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 Our sermon passage for today is the entire chapter 1st Samuel chapter 28.

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! I encourage you to follow along now and then also keep this open in front of you as we work our way through this passage.

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! We do so trusting that it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, powerful word for you and me, his people.

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 1st Samuel 28.

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 Now it happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies together for war to fight with Israel.

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 And Achish said to David, you assuredly know that you will go out with me to battle you and your men.

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 David said to Achish, surely you know what your servant can do.

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 And Achish said to David, therefore I will make you one of my chief guardians forever.

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 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel lamented for him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city.

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 And Saul had put the mediums and the spiritists out of the land.

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 Then the Philistines gathered together and came and encamped at Shunam.

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 So Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped at Gilboa.

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 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

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 And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, neither by dreams nor by Urim or by the prophets.

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 Then Saul said to his servants, find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.

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 And his servants said to him, in fact, there is a woman who is a medium at Endor.

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 So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him.

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 And they came to the woman by night and said, please conduct a seance for me and bring up for me the one I shall name to you.

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 Then the woman said to him, look, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the spiritists from the land.

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 Why then do you lay a snare for my life to cause me to die?

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 And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, as the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.

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 Then the woman said, whom shall I bring up for you?

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 And he said, bring up Samuel for me.

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 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice.

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 And the woman spoke to Saul, saying, why have you deceived me?

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 For you are Saul.

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 And the king said to her, do not be afraid.

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 What did you see?

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 And the woman said to Saul, I saw a spirit ascending out of the earth.

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 So he said to her, what is his form?

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 And she said, an old man is coming up and he is covered with a mantle.

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 And Saul perceived that it was Samuel.

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 And he stooped with his face to the ground and bowed down.

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 Now Samuel said to Saul, why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?

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 And Saul answered, I am deeply distressed for the Philistines make war against me.

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 And God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams.

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 Therefore, I have called you that you may reveal to me what I should do.

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 Then Samuel said, so why do you ask me, seeing the Lord has departed from you and has become your enemy?

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 And the Lord has done for himself as he spoke by me.

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 For the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David,

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 because you did not obey the voice of the Lord, nor execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek.

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 Therefore, the Lord has done these things to you this day.

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 Moreover, the Lord will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines.

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 And tomorrow you and your sons will be with me.

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 The Lord will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

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 Immediately, Saul fell to the full length on the ground and was dreadfully afraid because of the words of Samuel.

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 And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day or all night.

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 And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was severely troubled and said to him,

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 look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice and I have put my life in my hands and he did the words which you spoke to me.

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 Now, therefore, please heed also the voice of your maidservant and let me set a piece of bread before you and eat that you may have strength when you go on your way.

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 But he refused and said, I will not eat.

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 So his servants together with the woman urged him and he heeded their voice.

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 Then he arose from the ground and sat on the bed and the woman had a fattened calf in the house and she hastened to kill it.

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 She took flour and kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it.

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 So he brought it before Saul and his servants and they ate.

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 Then they rose and went away that night.

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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 have a seat.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades, the word of the Lord stands forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Oh, Lord, we pray, Lord, that you will speak through your word as you're so faithful to do.

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 We thank you for each precious soul, Lord, that you have brought here today.

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 We pray, Lord, even for those that might hear this message later, that you will use your word, your action, your power in history to redeem a people for yourself and to preserve this in the scriptures.

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 And that you'll use this, Lord, in our lives to show us who you are, to reveal your might, to show us, Lord, the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 We pray. Amen.

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 Well, there are some chapters in life that are very dark, very hard.

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 Some of us are in those these months.

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 Just as we can't skip over or fast forward those hard moments in our lives as Christians.

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 Instead, we walk through them trusting God.

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 We do the same as we read his word.

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 We walk through every page of the Bible, even the difficult ones like this passage today.

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 The title of today's sermon, it's simply the setting of the story.

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 Thinking of it on the large scale picture, what this represents for the nation.

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 The title is a dark night in the kingdom.

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 We have in this scene a spiritually dark moment in the darkest part of the day.

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 And this is a wonderful reflection.

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 It makes us just startled at how lost the kingdom has become.

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 A dark night in the kingdom.

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 I'd like to walk through this passage with about six different movements as we shift perspectives and do our best to handle everything in this chapter without skipping over the hard parts.

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 But also being content, leaving what God has kept veiled for God's own purposes and trusting him with that.

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 Well, the first perspective we see is from Saul's perspective.

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 What's coming at him?

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 And it's the Philistines along with David.

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 So we can call this first movement a double terror, a double terror.

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 Look again at verse one.

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 Now it happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies together for war to fight with Israel.

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 Looking at the map and the description that's given us here is the Philistines on the offensive, invading Israelite land.

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 The king of Gath, one of those five powerful cities of the Philistines, says to David, who's been working like a mercenary, like a vassal servant, bringing back tribute and loot to King Achish.

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 He says, you know that you will go with me to battle you and your men.

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 He's not calling for volunteers that would want to enlist themselves.

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 If you notice in verse two, David's stance is vague, probably on purpose.

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 David says, surely, you know what your servant can do.

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 My reputation has gone before me.

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 First time David showed up to King Achish, it was the rumor among all the soldiers.

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 This is that same one with Goliath's sword now strapped onto him.

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 And it's the one who they said, you know, Saul killed his thousands, but David is tens of thousands.

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 All the Philistines know what David can do, but he doesn't take a side yet.

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 Then Achish says, yes, you could paraphrase.

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 I know you've made me rich and you never lose.

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 That's been the pattern up to now.

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 So he says in verse two again, for this reason, I will make you one of my chief guardians forever.

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 Literally in the Hebrew, Achish says to David, I will make you the one in charge of my head.

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 Isn't that interesting how after the Lord delivered Goliath to David, we got that wonderful description that David went and everywhere he went, he had the head of Goliath with him like a trophy of war.

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 Now the king of the same city, Goliath, almost foreshadows.

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 This is the this is the anointed one that the Lord will bless, that will give dominion over even the Philistines.

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 God will eventually give David Goliath.

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 We read of that in First Chronicles 18 one.

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 But right now we have a much darker setting.

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 It's a true dilemma for David.

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 Think of it from his perspective.

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 If David fights Saul.

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 All of the nation of Israel, the whole army will watch David and these men do that.

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 It'll be civil war.

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 It'll be them fighting their own brothers in battle.

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 But on the other hand, David doesn't have a safe place to be within the land of Israel.

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 If he doesn't fight Saul, his deception that Achish has been believing all along will be discovered.

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 And they will likely lose their homes and everything that God's given them in their outpost now in the city of Ziklag.

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 Isn't it interesting how David, a man upon whom God had graciously set his heart, had stopped trusting God's promises and protection.

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 He started relying on his own deception and cunning.

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 And now he's entangled in a web of lies by his own spinning.

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 Well, that's from David's perspective.

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 But from Saul's perspective, as we saw last time, some of the best soldiers from the tribe of Benjamin, Saul's own tribe, have now fled to Ziklag.

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 Oh, the soldiers have to be talking about this.

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 We know that it's been reported to Saul that David is among the troops at Gath.

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 And now all these soldiers from Israel are going there to fight with him.

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 From Saul's perspective, that's not only the terror of the massive Philistine army that Saul's already been unsuccessful in fighting.

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 It's now David, along with all these mighty warriors, doubling up.

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 They both have a common enemy, or at least that's what Saul believes.

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 That's a double terror.

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 To make things worse, to make Saul's setting even darker.

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 When Saul wants guidance from the Lord, he has to endure an unbearable silence.

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 That's our second movement, an unbearable silence.

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 Look at verse four.

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 Then the Philistines gathered together and came and encamped at Shuman.

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 So Saul gathered all Israel together and they encamped at Gilboa.

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 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly.

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 Saul is trapped by ruling by what he can see.

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 He seized the Philistine army living by sight.

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 He was afraid and it gets a double emphasis.

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 His heart, the inner man, trembled greatly.

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 This is a dark time in the kingdom.

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 Look at verse six.

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 When Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him.

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 Either by dreams or Urim or by the prophets.

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 Remember, there were schools of prophets that Samuel had discipled and set up.

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 Remember what happened when Saul approached one of the schools of the prophets?

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 He got put down, prostrate before the Lord.

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 And even he started to speak God's truth.

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 The prophets were a powerful mouthpiece of God.

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 But they were silent now for him.

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 The Lord would at times speak by dreams.

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 They knew very well the story of Joseph and their roots as a nation and how God can give encouragement in that way.

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 Saul had nothing like that.

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 Morning after morning, waking up.

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 Divine silence.

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 And then the Urim is that black or white rock, most likely, that was held in a pouch on the ephod, which is the breastplate that the priests would wear.

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 But you remember what happened in chapter 22.

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 Saul gave the orders to massacre 85 priests and then decimate their entire city.

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 Saul destroyed for himself any legitimate line of communication from God through the priests that he had set up to provide that guidance.

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 The one that survived, you remember, he ran away.

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 The Lord did provide him for David.

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 And the Lord used him to guide David.

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 Notice in verse 6 those terrifying words.

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 The Lord did not answer him.

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 This is an unbearable silence for Saul.

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 Saul rejected God as the true Lord and King over Israel.

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 He clung to this throne for himself.

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 And he got exactly what he wanted.

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 He got to be the king.

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 And had to live with that horrible reality.

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 There is no God over you, Saul.

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 There is no God to guide you, to speak to you.

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 In verse 7, Saul said to his servants,

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 Find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.

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 And his servants said, There is a woman who is a medium at an door.

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 Children, a medium, you hear this word.

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 It's someone who acts in the middle or as an intermediary to consult, to ask questions of the spirit world,

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 particularly of the dead.

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 Those who go and try to talk to someone who's going to try to pull up the spirit of a dead person will defile you.

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 Have nothing to do with that, God told his people.

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 And you heard that word in there, the familiar spirit.

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 It's a person who has an ability somehow to make a connection with someone who has died.

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 And it's like the spirit of that dead person now coming to talk.

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 The Hebrew implies the medium is a master or a mistress of this spirit and that they can use that spirit as a conduit to pull information from the spiritual realm or the other side.

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 Saul knew that this was wrong.

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 And yet he goes and does it still.

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 You know why Saul knew this was wrong.

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 Look back at verse 3.

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 Saul had put the mediums and the spirits out of the land.

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 They are not to be in Israel.

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 Isn't it interesting how even though he knows this is wrong, his men can very quickly go tell him where there still is one.

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 And the law commands that a person who practices these things is to be killed.

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 It's capital, capital punishment.

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 And yet Saul's closest circle of men and he himself knows he can still go find one.

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 Saul rejected God's term.

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 And now he wants to force God to speak on his own terms.

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 Unrepentant sin makes us prefer a lie from a demon over the silence of God.

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 What a dark place for Saul.

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 Remember this principle that's set up for us.

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 As goes the king, so goes the kingdom.

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 What a dark night it is in the kingdom of Israel.

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 And God is silent.

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 The third observation is what is Saul actually pursuing here?

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 What is he really being part of?

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 He's dabbling with demons.

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 That's what Saul is doing.

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 It's nothing short of that.

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 It's playing around with or thinking it's okay to meddle with and experiment with the demonic.

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 So we have to ask this question.

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 He's going to talk to a medium.

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 The Lord had said, get these necromancers and mediums out of the land.

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 This is something that was commonly practiced.

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 So what was going on?

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 Does it really work?

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 This might sound like an ancient pagan thing, but it's all around us today.

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 I've asked several here, you know, we have connections with and many of you are nodding your heads right now.

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 There are Facebook groups for witches in these towns where we live.

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 And there are groups across Colorado and there are places where they meet up.

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 And there are there are people going to the cemetery right here down the road and trying to do these seances and pull up a spirit of a dead person.

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 Does witchcraft have real power?

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 Well, I believe there are two forms that would deceive people.

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 Both are deceptive, but they're both very different in what's actually happening.

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 The first one we could call trickery.

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 Most magic tricks use trickery.

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 Listen carefully to how it can be defined.

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 You're using the rules of nature to create an illusion or to deceive people.

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 But it's it's using and are being under the rules of nature.

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 So this tricking people.

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 Nothing supernatural is going on.

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 Most likely this was at least the part of the problem.

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 It's a lot of copycats, you know, trying to make money, trying to find a market by providing a service.

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 And it's the Hebrew word for hollow.

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 So is is used to describe that type of sorcery where it would make the echoing sound of a voice as if it were muffled speaking through a leather water skin.

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 So like ventriloquism or using other natural elements to make it sound like a voice from the dead.

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 But brothers and sisters and children and teenagers, we need to listen very carefully.

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 What goes by the name of witchcraft or sorcery.

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 It's not all trickery.

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 There is also a real supernatural spiritual power that's that God is permitting to interact with the realm of our bodies and our world and our senses that we can see.

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 And that's bartering with demons.

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 It's making a transaction with the fallen angel that's cursed, that hates the Lord, hates his kingdom and has no mission other than to destroy.

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 It involves giving a fallen angel what that demon wants.

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 In exchange for them doing something supernatural with God's permission, again, that you want.

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 This actually happens.

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 Second Corinthians 1114 tells us that Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

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 So it could be a demon that's familiar with how a person behaved and spoke and the types of words they would say.

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 And a demon now mimicking that to give the illusion that the soul of this dead person is actually the one doing it.

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 Second Thessalonians 211 describes the work of Satan as powerful, even capable of signs and lying wonders.

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 They'll make you marvel, but it's a lie.

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 It's a great deception.

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 I need to warn us with God's love.

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 Don't dapple with these things.

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 All kinds of different names.

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 You can go buy it probably at big stores.

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 Don't dapple with the demons.

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 You belong to Jesus, the kingdom of light.

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 We have no part in that.

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 Well, back to our passage.

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 Saul in verse eight does exactly what I've warned us sternly not to do.

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 And he disguises himself and he puts on these other clothes and he goes with two servants, not taking very many, but enough.

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 Remember, two or three witnesses is all you need to testify of what happened.

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 And they come to this witch by night.

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 And he said, please conduct a seance for me and bring up for me the one I shall name to you.

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 It's a transaction with the dark.

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 Most likely he has already paid her for the service.

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 And in exchange, she's going to provide the seance.

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 What's that?

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 A seance is a meeting in which people attempt to make contact with the dead through this other person, a medium.

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 Verse nine, the woman said to him, look, you know that Saul has done.

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 He's cut off all the mediums and the spirit is from the land.

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 Why then do you lay a snare for my life and cause me to die?

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 Said you're trying to trap me.

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 You're a cop.

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 I'm not going to fall for that one.

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 It's also interesting in another deep, sad irony, how the witch cares more about God's law than the king.

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 God strictly forbids this.

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 It's an abomination.

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 Deuteronomy 18, 10 and 11 commands.

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 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire or one who practices witchcraft or a soothsayer or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer or one who conjures a spell or a medium or a spiritist or a necromancer.

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 The word necromancer, that last one is from the ancient Greek.

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 It's our English translation of it.

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 Necros means corpse, a corpse, a dead corpse.

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 And necromancer, it's divination or the practice of seeking a revelation from the dead, the corpse of the spirit of this dead person.

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 Remember Leviticus, if you do these things, it will defile your soul.

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 You will be filthy before God.

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 This is bad for God's people.

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 Verse 10, Saul swore to her.

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 Look how far he goes.

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 Swore by the Lord, saying, as the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.

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 Who is Saul putting himself in the place of with that decree?

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 He's saying, as the Lord lives, well, ironically, he is alive right now, but not for much longer.

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 And he's acting as if he's the lawmaker.

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 And instead, he's supposed to be the steward.

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 God's the lawmaker.

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 He carries out God's law.

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 And he didn't do this well.

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 We don't have any evidence if Saul had ever done this before.

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 But we know that his driving out the sorcerers and the mediums and the witchcraft was hypocritical.

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 He's still harboring in his heart a desire for that.

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 And he knows that's where he will turn right away.

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 The moment God is silent and makes him wait.

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 Without our Lord Jesus Christ, our hearts are just as corrupted as Saul's, aren't they?

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 And 2 Peter 2, 22 writes to the church.

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 The dog returns to its own vomit.

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 And the sow, a female pig, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.

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 Without a new heart, like Saul, we are chained to that old master.

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 We're slaves.

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 Can't you almost feel the spiritual darkness in the kingdom?

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 No hope.

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 Verse 11.

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 Then the woman said, whom shall I bring up for you?

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 And he said, bring up Samuel for me.

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 Then the woman saw Samuel.

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 She cried out with a loud voice.

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 The woman is clearly terrified.

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 We don't know if, why she's the only one left, you know?

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 Does that mean she just is the one willing to take on the risk of being in a black market and charging a lot more money?

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 Was it because she just knew the trickery and had never interacted with demons?

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 Or is it because she was a slave of Satan and she's used to dealing with hell and the demons?

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 But this was so different than that.

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 She cried out with a loud voice.

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 Whatever she had done before now, those details don't matter because in this moment, something far more powerful, more supernatural,

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 apparently out of her control, maybe even before she had begun her ritual, it already happened.

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 And somehow what happened made her know that her disguised client was the king.

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 She says, why have you deceived me?

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 For you are Saul.

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 He's dabbling with demons.

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 Dabbling with it and seems like she has more more of a real picture of the danger at stake here than he does.

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 Well, the final observation here in this part is.

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 What God does in response to Saul's wicked disobedience, and it's surprising.

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 It's very surprising how the Lord handles Saul in this moment.

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 I've titled this movement, Thy Will Be Done.

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 Thy Will Be Done.

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 In verse 13, the king said to her, do not be afraid.

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 What did you see?

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 The woman said to Saul, I saw a spirit ascending out of the earth.

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 She's reporting some recognizable and then audible manifestation from the spiritual dimension,

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 appearing as if it were rising up from the underworld.

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 Verse 14.

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 So he said to her, what is his form?

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 And she said, an old man is coming up and he is covered with a robe.

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 And Saul perceived that it was Samuel.

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 She's reporting the robe.

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 And he stooped with his face to the ground and bowed down.

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 Before we focus again on what the Lord's revealing and what this means for Saul,

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 let's wrestle with who is this that the witch is seeing and reporting to Saul?

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 Who is this?

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 Could a witch, someone working for Satan, call up the dead?

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 Taking the whole counsel of scripture, we have to say no.

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 Our confession of faith summarizes what the Bible teaches,

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 that the souls of men and women, all those who live,

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 the souls have an immortal substance.

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 And when the body dies and the body is buried and decays,

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 all of the souls of people who ever lived go immediately to one of two places,

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 either to God or to hell.

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 Our confession summarizes besides these two places,

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 the scripture knoweth none.

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 There's no purgatory.

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 There's no soul sleep.

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 There's no like Greek mythological underworld.

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 There are no other places for the soul.

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 That's why the urgency of the gospel in this life,

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 why you can believe.

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 And since it appears like the real Samuel is who the Lord caused to be here.

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 It communicates that God is doing something beyond the witch's power.

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 This is God acting in his own way, by his power, for his purposes,

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 contrary to his natural order that he has set up.

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 Our confession of faith also summarizes this in chapter five on God's providence.

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 In his ordinary providence, God makes use of means,

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 natural means and orders of cause and effect,

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 the rules of physics of this world.

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 Though God is free to work apart from them,

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 beyond them, and contrary to them,

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 according to his pleasure.

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 I believe that's what's happening here,

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 is the Lord is working contrary to the natural order.

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 Yes, even though it's in the setting of the witch's home,

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 and with her doing a seance to a lost king,

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 and while God had been silent in all the other ways he has ordained,

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 God is doing something that he is free to do because he is God.

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 And now they communicate with one another.

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 In verse 15, Samuel said to Saul,

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 Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?

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 I don't want to be back here in this realm.

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 I don't want this.

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 And Saul answered,

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 I am deeply distressed, for the Philistines make war against me,

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 and God has departed from me,

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 and does not answer me anymore

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 in any of the ways that I know to go to him.

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 Therefore I have called for you,

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 that you may reveal to me what I should do.

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 Samuel appears to speak for God.

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 He seems to confirm this is not a demon,

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 although Jesus can make the demons declare the truth.

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 You know, this is the Son of God.

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 Away from us, they're terrified of Jesus.

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 Because of Saul's past disobedience,

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 the Lord is bringing the punishment God had promised all along.

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 He reminds Saul that that time when Saul tore the corner of Samuel's robe off,

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 and here's Samuel wearing the robe again,

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 how the Lord promised he would tear the kingdom from Saul's hand

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 and give it to his neighbor, David,

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 and that the Lord will now deliver Saul and the nation,

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 all Israel, to death at the hands of the Philistines.

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 And Samuel, speaking as one on the other side of this life,

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 whose body is buried,

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 tells Saul, verse 19,

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 tomorrow you and your sons will be with me.

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 You're going to die.

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 This is a dark time in the land.

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 Saul was unwilling to tell God,

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 Lord, not my will, but your will be done.

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 And I love how C.S. Lewis pointed out

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 that there are two kinds of people in the end.

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 Those who say to God,

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 thy will be done,

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 and those to whom God says,

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 in the end,

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 thy will be done.

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 All that are in hell,

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 choose it.

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 The final scene, though,

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 is also a bit surprising to me.

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 A lot of verses,

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 a lot of words about a meal.

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 Why does the story end that way?

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 The doomed king's last supper.

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 Look at verse 20.

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 Immediately saw,

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 he wasn't just face down on the ground,

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 now he fell full length on the ground,

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 dreadfully afraid

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 because of Samuel's words,

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 with no strength in him,

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 because he has not eaten all day or all night.

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 Remember how he made everyone fast

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 before going to war,

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 and that was foolish.

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 Jonathan, take the honey.

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 Saul seems to be trying whatever he can

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 to get a little bit of help.

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 In verses 21 and 23,

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 the witch sees Saul's profound terror.

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 However, she urges him to eat,

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 to get some strength in him.

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 Someone pointed,

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 I think Ryan pointed out in Sunday school,

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 maybe she's just trying to get him

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 out of her house now.

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 He needs to be strong enough

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:33.299
 to walk out of here and leave.

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 I don't want King Saul dying in my house.

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 That'd be bad for business.

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 Well, she persuades him

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 with the help of these two servants

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 on how she had risked her life

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 to fulfill his request.

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 She's having to persuade him

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 and use a personal appeal.

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 Verse 23,

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 so he arose from the ground

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 and sat on the bed.

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 Okay, we're making progress.

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 Verse 24,

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 so she killed a fattened calf quickly.

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 Professor John pointed out

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 how a calf isn't as big

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.519
 as a full-grown cow,

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 but you can give it a little extra

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 of the corn or the stuff

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 you have to fatten it up.

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 And then because we don't have refrigeration,

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 you can't pull out a big package

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 of hamburger from the freezer.

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 That's how you preserve it.

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 You keep a small fattened calf

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 ready to go for a special occasion.

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 She also took flour,

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 made fresh bread to go with it.

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 Verse 25,

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 she brought it to Saul and his servants

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 and they ate.

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 See all these details about the meal.

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 Why is this?

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 Then they arose

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 and went away that night.

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 First Chronicles 10, 13 records,

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 so Saul died.

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 He will die in the battle

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 as God prophesied

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 through the vision of Samuel.

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 He died for his unfaithfulness,

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 which he had committed against the Lord

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 because he did not keep

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 the word of the Lord,

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 meaning killing the king

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 of the Amalekites

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 and everything else,

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 including fattened calves.

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 He didn't kill those.

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 Instead, he's feasting on it now.

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 And also because he consulted

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 a medium for guidance.

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 See, God was displeased

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 with what Saul did.

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 He's not rewarding Saul

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 for going to this witch.

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 He's speaking powerfully

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 and preserving it in scripture

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 despite the way

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 that Saul went about it.

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 James 1, 14 and 15 says,

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:26.840
 each one is tempted,

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:29.059
 lured and enticed

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.519
 by our own desire.

00:37:31.100 --> 00:37:32.180
 Again, writing to us,

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.240
 the church, be careful.

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:34.739
 Then desire,

00:37:34.879 --> 00:37:35.939
 when it has conceived,

00:37:36.479 --> 00:37:37.719
 gives birth to sin

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.759
 and sin,

00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:40.079
 when it is fully grown,

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.819
 brings death.

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:44.279
 Isn't that the exact trajectory

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:45.379
 of Saul?

00:37:45.959 --> 00:37:47.279
 A doomed king

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:49.019
 feasting now

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:50.139
 on a fattened calf

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:52.779
 fed to him by a witch.

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:55.720
 And in the end,

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.380
 it leads to death.

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:00.900
 The final movement,

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.900
 even though in this chapter

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:05.040
 we're left in the darkness

00:38:05.040 --> 00:38:05.760
 of the night,

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:08.480
 I can't leave you here

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:10.200
 without encouraging you

00:38:10.200 --> 00:38:12.519
 of a greater king than Saul

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:14.040
 and a greater king than David.

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:16.860
 The title of this last movement

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:18.519
 is One Path Flourishes,

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:20.219
 the other perishes.

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.679
 Would you look back

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.400
 at verse 3?

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:26.780
 Second half of verse 3,

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:28.179
 I didn't emphasize much

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.780
 until now.

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.380
 It repeats

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:32.360
 what we've already seen.

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:35.059
 Samuel had died

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:36.719
 and all Israel

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:38.139
 had lamented for him

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.920
 and buried him

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.820
 in Ramah

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.759
 in his own city.

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.980
 Where did we hear that last?

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.880
 Word for word.

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:45.440
 Well, just flip back

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.059
 so you can see it

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.699
 with your own eyes

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.920
 to chapter 25.

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:51.739
 So, doesn't that make you wonder,

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:53.539
 okay, why are we told

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.820
 of Samuel's death twice?

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.800
 Well, obviously,

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.900
 that's who Saul

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:58.400
 is going to want to speak with.

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.699
 We have to be reminded,

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:01.300
 but word for word,

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:02.420
 it's setting up a parallel

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:04.099
 between chapter 25

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:05.880
 and chapter 28.

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.739
 In chapter 28

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:09.539
 that we're in today,

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:11.079
 we have this woman

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:12.599
 is featured very prominently.

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:14.199
 She happens to be a witch

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:15.940
 who makes a practice

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:17.079
 of speaking with Satan

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.759
 and the demons.

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.780
 In chapter 25,

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.860
 we have another very

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.960
 prominent woman

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:23.500
 and that's Abigail.

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.659
 Remember how Abigail

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.440
 told David,

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.840
 let the iniquity,

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:30.820
 let the sin be on me.

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:32.119
 Let me die.

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:34.380
 Notice the contrast

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:35.259
 with this chapter.

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.539
 The witch says,

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.980
 don't put iniquity on me,

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.199
 Saul.

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.440
 Let me live.

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:42.480
 Abigail is wise.

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:45.280
 Her mediation brings life.

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:48.199
 The witch is a picture

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:49.260
 of foolishness,

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:50.960
 unwise,

00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:53.579
 rebelling against God's law.

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.659
 Her mediation

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:58.679
 pronounces Saul's death.

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:01.579
 You remember how chapter 25

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:04.260
 ends with a great celebration

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:06.639
 and Abigail prepares

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.820
 a meal for David.

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:11.580
 David enjoys a feast with her.

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:14.059
 This one who loves

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:15.780
 and trusts the Lord of hosts.

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:18.760
 While Saul eats his last meal

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.860
 in the dark of the night

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:22.260
 with this slave of Satan.

00:40:23.640 --> 00:40:26.640
 One king marries wisdom.

00:40:28.080 --> 00:40:29.600
 The other perishes.

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:32.460
 Psalm 1 describes

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:33.960
 the blessed man

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:35.339
 who walks not

00:40:35.339 --> 00:40:36.199
 in the counsel

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:37.500
 of the ungodly

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.199
 nor stands

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:38.880
 in the path

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:39.759
 of sinners

00:40:39.759 --> 00:40:41.559
 nor sits in the seat

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:42.980
 of the scornful.

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:45.739
 But in chapter 28,

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:47.119
 that blessed man

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:48.039
 does not describe

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:49.119
 David or Saul.

00:40:50.339 --> 00:40:51.179
 David's stuck

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:52.739
 in a web of his own doing.

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:54.719
 And Saul

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.699
 is on the

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:57.360
 threshold

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:58.579
 into hell.

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.039
 Therefore,

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.799
 neither David

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:02.380
 nor Saul

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.339
 is like that tree

00:41:03.339 --> 00:41:04.360
 planted by rivers

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.920
 of water.

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:05.779
 Neither one

00:41:05.779 --> 00:41:06.719
 of these two kings

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:07.619
 is able

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.719
 by their own strength

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:10.059
 to bring forth

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:11.139
 good fruit

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:12.679
 when it's in season.

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:15.400
 We need a better king,

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:15.759
 don't we?

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.679
 Israel needed

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.360
 a better king

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:20.199
 whose delight

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:20.900
 is in the law

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.420
 of the Lord

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.819
 and in his law

00:41:22.819 --> 00:41:23.619
 he meditates

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:25.000
 day and night.

00:41:25.759 --> 00:41:26.319
 His leaf

00:41:26.319 --> 00:41:27.259
 shall not wither

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:28.719
 and whatever

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:29.539
 he does

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:30.739
 shall prosper.

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:34.019
 Hebrews 7

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.500
 26

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:35.219
 tells us

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.659
 that our

00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:36.880
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.900
 the King of kings

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.840
 is holy,

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.440
 harmless,

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.960
 undefiled,

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:43.159
 separate

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:44.079
 from sinners.

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:46.679
 1 John 3

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:46.880
 8

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.320
 tells us

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:48.039
 that the reason

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:49.000
 the Son of God

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.699
 appeared

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:50.920
 was to destroy

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.880
 the works

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.599
 of the devil.

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.779
 And Jesus

00:41:53.779 --> 00:41:54.380
 commands

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:55.480
 even the unclean

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:56.059
 spirits

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.679
 and they

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:57.279
 obey him.

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.579
 There's never

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:59.440
 more demonic

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.000
 activity

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.480
 than when

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:01.500
 God himself

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.940
 the Lord

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.400
 of hosts

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:03.259
 takes on

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:03.779
 flesh

00:42:03.779 --> 00:42:04.920
 and enters

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.519
 the world.

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.699
 Hebrews 2

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:08.139
 14

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.679
 tells us

00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:09.400
 by the death

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:09.980
 of Jesus

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:11.119
 he rendered

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:12.000
 powerless

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.059
 him

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.639
 who had

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.179
 the power

00:42:14.179 --> 00:42:14.880
 of death

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:15.480
 that is

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.059
 the devil.

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:17.900
 The devil

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.759
 has no more

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:19.279
 power

00:42:19.279 --> 00:42:20.699
 because Christ

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.340
 has rendered

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:22.340
 him powerless

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:23.719
 over his kingdom.

00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:25.299
 This is our

00:42:25.299 --> 00:42:25.919
 great king.

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.259
 Colossians 2

00:42:27.259 --> 00:42:27.639
 15

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:28.219
 tells us

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:29.179
 Jesus Christ

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.899
 disarmed

00:42:29.899 --> 00:42:30.759
 the rulers

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.480
 and authorities

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:32.339
 and put them

00:42:32.339 --> 00:42:33.379
 to open shame

00:42:33.379 --> 00:42:34.539
 triumphing

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.500
 over them

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.699
 in Christ.

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:37.939
 And James

00:42:37.939 --> 00:42:38.579
 4 7

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.379
 tells us

00:42:39.379 --> 00:42:40.139
 now Christians

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:41.659
 submit yourselves

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:42.099
 therefore

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:43.199
 to God

00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:43.699
 resist

00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:44.639
 the devil

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.079
 and he will

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:46.019
 flee from you.

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:49.099
 King Saul

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:50.000
 went to a witch

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.659
 because God

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:51.219
 was silent

00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:51.819
 but Jesus

00:42:51.819 --> 00:42:52.379
 Christ

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:54.260
 is the word

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:54.880
 of God.

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:55.920
 God is not

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.360
 silent.

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:56.960
 In him

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.840
 God has

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:58.320
 spoken

00:42:58.320 --> 00:42:59.579
 clearly

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:00.440
 loudly

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:01.900
 for all

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.340
 to hear.

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:04.380
 King Saul

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:05.079
 disturbed

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:06.200
 a dead

00:43:06.200 --> 00:43:06.660
 prophet

00:43:06.660 --> 00:43:07.800
 so to speak

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:09.320
 and the

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:09.579
 prophet

00:43:09.579 --> 00:43:10.360
 then judged

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:11.619
 Saul

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:12.760
 declaring

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:13.380
 his doom.

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.380
 Our Lord

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:16.059
 Jesus Christ

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.599
 one day

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.280
 will summon

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:18.160
 all

00:43:18.160 --> 00:43:19.039
 who have

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.660
 ever lived.

00:43:20.220 --> 00:43:20.420
 He will

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:21.019
 come back

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:21.780
 and he

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:22.059
 will be

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:22.519
 the one

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:23.420
 to judge

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:24.159
 the living

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:24.940
 and the

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:25.219
 dead.

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:27.179
 All those

00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:27.719
 who reject

00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:28.139
 Jesus

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:29.239
 as king

00:43:29.239 --> 00:43:29.619
 he will

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:30.039
 condemn

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:30.800
 to everlasting

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:31.719
 torment

00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:32.820
 in hell

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.719
 to be

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.079
 tortured

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.539
 by these

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:35.300
 very demons

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:36.099
 that they

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.579
 preferred

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:37.659
 over him

00:43:37.659 --> 00:43:38.960
 and those

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.480
 who trust

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:40.079
 in Christ

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.800
 he will

00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:41.199
 welcome

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:41.980
 into his

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.719
 eternal

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:43.159
 kingdom

00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:44.000
 the new

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:44.380
 heavens

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:44.759
 the new

00:43:44.759 --> 00:43:45.039
 earth

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:46.119
 forevermore.

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:48.960
 king

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:49.299
 Saul

00:43:49.299 --> 00:43:49.460
 ate

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:49.679
 his

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:50.019
 last

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.259
 meal

00:43:50.259 --> 00:43:50.599
 on that

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:50.920
 dark

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.219
 night

00:43:51.219 --> 00:43:51.579
 in the

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:51.880
 kingdom

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.739
 but our

00:43:52.739 --> 00:43:52.940
 Lord

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:53.179
 Jesus

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.659
 Christ

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:54.179
 invites

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:54.639
 us

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:55.059
 who

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:55.440
 trust

00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:55.940
 in him

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.719
 to his

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.279
 banqueting

00:43:57.279 --> 00:43:57.739
 table

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:58.579
 in his

00:43:58.579 --> 00:43:59.019
 spiritual

00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.460
 kingdom

00:43:59.460 --> 00:44:00.199
 and

00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:00.639
 revelation

00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:01.199
 22

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.579
 5

00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:02.159
 tells us

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:02.599
 there

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:03.219
 will be

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:03.819
 no

00:44:03.819 --> 00:44:04.339
 more

00:44:04.339 --> 00:44:05.059
 night

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:06.519
 we

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:06.759
 will

00:44:06.759 --> 00:44:07.119
 not

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:07.500
 need

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:07.759
 the

00:44:07.759 --> 00:44:08.119
 light

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:08.559
 of a

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:08.900
 lamp

00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:09.279
 or

00:44:09.279 --> 00:44:09.460
 the

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:09.719
 light

00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:09.839
 of

00:44:09.839 --> 00:44:10.019
 the

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:10.299
 sun

00:44:10.299 --> 00:44:10.519
 for

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:10.719
 the

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:11.159
 Lord

00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:11.900
 God

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.139
 will

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:12.619
 give

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:13.299
 them

00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:14.079
 light

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.759
 the

00:44:14.759 --> 00:44:15.319
 lamb

00:44:15.319 --> 00:44:15.819
 will

00:44:15.819 --> 00:44:16.199
 be

00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:16.799
 our

00:44:16.799 --> 00:44:17.219
 light

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 and

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 we

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 will

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 reign

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 with

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 him

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 forever

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 and

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 ever

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 amen

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 please

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 pray

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 with me

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 father

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 we

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 praise

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 you

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 you're

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 so

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 mighty

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 you

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 are

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 the

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 king

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 the

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 only

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 king

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 Lord

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 you're

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 the

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 commander

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:34.139
 of the

00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:34.480
 armies

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 of

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 heaven

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 we

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:37.519
 long

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:37.699
 for

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 this

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:38.139
 day

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 Lord

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:38.579
 where

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 you'll

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.199
 usher

00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:39.400
 in

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 your

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:39.799
 great

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 kingdom

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:40.380
 and

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:40.779
 power

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 oh

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 Lord

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:43.519
 we

00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:43.759
 pray

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 that

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 we

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 won't

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 put

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 our

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 hope

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 on

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 any

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 kingdom

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 of

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 man

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 David

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 or

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 Saul

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 anything

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 else

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 of

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 this

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:49.760
 world

00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:49.940
 but

00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:50.080
 we

00:44:50.080 --> 00:44:50.200
 will

00:44:50.200 --> 00:44:50.360
 put

00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:50.560
 our

00:44:50.560 --> 00:44:51.220
 hope

00:44:51.220 --> 00:44:51.520
 in

00:44:51.520 --> 00:44:51.820
 Jesus

00:44:51.820 --> 00:44:52.240
 Christ

00:44:52.240 --> 00:44:52.680
 alone

00:44:52.680 --> 00:44:54.600
 we

00:44:54.600 --> 00:44:54.820
 pray

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.020
 Lord

00:44:55.020 --> 00:44:55.160
 that

00:44:55.160 --> 00:44:55.280
 you

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:55.420
 will

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:55.800
 preserve

00:44:55.800 --> 00:44:56.160
 us

00:44:56.160 --> 00:44:56.680
 continue

00:44:56.680 --> 00:44:56.920
 to

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 fight

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 for

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 us

00:44:57.680 --> 00:44:58.520
 lead

00:44:58.520 --> 00:44:58.720
 us

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 Lord

00:44:59.020 --> 00:44:59.640
 and

00:44:59.640 --> 00:44:59.960
 prepare

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.220
 us

00:45:00.220 --> 00:45:00.400
 to

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 rule

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 with

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 you

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 one

00:45:01.180 --> 00:45:01.460
 day

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:02.100
 in

00:45:02.100 --> 00:45:02.260
 your

00:45:02.260 --> 00:45:02.640
 glory

00:45:02.640 --> 00:45:04.200
 amen

00:45:04.200 --> 00:45:08.140
 well dear

00:45:08.140 --> 00:45:08.540
 friends

00:45:08.540 --> 00:45:09.100
 brothers and

00:45:09.100 --> 00:45:09.460
 sisters

00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:10.340
 it's

00:45:10.340 --> 00:45:10.640
 been my

00:45:10.640 --> 00:45:10.820
 prayer

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:11.000
 that

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:11.180
 God

00:45:11.180 --> 00:45:11.360
 would

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:11.640
 show

00:45:11.640 --> 00:45:11.820
 you

00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:12.020
 how

00:45:12.020 --> 00:45:12.380
 lovely

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:12.800
 he is

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.059
 in the

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.380
 person

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:13.559
 of

00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:13.800
 Jesus

00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:14.320
 Christ

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 as

00:45:17.180 --> 00:45:17.440
 his

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:18.160
 mouthpiece

00:45:18.160 --> 00:45:18.360
 to

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:18.519
 you

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:18.700
 I

00:45:18.700 --> 00:45:18.900
 want

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:19.140
 to

00:45:19.140 --> 00:45:19.619
 call

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:19.760
 you

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:19.960
 to

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:20.460
 respond

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:20.680
 to

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:20.920
 him

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:21.480
 respond

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:21.720
 to

00:45:21.720 --> 00:45:21.920
 this

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.380
 gospel

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:23.119
 that

00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:23.240
 you

00:45:23.240 --> 00:45:23.400
 have

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:23.579
 heard

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:23.940
 today

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:25.059
 and

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:25.180
 we

00:45:25.180 --> 00:45:25.760
 respond

00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:26.059
 with

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:26.619
 grateful

00:45:26.619 --> 00:45:27.280
 obedience

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.539
 to

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:28.000
 Jesus

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:29.220
 don't

00:45:29.220 --> 00:45:29.380
 put

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:29.480
 it

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:29.820
 off

00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:31.860
 is

00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:32.140
 Jesus

00:45:32.140 --> 00:45:32.519
 calling

00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:32.680
 you

00:45:32.680 --> 00:45:32.880
 to

00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:33.300
 truly

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:33.760
 believe

00:45:33.760 --> 00:45:33.940
 in

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:34.160
 him

00:45:34.160 --> 00:45:34.340
 and

00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:34.720
 repent

00:45:34.720 --> 00:45:34.920
 of

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:35.079
 your

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.420
 sin

00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:36.680
 maybe

00:45:36.680 --> 00:45:36.900
 for

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.039
 the

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.280
 first

00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:37.599
 time

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:38.880
 is

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:39.019
 he

00:45:39.019 --> 00:45:39.240
 calling

00:45:39.240 --> 00:45:39.380
 you

00:45:39.380 --> 00:45:39.500
 to

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:39.720
 have

00:45:39.720 --> 00:45:39.860
 your

00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:40.380
 profession

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:40.619
 of

00:45:40.619 --> 00:45:40.860
 faith

00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:41.039
 in

00:45:41.039 --> 00:45:41.360
 Jesus

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:42.340
 confirmed

00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:42.780
 through

00:45:42.780 --> 00:45:43.320
 baptism

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:44.019
 into

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.320
 his

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:44.700
 church

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:45.059
 called

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.220
 out

00:45:45.220 --> 00:45:45.320
 of

00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:45.440
 the

00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:45.740
 world

00:45:45.740 --> 00:45:47.980
 is

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.079
 he

00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:48.340
 telling

00:45:48.340 --> 00:45:48.620
 you

00:45:48.620 --> 00:45:49.220
 to

00:45:49.220 --> 00:45:49.700
 encourage

00:45:49.700 --> 00:45:49.920
 this

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.240
 body

00:45:50.240 --> 00:45:51.460
 give

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:51.640
 this

00:45:51.640 --> 00:45:51.880
 body

00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:52.099
 your

00:45:52.099 --> 00:45:52.559
 testimony

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:52.860
 of

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.120
 his

00:45:53.120 --> 00:45:53.720
 faithfulness

00:45:53.720 --> 00:45:53.860
 in

00:45:53.860 --> 00:45:53.960
 your

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:54.340
 life

00:45:54.340 --> 00:45:55.340
 formally

00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:55.800
 join

00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:57.940
 scripture

00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:58.380
 teaches

00:45:58.380 --> 00:45:58.620
 us

00:45:58.620 --> 00:45:58.780
 that

00:45:58.780 --> 00:45:59.140
 believers

00:45:59.140 --> 00:45:59.860
 should

00:45:59.860 --> 00:46:00.360
 joyfully

00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:00.740
 commit

00:46:00.740 --> 00:46:01.180
 themselves

00:46:01.180 --> 00:46:01.420
 to

00:46:01.420 --> 00:46:02.000
 participate

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:02.559
 fully

00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:02.740
 in

00:46:02.740 --> 00:46:02.880
 the

00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:03.160
 life

00:46:03.160 --> 00:46:03.320
 of

00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:03.440
 a

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:03.700
 local

00:46:03.700 --> 00:46:04.140
 church

00:46:04.139 --> 00:46:04.779
 where

00:46:04.779 --> 00:46:04.920
 they

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.079
 will

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:05.440
 worship

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:06.059
 grow

00:46:06.059 --> 00:46:06.659
 and

00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:06.859
 be

00:46:06.859 --> 00:46:07.099
 cared

00:46:07.099 --> 00:46:07.359
 for

00:46:07.359 --> 00:46:07.699
 according

00:46:07.699 --> 00:46:07.940
 to

00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:08.299
 God's

00:46:08.299 --> 00:46:08.599
 word

00:46:08.599 --> 00:46:09.699
 Christ

00:46:09.699 --> 00:46:10.319
 entrusts

00:46:10.319 --> 00:46:10.480
 his

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:10.940
 disciples

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:11.319
 to

00:46:11.319 --> 00:46:11.539
 the

00:46:11.539 --> 00:46:11.900
 spiritual

00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:12.219
 care

00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:12.379
 of

00:46:12.379 --> 00:46:12.500
 the

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:12.739
 elders

00:46:12.739 --> 00:46:12.960
 and

00:46:12.960 --> 00:46:13.239
 local

00:46:13.239 --> 00:46:13.719
 churches

00:46:13.719 --> 00:46:14.579
 charging

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:14.799
 them

00:46:14.799 --> 00:46:15.000
 to

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.319
 shepherd

00:46:15.319 --> 00:46:15.619
 each

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:15.980
 one

00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:16.599
 toward

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.359
 full

00:46:17.359 --> 00:46:17.940
 maturity

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.539
 in

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:18.960
 Christ

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:19.920
 so we

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:20.139
 call

00:46:20.139 --> 00:46:20.440
 all

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:20.920
 believers

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.519
 in

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:21.719
 love

00:46:21.719 --> 00:46:21.920
 for

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:22.279
 Christ

00:46:22.279 --> 00:46:22.799
 to

00:46:22.799 --> 00:46:23.379
 joyfully

00:46:23.379 --> 00:46:23.779
 pursue

00:46:23.779 --> 00:46:24.179
 this

00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:25.900
 I

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:26.179
 trust

00:46:26.179 --> 00:46:26.339
 that

00:46:26.339 --> 00:46:26.500
 God

00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:26.659
 has

00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:26.839
 brought

00:46:26.839 --> 00:46:27.099
 each

00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:27.299
 one

00:46:27.299 --> 00:46:27.440
 of

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:27.539
 you

00:46:27.539 --> 00:46:27.739
 here

00:46:27.739 --> 00:46:27.900
 by

00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:28.119
 his

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:28.739
 providence

00:46:28.739 --> 00:46:29.659
 he's

00:46:29.659 --> 00:46:29.819
 put

00:46:29.819 --> 00:46:29.960
 you

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:30.159
 here

00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:30.279
 at

00:46:30.279 --> 00:46:30.440
 this

00:46:30.440 --> 00:46:30.719
 time

00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:30.859
 of

00:46:30.859 --> 00:46:30.980
 your

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:31.179
 life

00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:31.359
 to

00:46:31.359 --> 00:46:31.559
 hear

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:31.799
 these

00:46:31.799 --> 00:46:32.279
 teachings

00:46:32.279 --> 00:46:34.019
 I

00:46:34.019 --> 00:46:34.379
 encourage

00:46:34.379 --> 00:46:34.559
 you

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:34.759
 to

00:46:34.759 --> 00:46:35.059
 ponder

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:35.279
 what

00:46:35.279 --> 00:46:35.500
 you've

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.759
 heard

00:46:35.759 --> 00:46:36.219
 and

00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:36.739
 respond

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:37.579
 to

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:37.759
 the

00:46:37.759 --> 00:46:38.039
 grace

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:38.239
 of

00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:38.459
 God

00:46:38.459 --> 00:46:38.639
 to

00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:38.819
 us

00:46:38.819 --> 00:46:38.980
 in

00:46:38.980 --> 00:46:39.359
 Christ

00:46:39.359 --> 00:46:40.639
 it's

00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:40.779
 the

00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:40.980
 Holy

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:41.359
 Spirit

00:46:41.359 --> 00:46:41.579
 that

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:41.959
 causes

00:46:41.959 --> 00:46:42.179
 us

00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:42.379
 to

00:46:42.379 --> 00:46:42.899
 trust

00:46:42.899 --> 00:46:44.000
 love

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:44.359
 and

00:46:44.359 --> 00:46:44.739
 follow

00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:45.159
 Jesus

00:46:45.159 --> 00:46:46.639
 and

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:46.779
 we

00:46:46.779 --> 00:46:47.039
 will

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.599
 trust

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:47.799
 him

00:46:47.799 --> 00:46:47.980
 to

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:48.319
 direct

00:46:48.319 --> 00:46:48.579
 our

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:49.059
 steps

00:46:49.059 --> 00:46:49.980
 individually

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:51.219
 and

00:46:51.219 --> 00:46:51.439
 also

00:46:51.439 --> 00:46:51.659
 as

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:51.799
 a

00:46:51.799 --> 00:46:52.139
 church