That's Jesus Christ on the throne as King of Kings, Lord of Lords, judge of all.

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 God's anointed King, the Messiah.

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 He is coming again.

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 His second coming is not a coming of grace.

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 That's the age we're in now.

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 It's a coming of judgment.

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 So the message for today is to see the unchanging God's uncompromising justice.

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 It's the justice of God that's elevated and put on display in a shocking way even to us today.

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 God is just.

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 God must punish evil because of the absolute impartial righteousness that is inherent to his character as our perfect holy creator.

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 God is just.

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 And that's our just fatherly God.

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 The sins of one generation and the seed of the serpent who hate God, hate his kingdom and hate his people will be brought to justice one day.

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 And he does this in an uncompromising way.

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 Because God is just, he does not bend.

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 He does not make concessions.

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 Evil will not go unpunished because God is just and God is powerful.

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 So I want to do my best to open up this truth of God's uncompromising justice for us today with five observations about God himself.

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 When we come across difficult passages in reading God's word, and you do this probably every week as you're studying God's word.

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 Good advice was to start with what does this say about God, and then the application usually takes care of itself.

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 So here's the first proposition.

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 God's commands are clear.

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 We might not understand them, but if there's one thing we can say about the first few verses in this chapter is that God was very clear.

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 Look at chapter 15, verse 1.

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 Samuel also said to Saul, the Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people.

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 So God is clear that these are his people, God's people, not Saul's people.

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 Now, therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord.

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 You have one job, Saul.

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 Heed the voice of the words of the Lord.

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 God is so clear.

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 In this case, as the anointed one, the anointed king given an army by God himself, Saul is to carry out judgment that's been deserved for this people from long ago.

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 In the fullness of God's time.

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 No one else needs to understand.

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 This is what the anointed one is supposed to do.

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 We can look back on this whole history and just as God's been patient toward Israel, God's been patient to the nations, even those that opposed his people coming out of Egypt.

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 God has allowed all these sinners to behold his wondrous works and to repent of their idols, repent of their hatred of God and turn to God.

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 And now it's the fullness of time for judgment.

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 And verse two, thus says the Lord of hosts.

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 Remember how significant that name is, even for Samuel.

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 The Lord of hosts.

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 This is how his mother prayed to God.

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 When most of the nation seemed wicked.

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 It means Yahweh, Sabaoth, the Lord of armies, the commander of the army of the angels of heaven and the general of God's heavenly kingdom that is intruding to earth.

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 Yahweh, Sabaoth, the Lord of hosts.

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 He is not silent.

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 He speaks and his commands are clear.

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 He says in verse two, I will punish Amalek.

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 Who is going to punish this people?

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 It's God himself.

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 In other words, if there is victory, it is God's doing.

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 He will punish the people of Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up out of Egypt.

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 In Exodus 17, 14, we read that the Lord said to Moses, write this for a memorial.

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 In the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

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 It's to be written down and remembered as a memorial for the people passed on from one generation to the next.

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 Look at verse three in our passage.

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 Now go and attack Amalek and utterly destroy.

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 Blot out the remembrance of this people.

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 Literally strike them.

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 All that they have and do not spare them.

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 Moses didn't just write this down in the book of Exodus for the first generation coming out.

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 He also preached this again in Deuteronomy 25 to the second generation.

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 That's what the book Deuteronomy means.

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 Namas is law.

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 Dudo is the number two.

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 So the second giving of the law to the next generation as they go on into the promised land without Moses.

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 Deuteronomy 25, 17.

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 Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt.

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 How he met you on the way.

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 Listen to the details now.

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 Amalek attacked your rear ranks and all the stragglers, the weak.

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 That were in the back of the procession that God was leading out.

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 When you were tired and weary.

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 That's what Amalek did.

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 Amalek did not fear God.

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 Therefore it shall be when the Lord your God has given you rest from your enemies all around.

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 In the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance.

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 Then once you have rest in the land.

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 You will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

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 This has been a long time in the making.

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 It wasn't for Joshua to do.

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 It was for the king, the anointed one.

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 Once they're settled in the land for him to carry out.

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 You shall not forget.

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 The command is very clear.

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 Kill all.

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 And the word is almost a religious word.

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 It's devote all or consecrate all to destruction.

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 As an offering to the Lord.

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 Meaning it's going to be pleasing to God.

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 When the enemies of God are slain.

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 Stricken.

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 That's a sacrifice.

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 That's pleasing to God.

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 It would be too late for those enemies of God to repent at this point.

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 Israel is God's people.

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 God is their deliverer.

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 God does not let his enemies escape his justice.

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 And those who oppose God's mission to create a kingdom on earth for himself.

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 You oppose what God is doing.

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 You're opposing the mission of redemption.

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 You will pay.

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 You will suffer God's wrath.

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 God is not going to be able to create a kingdom on earth for us.

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 My understanding of the connection between the coming out of Egypt and what God is doing now is this.

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 Moses was a shadow of Christ's first coming as a servant, as a deliverer.

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 Think of how Moses was a prince in Egypt that then became a slave.

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 He identified with the slave people to deliver them from bondage as God's obedient servant.

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 And now Saul is a different shadow.

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 Saul is to be a picture of Christ's second coming, I believe.

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 He's anointed. He's crowned with honor.

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 He's given an army to execute a final judgment upon God's enemies who hate the work of his anointed one and who hate God's people.

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 And as the king of Israel, there is one great commandment that the king must follow above all else.

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 He must listen to the word of the Lord because God's commandments are clear.

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 Psalm 19.8 says the commandments of the Lord are radiant.

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 That's how clear they are, giving light to the eyes.

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 Not only are God's commandments clear, a second observation about God from this passage is that God's will is perfect.

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 God's will is perfect even in what God instructs in this difficult passage.

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 We continue reading in verse four that there were 2,000 foot soldiers.

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 I divided that number by the 11 tribes and it comes out to an average of 18,000 per tribe because Judah is listed separately.

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 And it says only 10,000 from the tribe of Judah, almost half.

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 And I don't mean to spend a lot of time.

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 I'm trying to not pass over difficult portions.

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 But in Genesis 49.10, we have this prophecy that the scepter shall not depart from the tribe of Judah.

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 So what is this man from the tribe of Benjamin doing with the scepter?

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 It's also, I think, foreshadowing, at least in the narrative, a king that will be coming from the tribe of Judah.

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 But for whatever reason, they're listed separately with Judah contributing less to Saul's campaign.

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 In verse five, we read that Saul came to a city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

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 God's people were on the defensive under Moses.

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 Remember, they're straggling along.

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 They're former slaves.

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 They're weak and tired ones are getting picked off and wiped out.

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 But now under God's anointed king, Saul, they will be on the offensive.

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 Notice how the retribution is fitting to the crime.

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 God's people had been attacked in a cheap, unfair way.

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 Slaying their women, slaying the stragglers, the sick, the elderly.

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 And now Saul, the anointed king, hides in the valley, ready to ambush them in one of their cities.

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 In verse five, Saul came to a city of Amalek.

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 So the punishment that God has designed in the fullness of time corresponds to the sins of God's enemies.

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 The Lord of hosts is victorious in this attack.

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 The Lord delivers.

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 He keeps his word.

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 Saul has the power of office to carry out the order.

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 He assembles a nation.

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 He attacks.

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 He's giving orders.

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 He has the understanding of God's command.

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 He understood this has to do with how people set themselves in relation to the Israelites as they were delivered from slavery.

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 And the Kenites were kind and gracious toward this former slave people.

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 So he understood even the purpose behind it.

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 You could say the theology behind God's command.

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 And he spares the Kenites.

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 So it wasn't for lack of power that Saul disobeyed.

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 It wasn't for lack of understanding.

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 God was very clear.

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 In verse eight, we read that Saul utterly destroyed all the Amalekite people with the edge of the sword.

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 But here's the big exception.

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 Not trusting that God's will is perfect.

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 Not trusting God as most wise.

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 Agag, the king, Saul kept alive.

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 And in verse nine, the guilt for this disobedience to God is shared.

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 Verse nine says, but Saul and the people.

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 Saul and the people.

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 So when Saul blames the people, there's likely truth in that.

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 The people had a part in this sin to not obey God fully.

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 And Saul certainly had a part as the king.

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 They did not destroy Agag nor the best of the sheep and the oxen, the lambs.

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 All that was good, they were unwilling to utterly destroy them.

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 See, while God's will is perfect, man does not submit his will to God.

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 Man's will is bound under the curse of sin, under Adam in the fall.

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 But everything despised and worthless that they were willing.

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 That they consecrated and devoted to destruction.

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 They gave God the trash.

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 The self-will of the king and the self-will of the people prevailed, in this case, over the perfect will of God.

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 They kept the best for themselves.

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 They devoted to God what they didn't want.

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 And the remaining sin of our own flesh is the same as Saul and the people.

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 We want to be self-willed.

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 We want to be subject to none but ourselves.

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 Under Adam's curse, our will is bound.

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 And it's always bent inward on ourselves.

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 But God so loves his people that he will not let a man rule over his people who will not first and foremost follow him as Lord and obey God as the servant.

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 The arrangement of the monarchy of Israel was this.

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 The king would have authority delegated by God himself.

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 Only to the extent that the king would submit himself to the perfect will and word of God.

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 We have the same principle where Jesus Christ is the king, the head of his people.

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 And he's the head of his church.

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 There's no authority within a church unless it be given by Christ and put subject to the word and the will of Christ, the head.

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 We're told in Romans 12, do not be conformed to the world.

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 Saul and the people wanted what was going to make them more profitable and prosperous in the land.

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 They were conformed to the pattern of the world.

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 And they were powerless without the finished work of Christ and the Holy Spirit changing their will.

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 But now in Christ, his power works in us to be transformed.

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 And we can know what is the good, pleasing and perfect will of God by the ministry of the Holy Spirit showing us in his word.

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 The third observation about God is that God's judgments are right.

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 God's judgment is always right.

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 God's judgment is not right.

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 But what's set up next, beginning in verse 10, is a contrast between Samuel and Saul.

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 In the first approach to God, which is Samuel, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, like we read in Romans 10, 17.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 now the word of the lord came to samuel saying i greatly regret that i have set up saul as king

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 i'm not skipping over this difficult phrase i'm going to handle this at the end because there's

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 two more relating to this god says saul has turned back from following me and has not performed my

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 commandments see the lord gave a clear commandment now the lord is judging rightly

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 when samuel hears the word of god look what samuel does it grieved samuel

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 and he cried out to the lord he's praying all night

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 that's a man of god

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 never cheering for a fellow countryman to stumble grieved when a dear friend

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 probably not brother that's that's showing you my hand i don't think saul is a brother

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 but he's grieved and he's going to pray and cry out to the lord all night for him he represents the

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 heart of god to the world so samuel's religion was this listen to god's word receive what god

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 says is true and feel deeply what god has spoken as hard as it is feel it let it stir you and move you

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 and pray to god crying out to the lord even if it means all night

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 verse 12 so when samuel rose early in the morning to meet saul it was told samuel saying

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 now here's the contrast the second religion it's saw notice the opposites

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 saw went to carmel and indeed he set up a monument who was it for

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 in verse 12 a monument for himself

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 where samuel's religion came through his ears

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 the word of the lord the voice of god came and spoke

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 saw is focused on what he and the whole nation can see

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 a visible symbol for himself a symbol of

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 saw's greatness saw had a religion based on sight

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 this monument was an idol

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 it was an idol for god's people to worship

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 saw as this this delegate deputy steward king instead of the lord of hosts himself

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 whose people they are do you remember how just a chapter ago

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:06.080
 chapter 14 saw took credit for the victory that god sparked through jonathan and his armor bearer

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 then he sent out a whole pr campaign to give credit to saw

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 well saw did not get humbled or learn his lesson from that failure

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 now saw takes credit directly from god himself

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 in verse 12 it struck me the interesting description of of what saw does they say

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 saw has gone on around passed by gone down

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 it's creating an image of saw wandering around isn't it

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 remember how he couldn't find the donkeys and he's

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:38.379
 going from one place to the other this whole

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 lap that he had to take

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 he's a man who's walking going passing by going around

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 and yet it's not by faith

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 i'm reminded of second corinthians 5 7 how

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 those who follow christ as his disciples walk

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 but we walk by faith with our eyes set on christ

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 not by sight

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:05.659
 verse 13 then samuel went to saw and saw said to him

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:07.739
 blessed are you of the lord

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 now notice who saw is speaking to saw is not crying out to the lord in prayer he's addressing samuel

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 we might be able to infer that as as saw is thinking as long as samuel sees me as sincere i'm good

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 that's very tempting in most religions isn't it as long as this priest this pastor sees me as being sincere i should be good the lord wants you to go directly to himself you don't repent to man you repent before god

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 saw said i have performed the commandment of the lord

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 i hope you pick up the irony here

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 the anointed king

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 the anointed king put in charge of god's people and god's army has made a massive declaration i have performed the commandment of the lord

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 this is saw declaring it is finished

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 is it

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 did he accomplish the mission that god gave him to do

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 and notice how he quickly tries to slide into blessing

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 blessed are you blessed am i i succeeded everything should be good now

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:22.699
 i did it

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 but this prophet is faithful

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 he's not interested in tickling saul's ears

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 look at verse 14

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 but samuel said

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 what then is this bleeding of the sheep in my ears

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 and the lowing of oxen which i hear

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.860
 in verse 15 saul said

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:43.940
 shifting the blame

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 showing his bondage just like adam

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 they

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 have brought them from the amalekites

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 for the people spared the best

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 of all these things

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 oh and they did it to sacrifice it to the lord

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 remember when adam said

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:02.099
 eve made me do it

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 oh and by the way

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:05.579
 you're the one who gave me eve

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:07.099
 shifting the blame

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:08.299
 blaming it back on god

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:10.000
 unrepentant

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 he says the rest we have utterly destroyed

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 can't we compromise here

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:16.299
 negotiate partial obedience

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.299
 is enough

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.440
 for blessing

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:20.700
 verse 16

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 then samuel said to saul

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.559
 be quiet

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:25.639
 it's a very polite

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:28.219
 king james way to put it

00:32:28.219 --> 00:32:29.859
 in hebrew it's

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 hold back you

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 which is loaded as well isn't it

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:36.119
 your flesh

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 your ego

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 your idolatry

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.439
 your self-worship

00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:40.799
 is too much right now

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:42.119
 hold back you

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.719
 all of you

00:32:42.719 --> 00:32:42.939
 just

00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:44.259
 back off

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.059
 too much

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:46.500
 verse 17

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 let's back it way back

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 saw do you remember

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:52.619
 how you got to be in this office

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:54.299
 it was the lord

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:56.000
 who anointed you

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:57.740
 king over israel

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:59.380
 the lord

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:01.079
 sent you on a mission

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 and said

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:04.200
 in verse 19

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 then why did you not

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.539
 obey

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 the voice

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 of the lord

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 there's the refrain

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.960
 one more time

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:11.400
 it was clear

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:13.340
 and saul says

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.940
 listen to him

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.200
 double down in verse 20

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 but i have obeyed

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:18.380
 the voice of the lord

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 and gone on the mission

00:33:19.780 --> 00:33:20.960
 which the lord sent me

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.600
 verse 21

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 but the people

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 are the ones who took

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.320
 of the plunder

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 and he just repeats

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.640
 the same excuse

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:30.920
 god's judgment

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.759
 is right

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.960
 isn't it

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:34.780
 saul heard

00:33:34.780 --> 00:33:35.580
 god's words

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:37.140
 but he was not

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:38.180
 changed by them

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:40.340
 saul twists

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:41.100
 god's words

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.680
 just like

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.600
 the serpent did

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 and adam and eve

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 learned from the serpent

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 to do

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:47.060
 he takes license

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 for himself

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 he knows better

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 so he thinks

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 and he wants to

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 hurry on

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 to practicing

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.940
 his outward religion

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 once again

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 thinking everybody

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 can be blessed

00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.960
 psalm 119

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.900
 verse 37

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 declares this

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 righteous

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 are you

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.839
 oh lord

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.139
 and

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.900
 upright

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:10.079
 are your

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:11.000
 judgments

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 god's judgment

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.639
 is right

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:15.539
 the fourth

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 out of five

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:18.539
 observations

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 about god

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 is this

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:22.460
 god delights

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.780
 in obedience

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 god delights

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.500
 in obedience

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 in verse 22

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 samuel responds

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.059
 one more time

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.920
 in this dialogue

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 has the lord

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:36.159
 as great delight

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.179
 in burnt offerings

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 and sacrifices

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 as in obeying

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.280
 the voice

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:42.280
 of the lord

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:44.760
 samuel is a preacher

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.559
 with one point

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:47.079
 he keeps making

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.880
 that same point

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.539
 over and over

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.820
 and he says

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.420
 behold

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.199
 to obey

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:52.239
 is better

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:53.639
 than sacrifice

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 to heed

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 than the fat

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.219
 of rams

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 now he says

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.500
 something

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:01.159
 that we have

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 to wrestle with

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:03.779
 for rebellion

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.900
 in verse 23

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:07.339
 is as the sin

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:08.960
 of witchcraft

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 literally the hebrew word

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:12.199
 is the sin

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:13.079
 of divination

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:14.940
 it's to consult

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.380
 with dead

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.940
 spirits

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:17.639
 it's to speak

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.360
 with demons

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:20.340
 to rebel

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:21.219
 against god

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:22.259
 is to

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:23.659
 want the voice

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.559
 of demons

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:27.519
 also foreshadowing

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.239
 another event

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:29.000
 in saul's

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.940
 life

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:32.079
 it's to hear

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:33.179
 another voice

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.719
 and act

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.480
 according to the

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.779
 words of another

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:36.599
 spirit

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.340
 that opposes

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.719
 god

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:39.139
 that's what

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:39.579
 rebellion

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.059
 is

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.460
 that's what

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.199
 disobedience

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.679
 is

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:43.199
 and he says

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:44.079
 in verse 23

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.480
 stubbornness

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.380
 literally

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:48.299
 insubordination

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:49.940
 to remove

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.460
 yourself

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.500
 from being

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.159
 submissive

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.799
 subordinate

00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.619
 to the rule

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:53.980
 of god

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.880
 out of order

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.820
 with god

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.460
 as the lord

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:58.420
 is as the

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.019
 iniquity

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.340
 of idolatry

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:01.860
 every time

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.500
 we put ourselves

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.279
 out of order

00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:04.400
 insubordinate

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.599
 to god

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.659
 we are making

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.299
 ourselves

00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:08.460
 a lower god

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:10.000
 we are wanting

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.519
 to obey

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.099
 our own

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.400
 will

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.380
 rather than

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.740
 surrender

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.119
 to the

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.340
 will

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:14.380
 of god

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:14.960
 the creator

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:17.639
 samuel

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.159
 says that

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.659
 god has

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:19.139
 rejected

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.579
 you

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.740
 from being

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.360
 king

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.820
 how could

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.240
 god not

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.619
 do that

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:23.960
 god's

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.320
 judgments

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:25.019
 are right

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.960
 and god

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.400
 delights

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.139
 in obedience

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:29.139
 this is not

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:30.059
 an anointed

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.639
 king through

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.019
 whom god

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.699
 can pour

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.380
 out the

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.820
 blessings

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.619
 that he

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.059
 so wants

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:34.440
 to give

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.019
 his people

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.420
 saul fall

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.039
 short of

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.579
 the glory

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.599
 of god

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:40.460
 verse 24

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.079
 then saul

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.519
 said to

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.000
 samuel

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:43.079
 i have

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:44.000
 sinned

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.420
 so we need

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.039
 to be listening

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.579
 and wondering

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.259
 is this

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:48.539
 true repentance

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.179
 is it

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.719
 sincere

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:51.500
 is this a

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.139
 turning point

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.559
 in saul's

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.960
 life

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:54.820
 saul goes

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.440
 on to say

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.179
 in verse 24

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.599
 i have

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.559
 transgressed

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.440
 the commandment

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.519
 of the lord

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.559
 and your words

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.920
 because i

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.739
 feared the

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.139
 people

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:04.279
 and obeyed

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:04.980
 their voice

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:06.519
 now therefore

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.239
 please pardon

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:07.819
 my sin

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:09.619
 return with

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:09.900
 me

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:11.239
 that i may

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.900
 worship the

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.139
 lord

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:14.960
 one commentator

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.960
 put it in a

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.539
 way that to

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.000
 me made

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.279
 sense

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:18.639
 see what

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.079
 you think

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:20.739
 saul's plea

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.420
 for pardon

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.159
 is made

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:23.159
 to samuel

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:24.299
 not to god

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:25.179
 see that in

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.879
 verse 25

00:37:25.879 --> 00:37:26.940
 he's talking

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.480
 to samuel

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:28.119
 please pardon

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.420
 me

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:31.659
 now as a

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.139
 contrast

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.739
 remember when

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.579
 david also

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.119
 sinned

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.619
 against

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:36.299
 many people

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:37.139
 uriah

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.619
 bathsheba

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.099
 the entire

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.539
 nation

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:39.899
 his other

00:37:39.899 --> 00:37:40.279
 wives

00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:41.739
 but david

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:42.259
 was so

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.899
 consumed

00:37:42.899 --> 00:37:43.379
 by his

00:37:43.379 --> 00:37:43.719
 offense

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.459
 against god

00:37:44.459 --> 00:37:45.579
 that nothing

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.199
 else could

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.779
 even come

00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:47.539
 into david's

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.299
 mind until

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:49.119
 he had

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.939
 confessed his

00:37:49.939 --> 00:37:50.559
 sins to

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.000
 god

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:52.039
 directly

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.739
 remember

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.539
 psalm 51

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.939
 where he

00:37:53.939 --> 00:37:54.500
 prays his

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:54.939
 repentance

00:37:54.939 --> 00:37:56.679
 psalm 51

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.219
 verse 4

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.879
 david wrote

00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:59.119
 against you

00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:00.139
 you only

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.579
 have i

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.000
 sinned

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.639
 and done

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.039
 what is

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.420
 evil

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.920
 in your

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.259
 sight

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:04.019
 so that

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.400
 you may

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.019
 be justified

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.460
 in your

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.799
 words

00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:06.699
 and blameless

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.139
 in your

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.719
 judgments

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:10.400
 would you

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.900
 turn back

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.619
 to first

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:11.900
 samuel

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.799
 chapter 12

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.719
 three chapters

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:14.139
 back

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.519
 and look at

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.619
 verse 14

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.219
 this is when

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.960
 samuel is

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:19.299
 anointing

00:38:19.299 --> 00:38:20.000
 saul to be

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.359
 the king

00:38:20.359 --> 00:38:20.719
 is giving

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.619
 him the

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.079
 commission

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.759
 to serve

00:38:22.759 --> 00:38:23.039
 as the

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.400
 anointed

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:23.779
 king

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.759
 of god's

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:25.059
 people

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:27.079
 and listen

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.440
 to what

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:27.779
 he has

00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:28.059
 to do

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.239
 it's

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.460
 two

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:28.940
 things

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.920
 first

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.219
 samuel

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:30.759
 12

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.980
 verse 14

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:34.659
 fear the

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.019
 lord

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:36.380
 serve him

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.940
 and obey

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.880
 his voice

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:39.579
 do not

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.119
 rebel

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.900
 against the

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.340
 commandments

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:42.239
 of the

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.480
 lord

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.460
 so you

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.619
 can

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:43.900
 summarize

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.539
 that list

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:44.900
 as these

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.099
 two

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.500
 things

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.420
 hear the

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:46.759
 word of

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.079
 god

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.059
 obey the

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.360
 word of

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.619
 god

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.279
 do those

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:49.460
 two

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.820
 things

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.940
 you fear

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.400
 god and

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.779
 you listen

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.199
 to him

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:53.599
 you listen

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.099
 to god's

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.480
 voice you

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.039
 obey him

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:57.139
 yet by

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.480
 his own

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.880
 admission

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.519
 saul had

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.259
 feared the

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.659
 people

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.840
 and obeyed

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.840
 their voice

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:03.139
 would you

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.759
 look back at

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.380
 our sermon

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.199
 passage chapter

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:06.039
 15 look at

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.739
 verse 24

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:09.000
 he failed in

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.559
 his commission

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.259
 as the

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:10.579
 king

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:13.320
 in verse 24

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:13.860
 right before

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.579
 verse 25

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.320
 begins saul

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.139
 says i feared

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.699
 the people

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.980
 though my

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.539
 commission as

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:19.039
 king was to

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.579
 fear god

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.579
 and i obeyed

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.300
 the voice of

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.779
 the people

00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:22.679
 though my

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.340
 commission was

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.880
 to obey

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.679
 the voice

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.319
 of god

00:39:25.319 --> 00:39:27.239
 well now

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.699
 saul's

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.319
 confession

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:31.819
 we're told

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:32.940
 the motivation

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.659
 behind it

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.980
 he had been

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.419
 publicly

00:39:35.419 --> 00:39:36.159
 exposed

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:38.259
 it's a

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:38.919
 confession of

00:39:38.919 --> 00:39:39.599
 sin prompted

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.779
 not by

00:39:40.779 --> 00:39:41.199
 inward

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.839
 conviction

00:39:41.839 --> 00:39:42.419
 but by

00:39:42.419 --> 00:39:43.619
 the fear

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:44.099
 of people

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.859
 continuing

00:39:44.859 --> 00:39:45.359
 now to

00:39:45.359 --> 00:39:46.000
 control him

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.940
 i've come to

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.500
 the conclusion

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:49.119
 that this was

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.940
 only an outward

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.579
 repentance

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.639
 maybe to

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:51.980
 escape

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.539
 punishment

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.799
 but most

00:39:53.799 --> 00:39:54.299
 likely to

00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:54.920
 save face

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.420
 before the

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.779
 nation

00:39:55.779 --> 00:39:57.840
 what god

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.759
 delights in

00:39:58.759 --> 00:39:59.619
 is obedience

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.559
 and repentance

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:02.319
 that are

00:40:02.319 --> 00:40:03.019
 inward

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:04.440
 a contrition

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.940
 of heart

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:07.599
 realizing that

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.139
 our sin is

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.639
 rebellion

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.519
 against our

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.500
 loving god

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:12.880
 in verse

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.420
 26

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:14.019
 samuel says

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.820
 i will not

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.599
 return with

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:16.119
 you for you

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.840
 have rejected

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:17.500
 the word of

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.019
 the lord and

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.500
 the lord has

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.199
 rejected you

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:19.639
 from being

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:20.699
 king over

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.139
 israel

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:23.719
 now he's not

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:24.340
 saying you're

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:25.059
 you're banished

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.579
 you're hopeless

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:26.219
 there's no

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:27.179
 gospel there's

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:27.840
 no invitation

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.480
 for you to

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:28.820
 repent

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:29.940
 he's saying in

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.599
 the office of

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.099
 king you're

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.480
 removed

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.760
 this is stripped

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.239
 away from

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:33.599
 you though it

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.159
 won't happen

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:35.219
 immediately it'll

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:36.260
 happen over

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:36.659
 time

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:38.839
 and this was

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:39.480
 really gracious

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.239
 of the lord to

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:41.039
 remove from

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:42.279
 saul the

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:43.259
 idols that he

00:40:43.259 --> 00:40:44.420
 had his

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:45.059
 idols were the

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:46.279
 throne and a

00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:47.059
 dynasty to

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.719
 glorify his

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.279
 name just like

00:40:48.279 --> 00:40:48.940
 this monument

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.679
 that he set up

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:51.019
 it was gracious

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:52.099
 of god to strip

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:53.019
 away the idols

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:56.159
 from saul and

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:56.699
 the lord will do

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:57.339
 this in us

00:40:57.339 --> 00:40:57.839
 won't he

00:40:57.839 --> 00:40:59.179
 those things we

00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:00.000
 hold on to as

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:02.779
 a love something

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:03.879
 that i'm bringing

00:41:03.879 --> 00:41:04.559
 out of order

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:06.219
 out of subjection

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:07.079
 to seeking first

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.719
 god and his

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.439
 kingdom and his

00:41:08.439 --> 00:41:09.859
 righteousness and

00:41:09.859 --> 00:41:10.579
 when god strips

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:12.000
 away idols that

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.599
 keep us from

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.359
 receiving his

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:14.679
 grace this is

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.559
 his kindness as

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.779
 our loving father

00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:18.639
 it's to teach us

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:20.000
 to enjoy complete

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:21.779
 satisfaction in him

00:41:21.779 --> 00:41:22.099
 alone

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:25.980
 now in verse 27

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:27.059
 samuel turned

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.779
 around to go

00:41:27.779 --> 00:41:28.579
 away but saul

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.359
 seized the edge

00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:30.039
 of his rope and

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:31.539
 tore it in

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:32.559
 numbers 15 verses

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:34.539
 38 and 39 god

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:35.139
 commands the

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.859
 israelites to

00:41:35.859 --> 00:41:36.119
 weave

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:37.359
 tassels into

00:41:37.359 --> 00:41:38.139
 the corners of

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:38.759
 their garments

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:39.599
 that are to

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.359
 remind them

00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:41.539
 quote to

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:42.440
 remember all

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:43.079
 the commandments

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.859
 of the lord and

00:41:43.859 --> 00:41:44.480
 to do them

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.639
 not to follow

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.460
 after your own

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:47.259
 heart or your

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:48.460
 own eyes

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:50.199
 see the

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:50.679
 connection

00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:52.179
 verse 28

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:52.819
 so samuel

00:41:52.819 --> 00:41:53.339
 said to him

00:41:53.339 --> 00:41:54.319
 the lord has

00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:54.900
 torn the

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.420
 kingdom of

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.359
 israel from

00:41:56.359 --> 00:41:57.339
 you today and

00:41:57.339 --> 00:41:58.000
 has given it

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.900
 to a neighbor

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.960
 of yours who

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:01.099
 is better than

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.380
 you

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:03.839
 these words

00:42:03.839 --> 00:42:04.659
 in verse 28

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.579
 are a transition

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:06.679
 in first

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:07.059
 samuel

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:08.759
 it's the

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:09.219
 beginning of

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:09.699
 the end for

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:10.599
 saul and the

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.199
 beginning of the

00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:11.899
 rise for the

00:42:11.899 --> 00:42:12.779
 next anointed

00:42:12.779 --> 00:42:14.339
 king in

00:42:14.339 --> 00:42:15.019
 chronological

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.960
 redemptive history

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:17.199
 the next man

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.739
 though he too

00:42:17.739 --> 00:42:18.259
 will fall short

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:18.980
 of glad's glory

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:20.399
 ultimately but it's

00:42:20.399 --> 00:42:21.259
 david a better

00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:23.359
 shadow of christ

00:42:23.359 --> 00:42:24.219
 the substance

00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:26.359
 from this point on

00:42:26.359 --> 00:42:27.440
 the narrative will

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:28.460
 begin focusing on

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.179
 the calling and

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:30.599
 rise of the man

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.500
 after god's own

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:32.739
 heart who is

00:42:32.739 --> 00:42:33.880
 better because

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.659
 obedience is

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:35.500
 better than

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:37.219
 sacrifice david

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:37.880
 was far from

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.579
 perfect but he

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.820
 was a man of

00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:41.420
 obedient faith and

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:42.019
 this made all the

00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:43.800
 difference in verse

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:45.260
 30 saw said i have

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:47.280
 sinned now listen

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:48.780
 to the the

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.679
 insight unto his

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:50.320
 heart and his

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:51.139
 motives all along

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:52.000
 to determine whether

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:53.380
 his repentance was

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:55.380
 sincere i have

00:42:55.380 --> 00:42:57.239
 sinned yet honor me

00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:59.619
 now before the

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:00.299
 elders of my

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:01.000
 people and

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:02.039
 before israel

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:04.500
 return with me

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:05.259
 that i may

00:43:05.259 --> 00:43:06.019
 worship the lord

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:08.500
 this is evidence

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.779
 that saul feared

00:43:09.779 --> 00:43:11.019
 losing the acclaim

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:12.279
 he held for his

00:43:12.279 --> 00:43:13.539
 position before men

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:15.299
 more than fearing

00:43:15.299 --> 00:43:17.099
 god the loving

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:18.460
 lord of hosts

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:21.900
 verse 31 samuel

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:22.819
 turned back after

00:43:22.819 --> 00:43:24.659
 saul what message

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:25.519
 does that send

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:27.780
 they walked

00:43:27.780 --> 00:43:28.699
 together a ways

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:30.699
 and saul

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.599
 worshiped the

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:34.199
 lord if his

00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:35.579
 repentance was

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:36.199
 going through the

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:36.900
 motions for

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:38.759
 public appearance

00:43:38.759 --> 00:43:40.300
 we can infer that

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:41.119
 was true of the

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.780
 way in which he

00:43:41.780 --> 00:43:42.539
 worshiped the lord

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:44.079
 well here's the

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.940
 fifth and final one

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:47.460
 for today god's

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:48.639
 decree will not

00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:50.960
 fail though

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.679
 saul failed

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:52.679
 god's decree

00:43:52.679 --> 00:43:54.259
 does not

00:43:54.259 --> 00:43:54.940
 fail

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:57.079
 in verse 32

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.760
 samuel said

00:43:57.760 --> 00:43:58.720
 bring agag

00:43:58.720 --> 00:43:59.320
 the king

00:43:59.320 --> 00:43:59.980
 of the

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:00.619
 amalekites

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:01.320
 here to me

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:03.039
 so agag

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.679
 came to

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:04.119
 samuel

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:04.760
 cautiously

00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:07.059
 our imagination

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:08.260
 can paint that

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:08.740
 one a lot

00:44:08.740 --> 00:44:09.079
 right

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:11.079
 agag is guy

00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:12.139
 killing pregnant

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:13.420
 women from a

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:14.019
 line of people

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.960
 who that's how

00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:15.519
 you get to be

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:16.240
 promoted in the

00:44:16.240 --> 00:44:17.220
 army is showing

00:44:17.220 --> 00:44:18.000
 your ruthlessness

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:19.720
 demolishing the

00:44:19.720 --> 00:44:20.280
 weaklings

00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:21.760
 striking down those

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:22.320
 who are tired

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.960
 and weak and

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.400
 frail

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:25.160
 and celebrating

00:44:25.160 --> 00:44:26.260
 it and then

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:26.920
 here's samuel

00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:27.360
 who we know

00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:28.139
 is very old

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:28.860
 he's been very

00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:29.480
 old for a long

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:29.980
 time now

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:32.139
 and agag

00:44:32.139 --> 00:44:32.760
 this wicked

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:33.539
 cruel violent

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:34.740
 man comes to

00:44:34.740 --> 00:44:35.780
 samuel cautiously

00:44:35.780 --> 00:44:38.220
 the king who

00:44:38.220 --> 00:44:38.960
 just slayed the

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.639
 amalekites

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:40.900
 and is now

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:42.360
 probably got agag

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:43.260
 on chains and

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:43.800
 parading him

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:44.500
 mocking him

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.860
 he sees the

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:46.680
 posture of saul

00:44:46.680 --> 00:44:47.619
 before this man

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.139
 samuel

00:44:48.139 --> 00:44:49.859
 and he follows

00:44:49.859 --> 00:44:50.960
 sue but all

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:51.440
 he knows to

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:52.119
 appeal to is

00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:52.559
 emotion

00:44:52.559 --> 00:44:55.460
 he says

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:56.900
 surely the

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:57.519
 bitterness of

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:58.339
 death is past

00:44:58.339 --> 00:44:58.879
 you know maybe

00:44:58.879 --> 00:44:59.539
 we can just

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:00.099
 move on

00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:01.739
 maybe we're

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:02.319
 let things

00:45:02.319 --> 00:45:02.900
 cool down

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:03.639
 and we can

00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:04.239
 get on with

00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:05.319
 how life is

00:45:05.319 --> 00:45:05.659
 going to be

00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:06.359
 going forward

00:45:06.359 --> 00:45:08.079
 but samuel

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.980
 reminded him

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:09.900
 not merely of

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.639
 his people's

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:11.359
 ancient guilt

00:45:11.359 --> 00:45:12.099
 but also of

00:45:12.099 --> 00:45:13.000
 his personal

00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:13.759
 sin

00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:14.760
 when god

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:15.380
 judges sin

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:15.700
 it's on

00:45:15.700 --> 00:45:16.100
 those two

00:45:16.100 --> 00:45:16.520
 levels

00:45:16.520 --> 00:45:17.660
 it's the

00:45:17.660 --> 00:45:18.040
 sin we

00:45:18.040 --> 00:45:18.480
 inherit

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:19.100
 and that

00:45:19.100 --> 00:45:19.660
 it's our

00:45:19.660 --> 00:45:20.220
 long line

00:45:20.220 --> 00:45:20.760
 of sinning

00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:21.260
 ancestors

00:45:21.260 --> 00:45:21.920
 all the way

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.280
 back from

00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:22.860
 adam and eve

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:23.640
 no one

00:45:23.640 --> 00:45:24.420
 escapes that

00:45:24.420 --> 00:45:25.300
 deserved

00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:25.900
 judgment

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:27.140
 piled on to

00:45:27.140 --> 00:45:27.900
 that is our

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.460
 own personal

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:28.860
 sin

00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:30.120
 falling short

00:45:30.120 --> 00:45:30.620
 of the glory

00:45:30.620 --> 00:45:31.120
 of god

00:45:31.120 --> 00:45:32.920
 in verse

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:33.380
 33

00:45:33.380 --> 00:45:34.140
 samuel said

00:45:34.140 --> 00:45:35.200
 your sword

00:45:35.200 --> 00:45:36.440
 has made

00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:37.560
 women childless

00:45:37.560 --> 00:45:38.880
 and so shall

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:39.740
 your mother

00:45:39.740 --> 00:45:40.520
 be childless

00:45:40.520 --> 00:45:41.660
 among women

00:45:41.660 --> 00:45:42.620
 and samuel

00:45:42.620 --> 00:45:43.080
 hacked

00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:43.960
 agag

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:44.960
 in pieces

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:46.460
 before the

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:46.880
 lord

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:48.279
 in gilgal

00:45:48.279 --> 00:45:50.039
 gilgal

00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:50.460
 has become

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:50.940
 the place

00:45:50.940 --> 00:45:51.400
 where god's

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:51.940
 people as a

00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:52.659
 nation go to

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:53.759
 celebrate and

00:45:53.759 --> 00:45:54.519
 worship before

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:55.099
 jerusalem

00:45:55.099 --> 00:45:56.900
 and it's in the

00:45:56.900 --> 00:45:57.659
 presence of the

00:45:57.659 --> 00:45:57.980
 lord

00:45:57.980 --> 00:46:02.579
 this is true

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:03.019
 of god

00:46:03.019 --> 00:46:04.980
 he will

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:06.039
 punish evil

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:07.440
 from his

00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:08.739
 holy presence

00:46:08.739 --> 00:46:09.659
 the same god

00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:10.539
 who is grace

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:12.159
 he will punish

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:13.059
 and utterly

00:46:13.059 --> 00:46:13.659
 destroy

00:46:13.659 --> 00:46:15.000
 all those

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.480
 who have

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:15.879
 rebelled

00:46:15.879 --> 00:46:16.500
 against him

00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:19.019
 that's the

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.779
 sign act

00:46:19.779 --> 00:46:20.500
 that samuel

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:20.960
 gives the

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:21.539
 whole nation

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:23.379
 don't be like

00:46:23.379 --> 00:46:23.899
 the world

00:46:23.899 --> 00:46:25.460
 and don't

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:26.259
 stop trusting

00:46:26.259 --> 00:46:27.319
 god as

00:46:27.319 --> 00:46:27.940
 just and

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:28.399
 powerful

00:46:28.399 --> 00:46:29.539
 here's a

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:30.279
 display of

00:46:30.279 --> 00:46:30.599
 both

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:33.039
 we read in

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:33.619
 verse 34

00:46:33.619 --> 00:46:34.219
 then samuel

00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:34.599
 went to

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:35.119
 ramah and

00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:35.619
 saul went up

00:46:35.619 --> 00:46:36.319
 to his house

00:46:36.319 --> 00:46:37.440
 in gibeah

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:38.599
 verse 35

00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:39.319
 samuel went

00:46:39.319 --> 00:46:39.839
 no more

00:46:39.839 --> 00:46:40.920
 to see saul

00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:41.519
 until the day

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:42.159
 of his death

00:46:42.159 --> 00:46:43.099
 nevertheless

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:44.739
 samuel mourned

00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:45.679
 for saul

00:46:45.679 --> 00:46:46.980
 and that's a

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:47.480
 summary of the

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:48.279
 relationship of

00:46:48.279 --> 00:46:48.900
 these two men

00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:50.059
 from now on

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:51.559
 these two cities

00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:52.619
 gibeah of saul

00:46:52.619 --> 00:46:55.539
 and where was

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:55.940
 samuel

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:57.199
 ramah

00:46:57.199 --> 00:46:57.779
 ramah of

00:46:57.779 --> 00:46:58.579
 samuel are

00:46:58.579 --> 00:46:59.259
 only about 10

00:46:59.259 --> 00:46:59.779
 miles away

00:46:59.779 --> 00:47:00.299
 they could have

00:47:00.299 --> 00:47:01.079
 easily visited

00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:01.679
 one another

00:47:01.679 --> 00:47:03.099
 samuel mourned

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:03.679
 for saul

00:47:03.679 --> 00:47:04.659
 he still shared

00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:05.279
 that grief

00:47:05.280 --> 00:47:06.680
 no doubt

00:47:06.680 --> 00:47:07.260
 he continued

00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:07.860
 to pray for

00:47:07.860 --> 00:47:08.120
 him

00:47:08.120 --> 00:47:09.360
 but the lord

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:10.580
 had shifted

00:47:10.580 --> 00:47:11.560
 the office

00:47:11.560 --> 00:47:11.840
 and the

00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:12.500
 anointing to

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:12.860
 another

00:47:12.860 --> 00:47:13.640
 and that's

00:47:13.640 --> 00:47:14.180
 what samuel

00:47:14.180 --> 00:47:14.600
 will work

00:47:14.600 --> 00:47:15.180
 at next

00:47:15.180 --> 00:47:17.100
 but this

00:47:17.100 --> 00:47:17.760
 story of

00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:18.220
 saul's

00:47:18.220 --> 00:47:18.580
 failure

00:47:18.580 --> 00:47:20.260
 and agag's

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.800
 judgments

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:21.920
 does not

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:22.840
 end here

00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:24.580
 god's decree

00:47:24.580 --> 00:47:25.980
 will not

00:47:25.980 --> 00:47:26.640
 fail

00:47:26.640 --> 00:47:28.240
 turn back

00:47:28.240 --> 00:47:28.620
 real quick

00:47:28.620 --> 00:47:29.000
 to first

00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:29.300
 samuel

00:47:29.300 --> 00:47:29.940
 chapter 9

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:31.760
 you need to

00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:32.080
 see these

00:47:32.080 --> 00:47:32.480
 things with

00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:32.780
 your own

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:33.140
 eyes

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:35.519
 first

00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:35.920
 samuel

00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:37.059
 chapter 9

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:38.619
 verse 1

00:47:38.619 --> 00:47:43.519
 what tribe

00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:44.059
 was saul

00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:44.379
 from

00:47:44.379 --> 00:47:48.219
 his dad's

00:47:48.219 --> 00:47:48.539
 name was

00:47:48.539 --> 00:47:49.079
 kish and he

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.659
 was from the

00:47:49.659 --> 00:47:50.299
 tribe of

00:47:50.299 --> 00:47:50.900
 benjamin

00:47:50.900 --> 00:47:51.759
 it says in

00:47:51.759 --> 00:47:52.219
 verse 1

00:47:52.219 --> 00:47:53.199
 saul was a

00:47:53.199 --> 00:47:54.059
 benjamite

00:47:54.059 --> 00:47:55.400
 now turn to

00:47:55.400 --> 00:47:55.920
 esther

00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:58.199
 turn to esther

00:47:58.199 --> 00:47:59.000
 chapter 2

00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:03.000
 remember saul

00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:03.519
 was from the

00:48:03.519 --> 00:48:03.920
 tribe of

00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:04.280
 benjamin

00:48:04.280 --> 00:48:06.760
 the story of

00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:07.360
 esther begins

00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:07.820
 not with

00:48:07.820 --> 00:48:08.300
 esther but

00:48:08.300 --> 00:48:09.019
 with another

00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:10.000
 hebrew man

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.639
 in exile

00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:11.440
 his name is

00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:12.119
 mordecai

00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:13.880
 esther

00:48:13.880 --> 00:48:14.500
 chapter 2

00:48:14.500 --> 00:48:15.199
 verse 5

00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:21.199
 once you

00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:21.699
 find that

00:48:21.699 --> 00:48:23.000
 figure out

00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:23.559
 what tribe

00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:23.860
 is

00:48:23.860 --> 00:48:24.780
 mordecai

00:48:24.780 --> 00:48:25.280
 from

00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:31.660
 esther

00:48:31.660 --> 00:48:32.240
 chapter 2

00:48:32.240 --> 00:48:32.760
 verse 5

00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:33.280
 says that

00:48:33.280 --> 00:48:33.820
 mordecai

00:48:33.820 --> 00:48:34.600
 was a

00:48:34.600 --> 00:48:35.220
 benjamite

00:48:35.220 --> 00:48:37.220
 now turn to

00:48:37.220 --> 00:48:37.600
 esther

00:48:37.600 --> 00:48:38.360
 chapter 9

00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:39.040
 a few more

00:48:39.040 --> 00:48:39.780
 pages forward

00:48:39.780 --> 00:48:40.360
 esther

00:48:40.360 --> 00:48:40.940
 chapter 9

00:48:40.940 --> 00:48:41.720
 verse 23

00:48:41.720 --> 00:48:47.080
 this is a

00:48:47.080 --> 00:48:47.540
 story of

00:48:47.540 --> 00:48:48.540
 the israelites

00:48:48.540 --> 00:48:49.380
 in exile

00:48:49.380 --> 00:48:51.260
 god putting

00:48:51.260 --> 00:48:51.860
 a queen

00:48:51.860 --> 00:48:52.600
 named esther

00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:53.319
 into a

00:48:53.319 --> 00:48:53.759
 position

00:48:53.759 --> 00:48:54.739
 that god

00:48:54.739 --> 00:48:55.239
 would use

00:48:55.239 --> 00:48:56.000
 to spare

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:56.539
 his people

00:48:56.539 --> 00:48:57.719
 and to

00:48:57.719 --> 00:48:58.319
 bring judgment

00:48:58.319 --> 00:48:58.960
 on god's

00:48:58.960 --> 00:48:59.380
 enemies

00:48:59.380 --> 00:49:01.239
 the enemies

00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:01.719
 of god

00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:02.059
 in the

00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:02.599
 book of

00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:02.960
 esther

00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:04.199
 are led

00:49:04.199 --> 00:49:04.619
 by this

00:49:04.619 --> 00:49:05.179
 man named

00:49:05.179 --> 00:49:05.599
 haman

00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:06.659
 look at

00:49:06.659 --> 00:49:06.920
 esther

00:49:06.920 --> 00:49:07.519
 chapter 9

00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:08.480
 verses 23

00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:09.400
 through 25

00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:10.679
 so the

00:49:10.679 --> 00:49:11.179
 jews

00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:11.679
 accepted

00:49:11.679 --> 00:49:12.239
 the custom

00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:12.659
 which they

00:49:12.659 --> 00:49:13.299
 had begun

00:49:13.299 --> 00:49:14.599
 as mordecai

00:49:14.599 --> 00:49:15.099
 had written

00:49:15.099 --> 00:49:15.739
 to them

00:49:15.739 --> 00:49:17.159
 verse 24

00:49:17.159 --> 00:49:17.639
 because

00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:18.119
 haman

00:49:18.119 --> 00:49:19.860
 look at

00:49:19.860 --> 00:49:20.380
 where he's

00:49:20.380 --> 00:49:20.699
 from

00:49:20.699 --> 00:49:21.619
 haman

00:49:21.619 --> 00:49:22.739
 the agagite

00:49:22.739 --> 00:49:23.859
 from the

00:49:23.859 --> 00:49:24.339
 line of

00:49:24.339 --> 00:49:25.039
 agag

00:49:25.039 --> 00:49:26.199
 the enemy

00:49:26.199 --> 00:49:27.199
 of all

00:49:27.199 --> 00:49:28.119
 the jews

00:49:28.119 --> 00:49:28.839
 had plotted

00:49:28.839 --> 00:49:29.519
 against the

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:30.000
 jews to

00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:30.539
 annihilate

00:49:30.539 --> 00:49:30.819
 them

00:49:30.819 --> 00:49:31.759
 to consume

00:49:31.759 --> 00:49:32.039
 them

00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:32.719
 and destroy

00:49:32.719 --> 00:49:33.019
 them

00:49:33.019 --> 00:49:33.900
 and this

00:49:33.900 --> 00:49:34.539
 wicked plot

00:49:34.539 --> 00:49:34.839
 which

00:49:34.839 --> 00:49:35.519
 haman had

00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:35.920
 devised

00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:36.420
 against the

00:49:36.420 --> 00:49:36.699
 jews

00:49:36.699 --> 00:49:37.440
 would return

00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:38.400
 on his

00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:39.159
 own head

00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:41.139
 just as in

00:49:41.139 --> 00:49:41.779
 first samuel

00:49:41.779 --> 00:49:42.299
 15

00:49:42.299 --> 00:49:43.599
 these enemies

00:49:43.599 --> 00:49:44.059
 of god

00:49:44.059 --> 00:49:44.639
 are also

00:49:44.639 --> 00:49:45.059
 judged

00:49:45.059 --> 00:49:45.819
 according to

00:49:45.819 --> 00:49:46.440
 their own

00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:46.920
 evil

00:49:46.920 --> 00:49:48.779
 god is

00:49:48.779 --> 00:49:49.500
 giving

00:49:49.500 --> 00:49:50.000
 sinners

00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:50.739
 a long

00:49:50.739 --> 00:49:51.319
 time to

00:49:51.319 --> 00:49:51.779
 repent

00:49:51.779 --> 00:49:52.899
 and believe

00:49:52.899 --> 00:49:54.059
 just as

00:49:54.059 --> 00:49:54.359
 he did

00:49:54.359 --> 00:49:54.739
 to the

00:49:54.739 --> 00:49:55.639
 the

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:56.339
 amalekites

00:49:56.339 --> 00:49:56.699
 and the

00:49:56.699 --> 00:49:57.319
 agagites

00:49:57.319 --> 00:49:58.659
 but god's

00:49:58.659 --> 00:49:59.039
 decree

00:49:59.039 --> 00:50:00.239
 will not

00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:00.679
 fail

00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:01.879
 brothers and

00:50:01.879 --> 00:50:02.199
 sisters

00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:03.619
 this is true

00:50:03.619 --> 00:50:04.139
 for you and

00:50:04.139 --> 00:50:04.679
 me for our

00:50:04.679 --> 00:50:05.119
 loved ones

00:50:05.119 --> 00:50:05.439
 for our

00:50:05.439 --> 00:50:05.939
 co-workers

00:50:05.939 --> 00:50:07.399
 god is

00:50:07.399 --> 00:50:07.719
 giving

00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:08.819
 sinners

00:50:08.819 --> 00:50:09.519
 a long

00:50:09.519 --> 00:50:09.899
 time to

00:50:09.899 --> 00:50:10.339
 repent

00:50:10.339 --> 00:50:11.000
 and to

00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:11.479
 turn to

00:50:11.479 --> 00:50:11.779
 christ

00:50:11.779 --> 00:50:12.539
 for salvation

00:50:12.539 --> 00:50:14.119
 but when

00:50:14.119 --> 00:50:15.099
 jesus returns

00:50:15.099 --> 00:50:15.799
 at the

00:50:15.799 --> 00:50:16.259
 hour that

00:50:16.259 --> 00:50:16.599
 is known

00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:17.159
 only to

00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:17.479
 god

00:50:17.480 --> 00:50:18.559
 we're

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:18.880
 told in

00:50:18.880 --> 00:50:19.159
 matthew

00:50:19.159 --> 00:50:19.619
 25

00:50:19.619 --> 00:50:20.340
 that jesus

00:50:20.340 --> 00:50:21.079
 will sit

00:50:21.079 --> 00:50:21.840
 on his

00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:22.460
 glorious

00:50:22.460 --> 00:50:23.320
 throne

00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:24.300
 of judgment

00:50:24.300 --> 00:50:25.699
 he is

00:50:25.699 --> 00:50:26.240
 coming to

00:50:26.240 --> 00:50:26.639
 judge

00:50:26.639 --> 00:50:27.659
 as the

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:28.019
 king of

00:50:28.019 --> 00:50:28.400
 kings

00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:30.340
 and now

00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:30.900
 comes that

00:50:30.900 --> 00:50:32.480
 that phrase

00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:33.159
 that in

00:50:33.159 --> 00:50:33.740
 verse 11

00:50:33.740 --> 00:50:34.460
 you can turn

00:50:34.460 --> 00:50:34.880
 back to our

00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:35.539
 passage first

00:50:35.539 --> 00:50:35.860
 samuel

00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:36.659
 chapter 15

00:50:36.659 --> 00:50:37.300
 verse 11

00:50:37.300 --> 00:50:37.780
 we're told

00:50:37.780 --> 00:50:39.619
 that god

00:50:39.619 --> 00:50:40.980
 regrets making

00:50:40.980 --> 00:50:41.740
 saw king

00:50:41.740 --> 00:50:43.159
 and the

00:50:43.159 --> 00:50:43.699
 last verse

00:50:43.699 --> 00:50:44.000
 of our

00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:44.619
 chapter says

00:50:44.619 --> 00:50:44.940
 in verse

00:50:44.940 --> 00:50:45.940
 36 god

00:50:45.940 --> 00:50:47.320
 regrets

00:50:47.320 --> 00:50:47.980
 making you

00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:48.260
 king

00:50:48.260 --> 00:50:49.179
 he repeats

00:50:49.179 --> 00:50:49.480
 that

00:50:49.480 --> 00:50:50.460
 verse 11

00:50:50.460 --> 00:50:51.079
 and verse

00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:51.720
 36

00:50:51.720 --> 00:50:53.579
 that repetition

00:50:53.579 --> 00:50:54.079
 is called

00:50:54.079 --> 00:50:55.019
 an inclusio

00:50:55.019 --> 00:50:55.460
 it's setting

00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:56.300
 two bookmarks

00:50:56.300 --> 00:50:57.679
 we need to

00:50:57.679 --> 00:50:58.460
 study what's

00:50:58.460 --> 00:50:59.039
 in between

00:50:59.039 --> 00:50:59.539
 these two

00:50:59.539 --> 00:50:59.840
 these are

00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:00.059
 to be

00:51:00.059 --> 00:51:00.480
 taken as

00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:00.800
 one

00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:01.740
 section

00:51:01.740 --> 00:51:03.200
 these

00:51:03.200 --> 00:51:03.579
 statements

00:51:03.579 --> 00:51:04.099
 that god

00:51:04.099 --> 00:51:04.960
 regrets

00:51:04.960 --> 00:51:06.119
 or repents

00:51:06.119 --> 00:51:06.820
 they seem

00:51:06.820 --> 00:51:07.500
 to contradict

00:51:07.500 --> 00:51:08.240
 what god

00:51:08.240 --> 00:51:08.700
 has revealed

00:51:08.700 --> 00:51:09.460
 about himself

00:51:09.460 --> 00:51:11.280
 what has

00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:11.760
 god revealed

00:51:11.760 --> 00:51:12.539
 about himself

00:51:12.539 --> 00:51:13.460
 in malachi

00:51:13.460 --> 00:51:14.179
 3 6

00:51:14.179 --> 00:51:14.800
 god says

00:51:14.800 --> 00:51:15.420
 i am

00:51:15.420 --> 00:51:15.820
 the lord

00:51:15.820 --> 00:51:16.300
 and i

00:51:16.300 --> 00:51:16.940
 do not

00:51:16.940 --> 00:51:17.539
 change

00:51:17.539 --> 00:51:18.720
 in james

00:51:18.720 --> 00:51:19.460
 117

00:51:19.460 --> 00:51:19.860
 we read

00:51:19.860 --> 00:51:20.160
 that in

00:51:20.160 --> 00:51:20.600
 god there

00:51:20.600 --> 00:51:21.100
 is no

00:51:21.100 --> 00:51:21.740
 variation

00:51:21.740 --> 00:51:22.920
 or shadow

00:51:22.920 --> 00:51:23.640
 of turning

00:51:23.640 --> 00:51:24.960
 god doesn't

00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:25.880
 make saw king

00:51:25.880 --> 00:51:26.720
 and then turn

00:51:26.720 --> 00:51:27.160
 and change

00:51:27.160 --> 00:51:27.660
 his mind

00:51:27.660 --> 00:51:29.080
 something different

00:51:29.080 --> 00:51:29.580
 has to be

00:51:29.580 --> 00:51:30.180
 communicated

00:51:30.180 --> 00:51:31.280
 our second

00:51:31.280 --> 00:51:32.019
 london confession

00:51:32.019 --> 00:51:32.480
 of faith

00:51:32.480 --> 00:51:33.260
 chapter 3

00:51:33.260 --> 00:51:34.500
 paragraph 1

00:51:34.500 --> 00:51:35.200
 summarizes

00:51:35.200 --> 00:51:36.160
 the doctrines

00:51:36.160 --> 00:51:36.980
 contained in

00:51:36.980 --> 00:51:37.380
 the scripture

00:51:37.380 --> 00:51:37.940
 this way

00:51:37.940 --> 00:51:38.680
 god has

00:51:38.680 --> 00:51:39.240
 decreed

00:51:39.240 --> 00:51:39.780
 in himself

00:51:39.780 --> 00:51:40.660
 from all

00:51:40.660 --> 00:51:41.039
 eternity

00:51:41.039 --> 00:51:41.740
 by the most

00:51:41.740 --> 00:51:42.680
 wise and

00:51:42.680 --> 00:51:43.380
 holy counsel

00:51:43.380 --> 00:51:44.059
 of his own

00:51:44.059 --> 00:51:44.340
 will

00:51:44.340 --> 00:51:45.180
 freely

00:51:45.180 --> 00:51:45.680
 and

00:51:45.680 --> 00:51:46.620
 unchangeably

00:51:46.620 --> 00:51:47.660
 all things

00:51:47.660 --> 00:51:48.500
 whatsoever

00:51:48.500 --> 00:51:49.100
 come to

00:51:49.100 --> 00:51:49.519
 pass

00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:50.680
 this is

00:51:50.680 --> 00:51:51.000
 confirmed

00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:51.460
 by isaiah

00:51:51.460 --> 00:51:52.360
 46 10

00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:53.260
 declaring

00:51:53.260 --> 00:51:54.519
 god declares

00:51:54.519 --> 00:51:54.960
 from the

00:51:54.960 --> 00:51:55.519
 the end

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:55.840
 from the

00:51:55.840 --> 00:51:56.220
 beginning

00:51:56.220 --> 00:51:56.620
 and from

00:51:56.620 --> 00:51:57.000
 ancient

00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:57.460
 times

00:51:57.460 --> 00:51:58.300
 things

00:51:58.300 --> 00:51:59.039
 not yet

00:51:59.039 --> 00:51:59.340
 done

00:51:59.340 --> 00:51:59.700
 saying

00:51:59.700 --> 00:52:00.460
 my counsel

00:52:00.460 --> 00:52:01.019
 shall

00:52:01.019 --> 00:52:01.460
 stand

00:52:01.460 --> 00:52:02.380
 i shall

00:52:02.380 --> 00:52:02.980
 accomplish

00:52:02.980 --> 00:52:04.019
 my purpose

00:52:04.019 --> 00:52:05.740
 so what's

00:52:05.740 --> 00:52:06.240
 in between

00:52:06.240 --> 00:52:06.900
 these two

00:52:06.900 --> 00:52:07.840
 bookends

00:52:07.840 --> 00:52:08.780
 verse 11

00:52:08.780 --> 00:52:09.539
 and verse 36

00:52:09.539 --> 00:52:10.340
 saying that god

00:52:10.340 --> 00:52:11.199
 regretted making

00:52:11.199 --> 00:52:11.940
 saw king

00:52:11.940 --> 00:52:14.480
 it's verse 29

00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:17.279
 find verse 29

00:52:17.279 --> 00:52:19.279
 and it's not to

00:52:19.279 --> 00:52:19.980
 diminish the

00:52:19.980 --> 00:52:20.940
 message of these

00:52:20.940 --> 00:52:21.860
 two verses 11

00:52:21.860 --> 00:52:22.880
 and 36 because

00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:23.639
 they're communicating

00:52:23.639 --> 00:52:25.079
 something very

00:52:25.079 --> 00:52:25.539
 important

00:52:25.539 --> 00:52:28.179
 that god so

00:52:28.179 --> 00:52:29.159
 loves his people

00:52:29.159 --> 00:52:31.259
 that god can't

00:52:31.259 --> 00:52:32.259
 bear to see his

00:52:32.259 --> 00:52:32.679
 people

00:52:32.679 --> 00:52:35.400
 being being led

00:52:35.400 --> 00:52:36.300
 or ruled by a

00:52:36.300 --> 00:52:36.920
 king who doesn't

00:52:36.920 --> 00:52:37.900
 align himself with

00:52:37.900 --> 00:52:39.139
 god these are

00:52:39.139 --> 00:52:39.940
 god's people

00:52:39.940 --> 00:52:40.920
 and when a

00:52:40.920 --> 00:52:41.460
 king gets in

00:52:41.460 --> 00:52:41.960
 the way of

00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:43.240
 this relationship

00:52:43.240 --> 00:52:45.019
 that god himself

00:52:45.019 --> 00:52:46.039
 needs with his

00:52:46.039 --> 00:52:46.940
 people well he

00:52:46.940 --> 00:52:47.760
 needs nothing but

00:52:47.760 --> 00:52:48.660
 he he won't

00:52:48.660 --> 00:52:49.420
 tolerate anything

00:52:49.420 --> 00:52:49.900
 in the middle

00:52:49.900 --> 00:52:50.860
 he's a jealous

00:52:50.860 --> 00:52:52.139
 god and as

00:52:52.139 --> 00:52:52.880
 saul puts himself

00:52:52.880 --> 00:52:54.420
 as a man that's

00:52:54.420 --> 00:52:55.099
 you know promoting

00:52:55.099 --> 00:52:56.000
 his own ego and

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:56.920
 making monuments to

00:52:56.920 --> 00:52:57.720
 worship himself

00:52:57.720 --> 00:52:58.760
 god will have

00:52:58.760 --> 00:52:59.460
 none of that

00:52:59.460 --> 00:53:01.500
 so this is

00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:02.440
 language conveying

00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:03.680
 the the deep

00:53:03.680 --> 00:53:04.579
 love of god

00:53:04.579 --> 00:53:06.720
 the unrelenting

00:53:06.720 --> 00:53:07.860
 uncompromising

00:53:07.860 --> 00:53:09.079
 bond that god

00:53:09.079 --> 00:53:09.820
 will have with

00:53:09.820 --> 00:53:10.320
 his people

00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:11.260
 through an

00:53:11.260 --> 00:53:11.980
 anointed king

00:53:11.980 --> 00:53:12.559
 but it's not

00:53:12.559 --> 00:53:13.960
 saul it will

00:53:13.960 --> 00:53:14.660
 not be saul

00:53:14.660 --> 00:53:15.920
 saul serves a

00:53:15.920 --> 00:53:16.680
 different purpose

00:53:16.680 --> 00:53:17.780
 in the unfolding

00:53:17.780 --> 00:53:18.340
 of redemption

00:53:18.340 --> 00:53:19.559
 redemptive history

00:53:19.559 --> 00:53:20.900
 now look at verse

00:53:20.900 --> 00:53:21.420
 29

00:53:21.420 --> 00:53:24.920
 here's the

00:53:24.920 --> 00:53:26.260
 clarification of

00:53:26.260 --> 00:53:26.840
 what sounds

00:53:26.840 --> 00:53:27.660
 difficult to our

00:53:27.660 --> 00:53:28.099
 ears

00:53:28.099 --> 00:53:30.500
 god will not

00:53:30.500 --> 00:53:32.000
 regret giving

00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:32.680
 the throne

00:53:32.680 --> 00:53:34.200
 of king

00:53:34.200 --> 00:53:36.019
 to one who

00:53:36.019 --> 00:53:36.579
 is better

00:53:36.579 --> 00:53:37.579
 than saul

00:53:37.579 --> 00:53:39.000
 do you hear

00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:39.460
 what god's

00:53:39.460 --> 00:53:39.679
 saying

00:53:39.679 --> 00:53:41.380
 there is a

00:53:41.380 --> 00:53:41.619
 king

00:53:41.619 --> 00:53:42.880
 i will give

00:53:42.880 --> 00:53:43.420
 a throne

00:53:43.420 --> 00:53:44.079
 over my

00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:44.639
 people to

00:53:44.639 --> 00:53:45.099
 a king

00:53:45.099 --> 00:53:46.500
 far better

00:53:46.500 --> 00:53:47.039
 than saul

00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:47.639
 far better

00:53:47.639 --> 00:53:48.340
 than david

00:53:48.340 --> 00:53:52.200
 but this

00:53:52.200 --> 00:53:53.300
 king must be

00:53:53.300 --> 00:53:53.860
 an obedient

00:53:53.860 --> 00:53:54.500
 servant

00:53:54.500 --> 00:53:56.440
 this king

00:53:56.440 --> 00:53:57.200
 must deliver

00:53:57.200 --> 00:53:57.900
 god's people

00:53:57.900 --> 00:53:58.480
 from their

00:53:58.480 --> 00:53:58.860
 sin

00:53:58.860 --> 00:53:59.539
 from death

00:53:59.539 --> 00:54:00.480
 from hell

00:54:00.480 --> 00:54:02.019
 god's anointed

00:54:02.019 --> 00:54:02.539
 king the

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:03.100
 messiah

00:54:03.100 --> 00:54:04.460
 must be one

00:54:04.460 --> 00:54:04.800
 that will

00:54:04.800 --> 00:54:05.280
 listen to

00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:05.900
 god's voice

00:54:05.900 --> 00:54:06.860
 heed god's

00:54:06.860 --> 00:54:07.280
 commands

00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:08.200
 and obey

00:54:08.200 --> 00:54:08.720
 god

00:54:08.720 --> 00:54:09.480
 perfectly

00:54:09.480 --> 00:54:12.119
 our lord

00:54:12.119 --> 00:54:12.920
 jesus christ

00:54:12.920 --> 00:54:14.619
 all alone

00:54:14.619 --> 00:54:16.300
 accomplished

00:54:16.300 --> 00:54:16.900
 the mission

00:54:16.900 --> 00:54:17.900
 that saul

00:54:17.900 --> 00:54:18.360
 and every

00:54:18.360 --> 00:54:18.840
 other king

00:54:18.840 --> 00:54:19.420
 failed to

00:54:19.420 --> 00:54:20.000
 accomplish

00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:21.639
 our lord

00:54:21.639 --> 00:54:22.179
 jesus did

00:54:22.179 --> 00:54:22.840
 this alone

00:54:22.840 --> 00:54:23.440
 tempted in

00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:23.860
 the wilderness

00:54:23.860 --> 00:54:25.219
 satan

00:54:25.219 --> 00:54:26.280
 tempted jesus

00:54:26.280 --> 00:54:26.980
 with the

00:54:26.980 --> 00:54:27.340
 kingdoms

00:54:27.340 --> 00:54:28.000
 of this

00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:28.420
 world

00:54:28.420 --> 00:54:29.440
 his for

00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:29.860
 the taking

00:54:29.860 --> 00:54:30.179
 in a

00:54:30.179 --> 00:54:30.440
 worldly

00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:30.780
 way

00:54:30.780 --> 00:54:31.579
 but king

00:54:31.579 --> 00:54:32.300
 jesus did

00:54:32.300 --> 00:54:32.900
 not fail

00:54:32.900 --> 00:54:33.199
 and how

00:54:33.199 --> 00:54:33.480
 did he

00:54:33.480 --> 00:54:33.960
 counter the

00:54:33.960 --> 00:54:34.240
 enemy

00:54:34.240 --> 00:54:35.599
 by remembering

00:54:35.599 --> 00:54:36.659
 god's word

00:54:36.659 --> 00:54:38.099
 he cited

00:54:38.099 --> 00:54:38.940
 back the

00:54:38.940 --> 00:54:39.739
 truth from

00:54:39.739 --> 00:54:40.159
 scripture

00:54:40.159 --> 00:54:41.179
 to satan

00:54:41.179 --> 00:54:41.799
 that he

00:54:41.799 --> 00:54:42.179
 had hidden

00:54:42.179 --> 00:54:42.519
 in his

00:54:42.519 --> 00:54:42.799
 heart

00:54:42.799 --> 00:54:43.379
 that he

00:54:43.379 --> 00:54:43.940
 may not

00:54:43.940 --> 00:54:44.339
 sin

00:54:44.339 --> 00:54:45.039
 against

00:54:45.039 --> 00:54:45.420
 god

00:54:45.420 --> 00:54:47.159
 he said

00:54:47.159 --> 00:54:47.779
 as it is

00:54:47.779 --> 00:54:48.079
 written

00:54:48.079 --> 00:54:49.359
 as it is

00:54:49.359 --> 00:54:49.639
 written

00:54:49.639 --> 00:54:50.779
 as it is

00:54:50.779 --> 00:54:51.039
 written

00:54:51.039 --> 00:54:51.859
 here's the

00:54:51.859 --> 00:54:52.440
 true king

00:54:52.440 --> 00:54:53.319
 through whom

00:54:53.319 --> 00:54:53.739
 god can

00:54:53.739 --> 00:54:54.119
 bless

00:54:54.119 --> 00:54:54.799
 and rule

00:54:54.799 --> 00:54:55.259
 over his

00:54:55.259 --> 00:54:55.599
 people

00:54:55.599 --> 00:54:57.259
 jesus

00:54:57.259 --> 00:54:58.000
 heeded

00:54:58.000 --> 00:54:58.440
 god

00:54:58.440 --> 00:54:59.279
 as his

00:54:59.279 --> 00:54:59.579
 father

00:54:59.579 --> 00:55:01.420
 jesus

00:55:01.420 --> 00:55:02.019
 obeyed

00:55:02.019 --> 00:55:03.719
 and therefore

00:55:03.719 --> 00:55:04.119
 he can

00:55:04.119 --> 00:55:04.559
 command

00:55:04.559 --> 00:55:06.059
 he is the

00:55:06.059 --> 00:55:06.420
 lord of

00:55:06.420 --> 00:55:06.680
 hosts

00:55:06.680 --> 00:55:07.320
 the commander

00:55:07.320 --> 00:55:07.960
 of the

00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:08.260
 armies

00:55:08.260 --> 00:55:08.820
 of heaven

00:55:08.820 --> 00:55:10.519
 hebrews

00:55:10.519 --> 00:55:11.360
 10 14

00:55:11.360 --> 00:55:12.720
 quoting

00:55:12.720 --> 00:55:13.099
 psalm

00:55:13.099 --> 00:55:13.480
 40

00:55:13.480 --> 00:55:15.980
 points out

00:55:15.980 --> 00:55:16.599
 jesus's

00:55:16.599 --> 00:55:17.059
 obedience

00:55:17.059 --> 00:55:17.500
 how i

00:55:17.500 --> 00:55:18.059
 have come

00:55:18.059 --> 00:55:18.780
 behold i

00:55:18.780 --> 00:55:19.220
 have come

00:55:19.220 --> 00:55:19.559
 to do

00:55:19.559 --> 00:55:20.159
 your will

00:55:20.159 --> 00:55:20.720
 oh god

00:55:20.720 --> 00:55:21.440
 jesus

00:55:21.440 --> 00:55:21.980
 prayed not

00:55:21.980 --> 00:55:22.480
 my will

00:55:22.480 --> 00:55:23.000
 but yours

00:55:23.000 --> 00:55:23.460
 be done

00:55:23.460 --> 00:55:24.320
 and our

00:55:24.320 --> 00:55:24.760
 lord jesus

00:55:24.760 --> 00:55:25.159
 christ

00:55:25.159 --> 00:55:25.760
 didn't keep

00:55:25.760 --> 00:55:26.579
 back the

00:55:26.579 --> 00:55:27.019
 best for

00:55:27.019 --> 00:55:27.440
 himself

00:55:27.440 --> 00:55:28.659
 he sacrificed

00:55:28.659 --> 00:55:29.180
 the best

00:55:29.180 --> 00:55:29.619
 to god

00:55:29.619 --> 00:55:31.400
 he consecrated

00:55:31.400 --> 00:55:32.320
 himself

00:55:32.320 --> 00:55:33.700
 the pure

00:55:33.700 --> 00:55:34.340
 sacrifice

00:55:34.340 --> 00:55:34.880
 the only

00:55:34.880 --> 00:55:35.519
 acceptable

00:55:35.519 --> 00:55:36.559
 sacrifice

00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:37.039
 on the

00:55:37.039 --> 00:55:37.440
 cross

00:55:37.440 --> 00:55:38.780
 he made

00:55:38.780 --> 00:55:39.420
 himself

00:55:39.420 --> 00:55:40.759
 wicked

00:55:40.759 --> 00:55:41.420
 agag

00:55:41.420 --> 00:55:42.639
 to be

00:55:42.639 --> 00:55:43.000
 hacked

00:55:43.000 --> 00:55:43.780
 to pieces

00:55:43.780 --> 00:55:45.199
 by the

00:55:45.199 --> 00:55:46.320
 uncompromising

00:55:46.320 --> 00:55:46.840
 justice

00:55:46.840 --> 00:55:47.780
 of the

00:55:47.780 --> 00:55:48.480
 holy god

00:55:48.480 --> 00:55:50.380
 whose decree

00:55:50.380 --> 00:55:51.679
 will not

00:55:51.679 --> 00:55:52.119
 fail

00:55:52.119 --> 00:55:54.559
 so that

00:55:54.559 --> 00:55:54.900
 you and

00:55:54.900 --> 00:55:55.099
 i

00:55:55.099 --> 00:55:57.159
 can be

00:55:57.159 --> 00:55:57.679
 his people

00:55:57.679 --> 00:55:58.659
 and he

00:55:58.659 --> 00:55:59.199
 can be

00:55:59.199 --> 00:55:59.820
 our god

00:55:59.820 --> 00:56:01.440
 we trust

00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:01.840
 this from

00:56:01.840 --> 00:56:02.300
 ephesians

00:56:02.300 --> 00:56:02.900
 111

00:56:02.900 --> 00:56:03.500
 that in

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:04.000
 christ

00:56:04.000 --> 00:56:05.140
 we have

00:56:05.140 --> 00:56:05.620
 obtained

00:56:05.620 --> 00:56:06.380
 an inheritance

00:56:06.380 --> 00:56:06.539
!

00:56:06.539 --> 00:56:07.360
 having been

00:56:07.360 --> 00:56:08.080
 predestined

00:56:08.080 --> 00:56:09.280
 according to

00:56:09.280 --> 00:56:09.920
 the purpose

00:56:09.920 --> 00:56:10.680
 of him

00:56:10.680 --> 00:56:11.400
 who works

00:56:11.400 --> 00:56:12.160
 all things

00:56:12.160 --> 00:56:13.340
 according to

00:56:13.340 --> 00:56:13.900
 the counsel

00:56:13.900 --> 00:56:14.620
 of his

00:56:14.620 --> 00:56:14.960
 will

00:56:14.960 --> 00:56:16.680
 saw

00:56:16.680 --> 00:56:17.680
 and agag

00:56:17.680 --> 00:56:18.640
 and haman

00:56:18.640 --> 00:56:19.200
 they couldn't

00:56:19.200 --> 00:56:19.920
 thwart the

00:56:19.920 --> 00:56:20.460
 will and the

00:56:20.460 --> 00:56:20.900
 plan of

00:56:20.900 --> 00:56:21.220
 god

00:56:21.220 --> 00:56:23.260
 god's

00:56:23.260 --> 00:56:24.580
 uncompromising

00:56:24.580 --> 00:56:25.280
 justice

00:56:25.280 --> 00:56:27.060
 and grace

00:56:27.060 --> 00:56:28.620
 meeting

00:56:28.620 --> 00:56:29.180
 on the

00:56:29.180 --> 00:56:29.440
 cross

00:56:29.440 --> 00:56:29.620
 of

00:56:29.620 --> 00:56:29.900
 jesus

00:56:29.900 --> 00:56:30.360
 christ

00:56:30.360 --> 00:56:31.920
 so that

00:56:31.920 --> 00:56:32.200
 you and

00:56:32.200 --> 00:56:32.519
 i can

00:56:32.519 --> 00:56:32.800
 have

00:56:32.800 --> 00:56:33.460
 no

00:56:33.460 --> 00:56:34.140
 guilt

00:56:34.140 --> 00:56:34.660
 in this

00:56:34.660 --> 00:56:35.080
 life

00:56:35.080 --> 00:56:36.000
 and no

00:56:36.000 --> 00:56:36.720
 fear

00:56:36.720 --> 00:56:37.640
 of death

00:56:37.640 --> 00:56:38.000
 why

00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:39.060
 because

00:56:39.060 --> 00:56:39.600
 there is

00:56:39.600 --> 00:56:39.780
 no

00:56:39.780 --> 00:56:40.180
 shadow

00:56:40.180 --> 00:56:40.680
 of

00:56:40.680 --> 00:56:41.040
 turning

00:56:41.040 --> 00:56:41.820
 with

00:56:41.820 --> 00:56:42.000
 our

00:56:42.000 --> 00:56:42.320
 god

00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:44.080
 god's

00:56:44.080 --> 00:56:44.460
 decree

00:56:44.460 --> 00:56:45.640
 will

00:56:45.640 --> 00:56:46.060
 prevail

00:56:46.060 --> 00:56:48.640
 king

00:56:48.640 --> 00:56:48.980
 jesus

00:56:48.980 --> 00:56:49.600
 commands

00:56:49.600 --> 00:56:50.300
 your

00:56:50.300 --> 00:56:50.740
 destiny

00:56:50.740 --> 00:56:51.440
 if you

00:56:51.440 --> 00:56:51.580
 are

00:56:51.580 --> 00:56:51.740
 in

00:56:51.740 --> 00:56:51.980
 him

00:56:51.980 --> 00:56:53.860
 let's

00:56:53.860 --> 00:56:54.120
 pray

00:56:54.119 --> 00:56:55.480
 father

00:56:55.480 --> 00:56:55.940
 we thank

00:56:55.940 --> 00:56:56.219
 you for

00:56:56.219 --> 00:56:56.420
 this

00:56:56.420 --> 00:56:56.819
 glorious

00:56:56.819 --> 00:56:57.380
 salvation

00:56:57.380 --> 00:56:57.619
 that

00:56:57.619 --> 00:56:57.839
 you've

00:56:57.839 --> 00:56:58.460
 accomplished

00:56:58.460 --> 00:56:59.639
 foreshadowed

00:56:59.639 --> 00:57:00.119
 long ago

00:57:00.119 --> 00:57:00.779
 promised

00:57:00.779 --> 00:57:01.839
 revealed

00:57:01.839 --> 00:57:02.539
 in every

00:57:02.539 --> 00:57:03.239
 corner

00:57:03.239 --> 00:57:03.880
 of your

00:57:03.880 --> 00:57:04.279
 word

00:57:04.279 --> 00:57:05.259
 we thank

00:57:05.259 --> 00:57:05.519
 you for

00:57:05.519 --> 00:57:05.819
 how your

00:57:05.819 --> 00:57:06.420
 holy spirit

00:57:06.420 --> 00:57:07.480
 shines your

00:57:07.480 --> 00:57:07.900
 grace

00:57:07.900 --> 00:57:08.239
 and your

00:57:08.239 --> 00:57:08.759
 truth on

00:57:08.759 --> 00:57:09.019
 us

00:57:09.019 --> 00:57:09.859
 through the

00:57:09.859 --> 00:57:10.359
 person and

00:57:10.359 --> 00:57:10.679
 the work

00:57:10.679 --> 00:57:11.119
 of jesus

00:57:11.119 --> 00:57:11.559
 christ

00:57:11.559 --> 00:57:12.079
 please help

00:57:12.079 --> 00:57:12.380
 us to

00:57:12.380 --> 00:57:12.940
 receive

00:57:12.940 --> 00:57:13.920
 from you

00:57:13.920 --> 00:57:14.239
 in this

00:57:14.239 --> 00:57:14.500
 way

00:57:14.500 --> 00:57:15.239
 amen