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 Go ahead and take your Bibles tonight, turn over to 1 Kings chapter 20, 1 Kings chapter 20,

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 as we get a few handouts here this evening on that.

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 We can get some help with that as we turn to 1 Kings chapter 20.

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 Thank you, John. Appreciate that.

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 You know, we've been looking through here at the kings of Israel and of Judah,

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 as we've been looking here at the divided kingdom there,

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 as we've gone through the different kings.

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 We've come to Ahab, and we've been looking at Ahab in Judah.

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 Right now is Jehoshaphat, and we'll come back to Jehoshaphat here.

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 I think, Lord willing, next week we'll come back as these two tie together once again.

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 But we looked last week here in 1 Kings chapters 18 and 19

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 at the spiritual battle that had taken place on Mount Carmel.

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 And once again it revealed to Israel that the same Lord that brought them out of Egypt

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 is the same God that came down with fire from heaven

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 and consumed the sacrifice from the prophet Elijah.

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 And the victory really brought about a clear picture of who they had to choose,

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 whether they were going to serve Baal or whether they were going to serve God.

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 And we saw that Elijah the prophet and the others that were with him there

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 killed the prophets of Baal.

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 And the winner was declared, but Ahab, as we're going to see here,

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 still had to go back and tell Jezebel, you know,

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 and tell her what had happened.

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 And Baal and his prophets had been decisively crushed up on Mount Carmel.

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 And we know here that this brought about a price on the head of Elijah

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 that he fled to Beersheba and currently possessed by Judah.

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 Beersheba had been taken there.

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 But Israel had been facing a drought, if you remember.

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 And after the conflict up on the Mount and the sacrifice that the rains had came,

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 but Elijah went in the power of the Lord through that.

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 But also after that, we know that Elijah went

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 and we find that he hid down at Beersheba because of Jezebel's threat to kill him.

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 And we're going to see here that God already had a plan for that

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 because as we're going to look here tonight,

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 Elijah once again kind of disappears from the scene for a while.

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 And we're not going to dig into Elijah since we're focusing on the kings,

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 but I want you to see here just to know that what happens here,

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 God takes and uses even to protect Elijah

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 because it distracts or takes away from the focus they had

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 wanting to get back at Elijah for what happened out up on Mount Carmel.

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 It also brings about a different direction that they had to take

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 because the Syrians come and invade Israel.

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 And sometimes we need to look at, we're going to see here tonight,

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 that God is above everyone and everything as he works through the defeat of Syria.

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 Because even though God is using an enemy that comes in,

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 we're going to see that God also used it to protect.

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 And in the same time, God's also working in the heart of Ahab and in the children of Israel.

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 You know, and the wonderful thing is I was thinking through this

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 and preparing the one thing that came to mind,

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 you know, I'm glad we have a God that can chew gum and walk at the same time.

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 Amen.

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 I mean, he can do multiple things all simultaneously.

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 You know, he can take care, provide, he can protect,

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 he can do all these things above and beyond what we could even comprehend.

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 And so I'm thankful that, you know, we don't serve a God that's limited in time or space or means.

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 We serve a God that supersedes all those things.

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 All those things, or he supersedes them.

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 And we're going to see here that as Elijah passes from the scene here for a few years once again,

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 we're going to see the focus becomes upon Ahab and his posterity.

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 And we're going to look at that here in a little bit.

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 But there's a lot of things happening here in the interim.

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 We find Ben-Hadad, along with 32 other kings, arrive with Syria in his sight.

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 So let's pick up here in 1 Kings chapter 20.

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 As we're going to look here tonight in verse 1, it says,

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 And Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, gathered all his hosts together.

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 And there were thirty and two kings with him, and the horses and chariots.

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 And he went up and besieged Samaria and warred against it.

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 And he sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, into the city and said unto him,

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 Thus saith Ben-Hadad, and thy silver and thy gold is mine, the wives also, and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

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 And the king of Israel answered and said,

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 My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine and all that I have.

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 And the messengers came again and said,

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 Thus speaketh Ben-Hadad, saying,

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 Although I have sent unto thee, saying,

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 Thou shalt deliver me thy silver and thy gold and thy wives and thy children,

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 yet I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time.

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 And they shall search thine house and the houses of thy servants.

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 And it shall be that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes,

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 thou shalt put it in their hand and take it away.

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 And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said,

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 Mark, I pray you, then see how this man seeketh mischief.

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 For he sent unto me for my wives and for my children and for my silver and for my gold.

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 And I denied him not.

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 And all the elders and the people said unto him,

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 Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

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 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-Hadad,

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 Tell my lord the king,

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 All that thou didst send forth to thy servant at the first I will do.

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 But this thing I may not do.

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 And the messengers departed and brought him word again.

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 And Ben-Hadad said unto him and said to the gods,

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 So do unto me, and more so,

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 If the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls of all the people that follow me.

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 And the king of Israel answered and said,

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 Tell him,

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 Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

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 And it came to pass,

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 And Ben-Hadad heard this message as he was drinking,

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 He and the kings in the pavilions.

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 And he said unto his servants,

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 Let's set yourselves in array and set themselves,

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 And they set themselves in array against the city.

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 So let's pray.

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 Heavenly fathers, we come before you tonight, Lord.

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 We just thank you for your word.

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 We're thankful for the pictures and the things that we can understand

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 and even apply to our lives, Lord,

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 practical realities of who you are,

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 what you've done, Lord.

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 the importance even tonight of turning to you

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 and trusting you in even the difficulties of life,

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 not to turn our back upon who you are.

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 Lord, help us to learn as we walk through the life of Ahab

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 and the things and the children of Israel,

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 here that we might see you not only there,

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 but, Lord, see you working even in our own lives in these areas.

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 And, Lord, we just ask it all in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 You know, as we see here,

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 the Lord had just revealed himself to Ahab

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 through Elijah the Tishbite up on Mount Carmel.

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 And now we see that the Lord puts Ahab to the test.

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 Because, remember, Ahab had seen,

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 and they had to make a choice.

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 Remember, Elijah's message was pretty simple.

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 One that he made a very declarative

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 that you have to decide who are you going to serve.

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 You know, why halt you between two opinions?

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 You know, how long are you going to try to serve Baal and to serve God?

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 You know, you have to make a choice.

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 And we saw that and put to the test

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 and how God here, we're going to see,

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 protects Elijah from the fury of Jezebel.

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 And so we're going to see how God quickly redirects the enemy

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 on the doorstep Syria

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 and uses this series of confrontations

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 between Ahab and Benedad

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 to draw God's attention even more

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 to Ahab and to his relationship with him.

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 Because we saw last week

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 that God always extends mercy and grace

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 as much as possible.

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 You know, it's amazing to see how God,

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 even Ahab, the most wicked king to date,

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 we saw God still extend

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 out to him an opportunity to turn to him.

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 You know, the wonderful thing is,

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 no matter where somebody is in life,

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 we learn one very clear factor

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 that no matter what's happened

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 or where people are,

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 no matter what they've done,

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 while you're still drawing breath,

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 somebody has an opportunity to repent

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 and come to God.

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 Nothing limits us

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 from being able to turn to him

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 in this life except our own selves.

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 You know, our sin is separated,

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 but Jesus took care of everything, didn't he?

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 There's nothing else needed

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 but the blood of Christ

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 to cover any sin

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 to be able to be right with God.

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 And so we're going to look here tonight,

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 the confrontation of the kings.

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 You know, the confrontation of kings here

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 is Ben-Hadad and his colleagues invade Israel

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 and besiege the city of Samaria

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 as we just read here.

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 And, you know, he sends forth

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 the first negotiation

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 as he has 32 kings with him.

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 In other words, I want you to understand

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 that the number of people

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 that came with the king of Syria

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 was like an insurmountable number of people.

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 I mean, it was just a massive army

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 that had gathered and besieged Samaria.

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 And he sends in the first negotiation

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 and he says,

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 Hey, Ahab, the first thing you're going to do

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 is you're going to surrender all your silver.

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 You're going to surrender all your gold.

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 You're along with your wives and your children.

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 All those things I'm going to take.

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 And, you know, we see here

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 that really Ahab

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 really surrenders this out pretty quickly.

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 You know, the Bible doesn't tell us why,

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 but look in verse 4.

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 Look at his first initial response

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 to what's happening.

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 Here it says,

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 And the king of Israel answered and said,

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 My lord, O king,

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 according to thy saying,

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 I am thine and all that I have.

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 I mean, he capitulates very quickly

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 to this demand.

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 I mean, it's like he just very quickly turns

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 and says,

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 Hey, you can have my wives.

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 You can have my children.

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 You can have my gold.

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 You can have my silver.

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 You just need to depart.

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 You know, he gives them

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 and tells them they can have all these things.

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 You know, we don't know.

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 All the Bible doesn't give us

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 an insight into the back.

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 Thinking of Ahab here, you know,

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 I imagine that he might have been

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 feeling outnumbered.

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 He might have been feeling hopeless

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 and helpless in the midst of things.

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 Because remember,

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 Israel had just suffered a great famine.

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 The land was devastated.

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 There was a lot of problems

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 associated with that.

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 We're going to see,

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 even as God works through

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 this moment in the life of Ahab

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 and the children of Israel,

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 you know,

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 but we find here that Ahab

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 would send forth these things

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 to Benadad

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 and he would take what was requested

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 and depart.

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 But Benadad instead

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 makes an additional demand.

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 I think it's one of those things

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 that, you know,

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 hey, this was too easy.

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 Let's see what else we can get.

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 You know,

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 one of those things

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 where if I can get,

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 if he'll give us this,

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 this easily,

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 what else can we get from him?

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 And so he sends forth the next

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 seeking to ransack the palace

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 and the houses of the people there,

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 the officials,

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 and for everything

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 that they thought would be of value.

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 You know,

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 he raised the stakes

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 just from what Ahab had

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 to what everybody had.

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 Because I want you to see here,

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 what did he tell them?

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 Whatsoever,

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 look in verse 6,

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 whatsoever is pleasant to thine eye.

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 I mean,

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 you think about that.

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 You imagine somebody

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 being able to walk through your house

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 and say,

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 that looks what I want to take

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 and they can just take it.

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 I mean,

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 you think about

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 whatever looks good to them,

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 you know,

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 it's like,

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 that's a pretty open door.

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 You know,

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 that's a broad spectrum of stuff

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 and broad spectrum of things

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 that they could take

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 and we see this coming about

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 because the eye is something

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 that's never satisfied.

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 You know,

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 you think about the door

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 that you open,

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 you know,

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 think about what Solomon says

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 in Ecclesiastes chapter 1

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 and verse 8.

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 It says,

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 all things are full of labor,

00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:30.500
 man cannot utter it.

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 The eye is not satisfied

00:13:32.579 --> 00:13:33.699
 with seeing

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 nor the ear filled with hearing.

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 In other words,

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 you know,

00:13:37.139 --> 00:13:39.620
 you can never quit looking at things.

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 I mean,

00:13:39.959 --> 00:13:40.819
 as long as you have sight,

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 you're always consuming.

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 Your eye is an all-consuming thing

00:13:44.479 --> 00:13:46.239
 that draws in.

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 I mean,

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 it's continually there

00:13:48.859 --> 00:13:50.979
 and the desire that is there.

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 You know,

00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:53.299
 how many times do you get something,

00:13:53.419 --> 00:13:53.899
 want something

00:13:53.899 --> 00:13:55.019
 because you see it first?

00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:56.620
 You know,

00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:58.179
 our sight is something

00:13:58.179 --> 00:13:59.519
 that draws us in.

00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:00.480
 You know,

00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:01.340
 and we see here

00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:01.799
 that this,

00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:03.299
 whatever their eye

00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:04.879
 was pleasant to them

00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.779
 and this sparks,

00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:07.179
 for some reason,

00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:08.919
 we find it gets a little backbone

00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:09.399
 in Ahab

00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:10.639
 because now he calls

00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.299
 for a meeting

00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:12.819
 of the officials

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 and the elders in the land,

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 you know.

00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:16.039
 And so we find here

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 that Ahab is meeting

00:14:18.419 --> 00:14:19.899
 with the elders of the land

00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:20.980
 and the response

00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:22.639
 is they responded

00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:24.240
 by encouraging Ahab

00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:26.480
 not to listen

00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:27.379
 to the threat

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 nor consent

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 to the increased demands.

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 I mean,

00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:31.379
 look here at verse 8

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 as we read earlier

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 and it says,

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 and all the elders

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 and all the people

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 said unto him,

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 hearken not unto him

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 nor consent.

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 In other words,

00:14:39.180 --> 00:14:39.419
 hey,

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.279
 what are you thinking?

00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:41.980
 You know,

00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:43.120
 what are you doing?

00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:46.060
 Don't just concede

00:14:46.060 --> 00:14:48.940
 everything that he wants

00:14:48.940 --> 00:14:51.279
 and to give that to him.

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 So the message

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 is returned

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:54.280
 to Benadad

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 who is drinking

00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:56.680
 and relaxing

00:14:56.680 --> 00:14:57.500
 in his pavilion.

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 I mean,

00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.820
 you think about

00:14:58.820 --> 00:15:00.259
 Benadad here,

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 he's so confident

00:15:01.940 --> 00:15:03.000
 that he's just

00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:03.680
 hanging out.

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 He's like,

00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.000
 I'm so overwhelming

00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:08.220
 number of these guys

00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:10.500
 that I'm not even concerned

00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:11.519
 with what's going on.

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 I am so powerful,

00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:13.860
 so mighty,

00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.800
 so comfortable

00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:16.860
 in all those

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.840
 that I've conquered

00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:18.600
 that I'm just

00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:20.480
 basically chilling out

00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:21.639
 in his pavilion.

00:15:21.800 --> 00:15:22.860
 He's sitting in the shade

00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:25.100
 just relaxing

00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:26.200
 and we find

00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:27.360
 that they're drinking

00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:28.820
 and in the pavilion,

00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:29.220
 you know,

00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:30.060
 they're getting drunk,

00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:30.620
 they're just having

00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:31.180
 a good time,

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 they're not taking it

00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:32.659
 seriously,

00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:34.139
 you might say,

00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:34.759
 in this.

00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:35.759
 And so we find here

00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:37.320
 the return message

00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:38.800
 that he comes

00:15:38.800 --> 00:15:39.779
 and the messengers

00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:41.300
 come back from Ahab

00:15:41.300 --> 00:15:42.840
 and we find

00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:44.779
 that he was shocked

00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.720
 at what was said.

00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:46.899
 Notice in verse 10

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 what he tells him here

00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:51.660
 in reply.

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 And Ben-Hadad

00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:54.160
 sent unto him

00:15:54.160 --> 00:15:54.519
 and said,

00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:56.180
 The gods do so unto me

00:15:56.180 --> 00:15:57.340
 and more so

00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:58.480
 if the dust of Samaria

00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:59.360
 shall suffice

00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.240
 for handfuls

00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:00.920
 of all the people

00:16:00.920 --> 00:16:01.779
 that follow me.

00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:02.759
 Now,

00:16:02.920 --> 00:16:03.940
 I want you to see

00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:04.759
 the picture here

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.340
 for a moment.

00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:07.340
 What he's saying is,

00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:07.700
 he says,

00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.840
 you can go round up

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:10.120
 and sweep the dust

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:11.080
 off the streets

00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.080
 and if that were soldiers

00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:14.000
 wouldn't be enough

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.740
 to defeat us.

00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:17.660
 Think about the arrogance

00:16:17.660 --> 00:16:18.360
 in the statement.

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.320
 He basically says,

00:16:19.420 --> 00:16:20.200
 you can sweep up

00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:21.480
 the dust of the streets

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:23.899
 and if every piece of dust

00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.639
 was a soldier,

00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:25.480
 you still wouldn't

00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:26.300
 stand a chance.

00:16:30.540 --> 00:16:31.700
 He's pretty arrogant

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.480
 in his statement.

00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.580
 And we're going to see here

00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:36.000
 as Ahab,

00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:37.800
 a reply is pretty classic.

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:40.740
 Notice what he tells him here.

00:16:40.800 --> 00:16:41.019
 He says,

00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:42.340
 Let not him that girdeth

00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:43.080
 on his harness

00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:43.920
 boast himself

00:16:43.920 --> 00:16:45.700
 as he putteth it off,

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:45.980
 Now,

00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:46.560
 you know,

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:46.980
 to us,

00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:48.560
 that phrase doesn't mean much

00:16:48.560 --> 00:16:49.500
 but it really simply

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.200
 is this,

00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:51.040
 you know,

00:16:51.560 --> 00:16:52.920
 don't mark your victory

00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:53.820
 before you've actually

00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:54.560
 fought the battle.

00:16:55.660 --> 00:16:55.940
 You know,

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.980
 don't say,

00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.660
 I'm one

00:16:57.660 --> 00:16:58.560
 before you even

00:16:58.560 --> 00:16:59.399
 got on the field.

00:17:00.040 --> 00:17:00.320
 You know,

00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:01.600
 we might phrase it

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.500
 a different way today.

00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:03.560
 Don't count your chickens

00:17:03.560 --> 00:17:04.480
 before they hatch.

00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.799
 You know,

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:07.259
 if you've ever raised

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:08.640
 chickens and had eggs,

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.500
 an egg can look good

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.000
 but it doesn't mean

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.960
 it's going to have anything.

00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:12.000
 You know,

00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:13.420
 I want you to understand

00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:14.960
 that that's the reply

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.940
 that he's sending back

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.259
 to him.

00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:17.859
 But he's replying back

00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:18.140
 and saying,

00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:19.900
 don't be taking off

00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:21.519
 your uniform

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.759
 and your weapon

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.660
 before the battle

00:17:23.660 --> 00:17:24.420
 even begins

00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:25.079
 thinking it's going

00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.839
 to be so easy.

00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:27.700
 You know,

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.799
 he tells him here

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.819
 and you know,

00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:30.519
 it's important

00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.500
 because we see

00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:32.579
 the arrogance

00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.319
 that's somewhat

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.700
 being exchanged here.

00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:35.680
 You know,

00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.620
 we see a lot of people

00:17:36.620 --> 00:17:37.340
 today exchange

00:17:37.340 --> 00:17:38.319
 that same idea

00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:38.840
 of arrogance,

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:39.400
 don't they?

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:41.080
 And a lot of pride

00:17:41.080 --> 00:17:41.880
 that's brought in.

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.059
 You know,

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.819
 look over to Proverbs

00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:43.960
 chapter 27

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.700
 for a moment.

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:47.620
 Proverbs chapter 27

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.740
 because as we see

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.500
 Ahab here

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:50.340
 and God dealing

00:17:50.340 --> 00:17:50.960
 with him,

00:17:51.340 --> 00:17:51.799
 pride

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:54.680
 is a core issue

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.799
 in the life of Ahab.

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.279
 You know,

00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.160
 the reality is

00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:58.120
 pride can be

00:17:58.120 --> 00:17:58.860
 a core issue

00:17:58.860 --> 00:17:59.500
 in our life.

00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:02.240
 Pride can hinder

00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:02.860
 us a lot.

00:18:02.859 --> 00:18:05.539
 Pride gets a hold

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:05.819
 of us

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.859
 because notice here

00:18:06.859 --> 00:18:08.379
 in Proverbs 27

00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:09.159
 verse 1

00:18:09.159 --> 00:18:09.579
 he says,

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.819
 Boast not thyself

00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:11.439
 of tomorrow

00:18:11.439 --> 00:18:12.779
 for thou knowest

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.619
 not what the day

00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.639
 may bring forth.

00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.019
 You know,

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:16.799
 I want you to understand

00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.579
 you don't always

00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:18.179
 have a guarantee

00:18:18.179 --> 00:18:18.740
 of tomorrow.

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.079
 You know,

00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:21.719
 you might have

00:18:21.719 --> 00:18:22.579
 a lot today

00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.079
 and you'd have

00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:23.819
 nothing tomorrow.

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:25.919
 You know,

00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.819
 the Bible makes

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.579
 that very clear.

00:18:27.699 --> 00:18:28.240
 If you read through

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.639
 and you look

00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.519
 at the book of Job,

00:18:29.639 --> 00:18:31.619
 Job was wealthy

00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:32.339
 among

00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:33.619
 men

00:18:33.619 --> 00:18:34.879
 one day

00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:36.639
 and by the end

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.659
 of the following day

00:18:37.659 --> 00:18:38.659
 he had no

00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:39.879
 animals,

00:18:40.199 --> 00:18:41.559
 he had no workers,

00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.779
 he had no family.

00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:43.959
 Everything he had

00:18:43.959 --> 00:18:45.059
 of value was gone.

00:18:45.379 --> 00:18:45.539
 You know,

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.199
 those things

00:18:46.199 --> 00:18:46.959
 come and go

00:18:46.959 --> 00:18:48.000
 but we need

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.959
 to remember here

00:18:48.959 --> 00:18:50.619
 that Benadad

00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:52.220
 was in the midst

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:53.299
 of the other kings

00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:54.079
 and he was drinking

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.859
 and boasting

00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:55.559
 of the victory.

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.259
 You know,

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.079
 I can just imagine

00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:58.159
 this scenario

00:18:58.159 --> 00:18:59.459
 because if you can

00:18:59.459 --> 00:19:00.119
 look at people

00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:00.659
 and think about

00:19:00.659 --> 00:19:01.220
 people today,

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.960
 imagine people

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.600
 hanging out

00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:03.640
 and he makes

00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.319
 a threat

00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:05.559
 to Ahab

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.500
 and all the other

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.339
 32 kings

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:07.940
 are sitting there.

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:10.400
 He makes a threat

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.000
 to Ahab

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.339
 and says,

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:11.839
 this is what

00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.299
 you're going to do,

00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:12.759
 this is what

00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.059
 you're going to

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.440
 give me.

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:14.940
 And Ahab

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:16.000
 comes back out

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.360
 and says,

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:18.140
 okay,

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.940
 well now I want

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.319
 more.

00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:20.779
 The king's here

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.380
 that he wants

00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:21.759
 more.

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.180
 Now Ahab

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.900
 comes out

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:24.360
 and says,

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.259
 no.

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.880
 I don't know

00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:26.319
 about you

00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:26.880
 but the reality

00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.380
 is what's going

00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:27.839
 to happen there?

00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:28.140
 What's going

00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:28.860
 to be the reaction?

00:19:29.479 --> 00:19:29.979
 Bandad's going

00:19:29.979 --> 00:19:30.379
 to have a lot

00:19:30.379 --> 00:19:30.819
 of pride

00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:32.500
 because his pride

00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.240
 is on the line

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.599
 now.

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:34.879
 You know,

00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:36.619
 how dare you

00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.199
 come out

00:19:37.199 --> 00:19:37.659
 because it's

00:19:37.659 --> 00:19:38.139
 almost like

00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:39.219
 embarrassing him

00:19:39.219 --> 00:19:40.619
 in front of

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.179
 all the other

00:19:41.179 --> 00:19:41.899
 kings that he's

00:19:41.899 --> 00:19:42.240
 conquered.

00:19:42.939 --> 00:19:43.240
 I mean,

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.740
 I want you to

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.559
 see the picture

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.699
 here because,

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:45.939
 you know,

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.939
 oftentimes we can

00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:47.679
 react the same

00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.019
 way.

00:19:48.919 --> 00:19:49.379
 When something

00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:50.019
 doesn't go

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.479
 or we get a

00:19:50.479 --> 00:19:51.359
 response the way

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:51.679
 we don't,

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.779
 we can rear up

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:54.039
 our pride

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 and get ahead

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.819
 of ourselves.

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 You know,

00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:57.859
 his reply

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.439
 was getting

00:19:58.439 --> 00:19:59.359
 ahead of himself

00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:00.599
 in that

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.599
 because we're

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.159
 going to see

00:20:02.159 --> 00:20:03.240
 here that he

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.939
 was just trying

00:20:03.939 --> 00:20:05.000
 to save faith

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.200
 so he responds

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.460
 by readying

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:07.919
 the army

00:20:07.919 --> 00:20:08.419
 to conquer

00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:08.919
 the city.

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.240
 I mean,

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.159
 everybody's

00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:10.679
 hanging out

00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.039
 and all of a

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.240
 sudden he

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.399
 says,

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.980
 hey guys,

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.039
 get in place.

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.079
 I'm upset.

00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:15.879
 You know,

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:17.000
 Ahab has just

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.879
 mocked me

00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.439
 in front of

00:20:18.439 --> 00:20:18.899
 everybody.

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.500
 But we're

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.039
 going to see

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.019
 here that God

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.559
 takes a

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.019
 confrontation

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:23.579
 and God's

00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:24.019
 going to turn

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.519
 it into a

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.439
 crushing defeat.

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:26.960
 You know,

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.799
 a crushing

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.179
 defeat.

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:28.679
 Look here at

00:20:28.679 --> 00:20:29.419
 verse 13.

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.460
 And behold,

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.099
 there came a

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:32.139
 prophet unto Ahab,

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.980
 king of Israel,

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:33.939
 saying,

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.919
 Thus saith the

00:20:34.919 --> 00:20:35.220
 Lord,

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.539
 Hast thou seen

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.220
 all this great

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.679
 multitude?

00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:38.259
 Behold,

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.179
 I will deliver

00:20:39.179 --> 00:20:39.839
 it into thine

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:41.379
 hand this day,

00:20:41.439 --> 00:20:41.919
 and thou shalt

00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:43.039
 know that I

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:45.019
 am the Lord.

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:46.059
 Now we know

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.619
 why God

00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:47.299
 allowed this.

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.500
 You know,

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:48.859
 we have a

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.539
 picture of why

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.259
 God allowed it.

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.539
 Why?

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.679
 So Ahab and

00:20:51.679 --> 00:20:52.200
 the children of

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:53.639
 Israel could see

00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.240
 once again.

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.579
 Remember,

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:54.960
 he already

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.539
 showed him

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.339
 he was God

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.980
 up on the

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.500
 mount with

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.919
 Elijah.

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.639
 Now he's

00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.399
 back here

00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:01.639
 facing the

00:21:01.639 --> 00:21:02.819
 Syrians and

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.299
 the others

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.019
 with him.

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.939
 And God

00:21:04.939 --> 00:21:05.179
 says,

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.799
 I'm allowing

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.500
 this and I'm

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.899
 going to give

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.559
 you victory

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.799
 to show you,

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:11.779
 to reveal

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.799
 fully to you

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.919
 that I am

00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:14.659
 the Lord

00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:16.000
 God of

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.419
 Israel.

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.740
 I am the

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.039
 one.

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.339
 And it was

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:18.939
 not just

00:21:18.939 --> 00:21:20.819
 Ahab that

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.960
 heard that

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:23.360
 prideful

00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:23.900
 reply

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.059
 of

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.319
 Anad

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:24.799
 but the

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.240
 Lord

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.620
 did also.

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.100
 I want you

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.460
 to see

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.600
 here,

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:27.779
 we're going

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.000
 to look

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.100
 here,

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.559
 the Lord

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.200
 deals

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:30.019
 with the

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.380
 king of

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.759
 Syria

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.319
 and his

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:32.019
 pride too.

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.440
 God's

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.680
 going to

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.220
 deal with

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:35.180
 it in a

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.440
 very crushing

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.160
 way,

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:38.019
 but the

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.480
 Lord is

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:38.700
 going to

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.240
 do that.

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:39.460
 You know,

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.740
 we need

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.660
 to understand

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.680
 that the

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.819
 Lord is,

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.500
 pride is

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.019
 something that

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.620
 keeps us

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.200
 from God.

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.120
 Pride is one

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:48.700
 of the things

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.220
 that keeps

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.700
 people from

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.299
 salvation.

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.059
 Pride keeps

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.720
 people from

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.220
 repentance.

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:55.700
 You say,

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.039
 how does

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.600
 pride work?

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:56.759
 Well,

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.740
 they're more

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.140
 worried about

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.600
 what somebody

00:21:58.600 --> 00:21:59.380
 else thinks

00:21:59.380 --> 00:21:59.759
 than what

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.360
 God thinks.

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.059
 And I

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.500
 want you to

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:02.759
 see here,

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.319
 people try to

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.500
 exalt themselves

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.220
 in that.

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.580
 Look to,

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.380
 in the Old

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:06.640
 Testament,

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.080
 turn to

00:22:07.080 --> 00:22:07.680
 Obadiah,

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.299
 look down

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.680
 at verse

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.120
 four.

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:09.600
 Here,

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.380
 Obadiah is

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.120
 writing about

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.740
 a similar

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.759
 situation of

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.200
 pride.

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.480
 Notice what

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.799
 he says in

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.360
 Obadiah

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:17.039
 chapter one,

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.720
 verse four.

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.279
 If you have

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.940
 chapter two in

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.340
 Obadiah,

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.919
 you need a

00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.399
 different Bible.

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.099
 Not a very

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.699
 big book,

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.339
 but notice what

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.839
 he says there.

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.199
 He says,

00:22:24.679 --> 00:22:25.119
 though thou

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:26.179
 exalt thyself

00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:26.980
 as the eagle,

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:28.000
 and though thou

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.899
 set thy nest

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.899
 among the stars,

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.699
 hence I will

00:22:30.699 --> 00:22:31.799
 bring thee down,

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.740
 sayeth the Lord.

00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:33.819
 Now,

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.220
 I want you to

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.699
 understand,

00:22:35.179 --> 00:22:36.799
 God has a way

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.559
 of humbling an

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.000
 individual,

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.779
 to realize that

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.379
 you are not

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:41.220
 more powerful

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.839
 or greater

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.500
 than God.

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:43.959
 You know,

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.459
 we live in a

00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:45.279
 generation that

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.899
 thinks they

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.879
 exceed God.

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:46.920
 God.

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.300
 You're in

00:22:49.300 --> 00:22:49.800
 trouble when

00:22:49.800 --> 00:22:50.460
 you think you

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:50.840
 are more

00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:51.480
 powerful than

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.780
 God.

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.560
 God will

00:22:54.560 --> 00:22:56.880
 humble people

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.700
 who declare

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.060
 that.

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.700
 Bible tells us

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.560
 one day every

00:23:00.560 --> 00:23:01.800
 knee will bow.

00:23:03.540 --> 00:23:04.420
 People may

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.140
 think they're

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.400
 going to get

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.940
 away with it

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.600
 for a while,

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.320
 but one day

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:08.160
 accountability is

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.420
 coming.

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.600
 They will face

00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:11.200
 accountability,

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.340
 accountability.

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.600
 And while we

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.220
 don't know who

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.440
 this mystery

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.380
 prophet is,

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:15.960
 we know it's

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.620
 not Elijah,

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.400
 because where's

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:17.759
 Elijah?

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:19.200
 He's down in

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.779
 Beersheba,

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.720
 and we know

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.480
 God's dealing

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.319
 with him and

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.640
 some of the

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.460
 things going on

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.200
 in his life.

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.640
 We see a whole

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.559
 different perspective

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.640
 of things happening

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.380
 down there,

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.819
 and these things

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:31.660
 even still interlace

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.360
 with one another

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.840
 as we're going to

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.360
 see here.

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.480
 We don't know

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.360
 who this prophet

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:36.580
 was, but he came

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:37.200
 with authority.

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.360
 Look at verse 13.

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.940
 Notice the authority

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.860
 he came with.

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:42.000
 He says this,

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.519
 saying, what?

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.819
 Thus said the

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.219
 Lord.

00:23:47.979 --> 00:23:48.759
 You know, there

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.599
 are some things

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.399
 in life we need

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:51.119
 to understand that

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.879
 God just says,

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.539
 thus saith the

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.759
 Lord.

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:55.179
 It's just the way

00:23:55.179 --> 00:23:55.579
 it is.

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.399
 It's not open

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:58.099
 for discussion.

00:23:59.099 --> 00:24:00.919
 It's not debatable.

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:03.059
 It's not, how do

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.119
 I feel about it?

00:24:04.219 --> 00:24:04.979
 It's, no, God

00:24:04.979 --> 00:24:05.939
 says, thus saith

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:06.299
 the Lord.

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.259
 There are things

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.899
 that are unchangeable.

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.719
 It has nothing to

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.420
 do with what we

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.140
 think about it.

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:14.180
 You know, as God

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:15.100
 is working through

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:15.980
 this authority,

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:17.559
 he's telling Ahab,

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.220
 he says, you've

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.100
 seen the multitude.

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:22.100
 You've seen Syrians

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:23.600
 taking positions

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.519
 around you,

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:26.059
 getting ready to

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.900
 crush you.

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:29.120
 And that's what it

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.660
 looks like.

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.420
 I mean, the numbers

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.380
 were astronomical.

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.500
 And what does God

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.860
 tell him?

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.279
 Look at the end

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.920
 of verse 13.

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.860
 He says, thus saith

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:37.219
 the Lord, I will

00:24:37.219 --> 00:24:39.339
 deliver you, deliver

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:40.219
 it into thine

00:24:40.219 --> 00:24:42.479
 hand this day, and

00:24:42.479 --> 00:24:43.479
 thou shalt know

00:24:43.479 --> 00:24:44.240
 that I am the

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.519
 Lord.

00:24:45.459 --> 00:24:46.339
 You know, here's a

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.059
 prophet of God

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:48.079
 comes to Ahab and

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:49.639
 says, Ahab, let me

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.279
 tell you something.

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.439
 If you listen to the

00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:53.159
 prophet, I'm going

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:54.179
 to deliver them into

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:55.819
 your hand in a

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.479
 mighty way.

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.000
 And we're going to

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.819
 see God do that very

00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:00.639
 clearly here in just a

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.159
 little bit.

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:02.759
 So Ahab, remember,

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.900
 just witnessed fire

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.640
 come down from

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.880
 heaven, and now God

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:07.040
 sends another prophet

00:25:07.040 --> 00:25:08.340
 and tells him, hey,

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.140
 I'm going to show

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:10.380
 you, once again, I'm

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.360
 God, even in this

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.900
 situation.

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:14.180
 That I'm above all

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:15.320
 the pride, I'm above

00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:16.480
 all the arrogance, I'm

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:18.259
 above everything that

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.160
 people think, that

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.880
 they have all the

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:21.380
 power and might, and

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.560
 God says, I'm above

00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:23.160
 all that.

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.400
 Because notice, as we

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.200
 look down through here,

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.259
 what takes place.

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.519
 I love the next

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:29.340
 phrase there in verse

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.840
 14.

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:32.319
 Ahab looks at the

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:35.720
 prophet, and by

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.119
 whom?

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:37.019
 You know, here's a

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.899
 guy that's very

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:39.539
 prideful and wants to

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:41.199
 make decisions, and

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:42.459
 suddenly God says, hey,

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:44.119
 I'm going to send you

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:45.039
 out to do that, and he

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.699
 looks at him and says,

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.419
 who, me?

00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:47.500
 You know, there's a lot

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.500
 we could cover there.

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:51.459
 Because even as

00:25:51.459 --> 00:25:53.359
 Christians, as

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:54.099
 believers today,

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.199
 sometimes God says,

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.919
 hey, I'm going to give

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:57.399
 something great, and we

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.159
 look at him and say,

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.139
 who, me?

00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:00.020
 By whom?

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:01.259
 You know, God looks at

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:03.000
 him and says, by you.

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:05.100
 Notice what he tells him

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.360
 here.

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:07.400
 He says that even by the

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.660
 young men of the princes of

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:10.180
 the providence, then he

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:11.620
 said, who shall order the

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:11.960
 battle?

00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:13.500
 And he answered, thou.

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:16.400
 You know, he says, hey,

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:18.220
 I've got an army for you,

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:20.540
 and you're going to lead

00:26:20.540 --> 00:26:20.700
 them.

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.460
 You're going to be in

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.259
 charge of this.

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.700
 Now, I want you to see

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.900
 here, because as we read

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:27.400
 through this, verses 14 and

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:29.680
 15, revealed here that he

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.779
 numbered the young men of

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.559
 the princes of the

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.319
 providence, and they were

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:34.140
 232.

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:36.039
 So how many people do we

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.220
 have so far in his army?

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.680
 232.

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.160
 You know?

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.920
 I can just imagine Ahab.

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:45.519
 You got the, talk about the

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.420
 dust of the street.

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.359
 If you gathered them up, you

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.900
 wouldn't have enough

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.279
 soldiers.

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:50.619
 And he says, 232 people.

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.180
 You know?

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:53.099
 But I want you to see

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:54.480
 something else here, because

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:58.059
 notice who else that he

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.859
 brings forth.

00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:00.839
 And he says, and after them,

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:02.119
 he numbered all the people,

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.460
 all the children of Israel,

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.740
 being 7,000.

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:06.599
 Now, 7,000 is an interesting

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.299
 number here.

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.680
 Because I want you to see

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.180
 something here.

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:12.119
 Here's Israel, who had large

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:15.259
 armies, but now he's down to

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.920
 232 princes.

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:19.660
 churches and leaders of

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:22.340
 people and 7,000 people.

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.560
 You say, well, what's so

00:27:23.560 --> 00:27:25.140
 interesting about 7,000?

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:26.580
 Turn back over to chapter

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.560
 19 for a moment.

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:29.960
 Now, the Bible doesn't make

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.680
 this direct connection, but I

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.039
 think it's interesting God's

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:36.640
 reply in chapter 19.

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:39.019
 Because notice, who's willing

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:40.700
 to trust God to go out?

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.640
 You know?

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.800
 I don't think they found a

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:45.060
 whole lot of volunteers except

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:46.039
 for 7,000.

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.279
 Who are these 7,000?

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.700
 Look in verse 18.

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:50.259
 It says, yet have I left me

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:53.500
 7,000 in Israel, all the knees

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:55.159
 which have not bowed unto Baal,

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.960
 and every mouth which hath not

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.559
 kissed him.

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:59.139
 In other words, he says, I got

00:27:59.139 --> 00:28:01.839
 7,000 guys that are willing to

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:04.039
 go out to battle because they

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.799
 trust me.

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:06.240
 Ahab is down.

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:08.200
 He can't find all his friends he

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.779
 did have.

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:12.279
 But when the prophet comes, he's

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:14.859
 got 7,000 that trust the Lord, and

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.980
 the Lord said, hey, we're supposed

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:17.579
 to follow Ahab into battle.

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.379
 Ahab into battle.

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:21.460
 And they said, hey, if God said it's

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.899
 going to give us victory, we're going

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.639
 to trust God.

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:25.440
 It looked insurmountable.

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.700
 You know, all the things that they

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:28.940
 do.

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:30.440
 You know, we always need to remember

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:34.839
 that God doesn't look at numbers to

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.899
 accomplish his things.

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:38.100
 You know, look back a little

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.400
 earlier.

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:40.259
 Go back to 1 Samuel chapter 14.

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:42.540
 We find another man here earlier by

00:28:42.540 --> 00:28:43.420
 the name of Jonathan.

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.940
 If you ever want a good study of

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:46.700
 character, study the life of

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.080
 Jonathan.

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.720
 Because Jonathan was a humble

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:50.120
 individual, but yet a bold

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.600
 individual.

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:52.700
 He did not run scared of anything,

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:56.519
 but yet never looked at himself as

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.820
 above where God put him.

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:01.080
 But notice what he says here.

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:04.320
 Here's Jonathan in 1 Samuel 14

00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:04.980
 verse 6.

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.539
 And Jonathan said to the young man

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.500
 that bear his armor.

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:09.500
 So here's Jonathan and his armor

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.180
 bearer.

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:12.360
 And he says, come, let us go over

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:14.160
 into the garrison of these

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:15.400
 uncircumcised.

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:17.440
 He's talking about the Philistines.

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.799
 Now notice what Jonathan says.

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:20.700
 It may be that the Lord will work

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:22.920
 for us, for there is no restraint

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:25.559
 to the Lord to save by many or by

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.000
 few.

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:30.539
 You know, he wasn't being prideful to

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.620
 say, I'm so great.

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:33.839
 He says, let's go see what God's

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.359
 going to do.

00:29:35.959 --> 00:29:38.219
 Because I want you to understand,

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.339
 you can read through a little later

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.859
 there in 1 Samuel, you'll see God

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.939
 gave him a great victory.

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.679
 Even though it looked hopeless.

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:46.279
 Even here it looked hopeless.

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:48.539
 Ahab would have to trust the Lord

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.779
 for the victory.

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:51.720
 Now, it's interesting here too

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:54.359
 in strategy because they leave

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:55.879
 the city at noon.

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:58.299
 That was not the time of day

00:29:58.299 --> 00:30:00.079
 for an army to come out of the city.

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.240
 You know?

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.599
 I want you to understand,

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.920
 they had a lot of things that they

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:06.019
 practiced very meticulously

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:07.319
 in ancient warfare.

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.839
 And it was that way for a reason.

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.079
 You know?

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:12.460
 You didn't get into a battle

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.460
 in the late afternoon.

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:15.480
 That wasn't a good time

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.839
 to get into the battle, you know?

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:18.259
 The heat of the day.

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.119
 Because remember,

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:21.119
 where was the Syrian king

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:22.059
 and all his friends?

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.559
 They're sitting in the pavilion

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.419
 in the shade,

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:27.740
 hanging out.

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.919
 They're drunk.

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:32.319
 They're making fun of Ahab.

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:34.960
 And here Ahab comes out

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:37.539
 and Benadad says,

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:39.140
 hey, he hears news,

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.019
 hey, there's some men

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.920
 come out of the city.

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:42.960
 He's figuring that this is the people

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:45.960
 that surrendered to him.

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:48.960
 So he sends his troops in

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.960
 and says, hey,

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:51.700
 capture these guys alive.

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.960
 Whether they come out

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:56.180
 with ill will or good will,

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.880
 no matter what,

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.340
 I want you to bring them back alive.

00:30:58.460 --> 00:31:00.319
 Now, I want you to understand,

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:02.480
 Benadad put his guys

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.620
 in a bad situation

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:05.179
 because his rules of engagement

00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:06.059
 got him in trouble.

00:31:08.219 --> 00:31:08.500
 You know?

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.399
 Because he says,

00:31:09.459 --> 00:31:10.739
 hey, you're not supposed to kill him.

00:31:11.239 --> 00:31:11.699
 You know what?

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:14.839
 The 7,232 that came,

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:16.439
 they had one thing in mind.

00:31:16.479 --> 00:31:17.339
 We're going to get rid of you.

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:21.219
 That's not good rules of engagement

00:31:21.219 --> 00:31:22.299
 for first contact.

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:23.879
 You know?

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.179
 Try to capture them

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:26.419
 to somebody who wants to kill you.

00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:27.519
 That's not a good combination,

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.359
 just let me tell you.

00:31:29.479 --> 00:31:30.739
 But we're going to find here

00:31:30.739 --> 00:31:31.939
 that they slew

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:33.480
 those that came

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.360
 to confront them.

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.440
 Look down at verse 20.

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.759
 It says this,

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:38.460
 and they slew

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:40.360
 every one his man

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:41.680
 and the Syrians fled

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:43.039
 and the Israel pursued them

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.980
 and Benadad,

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.759
 the king of Syria,

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.820
 escaped on a horse

00:31:45.820 --> 00:31:46.620
 with the horsemen.

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:48.080
 And the king of Israel

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.500
 went out

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.420
 and smote the horses

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.160
 and chariots

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.220
 and slew the Syrians

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:53.240
 with a great slaughter.

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.240
 You know,

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.960
 the results

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:57.080
 were a great defeat.

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:59.880
 They conquered them.

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:02.040
 But we're going to see here next

00:32:02.040 --> 00:32:02.840
 the conquest

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:04.660
 that takes place.

00:32:04.760 --> 00:32:05.880
 Look here at verse 22.

00:32:06.040 --> 00:32:06.860
 And the prophet came

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.800
 to the king of Israel

00:32:07.800 --> 00:32:09.180
 and said unto him,

00:32:09.300 --> 00:32:10.440
 Go strengthen thyself

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.240
 and mark and see

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.980
 what thou doest

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:13.180
 for the return of the year

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:15.840
 the king of Syria

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:17.220
 will come up against thee.

00:32:17.780 --> 00:32:18.540
 Now I want you to see

00:32:18.540 --> 00:32:19.360
 what's happening here

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.300
 because God had given

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:21.120
 a great victory.

00:32:21.860 --> 00:32:23.380
 He had chased them away,

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:25.220
 destroying the chariots

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.460
 and all the ground forces

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.360
 of the Syrians.

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.919
 But it wasn't long

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.740
 before the prophet

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.799
 shows up again

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.799
 and tells Ahab,

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.419
 Hey, don't rest

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:34.679
 on your laurels.

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.659
 Don't sit back.

00:32:35.979 --> 00:32:36.119
 You know,

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.939
 the one thing I can tell you there,

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:38.139
 sometimes we'll get a victory

00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:38.879
 for the Lord

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.659
 and we get in trouble

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.740
 because we sit back.

00:32:40.959 --> 00:32:41.939
 Instead of holding

00:32:41.939 --> 00:32:42.740
 and continuing,

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.839
 we step back.

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:45.819
 Sometimes in conflict

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:47.339
 you have to push forward

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:48.979
 even when you're victorious.

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:51.740
 Spiritually

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:53.659
 it's true the same.

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:56.040
 sometimes you get

00:32:56.040 --> 00:32:57.400
 a great spiritual victory.

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:58.360
 It's not time

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:59.540
 to sit back and relax.

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:02.180
 It's still time

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.920
 to be focused

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.660
 and you have to

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.820
 be prepared

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.960
 because he's telling them,

00:33:06.040 --> 00:33:07.040
 Hey, he's going to be back

00:33:07.040 --> 00:33:08.640
 in the spring

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:10.920
 and God continues here

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:12.300
 to reveal himself

00:33:12.300 --> 00:33:13.860
 to Ahab

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.660
 a desire

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:16.320
 that he and Israel

00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:17.000
 would turn

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.200
 from their evil ways

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.820
 and return

00:33:18.820 --> 00:33:19.840
 to worshiping

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:21.120
 God alone.

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:21.820
 You know,

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.920
 all throughout Ahab,

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.880
 even though he's marked

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:25.019
 as one of the most

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.140
 wicked kings,

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.100
 isn't it amazing

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.980
 that you see God

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.680
 still

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:32.820
 extending out there

00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:33.440
 Ahab,

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.920
 repent and come to me.

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.380
 You know,

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.600
 God's a merciful God.

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.620
 He wants people

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.580
 to have an opportunity.

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:41.080
 He gives such grace

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.759
 to us

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.900
 and mercy.

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.259
 You know,

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:45.300
 the warning alone

00:33:45.300 --> 00:33:46.060
 should have caused

00:33:46.060 --> 00:33:47.140
 Ahab to repent

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:48.000
 when you think about it.

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.640
 Hey, God says,

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.180
 Hey, I gave you

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.700
 a great victory

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.600
 that you know I'm Lord.

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.059
 Now they're going

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:53.099
 to return in the spring

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.679
 and you need

00:33:53.679 --> 00:33:54.359
 to be prepared.

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:57.539
 God sends the prophet

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.980
 to him

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.619
 and tells him

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.359
 what's going to happen.

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.839
 You know,

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.679
 he says to prepare

00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:04.079
 for that spring offensive

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:06.219
 and this new conquest

00:34:06.219 --> 00:34:07.000
 into Israel

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.679
 would bring a massive army

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.400
 that would fill

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.039
 the country.

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.299
 You know,

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.599
 Benadad had returned

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:16.599
 to crush Ahab

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.920
 and Israel.

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.139
 He was set.

00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:19.760
 He wasn't going

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:21.039
 to be defeated.

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.840
 Matter of fact,

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.960
 he had cheered

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:25.079
 his people up.

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:26.260
 He made an excuse

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:27.280
 for the loss.

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.380
 Now,

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.500
 take a look here

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.940
 and this is

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:33.039
 in verse 23.

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.539
 And the servants

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.579
 of the king of Syria

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.360
 said unto him,

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.200
 Their gods

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:37.800
 are the god

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.380
 of the hills.

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.420
 Therefore,

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.400
 they were stronger

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.880
 than we,

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.760
 but let us fight

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.360
 against them

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.940
 in the plain

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.519
 and surely

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.500
 we shall be

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.460
 stronger than they.

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.300
 And do this thing,

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.400
 take the kings away

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.019
 and every man

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.820
 out of his place

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.760
 and put captains

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:52.280
 in their rooms

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:53.019
 and number thee

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.480
 an army

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.280
 like the army

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:55.980
 that thou hast lost

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.800
 horse for horse,

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.720
 chariot for chariot

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.460
 and we will fight

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.039
 against them

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.640
 in the plain

00:34:59.640 --> 00:35:00.660
 and surely

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.580
 we will be stronger

00:35:01.580 --> 00:35:02.620
 than they.

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.320
 And he hearkened

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.100
 unto their voice

00:35:04.100 --> 00:35:04.860
 and did so.

00:35:05.560 --> 00:35:05.860
 Now,

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.440
 you need to understand

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.260
 a little something

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:10.780
 about geography

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:12.620
 and battle

00:35:12.620 --> 00:35:13.340
 to understand

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:14.220
 what's happening here

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:16.079
 because in the hills

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.179
 and valleys

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.439
 in the sharp hills

00:35:18.439 --> 00:35:18.980
 and valleys

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.939
 a chariot

00:35:19.939 --> 00:35:21.679
 becomes less effective.

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.819
 Chariots are effective

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:25.699
 warfare out on open plains.

00:35:26.959 --> 00:35:27.219
 You know?

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:29.500
 Because the area is open

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.139
 and they become

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.279
 more maneuverable

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:31.939
 and effective

00:35:31.939 --> 00:35:33.799
 in what they do.

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:35.679
 So what did the Syrians say?

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.599
 We got defeated

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.759
 because we were in the hills

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.619
 around Samaria

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.919
 so we're going to get them

00:35:39.919 --> 00:35:41.059
 out into the plains

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:42.000
 and we're going to crush them

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.919
 because our god

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:44.099
 is the god of the plains.

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:45.619
 Theirs is the god of the hills

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.939
 because they had victory there.

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.599
 We're going to get them out

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.939
 where our god can get victory.

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:50.259
 Now they're going to find out

00:35:50.259 --> 00:35:51.179
 that that doesn't matter

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:54.599
 but that's the way people think.

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:56.179
 So he puts together

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.039
 a great army

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:58.639
 and he comes down

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.359
 to Apek

00:35:59.359 --> 00:36:00.339
 there

00:36:00.339 --> 00:36:01.639
 which is on the plains

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.719
 in northern Israel

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:04.679
 and it was this declaration

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.980
 that the Lord used

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:07.500
 to reveal his power

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:09.219
 was not restrained

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.919
 to the hills

00:36:09.919 --> 00:36:11.799
 or the valleys.

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.659
 God says

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.099
 I can

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:15.039
 my ability

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:16.159
 is not limited

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:17.819
 by geographic location.

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.819
 I want you to see here

00:36:19.819 --> 00:36:21.579
 what happens here.

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.980
 It says in verse 27

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.719
 the children of Israel

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.219
 were numbered

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:25.179
 and they were all present

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:26.000
 and went against them

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.860
 and the children of Israel

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:28.619
 pitched before them

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:30.039
 like two little flocks

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.539
 of kids

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.440
 but the Syrians

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.500
 filled the country

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.619
 you know

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.960
 and the man of God

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:37.519
 and there came

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.280
 a man of God

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:39.240
 and spake unto the king

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.659
 of Israel

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.000
 and said

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.000
 thus saith the Lord

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.000
 because the Syrians

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.460
 have said

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.320
 the Lord is God

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.780
 of the hills

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:45.039
 but he's not God

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.539
 of the valleys

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.380
 there where I deliver

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.760
 all this great multitude

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.579
 into thy hand

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.920
 and ye shall know

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.840
 that I am the Lord.

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:52.119
 Here's God once again

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.460
 saying

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:54.679
 guys trust me

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:56.900
 I'm going to show you

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.539
 who I am.

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.780
 They've mocked me

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.659
 and I'm going to show them

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.880
 what that results in.

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:03.340
 Because remember here

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:04.360
 this had nothing to do

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:05.539
 directly with Israel

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.240
 God said

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:07.480
 I'm going to judge

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:09.640
 Syria for their pride.

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.840
 I'm going to judge them

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:13.099
 and hold them to account

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:14.519
 you know

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.860
 to understand

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:17.539
 who God is

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.440
 it was for them

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.099
 and also

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:20.280
 those

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:21.800
 in us

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.519
 that came

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.500
 with the Syrians.

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.240
 You know

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:24.860
 the arrogance

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:26.019
 of the Syrians

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:27.280
 they came with

00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:28.280
 crushing force.

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.039
 You notice here

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.480
 as we read

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.380
 what Israel

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.920
 looked like

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.820
 two little flocks

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.280
 of sheep

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:33.900
 gathered on the hillside

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:35.400
 compared to the Syrians

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:37.599
 that consumed

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:39.079
 all the valley

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:40.059
 and the area around.

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:40.820
 They looked like

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.660
 two little flocks

00:37:41.660 --> 00:37:42.099
 of sheep

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.640
 among them.

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.720
 You know

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:45.460
 but I want you

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.019
 to understand

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:47.280
 God had told Israel

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:48.000
 before

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.940
 turn back to

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:50.220
 Deuteronomy chapter 4

00:37:50.220 --> 00:37:50.660
 for a moment

00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:51.900
 Deuteronomy chapter 4

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:53.119
 look here in verse 39

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.140
 because God wanted

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:55.519
 to reveal who he is

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.660
 not who they thought

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:57.220
 he was

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:58.980
 you know

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.460
 that's one of the

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.079
 other problems

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.920
 that we see today

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.599
 is people like

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.340
 to make a God

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:03.159
 to their own image

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.940
 of who they think.

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:06.079
 What were the Syrians

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.380
 doing?

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.360
 They made a God

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:07.920
 to say hey

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.539
 he's the God

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.980
 of the hills

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.659
 but we have a God

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.119
 of a valley

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.940
 that's more powerful.

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.980
 I want you to understand

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.860
 God looks at him

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.240
 and says

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:15.679
 I'm not constrained

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.320
 by either.

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:18.000
 Notice what it says

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.880
 here in verse 39

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.300
 he says

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:20.139
 know therefore

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:21.000
 this day

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:22.199
 and consider

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.539
 where

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.679
 in thine heart

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.980
 that the Lord

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.960
 he is God

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.920
 in heaven above

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:28.519
 and upon the earth

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.980
 beneath

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:30.599
 and there is

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:32.199
 none else.

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.599
 You know

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.139
 one of the things

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:34.440
 to always keep in mind

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.220
 is to realize

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:36.139
 we serve a God

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.820
 that's above

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:37.720
 everything else.

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.460
 We walk on

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:40.320
 his creation.

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:43.079
 We walk on

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:44.280
 what he holds together.

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:45.780
 You know

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:46.460
 the psalmist

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.500
 in Psalm 47

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.139
 verse 2

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.440
 says

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:49.000
 for the Lord

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.599
 most high

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.139
 is terrible

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:51.360
 he is a great

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:52.340
 king over

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:53.019
 all

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.920
 the earth.

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:55.460
 You know

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.200
 I want you to understand

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:57.200
 we serve a God

00:38:57.200 --> 00:38:57.840
 that's greater

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.920
 than any location.

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.680
 God says

00:39:00.680 --> 00:39:01.420
 that I am God

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:02.140
 of all of it.

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:04.400
 Not just some of it

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:06.059
 but all.

00:39:06.740 --> 00:39:06.960
 And so

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.860
 the prophet here

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.760
 reveals to Ahab

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.420
 that the Lord

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.620
 is not doing this

00:39:10.620 --> 00:39:11.320
 for him

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:12.559
 instead he's

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.480
 presenting a great

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.740
 truth that everyone

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.539
 that he

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:17.340
 is the Lord.

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.579
 Notice what he says

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.579
 there in verse 28

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.320
 he says

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:21.579
 that ye may know

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.559
 that I

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.239
 am

00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:24.119
 the Lord.

00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:26.619
 That you might know

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:28.799
 not have to question

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:30.759
 to clear it up

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.360
 in your mind

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.719
 remember

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.599
 up on the mount

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.579
 what was Elijah's

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.039
 challenge?

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:36.059
 Why halt you

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:37.159
 between two opinions?

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:39.659
 Let's put it

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:40.440
 a different way.

00:39:40.779 --> 00:39:41.639
 Elijah looks at him

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:41.799
 and says

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:42.340
 why are you

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:43.259
 acting confused?

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.019
 Why are you

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:45.319
 confused who God is?

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:46.099
 God says

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.920
 I have revealed

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.480
 myself

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.559
 I have shown you

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:50.119
 I have shown myself

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.980
 more powerful

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:52.039
 than anything else

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:53.059
 and you need

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.860
 to trust me

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:55.059
 Israel's out

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.460
 on the

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.719
 camping

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.679
 out there

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.500
 with their troops

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.059
 that look like

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.980
 two little flocks

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.460
 of kids

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:00.920
 they're out

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:02.400
 there for seven days

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.440
 waiting for the battle

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.960
 to begin

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.699
 and we're going to

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:05.480
 see what takes

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.099
 place here

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.719
 look at the

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:08.139
 verse 28

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.920
 excuse me

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.500
 verse 29

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:10.619
 and they pitched

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:11.539
 one over against

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.659
 the other seven days

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.440
 and so it was

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:14.260
 on the seventh day

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:15.360
 the battle was joined

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:15.800
 and the children

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.240
 of Israel

00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:18.280
 slew the Syrians

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:19.560
 a hundred thousand

00:40:19.560 --> 00:40:20.140
 footmen

00:40:20.140 --> 00:40:20.840
 in one day

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:22.740
 but the rest

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.900
 to Affleck

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.740
 into the city

00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.560
 and their wall

00:40:25.560 --> 00:40:26.200
 fell upon

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:27.340
 twenty seven thousand

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:27.780
 of the men

00:40:27.780 --> 00:40:28.380
 that were left

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:29.500
 and Benedad

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.360
 fled and came

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:30.980
 into the city

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.940
 into the inner chamber

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:33.140
 you know

00:40:33.140 --> 00:40:34.660
 talk about a crushing

00:40:34.660 --> 00:40:35.240
 defeat

00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:37.600
 here they are

00:40:37.600 --> 00:40:38.260
 they look like

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:39.200
 two little burps

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:39.660
 of people

00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:40.860
 amongst all the others

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:42.000
 God says

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.640
 he wipe out

00:40:42.640 --> 00:40:43.660
 a hundred thousand

00:40:43.660 --> 00:40:45.160
 you know

00:40:45.160 --> 00:40:45.800
 and then to add

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.780
 injury to insult

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:47.600
 you're on the run

00:40:47.600 --> 00:40:48.260
 you get inside

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:49.200
 the city walls

00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:50.100
 and the Bible

00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:50.780
 says God

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:51.480
 knocked the wall

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.040
 over and killed

00:40:52.040 --> 00:40:53.000
 twenty seven thousand

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.420
 more

00:40:53.420 --> 00:41:00.300
 that's more

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:01.000
 demoralizing

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.660
 than you think

00:41:01.660 --> 00:41:02.380
 the wall

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.260
 was their defense

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.900
 the very thing

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.420
 that they were

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:04.960
 looking for

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:05.500
 for defense

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.980
 fell over

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.540
 and killed them

00:41:06.540 --> 00:41:08.820
 opened the city

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.240
 up

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:11.620
 to Israel

00:41:11.620 --> 00:41:12.880
 Benedad's hiding

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.620
 here with the

00:41:13.620 --> 00:41:14.220
 inner parts

00:41:14.220 --> 00:41:14.800
 of the city

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:16.120
 but we're going

00:41:16.120 --> 00:41:16.660
 to see here

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:17.639
 that Ahab

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:20.259
 let pride

00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:20.980
 get in the way

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.399
 again

00:41:21.399 --> 00:41:22.219
 and missed

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:22.920
 the very thing

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.659
 God was trying

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.219
 to show him

00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:26.500
 remember

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:26.980
 God said

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.399
 I want you

00:41:27.399 --> 00:41:27.719
 to know

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:28.159
 that I am

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.440
 Lord

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:29.279
 that I am

00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:29.759
 the one

00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:30.739
 that you ought

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:31.099
 to be

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:32.099
 heeding

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:32.519
 and paying

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:33.199
 attention to

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.420
 but we're

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:33.639
 going to

00:41:33.639 --> 00:41:34.159
 see that

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:35.399
 instead

00:41:35.399 --> 00:41:36.399
 Ahab

00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:37.739
 takes his

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:38.420
 pride

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.079
 and makes

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.619
 compromise

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.879
 his compromise

00:41:40.879 --> 00:41:42.019
 with evil

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.379
 look here

00:41:42.379 --> 00:41:42.699
 at verse

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:43.319
 thirty one

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:45.120
 and the

00:41:45.120 --> 00:41:45.500
 servants

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:45.900
 said unto

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.100
 him

00:41:46.100 --> 00:41:46.620
 behold

00:41:46.620 --> 00:41:47.180
 now

00:41:47.180 --> 00:41:47.519
 we have

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:47.740
 heard

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.019
 that the

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.160
 king

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:48.660
 of Israel

00:41:48.660 --> 00:41:49.380
 are the

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.640
 kings

00:41:49.640 --> 00:41:49.840
 of the

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.080
 house

00:41:50.080 --> 00:41:50.440
 of Israel

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.000
 are merciful

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.460
 kings

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.840
 let us

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.200
 I pray

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:52.380
 thee

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:52.740
 put on

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:53.320
 sackcloth

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.620
 on our

00:41:53.620 --> 00:41:53.960
 loins

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.380
 and ropes

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.820
 upon our

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.059
 heads

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.780
 and go

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:56.100
 out to

00:41:56.100 --> 00:41:56.460
 the king

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.920
 of Israel

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.160
 per

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:57.500
 adventure

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.300
 he will

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:58.960
 save thy

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.380
 life

00:41:59.380 --> 00:41:59.680
 and so

00:41:59.680 --> 00:41:59.860
 they

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:00.200
 girded

00:42:00.200 --> 00:42:00.800
 sackcloth

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:01.140
 on their

00:42:01.140 --> 00:42:01.500
 loins

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.820
 and put

00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:02.100
 ropes

00:42:02.100 --> 00:42:02.440
 on their

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.700
 heads

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:03.039
 and came

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.240
 to the

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:03.380
 king

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:03.760
 of Israel

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.039
 and said

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:04.800
 thy

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:05.240
 servant

00:42:05.240 --> 00:42:05.260
!

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:14.519
 Now that's

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.980
 an interesting

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.400
 statement

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.080
 because he's

00:42:16.080 --> 00:42:16.320
 making

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:16.880
 connection

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:17.460
 with him

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:19.019
 and what

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.240
 this

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:19.740
 connection

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:20.380
 of brotherhood

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:20.780
 is is

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.360
 one king

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:21.920
 to another

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.980
 one person

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.620
 in authority

00:42:23.620 --> 00:42:24.160
 to another

00:42:24.160 --> 00:42:24.780
 person in

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.200
 authority

00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:26.039
 the Syrian

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.620
 officials

00:42:26.620 --> 00:42:27.380
 come out

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:28.180
 and Ahab

00:42:28.180 --> 00:42:29.000
 says hey

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:30.559
 it'll be okay

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:30.980
 you know

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.880
 as they secure

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.800
 and they come

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:33.380
 out humbly

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:33.680
 you know

00:42:33.680 --> 00:42:34.000
 are you

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:34.720
 going to

00:42:34.720 --> 00:42:35.100
 let

00:42:35.100 --> 00:42:36.760
 Mahadad

00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:37.260
 live

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:38.240
 and you

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:38.440
 know

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:39.340
 Ahab

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:40.400
 quickly forgot

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:41.000
 that it was

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.500
 the Lord

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:41.840
 that had

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:42.180
 given the

00:42:42.180 --> 00:42:42.500
 victory

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:44.179
 you know

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:45.860
 pride gets

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.360
 in the way

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.699
 when we

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:47.179
 have victory

00:42:47.179 --> 00:42:47.659
 sometimes

00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:48.380
 I mean

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.699
 it's how

00:42:48.699 --> 00:42:49.219
 fast do

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.500
 you get

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.239
 your eyes

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:50.639
 off what

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.039
 happens

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:53.440
 I mean

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:53.800
 you think

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:54.179
 about the

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:54.800
 deliverance

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:55.519
 God gave

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:55.960
 to him

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:57.360
 and right

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:57.679
 away

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.219
 he turns

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:58.579
 away

00:42:58.579 --> 00:43:00.980
 our hearts

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.579
 can be

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.760
 and pride

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.519
 can really

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.599
 reveals the

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.159
 wickedness

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:05.659
 that lies

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:05.940
 within

00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:06.280
 how we

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.900
 can focus

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:08.300
 on ourselves

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:10.199
 you know

00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:10.820
 we see here

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.320
 instead

00:43:11.320 --> 00:43:12.019
 pridefully

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.500
 accepts

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:12.719
 the

00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:13.099
 terms

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.300
 of

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:13.800
 surrender

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:14.739
 you know

00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:15.139
 Ben-Hadad

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.599
 had offered

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:16.139
 to return

00:43:16.139 --> 00:43:16.679
 all the

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:17.059
 cities

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.320
 that had

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:17.519
 been

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.259
 captured

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:18.820
 by his

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.199
 father

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:19.619
 years

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.159
 earlier

00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:21.440
 we found

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:22.019
 that along

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.360
 with

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:23.500
 providing

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:24.119
 markets

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.900
 in Damascus

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.199
 I mean

00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:25.519
 you think

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:25.980
 about that

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.599
 hey you

00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:27.000
 can come

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.559
 trade in

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:28.219
 Damascus

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:28.539
 and we'll

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:28.780
 give you

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:29.179
 all your

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:29.500
 cities

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:29.880
 back

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.099
 if you

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.259
 just

00:43:30.259 --> 00:43:30.539
 let me

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:30.840
 live

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:31.500
 he never

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:32.139
 considered

00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:32.559
 something

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:32.920
 very

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.420
 important

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:35.280
 the Bible

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:35.679
 says

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:36.039
 as a matter

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.360
 of fact

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:36.860
 that Ahab

00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:37.719
 made a

00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:38.179
 covenant

00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:40.500
 with Ben-Hadadad

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.639
 all this

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:43.259
 the prophet

00:43:43.259 --> 00:43:43.780
 of God

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:44.219
 had said

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:45.039
 thus saith the

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.300
 Lord

00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:46.079
 and Ahab

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:46.900
 never even

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:47.420
 considered

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:48.139
 to look back

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:48.519
 what does

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.019
 God have

00:43:49.019 --> 00:43:49.300
 to say

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:49.679
 about it

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:50.079
 you know

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.619
 there's times

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:51.119
 in life

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:51.659
 we get a

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:52.000
 victory

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.519
 or God

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:53.340
 delivers us

00:43:53.340 --> 00:43:53.860
 and we never

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.500
 stop to say

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:54.880
 what does

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.340
 God have

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:55.639
 to say

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.059
 about where

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:56.380
 I am

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:56.860
 right now

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.420
 what's

00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:57.780
 God's

00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:58.099
 guidance

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:58.579
 for where

00:43:58.579 --> 00:43:58.880
 I am

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.480
 right now

00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:02.000
 how does

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.500
 God want

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:02.860
 me to go

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:03.219
 forward

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:03.639
 what does

00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:04.239
 God want

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:04.500
 for me

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:04.960
 to do

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.559
 because I

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:05.880
 want you

00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:06.239
 to see

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:06.400
 here

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:07.039
 this leads

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:07.380
 to the

00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:07.840
 next thing

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:08.079
 we're going

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:08.300
 to see

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.480
 here

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:08.800
 quick

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:09.200
 is that

00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:09.420
 it's the

00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:10.260
 condemnation

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:11.880
 of Ahab

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:12.360
 you know

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:12.580
 we don't

00:44:12.580 --> 00:44:13.019
 have time

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:13.300
 here to

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:13.680
 read everything

00:44:13.680 --> 00:44:14.039
 but we'll

00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:14.780
 talk about

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:15.120
 this just

00:44:15.120 --> 00:44:15.440
 a little bit

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:16.380
 verses 35

00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:17.220
 through 43

00:44:17.220 --> 00:44:18.260
 you know

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:18.800
 Ahab had

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.420
 failed to

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:19.880
 seek the

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:20.380
 Lord's

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:20.840
 will

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:21.820
 for the

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:22.480
 resolution

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.080
 of the

00:44:23.080 --> 00:44:23.440
 battle

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:24.060
 with Syria

00:44:24.060 --> 00:44:25.060
 he would

00:44:25.060 --> 00:44:25.539
 face

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:26.280
 the

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:27.240
 condemnation

00:44:27.240 --> 00:44:27.560
 of the

00:44:27.560 --> 00:44:27.760
 Lord

00:44:27.760 --> 00:44:28.100
 the Lord

00:44:28.100 --> 00:44:28.800
 once again

00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:29.400
 sends a

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:29.840
 prophet

00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:31.160
 and the

00:44:31.160 --> 00:44:31.519
 prophet

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.240
 disguises

00:44:32.240 --> 00:44:32.780
 himself

00:44:32.780 --> 00:44:33.100
 he has

00:44:33.100 --> 00:44:33.560
 somebody

00:44:33.560 --> 00:44:35.140
 smite him

00:44:35.140 --> 00:44:35.500
 with the

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:35.820
 sword

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:36.180
 so he

00:44:36.180 --> 00:44:36.560
 looks like

00:44:36.560 --> 00:44:36.920
 he's been

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:37.240
 out in

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 battle

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 he puts

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 ashes

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 on

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 his face

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 and he

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 comes to

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 him

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 and he

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 tells

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 him

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 very

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 clearly

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 that

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 God

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 is

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 not

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 pleased

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 with

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 what

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 his

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 decision

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 was

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 you know

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 he speaks

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 to him

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 look down

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 at verse

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 42

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 and we'll

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 finish up

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 here this

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 evening

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 but notice

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 this

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 and he

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 said

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 unto him

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 the prophet

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 unto Ahab

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 thus

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 saith

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 the

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 Lord

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 hey

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 you know

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 what the

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 prophet

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 comes

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 and says

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 hey

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 you didn't

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 inquire

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 about what

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 God

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 said

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 but I'm

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 going to

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 tell you

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 what God

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 said

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 about

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 where

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 you're

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 at

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 right

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 now

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 notice

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 what he

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 says

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 thus

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 saith

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 Lord

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 because

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 thou

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 hast

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 let

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 go

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 out

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 of

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 thy

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 hand

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 a

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 man

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 whom

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 I

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 appointed

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 to utter

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 destruction

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 therefore

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 thy life

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 shall go

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 for his

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 life

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 and thy

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 people

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 for his

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 people

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 and the

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 king

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 of

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 Israel

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 went

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 to his

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 house

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 heavy

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 and

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 displeased

00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:27.900
 and came

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 to Samaria

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 you know

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 we don't

00:45:32.380 --> 00:45:32.859
 have time

00:45:32.859 --> 00:45:33.219
 tonight

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 but you

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:33.559
 know

00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:33.719
 it's

00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:34.139
 amazing

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 how often

00:45:34.639 --> 00:45:34.980
 we get

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:35.239
 upset

00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:35.480
 with

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:35.880
 God

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:36.239
 when we

00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:36.420
 don't

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:36.579
 do

00:45:36.579 --> 00:45:36.880
 things

00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:37.880
 God's

00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:38.139
 way

00:45:38.139 --> 00:45:38.460
 and then

00:45:38.460 --> 00:45:38.799
 upset

00:45:38.799 --> 00:45:39.000
 it

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 doesn't

00:45:39.239 --> 00:45:39.539
 turn out

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:39.739
 the way

00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:40.159
 we want

00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:40.599
 you know

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:40.920
 we can

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:41.219
 get our

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:41.579
 eyes

00:45:41.579 --> 00:45:41.879
 on the

00:45:41.879 --> 00:45:42.079
 wrong

00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:42.420
 thing

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:42.679
 when we

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:42.839
 let

00:45:42.839 --> 00:45:43.239
 pride

00:45:43.239 --> 00:45:43.539
 get in

00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:43.900
 the way

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:46.359
 Ahab

00:45:46.359 --> 00:45:46.859
 we can

00:45:46.859 --> 00:45:47.619
 learn a lot

00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:49.879
 from Ahab

00:45:49.879 --> 00:45:50.359
 of how

00:45:50.359 --> 00:45:51.059
 pride

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 hinders

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 our

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전

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