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be</c><00:10:10.519><c> everything.</c> 00:10:11.580 --> 00:10:15.220 Alright,<00:10:12.100><c> each</c><00:10:12.360><c> of</c><00:10:12.480><c> us</c><00:10:12.620><c> have</c><00:10:12.860><c> our</c><00:10:13.220><c> individual</c><00:10:13.919><c> characteristics</c><00:10:14.539><c> and</c><00:10:14.860><c> qualities</c> 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:16.320 that<00:10:15.440><c> we</c><00:10:15.659><c> excel</c><00:10:16.059><c> in.</c> 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:18.700 Some<00:10:16.799><c> of</c><00:10:16.960><c> us</c><00:10:17.100><c> are</c><00:10:17.259><c> good</c><00:10:17.419><c> at</c><00:10:17.620><c> compassion.</c> 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:22.259 Alright,<00:10:18.980><c> so</c><00:10:19.120><c> there</c><00:10:19.159><c> might</c><00:10:19.340><c> be</c><00:10:20.179><c> one</c><00:10:20.600><c> of</c><00:10:20.720><c> our</c><00:10:20.899><c> friends</c><00:10:21.100><c> is</c><00:10:21.259><c> having</c><00:10:21.360><c> a</c><00:10:21.440><c> bit</c><00:10:21.600><c> 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mention</c><00:11:14.059><c> of</c><00:11:14.480><c> Ahithophel.</c> 00:11:15.539 --> 00:11:17.220 And<00:11:15.539><c> it</c><00:11:15.679><c> simply</c><00:11:16.019><c> says,</c> 00:11:27.899 --> 00:11:33.139 Now,<00:11:29.340><c> I</c><00:11:29.419><c> want</c><00:11:29.559><c> you</c><00:11:29.720><c> to</c><00:11:29.860><c> have</c><00:11:29.980><c> a</c><00:11:30.200><c> turn</c><00:11:30.419><c> up</c><00:11:30.700><c> to</c><00:11:31.100><c> John,</c><00:11:31.919><c> chapter</c><00:11:32.399><c> 18</c> 00:11:33.139 --> 00:11:34.659 and<00:11:33.740><c> verse</c><00:11:34.059><c> 28,</c> 00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:37.559 and<00:11:35.120><c> tell</c><00:11:35.500><c> me</c><00:11:35.700><c> why</c><00:11:35.980><c> we</c><00:11:36.220><c> are</c><00:11:36.299><c> turning</c><00:11:36.539><c> to</c><00:11:36.759><c> this</c><00:11:36.960><c> quotation.</c> 00:11:37.940 --> 00:11:39.659 John<00:11:38.220><c> 18</c><00:11:38.700><c> verse</c><00:11:39.019><c> 28.</c> 00:11:39.919 --> 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Jesus</c><00:12:34.259><c> from</c><00:12:34.539><c> Caiaphas</c><00:12:35.019><c> unto</c><00:12:35.320><c> the</c><00:12:35.519><c> hall</c><00:12:36.820><c> of</c><00:12:37.120><c> judgment,</c> 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:40.139 and<00:12:37.779><c> it</c><00:12:37.860><c> was</c><00:12:38.059><c> early,</c><00:12:38.519><c> and</c><00:12:38.679><c> they</c><00:12:38.860><c> themselves</c><00:12:39.379><c> went</c><00:12:39.620><c> not</c><00:12:39.860><c> into</c> 00:12:40.139 --> 00:12:40.879 the<00:12:40.340><c> judgment</c><00:12:40.559><c> hall,</c> 00:12:41.019 --> 00:12:42.019 lest<00:12:41.080><c> they</c><00:12:41.320><c> should</c><00:12:41.539><c> be</c><00:12:41.700><c> defiled.</c> 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:45.740 Okay,<00:12:42.419><c> it's</c><00:12:42.519><c> just</c><00:12:42.679><c> that</c><00:12:44.279><c> last</c><00:12:44.539><c> phrase</c><00:12:44.919><c> I</c><00:12:45.039><c> want</c><00:12:45.139><c> to</c><00:12:45.259><c> concentrate,</c> 00:12:45.820 --> 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Passover</c><00:13:00.120><c> because</c><00:13:00.419><c> you</c><00:13:00.620><c> would</c><00:13:00.820><c> be</c><00:13:01.059><c> defiled,</c> 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:03.840 technically<00:13:02.559><c> unclean.</c> 00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:08.200 Now,<00:13:05.100><c> there's</c><00:13:05.360><c> a</c><00:13:05.440><c> bit</c><00:13:05.559><c> of</c><00:13:05.860><c> an</c><00:13:06.080><c> interesting</c><00:13:07.159><c> thought</c><00:13:07.679><c> to</c><00:13:07.899><c> that.</c> 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:09.480 Maybe<00:13:08.200><c> I</c><00:13:08.720><c> better</c><00:13:08.960><c> expound</c><00:13:09.379><c> it.</c> 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.039 No<00:13:09.600><c> one's</c><00:13:09.759><c> got</c><00:13:09.860><c> an</c><00:13:10.039><c> answer.</c> 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:12.779 Shannon. 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:25.059 Okay,<00:13:24.000><c> okay.</c> 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.279 Yes,<00:13:25.620><c> exactly</c><00:13:25.980><c> right.</c> 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:29.919 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man.</c> 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:43.419 They're<00:13:41.039><c> going</c><00:13:41.139><c> to</c><00:13:41.259><c> murder</c><00:13:41.500><c> an</c><00:13:41.720><c> innocent</c><00:13:41.960><c> man,</c><00:13:43.039><c> that</c><00:13:43.139><c> is</c><00:13:43.279><c> the</c> 00:13:43.419 --> 00:13:44.980 Lord<00:13:43.600><c> Jesus</c><00:13:43.980><c> Christ,</c> 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:46.720 but<00:13:45.220><c> they</c><00:13:45.379><c> don't</c><00:13:45.539><c> want</c><00:13:45.659><c> to</c><00:13:45.759><c> go</c><00:13:45.879><c> in</c><00:13:46.019><c> there</c><00:13:46.120><c> lest</c><00:13:46.320><c> they</c><00:13:46.480><c> should</c> 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:47.940 be<00:13:47.019><c> defiled</c> 00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:49.340 and<00:13:48.419><c> couldn't</c><00:13:48.679><c> partake</c><00:13:48.980><c> of</c><00:13:49.059><c> the</c><00:13:49.240><c> Passover.</c> 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:52.940 The<00:13:49.519><c> point</c><00:13:49.759><c> is</c><00:13:49.919><c> they</c><00:13:50.039><c> were</c><00:13:50.240><c> already</c><00:13:50.600><c> defiled</c><00:13:51.179><c> in</c><00:13:51.379><c> their</c><00:13:51.620><c> hearts</c><00:13:52.100><c> because</c><00:13:52.740><c> of</c> 00:13:52.940 --> 00:13:53.720 their<00:13:53.159><c> hypocrisy.</c> 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:54.799 They're<00:13:53.879><c> going</c><00:13:53.960><c> to</c><00:13:54.100><c> kill</c><00:13:54.279><c> a</c><00:13:54.440><c> man.</c> 00:13:55.100 --> 00:13:56.980 All<00:13:55.100><c> right,</c><00:13:55.200><c> they</c><00:13:55.259><c> might</c><00:13:55.419><c> as</c><00:13:55.559><c> well</c><00:13:55.559><c> put</c><00:13:56.340><c> their</c><00:13:56.500><c> hands</c><00:13:56.740><c> around</c> 00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:58.120 his<00:13:57.259><c> neck.</c> 00:13:58.580 --> 00:14:00.340 They<00:13:58.720><c> want</c><00:13:58.860><c> to</c><00:13:59.019><c> murder</c><00:13:59.240><c> a</c><00:13:59.460><c> person,</c><00:13:59.720><c> and</c><00:13:59.879><c> then</c><00:14:00.000><c> they</c><00:14:00.159><c> want</c><00:14:00.259><c> to</c> 00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:01.700 go<00:14:00.480><c> and</c><00:14:00.600><c> keep</c><00:14:00.700><c> the</c><00:14:00.960><c> Passover</c><00:14:01.299><c> as</c><00:14:01.559><c> well.</c> 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:02.659 It's<00:14:01.960><c> just</c><00:14:02.159><c> inconsistent.</c> 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:04.019 It<00:14:02.860><c> is</c><00:14:03.460><c> hypocritical.</c> 00:14:04.019 --> 00:14:07.840 So<00:14:04.480><c> hence</c><00:14:04.940><c> back</c><00:14:05.259><c> when</c><00:14:05.379><c> we</c><00:14:05.539><c> come</c><00:14:05.700><c> to</c><00:14:05.899><c> our</c><00:14:06.159><c> record</c><00:14:06.480><c> in</c><00:14:06.860><c> Samuel,</c> 00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:12.419 the<00:14:09.539><c> same</c><00:14:10.100><c> thought</c><00:14:10.580><c> was</c><00:14:10.779><c> in</c><00:14:10.940><c> the</c><00:14:11.200><c> mind</c><00:14:11.559><c> of</c><00:14:11.919><c> Ahithophel.</c> 00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:15.259 He<00:14:12.620><c> wants</c><00:14:12.899><c> to</c><00:14:13.179><c> murder</c><00:14:13.519><c> David,</c><00:14:13.980><c> and</c><00:14:14.080><c> what</c><00:14:14.220><c> is</c><00:14:14.360><c> he</c><00:14:14.519><c> doing?</c> 00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:16.399 What's<00:14:16.120><c> he</c><00:14:16.240><c> doing?</c> 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:18.379 Go,<00:14:16.919><c> go,</c><00:14:17.159><c> go,</c><00:14:17.460><c> go.</c> 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:20.379 Offering<00:14:19.399><c> sacrifices.</c> 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:22.960 Now<00:14:20.820><c> we</c><00:14:20.980><c> turned</c><00:14:21.159><c> up</c><00:14:21.320><c> that</c><00:14:21.500><c> quote</c><00:14:21.679><c> in</c><00:14:21.860><c> Proverbs</c><00:14:22.299><c> the</c><00:14:22.559><c> other</c><00:14:22.740><c> day</c> 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:23.519 that<00:14:23.240><c> said,</c> 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:27.320 you<00:14:23.899><c> know,</c><00:14:24.000><c> to</c><00:14:24.200><c> offer</c><00:14:24.379><c> up</c><00:14:24.620><c> sacrifices</c><00:14:25.200><c> for</c><00:14:25.460><c> God</c><00:14:25.779><c> with</c><00:14:26.120><c> a</c><00:14:26.299><c> defiled</c><00:14:26.759><c> mind</c> 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:29.259 disgusts<00:14:28.539><c> God.</c> 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:32.460 So<00:14:30.039><c> here</c><00:14:30.379><c> is</c><00:14:30.600><c> the</c><00:14:30.799><c> same</c><00:14:31.039><c> point</c><00:14:31.360><c> that</c><00:14:31.620><c> occurred</c><00:14:31.840><c> in</c><00:14:32.139><c> the</c><00:14:32.279><c> days</c> 00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:33.620 of<00:14:32.600><c> the</c><00:14:32.659><c> Lord</c><00:14:32.820><c> Jesus</c><00:14:33.159><c> Christ.</c> 00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:37.519 That<00:14:34.279><c> it</c><00:14:34.500><c> was</c><00:14:34.679><c> a</c><00:14:35.139><c> completely</c><00:14:35.799><c> hypocritical</c><00:14:36.799><c> sort</c><00:14:37.000><c> of</c><00:14:37.139><c> an</c><00:14:37.299><c> attitude.</c> 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:41.220 Now<00:14:37.740><c> that's</c><00:14:38.039><c> the</c><00:14:38.259><c> first</c><00:14:38.620><c> instance</c><00:14:39.240><c> of</c><00:14:40.080><c> Ahithophel</c><00:14:40.600><c> who</c><00:14:40.759><c> was</c> 00:14:41.220 --> 00:14:43.179 David's<00:14:42.100><c> friend.</c> 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:54.240 Okay,<00:14:45.279><c> so</c><00:14:46.120><c> we</c><00:14:48.480><c> move</c><00:14:48.799><c> on</c><00:14:49.179><c> to</c><00:14:50.419><c> a</c><00:14:50.759><c> little</c><00:14:51.000><c> bit</c><00:14:51.299><c> of</c><00:14:52.980><c> 2</c><00:14:53.299><c> Samuel</c><00:14:53.639><c> 15</c> 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:56.320 where<00:14:54.460><c> David</c><00:14:54.779><c> has</c><00:14:55.039><c> that</c><00:14:55.299><c> news</c><00:14:55.539><c> about</c><00:14:55.840><c> Ahithophel,</c> 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:59.379 and<00:14:56.480><c> we</c><00:14:56.559><c> know</c><00:14:56.799><c> he's</c><00:14:57.440><c> practicing</c><00:14:57.879><c> hypocrisy</c><00:14:58.559><c> here.</c> 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:03.899 And<00:15:01.039><c> he's</c><00:15:01.519><c> got</c><00:15:01.659><c> to</c><00:15:01.899><c> exit</c><00:15:02.240><c> out</c><00:15:02.720><c> of</c><00:15:02.840><c> the</c><00:15:03.000><c> city,</c> 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:08.179 and<00:15:04.799><c> he</c><00:15:05.080><c> instructs</c><00:15:05.480><c> Hoshai</c><00:15:05.820><c> to</c><00:15:06.000><c> go</c><00:15:06.320><c> back</c><00:15:06.580><c> down</c><00:15:06.799><c> into</c><00:15:07.019><c> the</c><00:15:07.220><c> city,</c> 00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:10.220 and<00:15:08.340><c> he</c><00:15:08.500><c> says,</c><00:15:08.840><c> well,</c><00:15:08.840><c> you</c><00:15:08.899><c> might</c><00:15:09.159><c> be</c><00:15:09.480><c> able,</c><00:15:09.799><c> at</c><00:15:09.879><c> the</c><00:15:09.919><c> end</c><00:15:10.100><c> of</c> 00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:11.360 verse<00:15:10.460><c> 34,</c> 00:15:11.820 --> 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--> 00:15:26.940 and<00:15:24.100><c> it's</c><00:15:24.379><c> going</c><00:15:24.460><c> to</c><00:15:24.559><c> be</c><00:15:24.740><c> showdown</c><00:15:25.240><c> time</c><00:15:25.740><c> as</c><00:15:26.419><c> far</c><00:15:26.580><c> as</c><00:15:26.720><c> these</c> 00:15:26.940 --> 00:15:28.019 two<00:15:27.159><c> friends</c><00:15:27.379><c> are</c><00:15:27.559><c> concerned.</c> 00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:31.039 So<00:15:28.600><c> you've</c><00:15:28.879><c> got</c><00:15:29.019><c> the</c><00:15:29.240><c> note</c><00:15:29.500><c> in</c><00:15:30.039><c> verse</c><00:15:30.360><c> 38,</c> 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:34.539 that<00:15:31.480><c> there</c><00:15:31.659><c> are</c><00:15:31.740><c> a</c><00:15:31.820><c> couple</c><00:15:31.940><c> of</c><00:15:32.240><c> support</c><00:15:32.500><c> people</c><00:15:33.220><c> for</c><00:15:34.100><c> Hoshai.</c> 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:37.039 There<00:15:34.779><c> is</c><00:15:35.059><c> Zadok</c><00:15:35.419><c> and</c><00:15:35.659><c> a</c><00:15:35.879><c> biath</c><00:15:36.139><c> of</c><00:15:36.320><c> the</c><00:15:36.740><c> priests,</c> 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:40.500 and<00:15:37.259><c> David</c><00:15:37.500><c> says,</c><00:15:38.220><c> look,</c><00:15:38.480><c> let's</c><00:15:38.899><c> use</c><00:15:39.200><c> them</c><00:15:39.500><c> to</c><00:15:39.860><c> link</c><00:15:40.120><c> up</c><00:15:40.320><c> and</c> 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:41.340 provide<00:15:40.820><c> information.</c> 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:42.480 Tell<00:15:41.639><c> me</c><00:15:41.779><c> what's</c><00:15:42.159><c> going</c><00:15:42.340><c> on.</c> 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:44.899 I'm<00:15:42.679><c> not</c><00:15:42.879><c> sure.</c><00:15:43.299><c> Absalom</c><00:15:43.460><c> is</c><00:15:43.600><c> coming</c><00:15:43.840><c> up.</c><00:15:44.019><c> I've</c><00:15:44.159><c> got</c><00:15:44.259><c> no</c><00:15:44.440><c> information.</c> 00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:46.820 I'm<00:15:45.539><c> fleeing</c><00:15:45.759><c> into</c><00:15:45.960><c> the</c><00:15:46.080><c> wilderness.</c> 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:49.519 Hoshai,<00:15:47.360><c> go</c><00:15:47.460><c> into</c><00:15:47.639><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:15:48.200><c> Feed</c><00:15:48.399><c> me</c><00:15:48.580><c> with</c><00:15:48.799><c> information</c><00:15:49.259><c> so</c><00:15:49.440><c> I</c> 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.559 know<00:15:49.659><c> what's</c><00:15:49.980><c> going</c><00:15:50.179><c> on.</c> 00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:54.679 Verse<00:15:51.159><c> 36,</c><00:15:51.740><c> he</c><00:15:51.940><c> says,</c><00:15:52.600><c> they</c><00:15:52.860><c> have</c><00:15:53.240><c> there</c><00:15:53.500><c> with</c><00:15:53.700><c> them</c><00:15:53.919><c> their</c><00:15:54.299><c> two,</c> 00:15:54.779 --> 00:15:57.379 and<00:15:54.960><c> there's</c><00:15:55.120><c> an</c><00:15:55.120><c> interesting</c><00:15:56.580><c> thread</c><00:15:57.059><c> here.</c> 00:15:57.379 --> 00:16:04.100 They<00:15:57.799><c> have</c><00:15:58.080><c> with</c><00:15:58.220><c> them</c><00:15:58.399><c> their</c><00:15:58.659><c> two</c><00:15:59.480><c> sons,</c><00:16:01.120><c> Ahimea's,</c><00:16:02.019><c> Zadok's</c><00:16:02.980><c> son,</c> 00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:06.600 and<00:16:04.519><c> Jonathan,</c><00:16:05.240><c> a</c><00:16:05.240><c> biath's</c><00:16:06.019><c> son.</c> 00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:08.899 So<00:16:06.779><c> we're</c><00:16:06.919><c> getting</c><00:16:07.139><c> the</c><00:16:07.519><c> status</c><00:16:07.879><c> report.</c> 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.419 By<00:16:09.220><c> them</c><00:16:09.460><c> you</c><00:16:09.659><c> shall</c><00:16:09.820><c> send</c><00:16:10.059><c> unto</c><00:16:10.240><c> me</c><00:16:10.399><c> everything</c><00:16:10.759><c> you</c><00:16:10.960><c> can</c><00:16:11.200><c> hear.</c> 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:15.700 So<00:16:12.039><c> Hoshai,</c><00:16:12.799><c> David's</c><00:16:13.440><c> friend,</c><00:16:14.059><c> status</c><00:16:14.379><c> report,</c><00:16:15.279><c> came</c><00:16:15.440><c> into</c> 00:16:15.700 --> 00:16:16.100 the<00:16:15.899><c> city,</c> 00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:19.980 and<00:16:16.399><c> Absalom</c><00:16:16.700><c> who</c><00:16:16.899><c> was,</c><00:16:18.620><c> what</c><00:16:18.940><c> was</c><00:16:19.120><c> Absalom?</c> 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:22.720 David's<00:16:21.179><c> son,</c><00:16:21.379><c> it's</c><00:16:21.440><c> missing</c><00:16:21.580><c> from</c><00:16:21.759><c> the</c><00:16:21.899><c> record.</c> 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:25.059 Okay?<00:16:24.159><c> It's</c><00:16:24.340><c> been</c><00:16:24.559><c> eradicated.</c> 00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:27.820 So<00:16:25.720><c> again,</c><00:16:26.340><c> shows</c><00:16:26.559><c> us</c><00:16:26.700><c> how</c><00:16:26.960><c> carefully</c><00:16:27.240><c> we</c><00:16:27.399><c> have</c><00:16:27.519><c> to</c><00:16:27.700><c> read,</c> 00:16:27.940 --> 00:16:30.100 because<00:16:28.080><c> here</c><00:16:28.399><c> in</c><00:16:28.679><c> these</c><00:16:28.919><c> two</c><00:16:29.139><c> verses</c><00:16:29.360><c> getting</c><00:16:29.600><c> the</c><00:16:29.919><c> status</c> 00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:31.559 report<00:16:30.399><c> of</c><00:16:30.559><c> every</c><00:16:30.960><c> individual,</c> 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:36.279 when<00:16:32.039><c> it</c><00:16:32.240><c> comes</c><00:16:32.519><c> to</c><00:16:32.820><c> Absalom,</c><00:16:34.139><c> the</c><00:16:34.440><c> divine</c><00:16:34.820><c> pin</c><00:16:35.259><c> leaves</c><00:16:35.700><c> off</c> 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.759 that<00:16:36.779><c> he</c><00:16:36.860><c> was</c><00:16:37.039><c> David's</c><00:16:37.659><c> son,</c> 00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:40.139 because<00:16:38.299><c> there</c><00:16:38.519><c> is</c><00:16:38.700><c> an</c><00:16:38.899><c> awkwardness</c><00:16:39.279><c> there.</c> 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:43.940 It<00:16:40.360><c> just</c><00:16:40.539><c> says,</c><00:16:41.200><c> Absalom</c><00:16:41.639><c> came</c><00:16:42.320><c> into</c><00:16:42.919><c> the</c><00:16:43.159><c> city.</c> 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.539 Okay,<00:16:45.679><c> so</c><00:16:46.080><c> in</c><00:16:46.220><c> chapter</c><00:16:46.460><c> 16</c><00:16:46.879><c> we</c><00:16:47.059><c> have</c><00:16:47.259><c> David</c><00:16:47.759><c> moving</c><00:16:48.159><c> out</c><00:16:48.419><c> of</c> 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:49.700 the<00:16:48.740><c> city.</c> 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:55.000 I'm<00:16:52.320><c> just</c><00:16:52.320><c> going</c><00:16:52.659><c> to</c><00:16:52.980><c> digress</c><00:16:53.360><c> a</c><00:16:53.500><c> little</c><00:16:53.720><c> bit</c><00:16:53.879><c> onto</c><00:16:54.120><c> verse</c><00:16:54.399><c> 6,</c> 00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.419 all<00:16:55.320><c> right?</c> 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:57.120 There's<00:16:55.639><c> this</c><00:16:55.840><c> incident</c><00:16:56.139><c> with</c><00:16:56.419><c> Shimei,</c><00:16:56.700><c> and</c><00:16:56.779><c> you</c><00:16:56.879><c> probably</c> 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.700 all<00:16:57.299><c> know</c><00:16:57.440><c> it,</c> 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:59.940 that<00:16:57.919><c> as</c><00:16:58.200><c> David's</c><00:16:58.700><c> going</c><00:16:58.860><c> out,</c><00:16:59.100><c> he's</c><00:16:59.240><c> a</c><00:16:59.399><c> broken</c><00:16:59.700><c> man,</c> 00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:02.379 Shimei<00:17:00.440><c> comes</c><00:17:00.679><c> along</c><00:17:00.919><c> and</c><00:17:01.019><c> he's</c><00:17:01.320><c> throwing</c><00:17:01.440><c> stones</c><00:17:01.899><c> and</c><00:17:02.159><c> dust</c> 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.320 at<00:17:02.539><c> David,</c><00:17:02.919><c> all</c><00:17:03.080><c> right?</c> 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:04.940 He's<00:17:03.700><c> standing</c><00:17:03.940><c> up</c><00:17:04.160><c> on</c><00:17:04.339><c> top</c><00:17:04.460><c> of</c><00:17:04.579><c> the</c><00:17:04.720><c> hill.</c> 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:07.599 David<00:17:05.700><c> and</c><00:17:06.019><c> all</c><00:17:06.240><c> his</c><00:17:06.420><c> household</c><00:17:06.759><c> are</c><00:17:06.920><c> passing</c><00:17:07.279><c> by,</c> 00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:11.240 and<00:17:07.980><c> this,</c><00:17:09.339><c> you</c><00:17:09.559><c> sometimes</c><00:17:09.880><c> get</c><00:17:10.119><c> friends</c><00:17:10.380><c> like</c><00:17:10.619><c> this,</c><00:17:10.839><c> don't</c><00:17:11.019><c> you?</c> 00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:13.059 Where<00:17:11.440><c> you're</c><00:17:11.579><c> in</c><00:17:11.720><c> a</c><00:17:11.819><c> difficult</c><00:17:12.059><c> situation,</c><00:17:12.640><c> you're</c><00:17:12.839><c> down</c> 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.619 and<00:17:13.279><c> out,</c> 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:16.279 and<00:17:13.920><c> they</c><00:17:14.099><c> think,</c><00:17:14.500><c> great,</c><00:17:15.319><c> I'm</c><00:17:15.519><c> just</c><00:17:15.720><c> going</c><00:17:15.819><c> to</c><00:17:15.880><c> add</c><00:17:16.019><c> a</c><00:17:16.099><c> little</c> 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:17.539 bit<00:17:16.420><c> more</c><00:17:16.599><c> distress</c><00:17:16.980><c> to</c><00:17:17.200><c> it.</c> 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:19.640 And<00:17:17.799><c> they</c><00:17:18.000><c> dive</c><00:17:18.299><c> in</c><00:17:18.500><c> and</c><00:17:18.539><c> they</c><00:17:18.759><c> start</c><00:17:18.940><c> saying,</c><00:17:19.339><c> well,</c><00:17:19.400><c> you</c><00:17:19.460><c> know,</c> 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.420 the<00:17:19.720><c> reason</c><00:17:19.920><c> you</c><00:17:20.039><c> did</c><00:17:20.180><c> this</c><00:17:20.380><c> is</c><00:17:20.500><c> because</c><00:17:20.740><c> you</c><00:17:21.539><c> deserve</c><00:17:21.940><c> to</c><00:17:22.140><c> have</c><00:17:22.220><c> it</c> 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.559 happen<00:17:22.539><c> to</c><00:17:22.680><c> you</c><00:17:22.819><c> anyway.</c> 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:26.059 That's<00:17:23.940><c> the</c><00:17:24.059><c> sort</c><00:17:24.200><c> of</c><00:17:24.339><c> great</c><00:17:24.539><c> friends</c><00:17:24.759><c> that</c><00:17:24.960><c> you</c><00:17:25.119><c> need</c><00:17:25.279><c> when</c><00:17:25.440><c> you're</c><00:17:25.619><c> going</c><00:17:25.700><c> through</c><00:17:25.900><c> a</c> 00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:27.099 tough<00:17:26.220><c> time.</c> 00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:29.900 Well,<00:17:27.480><c> Shimei</c><00:17:27.680><c> is</c><00:17:27.880><c> like</c><00:17:28.200><c> that,</c><00:17:28.400><c> so</c><00:17:28.619><c> David's</c><00:17:29.059><c> having</c><00:17:29.180><c> a</c><00:17:29.460><c> tough</c><00:17:29.619><c> time.</c> 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:33.380 He's<00:17:30.420><c> down</c><00:17:30.619><c> there</c><00:17:30.799><c> throwing</c><00:17:31.099><c> stones</c><00:17:31.619><c> and</c><00:17:31.859><c> dust</c><00:17:32.160><c> on</c><00:17:32.319><c> him,</c><00:17:33.059><c> all</c><00:17:33.240><c> right?</c> 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:34.759 Now,<00:17:33.900><c> look</c><00:17:34.059><c> at</c><00:17:34.200><c> the</c><00:17:34.359><c> verse</c><00:17:34.559><c> here.</c> 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:37.880 I've<00:17:35.480><c> got</c><00:17:35.619><c> this</c><00:17:35.859><c> colored</c><00:17:36.140><c> in,</c><00:17:36.900><c> and</c><00:17:37.220><c> let</c><00:17:37.420><c> me</c><00:17:37.599><c> tell</c><00:17:37.740><c> you,</c> 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:41.099 if<00:17:38.000><c> you</c><00:17:38.140><c> haven't</c><00:17:38.220><c> got</c><00:17:38.640><c> a</c><00:17:38.819><c> fluorescent</c><00:17:39.119><c> pencil</c><00:17:39.420><c> in</c><00:17:39.579><c> your</c><00:17:39.759><c> Bible,</c><00:17:40.059><c> you're</c><00:17:40.259><c> missing</c><00:17:40.400><c> out,</c> 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:41.599 all<00:17:41.420><c> right?</c> 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:43.819 You<00:17:41.900><c> need</c><00:17:42.140><c> to</c><00:17:42.339><c> have</c><00:17:42.440><c> the</c><00:17:42.660><c> fluorescent</c><00:17:43.000><c> pencil</c><00:17:43.259><c> in</c><00:17:43.380><c> your</c><00:17:43.579><c> Bible.</c> 00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:46.079 My<00:17:44.460><c> Bible,</c><00:17:44.960><c> I've</c><00:17:45.180><c> got</c><00:17:45.420><c> a</c><00:17:45.599><c> Bible</c><00:17:45.819><c> mark,</c> 00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:48.319 but<00:17:46.259><c> these</c><00:17:46.579><c> fluorescent</c><00:17:46.920><c> verses</c><00:17:47.220><c> just,</c><00:17:47.759><c> when</c><00:17:47.920><c> you</c><00:17:48.000><c> open</c><00:17:48.099><c> the</c> 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.440 page,<00:17:48.660><c> boom,</c><00:17:49.099><c> hits</c><00:17:49.279><c> you,</c> 00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:51.039 and<00:17:49.500><c> you</c><00:17:49.559><c> think,</c><00:17:49.759><c> wow,</c><00:17:49.980><c> what's</c><00:17:50.220><c> this?</c> 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:52.220 Here<00:17:51.460><c> it</c><00:17:51.640><c> is.</c> 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:54.720 Shimei<00:17:52.759><c> is</c><00:17:53.019><c> throwing</c><00:17:53.200><c> stones,</c><00:17:53.680><c> verse</c><00:17:53.920><c> 6</c><00:17:54.240><c> says,</c> 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:58.859 And<00:17:55.259><c> he</c><00:17:55.440><c> cast</c><00:17:55.980><c> stones</c><00:17:56.740><c> at</c><00:17:56.940><c> David</c><00:17:57.500><c> and</c><00:17:57.859><c> at</c><00:17:58.099><c> all</c><00:17:58.299><c> the</c><00:17:58.559><c> servants</c> 00:17:58.859 --> 00:17:59.920 of<00:17:59.059><c> King</c><00:17:59.359><c> David,</c> 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:03.720 verse<00:18:00.500><c> 7,</c><00:18:01.759><c> and</c><00:18:02.039><c> thus</c><00:18:02.299><c> said</c><00:18:02.539><c> Shimei</c><00:18:03.079><c> when</c><00:18:03.259><c> he</c><00:18:03.519><c> cursed,</c> 00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:05.140 Come<00:18:04.000><c> out,</c><00:18:04.220><c> you</c><00:18:04.359><c> man</c><00:18:04.579><c> of</c><00:18:04.759><c> blood.</c> 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:08.180 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--> 00:18:20.279 Verse<00:18:17.140><c> 6</c><00:18:17.880><c> says,</c><00:18:18.339><c> He</c><00:18:18.339><c> cast</c><00:18:18.740><c> stones</c><00:18:18.940><c> at</c><00:18:19.079><c> David</c><00:18:19.420><c> and</c><00:18:19.559><c> all</c><00:18:19.740><c> the</c><00:18:19.940><c> servants</c><00:18:20.140><c> of</c> 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:20.799 King<00:18:20.519><c> David,</c> 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:25.059 and<00:18:20.900><c> I</c><00:18:21.039><c> jumped</c><00:18:21.259><c> to</c><00:18:21.380><c> verse</c><00:18:21.599><c> 7,</c><00:18:23.619><c> then</c><00:18:23.740><c> I</c><00:18:23.980><c> jumped,</c><00:18:24.240><c> you're</c><00:18:24.640><c> missing</c><00:18:24.839><c> the</c> 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:26.799 page,<00:18:25.420><c> are</c><00:18:25.420><c> you?</c> 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:31.500 Okay,<00:18:27.779><c> we're</c><00:18:27.960><c> in</c><00:18:28.160><c> chapter</c><00:18:28.599><c> 16,</c><00:18:29.680><c> verse</c><00:18:30.099><c> 6.</c> 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You've<00:18:42.160><c> got</c><00:18:42.259><c> the</c><00:18:42.339><c> Bible</c><00:18:42.539><c> here,</c><00:18:42.720><c> or</c><00:18:42.799><c> is</c><00:18:42.920><c> that</c><00:18:43.500><c> Enid</c><00:18:43.720><c> Blyton's</c> 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:45.720 Noddy<00:18:44.680><c> and</c><00:18:44.759><c> his</c><00:18:44.960><c> friends?</c> 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:47.400 No,<00:18:46.240><c> man,</c><00:18:46.539><c> don't</c><00:18:46.640><c> you?</c> 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:53.160 Okay,<00:18:49.579><c> okay,</c><00:18:50.440><c> someone</c><00:18:50.700><c> help</c><00:18:50.900><c> me</c><00:18:51.099><c> here,</c><00:18:51.220><c> what</c><00:18:51.539><c> did</c><00:18:51.700><c> I</c><00:18:51.920><c> miss</c><00:18:52.180><c> out</c><00:18:52.420><c> on?</c> 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:56.000 Okay,<00:18:54.740><c> there's</c><00:18:54.900><c> a</c><00:18:55.000><c> little</c><00:18:55.180><c> really</c><00:18:55.480><c> odd</c><00:18:55.700><c> phrase,</c> 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:58.640 it<00:18:56.140><c> just</c><00:18:56.359><c> says</c><00:18:56.559><c> all</c><00:18:56.819><c> the</c><00:18:57.019><c> people</c><00:18:57.299><c> and</c><00:18:57.559><c> all</c><00:18:57.759><c> the</c><00:18:57.960><c> mighty</c><00:18:58.240><c> men</c><00:18:58.440><c> were</c><00:18:58.599><c> on</c> 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:00.039 his<00:18:58.839><c> right</c><00:18:59.160><c> hand</c><00:18:59.359><c> and</c><00:18:59.559><c> his</c><00:18:59.779><c> left.</c> 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:02.119 What's<00:19:00.519><c> the</c><00:19:00.640><c> verse</c><00:19:00.839><c> telling</c><00:19:01.119><c> us?</c> 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:07.160 Just<00:19:04.539><c> think</c><00:19:04.880><c> about</c><00:19:05.200><c> how</c><00:19:05.440><c> the</c><00:19:05.660><c> narrative</c><00:19:05.940><c> is</c><00:19:06.339><c> flowing.</c> 00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:10.359 Joe? 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:18.900 Yeah,<00:19:15.700><c> yeah,</c><00:19:16.599><c> how</c><00:19:16.759><c> do</c><00:19:16.880><c> you</c><00:19:16.920><c> think</c><00:19:17.079><c> these</c><00:19:18.079><c> mighty</c><00:19:18.440><c> men</c><00:19:18.700><c> would</c> 00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:20.019 have<00:19:19.099><c> felt?</c> 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:26.660 Can't<00:19:25.339><c> hear</c><00:19:25.480><c> you,</c><00:19:25.920><c> go.</c> 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:32.140 Absolutely,<00:19:29.740><c> all</c><00:19:29.920><c> right,</c><00:19:30.500><c> so</c><00:19:30.799><c> here's</c><00:19:31.099><c> David's</c><00:19:31.640><c> mighty</c><00:19:31.900><c> men,</c> 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:33.460 they've<00:19:32.319><c> been</c><00:19:32.480><c> with</c><00:19:32.640><c> him</c><00:19:32.759><c> for</c><00:19:32.940><c> a</c><00:19:33.079><c> lifetime,</c> 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:37.000 they<00:19:34.220><c> have</c><00:19:34.539><c> biceps</c><00:19:35.200><c> bulging</c><00:19:35.660><c> out</c><00:19:35.940><c> here,</c><00:19:36.359><c> something</c><00:19:36.700><c> similar</c> 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mighty</c><00:19:50.039><c> men</c><00:19:50.299><c> were</c><00:19:50.480><c> on</c><00:19:50.519><c> his</c><00:19:50.740><c> right</c><00:19:51.099><c> hand</c><00:19:51.319><c> and</c> 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.059 on<00:19:51.619><c> his</c><00:19:51.839><c> left,</c> 00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:54.779 and<00:19:52.440><c> they</c><00:19:52.660><c> were</c><00:19:52.819><c> like</c><00:19:53.079><c> dogs</c><00:19:53.339><c> on</c><00:19:53.619><c> a</c><00:19:53.799><c> leash,</c><00:19:54.400><c> okay,</c> 00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:57.799 there's<00:19:55.119><c> Abishaya</c><00:19:55.680><c> is</c><00:19:55.960><c> just</c><00:19:56.380><c> straining</c><00:19:56.700><c> at</c><00:19:57.299><c> David's</c><00:19:57.700><c> having</c> 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.700 to<00:19:58.019><c> hold</c><00:19:58.140><c> them</c><00:19:58.359><c> in,</c> 00:19:58.980 --> 00:20:01.180 because<00:19:59.140><c> these</c><00:19:59.500><c> fellows,</c><00:19:59.779><c> just</c><00:19:59.940><c> a</c><00:20:00.079><c> whisper</c><00:20:00.299><c> from</c><00:20:00.519><c> David,</c><00:20:01.059><c> go</c> 00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.519 get<00:20:01.339><c> him,</c> 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:05.279 and<00:20:02.420><c> a</c><00:20:02.599><c> shimmy</c><00:20:02.759><c> eye</c><00:20:02.859><c> would</c><00:20:03.099><c> head</c><00:20:04.279><c> off.</c> 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:08.619 Now<00:20:05.799><c> what</c><00:20:05.980><c> it's</c><00:20:06.279><c> illustrating</c><00:20:06.940><c> is</c><00:20:07.559><c> the</c><00:20:07.900><c> greatness</c><00:20:08.220><c> of</c> 00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:09.339 David's<00:20:09.119><c> warriors,</c> 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:13.339 because<00:20:09.819><c> solutions</c><00:20:10.579><c> are</c><00:20:10.859><c> not</c><00:20:11.000><c> always</c><00:20:11.339><c> found</c><00:20:11.640><c> in</c><00:20:11.839><c> physical</c><00:20:12.240><c> violence.</c> 00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:15.000 That's<00:20:13.940><c> the</c><00:20:14.200><c> easy</c><00:20:14.559><c> answer.</c> 00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:17.740 The<00:20:15.380><c> easy</c><00:20:15.619><c> answer</c><00:20:15.859><c> is</c><00:20:15.960><c> to</c><00:20:16.079><c> go</c><00:20:16.160><c> and</c><00:20:16.380><c> punch</c><00:20:16.559><c> out</c><00:20:16.740><c> someone's</c><00:20:17.259><c> lights,</c><00:20:17.480><c> all</c><00:20:17.599><c> right,</c> 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:20.660 you<00:20:17.920><c> have</c><00:20:18.039><c> an</c><00:20:18.220><c> argument,</c><00:20:18.779><c> you're</c><00:20:19.039><c> going</c><00:20:19.039><c> to</c><00:20:19.200><c> settle</c><00:20:19.299><c> it</c><00:20:19.420><c> so</c><00:20:19.539><c> you</c><00:20:19.640><c> go</c><00:20:19.880><c> womp,</c> 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:24.200 and<00:20:21.200><c> it</c><00:20:21.619><c> doesn't</c><00:20:21.839><c> really</c><00:20:22.420><c> solve</c><00:20:22.900><c> the</c><00:20:23.180><c> problem</c><00:20:23.539><c> at</c><00:20:23.880><c> all.</c> 00:20:24.200 --> 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have</c><00:20:39.200><c> to</c><00:20:39.420><c> manifest</c><00:20:39.859><c> self</c><00:20:40.299><c>-control.</c> 00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:42.319 The<00:20:40.900><c> Lord</c><00:20:41.079><c> did</c><00:20:41.259><c> it</c><00:20:41.380><c> on</c><00:20:41.500><c> many</c><00:20:41.700><c> occasions,</c> 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:45.000 particularly<00:20:43.140><c> toward</c><00:20:43.519><c> the</c><00:20:43.720><c> crucifixion</c><00:20:44.180><c> when</c><00:20:44.319><c> they</c><00:20:44.579><c> smote</c><00:20:44.779><c> him.</c> 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:49.579 So<00:20:45.680><c> I've</c><00:20:46.259><c> got</c><00:20:46.400><c> a</c><00:20:46.539><c> note</c><00:20:46.680><c> against</c><00:20:47.359><c> my</c><00:20:48.480><c> verse,</c><00:20:49.119><c> something</c><00:20:49.339><c> that</c> 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.319 says<00:20:49.759><c> the</c><00:20:50.059><c> effect,</c> 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:54.119 you<00:20:50.319><c> know,</c><00:20:51.319><c> note</c><00:20:51.500><c> well</c><00:20:51.700><c> the</c><00:20:51.980><c> spirit</c><00:20:52.380><c> of</c><00:20:52.859><c> these</c><00:20:53.140><c> incredible</c><00:20:53.640><c> warriors,</c> 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:56.079 because<00:20:54.619><c> that's</c><00:20:54.920><c> when</c><00:20:55.039><c> they</c><00:20:55.279><c> showed</c><00:20:55.500><c> their</c><00:20:55.759><c> strength.</c> 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:59.079 Their<00:20:56.440><c> strength</c><00:20:56.740><c> was</c><00:20:57.019><c> shown</c><00:20:57.319><c> by</c><00:20:58.420><c> self</c><00:20:58.680><c>-control,</c> 00:20:59.140 --> 00:21:01.299 not<00:20:59.279><c> by</c><00:20:59.539><c> punching</c><00:20:59.720><c> out</c><00:20:59.940><c> someone's</c><00:21:00.380><c> lights.</c> 00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:07.440 Why<00:21:04.079><c> did</c><00:21:04.380><c> David</c><00:21:04.619><c> not</c><00:21:04.859><c> kill</c><00:21:05.160><c> him</c><00:21:05.359><c> now,</c><00:21:06.740><c> and</c><00:21:06.859><c> then</c><00:21:06.960><c> later</c><00:21:07.180><c> on</c> 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.960 cross<00:21:07.740><c>-solidate</c><00:21:08.259><c> him?</c> 00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.619 Okay. 00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:11.579 Why<00:21:09.759><c> did</c><00:21:10.079><c> David</c><00:21:10.279><c> kill</c><00:21:10.839><c> him</c><00:21:11.259><c> now?</c> 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:13.359 Okay,<00:21:13.200><c> yep.</c> 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:16.259 The<00:21:13.859><c> reason</c><00:21:14.200><c> is</c><00:21:14.480><c> because</c><00:21:14.720><c> David</c><00:21:14.980><c> was</c><00:21:15.259><c> carrying</c><00:21:15.380><c> a</c><00:21:15.500><c> pretty</c><00:21:15.720><c> big</c><00:21:15.920><c> burden</c> 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:17.680 in<00:21:16.460><c> his</c><00:21:16.660><c> sin</c><00:21:16.740><c> with</c><00:21:17.000><c> Bathsheba.</c> 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:21.380 Here<00:21:18.299><c> is</c><00:21:18.519><c> the</c><00:21:18.740><c> outplaying</c><00:21:19.140><c> of</c><00:21:19.299><c> the</c><00:21:19.420><c> whole</c><00:21:19.579><c> situation</c><00:21:20.119><c> with</c><00:21:20.339><c> Absalom</c><00:21:21.000><c> is</c> 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.359 coming<00:21:21.619><c> up</c> 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:26.220 and<00:21:22.900><c> he</c><00:21:23.380><c> feels</c><00:21:23.740><c> that</c><00:21:24.299><c> he</c><00:21:24.819><c> has</c><00:21:25.079><c> burdened</c><00:21:25.480><c> the</c><00:21:25.579><c> nation</c><00:21:25.819><c> with</c><00:21:25.980><c> his</c> 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.039 personal<00:21:26.660><c> sin</c> 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:31.240 and<00:21:27.640><c> he</c><00:21:27.859><c> is</c><00:21:28.099><c> not</c><00:21:28.299><c> going</c><00:21:28.660><c> to</c><00:21:29.119><c> take</c><00:21:29.380><c> out</c><00:21:29.599><c> his</c><00:21:29.819><c> vengeance</c><00:21:30.220><c> on</c><00:21:30.480><c> someone</c><00:21:30.740><c> else</c> 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:34.480 for<00:21:31.900><c> the</c><00:21:32.140><c> faults</c><00:21:32.279><c> that</c><00:21:32.480><c> he</c><00:21:32.660><c> had</c><00:21:32.819><c> created</c><00:21:33.160><c> in</c><00:21:33.380><c> the</c><00:21:33.539><c> nation</c><00:21:33.819><c> and</c> 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:36.099 in<00:21:34.799><c> his</c><00:21:35.099><c> family.</c> 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:38.779 Because<00:21:36.519><c> of</c><00:21:36.740><c> that</c><00:21:37.000><c> sin,</c><00:21:37.500><c> you</c><00:21:37.559><c> know,</c><00:21:37.759><c> his</c><00:21:38.019><c> family</c><00:21:38.299><c> sort</c><00:21:38.500><c> of</c><00:21:38.619><c> was</c> 00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:40.299 very<00:21:39.140><c> fragmented</c> 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:42.960 and<00:21:40.980><c> he</c><00:21:41.119><c> was</c><00:21:41.259><c> the</c><00:21:41.420><c> sort</c><00:21:41.519><c> of</c><00:21:41.700><c> person</c><00:21:41.880><c> that</c><00:21:41.980><c> was</c><00:21:42.079><c> very</c><00:21:42.339><c> inward</c><00:21:42.579><c>-looking</c> 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:46.460 and<00:21:43.240><c> he</c><00:21:43.500><c> felt,</c><00:21:43.940><c> look,</c><00:21:44.279><c> how</c><00:21:44.519><c> can</c><00:21:44.680><c> I</c><00:21:44.880><c> execute</c><00:21:45.160><c> judgment</c><00:21:45.500><c> on</c><00:21:45.779><c> someone</c><00:21:46.000><c> else</c> 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:50.400 for<00:21:46.980><c> what</c><00:21:47.579><c> they're</c><00:21:48.259><c> saying</c><00:21:48.680><c> when</c><00:21:49.099><c> I</c><00:21:49.400><c> have</c><00:21:49.700><c> caused</c><00:21:49.960><c> this</c><00:21:50.180><c> whole</c> 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:52.099 situation<00:21:50.940><c> in</c><00:21:51.099><c> the</c><00:21:51.240><c> nation.</c> 00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:54.980 So<00:21:52.380><c> he</c><00:21:52.519><c> was</c><00:21:52.720><c> very</c><00:21:53.019><c> inward</c><00:21:53.299><c>-looking</c><00:21:53.700><c> and,</c><00:21:54.859><c> you</c><00:21:54.880><c> know,</c> 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:57.039 he<00:21:55.140><c> always</c><00:21:55.480><c> leaves</c><00:21:55.700><c> that</c><00:21:55.940><c> up</c><00:21:56.079><c> to</c><00:21:56.279><c> God,</c><00:21:56.660><c> doesn't</c><00:21:56.799><c> it?</c> 00:21:57.319 --> 00:22:00.140 See,<00:21:57.539><c> when</c><00:21:57.720><c> you</c><00:21:57.799><c> come</c><00:21:57.980><c> to</c><00:21:58.140><c> verse</c><00:21:58.359><c> 11,</c><00:21:59.660><c> and</c><00:21:59.859><c> again,</c> 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:04.200 I've<00:22:00.380><c> got</c><00:22:00.920><c> a</c><00:22:01.039><c> coloring</c><00:22:01.240><c>-in</c><00:22:01.539><c> pencil</c><00:22:01.720><c> here</c><00:22:01.940><c> so</c><00:22:02.039><c> this</c><00:22:02.640><c> shines</c><00:22:02.940><c> out</c><00:22:03.200><c> immediately.</c> 00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:07.839 At<00:22:05.000><c> the</c><00:22:05.160><c> end</c><00:22:05.299><c> of</c><00:22:05.380><c> verse</c><00:22:05.599><c> 11,</c><00:22:06.920><c> or</c><00:22:07.099><c> verse</c><00:22:07.319><c> 11,</c><00:22:07.660><c> he</c><00:22:07.660><c> says,</c> 00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:12.140 Behold<00:22:08.380><c> my</c><00:22:08.720><c> son</c><00:22:09.000><c> which</c><00:22:09.220><c> came</c><00:22:09.559><c> forth</c><00:22:09.779><c> from</c><00:22:09.960><c> my</c><00:22:10.220><c> bough</c><00:22:10.460><c> seeks</c><00:22:10.759><c> my</c><00:22:11.119><c> life.</c> 00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:16.059 So<00:22:13.339><c> his</c><00:22:13.700><c> disappointment</c><00:22:14.240><c> was</c><00:22:14.460><c> in</c><00:22:14.819><c> his</c><00:22:15.079><c> family</c><00:22:15.480><c> and</c><00:22:15.839><c> he</c><00:22:15.960><c> says,</c> 00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:18.640 Why<00:22:16.339><c> should</c><00:22:17.000><c> I</c><00:22:17.160><c> kill</c><00:22:17.339><c> this</c><00:22:17.579><c> man</c><00:22:17.700><c> when</c><00:22:17.819><c> it's</c><00:22:18.059><c> my</c><00:22:18.319><c> fault?</c> 00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:20.900 And<00:22:19.240><c> he</c><00:22:19.380><c> says</c><00:22:19.559><c> these</c><00:22:19.900><c> three</c><00:22:20.400><c> aspects.</c> 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:24.539 Let<00:22:21.119><c> him</c><00:22:21.299><c> alone</c><00:22:21.559><c> and</c><00:22:21.700><c> let</c><00:22:21.819><c> him</c><00:22:22.059><c> curse</c><00:22:22.380><c> for</c><00:22:23.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:23.720><c> hath</c><00:22:24.039><c> bidden</c><00:22:24.259><c> it.</c> 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:26.019 Then<00:22:25.059><c> in</c><00:22:25.259><c> verse</c><00:22:25.440><c> 12</c><00:22:25.700><c> he</c><00:22:25.819><c> says,</c> 00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:28.779 It<00:22:26.140><c> may</c><00:22:26.400><c> be</c><00:22:26.599><c> that</c><00:22:26.819><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:27.220><c> will</c><00:22:27.480><c> look</c><00:22:27.700><c> on</c><00:22:27.940><c> mine</c><00:22:28.099><c> affliction</c> 00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:30.859 and<00:22:29.279><c> that</c><00:22:29.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:29.920><c> will</c><00:22:30.200><c> requite</c><00:22:30.640><c> me.</c> 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:33.299 All<00:22:31.220><c> right,</c><00:22:31.299><c> now</c><00:22:31.440><c> I've</c><00:22:31.640><c> got</c><00:22:31.720><c> those</c><00:22:31.980><c> three</c><00:22:32.380><c> phrases</c><00:22:32.740><c> colored</c><00:22:32.980><c> in.</c> 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:36.400 Yahweh<00:22:33.819><c> hath</c><00:22:34.039><c> bidden</c><00:22:34.240><c> him,</c><00:22:34.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:35.279><c> will</c><00:22:35.420><c> look</c><00:22:35.599><c> on</c><00:22:35.740><c> my</c><00:22:35.980><c> affliction,</c> 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.839 Yahweh<00:22:37.059><c> will</c><00:22:37.259><c> requite</c><00:22:37.680><c> me.</c> 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.839 So<00:22:38.200><c> he</c><00:22:38.359><c> put</c><00:22:38.579><c> everything</c><00:22:38.920><c> into</c><00:22:39.140><c> the</c><00:22:39.339><c> hands</c><00:22:39.480><c> of</c><00:22:39.720><c> God.</c> 00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:43.539 He<00:22:39.940><c> didn't</c><00:22:40.440><c> take</c><00:22:40.740><c> it</c><00:22:40.880><c> into</c><00:22:41.039><c> his</c><00:22:41.319><c> personal</c><00:22:41.539><c> hand</c><00:22:41.759><c> to</c><00:22:42.000><c> execute</c><00:22:42.759><c> vengeance</c> 00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:47.180 when<00:22:43.539><c> he</c><00:22:44.519><c> knew</c><00:22:44.740><c> he</c><00:22:45.299><c> perhaps,</c><00:22:45.839><c> and</c><00:22:46.119><c> he</c><00:22:46.319><c> felt</c><00:22:46.599><c> that</c><00:22:46.799><c> he</c><00:22:46.960><c> perhaps</c> 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.619 initiated<00:22:47.559><c> the</c><00:22:47.799><c> problem.</c> 00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:52.059 What<00:22:50.980><c> he</c><00:22:51.220><c> did</c><00:22:51.400><c> was</c><00:22:51.579><c> he</c><00:22:51.779><c> told,</c> 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:54.799 see,<00:22:52.759><c> this</c><00:22:52.900><c> man</c><00:22:53.259><c> was</c><00:22:53.599><c> a</c><00:22:53.819><c> very</c><00:22:54.000><c> vicious</c><00:22:54.240><c> sort</c><00:22:54.460><c> of</c><00:22:54.579><c> a</c><00:22:54.680><c> man</c> 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:56.900 and<00:22:54.900><c> he</c><00:22:55.019><c> would</c><00:22:55.160><c> put</c><00:22:55.380><c> rumors</c><00:22:55.660><c> through</c><00:22:55.859><c> the</c><00:22:56.079><c> nation.</c> 00:22:57.160 --> 00:23:00.339 And<00:22:57.160><c> again,</c><00:22:58.319><c> those</c><00:22:58.519><c> rumors</c><00:22:58.799><c> could</c><00:22:59.019><c> have</c><00:22:59.339><c> been</c><00:22:59.700><c> quite</c><00:22:59.940><c> devastating.</c> 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:04.500 So<00:23:00.559><c> what</c><00:23:01.019><c> he</c><00:23:01.160><c> said</c><00:23:01.279><c> to</c><00:23:01.539><c> Solomon,</c><00:23:02.299><c> keep</c><00:23:02.539><c> your</c><00:23:02.819><c> eye</c><00:23:03.180><c> on</c><00:23:03.720><c> Shimei,</c> 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.200 all<00:23:05.039><c> right,</c> 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.599 because<00:23:05.420><c> he's</c><00:23:05.680><c> a</c><00:23:05.759><c> nasty</c><00:23:06.039><c> piece</c><00:23:06.279><c> of</c><00:23:06.480><c> work.</c> 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:08.099 He<00:23:06.680><c> had</c><00:23:06.819><c> a</c><00:23:06.880><c> fair</c><00:23:07.019><c> bit</c><00:23:07.180><c> of</c><00:23:07.400><c> influence</c><00:23:07.559><c> in</c><00:23:07.700><c> the</c><00:23:07.859><c> nation.</c> 00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.900 And<00:23:08.599><c> Solomon,</c><00:23:08.980><c> that's</c><00:23:09.220><c> all</c><00:23:09.380><c> Solomon</c><00:23:09.680><c> did.</c> 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:11.700 He<00:23:10.039><c> gave</c><00:23:10.460><c> Shimei</c><00:23:10.960><c> some</c><00:23:11.200><c> guidelines.</c> 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:14.559 He<00:23:11.859><c> said,</c><00:23:12.700><c> you</c><00:23:12.700><c> stop</c><00:23:12.980><c> in</c><00:23:13.160><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:13.539><c> here.</c> 00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:16.900 If<00:23:14.660><c> you</c><00:23:14.799><c> go</c><00:23:14.940><c> out</c><00:23:15.079><c> of</c><00:23:15.259><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:23:15.599><c> you're</c><00:23:15.759><c> a</c><00:23:15.839><c> dead</c><00:23:16.000><c> man.</c> 00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:19.980 So<00:23:18.339><c> all</c><00:23:18.640><c> he</c><00:23:18.799><c> did,</c><00:23:18.920><c> he</c><00:23:19.039><c> didn't</c><00:23:19.299><c> kill</c><00:23:19.619><c> Shimei.</c> 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:22.079 He<00:23:20.160><c> just</c><00:23:20.440><c> gave</c><00:23:20.599><c> him</c><00:23:20.759><c> those</c><00:23:21.019><c> instructions</c><00:23:21.420><c> because</c><00:23:21.680><c> he</c><00:23:21.900><c> knew</c> 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.980 the<00:23:22.440><c> influence</c><00:23:22.779><c> that</c><00:23:22.980><c> man</c><00:23:23.200><c> would</c><00:23:23.380><c> have</c><00:23:23.480><c> in</c><00:23:23.619><c> the</c><00:23:23.779><c> nation.</c> 00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:25.160 He<00:23:24.099><c> wanted</c><00:23:24.319><c> to</c><00:23:24.680><c> contain</c><00:23:24.880><c> it.</c> 00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:27.859 And<00:23:25.460><c> I</c><00:23:25.599><c> think</c><00:23:25.740><c> the</c><00:23:25.940><c> record</c><00:23:26.180><c> says</c><00:23:26.400><c> a</c><00:23:26.619><c> servant</c><00:23:26.920><c> of</c><00:23:27.059><c> Shimei,</c> 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.319 he<00:23:28.279><c> must</c><00:23:28.380><c> have</c><00:23:28.460><c> been</c><00:23:28.539><c> a</c><00:23:28.640><c> pretty</c><00:23:28.859><c> tough</c><00:23:29.039><c> guy,</c> 00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.880 and<00:23:29.480><c> the</c><00:23:29.619><c> servant</c><00:23:29.819><c> said,</c><00:23:30.039><c> I've</c><00:23:30.359><c> had</c><00:23:30.480><c> enough</c><00:23:30.680><c> here,</c> 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:34.220 and<00:23:31.119><c> he</c><00:23:31.500><c> raced</c><00:23:31.859><c> off,</c><00:23:32.599><c> and</c><00:23:32.819><c> Shimei</c><00:23:33.180><c> went</c><00:23:33.359><c> after</c><00:23:33.700><c> him.</c> 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:37.180 And<00:23:34.980><c> as</c><00:23:35.119><c> soon</c><00:23:35.220><c> as</c><00:23:35.319><c> he</c><00:23:35.400><c> left</c><00:23:35.799><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:23:36.460><c> Solomon</c><00:23:36.880><c> said,</c> 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:40.519 you<00:23:37.480><c> know,</c><00:23:37.680><c> you've</c><00:23:38.019><c> broken</c><00:23:38.400><c> the</c><00:23:39.259><c> instructions</c><00:23:39.619><c> I</c><00:23:39.880><c> gave</c><00:23:40.039><c> to</c><00:23:40.240><c> you.</c> 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.839 Sorry,<00:23:41.539><c> you</c><00:23:41.859><c> go</c><00:23:42.039><c> on.</c> 00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:45.640 So<00:23:43.259><c> I</c><00:23:43.619><c> think</c><00:23:43.779><c> there's</c><00:23:44.279><c> a</c><00:23:44.500><c> fair</c><00:23:44.700><c> amount</c><00:23:44.980><c> of</c><00:23:45.279><c> fairness</c> 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:48.240 in<00:23:46.200><c> the</c><00:23:46.460><c> approach</c><00:23:46.700><c> of</c><00:23:46.960><c> David</c><00:23:47.220><c> and</c><00:23:47.400><c> also</c><00:23:47.720><c> in</c><00:23:47.859><c> the</c><00:23:48.039><c> rules</c> 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.640 that<00:23:48.500><c> Solomon</c><00:23:48.799><c> established</c><00:23:49.299><c> for</c><00:23:49.539><c> him</c> 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:52.680 because<00:23:49.859><c> he</c><00:23:50.480><c> was</c><00:23:50.559><c> a</c><00:23:50.680><c> pretty</c><00:23:50.859><c> nasty</c><00:23:51.839><c> guy.</c> 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:57.460 Okay,<00:23:54.980><c> so</c><00:23:55.039><c> verse</c><00:23:55.539><c> 13,</c><00:23:55.980><c> we</c><00:23:56.119><c> see</c><00:23:56.299><c> David</c><00:23:56.599><c> and</c><00:23:56.720><c> his</c><00:23:56.819><c> men</c><00:23:57.000><c> going</c><00:23:57.259><c> on</c> 00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.039 the<00:23:57.640><c> way.</c> 00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:00.740 Shimei<00:23:58.720><c> is</c><00:23:59.539><c> throwing</c><00:24:00.180><c> stones.</c> 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:03.480 And<00:24:01.000><c> I</c><00:24:01.160><c> notice</c><00:24:01.319><c> at</c><00:24:01.500><c> the</c><00:24:01.559><c> end</c><00:24:01.680><c> of</c><00:24:01.839><c> verse</c><00:24:02.079><c> 13,</c> 00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:06.019 what's<00:24:04.019><c> the</c><00:24:04.099><c> last</c><00:24:04.380><c> three</c><00:24:04.660><c> words</c><00:24:04.900><c> of</c><00:24:05.059><c> verse</c><00:24:05.359><c> 13?</c> 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:08.779 Last<00:24:06.819><c> three</c><00:24:07.099><c> words</c><00:24:07.279><c> of</c><00:24:07.440><c> verse</c><00:24:07.660><c> 13.</c> 00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:12.079 And<00:24:10.579><c> cast</c><00:24:11.019><c> dust.</c> 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:15.319 All<00:24:12.539><c> right,</c><00:24:12.700><c> now,</c><00:24:14.000><c> you're</c><00:24:14.180><c> a</c><00:24:14.400><c> soldier.</c> 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:17.420 You're<00:24:15.880><c> used</c><00:24:16.059><c> to</c><00:24:16.200><c> fighting</c><00:24:16.480><c> with</c><00:24:16.900><c> swords.</c> 00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:19.000 You're<00:24:17.839><c> used</c><00:24:18.000><c> to</c><00:24:18.119><c> fighting</c><00:24:18.380><c> with</c><00:24:18.720><c> armor.</c> 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:21.220 All<00:24:19.640><c> right,</c><00:24:19.799><c> there</c><00:24:20.019><c> is</c><00:24:20.359><c> nothing</c><00:24:20.640><c> worse</c> 00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:24.440 than<00:24:21.680><c> a</c><00:24:21.900><c> guy</c><00:24:22.119><c> who</c><00:24:22.279><c> is</c><00:24:22.559><c> muscly</c><00:24:22.920><c> and</c><00:24:22.980><c> he's</c><00:24:23.180><c> got</c><00:24:23.339><c> all</c><00:24:23.539><c> his</c><00:24:23.759><c> weaponry</c><00:24:24.140><c> on</c><00:24:24.299><c> him.</c> 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:26.279 Someone<00:24:24.680><c> throws</c><00:24:24.940><c> a</c><00:24:25.000><c> bit</c><00:24:25.140><c> of</c><00:24:25.279><c> dust</c><00:24:25.460><c> in</c><00:24:25.619><c> your</c><00:24:25.799><c> face,</c><00:24:26.039><c> all</c><00:24:26.180><c> right?</c> 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.599 That's<00:24:26.579><c> an</c><00:24:26.779><c> insult.</c> 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:30.380 And<00:24:29.359><c> they</c><00:24:29.579><c> had</c><00:24:29.720><c> to</c><00:24:29.920><c> endure</c><00:24:30.200><c> that.</c> 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:33.519 These<00:24:30.759><c> men,</c><00:24:31.059><c> these</c><00:24:31.299><c> soldiers,</c><00:24:31.759><c> just</c><00:24:31.960><c> walking</c><00:24:32.180><c> through</c><00:24:32.400><c> with</c><00:24:32.680><c> David,</c> 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:36.880 mighty,<00:24:34.299><c> powerful</c><00:24:34.619><c> men,</c><00:24:34.880><c> they</c><00:24:34.980><c> got</c><00:24:35.119><c> dust</c><00:24:35.400><c> all</c><00:24:35.599><c> through</c><00:24:35.759><c> their</c><00:24:36.000><c> face.</c> 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:39.200 And<00:24:38.039><c> they</c><00:24:38.220><c> just</c><00:24:38.400><c> continued</c><00:24:38.720><c> with</c><00:24:38.960><c> David.</c> 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:42.140 I<00:24:39.660><c> think</c><00:24:39.900><c> that</c><00:24:40.160><c> is</c><00:24:40.500><c> absolutely</c><00:24:40.940><c> magnificent.</c> 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:44.700 It<00:24:42.259><c> shows</c><00:24:42.480><c> the</c><00:24:42.680><c> tremendous</c><00:24:43.119><c> control</c><00:24:43.859><c> that</c><00:24:44.099><c> David</c><00:24:44.319><c> had</c> 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:49.619 and<00:24:45.339><c> the</c><00:24:45.579><c> ability</c><00:24:46.059><c> to</c><00:24:46.500><c> endure</c><00:24:47.079><c> with</c><00:24:47.700><c> David</c><00:24:48.079><c> his</c><00:24:48.380><c> sufferings.</c> 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:52.319 And<00:24:50.160><c> that</c><00:24:50.500><c> really</c><00:24:50.799><c> is</c><00:24:51.240><c> the</c><00:24:51.400><c> aspect</c><00:24:51.740><c> of</c><00:24:51.980><c> our</c><00:24:52.200><c> lives</c> 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.660 when<00:24:52.460><c> we</c><00:24:52.619><c> commit</c><00:24:52.759><c> our</c><00:24:53.000><c> lives</c><00:24:53.140><c> to</c><00:24:53.400><c> Christ,</c> 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:56.559 we<00:24:53.880><c> are</c><00:24:54.039><c> called</c><00:24:54.180><c> upon</c><00:24:54.579><c> to</c><00:24:55.119><c> endure</c><00:24:55.480><c> these</c><00:24:55.819><c> sufferings</c> 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:58.319 for<00:24:56.880><c> the</c><00:24:57.039><c> sake</c><00:24:57.180><c> of</c><00:24:57.319><c> the</c><00:24:57.500><c> kingdom.</c> 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:01.279 When<00:24:59.700><c> we</c><00:24:59.880><c> come</c><00:25:00.059><c> to</c><00:25:00.180><c> verse</c><00:25:00.420><c> 14,</c><00:25:00.880><c> it</c><00:25:00.960><c> just</c><00:25:01.160><c> says,</c> 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:03.480 and<00:25:01.440><c> the</c><00:25:01.599><c> king</c><00:25:01.779><c> and</c><00:25:01.900><c> all</c><00:25:02.099><c> the</c><00:25:02.259><c> people</c><00:25:02.460><c> that</c><00:25:02.640><c> were</c><00:25:02.819><c> with</c><00:25:03.019><c> him</c> 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:07.759 came<00:25:03.920><c> weary</c><00:25:04.500><c> and</c><00:25:05.099><c> they</c><00:25:05.599><c> refreshed</c><00:25:06.019><c> themselves</c><00:25:07.079><c> there.</c> 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:11.019 What<00:25:08.359><c> do</c><00:25:08.579><c> you</c><00:25:08.619><c> think</c><00:25:09.000><c> would</c><00:25:09.539><c> have</c><00:25:09.799><c> happened</c><00:25:10.000><c> there</c><00:25:10.299><c> then?</c> 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:18.299 What<00:25:17.200><c> do</c><00:25:17.339><c> you</c><00:25:17.420><c> think?</c> 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:22.180 I<00:25:20.119><c> mean,</c><00:25:21.039><c> just</c><00:25:21.359><c> want</c><00:25:21.500><c> to</c><00:25:21.579><c> know</c><00:25:21.660><c> what</c><00:25:21.859><c> happened.</c> 00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.799 It's<00:25:22.599><c> nothing</c><00:25:22.799><c> complex.</c> 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:27.220 You<00:25:24.119><c> don't</c><00:25:24.319><c> get</c><00:25:24.480><c> a</c><00:25:24.660><c> prize</c><00:25:24.880><c> if</c><00:25:25.099><c> you</c><00:25:26.240><c> answer.</c> 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.980 All<00:25:27.559><c> right,</c><00:25:27.700><c> well,</c><00:25:28.000><c> I</c><00:25:28.119><c> guess</c><00:25:28.299><c> they</c><00:25:28.460><c> just</c><00:25:28.660><c> sat</c><00:25:28.779><c> down</c> 00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.640 and<00:25:29.059><c> they</c><00:25:29.319><c> refreshed</c><00:25:29.500><c> themselves.</c> 00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:33.059 But<00:25:31.880><c> a</c><00:25:32.180><c> little</c><00:25:32.319><c> bit</c><00:25:32.500><c> more</c><00:25:32.740><c> than</c><00:25:32.920><c> that,</c> 00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:35.420 the<00:25:33.980><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:34.380><c> word</c><00:25:34.660><c> for</c><00:25:34.940><c> refresh,</c> 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:37.140 and<00:25:35.599><c> I</c><00:25:35.759><c> 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23</c><00:25:48.599><c> verse</c><00:25:48.940><c> 12</c><00:25:49.319><c> and</c><00:25:49.480><c> Exodus</c><00:25:49.819><c> 31</c><00:25:50.299><c> verse</c><00:25:50.839><c> 17,</c> 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:55.779 where<00:25:52.460><c> it</c><00:25:52.759><c> refers</c><00:25:53.200><c> to</c><00:25:53.900><c> the</c><00:25:54.259><c> worship</c><00:25:54.579><c> on</c><00:25:55.279><c> the</c><00:25:55.559><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:59.339 Let<00:25:56.279><c> me</c><00:25:56.400><c> just</c><00:25:56.660><c> read</c><00:25:56.779><c> you</c><00:25:56.960><c> out</c><00:25:57.160><c> one,</c><00:25:57.740><c> if</c><00:25:57.900><c> I</c><00:25:57.940><c> can</c><00:25:58.119><c> find</c><00:25:58.339><c> Exodus.</c> 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:02.200 Exodus<00:26:00.220><c> 31,</c><00:26:01.019><c> 17.</c> 00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:05.480 Just<00:26:03.019><c> so</c><00:26:03.319><c> you</c><00:26:03.440><c> get</c><00:26:03.599><c> the</c><00:26:03.759><c> idea</c><00:26:04.200><c> of</c><00:26:04.500><c> what</c><00:26:04.700><c> was</c><00:26:04.900><c> actually</c><00:26:05.160><c> going</c> 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.799 on<00:26:05.740><c> here.</c> 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:10.700 It<00:26:06.940><c> says,</c><00:26:09.099><c> for</c><00:26:09.099><c> in</c><00:26:09.259><c> six</c><00:26:09.440><c> days</c><00:26:09.720><c> Yoah</c><00:26:09.960><c> made</c><00:26:10.180><c> heaven</c><00:26:10.420><c> and</c><00:26:10.579><c> earth,</c> 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:14.880 and<00:26:10.799><c> on</c><00:26:10.920><c> the</c><00:26:11.160><c> seventh</c><00:26:11.339><c> day</c><00:26:11.539><c> he</c><00:26:11.740><c> rested,</c><00:26:12.500><c> and</c><00:26:12.900><c> he</c><00:26:13.319><c> was</c><00:26:14.259><c> refreshed.</c> 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:16.460 That's<00:26:15.279><c> one</c><00:26:15.500><c> occurrence.</c> 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:21.740 And<00:26:16.599><c> the</c><00:26:16.779><c> other</c><00:26:16.940><c> one</c><00:26:17.180><c> in</c><00:26:17.380><c> chapter</c><00:26:17.720><c> 23</c><00:26:18.700><c> verse</c><00:26:19.619><c> 12</c><00:26:20.380><c> says,</c> 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:24.700 six<00:26:22.799><c> days</c><00:26:23.140><c> thou</c><00:26:23.299><c> shalt</c><00:26:23.599><c> work,</c><00:26:23.819><c> and</c><00:26:23.900><c> on</c><00:26:24.039><c> the</c><00:26:24.299><c> seventh,</c> 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:28.519 that<00:26:25.140><c> is</c><00:26:25.299><c> the</c><00:26:25.579><c> Sabbath,</c><00:26:25.819><c> you</c><00:26:25.960><c> will</c><00:26:26.240><c> rest,</c><00:26:27.859><c> that</c><00:26:27.940><c> your</c><00:26:28.140><c> ox,</c><00:26:28.420><c> et</c> 00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.079 cetera,<00:26:28.799><c> et</c><00:26:28.900><c> cetera,</c> 00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:31.579 and<00:26:29.279><c> thy</c><00:26:29.460><c> stranger</c><00:26:29.900><c> may</c><00:26:30.200><c> be</c><00:26:30.619><c> refreshed.</c> 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:34.619 So<00:26:31.980><c> on</c><00:26:32.359><c> the</c><00:26:32.579><c> Sabbath</c><00:26:32.799><c> day,</c><00:26:33.240><c> people</c><00:26:33.500><c> were</c><00:26:33.759><c> to</c><00:26:33.960><c> be</c><00:26:34.279><c> refreshed</c> 00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:37.200 by<00:26:35.339><c> thinking</c><00:26:36.059><c> about</c><00:26:36.420><c> spiritual</c><00:26:36.900><c> things.</c> 00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:39.019 It<00:26:37.460><c> wasn't</c><00:26:37.660><c> just</c><00:26:37.940><c> a</c><00:26:38.019><c> matter</c><00:26:38.160><c> of</c><00:26:38.319><c> pouring</c><00:26:38.480><c> a</c><00:26:38.680><c> drink</c><00:26:38.779><c> and</c><00:26:38.920><c> saying,</c> 00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:40.460 boy,<00:26:39.259><c> I</c><00:26:39.380><c> feel</c><00:26:39.440><c> refreshed.</c> 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:44.299 The<00:26:40.759><c> refreshment</c><00:26:41.200><c> here</c><00:26:41.480><c> was</c><00:26:42.019><c> of</c><00:26:42.420><c> a</c><00:26:42.880><c> spiritual</c><00:26:43.299><c> nature.</c> 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:48.900 Now<00:26:46.640><c> there</c><00:26:46.759><c> are</c><00:26:46.900><c> a</c><00:26:47.000><c> couple</c><00:26:47.079><c> of</c><00:26:47.299><c> Psalms</c><00:26:47.619><c> that</c><00:26:48.099><c> I</c><00:26:48.440><c> was</c><00:26:48.559><c> going</c><00:26:48.680><c> to</c><00:26:48.799><c> say,</c> 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:50.420 when<00:26:49.059><c> do</c><00:26:49.220><c> you</c><00:26:49.240><c> think</c><00:26:49.319><c> David</c><00:26:49.599><c> wrote</c><00:26:49.799><c> the</c><00:26:50.059><c> Psalms?</c> 00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:52.859 I<00:26:50.599><c> mean,</c><00:26:50.680><c> we</c><00:26:50.880><c> read</c><00:26:51.019><c> the</c><00:26:51.299><c> Psalms,</c> 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.920 and<00:26:53.359><c> a</c><00:26:53.539><c> lot</c><00:26:53.619><c> of</c><00:26:53.740><c> them</c><00:26:53.839><c> are</c><00:26:54.019><c> based</c><00:26:54.279><c> on</c><00:26:54.460><c> the</c><00:26:54.640><c> background</c> 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:56.279 of<00:26:55.099><c> the</c><00:26:55.319><c> situations</c><00:26:55.720><c> that</c><00:26:55.880><c> he</c><00:26:56.019><c> went</c><00:26:56.140><c> through.</c> 00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:58.619 So<00:26:56.279><c> when</c><00:26:56.420><c> do</c><00:26:56.579><c> you</c><00:26:56.579><c> think</c><00:26:56.700><c> he</c><00:26:56.839><c> wrote</c><00:26:57.059><c> them?</c> 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:02.119 Maybe,<00:27:00.279><c> yeah,</c><00:27:00.519><c> whenever</c><00:27:01.240><c> he</c><00:27:01.339><c> got</c><00:27:01.519><c> a</c><00:27:01.680><c> moment</c><00:27:01.880><c> actually,</c> 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:04.380 he<00:27:02.180><c> would</c><00:27:02.380><c> have</c><00:27:02.480><c> sat</c><00:27:02.619><c> down</c><00:27:02.920><c> and</c><00:27:02.980><c> sort</c><00:27:03.200><c> of</c><00:27:03.380><c> started</c><00:27:03.740><c> putting</c> 00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.180 out<00:27:04.599><c> his</c><00:27:04.799><c> feelings.</c> 00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:08.200 And<00:27:05.619><c> here</c><00:27:05.940><c> was</c><00:27:06.180><c> possibly</c><00:27:06.640><c> a</c><00:27:07.259><c> time</c><00:27:07.460><c> when</c><00:27:07.599><c> he</c><00:27:07.799><c> sat</c><00:27:07.960><c> down,</c> 00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:10.460 people<00:27:08.480><c> had</c><00:27:08.640><c> a</c><00:27:08.700><c> bit</c><00:27:08.819><c> of</c><00:27:09.000><c> a</c><00:27:09.099><c> rest,</c><00:27:09.799><c> some</c><00:27:10.059><c> drinks,</c> 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:13.539 he<00:27:11.059><c> started</c><00:27:11.359><c> composing</c><00:27:12.420><c> a</c><00:27:12.799><c> Psalm.</c> 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:15.059 And<00:27:13.799><c> one</c><00:27:14.039><c> of</c><00:27:14.180><c> the</c><00:27:14.400><c> Psalms</c><00:27:14.619><c> we</c><00:27:14.880><c> have,</c> 00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:17.859 just<00:27:15.240><c> want</c><00:27:15.339><c> you</c><00:27:15.480><c> to</c><00:27:15.559><c> go</c><00:27:15.700><c> across</c><00:27:15.900><c> it,</c><00:27:16.099><c> is</c><00:27:16.299><c> Psalm</c><00:27:16.619><c> 41.</c> 00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:23.700 And<00:27:19.839><c> we</c><00:27:20.279><c> know</c><00:27:20.599><c> Psalm</c><00:27:21.140><c> 41</c><00:27:21.720><c> is</c><00:27:22.119><c> constructed</c><00:27:22.619><c> at</c><00:27:23.000><c> that</c><00:27:23.299><c> time</c> 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:26.680 because<00:27:23.960><c> of</c><00:27:24.440><c> some</c><00:27:24.700><c> internal</c><00:27:25.400><c> evidence.</c> 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:29.319 And<00:27:27.480><c> I'm</c><00:27:27.700><c> going</c><00:27:27.740><c> to</c><00:27:27.799><c> ask</c><00:27:27.980><c> someone</c><00:27:28.220><c> to</c><00:27:28.359><c> see</c><00:27:28.500><c> if</c><00:27:28.579><c> they</c><00:27:28.740><c> can</c><00:27:29.019><c> find</c> 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:30.460 in<00:27:29.619><c> Psalm</c><00:27:29.859><c> 41</c> 00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:33.720 why<00:27:31.299><c> we</c><00:27:31.579><c> know</c><00:27:31.859><c> that</c><00:27:32.180><c> Psalm</c><00:27:32.380><c> was</c><00:27:32.599><c> constructed</c> 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:36.440 around<00:27:34.539><c> this</c><00:27:35.160><c> time</c><00:27:35.480><c> period.</c> 00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:38.160 Psalm<00:27:36.819><c> 41?</c> 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.319 Hi? 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:42.460 It's<00:27:40.180><c> really</c><00:27:40.319><c> a</c><00:27:40.500><c> psalm</c><00:27:40.740><c> for</c><00:27:40.980><c> Judas</c><00:27:41.500><c> and</c><00:27:41.740><c> that's</c><00:27:42.000><c> what</c><00:27:42.079><c> it</c><00:27:42.220><c> is.</c> 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:45.859 Sure,<00:27:43.480><c> that's</c><00:27:44.339><c> an</c><00:27:44.460><c> even</c><00:27:45.079><c> greater</c><00:27:45.400><c> parallel.</c> 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.779 What<00:27:46.539><c> about</c><00:27:46.700><c> someone</c><00:27:47.000><c> over</c><00:27:47.339><c> here?</c> 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:49.720 This<00:27:48.279><c> section</c><00:27:48.579><c> here,</c><00:27:48.920><c> Psalm</c><00:27:49.180><c> 41.</c> 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:54.859 Can<00:27:49.720><c> you</c><00:27:49.819><c> tell</c><00:27:50.000><c> me</c><00:27:50.759><c> how</c><00:27:51.359><c> I</c><00:27:51.599><c> know</c><00:27:51.779><c> Psalm</c><00:27:52.160><c> 41</c><00:27:52.880><c> was</c><00:27:53.640><c> written</c><00:27:54.059><c> on</c> 00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:56.539 this<00:27:55.380><c> occasion?</c> 00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:59.500 Okay,<00:27:57.500><c> someone</c><00:27:57.700><c> across</c><00:27:58.079><c> there,</c><00:27:59.000><c> yep.</c> 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:06.079 Okay,<00:28:05.000><c> that's</c><00:28:05.240><c> the</c><00:28:05.359><c> one.</c> 00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:08.880 Okay,<00:28:06.460><c> and</c><00:28:06.559><c> you</c><00:28:06.599><c> notice</c><00:28:06.779><c> the</c><00:28:07.019><c> terms</c><00:28:07.180><c> that</c><00:28:07.480><c> David</c><00:28:07.700><c> uses</c><00:28:08.079><c> there,</c> 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:12.079 my<00:28:09.180><c> own</c><00:28:09.740><c> familiar</c><00:28:10.519><c> friend,</c><00:28:10.980><c> someone</c><00:28:11.160><c> who</c><00:28:11.319><c> is</c><00:28:11.579><c> close</c><00:28:11.779><c> to</c><00:28:11.960><c> me,</c> 00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.119 he's<00:28:12.380><c> betrayed</c><00:28:12.819><c> me.</c> 00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:16.500 And<00:28:13.900><c> David</c><00:28:14.220><c> felt</c><00:28:14.480><c> absolutely</c><00:28:15.180><c> devastated</c><00:28:15.859><c> about</c><00:28:16.240><c> that.</c> 00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:19.420 But<00:28:16.839><c> you</c><00:28:16.960><c> know,</c><00:28:17.180><c> this</c><00:28:17.380><c> psalm</c><00:28:17.700><c> actually</c><00:28:18.079><c> contains</c><00:28:18.720><c> some</c><00:28:19.160><c> thoughts</c> 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:24.279 on<00:28:19.700><c> both</c><00:28:20.740><c> Hosea</c><00:28:21.240><c> and</c><00:28:22.180><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:28:22.960><c> both</c><00:28:23.259><c> friends.</c> 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:27.619 Because<00:28:24.500><c> when</c><00:28:24.700><c> we</c><00:28:24.819><c> have</c><00:28:24.960><c> a</c><00:28:25.039><c> look</c><00:28:25.140><c> at</c><00:28:25.259><c> the</c><00:28:25.400><c> beginning</c><00:28:25.680><c> of</c><00:28:25.880><c> it,</c> 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:29.880 it<00:28:28.420><c> says,</c><00:28:28.920><c> and</c><00:28:28.960><c> there's</c><00:28:29.160><c> a</c><00:28:29.240><c> bit</c><00:28:29.319><c> of</c><00:28:29.500><c> a</c><00:28:29.680><c> break,</c> 00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:33.079 you<00:28:29.980><c> might</c><00:28:30.259><c> pick</c><00:28:30.460><c> it</c><00:28:30.680><c> up,</c><00:28:32.140><c> verses</c><00:28:32.400><c> 1</c><00:28:32.700><c> to</c><00:28:32.779><c> 3,</c> 00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:35.400 I<00:28:33.279><c> think</c><00:28:33.440><c> he's</c><00:28:33.660><c> talking</c><00:28:33.960><c> and</c><00:28:34.180><c> reflecting</c><00:28:34.460><c> about</c><00:28:34.819><c> Hosea</c> 00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:36.640 because<00:28:36.099><c> it</c><00:28:36.380><c> says,</c> 00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:40.019 Blessed<00:28:37.019><c> is</c><00:28:37.259><c> he</c><00:28:37.779><c> that</c><00:28:38.299><c> considereth</c><00:28:38.759><c> the</c><00:28:39.059><c> poor</c><00:28:39.359><c> and</c><00:28:39.500><c> in</c><00:28:39.619><c> the</c><00:28:39.799><c> margin</c> 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.400 I've<00:28:40.279><c> got</c><00:28:40.420><c> the</c><00:28:40.619><c> weak</c><00:28:40.819><c> or</c><00:28:41.079><c> sick.</c> 00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:43.359 And<00:28:41.880><c> we</c><00:28:42.019><c> know</c><00:28:42.200><c> that</c><00:28:42.359><c> was</c><00:28:42.500><c> the</c><00:28:42.660><c> case</c><00:28:42.839><c> with</c><00:28:43.039><c> Hosea</c> 00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.839 because<00:28:43.500><c> David</c><00:28:43.720><c> said,</c> 00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:45.539 Look,<00:28:43.980><c> you're</c><00:28:44.079><c> not</c><00:28:44.220><c> going</c><00:28:44.319><c> to</c><00:28:44.440><c> make</c><00:28:44.579><c> it</c><00:28:44.700><c> if</c><00:28:44.779><c> you</c><00:28:44.880><c> come</c><00:28:45.019><c> with</c><00:28:45.240><c> me.</c> 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:47.700 So<00:28:46.039><c> blessed</c><00:28:46.420><c> is</c><00:28:46.619><c> he</c><00:28:46.740><c> that</c><00:28:46.900><c> considereth</c><00:28:47.359><c> the</c><00:28:47.559><c> poor,</c> 00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.599 the<00:28:47.880><c> weak</c><00:28:48.019><c> or</c><00:28:48.160><c> the</c><00:28:48.400><c> sick.</c> 00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:51.680 And<00:28:48.980><c> here's</c><00:28:49.240><c> his</c><00:28:49.440><c> trust</c><00:28:49.680><c> in</c><00:28:49.900><c> God</c><00:28:50.240><c> for</c><00:28:50.539><c> his</c><00:28:50.819><c> friend.</c> 00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:54.140 Yahweh<00:28:52.119><c> will</c><00:28:52.400><c> deliver</c><00:28:52.700><c> him</c><00:28:53.019><c> in</c><00:28:53.200><c> a</c><00:28:53.400><c> time</c><00:28:53.579><c> of</c><00:28:53.819><c> trouble.</c> 00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:56.440 Now<00:28:54.839><c> Hosea,</c><00:28:55.680><c> he's</c><00:28:55.960><c> in</c><00:28:56.079><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:58.380 he's<00:28:56.700><c> going</c><00:28:56.799><c> to</c><00:28:56.880><c> face</c><00:28:57.079><c> a</c><00:28:57.180><c> pretty</c><00:28:57.440><c> tough</c><00:28:57.599><c> time</c><00:28:57.900><c> when</c><00:28:58.059><c> Absalom</c> 00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.640 comes<00:28:58.700><c> up.</c> 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.779 He<00:29:00.119><c> doesn't</c><00:29:00.319><c> know</c><00:29:00.460><c> what's</c><00:29:00.680><c> going</c><00:29:00.779><c> to</c><00:29:00.940><c> happen</c> 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:04.799 because<00:29:02.299><c> Absalom</c><00:29:02.759><c> is</c><00:29:03.740><c> his</c><00:29:04.099><c> enemy</c><00:29:04.319><c> in</c><00:29:04.559><c> a</c><00:29:04.640><c> sense</c> 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.859 because<00:29:04.960><c> he's</c><00:29:05.200><c> siding</c><00:29:05.440><c> with</c><00:29:05.700><c> David.</c> 00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:07.460 Yahweh<00:29:06.259><c> will</c><00:29:06.380><c> deliver</c><00:29:06.500><c> him</c><00:29:06.680><c> in</c><00:29:06.839><c> a</c><00:29:06.900><c> time</c><00:29:07.000><c> of</c><00:29:07.240><c> trouble.</c> 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:10.200 Yahweh<00:29:08.140><c> will</c><00:29:08.359><c> preserve</c><00:29:08.799><c> him</c><00:29:09.059><c> and</c><00:29:09.299><c> keep</c><00:29:09.500><c> him</c><00:29:09.740><c> alive.</c> 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:12.140 This<00:29:10.839><c> is</c><00:29:11.000><c> his</c><00:29:11.200><c> prayer</c><00:29:11.420><c> for</c><00:29:11.660><c> Hosea.</c> 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.180 Verse<00:29:12.779><c> three,</c> 00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:16.480 Yahweh<00:29:13.579><c> will</c><00:29:13.799><c> strengthen</c><00:29:14.259><c> him</c><00:29:14.940><c> upon</c><00:29:15.380><c> the</c><00:29:15.640><c> bed</c><00:29:15.759><c> of</c><00:29:16.039><c> languishing.</c> 00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:18.339 Thou<00:29:16.720><c> wilt</c><00:29:16.960><c> make</c><00:29:17.220><c> all</c><00:29:17.519><c> his</c><00:29:17.700><c> bed</c><00:29:17.900><c> in</c><00:29:18.160><c> sickness,</c> 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:20.200 which<00:29:18.519><c> is</c><00:29:18.700><c> a</c><00:29:18.779><c> bit</c><00:29:18.859><c> of</c><00:29:19.359><c> an</c><00:29:19.619><c> odd</c><00:29:19.839><c> phrase.</c> 00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:24.819 I<00:29:20.339><c> think</c><00:29:20.539><c> the</c><00:29:21.380><c> meaning</c><00:29:21.619><c> is</c><00:29:21.880><c> that</c><00:29:23.160><c> he</c><00:29:24.039><c> would</c><00:29:24.220><c> be</c><00:29:24.519><c> repaired</c> 00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:27.480 and<00:29:24.960><c> he</c><00:29:25.079><c> would</c><00:29:25.240><c> be</c><00:29:25.480><c> healthy</c><00:29:25.740><c> and</c><00:29:25.859><c> God</c><00:29:26.039><c> would</c><00:29:26.279><c> bless</c><00:29:26.480><c> him.</c> 00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:29.579 Now<00:29:27.779><c> he</c><00:29:27.900><c> knows</c><00:29:28.039><c> to</c><00:29:28.319><c> change</c><00:29:28.559><c> that</c><00:29:28.779><c> in</c><00:29:28.980><c> verse</c><00:29:29.160><c> four</c><00:29:29.380><c> it</c><00:29:29.480><c> says,</c> 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:32.099 I<00:29:29.960><c> said</c><00:29:30.200><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:30.559><c> be</c><00:29:30.759><c> merciful</c><00:29:31.160><c> unto</c><00:29:31.500><c> me.</c> 00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:34.720 So<00:29:32.740><c> David</c><00:29:33.039><c> now</c><00:29:33.359><c> turns</c><00:29:33.700><c> his</c><00:29:34.059><c> thoughts</c><00:29:34.220><c> to</c><00:29:34.420><c> himself.</c> 00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.440 So<00:29:35.119><c> in</c><00:29:35.440><c> those</c><00:29:35.660><c> verses</c><00:29:35.920><c> one</c><00:29:36.180><c> to</c><00:29:36.279><c> three,</c> 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:39.200 he's<00:29:36.779><c> thinking</c><00:29:36.960><c> about</c><00:29:37.279><c> Hosea,</c><00:29:37.700><c> his</c><00:29:37.900><c> friend</c><00:29:38.099><c> in</c><00:29:38.279><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.640 Then<00:29:39.579><c> from</c><00:29:39.920><c> verse</c><00:29:40.180><c> four</c><00:29:40.440><c> onwards,</c> 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:42.259 he<00:29:40.799><c> thinks</c><00:29:41.079><c> about</c><00:29:41.299><c> himself.</c> 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:45.619 Verse<00:29:42.440><c> nine,</c><00:29:43.640><c> he</c><00:29:43.720><c> thinks</c><00:29:44.059><c> about</c><00:29:45.119><c> Ahithophel.</c> 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:49.940 So<00:29:45.759><c> his</c><00:29:45.940><c> mind</c><00:29:46.299><c> is</c><00:29:46.640><c> contemplating</c><00:29:47.500><c> all</c><00:29:48.099><c> these</c><00:29:48.859><c> friendships.</c> 00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:53.480 He<00:29:51.380><c> says</c><00:29:51.960><c> in</c><00:29:52.740><c> verse</c><00:29:53.099><c> nine,</c> 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:55.019 someone<00:29:53.779><c> correctly</c><00:29:54.099><c> identified</c><00:29:54.700><c> that,</c> 00:29:55.019 --> 00:30:14.960 my<00:29:55.400><c> own</c><00:29:55.819><c> familiar</c><00:29:56.880><c> turned</c><00:29:58.779><c> against</c><00:30:13.460><c> him.</c> 00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:20.180 He<00:30:19.640><c> prayed</c><00:30:19.920><c> for</c><00:30:20.079><c> them.</c> 00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:23.740 In<00:30:20.180><c> fact,</c><00:30:20.500><c> he</c><00:30:20.619><c> did</c><00:30:20.799><c> something</c><00:30:21.119><c> even</c><00:30:21.619><c> more</c><00:30:22.400><c> amazing.</c> 00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.680 You<00:30:25.359><c> got</c><00:30:25.500><c> any</c><00:30:25.680><c> ideas?</c> 00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:33.039 And<00:30:28.759><c> I'm</c><00:30:28.980><c> thinking</c><00:30:29.339><c> a</c><00:30:29.980><c> parallel</c><00:30:30.299><c> situation</c><00:30:31.039><c> where</c><00:30:31.980><c> Judas,</c> 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.859 who<00:30:33.220><c> was,</c><00:30:33.619><c> who</c><00:30:33.980><c> claimed</c><00:30:34.119><c> to</c><00:30:34.319><c> be</c><00:30:34.420><c> his</c><00:30:34.619><c> friend</c> 00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:36.920 and<00:30:35.240><c> possibly</c><00:30:35.680><c> was</c><00:30:36.079><c> at</c><00:30:36.339><c> one</c><00:30:36.579><c> stage,</c> 00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.420 developed<00:30:37.180><c> a</c><00:30:37.339><c> way.</c> 00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.819 What<00:30:37.519><c> did</c><00:30:37.660><c> Christ</c><00:30:37.920><c> do?</c> 00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.920 Absolutely. 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.220 Now<00:30:40.559><c> that's</c><00:30:40.720><c> pretty</c><00:30:40.960><c> tough.</c> 00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:45.140 I<00:30:41.319><c> mean</c><00:30:41.500><c> there's</c><00:30:42.359><c> the</c><00:30:42.700><c> test,</c><00:30:43.680><c> again,</c><00:30:44.039><c> of</c><00:30:44.160><c> an</c><00:30:44.359><c> amazing</c><00:30:44.700><c> spirit.</c> 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:47.819 Someone<00:30:45.720><c> who</c><00:30:45.980><c> has</c><00:30:46.119><c> done</c><00:30:46.299><c> something</c><00:30:46.599><c> really,</c><00:30:47.039><c> really</c><00:30:47.319><c> nasty</c> 00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:49.279 to<00:30:49.000><c> you</c> 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:51.920 and<00:30:49.519><c> you</c><00:30:49.640><c> get</c><00:30:49.779><c> down</c><00:30:49.960><c> and</c><00:30:50.079><c> you</c><00:30:50.200><c> wash</c><00:30:50.339><c> their</c><00:30:50.660><c> feet.</c> 00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:55.240 Again,<00:30:53.519><c> that's</c><00:30:53.859><c> the</c><00:30:54.039><c> calling</c><00:30:54.299><c> that</c><00:30:54.680><c> we</c><00:30:54.980><c> have,</c> 00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:58.039 is<00:30:55.460><c> not</c><00:30:55.680><c> to</c><00:30:55.920><c> respond</c><00:30:56.339><c> a</c><00:30:56.640><c> natural</c><00:30:56.980><c> way,</c> 00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:00.880 but<00:30:58.539><c> once</c><00:30:58.819><c> again</c><00:30:59.019><c> to</c><00:30:59.339><c> understand</c><00:31:00.200><c> that</c><00:31:00.539><c> person,</c> 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.779 maybe<00:31:01.200><c> why</c><00:31:01.500><c> they're</c><00:31:01.779><c> upset,</c> 00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:05.980 and<00:31:02.960><c> to</c><00:31:03.180><c> have</c><00:31:03.259><c> a</c><00:31:03.480><c> more</c><00:31:03.700><c> magnificent</c><00:31:04.339><c> spirit</c><00:31:04.819><c> of</c><00:31:05.119><c> self</c><00:31:05.380><c>-control</c> 00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.900 and<00:31:06.680><c> to</c><00:31:06.900><c> take</c><00:31:07.039><c> that</c><00:31:07.299><c> friend</c><00:31:07.440><c> maybe</c><00:31:07.680><c> and</c><00:31:07.799><c> say,</c> 00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:11.319 listen,<00:31:08.220><c> you've</c><00:31:08.460><c> been</c><00:31:08.640><c> saying</c><00:31:08.759><c> these</c><00:31:09.059><c> things</c><00:31:09.299><c> a</c><00:31:09.400><c> bit</c><00:31:09.819><c> about</c><00:31:10.220><c> me.</c> 00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.799 Some<00:31:11.660><c> of</c><00:31:11.799><c> them</c><00:31:11.900><c> may</c><00:31:12.119><c> be</c><00:31:12.359><c> justified,</c> 00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:14.839 but<00:31:12.980><c> I</c><00:31:13.079><c> think</c><00:31:13.180><c> it's</c><00:31:13.319><c> a</c><00:31:13.380><c> little</c><00:31:13.519><c> bit</c><00:31:13.720><c> unfair</c><00:31:14.039><c> how</c><00:31:14.240><c> you're</c><00:31:14.460><c> treating</c><00:31:14.599><c> me.</c> 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:17.920 I<00:31:15.099><c> have</c><00:31:15.299><c> no</c><00:31:15.920><c> harmful</c><00:31:16.400><c> feelings</c><00:31:16.900><c> against</c><00:31:17.539><c> you.</c> 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:20.640 Let's<00:31:18.799><c> resolve</c><00:31:19.220><c> this</c><00:31:19.460><c> situation,</c> 00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:23.160 because<00:31:21.019><c> maybe</c><00:31:21.380><c> one</c><00:31:21.619><c> day</c><00:31:21.799><c> we'll</c><00:31:21.960><c> both</c><00:31:22.200><c> be</c><00:31:22.359><c> in</c><00:31:22.440><c> the</c><00:31:22.599><c> Kingdom</c><00:31:22.779><c> together</c> 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.779 and<00:31:23.240><c> I'll</c><00:31:23.380><c> be</c><00:31:23.500><c> the</c><00:31:23.640><c> Lord,</c> 00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:25.559 so<00:31:23.980><c> I</c><00:31:24.059><c> want</c><00:31:24.200><c> you</c><00:31:24.420><c> two</c><00:31:24.519><c> to</c><00:31:24.660><c> work</c><00:31:24.759><c> together</c><00:31:25.079><c> in</c><00:31:25.319><c> China,</c> 00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.440 preaching<00:31:25.880><c> the</c><00:31:26.099><c> Gospel.</c> 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:29.460 So<00:31:26.920><c> if</c><00:31:27.019><c> we</c><00:31:27.180><c> can't</c><00:31:27.420><c> get</c><00:31:27.599><c> on</c><00:31:27.720><c> with</c><00:31:27.880><c> one</c><00:31:28.039><c> another</c><00:31:28.319><c> now,</c> 00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.299 what's<00:31:30.859><c> going</c><00:31:30.960><c> to</c><00:31:31.079><c> happen</c><00:31:31.200><c> in</c><00:31:31.359><c> the</c><00:31:31.519><c> Kingdom?</c> 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:36.640 So<00:31:33.000><c> that</c><00:31:33.339><c> is</c><00:31:33.640><c> the</c><00:31:33.779><c> way</c><00:31:34.480><c> those</c><00:31:34.859><c> things</c><00:31:35.220><c> should</c><00:31:35.460><c> be</c><00:31:35.740><c> handled,</c> 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:41.619 in<00:31:37.420><c> a</c><00:31:37.559><c> positive</c><00:31:37.900><c> way,</c><00:31:38.619><c> not</c><00:31:39.000><c> in</c><00:31:39.579><c> a</c><00:31:39.980><c> negative</c><00:31:40.400><c> response.</c> 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:50.420 Okay,<00:31:46.339><c> just</c><00:31:46.839><c> want</c><00:31:47.059><c> to</c><00:31:47.259><c> come</c><00:31:47.539><c> back</c><00:31:48.079><c> to</c><00:31:49.279><c> Chapter</c><00:31:49.599><c> 16</c><00:31:50.059><c> again</c> 00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.400 of<00:31:50.579><c> 2</c><00:31:50.859><c> Samuel,</c> 00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:55.380 just<00:31:52.019><c> to</c><00:31:52.220><c> see</c><00:31:52.359><c> how</c><00:31:52.619><c> this</c><00:31:53.740><c> whole</c><00:31:54.160><c> story</c><00:31:54.519><c> plays</c><00:31:54.880><c> out</c><00:31:55.119><c> a</c><00:31:55.259><c> little</c> 00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:56.500 bit<00:31:55.579><c> further,</c> 00:31:57.019 --> 00:32:02.579 and<00:31:57.299><c> we</c><00:31:57.440><c> want</c><00:31:57.579><c> to</c><00:31:57.740><c> have</c><00:31:57.900><c> a</c><00:31:57.980><c> look</c><00:31:58.559><c> at</c><00:31:59.799><c> how</c><00:32:00.839><c> Hosea</c><00:32:01.339><c> responds.</c> 00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:06.640 Okay,<00:32:03.900><c> we</c><00:32:04.000><c> know</c><00:32:04.380><c> Absalom</c><00:32:04.900><c> is</c><00:32:05.380><c> headed</c><00:32:05.579><c> up</c><00:32:05.819><c> into</c><00:32:06.039><c> the</c><00:32:06.240><c> city.</c> 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:12.740 We<00:32:07.339><c> go</c><00:32:07.640><c> in</c><00:32:07.859><c> at</c><00:32:08.279><c> Chapter</c><00:32:09.059><c> 16</c><00:32:10.019><c> and</c><00:32:10.519><c> verse</c><00:32:11.400><c> 15.</c> 00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:16.059 Just<00:32:14.980><c> a</c><00:32:15.140><c> little</c><00:32:15.319><c> comment</c><00:32:15.579><c> as</c><00:32:15.839><c> well.</c> 00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.920 Verse<00:32:16.339><c> 15</c><00:32:16.700><c> says,</c> 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.900 Absalom<00:32:17.359><c> and</c><00:32:17.480><c> all</c><00:32:17.759><c> the</c><00:32:17.940><c> people,</c><00:32:18.279><c> the</c><00:32:18.299><c> men</c><00:32:18.480><c> of</c><00:32:18.599><c> Israel,</c> 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:23.460 came<00:32:19.259><c> to</c><00:32:19.440><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:19.940><c> and</c><00:32:20.859><c> Ahithophel</c><00:32:22.619><c> with</c><00:32:23.119><c> him.</c> 00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:27.339 Now<00:32:24.119><c> just</c><00:32:24.299><c> like,</c><00:32:25.440><c> can</c><00:32:25.599><c> someone</c><00:32:25.819><c> across</c><00:32:26.079><c> here</c><00:32:26.220><c> go</c><00:32:26.380><c> to</c><00:32:26.539><c> John</c><00:32:26.880><c> 18</c> 00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.339 verse<00:32:27.700><c> 5?</c> 00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:30.259 One<00:32:28.700><c> of</c><00:32:28.779><c> you</c><00:32:28.920><c> girls,</c><00:32:29.119><c> would</c><00:32:29.200><c> that</c><00:32:29.299><c> be</c><00:32:29.480><c> okay?</c> 00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.819 Is<00:32:30.539><c> that</c><00:32:30.619><c> all</c><00:32:30.720><c> right?</c> 00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:34.279 John<00:32:31.059><c> 18</c><00:32:31.480><c> verse</c><00:32:31.759><c> 5,</c><00:32:32.119><c> and</c><00:32:32.259><c> just</c><00:32:32.480><c> read</c><00:32:32.640><c> it</c><00:32:32.920><c> for</c><00:32:33.380><c> me.</c> 00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:38.480 And<00:32:35.720><c> then</c><00:32:36.079><c> tell</c><00:32:36.220><c> me</c><00:32:36.380><c> what</c><00:32:37.299><c> the</c><00:32:37.539><c> point,</c><00:32:37.940><c> the</c><00:32:37.940><c> link</c><00:32:38.119><c> is</c><00:32:38.299><c> here.</c> 00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.839 Hopefully<00:32:38.799><c> we'll</c><00:32:38.940><c> get</c><00:32:39.099><c> the</c><00:32:39.240><c> answer</c><00:32:39.440><c> to</c><00:32:39.559><c> this</c><00:32:39.700><c> one.</c> 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:41.539 Someone's<00:32:40.140><c> already</c><00:32:40.420><c> got</c><00:32:40.539><c> it,</c><00:32:40.720><c> have</c><00:32:40.799><c> they?</c> 00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:43.279 It's<00:32:42.220><c> all</c><00:32:42.319><c> right.</c> 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:45.019 John<00:32:43.720><c> 18</c><00:32:44.019><c> verse</c><00:32:44.279><c> 5.</c> 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.640 Is<00:32:45.339><c> that</c><00:32:45.480><c> okay?</c> 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.079 Do<00:32:45.759><c> you</c><00:32:45.779><c> want</c><00:32:45.900><c> to</c><00:32:46.019><c> do</c><00:32:46.059><c> it?</c> 00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.359 Are<00:32:46.460><c> you</c><00:32:46.619><c> there?</c> 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.700 They<00:32:53.000><c> answered</c><00:32:53.359><c> him,</c> 00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.920 Jesus<00:32:53.980><c> of</c><00:32:54.160><c> Nazareth,</c> 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.640 Jesus<00:32:55.460><c> saith</c><00:32:55.859><c> unto</c><00:32:56.220><c> them,</c> 00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.500 I<00:32:57.019><c> am</c><00:32:57.200><c> he,</c> 00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:59.599 and<00:32:58.000><c> Judas</c><00:32:58.200><c> also</c><00:32:58.579><c> which</c><00:32:58.859><c> betrayed</c><00:32:59.200><c> him,</c> 00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:01.619 stood<00:32:59.900><c> with</c><00:33:00.160><c> him.</c> 00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:05.920 Did<00:33:03.440><c> everyone</c><00:33:04.480><c> hear</c><00:33:04.720><c> that?</c> 00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:09.299 It's<00:33:07.839><c> in</c><00:33:08.039><c> the</c><00:33:08.099><c> Garden</c><00:33:08.359><c> of</c><00:33:08.519><c> Gethsemane.</c> 00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.980 What<00:33:09.740><c> does</c><00:33:09.859><c> it</c><00:33:09.980><c> say</c><00:33:10.119><c> again?</c> 00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:13.000 Yeah. 00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.640 They<00:33:14.940><c> answered</c><00:33:15.259><c> him,</c> 00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.900 Jesus<00:33:15.960><c> of</c><00:33:16.200><c> Nazareth,</c> 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.380 Jesus<00:33:17.400><c> saith</c><00:33:17.740><c> unto</c><00:33:18.019><c> them,</c> 00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.180 I<00:33:18.700><c> am</c><00:33:18.839><c> he,</c> 00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:21.220 and<00:33:19.480><c> Judas</c><00:33:19.720><c> also</c><00:33:20.279><c> which</c><00:33:20.579><c> betrayed</c><00:33:20.880><c> him,</c> 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.039 stood<00:33:21.500><c> with</c><00:33:21.799><c> them.</c> 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.640 Okay. 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:24.660 So<00:33:23.099><c> did</c><00:33:23.220><c> you</c><00:33:23.240><c> all</c><00:33:23.380><c> pick</c><00:33:23.539><c> up</c><00:33:23.660><c> on</c><00:33:23.839><c> that?</c> 00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.619 It's<00:33:26.420><c> in</c><00:33:26.619><c> the</c><00:33:26.680><c> Garden</c><00:33:26.940><c> of</c><00:33:27.180><c> Gethsemane.</c> 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:30.319 The<00:33:27.880><c> disciples</c><00:33:28.299><c> are</c><00:33:28.519><c> there</c><00:33:28.660><c> with</c><00:33:28.859><c> Jesus</c><00:33:29.299><c> Christ.</c> 00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:34.079 There's<00:33:31.579><c> a</c><00:33:31.720><c> group</c><00:33:31.880><c> of</c><00:33:32.099><c> soldiers</c><00:33:32.460><c> that</c><00:33:32.759><c> come</c><00:33:33.039><c> out,</c> 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:37.160 and<00:33:34.339><c> the</c><00:33:34.440><c> Apostle</c><00:33:34.740><c> John's</c><00:33:35.099><c> looking</c><00:33:35.240><c> at</c><00:33:35.380><c> this</c><00:33:35.559><c> whole</c><00:33:35.799><c> situation,</c> 00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:39.160 and<00:33:37.880><c> what</c><00:33:38.039><c> does</c><00:33:38.160><c> he</c><00:33:38.380><c> say?</c> 00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:42.119 He<00:33:41.039><c> says,</c> 00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.200 Judas<00:33:42.500><c> is</c><00:33:42.740><c> with</c><00:33:42.980><c> them,</c> 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:45.220 and<00:33:43.420><c> he</c><00:33:43.599><c> is</c><00:33:43.819><c> quite</c><00:33:44.339><c> staggered.</c> 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.539 That's<00:33:45.500><c> the</c><00:33:45.720><c> comment.</c> 00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:49.059 Here's<00:33:48.339><c> the</c><00:33:48.460><c> Lord</c><00:33:48.619><c> Jesus</c><00:33:48.839><c> Christ,</c> 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.759 here's<00:33:49.359><c> the</c><00:33:49.480><c> disciples,</c> 00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:51.759 here<00:33:49.960><c> are</c><00:33:50.119><c> these</c><00:33:50.259><c> soldiers</c><00:33:50.619><c> coming</c><00:33:50.859><c> quite</c><00:33:51.119><c> aggressively</c><00:33:51.579><c> to</c> 00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.019 the<00:33:51.880><c> Lord,</c> 00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.839 and<00:33:52.099><c> John</c><00:33:52.359><c> steps</c><00:33:52.619><c> out,</c> 00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.359 and<00:33:52.880><c> he's</c><00:33:53.160><c> thinking,</c> 00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:54.420 am<00:33:53.599><c> I</c><00:33:53.799><c> seeing</c><00:33:54.000><c> right?</c> 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:57.059 Because<00:33:54.900><c> they</c><00:33:55.099><c> didn't</c><00:33:55.299><c> know</c><00:33:55.740><c> that</c><00:33:56.059><c> Judas</c><00:33:56.160><c> had</c><00:33:56.420><c> defaulted.</c> 00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.640 They<00:33:57.519><c> thought</c><00:33:57.740><c> they</c><00:33:57.839><c> were</c><00:33:57.960><c> all</c><00:33:58.119><c> friends</c><00:33:58.279><c> together,</c> 00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.420 and<00:33:58.779><c> all</c><00:33:59.000><c> of</c><00:33:59.140><c> a</c><00:33:59.140><c> sudden</c><00:33:59.279><c> John</c><00:33:59.599><c> says,</c> 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.980 and<00:34:00.680><c> Judas</c><00:34:01.000><c> was</c><00:34:01.279><c> with</c><00:34:01.640><c> them,</c> 00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:04.579 and<00:34:02.480><c> that's</c><00:34:02.720><c> his</c><00:34:02.859><c> last</c><00:34:03.140><c> comment</c><00:34:03.380><c> about</c><00:34:03.619><c> Judas.</c> 00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.460 Finished. 00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.900 It's<00:34:05.799><c> the</c><00:34:05.920><c> final</c><00:34:06.099><c> comment</c><00:34:06.359><c> on</c><00:34:06.599><c> Judas.</c> 00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:10.440 He<00:34:07.380><c> sees</c><00:34:07.700><c> Judas</c><00:34:08.099><c> as</c><00:34:08.420><c> betraying</c><00:34:09.320><c> the</c><00:34:09.679><c> friendship</c><00:34:10.039><c> that</c><00:34:10.239><c> they'd</c> 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.900 all<00:34:10.579><c> developed,</c> 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:13.000 and<00:34:11.139><c> Judas</c><00:34:11.380><c> had</c><00:34:11.659><c> defaulted</c><00:34:12.059><c> to</c><00:34:12.219><c> the</c><00:34:12.360><c> other</c><00:34:12.639><c> side,</c> 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:15.360 and<00:34:13.699><c> John</c><00:34:13.900><c> just</c><00:34:14.179><c> makes</c><00:34:14.340><c> that</c><00:34:14.619><c> comment.</c> 00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.019 So<00:34:15.639><c> you</c><00:34:15.820><c> see,</c> 00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:17.480 that's<00:34:16.340><c> why</c><00:34:16.579><c> in</c><00:34:16.820><c> 2</c><00:34:17.019><c> Samuel,</c> 00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:19.239 if<00:34:17.619><c> you</c><00:34:17.699><c> want</c><00:34:17.780><c> to</c><00:34:17.860><c> put</c><00:34:17.980><c> a</c><00:34:18.119><c> cross</c><00:34:18.320><c> reference,</c> 00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:21.000 that's<00:34:19.780><c> again</c><00:34:20.260><c> in</c><00:34:20.559><c> Samuel,</c> 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.400 the<00:34:21.519><c> record</c><00:34:21.820><c> is</c><00:34:22.039><c> the</c><00:34:22.179><c> same.</c> 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.900 It<00:34:22.500><c> says,</c> 00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:25.219 Ahithophel<00:34:23.659><c> was</c><00:34:23.980><c> with</c><00:34:24.300><c> them.</c> 00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.880 He's<00:34:25.800><c> really</c><00:34:26.039><c> on</c><00:34:26.199><c> the</c><00:34:26.340><c> wrong</c><00:34:26.519><c> side.</c> 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.239 He<00:34:27.000><c> should</c><00:34:27.219><c> have</c><00:34:27.360><c> been</c><00:34:27.460><c> with</c><00:34:27.679><c> David,</c> 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:30.659 if<00:34:28.760><c> he</c><00:34:29.000><c> claimed</c><00:34:29.119><c> to</c><00:34:29.300><c> be</c><00:34:29.440><c> David's</c><00:34:29.940><c> friend,</c> 00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:32.539 but<00:34:31.019><c> he'd</c><00:34:31.380><c> defaulted</c><00:34:31.760><c> to</c><00:34:31.920><c> the</c><00:34:32.059><c> other</c><00:34:32.320><c> side.</c> 00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:34.059 Very<00:34:32.860><c> sad</c><00:34:33.179><c> comment.</c> 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:36.360 So<00:34:34.699><c> we</c><00:34:34.920><c> have</c><00:34:35.079><c> that</c><00:34:35.380><c> parallel</c><00:34:35.780><c> situation</c> 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:38.880 that's<00:34:37.340><c> used</c><00:34:37.539><c> right</c><00:34:37.820><c> through</c><00:34:37.980><c> the</c><00:34:38.099><c> Old</c><00:34:38.280><c> Testament</c><00:34:38.519><c> in</c><00:34:38.719><c> New</c><00:34:38.820><c> Year,</c> 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:41.360 that<00:34:39.219><c> parallels</c><00:34:39.559><c> with</c><00:34:40.380><c> the</c><00:34:40.619><c> work</c><00:34:40.780><c> of</c><00:34:41.059><c> Judas,</c> 00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:43.500 who<00:34:41.619><c> betrayed</c><00:34:41.940><c> the</c><00:34:42.119><c> Lord</c><00:34:42.280><c> Jesus</c><00:34:42.639><c> Christ.</c> 00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.659 Now, 00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:47.539 Ahithophel<00:34:46.300><c> comes</c><00:34:46.599><c> with</c><00:34:46.880><c> them,</c> 00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:49.139 verse<00:34:48.380><c> 16</c><00:34:48.840><c> says,</c> 00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.360 And<00:34:49.280><c> it</c><00:34:49.360><c> came</c><00:34:49.659><c> to</c><00:34:49.920><c> pass,</c> 00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.380 when<00:34:50.980><c> Hoshai</c><00:34:51.460><c> the</c><00:34:51.800><c> archite,</c> 00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:54.219 another<00:34:52.840><c> little</c><00:34:53.360><c> comment,</c> 00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:55.199 David's<00:34:54.760><c> friend,</c> 00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.840 was<00:34:55.900><c> come</c><00:34:56.139><c> to</c><00:34:56.400><c> Absalom,</c> 00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:59.139 that<00:34:57.059><c> Hoshai</c><00:34:57.539><c> said</c><00:34:57.760><c> unto</c><00:34:58.000><c> Absalom,</c> 00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:01.099 God<00:34:59.739><c> save</c><00:34:59.920><c> the</c><00:35:00.099><c> king,</c><00:35:00.260><c> God</c><00:35:00.480><c> save</c><00:35:00.739><c> the</c><00:35:00.940><c> king.</c> 00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.780 And<00:35:01.199><c> Absalom</c><00:35:01.599><c> said,</c> 00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:04.400 Is<00:35:01.920><c> this</c><00:35:02.079><c> your</c><00:35:02.340><c> kindness</c><00:35:02.679><c> that</c><00:35:02.820><c> you're</c><00:35:03.059><c> showing</c><00:35:03.179><c> to</c><00:35:03.340><c> your</c><00:35:03.579><c> friend?</c> 00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:06.199 Why<00:35:04.659><c> wentest</c><00:35:05.039><c> thou</c><00:35:05.199><c> not</c><00:35:05.420><c> with</c><00:35:05.639><c> thy</c><00:35:05.820><c> friend?</c> 00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:07.340 And<00:35:06.400><c> Hoshai</c><00:35:06.739><c> said</c><00:35:06.900><c> to</c><00:35:07.039><c> Absalom,</c> 00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.860 No,<00:35:07.599><c> but</c><00:35:07.780><c> whom,</c><00:35:08.059><c> Yahweh,</c><00:35:08.239><c> and</c><00:35:08.380><c> this</c><00:35:08.559><c> people,</c> 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.659 and<00:35:09.000><c> the</c><00:35:09.119><c> men</c><00:35:09.239><c> of</c><00:35:09.340><c> Israel,</c> 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:11.440 choose<00:35:10.079><c> his</c><00:35:10.800><c> will</c><00:35:11.019><c> I</c><00:35:11.219><c> be,</c> 00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:14.619 and<00:35:11.719><c> with</c><00:35:11.960><c> him</c><00:35:12.699><c> will</c><00:35:13.199><c> I</c><00:35:13.619><c> abide.</c> 00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.780 And<00:35:14.760><c> again,</c><00:35:15.059><c> who</c><00:35:15.260><c> should</c><00:35:15.380><c> I</c><00:35:15.639><c> serve?</c> 00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:17.940 Should<00:35:15.920><c> I</c><00:35:16.079><c> not</c><00:35:16.239><c> serve</c><00:35:16.420><c> in</c><00:35:16.500><c> the</c><00:35:16.659><c> presence</c><00:35:16.840><c> of</c><00:35:16.980><c> his</c><00:35:17.159><c> son?</c> 00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:19.760 As<00:35:18.019><c> I</c><00:35:18.239><c> have</c><00:35:18.440><c> served</c><00:35:18.639><c> in</c><00:35:18.820><c> thy</c><00:35:19.039><c> father's</c><00:35:19.579><c> presence,</c> 00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:21.639 so<00:35:20.019><c> will</c><00:35:20.179><c> I</c><00:35:20.320><c> be</c><00:35:20.460><c> in</c><00:35:20.579><c> thy</c><00:35:20.760><c> presence.</c> 00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:26.739 Does<00:35:22.139><c> this</c><00:35:22.400><c> sound</c><00:35:22.619><c> like</c><00:35:22.880><c> someone</c><00:35:23.219><c> who</c><00:35:23.559><c> is</c><00:35:24.559><c> defaulting</c><00:35:25.239><c> to,</c> 00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:28.820 to<00:35:27.420><c> be</c><00:35:27.559><c> with</c><00:35:27.820><c> Absalom?</c> 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:30.079 Do<00:35:29.159><c> you</c><00:35:29.280><c> think?</c> 00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:32.820 On<00:35:30.739><c> a</c><00:35:30.940><c> surface</c><00:35:31.239><c> reading</c><00:35:31.539><c> it</c><00:35:31.719><c> would</c><00:35:31.860><c> appear</c><00:35:32.199><c> so,</c><00:35:32.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:32.619><c> it?</c> 00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:35.260 You're<00:35:33.179><c> sort</c><00:35:33.320><c> of</c><00:35:33.440><c> thinking</c><00:35:33.760><c> that</c><00:35:34.260><c> Absalom's</c><00:35:35.119><c> saying,</c> 00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:37.880 What<00:35:35.820><c> are</c><00:35:35.960><c> you</c><00:35:36.079><c> doing</c><00:35:36.320><c> here,</c><00:35:37.559><c> Hoshai?</c> 00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:41.119 Is<00:35:38.619><c> this</c><00:35:38.840><c> the</c><00:35:39.059><c> kindness</c><00:35:39.300><c> that</c><00:35:39.539><c> you're</c><00:35:39.699><c> showing</c><00:35:39.840><c> to</c><00:35:40.099><c> your</c><00:35:40.320><c> friend?</c> 00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:43.380 Have<00:35:41.579><c> you</c><00:35:42.179><c> transferred</c><00:35:42.780><c> sides?</c> 00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:46.800 And<00:35:44.400><c> then</c><00:35:44.880><c> Hoshai</c><00:35:45.179><c> makes</c><00:35:45.460><c> this</c><00:35:45.760><c> reply,</c> 00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:48.900 that<00:35:47.360><c> on</c><00:35:47.579><c> a</c><00:35:47.739><c> surface</c><00:35:48.000><c> reading</c><00:35:48.219><c> we</c><00:35:48.380><c> might</c><00:35:48.639><c> think,</c> 00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:53.599 Well,<00:35:49.219><c> it</c><00:35:49.300><c> sounds</c><00:35:49.699><c> like</c><00:35:50.000><c> Hoshai</c><00:35:50.400><c> is</c><00:35:51.039><c> supporting</c><00:35:51.980><c> Absalom.</c> 00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:57.679 So<00:35:54.820><c> let's</c><00:35:55.039><c> read</c><00:35:55.260><c> it</c><00:35:55.420><c> a</c><00:35:55.480><c> little</c><00:35:55.659><c> bit</c><00:35:55.840><c> more</c><00:35:56.480><c> carefully.</c> 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:02.239 What's<00:35:59.539><c> the</c><00:35:59.699><c> first</c><00:36:00.039><c> thing</c><00:36:00.760><c> that</c><00:36:01.119><c> Hoshai</c><00:36:01.659><c> says</c> 00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:05.300 in<00:36:02.940><c> reply</c><00:36:03.380><c> to</c><00:36:03.699><c> Absalom's</c><00:36:04.420><c> question?</c> 00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:08.519 What's<00:36:06.840><c> the</c><00:36:06.980><c> first</c><00:36:07.219><c> thing</c><00:36:07.360><c> he</c><00:36:07.539><c> says?</c> 00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.960 Gee,<00:36:11.820><c> that's</c><00:36:11.960><c> not</c><00:36:12.119><c> too</c><00:36:12.280><c> difficult,</c><00:36:12.619><c> is</c><00:36:12.780><c> it?</c> 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:15.039 You<00:36:12.960><c> guys</c><00:36:13.400><c> must</c><00:36:13.579><c> be</c><00:36:13.739><c> really</c><00:36:14.000><c> exhausted.</c> 00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:20.059 Okay,<00:36:17.980><c> I</c><00:36:18.059><c> need</c><00:36:18.179><c> some</c><00:36:18.420><c> feedback</c><00:36:18.800><c> here.</c> 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:26.159 Yeah,<00:36:23.179><c> and</c><00:36:23.579><c> continue</c><00:36:23.940><c> on</c><00:36:24.119><c> a</c><00:36:24.239><c> bit.</c> 00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:32.380 Okay,<00:36:31.440><c> too</c><00:36:31.639><c> far,</c><00:36:31.780><c> too</c><00:36:31.920><c> far,</c><00:36:32.099><c> too</c><00:36:32.280><c> far.</c> 00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:34.780 I<00:36:32.440><c> just</c><00:36:32.639><c> want</c><00:36:32.820><c> that,</c><00:36:33.659><c> the</c><00:36:33.900><c> first</c><00:36:34.260><c> phrase.</c> 00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:39.739 And<00:36:35.239><c> it</c><00:36:35.460><c> says,</c><00:36:36.880><c> But</c><00:36:36.880><c> whom</c><00:36:37.340><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:38.159><c> chooseth,</c><00:36:38.659><c> doesn't</c><00:36:38.920><c> it?</c> 00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:42.000 That's<00:36:40.320><c> the</c><00:36:40.519><c> first</c><00:36:40.840><c> statement</c><00:36:41.260><c> of</c><00:36:41.599><c> Hoshai.</c> 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:44.739 And<00:36:42.260><c> he</c><00:36:42.400><c> says</c><00:36:42.679><c> very</c><00:36:43.039><c> emphatically,</c> 00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:48.099 Absalom's<00:36:46.139><c> saying,</c><00:36:46.440><c> Is</c><00:36:46.440><c> this</c><00:36:46.619><c> how</c><00:36:46.739><c> you</c><00:36:46.920><c> treat</c><00:36:47.059><c> your</c><00:36:47.320><c> friend?</c> 00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:52.340 And<00:36:48.639><c> Hoshai</c><00:36:49.059><c> says,</c><00:36:50.820><c> Whom</c><00:36:51.239><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:51.820><c> chooseth,</c> 00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:54.300 that's<00:36:52.579><c> his</c><00:36:52.800><c> first</c><00:36:53.139><c> priority,</c> 00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:57.840 His<00:36:54.820><c> will</c><00:36:55.360><c> I</c><00:36:55.659><c> be,</c><00:36:55.960><c> and</c><00:36:56.079><c> with</c><00:36:56.300><c> him</c><00:36:56.400><c> will</c><00:36:56.619><c> I</c><00:36:57.019><c> abide.</c> 00:36:57.980 --> 00:37:00.820 Who<00:36:58.219><c> had</c><00:36:58.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:58.960><c> chosen</c><00:36:59.420><c> as</c><00:36:59.760><c> to</c><00:36:59.900><c> be</c><00:37:00.019><c> king</c><00:37:00.219><c> over</c><00:37:00.460><c> the</c><00:37:00.619><c> nation?</c> 00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:02.400 Who<00:37:01.039><c> had</c><00:37:01.239><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:01.500><c> chosen?</c> 00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.699 David. 00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:05.519 So<00:37:03.940><c> there's</c><00:37:04.380><c> his</c><00:37:04.599><c> answer,</c><00:37:04.940><c> you</c><00:37:05.159><c> see.</c> 00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:07.579 All<00:37:06.119><c> right,</c><00:37:06.199><c> so</c><00:37:06.340><c> he's</c><00:37:06.480><c> not</c><00:37:06.699><c> siding</c><00:37:07.000><c> with</c><00:37:07.219><c> Absalom.</c> 00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:10.039 He's<00:37:07.719><c> saying,</c><00:37:08.000><c> Whoever</c><00:37:08.260><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:08.699><c> chooses,</c><00:37:09.280><c> him</c><00:37:09.480><c> will</c><00:37:09.659><c> I</c><00:37:09.880><c> be.</c> 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:13.280 So<00:37:10.539><c> the</c><00:37:10.880><c> underlying</c><00:37:11.500><c> tone</c><00:37:11.980><c> is</c><00:37:12.179><c> that</c><00:37:12.300><c> he's</c><00:37:12.519><c> still</c><00:37:12.800><c> supportive</c> 00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:14.820 of<00:37:13.659><c> David.</c> 00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:22.039 And<00:37:17.480><c> supported,</c><00:37:18.280><c> really,</c><00:37:19.179><c> when</c><00:37:19.380><c> he</c><00:37:19.659><c> says</c><00:37:20.179><c> at</c><00:37:20.820><c> the</c><00:37:20.880><c> end</c><00:37:20.980><c> of</c><00:37:21.059><c> verse</c><00:37:21.239><c> 16,</c> 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:25.219 God<00:37:22.860><c> saved</c><00:37:23.320><c> the</c><00:37:23.659><c> king,</c><00:37:24.159><c> God</c><00:37:24.519><c> saved</c><00:37:24.840><c> the</c><00:37:25.019><c> king.</c> 00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:26.119 Who<00:37:25.400><c> was</c><00:37:25.599><c> the</c><00:37:25.840><c> king?</c> 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.679 It<00:37:26.579><c> was</c><00:37:26.820><c> David</c><00:37:27.260><c> still.</c> 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:30.480 So<00:37:28.219><c> you</c><00:37:28.280><c> see,</c><00:37:28.360><c> there's</c><00:37:28.539><c> this</c><00:37:28.780><c> constant</c><00:37:29.219><c> thrust</c><00:37:29.739><c> underlying</c> 00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.280 his<00:37:30.780><c> answer</c> 00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:36.760 that<00:37:31.920><c> he</c><00:37:32.420><c> still</c><00:37:32.699><c> accepted</c><00:37:33.739><c> David</c><00:37:34.840><c> as</c><00:37:35.360><c> his</c><00:37:35.840><c> friend</c><00:37:36.159><c> and</c><00:37:36.400><c> as</c><00:37:36.579><c> the</c> 00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:38.219 king<00:37:37.039><c> of</c><00:37:37.280><c> Israel.</c> 00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:40.480 Verse<00:37:38.780><c> 19</c><00:37:39.059><c> says,</c><00:37:39.539><c> Again,</c><00:37:39.599><c> whom</c><00:37:39.840><c> should</c><00:37:40.019><c> I</c><00:37:40.239><c> serve?</c> 00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:42.559 Should<00:37:40.920><c> I</c><00:37:41.079><c> not</c><00:37:41.280><c> serve</c><00:37:41.420><c> in</c><00:37:41.519><c> the</c><00:37:41.679><c> presence</c><00:37:41.860><c> of</c><00:37:42.019><c> his</c><00:37:42.219><c> son?</c> 00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:44.059 Fair<00:37:43.039><c> enough,</c><00:37:43.320><c> but</c><00:37:43.400><c> note</c><00:37:43.599><c> this</c><00:37:43.840><c> point.</c> 00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:46.840 As<00:37:44.699><c> I</c><00:37:44.980><c> have</c><00:37:45.280><c> served</c><00:37:45.579><c> in</c><00:37:45.719><c> thy</c><00:37:46.000><c> father's</c><00:37:46.579><c> presence,</c> 00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:49.280 I'm<00:37:47.440><c> going</c><00:37:47.579><c> to</c><00:37:47.699><c> be</c><00:37:47.820><c> the</c><00:37:48.059><c> same</c><00:37:48.340><c> man.</c> 00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:51.860 I'm<00:37:50.219><c> not</c><00:37:50.380><c> going</c><00:37:50.559><c> to</c><00:37:50.719><c> change,</c><00:37:51.000><c> I'm</c><00:37:51.159><c> not</c><00:37:51.340><c> going</c><00:37:51.500><c> to</c><00:37:51.739><c> waver.</c> 00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:54.340 Maybe<00:37:52.099><c> there's</c><00:37:52.300><c> a</c><00:37:52.360><c> bit</c><00:37:52.440><c> of</c><00:37:52.659><c> a</c><00:37:52.739><c> thrust</c><00:37:52.900><c> to</c><00:37:53.340><c> Ahithophel</c><00:37:53.880><c> there,</c> 00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:56.000 who<00:37:54.739><c> had</c><00:37:54.880><c> changed</c><00:37:55.159><c> sides,</c><00:37:55.440><c> but</c><00:37:55.579><c> he</c><00:37:55.800><c> said,</c> 00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:58.300 I'm<00:37:56.500><c> going</c><00:37:56.539><c> to</c><00:37:56.619><c> be</c><00:37:56.800><c> straight</c><00:37:57.059><c> down</c><00:37:57.320><c> the</c><00:37:57.500><c> line.</c> 00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:00.800 There's<00:37:58.719><c> not</c><00:37:58.860><c> going</c><00:37:58.940><c> to</c><00:37:59.019><c> be</c><00:37:59.119><c> any</c><00:37:59.360><c> wavering</c><00:37:59.639><c> with</c><00:37:59.820><c> my</c><00:38:00.099><c> type</c><00:38:00.280><c> of</c><00:38:00.519><c> support.</c> 00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:02.239 I'm<00:38:00.980><c> going</c><00:38:01.099><c> to</c><00:38:01.179><c> be</c><00:38:01.360><c> faithful.</c> 00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:08.320 So<00:38:03.280><c> you</c><00:38:03.599><c> see,</c><00:38:03.880><c> he</c><00:38:04.159><c> really</c><00:38:04.659><c> is</c><00:38:05.480><c> quite</c><00:38:05.780><c> supportive</c><00:38:06.380><c> of</c><00:38:07.360><c> David.</c> 00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:10.760 He<00:38:09.199><c> could</c><00:38:09.400><c> have</c><00:38:09.559><c> quite</c><00:38:09.800><c> easily</c><00:38:10.219><c> turned</c> 00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:14.880 and<00:38:11.739><c> made</c><00:38:12.199><c> a</c><00:38:12.519><c> snide</c><00:38:12.880><c> remark</c><00:38:13.340><c> to</c><00:38:14.099><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:38:14.679><c> couldn't</c><00:38:14.780><c> he?</c> 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:16.559 And<00:38:15.039><c> he</c><00:38:15.179><c> could</c><00:38:15.340><c> have</c><00:38:15.460><c> said,</c><00:38:15.559><c> Well,</c><00:38:15.659><c> what</c><00:38:15.840><c> about</c><00:38:16.000><c> your</c><00:38:16.300><c> kindness?</c> 00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.960 I<00:38:16.719><c> thought</c><00:38:16.880><c> he</c><00:38:17.019><c> was</c><00:38:17.139><c> your</c><00:38:17.360><c> friend</c><00:38:17.539><c> once.</c> 00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.139 And<00:38:18.480><c> what</c><00:38:18.619><c> have</c><00:38:18.760><c> you</c><00:38:18.940><c> done?</c> 00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:21.619 You've<00:38:19.559><c> completely</c><00:38:19.860><c> turned</c><00:38:20.159><c> your</c><00:38:20.320><c> back</c><00:38:20.460><c> on</c><00:38:20.619><c> him.</c> 00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:27.059 So<00:38:22.400><c> that</c><00:38:22.920><c> could</c><00:38:23.099><c> have</c><00:38:23.280><c> well</c><00:38:23.539><c> been</c><00:38:24.300><c> the</c><00:38:24.860><c> remark</c><00:38:25.300><c> of</c><00:38:26.099><c> Hishai.</c> 00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:31.940 We<00:38:29.820><c> could</c><00:38:30.239><c> play</c><00:38:31.139><c> through</c><00:38:31.300><c> the</c><00:38:31.480><c> situation,</c> 00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.880 but<00:38:32.139><c> our</c><00:38:32.400><c> time</c><00:38:32.599><c> has</c><00:38:32.960><c> gone.</c> 00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:37.840 You<00:38:34.320><c> would</c><00:38:34.579><c> have</c><00:38:34.760><c> in</c><00:38:34.860><c> your</c><00:38:35.559><c> handouts</c><00:38:36.119><c> a</c><00:38:36.659><c> contrast,</c> 00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.639 which<00:38:38.940><c> you</c><00:38:39.079><c> can</c><00:38:39.239><c> look</c><00:38:39.480><c> at,</c> 00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:41.199 but<00:38:39.780><c> I</c><00:38:39.920><c> just</c><00:38:40.079><c> want</c><00:38:40.199><c> to</c><00:38:40.360><c> pop</c><00:38:40.440><c> this</c><00:38:40.719><c> one</c><00:38:40.880><c> up,</c> 00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:43.460 and<00:38:41.539><c> I'm</c><00:38:41.679><c> going</c><00:38:41.780><c> to</c><00:38:41.880><c> finish</c><00:38:42.059><c> on</c><00:38:42.239><c> this</c><00:38:42.519><c> point.</c> 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:49.199 And<00:38:44.099><c> it</c><00:38:44.239><c> is</c><00:38:45.760><c> the</c><00:38:47.360><c> purpose</c><00:38:47.780><c> of</c><00:38:48.119><c> friendship.</c> 00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.179 All<00:38:49.539><c> right?</c> 00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:53.440 And<00:38:50.940><c> when</c><00:38:51.219><c> we</c><00:38:51.480><c> say</c><00:38:51.900><c> we</c><00:38:52.840><c> make</c><00:38:53.059><c> a</c><00:38:53.260><c> decision</c> 00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:55.199 for<00:38:53.639><c> a</c><00:38:53.760><c> commitment</c><00:38:53.960><c> for</c><00:38:54.159><c> Christ,</c><00:38:54.500><c> for</c><00:38:54.719><c> baptism,</c> 00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:59.000 what<00:38:55.699><c> we're</c><00:38:56.079><c> simply</c><00:38:56.440><c> saying</c><00:38:56.719><c> is</c><00:38:56.860><c> that</c><00:38:56.980><c> we</c><00:38:57.079><c> want</c><00:38:57.219><c> to</c><00:38:57.340><c> be</c><00:38:57.500><c> friends</c><00:38:57.760><c> with</c><00:38:58.000><c> Christ.</c> 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:01.239 And<00:38:59.199><c> why</c><00:38:59.800><c> do</c><00:38:59.960><c> we</c><00:39:00.039><c> want</c><00:39:00.199><c> to</c><00:39:00.320><c> be</c><00:39:00.480><c> friends</c><00:39:00.699><c> with</c><00:39:00.920><c> Christ?</c> 00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:05.059 Well,<00:39:01.579><c> this</c><00:39:01.820><c> point</c><00:39:02.059><c> says</c><00:39:02.599><c> the</c><00:39:03.360><c> meeting</c><00:39:03.719><c> of</c><00:39:03.980><c> two</c><00:39:04.360><c> personalities</c> 00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:08.619 is<00:39:05.340><c> like</c><00:39:05.519><c> the</c><00:39:05.800><c> contact</c><00:39:06.360><c> of</c><00:39:07.260><c> two</c><00:39:07.699><c> chemical</c><00:39:08.179><c> substances.</c> 00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.880 They're<00:39:08.940><c> both</c><00:39:09.280><c> different,</c><00:39:09.699><c> aren't</c><00:39:09.760><c> they?</c> 00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:11.159 We're<00:39:10.059><c> all</c><00:39:10.239><c> different.</c> 00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:14.920 We<00:39:11.659><c> all</c><00:39:11.920><c> have</c><00:39:12.079><c> our</c><00:39:12.400><c> individual</c><00:39:12.980><c> characters</c><00:39:13.599><c> and</c><00:39:13.920><c> qualities.</c> 00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:19.739 So<00:39:15.380><c> when</c><00:39:15.619><c> we</c><00:39:15.940><c> meet,</c><00:39:16.860><c> there</c><00:39:17.000><c> is</c><00:39:17.099><c> sometimes</c><00:39:17.500><c> a</c><00:39:17.619><c> bit</c><00:39:17.679><c> of</c><00:39:17.840><c> a</c><00:39:17.980><c> reaction,</c><00:39:19.320><c> I</c><00:39:19.539><c> guess.</c> 00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:21.739 And<00:39:20.099><c> hopefully,</c><00:39:21.159><c> as</c><00:39:21.300><c> you</c><00:39:21.400><c> get</c><00:39:21.579><c> older</c> 00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:23.900 and<00:39:21.880><c> you</c><00:39:22.000><c> develop</c><00:39:22.400><c> relationships</c><00:39:23.019><c> between</c><00:39:23.440><c> one</c><00:39:23.679><c> another,</c> 00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:26.380 that<00:39:24.039><c> will</c><00:39:24.219><c> be</c><00:39:24.719><c> of</c><00:39:24.900><c> a</c><00:39:25.079><c> positive</c><00:39:25.420><c> nature.</c> 00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:28.940 It's<00:39:27.000><c> like</c><00:39:27.119><c> the</c><00:39:27.300><c> contact</c><00:39:27.619><c> of</c><00:39:27.820><c> two</c><00:39:28.039><c> chemical</c><00:39:28.460><c> substances.</c> 00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:33.400 If<00:39:29.400><c> there</c><00:39:29.659><c> is</c><00:39:29.880><c> any</c><00:39:30.179><c> reaction,</c><00:39:31.079><c> both</c><00:39:31.420><c> are</c><00:39:32.059><c> transformed</c><00:39:32.940><c> for</c> 00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.679 the<00:39:33.539><c> better.</c> 00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:35.820 Now,<00:39:34.179><c> I</c><00:39:34.340><c> haven't</c><00:39:34.559><c> done</c><00:39:34.780><c> chemistry</c><00:39:35.099><c> for</c><00:39:35.320><c> a</c><00:39:35.320><c> long</c><00:39:35.579><c> time,</c> 00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:37.860 but<00:39:35.960><c> sometimes</c><00:39:36.300><c> you</c><00:39:36.380><c> can</c><00:39:36.579><c> mix</c><00:39:36.760><c> two</c><00:39:37.019><c> substances</c><00:39:37.400><c> together</c> 00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:40.800 and<00:39:38.300><c> there's</c><00:39:38.519><c> an</c><00:39:38.760><c> explosion</c><00:39:39.179><c> and</c><00:39:39.340><c> there's</c><00:39:39.579><c> nothing</c><00:39:39.780><c> left.</c> 00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:43.980 And<00:39:41.679><c> sometimes</c><00:39:42.199><c> you'll</c><00:39:42.880><c> find</c><00:39:43.199><c> that</c><00:39:43.360><c> as</c><00:39:43.480><c> you</c><00:39:43.579><c> go</c><00:39:43.699><c> through</c><00:39:43.860><c> the</c> 00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:45.300 experience<00:39:44.340><c> of</c><00:39:44.599><c> teenage</c><00:39:44.960><c> years</c> 00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:47.340 that<00:39:45.480><c> you</c><00:39:45.619><c> get</c><00:39:45.760><c> to</c><00:39:45.900><c> know</c><00:39:46.039><c> someone</c><00:39:46.320><c> better,</c> 00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:50.480 but<00:39:48.260><c> it</c><00:39:48.559><c> could</c><00:39:48.719><c> be</c><00:39:48.960><c> a</c><00:39:49.139><c> destructive</c><00:39:49.599><c> type</c><00:39:49.920><c> of</c><00:39:50.119><c> relationship.</c> 00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:53.320 So<00:39:50.760><c> you've</c><00:39:50.960><c> got</c><00:39:51.019><c> to</c><00:39:51.360><c> choose</c><00:39:51.639><c> very</c><00:39:51.980><c> carefully</c><00:39:52.260><c> the</c><00:39:52.519><c> friendships</c><00:39:52.820><c> you</c><00:39:53.079><c> make,</c> 00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:56.960 because<00:39:53.739><c> our</c><00:39:54.059><c> aim</c><00:39:54.320><c> is</c><00:39:54.539><c> to</c><00:39:54.659><c> be</c><00:39:54.960><c> transformed</c><00:39:55.880><c> and</c><00:39:56.619><c> developed</c> 00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:58.380 into<00:39:57.239><c> better</c><00:39:57.420><c> people.</c> 00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:00.000 All<00:39:58.699><c> right,</c><00:39:58.780><c> so</c><00:39:58.920><c> I'm</c><00:39:59.000><c> going</c><00:39:59.099><c> to</c><00:39:59.219><c> leave</c><00:39:59.360><c> it</c><00:39:59.559><c> there.</c> 00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:03.519 And<00:40:00.559><c> I</c><00:40:00.659><c> want</c><00:40:00.800><c> to</c><00:40:01.039><c> thank</c><00:40:01.179><c> you</c><00:40:01.420><c> folks</c><00:40:01.760><c> for</c><00:40:02.760><c> your</c><00:40:03.099><c> attention</c><00:40:03.380><c> and</c> 00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.579 your<00:40:03.780><c> feedback.</c> 00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:07.019 I<00:40:04.760><c> was</c><00:40:04.880><c> a</c><00:40:04.960><c> little</c><00:40:05.059><c> bit</c><00:40:05.260><c> daunted</c><00:40:05.480><c> when</c><00:40:05.659><c> I</c><00:40:05.860><c> first</c><00:40:06.099><c> heard</c><00:40:06.280><c> the</c><00:40:06.480><c> class</c><00:40:06.659><c> was</c> 00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:07.840 80<00:40:07.260><c> to</c><00:40:07.400><c> 100</c><00:40:07.599><c> kids</c> 00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:10.619 and<00:40:07.940><c> I</c><00:40:08.079><c> thought,</c><00:40:08.239><c> well,</c><00:40:08.519><c> this</c><00:40:08.679><c> is</c><00:40:08.800><c> going</c><00:40:08.880><c> to</c><00:40:08.980><c> be</c><00:40:09.639><c> hard</c><00:40:10.079><c> to</c><00:40:10.360><c> control,</c> 00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:13.340 but<00:40:10.980><c> thanks</c><00:40:11.239><c> very</c><00:40:11.460><c> much</c><00:40:11.659><c> for</c><00:40:12.039><c> your</c><00:40:12.239><c> input</c><00:40:12.559><c> and</c><00:40:12.960><c> behaving</c> 00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:16.159 and<00:40:13.619><c> not</c><00:40:14.440><c> creating</c><00:40:14.719><c> a</c><00:40:14.960><c> situation</c><00:40:15.320><c> that</c><00:40:15.480><c> I</c><00:40:15.599><c> couldn't</c><00:40:15.800><c> handle.</c> 00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:19.019 And<00:40:16.880><c> hopefully,</c><00:40:17.340><c> during</c><00:40:17.599><c> the</c><00:40:17.840><c> session</c><00:40:18.159><c> that</c><00:40:18.460><c> we've</c><00:40:18.639><c> had</c><00:40:18.780><c> six</c> 00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.739 studies<00:40:19.239><c> together,</c> 00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:22.539 there<00:40:20.440><c> may</c><00:40:20.679><c> be</c><00:40:20.920><c> a</c><00:40:21.179><c> couple</c><00:40:21.360><c> of</c><00:40:21.480><c> points</c><00:40:21.679><c> that</c><00:40:21.880><c> we've</c><00:40:22.139><c> learned.</c> 00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:24.780 Okay,<00:40:23.500><c> thank</c><00:40:23.619><c> you</c><00:40:23.679><c> very</c><00:40:23.920><c> much.</c>