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 So if you have a copy of God's word, you can turn to 1 Samuel in the Old Testament.

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! About a quarter of the way in the beginning of the book, the Old Testament.

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 And it's also okay if you just listen along, and I'll be reading it for us.

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

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 It's God's word for us, his people.

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 1 Samuel chapter 30.

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 Now it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day,

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 that the Amalekites had invaded the south and Ziklag, attacking Ziklag, and burned it with fire.

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 And they had taken captive the women and those who were there from small to great.

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 They did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way.

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 So David and his men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire.

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 And their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

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 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept,

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 until they had no more power to weep.

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 And David's two wives, Ahinoam, the Jezreelites, and Abigail, the widow of Nabal, the Carmelite,

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 had been taken captive.

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 Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him,

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 because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and daughters.

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 But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

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 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son,

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 Please bring the ephod here to me.

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 And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

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 So David inquired of the Lord, saying,

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 Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?

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 And he answered him,

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 Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them,

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 and without fail recover all.

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 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him,

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 and came to the brook Bezor,

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 where those stayed and were left behind.

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 But David pursued, and he and four hundred men,

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 for two hundred had stayed behind,

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 who were so weary that they could not cross the brook Bezor.

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 Then they found the Egyptian in the field and brought him to David,

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 and they gave him bread and he ate,

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 and they let him drink water,

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 and they gave him a piece of cake of figs

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 and two clusters of raisins.

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 So he had eaten, and his strength came back to him,

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 for he had eaten no bread nor drunk water

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 for three days and three nights.

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 Then David said to him,

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 To whom do you belong, and where are you from?

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 And he said,

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 I am a young man from Egypt,

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 servant of an Amalekite,

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 and my master left me behind

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 because three days ago I fell sick.

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 We made an invasion of the southern area of the Cherethites

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 in the territory which belongs to Judah,

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 and in the southern area of Caleb,

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 and we burned Ziklag with fire.

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 And David said to him,

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 Can you take me down to this troop?

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 So he said,

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 Swear to me by God that you will

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 neither kill me nor deliver me

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 into the hands of my only master,

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 and I will take you down to this troop.

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 And when he had brought him down,

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 there they were,

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 spread out over all the land,

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 eating and drinking and dancing,

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 because of all the great spoil

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 which they had taken

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 from the land of the Philistines

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 and from the land of Judah.

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 Then David attacked them

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 from twilight until the evening of the next day.

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 Not a man of them escaped

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 except 400 young men

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 who rode on camels and fled.

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 So David recovered all that the Amalekites

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 had carried away,

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 and David rescued his two wives,

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 and nothing of theirs was lacking,

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 either small or great,

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 sons or daughters,

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 spoil or anything

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 which they had taken from them.

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 David recovered all.

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 Then David took all the flocks and herds

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 they had driven before those other livestock

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 and said,

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 This is David's spoil.

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 Now David came to the 200 men

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 who had been so weary

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 that they could not follow David,

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 whom they had also made

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 to stay at the brook Bezor.

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 So they went out to meet David

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 and meet the people who were with him.

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 And when David came near to the people,

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 he greeted them.

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 Then all the wicked and worthless men

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 of those who went to David

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 answered and said,

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 Because they did not go with us,

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 we will not give them

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 any of the spoil that we have recovered,

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 except for every man's wife and children,

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 that they may lead them away and depart.

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 But David said,

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 My brethren,

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 you shall not do so

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 with what the Lord has given us,

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 who has preserved us

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 and delivered us into our hands,

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 the troop that came against us.

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 For who will heed you in this matter?

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 But as his part is

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 who goes down to the battle,

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 so shall his part be

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 who stays with the supplies.

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 They shall share alike.

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 So it was from that day forward

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 that he made a statute

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 and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

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 Now when David came to Ziklag,

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 he sent some of the spoil

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 to the elders of Judah,

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 to his friends, saying,

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 Here is a present for you

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 from the Lord,

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 the spoil of the enemies of the Lord.

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 To those who were in Bethel,

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 those who were in Ramoth,

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 in the south,

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 those who were in Jatir,

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 those who were in Aorel,

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 those who were in Sifmoth,

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 those who were in Eshtimoah,

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 those who were in Rakhal,

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 those who were in the cities

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 of the Jeremilites,

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 those who were in the cities

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 of the Kenites,

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 those who were in Hormah,

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 those who were in Korashan,

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 those who were in Atak,

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 those who were in Hebron,

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 into the places

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 where David himself and his men

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 were accustomed to rove.

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 The word of God

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 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,

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 the flower fades,

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 but the word of the Lord

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 stands forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 O Lord,

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 may your word stand.

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 We pray that you will please

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 speak through the preacher,

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 despite the preacher's limits

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 and brokenness, Lord.

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 We pray that your word,

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 the word of God,

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 of hope and salvation,

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 of a coming kingdom,

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 of this better king,

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 whose kingdom has been inaugurated

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 and who is coming again, Lord.

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 We pray that this,

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 you will minister

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 to your people today.

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 We pray that you'll

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 encourage us, Lord.

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 You'll strengthen us,

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 that the power of the Holy Spirit

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 will breathe life

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 and hope

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 into your people today.

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 For your glory we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 To lose heart,

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 it means to faint

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 or to give up.

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 A coach might have used

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 that expression with you

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 at halftime

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 when you're down three to zero

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 or maybe a jujitsu teammate

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 after you lost.

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 Don't lose heart.

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 David and his 600 men

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 had just gotten great news.

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 If you remember back

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 a couple weeks,

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 they were not going to have

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 to be put in that

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 impossible dilemma

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 of fighting on the side

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 of the Philistines

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 against the Israelites,

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 fighting their own nation.

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 God in his providence

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 had used even the captains

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 of the Philistines

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 to send David

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 and his 600 men

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 back to their temporary home

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 in Ziklag,

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 which was controlled

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 by the Philistines,

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 but it was land promised

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 by God to his people.

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 They get to go home,

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 but quickly as they arrive

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 at home,

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 all of them,

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 including David,

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 lose heart.

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 When it comes to our faith,

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 our walks,

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 and our life as a church,

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 losing heart

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 is always a temptation.

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 In a spiritual sense,

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 losing heart

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 means caving in to evil

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 or losing your spiritual will

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 to take another step

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 or to continue standing.

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 The enemy wants to attack

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 God's people,

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 especially when we're

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 about to faint

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 and tell us that we have

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 no reason to press on,

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 no reason to hope.

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 The sermon title today

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 is why we do not lose heart.

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 Why we do not lose heart.

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 I'll walk us through

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 about five reasons

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 using this passage.

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 Number one,

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 we do not lose heart

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 because the enemy

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 is only a temporary parasite.

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 We do not lose heart

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 because the enemy

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 of God's people

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 is only a temporary parasite.

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 Look at verse one.

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 Now it happened

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 when David and his men

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 came to Ziklag

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 on the third day

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 that the Amalekites

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 had invaded the south

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 and Ziklag,

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 attacked Ziklag,

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 and burned it with fire.

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 You know what

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 the Amalekites were?

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 They were nomads.

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 This means they travel around.

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 They don't have

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 permanent dwellings

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 or farms.

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 And they were parasites.

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 This means that they live

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 by draining another source.

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 So they were nomadic parasites

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 on the move

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 that you could say

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 as you look across the land,

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 land of Israel

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 and of the Philistines.

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 It was like an infection

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 on their system.

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 Nobody liked the Amalekites.

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 They survived

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 by draining the resources

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 of these established societies

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 rather than farming

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 for themselves.

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 And after taking a cheap shot

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 and attacking,

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 they would ride off

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 like we just saw in camels.

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 They're really always ready

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 to go into the desert

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 and they would hide

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 in the ravines

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 and in caves

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 and be really hard

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 to hunt down

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 and they wouldn't face you

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 head on in a battle

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 like a decent civilization.

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 They had mastered this

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 over generations.

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 How to be predatory opportunists.

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 In Deuteronomy 25, 17 and 18,

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 they targeted the stragglers

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 coming out of Egypt

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 on the Exodus.

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 Remember that?

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 Then in Judges 6,

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 chapter 6, verses 3 and 4,

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 it describes them

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 like a swarm of locusts

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 trying to hijack

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 the harvest of the Israelites.

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 This is the Amalekites.

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 And now they've struck in again

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 following their modus operandi.

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 Verse 2 says,

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 they took captive

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 the women

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 and those who were there

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 from small to great.

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 See, what they do

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 is when the army,

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 the whole army is gone.

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 They've just left their homes

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 and the women and children back.

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 That's when the Amalekites move in.

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 They're awful.

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 They're predators.

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 But there's an interesting comment

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 in verse 2.

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 It says,

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 they did not kill anyone.

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 And even in this first verse in 2,

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 we can see that God

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 is limiting

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 and even ordering

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 all things,

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 including these wicked Amalekites.

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 Even in their sinful acts of men,

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 and he will use it

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 for his own holy end,

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 even if we don't understand it

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 or see it fully.

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 The Amalekites intended

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 total destruction

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 everywhere they go.

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 That's why they set it on fire.

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 But see, in this case,

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 God's mighty hand

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 was superintending theirs.

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 They took the captives

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 and carried them along with them

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 as slaves

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 instead of executing them.

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 They carried them away

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 and they went on their way,

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 it says.

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 Literally,

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 it says they drove them away.

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 That's the same word

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 used to how you would

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 move cattle

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 from one place to the other.

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 This is bad treatment

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 for these women

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 and these children

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 being driven

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 by these horrible Amalekites

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 like cattle.

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 They specialized

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 in low-risk,

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 high-reward strikes.

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 They only attack

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 the vulnerable

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 and they live off

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 the work of others.

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 They don't do anything

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 constructive on their own.

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 Think about how

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 in this world

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 there's either

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 constructive work,

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 destructive work,

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 or restorative work.

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 It's only those three.

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 And the enemy of God,

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 God creates.

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 God does the constructive work.

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 New creation.

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 The enemy destroys.

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 God recreates.

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 God reconstructs.

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 In God's enemy,

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 the devil

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 is like these Amalekites.

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 Revelation 12, 12

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 gives this encouragement.

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 The devil has come down

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 to you,

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 inhabitants of the earth,

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 full of great wrath

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 because he knows

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 that he only has

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 a short time.

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 See, the devil

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 is a temporary destroyer,

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 a temporary parasite,

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 seeking to be like

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 a locust with a swarm

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 of demons

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 to do damage

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 to the good

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 that God creates.

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 So brothers and sisters,

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 we do not lose heart

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 because the enemy

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 is only a temporary parasite.

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 Number two,

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 we do not lose heart

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 because grief

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 does not mean

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 God has departed.

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 We do not lose heart

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 because though we do

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 grieve in this life,

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 it does not mean

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 that God has departed.

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 He is near those

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 who grieve.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 So David and his men

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 came to the city

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 and there it was

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 burned with fire

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 and their wives

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 and their sons

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 and their daughters

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 had been taken captive.

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 Then David

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 and the people

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 who were with him

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 lifted up their voices

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 and wept

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 until they had

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 no more power

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 even to weep.

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 Imagine those 600 men.

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 The last time

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 they had been

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 in Ziklag,

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 everything was

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 full of life,

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 color,

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 sound,

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 smell.

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 They said goodbye

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 to their families

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 and they went off

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 to fight their brothers

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 and cousins

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 so they thought

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 in this great confrontation.

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 They didn't know

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 anytime you go to battle

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 you never do

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 whether the Lord

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 would let them

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 come back home again.

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 Would the Lord

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 deliver them

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 and bring them back

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 to their families again?

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 They got that great news

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 that they were released

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 and could go back home

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 and they could go be

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 with their wives

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 and children

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 but now they find

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 their artifacts

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 that were once

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 in their homes

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 just as charcoal.

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 Each thing

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 they pick up

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 like it would for us

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 if our house burnt down

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 it would remind you

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 of a relationship

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 or a memory

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 with a loved one,

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 with a family member.

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 Their town burned.

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 Their loved ones

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 taken captive.

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 Their fellow

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 brothers in battle

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 crying aloud

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 bitter of soul

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 exhausted

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 from weeping

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 till they had

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 no more strength

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 to weep

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 and the army

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 that was marching

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 after David

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 seeing God

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 take them in

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 and out

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 and have victory

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 now wants to stone

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 the anointed king

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 that they had left

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 everything to follow.

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 I paused on this.

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 Why did they want

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 to stone David

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 specifically?

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 These are warriors.

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 They're carrying

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 all kinds of different

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 blades and instruments

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 you can use

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 to kill other people.

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 Why would they

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 leave all those aside

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 and pick up stones?

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 Under the Mosaic law

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 the success of the people

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 was tied

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 to the faithfulness

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 of the leader.

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 The men may have

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 viewed

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 the destruction

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 as Ziklag

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 as a sign

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 of God's judgment

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 against David.

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 See the camp

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 was to be kept holy

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 because God

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 walked among them.

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 Deuteronomy 23

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 14 says that.

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 God is with

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 his people

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 among their camp

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 and is to be kept

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 holy.

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 And the preservation

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 of the family

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 and the home

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 was each man's

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 primary duty.

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 By allowing

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 their wives

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 and children

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 to be taken captive

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 and their king

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 was now

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 the greatest failure.

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 He had let

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 the enemy

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 intrude

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 and violate

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 the home front.

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 the total loss

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 at their camp

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 in Ziklag

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 suggested that

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 perhaps the presence

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 of God

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 had departed

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 from among them.

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 The men

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 in their grief

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 viewed David

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 like their generation's

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 version of Achan

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 from the book

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 of Joshua.

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 One man

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 whose poor judgment

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 has brought a curse

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 on the entire group.

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 And so by stoning David

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 everyone would have

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 a part in killing

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 what they believe

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 is the cause

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 of all their bitter

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 trouble.

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 Stoning

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 would give each man

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 that opportunity

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 to experience

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 a cathartic

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 sense of justice

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 and vengeance.

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 If we crush

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 this man

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 that we followed

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 then our souls

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 will feel

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 less bitter.

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 We read in verse 6

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 that David

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 was greatly distressed

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 for the people

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 spoke of stoning him

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 because all

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 the soul

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 of the people

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 was grieved.

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 Literally

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 they were bitter

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 of soul.

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 Every man

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 for his sons

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 and daughters.

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 But the encouragement

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 without getting

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 any details

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 is that

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 God

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 was with David.

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 He

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 is in grief.

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 His army

00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.720
 is in grief.

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 He's despairing.

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 In Psalm

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 139

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 verses 7

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 and 8

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 cries out

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 with these questions

00:17:28.420 --> 00:17:29.039
 to God.

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 Where can I go

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 from your spirit

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 or where can I

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 flee from your presence

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 if I make my bed

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 in hell?

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 The grave,

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 the depths,

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 behold,

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 even there

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 you are.

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 We do not lose heart

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 because our grief

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 does not mean

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 that God

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 has departed.

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 number three,

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 we do not lose heart

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 because our distress,

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 in our distress,

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 God is our strength.

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 We do not lose heart

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:01.819
 because in our distress,

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 God himself

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 is our strength.

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 Look at the rest

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 of verse 6.

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 We read that

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 David strengthened

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 himself

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 in the Lord

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 his God.

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 He strengthened

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 himself

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 in the Lord.

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 For who is God

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 except the Lord?

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 Psalm

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 1831.

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 And who is a rock

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 except our God?

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 It is God

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 who arms me

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 with strength,

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 the psalmist

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 cries out,

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 and makes

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 my way perfect.

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 He says,

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 you have also

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 given me

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 the shield

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 of your salvation

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 and your right hand

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 has held me up.

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 Your gentleness

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 has made me

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 great.

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 We do not have

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 any indication

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 that David wrote

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 a new psalm

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 for this occasion

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 but it is a

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 wonderful comfort

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 in those old truths,

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 those old psalms,

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 singing them

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 at the time

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 when he needed

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 it most.

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 David strengthened

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 himself in the Lord,

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 we read,

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 in verse 8.

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 And he also

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 inquired

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 of the Lord.

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 Think about this

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 and David

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 in this moment

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 of worst peril

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 and darkness

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 and despair

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 goes to the Lord.

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 He's reminded

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 of the Lord's

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 presence

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 and it's the presence

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 of the Lord

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 that strengthens him.

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 And as we've lined up

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 all of these events,

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 remember how

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 two chapters ago

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 it skips back,

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 it's like a flashback

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 for Saul

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 going to consult

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 with the witch?

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 the timeline

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 has it,

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 at least how

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 some have put it

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 together,

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 how the very moment

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 when David is

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 seeking strength

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 in the Lord

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 is when Saul

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 within that same

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 24-hour period

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 is going to

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 speak with a witch.

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 as goes the king,

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 so goes the kingdom.

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 Saul consulting

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 the realm of the dead

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 and David consulting

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 the living God.

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 See the contrast

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 between these two kings,

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 these two men.

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 It's a new pattern

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 being set

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 for the nation,

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 a new direction,

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 a new hope

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 for God's people.

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 even without

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 any good news,

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 he's finding

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 his strength

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 in God.

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 David then

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 receives from God

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 the promise

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 of a total recovery.

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 They go

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 and they pursue

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 those raiders,

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 but on their way

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 200 of their soldiers

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 reach their point

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 of exhaustion.

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 They've been weeping.

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 It says they wept

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 until they were already

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 exhausted and powerless.

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 Now they go marching

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 and they get to a point

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 and they've lost heart.

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 They are fainting.

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 They cannot go anymore.

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 And they just say,

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 I'm going to stay right here

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 in the coolness

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 of this ravine.

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 We're done.

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 The word of the ravine,

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 the brook Bezor,

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 it means just that,

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 coolness or refreshing

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 for the body.

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 It also has a second meaning,

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 which I'll give you

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 in a bit.

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 So they leave them behind

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 and as they're traveling

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 the direction they think

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 the caravan

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 of the Amalekites

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 has gone,

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 they come across

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 a starving,

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 abandoned Egyptian slave

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 and we read that

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 they revive this man,

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 they give him food

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 and water and bread

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 and calories

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 and then he's able

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 to talk.

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 And then they ask him,

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 where are you from?

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 In other words,

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 they didn't have

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 any information

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 that would lead them

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 to show kindness

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 to this person in need

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 right here,

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 this injured slave

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 that's been abandoned

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 because he was sick.

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 It wasn't necessarily

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 a transaction.

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 Here these men

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 that are desperate

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 themselves

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 are simply showing

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 kindness

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 to a slave

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 that's been left

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 for dead

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 because it's the right

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 thing to do.

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 And in God's providence,

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 think about that.

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 He got sick

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 three days ago

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 and as a sick man

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 being abandoned

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 and left right there,

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 this is also the path

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.500
 they're traveling.

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 They happened to find him

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 and prepared him

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 in the right moment

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 to be able to give them

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 the information they need

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 to now go carry out

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.720
 what God has decreed.

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 See God's providence

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.779
 in every little detail

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 as it unfolds.

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 Verse 16,

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 And when they had

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.220
 brought him down,

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 there they were,

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.920
 spread out over

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.559
 all the land,

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 eating and drinking

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.240
 and dancing

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 because of the great spoil

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.940
 which they had taken

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.519
 from the land

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.420
 of the Philistines

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:14.039
 and the land of Judah.

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.400
 These Amalekites

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.600
 had gained a lot.

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.259
 They had amassed

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.440
 a great bounty.

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.299
 All the spoil,

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.960
 not only from Ziklag

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.640
 and the Judeans there,

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:24.120
 but also from the Philistines.

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.380
 And it's all there

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:26.020
 and here they are

00:22:26.020 --> 00:22:26.800
 with the slave

00:22:26.800 --> 00:22:28.140
 being left for dead,

00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:29.440
 starving without water

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:30.640
 and here they are

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:32.100
 just enjoying wine

00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:33.020
 and feasting

00:22:33.020 --> 00:22:33.720
 and dancing.

00:22:35.540 --> 00:22:36.940
 So in verse 17,

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:39.420
 what God promised David

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:40.060
 comes true.

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.480
 David attacked them

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:43.200
 from twilight

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.920
 before the sun

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.820
 was even rising,

00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:46.080
 get a jump on it

00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:47.440
 until the evening

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.480
 of the next day

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.480
 fighting over the night.

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:52.580
 Not a man of them

00:22:52.580 --> 00:22:53.340
 escaped.

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.439
 escaped.

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.299
 I like that statement

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.419
 because God was true

00:22:56.419 --> 00:22:57.019
 to his promise.

00:22:57.199 --> 00:22:58.359
 Now at the same time,

00:22:58.899 --> 00:23:00.299
 400 young men

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.599
 rode on camels

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.079
 and fled.

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.579
 But God is always true

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.559
 to his word

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.459
 and to his promise.

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.899
 And if we keep reading

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:08.500
 later on

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.079
 and take the whole

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:10.119
 counsel of God's word,

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:14.599
 1 Chronicles 4.42

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.319
 says that

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:17.119
 all of those

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.659
 that escaped

00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:18.439
 get wiped out.

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.579
 It says 500 men

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.659
 of the sons of Simeon,

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.460
 so Israelites

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.140
 later on,

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.800
 a different point,

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.700
 they go and they

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.519
 defeat the rest

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.279
 of the Amalekites

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.019
 who had escaped

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.180
 and possessed

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:28.480
 that land forevermore.

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.779
 So eventually

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.519
 the Amalekites

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:32.040
 do get their final justice.

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:39.320
 We do not lose heart

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:41.060
 because in our distress,

00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:42.779
 God is our strength.

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.240
 I'm sure David

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.080
 was distressed

00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:45.800
 and exhausted

00:23:45.800 --> 00:23:47.120
 and wanting to stop

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:48.360
 at the brook Bezor himself.

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:50.759
 But God was his strength.

00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:52.659
 God made him press on

00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:54.119
 and God gave him

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.899
 the great victory.

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.819
 It wasn't David's energy.

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:58.119
 It wasn't David's power.

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.679
 It was God

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:01.000
 being his supply,

00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:01.939
 being his strength.

00:24:02.699 --> 00:24:03.740
 Colossians 1.29

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.579
 reminds us,

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.240
 Paul cries this out

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.879
 after all his persecution

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.359
 and suffering.

00:24:09.219 --> 00:24:09.559
 He says,

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.479
 I labor,

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:12.439
 striving according to

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:13.599
 God's working

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.419
 which he

00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:16.319
 mightily works

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.279
 in me.

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.960
 We press on.

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.000
 We do not lose heart

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:22.059
 because in our distress

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:23.059
 it is God

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.399
 who is our strength.

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.399
 Number four,

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.399
 we do not lose heart

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:28.339
 because God sets

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.940
 the boundaries

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:30.279
 for the enemy.

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:32.579
 We do not lose heart

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.759
 because God himself

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:35.359
 sets the boundaries

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:36.279
 for the enemy.

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.440
 In verse 18 we read,

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.420
 So David recovered

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.559
 all that the Amalekites

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.879
 had carried away

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.839
 and nothing of theirs

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.500
 was lacking

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:45.460
 either small or great,

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.799
 sons or daughters,

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.740
 spoil or anything

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.740
 which they had taken

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.419
 from them.

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:52.419
 David recovered

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.159
 all.

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.200
 Evil goes exactly

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.839
 as far as God

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.579
 permits it

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.839
 and no further.

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.200
 Think of

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.240
 how horrible

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.200
 it could have been.

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.259
 Even if it

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.680
 was horrible enough,

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.240
 they grieved,

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:09.980
 they were distressed,

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.659
 but it could have been

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.500
 so much worse.

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.480
 When Job

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.559
 experienced evil,

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:17.420
 it was not a punishment

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.660
 for his sin.

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.680
 Beginning of Job

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.420
 makes that clear,

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.660
 but it was by God's

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.120
 permission.

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.460
 And Job

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.740
 understandably

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.380
 questioned

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:29.099
 God's goodness,

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.539
 God's power,

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.480
 and God's

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.839
 justice.

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.120
 And God

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:34.920
 answered Job

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:36.819
 in chapter 38

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:39.099
 with these questions.

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.500
 Job

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.419
 says God,

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:43.500
 who shut in the sea

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.919
 when it burst

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.539
 forth

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.359
 at creation?

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.259
 I fixed

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.039
 my limit

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.859
 for it.

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:50.919
 I said,

00:25:51.219 --> 00:25:51.500
 this far

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.219
 you may come,

00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:53.379
 but no further.

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.379
 And here

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.679
 you proud

00:25:56.679 --> 00:25:57.259
 waves

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.359
 must stop.

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:00.839
 Evil

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.599
 will rage

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:03.059
 and cause

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:04.000
 genuine grief,

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.419
 but it cannot

00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:06.719
 cross the boundary,

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.639
 it cannot cross

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.119
 the line

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.599
 that God

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.079
 himself

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.959
 draws.

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.239
 From the

00:26:12.239 --> 00:26:13.019
 perspective of the

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.659
 women and children,

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.059
 they got

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.899
 driven away.

00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:17.239
 They could have

00:26:17.239 --> 00:26:17.819
 cried out with

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.539
 these New Testament

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.619
 words that we have

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:21.039
 in 2 Corinthians 4,

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.579
 which we read

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:21.939
 earlier.

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.319
 Yes,

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:23.839
 we were

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.639
 captives

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.459
 of these horrible

00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:26.159
 people driven

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.539
 away.

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:27.619
 We were hard

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.299
 pressed on every

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.779
 side,

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.759
 yet not

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.459
 crushed.

00:26:31.459 --> 00:26:32.079
 We were

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:33.459
 perplexed,

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:34.319
 but not in

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.759
 despair.

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.659
 Persecuted,

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.759
 but not

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.720
 forsaken.

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.180
 Struck down,

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.160
 but not

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.840
 destroyed.

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.880
 God sets

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.480
 the boundaries

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.980
 for the

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.240
 enemy.

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.680
 Remember

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.200
 in Jesus,

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:49.640
 his own

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.040
 words in

00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:50.660
 Luke 22,

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.279
 31,

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.560
 he looked at

00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:53.080
 Peter in the

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.400
 eyes,

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:53.980
 Simon,

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.420
 Simon,

00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:54.880
 indeed,

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.940
 Satan has

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.580
 asked for

00:26:56.580 --> 00:26:57.380
 you that

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.720
 he may

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.279
 sift you

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.840
 as wheat,

00:26:58.840 --> 00:27:01.380
 but I

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.080
 have prayed

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:02.600
 for you

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.719
 that your

00:27:03.719 --> 00:27:04.639
 faith should

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.899
 not fail,

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.039
 and when

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.439
 you have

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:08.379
 returned to

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.659
 me,

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.819
 strengthen your

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.159
 brethren.

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.000
 God sets

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.639
 the boundaries

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.079
 on the

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.319
 enemy.

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:14.779
 Jesus

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.539
 prays for

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.059
 his people.

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.119
 The enemy

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.719
 cannot

00:27:17.719 --> 00:27:18.759
 invade

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.819
 what Christ

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.539
 is protecting.

00:27:22.419 --> 00:27:23.000
 Well,

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.339
 the fifth

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:23.759
 and final

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.299
 reason for

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.699
 today of

00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:26.219
 why we do

00:27:26.219 --> 00:27:26.699
 not lose

00:27:26.699 --> 00:27:26.959
 heart,

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.559
 it's because

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.639
 our king

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.859
 shares

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:32.199
 the spoils

00:27:32.199 --> 00:27:32.639
 of his

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.019
 victory

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.479
 with the

00:27:33.479 --> 00:27:34.219
 weak and

00:27:34.219 --> 00:27:34.500
 weary.

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.019
 Our king

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.539
 shares his

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.519
 victory with

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.179
 us who are

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:40.299
 weary and

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.599
 weak.

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.299
 Look at

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.779
 verse 20,

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.419
 then David

00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:45.439
 took all

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:46.119
 the flocks

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:48.119
 and herds

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:49.859
 that they had

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.339
 driven out

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.979
 before them

00:27:50.979 --> 00:27:52.199
 that belonged

00:27:52.199 --> 00:27:52.519
 to the

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.139
 Amalekites,

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.219
 and now he

00:27:54.219 --> 00:27:54.879
 won and he's

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.479
 the leader of

00:27:55.479 --> 00:27:56.439
 this group

00:27:56.439 --> 00:27:57.119
 from Ziklag,

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.679
 so all the

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.179
 people say

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.699
 this is

00:27:58.699 --> 00:27:59.459
 David's

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.900
 spoiled.

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.240
 He's the

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.500
 one who

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.799
 gets to

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.240
 distribute

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.740
 it however

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.220
 he sees

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.500
 fit.

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.840
 And as

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.079
 they go

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.480
 back to

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.160
 those 200

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.720
 men who

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.299
 stayed back

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.559
 at the

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.980
 brook and

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.600
 the coolness

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.039
 of the

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.460
 ravine,

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:13.019
 those who

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.579
 did go and

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.120
 fight say

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.420
 we don't

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.700
 want to

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.140
 share with

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.620
 those men,

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.259
 even though

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.559
 he said

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:16.940
 it's yours

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.420
 David to

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.980
 decide we

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.200
 don't want

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.440
 to share

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.840
 with them,

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.240
 that's not

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.519
 right.

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.519
 They didn't

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.900
 even go

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.259
 fight,

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:21.680
 they should

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:21.980
 have no

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.299
 share in

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.700
 the prophet,

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.120
 give them

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.640
 their families

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.059
 and that's

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.259
 all.

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.319
 And David

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.000
 rebuked

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:28.240
 those men

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.359
 who followed

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.640
 him and

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.140
 who fought

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:31.420
 but were

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.120
 refusing to

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.620
 share the

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:32.980
 plunder.

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.039
 And here's

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.400
 the second

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.880
 meaning of

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.380
 this brook

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:36.720
 where these

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.640
 200 waited

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.620
 back to

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.160
 cool off.

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.680
 The brook

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.339
 Bezor can

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.960
 also mean

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:43.220
 good news

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.539
 or glad

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.079
 tidings.

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.420
 So while it

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.759
 may have

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.640
 refreshed the

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.900
 body in the

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.380
 coolness of

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.819
 the shade,

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.180
 it's a place

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:52.000
 where a

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.620
 gospel refreshes

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.059
 the soul.

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.959
 David said

00:28:55.959 --> 00:28:56.819
 in verse 23,

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.379
 my brethren,

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.339
 you shall

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.099
 not do

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.379
 so with

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:02.019
 what the

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.119
 Lord has

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:04.039
 given us,

00:29:04.739 --> 00:29:05.859
 who has

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:07.259
 preserved us

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.139
 and delivered

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:09.519
 us into

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.099
 our hand.

00:29:11.199 --> 00:29:11.959
 All shall

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.959
 share alike,

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.519
 he says in

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.199
 verse 24.

00:29:14.719 --> 00:29:15.500
 Verse 25,

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.179
 so it was

00:29:16.179 --> 00:29:16.739
 from that

00:29:16.739 --> 00:29:17.439
 day forward.

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.239
 See, this

00:29:18.239 --> 00:29:18.879
 becomes now

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.599
 a decree

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.539
 at the

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:20.779
 brook

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.279
 Bezor,

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.719
 a rule

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.079
 for the

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.279
 whole

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.660
 kingdom

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.339
 going

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.720
 forward

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.120
 as long

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.519
 as David

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.019
 is king.

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.059
 Here's the

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.579
 gospel

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.420
 decree.

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:31.160
 There's an

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.759
 ordinance for

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.420
 all Israel

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.980
 that all

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.819
 will share

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.339
 in the

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:35.740
 spoil.

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.460
 All will

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.059
 receive

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.880
 alike

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:40.039
 because it's

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.640
 the Lord

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.640
 who gives.

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.640
 And so

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.059
 he sent

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.700
 these gifts

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.440
 to all the

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.900
 elders of

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.200
 Judah,

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.839
 to all

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.140
 those

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.759
 different

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.299
 places,

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.420
 and he

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.620
 said,

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.140
 here is a

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.960
 present for

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.500
 you from

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.039
 the spoil

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.420
 of the

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.839
 enemies

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.539
 of the

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.000
 Lord.

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.099
 It's

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.460
 God's

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.759
 battle.

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.579
 It's

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:57.900
 God's

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.259
 enemies.

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.000
 It's

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.319
 God's

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.700
 victory.

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.160
 It's

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.440
 God's

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.859
 glory.

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.759
 It's

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.599
 God's

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.259
 blessings

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.660
 that he

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.980
 distributes

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.400
 now through

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.920
 his servant

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.319
 David.

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.319
 And he

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.680
 gave those

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.099
 to all

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.599
 the places

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.220
 where David

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.000
 himself,

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.940
 verse 31

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.339
 says,

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.759
 and his

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.240
 men were

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.759
 accustomed

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:15.759


00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.759
 to

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.240
 rove.

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:20.279
 while the

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.880
 Philistines

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:22.420
 will very

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.279
 soon defeat

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.480
 Saul and

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.200
 Israel's

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.480
 army,

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:27.099
 God is

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.359
 still

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.980
 distributing

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.779
 the spoils

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.279
 of the

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.859
 Philistines

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:31.059
 to Judah

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.180
 as if they

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.640
 had won

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:34.240
 without David

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.740
 even having

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.359
 to go and

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.880
 fight the

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.380
 Philistines

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:36.839
 for their

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.480
 own spoils.

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.880
 You see

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.220
 God's

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.599
 sovereignty

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.180
 over all

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.599
 of this.

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:44.099
 David saw

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.579
 God's

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.279
 sovereignty

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.920
 first hand.

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.579
 God is

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.279
 using these

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.639
 wicked

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.539
 Amalekites

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.839
 and this

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.639
 new king

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.039
 who God

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.579
 has humbled.

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.859
 God has

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.460
 shown him

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:53.899
 again and

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.160
 again,

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.639
 it's not

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.099
 you David,

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.960
 it's all

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.319
 of me.

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.139
 And this

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.639
 is God's

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.240
 pleasure in

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.740
 bringing in

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.259
 his kingdom.

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.099
 What a

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.720
 contrast we

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.059
 have.

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.480
 Saul lost

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.599
 most of

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.139
 his battles.

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:09.059
 He taxed

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.519
 God's

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.819
 people.

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.039
 He took

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.460
 and took

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.819
 and took

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.339
 more from

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.579
 them.

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:16.240
 Now we

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.619
 see with

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.139
 David a

00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:17.519
 new king,

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:17.839
 a new

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.139
 hope.

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.779
 God wins

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.299
 the battles.

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.019
 God gives

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.619
 bountifully.

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:22.179
 God spreads

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:22.859
 his blessings

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.599
 to all

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.099
 the people

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:25.339
 through his

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.720
 servant,

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.639
 his anointed

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.000
 one.

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.519
 As goes

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.000
 the king,

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.259
 so goes

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.759
 the kingdom.

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.599
 Our Lord

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.139
 Jesus in

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.839
 Matthew 20

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:36.240
 declared this,

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.240
 for the

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.139
 kingdom of

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:39.799
 heaven is

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.220
 like a

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.859
 landowner who

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.619
 went out early

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:41.939
 in the

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.559
 morning to

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.319
 higher labors

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.700
 for his

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.039
 vineyard.

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.099
 And they

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.700
 all work and

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.419
 people start at

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:47.940
 different times

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.460
 of the day and

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.839
 he gets to

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.259
 the end of

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.579
 the work

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:49.859
 day.

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:50.940
 And he

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.399
 gives

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.460
 generously

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.659
 all the

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:54.440
 same blessings

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.000
 no matter

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.859
 whether you

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.359
 labored all

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.339
 day or

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.019
 barely any

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.299
 at the

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.819
 very end.

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.139
 Everyone

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.839
 receives

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:02.079
 the reward

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:03.240
 because it's

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.879
 his to

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.240
 give.

00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.440
 He is the

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.720
 owner of

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.259
 the vineyard

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.919
 and he is

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.299
 the king

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.579
 of the

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.879
 kingdom.

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.200
 In

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.039
 Ephesians 4

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.740
 8 we read

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.339
 that when

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.160
 Jesus Christ

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:14.079
 had ascended

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.140
 on high.

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.200
 Last week

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.099
 we saw the

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.700
 glorious truth

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.000
 of his

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.579
 resurrection

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.819
 and he

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.259
 not only

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.900
 rose and

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.640
 walked on

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.019
 the earth

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.500
 with all

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.420
 the eyewitnesses

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:25.079
 and teaching

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.660
 his disciples

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.420
 but he also

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.339
 ascended

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.380
 and he

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:29.299
 seated in

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.720
 session

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.819
 ruling from

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.160
 heaven.

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.039
 We read

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.299
 that he

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.740
 led

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.440
 captivity

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.960
 captive

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.779
 and gave

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.279
 gifts

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.139
 to men.

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.480
 He sits

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.819
 on his

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.139
 throne

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.599
 in heaven

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.000
 our Lord

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.379
 Jesus

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:42.359
 blessing

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.399
 all his

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:43.740
 people

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:43.980
 his

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.399
 church

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.000
 with

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.420
 gifts.

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.799
 1 Corinthians

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.680
 1 26

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.500
 God has

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.980
 chosen

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.980
 the foolish

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.519
 things of

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:51.940
 the world

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.680
 to put

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.180
 to shame

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.759
 the wise.

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.500
 God has

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.819
 chosen

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.339
 the weak

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:55.740
 things of

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.059
 the world

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.440
 to put

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.920
 to shame

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.819
 the things

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.299
 that are

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.700
 mighty

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.599
 and the

00:32:59.599 --> 00:32:59.879
 base

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.319
 things of

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:00.740
 the world

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.619
 the things

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.019
 which are

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.819
 despised.

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.319
 God has

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.740
 chosen

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.379
 and the

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.579
 things

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.059
 which are

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.339
 not

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.740
 to bring

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.359
 to nothing

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.899
 the things

00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.319
 that are.

00:33:09.439 --> 00:33:09.899
 So we

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.259
 do not

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.679
 lose heart

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.200
 brothers and

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.519
 sisters

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.720
 because King

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.159
 Jesus

00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:14.259
 shares the

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.879
 blessings of

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.579
 his victory

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.759
 with us

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.500
 who are

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:17.839
 weak

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.779
 and weary.

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.559
 Amen.

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.139
 Romans 8

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:22.779
 reminds us

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.700
 Romans 8 17

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.179
 we are

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:25.119
 heirs of

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.359
 God.

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.179
 We receive

00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:27.240
 freely the

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.859
 blessings that

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:29.259
 Christ secured.

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.099
 We are

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.980
 joint heirs

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.980
 with Christ

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:33.059
 if indeed

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.579
 we suffer

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.099
 with him

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.980
 that we

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.559
 may also

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.519
 be glorified

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.319
 together

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.900
 with him.

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:39.860
 So where

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.259
 are we in

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.700
 this story

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.000
 church?

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:41.500
 We've seen

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.880
 God's

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.299
 providence

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.700
 we've seen

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.319
 his sovereignty

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:44.059
 his power

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:45.039
 we've seen

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.680
 his kingdom

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:47.420
 what he is

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:47.799
 about.

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:50.180
 I think we

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.680
 have to be

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.039
 like the

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.480
 women and

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.779
 children.

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.620
 We are in

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.440
 enemy territory

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:56.620
 we are not

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:56.960
 of this

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.319
 world.

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:58.940
 Here we

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.759
 are exiles

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.920
 and sojourners

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:02.759
 and we

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.360
 are longing

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.340
 for King

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.880
 Jesus

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.500
 God's

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.880
 anointed

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.360
 one who

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.920
 is coming

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.380
 again

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.720
 like the

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:09.039
 groom

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.639
 like those

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.380
 wives longing

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.059
 for their

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.619
 husband to

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.000
 come and

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.340
 rescue.

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.599
 We know

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.240
 Jesus will

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.980
 come for us

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.440
 his people

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.860
 he calls

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.260
 the church

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.860
 his bride

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:19.039
 we trust

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.380
 that he

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.700
 will

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:21.139
 he will

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.800
 deliver us

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.340
 once and

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.780
 for all.

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.639
 We put

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:25.980
 ourselves

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.240
 there

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.599
 they look

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.000
 back at

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.400
 the smoke

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.960
 going up

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.300
 from the

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.700
 city of

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.260
 Ziklag

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.940
 and that

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.440
 could be

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.420
 like our

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.780
 life on

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.140
 this earth

00:34:34.140 --> 00:34:34.480
 it's a

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.680
 vapor

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.040
 it's a

00:34:35.040 --> 00:34:35.360
 smoke

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:38.160
 but there's

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.700
 an eternal

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:39.220
 weight of

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.640
 the kingdom

00:34:39.640 --> 00:34:40.100
 of God

00:34:40.100 --> 00:34:40.500
 that he's

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.820
 working

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.720
 into us

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.540
 it's the

00:34:42.540 --> 00:34:42.860
 certain

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.320
 promise

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:43.800
 that our

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.540
 king will

00:34:44.540 --> 00:34:45.520
 restore

00:34:45.520 --> 00:34:46.440
 everything

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.420
 that the

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.780
 enemy

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.920
 has stolen

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.940
 he will

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.300
 make it

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:50.680
 all right

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.140
 one day

00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:53.060
 2 Corinthians

00:34:53.060 --> 00:34:53.860
 4 16

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.380
 therefore

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.760
 we do

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.220
 not

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.780
 lose

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.380
 heart

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.500
 even

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.740
 though

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.539
 outwardly

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.840
 our

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.220
 man

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.519
 the

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.740
 outer

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:00.960
 man

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.160
 is

00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:01.700
 perishing

00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:02.640
 yet

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:02.860
 the

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.200
 inward

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:03.480
 man

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.640
 is

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:03.860
 being

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.480
 renewed

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.840
 day

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.340
 by day

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.680
 for our

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.380
 light

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.000
 affliction

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:09.240
 the sufferings

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:09.579
 of this

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:09.940
 life

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.360
 which are

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.200
 but for a

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.480
 moment

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.500
 is working

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.039
 for us

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.640
 a far

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:13.940
 more

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.760
 exceeding

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.640
 and eternal

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:15.940
 weight

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.420
 of glory

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.760
 we do

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:18.220
 not look

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:18.579
 at those

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:18.860
 things

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.180
 that are

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.640
 seen

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.380
 but at

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.599
 those

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:20.900
 things

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.220
 that are

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.579
 not

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.980
 seen

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.820
 for the

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.079
 things

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.420
 that are

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.740
 seen

00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:23.960
 are

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.440
 temporary

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.400
 but the

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.720
 things

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.019
 that are

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.320
 not

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.700
 seen

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.159
 are

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:28.079
 eternal

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 brothers

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 and sisters

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 because

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.320
 Jesus

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.780
 is our

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:31.980
 king

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.380
 we

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:33.000
 do

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.360
 not

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:34.159
 lose

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.800
 heart

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.659
 amen

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:37.599
 let's

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:37.800
 pray

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:40.519
 oh

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.860
 lord

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:42.539
 we are

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.079
 so weak

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.400
 we are

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.980
 so helpless

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.320
 you are

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:46.079
 so mighty

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 you are

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.360
 sovereign in

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 your providence

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 lord over

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.059
 everything

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 help us

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.619
 to trust

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.079
 you more

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:54.159
 to follow

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.519
 you more

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.000
 closely

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 to not

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.880
 depend on

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.400
 ourselves

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.360
 to depend

00:35:59.360 --> 00:35:59.860
 on you

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.679
 will you

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.179
 please build

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.659
 your church

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:01.980
 lord

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:03.400
 may your

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.639
 kingdom

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.340
 come here

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:05.759
 and lord

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.199
 we long

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.559
 for the

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.779
 day

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.119
 where your

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.400
 kingdom

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.900
 of heaven

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.500
 will cover

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.360
 the whole

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.739
 heavens

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.239
 the whole

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:11.079
 new earth

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.400
 lord

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:13.019
 we long

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.420
 for this

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.679
 day

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 until then

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 we trust

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:15.920
 that you'll

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.559
 use everything

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.960
 that you allow

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.779
 in each of our

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:19.559
 lives to prepare

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.440
 us for yourself

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:22.559
 we trust

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.039
 lord that

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:24.079
 you are true

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.759
 to your promises

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.820
 you will come

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.679
 for your loved

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.000
 ones

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.099
 amen

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:30.099
 you