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about,</c><00:15:55.419><c> you</c><00:15:55.559><c> know,</c><00:15:55.639><c> the</c><00:15:55.860><c> emblems.</c> 00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:57.000 We<00:15:56.279><c> read</c><00:15:56.360><c> it</c><00:15:56.480><c> on</c><00:15:56.600><c> a</c><00:15:56.720><c> Sunday.</c> 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:00.940 He<00:15:57.639><c> says,</c><00:15:58.539><c> look,</c><00:15:58.960><c> everybody</c><00:15:59.259><c> should</c><00:15:59.580><c> examine</c><00:16:00.000><c> themselves</c><00:16:00.519><c> and</c><00:16:00.759><c> so</c> 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:01.440 let<00:16:01.059><c> them</c><00:16:01.220><c> eat</c> 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:03.059 and<00:16:01.559><c> so</c><00:16:01.720><c> let</c><00:16:01.860><c> them</c><00:16:01.980><c> drink</c><00:16:02.220><c> of</c><00:16:02.340><c> the</c><00:16:02.480><c> bread</c><00:16:02.580><c> and</c><00:16:02.679><c> the</c><00:16:02.840><c> wine.</c> 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:07.940 But<00:16:03.659><c> he</c><00:16:03.740><c> 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you</c><00:16:15.600><c> know</c><00:16:15.799><c> what,</c><00:16:16.620><c> that</c> 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:18.299 is<00:16:17.399><c> ugly.</c> 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:20.539 And<00:16:18.600><c> I</c><00:16:18.679><c> got</c><00:16:18.759><c> to</c><00:16:18.919><c> take</c><00:16:19.000><c> that</c><00:16:19.279><c> out</c><00:16:19.460><c> of</c><00:16:19.559><c> my</c><00:16:19.759><c> life.</c> 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:23.759 We<00:16:20.740><c> come</c><00:16:20.899><c> to</c><00:16:21.039><c> judgment</c><00:16:21.379><c> seat,</c><00:16:21.840><c> the</c><00:16:21.919><c> Lord</c><00:16:22.080><c> Jesus</c><00:16:22.379><c> Christ</c><00:16:22.700><c> looking</c><00:16:22.980><c> inside</c><00:16:23.399><c> us</c> 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:26.279 doesn't<00:16:24.039><c> see</c><00:16:24.320><c> it</c><00:16:24.480><c> anymore</c><00:16:24.720><c> because</c><00:16:24.899><c> it's</c><00:16:25.080><c> been</c><00:16:25.299><c> removed.</c> 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:28.519 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him</c><00:23:29.420><c> with</c><00:23:29.680><c> great</c><00:23:29.880><c> riches</c> 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:32.380 and<00:23:30.599><c> give</c><00:23:30.839><c> him</c><00:23:31.940><c> his</c><00:23:32.079><c> daughter</c> 00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:33.859 and<00:23:32.539><c> make</c><00:23:32.700><c> his</c><00:23:32.900><c> father's</c><00:23:33.319><c> house</c><00:23:33.559><c> free.</c> 00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:36.019 In<00:23:33.980><c> other</c><00:23:34.119><c> words,</c><00:23:34.299><c> he</c><00:23:34.299><c> won't</c><00:23:34.400><c> be</c><00:23:34.660><c> taxed</c><00:23:34.960><c> in</c><00:23:35.119><c> Israel.</c> 00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.680 So<00:23:36.420><c> that's</c><00:23:36.740><c> what,</c><00:23:36.940><c> you</c><00:23:36.980><c> know,</c><00:23:37.200><c> they're</c><00:23:37.400><c> saying,</c> 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:39.759 look,<00:23:37.940><c> whoever</c><00:23:38.160><c> takes</c><00:23:38.420><c> this</c><00:23:38.640><c> guy</c><00:23:38.799><c> on,</c><00:23:38.980><c> boys,</c><00:23:39.200><c> he</c><00:23:39.359><c> got</c><00:23:39.460><c> to</c><00:23:39.599><c> make.</c> 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:42.079 Gets<00:23:40.220><c> the</c><00:23:40.440><c> king's</c><00:23:40.799><c> daughter,</c><00:23:41.099><c> his</c><00:23:41.259><c> house</c><00:23:41.500><c> becomes</c><00:23:41.819><c> free</c> 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.799 and<00:23:42.160><c> he's</c><00:23:42.380><c> gonna</c><00:23:42.480><c> be</c><00:23:42.640><c> a</c><00:23:42.799><c> rich</c><00:23:42.940><c> man.</c> 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:46.119 And<00:23:44.019><c> David</c><00:23:44.160><c> goes,</c><00:23:44.859><c> get</c><00:23:44.980><c> out</c><00:23:45.180><c> of</c><00:23:45.319><c> here.</c> 00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:48.180 He<00:23:46.359><c> says,</c><00:23:47.299><c> what?</c> 00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:50.940 What<00:23:48.579><c> shall</c><00:23:48.759><c> we</c><00:23:48.960><c> done</c><00:23:49.140><c> to</c><00:23:49.339><c> the</c><00:23:49.519><c> man</c><00:23:49.740><c> that</c><00:23:49.960><c> killed</c><00:23:50.119><c> the</c><00:23:50.400><c> Philistines</c> 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:52.640 and<00:23:51.220><c> takes</c><00:23:51.420><c> away</c><00:23:51.619><c> the</c><00:23:51.740><c> reproach</c><00:23:52.140><c> of</c><00:23:52.299><c> Israel?</c> 00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.200 He<00:23:53.180><c> says,</c><00:23:53.440><c> well,</c><00:23:53.480><c> what's</c><00:23:53.700><c> this</c><00:23:53.980><c> guy?</c> 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:56.700 Who<00:23:54.640><c> is</c><00:23:54.880><c> this</c><00:23:55.180><c> uncircumcised</c><00:23:56.140><c> Philistine?</c> 00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:59.619 And<00:23:57.380><c> now</c><00:23:57.480><c> he</c><00:23:57.559><c> puts</c><00:23:57.720><c> the</c><00:23:57.940><c> whole</c><00:23:58.319><c> battle</c><00:23:58.660><c> into</c><00:23:58.940><c> perspective.</c> 00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:06.000 That<00:24:00.299><c> he</c><00:24:00.799><c> should</c><00:24:01.140><c> defy</c><00:24:02.460><c> the</c><00:24:02.920><c> armies</c><00:24:03.339><c> of</c><00:24:03.779><c> the</c><00:24:04.200><c> living</c><00:24:04.700><c> God.</c> 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:10.480 And<00:24:06.619><c> young</c><00:24:06.799><c> people,</c><00:24:07.920><c> we</c><00:24:08.059><c> want</c><00:24:08.259><c> to</c><00:24:08.480><c> see</c><00:24:08.720><c> things</c><00:24:09.079><c> in</c><00:24:09.440><c> that</c><00:24:09.660><c> light.</c> 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:14.019 We<00:24:10.940><c> want</c><00:24:11.140><c> to</c><00:24:11.339><c> see</c><00:24:11.559><c> the</c><00:24:11.779><c> fact</c><00:24:12.079><c> that</c><00:24:12.900><c> we</c><00:24:13.200><c> are</c><00:24:13.380><c> not</c><00:24:13.680><c> dealing</c> 00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:16.640 just<00:24:14.440><c> you</c><00:24:14.759><c> and</c><00:24:14.980><c> I</c><00:24:15.259><c> against</c><00:24:15.640><c> the</c><00:24:15.859><c> world.</c> 00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:18.859 We<00:24:16.779><c> are</c><00:24:16.960><c> dealing</c><00:24:17.220><c> with</c><00:24:17.599><c> you,</c><00:24:18.359><c> I,</c> 00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:21.480 and<00:24:19.140><c> the</c><00:24:19.380><c> God</c><00:24:19.579><c> of</c><00:24:19.839><c> heaven</c><00:24:20.259><c> against</c><00:24:20.940><c> the</c><00:24:21.180><c> world.</c> 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:25.039 And<00:24:21.940><c> if</c><00:24:22.180><c> God</c><00:24:22.500><c> be</c><00:24:22.819><c> for</c><00:24:22.960><c> us,</c><00:24:23.460><c> then</c><00:24:23.720><c> none</c><00:24:24.000><c> can</c><00:24:24.240><c> be</c><00:24:24.440><c> against</c><00:24:24.740><c> us.</c> 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.460 And<00:24:25.440><c> that's</c><00:24:25.599><c> the</c><00:24:25.660><c> way</c><00:24:25.819><c> David</c><00:24:26.079><c> looked</c><00:24:26.279><c> at</c><00:24:26.380><c> this.</c> 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.640 He<00:24:26.619><c> couldn't</c><00:24:26.980><c> believe</c><00:24:27.339><c> it.</c> 00:24:27.640 --> 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man</c><00:24:37.740><c> looks.</c> 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.799 Man<00:24:38.960><c> uses</c><00:24:39.319><c> the</c><00:24:39.519><c> eye</c><00:24:39.619><c> of</c><00:24:39.799><c> flesh,</c><00:24:39.960><c> looks</c><00:24:40.140><c> at</c><00:24:40.319><c> him</c><00:24:40.440><c> and</c><00:24:40.599><c> says,</c> 00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:42.880 okay,<00:24:41.180><c> he's</c><00:24:41.440><c> that</c><00:24:41.660><c> big,</c><00:24:41.819><c> I'm</c><00:24:41.980><c> this</c><00:24:42.240><c> big.</c> 00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.660 Forget<00:24:43.380><c> it.</c> 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:45.460 I<00:24:43.940><c> ain't</c><00:24:44.039><c> going</c><00:24:44.160><c> up</c><00:24:44.359><c> against</c><00:24:44.640><c> him.</c> 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:47.380 David<00:24:45.740><c> looks</c><00:24:45.960><c> at</c><00:24:46.099><c> him</c><00:24:46.200><c> and</c><00:24:46.220><c> goes,</c><00:24:46.539><c> the</c><00:24:46.599><c> guy's</c><00:24:46.940><c> a</c><00:24:47.079><c> squirt.</c> 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:49.819 He's<00:24:48.000><c> just</c><00:24:48.220><c> simply</c><00:24:48.460><c> a</c><00:24:48.680><c> man</c><00:24:48.839><c> of</c><00:24:49.059><c> flesh.</c> 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:51.720 We<00:24:49.960><c> can</c><00:24:50.319><c> take</c><00:24:50.660><c> this</c><00:24:50.920><c> guy</c><00:24:51.079><c> no</c><00:24:51.420><c> problem</c> 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:54.900 because<00:24:52.019><c> God</c><00:24:52.559><c> is</c><00:24:52.980><c> the</c><00:24:53.160><c> one</c><00:24:53.299><c> that</c><00:24:53.420><c> he's</c><00:24:53.619><c> fighting</c><00:24:53.940><c> against.</c> 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:56.599 And<00:24:55.420><c> so</c><00:24:55.660><c> the</c><00:24:55.799><c> people</c><00:24:56.099><c> answer</c><00:24:56.359><c> and</c><00:24:56.519><c> say,</c> 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:58.500 well,<00:24:56.700><c> that's</c><00:24:56.920><c> the</c><00:24:57.000><c> way</c><00:24:57.079><c> it's</c><00:24:57.299><c> gonna</c><00:24:57.420><c> be.</c> 00:24:58.700 --> 00:25:03.460 Now,<00:24:59.200><c> David</c><00:24:59.740><c> has</c><00:25:00.539><c> faith,</c><00:25:01.920><c> a</c><00:25:02.079><c> very</c><00:25:02.519><c> strong</c><00:25:03.000><c> faith.</c> 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:05.400 He<00:25:03.940><c> looks</c><00:25:04.160><c> at</c><00:25:04.380><c> things</c><00:25:04.539><c> on</c><00:25:04.700><c> a</c><00:25:04.880><c> different</c><00:25:05.099><c> level.</c> 00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:07.059 Let's<00:25:06.019><c> just</c><00:25:06.240><c> keep</c><00:25:06.420><c> your</c><00:25:06.619><c> finger</c><00:25:06.839><c> here</c> 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:09.500 and<00:25:07.220><c> turn</c><00:25:07.440><c> over</c><00:25:07.680><c> to</c><00:25:07.980><c> second</c><00:25:08.299><c> Kings</c><00:25:08.559><c> chapter</c><00:25:08.960><c> six.</c> 00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:12.599 We<00:25:09.980><c> wanna</c><00:25:10.039><c> look</c><00:25:10.200><c> at</c><00:25:10.400><c> Elisha,</c><00:25:10.900><c> who</c><00:25:11.000><c> was</c><00:25:11.279><c> a</c><00:25:11.420><c> similar</c><00:25:11.700><c> type</c><00:25:11.980><c> of</c><00:25:12.259><c> man</c> 00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:15.839 who<00:25:13.440><c> looked</c><00:25:13.720><c> at</c><00:25:13.960><c> things</c><00:25:14.200><c> in</c><00:25:14.359><c> the</c><00:25:14.619><c> same</c><00:25:14.839><c> light.</c> 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:23.599 Second<00:25:19.019><c> Kings</c><00:25:19.380><c> chapter</c><00:25:19.799><c> six</c><00:25:20.900><c> and</c><00:25:21.660><c> at</c><00:25:21.880><c> verse</c><00:25:22.259><c> 13,</c> 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:29.640 we<00:25:26.119><c> find</c><00:25:26.500><c> here</c><00:25:26.859><c> that</c><00:25:27.099><c> what</c><00:25:27.200><c> has</c><00:25:27.480><c> happened</c><00:25:27.799><c> is</c><00:25:28.500><c> Elisha</c> 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:33.519 has<00:25:29.960><c> been</c><00:25:30.819><c> prophesying</c><00:25:31.799><c> where</c><00:25:32.519><c> the</c><00:25:32.700><c> King</c><00:25:32.880><c> of</c><00:25:33.039><c> the</c><00:25:33.180><c> Syrians</c> 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:36.279 is<00:25:33.720><c> going</c><00:25:33.960><c> to</c><00:25:34.160><c> be</c><00:25:34.579><c> so</c><00:25:35.019><c> that</c><00:25:35.180><c> whenever</c><00:25:35.579><c> the</c><00:25:35.920><c> Syrians</c> 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:39.740 come<00:25:36.500><c> to</c><00:25:36.740><c> strike</c><00:25:36.980><c> Israel,</c><00:25:37.799><c> Israel</c><00:25:38.180><c> is</c><00:25:38.400><c> prepared</c><00:25:38.700><c> for</c><00:25:38.940><c> them.</c> 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:43.420 And<00:25:40.559><c> the</c><00:25:40.799><c> King</c><00:25:40.980><c> of</c><00:25:41.099><c> the</c><00:25:41.240><c> Syrians</c><00:25:41.660><c> gets</c><00:25:41.980><c> rather</c><00:25:42.279><c> upset</c><00:25:42.619><c> about</c><00:25:42.839><c> this</c> 00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:49.119 and<00:25:44.119><c> sends</c><00:25:44.740><c> off</c><00:25:45.359><c> some</c><00:25:46.039><c> people</c><00:25:46.339><c> to</c><00:25:46.599><c> find</c><00:25:46.799><c> Elisha</c><00:25:47.579><c> and</c><00:25:48.160><c> do</c><00:25:48.619><c> him</c><00:25:48.819><c> in.</c> 00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:52.299 So<00:25:49.599><c> they</c><00:25:49.720><c> go</c><00:25:50.000><c> down</c><00:25:50.440><c> to</c><00:25:50.960><c> Dotham</c><00:25:51.299><c> to</c><00:25:51.539><c> find</c><00:25:51.759><c> him</c><00:25:52.000><c> there.</c> 00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:54.700 And<00:25:53.079><c> it</c><00:25:53.200><c> says</c><00:25:53.500><c> in</c><00:25:53.640><c> verse</c><00:25:53.880><c> 13,</c><00:25:54.460><c> he</c><00:25:54.500><c> said,</c> 00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:57.359 go<00:25:54.940><c> and</c><00:25:55.259><c> spy</c><00:25:55.400><c> where</c><00:25:55.640><c> he</c><00:25:55.859><c> is</c><00:25:56.059><c> that</c><00:25:56.200><c> I</c><00:25:56.359><c> may</c><00:25:56.500><c> send</c><00:25:56.799><c> and</c><00:25:57.059><c> fetch</c><00:25:57.220><c> him.</c> 00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:59.940 And<00:25:57.440><c> it</c><00:25:57.539><c> was</c><00:25:57.740><c> told</c><00:25:58.019><c> and</c><00:25:58.259><c> saying,</c><00:25:58.539><c> behold,</c><00:25:58.819><c> he's</c><00:25:59.079><c> in</c><00:25:59.259><c> Dotham.</c> 00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:02.680 Therefore<00:26:00.440><c> he</c><00:26:00.680><c> sent</c><00:26:00.819><c> to</c><00:26:01.000><c> the</c><00:26:01.140><c> horses</c><00:26:01.519><c> and</c><00:26:01.819><c> chariots</c><00:26:02.160><c> and</c><00:26:02.299><c> a</c> 00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.539 great<00:26:03.000><c> host</c> 00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:07.140 and<00:26:04.039><c> they</c><00:26:04.259><c> came</c><00:26:04.460><c> by</c><00:26:04.799><c> night</c><00:26:04.980><c> and</c><00:26:05.099><c> they</c><00:26:05.400><c> surround</c><00:26:05.839><c> this</c><00:26:06.079><c> little</c><00:26:06.299><c> city.</c> 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:10.599 And<00:26:08.140><c> in</c><00:26:08.380><c> the</c><00:26:08.519><c> morning</c><00:26:08.920><c> when</c><00:26:09.359><c> the</c><00:26:09.599><c> servant</c><00:26:09.839><c> of</c><00:26:10.000><c> the</c><00:26:10.119><c> man</c><00:26:10.240><c> of</c><00:26:10.440><c> God,</c> 00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:12.980 so<00:26:10.759><c> there's</c><00:26:10.940><c> a</c><00:26:11.059><c> young</c><00:26:11.220><c> man</c><00:26:11.400><c> that's</c><00:26:11.700><c> with</c><00:26:12.019><c> Elisha</c> 00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:15.079 and<00:26:13.180><c> he</c><00:26:13.279><c> gets</c><00:26:13.420><c> up</c><00:26:13.640><c> in</c><00:26:13.779><c> the</c><00:26:13.920><c> morning</c><00:26:14.200><c> and</c><00:26:14.339><c> he</c><00:26:14.480><c> goes</c><00:26:14.700><c> out</c> 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:16.579 and<00:26:15.220><c> you</c><00:26:15.339><c> can</c><00:26:15.559><c> sort</c><00:26:15.680><c> of</c><00:26:15.819><c> see</c><00:26:15.880><c> him</c><00:26:16.140><c> stretching</c> 00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:18.740 and<00:26:16.880><c> he's</c><00:26:17.259><c> walking</c><00:26:17.519><c> out,</c><00:26:17.799><c> he's</c><00:26:18.000><c> kind</c><00:26:18.119><c> of</c><00:26:18.220><c> got</c><00:26:18.299><c> out</c><00:26:18.460><c> of</c><00:26:18.599><c> bed</c> 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:21.019 and<00:26:18.880><c> he</c><00:26:19.019><c> walks</c><00:26:19.220><c> up</c><00:26:19.420><c> to</c><00:26:19.619><c> the,</c><00:26:20.039><c> on</c><00:26:20.220><c> the</c><00:26:20.400><c> wall</c><00:26:20.539><c> of</c><00:26:20.720><c> the</c><00:26:20.880><c> city</c> 00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:23.960 and<00:26:21.160><c> he</c><00:26:21.160><c> looks</c><00:26:21.359><c> around</c><00:26:21.839><c> and</c><00:26:22.039><c> there</c><00:26:22.319><c> is</c><00:26:22.740><c> a</c><00:26:23.019><c> host.</c> 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:28.380 There<00:26:24.160><c> is</c><00:26:24.420><c> probably</c><00:26:25.019><c> 30</c><00:26:25.619><c>,000</c><00:26:26.380><c> plus</c><00:26:27.119><c> soldiers</c> 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:31.539 outside<00:26:29.359><c> of</c><00:26:29.920><c> his</c><00:26:30.160><c> bedroom</c><00:26:30.539><c> window.</c> 00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:35.039 And<00:26:31.799><c> the</c><00:26:31.980><c> kid</c><00:26:32.119><c> just</c><00:26:32.460><c> goes</c><00:26:32.740><c> like,</c><00:26:33.319><c> ah,</c><00:26:33.779><c> like</c><00:26:34.119><c> they</c><00:26:34.440><c> found</c><00:26:34.720><c> us.</c> 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.400 And<00:26:35.240><c> he</c><00:26:35.380><c> knows</c><00:26:35.579><c> like,</c><00:26:35.779><c> where</c><00:26:35.880><c> are</c><00:26:36.019><c> we</c><00:26:36.039><c> going</c><00:26:36.099><c> to</c><00:26:36.240><c> go?</c> 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:38.519 They're<00:26:36.880><c> surrounding</c><00:26:37.359><c> the</c><00:26:37.799><c> whole</c><00:26:38.200><c> city.</c> 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.960 He<00:26:38.880><c> goes</c><00:26:39.099><c> and</c><00:26:39.259><c> has</c><00:26:39.440><c> a</c><00:26:39.539><c> look</c><00:26:39.700><c> around</c> 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:41.920 and<00:26:40.059><c> there's</c><00:26:40.480><c> chariots</c><00:26:40.859><c> of</c><00:26:41.119><c> war</c><00:26:41.319><c> out</c><00:26:41.519><c> there.</c> 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.880 Like<00:26:42.339><c> they</c><00:26:42.460><c> don't</c><00:26:42.579><c> have</c><00:26:42.779><c> a</c><00:26:43.079><c> hope.</c> 00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:45.859 And<00:26:44.240><c> so</c><00:26:44.440><c> he</c><00:26:44.559><c> comes</c><00:26:44.839><c> running</c><00:26:45.160><c> back</c><00:26:45.559><c> in</c> 00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:47.900 and<00:26:46.279><c> he's</c><00:26:46.599><c> absolutely</c><00:26:47.079><c> freaked</c><00:26:47.480><c> right</c><00:26:47.779><c> out.</c> 00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:52.200 He<00:26:48.039><c> says,</c><00:26:48.700><c> I'll</c><00:26:48.900><c> ask</c><00:26:49.099><c> my</c><00:26:49.319><c> master,</c><00:26:49.720><c> verse</c><00:26:49.980><c> 15,</c><00:26:50.559><c> how</c><00:26:50.839><c> shall</c><00:26:51.119><c> we</c><00:26:51.339><c> do?</c> 00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:56.319 And<00:26:53.380><c> Elisha</c><00:26:53.900><c> turns</c><00:26:54.279><c> around</c><00:26:54.559><c> to</c><00:26:54.720><c> him</c><00:26:54.900><c> and</c><00:26:55.019><c> says,</c><00:26:55.579><c> fear</c><00:26:55.779><c> not.</c> 00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:58.000 Just<00:26:56.799><c> don't</c><00:26:56.920><c> be</c><00:26:57.059><c> afraid.</c> 00:26:58.119 --> 00:27:00.900 He<00:26:58.279><c> says,</c><00:26:58.880><c> because</c><00:26:59.299><c> those</c><00:26:59.900><c> that</c><00:27:00.119><c> be</c><00:27:00.240><c> with</c><00:27:00.420><c> us</c> 00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:03.680 are<00:27:01.359><c> more</c><00:27:01.839><c> than</c><00:27:02.480><c> be</c><00:27:02.660><c> with</c><00:27:02.859><c> him.</c> 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:06.160 And<00:27:03.859><c> you</c><00:27:03.900><c> can</c><00:27:04.039><c> see</c><00:27:04.099><c> this</c><00:27:04.319><c> young</c><00:27:04.519><c> kid</c><00:27:04.720><c> standing</c><00:27:04.980><c> going</c><00:27:05.200><c> like,</c> 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.619 one,<00:27:06.640><c> two,</c><00:27:07.880><c> 30</c><00:27:08.079><c>,000.</c> 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:10.799 How<00:27:09.299><c> quite</c><00:27:09.480><c> do</c><00:27:09.640><c> you</c><00:27:09.759><c> figure</c><00:27:09.900><c> that</c><00:27:10.160><c> out?</c> 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:13.359 But<00:27:12.220><c> this</c><00:27:12.440><c> is</c><00:27:12.559><c> what</c><00:27:12.720><c> Elisha</c><00:27:13.079><c> does.</c> 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:16.960 He<00:27:13.859><c> prays</c><00:27:14.480><c> and</c><00:27:14.640><c> says,</c><00:27:15.619><c> Lord,</c><00:27:16.079><c> I</c><00:27:16.400><c> pray</c><00:27:16.640><c> thee,</c> 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:20.440 open<00:27:17.619><c> his</c><00:27:18.059><c> eyes</c><00:27:18.579><c> that</c><00:27:18.819><c> he</c><00:27:19.079><c> may</c><00:27:19.519><c> see.</c> 00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:24.920 And<00:27:20.660><c> the</c><00:27:20.799><c> Lord</c><00:27:21.039><c> opened</c><00:27:21.480><c> the</c><00:27:21.619><c> eyes</c><00:27:21.859><c> of</c><00:27:22.039><c> the</c><00:27:22.160><c> young</c><00:27:22.319><c> man</c><00:27:22.680><c> and</c><00:27:23.779><c> he</c><00:27:24.039><c> saw.</c> 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:29.059 And<00:27:25.240><c> behold,</c><00:27:26.880><c> the</c><00:27:27.119><c> mountain</c><00:27:27.779><c> was</c><00:27:28.339><c> full</c><00:27:28.579><c> of</c><00:27:28.799><c> horses</c> 00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:31.079 and<00:27:29.319><c> chariots</c><00:27:29.700><c> of</c><00:27:29.859><c> fire</c><00:27:30.039><c> round</c><00:27:30.279><c> about</c><00:27:30.519><c> Elisha.</c> 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:33.839 The<00:27:31.460><c> mountain,</c><00:27:31.819><c> remember</c><00:27:31.940><c> what</c><00:27:32.039><c> it</c><00:27:32.259><c> says</c><00:27:32.400><c> about</c><00:27:32.660><c> the</c><00:27:32.859><c> Assyrians?</c> 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:37.000 Doltham<00:27:34.420><c> was</c><00:27:34.680><c> a</c><00:27:34.839><c> city</c><00:27:35.000><c> that</c><00:27:35.420><c> sort</c><00:27:35.579><c> of</c><00:27:35.759><c> sat</c><00:27:35.859><c> on</c><00:27:36.099><c> a</c><00:27:36.180><c> hill</c><00:27:36.339><c> or</c><00:27:36.559><c> a</c><00:27:36.700><c> mountain.</c> 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.900 And<00:27:37.640><c> at</c><00:27:37.759><c> the</c><00:27:37.839><c> top</c><00:27:38.000><c> of</c><00:27:38.160><c> that</c><00:27:38.259><c> little</c><00:27:38.480><c> mountain</c> 00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:40.599 is<00:27:39.240><c> a</c><00:27:39.359><c> little</c><00:27:39.519><c> city</c><00:27:39.779><c> called</c><00:27:40.019><c> Doltham.</c> 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:45.279 And<00:27:41.220><c> around</c><00:27:41.480><c> it</c><00:27:41.680><c> is</c><00:27:41.880><c> all</c><00:27:42.119><c> the</c><00:27:42.880><c> soldiers</c><00:27:43.359><c> of</c><00:27:43.940><c> the</c><00:27:44.099><c> king</c><00:27:44.259><c> of</c><00:27:44.480><c> Syria.</c> 00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:47.480 Well,<00:27:46.240><c> when</c><00:27:46.460><c> his</c><00:27:46.640><c> eyes</c><00:27:46.799><c> are</c><00:27:47.079><c> opened,</c> 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:49.740 he<00:27:47.819><c> sees</c><00:27:48.039><c> that</c><00:27:48.259><c> not</c><00:27:48.400><c> just</c><00:27:48.619><c> the</c><00:27:48.819><c> city</c><00:27:48.980><c> is</c><00:27:49.259><c> encompassed,</c> 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:51.839 but<00:27:49.920><c> the</c><00:27:50.099><c> whole</c><00:27:50.440><c> mountain</c><00:27:51.019><c> is</c><00:27:51.319><c> encompassed</c> 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.000 with<00:27:52.059><c> chariots</c><00:27:52.559><c> of</c><00:27:52.779><c> fire.</c> 00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:55.720 The<00:27:53.500><c> angelic,</c><00:27:54.160><c> caribic</c><00:27:54.599><c> hosts</c><00:27:55.059><c> that</c><00:27:55.319><c> are</c><00:27:55.380><c> there.</c> 00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:58.900 Then<00:27:56.079><c> in</c><00:27:56.259><c> one</c><00:27:56.539><c> second,</c><00:27:56.859><c> those</c><00:27:57.099><c> people</c><00:27:57.380><c> could</c><00:27:57.559><c> all</c><00:27:57.759><c> be</c><00:27:57.960><c> dead.</c> 00:27:59.099 --> 00:28:01.619 And<00:27:59.259><c> so</c><00:28:00.359><c> Elisha</c><00:28:00.900><c> and</c><00:28:01.079><c> the</c><00:28:01.220><c> young</c><00:28:01.380><c> man</c> 00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:03.660 are<00:28:01.859><c> rescued</c><00:28:02.140><c> out</c><00:28:02.279><c> of</c><00:28:02.400><c> these</c><00:28:02.579><c> circumstances.</c> 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:09.279 Do<00:28:05.500><c> you</c><00:28:05.799><c> think</c><00:28:06.220><c> for</c><00:28:06.500><c> one</c><00:28:06.759><c> minute</c><00:28:07.279><c> that</c><00:28:07.880><c> that</c><00:28:08.099><c> young</c><00:28:08.299><c> man,</c> 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.160 or<00:28:10.339><c> I</c><00:28:10.460><c> shouldn't</c><00:28:10.500><c> say</c><00:28:10.640><c> the</c><00:28:10.779><c> young</c><00:28:10.960><c> man,</c> 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:13.500 that<00:28:11.359><c> Elisha</c><00:28:11.740><c> could</c><00:28:11.900><c> actually</c><00:28:12.180><c> see</c><00:28:12.380><c> those</c><00:28:12.660><c> angels?</c> 00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:16.539 Do<00:28:14.319><c> you</c><00:28:14.579><c> think</c><00:28:14.920><c> that</c><00:28:15.119><c> Elisha</c><00:28:15.460><c> had</c><00:28:15.700><c> a</c><00:28:15.720><c> pair</c><00:28:16.039><c> of</c><00:28:16.259><c> sort</c><00:28:16.380><c> of,</c> 00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:19.099 you<00:28:16.599><c> know,</c><00:28:17.099><c> angelic</c><00:28:17.579><c> spectra</c><00:28:17.980><c> vision</c><00:28:18.500><c> glasses</c> 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.619 that<00:28:19.319><c> he</c><00:28:19.440><c> could</c><00:28:19.579><c> put</c><00:28:19.740><c> on</c><00:28:19.940><c> and</c><00:28:20.059><c> he</c><00:28:20.119><c> could</c><00:28:20.240><c> look</c><00:28:20.400><c> around</c> 00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:22.539 and<00:28:20.720><c> he</c><00:28:20.740><c> could</c><00:28:20.880><c> see</c><00:28:21.000><c> all</c><00:28:21.200><c> the</c><00:28:21.319><c> angels</c><00:28:21.460><c> in</c><00:28:21.640><c> the</c><00:28:21.740><c> room</c><00:28:21.839><c> around</c><00:28:22.099><c> him.</c> 00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.140 But<00:28:22.940><c> he</c><00:28:23.000><c> could</c><00:28:23.279><c> go</c><00:28:23.579><c> into</c><00:28:23.799><c> Doltham</c> 00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.539 and<00:28:24.279><c> he</c><00:28:24.319><c> could</c><00:28:24.519><c> see</c><00:28:24.720><c> them</c><00:28:24.880><c> around</c><00:28:25.059><c> the</c><00:28:25.240><c> mountain.</c> 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.960 Of<00:28:26.160><c> course</c><00:28:26.259><c> he</c><00:28:26.359><c> didn't.</c> 00:28:27.279 --> 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is</c><00:28:39.160><c> the</c><00:28:39.319><c> same</c><00:28:39.519><c> character</c><00:28:40.000><c> that</c><00:28:40.380><c> David</c><00:28:40.619><c> had.</c> 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:44.960 So<00:28:42.119><c> when</c><00:28:42.279><c> we</c><00:28:42.380><c> turn</c><00:28:42.539><c> back</c><00:28:42.759><c> to</c><00:28:42.940><c> 1</c><00:28:43.140><c> Samuel</c><00:28:43.900><c> chapter</c><00:28:44.359><c> 17,</c> 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:48.420 this<00:28:45.660><c> is</c><00:28:45.900><c> the</c><00:28:46.059><c> kind</c><00:28:46.259><c> of</c><00:28:46.880><c> faith</c><00:28:47.180><c> we're</c><00:28:47.400><c> dealing</c><00:28:47.660><c> with.</c> 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:50.259 And<00:28:48.700><c> we're</c><00:28:48.859><c> dealing</c><00:28:49.119><c> with</c><00:28:49.359><c> it</c><00:28:49.500><c> from</c><00:28:49.680><c> a</c><00:28:49.839><c> young</c><00:28:50.019><c> man</c> 00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:54.420 who's<00:28:50.539><c> probably</c><00:28:50.940><c> no</c><00:28:51.380><c> more</c><00:28:51.799><c> than</c><00:28:52.200><c> 16</c><00:28:52.720><c> or</c><00:28:52.980><c> 17</c><00:28:53.640><c> years</c><00:28:54.079><c> old,</c> 00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.779 at<00:28:55.140><c> the</c><00:28:55.400><c> oldest.</c> 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:58.039 He's<00:28:56.440><c> not</c><00:28:56.660><c> a</c><00:28:56.880><c> scrawny</c><00:28:57.220><c> little</c><00:28:57.539><c> 10</c><00:28:57.720><c>-year</c><00:28:57.920><c>-old</c> 00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:59.779 like<00:28:58.259><c> most</c><00:28:58.559><c> of</c><00:28:58.720><c> the</c><00:28:58.819><c> little</c><00:28:59.019><c> books</c><00:28:59.359><c> portray</c> 00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:02.079 or,<00:29:00.059><c> you</c><00:29:00.140><c> know,</c><00:29:00.619><c> a</c><00:29:00.740><c> little</c><00:29:01.059><c> toddler</c><00:29:01.400><c> or</c><00:29:01.579><c> something</c><00:29:01.720><c> like</c><00:29:01.960><c> that.</c> 00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.039 That's<00:29:02.359><c> not</c><00:29:02.559><c> the</c><00:29:02.700><c> way</c><00:29:02.819><c> he</c><00:29:02.940><c> is.</c> 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:05.839 He's<00:29:03.220><c> probably</c><00:29:03.640><c> about</c><00:29:03.940><c> 17,</c><00:29:04.940><c> 18</c><00:29:05.299><c> years</c><00:29:05.660><c> old</c> 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:07.400 at<00:29:05.980><c> the</c><00:29:06.180><c> absolute</c><00:29:06.539><c> latest.</c> 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:12.920 And<00:29:08.279><c> he</c><00:29:08.759><c> had</c><00:29:09.559><c> the</c><00:29:10.220><c> type</c><00:29:10.519><c> of</c><00:29:10.839><c> faith</c><00:29:11.160><c> that</c><00:29:11.500><c> Elisha</c><00:29:11.920><c> had.</c> 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:17.079 And<00:29:13.359><c> so</c><00:29:14.500><c> you</c><00:29:15.839><c> can</c><00:29:16.140><c> stay</c><00:29:16.599><c> in</c><00:29:16.920><c> Samuel.</c> 00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:19.279 I<00:29:17.160><c> just</c><00:29:17.299><c> want</c><00:29:17.420><c> to</c><00:29:17.519><c> read</c><00:29:17.720><c> to</c><00:29:17.859><c> you</c><00:29:18.039><c> a</c><00:29:18.200><c> verse</c><00:29:18.440><c> from</c><00:29:18.799><c> Corinthians</c> 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:21.839 that<00:29:19.539><c> basically</c><00:29:20.200><c> backs</c><00:29:20.720><c> up</c><00:29:20.940><c> what</c><00:29:21.059><c> we're</c><00:29:21.259><c> talking</c><00:29:21.519><c> about</c><00:29:21.720><c> here</c> 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.839 and<00:29:21.960><c> it</c><00:29:22.119><c> tells</c><00:29:22.299><c> us</c><00:29:22.519><c> to</c><00:29:22.700><c> have</c><00:29:22.799><c> the</c><00:29:23.019><c> same</c><00:29:23.200><c> kind</c><00:29:23.440><c> of</c><00:29:23.619><c> faith.</c> 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:26.160 2<00:29:24.480><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:24.940><c> chapter</c><00:29:25.480><c> 4,</c> 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:29.579 we<00:29:26.599><c> read</c><00:29:26.859><c> there</c><00:29:27.180><c> that</c><00:29:27.819><c> we</c><00:29:28.259><c> don't</c><00:29:28.539><c> look</c><00:29:28.859><c> at</c><00:29:29.000><c> the</c><00:29:29.200><c> things</c><00:29:29.380><c> that</c> 00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.140 are<00:29:29.799><c> seen.</c> 00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:32.059 Verse<00:29:30.740><c> 17.</c> 00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:36.380 Our<00:29:34.380><c> light</c><00:29:34.700><c> affliction,</c><00:29:35.200><c> which</c><00:29:35.359><c> is</c><00:29:35.579><c> but</c><00:29:35.700><c> for</c><00:29:35.940><c> a</c><00:29:36.079><c> moment,</c> 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:38.559 worketh<00:29:36.880><c> for</c><00:29:37.099><c> us</c><00:29:37.259><c> a</c><00:29:37.380><c> far</c><00:29:37.640><c> more</c><00:29:37.920><c> exceeding</c> 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:40.079 and<00:29:38.759><c> eternal</c><00:29:39.160><c> weight</c><00:29:39.420><c> of</c><00:29:39.680><c> glory,</c> 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:43.099 while<00:29:40.619><c> we</c><00:29:40.839><c> knock</c><00:29:41.279><c> not</c><00:29:41.779><c> at</c><00:29:41.880><c> things</c><00:29:42.180><c> that</c><00:29:42.380><c> are</c><00:29:42.660><c> seen,</c> 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:46.539 but<00:29:43.660><c> at</c><00:29:43.900><c> things</c><00:29:44.940><c> that</c><00:29:45.160><c> are</c><00:29:45.400><c> not</c><00:29:45.700><c> seen.</c> 00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:48.240 For<00:29:46.680><c> the</c><00:29:46.859><c> things</c><00:29:47.059><c> that</c><00:29:47.259><c> are</c><00:29:47.359><c> seen</c><00:29:47.539><c> are</c><00:29:47.779><c> temporal,</c> 00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:50.700 but<00:29:48.440><c> the</c><00:29:48.599><c> things</c><00:29:48.759><c> which</c><00:29:48.940><c> are</c><00:29:49.119><c> not</c><00:29:49.380><c> seen</c><00:29:49.559><c> are</c><00:29:49.759><c> eternal.</c> 00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:56.259 What<00:29:54.599><c> you</c><00:29:54.759><c> have</c><00:29:54.779><c> to</c><00:29:54.779><c> do</c><00:29:55.039><c> is</c><00:29:55.259><c> to</c><00:29:55.400><c> be</c><00:29:55.539><c> like</c><00:29:55.819><c> David,</c> 00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.400 to<00:29:56.539><c> be</c><00:29:56.680><c> like</c><00:29:56.980><c> Elisha,</c> 00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:59.059 and<00:29:57.579><c> don't</c><00:29:57.880><c> look</c><00:29:58.160><c> at</c><00:29:58.319><c> the</c><00:29:58.460><c> situation,</c> 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.579 the<00:29:59.420><c> circumstances</c><00:29:59.920><c> of</c><00:30:00.180><c> life,</c> 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:02.700 the<00:30:00.900><c> way</c><00:30:01.140><c> they</c><00:30:01.339><c> are</c><00:30:01.599><c> now,</c> 00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:05.200 but<00:30:03.000><c> look</c><00:30:03.259><c> at</c><00:30:03.400><c> it</c><00:30:03.539><c> the</c><00:30:03.619><c> way</c><00:30:03.779><c> that</c><00:30:04.119><c> God</c><00:30:04.380><c> sees</c><00:30:04.700><c> it.</c> 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.519 Look<00:30:05.619><c> past</c><00:30:06.200><c> it.</c> 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:08.279 Look<00:30:06.819><c> at</c><00:30:06.960><c> the</c><00:30:07.160><c> things</c><00:30:07.339><c> that</c><00:30:07.500><c> are</c><00:30:07.740><c> eternal,</c> 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.759 the<00:30:08.720><c> things</c><00:30:08.980><c> that</c><00:30:09.140><c> are</c><00:30:09.279><c> not</c><00:30:09.539><c> seen.</c> 00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:13.339 Well,<00:30:10.539><c> faith</c><00:30:10.819><c> is</c><00:30:11.339><c> the</c><00:30:11.599><c> substance</c><00:30:12.059><c> of</c><00:30:12.339><c> things</c><00:30:12.559><c> hoped</c><00:30:12.859><c> for,</c> 00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:16.619 the<00:30:13.880><c> evidence</c><00:30:14.279><c> of</c><00:30:14.599><c> things</c><00:30:15.039><c> not</c><00:30:15.740><c> seen.</c> 00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:19.619 So<00:30:17.539><c> David</c><00:30:18.059><c> looked</c><00:30:18.640><c> in</c><00:30:19.220><c> faith.</c> 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:22.440 He<00:30:20.160><c> believed</c><00:30:20.680><c> that</c><00:30:20.920><c> God</c><00:30:21.240><c> would</c><00:30:21.500><c> deliver</c><00:30:21.880><c> Israel</c> 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:26.339 because<00:30:23.160><c> God</c><00:30:23.839><c> had</c><00:30:24.380><c> chosen</c><00:30:24.859><c> Israel</c><00:30:25.299><c> out</c><00:30:25.440><c> to</c><00:30:25.619><c> be</c><00:30:25.740><c> his</c><00:30:25.960><c> people.</c> 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:28.039 And<00:30:26.759><c> God</c><00:30:26.940><c> wasn't</c><00:30:27.160><c> going</c><00:30:27.339><c> to</c><00:30:27.400><c> allow</c><00:30:27.559><c> Israel</c> 00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:30.000 to<00:30:28.220><c> be</c><00:30:28.380><c> destroyed</c><00:30:28.720><c> at</c><00:30:28.859><c> the</c><00:30:29.019><c> hands</c><00:30:29.140><c> of</c><00:30:29.299><c> this</c><00:30:29.500><c> Philistine.</c> 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.039 And<00:30:30.700><c> so</c><00:30:30.980><c> he</c><00:30:31.180><c> had</c><00:30:31.579><c> that</c><00:30:31.839><c> kind</c><00:30:32.059><c> of</c><00:30:32.259><c> faith.</c> 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.279 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to</c><00:30:47.400><c> be</c><00:30:47.519><c> embarrassed</c><00:30:48.059><c> of</c><00:30:48.240><c> it.</c> 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:50.279 We<00:30:48.640><c> don't</c><00:30:48.900><c> want</c><00:30:49.059><c> to</c><00:30:49.279><c> think</c><00:30:49.440><c> that</c><00:30:49.619><c> it's</c><00:30:49.880><c> something</c><00:30:50.099><c> that,</c> 00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:52.920 you<00:30:50.380><c> know,</c><00:30:51.000><c> is</c><00:30:51.240><c> not</c><00:30:51.539><c> something</c><00:30:51.799><c> we</c><00:30:52.000><c> want</c><00:30:52.180><c> to</c><00:30:52.380><c> engender</c><00:30:52.720><c> as</c> 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:54.059 young<00:30:53.059><c> people.</c> 00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:56.680 His<00:30:55.319><c> brothers</c><00:30:55.599><c> did.</c> 00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:59.660 And<00:30:57.519><c> you</c><00:30:57.640><c> might</c><00:30:57.900><c> find</c><00:30:58.420><c> that</c><00:30:58.960><c> if</c><00:30:59.119><c> you</c><00:30:59.339><c> develop</c> 00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:02.079 the<00:30:59.779><c> faith</c><00:31:00.039><c> of</c><00:31:00.220><c> David</c><00:31:00.740><c> or</c><00:31:01.200><c> Elisha,</c> 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:04.599 it's<00:31:02.579><c> not</c><00:31:02.759><c> always</c><00:31:03.000><c> the</c><00:31:03.180><c> easiest</c><00:31:03.519><c> thing.</c> 00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:09.460 Because<00:31:05.039><c> we</c><00:31:05.299><c> find</c><00:31:05.680><c> in</c><00:31:06.079><c> 1</c><00:31:07.059><c> Samuel</c><00:31:07.420><c> chapter</c><00:31:07.940><c> 17,</c> 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:11.980 his<00:31:09.619><c> brothers</c><00:31:09.900><c> come</c><00:31:10.160><c> along</c><00:31:10.400><c> and</c><00:31:10.579><c> hear</c><00:31:10.700><c> him</c><00:31:10.880><c> talking.</c> 00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:16.079 And<00:31:12.460><c> in</c><00:31:13.500><c> verse</c><00:31:13.759><c> 28,</c><00:31:14.480><c> Eliab,</c><00:31:15.220><c> his</c><00:31:15.460><c> eldest</c><00:31:15.799><c> brother,</c> 00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:17.460 heard<00:31:16.339><c> when</c><00:31:16.519><c> he</c><00:31:16.720><c> spoke</c><00:31:16.900><c> to</c><00:31:17.059><c> the</c><00:31:17.200><c> men.</c> 00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:20.019 And<00:31:18.019><c> Eliab</c><00:31:18.400><c> is</c><00:31:18.720><c> angry</c><00:31:19.140><c> against</c><00:31:19.579><c> David.</c> 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:22.180 Why<00:31:20.740><c> do</c><00:31:20.900><c> you</c><00:31:20.900><c> think</c><00:31:21.039><c> he's</c><00:31:21.220><c> angry?</c> 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.039 Jealous. 00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:26.960 Just<00:31:24.819><c> like</c><00:31:25.099><c> Cain</c><00:31:25.420><c> when</c><00:31:25.579><c> he</c><00:31:25.779><c> spoke</c><00:31:25.920><c> to</c><00:31:26.160><c> Abel.</c> 00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:31.140 He's<00:31:27.940><c> jealous</c><00:31:28.339><c> because</c><00:31:29.099><c> he</c><00:31:29.240><c> doesn't</c><00:31:29.500><c> have</c><00:31:29.740><c> that</c><00:31:29.920><c> kind</c><00:31:30.119><c> of</c><00:31:30.259><c> faith.</c> 00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:33.759 And<00:31:31.660><c> so</c><00:31:31.900><c> he</c><00:31:32.000><c> says</c><00:31:32.420><c> to</c><00:31:33.160><c> David,</c> 00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.619 he<00:31:34.079><c> says,</c><00:31:34.359><c> what</c><00:31:34.380><c> have</c><00:31:34.500><c> you</c><00:31:34.599><c> come</c><00:31:34.779><c> down</c><00:31:35.019><c> here</c><00:31:35.279><c> for?</c> 00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:40.380 He<00:31:36.240><c> says,</c><00:31:36.799><c> and</c><00:31:37.119><c> with</c><00:31:37.380><c> who</c><00:31:37.599><c> have</c><00:31:37.799><c> you</c><00:31:38.039><c> left</c><00:31:38.220><c> those</c><00:31:39.279><c> few</c><00:31:39.779><c> sheep</c> 00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.839 in<00:31:40.799><c> the</c><00:31:40.940><c> wilderness?</c> 00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:43.039 See<00:31:42.279><c> what</c><00:31:42.380><c> he's</c><00:31:42.619><c> doing</c><00:31:42.799><c> to</c><00:31:42.960><c> him?</c> 00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:44.799 He<00:31:43.099><c> just</c><00:31:43.279><c> sort</c><00:31:43.519><c> of,</c><00:31:43.619><c> you</c><00:31:43.660><c> know,</c><00:31:44.000><c> you're</c><00:31:44.160><c> a</c><00:31:44.220><c> little</c><00:31:44.460><c> peon.</c> 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.240 You<00:31:45.059><c> are.</c> 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:47.039 You're<00:31:45.440><c> just</c><00:31:45.619><c> this</c><00:31:45.900><c> little</c><00:31:46.420><c> nothing.</c> 00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.579 He<00:31:47.460><c> says,</c><00:31:47.640><c> what</c><00:31:47.700><c> do</c><00:31:47.799><c> you</c><00:31:47.960><c> come</c><00:31:48.299><c> here</c><00:31:48.480><c> for?</c> 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.579 We're<00:31:48.759><c> the</c><00:31:48.920><c> men</c><00:31:49.039><c> of</c><00:31:49.240><c> war</c><00:31:49.359><c> here.</c> 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:51.539 He<00:31:49.720><c> says,</c><00:31:50.420><c> you're</c><00:31:50.599><c> just</c><00:31:50.799><c> a</c><00:31:51.059><c> shepherd</c><00:31:51.279><c> boy.</c> 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:53.539 With<00:31:51.819><c> who</c><00:31:52.000><c> have</c><00:31:52.119><c> you</c><00:31:52.319><c> left</c><00:31:52.500><c> those</c><00:31:52.900><c> few</c><00:31:53.119><c> sheep?</c> 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:55.900 Well,<00:31:54.140><c> it</c><00:31:54.220><c> was</c><00:31:54.400><c> for</c><00:31:54.720><c> those</c><00:31:55.140><c> few</c><00:31:55.400><c> sheep</c> 00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:58.599 that<00:31:56.420><c> David</c><00:31:56.900><c> slew</c><00:31:57.200><c> both</c><00:31:57.559><c> a</c><00:31:57.759><c> lion</c><00:31:58.039><c> and</c><00:31:58.240><c> a</c><00:31:58.460><c> bear.</c> 00:31:58.680 --> 00:32:00.559 And<00:31:58.799><c> he's</c><00:31:59.059><c> described</c><00:31:59.480><c> in</c><00:31:59.599><c> the</c><00:31:59.779><c> previous</c><00:32:00.160><c> chapter</c> 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:03.299 as<00:32:00.799><c> being</c><00:32:01.079><c> a</c><00:32:01.359><c> mighty</c><00:32:01.740><c> man</c><00:32:02.119><c> of</c><00:32:02.480><c> valor.</c> 00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:07.079 His<00:32:04.619><c> reputation</c><00:32:05.180><c> had</c><00:32:05.539><c> preceded</c><00:32:05.980><c> him,</c> 00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:10.579 but<00:32:08.500><c> he</c><00:32:09.059><c> wasn't</c><00:32:09.339><c> exactly</c><00:32:09.839><c> appreciated</c> 00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:13.259 by<00:32:11.259><c> other</c><00:32:11.599><c> people</c><00:32:11.900><c> in</c><00:32:12.099><c> the</c><00:32:12.259><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:12.500><c> at</c><00:32:12.700><c> the</c><00:32:12.819><c> time.</c> 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:15.099 And<00:32:13.740><c> that's</c><00:32:13.900><c> why</c><00:32:14.039><c> the</c><00:32:14.259><c> apostle</c><00:32:14.619><c> Paul,</c> 00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:16.400 if<00:32:15.420><c> you</c><00:32:15.579><c> just</c><00:32:15.759><c> turn</c><00:32:15.960><c> over</c><00:32:16.240><c> to,</c> 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:18.420 keep<00:32:16.579><c> your</c><00:32:16.779><c> finger</c><00:32:17.019><c> back</c><00:32:17.319><c> in</c><00:32:17.720><c> Samuel</c><00:32:18.019><c> there,</c> 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:22.880 turn<00:32:18.859><c> over</c><00:32:19.059><c> to</c><00:32:19.240><c> first</c><00:32:19.500><c> of</c><00:32:19.700><c> Timothy</c><00:32:20.420><c> chapter</c><00:32:21.779><c> four.</c> 00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:24.740 And<00:32:23.460><c> we</c><00:32:23.680><c> find</c><00:32:23.960><c> there,</c> 00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:46.299 oh,<00:32:40.660><c> I've</c><00:32:40.660><c> misquoted</c><00:32:44.799><c> it</c><00:32:45.019><c> in</c><00:32:45.099><c> my</c><00:32:45.319><c> notes</c><00:32:45.519><c> here.</c> 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.380 So,<00:32:47.720><c> oh,</c><00:32:47.980><c> verse</c><00:32:48.099><c> 12.</c> 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.700 There<00:32:48.579><c> we</c><00:32:48.740><c> go.</c> 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.539 This<00:32:50.839><c> is</c><00:32:51.140><c> David.</c> 00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:54.559 This<00:32:52.099><c> is</c><00:32:52.259><c> the</c><00:32:52.480><c> same</c><00:32:52.680><c> thing</c><00:32:52.839><c> that's</c><00:32:52.980><c> true</c><00:32:53.140><c> of</c><00:32:53.279><c> Timothy.</c> 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:13.019 That's<00:33:11.319><c> what</c><00:33:11.759><c> David</c><00:33:12.119><c> was.</c> 00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.599 He<00:33:13.319><c> was</c><00:33:13.539><c> an</c><00:33:13.740><c> example</c><00:33:14.299><c> of</c><00:33:14.480><c> the,</c> 00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:16.779 he<00:33:14.900><c> wasn't</c><00:33:15.200><c> a</c><00:33:15.579><c> cocky</c><00:33:16.279><c> young</c><00:33:16.500><c> man</c> 00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.980 who<00:33:16.920><c> basically</c><00:33:17.319><c> went</c><00:33:17.460><c> out</c><00:33:17.740><c> there</c> 00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.819 and<00:33:18.099><c> sort</c><00:33:18.259><c> of</c><00:33:18.480><c> thumbed</c><00:33:18.759><c> his</c><00:33:18.900><c> nose</c><00:33:19.200><c> at</c><00:33:19.380><c> his</c><00:33:19.619><c> brothers</c> 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.640 and<00:33:20.039><c> whatever</c><00:33:20.299><c> else.</c> 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:24.759 He<00:33:21.240><c> wasn't</c><00:33:21.640><c> somebody</c><00:33:22.099><c> who</c><00:33:22.339><c> was</c><00:33:22.660><c> proud</c><00:33:23.700><c> and</c><00:33:24.180><c> arrogant</c> 00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:27.400 and<00:33:25.400><c> who</c><00:33:25.559><c> basically</c><00:33:26.059><c> just</c><00:33:26.359><c> kind</c><00:33:26.539><c> of</c> 00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:29.400 despised<00:33:28.099><c> the</c><00:33:28.240><c> other</c><00:33:28.420><c> people.</c> 00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:31.519 We<00:33:29.660><c> don't</c><00:33:29.880><c> want</c><00:33:30.019><c> to</c><00:33:30.140><c> be</c><00:33:30.240><c> that</c><00:33:30.539><c> way.</c> 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:33.259 What<00:33:31.720><c> we</c><00:33:31.859><c> want</c><00:33:31.980><c> to</c><00:33:32.160><c> have</c><00:33:32.299><c> is</c><00:33:32.480><c> that</c><00:33:32.759><c> conviction</c> 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.619 and<00:33:33.519><c> that</c><00:33:33.759><c> courage.</c> 00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:36.920 And<00:33:34.819><c> it's</c><00:33:34.980><c> not</c><00:33:35.240><c> always</c><00:33:35.660><c> easy.</c> 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:39.799 Sometimes,<00:33:37.920><c> if</c><00:33:38.440><c> you</c><00:33:38.720><c> have</c><00:33:38.920><c> that</c><00:33:39.180><c> kind</c><00:33:39.400><c> of</c><00:33:39.539><c> conviction</c> 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:41.359 and<00:33:40.000><c> courage,</c><00:33:40.359><c> what</c><00:33:40.559><c> you'll</c><00:33:40.859><c> hear</c><00:33:41.019><c> happen</c> 00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.200 is<00:33:41.599><c> that</c><00:33:41.759><c> people</c><00:33:41.980><c> say,</c> 00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:44.559 oh,<00:33:42.539><c> he's</c><00:33:42.779><c> just</c><00:33:42.960><c> a</c><00:33:43.119><c> young</c><00:33:43.500><c> whipper</c><00:33:43.799><c> snapper,</c> 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:47.059 newly<00:33:45.259><c> baptized</c><00:33:45.960><c> zealot,</c> 00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:49.400 and<00:33:47.440><c> he'll</c><00:33:47.859><c> get</c><00:33:48.079><c> over</c><00:33:48.319><c> it.</c> 00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:53.279 Well,<00:33:51.339><c> I</c><00:33:51.640><c> challenge</c><00:33:52.039><c> you</c><00:33:52.220><c> that</c><00:33:52.339><c> the</c><00:33:52.460><c> day</c><00:33:52.579><c> you</c><00:33:52.700><c> get</c><00:33:52.920><c> over</c><00:33:53.140><c> it</c> 00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.220 is<00:33:53.440><c> the</c><00:33:53.519><c> day</c><00:33:53.680><c> you're</c><00:33:53.880><c> dead</c> 00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:56.619 because<00:33:55.019><c> we</c><00:33:55.619><c> have</c><00:33:55.779><c> that</c><00:33:55.980><c> expression</c><00:33:56.420><c> there,</c> 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:59.700 let<00:33:56.819><c> no</c><00:33:57.099><c> man</c><00:33:58.440><c> despise</c><00:33:59.339><c> your</c><00:33:59.559><c> youth.</c> 00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:03.279 Let's<00:34:00.079><c> turn</c><00:34:00.380><c> over</c><00:34:00.759><c> to</c><00:34:01.160><c> Revelation</c><00:34:01.779><c> chapter</c><00:34:02.160><c> 3</c><00:34:02.460><c> and</c><00:34:02.579><c> verse</c><00:34:02.799><c> 16.</c> 00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:05.099 Here's<00:34:03.839><c> people</c><00:34:04.119><c> who</c><00:34:04.319><c> have</c><00:34:04.500><c> got</c><00:34:04.640><c> over</c><00:34:04.940><c> it.</c> 00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:07.119 Okay,<00:34:05.339><c> this</c><00:34:05.519><c> is</c><00:34:05.779><c> a</c><00:34:05.839><c> description</c><00:34:06.220><c> of</c><00:34:06.400><c> them.</c> 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.659 Revelation<00:34:08.039><c> chapter</c><00:34:08.440><c> 3</c><00:34:08.980><c> and</c><00:34:09.159><c> verse</c><00:34:09.440><c> 16</c><00:34:10.059><c> says,</c> 00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.780 verse<00:34:11.219><c> 15,</c><00:34:11.820><c> I</c><00:34:11.900><c> know</c><00:34:12.159><c> thy</c><00:34:12.380><c> works,</c> 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:15.039 that<00:34:13.000><c> you're</c><00:34:13.199><c> not</c><00:34:13.559><c> hot</c><00:34:13.820><c> or</c><00:34:14.119><c> cold.</c> 00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:17.559 And<00:34:15.920><c> the</c><00:34:16.059><c> two</c><00:34:16.219><c> words</c><00:34:16.460><c> there</c><00:34:16.719><c> for</c><00:34:16.900><c> hot</c><00:34:17.119><c> and</c><00:34:17.360><c> cold</c> 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:19.260 basically<00:34:18.039><c> mean</c><00:34:18.320><c> that</c><00:34:18.440><c> you're</c><00:34:18.599><c> either</c><00:34:18.900><c> hot,</c> 00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:21.440 which<00:34:19.920><c> means</c><00:34:20.199><c> you're</c><00:34:20.500><c> boiling.</c> 00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.739 It<00:34:21.840><c> doesn't</c><00:34:22.039><c> mean</c><00:34:22.219><c> you're,</c><00:34:22.500><c> you</c><00:34:22.619><c> know,</c> 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:24.679 you're<00:34:23.239><c> just</c><00:34:23.440><c> kind</c><00:34:23.599><c> of</c><00:34:23.699><c> like</c><00:34:24.119><c> warm</c><00:34:24.320><c> in</c><00:34:24.440><c> that</c><00:34:24.559><c> sense.</c> 00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:27.539 You're<00:34:24.960><c> boiling</c><00:34:25.260><c> up</c><00:34:25.559><c> with</c><00:34:25.860><c> enthusiasm</c><00:34:26.880><c> and</c><00:34:27.239><c> energy</c> 00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:29.860 for<00:34:27.739><c> the</c><00:34:27.980><c> truth</c><00:34:28.159><c> and</c><00:34:28.300><c> for</c><00:34:28.420><c> the</c><00:34:28.579><c> God</c><00:34:28.719><c> of</c><00:34:28.900><c> Israel</c><00:34:29.219><c> that</c><00:34:29.380><c> we</c><00:34:29.619><c> serve.</c> 00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.400 Or<00:34:30.500><c> you're</c><00:34:30.840><c> cold,</c> 00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:33.159 which<00:34:31.940><c> means</c><00:34:32.159><c> that</c><00:34:32.340><c> you're</c><00:34:32.659><c> refreshing.</c> 00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:36.539 You<00:34:33.800><c> have</c><00:34:34.059><c> a</c><00:34:34.280><c> certain</c><00:34:34.980><c> refreshingness</c><00:34:36.079><c> about</c><00:34:36.380><c> you.</c> 00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:39.019 You<00:34:36.679><c> have</c><00:34:36.880><c> a</c><00:34:37.059><c> real</c><00:34:37.440><c> clarity</c><00:34:37.980><c> of</c><00:34:38.300><c> vision</c><00:34:38.519><c> in</c><00:34:38.699><c> that</c><00:34:38.920><c> sense.</c> 00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.719 You<00:34:39.159><c> think</c><00:34:39.260><c> of</c><00:34:39.539><c> an</c><00:34:39.980><c> early</c><00:34:40.400><c> morning</c> 00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.480 where<00:34:40.880><c> you</c><00:34:41.059><c> walk</c><00:34:41.300><c> out,</c> 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.619 where<00:34:41.639><c> perhaps</c><00:34:41.900><c> you've</c><00:34:42.019><c> been</c><00:34:42.239><c> camping</c> 00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.840 and<00:34:42.780><c> it's</c><00:34:42.940><c> been</c><00:34:43.099><c> warm</c><00:34:43.360><c> in</c><00:34:43.559><c> the</c><00:34:43.699><c> tent,</c> 00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.800 if<00:34:44.139><c> your</c><00:34:44.380><c> sweaty</c><00:34:44.579><c> body's</c><00:34:44.940><c> been</c><00:34:45.079><c> in</c><00:34:45.159><c> there</c><00:34:45.280><c> all</c><00:34:45.480><c> night,</c> 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.840 and<00:34:46.119><c> you</c><00:34:46.219><c> unzip</c><00:34:46.480><c> the</c><00:34:46.679><c> tent</c> 00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:49.340 and<00:34:46.960><c> you</c><00:34:47.019><c> step</c><00:34:47.360><c> outside</c><00:34:47.840><c> and</c><00:34:48.019><c> that</c><00:34:48.360><c> cold</c><00:34:48.619><c> air</c><00:34:48.880><c> hit</c><00:34:49.059><c> you.</c> 00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.780 And<00:34:50.019><c> it's</c><00:34:50.320><c> refreshing.</c> 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:52.440 That's<00:34:51.199><c> what</c><00:34:51.360><c> these</c><00:34:51.639><c> words</c><00:34:51.880><c> mean</c><00:34:52.139><c> here.</c> 00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:54.500 Either<00:34:53.079><c> bubbling</c><00:34:53.420><c> up</c><00:34:53.619><c> with</c><00:34:53.900><c> enthusiasm</c> 00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:56.519 or<00:34:54.900><c> refreshing</c><00:34:55.300><c> in</c><00:34:55.519><c> that</c><00:34:55.739><c> sense.</c> 00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:59.300 He<00:34:56.699><c> says,</c><00:34:57.360><c> I</c><00:34:57.360><c> know</c><00:34:57.800><c> you,</c><00:34:58.619><c> Laodicea,</c> 00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:01.139 because<00:34:59.880><c> you're</c><00:35:00.059><c> not</c><00:35:00.320><c> that</c><00:35:00.639><c> way,</c> 00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:03.420 but<00:35:01.800><c> you</c><00:35:02.099><c> are</c><00:35:02.639><c> lukewarm.</c> 00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.780 You're<00:35:03.940><c> tepid.</c> 00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.800 He<00:35:05.599><c> says,</c><00:35:05.780><c> you're</c><00:35:06.019><c> neither</c><00:35:06.199><c> hot</c><00:35:06.420><c> nor</c><00:35:06.639><c> cold.</c> 00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.639 And<00:35:06.980><c> because</c><00:35:07.159><c> of</c><00:35:07.360><c> that,</c><00:35:07.559><c> he</c><00:35:07.559><c> says,</c> 00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:10.460 I'm<00:35:07.940><c> going</c><00:35:08.099><c> to</c><00:35:08.380><c> puke</c><00:35:08.719><c> you</c><00:35:09.000><c> out</c><00:35:09.280><c> of</c><00:35:09.480><c> my</c><00:35:09.699><c> mouth.</c> 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:12.500 That's<00:35:11.360><c> the</c><00:35:11.460><c> way</c><00:35:11.559><c> the</c><00:35:11.719><c> Lord</c><00:35:11.880><c> Jesus</c><00:35:12.179><c> Christ</c> 00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:14.599 looks<00:35:12.679><c> at</c><00:35:12.920><c> people</c><00:35:13.139><c> who</c><00:35:13.340><c> have</c><00:35:13.760><c> got</c><00:35:13.920><c> over</c><00:35:14.239><c> it.</c> 00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:17.280 And<00:35:15.139><c> so</c><00:35:15.539><c> we</c><00:35:15.920><c> don't</c><00:35:16.219><c> want</c><00:35:16.440><c> to</c><00:35:16.599><c> be</c><00:35:16.719><c> that</c><00:35:17.000><c> way.</c> 00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:19.900 Just<00:35:17.679><c> turn</c><00:35:17.880><c> back</c><00:35:18.139><c> to</c><00:35:18.239><c> Luke</c><00:35:18.420><c> chapter</c><00:35:18.760><c> 10.</c> 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:22.440 You<00:35:20.219><c> tell</c><00:35:20.420><c> me</c><00:35:20.639><c> if</c><00:35:20.860><c> this</c><00:35:21.139><c> kind</c><00:35:21.340><c> of</c><00:35:21.699><c> a</c><00:35:21.960><c> description</c> 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:24.400 is<00:35:22.619><c> somebody</c><00:35:22.960><c> who's</c><00:35:23.320><c> got</c><00:35:23.460><c> over</c><00:35:23.780><c> it</c><00:35:23.940><c> in</c><00:35:24.019><c> that</c><00:35:24.239><c> sense.</c> 00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:27.280 They've<00:35:24.699><c> got</c><00:35:24.840><c> over</c><00:35:25.059><c> the</c><00:35:25.300><c> zeal</c><00:35:25.559><c> of</c><00:35:26.079><c> the</c><00:35:26.340><c> truth.</c> 00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:30.900 Luke<00:35:28.099><c> chapter</c><00:35:28.480><c> 10</c><00:35:28.880><c> and</c><00:35:29.280><c> verse</c><00:35:29.519><c> 27,</c> 00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.500 we<00:35:31.480><c> read</c><00:35:31.780><c> there,</c> 00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.820 the<00:35:34.000><c> answer</c><00:35:34.219><c> to</c><00:35:34.380><c> the</c><00:35:34.500><c> Lord</c><00:35:34.639><c> Jesus</c><00:35:35.019><c> Christ.</c> 00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.760 Well,<00:35:37.619><c> the</c><00:35:37.659><c> question</c><00:35:38.000><c> that</c><00:35:38.219><c> a</c><00:35:38.340><c> certain</c><00:35:38.500><c> lawyer</c> 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:40.179 comes<00:35:39.000><c> up</c><00:35:39.260><c> to</c><00:35:39.340><c> him</c><00:35:39.480><c> and</c><00:35:39.579><c> tempts</c><00:35:39.920><c> him</c><00:35:40.000><c> saying,</c> 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.880 what<00:35:40.400><c> should</c><00:35:40.539><c> I</c><00:35:40.699><c> do</c><00:35:40.800><c> to</c><00:35:40.960><c> inherit</c><00:35:41.239><c> eternal</c><00:35:41.539><c> life?</c> 00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.940 And<00:35:42.440><c> he</c><00:35:42.579><c> said</c><00:35:42.679><c> unto</c><00:35:42.800><c> him,</c> 00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.679 what<00:35:43.079><c> is</c><00:35:43.239><c> written</c><00:35:43.440><c> in</c><00:35:43.579><c> the</c><00:35:43.679><c> law</c><00:35:43.800><c> and</c><00:35:43.920><c> how</c><00:35:44.159><c> readest</c><00:35:44.539><c> thou?</c> 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:46.039 And<00:35:44.960><c> the</c><00:35:45.099><c> Pharisee</c><00:35:45.480><c> answers.</c> 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.659 And<00:35:46.539><c> he</c><00:35:46.619><c> says,</c><00:35:46.860><c> well,</c><00:35:46.980><c> the</c><00:35:47.099><c> lawyer</c><00:35:47.320><c> says,</c> 00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.860 and<00:35:47.820><c> this</c><00:35:47.960><c> is</c><00:35:48.039><c> what</c><00:35:48.179><c> the</c><00:35:48.360><c> Bible</c><00:35:48.559><c> says,</c> 00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:50.840 thou<00:35:49.059><c> shalt</c><00:35:49.320><c> love</c><00:35:49.679><c> the</c><00:35:49.840><c> Lord</c><00:35:50.019><c> thy</c><00:35:50.320><c> God</c> 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:53.139 with<00:35:51.780><c> all</c><00:35:52.320><c> your</c><00:35:52.619><c> heart,</c> 00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:55.400 with<00:35:54.099><c> all</c><00:35:54.579><c> your</c><00:35:54.920><c> soul,</c> 00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:57.559 and<00:35:56.059><c> with</c><00:35:56.519><c> all</c><00:35:56.860><c> your</c><00:35:57.159><c> strength,</c> 00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:59.159 and<00:35:57.860><c> with</c><00:35:58.159><c> all</c><00:35:58.440><c> your</c><00:35:58.780><c> mind,</c> 00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:02.039 and<00:35:59.500><c> love</c><00:35:59.840><c> your</c><00:36:00.079><c> neighbor</c><00:36:00.460><c> as</c><00:36:00.980><c> yourself.</c> 00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:04.380 Now,<00:36:02.760><c> does</c><00:36:02.900><c> that</c><00:36:03.280><c> sound</c><00:36:03.659><c> like</c><00:36:03.900><c> somebody</c> 00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:06.000 who's<00:36:04.760><c> going</c><00:36:04.940><c> to</c><00:36:05.159><c> get</c><00:36:05.300><c> over</c><00:36:05.639><c> it?</c> 00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.840 I<00:36:06.840><c> highly</c><00:36:07.239><c> doubt</c><00:36:07.559><c> it.</c> 00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:10.139 So<00:36:08.420><c> we</c><00:36:08.519><c> want</c><00:36:08.679><c> to</c><00:36:08.860><c> develop</c><00:36:09.320><c> that</c><00:36:09.659><c> faith</c> 00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:12.619 that<00:36:10.599><c> David</c><00:36:11.019><c> had,</c><00:36:11.679><c> that</c><00:36:11.900><c> Elisha</c><00:36:12.340><c> had,</c> 00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:15.840 and<00:36:12.780><c> we</c><00:36:12.820><c> want</c><00:36:13.059><c> to</c><00:36:13.280><c> keep</c><00:36:13.500><c> that</c><00:36:13.900><c> faith</c><00:36:14.300><c> burning</c><00:36:14.980><c> within</c><00:36:15.280><c> us</c> 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:17.860 throughout<00:36:16.159><c> the</c><00:36:16.420><c> whole</c><00:36:16.800><c> period</c><00:36:17.119><c> of</c><00:36:17.320><c> our</c><00:36:17.480><c> lives.</c> 00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:20.940 We<00:36:18.340><c> don't</c><00:36:18.539><c> want</c><00:36:18.699><c> to</c><00:36:18.900><c> become</c><00:36:19.219><c> complacent</c><00:36:20.019><c> or</c><00:36:20.320><c> lukewarm.</c> 00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:23.440 We<00:36:21.460><c> want</c><00:36:21.659><c> to</c><00:36:21.840><c> have</c><00:36:22.059><c> that</c><00:36:22.420><c> love</c><00:36:22.639><c> of</c><00:36:22.880><c> God</c> 00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:25.360 with<00:36:24.079><c> all</c><00:36:24.619><c> our</c><00:36:25.019><c> soul,</c> 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.320 with<00:36:25.579><c> all</c><00:36:25.800><c> our</c><00:36:26.039><c> heart,</c> 00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.280 with<00:36:26.539><c> all</c><00:36:26.699><c> our</c><00:36:26.940><c> strength,</c> 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:29.880 and<00:36:27.480><c> with</c><00:36:27.760><c> all</c><00:36:28.019><c> our</c><00:36:28.260><c> mind</c><00:36:28.500><c> for</c><00:36:28.760><c> our</c><00:36:29.039><c> entire</c><00:36:29.440><c> lives.</c> 00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:31.880 We<00:36:30.480><c> want</c><00:36:30.639><c> to</c><00:36:30.800><c> keep</c><00:36:30.940><c> those</c><00:36:31.239><c> fires</c><00:36:31.559><c> burning.</c> 00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:33.760 And<00:36:32.059><c> that's</c><00:36:32.239><c> why</c><00:36:32.780><c> Bible</c><00:36:33.179><c> school</c><00:36:33.380><c> is</c><00:36:33.599><c> good</c> 00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:35.019 because<00:36:33.940><c> sometimes</c><00:36:34.380><c> you</c><00:36:34.579><c> do</c><00:36:34.760><c> become</c> 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.960 a<00:36:35.039><c> little</c><00:36:35.300><c> bit</c><00:36:35.480><c> worn</c><00:36:35.760><c> down,</c> 00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.780 but<00:36:36.119><c> you</c><00:36:36.199><c> can</c><00:36:36.360><c> come</c><00:36:36.559><c> back</c> 00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:38.360 and<00:36:36.900><c> get</c><00:36:37.019><c> your</c><00:36:37.219><c> batteries</c><00:36:37.599><c> recharged.</c> 00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:40.880 But<00:36:38.780><c> we</c><00:36:38.920><c> want</c><00:36:39.059><c> to</c><00:36:39.199><c> do</c><00:36:39.280><c> that</c><00:36:39.639><c> on</c><00:36:39.860><c> a</c><00:36:40.139><c> daily</c><00:36:40.460><c> basis,</c> 00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:42.019 on<00:36:41.079><c> a</c><00:36:41.260><c> weekly</c><00:36:41.579><c> basis,</c> 00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:43.480 by<00:36:42.260><c> attending</c><00:36:42.599><c> our</c><00:36:42.820><c> Bible</c><00:36:43.119><c> classes</c> 00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:46.300 and<00:36:43.719><c> doing</c><00:36:43.880><c> our</c><00:36:44.159><c> own</c><00:36:44.639><c> personal</c><00:36:45.039><c> Bible</c><00:36:45.400><c> study.</c> 00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:50.539 Now,<00:36:48.320><c> let's</c><00:36:48.599><c> turn</c><00:36:48.840><c> back</c><00:36:49.099><c> then</c><00:36:49.300><c> and</c><00:36:49.360><c> look</c><00:36:49.539><c> at</c><00:36:49.719><c> David.</c> 00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:53.260 There<00:36:51.099><c> he</c><00:36:51.880><c> is,</c><00:36:52.440><c> a</c><00:36:52.579><c> man</c><00:36:52.760><c> of</c><00:36:53.059><c> faith,</c> 00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:54.340 a<00:36:53.440><c> young</c><00:36:53.659><c> man</c><00:36:53.880><c> of</c><00:36:54.079><c> faith,</c> 00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:57.300 having<00:36:55.139><c> that</c><00:36:55.860><c> vision</c><00:36:56.340><c> before</c><00:36:56.900><c> him.</c> 00:36:57.619 --> 00:37:00.360 He<00:36:57.860><c> knew</c><00:36:58.179><c> that</c><00:36:58.619><c> one</c><00:36:58.920><c> person</c><00:36:59.500><c> plus</c><00:36:59.800><c> God</c> 00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:02.659 is<00:37:00.920><c> an</c><00:37:01.239><c> overwhelming</c><00:37:02.059><c> majority.</c> 00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:04.380 There's<00:37:03.400><c> nothing</c><00:37:03.760><c> that</c><00:37:03.940><c> can</c><00:37:04.159><c> stand</c> 00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:06.019 against<00:37:04.760><c> Almighty</c><00:37:05.119><c> God.</c> 00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:09.780 He<00:37:06.460><c> knew</c><00:37:06.739><c> that</c><00:37:06.980><c> Goliath</c><00:37:07.500><c> stood</c><00:37:07.940><c> in</c><00:37:08.199><c> opposition</c><00:37:08.639><c> to</c><00:37:08.920><c> God,</c> 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:12.420 and<00:37:10.320><c> he</c><00:37:10.460><c> knew</c><00:37:10.760><c> something</c><00:37:11.099><c> had</c><00:37:11.320><c> to</c><00:37:11.420><c> be</c><00:37:11.539><c> done</c><00:37:11.659><c> about</c><00:37:11.940><c> it.</c> 00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:16.880 The<00:37:12.880><c> entire</c><00:37:13.280><c> nation</c><00:37:13.800><c> and</c><00:37:14.699><c> the</c><00:37:15.000><c> king</c><00:37:15.420><c> all</c><00:37:16.159><c> stood</c><00:37:16.420><c> by.</c> 00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:18.880 They<00:37:17.480><c> had</c><00:37:17.719><c> the</c><00:37:17.860><c> most</c><00:37:18.139><c> powerful</c><00:37:18.539><c> weapon</c> 00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:20.599 available<00:37:19.360><c> on</c><00:37:19.579><c> the</c><00:37:19.719><c> face</c><00:37:19.900><c> of</c><00:37:20.059><c> the</c><00:37:20.239><c> earth,</c> 00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:23.000 but<00:37:21.239><c> they</c><00:37:21.480><c> didn't</c><00:37:21.760><c> choose</c><00:37:22.139><c> to</c><00:37:22.380><c> use</c><00:37:22.559><c> it</c> 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:24.980 because<00:37:23.420><c> the</c><00:37:23.719><c> button</c><00:37:23.960><c> they</c><00:37:24.159><c> needed</c><00:37:24.300><c> to</c><00:37:24.639><c> press</c> 00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:26.480 was<00:37:25.699><c> concealed</c><00:37:26.159><c> to</c><00:37:26.360><c> them.</c> 00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:28.260 You<00:37:26.760><c> think</c><00:37:26.960><c> of</c><00:37:27.119><c> these</c><00:37:27.440><c> great</c><00:37:27.880><c> weapons</c> 00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.860 of<00:37:28.500><c> mass</c><00:37:28.840><c> destruction,</c> 00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:31.739 the<00:37:30.260><c> nuclear</c><00:37:30.739><c> bombs</c><00:37:31.019><c> and</c><00:37:31.199><c> whatever</c><00:37:31.480><c> else,</c> 00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:33.840 and<00:37:31.840><c> you've</c><00:37:32.039><c> got</c><00:37:32.199><c> the</c><00:37:32.400><c> key</c><00:37:32.780><c> that</c><00:37:33.099><c> you</c><00:37:33.239><c> have</c><00:37:33.480><c> to</c><00:37:33.659><c> turn</c> 00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.940 and<00:37:33.980><c> then</c><00:37:34.119><c> you</c><00:37:34.179><c> can</c><00:37:34.380><c> press</c><00:37:34.539><c> the</c><00:37:34.760><c> button</c> 00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.860 to<00:37:35.139><c> launch</c><00:37:35.360><c> the</c><00:37:35.539><c> missile.</c> 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.559 Well,<00:37:36.500><c> the</c><00:37:36.619><c> key</c><00:37:36.840><c> that</c><00:37:36.980><c> you</c><00:37:37.079><c> have</c><00:37:37.260><c> to</c><00:37:37.440><c> turn</c> 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.500 is<00:37:37.760><c> called</c><00:37:38.000><c> faith.</c> 00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:40.519 And<00:37:39.320><c> as</c><00:37:39.500><c> they</c><00:37:39.639><c> walk</c><00:37:39.940><c> around</c><00:37:40.119><c> the</c><00:37:40.340><c> camp,</c> 00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.860 you<00:37:40.659><c> know,</c><00:37:40.800><c> has</c><00:37:40.920><c> anybody</c><00:37:41.239><c> got</c><00:37:41.500><c> the</c><00:37:41.699><c> key?</c> 00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.039 I<00:37:42.519><c> don't</c><00:37:42.639><c> have</c><00:37:42.760><c> the</c><00:37:42.940><c> key.</c> 00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.639 You<00:37:43.199><c> got</c><00:37:43.340><c> the</c><00:37:43.519><c> key?</c> 00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.380 I<00:37:43.820><c> don't</c><00:37:43.920><c> got</c><00:37:44.019><c> the</c><00:37:44.199><c> key.</c> 00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.579 Nobody's<00:37:45.019><c> got</c><00:37:45.199><c> faith.</c> 00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:47.639 Nobody's<00:37:46.420><c> got</c><00:37:46.539><c> the</c><00:37:46.679><c> key</c><00:37:46.800><c> to</c><00:37:46.940><c> put</c><00:37:47.059><c> in</c><00:37:47.139><c> there</c><00:37:47.380><c> to</c><00:37:47.460><c> turn</c><00:37:47.559><c> it.</c> 00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:49.019 David<00:37:47.980><c> comes</c><00:37:48.300><c> along,</c> 00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:51.539 some<00:37:49.460><c> scrawny</c><00:37:49.739><c> little</c><00:37:50.139><c> kid,</c> 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.780 and<00:37:52.059><c> basically,</c><00:37:52.559><c> you</c><00:37:52.619><c> know,</c> 00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:55.820 he's<00:37:53.300><c> sort</c><00:37:53.460><c> of</c><00:37:54.239><c> probably</c><00:37:54.659><c> a</c><00:37:54.980><c> gangly</c><00:37:55.360><c> teenager</c> 00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.860 to<00:37:56.099><c> a</c><00:37:56.260><c> certain</c><00:37:56.440><c> degree.</c> 00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:59.559 He's<00:37:57.380><c> probably</c><00:37:57.719><c> 15,</c><00:37:58.179><c> 16,</c><00:37:58.639><c> 17</c><00:37:59.019><c> around</c><00:37:59.400><c> there,</c> 00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:01.679 and<00:37:59.639><c> he</c><00:37:59.800><c> comes</c><00:38:00.039><c> along</c><00:38:00.239><c> and</c><00:38:00.340><c> he's</c><00:38:00.599><c> got</c><00:38:00.800><c> the</c><00:38:00.980><c> key.</c> 00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:03.380 And<00:38:02.320><c> people</c><00:38:02.480><c> don't</c><00:38:02.780><c> like</c><00:38:03.019><c> the</c><00:38:03.219><c> fact</c> 00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.880 that<00:38:03.519><c> he's</c><00:38:03.780><c> got</c><00:38:03.900><c> the</c><00:38:04.079><c> key</c><00:38:04.179><c> and</c><00:38:04.239><c> they</c><00:38:04.460><c> don't,</c> 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:06.659 but<00:38:05.139><c> he</c><00:38:05.340><c> comes</c><00:38:05.599><c> along</c><00:38:05.820><c> and</c><00:38:06.019><c> he</c><00:38:06.280><c> sings</c><00:38:06.400><c> things</c> 00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:08.119 from<00:38:06.880><c> a</c><00:38:07.019><c> totally</c><00:38:07.260><c> different</c><00:38:07.519><c> point</c><00:38:07.780><c> of</c><00:38:07.960><c> view.</c> 00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:10.920 In<00:38:09.019><c> verse</c><00:38:09.500><c> 36,</c> 00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:12.380 he<00:38:11.539><c> comes</c><00:38:11.880><c> and</c><00:38:12.059><c> he</c><00:38:12.219><c> says,</c> 00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.780 look<00:38:12.960><c> to</c><00:38:13.280><c> the</c><00:38:13.500><c> king,</c> 00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:17.159 I<00:38:14.199><c> will</c><00:38:14.360><c> go</c><00:38:14.539><c> out</c><00:38:14.780><c> and</c><00:38:15.039><c> fight</c><00:38:15.219><c> this</c><00:38:16.059><c> Goliath.</c> 00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:19.280 And<00:38:17.679><c> actually,</c><00:38:17.960><c> let's</c><00:38:18.079><c> just</c><00:38:18.320><c> back</c><00:38:18.579><c> up.</c> 00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:20.840 And<00:38:19.380><c> verse</c><00:38:19.579><c> 32,</c> 00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.300 David<00:38:21.699><c> says</c><00:38:21.940><c> to</c><00:38:22.199><c> Saul,</c> 00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:25.280 let<00:38:22.519><c> no</c><00:38:22.880><c> man's</c><00:38:23.639><c> heart</c><00:38:23.920><c> fail</c><00:38:24.440><c> because</c><00:38:24.800><c> of</c><00:38:24.960><c> him.</c> 00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:27.159 Thy<00:38:26.039><c> servant</c><00:38:26.420><c> will</c><00:38:26.599><c> go</c><00:38:26.800><c> and</c><00:38:27.039><c> fight</c> 00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:28.440 with<00:38:27.360><c> the</c><00:38:27.519><c> Philistine.</c> 00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.420 And<00:38:28.719><c> Saul</c><00:38:28.840><c> said</c><00:38:29.000><c> to</c><00:38:29.179><c> David,</c> 00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.940 well,<00:38:29.739><c> hold</c><00:38:29.960><c> on</c><00:38:30.139><c> a</c><00:38:30.199><c> minute</c><00:38:30.300><c> here,</c><00:38:30.639><c> okay?</c> 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:32.940 You're<00:38:31.679><c> just</c><00:38:31.920><c> a</c><00:38:32.159><c> youth.</c> 00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:35.360 He<00:38:33.500><c> says,</c><00:38:34.239><c> you're</c><00:38:34.619><c> not</c><00:38:34.760><c> able</c><00:38:34.940><c> to</c><00:38:35.079><c> go</c><00:38:35.179><c> out</c> 00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:36.460 and<00:38:35.559><c> fight</c><00:38:35.679><c> this</c><00:38:35.900><c> Philistine.</c> 00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:38.699 You're<00:38:37.340><c> but</c><00:38:37.539><c> a</c><00:38:37.760><c> youth.</c> 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:41.739 And<00:38:39.119><c> this</c><00:38:39.599><c> man</c><00:38:39.940><c> is</c><00:38:40.360><c> a</c><00:38:40.559><c> man</c><00:38:40.800><c> of</c><00:38:41.159><c> war</c> 00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:43.460 from<00:38:42.300><c> his</c><00:38:42.619><c> youth.</c> 00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.880 Well,<00:38:43.780><c> David</c><00:38:44.039><c> was</c><00:38:44.239><c> a</c><00:38:44.320><c> man</c><00:38:44.500><c> of</c><00:38:44.699><c> war</c> 00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.659 from<00:38:45.059><c> his</c><00:38:45.280><c> youth,</c> 00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:47.599 but<00:38:46.239><c> he</c><00:38:46.420><c> was</c><00:38:46.619><c> fighting</c><00:38:46.940><c> a</c><00:38:47.239><c> battle</c> 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.800 that<00:38:47.920><c> these</c><00:38:48.239><c> other</c><00:38:48.480><c> people</c> 00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:50.440 just<00:38:49.059><c> didn't</c><00:38:49.300><c> understand.</c> 00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:52.340 And<00:38:51.179><c> that's</c><00:38:51.440><c> the</c><00:38:51.559><c> way</c><00:38:51.659><c> we</c><00:38:51.860><c> want</c><00:38:51.980><c> to</c><00:38:52.119><c> be.</c> 00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:55.019 We<00:38:52.960><c> want</c><00:38:53.159><c> to</c><00:38:53.380><c> be</c><00:38:53.559><c> people</c><00:38:53.980><c> of</c><00:38:54.539><c> warriors</c> 00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:56.320 for<00:38:55.260><c> the</c><00:38:55.380><c> Lord</c><00:38:55.539><c> Jesus</c><00:38:55.880><c> Christ</c> 00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:58.599 from<00:38:57.000><c> our</c><00:38:57.659><c> youth,</c> 00:38:58.619 --> 00:39:00.440 because<00:38:58.800><c> then</c><00:38:59.019><c> we'll</c><00:38:59.159><c> be</c><00:38:59.260><c> like</c><00:38:59.500><c> David.</c> 00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.619 And<00:39:00.639><c> David</c><00:39:00.960><c> said</c><00:39:01.139><c> unto</c><00:39:01.320><c> Saul,</c> 00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:03.880 thy<00:39:01.840><c> servant</c><00:39:02.139><c> kept</c><00:39:02.400><c> by</c><00:39:02.739><c> his</c><00:39:02.980><c> father's</c><00:39:03.559><c> charge,</c> 00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:05.239 or<00:39:04.460><c> his</c><00:39:04.599><c> father's</c><00:39:05.079><c> sheep.</c> 00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:07.139 And<00:39:05.400><c> there</c><00:39:05.599><c> came</c><00:39:05.920><c> a</c><00:39:06.260><c> lion</c><00:39:06.519><c> and</c><00:39:06.719><c> a</c><00:39:06.920><c> bear</c> 00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:09.039 and<00:39:07.639><c> took</c><00:39:07.800><c> a</c><00:39:08.000><c> lamb</c><00:39:08.159><c> out</c><00:39:08.420><c> of</c><00:39:08.579><c> the</c><00:39:08.780><c> flock.</c> 00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:10.980 And<00:39:09.480><c> I</c><00:39:09.679><c> went</c><00:39:09.920><c> out</c><00:39:10.239><c> after</c><00:39:10.699><c> him</c> 00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.820 and<00:39:11.300><c> smote</c><00:39:11.579><c> him</c> 00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:13.280 and<00:39:12.019><c> delivered</c><00:39:12.340><c> it</c><00:39:12.539><c> out</c><00:39:12.679><c> of</c><00:39:12.780><c> his</c><00:39:12.980><c> mouth.</c> 00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.940 And<00:39:13.800><c> when</c><00:39:13.980><c> he</c><00:39:14.139><c> rose</c><00:39:14.400><c> against</c><00:39:14.800><c> me,</c> 00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:16.300 I<00:39:15.159><c> caught</c><00:39:15.340><c> him</c><00:39:15.639><c> by</c><00:39:15.840><c> his</c><00:39:16.119><c> beard</c> 00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:18.139 and<00:39:16.559><c> smote</c><00:39:16.820><c> and</c><00:39:17.019><c> slew</c><00:39:17.219><c> him.</c> 00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:20.019 Thy<00:39:18.500><c> servant</c><00:39:18.900><c> slew</c><00:39:19.239><c> both</c><00:39:19.619><c> the</c><00:39:19.820><c> lion</c> 00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:21.300 and<00:39:20.320><c> the</c><00:39:20.559><c> bear.</c> 00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:24.039 And<00:39:21.519><c> this</c><00:39:22.059><c> uncircumcised</c><00:39:23.420><c> Philistine</c> 00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:25.619 shall<00:39:24.280><c> be</c><00:39:24.480><c> as</c><00:39:24.739><c> one</c><00:39:24.940><c> of</c><00:39:25.139><c> them,</c> 00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:27.500 seeing<00:39:26.300><c> that</c><00:39:26.559><c> he</c><00:39:26.820><c> hath</c><00:39:27.119><c> defied</c> 00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:29.039 the<00:39:27.760><c> armies</c><00:39:27.960><c> of</c><00:39:28.159><c> the</c><00:39:28.340><c> living</c><00:39:28.639><c> God.</c> 00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:31.679 And<00:39:29.880><c> so</c><00:39:30.300><c> you</c><00:39:30.639><c> see</c><00:39:30.820><c> there</c><00:39:31.019><c> that</c><00:39:31.219><c> David</c><00:39:31.480><c> says,</c> 00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:32.559 look,<00:39:31.940><c> I</c><00:39:32.139><c> went</c><00:39:32.260><c> out</c> 00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:34.659 and<00:39:32.880><c> there</c><00:39:33.000><c> was</c><00:39:33.159><c> a</c><00:39:33.300><c> lamb</c><00:39:33.440><c> that</c><00:39:33.579><c> was</c><00:39:33.739><c> taken.</c> 00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:37.860 And<00:39:36.199><c> it</c><00:39:36.639><c> was</c><00:39:36.820><c> taken</c><00:39:37.119><c> by</c><00:39:37.340><c> this</c><00:39:37.599><c> lion</c> 00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.820 and<00:39:38.059><c> I</c><00:39:38.280><c> slew</c><00:39:38.420><c> the</c><00:39:38.659><c> lion</c> 00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:41.059 and<00:39:39.179><c> the</c><00:39:39.940><c> way</c><00:39:40.139><c> it</c><00:39:40.360><c> actually</c><00:39:40.639><c> reads</c><00:39:40.820><c> there</c> 00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:42.539 is<00:39:41.260><c> that</c><00:39:41.500><c> both</c><00:39:41.780><c> the</c><00:39:41.980><c> lion</c><00:39:42.099><c> and</c><00:39:42.260><c> the</c><00:39:42.400><c> bear</c> 00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.780 were<00:39:42.719><c> there</c><00:39:42.800><c> at</c><00:39:42.940><c> the</c><00:39:43.059><c> same</c><00:39:43.260><c> time.</c> 00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:45.400 And<00:39:44.280><c> he</c><00:39:44.500><c> slew</c><00:39:44.679><c> both</c><00:39:44.980><c> of</c><00:39:45.139><c> them.</c> 00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.940 He<00:39:46.039><c> says,</c><00:39:46.440><c> look,</c> 00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:48.699 God<00:39:47.440><c> works</c><00:39:48.019><c> the</c><00:39:48.219><c> same</c><00:39:48.400><c> way.</c> 00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:50.639 This<00:39:49.340><c> uncircumcised</c><00:39:50.159><c> Philistine</c> 00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:52.239 is<00:39:50.760><c> just</c><00:39:50.960><c> going</c><00:39:51.079><c> to</c><00:39:51.179><c> be</c><00:39:51.340><c> like</c><00:39:51.739><c> one</c><00:39:51.860><c> of</c><00:39:52.000><c> them.</c> 00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.400 It's<00:39:52.980><c> no</c><00:39:53.159><c> different.</c> 00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:56.579 He's<00:39:53.760><c> an</c><00:39:54.039><c> animal</c><00:39:54.420><c> in</c><00:39:55.280><c> God's</c><00:39:55.719><c> eyes.</c> 00:39:56.820 --> 00:40:00.400 And<00:39:56.940><c> so</c><00:39:58.159><c> David</c><00:39:58.920><c> says,</c><00:39:59.579><c> verse</c><00:39:59.719><c> 37,</c> 00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:02.800 the<00:40:00.960><c> Lord</c><00:40:01.500><c> that</c><00:40:02.260><c> delivered</c><00:40:02.579><c> me</c> 00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:03.940 out<00:40:02.880><c> of</c><00:40:02.980><c> the</c><00:40:03.219><c> paw</c><00:40:03.360><c> of</c><00:40:03.519><c> the</c><00:40:03.659><c> lion</c> 00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:05.719 and<00:40:04.199><c> out</c><00:40:04.400><c> of</c><00:40:04.460><c> the</c><00:40:04.639><c> paw</c><00:40:04.719><c> of</c><00:40:04.880><c> the</c><00:40:05.019><c> bear,</c> 00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.400 he<00:40:05.760><c> will</c><00:40:05.940><c> deliver</c><00:40:06.239><c> me</c> 00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.659 out<00:40:06.539><c> of</c><00:40:06.639><c> the</c><00:40:06.760><c> hand</c><00:40:06.920><c> of</c><00:40:07.019><c> the</c><00:40:07.199><c> Philistine.</c> 00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:09.539 And<00:40:08.300><c> Saul</c><00:40:08.480><c> said</c><00:40:08.659><c> unto</c><00:40:08.900><c> David,</c> 00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:13.159 go,<00:40:11.440><c> and</c><00:40:11.599><c> the</c><00:40:11.739><c> Lord</c><00:40:11.960><c> be</c><00:40:12.139><c> with</c><00:40:12.360><c> you.</c> 00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:14.420 Because<00:40:13.579><c> he</c><00:40:13.820><c> understood</c> 00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:16.800 that<00:40:15.139><c> this</c><00:40:15.460><c> man</c><00:40:15.659><c> had</c><00:40:16.000><c> such</c><00:40:16.340><c> faith</c> 00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:18.079 and<00:40:17.179><c> such</c><00:40:17.519><c> conviction</c> 00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:20.260 that<00:40:18.639><c> there</c><00:40:18.820><c> was</c><00:40:19.059><c> nothing</c><00:40:19.380><c> going</c><00:40:19.559><c> to</c><00:40:19.760><c> stop</c><00:40:19.920><c> him.</c> 00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:22.340 And<00:40:20.900><c> Saul</c><00:40:21.300><c> should</c><00:40:21.659><c> have</c><00:40:21.840><c> had</c><00:40:22.059><c> that.</c> 00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:23.480 And<00:40:22.880><c> of</c><00:40:23.079><c> course,</c> 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:25.239 we<00:40:23.820><c> find</c><00:40:24.059><c> that</c><00:40:24.320><c> David</c><00:40:24.559><c> then</c><00:40:24.820><c> goes</c><00:40:25.000><c> out</c> 00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:26.800 to<00:40:25.440><c> face</c><00:40:25.639><c> the</c><00:40:25.860><c> Philistine.</c> 00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.900 He<00:40:27.280><c> goes</c><00:40:27.599><c> out</c> 00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:29.059 and<00:40:28.059><c> the</c><00:40:28.239><c> Philistine</c><00:40:28.739><c> sees</c> 00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:32.559 this<00:40:29.960><c> young</c><00:40:30.500><c> teenager</c><00:40:31.079><c> coming</c><00:40:31.460><c> out</c><00:40:31.719><c> there.</c> 00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.860 And<00:40:32.820><c> it's</c><00:40:33.019><c> almost</c><00:40:33.260><c> like,</c><00:40:33.539><c> what?</c> 00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:35.980 He<00:40:34.019><c> says,</c><00:40:35.280><c> what?</c> 00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:37.119 Am<00:40:36.239><c> I</c><00:40:36.400><c> a</c><00:40:36.719><c> dog?</c> 00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:39.659 Do<00:40:37.619><c> you</c><00:40:37.800><c> send</c><00:40:37.960><c> out</c><00:40:38.199><c> some</c><00:40:38.559><c> kid</c><00:40:38.900><c> with</c><00:40:39.119><c> a</c><00:40:39.480><c> stick</c> 00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:41.980 to<00:40:39.880><c> come</c><00:40:40.019><c> and</c><00:40:40.260><c> beat</c><00:40:40.679><c> me</c><00:40:40.840><c> like</c><00:40:41.019><c> a</c><00:40:41.199><c> dog?</c> 00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:43.300 He<00:40:42.219><c> says,</c><00:40:42.619><c> come</c><00:40:42.780><c> off</c><00:40:43.059><c> it.</c> 00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:44.900 And<00:40:43.840><c> you</c><00:40:44.139><c> can</c><00:40:44.300><c> sort</c><00:40:44.480><c> of</c><00:40:44.679><c> picture</c> 00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.539 the<00:40:45.139><c> scene</c><00:40:45.360><c> there.</c> 00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:46.860 You<00:40:45.860><c> can</c><00:40:46.019><c> just</c><00:40:46.199><c> see</c><00:40:46.239><c> him</c><00:40:46.380><c> going</c><00:40:46.500><c> like,</c> 00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:47.840 is<00:40:47.480><c> that</c><00:40:47.699><c> it?</c> 00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.619 Is<00:40:48.019><c> that</c><00:40:48.239><c> the</c><00:40:48.440><c> best</c> 00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:50.300 you've<00:40:48.860><c> got</c><00:40:49.000><c> to</c><00:40:49.179><c> come</c><00:40:49.340><c> up</c><00:40:49.559><c> with?</c> 00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:51.280 And<00:40:50.480><c> we've</c><00:40:50.780><c> got</c><00:40:50.840><c> to</c><00:40:50.980><c> sort</c><00:40:51.159><c> of</c><00:40:51.179><c> look</c> 00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:53.199 at<00:40:51.420><c> the</c><00:40:51.579><c> narrative</c><00:40:51.880><c> and</c><00:40:52.199><c> see</c><00:40:52.539><c> these</c><00:40:52.800><c> things.</c> 00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:55.639 And<00:40:53.900><c> you</c><00:40:54.079><c> can</c><00:40:54.280><c> see</c><00:40:54.420><c> what</c><00:40:54.579><c> he</c><00:40:54.860><c> says.</c> 00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:56.760 David<00:40:56.440><c> goes</c> 00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:58.360 and<00:40:56.900><c> he</c><00:40:57.019><c> gets</c><00:40:57.119><c> the</c><00:40:57.380><c> five</c><00:40:57.659><c> smooth</c><00:40:57.980><c> stones</c> 00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:58.940 as<00:40:58.539><c> we</c><00:40:58.739><c> know.</c> 00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:00.460 He<00:40:59.300><c> draws</c><00:40:59.679><c> near</c><00:40:59.940><c> the</c><00:41:00.159><c> Philistine.</c> 00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.559 He<00:41:00.659><c> didn't</c><00:41:00.800><c> wait</c><00:41:01.019><c> for</c><00:41:01.219><c> the</c><00:41:01.280><c> Philistine</c> 00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.179 to<00:41:01.739><c> come</c><00:41:01.840><c> to</c><00:41:02.000><c> him.</c> 00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:04.460 He<00:41:02.519><c> goes</c><00:41:02.800><c> towards</c><00:41:03.300><c> the</c><00:41:03.519><c> Philistine.</c> 00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:06.000 He<00:41:04.659><c> was</c><00:41:04.900><c> no</c><00:41:05.139><c> chicken</c><00:41:05.400><c> in</c><00:41:05.599><c> that</c><00:41:05.780><c> sense.</c> 00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:08.000 He<00:41:06.119><c> went</c><00:41:06.380><c> with</c><00:41:06.579><c> the</c><00:41:06.780><c> power</c><00:41:06.980><c> of</c><00:41:07.219><c> God.</c> 00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:09.219 And<00:41:08.480><c> what</c><00:41:08.579><c> we</c><00:41:08.780><c> find</c><00:41:09.000><c> out</c> 00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:10.659 that<00:41:09.340><c> the</c><00:41:09.539><c> Philistine,</c><00:41:10.039><c> verse</c><00:41:10.159><c> 42,</c> 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:13.039 looked<00:41:11.059><c> about</c><00:41:11.519><c> and</c><00:41:12.079><c> he</c><00:41:12.260><c> saw</c><00:41:12.519><c> David</c> 00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:14.400 and<00:41:13.659><c> he's</c><00:41:13.880><c> kind</c><00:41:13.960><c> of</c><00:41:14.059><c> looking</c><00:41:14.219><c> at</c><00:41:14.340><c> me.</c> 00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:14.980 Is<00:41:14.539><c> that</c><00:41:14.739><c> it?</c> 00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.880 You<00:41:15.139><c> know,</c><00:41:15.219><c> he's</c><00:41:15.420><c> looking</c><00:41:15.619><c> about.</c> 00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.980 Is<00:41:16.099><c> there</c><00:41:16.280><c> nobody</c><00:41:16.579><c> else?</c> 00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:18.000 It's<00:41:17.159><c> just</c><00:41:17.400><c> this</c><00:41:17.679><c> little</c><00:41:17.900><c> kid.</c> 00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:19.380 And<00:41:18.239><c> he</c><00:41:18.619><c> disdained</c><00:41:18.980><c> him.</c> 00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:21.559 For<00:41:19.760><c> he</c><00:41:19.960><c> was</c><00:41:20.179><c> but</c><00:41:20.320><c> a</c><00:41:20.519><c> youth</c><00:41:20.800><c> and</c><00:41:21.300><c> ruddy</c> 00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.860 and<00:41:21.659><c> of</c><00:41:21.800><c> a</c><00:41:22.019><c> fair</c><00:41:22.219><c> countenance.</c> 00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:24.619 And<00:41:23.300><c> the</c><00:41:23.519><c> Philistine</c><00:41:23.880><c> said</c><00:41:24.079><c> to</c><00:41:24.260><c> David,</c> 00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:26.619 am<00:41:25.039><c> I</c><00:41:25.199><c> a</c><00:41:25.440><c> dog</c><00:41:25.659><c> that</c><00:41:25.840><c> you</c><00:41:26.059><c> come</c><00:41:26.260><c> to</c><00:41:26.480><c> me</c> 00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:28.079 with<00:41:26.800><c> a</c><00:41:27.119><c> stick,</c><00:41:27.300><c> with</c><00:41:27.500><c> a</c><00:41:27.719><c> stave?</c> 00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:30.940 And<00:41:28.840><c> the</c><00:41:29.099><c> Philistine</c><00:41:29.659><c> cursed</c><00:41:30.199><c> David</c> 00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:32.340 by<00:41:31.559><c> his</c><00:41:32.019><c> gods.</c> 00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:34.380 And<00:41:32.480><c> that's</c><00:41:32.719><c> important</c><00:41:33.079><c> for</c><00:41:33.219><c> us</c><00:41:33.340><c> to</c><00:41:33.500><c> remember.</c> 00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:35.719 The<00:41:34.579><c> Philistine</c><00:41:34.920><c> said</c><00:41:35.179><c> to</c><00:41:35.420><c> David,</c> 00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:37.900 come<00:41:36.380><c> to</c><00:41:36.619><c> me</c><00:41:36.739><c> and</c><00:41:36.840><c> I</c><00:41:36.980><c> will</c><00:41:37.119><c> give</c><00:41:37.340><c> thy</c><00:41:37.460><c> flesh</c> 00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:39.059 to<00:41:38.079><c> the</c><00:41:38.320><c> fowls</c><00:41:38.539><c> of</c><00:41:38.719><c> the</c><00:41:38.920><c> air</c> 00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:40.659 and<00:41:39.159><c> to</c><00:41:39.260><c> the</c><00:41:39.420><c> beasts</c><00:41:39.579><c> of</c><00:41:39.739><c> the</c><00:41:39.900><c> field.</c> 00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:42.699 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ourselves</c> 00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:27.480 like<00:45:27.139><c> he</c><00:45:27.380><c> did?</c> 00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:29.599 Just<00:45:27.679><c> turn</c><00:45:27.860><c> over</c><00:45:28.000><c> to</c><00:45:28.159><c> 1</c><00:45:28.400><c> Peter</c><00:45:28.739><c> chapter</c><00:45:29.139><c> 4</c> 00:45:29.599 --> 00:45:31.420 as<00:45:30.219><c> we</c><00:45:30.519><c> conclude</c><00:45:30.860><c> our</c><00:45:31.139><c> thoughts</c> 00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:32.880 together<00:45:31.739><c> this</c><00:45:31.960><c> morning.</c> 00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:34.219 1<00:45:33.099><c> Peter</c><00:45:33.460><c> chapter</c><00:45:33.800><c> 4,</c> 00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:35.880 we<00:45:34.420><c> read</c><00:45:34.659><c> there</c><00:45:34.840><c> in</c><00:45:35.019><c> verse</c><00:45:35.300><c> 1,</c> 00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:37.519 for<00:45:36.199><c> as</c><00:45:36.420><c> much</c><00:45:36.619><c> then</c><00:45:36.840><c> as</c><00:45:37.059><c> Christ</c> 00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:40.219 hath<00:45:37.820><c> suffered</c><00:45:38.199><c> in</c><00:45:38.500><c> the</c><00:45:38.760><c> same</c><00:45:39.159><c> flesh,</c> 00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:43.340 arm<00:45:41.280><c> yourselves</c><00:45:41.840><c> with</c><00:45:42.079><c> the</c><00:45:42.280><c> same</c><00:45:42.460><c> mind.</c> 00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:45.219 So<00:45:43.599><c> we've</c><00:45:43.800><c> got</c><00:45:43.880><c> to</c><00:45:44.000><c> take</c><00:45:44.320><c> his</c><00:45:44.800><c> thinking</c> 00:45:45.219 --> 00:45:48.179 and<00:45:45.820><c> his</c><00:45:46.179><c> ways</c><00:45:46.539><c> and</c><00:45:47.019><c> put</c><00:45:47.260><c> them</c><00:45:47.440><c> up</c><00:45:47.719><c> here.</c> 00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:50.860 Arm<00:45:48.880><c> ourselves</c><00:45:49.679><c> with</c><00:45:50.019><c> the</c><00:45:50.199><c> word</c><00:45:50.380><c> of</c><00:45:50.539><c> God.</c> 00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:54.199 With<00:45:51.320><c> the</c><00:45:51.719><c> 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00:46:26.900 or<00:46:25.980><c> a</c><00:46:26.079><c> woman.</c> 00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:28.500 And<00:46:27.739><c> the</c><00:46:27.880><c> expression</c><00:46:28.199><c> goes,</c> 00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:29.199 you're<00:46:28.679><c> a</c><00:46:28.780><c> man</c><00:46:28.900><c> or</c><00:46:29.019><c> a</c><00:46:29.099><c> man?</c> 00:46:29.340 --> 00:46:30.400 Squeak<00:46:29.579><c> up.</c> 00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:32.400 What<00:46:31.159><c> are</c><00:46:31.239><c> you</c><00:46:31.300><c> going</c><00:46:31.400><c> to</c><00:46:31.539><c> be?</c> 00:46:32.659 --> 00:46:34.559 The<00:46:33.079><c> question</c><00:46:33.440><c> is</c><00:46:33.659><c> to</c><00:46:33.760><c> us</c><00:46:33.980><c> as</c><00:46:34.199><c> well.</c> 00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:37.219 Are<00:46:35.199><c> we</c><00:46:35.519><c> going</c><00:46:35.659><c> to</c><00:46:35.860><c> be</c><00:46:36.360><c> men</c><00:46:36.679><c> and</c><00:46:36.900><c> women</c> 00:46:37.219 --> 00:46:38.960 of<00:46:37.679><c> God's</c><00:46:38.139><c> army?</c> 00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:39.780 Or<00:46:39.179><c> are</c><00:46:39.300><c> we</c><00:46:39.360><c> going</c><00:46:39.420><c> to</c><00:46:39.500><c> be</c><00:46:39.599><c> men</c> 00:46:39.780 --> 00:46:40.619 and<00:46:39.920><c> women</c><00:46:40.099><c> of</c><00:46:40.360><c> flesh?</c> 00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:41.679 Well,<00:46:41.260><c> I'll</c><00:46:41.340><c> tell</c><00:46:41.460><c> you</c><00:46:41.539><c> what</c> 00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:44.219 being<00:46:41.920><c> a</c><00:46:42.239><c> man</c><00:46:42.619><c> means</c><00:46:43.039><c> to</c><00:46:43.340><c> God.</c> 00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:47.170 If<00:46:44.860><c> we</c><00:46:45.000><c> turn</c><00:46:45.179><c> to</c><00:46:45.420><c> 1</c><00:46:45.639><c> Kings</c><00:46:46.000><c> chapter</c><00:46:46.460><c> 2</c> 00:46:47.619 --> 00:46:49.150 and<00:46:47.940><c> at</c><00:46:48.139><c> verse</c><00:46:48.440><c> 2,</c> 00:46:49.510 --> 00:46:52.849 David<00:46:50.110><c> speaking</c><00:46:50.670><c> to</c><00:46:50.949><c> Solomon</c><00:46:51.269><c> says</c><00:46:51.570><c> to</c><00:46:51.769><c> him,</c> 00:46:53.050 --> 00:46:55.570 Go<00:46:53.050><c> thy</c><00:46:53.369><c> way</c><00:46:53.750><c> or</c><00:46:54.210><c> I</c><00:46:54.429><c> go</c><00:46:54.570><c> the</c><00:46:54.730><c> way</c><00:46:54.969><c> of</c><00:46:55.190><c> all</c><00:46:55.369><c> the</c><00:46:55.469><c> earth.</c> 00:46:55.570 --> 00:46:57.070 So<00:46:55.690><c> I'm</c><00:46:55.789><c> going</c><00:46:55.909><c> to</c><00:46:56.030><c> die.</c> 00:46:57.590 --> 00:46:59.670 Be<00:46:57.630><c> thou</c><00:46:58.010><c> strong</c><00:46:58.530><c> therefore</c> 00:46:59.949 --> 00:47:04.670 and<00:47:00.550><c> show</c><00:47:01.150><c> thyself</c><00:47:02.150><c> a</c><00:47:02.570><c> man</c><00:47:02.889><c> in</c><00:47:04.010><c> God's</c><00:47:04.429><c> eyes.</c> 00:47:05.070 --> 00:47:06.889 This<00:47:05.289><c> is</c><00:47:05.469><c> what</c><00:47:05.590><c> he</c><00:47:05.949><c> describes</c><00:47:06.210><c> it</c><00:47:06.409><c> as</c><00:47:06.570><c> being</c> 00:47:06.889 --> 00:47:09.949 to<00:47:07.650><c> keep</c><00:47:07.909><c> the</c><00:47:08.190><c> charge</c><00:47:08.409><c> of</c><00:47:08.570><c> the</c><00:47:08.710><c> Lord</c><00:47:08.849><c> thy</c><00:47:09.110><c> God,</c> 00:47:10.110 --> 00:47:11.869 to<00:47:10.329><c> walk</c><00:47:10.630><c> in</c><00:47:10.769><c> his</c><00:47:10.989><c> ways,</c> 00:47:11.889 --> 00:47:13.110 to<00:47:12.030><c> keep</c><00:47:12.349><c> his</c><00:47:12.670><c> statutes</c> 00:47:13.110 --> 00:47:14.130 and<00:47:13.289><c> his</c><00:47:13.590><c> commandments</c> 00:47:14.130 --> 00:47:15.369 and<00:47:14.610><c> his</c><00:47:14.989><c> judgments</c> 00:47:15.369 --> 00:47:16.769 and<00:47:15.670><c> his</c><00:47:16.110><c> testimonies</c> 00:47:16.769 --> 00:47:17.670 as<00:47:17.130><c> it</c><00:47:17.289><c> is</c><00:47:17.489><c> written</c> 00:47:17.670 --> 00:47:18.690 in<00:47:17.789><c> the</c><00:47:17.909><c> law</c><00:47:18.190><c> of</c><00:47:18.389><c> Moses,</c> 00:47:18.849 --> 00:47:19.949 that<00:47:18.929><c> thou</c><00:47:19.150><c> mayst</c><00:47:19.550><c> prosper</c> 00:47:19.949 --> 00:47:21.670 in<00:47:20.349><c> all</c><00:47:20.730><c> that</c><00:47:20.869><c> thou</c><00:47:21.110><c> doest</c> 00:47:21.670 --> 00:47:22.650 and<00:47:22.309><c> with</c><00:47:22.489><c> us</c> 00:47:22.650 --> 00:47:24.170 wherewith<00:47:22.929><c> thou</c><00:47:23.090><c> turnest</c><00:47:23.429><c> thyself.</c> 00:47:24.409 --> 00:47:26.429 So<00:47:24.710><c> that's</c><00:47:24.889><c> the</c><00:47:25.010><c> challenge</c><00:47:25.289><c> to</c><00:47:25.510><c> us.</c> 00:47:27.309 --> 00:47:28.349 If<00:47:27.429><c> we</c><00:47:27.590><c> want</c><00:47:27.690><c> to</c><00:47:27.789><c> be</c><00:47:27.909><c> a</c><00:47:28.110><c> man</c> 00:47:28.750 --> 00:47:30.269 fit<00:47:29.170><c> for</c><00:47:29.550><c> God's</c><00:47:30.110><c> service,</c> 00:47:30.369 --> 00:47:32.289 like<00:47:30.469><c> the</c><00:47:30.610><c> Lord</c><00:47:30.769><c> Jesus</c><00:47:31.070><c> Christ</c><00:47:31.389><c> was,</c> 00:47:32.429 --> 00:47:34.309 like<00:47:32.650><c> the</c><00:47:32.889><c> David</c><00:47:33.230><c> was,</c> 00:47:34.389 --> 00:47:35.550 like<00:47:34.630><c> Elisha</c><00:47:35.130><c> was,</c> 00:47:35.769 --> 00:47:37.030 if<00:47:36.050><c> we</c><00:47:36.250><c> want</c><00:47:36.369><c> to</c><00:47:36.489><c> be</c><00:47:36.610><c> a</c><00:47:36.809><c> woman</c> 00:47:37.030 --> 00:47:38.309 like<00:47:37.389><c> Ruth,</c> 00:47:38.389 --> 00:47:39.969 people<00:47:38.809><c> who</c><00:47:39.150><c> made</c><00:47:39.389><c> themselves</c> 00:47:39.969 --> 00:47:41.269 part<00:47:40.309><c> of</c><00:47:40.449><c> God's</c><00:47:40.829><c> purpose,</c> 00:47:41.750 --> 00:47:43.230 then<00:47:41.929><c> we</c><00:47:42.130><c> have</c><00:47:42.309><c> to</c><00:47:42.550><c> arm</c><00:47:42.730><c> ourselves</c> 00:47:43.230 --> 00:47:44.369 for<00:47:43.409><c> the</c><00:47:43.570><c> scriptures.</c> 00:47:44.429 --> 00:47:45.690 We<00:47:44.750><c> have</c><00:47:44.909><c> to</c><00:47:45.070><c> put</c><00:47:45.230><c> those</c><00:47:45.489><c> things</c> 00:47:45.690 --> 00:47:46.989 in<00:47:45.889><c> our</c><00:47:46.090><c> minds</c><00:47:46.289><c> and</c><00:47:46.449><c> our</c><00:47:46.610><c> hearts</c> 00:47:46.989 --> 00:47:49.650 and<00:47:47.469><c> seek</c><00:47:47.929><c> God</c><00:47:48.190><c> above</c><00:47:48.469><c> all</c><00:47:48.710><c> else.</c> 00:47:49.869 --> 00:47:50.230 Tomorrow, 00:47:50.690 --> 00:47:51.909 we're<00:47:50.809><c> going</c><00:47:50.889><c> to</c><00:47:51.090><c> talk</c><00:47:51.230><c> about</c> 00:47:51.909 --> 00:47:54.150 the<00:47:52.349><c> warfare</c><00:47:52.690><c> that</c><00:47:52.909><c> takes</c><00:47:53.130><c> place,</c> 00:47:54.469 --> 00:47:56.929 the<00:47:54.789><c> realistic</c><00:47:55.230><c> warfare</c><00:47:55.710><c> of</c><00:47:55.969><c> airlines.</c> 00:47:57.269 --> 00:47:58.449 But<00:47:57.369><c> as</c><00:47:57.510><c> we</c><00:47:57.690><c> leave</c><00:47:57.829><c> here</c><00:47:58.030><c> today,</c> 00:47:58.769 --> 00:47:59.969 let's<00:47:59.050><c> think</c><00:47:59.309><c> about</c><00:47:59.570><c> David</c> 00:47:59.969 --> 00:48:01.389 and<00:48:00.789><c> decide</c> 00:48:01.389 --> 00:48:02.730 if<00:48:02.030><c> we're</c><00:48:02.309><c> going</c><00:48:02.469><c> to</c><00:48:02.610><c> dare</c> 00:48:02.730 --> 00:48:03.789 to<00:48:02.929><c> be</c><00:48:03.070><c> like</c><00:48:03.250><c> him,</c> 00:48:04.250 --> 00:48:05.309 to<00:48:04.429><c> have</c><00:48:04.610><c> that</c><00:48:04.949><c> faith</c> 00:48:05.309 --> 00:48:07.590 and<00:48:05.989><c> to</c><00:48:06.230><c> walk</c><00:48:06.429><c> with</c><00:48:06.630><c> our</c><00:48:06.829><c> God.</c> 00:48:07.670 --> 00:48:08.989 Thank<00:48:07.949><c> you.</c>