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 Our sermon passage for today is the whole chapter, 1 Samuel 24.

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! I'll read it trusting that it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient word

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! That he's preserved for us over every generation.

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 And in the hand of the Holy Spirit, it's the sword.

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 It's powerful.

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 It cuts through where no man's words can pierce.

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 All right.

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 We read in 1 Samuel 24, beginning at verse 1.

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 Now it happened, when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told

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 him, saying, Take note, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.

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 Then Saul took 3,000 chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men in the rocks

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 of the wild goats.

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 So he came to the sheepfolds by the road, and there was a cave, and Saul went in to attend

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 to his needs.

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 David and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave.

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 Then the men of David said to him, This is the day in which the Lord said to you, Behold,

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 I will deliver the enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.

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 And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

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 Now it happened afterwards that David's heart troubled him because he had cut Saul's robe.

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 And he said to his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord's

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 anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.

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 So David restrained his servants with these words and did not allow them to rise against

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 Saul.

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 And Saul got up from the cave and went on his way.

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 David also arose afterward, went out of the cave and called out to Saul, saying, My Lord,

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 the king.

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 And when Saul looked behind him, David stood with his face to the earth and bowed down.

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 And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to the words of men who say, Indeed, David seeks

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 your harm?

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 Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the

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 cave and someone urged me to kill you.

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 But my eye spared you.

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 And I said, I will not stretch out my hand against the Lord, for he is the Lord's anointed.

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 Moreover, my father, see.

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 Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand.

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 For in that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you.

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 Know that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you.

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 Yet you hunt my life to take it.

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 Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge you on me.

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 But my hand shall not be against you.

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 As the proverb of the ancient says, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked, but my hand shall

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 not be against you.

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 After whom has the king of Israel come out?

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 Whom do you pursue?

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 A dog?

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 A dead dog?

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 A flea?

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 Therefore let the Lord be judge, and judge between you and me, and see, and plead my case,

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 and deliver me out of your hand.

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 So it was when David had finished speaking these words to Saul that Saul said, Is that

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 your voice?

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 My son David.

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 And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

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 And he said to David, You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good,

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 whereas I have rewarded you with evil.

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 And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me.

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 For when the Lord delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

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 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him get away safely?

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 Therefore, may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.

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 And now I know indeed that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall

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 be established in your hand.

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 Therefore swear now to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me,

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 and that you will not destroy my name from my father's house.

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 So David swore to Saul, and Saul went home.

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 But David and his men went up to the stronghold.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Please be seated.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord shall endure forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Oh Lord, we ask that you please work mightily through the preaching of your word.

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 We ask that you take the truth in your word, Lord, that you open our eyes, our minds, our

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 hearts to see Christ, to receive Christ.

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 We pray that you please help the preacher to lift up Christ, to give your people Christ.

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 And Lord, we pray that we can leave here trusting more in Christ, looking forward to his kingdom,

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 and enjoying the status we have as citizens in the kingdom of Jesus Christ, even while we're

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 sojourners and pilgrims on this earth.

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 We ask this for your glory.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we humans are perpetual waiters.

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 Someone has pointed out how even with technology and all the shortcuts and the efficiency, we

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 still find ourselves waiting and waiting and waiting for many things, don't we?

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 I think this is wired into who we are.

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 We spent childhood waiting for the freedom of adulthood, only to spend adulthood waiting

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 for retirement, for the weekend, or for some change in our situation.

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 And as we wait for different things in this life, it's very easy in our flesh to look to

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 worldly things as a fix.

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 Someone described waiting as a faint kind of death.

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 To wait is to die slowly because it drains out the life we have in the present.

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 If we are always waiting, it's like we are merely enduring life.

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 We often are waiting for some new king or new regime or new change, solutions, leaders, money,

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 status, something that we think will help, but none of those things can actually save.

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 In Lamentations chapter 3, verses 25 and 26, we have this wonderful promise.

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 The Lord is good to those who wait on him.

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 The soul who seeks him.

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 So there is a type of waiting on the Lord that is good.

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 When our soul is seeking him first, his kingdom, not a fix of this world.

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 It's good that a person should hope and wait quietly for the kingdom of the Lord.

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 It's a quiet confidence that the outcome is already secured by the better king.

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 Chapter 4 causes us to do that.

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 To put our hope in a better king.

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 A king who is coming.

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 And that's the title for our sermon today.

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 An encouragement for you and me today.

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 We look back at the first coming of Jesus.

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 We also look forward longingly with hope in his second coming.

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 So brothers and sisters in the Lord, be encouraged.

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 From this chapter, a better king is coming.

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 Four observations as we look at this passage.

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 First, a better king is coming.

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 A king whose heart loves God more than anything he can grab in this world.

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 A better king is coming.

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 A king whose heart loves God more than anything he can grab in this world.

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 Let's look back at verse 1.

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 We read,

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 Now it happened when Saul had returned from following the Philistines.

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 Remember, that's where we left off in chapter 23.

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 Saul and his men were encircling the rock of escape about to capture David.

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 And then a messenger says,

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 Hurry, the Philistines are invading Judah.

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 So all those men turn around and go fight off the real enemy.

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 And we remember right before that,

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 that Saul loved to do one thing day after day after day.

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 And that's chase David, hunt David down.

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 So as soon as he's driven off the Philistines,

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 apparently successfully by God's power,

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 Saul returns to the thing he loves to do every day.

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 And that's find David again.

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 And there are some messengers at work.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 It was told him.

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 And this is a pattern we see.

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 Skip forward a couple more chapters.

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 Those Ziphites, again, in these rocky caves,

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 they go back out of their way to Gibeah to tattle on David to Saul.

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 This is a repeating pattern.

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 And they say,

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 Take note, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.

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 Verse 2.

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 Who then saw took 3,000 chosen men from all Israel

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 and went to seek David and his men in the rocks of the wild goats.

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 In this region, there were apparently these many caves.

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 Some of them had a big mouth,

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 and you could bring an entire little flock of sheep in there

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 to get out of the heat of the desert and the wilderness.

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 They could enjoy a little bit of shade.

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 Or in the other months, if it's snowing and cold,

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 it provides a little bit of shelter.

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 And it was just a place where maybe like Waterton Canyon,

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 you can see these wild goats or longhorn sheep as you go there.

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 An amazing place to hike around

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 and so many places to hide.

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 In verse 3,

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 What does your translation say that Saul went in to do?

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 Well, in the Hebrew, it literally says,

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 Saul went in to cover his feet.

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 And the feet are meaning like cover your lower parts.

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 It was a polite way of saying a lot of different things.

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 It became an idiom.

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 Go and cover the lower parts.

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 Or cover your feet.

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 Matthew Henry, maybe because he's in that Puritan era

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 and he's being overly British about it,

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 he says that he was just, you know,

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 laying his robe maybe like over his feet

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 so he can be in the fetal position and stay warm.

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 But I think a better interpretation,

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 we can take our cue from Scripture itself in Judges 3.24.

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 We're told of another wicked king,

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 King Eglon.

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 And they said he went up to the upper room

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 to use the bathroom,

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 but they used that exact same phrase.

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 He went up there to cover his feet.

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 And so whether he actually has the robe,

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 you know, pulled down over his feet

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 isn't necessarily implied.

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 It could mean he takes off the royal garment,

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 puts it hanging up on the rocks out of the way.

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 And David and his men were staying in the recesses

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 of that same cave.

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 Can you picture this, kids?

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 And I wonder from their perspective what that was like.

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 You hear these men coming,

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 oh man, we might be trapped here.

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 Should we try to get out quick and go somewhere else?

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 Like when you're playing hide and seek,

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 you know you're in a dead end.

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 You got to find a way out.

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 Maybe it was too late.

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 We don't know.

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 Somehow they ended up that way.

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 They're hiding now in the shadows

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 and the recesses of the cave.

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 And here comes, you know,

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 maybe not the whole 3,000,

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 but at least the elite bodyguards with Saul.

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 And they probably give him his privacy,

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 give him a little distance.

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 And there's Saul inside the cave

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 with David's men hiding inside that same cave.

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 Verse four,

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 then the men of David said to him,

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 probably in a whisper,

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 you know how it can echo in a cave,

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 this day of which the Lord said to you,

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 behold, I will deliver the enemy into your hand

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 that you may do to him as it seems good to you.

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 So David's men are giving him counsel.

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 They're saying, we are all fugitives.

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 We're exiled.

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 We don't have a place to lay down our head

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 one night in a row.

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 We're living here on hard rocks in these caves.

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 Let's end all of our misery once and for all.

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 If you won't do it for yourself, do it for us.

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 You can almost hear them saying,

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 God has put your enemy right here in front of you

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 for the slaughter.

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 Verse four says,

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 David arose.

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 So I wonder if the men thought he's going to do it.

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 And he starts walking over toward where Saul is

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 and he's got something sharp,

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 some sharp blade in his hand,

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 maybe a smaller dagger,

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 something like that,

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 if Goliath's sword would be inconvenient

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 at this time maybe.

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 And instead of killing Saul,

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 could have done that in any number of ways.

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 He's a veteran warrior.

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 He'd gone out slaying the enemies of the nation

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 and come back victoriously many times.

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 Instead, David secretly cut off

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 a corner of Saul's robe.

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 Literally in Hebrew it says,

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 David cut off the wing of his robe.

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 You've heard this before.

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 You remember in the book of Ruth,

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 where Ruth comes next to Boaz

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 and she says, cover me with your wing.

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 You know, the tip of the robe.

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 And cover that over me.

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 And that becomes imagery of God

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 covering his beloved.

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 You know, like the wings of the eagle.

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 Or Jesus said, even like a mother hen, you know,

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 putting the wings around my people.

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 In Sunday school, Professor John

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 brought an actual tassel

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 that has the Torah, the Jewish law.

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 And that was the instruction

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 that you will put the law on these wings,

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 these corners of your robe.

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 And it also reminds you of another tearing of a robe

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 in this same book.

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 Do you remember that one?

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 How the prophet Samuel walked away from King Saul

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 and Saul reached back and grabbed

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 and tore off the corner of his robe.

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 So this motif is developing

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 and it's very symbolic.

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 Verse five says,

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 it now happened afterward

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 that David's heart troubled him

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 because he had cut off

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 Saul's robe.

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 He didn't take his life,

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 but he did take

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 other things from him.

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 Representing the law,

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 the kingdom,

00:15:19.319 --> 00:15:20.799
 the royal garments.

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 And David's heart is now troubled,

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 sensitive

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:25.839
 before the Lord.

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 When the spirit

00:15:29.059 --> 00:15:30.839
 of the holy God

00:15:30.839 --> 00:15:32.459
 lives within

00:15:32.459 --> 00:15:33.299
 a saved

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 sinner,

00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:36.259
 God's redeeming grace

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 makes the believer

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 tremble

00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:40.059
 at the thought

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 of committing

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 even a small

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 wrongdoing

00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:43.840
 against God.

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 You've experienced this,

00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.159
 haven't you?

00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:48.399
 The Holy Spirit

00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:49.580
 indwelling a believer.

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 He does not

00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:52.679
 let our conscience

00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:53.659
 be okay with that,

00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:55.519
 with sinning against him.

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 Well,

00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:59.399
 while we don't have more insights

00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:00.519
 into David's heart

00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:01.279
 in this moment,

00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:03.399
 there's a wonderful

00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:04.700
 application for us.

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 believers who have

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.280
 the Holy Spirit

00:16:07.280 --> 00:16:08.100
 indwelling us.

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 In 1 John 3.15,

00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:10.259
 we're told,

00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:11.980
 whoever hates his brother

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 is a murderer.

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 And you know

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 that no murderer

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 has eternal life

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 abiding in him.

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 Verse 6 picks up,

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 and he said to his men,

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 the Lord forbid

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 that I should do this thing

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 to my master,

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 the Lord's

00:16:28.280 --> 00:16:29.120
 Messiah,

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 the Lord's

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 anointed.

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 That's what's

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 on David's mind.

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 To stretch out

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 my hand against him,

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 seeing he is

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 the Messiah

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 of the Lord.

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 He is

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 the anointed.

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 Verse 7,

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 so David restrained

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 his servants

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 with these words.

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 David went over

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 and got a piece

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:54.539
 of the robe,

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 but his men

00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:56.220
 were ready

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 to do this

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 themselves now.

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 He's having to

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 hold them back.

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 And these words

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 reminded them all,

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 it's God

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:05.059
 who anoints.

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 It's God

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 who gives

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 delegated power

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 to a steward.

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 Don't sin

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 against the Lord,

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 no matter how

00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.940
 evil Saul is.

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 He did not

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 allow them

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 to rise

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 against Saul,

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 and Saul

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 got away

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 for free

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 that time.

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 He got up

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 from the cave

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 and went

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 on his way.

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 If they're

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 whispering this

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 entire time,

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 I wonder how

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 much arguing

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 and fighting

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 there is after

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 that.

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 I mean,

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 if you're David,

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 you might have

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 a mutiny

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 on your hands.

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 This should

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 have been it.

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 You blew it.

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 How are we

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.640
 ever going to

00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.060
 trust our

00:17:44.060 --> 00:17:44.760
 captain again?

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 This guy

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 has no

00:17:46.260 --> 00:17:47.020
 common sense.

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:47.860
 We're at war.

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 We don't know

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.820
 the exact

00:17:52.820 --> 00:17:53.360
 inspiration

00:17:53.360 --> 00:17:54.100
 for all the

00:17:54.100 --> 00:17:54.440
 Psalms,

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 but we do

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 know the

00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:55.860
 occasion

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 and the

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 setting of

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 them

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 in the

00:17:57.140 --> 00:17:57.440
 wilderness

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 and prayer

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 and asking

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 the Lord

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 to judge.

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 These are

00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.440
 common themes

00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.080
 and even

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 if it's

00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:02.860
 a different

00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.380
 psalmist,

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 it's the

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 same

00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:05.480
 Holy Spirit

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:06.759
 breathing out

00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.720
 the Word

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 of God.

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.100
 In Psalm

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 119,

00:18:11.080 --> 00:18:14.000
 verse 161,

00:18:14.060 --> 00:18:14.580
 which we read

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 as part of our

00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:15.740
 call to worship

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 today,

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 says this,

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 Princes

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 or noblemen

00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:20.860
 like Saul

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 persecute me

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 without a

00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.400
 cause,

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 but my

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 heart

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 stands in

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:27.640
 awe

00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.820
 of your

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 word.

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 It's the

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 Word of

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 God,

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 the good

00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:32.700
 law of

00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:32.880
 God

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.140
 that's

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 keeping

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 David

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 in check

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 by the

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.400
 power of

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 the Spirit.

00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.220
 Psalm 37

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 is a

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 Psalm of

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 David

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 with this

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 setting as

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.820
 its occasion

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 and in this

00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:44.820
 Psalm,

00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.240
 David

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.460
 sings,

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 rest in the

00:18:48.780 --> 00:18:49.740
 Lord and

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.900
 wait patiently

00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:51.620
 for him.

00:18:52.280 --> 00:18:52.860
 Do not

00:18:52.860 --> 00:18:53.660
 fret because

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.180
 of men

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:55.279
 who prosper

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.080
 in their

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 way.

00:18:58.060 --> 00:18:58.380
 There's

00:18:58.380 --> 00:18:58.960
 David now

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.920
 even reflecting

00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:00.540
 back and

00:19:00.540 --> 00:19:02.259
 singing to

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.920
 rest in the

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.940
 Lord and

00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:05.120
 wait patiently

00:19:05.120 --> 00:19:06.200
 on him.

00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:06.800
 Do not

00:19:06.800 --> 00:19:08.040
 fret because

00:19:08.040 --> 00:19:08.460
 of evil

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.759
 men.

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.420
 Spurgeon

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.019
 commented,

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.600
 he who can

00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:13.279
 sing to

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.259
 God in

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:15.160
 the recesses

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.120
 of a cave

00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:17.060
 will not

00:19:17.060 --> 00:19:17.640
 be tempted

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.340
 to grab

00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:19.420
 the crown

00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:20.240
 by the

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.660
 hand of

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.019
 murder.

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 Sing to

00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.000
 the Lord.

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.019
 Preach

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.339
 to your

00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:26.900
 own soul.

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.680
 Rest in

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:27.980
 God.

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.740
 Wait patiently

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.779
 on him.

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.519
 David knew

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.279
 that he

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:32.819
 who waits

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.420
 for God

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:33.940
 loses

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:34.680
 nothing

00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:36.039
 by our

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.579
 patience.

00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:38.880
 In

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.220
 Matthew

00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:40.000
 4,

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.000
 our Lord

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.720
 Jesus Christ

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.259
 was offered

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.900
 the kingdoms

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:44.019
 of this

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.559
 world

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.680
 by the

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.079
 prince of

00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:46.680
 this world,

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.420
 Satan.

00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.599
 And our

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.079
 Lord Jesus

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.659
 Christ,

00:19:51.179 --> 00:19:51.379
 King

00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:51.879
 Jesus,

00:19:52.439 --> 00:19:52.740
 the

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.220
 Messiah,

00:19:53.379 --> 00:19:53.519
 the

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:53.919
 anointed

00:19:53.919 --> 00:19:54.259
 one,

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.679
 he battled,

00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:56.819
 he fought

00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:57.339
 back with

00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:57.960
 God's

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.619
 word,

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.619
 God's

00:19:59.619 --> 00:19:59.980
 law,

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 the first

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:01.839
 of the

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.019
 Ten

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.699
 Commandments,

00:20:03.379 --> 00:20:04.039
 also this

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.819
 theme of

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.699
 Deuteronomy

00:20:05.699 --> 00:20:06.059
 6,

00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:06.619
 the Shema.

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:07.939
 And he

00:20:07.939 --> 00:20:08.659
 told Satan,

00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:09.599
 you shall

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.299
 worship the

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.759
 Lord your

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.679
 God and

00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:12.619
 him only

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.679
 shall you

00:20:13.679 --> 00:20:14.619
 serve.

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.039
 The Lord

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.559
 will strengthen

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.099
 you and me

00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.379
 too,

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.299
 brothers and

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.599
 sisters,

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.079
 by his

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:20.039
 spirit and

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.599
 his word

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.559
 hidden in

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:21.980
 our heart

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.419
 that we

00:20:22.419 --> 00:20:22.919
 may not

00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:23.440
 sin against

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:23.799
 God.

00:20:24.879 --> 00:20:25.740
 By God's

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.200
 power and

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.839
 God's grace,

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.359
 this will be a

00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:29.059
 testimony for

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:29.700
 each of us.

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.819
 As Matthew

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.559
 Henry put it,

00:20:31.879 --> 00:20:32.259
 a whole

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.899
 kingdom will

00:20:33.899 --> 00:20:34.899
 never be

00:20:34.899 --> 00:20:35.639
 worth a

00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:35.859
 sin.

00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:38.460
 A better

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.139
 king is

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.480
 coming,

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.099
 a king whose

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:42.000
 heart loves

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:43.180
 God more

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.940
 than anything

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:45.099
 he can grab

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:45.740
 for himself

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.659
 in this

00:20:46.659 --> 00:20:47.019
 world.

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.779
 Second,

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.240
 a better

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.960
 king is

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.299
 coming,

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:50.759
 a king

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.519
 who will

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.039
 restore

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.639
 honor to

00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.399
 the office

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.279
 he will

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:55.700
 fill.

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:57.940
 A king

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.539
 is coming

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:58.940
 who will

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.480
 restore

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.480
 honor for

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.259
 the office

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.059
 that he

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:03.139
 himself will

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.500
 fill.

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:04.779
 Isn't that

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.279
 what David's

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:05.519
 doing?

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:05.879
 Look at

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.379
 verse 8.

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.319
 What happens

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:09.259
 next is not

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.680
 what you would

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.180
 expect.

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.299
 It's something

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.779
 you'd read

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.339
 in the Bible.

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.879
 David also

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:16.319
 arose afterward

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.440
 and went out

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.139
 of the cave.

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.339
 I wonder

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:20.139
 if his men

00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:21.180
 approved of

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.819
 this decision

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 next.

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:24.759
 I mean,

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.339
 think of the

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:26.159
 options available

00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.859
 to Saul

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.980
 and these men,

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.419
 do you think

00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:29.819
 these 3,000

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.419
 choice men

00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:31.019
 like being

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.440
 away from

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.019
 their families

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:33.139
 going around

00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:33.759
 this wilderness

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.319
 area?

00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:35.799
 There's the

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.159
 target.

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:36.940
 You can

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.399
 almost hear

00:21:37.399 --> 00:21:38.299
 their bow

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.659
 is getting

00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:39.319
 pulled back.

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.299
 There he is

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.819
 right there.

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.500
 David steps

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:44.039
 out into

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.419
 the wide

00:21:44.419 --> 00:21:44.740
 open.

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:46.579
 not only

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:46.880
 does he

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.380
 make himself

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:47.799
 visible,

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.480
 he calls

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.440
 out to

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:49.839
 Saul.

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.120
 And if

00:21:52.120 --> 00:21:52.660
 that's not

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.460
 shocking enough,

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.220
 his words

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:55.039
 and his

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.500
 posture

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.660
 certainly

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.920
 elevate it.

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.339
 Look at

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.579
 what he

00:21:59.579 --> 00:21:59.839
 says.

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.079
 I'm going

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.980
 to summarize

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.460
 some of

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.559
 them,

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:01.759
 but I

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.039
 want you

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.319
 to see

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.599
 each one

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.259
 very carefully.

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:03.819
 In

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.240
 verse 8,

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.759
 he says,

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.539
 my lord,

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.380
 see,

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.839
 you're the

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.339
 ruler here

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:08.680
 and I'm

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.299
 your servant,

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.200
 the king.

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.440
 he has

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.779
 a high

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.220
 regard

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.960
 for the

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.400
 office

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.460
 that crazy

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.559
 Saul holds.

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.299
 And look

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.759
 what's next.

00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:18.600
 He's stooped

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.039
 with his

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:20.080
 face to

00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.759
 the earth,

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.080
 bowed

00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:22.600
 down.

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.319
 Three

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.819
 powerful

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.400
 descriptions

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.200
 in a row

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.580
 of his

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.100
 posture.

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.299
 He's

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.799
 restoring

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.880
 honor to

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.380
 the office

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:30.819
 of king

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.360
 that Saul

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:32.200
 has so

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.920
 disgraced.

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:34.580
 In

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:35.380
 verse 10,

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.920
 he calls

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.440
 Saul the

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.120
 Lord's

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.840
 Messiah,

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.380
 the Lord's

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:38.819
 anointed.

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.019
 In

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.519
 verse 11,

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:40.940
 he calls

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.740
 Saul my

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.320
 father.

00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:46.820
 And in

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.600
 verse 14,

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.480
 he calls

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.799
 him the

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.680
 king of

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.080
 Israel.

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.340
 David is

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:52.980
 restoring

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.820
 honor to

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.380
 this very

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:56.940
 office that

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.799
 David himself

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.480
 will fill

00:22:58.480 --> 00:23:00.080
 next for

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.480
 Israel.

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.840
 He starts

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.240
 off in

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.980
 verse 9 of

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.539
 this speech

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.539
 by telling

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:07.940
 Saul,

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.860
 why do

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.380
 you listen

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.840
 to the

00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:10.519
 words of

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.119
 men who

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.660
 say,

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:12.680
 indeed,

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.180
 David

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.579
 seeks

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:13.799
 your

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.200
 harm.

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.359
 Now,

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.579
 whether

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:15.839
 there's

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.420
 spies going

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.839
 back and

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.420
 forth or

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.339
 gossip or

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.960
 rumors or

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.339
 stuff like

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.599
 that,

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.200
 we don't

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.500
 know.

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.359
 Someone

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.920
 pointed out

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.319
 in Bible

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.619
 study,

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.240
 maybe it's

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.019
 him helping

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.579
 Saul save

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.400
 face a

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.779
 little bit,

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.460
 but he's

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.200
 telling Saul,

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.359
 beware of

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:30.019
 bad counsel,

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:30.500
 whether it's

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.799
 your own

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.500
 crazy mind

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.339
 or these

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.740
 spies,

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.359
 the Ziphites

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.759
 and others

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.279
 going back

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.779
 and forth.

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:36.559
 those voices

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.460
 are lying

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.960
 to you.

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.099
 They're

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.799
 bearing false

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.559
 witness about

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:40.779
 me.

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.660
 You've got

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:41.980
 it all

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.420
 wrong.

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.460
 David now

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.240
 shows him,

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:45.660
 I can

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.399
 prove I

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:46.980
 don't seek

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.920
 your harm

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.279
 in verse

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.539
 10.

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:48.879
 Look,

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.039
 this day

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.180
 your eyes

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.899
 have seen

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.700
 that the

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.279
 Lord delivered

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.799
 you today

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.259
 into my

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.639
 hand in

00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:55.039
 the cave

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.460
 and someone

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:55.920
 urged me

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.259
 to kill

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.519
 you,

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.359
 but my

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:57.940
 eye spared

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.599
 you and

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.059
 I said I

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.720
 will not

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.639
 stretch out

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.079
 my hand

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:02.119
 against my

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.519
 Lord,

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.259
 for he

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.660
 is the

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.440
 Lord's

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.879
 anointed.

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.839
 I wonder

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.400
 what David

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.039
 is recalling

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.359
 here by

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.879
 using this

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.359
 word over

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.660
 and over

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.000
 and over

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.579
 anointed,

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.500
 anointed,

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.400
 anointed,

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.720
 Messiah.

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.220
 I wonder

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.599
 if he's

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.079
 remembering

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:20.259
 the oil

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.879
 that flowed

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.339
 down his

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.799
 head even

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.259
 before he

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.599
 could grow

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:23.980
 a beard

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:26.079
 when he

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.940
 was anointed

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.400
 by the

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.740
 prophet

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.559
 Samuel.

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.400
 The

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.920
 spirit of

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.819
 God upon

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.500
 him mightily

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:34.019
 in battle

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:35.700
 and playing

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.200
 the harp.

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.640
 The

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.559
 promise of

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.660
 an anointed

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.019
 one,

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.839
 a Messiah.

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.119
 How much

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.799
 of scripture

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.500
 David knew

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:48.200
 that seed

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.000
 of Eve,

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.799
 that promised

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.319
 one that's

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.720
 coming,

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.940
 that seed

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.599
 of Abraham,

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.519
 that seed

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:54.779
 that would

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.160
 now be

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.680
 coming through

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.440
 David's line

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.099
 one day,

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.279
 the Lord's

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.759
 anointed.

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.259
 He says,

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.779
 moreover,

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.599
 my father,

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.900
 he's extending

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.980
 grace,

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.279
 he's reminding

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.779
 Saul,

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.480
 you're the

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.079
 father of a

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.440
 nation,

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.539
 you're my

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.359
 father-in-law,

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.440
 that's how I

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.920
 see you,

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.240
 Saul.

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:17.140
 He says,

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.380
 yes,

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.759
 see the

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.099
 corner,

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.880
 the wing of

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.460
 your robe

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.579
 in my hand,

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.460
 loaded with

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.000
 symbolism.

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:25.000
 for in that

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.759
 I cut off

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.259
 the corner

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.680
 of your

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.299
 robe and

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.839
 did not

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.359
 kill you,

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.259
 know and

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.680
 see that

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.079
 there is

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.859
 neither evil

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.759
 nor rebellion

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.579
 in my

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:32.960
 hand,

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.720
 I have

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.420
 not sinned

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.019
 against you,

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.420
 yet you

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.839
 hunt my

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.319
 life to

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.759
 take it,

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.700
 you are

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.119
 the one

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.640
 who seeks

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.140
 my harm,

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.579
 he says.

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.099
 In verse

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.599
 12,

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.119
 David reminds

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.380
 Saul,

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:47.180
 I'm a

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.619
 sojourner,

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.339
 I'm in

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.759
 caves,

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.940
 he calls

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.559
 himself even

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.019
 worse than

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.640
 that here in a

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:51.840
 bit,

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:52.800
 and while

00:25:52.800 --> 00:25:53.100
 you're the

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.300
 king,

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:53.620
 while you're

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.240
 my father,

00:25:54.780 --> 00:25:55.120
 look at

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.720
 verse 12,

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.500
 let the

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.060
 Lord,

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:59.000
 let Yahweh,

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.960
 the Lord of

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.480
 hosts,

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.880
 judge between

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:03.340
 you and

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:03.700
 me.

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.640
 If David's

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.380
 not innocent,

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.960
 this is a

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.700
 scary thing

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.640
 to invoke.

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.820
 You and

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.060
 I,

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.000
 we don't want

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.320
 what we

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:12.700
 deserve,

00:26:12.780 --> 00:26:13.040
 do we?

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.660
 We need

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.400
 God's grace.

00:26:17.520 --> 00:26:18.020
 David says,

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.420
 let the

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.420
 Lord avenge

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.360
 me on

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.620
 you,

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:22.019
 but my

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.500
 hand shall

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.879
 not be

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.219
 against

00:26:23.219 --> 00:26:23.479
 you.

00:26:24.479 --> 00:26:24.819
 He's

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.419
 emboldened

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:26.679
 by summoning

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.159
 the Lord

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:27.799
 to judge.

00:26:28.739 --> 00:26:29.819
 I won't

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.579
 do anything,

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.039
 Saul,

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.439
 if the

00:26:32.439 --> 00:26:32.819
 Lord will

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.279
 strike you

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.500
 down.

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:33.959
 That's the

00:26:33.959 --> 00:26:34.819
 Lord avenging

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:36.179
 you himself.

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:40.139
 Verse 13,

00:26:40.219 --> 00:26:40.519
 as the

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.119
 proverb of

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.500
 the ancient

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.879
 says,

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.500
 wickedness

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.339
 proceeds from

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:43.799
 the wicked,

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.739
 but my

00:26:44.739 --> 00:26:45.759
 hand shall

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.819
 not be

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.879
 against you.

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:48.939
 He's saying

00:26:48.939 --> 00:26:49.379
 it would be

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.919
 wicked to

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.360
 kill the

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.720
 one that

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.240
 God has

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.519
 put in

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.140
 this office.

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.100
 Only a

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.740
 wicked man

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.420
 would wish

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.000
 to avenge

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.440
 himself,

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.300
 and I

00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:57.019
 do not.

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.060
 I leave

00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.380
 that to

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:58.720
 God.

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.019
 Verse 14,

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.080
 after whom

00:27:01.080 --> 00:27:01.500
 has the

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.880
 king of

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.240
 Israel

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.240
 come out?

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.480
 Now he's

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.039
 reminding him

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.380
 of how

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.300
 little David

00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:06.680
 is.

00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:07.880
 Whom do

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.440
 you pursue?

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:10.220
 A dead

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.019
 dog?

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.860
 Now there's

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.220
 a picture

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.720
 for us.

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.620
 I mean,

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:14.880
 in the

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.180
 wilderness,

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.660
 there might

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:15.900
 have been

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.600
 some sheep

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:16.980
 dogs,

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.340
 you know,

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.640
 there's

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.240
 these sheep

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.759
 folds all

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.120
 around,

00:27:19.300 --> 00:27:20.500
 but there's

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.040
 also the

00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:22.140
 hyena of

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.460
 the Middle

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.800
 East,

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.240
 it's a

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.660
 jackal.

00:27:25.020 --> 00:27:25.580
 A dog

00:27:25.580 --> 00:27:26.080
 was viewed

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.520
 by the

00:27:26.520 --> 00:27:26.900
 Israelites

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.520
 as a

00:27:27.520 --> 00:27:27.840
 dirty

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:29.140
 scavenger.

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:31.080
 It's a

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:32.320
 name used

00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:33.720
 derogatorily for

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.800
 those outside

00:27:34.800 --> 00:27:35.520
 of God's

00:27:35.520 --> 00:27:35.860
 covenant.

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.860
 That's what

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.460
 David is

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.580
 describing himself

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.020
 as.

00:27:40.800 --> 00:27:41.560
 I am the

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:42.340
 outcast here,

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.800
 I'm the

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.280
 outsider,

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.500
 I'm living

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.980
 here like

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.839
 a scavenger,

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:47.119
 and I'm

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.539
 a dead

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.099
 dog at

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.379
 that.

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.000
 I'm a

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.500
 flea,

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.099
 he says.

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:52.819
 It's a

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.379
 tiny little

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:55.139
 parasite that

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.559
 lives on

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:57.160
 sheep and

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.639
 dogs and

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.200
 other animals.

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.500
 In verse

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.980
 15,

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.700
 therefore let

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.259
 the Lord

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.440
 be judge and

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.079
 judge between

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.399
 you and

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:03.660
 me,

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:05.160
 see and

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.619
 plead my

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.500
 case and

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.220
 deliver me

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.779
 out of

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.339
 your hand.

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.879
 David could

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.920
 have walked

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.619
 out of that

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.059
 cave,

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.379
 think about

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:14.740
 this.

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.980
 He could

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.379
 have walked

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.859
 out of that

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.559
 cave and

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.579
 shown the

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.220
 army of

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.619
 Israel,

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:21.039
 the head

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.740
 of King

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.099
 Saul,

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.920
 another tall

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:26.279
 corrupt

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.099
 warrior,

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.279
 another

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.980
 Goliath,

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.599
 and the

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.180
 whole army

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.660
 of Israel

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.039
 could have

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.539
 followed him

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.079
 that day.

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.519
 Instead he

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.680
 stepped out

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.759
 into the

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.480
 sunlight with

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.720
 a token of

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.399
 God's mercy

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:43.280
 because a

00:28:43.280 --> 00:28:44.220
 better king

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.960
 is coming.

00:28:49.040 --> 00:28:49.600
 In

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.500
 Psalm 35,

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.840
 David cries

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:52.140
 out,

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.280
 plead my

00:28:53.280 --> 00:28:53.800
 cause,

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.480
 O Lord,

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.660
 with those

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.420
 who strive

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:56.920
 with me.

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.780
 Fight

00:28:57.780 --> 00:28:58.540
 against those

00:28:58.540 --> 00:28:58.980
 who fight

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.620
 against me.

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.860
 Stir up

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.420
 yourself,

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:01.860
 God,

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.040
 and awaken

00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:03.720
 to my

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.240
 settlement,

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.380
 to my

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.820
 cause,

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.500
 my God,

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.440
 my Lord.

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.600
 Judge me,

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.019
 O Lord,

00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:09.500
 my God,

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.140
 according to

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.640
 your

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.559
 righteousness,

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.600
 and let

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.220
 not them

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.860
 rejoice

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.980
 over me.

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.160
 David's

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.000
 case is

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.500
 entirely

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.539
 in the

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.559
 hands of

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.080
 God

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:21.840
 as his

00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:22.299
 advocate.

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.140
 God

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:25.140
 sees,

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.620
 he knows.

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.420
 God

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.380
 pleads,

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.880
 he trusts.

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:30.940
 God

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.720
 delivers.

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:35.279
 David would

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.980
 not strike

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.360
 Psalm

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.819
 even

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.019
 though

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.219
 Saul

00:29:38.219 --> 00:29:38.579
 was a

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:38.779
 wicked

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.079
 king

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.439
 because

00:29:39.439 --> 00:29:39.779
 David

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.179
 knew

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:41.019
 his

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.500
 office,

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.419
 the office

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:42.899
 that Saul

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.359
 currently

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.719
 held,

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:45.059
 was sacred.

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.740
 It was

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.099
 appointed

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.719
 by God.

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:49.299
 And a

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.619
 kingdom

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.079
 gained

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.819
 by sin

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.679
 would be

00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:52.259
 a curse,

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.000
 not a

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.319
 blessing.

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.379
 David

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.939
 had this

00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.339
 promise

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.039
 from God

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.500
 of the

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.799
 kingdom,

00:29:57.939 --> 00:29:58.199
 but he

00:29:58.199 --> 00:29:58.619
 would not

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.139
 take it

00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:00.099
 by blood.

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.039
 He

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.559
 would wait

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.819
 on God's

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.179
 time.

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:04.880
 God

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.200
 can

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.660
 look at

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:06.920
 David

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.220
 and we

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.680
 see the

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.100
 image of

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.400
 Jesus

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.000
 Christ.

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:10.980
 Jesus

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.320
 was

00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:11.880
 reviled,

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.700
 but he

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.060
 did not

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:13.519
 revile

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:13.880
 back.

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.000
 He

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.299
 had the

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.640
 armies

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.140
 of heaven.

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.360
 He

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.779
 is

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.380
 the

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:17.660
 Lord

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:17.840
 of

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.320
 hosts

00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:18.920
 and he

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.019
 could

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.180
 have

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.660
 commanded

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.400
 the

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.759
 angels

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.000
 of

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.320
 heaven

00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:21.720
 and

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:21.880
 all

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.080
 the

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:22.440
 saints

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.000
 to

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.220
 come

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.380
 in

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:23.740
 power

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:23.940
 and

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.220
 crush

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.380
 his

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:24.680
 enemies.

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:26.759
 And he

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.000
 said,

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.039
 not my

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.400
 will

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.720
 according

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.060
 to my

00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:29.360
 flesh,

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.779
 but your

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.200
 will be

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.580
 done,

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:39.559
 oh Lord. He suffered according to his human nature and patiently endured to fulfill all righteousness

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:48.279
 because Jesus Christ is the better king. The king who restored the honor to the office that had been

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:55.019
 so corrupted. Think of the office of king in Israel, the office of priests in Israel, the office of a

00:30:55.019 --> 00:31:04.519
 prophet so corrupted. God had been silent for 400 years. The Lord Jesus restored those offices and then filled them.

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:13.079
 Well the third observation for today is that a better king is coming. A king whose rule is established

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:22.519
 in righteousness, justice, and mercy. A better king is coming. A king whose rule is established in

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:31.460
 righteousness, justice, and mercy. That's the kingdom you want to be part of and belong to. Look at verse 16.

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:38.139
 So it was when David had finished speaking these words to Saul that Saul said, is this your voice my son

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:46.019
 David? Someone pointed out in our Bible study David initiated the grace. He said my father

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:57.319
 and Saul now reciprocates it at least in the moment my son. And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

00:31:58.440 --> 00:32:08.599
 Real tears here. Real wailing. And then he said to David you are more righteous than I.

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:19.439
 If that's what Saul is weeping about, praise God. A sinner recognizing his righteousness is not enough.

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:27.039
 We fall short of the righteousness we need. He quickly shifts his focus to himself again. He says,

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:31.500
 for you have rewarded me with good where I have rewarded you with evil.

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:41.799
 And so we need to take Saul in this chapter as he is and then watch in the next two chapters to find out

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:49.859
 if this is a repentance wrought in his spirit by the work of God or if it's more of a superficial

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:58.140
 repentance at this time. Someone pointed out if it was a repentance of the feelings and not of the soul,

00:32:58.140 --> 00:33:07.320
 he's weeping because of the danger he, his near death experience and not because of a true turn from his sin.

00:33:08.820 --> 00:33:14.740
 Saul's temporary repentance at the words of David shows how truth can reach even the most hardened

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:23.020
 conscience. And the law of God does that. The moral law of God, it taps into that part of being made in

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:29.000
 the image of God, which every man, woman, boy and girl, every generation, every part of the world knows this,

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:35.660
 that I am a sinner and I need a savior outside of myself.

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:40.559
 In verse 18 we read Saul's words,

00:33:40.559 --> 00:34:00.179
 Verse 20,

00:34:00.179 --> 00:34:04.419
 And now I know indeed that you shall surely be king

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:08.940
 and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:12.380
 The Hebrew is powerful here.

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:15.860
 In the English we get these words like surely, you know, it will endure.

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:17.460
 It's like trying to add emphasis.

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:20.680
 And in the original language it's this,

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.840
 Reigning, you shall reign.

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.800
 A double emphasis.

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:26.079
 It's guaranteed.

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:29.320
 It implies an absolute certainty.

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:37.980
 Even Saul recognizing that David's uprightness was the mark of God's true king.

00:34:40.080 --> 00:34:44.340
 The kingdom of God is not a kingdom of force where man gets his own way,

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:50.880
 but it's a kingdom of servants of God who wait upon the providence of God.

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 Proverbs 16, 12 tells us,

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 It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness,

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 for a throne is established by righteousness.

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 Isaiah 9, 7 is this prophecy of the better king that's coming,

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 of the increase of his government and peace.

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 There will be no end.

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 Reigning he shall reign.

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 Upon the throne of David and over his kingdom in order to order it

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 and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward,

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 even forever.

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 Isaiah 16, 5,

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 In mercy the throne will be established,

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 and one will sit on it in truth,

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 in the tent of David,

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 judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.

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 This is the kingdom of Jesus,

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 the better kingdom.

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 It's established on righteousness,

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 justice,

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 and mercy.

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 And even wicked King Saul recognizes this

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 and declares it.

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 It's a powerful reminder how one day when our Lord Jesus comes back,

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 every knee,

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 even the most wicked knees,

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 the knees of his enemies who will never repent and be saved,

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 every knee will one day drop to the ground

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 and every tongue will confess,

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 even the enemies of God's anointed to the end,

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 those who resist his kingdom in pride and stubbornness.

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 They will confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord of Lords

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 to the glory of God the Father.

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 A better king is coming.

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 Well, the fourth and final observation for today,

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 a better king is coming,

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 a king whose kingdom is truly blessed.

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 A king is coming whose kingdom is truly blessed.

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 Verse 21 reads,

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 Therefore,

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 in Saul asking David,

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 swear now to me by the Lord

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 that you will not cut off my descendants after me,

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 and that you will not destroy my name from my father's house.

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 This is Saul who's built an idol for himself.

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 It's Saul who parades around all Israel

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 to celebrate his own victories.

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 And his final words give us a glimpse

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 into his true concerns.

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 My name,

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 my house,

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 my kingdom still.

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 Now,

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 in verse 22,

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 we read,

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 David swore to Saul.

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 Is this David compromising?

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 We read next that Saul went home,

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 but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

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 In our Bible study this morning,

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 you all pointed out something powerful here.

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 Two things.

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 First, in verse 22,

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 David swore to Saul nothing new.

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 Because who is in the line of Saul?

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 It's Jonathan.

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 He's already covenanted with Jonathan

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 to show God's covenant faithfulness to Jonathan's line.

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 So swearing this to Saul is not a new promise or a new vow.

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 It's simply knowing this already is in place

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 with what I've promised Jonathan.

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 And then the second observation is

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 their physical movement is to drift away.

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 And if all of this is a restored relationship,

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 then wouldn't you expect David and his three

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 or his 600 men

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 to travel now back in peace with Saul

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 to Gibeah,

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 the headquarters,

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 the palace,

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 the kingdom.

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 And he's back in the,

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 you know,

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 he's a son-in-law.

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 He's in good standing

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 and we're at peace.

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 But in his shrewdness

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 or maybe by the direction of the spirit,

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 as Saul goes home,

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 and we're not given other details,

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 we simply read,

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 David and his men

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 went up to the stronghold,

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 waiting on God's time

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 in a defensive posture.

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 And that's where the story leaves us for today.

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 David could spare Saul's life.

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 He did not need Saul's death

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 in order to be safe.

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 David committed his cause to God most high

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 in the words of the psalm

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 who performs all things for me,

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 trusting in God's sovereignty.

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 And now David remains a pilgrim.

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 Notice the themes that we see exhibited here,

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 these shadows in David.

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 By God's grace and power,

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 in this story,

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 David was meek.

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 Let's define that word.

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 He had the power to kill Saul.

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 Remember, the sword was in his hand.

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 But by God's grace and power,

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 he kept that power under God's control.

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 That's meekness.

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 It's strength under God's control.

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 And as a result,

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 he would inherit the kingdom from God.

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 By God's grace and power,

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 on this occasion,

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 David showed mercy to his enemy.

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 In return, David obtained mercy from God

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 and even a blessing from Saul.

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 By God's grace and power,

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 in this crisis,

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 David's heart was so aimed at pleasing God

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 that even cutting off a corner of a robe

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 felt like a stain on his purity.

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 David has been reviled

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 and persecuted day after day

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 by Saul and his evil advisors.

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 Yet David remained exceedingly glad

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 in the words of the psalm

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 to trust God's ultimate judgment.

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 Do these kingdom descriptions sound familiar to you?

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 David prefigures the final victory of Christ

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 where the old order,

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 dominion under Adam,

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 the dominion of sin and death,

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 it's forced to recognize the authority of Jesus Christ,

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 the risen king,

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 whose kingdom of grace

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 will outlast the kingdoms of men.

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 Our Lord Jesus Christ showed

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 that the weapons of his kingdom,

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 the way he does battle

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 and goes to war,

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 it's not material.

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 It's not the powers of this world

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 and man's way,

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 but it's spiritual.

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 It's a kingdom that's not grabbed by force,

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 but that's given,

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 that's bestowed by God.

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 The kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 is the truly blessed kingdom.

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 Amen.

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 Our Lord Jesus declared this as the king,

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 as the lawgiver for his people

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 in Matthew 5, 3 through 12.

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are those who mourn

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 for they shall be comforted.

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 Blessed are the meek

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 for they shall inherit the earth.

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 Blessed are those who hunger

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 and thirst for righteousness

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 for they shall be filled.

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 Blessed are the merciful

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 for they have obtained mercy.

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 Blessed are the pure in heart

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 for they shall see God.

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 Blessed are the peacemakers

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 for they shall be called sons of God.

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 Blessed are those who are persecuted

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 for righteousness sake

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are you when they revile

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 and persecute you

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 and say all kinds of evil

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 against you falsely for my sake.

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 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad

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 for great is your reward in heaven

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 for so they persecuted the prophets

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 who were before you.

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 This is the blessed kingdom of Jesus Christ.

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 The Lord can bless those in his kingdom

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 because he first fulfilled Romans 12, 21.

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 Our Lord Jesus Christ was not overcome by evil

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 but he did overcome evil with good.

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 Our Lord Jesus taking evil

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 that man threw at him

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 with all the force available.

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 The Lord submitted himself to God

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 who will judge all

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 and he endured it.

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 1 Peter 2, 21 which we read earlier.

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 Our Lord Jesus committed no sin

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 nor was deceit found in his mouth

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 who when he was reviled

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 did not revile and turn.

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 When he suffered he did not threaten

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 but committed himself to him

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 who judges righteously.

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 And to this you were called church

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 because Jesus Christ also suffered for us

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 leaving us a pattern

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 that we should follow in his steps.

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 Ephesians 4, 31 and 32.

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 By the power and grace

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 of the Holy Spirit working

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 and true believers

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 hear this exhortation from God's word.

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 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor

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 and evil speaking be put away from you

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 with all malice

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 and be kind to one another.

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 Tender hearted, forgiving one another

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 even as God in Christ forgave you.

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 The better king has come.

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 He has come in mercy

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 and he will come again soon as judge.

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 And like David in the wilderness

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 we are pilgrims in this world.

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 Jesus Christ is our stronghold

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 but in him we are truly blessed.

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray.

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 O Lord

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 we thank you for your kingdom

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 the better kingdom

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 the true kingdom of heaven

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 brought to earth by God the Son

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 our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Lord help us with our mouths to confess

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 with our hearts to believe

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 with our even our posture

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 with our knees

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 our faces in the dirt

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 to declare that Jesus Christ is Lord

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 to the glory of God the Father

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 we ask.

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 Amen.