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And<00:11:33.320><c> so</c><00:11:33.740><c> in</c><00:11:34.080><c> verse</c><00:11:34.379><c> 4,</c><00:11:36.779><c> Absalom</c><00:11:37.220><c> said</c><00:11:37.600><c> moreover,</c>

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Oh,<00:11:39.480><c> that</c><00:11:39.740><c> I</c><00:11:40.139><c> were</c><00:11:40.340><c> made</c><00:11:40.639><c> judge</c><00:11:41.000><c> in</c><00:11:41.240><c> the</c><00:11:41.460><c> land,</c>

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that<00:11:42.159><c> every</c><00:11:43.000><c> man</c><00:11:43.539><c> which</c><00:11:43.840><c> hath</c><00:11:44.120><c> any</c><00:11:44.659><c> suit</c><00:11:44.919><c> or</c><00:11:45.399><c> cause,</c>

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in<00:11:46.019><c> other</c><00:11:46.220><c> words,</c><00:11:46.379><c> any</c><00:11:46.620><c> legal</c><00:11:47.039><c> case,</c><00:11:48.279><c> might</c><00:11:48.440><c> come</c><00:11:48.779><c> to</c><00:11:48.980><c> me,</c>

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and<00:11:49.700><c> I</c><00:11:50.220><c> would</c><00:11:50.480><c> do</c><00:11:50.700><c> him</c><00:11:50.960><c> justice,</c><00:11:51.679><c> and</c><00:11:51.860><c> in</c><00:11:52.059><c> brackets,</c>

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not<00:11:53.360><c> like</c><00:11:53.659><c> my</c><00:11:53.960><c> father</c><00:11:54.340><c> who's</c><00:11:54.700><c> just,</c><00:11:55.000><c> you</c><00:11:55.220><c> know,</c><00:11:55.440><c> lost</c><00:11:55.759><c> it.</c>

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And<00:11:59.220><c> verse</c><00:11:59.440><c> 5,</c><00:11:59.700><c> look</c><00:11:59.840><c> at</c><00:11:59.980><c> this.</c>

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And<00:12:02.720><c> it</c><00:12:02.860><c> was</c><00:12:03.120><c> so</c><00:12:03.480><c> that</c><00:12:03.620><c> when</c><00:12:04.000><c> any</c><00:12:04.320><c> man</c><00:12:05.240><c> came</c><00:12:05.860><c> to</c><00:12:06.179><c> him</c><00:12:06.639><c> to</c><00:12:07.539><c> do</c><00:12:07.779><c> him</c><00:12:08.019><c> abasance,</c>

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he<00:12:09.919><c> put</c><00:12:10.299><c> forth</c><00:12:10.740><c> his</c><00:12:11.220><c> hand</c><00:12:11.659><c> and</c><00:12:11.899><c> took</c><00:12:12.100><c> him</c><00:12:12.399><c> and</c><00:12:12.659><c> kissed</c><00:12:12.960><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:12:17.000><c> what</c><00:12:17.000><c> was</c><00:12:17.320><c> Absalom</c><00:12:17.799><c> appealing</c><00:12:18.700><c> to?</c>

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Well,<00:12:21.240><c> the</c><00:12:21.279><c> most</c><00:12:21.659><c> obvious</c><00:12:22.080><c> one</c><00:12:22.440><c> is</c><00:12:23.080><c> back</c><00:12:23.480><c> in</c><00:12:23.659><c> chapter</c><00:12:23.960><c> 14</c><00:12:24.500><c> and</c>

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verse<00:12:24.940><c> 25,</c>

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and<00:12:26.740><c> well,</c><00:12:27.100><c> good</c><00:12:27.240><c> luck</c><00:12:27.379><c> to</c><00:12:27.519><c> him,</c><00:12:27.720><c> the</c><00:12:27.860><c> genetics</c><00:12:28.139><c> went</c><00:12:28.419><c> in</c><00:12:28.539><c> his</c><00:12:28.860><c> favour.</c>

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In<00:12:29.820><c> all</c><00:12:30.120><c> Israel</c><00:12:30.519><c> there</c><00:12:30.740><c> was</c><00:12:31.039><c> none</c><00:12:31.279><c> to</c><00:12:31.500><c> be</c><00:12:31.700><c> so</c><00:12:31.899><c> much</c><00:12:32.279><c> praised</c><00:12:33.000><c> as</c>

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Absalom<00:12:34.179><c> for</c><00:12:34.460><c> his</c><00:12:34.720><c> beauty.</c>

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From<00:12:36.179><c> the</c><00:12:36.600><c> sole</c><00:12:36.820><c> of</c><00:12:36.980><c> his</c><00:12:37.320><c> foot,</c><00:12:37.639><c> even</c><00:12:37.879><c> to</c><00:12:38.080><c> the</c><00:12:38.259><c> crown</c><00:12:38.500><c> of</c><00:12:38.679><c> his</c><00:12:38.860><c> head,</c>

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there<00:12:39.179><c> was</c><00:12:39.500><c> no</c><00:12:39.980><c> blemish</c><00:12:40.460><c> in</c><00:12:40.679><c> him.</c>

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And<00:12:41.320><c> you</c><00:12:41.580><c> know</c><00:12:41.820><c> how</c><00:12:42.100><c> it</c><00:12:42.120><c> is,</c><00:12:42.600><c> brethren</c><00:12:42.720><c> and</c><00:12:43.039><c> sisters,</c><00:12:43.240><c> we're</c>

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all,<00:12:43.899><c> you</c><00:12:45.039><c> know,</c>

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we<00:12:46.480><c> all</c><00:12:46.879><c> like</c><00:12:47.220><c> people</c><00:12:47.860><c> who,</c><00:12:48.440><c> in</c><00:12:48.899><c> that</c><00:12:49.279><c> sort</c><00:12:49.480><c> of</c><00:12:49.659><c> leadership</c><00:12:50.159><c> role,</c>

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who<00:12:51.539><c> have</c><00:12:51.679><c> that</c><00:12:52.139><c> sort</c><00:12:52.399><c> of</c><00:12:52.879><c> look</c><00:12:53.519><c> of</c><00:12:54.480><c> appeal,</c><00:12:55.720><c> that</c><00:12:56.080><c> they</c><00:12:56.320><c> are</c>

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good<00:12:56.879><c> looking.</c>

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And<00:12:58.840><c> here</c><00:12:59.100><c> he</c><00:12:59.320><c> was,</c><00:12:59.620><c> you</c><00:12:59.740><c> know,</c><00:13:00.039><c> he</c><00:13:00.320><c> was</c><00:13:00.559><c> very</c><00:13:00.919><c> much</c><00:13:01.600><c> appealing</c>

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to<00:13:02.519><c> the</c><00:13:02.740><c> lust</c><00:13:03.139><c> of</c><00:13:03.539><c> the</c><00:13:03.840><c> flesh,</c>

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this<00:13:04.779><c> wonderfully</c><00:13:05.320><c> handsome</c><00:13:06.100><c> man,</c>

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and<00:13:07.659><c> he</c><00:13:07.919><c> appealed</c><00:13:08.259><c> to</c><00:13:08.519><c> the</c><00:13:08.700><c> lust</c><00:13:09.000><c> of</c><00:13:09.340><c> the</c><00:13:09.559><c> eyes</c><00:13:09.960><c> with</c><00:13:10.399><c> all</c><00:13:10.700><c> his</c>

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chariots<00:13:11.460><c> and</c><00:13:11.679><c> horses</c>

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and<00:13:12.840><c> all</c><00:13:13.100><c> the</c><00:13:13.279><c> 50</c><00:13:13.519><c> men</c><00:13:13.779><c> to</c><00:13:13.919><c> run</c><00:13:14.019><c> before</c><00:13:14.179><c> him.</c>

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The<00:13:14.620><c> lust</c><00:13:15.019><c> of</c><00:13:15.360><c> the</c><00:13:15.580><c> eyes</c><00:13:15.980><c> paraded</c><00:13:16.480><c> as</c><00:13:16.720><c> a</c><00:13:16.860><c> heathen</c><00:13:17.220><c> king.</c>

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And<00:13:19.080><c> of</c><00:13:19.240><c> course,</c><00:13:19.559><c> the</c><00:13:19.700><c> pride</c><00:13:19.940><c> of</c><00:13:20.200><c> life.</c>

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Oh,<00:13:21.480><c> it</c><00:13:21.600><c> was</c><00:13:21.600><c> up</c><00:13:21.759><c> for</c><00:13:21.980><c> me,</c><00:13:22.559><c> it</c><00:13:22.700><c> was</c><00:13:22.879><c> for</c><00:13:23.120><c> me.</c>

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I'd<00:13:23.899><c> honour</c><00:13:24.019><c> you.</c>

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And<00:13:26.179><c> give</c><00:13:26.299><c> me</c><00:13:26.500><c> your</c><00:13:26.639><c> hand</c><00:13:26.779><c> and</c><00:13:26.899><c> I</c><00:13:26.980><c> might</c><00:13:27.179><c> kiss</c><00:13:27.679><c> your</c><00:13:28.059><c> hand.</c>

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I'd<00:13:28.759><c> honour</c><00:13:28.899><c> you.</c>

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You<00:13:29.679><c> know,</c><00:13:30.200><c> justice</c><00:13:30.279><c> and</c><00:13:30.720><c> pride</c><00:13:31.279><c> of</c><00:13:31.539><c> life</c><00:13:31.759><c> patronising</c><00:13:32.519><c> those</c>

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who<00:13:33.879><c> came</c><00:13:34.360><c> to</c><00:13:35.139><c> obtain</c><00:13:35.580><c> justice.</c>

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So<00:13:37.960><c> he's</c><00:13:38.220><c> setting</c><00:13:38.460><c> up,</c><00:13:39.559><c> he's</c><00:13:40.240><c> setting</c><00:13:40.399><c> up</c><00:13:43.100><c> foment.</c>

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He's<00:13:46.159><c> setting</c><00:13:46.259><c> up</c><00:13:46.480><c> a</c><00:13:46.740><c> crisis.</c>

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And<00:13:49.740><c> he's</c><00:13:49.940><c> setting</c><00:13:50.080><c> up</c><00:13:50.340><c> a</c><00:13:50.600><c> coup.</c>

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And<00:13:53.960><c> he</c><00:13:54.279><c> nearly</c><00:13:54.620><c> pulls</c><00:13:55.000><c> it</c><00:13:55.220><c> off.</c>

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And<00:13:57.820><c> it's</c><00:13:58.120><c> interesting</c><00:13:58.740><c> how</c><00:13:59.179><c> he's</c><00:13:59.779><c> overthrown.</c>

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And<00:14:00.919><c> there's</c><00:14:01.139><c> some</c><00:14:01.340><c> beautiful</c><00:14:01.779><c> lessons</c><00:14:02.100><c> here,</c><00:14:02.299><c> we'll</c><00:14:02.340><c> get</c><00:14:02.519><c> to</c>

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that<00:14:02.740><c> in</c><00:14:02.840><c> a</c><00:14:02.960><c> moment.</c>

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Verse<00:14:04.159><c> 7,</c><00:14:04.919><c> it</c><00:14:04.919><c> came</c><00:14:05.240><c> to</c><00:14:05.500><c> pass,</c>

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Deleuque<00:14:06.960><c> 40,</c><00:14:08.679><c> David's</c><00:14:09.460><c> whole</c><00:14:10.379><c> reign</c><00:14:10.559><c> was</c><00:14:10.740><c> only</c><00:14:10.980><c> 40</c><00:14:11.159><c> years,</c>

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so<00:14:11.519><c> it</c><00:14:11.559><c> can't</c><00:14:11.740><c> be</c><00:14:11.899><c> 40,</c><00:14:12.139><c> it's</c><00:14:12.279><c> actually</c><00:14:12.620><c> four</c><00:14:12.940><c> years,</c><00:14:13.600><c> okay?</c>

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So<00:14:14.379><c> four</c><00:14:14.720><c> years</c><00:14:14.960><c> of</c><00:14:15.259><c> foment</c><00:14:16.220><c> came</c><00:14:16.600><c> to</c><00:14:16.879><c> pass</c><00:14:17.159><c> after</c><00:14:17.639><c> four</c><00:14:18.159><c> years</c>

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that<00:14:19.620><c> Absalom</c><00:14:20.220><c> said</c><00:14:20.559><c> to</c><00:14:20.779><c> the</c><00:14:21.019><c> king,</c>

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I<00:14:22.740><c> pray</c><00:14:23.220><c> thee,</c><00:14:24.019><c> let</c><00:14:24.220><c> me</c><00:14:24.460><c> go</c><00:14:24.759><c> and</c><00:14:25.059><c> pay</c><00:14:25.320><c> my</c><00:14:25.679><c> vow</c><00:14:25.860><c> which</c><00:14:26.100><c> I</c><00:14:26.440><c> vowed</c>

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to<00:14:27.159><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:27.700><c> in</c><00:14:28.059><c> Hebron.</c>

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Now<00:14:28.940><c> he</c><00:14:28.960><c> didn't</c><00:14:29.159><c> vow</c><00:14:29.399><c> any</c><00:14:29.879><c> vow</c><00:14:30.179><c> to</c><00:14:30.360><c> Yahweh,</c><00:14:30.539><c> this</c><00:14:30.720><c> is</c><00:14:30.899><c> a</c><00:14:31.039><c> ruse.</c>

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He's<00:14:33.120><c> pretending</c><00:14:33.759><c> a</c><00:14:34.259><c> religious</c><00:14:35.039><c> motive.</c>

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And<00:14:36.419><c> he</c><00:14:36.440><c> goes</c><00:14:36.700><c> back</c><00:14:37.019><c> to</c><00:14:37.200><c> his</c><00:14:37.539><c> birthplace,</c>

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and<00:14:39.700><c> he</c><00:14:39.759><c> goes</c><00:14:39.980><c> to</c><00:14:40.279><c> Hebron.</c>

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Why<00:14:40.940><c> Hebron?</c>

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He's<00:14:41.820><c> going</c><00:14:41.899><c> to</c><00:14:42.019><c> set</c><00:14:42.159><c> up</c><00:14:42.340><c> a</c><00:14:42.539><c> coup</c><00:14:42.600><c> from</c><00:14:42.860><c> Hebron</c><00:14:43.159><c> by</c><00:14:43.379><c> the</c><00:14:43.519><c> way,</c><00:14:44.559><c> okay?</c>

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Why<00:14:47.039><c> Hebron?</c>

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Well,<00:14:49.519><c> if</c><00:14:50.039><c> the</c><00:14:50.440><c> coup</c><00:14:50.779><c> fails,</c>

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Hebron<00:14:53.919><c> is</c><00:14:54.360><c> far</c><00:14:54.639><c> enough</c><00:14:55.100><c> away</c><00:14:55.700><c> that</c><00:14:55.980><c> he</c><00:14:56.100><c> can</c><00:14:56.360><c> immediately</c><00:14:56.879><c> exit</c><00:14:57.220><c> himself</c><00:14:57.639><c> from</c><00:14:57.860><c> the</c>

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land<00:14:58.460><c> unscathed.</c>

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So<00:15:00.919><c> it's</c><00:15:01.100><c> an</c><00:15:01.340><c> insurance</c><00:15:01.820><c> policy</c><00:15:02.299><c> to</c><00:15:02.539><c> be</c><00:15:02.659><c> at</c><00:15:02.840><c> Hebron,</c><00:15:05.000><c> okay?</c>

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Second<00:15:06.139><c> point</c><00:15:06.480><c> is</c><00:15:06.759><c> that</c><00:15:06.940><c> Hebron,</c><00:15:07.240><c> well,</c><00:15:08.019><c> the</c><00:15:08.179><c> Hebronites</c><00:15:08.639><c> have</c><00:15:08.759><c> got</c>

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a<00:15:08.940><c> bit</c><00:15:09.039><c> of</c><00:15:09.240><c> a</c><00:15:09.320><c> grudge</c><00:15:09.600><c> against</c><00:15:10.019><c> David.</c>

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Where<00:15:11.700><c> was</c><00:15:12.019><c> David</c><00:15:12.500><c> first</c><00:15:13.159><c> king</c><00:15:13.539><c> within</c><00:15:13.860><c> Israel?</c>

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Hebron,<00:15:16.299><c> oh</c><00:15:16.519><c> but</c><00:15:16.679><c> Hebron's</c><00:15:17.179><c> not</c><00:15:17.419><c> good</c><00:15:17.659><c> enough,</c><00:15:18.019><c> you</c><00:15:18.179><c> had</c><00:15:18.340><c> to</c>

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go<00:15:18.600><c> to</c><00:15:18.840><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:15:20.860><c> we're</c><00:15:21.220><c> sort</c><00:15:21.419><c> of</c><00:15:21.639><c> inferior,</c><00:15:22.120><c> are</c><00:15:22.360><c> we?</c>

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So<00:15:24.179><c> there</c><00:15:24.340><c> might</c><00:15:24.539><c> have</c><00:15:24.700><c> been</c><00:15:24.820><c> a</c><00:15:25.019><c> few</c><00:15:25.220><c> Hebronites</c><00:15:25.940><c> who</c><00:15:26.220><c> felt</c><00:15:26.419><c> a</c>

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little<00:15:26.820><c> bit</c><00:15:27.220><c> out</c><00:15:27.440><c> of</c><00:15:27.860><c> things,</c>

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that,<00:15:28.399><c> you</c><00:15:28.840><c> know,</c><00:15:28.919><c> they'd</c><00:15:29.080><c> been</c><00:15:29.360><c> snubbed.</c>

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Oh,<00:15:30.820><c> but</c><00:15:31.139><c> Absalom</c><00:15:31.559><c> was</c><00:15:31.840><c> in</c><00:15:32.000><c> Hebron,</c><00:15:32.840><c> we'll</c><00:15:33.200><c> throw</c><00:15:33.379><c> our</c><00:15:33.580><c> lot</c><00:15:33.679><c> in</c>

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with<00:15:34.059><c> him.</c>

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So<00:15:35.019><c> there</c><00:15:35.179><c> was</c><00:15:35.399><c> a</c><00:15:35.519><c> nice</c><00:15:35.779><c> bit</c><00:15:36.059><c> of,</c><00:15:36.519><c> there</c><00:15:37.879><c> was</c><00:15:38.139><c> a</c><00:15:38.240><c> nice</c><00:15:38.559><c> bit</c><00:15:38.879><c> of</c>

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foment<00:15:39.840><c> there</c><00:15:40.200><c> as</c><00:15:40.539><c> well.</c>

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And<00:15:42.019><c> in</c><00:15:42.240><c> verse</c><00:15:42.600><c> 10,</c><00:15:44.360><c> or</c><00:15:44.559><c> verse</c><00:15:44.919><c> 9,</c>

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and<00:15:47.000><c> the</c><00:15:47.120><c> king</c><00:15:47.360><c> said</c><00:15:47.600><c> to</c><00:15:47.779><c> him,</c><00:15:48.299><c> go</c><00:15:48.399><c> in</c><00:15:48.679><c> peace.</c>

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I<00:15:48.980><c> mean,</c><00:15:49.240><c> David</c><00:15:49.480><c> just</c><00:15:49.679><c> didn't</c><00:15:49.860><c> understand</c><00:15:50.179><c> what</c><00:15:50.340><c> was</c><00:15:50.539><c> going</c><00:15:50.759><c> on.</c>

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He<00:15:51.399><c> wishes</c><00:15:51.639><c> his</c><00:15:51.940><c> son</c><00:15:52.059><c> all</c><00:15:52.240><c> the</c><00:15:52.399><c> best.</c>

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Go<00:15:52.820><c> in</c><00:15:53.080><c> peace.</c>

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So<00:15:53.539><c> he</c><00:15:53.720><c> arose</c><00:15:54.019><c> and</c><00:15:54.120><c> went</c><00:15:54.320><c> to</c><00:15:54.500><c> Hebron.</c>

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But<00:15:56.740><c> Absalom</c><00:15:57.240><c> sent</c><00:15:57.620><c> spies</c><00:15:58.279><c> throughout</c><00:15:58.759><c> all</c><00:15:59.299><c> the</c><00:15:59.500><c> tribes</c><00:15:59.799><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:16:00.720><c> saying,</c>

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as<00:16:03.299><c> soon</c><00:16:03.639><c> as</c><00:16:03.879><c> you</c><00:16:04.039><c> hear</c><00:16:04.379><c> the</c><00:16:04.740><c> sound</c><00:16:05.039><c> of</c><00:16:05.259><c> the</c><00:16:05.559><c> trumpet,</c>

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then<00:16:07.440><c> you</c><00:16:07.679><c> shall</c><00:16:07.960><c> say,</c><00:16:08.720><c> Absalom</c><00:16:09.559><c> reigns</c><00:16:10.519><c> in</c><00:16:10.759><c> Hebron.</c>

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As<00:16:12.940><c> soon</c><00:16:13.000><c> as</c><00:16:13.139><c> you</c><00:16:13.220><c> hear</c><00:16:13.379><c> the</c><00:16:13.539><c> sound</c><00:16:13.720><c> of</c><00:16:13.860><c> the</c><00:16:14.080><c> trumpet,</c><00:16:15.360><c> that's</c>

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it,<00:16:15.820><c> the</c><00:16:16.019><c> coup</c><00:16:16.159><c> begins.</c>

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And<00:16:17.000><c> it's</c><00:16:17.399><c> stolen</c><00:16:17.720><c> for</c><00:16:18.019><c> four</c><00:16:18.299><c> years,</c><00:16:18.620><c> or</c><00:16:18.759><c> whatever</c><00:16:18.960><c> time</c><00:16:19.200><c> it</c><00:16:19.399><c> was,</c>

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it's<00:16:20.179><c> stolen</c><00:16:20.399><c> the</c><00:16:20.679><c> hearts</c><00:16:21.019><c> of</c><00:16:21.259><c> the</c><00:16:21.419><c> people.</c>

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It<00:16:22.059><c> says</c><00:16:22.139><c> all</c><00:16:22.399><c> the</c><00:16:22.539><c> hearts</c><00:16:22.740><c> of</c><00:16:22.899><c> the</c><00:16:22.980><c> people.</c>

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Not<00:16:23.360><c> exactly</c><00:16:23.919><c> all</c><00:16:24.179><c> of</c><00:16:24.259><c> them,</c><00:16:24.700><c> but,</c><00:16:24.840><c> you</c><00:16:25.000><c> know,</c><00:16:25.059><c> he'd</c><00:16:25.320><c> really</c>

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done<00:16:25.899><c> his</c><00:16:26.139><c> homework.</c>

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And<00:16:28.720><c> it</c><00:16:28.759><c> was</c><00:16:28.960><c> about</c><00:16:29.159><c> to</c><00:16:29.399><c> begin.</c>

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And<00:16:30.679><c> look</c><00:16:30.840><c> at</c><00:16:31.080><c> this,</c><00:16:31.679><c> verse</c><00:16:31.980><c> 12.</c>

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Absalom<00:16:35.120><c> sent</c><00:16:35.799><c> for</c><00:16:36.299><c> Ahithophel</c><00:16:37.299><c> the</c><00:16:37.840><c> Gielinite,</c>

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David's<00:16:41.320><c> counselor</c><00:16:41.740><c> from</c><00:16:42.139><c> his</c><00:16:42.419><c> city,</c><00:16:42.720><c> even</c><00:16:43.120><c> from</c><00:16:43.500><c> Gielo,</c><00:16:44.000><c> while</c><00:16:44.279><c> he</c>

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offered<00:16:44.879><c> sacrifices.</c>

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And<00:16:47.279><c> the</c><00:16:47.419><c> conspiracy</c><00:16:48.320><c> was</c><00:16:48.820><c> strong,</c><00:16:49.620><c> for</c><00:16:49.740><c> the</c><00:16:49.960><c> people</c><00:16:50.240><c> increased</c><00:16:50.840><c> continually</c><00:16:51.840><c> with</c><00:16:52.580><c> Absalom.</c>

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And,<00:16:57.120><c> brethren</c><00:16:57.120><c> and</c><00:16:57.480><c> sisters,</c><00:16:58.759><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:17:00.220><c> Ahithophel</c><00:17:03.500><c> threw</c><00:17:04.019><c> his</c>

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lot<00:17:04.519><c> in</c><00:17:05.599><c> with</c><00:17:06.539><c> Absalom.</c>

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Now,<00:17:07.779><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:17:08.519><c> the</c><00:17:08.700><c> last</c><00:17:09.140><c> person</c><00:17:09.539><c> you</c><00:17:09.940><c> want</c><00:17:10.299><c> to</c><00:17:10.579><c> betray</c>

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you,<00:17:11.240><c> if</c><00:17:11.440><c> you're</c><00:17:11.660><c> David.</c>

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This<00:17:15.519><c> man</c><00:17:16.160><c> has</c><00:17:16.599><c> got</c><00:17:16.759><c> a</c><00:17:17.160><c> burning</c><00:17:17.720><c> grudge</c><00:17:18.599><c> against</c><00:17:19.900><c> David.</c>

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Ahithophel<00:17:23.240><c> was</c><00:17:24.519><c> the</c><00:17:24.980><c> absolute</c><00:17:25.640><c> closest</c><00:17:26.599><c> advisor</c><00:17:27.519><c> slash</c><00:17:28.240><c> counselor</c><00:17:28.759><c> that</c><00:17:29.039><c> you</c>

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could<00:17:29.480><c> find</c><00:17:30.059><c> that</c><00:17:30.880><c> David</c><00:17:31.319><c> had.</c>

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Every<00:17:33.140><c> neuron,</c><00:17:35.799><c> every</c><00:17:36.339><c> synapse</c><00:17:37.160><c> in</c><00:17:37.799><c> David's</c><00:17:38.599><c> brain</c><00:17:39.240><c> was</c><00:17:40.160><c> known</c><00:17:40.640><c> to</c><00:17:41.019><c> Ahithophel.</c>

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Ahithophel<00:17:43.420><c> could</c><00:17:43.700><c> read</c><00:17:44.019><c> every</c><00:17:44.900><c> thought</c><00:17:45.259><c> in</c><00:17:45.660><c> David's</c><00:17:46.619><c> brain.</c>

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Who<00:17:47.900><c> best</c><00:17:48.240><c> as</c><00:17:48.819><c> your</c><00:17:49.279><c> counselor,</c><00:17:51.640><c> other</c><00:17:52.039><c> than</c><00:17:52.759><c> Ahithophel,</c>

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who<00:17:53.940><c> knew</c><00:17:54.279><c> everything</c><00:17:55.079><c> about</c><00:17:55.700><c> David,</c>

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and<00:17:57.440><c> could</c><00:17:57.759><c> outfox</c><00:17:58.700><c> David</c><00:17:59.200><c> because</c><00:17:59.460><c> he</c><00:17:59.819><c> knew</c><00:18:00.079><c> every</c><00:18:00.859><c> little</c>

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thought<00:18:01.680><c> process</c><00:18:02.259><c> of</c><00:18:02.500><c> that</c><00:18:02.740><c> man.</c>

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You<00:18:03.380><c> get</c><00:18:03.599><c> him</c><00:18:03.799><c> on</c><00:18:04.019><c> your</c><00:18:04.380><c> side,</c><00:18:05.240><c> and</c><00:18:05.859><c> you've</c><00:18:06.240><c> got</c><00:18:06.559><c> power.</c>

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What's<00:18:08.819><c> more,</c><00:18:09.220><c> brethren</c><00:18:09.380><c> and</c><00:18:09.680><c> sisters,</c><00:18:09.779><c> you've</c><00:18:10.279><c> got</c><00:18:10.839><c> status.</c>

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Because<00:18:12.559><c> have</c><00:18:12.740><c> a</c><00:18:12.859><c> look</c><00:18:12.980><c> at</c><00:18:13.119><c> verse</c><00:18:13.519><c> 23</c><00:18:14.420><c> of</c><00:18:15.119><c> chapter</c><00:18:15.500><c> 16.</c>

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And<00:18:19.819><c> the</c><00:18:20.099><c> counsel</c><00:18:20.740><c> of</c><00:18:21.119><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:18:23.359><c> which</c><00:18:23.559><c> he</c><00:18:23.920><c> counseled</c><00:18:24.500><c> in</c>

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those<00:18:25.200><c> days,</c>

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was<00:18:26.900><c> as</c><00:18:27.140><c> if</c><00:18:27.319><c> a</c><00:18:27.539><c> man</c><00:18:27.700><c> had</c><00:18:28.039><c> inquired</c><00:18:28.740><c> at</c><00:18:29.059><c> the</c><00:18:29.339><c> oracle</c><00:18:29.700><c> of</c><00:18:29.980><c> God.</c>

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So<00:18:30.680><c> was</c><00:18:31.000><c> all</c><00:18:31.359><c> the</c><00:18:31.559><c> counsel</c><00:18:31.859><c> of</c><00:18:32.059><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:18:33.119><c> both</c><00:18:33.359><c> with</c><00:18:33.700><c> David</c>

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and<00:18:34.839><c> with</c><00:18:35.140><c> Absalom.</c>

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So<00:18:37.019><c> why</c><00:18:38.019><c> would</c><00:18:38.980><c> Ahithophel</c><00:18:39.480><c> throw</c><00:18:39.720><c> his</c><00:18:39.960><c> lot</c><00:18:40.099><c> in</c><00:18:40.640><c> with</c><00:18:41.299><c> a</c><00:18:41.519><c> man</c><00:18:41.779><c> who</c><00:18:42.000><c> he</c><00:18:42.259><c> knew</c><00:18:42.880><c> was</c><00:18:44.200><c> a</c><00:18:45.579><c> sham?</c>

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Why<00:18:47.059><c> would</c><00:18:47.259><c> he</c><00:18:47.420><c> depart</c><00:18:48.079><c> from</c><00:18:48.519><c> David?</c>

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Well,<00:18:50.660><c> remember</c><00:18:51.160><c> we</c><00:18:51.400><c> said</c><00:18:51.579><c> that</c><00:18:51.900><c> even</c><00:18:52.140><c> though</c><00:18:52.519><c> God</c><00:18:52.940><c> forgives</c>

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us<00:18:53.940><c> for</c><00:18:54.140><c> our</c><00:18:54.420><c> sins,</c>

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we<00:18:55.220><c> do</c><00:18:55.440><c> have</c><00:18:55.640><c> to</c><00:18:55.720><c> live</c><00:18:55.880><c> with</c><00:18:56.099><c> the</c><00:18:56.420><c> consequences</c><00:18:56.960><c> of</c><00:18:57.500><c> our</c><00:18:57.720><c> sins.</c>

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Let<00:18:59.440><c> me</c><00:18:59.640><c> tell</c><00:18:59.799><c> you</c><00:18:59.960><c> the</c><00:19:00.200><c> consequence</c><00:19:00.660><c> of</c><00:19:01.980><c> this</c><00:19:02.299><c> sin</c><00:19:02.519><c> with</c><00:19:02.900><c> regard</c><00:19:03.559><c> to</c><00:19:03.799><c> Ahithophel.</c>

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Uriah<00:19:08.680><c> the</c><00:19:08.880><c> Hittite</c><00:19:09.819><c> was</c><00:19:11.200><c> one</c><00:19:11.460><c> of</c><00:19:11.640><c> the</c><00:19:12.440><c> 37</c><00:19:13.140><c> special</c><00:19:14.259><c> bodyguards</c><00:19:15.200><c> that</c><00:19:15.519><c> David</c><00:19:15.920><c> had,</c>

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that<00:19:16.319><c> we're</c><00:19:16.519><c> told</c><00:19:16.759><c> of</c><00:19:16.960><c> in</c><00:19:17.119><c> 2</c><00:19:17.339><c> Samuel</c><00:19:17.619><c> 23.</c>

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Sorry,<00:19:19.599><c> Uriah</c><00:19:20.039><c> the</c><00:19:20.140><c> Hittite.</c>

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And<00:19:21.859><c> along</c><00:19:22.279><c> with</c><00:19:22.619><c> Uriah,</c><00:19:23.299><c> and</c><00:19:23.480><c> of</c><00:19:23.579><c> course</c><00:19:23.720><c> Uriah</c><00:19:24.099><c> was</c><00:19:24.299><c> Bathsheba's</c><00:19:25.180><c> first</c><00:19:25.519><c> husband,</c>

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along<00:19:27.279><c> with</c><00:19:27.599><c> Uriah</c><00:19:28.680><c> was</c><00:19:29.119><c> another</c><00:19:29.519><c> one</c><00:19:29.740><c> of</c><00:19:29.900><c> those</c><00:19:30.279><c> 37</c><00:19:31.019><c> and</c><00:19:31.220><c> his</c>

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name<00:19:31.720><c> was</c><00:19:32.220><c> Eliam.</c>

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Eliam,<00:19:36.140><c> magically,</c><00:19:36.799><c> was</c><00:19:37.220><c> the</c><00:19:37.720><c> son</c><00:19:38.420><c> of</c><00:19:39.380><c> Ahithophel.</c>

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So<00:19:41.700><c> Eliam</c><00:19:42.380><c> and</c><00:19:42.660><c> Uriah</c><00:19:43.200><c> were</c><00:19:43.519><c> fellow</c><00:19:43.920><c> officers</c><00:19:45.079><c> with</c><00:19:46.079><c> looking</c>

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after<00:19:46.660><c> David.</c>

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And<00:19:47.460><c> it's</c><00:19:47.640><c> not</c><00:19:47.859><c> surprising</c><00:19:48.579><c> then</c><00:19:49.079><c> that</c><00:19:49.759><c> Uriah</c><00:19:50.759><c> married</c>

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Eliam's<00:19:52.660><c> daughter.</c>

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Well,<00:19:54.519><c> so</c><00:19:54.880><c> what?</c>

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Eliam<00:19:59.180><c> was</c><00:19:59.440><c> the</c><00:19:59.720><c> son</c><00:20:00.240><c> of</c><00:20:00.500><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:20:01.759><c> which</c><00:20:02.019><c> makes</c><00:20:02.440><c> Bathsheba</c><00:20:03.519><c> the</c><00:20:04.039><c> granddaughter</c><00:20:05.180><c> of</c><00:20:05.819><c> Ahithophel.</c>

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You<00:20:11.359><c> sullied</c><00:20:12.440><c> our</c><00:20:13.980><c> family</c><00:20:14.740><c> name,</c><00:20:16.440><c> David.</c>

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I'll<00:20:20.539><c> get</c><00:20:20.900><c> you.</c>

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I'll<00:20:23.700><c> wait</c><00:20:23.980><c> for</c><00:20:24.299><c> my</c><00:20:24.619><c> moment,</c><00:20:27.140><c> but</c><00:20:27.339><c> you're</c><00:20:28.519><c> dead</c><00:20:29.000><c> meat.</c>

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:37.779
And<00:20:33.519><c> he</c><00:20:33.720><c> just</c><00:20:34.240><c> waited</c><00:20:34.700><c> and</c><00:20:36.759><c> waited.</c>

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And<00:20:38.980><c> here</c><00:20:39.480><c> was</c><00:20:39.900><c> the</c><00:20:40.319><c> opportunity</c><00:20:41.420><c> to</c><00:20:42.099><c> destroy</c><00:20:42.920><c> the</c><00:20:43.180><c> man</c><00:20:43.700><c> that</c>

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:48.079
he<00:20:44.480><c> saw</c><00:20:44.700><c> as</c><00:20:44.920><c> having</c><00:20:45.119><c> destroyed</c><00:20:45.720><c> his</c><00:20:46.039><c> family's</c><00:20:47.579><c> name.</c>

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:54.220
And<00:20:49.880><c> he</c><00:20:50.119><c> fell</c><00:20:50.440><c> in</c><00:20:52.119><c> with</c><00:20:52.880><c> Absalom.</c>

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Okay,<00:20:54.980><c> so</c><00:20:55.099><c> David</c><00:20:55.460><c> gets</c><00:20:56.880><c> caught</c><00:20:57.160><c> out.</c>

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In<00:20:57.539><c> fact,</c><00:20:57.880><c> you'll</c><00:20:58.059><c> notice</c><00:20:58.400><c> in</c><00:20:58.539><c> verse</c><00:20:58.839><c> 11,</c><00:20:59.980><c> with</c><00:21:00.259><c> Absalom</c><00:21:01.380><c> went</c>

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200<00:21:03.039><c> men</c><00:21:03.720><c> out</c><00:21:04.059><c> of</c><00:21:04.259><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:04.799><c> that</c><00:21:05.039><c> were</c><00:21:05.319><c> called</c>

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and<00:21:05.700><c> they</c><00:21:05.920><c> went</c><00:21:06.140><c> in</c><00:21:06.380><c> their</c><00:21:06.660><c> simplicity</c><00:21:07.400><c> and</c><00:21:08.099><c> they</c><00:21:08.359><c> knew</c><00:21:08.559><c> not</c><00:21:08.779><c> anything.</c>

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Now,<00:21:09.299><c> these</c><00:21:09.480><c> were</c><00:21:09.700><c> key</c><00:21:09.960><c> administrators</c><00:21:10.799><c> within</c><00:21:12.599><c> David's</c><00:21:14.579><c> cabinet,</c><00:21:14.880><c> I</c>

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.779
guess,<00:21:15.319><c> or</c><00:21:15.359><c> not</c><00:21:15.500><c> cabinet,</c>

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:20.039
his<00:21:16.319><c> bureaucracy,</c><00:21:17.079><c> his</c><00:21:17.240><c> public</c><00:21:17.480><c> service,</c><00:21:18.619><c> 200</c><00:21:19.039><c> of</c><00:21:19.279><c> them.</c>

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And<00:21:20.299><c> what</c><00:21:21.240><c> Absalom</c><00:21:22.460><c> had</c><00:21:22.740><c> done</c><00:21:23.099><c> is</c><00:21:23.359><c> that</c><00:21:23.460><c> he</c><00:21:23.559><c> said,</c><00:21:23.740><c> oh,</c><00:21:24.039><c> well,</c>

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look,<00:21:24.859><c> we're</c><00:21:25.200><c> having</c><00:21:25.380><c> a</c><00:21:25.640><c> conference,</c>

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:32.079
a<00:21:27.960><c> governmental</c><00:21:28.480><c> conference</c><00:21:29.259><c> in</c><00:21:29.599><c> Hebron</c><00:21:30.160><c> and</c><00:21:30.619><c> you're</c><00:21:30.859><c> all</c><00:21:31.160><c> invited</c><00:21:31.640><c> and</c><00:21:31.799><c> it's</c><00:21:32.000><c> a</c>

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pretty<00:21:32.480><c> lengthy</c><00:21:33.000><c> conference.</c>

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It's<00:21:33.619><c> a</c><00:21:33.740><c> week</c><00:21:33.960><c> long.</c>

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And,<00:21:35.279><c> you</c><00:21:35.759><c> know,</c><00:21:36.099><c> we've</c><00:21:36.259><c> got</c><00:21:36.359><c> some</c><00:21:36.559><c> pretty</c><00:21:36.759><c> serious</c><00:21:37.059><c> business</c>

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to<00:21:37.680><c> discuss.</c>

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And<00:21:39.079><c> they</c><00:21:39.279><c> didn't</c><00:21:39.500><c> know</c><00:21:39.720><c> what</c><00:21:39.839><c> this</c><00:21:40.039><c> was</c><00:21:40.160><c> all</c><00:21:40.319><c> about.</c>

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They'd<00:21:40.819><c> talk</c><00:21:40.960><c> to</c><00:21:41.140><c> each</c><00:21:41.319><c> other</c><00:21:41.460><c> and</c><00:21:41.539><c> say,</c><00:21:41.799><c> well,</c><00:21:42.259><c> what's</c><00:21:42.519><c> the</c><00:21:42.700><c> agenda?</c>

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What's<00:21:43.400><c> this</c><00:21:43.559><c> all</c><00:21:43.680><c> about?</c>

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Oh,<00:21:44.079><c> I</c><00:21:44.160><c> don't</c><00:21:44.299><c> know.</c>

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This<00:21:44.599><c> is</c><00:21:44.819><c> something</c><00:21:45.000><c> to</c><00:21:45.200><c> do.</c>

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Absalom's<00:21:46.400><c> got</c><00:21:46.579><c> some</c><00:21:46.940><c> conference</c><00:21:47.240><c> or</c><00:21:47.420><c> rather</c><00:21:47.640><c> that</c><00:21:47.819><c> must</c><00:21:48.019><c> have</c><00:21:48.160><c> been</c><00:21:48.299><c> approved</c><00:21:48.579><c> by</c>

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his<00:21:49.019><c> father,</c><00:21:49.480><c> David.</c>

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Look,<00:21:50.000><c> we've</c><00:21:50.200><c> just</c><00:21:50.420><c> all</c><00:21:50.579><c> got</c><00:21:50.680><c> to</c><00:21:50.799><c> go</c><00:21:50.920><c> there</c><00:21:51.059><c> for</c><00:21:51.279><c> a</c><00:21:51.460><c> week.</c>

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But<00:21:53.240><c> what</c><00:21:53.500><c> it</c><00:21:53.720><c> would</c><00:21:53.880><c> have</c><00:21:54.119><c> done,</c><00:21:55.779><c> he</c><00:21:56.039><c> would</c><00:21:56.220><c> have</c><00:21:56.480><c> taken</c><00:21:56.740><c> all</c>

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:59.900
the<00:21:57.500><c> top</c><00:21:57.740><c> administrators</c><00:21:58.539><c> out</c><00:21:58.940><c> of</c><00:21:59.180><c> Jerusalem</c>

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that<00:22:00.619><c> would</c><00:22:00.880><c> be</c><00:22:01.319><c> surrounding</c><00:22:02.019><c> David</c><00:22:02.859><c> under</c><00:22:03.559><c> the</c><00:22:04.019><c> pretense</c><00:22:04.680><c> of</c>

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some<00:22:05.420><c> sort</c><00:22:05.700><c> of</c><00:22:05.980><c> government</c><00:22:06.460><c> conference,</c>

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takes<00:22:08.039><c> them</c><00:22:08.319><c> down</c><00:22:08.660><c> to</c><00:22:08.900><c> Hebron</c><00:22:09.900><c> and</c><00:22:10.299><c> then</c><00:22:10.660><c> declares</c><00:22:11.440><c> that</c><00:22:11.759><c> he's</c><00:22:12.079><c> king.</c>

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This<00:22:12.640><c> is</c><00:22:13.299><c> Absalom,</c><00:22:14.079><c> then</c><00:22:14.440><c> declares</c><00:22:14.880><c> that</c><00:22:15.119><c> he's</c><00:22:15.160><c> king.</c>

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:19.059
What<00:22:15.859><c> do</c><00:22:16.059><c> you</c><00:22:16.299><c> think</c><00:22:16.480><c> the</c><00:22:16.900><c> imagery</c><00:22:17.299><c> is</c><00:22:17.740><c> telling</c><00:22:17.900><c> us</c><00:22:18.220><c> here?</c>

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Oh,<00:22:21.220><c> his</c><00:22:21.559><c> top</c><00:22:21.960><c> men</c><00:22:22.259><c> have</c><00:22:22.599><c> abandoned</c><00:22:23.380><c> him.</c>

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His<00:22:25.220><c> top</c><00:22:25.859><c> administrators</c><00:22:26.579><c> won't</c><00:22:26.880><c> even</c><00:22:27.240><c> stand</c><00:22:27.519><c> next</c><00:22:27.819><c> to</c><00:22:28.000><c> him.</c>

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They've<00:22:28.759><c> abandoned</c><00:22:29.519><c> him</c><00:22:30.000><c> and</c><00:22:30.420><c> they've</c><00:22:30.880><c> gone</c><00:22:31.119><c> over</c><00:22:31.579><c> to</c><00:22:31.880><c> Absalom.</c>

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They<00:22:32.339><c> hadn't.</c>

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But<00:22:34.099><c> the</c><00:22:34.400><c> imagery</c><00:22:34.700><c> suggests</c><00:22:35.339><c> they</c><00:22:35.859><c> had.</c>

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And<00:22:36.960><c> that's</c><00:22:37.180><c> all</c><00:22:37.400><c> that</c><00:22:37.640><c> matters.</c>

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Imagery,<00:22:38.799><c> spin,</c><00:22:41.079><c> image,</c><00:22:41.380><c> that's</c><00:22:41.599><c> all</c><00:22:41.759><c> that</c><00:22:42.000><c> matters.</c>

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And<00:22:43.460><c> all</c><00:22:43.799><c> of</c><00:22:44.039><c> Israel</c><00:22:44.519><c> would</c><00:22:44.819><c> have</c><00:22:45.079><c> sort</c><00:22:45.259><c> of</c><00:22:45.339><c> been</c><00:22:45.619><c> told</c><00:22:45.880><c> of</c>

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these<00:22:46.259><c> events.</c>

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And<00:22:46.920><c> they</c><00:22:47.000><c> said,</c><00:22:47.079><c> did</c><00:22:47.259><c> you</c><00:22:47.500><c> know</c><00:22:47.839><c> that</c><00:22:48.140><c> Ahithophel</c><00:22:48.940><c> and</c><00:22:49.079><c> all</c>

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these<00:22:49.460><c> others,</c><00:22:49.900><c> they're</c><00:22:50.140><c> all</c><00:22:50.519><c> with</c><00:22:51.240><c> Absalom?</c>

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Oh,<00:22:52.380><c> really?</c>

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Well,<00:22:53.099><c> maybe</c><00:22:53.599><c> there's</c><00:22:54.000><c> some</c><00:22:54.339><c> legitimacy</c><00:22:54.900><c> then,</c><00:22:56.019><c> some</c><00:22:56.339><c> real</c>

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legitimacy<00:22:58.039><c> attached</c><00:22:58.559><c> to</c><00:22:59.059><c> Absalom's</c><00:23:00.019><c> reign.</c>

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And<00:23:01.400><c> so</c><00:23:01.759><c> David's</c><00:23:02.180><c> left</c><00:23:02.420><c> high</c><00:23:02.680><c> and</c><00:23:03.019><c> dry,</c><00:23:04.039><c> which</c><00:23:04.259><c> is</c><00:23:04.420><c> not</c><00:23:04.559><c> happening</c><00:23:04.740><c> right</c><00:23:05.039><c> now.</c>

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:11.859
For<00:23:07.839><c> those</c><00:23:08.099><c> who</c><00:23:08.279><c> can't</c><00:23:08.559><c> hear</c><00:23:08.779><c> on</c><00:23:08.960><c> the</c><00:23:09.160><c> tape,</c><00:23:09.460><c> it's</c><00:23:09.720><c> raining</c><00:23:10.000><c> and</c><00:23:10.339><c> looks</c><00:23:10.539><c> like</c><00:23:10.740><c> it's</c><00:23:10.819><c> going</c><00:23:10.960><c> to</c><00:23:11.140><c> pour.</c>

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We<00:23:12.259><c> should</c><00:23:12.420><c> be</c><00:23:12.680><c> out</c><00:23:12.880><c> west</c><00:23:13.099><c> at</c><00:23:13.259><c> the</c><00:23:13.420><c> moment.</c><00:23:13.619><c> I</c><00:23:13.700><c> could</c><00:23:13.819><c> do</c><00:23:13.960><c> with</c>

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some<00:23:14.259><c> of</c><00:23:14.420><c> this.</c>

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Okay,<00:23:16.660><c> so</c><00:23:17.299><c> David's,</c><00:23:18.079><c> David's</c><00:23:18.819><c> abandoned.</c>

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David's<00:23:22.460><c> abandoned.</c>

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And<00:23:25.279><c> David</c><00:23:26.500><c> leaves.</c>

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David<00:23:28.779><c> leaves</c><00:23:29.859><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:30.720><c> and</c><00:23:31.180><c> abandons</c><00:23:32.000><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:23:34.619><c> it</c><00:23:34.779><c> looks</c><00:23:35.140><c> as</c><00:23:35.400><c> though</c><00:23:35.619><c> Absalom's</c><00:23:36.440><c> coup</c><00:23:36.660><c> is</c><00:23:36.960><c> going</c><00:23:37.140><c> to</c><00:23:37.319><c> be</c>

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highly<00:23:37.859><c> successful.</c>

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Look<00:23:40.099><c> at</c><00:23:40.240><c> verse</c><00:23:40.480><c> 17.</c>

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The<00:23:42.019><c> king</c><00:23:42.640><c> went</c><00:23:43.359><c> forth.</c><00:23:43.980><c> He</c><00:23:44.079><c> left</c><00:23:44.279><c> his</c><00:23:44.619><c> concubines</c><00:23:45.220><c> at</c><00:23:45.460><c> home,</c>

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:47.359
verse<00:23:45.980><c> 16.</c>

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And<00:23:48.440><c> in</c><00:23:48.559><c> verse</c><00:23:48.779><c> 17,</c><00:23:49.380><c> the</c><00:23:49.460><c> king</c><00:23:49.720><c> went</c><00:23:50.059><c> forth</c><00:23:50.400><c> and</c><00:23:50.579><c> all</c><00:23:50.799><c> the</c><00:23:51.000><c> people</c><00:23:51.180><c> after</c><00:23:51.559><c> him</c>

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:55.559
and<00:23:52.619><c> tarried</c><00:23:52.880><c> in</c><00:23:53.039><c> a</c><00:23:53.259><c> place</c><00:23:53.480><c> that</c><00:23:53.680><c> was</c><00:23:54.039><c> far</c><00:23:54.440><c> off.</c>

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And<00:23:55.859><c> all</c><00:23:56.059><c> his</c><00:23:56.339><c> servants</c><00:23:56.599><c> passed</c><00:23:57.059><c> on</c><00:23:57.319><c> beside</c><00:23:57.700><c> him</c><00:23:57.839><c> and</c><00:23:57.960><c> all</c><00:23:58.180><c> the</c>

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Cherothites,<00:23:59.000><c> Pelothites,</c><00:23:59.660><c> all</c><00:23:59.759><c> the</c><00:23:59.880><c> Gittites,</c>

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and<00:24:00.380><c> all</c><00:24:00.539><c> these</c><00:24:01.160><c> men</c><00:24:01.440><c> all</c><00:24:01.779><c> came</c><00:24:02.000><c> with</c><00:24:02.220><c> him,</c><00:24:02.359><c> all</c><00:24:02.559><c> the</c><00:24:02.680><c> ones</c><00:24:02.819><c> that</c><00:24:02.920><c> were</c><00:24:03.160><c> loyal</c><00:24:03.440><c> to</c><00:24:03.640><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:04.720><c> he</c><00:24:04.859><c> actually</c><00:24:05.180><c> says</c><00:24:05.480><c> to</c><00:24:05.740><c> Itai,</c><00:24:06.059><c> the</c><00:24:06.200><c> Gittite,</c><00:24:06.519><c> who</c><00:24:06.680><c> incidentally</c><00:24:07.200><c> was</c><00:24:07.660><c> a</c><00:24:07.819><c> Philistine,</c>

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a<00:24:09.599><c> man</c><00:24:09.880><c> who</c><00:24:10.059><c> was</c><00:24:10.200><c> so</c><00:24:10.400><c> impressed</c><00:24:10.839><c> with</c><00:24:11.059><c> the</c><00:24:11.200><c> character</c><00:24:11.460><c> of</c><00:24:11.720><c> David</c><00:24:11.880><c> he</c>

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wanted<00:24:12.160><c> to</c><00:24:12.359><c> be</c><00:24:12.500><c> with</c><00:24:12.779><c> David,</c>

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:16.099
he<00:24:13.420><c> says,</c><00:24:13.960><c> look,</c><00:24:14.119><c> Itai,</c><00:24:14.759><c> you</c><00:24:14.859><c> don't</c><00:24:15.079><c> need</c><00:24:15.279><c> to</c><00:24:15.539><c> be</c><00:24:15.640><c> here.</c><00:24:15.720><c> You've</c><00:24:15.859><c> only</c>

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.920
come<00:24:16.279><c> here</c><00:24:16.539><c> yesterday</c><00:24:16.960><c> or</c><00:24:17.220><c> thereabouts.</c>

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:20.940
You<00:24:18.380><c> go</c><00:24:18.700><c> back.</c><00:24:18.940><c> You</c><00:24:19.019><c> don't</c><00:24:19.160><c> have</c><00:24:19.339><c> to</c><00:24:19.480><c> get</c><00:24:19.779><c> involved</c><00:24:20.180><c> and</c><00:24:20.440><c> embroiled</c><00:24:20.819><c> in</c>

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all<00:24:21.140><c> this.</c>

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You<00:24:21.779><c> don't</c><00:24:21.960><c> have</c><00:24:22.140><c> to</c><00:24:22.259><c> be</c><00:24:22.420><c> part</c><00:24:22.640><c> of</c><00:24:22.700><c> it.</c><00:24:22.960><c> And</c><00:24:23.099><c> he</c><00:24:23.259><c> said,</c><00:24:23.559><c> where</c><00:24:23.839><c> you</c><00:24:24.180><c> are,</c><00:24:24.420><c> I</c><00:24:24.740><c> am.</c>

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:29.960
And<00:24:25.779><c> I'll</c><00:24:25.980><c> risk</c><00:24:26.119><c> my</c><00:24:26.319><c> life</c><00:24:26.519><c> for</c><00:24:26.720><c> you,</c><00:24:27.460><c> David,</c><00:24:28.579><c> because</c><00:24:29.039><c> your</c><00:24:29.400><c> character</c><00:24:29.720><c> is</c>

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something<00:24:30.220><c> that</c><00:24:30.440><c> I</c><00:24:30.680><c> value.</c>

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:36.740
Verse<00:24:31.559><c> 21,</c><00:24:32.960><c> as</c><00:24:33.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:34.019><c> lives</c><00:24:34.460><c> and</c><00:24:35.059><c> as</c><00:24:35.400><c> my</c><00:24:35.619><c> Lord</c><00:24:35.900><c> the</c><00:24:36.079><c> King</c><00:24:36.240><c> lives,</c>

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:43.140
surely<00:24:37.579><c> in</c><00:24:38.000><c> what</c><00:24:38.240><c> place</c><00:24:38.900><c> my</c><00:24:39.440><c> Lord</c><00:24:39.759><c> the</c><00:24:40.000><c> King</c><00:24:40.240><c> shall</c><00:24:40.559><c> be,</c><00:24:41.279><c> whether</c><00:24:41.579><c> in</c><00:24:41.920><c> death</c><00:24:42.279><c> or</c><00:24:42.700><c> life,</c>

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:47.420
and<00:24:43.799><c> that</c><00:24:44.019><c> includes</c><00:24:44.299><c> his</c><00:24:44.500><c> own</c><00:24:44.779><c> death</c><00:24:45.059><c> or</c><00:24:45.380><c> life,</c><00:24:46.619><c> even</c><00:24:46.960><c> there</c>

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:50.559
also<00:24:48.160><c> will</c><00:24:48.819><c> thy</c><00:24:49.140><c> servant</c><00:24:49.640><c> be.</c>

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:55.779
And<00:24:51.819><c> it</c><00:24:51.819><c> was</c><00:24:52.579><c> pretty</c><00:24:52.819><c> serious</c><00:24:53.240><c> stuff,</c><00:24:54.119><c> brethren</c><00:24:54.279><c> and</c><00:24:54.500><c> sisters.</c>

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:59.160
Pretty<00:24:57.619><c> serious</c><00:24:58.140><c> stuff.</c>

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:09.500
And<00:25:02.640><c> David</c><00:25:03.920><c> said</c><00:25:04.579><c> in</c><00:25:05.079><c> verse</c><00:25:05.420><c> 22,</c><00:25:06.519><c> go</c><00:25:07.039><c> and</c><00:25:07.640><c> pass</c><00:25:08.039><c> over,</c><00:25:08.680><c> and</c><00:25:08.740><c> Itai,</c><00:25:09.160><c> this</c><00:25:09.299><c> is</c>

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over<00:25:09.619><c> the</c><00:25:09.900><c> Gidron,</c>

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:14.220
and<00:25:10.920><c> Itai,</c><00:25:11.339><c> the</c><00:25:11.519><c> Gittite,</c><00:25:11.779><c> passed</c><00:25:12.240><c> over,</c><00:25:13.119><c> and</c><00:25:13.259><c> all</c><00:25:13.480><c> his</c><00:25:13.700><c> men</c>

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:16.160
and<00:25:14.599><c> all</c><00:25:14.839><c> the</c><00:25:15.019><c> little</c><00:25:15.180><c> ones</c><00:25:15.519><c> that</c><00:25:15.740><c> were</c><00:25:15.859><c> with</c><00:25:16.039><c> him.</c>

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:21.319
And<00:25:16.160><c> look</c><00:25:16.359><c> at</c><00:25:16.519><c> this,</c><00:25:16.779><c> verse</c><00:25:16.940><c> 23,</c><00:25:18.200><c> all</c><00:25:19.059><c> the</c><00:25:19.500><c> country</c><00:25:20.160><c> wept</c><00:25:20.900><c> with</c>

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a<00:25:21.619><c> loud</c><00:25:22.240><c> voice,</c><00:25:23.160><c> David</c><00:25:23.500><c> included.</c>

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:28.900
They're<00:25:25.180><c> all</c><00:25:25.519><c> weeping,</c><00:25:26.980><c> and</c><00:25:27.180><c> all</c><00:25:27.539><c> the</c><00:25:27.799><c> people</c><00:25:28.119><c> passed</c><00:25:28.599><c> over.</c>

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:32.339
The<00:25:29.099><c> King</c><00:25:29.359><c> also</c><00:25:29.799><c> himself</c><00:25:30.299><c> passed</c><00:25:30.680><c> over</c><00:25:30.900><c> the</c><00:25:31.079><c> brook</c><00:25:31.339><c> Gidron</c><00:25:31.700><c> in</c>

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:34.259
their<00:25:32.700><c> flight</c><00:25:33.119><c> out</c><00:25:33.440><c> of</c><00:25:33.640><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:38.960
and<00:25:34.920><c> all</c><00:25:35.180><c> the</c><00:25:35.319><c> people</c><00:25:35.539><c> passed</c><00:25:35.960><c> over</c><00:25:36.700><c> toward</c><00:25:37.140><c> the</c><00:25:37.420><c> way</c><00:25:38.099><c> of</c><00:25:38.440><c> the</c><00:25:38.619><c> wilderness.</c>

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:41.480
Now,<00:25:39.640><c> brethren</c><00:25:39.799><c> and</c><00:25:40.079><c> sisters,</c><00:25:40.240><c> there's</c><00:25:40.500><c> a</c><00:25:40.680><c> beautiful</c><00:25:41.059><c> side</c>

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point<00:25:41.720><c> here,</c>

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:45.380
and<00:25:42.400><c> it</c><00:25:42.519><c> comes</c><00:25:42.799><c> out</c><00:25:43.240><c> a</c><00:25:43.700><c> couple</c><00:25:43.900><c> of</c><00:25:44.099><c> times</c><00:25:44.359><c> in</c><00:25:44.700><c> David's</c><00:25:44.960><c> life,</c><00:25:45.220><c> and</c><00:25:45.279><c> I</c>

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.119
just<00:25:45.579><c> love</c><00:25:45.720><c> this.</c>

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:49.220
I<00:25:46.359><c> just</c><00:25:46.640><c> love</c><00:25:46.819><c> this.</c><00:25:47.500><c> It's</c><00:25:47.900><c> a</c><00:25:48.079><c> side</c><00:25:48.400><c> point.</c>

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:53.680
It's<00:25:49.779><c> tangential</c><00:25:50.339><c> to</c><00:25:50.880><c> the</c><00:25:51.099><c> flow</c><00:25:51.440><c> of</c><00:25:51.619><c> this,</c><00:25:51.980><c> but</c><00:25:52.079><c> look,</c><00:25:52.940><c> I</c><00:25:53.299><c> think</c><00:25:53.480><c> this</c>

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:55.680
is<00:25:53.900><c> really</c><00:25:54.140><c> worth</c><00:25:54.500><c> noting.</c>

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You<00:25:58.059><c> know,</c><00:25:58.740><c> well,</c><00:25:59.480><c> have</c><00:25:59.660><c> a</c><00:25:59.960><c> look</c><00:26:00.339><c> as</c><00:26:01.079><c> one</c><00:26:01.339><c> example.</c>

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:04.420
I<00:26:02.519><c> mean,</c><00:26:02.880><c> Itai</c><00:26:03.039><c> is</c><00:26:03.680><c> a</c><00:26:03.859><c> good</c><00:26:04.000><c> example.</c>

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:08.420
Itai<00:26:04.839><c> says,</c><00:26:05.319><c> no,</c><00:26:05.900><c> I</c><00:26:06.119><c> know</c><00:26:06.420><c> that</c><00:26:06.619><c> there's</c><00:26:06.900><c> security</c><00:26:07.319><c> back</c><00:26:07.640><c> there</c><00:26:07.839><c> in</c><00:26:08.039><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:11.519
but<00:26:08.839><c> I'm</c><00:26:09.200><c> with</c><00:26:09.359><c> you,</c><00:26:09.819><c> David,</c><00:26:10.059><c> and</c><00:26:10.259><c> I</c><00:26:10.400><c> want</c><00:26:10.539><c> to</c><00:26:10.740><c> encourage</c><00:26:11.079><c> you,</c>

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:14.519
and<00:26:11.700><c> whether</c><00:26:11.859><c> in</c><00:26:12.059><c> life</c><00:26:12.400><c> or</c><00:26:12.619><c> in</c><00:26:12.900><c> death,</c><00:26:13.420><c> I'm</c><00:26:13.720><c> right</c><00:26:13.980><c> alongside</c>

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.779
you,<00:26:14.839><c> David.</c>

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:18.960
Wonderful<00:26:16.380><c> thing.</c><00:26:16.880><c> Have</c><00:26:17.099><c> a</c><00:26:17.220><c> look</c><00:26:17.319><c> at</c><00:26:17.420><c> chapter</c><00:26:17.759><c> 17.</c>

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:23.420
Here's<00:26:19.740><c> another</c><00:26:20.059><c> brother.</c><00:26:21.880><c> In</c><00:26:22.000><c> fact,</c><00:26:22.220><c> three</c><00:26:22.519><c> brethren.</c>

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:29.880
In<00:26:24.480><c> verse</c><00:26:24.799><c> 27,</c><00:26:26.480><c> here's</c><00:26:27.059><c> David</c><00:26:27.539><c> in</c><00:26:28.160><c> very</c><00:26:28.619><c> difficult</c><00:26:29.220><c> circumstances.</c>

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:37.279
He's<00:26:30.119><c> fled</c><00:26:30.480><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:26:33.619><c> and</c><00:26:33.619><c> it</c><00:26:33.940><c> came</c><00:26:34.259><c> to</c><00:26:34.680><c> pass</c><00:26:35.500><c> when</c><00:26:36.660><c> David</c>

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:40.200
was<00:26:37.680><c> come</c><00:26:38.039><c> to</c><00:26:38.500><c> Mahaneim,</c>

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:44.759
that<00:26:40.940><c> show</c><00:26:41.240><c> by</c><00:26:41.519><c> the</c><00:26:41.740><c> son</c><00:26:41.940><c> of</c><00:26:42.160><c> Nahash</c><00:26:42.619><c> of</c><00:26:42.839><c> Rabah,</c><00:26:43.420><c> of</c><00:26:43.559><c> the</c><00:26:43.799><c> children</c><00:26:44.099><c> of</c><00:26:44.400><c> Ammon,</c>

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:50.859
and<00:26:45.319><c> Machiah,</c><00:26:45.859><c> the</c><00:26:45.980><c> son</c><00:26:46.160><c> of</c><00:26:46.359><c> Amiel</c><00:26:46.599><c> of</c><00:26:46.880><c> Lodobah,</c><00:26:47.539><c> and</c><00:26:47.839><c> Barzalayih,</c><00:26:48.759><c> the</c><00:26:48.960><c> Gileadite</c><00:26:49.500><c> of</c><00:26:49.740><c> Ragellum.</c>

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:53.359
Look<00:26:51.319><c> what</c><00:26:51.460><c> they</c><00:26:51.700><c> did</c><00:26:51.880><c> in</c><00:26:52.079><c> verse</c><00:26:52.319><c> 28.</c>

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:57.519
They<00:26:54.119><c> brought</c><00:26:54.440><c> beds</c><00:26:54.980><c> and</c><00:26:55.339><c> basins,</c><00:26:56.259><c> earthen</c><00:26:56.599><c> vessels,</c><00:26:57.220><c> wheat,</c>

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.980
barley,<00:26:58.480><c> flour,</c>

00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:02.799
parched<00:26:59.880><c> corn,</c><00:27:00.400><c> beans,</c><00:27:01.059><c> lentils,</c><00:27:01.759><c> parched</c><00:27:02.000><c> pulse,</c><00:27:02.500><c> and</c><00:27:02.500><c> on</c>

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.460
the<00:27:02.960><c> list</c><00:27:03.119><c> goes</c>

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honey,<00:27:03.960><c> butter,</c><00:27:04.819><c> sheep,</c><00:27:05.319><c> cheese,</c><00:27:06.240><c> for</c><00:27:06.619><c> David</c><00:27:07.259><c> and</c><00:27:07.700><c> for</c><00:27:07.960><c> the</c>

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:10.799
people<00:27:08.539><c> that</c><00:27:08.799><c> were</c><00:27:09.019><c> with</c><00:27:09.240><c> him</c><00:27:09.559><c> to</c><00:27:09.900><c> eat.</c>

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:13.700
For<00:27:10.940><c> they</c><00:27:11.319><c> said</c><00:27:11.500><c> the</c><00:27:11.640><c> people</c><00:27:12.000><c> is</c><00:27:12.240><c> hungry</c><00:27:12.519><c> and</c><00:27:12.779><c> weary</c><00:27:13.000><c> and</c><00:27:13.279><c> thirsty</c><00:27:13.539><c> in</c>

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.079
the<00:27:13.839><c> wilderness.</c>

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:16.900
Now<00:27:14.539><c> listen,</c><00:27:15.559><c> they</c><00:27:15.859><c> risked</c><00:27:16.279><c> their</c><00:27:16.460><c> life.</c>

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:23.900
It<00:27:17.519><c> was</c><00:27:17.839><c> a</c><00:27:17.980><c> tense</c><00:27:18.259><c> time</c><00:27:18.660><c> within</c><00:27:18.900><c> Israel,</c><00:27:19.880><c> and</c><00:27:20.160><c> anyone</c><00:27:20.519><c> who</c><00:27:21.019><c> openly</c><00:27:21.539><c> shows</c><00:27:21.960><c> allegiance</c><00:27:22.519><c> to</c><00:27:22.819><c> David,</c>

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:27.480
if<00:27:24.220><c> that</c><00:27:24.559><c> coup</c><00:27:24.779><c> had</c><00:27:24.980><c> have</c><00:27:25.099><c> got</c><00:27:25.279><c> up,</c><00:27:25.500><c> they</c><00:27:25.720><c> would</c><00:27:25.920><c> have</c><00:27:26.059><c> been</c><00:27:26.319><c> slaughtered.</c>

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:31.819
Well,<00:27:28.339><c> these</c><00:27:28.700><c> three</c><00:27:29.099><c> brethren</c><00:27:29.359><c> said,</c><00:27:30.079><c> well,</c><00:27:30.160><c> so</c><00:27:30.559><c> be</c><00:27:30.799><c> it.</c>

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:34.799
I'm<00:27:32.299><c> going</c><00:27:32.460><c> to</c><00:27:32.700><c> be</c><00:27:32.839><c> with</c><00:27:33.140><c> David,</c><00:27:34.019><c> and</c><00:27:34.119><c> I'm</c><00:27:34.319><c> going</c><00:27:34.440><c> to</c><00:27:34.559><c> give</c><00:27:34.640><c> him</c>

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:36.299
the<00:27:35.200><c> practical</c><00:27:35.700><c> assistance</c>

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:39.460
that<00:27:36.579><c> he</c><00:27:36.740><c> needs,</c><00:27:37.039><c> because</c><00:27:37.240><c> he's</c><00:27:37.420><c> out</c><00:27:37.599><c> there</c><00:27:37.759><c> in</c><00:27:37.859><c> the</c><00:27:38.000><c> wilderness</c><00:27:38.440><c> at</c><00:27:38.880><c> Mahaneim,</c>

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:42.180
and<00:27:39.759><c> he</c><00:27:40.000><c> needs</c><00:27:40.380><c> to</c><00:27:40.640><c> be</c><00:27:41.059><c> supplied.</c>

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:46.700
And<00:27:44.359><c> you</c><00:27:44.359><c> know,</c><00:27:45.000><c> brethren</c><00:27:45.160><c> and</c><00:27:45.400><c> sisters,</c><00:27:45.579><c> it's</c><00:27:46.039><c> a</c><00:27:46.240><c> truism.</c>

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:48.220
It<00:27:47.019><c> really</c><00:27:47.400><c> is.</c>

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:52.680
That<00:27:48.900><c> during</c><00:27:49.279><c> distress,</c><00:27:50.440><c> and</c><00:27:50.859><c> it's</c><00:27:51.200><c> somewhat</c><00:27:51.400><c> false,</c><00:27:51.839><c> I</c><00:27:52.000><c> might</c><00:27:52.180><c> add,</c>

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:58.039
but<00:27:53.579><c> we</c><00:27:54.960><c> feel</c><00:27:55.319><c> it,</c><00:27:55.519><c> we</c><00:27:55.579><c> perceive</c><00:27:56.039><c> it,</c><00:27:56.259><c> even</c><00:27:56.480><c> though</c><00:27:56.680><c> it</c><00:27:56.819><c> is</c><00:27:57.160><c> false,</c>

00:27:58.460 --> 00:28:05.559
that<00:27:58.640><c> during</c><00:27:59.160><c> distress,</c><00:28:02.779><c> rightly</c><00:28:03.279><c> or</c><00:28:03.819><c> wrongly,</c>

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:10.759
we<00:28:06.480><c> feel</c><00:28:07.299><c> oftentimes</c><00:28:08.140><c> that</c><00:28:08.859><c> we</c><00:28:09.119><c> are</c><00:28:09.480><c> alone.</c>

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:12.519
We<00:28:11.380><c> feel</c><00:28:11.640><c> abandoned.</c>

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:14.980
Who<00:28:13.220><c> can</c><00:28:13.480><c> I</c><00:28:13.720><c> trust?</c>

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.599
Who's<00:28:15.799><c> with</c><00:28:16.180><c> me?</c>

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.140
Who<00:28:17.119><c> understands</c><00:28:17.799><c> me?</c>

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:20.259
And<00:28:18.500><c> maybe</c><00:28:18.819><c> even</c><00:28:19.220><c> God's</c><00:28:19.720><c> abandoned</c><00:28:20.039><c> me.</c>

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:23.440
We<00:28:20.480><c> think</c><00:28:20.819><c> from</c><00:28:21.059><c> time</c><00:28:21.359><c> to</c><00:28:21.500><c> time,</c><00:28:21.980><c> and</c><00:28:22.099><c> our</c><00:28:22.339><c> mind</c><00:28:22.480><c> plays</c><00:28:22.799><c> all</c><00:28:23.019><c> sorts</c><00:28:23.259><c> of</c>

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:25.140
games<00:28:23.759><c> upon</c><00:28:24.079><c> us.</c>

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:28.519
But<00:28:26.039><c> you</c><00:28:26.160><c> know,</c><00:28:26.500><c> it's</c><00:28:26.680><c> these</c><00:28:27.000><c> things</c><00:28:27.240><c> in</c><00:28:27.440><c> chapter</c><00:28:27.740><c> 17,</c><00:28:28.440><c> and</c>

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.460
the<00:28:28.680><c> Itai,</c><00:28:29.019><c> the</c><00:28:29.119><c> Gittites,</c>

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:33.200
and<00:28:29.680><c> all</c><00:28:29.880><c> those</c><00:28:30.160><c> other</c><00:28:30.359><c> ones</c><00:28:30.680><c> that</c><00:28:31.160><c> make</c><00:28:31.440><c> life</c><00:28:31.940><c> in</c><00:28:32.220><c> the</c><00:28:32.599><c> truth</c>

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:35.880
such<00:28:33.839><c> a</c><00:28:34.160><c> wonderfully</c><00:28:34.619><c> powerful</c><00:28:35.380><c> thing,</c>

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:41.200
that<00:28:36.460><c> during</c><00:28:36.779><c> the</c><00:28:37.099><c> time</c><00:28:37.359><c> of</c><00:28:37.539><c> your</c><00:28:37.819><c> darkest</c><00:28:38.420><c> hour,</c><00:28:40.799><c> there</c><00:28:40.940><c> are</c>

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.359
brethren<00:28:41.640><c> and</c><00:28:42.039><c> sisters</c>

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:46.859
who<00:28:42.819><c> will</c><00:28:42.920><c> not</c><00:28:43.000><c> only</c><00:28:43.339><c> stand</c><00:28:43.660><c> beside</c><00:28:44.339><c> you,</c><00:28:45.200><c> but</c><00:28:45.380><c> stand</c><00:28:46.359><c> beside</c>

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:48.779
you<00:28:47.259><c> in</c><00:28:47.440><c> a</c><00:28:47.759><c> practical</c><00:28:48.200><c> way,</c>

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:51.779
and<00:28:49.279><c> provide</c><00:28:49.680><c> for</c><00:28:49.880><c> your</c><00:28:50.099><c> practical</c><00:28:50.599><c> needs.</c>

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:58.240
And<00:28:54.359><c> there</c><00:28:54.480><c> are</c><00:28:54.619><c> those</c><00:28:55.119><c> who</c><00:28:55.880><c> you</c><00:28:56.099><c> know,</c><00:28:56.420><c> and</c><00:28:56.579><c> I</c><00:28:56.779><c> know,</c><00:28:57.119><c> who</c><00:28:57.240><c> have</c><00:28:57.440><c> needs</c><00:28:57.839><c> in</c>

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.500
the<00:28:58.440><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:03.819
Don't<00:29:01.660><c> ignore</c><00:29:02.000><c> them,</c><00:29:02.319><c> brethren</c><00:29:02.500><c> and</c><00:29:02.740><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:10.480
Give<00:29:04.859><c> some</c><00:29:05.200><c> thought</c><00:29:05.519><c> to</c><00:29:05.799><c> those</c><00:29:06.460><c> who</c><00:29:06.900><c> may</c><00:29:07.180><c> be</c><00:29:07.420><c> really</c><00:29:07.980><c> undergoing</c><00:29:08.519><c> difficult</c><00:29:09.240><c> times.</c>

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:16.140
You<00:29:11.920><c> can</c><00:29:12.599><c> be</c><00:29:13.539><c> God</c><00:29:14.160><c> to</c><00:29:15.059><c> them.</c>

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:19.279
God<00:29:16.759><c> says</c><00:29:17.059><c> He'll</c><00:29:17.259><c> never</c><00:29:17.519><c> leave</c><00:29:17.799><c> those</c><00:29:18.180><c> who</c><00:29:18.319><c> are</c><00:29:18.519><c> faithful</c><00:29:18.839><c> to</c><00:29:19.099><c> Him.</c>

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.359
How<00:29:19.740><c> does</c><00:29:19.880><c> He</c><00:29:19.980><c> do</c><00:29:20.099><c> it?</c><00:29:20.200><c> Does</c><00:29:20.299><c> He</c><00:29:20.420><c> drop</c><00:29:20.660><c> manna</c><00:29:20.980><c> from</c><00:29:21.160><c> heaven?</c>

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:24.140
Have<00:29:21.559><c> you</c><00:29:21.599><c> ever</c><00:29:21.779><c> seen</c><00:29:21.920><c> that</c><00:29:22.119><c> lately?</c><00:29:22.599><c> No,</c><00:29:22.880><c> I</c><00:29:23.119><c> haven't.</c>

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:28.400
But<00:29:24.599><c> He</c><00:29:24.740><c> does</c><00:29:25.079><c> supply</c><00:29:25.480><c> brothers</c><00:29:25.839><c> and</c><00:29:26.140><c> sisters</c><00:29:26.680><c> who</c><00:29:27.220><c> do</c><00:29:27.579><c> provide</c><00:29:28.019><c> things</c>

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.240
for<00:29:28.579><c> each</c><00:29:28.900><c> other</c>

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:35.140
in<00:29:29.680><c> a</c><00:29:30.039><c> practical</c><00:29:30.539><c> and</c><00:29:31.299><c> spontaneous</c><00:29:32.200><c> way,</c><00:29:33.220><c> in</c><00:29:33.400><c> a</c><00:29:33.700><c> timely</c><00:29:34.019><c> fashion,</c><00:29:34.500><c> suited</c><00:29:34.859><c> to</c>

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.539
their<00:29:35.299><c> needs.</c>

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:38.720
And<00:29:36.019><c> I'll</c><00:29:36.160><c> tell</c><00:29:36.279><c> you</c><00:29:36.400><c> this,</c><00:29:37.279><c> maybe</c><00:29:37.559><c> this</c><00:29:37.759><c> is</c><00:29:37.920><c> to</c><00:29:38.079><c> my</c><00:29:38.339><c> shame,</c><00:29:38.539><c> I</c>

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.880
don't<00:29:38.920><c> know.</c>

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:46.359
I've<00:29:41.920><c> forgotten</c><00:29:42.240><c> many</c><00:29:43.980><c> exhortations</c><00:29:44.880><c> over</c><00:29:45.200><c> the</c><00:29:45.440><c> years</c><00:29:45.980><c> that</c>

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:48.039
I've<00:29:46.599><c> been</c><00:29:46.700><c> in</c><00:29:46.859><c> the</c><00:29:47.099><c> truth.</c>

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:51.319
I've<00:29:49.240><c> forgotten</c><00:29:49.400><c> many</c><00:29:49.700><c> an</c><00:29:49.940><c> exhortation.</c>

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:55.440
Probably<00:29:52.619><c> can't</c><00:29:52.859><c> remember</c><00:29:53.240><c> last</c><00:29:53.579><c> week's</c><00:29:54.099><c> exhortation.</c>

00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:03.299
But<00:29:57.740><c> I'll</c><00:29:57.859><c> tell</c><00:29:58.000><c> you</c><00:29:58.079><c> this,</c><00:30:00.200><c> I</c><00:30:00.440><c> can</c><00:30:00.799><c> tell</c><00:30:01.059><c> you</c><00:30:01.359><c> the</c><00:30:01.740><c> time</c><00:30:02.440><c> and</c>

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:05.039
the<00:30:03.819><c> place,</c>

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:12.180
30<00:30:06.099><c> years</c><00:30:06.619><c> ago,</c><00:30:08.740><c> when</c><00:30:08.859><c> a</c><00:30:09.279><c> faithful</c><00:30:09.900><c> brother</c><00:30:10.660><c> gave</c><00:30:11.160><c> me</c><00:30:11.519><c> practical</c><00:30:11.980><c> help.</c>

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:14.920
In<00:30:12.279><c> fact,</c><00:30:12.599><c> I</c><00:30:12.619><c> can</c><00:30:13.099><c> think</c><00:30:13.299><c> of</c><00:30:13.400><c> one</c><00:30:13.619><c> case</c><00:30:13.880><c> where</c><00:30:14.140><c> a</c><00:30:14.440><c> brother</c><00:30:14.640><c> and</c>

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:16.059
sister,<00:30:15.220><c> husband</c><00:30:15.519><c> and</c><00:30:15.779><c> wife,</c>

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:19.160
gave<00:30:16.680><c> me</c><00:30:17.039><c> practical</c><00:30:17.519><c> help</c><00:30:17.980><c> in</c><00:30:18.279><c> a</c><00:30:18.480><c> time</c><00:30:18.680><c> of</c><00:30:18.960><c> need.</c>

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:22.440
Real<00:30:20.019><c> honest,</c><00:30:20.660><c> we're</c><00:30:20.740><c> with</c><00:30:21.000><c> you,</c><00:30:21.220><c> Bruce,</c><00:30:21.680><c> right</c><00:30:22.059><c> now.</c>

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:25.339
I<00:30:22.900><c> can</c><00:30:23.119><c> remember</c><00:30:23.480><c> that</c><00:30:23.720><c> as</c><00:30:23.900><c> though</c><00:30:24.039><c> it</c><00:30:24.160><c> happened</c><00:30:24.400><c> two</c><00:30:24.660><c> minutes</c><00:30:24.960><c> ago.</c>

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:28.359
I<00:30:25.880><c> can't</c><00:30:26.099><c> remember</c><00:30:26.359><c> last</c><00:30:26.640><c> week's</c><00:30:27.039><c> exhortation.</c>

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:32.920
How<00:30:30.140><c> much</c><00:30:30.579><c> more</c><00:30:30.859><c> do</c><00:30:31.079><c> you</c><00:30:31.299><c> think</c><00:30:31.519><c> you</c><00:30:31.680><c> can</c><00:30:32.059><c> minister</c><00:30:32.460><c> to</c><00:30:32.680><c> your</c>

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:34.019
brethren<00:30:33.180><c> and</c><00:30:33.519><c> sisters</c><00:30:33.680><c> in</c><00:30:33.920><c> need,</c>

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:37.920
not<00:30:34.220><c> with</c><00:30:34.500><c> words</c><00:30:34.940><c> so</c><00:30:35.299><c> much,</c><00:30:35.500><c> as</c><00:30:35.680><c> important</c><00:30:36.140><c> as</c><00:30:36.259><c> they</c><00:30:36.460><c> might</c><00:30:36.759><c> be,</c>

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:42.160
but<00:30:39.019><c> with</c><00:30:39.240><c> the</c><00:30:39.700><c> practical</c><00:30:40.180><c> things</c><00:30:40.880><c> and</c><00:30:41.380><c> offering</c><00:30:41.660><c> them</c><00:30:41.880><c> your</c>

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.519
shoulder,<00:30:42.519><c> cry</c><00:30:42.819><c> on</c><00:30:43.019><c> that</c><00:30:43.299><c> shoulder.</c>

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:47.000
Well,<00:30:43.740><c> you</c><00:30:43.799><c> can</c><00:30:44.099><c> saturate</c><00:30:44.539><c> it</c><00:30:44.680><c> all</c><00:30:44.819><c> you</c><00:30:45.059><c> like,</c><00:30:45.299><c> I'm</c><00:30:45.579><c> here</c><00:30:45.740><c> to</c><00:30:45.940><c> listen.</c>

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:49.440
And<00:30:47.940><c> how</c><00:30:48.099><c> can</c><00:30:48.259><c> I</c><00:30:48.460><c> help?</c>

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:51.799
And<00:30:49.839><c> I'll</c><00:30:49.960><c> tell</c><00:30:50.039><c> you</c><00:30:50.160><c> what,</c><00:30:50.299><c> they'll</c><00:30:50.599><c> remember</c><00:30:50.880><c> that.</c>

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:54.720
And<00:30:52.680><c> God</c><00:30:52.900><c> will</c><00:30:53.180><c> remember</c><00:30:53.440><c> it</c><00:30:53.660><c> as</c><00:30:53.819><c> well.</c>

00:30:57.380 --> 00:31:01.059
But<00:30:57.819><c> let's</c><00:30:58.039><c> go</c><00:30:58.299><c> on.</c><00:30:58.700><c> Here</c><00:30:58.880><c> he</c><00:30:59.019><c> is,</c><00:30:59.299><c> he's</c><00:30:59.359><c> in</c><00:30:59.579><c> this</c><00:30:59.859><c> awful</c><00:31:00.259><c> situation.</c>

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:03.519
Verse<00:31:01.559><c> 24</c><00:31:02.180><c> of</c><00:31:02.740><c> chapter</c><00:31:02.980><c> 16.</c>

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:06.460
The<00:31:04.019><c> ark</c><00:31:04.299><c> returns</c><00:31:05.019><c> to</c><00:31:05.420><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:10.319
David<00:31:08.180><c> sends</c><00:31:08.519><c> the</c><00:31:08.819><c> ark</c><00:31:09.000><c> back</c><00:31:09.259><c> because</c><00:31:09.500><c> he</c><00:31:09.619><c> says,</c><00:31:10.180><c> well,</c><00:31:10.240><c> the</c>

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:10.900
ark's<00:31:10.559><c> not,</c>

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:13.720
God's<00:31:11.259><c> not</c><00:31:11.420><c> fleeing</c><00:31:11.680><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:31:12.140><c> it's</c><00:31:12.359><c> just</c><00:31:12.640><c> me.</c>

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:18.819
And<00:31:14.940><c> David</c><00:31:15.299><c> saw</c><00:31:15.740><c> his</c><00:31:16.059><c> current</c><00:31:16.420><c> position</c><00:31:16.859><c> as</c><00:31:17.059><c> God's</c><00:31:17.599><c> punishment</c><00:31:18.119><c> for</c><00:31:18.640><c> what</c>

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:20.859
had<00:31:19.079><c> taken</c><00:31:19.279><c> place</c><00:31:19.799><c> earlier.</c>

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:24.480
And<00:31:22.400><c> here's</c><00:31:22.680><c> the</c><00:31:22.900><c> point</c><00:31:23.039><c> that</c><00:31:23.200><c> I</c><00:31:23.380><c> mentioned</c><00:31:23.640><c> in</c><00:31:23.819><c> our</c><00:31:24.039><c> introduction.</c>

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.960
Look<00:31:24.700><c> at</c><00:31:24.900><c> this.</c>

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:28.700
Well,<00:31:27.539><c> we'll</c><00:31:27.819><c> start</c><00:31:28.019><c> at</c><00:31:28.180><c> verse</c><00:31:28.380><c> 25.</c>

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:35.900
The<00:31:29.180><c> king</c><00:31:29.579><c> said</c><00:31:29.980><c> to</c><00:31:30.299><c> Zadok,</c><00:31:32.420><c> carry</c><00:31:32.480><c> back</c><00:31:32.980><c> the</c><00:31:33.359><c> ark</c><00:31:33.640><c> of</c><00:31:33.940><c> God</c><00:31:34.279><c> into</c><00:31:34.680><c> the</c><00:31:34.980><c> city.</c>

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:40.579
If<00:31:37.220><c> I</c><00:31:37.599><c> shall</c><00:31:37.859><c> find</c><00:31:38.420><c> favor</c><00:31:38.859><c> in</c><00:31:39.180><c> the</c><00:31:39.440><c> eyes</c><00:31:39.680><c> of</c><00:31:40.000><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:45.700
he<00:31:41.000><c> will</c><00:31:41.259><c> bring</c><00:31:41.480><c> me</c><00:31:41.779><c> again</c><00:31:42.339><c> and</c><00:31:43.059><c> show</c><00:31:43.299><c> me</c><00:31:43.519><c> both</c><00:31:43.880><c> it</c><00:31:44.240><c> and</c><00:31:44.559><c> his</c><00:31:44.839><c> habitation.</c>

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:48.200
But<00:31:46.299><c> look</c><00:31:46.440><c> at</c><00:31:46.579><c> verse</c><00:31:46.779><c> 26.</c>

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:53.000
But<00:31:49.140><c> if</c><00:31:49.359><c> he</c><00:31:49.619><c> thus</c><00:31:49.940><c> say,</c><00:31:50.619><c> I</c><00:31:50.799><c> have</c><00:31:51.160><c> no</c><00:31:51.720><c> delight</c><00:31:52.420><c> in</c><00:31:52.900><c> thee,</c>

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:55.819
This<00:31:53.180><c> is</c><00:31:53.519><c> David</c><00:31:53.740><c> speaking</c><00:31:54.160><c> of</c><00:31:54.339><c> his</c><00:31:54.480><c> heavenly</c><00:31:54.799><c> father.</c>

00:31:55.920 --> 00:32:03.460
If<00:31:55.920><c> God</c><00:31:56.259><c> were</c><00:31:56.500><c> to</c><00:31:56.779><c> say,</c><00:31:57.500><c> I</c><00:31:57.500><c> have</c><00:31:57.819><c> no</c><00:31:58.180><c> delight</c><00:31:58.660><c> in</c><00:31:59.000><c> thee,</c><00:31:59.240><c> behold,</c><00:32:01.519><c> here</c><00:32:01.960><c> I</c><00:32:02.380><c> am.</c>

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:10.740
Let<00:32:05.339><c> God</c><00:32:06.019><c> do</c><00:32:06.480><c> to</c><00:32:06.839><c> me</c><00:32:07.279><c> whichever</c><00:32:08.259><c> way</c><00:32:08.779><c> he</c><00:32:09.339><c> chooses.</c>

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:13.740
Blank<00:32:12.700><c> check.</c>

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:22.740
You<00:32:17.460><c> know,</c><00:32:18.420><c> I</c><00:32:18.900><c> trot</c><00:32:19.160><c> out</c><00:32:19.440><c> 53</c><00:32:20.079><c> plans</c><00:32:20.640><c> that</c><00:32:20.859><c> I</c><00:32:21.019><c> asked</c><00:32:21.200><c> God</c><00:32:21.480><c> to</c><00:32:21.880><c> endorse.</c>

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:30.720
And<00:32:27.299><c> here's</c><00:32:27.799><c> David</c><00:32:28.180><c> running</c><00:32:28.720><c> out</c><00:32:29.000><c> of</c><00:32:29.180><c> all</c><00:32:29.539><c> plans</c><00:32:29.779><c> and</c><00:32:29.960><c> it's</c><00:32:30.140><c> just</c><00:32:30.400><c> a</c>

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.809
hopeless<00:32:31.059><c> situation.</c>

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:36.299
And<00:32:32.640><c> he</c><00:32:32.759><c> says,</c><00:32:33.000><c> okay,</c><00:32:33.660><c> I'm</c><00:32:33.880><c> not</c><00:32:34.099><c> even</c><00:32:34.319><c> going</c><00:32:34.480><c> to</c><00:32:34.619><c> put</c><00:32:34.779><c> to</c><00:32:34.940><c> God</c><00:32:35.220><c> plans</c><00:32:35.680><c> X,</c><00:32:36.119><c> Y</c>

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.619
and<00:32:36.480><c> Z.</c>

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:39.500
I'm<00:32:37.019><c> just</c><00:32:37.220><c> going</c><00:32:37.339><c> to</c><00:32:37.519><c> say</c><00:32:37.700><c> to</c><00:32:37.880><c> God,</c><00:32:38.339><c> here's</c><00:32:38.839><c> my</c><00:32:39.119><c> life.</c>

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:45.259
Do<00:32:40.259><c> with</c><00:32:40.619><c> me</c><00:32:40.900><c> whatever</c><00:32:41.799><c> you</c><00:32:42.400><c> choose,</c><00:32:43.519><c> whether</c><00:32:43.759><c> good</c><00:32:44.099><c> or</c><00:32:44.400><c> ill.</c>

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:49.380
I<00:32:45.980><c> accept</c><00:32:46.480><c> that</c><00:32:46.880><c> as</c><00:32:47.180><c> being</c><00:32:47.960><c> fair</c><00:32:48.279><c> enough.</c>

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:53.259
And<00:32:51.119><c> brothers</c><00:32:51.279><c> and</c><00:32:51.420><c> sisters,</c><00:32:51.619><c> I</c><00:32:51.720><c> reckon</c><00:32:51.900><c> that</c><00:32:52.099><c> takes</c><00:32:52.380><c> faith.</c>

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:57.220
I<00:32:54.160><c> reckon</c><00:32:54.440><c> that</c><00:32:54.740><c> takes</c><00:32:55.119><c> a</c><00:32:55.420><c> lot</c><00:32:55.740><c> of</c><00:32:55.980><c> faith</c><00:32:56.200><c> to</c><00:32:56.440><c> just</c><00:32:56.700><c> hand</c><00:32:56.980><c> it</c>

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.859
over,<00:32:57.380><c> you</c><00:32:57.460><c> know,</c>

00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:00.960
to<00:32:58.259><c> just</c><00:32:58.519><c> say</c><00:32:58.700><c> to</c><00:32:58.880><c> God</c><00:32:59.240><c> whatever</c><00:32:59.799><c> comes.</c>

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:04.799
You<00:33:01.559><c> know,</c><00:33:01.819><c> we</c><00:33:02.240><c> often</c><00:33:02.559><c> give</c><00:33:02.900><c> plans</c><00:33:03.319><c> that</c><00:33:03.759><c> protect</c><00:33:04.160><c> us</c><00:33:04.480><c> and</c><00:33:04.599><c> do</c>

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.599
all<00:33:05.000><c> sorts</c><00:33:05.220><c> of</c><00:33:05.400><c> things.</c>

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:08.380
And<00:33:05.799><c> here</c><00:33:05.940><c> he</c><00:33:06.059><c> was</c><00:33:06.220><c> just</c><00:33:06.460><c> saying,</c><00:33:06.680><c> well,</c><00:33:07.259><c> whatever</c><00:33:07.599><c> you</c><00:33:07.960><c> choose.</c>

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:16.079
In<00:33:09.140><c> verse</c><00:33:09.539><c> 27,</c><00:33:10.980><c> the</c><00:33:11.140><c> king</c><00:33:11.420><c> said</c><00:33:11.680><c> also</c><00:33:12.099><c> unto</c><00:33:12.400><c> Zadok</c><00:33:12.819><c> the</c><00:33:13.019><c> priest,</c><00:33:14.200><c> art</c><00:33:14.240><c> not</c><00:33:14.559><c> thou</c><00:33:14.839><c> a</c><00:33:15.220><c> seer?</c>

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:20.099
Return<00:33:16.700><c> into</c><00:33:17.059><c> the</c><00:33:17.279><c> city</c><00:33:17.460><c> in</c><00:33:17.779><c> peace</c><00:33:18.140><c> and</c><00:33:18.619><c> your</c><00:33:18.839><c> two</c><00:33:19.220><c> sons</c><00:33:19.539><c> with</c><00:33:19.880><c> you,</c>

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:22.839
Ahimaeus<00:33:20.859><c> thy</c><00:33:21.140><c> son</c><00:33:21.440><c> and</c><00:33:21.680><c> Jonathan</c><00:33:22.079><c> thy</c><00:33:22.420><c> son.</c>

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:27.720
And<00:33:23.559><c> what</c><00:33:23.799><c> he's</c><00:33:24.200><c> asking</c><00:33:24.920><c> these</c><00:33:25.819><c> fellows</c><00:33:26.200><c> to</c><00:33:26.519><c> do</c><00:33:26.839><c> is</c><00:33:27.359><c> to</c><00:33:27.519><c> be</c>

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:29.500
fifth<00:33:27.960><c> columnists.</c>

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:37.019
You<00:33:31.079><c> go</c><00:33:31.420><c> there</c><00:33:32.259><c> and</c><00:33:33.799><c> just</c><00:33:34.380><c> spy</c><00:33:34.880><c> for</c><00:33:35.440><c> me.</c>

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:43.400
Pretend<00:33:39.339><c> you're</c><00:33:39.900><c> a</c><00:33:40.099><c> part</c><00:33:40.400><c> of</c><00:33:41.299><c> this</c><00:33:41.680><c> coup,</c><00:33:42.039><c> at</c><00:33:42.140><c> least</c><00:33:42.420><c> a</c><00:33:42.700><c> passive</c><00:33:43.099><c> part</c>

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.680
of<00:33:43.539><c> this</c><00:33:43.799><c> coup.</c>

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:47.240
Don't<00:33:45.119><c> reveal</c><00:33:45.579><c> that</c><00:33:45.759><c> your</c><00:33:46.039><c> allegiance</c><00:33:46.359><c> is</c><00:33:46.599><c> really</c><00:33:46.819><c> with</c><00:33:47.000><c> me.</c>

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:50.660
And<00:33:47.619><c> just</c><00:33:48.039><c> find</c><00:33:48.400><c> out</c><00:33:48.720><c> the</c><00:33:48.980><c> plans</c><00:33:49.259><c> of</c><00:33:49.519><c> Absalom.</c>

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:54.559
And<00:33:51.180><c> we'll</c><00:33:51.680><c> secretly,</c><00:33:52.599><c> sort</c><00:33:52.740><c> of,</c><00:33:52.960><c> you</c><00:33:53.059><c> know,</c><00:33:53.519><c> through</c><00:33:53.700><c> a</c><00:33:53.900><c> courier,</c>

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:57.180
get<00:33:55.220><c> that</c><00:33:55.460><c> information</c><00:33:56.079><c> to</c><00:33:56.319><c> me</c><00:33:56.480><c> out</c><00:33:56.619><c> in</c><00:33:56.740><c> the</c><00:33:56.839><c> wilderness</c>

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:59.759
that<00:33:57.500><c> I</c><00:33:57.819><c> might</c><00:33:58.039><c> be</c><00:33:58.299><c> aware</c><00:33:58.779><c> of</c><00:33:58.960><c> what's</c><00:33:59.339><c> going</c><00:33:59.579><c> on,</c>

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:03.440
so<00:33:59.859><c> that</c><00:34:00.099><c> I</c><00:34:00.380><c> might</c><00:34:00.700><c> allude</c><00:34:01.599><c> Absalom</c><00:34:02.359><c> and</c><00:34:02.559><c> his</c><00:34:02.759><c> armies</c><00:34:03.019><c> when</c>

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.559
they<00:34:03.759><c> come.</c>

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:08.860
So<00:34:05.680><c> in</c><00:34:05.900><c> verse</c><00:34:06.140><c> 29</c><00:34:06.779><c> or</c><00:34:06.980><c> verse</c><00:34:07.220><c> 28,</c><00:34:07.680><c> see,</c><00:34:07.920><c> I</c><00:34:08.000><c> will</c><00:34:08.260><c> tarry</c><00:34:08.539><c> in</c><00:34:08.679><c> the</c>

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:11.199
plane<00:34:08.980><c> of</c><00:34:10.760><c> this</c><00:34:10.760><c> wilderness</c>

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:14.340
until<00:34:11.960><c> there</c><00:34:12.239><c> come</c><00:34:12.460><c> word</c><00:34:12.699><c> from</c><00:34:12.960><c> you</c><00:34:13.159><c> to</c><00:34:13.380><c> certify</c><00:34:13.820><c> me,</c><00:34:14.039><c> to</c><00:34:14.179><c> tell</c>

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.519
me<00:34:14.460><c> what's</c><00:34:14.739><c> going</c><00:34:15.019><c> on</c>

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:17.579
so<00:34:15.760><c> I</c><00:34:15.900><c> don't</c><00:34:16.019><c> get</c><00:34:16.320><c> caught.</c>

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:20.900
Zadok<00:34:18.719><c> therefore</c><00:34:19.159><c> and</c><00:34:19.340><c> Abaothah</c><00:34:19.860><c> carried</c><00:34:20.079><c> the</c><00:34:20.320><c> ark</c><00:34:20.519><c> of</c><00:34:20.679><c> God</c>

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:22.039
again<00:34:21.239><c> to</c><00:34:21.480><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:24.480
and<00:34:22.739><c> they</c><00:34:23.119><c> tarried</c><00:34:23.400><c> there.</c>

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:28.539
And<00:34:25.900><c> in</c><00:34:26.079><c> verse</c><00:34:26.300><c> 30,</c><00:34:26.760><c> oh</c><00:34:27.019><c> look,</c><00:34:27.159><c> this</c><00:34:27.380><c> is</c><00:34:27.579><c> the</c><00:34:27.760><c> bottom,</c><00:34:28.159><c> this</c><00:34:28.320><c> is</c>

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.679
the<00:34:28.679><c> end.</c>

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:33.800
This<00:34:30.760><c> is</c><00:34:30.960><c> the</c><00:34:31.280><c> pits</c><00:34:31.539><c> of</c><00:34:31.900><c> David's</c><00:34:32.460><c> life.</c>

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:38.940
It<00:34:35.659><c> doesn't</c><00:34:36.139><c> get</c><00:34:36.519><c> worse</c><00:34:36.880><c> than</c><00:34:37.059><c> this,</c><00:34:37.559><c> brethren</c><00:34:37.699><c> and</c><00:34:38.000><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:42.440
And<00:34:40.159><c> you</c><00:34:40.239><c> know</c><00:34:40.440><c> what?</c><00:34:41.139><c> That's</c><00:34:41.500><c> wrong.</c><00:34:41.880><c> It</c><00:34:42.039><c> does.</c>

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:45.940
Just<00:34:42.980><c> when</c><00:34:43.119><c> you</c><00:34:43.340><c> think</c><00:34:43.500><c> you've</c><00:34:44.119><c> hit</c><00:34:44.280><c> rock</c><00:34:44.559><c> bottom,</c><00:34:45.480><c> there's</c>

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:47.400
more<00:34:46.139><c> to</c><00:34:46.380><c> go.</c>

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:53.039
Verse<00:34:48.440><c> 30,</c><00:34:48.780><c> David</c><00:34:49.300><c> went</c><00:34:49.760><c> up</c><00:34:50.300><c> by</c><00:34:50.760><c> the</c><00:34:51.039><c> ascent</c><00:34:51.320><c> of</c><00:34:51.539><c> the</c><00:34:51.699><c> Mount</c><00:34:51.920><c> of</c><00:34:52.179><c> Olives</c>

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:56.260
and<00:34:53.719><c> he</c><00:34:54.360><c> wept</c><00:34:54.760><c> as</c><00:34:55.139><c> he</c><00:34:55.380><c> went</c><00:34:55.599><c> up.</c>

00:34:56.260 --> 00:35:01.599
And<00:34:57.519><c> he</c><00:34:57.659><c> had</c><00:34:57.900><c> his</c><00:34:58.219><c> head</c><00:34:58.539><c> covered</c><00:34:59.079><c> and</c><00:35:00.460><c> he</c><00:35:00.599><c> went</c><00:35:00.880><c> barefoot</c>

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:05.099
and<00:35:01.980><c> all</c><00:35:02.420><c> the</c><00:35:02.679><c> people</c><00:35:03.000><c> that</c><00:35:03.199><c> was</c><00:35:03.440><c> with</c><00:35:03.699><c> him</c><00:35:03.960><c> covered</c><00:35:04.260><c> every</c>

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.880
man<00:35:05.440><c> his</c><00:35:05.679><c> head</c>

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:09.800
and<00:35:06.380><c> they</c><00:35:06.659><c> went</c><00:35:06.900><c> up</c><00:35:07.420><c> weeping</c><00:35:08.000><c> as</c><00:35:08.880><c> they</c><00:35:09.199><c> went</c><00:35:09.460><c> up.</c>

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:13.320
Just<00:35:10.300><c> for</c><00:35:10.719><c> the</c><00:35:10.940><c> record,</c><00:35:11.900><c> and</c><00:35:11.900><c> it's</c><00:35:12.440><c> a</c><00:35:12.539><c> bit</c><00:35:12.639><c> of</c><00:35:12.739><c> an</c><00:35:12.960><c> aside,</c>

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:15.760
but<00:35:13.500><c> it's</c><00:35:13.960><c> rather</c><00:35:14.139><c> an</c><00:35:14.400><c> interesting</c><00:35:14.679><c> thing</c><00:35:14.920><c> also.</c>

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:17.699
Have<00:35:16.219><c> a</c><00:35:16.320><c> look</c><00:35:16.400><c> at</c><00:35:16.440><c> this.</c>

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:23.119
You<00:35:19.559><c> make</c><00:35:19.739><c> some</c><00:35:20.179><c> comparisons,</c><00:35:21.280><c> we</c><00:35:21.619><c> can</c><00:35:21.920><c> make</c><00:35:22.179><c> some</c><00:35:22.539><c> comparisons</c>

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:28.559
between<00:35:23.760><c> David's</c><00:35:25.119><c> life</c><00:35:25.599><c> and</c><00:35:26.619><c> Christ's</c><00:35:27.260><c> life</c><00:35:27.559><c> at</c><00:35:28.019><c> the</c><00:35:28.239><c> bottom</c>

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.900
of<00:35:28.800><c> their</c><00:35:29.000><c> life.</c>

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:32.199
You've<00:35:30.960><c> got</c><00:35:31.039><c> to</c><00:35:31.119><c> reach</c><00:35:31.320><c> up</c><00:35:31.559><c> to</c><00:35:31.760><c> touch</c><00:35:31.980><c> bottom.</c>

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:34.539
That's<00:35:32.500><c> how</c><00:35:32.659><c> low</c><00:35:32.800><c> they</c><00:35:32.940><c> were,</c><00:35:33.099><c> both</c><00:35:33.360><c> of</c><00:35:33.519><c> them,</c><00:35:33.940><c> both</c><00:35:34.179><c> David</c>

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:34.960
and<00:35:34.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:37.519
Look,<00:35:35.699><c> it's</c><00:35:35.940><c> the</c><00:35:36.019><c> same</c><00:35:36.260><c> place,</c><00:35:36.679><c> exactly</c><00:35:36.880><c> the</c><00:35:37.099><c> same</c><00:35:37.320><c> place,</c>

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:40.400
possibly<00:35:37.960><c> even</c><00:35:38.219><c> literally</c><00:35:38.500><c> the</c><00:35:38.719><c> very</c><00:35:39.079><c> same</c><00:35:39.360><c> place.</c>

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:44.820
They<00:35:40.739><c> were</c><00:35:40.920><c> crossing</c><00:35:41.360><c> Kedron</c><00:35:42.840><c> on</c><00:35:43.500><c> the</c><00:35:43.840><c> ascent</c><00:35:44.159><c> of</c><00:35:44.420><c> the</c><00:35:44.599><c> Mount</c>

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.320
of<00:35:45.059><c> Olives</c>

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:48.719
and<00:35:45.579><c> Gethsemane</c><00:35:46.360><c> was</c><00:35:46.659><c> near</c><00:35:47.219><c> the</c><00:35:47.420><c> Mount</c><00:35:47.659><c> of</c><00:35:47.820><c> Olives.</c>

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:54.539
Gethsemane<00:35:51.000><c> is</c><00:35:51.099><c> near</c><00:35:51.320><c> the</c><00:35:51.460><c> Mount</c><00:35:51.599><c> of</c><00:35:51.840><c> Olives</c><00:35:53.039><c> and</c><00:35:53.579><c> they</c><00:35:53.800><c> were</c><00:35:54.119><c> weeping.</c>

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:56.920
Mark<00:35:54.960><c> says</c><00:35:55.360><c> that</c><00:35:55.579><c> they</c><00:35:55.699><c> were</c><00:35:55.980><c> exceeding</c><00:35:56.599><c> sorrowful,</c>

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:58.519
this<00:35:57.039><c> is</c><00:35:57.340><c> the</c><00:35:57.619><c> disciples</c><00:35:58.000><c> as</c><00:35:58.300><c> well,</c>

00:35:58.820 --> 00:36:01.739
and<00:35:58.980><c> Christ</c><00:35:59.360><c> in</c><00:35:59.599><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:59.880><c> 5</c><00:36:00.179><c> is</c><00:36:00.420><c> strong</c><00:36:00.800><c> crying</c><00:36:01.179><c> and</c><00:36:01.519><c> tears</c>

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:05.320
and<00:36:02.139><c> obviously</c><00:36:02.659><c> that</c><00:36:03.059><c> was</c><00:36:03.320><c> occurring</c><00:36:03.719><c> around</c><00:36:04.500><c> Gethsemane,</c>

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:07.159
the<00:36:05.679><c> exact</c><00:36:05.960><c> same</c><00:36:06.360><c> place.</c>

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:10.260
There<00:36:07.420><c> are</c><00:36:07.920><c> some</c><00:36:08.179><c> very</c><00:36:08.500><c> strong</c><00:36:08.820><c> parallels</c><00:36:09.239><c> here.</c>

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:13.360
The<00:36:10.699><c> followers</c><00:36:11.079><c> were</c><00:36:11.400><c> sorrowful</c><00:36:11.980><c> and</c><00:36:12.340><c> so</c><00:36:12.519><c> too</c><00:36:12.699><c> in</c><00:36:12.980><c> Christ's</c>

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:14.219
day<00:36:13.500><c> in</c><00:36:13.619><c> Luke</c><00:36:13.840><c> 24.</c>

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:19.340
And<00:36:15.500><c> then</c><00:36:16.039><c> we</c><00:36:16.380><c> learn,</c><00:36:16.820><c> as</c><00:36:17.059><c> if</c><00:36:17.219><c> things</c><00:36:17.519><c> couldn't</c><00:36:17.900><c> get</c><00:36:18.280><c> worse,</c>

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:25.380
then<00:36:19.820><c> we</c><00:36:20.119><c> learn</c><00:36:20.460><c> in</c><00:36:20.820><c> verse</c><00:36:21.239><c> 31</c><00:36:22.380><c> of</c><00:36:23.739><c> somebody's</c><00:36:24.320><c> betrayal.</c>

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:28.860
And<00:36:27.000><c> look</c><00:36:27.139><c> at</c><00:36:27.360><c> this.</c>

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:37.940
And<00:36:30.360><c> one</c><00:36:31.599><c> told</c><00:36:33.599><c> David,</c><00:36:37.380><c> saying,</c>

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:41.480
Gethsemane,<00:36:40.440><c> guess</c><00:36:40.900><c> what?</c>

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:52.800
We've<00:36:42.300><c> just</c><00:36:43.019><c> learnt</c><00:36:43.800><c> that</c><00:36:45.039><c> Ahithophel</c><00:36:46.059><c> is</c><00:36:46.980><c> among</c><00:36:47.519><c> the</c><00:36:47.960><c> conspirators</c><00:36:49.219><c> with</c><00:36:51.199><c> Absalom.</c>

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:56.400
As<00:36:53.920><c> if,</c><00:36:54.760><c> you</c><00:36:54.860><c> know,</c><00:36:55.099><c> it</c><00:36:55.260><c> couldn't</c><00:36:55.500><c> get</c><00:36:55.739><c> much</c><00:36:56.079><c> worse.</c>

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.760
Well,<00:36:57.019><c> it</c><00:36:57.219><c> just</c><00:36:57.599><c> did.</c>

00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:04.099
The<00:36:58.139><c> man</c><00:36:58.760><c> who</c><00:36:59.480><c> knows</c><00:37:00.019><c> you,</c><00:37:01.860><c> who's</c><00:37:02.199><c> lived</c><00:37:02.360><c> inside</c><00:37:02.980><c> your</c><00:37:03.539><c> skin,</c>

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:05.059
so<00:37:04.460><c> to</c><00:37:04.760><c> speak,</c>

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:07.860
and<00:37:05.579><c> who</c><00:37:05.639><c> can</c><00:37:05.880><c> understand</c><00:37:06.360><c> every</c><00:37:07.000><c> little,</c><00:37:07.219><c> you</c><00:37:07.360><c> know,</c><00:37:07.539><c> if</c><00:37:07.659><c> he</c>

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.719
moves<00:37:08.159><c> that</c><00:37:08.480><c> way,</c>

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:11.099
I<00:37:08.920><c> know</c><00:37:09.159><c> that</c><00:37:09.400><c> David</c><00:37:09.679><c> would</c><00:37:09.940><c> move</c><00:37:10.119><c> that</c><00:37:10.480><c> way.</c>

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:15.219
And<00:37:11.639><c> if</c><00:37:11.760><c> you</c><00:37:12.000><c> do</c><00:37:12.300><c> this,</c><00:37:12.800><c> then</c><00:37:13.019><c> he'll</c><00:37:13.280><c> do</c><00:37:13.519><c> that,</c><00:37:13.900><c> and</c><00:37:14.039><c> then</c><00:37:14.239><c> we'll</c><00:37:14.559><c> corner</c><00:37:14.739><c> him</c><00:37:14.980><c> there,</c>

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:18.340
and<00:37:15.519><c> boom,</c><00:37:16.599><c> we've</c><00:37:16.920><c> got</c><00:37:17.059><c> him.</c>

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:24.440
Because<00:37:20.039><c> he</c><00:37:20.260><c> knew,</c><00:37:20.699><c> he'd</c><00:37:21.059><c> sat</c><00:37:21.199><c> alongside</c><00:37:21.739><c> David</c><00:37:22.139><c> in</c><00:37:22.340><c> all</c><00:37:22.739><c> those</c><00:37:23.119><c> plans</c><00:37:23.559><c> and</c><00:37:23.940><c> schemes</c>

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:29.059
and<00:37:24.880><c> all</c><00:37:25.199><c> the</c><00:37:25.440><c> methods</c><00:37:25.840><c> by</c><00:37:26.159><c> which</c><00:37:27.400><c> David</c><00:37:28.099><c> was</c><00:37:28.360><c> able</c><00:37:28.599><c> to</c><00:37:28.860><c> elude</c>

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.539
his<00:37:29.300><c> enemy.</c>

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:31.579
Ahithophel<00:37:30.360><c> was</c><00:37:30.599><c> right</c><00:37:30.940><c> there</c><00:37:31.159><c> beside</c><00:37:31.400><c> him.</c>

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:35.119
He<00:37:31.840><c> knew</c><00:37:31.840><c> every</c><00:37:32.579><c> tick</c><00:37:32.880><c> of</c><00:37:33.139><c> that</c><00:37:34.039><c> brain.</c>

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:39.539
What's<00:37:37.980><c> David</c><00:37:38.199><c> going</c><00:37:38.460><c> to</c><00:37:38.699><c> do?</c>

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:44.199
This<00:37:41.780><c> is</c><00:37:42.340><c> crunch</c><00:37:42.719><c> time</c><00:37:43.059><c> now.</c>

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:48.239
It<00:37:45.960><c> just</c><00:37:46.239><c> doesn't</c><00:37:46.480><c> get</c><00:37:46.679><c> any</c><00:37:46.920><c> worse</c><00:37:47.099><c> than</c><00:37:47.300><c> this.</c>

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:51.679
So<00:37:49.559><c> what's</c><00:37:49.960><c> David</c><00:37:50.179><c> going</c><00:37:50.460><c> to</c><00:37:50.679><c> do?</c>

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:53.119
Well,<00:37:52.019><c> brothers</c><00:37:52.159><c> and</c><00:37:52.280><c> sisters,</c><00:37:52.440><c> I</c><00:37:52.619><c> love</c><00:37:52.820><c> this.</c>

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:57.619
I<00:37:53.400><c> absolutely,</c><00:37:54.420><c> I</c><00:37:54.760><c> just,</c><00:37:55.219><c> I</c><00:37:55.579><c> can't</c><00:37:55.860><c> help</c><00:37:56.079><c> but</c><00:37:56.260><c> love</c><00:37:56.400><c> this.</c>

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:03.320
Can<00:38:01.019><c> I</c><00:38:01.300><c> just</c><00:38:01.719><c> share</c><00:38:01.980><c> with</c><00:38:02.179><c> you</c><00:38:02.360><c> something?</c>

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:06.900
And<00:38:04.039><c> I</c><00:38:04.159><c> think</c><00:38:04.360><c> I</c><00:38:04.519><c> can</c><00:38:04.780><c> speak</c><00:38:05.019><c> on</c><00:38:05.239><c> behalf</c><00:38:05.500><c> of</c><00:38:05.739><c> a</c><00:38:05.820><c> good</c><00:38:06.000><c> many</c><00:38:06.320><c> brethren</c><00:38:06.659><c> in</c>

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:08.199
this<00:38:07.079><c> audience.</c>

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:14.920
You<00:38:11.420><c> know,</c><00:38:12.719><c> and</c><00:38:12.960><c> for</c><00:38:13.119><c> you</c><00:38:13.340><c> sisters,</c><00:38:13.800><c> and</c><00:38:14.019><c> I'm</c><00:38:14.159><c> not</c><00:38:14.380><c> trying</c><00:38:14.679><c> to</c>

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:16.260
make<00:38:15.079><c> too</c><00:38:15.280><c> much</c><00:38:15.440><c> of</c><00:38:15.599><c> a</c><00:38:15.760><c> division</c><00:38:15.980><c> here</c>

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:20.599
because<00:38:16.559><c> it's</c><00:38:16.940><c> not</c><00:38:17.420><c> a</c><00:38:18.079><c> complete</c><00:38:18.260><c> division</c><00:38:18.619><c> because</c><00:38:19.519><c> you</c><00:38:20.219><c> also</c>

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.199
have<00:38:20.739><c> this</c><00:38:20.980><c> problem,</c>

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:22.699
I<00:38:21.340><c> would</c><00:38:21.519><c> suggest.</c>

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:31.980
Have<00:38:25.380><c> you</c><00:38:25.539><c> ever</c><00:38:25.980><c> struggled</c><00:38:26.900><c> with</c><00:38:30.900><c> prayer?</c>

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:42.739
Have<00:38:38.219><c> you</c><00:38:38.739><c> ever</c><00:38:39.119><c> struggled</c><00:38:39.679><c> with,</c><00:38:40.079><c> well,</c><00:38:41.139><c> putting</c><00:38:41.440><c> it</c><00:38:41.739><c> together</c><00:38:42.239><c> and</c>

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:44.059
sculpting<00:38:43.300><c> it?</c>

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:50.260
If<00:38:46.340><c> you</c><00:38:46.599><c> haven't,</c><00:38:46.880><c> you're</c><00:38:47.019><c> a</c><00:38:47.139><c> better</c><00:38:47.280><c> person</c><00:38:47.659><c> than</c><00:38:47.860><c> me</c><00:38:48.099><c> because</c><00:38:48.340><c> I</c><00:38:48.719><c> struggle</c><00:38:49.019><c> with</c><00:38:49.280><c> that.</c>

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:53.500
And<00:38:51.219><c> I'm</c><00:38:51.440><c> not</c><00:38:51.679><c> denigrating</c><00:38:52.300><c> prayers,</c><00:38:52.659><c> don't</c><00:38:52.840><c> even</c><00:38:53.079><c> imagine</c>

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.539
that,<00:38:53.760><c> quite</c><00:38:53.960><c> the</c><00:38:54.239><c> opposite.</c>

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:58.000
And<00:38:55.079><c> for</c><00:38:55.260><c> those</c><00:38:55.519><c> of</c><00:38:55.719><c> you</c><00:38:55.880><c> who</c><00:38:56.000><c> are</c><00:38:56.099><c> very</c><00:38:56.380><c> gifted</c><00:38:56.780><c> in</c><00:38:57.659><c> praying</c>

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:59.159
that<00:38:58.199><c> it</c><00:38:58.360><c> comes</c><00:38:58.599><c> more</c><00:38:58.880><c> naturally,</c>

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:03.159
well,<00:38:59.480><c> I'm</c><00:38:59.659><c> not</c><00:38:59.820><c> in</c><00:38:59.980><c> your</c><00:39:00.239><c> class,</c><00:39:00.559><c> let</c><00:39:00.719><c> me</c><00:39:00.860><c> assure</c><00:39:01.119><c> you.</c>

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:09.119
Putting<00:39:05.539><c> together</c><00:39:06.099><c> a</c><00:39:06.440><c> prayer</c><00:39:06.619><c> and</c><00:39:07.099><c> capturing</c><00:39:07.760><c> the</c><00:39:08.079><c> right</c><00:39:08.380><c> mood</c><00:39:08.739><c> and</c>

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:10.019
tone<00:39:09.380><c> and</c><00:39:09.659><c> content</c>

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:14.019
is<00:39:10.420><c> a</c><00:39:10.619><c> very</c><00:39:10.920><c> difficult</c><00:39:11.440><c> thing,</c><00:39:12.559><c> particularly</c><00:39:12.940><c> in</c><00:39:13.159><c> a</c><00:39:13.340><c> public</c>

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:16.199
forum<00:39:14.900><c> like</c><00:39:15.199><c> where</c><00:39:15.440><c> we</c><00:39:15.599><c> are</c><00:39:15.820><c> now.</c>

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:20.480
And<00:39:16.619><c> for</c><00:39:16.840><c> the</c><00:39:17.099><c> brethren</c><00:39:17.340><c> who</c><00:39:17.900><c> are</c><00:39:18.320><c> required</c><00:39:18.780><c> to</c><00:39:18.960><c> give</c><00:39:19.119><c> public</c><00:39:19.500><c> prayers,</c>

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:23.360
look,<00:39:22.159><c> they've</c><00:39:22.440><c> got</c><00:39:22.559><c> my</c><00:39:22.860><c> esteem.</c>

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:30.619
I<00:39:23.539><c> feel</c><00:39:23.820><c> very,</c><00:39:25.099><c> almost</c><00:39:26.159><c> envious</c><00:39:26.960><c> at</c><00:39:28.320><c> that</c><00:39:28.579><c> talent</c><00:39:28.920><c> that</c><00:39:29.119><c> they</c><00:39:29.360><c> possess.</c>

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:37.260
And<00:39:34.340><c> you</c><00:39:34.460><c> know,</c><00:39:35.019><c> for</c><00:39:35.179><c> us</c><00:39:35.500><c> who</c><00:39:36.119><c> are</c><00:39:36.420><c> a</c><00:39:36.460><c> little</c><00:39:36.579><c> bit</c><00:39:36.880><c> challenged</c>

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:37.980
in<00:39:37.440><c> that</c><00:39:37.679><c> area,</c>

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:40.420
we<00:39:38.239><c> sort</c><00:39:38.460><c> of</c><00:39:38.699><c> feel</c><00:39:39.000><c> inferior.</c>

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:42.139
I<00:39:40.619><c> don't</c><00:39:40.760><c> know</c><00:39:40.880><c> whether</c><00:39:41.019><c> you</c><00:39:41.199><c> feel</c><00:39:41.360><c> that</c><00:39:41.539><c> way</c><00:39:41.719><c> because</c><00:39:41.880><c> I'm</c>

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.699
the<00:39:42.239><c> only</c><00:39:42.400><c> one</c><00:39:42.559><c> here.</c>

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:44.559
Well,<00:39:43.659><c> sorry</c><00:39:43.920><c> about</c><00:39:44.159><c> that.</c>

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:47.159
But<00:39:45.179><c> I</c><00:39:45.460><c> would</c><00:39:45.659><c> suggest</c><00:39:45.960><c> many</c><00:39:46.260><c> of</c><00:39:46.340><c> us</c><00:39:46.460><c> have</c><00:39:46.659><c> difficulty,</c><00:39:46.820><c> and</c><00:39:47.000><c> I</c>

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:48.079
know<00:39:47.340><c> that</c><00:39:47.539><c> many</c><00:39:47.739><c> do</c>

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:51.539
because<00:39:48.619><c> many</c><00:39:49.820><c> brethren,</c><00:39:50.199><c> including</c><00:39:50.460><c> myself,</c><00:39:51.099><c> often</c><00:39:51.300><c> write</c>

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:52.199
out<00:39:51.820><c> the</c><00:39:52.039><c> prayer</c>

00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:55.800
because<00:39:52.380><c> we</c><00:39:52.559><c> find</c><00:39:52.780><c> it</c><00:39:52.880><c> very</c><00:39:53.239><c> difficult</c><00:39:53.619><c> and</c><00:39:54.800><c> problematic</c><00:39:55.599><c> to</c>

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.440
be<00:39:55.920><c> able</c><00:39:56.119><c> to</c><00:39:56.300><c> give</c>

00:39:56.440 --> 00:40:00.260
just<00:39:56.800><c> the</c><00:39:56.980><c> right</c><00:39:57.219><c> prayer</c><00:39:57.579><c> in</c><00:39:58.039><c> front</c><00:39:58.179><c> of</c><00:39:58.340><c> an</c><00:39:58.480><c> audience</c><00:39:58.920><c> like</c><00:39:59.460><c> this</c><00:39:59.920><c> in</c>

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:03.239
the<00:40:00.440><c> memorial</c><00:40:00.780><c> meeting,</c><00:40:01.360><c> for</c><00:40:01.360><c> example.</c>

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:14.139
Well,<00:40:06.260><c> brethren</c><00:40:06.460><c> and</c><00:40:06.699><c> sisters,</c><00:40:10.360><c> I</c><00:40:10.719><c> love</c><00:40:11.400><c> this</c><00:40:12.139><c> prayer</c><00:40:12.820><c> that</c>

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:14.659
David<00:40:14.480><c> utters</c>

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:18.079
because<00:40:14.960><c> even</c><00:40:15.380><c> I</c><00:40:15.719><c> can</c><00:40:16.019><c> utter</c><00:40:16.199><c> this</c><00:40:16.559><c> prayer,</c><00:40:17.300><c> any</c><00:40:17.639><c> one</c><00:40:17.820><c> of</c><00:40:17.860><c> us</c>

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:19.300
can<00:40:18.300><c> utter</c><00:40:18.519><c> this</c><00:40:18.900><c> prayer.</c>

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:24.000
In<00:40:20.079><c> fact,</c><00:40:20.400><c> when</c><00:40:20.579><c> I</c><00:40:20.920><c> first</c><00:40:21.320><c> read</c><00:40:21.679><c> 2</c><00:40:21.980><c> Samuel</c><00:40:22.320><c> 15,</c><00:40:23.000><c> I</c><00:40:23.159><c> didn't</c><00:40:23.480><c> even</c>

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:26.179
know<00:40:24.360><c> that</c><00:40:24.539><c> there</c><00:40:24.699><c> was</c><00:40:24.940><c> a</c><00:40:25.099><c> prayer</c><00:40:25.400><c> in</c><00:40:25.940><c> the</c><00:40:26.099><c> chapter.</c>

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:30.840
It's<00:40:26.420><c> so</c><00:40:26.820><c> small,</c><00:40:27.900><c> you</c><00:40:28.000><c> just</c><00:40:28.340><c> read</c><00:40:28.519><c> it</c><00:40:28.780><c> and</c><00:40:28.820><c> it's</c><00:40:29.079><c> just</c><00:40:29.400><c> not</c><00:40:29.880><c> there.</c>

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:37.760
In<00:40:31.079><c> fact,</c><00:40:32.920><c> at</c><00:40:33.039><c> the</c><00:40:33.260><c> end</c><00:40:33.559><c> of</c><00:40:33.840><c> verse</c><00:40:34.219><c> 31,</c><00:40:36.260><c> it's</c><00:40:36.460><c> as</c><00:40:36.760><c> though</c><00:40:37.219><c> all</c>

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:44.539
of<00:40:38.039><c> chapter</c><00:40:38.420><c> 15</c><00:40:39.679><c> pivots,</c><00:40:40.920><c> pivots,</c><00:40:42.000><c> hangs,</c><00:40:42.380><c> you</c><00:40:42.519><c> know,</c><00:40:42.900><c> like</c><00:40:43.199><c> that.</c>

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:48.920
All<00:40:45.699><c> on</c><00:40:46.119><c> the</c><00:40:46.460><c> end</c><00:40:46.900><c> of</c><00:40:47.300><c> verse</c><00:40:47.780><c> 31.</c>

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:50.480
It's<00:40:49.280><c> the</c><00:40:49.539><c> critical</c><00:40:49.980><c> verse.</c>

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:53.519
In<00:40:50.820><c> fact,</c><00:40:51.039><c> it's</c><00:40:51.260><c> the</c><00:40:51.380><c> critical</c><00:40:51.820><c> sub</c><00:40:52.380><c>-verse.</c>

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:58.039
It's<00:40:54.460><c> the</c><00:40:54.559><c> critical</c><00:40:54.940><c> two</c><00:40:55.360><c> lines</c><00:40:55.980><c> of</c><00:40:56.260><c> this</c><00:40:56.519><c> entire</c><00:40:57.320><c> chapter.</c>

00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:05.179
And<00:40:58.739><c> it</c><00:40:59.039><c> hinges</c><00:40:59.519><c> upon</c><00:41:00.300><c> a</c><00:41:00.599><c> spontaneous</c><00:41:01.480><c> prayer</c><00:41:01.980><c> that</c><00:41:02.380><c> isn't</c><00:41:02.599><c> the</c><00:41:03.000><c> least</c><00:41:03.380><c> bit</c><00:41:03.760><c> cultivated</c><00:41:04.300><c> or</c><00:41:04.659><c> sculptured.</c>

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:10.239
It's<00:41:05.719><c> just</c><00:41:06.019><c> a</c><00:41:06.300><c> spontaneous</c><00:41:06.980><c> outburst</c><00:41:07.760><c> of</c><00:41:08.219><c> a</c><00:41:08.420><c> man</c><00:41:08.619><c> who's</c><00:41:08.980><c> desperate</c><00:41:09.400><c> in</c><00:41:09.579><c> the</c><00:41:09.760><c> sight</c><00:41:09.900><c> of</c><00:41:10.099><c> God.</c>

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:13.599
And<00:41:10.639><c> he</c><00:41:10.719><c> just</c><00:41:11.039><c> says,</c><00:41:11.519><c> and</c><00:41:11.619><c> David</c><00:41:11.900><c> says</c><00:41:12.159><c> in</c><00:41:12.340><c> verse</c><00:41:12.579><c> 31,</c>

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:21.739
Oh<00:41:14.059><c> Yahweh,</c><00:41:15.380><c> I</c><00:41:15.900><c> pray</c><00:41:16.579><c> thee,</c><00:41:17.760><c> turn</c><00:41:18.239><c> the</c><00:41:18.619><c> counsel</c><00:41:19.099><c> of</c><00:41:19.360><c> Ahithophel</c><00:41:20.239><c> into</c><00:41:21.000><c> foolishness.</c>

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:24.039
And<00:41:22.039><c> it</c><00:41:22.099><c> was</c><00:41:22.460><c> almost</c><00:41:22.780><c> the</c><00:41:23.019><c> littlest</c><00:41:23.300><c> prayer</c><00:41:23.559><c> you</c><00:41:23.679><c> could</c><00:41:23.820><c> ever</c>

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:25.460
find<00:41:24.280><c> in</c><00:41:24.500><c> scripture.</c>

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:28.719
And<00:41:27.179><c> boy</c><00:41:27.360><c> was</c><00:41:27.579><c> it</c><00:41:27.840><c> effective.</c>

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:32.300
And<00:41:30.119><c> God</c><00:41:30.440><c> answered</c><00:41:30.940><c> that</c><00:41:31.360><c> unmistakably.</c>

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:33.900
Look,<00:41:32.619><c> we'll</c><00:41:32.840><c> just</c><00:41:33.139><c> cheat</c><00:41:33.320><c> for</c><00:41:33.519><c> a</c><00:41:33.599><c> little</c><00:41:33.760><c> bit.</c>

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:35.699
Let's<00:41:34.159><c> just</c><00:41:34.400><c> go</c><00:41:34.519><c> over</c><00:41:34.760><c> to</c><00:41:34.900><c> chapter</c><00:41:35.119><c> 17.</c>

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:38.880
I'll<00:41:35.880><c> show</c><00:41:36.059><c> you</c><00:41:36.199><c> how</c><00:41:36.760><c> it</c><00:41:37.400><c> was</c><00:41:37.679><c> answered.</c>

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:50.780
And<00:41:43.960><c> Absalom</c><00:41:44.719><c> and</c><00:41:45.280><c> all</c><00:41:46.000><c> the</c><00:41:46.199><c> men</c><00:41:46.579><c> of</c><00:41:46.920><c> Israel</c><00:41:48.239><c> said,</c>

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:55.340
The<00:41:51.179><c> counsel</c><00:41:52.000><c> of</c><00:41:52.500><c> Hushai</c><00:41:53.059><c> the</c><00:41:53.380><c> Archite</c><00:41:54.000><c> is</c><00:41:54.480><c> better</c><00:41:54.900><c> than</c><00:41:55.099><c> the</c>

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:57.019
counsel<00:41:56.099><c> of</c><00:41:56.460><c> Ahithophel.</c>

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:59.079
Can<00:41:57.440><c> you</c><00:41:57.659><c> believe</c><00:41:58.000><c> that?</c>

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:01.059
That's<00:42:00.079><c> rubbish.</c>

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:04.159
Who's<00:42:03.559><c> Hushai</c><00:42:03.780><c> the</c><00:42:04.039><c> Archite?</c>

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:05.420
Have<00:42:04.280><c> you</c><00:42:04.420><c> ever</c><00:42:04.579><c> heard</c><00:42:04.780><c> of</c><00:42:04.820><c> him</c><00:42:04.980><c> before?</c>

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:07.940
I<00:42:05.800><c> haven't.</c>

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:11.059
In<00:42:08.000><c> fact,</c><00:42:08.320><c> we</c><00:42:08.320><c> don't</c><00:42:08.639><c> know</c><00:42:09.079><c> of</c><00:42:09.320><c> Hushai</c><00:42:09.639><c> the</c><00:42:09.900><c> Archite</c><00:42:10.119><c> until</c><00:42:10.320><c> verse</c><00:42:10.599><c> 32</c>

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.860
of<00:42:11.260><c> chapter</c><00:42:11.500><c> 15,</c>

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.880
which<00:42:11.980><c> we'll</c><00:42:12.139><c> get</c><00:42:12.300><c> to</c><00:42:12.380><c> in</c><00:42:12.480><c> a</c><00:42:12.599><c> moment.</c>

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:15.320
Hushai<00:42:13.659><c> the</c><00:42:13.920><c> Archite's</c><00:42:14.239><c> a</c><00:42:14.380><c> nobody.</c>

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:17.579
And<00:42:15.480><c> I'm</c><00:42:15.639><c> not</c><00:42:15.860><c> denigrating</c><00:42:16.420><c> age,</c><00:42:17.099><c> brethren</c><00:42:17.199><c> and</c><00:42:17.440><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:21.380
but<00:42:17.980><c> it</c><00:42:18.119><c> would</c><00:42:18.360><c> appear</c><00:42:18.860><c> as</c><00:42:19.300><c> though</c><00:42:19.500><c> he</c><00:42:19.599><c> was</c><00:42:19.780><c> an</c><00:42:20.059><c> elderly</c><00:42:20.480><c> brother.</c>

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:24.639
Not<00:42:21.719><c> that</c><00:42:21.880><c> that</c><00:42:22.079><c> in</c><00:42:22.199><c> itself</c><00:42:22.500><c> is</c><00:42:23.139><c> a</c><00:42:23.400><c> disqualification.</c>

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:28.059
But<00:42:25.340><c> David</c><00:42:25.699><c> himself</c><00:42:26.219><c> says</c><00:42:26.440><c> you're</c><00:42:26.800><c> a</c><00:42:26.940><c> burden</c><00:42:27.300><c> to</c><00:42:27.579><c> me</c><00:42:27.800><c> in</c><00:42:27.980><c> that</c>

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.980
you're<00:42:28.420><c> a</c><00:42:28.440><c> bit</c><00:42:28.579><c> elderly,</c>

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:31.840
and<00:42:29.139><c> I</c><00:42:29.219><c> might</c><00:42:29.980><c> have</c><00:42:30.179><c> to</c><00:42:30.340><c> be</c><00:42:30.639><c> out</c><00:42:30.760><c> of</c><00:42:30.860><c> here</c><00:42:31.059><c> awfully</c><00:42:31.360><c> quick.</c>

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:34.460
And<00:42:32.400><c> he</c><00:42:32.420><c> says</c><00:42:32.659><c> to</c><00:42:32.840><c> Hushai,</c><00:42:33.159><c> you</c><00:42:33.159><c> go</c><00:42:33.480><c> back.</c>

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:40.099
Hushai<00:42:35.659><c> the</c><00:42:35.940><c> Archite</c><00:42:36.480><c> just</c><00:42:37.039><c> appears</c><00:42:37.519><c> from</c><00:42:38.219><c> nowhere</c><00:42:38.659><c> in</c><00:42:38.960><c> the</c><00:42:39.179><c> record.</c>

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:45.519
And<00:42:42.400><c> his</c><00:42:42.739><c> counsel</c><00:42:43.400><c> is</c><00:42:43.840><c> better</c><00:42:44.119><c> than</c><00:42:44.300><c> the</c><00:42:44.539><c> counsel</c><00:42:44.900><c> of</c><00:42:45.179><c> who?</c>

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:46.340
Ahithophel?

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:47.079
Come<00:42:46.860><c> on.</c>

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:49.719
You<00:42:47.380><c> don't</c><00:42:47.619><c> believe</c><00:42:47.920><c> that</c><00:42:48.179><c> any</c><00:42:48.400><c> more</c><00:42:48.519><c> than</c><00:42:48.639><c> I</c><00:42:48.960><c> do.</c>

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:53.380
In<00:42:50.480><c> fact,</c><00:42:50.800><c> the</c><00:42:50.940><c> record</c><00:42:51.179><c> makes</c><00:42:51.679><c> pointed</c><00:42:52.519><c> mention</c><00:42:52.820><c> of</c><00:42:53.019><c> that</c>

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:59.199
for<00:42:53.860><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:54.360><c> in</c><00:42:54.480><c> verse</c><00:42:54.780><c> 14</c><00:42:55.440><c> had</c><00:42:55.980><c> appointed</c><00:42:56.719><c> to</c><00:42:57.059><c> defeat</c><00:42:57.400><c> the</c><00:42:57.679><c> good</c><00:42:57.880><c> counsel</c><00:42:58.280><c> of</c><00:42:58.500><c> Ahithophel</c>

00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:02.900
to<00:42:59.599><c> the</c><00:42:59.960><c> intent</c><00:43:00.239><c> that</c><00:43:00.739><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:01.199><c> might</c><00:43:01.460><c> bring</c><00:43:01.780><c> evil</c><00:43:02.059><c> upon</c><00:43:02.360><c> Absalom.</c>

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:08.239
So<00:43:03.559><c> Hushai</c><00:43:04.019><c> the</c><00:43:04.360><c> Archite</c><00:43:05.119><c> was</c><00:43:05.559><c> there</c><00:43:05.880><c> to</c><00:43:06.280><c> overthrow</c><00:43:06.780><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:43:07.739><c> counsel</c>

00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:09.219
with<00:43:08.639><c> Absalom</c>

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:18.000
because<00:43:09.639><c> had</c><00:43:10.880><c> Ahithophel</c><00:43:11.940><c> got</c><00:43:14.139><c> his</c><00:43:14.539><c> way,</c><00:43:16.340><c> David</c><00:43:16.480><c> would</c><00:43:16.699><c> be</c><00:43:16.940><c> dead.</c>

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:24.099
In<00:43:20.539><c> fact,</c><00:43:20.920><c> have</c><00:43:21.039><c> a</c><00:43:21.119><c> look</c><00:43:21.199><c> at</c><00:43:21.340><c> verse</c><00:43:21.500><c> 23</c><00:43:22.139><c> of</c><00:43:22.460><c> chapter</c><00:43:22.920><c> 17.</c>

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:33.159
And<00:43:25.800><c> when</c><00:43:26.199><c> Ahithophel</c><00:43:27.019><c> saw</c><00:43:28.039><c> that</c><00:43:30.000><c> his</c><00:43:30.340><c> counsel</c><00:43:30.920><c> was</c><00:43:31.440><c> not</c><00:43:31.920><c> followed,</c>

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:41.960
Ahithophel<00:43:35.340><c> saddled</c><00:43:35.739><c> his</c><00:43:36.059><c> ass</c><00:43:36.699><c> and</c><00:43:37.440><c> arose,</c><00:43:39.239><c> went</c><00:43:39.420><c> home</c><00:43:40.159><c> to</c><00:43:40.400><c> his</c><00:43:40.679><c> house,</c><00:43:41.699><c> to</c>

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.860
his<00:43:42.239><c> city,</c>

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:50.039
put<00:43:44.119><c> his</c><00:43:44.380><c> household</c><00:43:45.159><c> in</c><00:43:45.760><c> order</c><00:43:46.599><c> and</c><00:43:48.260><c> suicided</c>

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:58.699
because<00:43:53.820><c> he</c><00:43:54.099><c> knew</c><00:43:55.320><c> Absalom's</c><00:43:58.199><c> gone.</c>

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:07.820
God<00:44:02.420><c> has</c><00:44:03.099><c> overthrown</c><00:44:04.119><c> Ahithophel</c><00:44:04.980><c> and</c><00:44:06.440><c> therefore</c><00:44:07.280><c> he's</c>

00:44:07.820 --> 00:44:09.699
overthrown<00:44:08.420><c> Absalom.</c>

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:13.900
And<00:44:10.820><c> I</c><00:44:11.000><c> don't</c><00:44:11.179><c> have</c><00:44:11.460><c> to</c><00:44:11.619><c> wait</c><00:44:11.980><c> to</c><00:44:12.260><c> see</c><00:44:12.440><c> it</c><00:44:12.780><c> all</c><00:44:13.179><c> pan</c><00:44:13.480><c> out.</c>

00:44:14.179 --> 00:44:16.900
I'll<00:44:14.440><c> get</c><00:44:14.559><c> it</c><00:44:14.780><c> over</c><00:44:15.000><c> and</c><00:44:15.199><c> done</c><00:44:15.360><c> with</c><00:44:15.699><c> now.</c>

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:19.500
So<00:44:17.719><c> he</c><00:44:17.820><c> took</c><00:44:18.000><c> his</c><00:44:18.199><c> own</c><00:44:18.420><c> life.</c>

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:23.059
And<00:44:21.619><c> how</c><00:44:21.840><c> did</c><00:44:21.960><c> that</c><00:44:22.179><c> happen?</c>

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:29.900
Well,<00:44:23.739><c> it</c><00:44:23.739><c> was</c><00:44:24.280><c> verse</c><00:44:24.679><c> 31</c><00:44:25.519><c> of</c><00:44:26.039><c> 2</c><00:44:26.400><c> Samuel</c><00:44:27.159><c> 15.</c>

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:43.679
Oh<00:44:33.820><c> Yahweh,</c><00:44:35.739><c> I</c><00:44:35.739><c> pray</c><00:44:36.340><c> thee,</c><00:44:38.280><c> turn</c><00:44:38.599><c> the</c><00:44:38.940><c> counsel</c><00:44:39.599><c> of</c><00:44:39.900><c> Ahithophel</c><00:44:41.340><c> into</c><00:44:42.860><c> foolishness.</c>

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:46.199
That's<00:44:44.139><c> all</c><00:44:44.619><c> he</c><00:44:45.300><c> said.</c>

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:52.780
No<00:44:47.659><c> nice</c><00:44:48.059><c> sculpted</c><00:44:48.599><c> phrases,</c><00:44:50.539><c> no</c><00:44:50.840><c> great</c><00:44:51.300><c> presence</c><00:44:51.800><c> of</c><00:44:52.360><c> mind</c>

00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:54.840
because<00:44:53.079><c> he</c><00:44:53.219><c> didn't</c><00:44:53.440><c> have</c><00:44:53.639><c> a</c><00:44:53.840><c> great</c><00:44:54.019><c> presence</c><00:44:54.320><c> of</c><00:44:54.559><c> mind</c><00:44:54.719><c> here,</c>

00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:55.820
he<00:44:54.880><c> was</c><00:44:55.079><c> desperate.</c>

00:44:55.820 --> 00:45:00.480
Just<00:44:56.800><c> please</c><00:44:57.619><c> could</c><00:44:57.880><c> you</c><00:44:58.280><c> intervene</c><00:44:58.900><c> and</c><00:44:59.480><c> turn</c><00:44:59.679><c> the</c><00:45:00.039><c> counsel</c>

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:01.960
of<00:45:00.699><c> Ahithophel</c><00:45:01.239><c> into</c><00:45:01.579><c> foolishness</c>

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:03.559
whichever<00:45:02.420><c> way</c><00:45:02.780><c> that</c><00:45:03.059><c> occurs.</c>

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:08.480
And<00:45:04.119><c> look</c><00:45:04.239><c> what</c><00:45:04.480><c> happens</c><00:45:04.780><c> in</c><00:45:05.079><c> the</c><00:45:05.380><c> very</c><00:45:05.900><c> next</c><00:45:07.019><c> verse.</c>

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:15.900
And<00:45:10.480><c> it</c><00:45:10.719><c> came</c><00:45:10.940><c> to</c><00:45:11.260><c> pass</c><00:45:12.179><c> that</c><00:45:13.599><c> when</c><00:45:14.019><c> David</c><00:45:14.480><c> was</c><00:45:14.940><c> come</c><00:45:15.260><c> to</c><00:45:15.579><c> the</c>

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:18.780
top<00:45:16.179><c> of</c><00:45:16.500><c> the</c><00:45:16.659><c> Mount</c><00:45:16.900><c> of</c><00:45:17.380><c> Olives</c>

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:25.760
where<00:45:19.679><c> he</c><00:45:20.099><c> worshipped</c><00:45:20.960><c> God</c><00:45:21.400><c> out</c><00:45:22.579><c> of</c><00:45:22.900><c> the</c><00:45:23.519><c> blue</c><00:45:24.119><c> as</c><00:45:25.079><c> though</c><00:45:25.300><c> it's</c><00:45:25.619><c> a</c>

00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:27.780
gift<00:45:26.159><c> from</c><00:45:26.599><c> heaven</c>

00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:32.119
Hushai<00:45:30.460><c> the</c><00:45:30.739><c> Archite</c><00:45:31.159><c> came</c><00:45:31.539><c> to</c><00:45:31.840><c> meet</c><00:45:31.960><c> him.</c>

00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:35.119
We've<00:45:32.659><c> never</c><00:45:33.059><c> heard</c><00:45:33.380><c> of</c><00:45:33.539><c> this</c><00:45:33.760><c> man</c><00:45:33.960><c> before.</c>

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:39.300
Hushai<00:45:35.760><c> the</c><00:45:36.059><c> Archite</c><00:45:36.880><c> came</c><00:45:37.219><c> to</c><00:45:37.519><c> meet</c><00:45:37.659><c> him</c><00:45:37.780><c> with</c><00:45:37.960><c> his</c><00:45:38.280><c> coat</c><00:45:38.559><c> rent</c><00:45:38.860><c> and</c>

00:45:39.300 --> 00:45:40.400
earth<00:45:39.519><c> upon</c><00:45:39.800><c> his</c><00:45:40.099><c> head.</c>

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:44.179
It's<00:45:41.159><c> as</c><00:45:41.340><c> though</c><00:45:41.559><c> God's</c><00:45:42.099><c> saying,</c><00:45:42.639><c> alright</c><00:45:42.880><c> I've</c><00:45:43.260><c> heard</c><00:45:43.480><c> your</c><00:45:43.699><c> prayer</c>

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:48.119
and<00:45:44.559><c> boom,</c><00:45:45.460><c> like</c><00:45:45.559><c> manna</c><00:45:45.840><c> from</c><00:45:46.019><c> heaven,</c><00:45:46.579><c> here's</c><00:45:46.900><c> this</c><00:45:47.159><c> elderly</c><00:45:47.659><c> brother</c>

00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:51.699
who's<00:45:48.619><c> going</c><00:45:48.780><c> to</c><00:45:49.059><c> do</c><00:45:49.280><c> the</c><00:45:49.440><c> work</c><00:45:49.659><c> of</c><00:45:50.000><c> overthrowing</c><00:45:50.659><c> Absalom.</c>

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:56.400
Even<00:45:52.739><c> David</c><00:45:53.400><c> didn't</c><00:45:53.860><c> see</c><00:45:54.179><c> the</c><00:45:54.460><c> significance</c><00:45:54.920><c> of</c><00:45:55.239><c> that.</c>

00:45:57.340 --> 00:46:00.139
David<00:45:57.679><c> never</c><00:45:57.980><c> saw</c><00:45:58.199><c> the</c><00:45:58.360><c> significance</c><00:45:58.920><c> of</c><00:45:59.179><c> that.</c>

00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:05.460
You<00:46:00.940><c> see,</c><00:46:01.800><c> what</c><00:46:02.019><c> David</c><00:46:02.559><c> says</c><00:46:02.960><c> to</c><00:46:03.219><c> Hushai</c><00:46:03.719><c> is,</c><00:46:04.320><c> listen,</c><00:46:05.239><c> you're</c>

00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:06.639
going<00:46:05.519><c> to</c><00:46:05.639><c> be</c><00:46:05.820><c> a</c><00:46:05.960><c> burden</c><00:46:06.199><c> to</c><00:46:06.380><c> us</c>

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:09.360
because<00:46:06.880><c> we</c><00:46:07.099><c> might</c><00:46:07.260><c> have</c><00:46:07.440><c> to</c><00:46:07.679><c> skedaddle</c><00:46:08.119><c> out</c><00:46:08.280><c> of</c><00:46:08.380><c> here</c><00:46:08.500><c> awfully</c><00:46:08.880><c> quick</c>

00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:11.119
and<00:46:09.760><c> you're</c><00:46:10.139><c> not</c><00:46:10.340><c> fluid</c><00:46:10.559><c> of</c><00:46:10.840><c> foot.</c>

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:12.539
I<00:46:11.519><c> tell</c><00:46:11.760><c> you</c><00:46:11.900><c> what</c><00:46:12.079><c> you'll</c><00:46:12.380><c> do.</c>

00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:16.400
You<00:46:12.900><c> can</c><00:46:13.139><c> be</c><00:46:13.280><c> of</c><00:46:13.420><c> more</c><00:46:13.639><c> value</c><00:46:13.960><c> to</c><00:46:14.199><c> me</c><00:46:14.519><c> if</c><00:46:14.739><c> you</c><00:46:14.960><c> just</c><00:46:15.159><c> go</c><00:46:15.380><c> back</c><00:46:15.639><c> to</c><00:46:15.920><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:20.860
and<00:46:16.820><c> be</c><00:46:17.099><c> another</c><00:46:17.460><c> fifth</c><00:46:17.900><c> columnist</c><00:46:19.039><c> within</c><00:46:19.599><c> the</c><00:46:19.900><c> palace.</c>

00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:29.599
And<00:46:24.460><c> whatever</c><00:46:24.980><c> you</c><00:46:25.420><c> learn</c><00:46:25.820><c> about</c><00:46:26.199><c> what</c><00:46:26.480><c> Ahithophel</c><00:46:27.179><c> and</c><00:46:27.420><c> Absalom</c><00:46:27.880><c> are</c><00:46:28.420><c> scheming</c>

00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:32.320
can<00:46:30.000><c> you</c><00:46:30.380><c> relay</c><00:46:30.679><c> the</c><00:46:30.960><c> message,</c><00:46:31.219><c> bits</c><00:46:31.380><c> of</c><00:46:31.599><c> paper</c><00:46:31.860><c> or</c><00:46:32.059><c> whatever,</c>

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:32.780
who<00:46:32.480><c> knows,</c>

00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:37.159
can<00:46:33.280><c> you</c><00:46:33.579><c> relay</c><00:46:33.920><c> the</c><00:46:34.179><c> message</c><00:46:34.539><c> through</c><00:46:34.820><c> this</c><00:46:35.079><c> sort</c><00:46:35.239><c> of</c><00:46:35.900><c> secret</c><00:46:36.480><c> corridor</c>

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:39.920
that<00:46:37.840><c> they</c><00:46:38.099><c> might</c><00:46:38.500><c> sort</c><00:46:38.699><c> of</c><00:46:39.039><c> eventually</c><00:46:39.380><c> get</c><00:46:39.599><c> to</c><00:46:39.800><c> me</c>

00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:45.300
and<00:46:40.000><c> I</c><00:46:40.099><c> can</c><00:46:40.420><c> find</c><00:46:40.800><c> out</c><00:46:41.139><c> exactly</c><00:46:41.539><c> what's</c><00:46:41.840><c> being</c><00:46:42.280><c> schemed</c><00:46:43.000><c> between</c><00:46:43.860><c> Absalom</c><00:46:44.539><c> and</c><00:46:44.860><c> Ahithophel.</c>

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:49.119
That's<00:46:45.780><c> what</c><00:46:45.920><c> I</c><00:46:45.980><c> want</c><00:46:46.079><c> you,</c><00:46:46.239><c> just</c><00:46:46.699><c> be</c><00:46:47.019><c> a</c><00:46:47.239><c> recording</c><00:46:47.739><c> instrument</c><00:46:48.400><c> so</c><00:46:48.659><c> to</c><00:46:48.900><c> speak</c>

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:52.059
and<00:46:49.440><c> a</c><00:46:49.699><c> conduit</c><00:46:50.119><c> for</c><00:46:50.320><c> that</c><00:46:50.500><c> information</c><00:46:51.079><c> to</c><00:46:51.559><c> get</c><00:46:51.719><c> away.</c>

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:54.559
In<00:46:52.559><c> fact,</c><00:46:53.059><c> that's</c><00:46:53.280><c> not</c><00:46:53.480><c> what</c><00:46:53.659><c> happened.</c>

00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:57.460
He<00:46:55.639><c> was</c><00:46:55.800><c> more</c><00:46:56.059><c> than</c><00:46:56.260><c> a</c><00:46:56.380><c> conduit.</c>

00:46:58.420 --> 00:47:02.239
He<00:46:58.679><c> actually</c><00:46:59.139><c> was</c><00:46:59.420><c> the</c><00:46:59.659><c> one</c><00:46:59.880><c> who</c><00:47:00.159><c> said,</c><00:47:00.480><c> now</c><00:47:00.559><c> hold</c><00:47:00.800><c> on</c><00:47:01.099><c> here,</c><00:47:01.800><c> Absalom,</c>

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:04.440
I've<00:47:02.739><c> got</c><00:47:02.800><c> a</c><00:47:02.960><c> better</c><00:47:03.159><c> idea</c><00:47:03.500><c> than</c><00:47:03.679><c> Ahithophel's.</c>

00:47:04.739 --> 00:47:07.440
I<00:47:05.000><c> reckon</c><00:47:05.219><c> you</c><00:47:05.380><c> should</c><00:47:05.539><c> do</c><00:47:05.800><c> this,</c><00:47:06.179><c> not</c><00:47:06.340><c> what</c><00:47:06.519><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:47:07.239><c> saying.</c>

00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:10.960
And<00:47:07.920><c> if</c><00:47:08.059><c> you</c><00:47:08.239><c> do</c><00:47:08.340><c> it</c><00:47:08.539><c> my</c><00:47:08.900><c> way,</c><00:47:09.300><c> you'll</c><00:47:09.619><c> get</c><00:47:09.880><c> David</c><00:47:10.320><c> far</c><00:47:10.659><c> better</c>

00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:13.480
than<00:47:11.119><c> if</c><00:47:11.260><c> you</c><00:47:11.460><c> take</c><00:47:11.659><c> the</c><00:47:11.840><c> riskier</c><00:47:12.239><c> path</c><00:47:12.559><c> of</c><00:47:12.780><c> Ahithophel's.</c>

00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:14.940
It<00:47:13.619><c> was</c><00:47:13.780><c> sheer</c><00:47:13.980><c> nonsense.</c>

00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:17.760
It<00:47:15.579><c> was</c><00:47:15.760><c> to</c><00:47:15.980><c> buy</c><00:47:16.179><c> time</c><00:47:16.559><c> for</c><00:47:16.840><c> David.</c>

00:47:17.860 --> 00:47:21.280
And<00:47:18.019><c> as</c><00:47:18.179><c> we</c><00:47:18.420><c> saw,</c><00:47:19.300><c> Absalom</c><00:47:19.539><c> fell</c><00:47:19.920><c> into</c><00:47:20.159><c> the</c><00:47:20.420><c> trap.</c>

00:47:22.380 --> 00:47:29.619
Talk<00:47:22.659><c> about</c><00:47:23.119><c> God</c><00:47:23.800><c> working</c><00:47:25.280><c> in</c><00:47:25.800><c> a</c><00:47:26.019><c> way</c><00:47:26.559><c> that</c><00:47:27.079><c> really</c><00:47:27.480><c> is</c><00:47:27.960><c> powerful</c><00:47:28.639><c> behind</c>

00:47:29.619 --> 00:47:30.659
our<00:47:30.280><c> scenes.</c>

00:47:31.059 --> 00:47:34.380
Now,<00:47:31.679><c> before</c><00:47:32.079><c> we</c><00:47:32.719><c> go</c><00:47:32.960><c> further</c><00:47:33.360><c> along</c><00:47:33.639><c> that,</c><00:47:33.960><c> brethren</c><00:47:34.119><c> and</c><00:47:34.320><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:34.380 --> 00:47:39.619
I<00:47:34.500><c> just</c><00:47:34.760><c> want</c><00:47:34.880><c> to</c><00:47:35.019><c> take</c><00:47:35.280><c> you</c><00:47:35.619><c> to</c><00:47:35.920><c> Psalm</c><00:47:36.260><c> 3</c><00:47:37.380><c> because</c><00:47:38.539><c> this</c><00:47:38.780><c> is</c>

00:47:39.619 --> 00:47:41.199
one<00:47:39.960><c> very</c><00:47:40.239><c> beautiful</c><00:47:40.659><c> psalm.</c>

00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:45.820
And<00:47:41.579><c> look,</c><00:47:42.739><c> if</c><00:47:42.880><c> you</c><00:47:43.079><c> want</c><00:47:43.219><c> to</c><00:47:43.340><c> find</c><00:47:43.639><c> out</c><00:47:44.000><c> about</c><00:47:44.840><c> this</c><00:47:45.159><c> man</c><00:47:45.420><c> David</c>

00:47:45.820 --> 00:47:48.860
and<00:47:46.280><c> a</c><00:47:46.519><c> man</c><00:47:46.719><c> after</c><00:47:47.019><c> God's</c><00:47:47.440><c> own</c><00:47:47.619><c> heart</c><00:47:47.860><c> as</c><00:47:48.099><c> we've</c><00:47:48.360><c> been</c><00:47:48.559><c> saying</c>

00:47:48.860 --> 00:47:52.699
throughout<00:47:50.079><c> this</c><00:47:51.800><c> weekend,</c>

00:47:53.139 --> 00:47:56.400
just<00:47:53.780><c> stand</c><00:47:54.159><c> in</c><00:47:54.380><c> awe</c><00:47:54.480><c> of</c><00:47:54.719><c> Psalm</c><00:47:54.960><c> 3.</c>

00:47:57.699 --> 00:48:00.900
This<00:47:58.039><c> psalm</c><00:47:58.320><c> was</c><00:47:58.559><c> written</c><00:47:58.900><c> around</c><00:47:59.440><c> this</c><00:47:59.900><c> time.</c>

00:48:01.170 --> 00:48:04.900
So<00:48:01.579><c> here's</c><00:48:01.860><c> a</c><00:48:01.980><c> window</c><00:48:02.420><c> into</c><00:48:02.679><c> David's</c><00:48:03.340><c> mind.</c>

00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:09.000
Verse<00:48:07.679><c> 1.</c>

00:48:09.840 --> 00:48:13.500
Yahweh,<00:48:10.460><c> how</c><00:48:10.840><c> are</c><00:48:11.099><c> they</c><00:48:11.380><c> increased</c><00:48:12.119><c> that</c><00:48:12.599><c> trouble</c><00:48:13.019><c> me?</c>

00:48:13.900 --> 00:48:17.679
Many<00:48:14.400><c> are</c><00:48:14.920><c> they</c><00:48:15.260><c> that</c><00:48:15.539><c> rise</c><00:48:15.860><c> up</c><00:48:16.159><c> against</c><00:48:16.579><c> me.</c>

00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:23.739
Many<00:48:18.260><c> there</c><00:48:18.739><c> be</c><00:48:19.099><c> which</c><00:48:19.579><c> say</c><00:48:20.000><c> of</c><00:48:20.380><c> my</c><00:48:20.880><c> soul,</c><00:48:22.099><c> there</c><00:48:22.320><c> is</c><00:48:22.820><c> no</c><00:48:23.360><c> help</c>

00:48:23.739 --> 00:48:24.880
for<00:48:24.039><c> him</c><00:48:24.260><c> in</c><00:48:24.599><c> God.</c>

00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:28.780
So<00:48:25.360><c> from</c><00:48:25.559><c> a</c><00:48:25.780><c> natural</c><00:48:26.099><c> point</c><00:48:26.440><c> of</c><00:48:26.579><c> view,</c><00:48:27.059><c> everything's</c><00:48:27.639><c> lost.</c>

00:48:29.699 --> 00:48:33.780
But<00:48:30.400><c> look</c><00:48:30.639><c> at</c><00:48:30.719><c> his</c><00:48:31.019><c> faith,</c><00:48:31.300><c> how</c><00:48:31.480><c> it</c><00:48:31.719><c> kicks</c><00:48:31.980><c> in</c><00:48:32.219><c> in</c><00:48:32.380><c> verse</c><00:48:32.619><c> 3.</c>

00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:41.940
But<00:48:34.500><c> thou,</c><00:48:35.619><c> O</c><00:48:35.980><c> Yahweh,</c><00:48:36.820><c> art</c><00:48:36.940><c> a</c><00:48:37.340><c> shield</c><00:48:37.840><c> for</c><00:48:38.559><c> me,</c><00:48:39.619><c> my</c><00:48:40.000><c> glory,</c><00:48:41.280><c> the</c><00:48:41.460><c> lifter</c><00:48:41.780><c> up</c>

00:48:41.940 --> 00:48:43.400
of<00:48:42.119><c> my</c><00:48:42.239><c> head.</c>

00:48:44.059 --> 00:48:48.880
I<00:48:44.619><c> cried</c><00:48:45.440><c> to</c><00:48:46.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:48:46.840><c> with</c><00:48:47.239><c> my</c><00:48:47.699><c> voice.</c>

00:48:49.300 --> 00:48:53.179
He<00:48:49.639><c> heard</c><00:48:50.079><c> me</c><00:48:50.480><c> out</c><00:48:50.699><c> of</c><00:48:50.860><c> his</c><00:48:51.099><c> holy</c><00:48:51.639><c> hill,</c><00:48:52.320><c> Silah.</c>

00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:55.739
And<00:48:53.659><c> verse</c><00:48:53.940><c> 5,</c><00:48:54.199><c> I</c><00:48:54.360><c> don't</c><00:48:54.480><c> know</c><00:48:54.539><c> how</c><00:48:54.699><c> he</c><00:48:54.840><c> did</c><00:48:55.019><c> this.</c>

00:48:55.739 --> 00:49:00.000
Verse<00:48:56.460><c> 5,</c><00:48:57.559><c> he</c><00:48:57.699><c> got</c><00:48:57.880><c> a</c><00:48:58.039><c> good</c><00:48:58.199><c> night's</c><00:48:58.619><c> rest.</c>

00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:03.059
Can<00:49:02.260><c> you</c><00:49:02.420><c> believe</c><00:49:02.800><c> that?</c>

00:49:03.079 --> 00:49:06.079
Right<00:49:03.300><c> in</c><00:49:03.460><c> the</c><00:49:03.800><c> heart</c><00:49:04.099><c> of</c><00:49:04.320><c> the</c><00:49:04.639><c> worst</c><00:49:05.000><c> possible</c><00:49:05.440><c> situation,</c>

00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:09.760
he<00:49:06.440><c> put</c><00:49:06.639><c> his</c><00:49:07.039><c> whole</c><00:49:07.380><c> trust</c><00:49:07.980><c> and</c><00:49:08.559><c> faith</c><00:49:08.980><c> in</c><00:49:09.420><c> God,</c>

00:49:10.059 --> 00:49:13.480
took<00:49:10.199><c> a</c><00:49:10.599><c> big</c><00:49:10.920><c> deep</c><00:49:11.219><c> breath,</c><00:49:11.860><c> penned</c><00:49:12.079><c> this</c><00:49:12.380><c> psalm</c><00:49:12.880><c> and</c><00:49:13.139><c> said,</c>

00:49:13.880 --> 00:49:15.619
I'm<00:49:14.139><c> going</c><00:49:14.219><c> to</c><00:49:14.320><c> go</c><00:49:14.440><c> and</c><00:49:14.519><c> have</c><00:49:14.639><c> a</c><00:49:14.860><c> sleep.</c>

00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:19.639
I<00:49:16.780><c> laid</c><00:49:17.059><c> me</c><00:49:17.380><c> down</c><00:49:17.960><c> and</c><00:49:18.679><c> slept.</c>

00:49:20.099 --> 00:49:22.920
I<00:49:20.420><c> awake</c><00:49:20.860><c> for</c><00:49:21.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:22.219><c> sustain</c><00:49:22.719><c> me.</c>

00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:25.099
I'm<00:49:23.139><c> not</c><00:49:23.360><c> going</c><00:49:23.480><c> to</c><00:49:23.559><c> be</c><00:49:23.780><c> afraid,</c><00:49:24.239><c> see</c><00:49:24.400><c> he</c><00:49:24.460><c> says</c><00:49:24.639><c> in</c><00:49:24.800><c> verse</c><00:49:24.940><c> 6,</c>

00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:27.400
I'm<00:49:25.219><c> not</c><00:49:25.380><c> going</c><00:49:25.559><c> to</c><00:49:25.559><c> be</c><00:49:25.699><c> afraid</c><00:49:25.960><c> of</c><00:49:26.139><c> ten</c><00:49:26.380><c> thousands</c><00:49:26.800><c> of</c><00:49:27.079><c> people</c>

00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:29.460
that<00:49:27.739><c> have</c><00:49:27.940><c> set</c><00:49:28.039><c> themselves</c><00:49:28.380><c> against</c><00:49:28.820><c> me</c><00:49:29.059><c> round</c><00:49:29.280><c> about.</c>

00:49:29.659 --> 00:49:32.960
Arise,<00:49:30.239><c> O</c><00:49:30.440><c> Yahweh,</c><00:49:31.400><c> save</c><00:49:31.960><c> me,</c><00:49:32.260><c> O</c><00:49:32.480><c> my</c><00:49:32.719><c> God.</c>

00:49:33.199 --> 00:49:35.360
You've<00:49:33.539><c> smitten</c><00:49:33.840><c> mine</c><00:49:34.039><c> enemies</c><00:49:34.400><c> upon</c><00:49:34.679><c> the</c><00:49:34.940><c> cheekbone.</c>

00:49:35.579 --> 00:49:38.219
You've<00:49:35.960><c> broken</c><00:49:36.139><c> the</c><00:49:36.420><c> teeth</c><00:49:36.559><c> of</c><00:49:36.739><c> the</c><00:49:36.920><c> ungodly</c><00:49:37.440><c> and</c><00:49:37.719><c> salvation</c>

00:49:38.219 --> 00:49:39.820
belongs<00:49:38.579><c> to</c><00:49:38.860><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:41.500
What<00:49:40.519><c> faith!</c>

00:49:42.239 --> 00:49:45.420
What<00:49:42.719><c> faith,</c><00:49:43.440><c> brethren,</c><00:49:43.559><c> is</c><00:49:43.659><c> to</c><00:49:43.699><c> be</c><00:49:43.900><c> able</c><00:49:44.079><c> to</c><00:49:44.400><c> say</c><00:49:44.760><c> that</c><00:49:45.199><c> and</c>

00:49:45.420 --> 00:49:48.340
to<00:49:45.760><c> do</c><00:49:46.019><c> that</c><00:49:46.420><c> in</c><00:49:47.659><c> that</c><00:49:47.920><c> crisis.</c>

00:49:48.440 --> 00:49:50.519
There's<00:49:48.920><c> the</c><00:49:49.119><c> man</c><00:49:49.380><c> that</c><00:49:49.579><c> we</c><00:49:49.699><c> all</c><00:49:49.900><c> want</c><00:49:50.059><c> to</c><00:49:50.300><c> be.</c>

00:49:50.519 --> 00:49:57.159
Alright,<00:49:51.619><c> let's</c><00:49:51.840><c> just</c><00:49:52.139><c> go</c><00:49:52.480><c> back</c><00:49:52.920><c> to</c><00:49:54.519><c> 2</c><00:49:54.840><c> Samuel</c><00:49:55.400><c> 15</c>

00:49:59.679 --> 00:50:03.579
and<00:50:00.360><c> we'll</c><00:50:00.519><c> get</c><00:50:00.699><c> to,</c><00:50:01.440><c> I</c><00:50:01.920><c> guess,</c><00:50:02.440><c> the</c><00:50:02.639><c> key</c><00:50:02.940><c> point</c><00:50:03.219><c> that</c><00:50:03.360><c> I</c><00:50:03.460><c> want</c>

00:50:03.579 --> 00:50:05.139
to<00:50:03.780><c> leave</c><00:50:03.940><c> with</c><00:50:04.300><c> you</c>

00:50:06.920 --> 00:50:15.420
as<00:50:07.599><c> we</c><00:50:07.940><c> bring</c><00:50:08.260><c> this</c><00:50:11.079><c> chapter</c><00:50:11.880><c> and</c><00:50:12.099><c> this</c><00:50:12.400><c> study</c><00:50:12.800><c> to</c><00:50:13.559><c> a</c><00:50:13.880><c> conclusion.</c>

00:50:18.639 --> 00:50:20.800
Note<00:50:19.280><c> the</c><00:50:19.559><c> progression.</c>

00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:25.179
David's<00:50:22.159><c> distressed,</c><00:50:22.940><c> he</c><00:50:23.079><c> then</c><00:50:23.380><c> learns</c><00:50:23.599><c> about</c><00:50:23.900><c> Ahithophel.</c>

00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:28.719
He<00:50:25.639><c> prays</c><00:50:26.000><c> his</c><00:50:26.219><c> little</c><00:50:26.599><c> nothing</c><00:50:27.079><c> prayer</c><00:50:27.500><c> that</c><00:50:27.679><c> I</c><00:50:27.840><c> couldn't</c><00:50:28.019><c> even</c><00:50:28.380><c> see</c><00:50:28.519><c> as</c>

00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:28.980
a<00:50:28.860><c> prayer</c>

00:50:28.980 --> 00:50:31.019
as<00:50:29.139><c> I</c><00:50:29.280><c> read</c><00:50:29.360><c> it</c><00:50:29.519><c> four</c><00:50:29.760><c> times</c><00:50:30.059><c> and</c><00:50:30.199><c> then</c><00:50:30.360><c> realised</c><00:50:30.559><c> there</c><00:50:30.679><c> was</c><00:50:30.860><c> a</c>

00:50:31.019 --> 00:50:32.320
prayer<00:50:31.159><c> in</c><00:50:31.380><c> there.</c>

00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:37.940
God<00:50:33.659><c> immediately</c><00:50:34.420><c> answers</c><00:50:34.960><c> by</c><00:50:35.360><c> sending</c><00:50:35.800><c> Hushai</c><00:50:36.619><c> an</c><00:50:37.460><c> answer</c>

00:50:37.940 --> 00:50:38.880
to<00:50:38.320><c> prayer</c>

00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:43.860
in<00:50:39.599><c> a</c><00:50:40.059><c> manner</c><00:50:40.380><c> that</c><00:50:40.860><c> David</c><00:50:41.440><c> really</c><00:50:42.159><c> did</c><00:50:42.519><c> not</c><00:50:42.920><c> understand.</c>

00:50:43.860 --> 00:50:47.960
He<00:50:44.599><c> had</c><00:50:44.820><c> another</c><00:50:45.219><c> plan</c><00:50:45.539><c> for</c><00:50:45.840><c> Hushai</c><00:50:46.219><c> that</c><00:50:46.500><c> God</c><00:50:47.000><c> did</c><00:50:47.320><c> not</c><00:50:47.559><c> endorse.</c>

00:50:48.019 --> 00:50:50.559
God<00:50:48.260><c> had</c><00:50:48.539><c> other</c><00:50:48.920><c> plans</c><00:50:49.260><c> altogether.</c>

00:50:52.139 --> 00:50:56.340
And<00:50:52.219><c> then</c><00:50:52.420><c> Hushai</c><00:50:52.940><c> overthrows</c><00:50:54.960><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:50:56.039><c> wisdom.</c>

00:50:56.460 --> 00:51:02.420
Now<00:50:56.639><c> I</c><00:50:56.820><c> want</c><00:50:57.239><c> to,</c><00:50:58.699><c> by</c><00:50:58.940><c> way</c><00:50:59.179><c> of</c><00:50:59.360><c> this</c><00:50:59.500><c> transparency,</c><00:51:01.880><c> just</c><00:51:02.159><c> show</c>

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:03.519
you<00:51:02.619><c> what's</c><00:51:02.980><c> going</c><00:51:03.219><c> on.</c>

00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:07.320
This<00:51:04.239><c> is</c><00:51:04.480><c> important.</c><00:51:05.179><c> This</c><00:51:05.360><c> is</c><00:51:05.579><c> important</c><00:51:05.880><c> for</c><00:51:06.139><c> our</c><00:51:06.380><c> faith.</c>

00:51:08.920 --> 00:51:11.400
Think<00:51:09.440><c> of</c><00:51:09.679><c> two</c><00:51:10.079><c> ends.</c>

00:51:14.219 --> 00:51:16.480
Think<00:51:14.460><c> of</c><00:51:14.760><c> David's</c><00:51:15.599><c> end</c><00:51:15.980><c> of</c><00:51:16.139><c> the</c><00:51:16.320><c> problem.</c>

00:51:16.559 --> 00:51:18.639
We'll<00:51:17.019><c> park</c><00:51:17.260><c> it</c><00:51:17.420><c> over</c><00:51:17.699><c> here,</c><00:51:17.980><c> okay?</c>

00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:21.599
Here's<00:51:19.320><c> David.</c><00:51:19.639><c> This</c><00:51:19.800><c> is</c><00:51:19.980><c> all</c><00:51:20.260><c> he</c><00:51:20.519><c> knows,</c><00:51:21.340><c> right?</c>

00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:24.519
We've<00:51:22.159><c> got</c><00:51:22.300><c> the</c><00:51:22.440><c> luxury</c><00:51:22.719><c> of</c><00:51:22.880><c> just</c><00:51:23.039><c> knowing</c><00:51:23.159><c> the</c><00:51:23.300><c> whole</c><00:51:23.480><c> record,</c>

00:51:24.820 --> 00:51:26.719
which<00:51:25.019><c> is</c><00:51:25.239><c> great</c><00:51:25.440><c> for</c><00:51:25.599><c> us,</c><00:51:25.860><c> but</c><00:51:26.139><c> just</c><00:51:26.539><c> think.</c>

00:51:26.760 --> 00:51:29.619
This<00:51:26.900><c> is</c><00:51:27.059><c> what</c><00:51:27.320><c> David</c><00:51:27.840><c> knows</c><00:51:28.099><c> and</c><00:51:28.360><c> nothing</c><00:51:28.659><c> more.</c>

00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:33.679
He's<00:51:30.119><c> weeping.</c><00:51:31.460><c> He</c><00:51:31.659><c> gets</c><00:51:31.860><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:51:32.599><c> defection</c><00:51:33.059><c> advised</c>

00:51:33.679 --> 00:51:34.980
to<00:51:34.079><c> him.</c>

00:51:35.079 --> 00:51:37.039
He<00:51:35.599><c> prays</c><00:51:36.119><c> this</c><00:51:36.360><c> nothing</c><00:51:36.739><c> prayer.</c>

00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:39.199
And<00:51:37.159><c> you</c><00:51:37.239><c> know</c><00:51:37.400><c> I</c><00:51:37.460><c> don't</c><00:51:37.679><c> mean</c><00:51:37.880><c> that</c><00:51:38.099><c> in</c><00:51:38.239><c> a</c><00:51:38.500><c> negative</c><00:51:38.920><c> sense.</c>

00:51:39.300 --> 00:51:43.440
I<00:51:39.320><c> mean</c><00:51:39.500><c> it's</c><00:51:40.079><c> just</c><00:51:40.199><c> a</c><00:51:41.199><c> line</c><00:51:42.400><c> and</c><00:51:42.559><c> a</c><00:51:42.659><c> half</c><00:51:42.880><c> almost.</c>

00:51:43.920 --> 00:51:45.599
A<00:51:44.099><c> nothing</c><00:51:44.500><c> prayer.</c>

00:51:46.019 --> 00:51:49.679
And<00:51:46.159><c> immediately,</c><00:51:46.940><c> as</c><00:51:47.059><c> we</c><00:51:47.300><c> said,</c><00:51:47.800><c> out</c><00:51:47.820><c> of</c><00:51:47.960><c> the</c><00:51:48.179><c> blue</c><00:51:48.360><c> comes</c><00:51:48.780><c> Hushai,</c><00:51:49.440><c> an</c>

00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:50.820
older<00:51:49.960><c> brother.</c>

00:51:50.880 --> 00:51:55.760
Why?<00:51:51.840><c> Because</c><00:51:52.300><c> David</c><00:51:52.820><c> thought</c><00:51:53.199><c> that</c><00:51:53.400><c> Hushai</c><00:51:53.840><c> could</c><00:51:54.159><c> at</c><00:51:55.039><c> best</c>

00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:57.639
be<00:51:56.960><c> a</c><00:51:57.360><c> spy.</c>

00:51:57.760 --> 00:52:00.579
No<00:51:57.920><c> more</c><00:51:58.159><c> than</c><00:51:58.360><c> that.</c><00:51:58.719><c> A</c><00:51:58.980><c> passive</c><00:51:59.480><c> spy.</c>

00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:04.059
So<00:52:02.239><c> that's</c><00:52:02.659><c> at</c><00:52:02.860><c> David's</c><00:52:03.380><c> end</c><00:52:03.539><c> over</c><00:52:03.820><c> here.</c>

00:52:04.059 --> 00:52:07.940
Over<00:52:04.800><c> this</c><00:52:05.139><c> end,</c><00:52:05.460><c> Absalom's</c><00:52:06.099><c> end,</c>

00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:13.079
God<00:52:08.300><c> was</c><00:52:08.699><c> using</c><00:52:09.119><c> Hushai</c><00:52:09.880><c> away</c><00:52:10.719><c> from</c><00:52:11.039><c> David's</c><00:52:11.800><c> gaze</c><00:52:12.380><c> to</c>

00:52:13.079 --> 00:52:16.960
overthrow<00:52:14.079><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:52:15.579><c> advice.</c>

00:52:17.179 --> 00:52:21.619
Now,<00:52:19.300><c> here's</c><00:52:19.519><c> the</c><00:52:19.739><c> take</c><00:52:19.940><c> home</c><00:52:20.039><c> message.</c>

00:52:25.860 --> 00:52:32.380
Out<00:52:27.000><c> of</c><00:52:27.320><c> faith,</c><00:52:30.420><c> when</c><00:52:30.679><c> you</c><00:52:30.800><c> hit</c><00:52:31.019><c> rock</c><00:52:31.360><c> bottom,</c>

00:52:33.079 --> 00:52:39.539
and<00:52:33.679><c> many</c><00:52:33.900><c> of</c><00:52:34.079><c> you</c><00:52:34.260><c> have,</c><00:52:34.639><c> I</c><00:52:34.760><c> know</c><00:52:34.980><c> you</c><00:52:39.039><c> have,</c>

00:52:40.019 --> 00:52:49.420
throw<00:52:40.019><c> everything</c><00:52:41.639><c> simply</c><00:52:43.960><c> put</c><00:52:45.440><c> to</c><00:52:46.900><c> God</c><00:52:47.519><c> in</c><00:52:48.219><c> prayer</c><00:52:48.559><c> and</c><00:52:48.820><c> leave</c><00:52:49.079><c> it</c>

00:52:49.420 --> 00:52:51.179
all<00:52:49.619><c> up</c><00:52:49.880><c> to</c><00:52:50.099><c> God.</c>

00:52:53.079 --> 00:52:56.739
Don't<00:52:53.679><c> ask</c><00:52:54.059><c> to</c><00:52:54.260><c> be</c><00:52:54.519><c> advised</c><00:52:54.920><c> of</c><00:52:55.260><c> all</c><00:52:55.619><c> the</c><00:52:55.820><c> ins</c><00:52:56.000><c> and</c><00:52:56.179><c> outs</c><00:52:56.420><c> as</c><00:52:56.619><c> to</c>

00:52:56.739 --> 00:52:58.559
how<00:52:57.199><c> God's</c><00:52:57.760><c> going</c><00:52:57.880><c> to</c><00:52:58.059><c> work</c><00:52:58.199><c> it</c><00:52:58.400><c> through.</c>

00:52:58.619 --> 00:53:01.199
Just<00:52:58.920><c> throw</c><00:52:59.199><c> it</c><00:52:59.519><c> believing</c><00:53:00.079><c> that</c><00:53:00.460><c> God</c><00:53:00.820><c> does.</c>

00:53:01.199 --> 00:53:02.559
God<00:53:01.679><c> is</c><00:53:01.679><c> someone</c><00:53:01.860><c> you</c><00:53:02.019><c> can</c><00:53:02.320><c> trust.</c>

00:53:02.900 --> 00:53:06.159
And<00:53:02.920><c> just</c><00:53:03.159><c> throw</c><00:53:03.280><c> it</c><00:53:03.539><c> all</c><00:53:03.780><c> out</c><00:53:04.019><c> there</c><00:53:04.199><c> to</c><00:53:04.340><c> God</c><00:53:04.840><c> in</c><00:53:05.400><c> prayer,</c>

00:53:06.400 --> 00:53:08.000
simply,<00:53:06.739><c> artlessly.</c>

00:53:10.239 --> 00:53:14.260
And<00:53:10.480><c> believe</c><00:53:11.079><c> that</c><00:53:11.599><c> God</c><00:53:11.960><c> does</c><00:53:12.460><c> protect</c><00:53:12.980><c> at</c><00:53:13.440><c> your</c><00:53:13.860><c> end,</c>

00:53:14.340 --> 00:53:18.159
even<00:53:14.659><c> though</c><00:53:14.940><c> you</c><00:53:15.179><c> don't</c><00:53:15.559><c> know</c><00:53:15.880><c> what's</c><00:53:16.239><c> happening</c><00:53:16.539><c> over</c><00:53:16.960><c> the</c><00:53:17.199><c> horizon.</c>

00:53:19.219 --> 00:53:22.800
You've<00:53:19.480><c> got</c><00:53:19.639><c> no</c><00:53:20.019><c> idea</c><00:53:20.519><c> really</c><00:53:21.500><c> what's</c><00:53:22.360><c> going</c><00:53:22.599><c> on.</c>

00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:25.280
He<00:53:23.239><c> just</c><00:53:23.519><c> thought,</c><00:53:23.719><c> oh</c><00:53:23.900><c> well</c><00:53:23.980><c> he's</c><00:53:24.260><c> a</c><00:53:24.500><c> spy.</c>

00:53:25.360 --> 00:53:26.159
God<00:53:25.599><c> had</c><00:53:25.780><c> other</c><00:53:26.039><c> plans.</c>

00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:29.980
And<00:53:26.159><c> over</c><00:53:26.719><c> the</c><00:53:27.059><c> horizon,</c><00:53:27.760><c> away</c><00:53:28.099><c> from</c><00:53:28.380><c> your</c><00:53:28.739><c> gaze,</c><00:53:29.559><c> in</c><00:53:29.739><c> this</c>

00:53:29.980 --> 00:53:32.019
case<00:53:30.260><c> David's</c><00:53:30.920><c> gaze,</c>

00:53:32.980 --> 00:53:35.420
God's<00:53:33.420><c> saying,</c><00:53:33.559><c> right,</c><00:53:33.780><c> I'm</c><00:53:33.940><c> going</c><00:53:34.039><c> to</c><00:53:34.119><c> use</c><00:53:34.300><c> Hushai</c><00:53:34.519><c> not</c><00:53:34.679><c> as</c><00:53:34.860><c> a</c><00:53:35.119><c> spy,</c>

00:53:35.599 --> 00:53:38.019
but<00:53:35.739><c> as</c><00:53:35.840><c> in</c><00:53:36.039><c> fact</c><00:53:36.239><c> as</c><00:53:36.480><c> a</c><00:53:36.659><c> counsellor</c><00:53:37.139><c> to</c><00:53:37.380><c> overthrow</c><00:53:37.699><c> another</c>

00:53:38.019 --> 00:53:39.039
counsellor,<00:53:38.679><c> Ahithophel,</c>

00:53:39.099 --> 00:53:41.239
which<00:53:39.260><c> is</c><00:53:39.420><c> the</c><00:53:39.460><c> most</c><00:53:39.960><c> unbelievable</c><00:53:40.579><c> thing,</c><00:53:40.860><c> but</c><00:53:40.960><c> I'm</c><00:53:41.119><c> going</c>

00:53:41.239 --> 00:53:42.900
to<00:53:41.380><c> do</c><00:53:41.460><c> it,</c><00:53:41.639><c> says</c><00:53:41.860><c> God.</c>

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:49.420
Now,<00:53:44.920><c> look,</c><00:53:45.760><c> let</c><00:53:46.000><c> me</c><00:53:46.199><c> give</c><00:53:46.360><c> you</c><00:53:46.980><c> a</c><00:53:47.280><c> modern</c><00:53:47.599><c> day</c><00:53:48.739><c> version</c><00:53:49.199><c> of</c><00:53:49.360><c> that.</c>

00:53:49.420 --> 00:53:51.639
And<00:53:49.519><c> I've</c><00:53:49.659><c> heard</c><00:53:49.780><c> a</c><00:53:49.880><c> number</c><00:53:50.159><c> of</c><00:53:50.420><c> cases</c><00:53:50.780><c> of</c><00:53:50.940><c> this,</c><00:53:51.199><c> by</c><00:53:51.380><c> the</c><00:53:51.519><c> way.</c>

00:53:51.639 --> 00:53:56.780
I<00:53:51.639><c> think</c><00:53:51.639><c> this</c><00:53:51.900><c> is,</c><00:53:52.360><c> it's</c><00:53:53.079><c> a</c><00:53:53.159><c> wonderful</c><00:53:53.639><c> thing</c><00:53:54.260><c> really</c><00:53:54.679><c> to</c><00:53:54.780><c> hear</c><00:53:55.000><c> these</c><00:53:55.280><c> sort</c><00:53:55.420><c> of</c><00:53:55.679><c> stories.</c>

00:53:58.539 --> 00:54:03.539
Look,<00:54:00.760><c> this</c><00:54:01.099><c> idea</c><00:54:01.679><c> of</c><00:54:02.179><c> not</c><00:54:02.559><c> knowing</c><00:54:02.800><c> everything</c><00:54:03.119><c> and</c><00:54:03.260><c> leaving</c>

00:54:03.539 --> 00:54:05.900
to<00:54:03.820><c> God</c><00:54:04.019><c> the</c><00:54:04.219><c> things</c><00:54:04.400><c> that</c><00:54:04.559><c> are</c><00:54:04.699><c> over</c><00:54:04.900><c> the</c><00:54:04.980><c> horizon,</c>

00:54:06.340 --> 00:54:13.679
I<00:54:06.539><c> heard</c><00:54:06.820><c> of</c><00:54:07.199><c> a</c><00:54:08.139><c> case</c><00:54:08.699><c> that</c><00:54:09.480><c> happened</c><00:54:10.400><c> relatively</c><00:54:12.320><c> recently.</c>

00:54:16.900 --> 00:54:25.099
A<00:54:17.619><c> woman</c><00:54:18.340><c> learnt</c><00:54:19.780><c> the</c><00:54:20.139><c> truth,</c><00:54:22.019><c> became</c><00:54:22.380><c> a</c><00:54:22.619><c> sister</c><00:54:23.159><c> in</c><00:54:23.760><c> Christ,</c>

00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:31.340
and<00:54:26.940><c> was</c><00:54:27.940><c> absolutely</c><00:54:28.639><c> overjoyed</c><00:54:29.980><c> with</c><00:54:30.239><c> what</c><00:54:30.500><c> God</c><00:54:30.840><c> had</c><00:54:31.139><c> given</c>

00:54:31.340 --> 00:54:34.420
her<00:54:31.699><c> in</c><00:54:31.860><c> terms</c><00:54:32.179><c> of</c><00:54:32.340><c> this</c><00:54:32.659><c> wonderful</c><00:54:33.219><c> hope.</c>

00:54:35.019 --> 00:54:38.579
And<00:54:35.119><c> full</c><00:54:35.480><c> of</c><00:54:35.780><c> zeal</c><00:54:36.059><c> and</c><00:54:36.300><c> enthusiasm</c><00:54:37.159><c> and</c><00:54:37.400><c> all</c><00:54:37.579><c> that</c><00:54:37.860><c> sort</c><00:54:38.019><c> of</c><00:54:38.219><c> thing,</c>

00:54:38.579 --> 00:54:45.840
she<00:54:39.260><c> vigorously</c><00:54:40.079><c> appealed</c><00:54:40.860><c> to</c><00:54:41.119><c> her</c><00:54:41.380><c> husband</c><00:54:42.000><c> and</c><00:54:42.500><c> her</c><00:54:42.920><c> children</c><00:54:43.579><c> to</c><00:54:44.619><c> join</c><00:54:45.059><c> her</c>

00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:52.079
in<00:54:46.199><c> being</c><00:54:46.800><c> a</c><00:54:48.039><c> brother</c><00:54:48.300><c> and</c><00:54:48.699><c> sister</c><00:54:49.000><c> in</c><00:54:49.340><c> Christ,</c><00:54:50.079><c> a</c><00:54:50.199><c> Christadelphian.</c>

00:54:55.400 --> 00:55:02.039
And<00:54:55.400><c> for</c><00:54:56.380><c> enormous</c><00:54:57.239><c> amounts</c><00:54:57.599><c> of</c><00:54:57.880><c> time</c><00:54:58.199><c> and</c><00:54:58.500><c> energy</c><00:54:58.980><c> and</c><00:54:59.400><c> plotting,</c><00:54:59.980><c> because</c><00:54:59.980><c> we</c><00:55:00.380><c> do</c><00:55:00.579><c> that,</c>

00:55:02.940 --> 00:55:07.860
she<00:55:03.300><c> left</c><00:55:04.320><c> heralds</c><00:55:04.860><c> all</c><00:55:05.079><c> over</c><00:55:05.260><c> the</c><00:55:05.480><c> place</c><00:55:05.780><c> and</c><00:55:06.619><c> posters</c><00:55:07.199><c> and</c><00:55:07.460><c> stuff,</c>

00:55:07.860 --> 00:55:10.420
and<00:55:08.019><c> it</c><00:55:08.159><c> was</c><00:55:08.280><c> pretty</c><00:55:08.480><c> obvious</c><00:55:08.780><c> what</c><00:55:08.940><c> she</c><00:55:09.099><c> was</c><00:55:09.260><c> on</c><00:55:09.380><c> about,</c><00:55:10.199><c> and</c>

00:55:10.420 --> 00:55:13.539
she<00:55:10.599><c> got</c><00:55:10.739><c> no</c><00:55:10.980><c> response,</c><00:55:11.980><c> just</c><00:55:12.179><c> zero</c><00:55:12.500><c> response.</c>

00:55:14.519 --> 00:55:16.960
But<00:55:14.860><c> she</c><00:55:14.980><c> just</c><00:55:15.260><c> kept</c><00:55:15.420><c> at</c><00:55:15.619><c> it,</c><00:55:15.800><c> and</c><00:55:15.960><c> she</c><00:55:16.079><c> was</c><00:55:16.239><c> a</c><00:55:16.320><c> very</c><00:55:16.559><c> faithful</c>

00:55:16.960 --> 00:55:19.800
sister,<00:55:17.579><c> marked</c><00:55:17.739><c> up</c><00:55:17.960><c> her</c><00:55:18.320><c> margins</c><00:55:18.619><c> or</c><00:55:18.860><c> whatever,</c>

00:55:19.980 --> 00:55:23.940
tended<00:55:20.239><c> everything,</c><00:55:21.380><c> in</c><00:55:21.960><c> spite</c><00:55:22.320><c> of</c><00:55:22.500><c> the</c><00:55:22.719><c> negative</c><00:55:23.280><c> situation</c>

00:55:23.940 --> 00:55:26.159
at<00:55:24.179><c> home,</c><00:55:24.639><c> and</c><00:55:24.820><c> she</c><00:55:24.960><c> got</c><00:55:25.119><c> zero</c><00:55:25.579><c> response.</c>

00:55:26.460 --> 00:55:29.019
Husband<00:55:26.800><c> wasn't</c><00:55:27.059><c> interested,</c><00:55:27.440><c> children</c><00:55:27.800><c> couldn't</c><00:55:28.119><c> care</c><00:55:28.340><c> less,</c><00:55:28.519><c> they</c><00:55:28.699><c> were</c><00:55:28.880><c> out</c>

00:55:29.019 --> 00:55:29.719
somewhere<00:55:29.300><c> else.</c>

00:55:29.719 --> 00:55:33.619
And<00:55:30.500><c> she</c><00:55:30.739><c> had</c><00:55:30.980><c> a</c><00:55:31.139><c> lifetime,</c><00:55:31.960><c> resident</c><00:55:32.380><c> sisters,</c><00:55:32.940><c> a</c><00:55:33.059><c> lifetime,</c>

00:55:33.960 --> 00:55:38.019
literally,<00:55:36.800><c> of</c><00:55:37.099><c> failure.</c>

00:55:38.739 --> 00:55:45.579
Her<00:55:39.019><c> preaching</c><00:55:39.380><c> was</c><00:55:39.739><c> a</c><00:55:39.820><c> complete</c><00:55:40.559><c> failure.</c><00:55:44.260><c> And</c><00:55:44.440><c> she</c><00:55:44.619><c> died.</c>

00:55:48.960 --> 00:55:56.539
Broken<00:55:49.420><c>-spirited,</c><00:55:51.719><c> she</c><00:55:52.119><c> died,</c><00:55:53.940><c> without</c><00:55:54.239><c> any</c><00:55:54.500><c> results</c><00:55:54.860><c> at</c><00:55:55.059><c> all.</c>

00:55:58.059 --> 00:56:06.739
And<00:55:58.900><c> there,</c><00:55:59.559><c> in</c><00:55:59.659><c> tidying</c><00:56:00.099><c> up</c><00:56:00.659><c> her</c><00:56:01.639><c> belongings,</c><00:56:04.099><c> when</c><00:56:04.260><c> she's</c><00:56:04.519><c> dead,</c><00:56:04.820><c> we've</c><00:56:05.039><c> just</c><00:56:05.420><c> attended</c><00:56:05.599><c> a</c><00:56:05.880><c> funeral,</c>

00:56:07.019 --> 00:56:17.800
and<00:56:07.260><c> everyone's</c><00:56:07.579><c> come</c><00:56:07.760><c> back</c><00:56:08.099><c> home,</c><00:56:09.780><c> and</c><00:56:09.880><c> her</c><00:56:10.980><c> grandson</c><00:56:12.340><c> picked</c><00:56:17.139><c> up</c>

00:56:17.800 --> 00:56:19.239
her<00:56:18.239><c> Bible.</c>

00:56:19.900 --> 00:56:22.739
Well,<00:56:20.539><c> someone's</c><00:56:20.920><c> got</c><00:56:21.039><c> to</c><00:56:21.219><c> take</c><00:56:21.360><c> it</c><00:56:21.539><c> away.</c>

00:56:26.260 --> 00:56:32.780
And<00:56:26.420><c> he</c><00:56:26.500><c> opened</c><00:56:26.780><c> it</c><00:56:27.019><c> up,</c><00:56:29.920><c> and</c><00:56:30.239><c> he</c><00:56:30.400><c> read</c><00:56:31.000><c> her</c><00:56:31.500><c> notes.</c>

00:56:35.860 --> 00:56:39.860
The<00:56:36.420><c> Christadelphians.</c><00:56:37.940><c> Yeah,</c><00:56:38.619><c> Grandma</c><00:56:38.900><c> used</c><00:56:39.239><c> to</c><00:56:39.440><c> talk</c><00:56:39.719><c> a</c>

00:56:39.860 --> 00:56:41.659
bit<00:56:40.039><c> about</c><00:56:40.420><c> them.</c>

00:56:42.900 --> 00:56:46.219
So<00:56:43.460><c> he</c><00:56:43.539><c> got</c><00:56:43.739><c> in</c><00:56:43.980><c> touch</c><00:56:44.260><c> with</c><00:56:44.519><c> the</c><00:56:44.780><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:56:47.420 --> 00:56:50.539
He's<00:56:48.099><c> now</c><00:56:48.320><c> a</c><00:56:48.420><c> brother</c><00:56:48.780><c> in</c><00:56:49.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:56:52.619 --> 00:56:57.360
Did<00:56:52.699><c> her</c><00:56:53.039><c> preaching</c><00:56:53.460><c> fail?</c><00:56:56.179><c> No.</c>

00:56:58.260 --> 00:57:01.300
But<00:56:58.420><c> she</c><00:56:58.619><c> doesn't</c><00:56:58.940><c> know</c><00:56:59.239><c> that.</c><00:57:00.179><c> In</c><00:57:00.320><c> fact,</c><00:57:00.460><c> she</c><00:57:00.659><c> won't</c><00:57:00.940><c> know</c>

00:57:01.300 --> 00:57:03.920
that,<00:57:02.820><c> until</c><00:57:03.199><c> the</c><00:57:03.480><c> resurrection,</c>

00:57:04.059 --> 00:57:08.679
and<00:57:04.219><c> she's</c><00:57:04.500><c> going</c><00:57:04.719><c> to</c><00:57:04.940><c> see</c><00:57:05.099><c> her</c><00:57:05.559><c> grandson</c><00:57:06.280><c> at</c><00:57:08.019><c> the</c><00:57:08.280><c> resurrection.</c>

00:57:08.920 --> 00:57:12.920
Can<00:57:09.179><c> you</c><00:57:09.519><c> imagine,</c><00:57:10.280><c> can</c><00:57:10.639><c> you</c><00:57:11.099><c> imagine</c><00:57:11.840><c> the</c><00:57:12.139><c> reunion</c><00:57:12.739><c> that</c>

00:57:12.920 --> 00:57:14.199
will<00:57:13.139><c> take</c><00:57:13.440><c> place</c><00:57:13.800><c> there?</c>

00:57:14.199 --> 00:57:22.559
So<00:57:15.019><c> it</c><00:57:15.219><c> was</c><00:57:15.619><c> not</c><00:57:15.860><c> in</c><00:57:16.179><c> vain.</c><00:57:16.699><c> After</c><00:57:17.260><c> all,</c><00:57:19.099><c> my</c><00:57:19.400><c> grandson,</c><00:57:20.219><c> of</c><00:57:20.460><c> all</c><00:57:20.860><c> people,</c>

00:57:22.780 --> 00:57:25.639
picked<00:57:23.000><c> up</c><00:57:23.199><c> my</c><00:57:23.480><c> Bible,</c><00:57:24.199><c> and</c><00:57:24.360><c> read</c><00:57:24.460><c> it,</c><00:57:24.639><c> and</c><00:57:24.699><c> got</c><00:57:24.860><c> in</c><00:57:25.079><c> touch,</c><00:57:25.260><c> and</c><00:57:25.320><c> he's</c><00:57:25.519><c> a</c>

00:57:25.639 --> 00:57:27.340
brother,<00:57:25.800><c> and</c><00:57:26.059><c> we're</c><00:57:26.260><c> together.</c>

00:57:28.139 --> 00:57:33.300
You<00:57:28.559><c> just</c><00:57:29.039><c> don't</c><00:57:29.539><c> know</c><00:57:29.940><c> what</c><00:57:30.219><c> God's</c><00:57:30.699><c> doing</c><00:57:30.860><c> over</c><00:57:31.260><c> the</c><00:57:31.500><c> horizon,</c><00:57:32.000><c> brothers</c><00:57:32.079><c> and</c><00:57:32.280><c> sisters.</c>

00:57:34.219 --> 00:57:38.579
You<00:57:34.679><c> just</c><00:57:35.119><c> don't</c><00:57:35.559><c> know</c><00:57:36.179><c> what</c><00:57:36.500><c> God,</c><00:57:36.820><c> when</c><00:57:37.019><c> he</c><00:57:37.199><c> does</c><00:57:37.500><c> various</c><00:57:38.059><c> things</c><00:57:38.400><c> in</c>

00:57:38.579 --> 00:57:38.940
your<00:57:38.780><c> life,</c>

00:57:38.940 --> 00:57:42.320
is<00:57:39.139><c> really</c><00:57:39.760><c> planning</c><00:57:40.079><c> for</c><00:57:40.400><c> you</c><00:57:40.760><c> in</c><00:57:40.940><c> the</c><00:57:41.159><c> long</c><00:57:41.519><c> term.</c><00:57:42.019><c> You</c>

00:57:42.320 --> 00:57:44.239
don't<00:57:43.139><c> know.</c>

00:57:44.480 --> 00:57:48.900
And<00:57:44.739><c> to</c><00:57:44.960><c> pretend</c><00:57:45.500><c> to</c><00:57:45.820><c> know</c><00:57:46.079><c> is</c><00:57:46.579><c> that,</c><00:57:47.219><c> pretense.</c>

00:57:54.360 --> 00:57:57.039
Put<00:57:54.960><c> the</c><00:57:55.199><c> leaflet</c><00:57:55.559><c> in</c><00:57:55.780><c> the</c><00:57:55.920><c> letterbox.</c>

00:58:00.420 --> 00:58:03.659
You<00:58:01.019><c> don't</c><00:58:01.400><c> know</c><00:58:01.739><c> what's</c><00:58:02.059><c> going</c><00:58:02.360><c> on</c><00:58:02.539><c> in</c><00:58:02.659><c> that</c><00:58:02.880><c> household,</c><00:58:03.420><c> that</c><00:58:03.559><c> you</c>

00:58:03.659 --> 00:58:04.940
put<00:58:03.860><c> that</c><00:58:04.139><c> leaflet</c><00:58:04.420><c> in</c><00:58:04.559><c> the</c><00:58:04.659><c> letterbox.</c>

00:58:04.940 --> 00:58:09.340
You<00:58:05.159><c> don't</c><00:58:05.539><c> know.</c><00:58:06.099><c> You</c><00:58:06.280><c> don't</c><00:58:06.559><c> know</c><00:58:06.880><c> what</c><00:58:07.780><c> God</c><00:58:08.360><c> is</c><00:58:08.719><c> doing</c><00:58:08.960><c> with</c>

00:58:09.340 --> 00:58:11.039
people<00:58:09.860><c> out</c><00:58:10.300><c> there</c><00:58:10.500><c> in</c><00:58:10.639><c> the</c><00:58:10.840><c> world.</c>

00:58:11.260 --> 00:58:15.599
And<00:58:11.400><c> it</c><00:58:11.619><c> may</c><00:58:11.980><c> be</c><00:58:12.280><c> that</c><00:58:12.539><c> that</c><00:58:12.980><c> leaflet</c><00:58:13.380><c> that</c><00:58:13.599><c> you</c><00:58:13.820><c> put</c><00:58:13.960><c> in</c><00:58:14.119><c> that</c><00:58:14.420><c> letterbox</c>

00:58:15.940 --> 00:58:20.719
might<00:58:16.260><c> just</c><00:58:16.699><c> be</c><00:58:16.940><c> at</c><00:58:17.219><c> that</c><00:58:17.739><c> right</c><00:58:18.079><c> time,</c><00:58:18.659><c> in</c><00:58:18.860><c> whatever</c><00:58:19.219><c> circumstances</c><00:58:20.000><c> are</c><00:58:20.280><c> occurring</c><00:58:20.519><c> in</c>

00:58:20.719 --> 00:58:21.300
that<00:58:20.840><c> household,</c>

00:58:21.659 --> 00:58:26.420
to<00:58:21.940><c> trigger</c><00:58:22.739><c> something.</c><00:58:23.679><c> Put</c><00:58:23.940><c> the</c><00:58:24.320><c> leaflet</c><00:58:24.820><c> in</c><00:58:25.059><c> the</c><00:58:25.280><c> letterbox.</c>

00:58:28.239 --> 00:58:30.559
Don't<00:58:28.820><c> give</c><00:58:29.079><c> up.</c>

00:58:31.059 --> 00:58:36.340
Well,<00:58:31.900><c> brothers</c><00:58:32.019><c> and</c><00:58:32.179><c> sisters,</c><00:58:32.420><c> we</c><00:58:32.699><c> now</c><00:58:33.380><c> bring</c><00:58:33.900><c> our</c><00:58:34.460><c> study</c><00:58:34.960><c> of</c>

00:58:36.340 --> 00:58:39.119
David<00:58:36.900><c> to</c><00:58:38.559><c> a</c><00:58:38.820><c> conclusion,</c>

00:58:39.179 --> 00:58:42.880
and<00:58:39.400><c> our</c><00:58:39.639><c> studies</c><00:58:40.019><c> of</c><00:58:40.480><c> David</c><00:58:40.900><c> to</c><00:58:41.380><c> a</c><00:58:41.519><c> conclusion.</c><00:58:41.920><c> Let</c><00:58:42.139><c> me</c><00:58:42.380><c> just</c>

00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:46.159
summarize<00:58:43.679><c> by</c><00:58:44.519><c> saying</c><00:58:44.739><c> this.</c>

00:58:49.579 --> 00:58:56.579
Our<00:58:50.380><c> worst</c><00:58:51.079><c> hour,</c><00:58:53.940><c> when</c><00:58:54.079><c> devoted</c><00:58:54.699><c> to</c><00:58:55.099><c> God,</c><00:58:55.559><c> can</c><00:58:55.780><c> be</c><00:58:55.960><c> God's</c>

00:58:56.579 --> 00:58:58.880
greatest<00:58:57.300><c> opportunity.</c>

00:59:00.179 --> 00:59:03.360
Be<00:59:00.380><c> constant</c><00:59:00.840><c> in</c><00:59:01.239><c> prayer.</c><00:59:02.179><c> It</c><00:59:02.300><c> really</c><00:59:02.659><c> is</c><00:59:02.920><c> effective,</c><00:59:03.179><c> as</c>

00:59:03.360 --> 00:59:05.360
you've<00:59:03.599><c> seen</c><00:59:04.059><c> this</c><00:59:04.360><c> afternoon.</c>

00:59:05.519 --> 00:59:10.679
God<00:59:05.860><c> can</c><00:59:06.179><c> use</c><00:59:06.420><c> whatever</c><00:59:06.920><c> means</c><00:59:07.340><c> he</c><00:59:07.659><c> likes</c><00:59:08.000><c> to</c><00:59:08.300><c> change</c><00:59:08.980><c> our</c><00:59:09.460><c> circumstances.</c>

00:59:11.579 --> 00:59:17.360
Even<00:59:12.380><c> though</c><00:59:13.000><c> David</c><00:59:13.440><c> was</c><00:59:14.179><c> a</c><00:59:14.539><c> man</c><00:59:14.860><c> after</c><00:59:15.340><c> God's</c><00:59:16.019><c> own</c><00:59:16.360><c> heart,</c>

00:59:17.380 --> 00:59:20.280
a<00:59:17.599><c> man</c><00:59:17.840><c> who</c><00:59:18.039><c> was</c><00:59:18.480><c> struggling</c><00:59:18.940><c> with</c><00:59:19.219><c> his</c><00:59:19.420><c> nature,</c><00:59:19.880><c> with</c><00:59:20.000><c> its</c>

00:59:20.280 --> 00:59:21.940
conflicting<00:59:20.780><c> passions,</c>

00:59:22.460 --> 00:59:27.139
its<00:59:22.719><c> depravity,</c><00:59:24.739><c> its</c><00:59:25.139><c> yearning</c><00:59:25.539><c> for</c><00:59:25.780><c> something</c><00:59:26.199><c> better,</c>

00:59:27.199 --> 00:59:33.239
we<00:59:27.559><c> do,</c><00:59:28.019><c> like</c><00:59:28.480><c> David,</c><00:59:29.099><c> look</c><00:59:29.500><c> forward</c><00:59:30.300><c> to</c><00:59:31.179><c> when</c><00:59:31.400><c> the</c><00:59:31.780><c> son</c><00:59:31.980><c> of</c><00:59:32.280><c> David</c><00:59:32.539><c> will</c><00:59:32.800><c> sit</c><00:59:32.960><c> on</c>

00:59:33.239 --> 00:59:34.400
David's<00:59:34.059><c> throne</c>

00:59:34.400 --> 00:59:39.179
to<00:59:35.059><c> wipe</c><00:59:35.400><c> away</c><00:59:35.840><c> strong</c><00:59:36.199><c> crying</c><00:59:36.820><c> and</c><00:59:37.820><c> tears.</c>

00:59:40.840 --> 00:59:43.320
Brothers<00:59:40.960><c> and</c><00:59:41.239><c> sisters,</c><00:59:41.539><c> it's</c><00:59:41.619><c> now</c><00:59:41.840><c> time</c><00:59:42.059><c> to</c><00:59:42.280><c> leave.</c>

00:59:46.539 --> 00:59:52.619
You<00:59:46.800><c> live,</c><00:59:47.539><c> like</c><00:59:47.800><c> I</c><00:59:48.139><c> live,</c><00:59:50.300><c> in</c><00:59:50.460><c> a</c><00:59:50.780><c> world</c><00:59:51.380><c> that</c><00:59:51.860><c> thinks</c><00:59:52.260><c> that</c>

00:59:52.619 --> 00:59:54.599
all<00:59:53.019><c> that</c><00:59:53.199><c> we've</c><00:59:53.360><c> done</c><00:59:53.679><c> this</c><00:59:54.059><c> weekend</c>

00:59:54.599 --> 00:59:59.119
is<00:59:55.039><c> just</c><00:59:55.360><c> invest</c><00:59:55.900><c> our</c><00:59:56.300><c> lives</c><00:59:56.980><c> in</c><00:59:57.539><c> fairy</c><00:59:57.860><c> stories.</c>

00:59:59.800 --> 01:00:02.820
No<01:00:00.320><c> more</c><01:00:00.639><c> than</c><01:00:00.880><c> that.</c><01:00:01.139><c> In</c><01:00:01.300><c> fact,</c><01:00:01.420><c> I</c><01:00:01.559><c> had</c><01:00:01.739><c> that</c><01:00:02.019><c> reminded</c><01:00:02.360><c> to</c><01:00:02.659><c> me</c>

01:00:02.820 --> 01:00:04.119
just<01:00:03.059><c> three</c><01:00:03.360><c> days</c><01:00:03.679><c> ago</c>

01:00:04.119 --> 01:00:08.239
by<01:00:04.639><c> a</c><01:00:04.860><c> colleague</c><01:00:05.039><c> of</c><01:00:05.280><c> mine</c><01:00:05.599><c> who</c><01:00:07.059><c> really</c><01:00:07.420><c> berated</c><01:00:07.920><c> me.</c>

01:00:08.300 --> 01:00:10.400
He<01:00:08.300><c> didn't</c><01:00:08.420><c> know</c><01:00:08.599><c> I</c><01:00:08.760><c> was</c><01:00:08.840><c> coming</c><01:00:09.099><c> here,</c><01:00:09.699><c> but</c><01:00:09.760><c> you</c><01:00:09.940><c> know,</c><01:00:10.079><c> he</c><01:00:10.159><c> knew</c><01:00:10.280><c> I</c>

01:00:10.400 --> 01:00:11.860
was<01:00:10.500><c> a</c><01:00:10.599><c> Christadel</c><01:00:11.019><c> Finn.</c>

01:00:12.360 --> 01:00:16.719
All<01:00:12.860><c> that</c><01:00:13.059><c> we</c><01:00:13.239><c> do,</c><01:00:13.679><c> brothers</c><01:00:13.719><c> and</c><01:00:14.019><c> sisters,</c><01:00:14.639><c> from</c><01:00:14.940><c> the</c><01:00:15.199><c> perspective</c><01:00:15.739><c> of</c><01:00:15.960><c> those</c><01:00:16.280><c> out</c><01:00:16.559><c> there,</c>

01:00:16.719 --> 01:00:19.500
it's<01:00:17.099><c> just</c><01:00:17.639><c> all</c><01:00:18.059><c> la</c><01:00:18.340><c>-la</c><01:00:18.500><c> land.</c>

01:00:22.079 --> 01:00:24.579
And<01:00:22.239><c> mums</c><01:00:22.440><c> and</c><01:00:22.760><c> dads,</c><01:00:23.219><c> and</c><01:00:23.400><c> there's</c><01:00:23.699><c> a</c><01:00:23.699><c> good</c><01:00:23.820><c> many</c><01:00:24.059><c> of</c><01:00:24.239><c> you</c>

01:00:24.579 --> 01:00:26.159
here<01:00:25.239><c> this</c><01:00:25.679><c> afternoon,</c>

01:00:26.159 --> 01:00:32.260
mums<01:00:26.599><c> and</c><01:00:26.820><c> dads,</c><01:00:27.400><c> you</c><01:00:27.400><c> live</c><01:00:27.920><c> in</c><01:00:28.139><c> a</c><01:00:28.400><c> world</c><01:00:29.039><c> where</c><01:00:30.719><c> parental</c><01:00:31.300><c> roles</c><01:00:31.920><c> are</c>

01:00:32.260 --> 01:00:33.320
being<01:00:32.699><c> challenged</c>

01:00:33.320 --> 01:00:35.599
from<01:00:33.760><c> every</c><01:00:34.380><c> angle.</c>

01:00:37.519 --> 01:00:43.179
And<01:00:37.619><c> husbands</c><01:00:38.079><c> and</c><01:00:38.360><c> wives,</c><01:00:41.079><c> we</c><01:00:41.380><c> live</c><01:00:41.699><c> in</c><01:00:41.960><c> a</c><01:00:42.239><c> world</c><01:00:42.619><c> full</c><01:00:43.079><c> of</c>

01:00:43.179 --> 01:00:46.800
revolving<01:00:44.219><c> door</c><01:00:45.239><c> relationships.</c>

01:00:48.139 --> 01:00:52.579
Hang<01:00:48.400><c> in</c><01:00:48.659><c> there.</c><01:00:49.679><c> It's</c><01:00:50.219><c> all</c><01:00:51.159><c> worth</c><01:00:51.800><c> it.</c>

01:00:52.579 --> 01:00:58.079
Christ<01:00:54.039><c> will</c><01:00:54.800><c> come</c><01:00:55.239><c> and</c><01:00:55.519><c> it</c><01:00:55.659><c> will</c><01:00:56.059><c> all</c><01:00:56.500><c> be</c><01:00:56.860><c> over.</c>

01:01:01.019 --> 01:01:03.820
Let<01:01:01.059><c> me</c><01:01:01.219><c> leave</c><01:01:01.460><c> you</c><01:01:01.679><c> with</c><01:01:01.760><c> this</c><01:01:01.980><c> beautiful</c><01:01:02.420><c> quote</c><01:01:02.699><c> that</c><01:01:03.519><c> gives</c>

01:01:03.820 --> 01:01:05.559
me<01:01:04.099><c> great</c><01:01:04.340><c> encouragement,</c><01:01:05.019><c> personally.</c>

01:01:05.719 --> 01:01:08.179
And<01:01:05.780><c> I</c><01:01:05.880><c> hope</c><01:01:06.000><c> it</c><01:01:06.079><c> gives</c><01:01:06.260><c> you</c><01:01:06.440><c> the</c><01:01:06.639><c> same.</c>

01:01:08.780 --> 01:01:11.519
2<01:01:09.019><c> Chronicles</c><01:01:09.599><c> 16</c><01:01:10.099><c> verse</c><01:01:10.460><c> 9,</c>

01:01:11.699 --> 01:01:17.880
For<01:01:11.860><c> the</c><01:01:12.199><c> eyes</c><01:01:12.840><c> of</c><01:01:13.239><c> Yahweh</c><01:01:13.980><c> run</c><01:01:14.539><c> to</c><01:01:15.059><c> and</c><01:01:15.599><c> fro</c><01:01:16.059><c> throughout</c><01:01:17.320><c> the</c>

01:01:17.880 --> 01:01:19.219
whole<01:01:18.519><c> earth.</c>

01:01:19.219 --> 01:01:21.800
So<01:01:20.400><c> there's</c><01:01:20.880><c> God.</c>

01:01:22.500 --> 01:01:26.440
His<01:01:22.719><c> eyes</c><01:01:23.199><c> are</c><01:01:23.380><c> running</c><01:01:23.659><c> to</c><01:01:24.179><c> and</c><01:01:24.679><c> fro</c><01:01:25.059><c> throughout</c><01:01:25.360><c> the</c><01:01:25.659><c> whole</c><01:01:26.059><c> earth,</c>

01:01:26.619 --> 01:01:31.760
scanning<01:01:27.139><c> the</c><01:01:27.659><c> earth</c><01:01:28.199><c> to</c><01:01:29.699><c> find</c><01:01:30.059><c> one</c><01:01:30.360><c> and</c><01:01:30.679><c> two</c><01:01:30.920><c> here</c><01:01:31.239><c> and</c><01:01:31.519><c> there,</c>

01:01:31.800 --> 01:01:38.340
to<01:01:32.079><c> show</c><01:01:32.420><c> Himself</c><01:01:33.019><c> strong</c><01:01:33.840><c> in</c><01:01:35.340><c> the</c><01:01:35.579><c> behalf</c><01:01:36.179><c> of</c><01:01:36.599><c> those</c><01:01:37.500><c> whose</c>

01:01:38.340 --> 01:01:42.179
heart<01:01:39.219><c> is</c><01:01:40.239><c> perfect</c><01:01:40.760><c> towards</c><01:01:41.239><c> Him.</c>