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But<00:11:02.919><c> the</c><00:11:03.159><c> fact</c><00:11:03.360><c> to</c><00:11:03.679><c> note</c><00:11:03.860><c> is,</c><00:11:04.240><c> as</c><00:11:04.399><c> we've</c><00:11:04.720><c> said,</c>

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the<00:11:05.620><c> kind</c><00:11:05.879><c> of</c><00:11:06.220><c> concern</c><00:11:06.840><c> David</c><00:11:07.299><c> still</c><00:11:07.820><c> has</c><00:11:08.360><c> for</c><00:11:08.759><c> his</c><00:11:09.019><c> enemies.</c>

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It's<00:11:10.519><c> very</c><00:11:10.720><c> much</c><00:11:10.879><c> like</c><00:11:11.080><c> what</c><00:11:11.259><c> Bob</c><00:11:11.460><c> was</c><00:11:11.659><c> mentioning</c><00:11:11.940><c> the</c><00:11:12.139><c> other</c><00:11:12.340><c> day,</c>

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praying<00:11:13.600><c> for</c><00:11:14.000><c> those</c><00:11:14.360><c> who</c><00:11:14.620><c> persecute</c><00:11:15.100><c> us,</c>

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praying<00:11:16.279><c> for</c><00:11:16.620><c> our</c><00:11:16.860><c> enemies.</c>

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It's<00:11:18.340><c> hard</c><00:11:18.600><c> to</c><00:11:18.860><c> do,</c><00:11:19.080><c> but</c><00:11:19.379><c> David</c><00:11:19.799><c> did</c><00:11:20.039><c> it,</c>

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and<00:11:20.960><c> in</c><00:11:21.159><c> so</c><00:11:21.379><c> doing,</c><00:11:22.120><c> it</c><00:11:22.399><c> helped,</c><00:11:22.659><c> no</c><00:11:22.919><c> doubt,</c>

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that<00:11:23.860><c> he</c><00:11:24.200><c> later</c><00:11:24.460><c> on</c><00:11:24.779><c> should</c><00:11:24.980><c> receive</c><00:11:25.360><c> mercy</c><00:11:25.779><c> and</c><00:11:26.100><c> kindness</c>

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from<00:11:26.700><c> the</c><00:11:26.879><c> Lord</c>

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when<00:11:27.519><c> David</c><00:11:27.860><c> was</c><00:11:28.080><c> to</c><00:11:28.299><c> fail.</c>

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We're<00:11:30.220><c> perhaps</c><00:11:30.480><c> surprised</c><00:11:31.080><c> to</c><00:11:31.340><c> read,</c>

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when<00:11:31.639><c> we</c><00:11:31.759><c> come</c><00:11:31.960><c> down</c><00:11:32.159><c> to</c><00:11:32.299><c> chapter</c><00:11:32.620><c> 27,</c><00:11:33.419><c> verse</c><00:11:33.620><c> 1,</c>

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that<00:11:35.279><c> David,</c><00:11:36.120><c> following</c><00:11:36.500><c> this</c><00:11:36.759><c> dialogue</c><00:11:37.299><c> with</c><00:11:37.620><c> Saul,</c>

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begins<00:11:39.039><c> once</c><00:11:39.480><c> again</c><00:11:39.919><c> to</c><00:11:40.299><c> slip</c><00:11:40.519><c> into</c><00:11:40.759><c> depression.</c>

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It's<00:11:42.980><c> a</c><00:11:43.139><c> marvelous</c><00:11:43.500><c> insight</c><00:11:44.039><c> into</c><00:11:44.559><c> the</c><00:11:45.720><c> humanness</c><00:11:46.299><c> of</c><00:11:46.600><c> David.</c>

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Verse<00:11:48.440><c> 1</c><00:11:48.720><c> of</c><00:11:48.879><c> chapter</c><00:11:49.179><c> 27,</c>

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And<00:11:50.820><c> David</c><00:11:51.360><c> said</c><00:11:51.840><c> in</c><00:11:52.500><c> his</c><00:11:53.120><c> heart,</c>

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I<00:11:54.940><c> shall</c><00:11:55.279><c> now</c><00:11:55.740><c> perish</c><00:11:56.299><c> one</c><00:11:56.820><c> day</c><00:11:57.159><c> by</c><00:11:57.399><c> the</c><00:11:57.600><c> hand</c><00:11:57.820><c> of</c><00:11:58.039><c> Saul.</c>

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There<00:11:59.419><c> is</c><00:11:59.700><c> nothing</c><00:12:00.000><c> better</c><00:12:00.360><c> for</c><00:12:00.580><c> me</c>

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than<00:12:01.039><c> that</c><00:12:01.179><c> I</c><00:12:01.399><c> should</c><00:12:01.620><c> speedily</c><00:12:02.080><c> escape</c>

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into<00:12:02.740><c> the</c><00:12:02.960><c> land</c><00:12:03.220><c> of</c><00:12:03.360><c> the</c><00:12:03.500><c> Philistines.</c>

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Really,<00:12:06.259><c> David?</c><00:12:07.899><c> What</c><00:12:08.120><c> a</c><00:12:08.360><c> statement.</c>

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There<00:12:09.460><c> is</c><00:12:09.840><c> nothing</c><00:12:10.220><c> better</c><00:12:10.779><c> for</c><00:12:11.000><c> me</c>

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than<00:12:12.460><c> that</c><00:12:12.659><c> I</c><00:12:12.879><c> should</c><00:12:13.159><c> speedily</c><00:12:13.860><c> escape</c>

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into<00:12:14.759><c> the</c><00:12:14.960><c> land</c><00:12:15.179><c> of</c><00:12:15.360><c> the</c><00:12:15.519><c> Philistines.</c>

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And<00:12:17.480><c> Saul</c><00:12:17.799><c> shall</c><00:12:18.059><c> despair</c><00:12:18.519><c> of</c><00:12:18.740><c> me,</c>

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to<00:12:20.000><c> seek</c><00:12:20.200><c> me</c><00:12:20.460><c> any</c><00:12:20.740><c> more</c><00:12:21.000><c> in</c><00:12:21.159><c> any</c><00:12:21.399><c> coast</c><00:12:21.679><c> of</c><00:12:21.840><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:12:22.919><c> shall</c><00:12:23.159><c> I</c><00:12:23.399><c> escape</c><00:12:23.840><c> out</c><00:12:24.080><c> of</c><00:12:24.179><c> his</c><00:12:24.399><c> hand.</c>

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You<00:12:25.860><c> notice</c><00:12:26.179><c> how</c><00:12:26.500><c> David</c><00:12:26.759><c> once</c><00:12:27.019><c> again</c>

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considers<00:12:28.019><c> going</c><00:12:28.259><c> back</c><00:12:28.620><c> into</c><00:12:28.820><c> the</c><00:12:29.000><c> land</c><00:12:29.139><c> of</c><00:12:29.340><c> the</c><00:12:29.480><c> Philistines,</c>

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which<00:12:30.080><c> had</c><00:12:30.399><c> caused</c><00:12:30.679><c> him</c><00:12:30.940><c> so</c><00:12:31.179><c> much</c><00:12:31.379><c> trouble</c><00:12:31.720><c> previously.</c>

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And<00:12:33.500><c> though,</c><00:12:33.740><c> as</c><00:12:33.740><c> we've</c><00:12:34.019><c> said</c><00:12:34.120><c> during</c><00:12:34.399><c> our</c><00:12:34.679><c> question</c><00:12:34.980><c> period,</c>

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there<00:12:35.440><c> was</c><00:12:35.659><c> good</c><00:12:35.879><c> that</c><00:12:36.080><c> came</c><00:12:36.259><c> out</c><00:12:36.460><c> of</c><00:12:36.600><c> this,</c>

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David<00:12:37.940><c> was</c><00:12:38.200><c> not</c><00:12:38.500><c> thinking</c><00:12:38.740><c> wisely</c><00:12:39.200><c> here.</c>

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Do<00:12:40.679><c> you</c><00:12:40.700><c> know,</c><00:12:40.840><c> it's</c><00:12:41.279><c> comforting</c><00:12:41.779><c> to</c><00:12:42.720><c> realize</c>

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that<00:12:43.580><c> David</c><00:12:43.940><c> repeated</c><00:12:44.419><c> his</c><00:12:44.759><c> errors</c><00:12:44.940><c> more</c><00:12:45.259><c> than</c><00:12:45.440><c> once.</c>

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There<00:12:47.159><c> are</c><00:12:47.360><c> times</c><00:12:47.639><c> in</c><00:12:47.840><c> our</c><00:12:48.100><c> experience</c>

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when<00:12:49.220><c> we</c><00:12:49.519><c> are</c><00:12:49.919><c> aware</c><00:12:50.399><c> that</c><00:12:50.580><c> we</c><00:12:50.820><c> have</c><00:12:50.980><c> been</c><00:12:51.539><c> to</c><00:12:51.919><c> this</c><00:12:52.179><c> place</c>

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once<00:12:53.419><c> again.</c>

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We<00:12:54.919><c> have</c><00:12:55.399><c> repeated</c><00:12:55.980><c> a</c><00:12:56.379><c> sin.</c>

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We<00:12:57.419><c> have</c><00:12:57.820><c> failed</c><00:12:58.139><c> along</c><00:12:58.399><c> the</c><00:12:58.639><c> same</c><00:12:58.899><c> lines</c><00:12:59.360><c> more</c><00:12:59.779><c> than</c><00:12:59.940><c> once.</c>

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And,<00:13:01.679><c> no</c><00:13:01.879><c> doubt,</c><00:13:02.059><c> we</c><00:13:02.259><c> feel</c><00:13:02.440><c> very</c><00:13:02.779><c> frustrated.</c>

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And<00:13:04.019><c> perhaps</c><00:13:04.360><c> we</c><00:13:04.580><c> feel</c><00:13:04.879><c> despair.</c>

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At<00:13:06.700><c> those</c><00:13:06.960><c> moments,</c><00:13:07.539><c> we</c><00:13:07.620><c> don't</c><00:13:07.840><c> need</c><00:13:08.059><c> to</c><00:13:08.360><c> excuse</c><00:13:08.679><c> ourselves,</c>

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but<00:13:10.700><c> we</c><00:13:10.879><c> need</c><00:13:11.019><c> to</c><00:13:11.320><c> remember</c>

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that<00:13:12.259><c> there's</c><00:13:12.519><c> no</c><00:13:12.840><c> need</c><00:13:13.120><c> for</c><00:13:13.399><c> total</c><00:13:13.759><c> despair</c>

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because<00:13:14.759><c> we</c><00:13:14.980><c> have</c><00:13:15.259><c> failed</c><00:13:15.519><c> more</c><00:13:15.799><c> than</c><00:13:15.980><c> once.</c>

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David<00:13:18.139><c> repeated</c><00:13:18.879><c> his</c><00:13:19.600><c> failures</c><00:13:20.240><c> time</c><00:13:21.279><c> and</c><00:13:21.639><c> again.</c>

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Just<00:13:23.340><c> notice</c><00:13:23.639><c> now</c><00:13:24.000><c> how</c><00:13:24.320><c> this</c><00:13:24.820><c> pattern</c>

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that<00:13:25.419><c> we</c><00:13:25.500><c> have</c><00:13:25.759><c> seen</c><00:13:25.940><c> in</c><00:13:26.179><c> the</c><00:13:26.259><c> past</c>

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begins<00:13:27.240><c> to</c><00:13:27.899><c> follow</c><00:13:28.100><c> the</c><00:13:28.320><c> same</c><00:13:28.600><c> course.</c>

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First,<00:13:31.299><c> as</c><00:13:31.600><c> in</c><00:13:31.759><c> the</c><00:13:31.940><c> past,</c>

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he<00:13:33.000><c> has</c><00:13:33.320><c> been</c><00:13:33.519><c> in</c><00:13:33.720><c> contact</c><00:13:34.200><c> with</c><00:13:34.500><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:13:36.159><c> in</c><00:13:36.320><c> the</c><00:13:36.500><c> past,</c><00:13:36.799><c> it</c><00:13:36.919><c> was</c><00:13:37.139><c> following</c><00:13:37.539><c> his</c><00:13:37.899><c> contact</c><00:13:38.360><c> with</c><00:13:38.600><c> Saul</c>

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and<00:13:39.360><c> his</c><00:13:39.659><c> fear</c><00:13:39.840><c> of</c><00:13:40.080><c> Saul</c><00:13:40.440><c> that</c><00:13:40.980><c> made</c><00:13:41.240><c> him</c><00:13:41.799><c> flee.</c>

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First<00:13:43.000><c> to</c><00:13:43.340><c> Samuel,</c><00:13:43.960><c> then</c><00:13:44.259><c> to</c><00:13:44.519><c> Jonathan,</c>

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and<00:13:45.639><c> then</c><00:13:45.899><c> finally</c><00:13:46.279><c> flee</c><00:13:46.500><c> to</c><00:13:46.779><c> Gath.</c>

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Here,<00:13:48.379><c> too,</c><00:13:48.559><c> he</c><00:13:48.740><c> has</c><00:13:48.899><c> been</c><00:13:49.139><c> in</c><00:13:49.440><c> dialogue</c><00:13:49.840><c> just</c><00:13:50.200><c> previous</c><00:13:50.620><c> to</c><00:13:51.019><c> Saul.</c>

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It<00:13:52.200><c> would</c><00:13:52.480><c> appear</c><00:13:52.799><c> that</c><00:13:53.080><c> David</c><00:13:53.299><c> was</c><00:13:54.059><c> really</c><00:13:54.580><c> very</c><00:13:54.980><c> strong</c><00:13:55.220><c> in</c>

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his<00:13:55.679><c> faith</c>

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when<00:13:56.919><c> he</c><00:13:57.179><c> deferred</c><00:13:57.639><c> to</c><00:13:57.860><c> Providence,</c>

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when<00:13:59.360><c> he</c><00:13:59.639><c> refused</c><00:13:59.960><c> to</c><00:14:00.179><c> smite</c><00:14:00.539><c> Saul.</c>

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But<00:14:02.299><c> following</c><00:14:03.019><c> that</c><00:14:03.299><c> incident,</c>

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David<00:14:04.419><c> slips</c><00:14:04.899><c> into</c><00:14:05.399><c> despair.</c>

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And,<00:14:07.200><c> like</c><00:14:07.559><c> in</c><00:14:07.720><c> the</c><00:14:07.940><c> past,</c><00:14:08.700><c> in</c><00:14:08.960><c> his</c><00:14:09.279><c> despair,</c>

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he<00:14:10.519><c> considers</c><00:14:11.059><c> removing</c><00:14:11.639><c> himself</c>

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from<00:14:12.440><c> where</c><00:14:12.679><c> Gad</c><00:14:13.019><c> the</c><00:14:13.279><c> seer</c><00:14:13.740><c> said</c><00:14:14.159><c> he</c><00:14:14.460><c> should</c><00:14:14.700><c> be.</c>

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He<00:14:15.960><c> considers</c><00:14:16.360><c> removing</c><00:14:16.940><c> himself</c><00:14:17.419><c> from</c><00:14:17.679><c> Judah</c>

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and<00:14:18.539><c> placing</c><00:14:19.039><c> himself</c><00:14:19.659><c> in</c><00:14:20.080><c> the</c><00:14:20.259><c> world,</c><00:14:20.620><c> as</c><00:14:20.799><c> it</c><00:14:21.000><c> were,</c>

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in<00:14:21.740><c> the</c><00:14:21.899><c> land</c><00:14:22.100><c> of</c><00:14:22.299><c> the</c><00:14:22.460><c> Philistines.</c>

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Now,<00:14:24.039><c> just</c><00:14:24.279><c> notice</c><00:14:24.779><c> what</c><00:14:25.120><c> David</c><00:14:25.419><c> then</c><00:14:25.700><c> does.</c>

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Verse<00:14:26.879><c> 2</c><00:14:27.299><c> of</c><00:14:27.480><c> chapter</c><00:14:27.799><c> 27,</c>

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David<00:14:29.299><c> arose</c><00:14:29.860><c> and</c><00:14:29.980><c> he</c><00:14:30.299><c> passed</c><00:14:30.519><c> over</c>

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with<00:14:31.500><c> the</c><00:14:31.759><c> 600</c><00:14:32.240><c> men</c><00:14:32.620><c> that</c><00:14:32.779><c> were</c><00:14:32.940><c> with</c><00:14:33.139><c> him</c>

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unto<00:14:34.279><c> Achish</c><00:14:34.799><c> the</c><00:14:35.000><c> son</c><00:14:35.279><c> of</c><00:14:35.539><c> Mayok,</c><00:14:36.120><c> king</c><00:14:36.559><c> of</c><00:14:37.059><c> Gath.</c>

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And,<00:14:39.000><c> verse</c><00:14:39.240><c> 3,</c><00:14:39.679><c> David</c><00:14:40.200><c> dwelt</c><00:14:40.600><c> with</c><00:14:40.840><c> Achish</c><00:14:41.159><c> at</c><00:14:41.279><c> Gath,</c>

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he<00:14:41.879><c> and</c><00:14:41.960><c> his</c><00:14:42.139><c> men,</c>

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every<00:14:43.320><c> man</c><00:14:43.539><c> with</c><00:14:43.679><c> his</c><00:14:43.860><c> household,</c>

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even<00:14:45.159><c> David</c><00:14:45.480><c> with</c><00:14:45.659><c> his</c><00:14:45.840><c> two</c><00:14:46.080><c> wives.</c>

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David<00:14:48.299><c> then</c><00:14:48.820><c> is</c><00:14:49.059><c> allowed,</c>

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as<00:14:49.860><c> we</c><00:14:50.000><c> read</c><00:14:50.200><c> the</c><00:14:50.399><c> account</c><00:14:50.700><c> in</c><00:14:50.899><c> verse</c><00:14:51.080><c> 6,</c>

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to<00:14:53.100><c> dwell</c><00:14:53.600><c> in</c><00:14:53.899><c> a</c><00:14:54.159><c> town</c><00:14:54.460><c> just</c><00:14:54.860><c> a</c><00:14:54.980><c> little</c><00:14:55.200><c> below</c><00:14:55.519><c> Gath,</c>

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in<00:14:56.820><c> the</c><00:14:57.039><c> town</c><00:14:57.419><c> of</c><00:14:57.679><c> Ziklag.</c>

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It<00:14:59.440><c> was</c><00:14:59.659><c> somewhat</c><00:15:00.000><c> out</c><00:15:00.340><c> of</c><00:15:00.460><c> sight</c><00:15:00.620><c> of</c><00:15:00.820><c> Gath.</c>

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It<00:15:02.000><c> allowed</c><00:15:02.240><c> David</c><00:15:02.559><c> a</c><00:15:02.779><c> certain</c><00:15:02.940><c> amount</c><00:15:03.220><c> of</c><00:15:03.480><c> independence,</c>

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although<00:15:04.419><c> he</c><00:15:04.580><c> was</c><00:15:04.799><c> within</c><00:15:05.019><c> the</c><00:15:05.220><c> borders</c><00:15:05.519><c> of</c><00:15:06.139><c> the</c><00:15:06.340><c> Philistines.</c>

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Verse<00:15:08.220><c> 7,</c>

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And<00:15:09.220><c> the</c><00:15:09.399><c> time</c><00:15:09.659><c> that</c><00:15:09.840><c> David</c><00:15:10.179><c> dwelt</c><00:15:10.440><c> in</c><00:15:10.639><c> the</c><00:15:10.779><c> country</c><00:15:11.080><c> of</c><00:15:11.220><c> the</c><00:15:11.440><c> Philistines</c>

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was<00:15:12.519><c> a</c><00:15:12.840><c> full</c><00:15:13.279><c> year</c><00:15:13.840><c> and</c><00:15:14.139><c> four</c><00:15:14.460><c> months.</c>

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During<00:15:16.580><c> this</c><00:15:16.879><c> time,</c>

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David's<00:15:17.940><c> behavior</c><00:15:18.500><c> is</c><00:15:18.820><c> interesting</c><00:15:19.299><c> to</c><00:15:19.559><c> note.</c>

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Verse<00:15:20.639><c> 8,</c>

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David<00:15:21.779><c> and</c><00:15:21.919><c> his</c><00:15:22.080><c> men</c><00:15:22.240><c> went</c><00:15:22.399><c> up</c><00:15:22.659><c> and</c><00:15:22.799><c> invaded</c><00:15:23.179><c> the</c><00:15:23.600><c> Gerserites</c>

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and<00:15:25.620><c> the</c><00:15:25.759><c> Gezerites</c><00:15:26.360><c> and</c><00:15:26.659><c> the</c><00:15:26.820><c> Amalekites,</c>

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for<00:15:30.919><c> those</c><00:15:31.200><c> nations</c><00:15:31.659><c> were</c><00:15:32.080><c> of</c><00:15:32.179><c> old,</c>

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the<00:15:32.620><c> inhabitants</c><00:15:33.080><c> of</c><00:15:33.320><c> the</c><00:15:33.480><c> land,</c>

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as<00:15:34.139><c> thou</c><00:15:34.360><c> goest</c><00:15:34.620><c> to</c><00:15:34.879><c> Shur,</c>

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even<00:15:35.399><c> unto</c><00:15:35.600><c> the</c><00:15:35.740><c> land</c><00:15:36.019><c> of</c><00:15:36.220><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:15:37.360><c> David</c><00:15:37.740><c> smote</c><00:15:38.059><c> the</c><00:15:38.200><c> land,</c>

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and<00:15:38.759><c> left</c><00:15:38.899><c> neither</c><00:15:39.220><c> men</c><00:15:39.559><c> nor</c><00:15:39.700><c> women</c><00:15:39.980><c> alive,</c>

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and<00:15:41.059><c> took</c><00:15:41.279><c> away</c><00:15:41.539><c> the</c><00:15:41.759><c> sheep</c><00:15:42.039><c> and</c><00:15:42.320><c> the</c><00:15:42.519><c> oxen</c>

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and<00:15:42.940><c> the</c><00:15:43.139><c> asses</c><00:15:43.460><c> and</c><00:15:43.559><c> the</c><00:15:43.740><c> camels</c>

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and<00:15:44.659><c> the</c><00:15:44.820><c> apparel,</c>

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and<00:15:45.840><c> returned</c><00:15:46.200><c> and</c><00:15:46.480><c> came</c><00:15:46.659><c> to</c><00:15:46.899><c> Akish.</c>

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Now<00:15:48.620><c> notice</c><00:15:49.100><c> the</c><00:15:49.519><c> next</c><00:15:49.840><c> parallel</c>

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to<00:15:50.580><c> these</c><00:15:50.820><c> periods</c><00:15:51.240><c> of</c><00:15:51.620><c> difficulty</c><00:15:52.059><c> in</c><00:15:52.279><c> David's</c><00:15:52.639><c> life.</c>

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For<00:15:53.679><c> once</c><00:15:53.940><c> again,</c>

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David<00:15:54.679><c> resorts</c><00:15:55.279><c> to</c><00:15:55.580><c> deception.</c>

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Verse<00:15:57.059><c> 10,</c>

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Akish<00:15:58.940><c> said,</c>

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Whither<00:16:00.179><c> have</c><00:16:00.559><c> ye</c><00:16:00.720><c> made</c><00:16:01.000><c> a</c><00:16:01.220><c> road</c><00:16:01.360><c> today?</c>

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And<00:16:02.960><c> David</c><00:16:03.240><c> said,</c>

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Against<00:16:03.820><c> the</c><00:16:04.080><c> south</c><00:16:04.279><c> of</c><00:16:04.539><c> Judah,</c>

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and<00:16:05.500><c> against</c><00:16:05.740><c> the</c><00:16:06.000><c> south</c><00:16:06.220><c> of</c><00:16:06.519><c> the</c><00:16:06.720><c> Jeremiahites,</c>

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and<00:16:08.379><c> against</c><00:16:08.679><c> the</c><00:16:08.960><c> south</c><00:16:09.179><c> of</c><00:16:09.399><c> the</c><00:16:09.480><c> Kenites.</c>

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And<00:16:11.120><c> David</c><00:16:11.379><c> saved</c><00:16:11.799><c> neither</c><00:16:12.139><c> man</c><00:16:12.440><c> nor</c><00:16:12.580><c> woman</c><00:16:12.860><c> alive</c>

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to<00:16:13.580><c> bring</c><00:16:13.799><c> tidings</c><00:16:14.279><c> to</c><00:16:14.519><c> Gath,</c>

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saying,

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Lest<00:16:16.559><c> they</c><00:16:16.820><c> should</c><00:16:17.120><c> tell</c><00:16:17.460><c> on</c><00:16:17.659><c> us,</c>

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saying,

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So<00:16:19.779><c> did</c><00:16:20.000><c> David,</c>

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and<00:16:20.620><c> so</c><00:16:20.820><c> will</c><00:16:21.019><c> be</c><00:16:21.179><c> his</c><00:16:21.419><c> manner,</c>

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all<00:16:22.019><c> the</c><00:16:22.179><c> while</c><00:16:22.340><c> he</c><00:16:22.620><c> dwelleth</c><00:16:22.879><c> in</c><00:16:22.980><c> the</c><00:16:23.120><c> country</c><00:16:23.360><c> of</c><00:16:23.519><c> the</c><00:16:23.679><c> Philistines.</c>

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And<00:16:25.220><c> Akish</c><00:16:25.559><c> believed</c><00:16:26.039><c> David,</c>

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saying,

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He<00:16:27.500><c> hath</c><00:16:27.659><c> made</c><00:16:27.860><c> his</c><00:16:28.080><c> people</c><00:16:28.320><c> Israel</c><00:16:28.659><c> utterly</c><00:16:29.039><c> to</c><00:16:29.320><c> abhor</c><00:16:29.580><c> him,</c>

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therefore<00:16:30.960><c> he</c><00:16:31.259><c> shall</c><00:16:31.379><c> be</c><00:16:31.620><c> my</c><00:16:31.840><c> servant</c><00:16:32.179><c> forever.</c>

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Frustration<00:16:35.539><c> and</c><00:16:35.779><c> despair,</c>

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as<00:16:38.159><c> a</c><00:16:38.299><c> result</c><00:16:38.600><c> of</c><00:16:39.100><c> his</c><00:16:39.500><c> situation</c><00:16:40.179><c> with</c><00:16:40.559><c> Saul,</c>

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he<00:16:42.299><c> contemplates</c><00:16:43.059><c> it,</c>

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he<00:16:44.100><c> slips</c><00:16:44.299><c> further</c><00:16:44.740><c> into</c><00:16:45.000><c> depression,</c>

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he<00:16:46.759><c> considers</c><00:16:47.259><c> leaving</c><00:16:47.799><c> the</c><00:16:48.200><c> area</c><00:16:48.519><c> of</c><00:16:48.860><c> activity</c>

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which<00:16:49.440><c> God</c><00:16:49.759><c> really</c><00:16:50.080><c> had</c><00:16:50.259><c> intended</c><00:16:50.620><c> him</c><00:16:50.840><c> to</c><00:16:51.019><c> work</c><00:16:51.259><c> in,</c>

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and<00:16:52.200><c> back</c><00:16:52.440><c> he</c><00:16:52.600><c> goes</c><00:16:52.919><c> to</c><00:16:53.179><c> Gath,</c>

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out<00:16:53.759><c> into</c><00:16:53.980><c> the</c><00:16:54.200><c> world,</c>

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removing<00:16:55.940><c> himself</c><00:16:56.480><c> from</c><00:16:56.679><c> the</c><00:16:56.899><c> immediate</c><00:16:57.320><c> activities</c><00:16:57.860><c> you'll</c><00:16:58.159><c> work,</c>

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we<00:16:58.799><c> could</c><00:16:58.980><c> say,</c>

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and<00:17:00.419><c> in</c><00:17:00.620><c> doing</c><00:17:00.840><c> so,</c>

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he<00:17:02.460><c> lives</c><00:17:02.840><c> with</c><00:17:03.159><c> the</c><00:17:03.340><c> Philistines.</c>

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And<00:17:04.740><c> while</c><00:17:04.900><c> he's</c><00:17:05.180><c> there,</c>

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he<00:17:05.759><c> falls</c><00:17:06.079><c> once</c><00:17:06.420><c> again</c><00:17:06.880><c> to</c><00:17:07.339><c> deception</c><00:17:07.940><c> or</c><00:17:08.319><c> to</c><00:17:08.539><c> guile.</c>

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That's<00:17:10.240><c> exactly</c><00:17:10.640><c> the</c><00:17:10.839><c> pattern</c><00:17:11.119><c> we've</c><00:17:11.440><c> seen</c><00:17:11.579><c> previously.</c>

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First<00:17:13.660><c> his</c><00:17:14.000><c> consideration</c><00:17:14.980><c> of</c><00:17:15.539><c> Saul's</c><00:17:16.059><c> strength,</c>

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then<00:17:17.579><c> his</c><00:17:17.779><c> sense</c><00:17:18.000><c> of</c><00:17:18.200><c> despair,</c>

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fleeing<00:17:19.900><c> first</c><00:17:20.299><c> to</c><00:17:20.619><c> Samuel,</c>

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then<00:17:21.440><c> to</c><00:17:21.740><c> Jonathan,</c>

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finally<00:17:22.619><c> to</c><00:17:22.940><c> Gath,</c>

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and<00:17:23.900><c> in</c><00:17:24.119><c> Gath,</c>

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resorting<00:17:26.180><c> to</c><00:17:26.440><c> deception</c><00:17:27.019><c> or</c><00:17:27.380><c> guile.</c>

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You<00:17:29.059><c> see,</c><00:17:29.339><c> brothers</c><00:17:29.480><c> and</c><00:17:29.740><c> sisters,</c>

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David<00:17:30.920><c> had</c><00:17:31.220><c> been</c><00:17:31.440><c> here</c><00:17:31.680><c> before,</c>

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and<00:17:33.420><c> so</c><00:17:33.700><c> have</c><00:17:33.859><c> we</c><00:17:34.160><c> so</c><00:17:34.420><c> often</c><00:17:34.759><c> when</c><00:17:35.059><c> we</c><00:17:35.380><c> fail.</c>

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We<00:17:36.420><c> are</c><00:17:37.000><c> often</c><00:17:37.500><c> aware</c><00:17:37.900><c> of</c><00:17:38.140><c> repeated</c><00:17:38.460><c> errors.</c>

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Let<00:17:40.000><c> us</c><00:17:40.180><c> take</c><00:17:40.539><c> heart,</c><00:17:40.799><c> brothers</c><00:17:41.039><c> and</c><00:17:41.299><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:17:42.480><c> although</c><00:17:42.740><c> we</c><00:17:43.059><c> often</c><00:17:43.480><c> slip</c><00:17:43.880><c> on</c><00:17:44.380><c> the</c><00:17:44.559><c> same</c><00:17:44.920><c> stone,</c>

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although<00:17:46.519><c> we</c><00:17:46.799><c> often</c><00:17:47.180><c> repeat</c><00:17:47.599><c> the</c><00:17:47.799><c> same</c><00:17:48.019><c> mistake,</c>

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there<00:17:49.319><c> is</c><00:17:49.519><c> no</c><00:17:49.740><c> reason</c><00:17:50.039><c> to</c><00:17:50.279><c> feel</c><00:17:50.559><c> total</c><00:17:51.000><c> despair</c><00:17:51.420><c> by</c><00:17:51.720><c> any</c><00:17:51.920><c> means.</c>

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God<00:17:53.480><c> knows</c><00:17:53.859><c> our</c><00:17:54.099><c> weakness.</c>

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He<00:17:55.440><c> worked</c><00:17:55.640><c> with</c><00:17:55.920><c> men</c><00:17:56.099><c> as</c><00:17:56.319><c> great</c><00:17:56.480><c> as</c><00:17:56.740><c> David,</c>

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who<00:17:57.759><c> slipped</c><00:17:58.039><c> again</c><00:17:58.579><c> and</c><00:17:58.720><c> again</c>

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and<00:17:59.359><c> fell</c><00:17:59.599><c> into</c><00:17:59.819><c> the</c><00:18:00.000><c> same</c><00:18:00.299><c> type</c><00:18:00.559><c> of</c><00:18:00.799><c> pattern.</c>

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Each<00:18:02.160><c> time</c><00:18:02.460><c> perhaps</c><00:18:02.900><c> David</c><00:18:03.259><c> learned</c><00:18:03.559><c> a</c><00:18:03.680><c> little</c><00:18:03.900><c> bit</c><00:18:04.099><c> more.</c>

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Just<00:18:05.220><c> hold</c><00:18:05.440><c> your</c><00:18:05.599><c> hand</c><00:18:05.819><c> here</c><00:18:06.079><c> and</c><00:18:06.259><c> turn</c><00:18:06.400><c> to</c><00:18:06.559><c> the</c><00:18:06.740><c> Psalm</c><00:18:07.240><c> 119.</c>

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This<00:18:10.140><c> is</c><00:18:10.319><c> looking</c><00:18:10.640><c> at</c><00:18:11.059><c> our</c><00:18:11.539><c> difficulties</c><00:18:12.119><c> and</c><00:18:12.599><c> our</c><00:18:12.880><c> failures</c>

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from<00:18:14.420><c> a</c><00:18:14.680><c> positive</c><00:18:15.059><c> note.</c>

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It<00:18:17.460><c> says</c><00:18:17.559><c> we've</c><00:18:17.980><c> said</c><00:18:18.160><c> not</c><00:18:18.500><c> to</c><00:18:18.960><c> excuse</c><00:18:19.220><c> ourselves</c>

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for<00:18:21.180><c> repeated</c><00:18:21.640><c> mistakes</c><00:18:22.220><c> and</c><00:18:22.680><c> errors,</c>

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but<00:18:23.859><c> it's</c><00:18:24.220><c> to</c><00:18:24.640><c> dissuade</c><00:18:25.140><c> us</c><00:18:25.400><c> from</c><00:18:25.720><c> total</c><00:18:26.099><c> despair.</c>

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We<00:18:28.500><c> don't</c><00:18:28.819><c> need</c><00:18:29.039><c> to</c><00:18:29.299><c> feel</c><00:18:29.559><c> that</c><00:18:29.779><c> because</c><00:18:30.079><c> we</c><00:18:30.339><c> haven't</c><00:18:30.640><c> learned</c>

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the<00:18:31.140><c> lesson</c><00:18:31.400><c> the</c><00:18:31.660><c> first</c><00:18:31.960><c> time,</c>

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that<00:18:33.819><c> God</c><00:18:34.079><c> is</c><00:18:34.319><c> frustrated</c><00:18:34.759><c> with</c><00:18:35.000><c> us.</c>

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Psalm<00:18:37.319><c> 119</c><00:18:38.039><c> expresses</c><00:18:38.519><c> it</c><00:18:38.740><c> this</c><00:18:38.960><c> way.</c>

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Verse<00:18:40.480><c> 65.</c>

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Thou<00:18:47.240><c> hast</c><00:18:47.660><c> dealt</c><00:18:48.019><c> with</c><00:18:48.259><c> me,</c>

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thou<00:18:49.099><c> hast</c><00:18:49.599><c> dealt</c><00:18:50.039><c> well</c><00:18:50.579><c> with</c><00:18:50.859><c> thy</c><00:18:51.180><c> servant,</c><00:18:51.680><c> O</c><00:18:51.940><c> Lord,</c>

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according<00:18:53.099><c> unto</c><00:18:53.460><c> thy</c><00:18:53.759><c> word.</c>

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Teach<00:18:55.240><c> me</c><00:18:55.720><c> good</c><00:18:56.079><c> judgment</c><00:18:56.500><c> and</c><00:18:56.819><c> knowledge,</c>

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for<00:18:58.000><c> I</c><00:18:58.279><c> have</c><00:18:58.480><c> believed</c><00:18:58.940><c> thy</c><00:18:59.200><c> commandments.</c>

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Before<00:19:01.680><c> I</c><00:19:02.099><c> was</c><00:19:02.440><c> afflicted,</c>

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before<00:19:04.579><c> I</c><00:19:05.240><c> was</c><00:19:05.420><c> afflicted,</c>

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I<00:19:06.819><c> went</c><00:19:07.039><c> astray.</c>

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But<00:19:08.740><c> now</c><00:19:09.319><c> have</c><00:19:09.640><c> I</c><00:19:09.960><c> kept</c><00:19:10.400><c> thy</c><00:19:10.980><c> word.</c>

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You<00:19:12.940><c> see</c><00:19:13.119><c> the</c><00:19:13.400><c> psalmist's</c><00:19:14.079><c> perspective</c><00:19:14.660><c> concerning</c><00:19:15.559><c> affliction?</c>

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He<00:19:18.119><c> believes</c><00:19:18.720><c> that</c><00:19:19.220><c> before</c><00:19:19.900><c> he</c><00:19:20.339><c> was</c><00:19:20.700><c> afflicted,</c>

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he<00:19:21.720><c> went</c><00:19:22.039><c> astray.</c>

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But<00:19:23.799><c> as</c><00:19:24.059><c> a</c><00:19:24.240><c> result</c><00:19:24.619><c> of</c><00:19:25.000><c> being</c><00:19:25.519><c> afflicted,</c>

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he<00:19:26.720><c> has</c><00:19:27.039><c> learned</c><00:19:27.400><c> something.</c>

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In<00:19:28.900><c> other</c><00:19:29.119><c> words,</c><00:19:29.900><c> having</c><00:19:30.119><c> come</c><00:19:30.480><c> through</c><00:19:30.819><c> the</c><00:19:31.140><c> affliction,</c>

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the<00:19:32.579><c> trial,</c><00:19:33.019><c> the</c><00:19:33.240><c> test,</c><00:19:33.660><c> or</c><00:19:33.839><c> his</c><00:19:34.000><c> own</c><00:19:34.319><c> personal</c><00:19:34.740><c> failing,</c>

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he<00:19:36.039><c> has</c><00:19:36.299><c> come</c><00:19:36.559><c> through</c><00:19:36.799><c> that</c><00:19:37.160><c> having</c><00:19:37.440><c> learned</c><00:19:37.839><c> something.</c>

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He<00:19:39.240><c> has</c><00:19:39.539><c> learned</c><00:19:39.859><c> more</c><00:19:40.400><c> fully</c><00:19:40.799><c> how</c><00:19:41.339><c> to</c><00:19:41.700><c> keep</c><00:19:42.079><c> God's</c><00:19:43.000><c> word.</c>

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There's<00:19:44.559><c> a</c><00:19:44.779><c> positive</c><00:19:45.400><c> outlook</c><00:19:45.920><c> towards</c><00:19:46.579><c> trial</c><00:19:47.000><c> and</c><00:19:47.319><c> difficulty.</c>

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And<00:19:48.680><c> verse</c><00:19:48.880><c> 71.</c>

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It<00:19:50.900><c> is</c><00:19:51.339><c> good</c><00:19:51.799><c> for</c><00:19:52.140><c> me</c><00:19:52.640><c> that</c><00:19:52.960><c> I</c><00:19:53.279><c> have</c><00:19:53.480><c> been</c><00:19:53.740><c> afflicted,</c>

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that<00:19:55.359><c> I</c><00:19:55.619><c> might</c><00:19:56.039><c> learn</c><00:19:56.500><c> thy</c><00:19:56.960><c> statutes.</c>

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Yes,<00:19:59.279><c> David</c><00:19:59.380><c> failed</c><00:19:59.720><c> more</c><00:19:59.960><c> than</c><00:20:00.140><c> once.</c>

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And<00:20:01.460><c> on</c><00:20:01.640><c> the</c><00:20:01.839><c> same</c><00:20:02.200><c> type</c><00:20:02.519><c> of</c><00:20:02.759><c> mistake,</c>

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with<00:20:04.319><c> the</c><00:20:04.559><c> same</c><00:20:04.839><c> lack</c><00:20:05.200><c> of</c><00:20:05.539><c> proper</c><00:20:05.839><c> outlook.</c>

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But<00:20:07.460><c> through</c><00:20:08.180><c> each</c><00:20:08.680><c> circumstance</c><00:20:09.339><c> of</c><00:20:09.640><c> trial,</c>

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David<00:20:11.099><c> did</c><00:20:11.559><c> learn</c><00:20:11.920><c> something,</c><00:20:12.339><c> as</c><00:20:12.539><c> the</c><00:20:12.759><c> psalmist</c><00:20:13.079><c> proclaims.</c>

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He<00:20:15.059><c> learned</c><00:20:15.279><c> something,</c><00:20:15.779><c> no</c><00:20:15.960><c> doubt,</c><00:20:16.200><c> about</c><00:20:16.380><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:20:18.279><c> learned</c><00:20:18.539><c> something</c><00:20:18.980><c> also</c><00:20:19.500><c> about</c><00:20:19.900><c> his</c><00:20:20.160><c> Maker.</c>

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And<00:20:21.319><c> isn't</c><00:20:21.539><c> that</c><00:20:22.039><c> really</c><00:20:22.480><c> the</c><00:20:22.680><c> heart</c><00:20:23.000><c> of</c><00:20:23.220><c> the</c><00:20:23.400><c> issue?</c>

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When<00:20:24.579><c> we</c><00:20:25.000><c> fail,</c><00:20:26.259><c> or</c><00:20:26.460><c> when</c><00:20:26.779><c> we</c><00:20:26.980><c> are</c><00:20:27.119><c> going</c><00:20:27.339><c> through</c><00:20:27.759><c> a</c><00:20:27.960><c> difficult</c><00:20:28.559><c> trial</c>

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and<00:20:29.859><c> sense</c><00:20:30.160><c> that</c><00:20:30.339><c> we're</c><00:20:30.460><c> not</c><00:20:30.740><c> really</c><00:20:31.039><c> up</c><00:20:31.279><c> to</c><00:20:31.440><c> what</c><00:20:31.579><c> we</c><00:20:31.819><c> should</c>

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be<00:20:32.140><c> to</c><00:20:32.299><c> meet</c><00:20:32.440><c> it,</c>

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when<00:20:33.539><c> we</c><00:20:33.740><c> have</c><00:20:33.980><c> doubts,</c>

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when<00:20:35.279><c> it</c><00:20:35.440><c> generates</c><00:20:35.960><c> within</c><00:20:36.220><c> us</c><00:20:36.559><c> a</c><00:20:36.799><c> sense</c><00:20:37.079><c> of</c><00:20:37.460><c> inadequacy,</c>

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during<00:20:39.059><c> the</c><00:20:39.220><c> middle</c><00:20:39.380><c> of</c><00:20:39.559><c> the</c><00:20:39.759><c> trial,</c>

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it's<00:20:40.400><c> perhaps</c><00:20:40.880><c> very</c><00:20:41.460><c> difficult</c><00:20:41.980><c> to</c><00:20:42.200><c> see</c><00:20:42.359><c> its</c><00:20:42.579><c> value.</c>

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But<00:20:44.019><c> even</c><00:20:44.160><c> if</c><00:20:44.339><c> we</c><00:20:44.619><c> have</c><00:20:44.900><c> failed</c><00:20:45.339><c> during</c><00:20:45.700><c> that</c><00:20:46.019><c> trial,</c>

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we<00:20:47.400><c> learn</c><00:20:47.740><c> two</c><00:20:48.079><c> things.</c>

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A,<00:20:49.960><c> we</c><00:20:50.259><c> learn</c><00:20:50.480><c> something</c><00:20:50.839><c> about</c><00:20:51.099><c> ourselves,</c>

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and<00:20:52.500><c> B,</c><00:20:53.000><c> we</c><00:20:53.259><c> learn</c><00:20:53.460><c> something</c><00:20:53.819><c> about</c><00:20:54.059><c> our</c><00:20:54.299><c> Maker.</c>

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We<00:20:55.720><c> learn</c><00:20:55.940><c> something</c><00:20:56.299><c> about</c><00:20:56.559><c> our</c><00:20:56.799><c> Maker</c>

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in<00:20:57.359><c> the</c><00:20:57.539><c> sense</c><00:20:57.700><c> that</c><00:20:57.900><c> we</c><00:20:58.000><c> learn</c><00:20:58.440><c> that</c><00:20:59.099><c> He</c><00:20:59.279><c> still</c><00:20:59.539><c> is</c><00:20:59.779><c> patient,</c>

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that<00:21:00.920><c> we</c><00:21:01.059><c> can</c><00:21:01.339><c> still</c><00:21:01.500><c> go</c><00:21:01.720><c> back</c><00:21:01.940><c> to</c><00:21:02.079><c> Him</c><00:21:02.339><c> and</c><00:21:02.599><c> beg</c><00:21:02.819><c> for</c><00:21:03.079><c> forgiveness.</c>

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We<00:21:04.680><c> learn</c><00:21:04.960><c> that</c><00:21:05.119><c> He</c><00:21:05.259><c> is</c><00:21:05.619><c> merciful,</c><00:21:06.519><c> long</c><00:21:06.900><c>-suffering,</c>

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as<00:21:07.700><c> Moses</c><00:21:08.039><c> was</c><00:21:08.339><c> told,</c><00:21:08.900><c> and</c><00:21:09.180><c> patient.</c>

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And<00:21:10.599><c> we</c><00:21:10.759><c> learn</c><00:21:10.960><c> something</c><00:21:11.299><c> about</c><00:21:11.539><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:21:13.200><c> learn</c><00:21:13.519><c> how</c><00:21:13.859><c> weak</c><00:21:14.119><c> we</c><00:21:14.380><c> are.</c>

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We<00:21:15.579><c> learn</c><00:21:15.779><c> how</c><00:21:16.000><c> much</c><00:21:16.240><c> more</c><00:21:16.519><c> we</c><00:21:16.680><c> have</c><00:21:16.859><c> yet</c><00:21:17.099><c> to</c><00:21:17.400><c> learn.</c>

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We<00:21:19.019><c> learn</c><00:21:19.640><c> humility.</c>

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And<00:21:22.019><c> these</c><00:21:22.440><c> circumstances</c><00:21:23.339><c> did</c><00:21:24.000><c> bring</c><00:21:24.440><c> humility</c><00:21:25.059><c> to</c><00:21:25.500><c> David.</c>

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The<00:21:26.960><c> greatest</c><00:21:27.299><c> of</c><00:21:27.539><c> all</c><00:21:27.819><c> of</c><00:21:27.960><c> David's</c><00:21:28.400><c> failures,</c>

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the<00:21:29.359><c> sin</c><00:21:29.480><c> with</c><00:21:29.660><c> Bathsheba,</c>

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was<00:21:31.299><c> the</c><00:21:31.640><c> one</c><00:21:31.940><c> incident</c><00:21:32.400><c> in</c><00:21:32.619><c> David's</c><00:21:33.079><c> life</c>

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that<00:21:33.660><c> brought</c><00:21:33.880><c> him</c><00:21:34.180><c> to</c><00:21:34.740><c> the</c><00:21:35.039><c> fullest</c><00:21:35.380><c> amount</c><00:21:35.880><c> of</c><00:21:36.119><c> humility.</c>

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There<00:21:37.460><c> was</c><00:21:37.779><c> some</c><00:21:38.140><c> good</c><00:21:38.400><c> that</c><00:21:38.619><c> came</c><00:21:38.799><c> out</c><00:21:39.000><c> of</c><00:21:39.140><c> that.</c>

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It<00:21:40.400><c> molded</c><00:21:40.960><c> David's</c><00:21:41.440><c> heart.</c>

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It<00:21:42.119><c> changed</c><00:21:42.619><c> his</c><00:21:43.000><c> attitude</c><00:21:43.460><c> towards</c><00:21:43.940><c> himself.</c>

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So,<00:21:45.819><c> brothers</c><00:21:45.920><c> and</c><00:21:46.160><c> sisters,</c><00:21:46.579><c> let</c><00:21:46.819><c> us</c><00:21:47.039><c> take</c><00:21:47.400><c> heart</c>

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as<00:21:48.039><c> we</c><00:21:48.180><c> read</c><00:21:48.859><c> these</c><00:21:49.539><c> events</c><00:21:49.920><c> in</c><00:21:50.160><c> David's</c><00:21:50.619><c> life,</c>

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and<00:21:51.559><c> let</c><00:21:51.720><c> us</c><00:21:51.960><c> not</c><00:21:52.200><c> think</c><00:21:52.420><c> that</c><00:21:52.619><c> David</c><00:21:53.059><c> only</c><00:21:53.779><c> repeated</c><00:21:54.200><c> a</c><00:21:54.460><c> mistake</c>

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or<00:21:55.420><c> rather</c><00:21:55.720><c> only</c><00:21:56.119><c> fell</c><00:21:56.279><c> to</c><00:21:56.460><c> a</c><00:21:56.599><c> mistake</c><00:21:56.920><c> once</c>

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and<00:21:57.460><c> then</c><00:21:57.660><c> learned</c><00:21:57.859><c> the</c><00:21:58.059><c> lesson.</c>

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That<00:21:59.099><c> was</c><00:21:59.319><c> not</c><00:21:59.619><c> so.</c>

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And<00:22:00.660><c> let</c><00:22:00.740><c> us</c><00:22:00.980><c> not</c><00:22:01.180><c> view</c><00:22:01.460><c> David</c>

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as<00:22:02.240><c> though</c><00:22:02.440><c> he</c><00:22:02.619><c> did</c><00:22:02.880><c> not</c><00:22:03.140><c> have</c><00:22:03.380><c> these</c><00:22:03.900><c> slips</c><00:22:04.220><c> in</c><00:22:04.440><c> his</c><00:22:04.720><c> life</c>

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and<00:22:05.319><c> human</c><00:22:05.559><c> weaknesses,</c><00:22:06.599><c> very</c><00:22:07.000><c> glaring</c><00:22:07.440><c> at</c><00:22:07.799><c> times.</c>

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Well,<00:22:09.420><c> David,</c><00:22:09.880><c> of</c><00:22:10.220><c> course,</c>

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finds<00:22:11.579><c> himself</c><00:22:12.039><c> in</c><00:22:12.160><c> a</c><00:22:12.220><c> very</c><00:22:12.599><c> difficult</c><00:22:13.059><c> spot,</c>

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for<00:22:14.460><c> later</c><00:22:14.859><c> on</c><00:22:15.319><c> in</c><00:22:15.519><c> these</c><00:22:15.819><c> chapters</c><00:22:16.180><c> we</c><00:22:16.400><c> can</c><00:22:16.660><c> see</c>

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as<00:22:17.279><c> we</c><00:22:17.400><c> go</c><00:22:17.680><c> over</c><00:22:18.099><c> to</c><00:22:18.579><c> chapter</c><00:22:19.240><c> 27</c>

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and<00:22:28.019><c> then</c><00:22:28.259><c> into</c><00:22:28.559><c> chapter</c><00:22:28.980><c> 28,</c>

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going<00:22:32.579><c> further</c><00:22:33.019><c> on</c><00:22:33.259><c> into</c><00:22:33.500><c> chapter</c><00:22:33.900><c> 29,</c>

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that<00:22:35.339><c> as</c><00:22:35.680><c> this</c><00:22:35.980><c> year</c><00:22:36.339><c> and</c><00:22:36.660><c> some</c><00:22:36.920><c> months</c><00:22:37.119><c> pass,</c>

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David<00:22:38.759><c> involves</c><00:22:39.299><c> himself</c><00:22:39.839><c> in</c><00:22:40.140><c> the</c><00:22:40.359><c> war</c><00:22:40.660><c> plans</c>

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with<00:22:42.160><c> the</c><00:22:42.359><c> Philistines.</c>

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And<00:22:43.920><c> as</c><00:22:44.099><c> we</c><00:22:44.279><c> come</c><00:22:44.480><c> to</c><00:22:44.619><c> chapter</c><00:22:44.980><c> 29,</c><00:22:46.720><c> verse</c><00:22:46.880><c> 1,</c>

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we<00:22:48.619><c> read</c><00:22:48.859><c> the</c><00:22:49.059><c> Philistines</c><00:22:49.559><c> gathered</c><00:22:49.859><c> together</c>

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all<00:22:50.579><c> their</c><00:22:50.779><c> armies</c><00:22:51.160><c> to</c><00:22:51.420><c> Aphek</c>

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and<00:22:52.420><c> the</c><00:22:52.700><c> Israelites</c><00:22:53.099><c> pitched</c><00:22:53.480><c> by</c><00:22:53.779><c> a</c><00:22:53.980><c> fountain</c>

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which<00:22:54.480><c> is</c><00:22:54.640><c> in</c><00:22:54.819><c> Jezreel.</c>

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And<00:22:56.460><c> the</c><00:22:56.640><c> lords</c><00:22:56.859><c> of</c><00:22:57.059><c> the</c><00:22:57.220><c> Philistines</c><00:22:57.740><c> passed</c><00:22:58.180><c> on</c>

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by<00:22:58.799><c> hundreds</c><00:22:59.259><c> and</c><00:22:59.460><c> by</c><00:22:59.779><c> thousands,</c>

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but<00:23:01.319><c> David</c><00:23:01.579><c> and</c><00:23:01.740><c> his</c><00:23:01.880><c> men</c><00:23:02.119><c> passed</c><00:23:02.500><c> on</c><00:23:02.940><c> in</c><00:23:03.119><c> their</c><00:23:03.339><c> rearward</c>

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with<00:23:04.680><c> Akish.</c>

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David<00:23:06.680><c> is</c><00:23:06.920><c> going</c><00:23:07.099><c> out</c><00:23:07.400><c> to</c><00:23:07.579><c> fight</c><00:23:07.759><c> Israel.</c>

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:11.740
David<00:23:09.200><c> is</c><00:23:09.440><c> going</c><00:23:09.539><c> to</c><00:23:09.700><c> be</c><00:23:09.940><c> fighting</c><00:23:10.480><c> with</c><00:23:10.900><c> the</c><00:23:11.099><c> Philistines.</c>

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And,<00:23:12.900><c> of</c><00:23:12.920><c> course,</c><00:23:14.059><c> through</c><00:23:14.180><c> God's</c><00:23:14.859><c> providential</c><00:23:15.519><c> response</c>

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to<00:23:16.420><c> David's</c><00:23:17.819><c> circumstance,</c>

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the<00:23:18.900><c> Philistines</c><00:23:19.640><c> are</c><00:23:20.400><c> used</c><00:23:20.680><c> by</c><00:23:21.000><c> God</c>

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to<00:23:21.559><c> remove</c><00:23:21.940><c> David</c><00:23:22.299><c> from</c><00:23:22.519><c> the</c><00:23:22.700><c> circumstance.</c>

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So,<00:23:25.059><c> we</c><00:23:25.140><c> read</c><00:23:25.579><c> in</c><00:23:26.240><c> verse</c><00:23:26.660><c> 11</c><00:23:27.299><c> of</c><00:23:27.619><c> chapter</c><00:23:27.960><c> 29,</c>

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David<00:23:29.359><c> and</c><00:23:29.559><c> his</c><00:23:29.720><c> men</c><00:23:29.980><c> rose</c><00:23:30.400><c> up</c><00:23:30.880><c> early</c>

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.740
to<00:23:31.519><c> depart</c><00:23:31.920><c> in</c><00:23:32.160><c> the</c><00:23:32.299><c> morning</c>

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:35.460
to<00:23:33.339><c> return</c><00:23:33.779><c> into</c><00:23:34.019><c> the</c><00:23:34.200><c> land</c><00:23:34.359><c> of</c><00:23:34.519><c> the</c><00:23:34.680><c> Philistines,</c>

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:38.400
and<00:23:36.039><c> the</c><00:23:36.259><c> Philistines</c><00:23:36.799><c> went</c><00:23:37.000><c> up</c><00:23:37.259><c> to</c><00:23:37.420><c> Jezreel.</c>

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In<00:23:39.339><c> other</c><00:23:39.599><c> words,</c><00:23:40.339><c> the</c><00:23:40.480><c> Philistines</c><00:23:41.019><c> decided</c><00:23:41.559><c> finally</c>

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:44.380
to<00:23:42.740><c> remove</c><00:23:43.079><c> David</c><00:23:43.460><c> from</c><00:23:43.660><c> their</c><00:23:43.900><c> ranks</c>

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:46.380
to<00:23:44.700><c> allow</c><00:23:44.940><c> him</c><00:23:45.119><c> to</c><00:23:45.240><c> go</c><00:23:45.440><c> back.</c>

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In<00:23:47.039><c> going</c><00:23:47.339><c> back</c>

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and<00:23:49.000><c> in</c><00:23:49.180><c> being</c><00:23:49.559><c> providentially</c><00:23:50.200><c> delivered</c>

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from<00:23:51.000><c> having</c><00:23:51.240><c> to</c><00:23:51.440><c> fight</c><00:23:51.640><c> against</c><00:23:51.960><c> his</c><00:23:52.160><c> own</c><00:23:52.359><c> people,</c>

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David<00:23:53.759><c> then,</c><00:23:54.039><c> in</c><00:23:54.220><c> chapter</c><00:23:54.579><c> 30,</c>

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is<00:23:55.160><c> brought</c><00:23:55.420><c> once</c><00:23:55.740><c> again</c>

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back<00:23:56.940><c> into</c><00:23:57.599><c> the</c><00:23:57.900><c> realm</c><00:23:58.160><c> of</c><00:23:58.480><c> activity</c>

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where<00:23:59.319><c> he</c><00:23:59.539><c> belongs.</c>

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Here,<00:24:02.019><c> in</c><00:24:02.099><c> chapter</c><00:24:02.460><c> 30,</c><00:24:03.019><c> we</c><00:24:03.140><c> read,</c><00:24:03.460><c> verse</c><00:24:03.660><c> 1,</c>

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:06.400
it<00:24:04.619><c> came</c><00:24:04.859><c> to</c><00:24:05.119><c> pass</c><00:24:05.339><c> when</c><00:24:05.519><c> David</c><00:24:05.819><c> and</c><00:24:06.000><c> his</c><00:24:06.200><c> men</c>

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were<00:24:06.640><c> come</c><00:24:07.000><c> to</c><00:24:07.359><c> Ziklag</c>

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on<00:24:08.460><c> the</c><00:24:08.640><c> third</c><00:24:08.900><c> day</c><00:24:09.240><c> that</c><00:24:09.400><c> the</c><00:24:09.539><c> Amalekites</c>

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had<00:24:10.380><c> invaded</c><00:24:10.680><c> the</c><00:24:10.960><c> south,</c>

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and<00:24:12.119><c> Ziklag</c><00:24:12.559><c> had</c><00:24:13.259><c> smitten,</c><00:24:14.079><c> excuse</c><00:24:14.319><c> me,</c>

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and<00:24:14.819><c> Ziklag,</c><00:24:15.759><c> and</c><00:24:16.000><c> smitten</c><00:24:16.279><c> Ziklag</c>

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and<00:24:17.119><c> burned</c><00:24:17.299><c> it</c><00:24:17.460><c> with</c><00:24:17.660><c> fire.</c>

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While<00:24:18.880><c> David</c><00:24:19.160><c> had</c><00:24:19.339><c> been</c><00:24:19.519><c> away</c>

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from<00:24:20.200><c> the</c><00:24:20.359><c> Philistine</c><00:24:20.980><c> recluse,</c>

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there<00:24:22.640><c> had</c><00:24:22.740><c> been</c><00:24:22.920><c> invasion.</c>

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David<00:24:24.819><c> and</c><00:24:25.240><c> his</c><00:24:25.480><c> men</c><00:24:25.759><c> lost</c><00:24:26.240><c> their</c><00:24:26.480><c> families.</c>

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We<00:24:27.940><c> come</c><00:24:28.279><c> to</c><00:24:28.539><c> verse</c><00:24:28.759><c> 3.</c>

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David<00:24:29.960><c> and</c><00:24:30.119><c> his</c><00:24:30.279><c> men</c><00:24:30.460><c> came</c><00:24:30.799><c> to</c><00:24:30.940><c> the</c><00:24:31.119><c> city,</c>

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.720
and,<00:24:31.660><c> behold,</c><00:24:31.740><c> it</c><00:24:31.900><c> was</c><00:24:32.059><c> burned</c><00:24:32.220><c> with</c><00:24:32.519><c> fire,</c>

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and<00:24:32.839><c> their</c><00:24:33.079><c> wives</c><00:24:33.339><c> and</c><00:24:33.460><c> their</c><00:24:33.720><c> sons</c>

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:36.460
and<00:24:34.079><c> their</c><00:24:34.240><c> daughters</c><00:24:34.700><c> were</c><00:24:35.259><c> taken</c><00:24:35.660><c> captives.</c>

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Then<00:24:37.140><c> David</c><00:24:37.420><c> and</c><00:24:37.559><c> the</c><00:24:37.740><c> people</c>

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that<00:24:38.160><c> were</c><00:24:38.339><c> with</c><00:24:38.579><c> him</c><00:24:38.940><c> lifted</c><00:24:39.400><c> up</c><00:24:39.619><c> their</c><00:24:39.859><c> voice</c>

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:42.240
and<00:24:40.460><c> wept</c><00:24:40.759><c> until</c><00:24:41.099><c> they</c><00:24:41.240><c> had</c><00:24:41.480><c> no</c><00:24:41.700><c> more</c><00:24:41.940><c> power</c>

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:44.740
to<00:24:42.539><c> weep,</c><00:24:43.180><c> and</c><00:24:43.740><c> David's</c><00:24:44.200><c> two</c><00:24:44.420><c> wives</c>

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were<00:24:44.980><c> taken</c><00:24:45.359><c> captives,</c>

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Ahinoim<00:24:47.079><c> the</c><00:24:47.359><c> Jezreelitis</c>

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and<00:24:48.420><c> Abigail</c><00:24:48.799><c> the</c><00:24:49.019><c> wife</c><00:24:49.259><c> of</c><00:24:49.460><c> Nabal</c><00:24:49.680><c> the</c><00:24:49.819><c> Carmelite.</c>

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And<00:24:51.740><c> David</c><00:24:52.039><c> was</c>

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greatly<00:24:53.059><c> distressed,</c>

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for<00:24:55.079><c> the</c><00:24:55.359><c> people</c><00:24:55.779><c> spake</c>

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of<00:24:56.619><c> stoning</c><00:24:56.960><c> him,</c>

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because<00:24:58.740><c> the</c><00:24:59.099><c> soul</c><00:24:59.319><c> of</c><00:24:59.539><c> all</c><00:24:59.839><c> the</c><00:25:00.039><c> people</c>

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was<00:25:00.640><c> grieved,</c><00:25:00.980><c> every</c><00:25:01.319><c> man</c><00:25:01.559><c> for</c><00:25:01.779><c> his</c><00:25:02.039><c> sons</c>

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and<00:25:02.460><c> for</c><00:25:02.640><c> his</c><00:25:02.880><c> daughters.</c>

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The<00:25:04.740><c> pressure</c><00:25:05.259><c> on</c><00:25:05.720><c> David</c>

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was<00:25:06.380><c> enormous.</c>

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Having<00:25:08.539><c> lost,</c><00:25:09.579><c> it</c><00:25:09.920><c> would</c><00:25:10.059><c> have</c><00:25:10.279><c> seemed,</c>

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their<00:25:11.180><c> families</c>

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and<00:25:12.480><c> their</c><00:25:12.720><c> main</c><00:25:12.980><c> camp</c><00:25:13.500><c> while</c><00:25:13.920><c> they</c><00:25:14.079><c> were</c><00:25:14.339><c> away,</c>

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hoping<00:25:16.000><c> to</c><00:25:16.259><c> support</c>

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the<00:25:16.859><c> Philistines,</c><00:25:18.359><c> tragedy</c>

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struck,<00:25:19.779><c> and</c><00:25:19.980><c> upon</c><00:25:20.240><c> returning</c>

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David's<00:25:21.720><c> men</c><00:25:21.880><c> now</c>

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are<00:25:22.599><c> pressing</c><00:25:23.019><c> down</c><00:25:23.440><c> on</c><00:25:23.619><c> him.</c>

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And<00:25:25.079><c> in</c><00:25:25.299><c> this</c><00:25:25.599><c> crisis,</c>

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David<00:25:27.680><c> reveals</c>

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his<00:25:29.220><c> true</c><00:25:29.460><c> faithfulness</c><00:25:30.079><c> to</c><00:25:30.259><c> God.</c>

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Under<00:25:31.299><c> the</c><00:25:31.579><c> pressure</c><00:25:31.900><c> of</c><00:25:32.119><c> the</c><00:25:32.400><c> circumstances,</c>

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being<00:25:34.279><c> close</c><00:25:34.579><c> to</c><00:25:34.720><c> being</c>

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stoned<00:25:35.599><c> by</c><00:25:35.819><c> his</c><00:25:36.000><c> own</c><00:25:36.240><c> people,</c>

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:39.680
look<00:25:37.160><c> at</c><00:25:37.339><c> verse</c><00:25:37.519><c> 6</c><00:25:37.819><c> at</c><00:25:38.059><c> the</c><00:25:38.200><c> end,</c>

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but

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David<00:25:41.279><c> encouraged</c><00:25:42.359><c> himself</c>

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in<00:25:43.579><c> the</c><00:25:43.859><c> Lord</c><00:25:44.240><c> his</c><00:25:44.619><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:46.339><c> once</c><00:25:46.579><c> again,</c>

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according<00:25:47.359><c> to</c><00:25:47.599><c> verse</c><00:25:47.819><c> 7,</c>

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he<00:25:48.920><c> solicits</c><00:25:49.420><c> the</c><00:25:49.680><c> help</c><00:25:49.859><c> of</c><00:25:50.059><c> a</c><00:25:50.200><c> buyer</c><00:25:50.420><c> through</c><00:25:50.660><c> the</c><00:25:50.900><c> priest,</c>

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and<00:25:51.640><c> he</c><00:25:51.920><c> consults</c><00:25:52.680><c> God</c>

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through<00:25:53.319><c> the</c><00:25:53.559><c> ephod,</c><00:25:54.420><c> and</c><00:25:54.720><c> asks</c>

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for<00:25:55.319><c> direction.</c>

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There,<00:25:57.599><c> brothers</c><00:25:57.720><c> and</c><00:25:58.000><c> sisters,</c><00:25:58.559><c> David</c>

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begins<00:25:59.400><c> to</c><00:25:59.680><c> emerge</c><00:26:00.140><c> from</c><00:26:00.420><c> his</c><00:26:00.700><c> depression.</c>

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But<00:26:02.400><c> what</c><00:26:02.700><c> were</c><00:26:02.940><c> the</c>

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circumstances<00:26:03.900><c> that</c><00:26:04.200><c> assisted</c><00:26:04.660><c> David?</c>

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First,<00:26:06.859><c> he</c>

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was<00:26:07.279><c> now</c><00:26:07.519><c> no</c><00:26:07.759><c> longer</c><00:26:08.059><c> working</c><00:26:08.380><c> closely</c><00:26:08.839><c> with</c>

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the<00:26:09.240><c> Philistines.</c>

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In<00:26:10.920><c> a</c><00:26:11.140><c> series</c><00:26:11.380><c> of</c><00:26:11.720><c> steps</c><00:26:11.960><c> ever</c><00:26:12.339><c> so</c><00:26:12.619><c> gradual,</c>

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through<00:26:13.759><c> God's</c><00:26:14.259><c> help,</c><00:26:14.460><c> he</c><00:26:14.559><c> was</c><00:26:14.799><c> removing</c>

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:17.900
himself<00:26:15.839><c> with</c><00:26:16.119><c> the</c><00:26:16.319><c> alliance</c><00:26:16.640><c> with</c><00:26:16.839><c> the</c><00:26:17.019><c> world.</c>

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And<00:26:18.480><c> once</c><00:26:18.799><c> that</c>

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alliance<00:26:19.619><c> began</c><00:26:20.180><c> to</c><00:26:20.420><c> be</c><00:26:20.740><c> severed,</c>

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David<00:26:22.460><c> once</c><00:26:22.779><c> again</c>

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returned<00:26:23.759><c> to</c><00:26:23.980><c> his</c><00:26:24.180><c> proper</c><00:26:24.599><c> senses.</c>

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It<00:26:25.980><c> was</c><00:26:26.119><c> in</c><00:26:26.339><c> cutting</c><00:26:26.519><c> himself</c>

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off<00:26:27.519><c> from</c><00:26:27.859><c> allegiance</c><00:26:28.420><c> with</c><00:26:28.680><c> the</c><00:26:28.859><c> world</c>

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and<00:26:29.359><c> with</c><00:26:29.660><c> Akish</c><00:26:30.359><c> that</c>

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provided<00:26:31.900><c> the</c><00:26:32.440><c> right</c><00:26:32.759><c> setting</c>

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for<00:26:33.500><c> David</c><00:26:33.779><c> to</c><00:26:34.019><c> think</c><00:26:34.259><c> clearly</c>

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and<00:26:35.380><c> to</c><00:26:35.619><c> think</c><00:26:35.920><c> spiritually.</c>

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You<00:26:37.700><c> see</c><00:26:37.900><c> the</c><00:26:38.099><c> point,</c><00:26:38.500><c> brothers</c><00:26:38.579><c> and</c><00:26:38.839><c> sisters,</c>

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it's<00:26:39.319><c> very</c><00:26:39.799><c> practical</c><00:26:40.259><c> in</c><00:26:40.460><c> its</c><00:26:40.680><c> application</c>

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to<00:26:41.339><c> all</c><00:26:41.559><c> of</c><00:26:41.640><c> us.</c><00:26:42.619><c> When</c>

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:45.299
we<00:26:43.440><c> are</c><00:26:44.380><c> in</c>

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loyalty<00:26:45.740><c> with</c><00:26:46.019><c> the</c><00:26:46.240><c> world,</c>

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when<00:26:47.799><c> we</c><00:26:48.339><c> walk</c><00:26:48.720><c> with</c>

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the<00:26:49.380><c> world,</c><00:26:49.839><c> with</c><00:26:50.039><c> the</c><00:26:50.279><c> Philistines,</c>

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when<00:26:51.819><c> the</c><00:26:52.180><c> Akishes</c>

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and<00:26:53.299><c> the</c><00:26:53.599><c> Philistines</c><00:26:54.119><c> are</c><00:26:54.640><c> our</c>

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:57.180
friends,<00:26:56.039><c> we're</c><00:26:56.240><c> not</c><00:26:56.519><c> likely</c><00:26:56.859><c> to</c><00:26:57.059><c> make</c>

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:59.400
the<00:26:57.319><c> right</c><00:26:57.660><c> kind</c><00:26:57.960><c> of</c><00:26:58.200><c> decisions.</c>

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Friendship<00:27:00.539><c> with</c><00:27:00.700><c> the</c><00:27:00.940><c> world</c>

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:03.259
is<00:27:01.559><c> enmity</c><00:27:01.980><c> with</c><00:27:02.200><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:03.480><c> the</c><00:27:03.660><c> closer</c><00:27:03.960><c> we</c><00:27:04.180><c> are</c><00:27:04.420><c> friends</c><00:27:04.799><c> with</c><00:27:05.019><c> the</c>

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:07.420
world,<00:27:05.859><c> the</c><00:27:06.079><c> less</c><00:27:06.400><c> likely</c><00:27:06.779><c> we</c><00:27:07.079><c> are</c>

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to<00:27:07.759><c> discern</c><00:27:08.200><c> spiritually.</c>

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It<00:27:09.940><c> was</c><00:27:10.079><c> when</c><00:27:10.319><c> David,</c><00:27:10.799><c> through</c>

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God's<00:27:11.480><c> help,</c><00:27:12.180><c> distanced</c><00:27:12.539><c> himself</c>

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from<00:27:13.559><c> the</c><00:27:13.859><c> Philistines</c><00:27:14.480><c> and</c>

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:17.240
from<00:27:15.299><c> his</c><00:27:15.559><c> involvement</c><00:27:16.000><c> with</c><00:27:16.240><c> their</c><00:27:16.519><c> campaign</c>

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:19.240
that<00:27:17.900><c> once</c><00:27:18.279><c> again</c><00:27:18.660><c> he</c><00:27:18.940><c> turned</c>

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his<00:27:19.519><c> heart</c><00:27:19.799><c> to</c><00:27:20.000><c> the</c><00:27:20.160><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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little<00:27:21.680><c> as</c><00:27:21.920><c> it</c><00:27:22.099><c> was,</c><00:27:22.319><c> that</c><00:27:22.420><c> was</c><00:27:22.640><c> gathered</c>

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around<00:27:23.279><c> him.</c><00:27:24.180><c> And</c><00:27:24.480><c> in</c><00:27:24.859><c> great</c>

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:27.200
distress,<00:27:26.900><c> David</c>

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falls<00:27:27.740><c> back,</c><00:27:28.460><c> as</c><00:27:28.640><c> he</c><00:27:28.920><c> should,</c>

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upon<00:27:29.940><c> God.</c>

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He<00:27:31.380><c> encouraged</c><00:27:32.359><c> himself</c>

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in<00:27:33.119><c> the</c><00:27:33.319><c> Lord</c><00:27:33.539><c> his</c><00:27:33.759><c> God.</c>

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You<00:27:35.339><c> see</c><00:27:35.559><c> the</c><00:27:35.700><c> key</c><00:27:35.980><c> to</c><00:27:36.240><c> success</c><00:27:36.740><c> in</c>

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trial.<00:27:38.660><c> We</c>

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must,<00:27:39.500><c> brothers</c><00:27:39.660><c> and</c><00:27:39.920><c> sisters,</c><00:27:40.279><c> do</c><00:27:40.420><c> what</c><00:27:40.579><c> David</c>

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:43.400
did.<00:27:41.960><c> In</c><00:27:42.259><c> our</c><00:27:42.579><c> distresses,</c>

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when<00:27:43.940><c> we</c><00:27:44.200><c> sense</c><00:27:44.460><c> that</c><00:27:44.660><c> perhaps</c>

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:47.220
all<00:27:45.359><c> the</c><00:27:45.559><c> world</c><00:27:45.859><c> is</c><00:27:46.119><c> blaming</c><00:27:46.400><c> us,</c>

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:49.119
or<00:27:47.599><c> when</c><00:27:47.759><c> we</c><00:27:48.019><c> sense</c><00:27:48.200><c> that</c><00:27:48.380><c> we</c><00:27:48.519><c> have</c><00:27:48.799><c> slipped</c>

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badly,<00:27:50.339><c> we</c><00:27:50.700><c> need</c>

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to<00:27:51.339><c> turn</c><00:27:51.619><c> to</c><00:27:51.859><c> the</c><00:27:52.079><c> pages</c><00:27:52.519><c> of</c><00:27:52.880><c> the</c><00:27:53.039><c> Word</c>

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:55.720
and<00:27:53.759><c> get</c><00:27:54.019><c> the</c><00:27:54.299><c> strength</c><00:27:54.599><c> we</c><00:27:54.859><c> need.</c>

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.059
The<00:27:56.440><c> Psalms</c><00:27:56.859><c> are</c>

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helpful.<00:27:58.019><c> The</c><00:27:58.279><c> Proverbs</c><00:27:58.720><c> have</c>

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wise<00:27:59.700><c> and</c><00:28:00.119><c> profound</c><00:28:00.720><c> guidance</c>

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during<00:28:01.960><c> times</c><00:28:02.359><c> of</c><00:28:02.599><c> trial.</c>

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But<00:28:03.559><c> the</c><00:28:03.759><c> whole</c><00:28:04.119><c> counsel</c><00:28:04.539><c> of</c><00:28:04.799><c> Scripture</c>

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is<00:28:05.660><c> useful.</c>

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How<00:28:07.240><c> encouraging</c><00:28:07.819><c> it</c><00:28:08.039><c> is</c><00:28:08.259><c> during</c><00:28:08.579><c> times</c><00:28:08.980><c> of</c>

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trial<00:28:09.579><c> to</c><00:28:09.940><c> turn</c><00:28:10.200><c> up</c><00:28:10.400><c> the</c><00:28:10.539><c> life</c><00:28:10.779><c> of</c><00:28:11.079><c> David</c>

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:13.119
and<00:28:11.920><c> perhaps</c><00:28:12.319><c> spend</c><00:28:12.720><c> several</c>

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:15.240
days<00:28:13.640><c> reading</c><00:28:14.039><c> the</c><00:28:14.380><c> life</c><00:28:14.640><c> of</c><00:28:14.920><c> David,</c>

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:17.119
or<00:28:15.579><c> part</c><00:28:15.839><c> of</c><00:28:15.940><c> it,</c><00:28:16.400><c> as</c><00:28:16.539><c> we</c><00:28:16.740><c> have</c><00:28:16.859><c> this</c>

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:19.180
week,<00:28:17.980><c> or</c><00:28:18.299><c> soliciting</c><00:28:18.799><c> the</c><00:28:19.019><c> help</c>

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:21.299
of<00:28:19.400><c> the</c><00:28:19.400><c> Psalms</c><00:28:20.460><c> to</c><00:28:20.740><c> give</c><00:28:20.920><c> us</c>

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.200
encouragement,<00:28:22.500><c> as</c><00:28:22.539><c> David</c><00:28:22.880><c> needed</c>

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encouragement.

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Let<00:28:25.160><c> us</c><00:28:25.420><c> find</c><00:28:25.859><c> what</c><00:28:26.119><c> were</c><00:28:26.380><c> his</c><00:28:26.720><c> keys</c><00:28:27.059><c> to</c>

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:30.119
success<00:28:27.960><c> in</c><00:28:28.359><c> stress</c><00:28:28.740><c> and</c><00:28:29.000><c> difficulty.</c>

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And,<00:28:30.720><c> despite</c>

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our<00:28:31.480><c> repeated</c><00:28:31.799><c> failure,</c><00:28:32.640><c> not</c><00:28:33.079><c> to</c>

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slip<00:28:33.519><c> into</c><00:28:33.779><c> total</c><00:28:34.200><c> despair.</c>

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:37.279
David<00:28:35.619><c> didn't,</c><00:28:36.079><c> and</c><00:28:36.279><c> we</c><00:28:36.539><c> do</c><00:28:36.720><c> not</c><00:28:36.900><c> need</c><00:28:37.039><c> to</c>

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either.<00:28:38.799><c> Well,</c>

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as<00:28:39.740><c> we</c><00:28:40.019><c> proceed</c><00:28:40.299><c> through</c><00:28:40.500><c> this</c><00:28:40.779><c> account,</c>

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:43.920
the<00:28:41.819><c> tide</c><00:28:42.059><c> begins</c><00:28:42.480><c> to</c><00:28:42.759><c> turn</c><00:28:42.980><c> fully.</c>

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:45.299
And,<00:28:44.259><c> of</c><00:28:44.440><c> course,</c><00:28:44.680><c> David</c><00:28:45.019><c> is</c>

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:47.420
about,<00:28:45.519><c> then,</c><00:28:45.900><c> to</c><00:28:46.140><c> move</c><00:28:46.339><c> on</c><00:28:46.859><c> to</c><00:28:47.160><c> greater</c>

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:49.660
things.<00:28:48.359><c> We're</c><00:28:48.559><c> going</c><00:28:48.720><c> to</c><00:28:48.880><c> skip</c><00:28:49.079><c> over</c><00:28:49.380><c> a</c><00:28:49.519><c> few</c>

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:51.519
chapters<00:28:50.099><c> here,</c><00:28:50.960><c> which,</c><00:28:51.359><c> of</c><00:28:51.359><c> course,</c>

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:54.039
bring<00:28:51.759><c> us</c><00:28:52.000><c> into</c><00:28:52.180><c> the</c><00:28:52.400><c> second</c><00:28:52.619><c> book</c><00:28:52.799><c> of</c><00:28:53.019><c> Samuel,</c>

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.500
where<00:28:54.440><c> David</c><00:28:54.700><c> is</c><00:28:54.960><c> about</c><00:28:55.240><c> to</c>

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:58.099
set<00:28:55.660><c> up</c><00:28:55.779><c> his</c><00:28:56.000><c> capital</c><00:28:56.500><c> in</c><00:28:56.799><c> Hebron.</c>

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:01.440
If<00:29:00.319><c> you</c><00:29:00.480><c> take</c><00:29:00.640><c> a</c><00:29:00.759><c> look</c><00:29:00.839><c> at</c><00:29:01.039><c> your</c><00:29:01.220><c> sheet</c>

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:03.140
where,<00:29:01.720><c> really,</c><00:29:02.240><c> at</c><00:29:02.440><c> the</c><00:29:02.640><c> bottom</c>

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:05.299
of<00:29:03.920><c> that</c><00:29:04.200><c> first</c><00:29:04.480><c> large</c><00:29:04.900><c> valley</c>

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:07.700
where<00:29:05.839><c> depression</c><00:29:06.440><c> is</c><00:29:06.819><c> marked,</c>

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:09.480
and<00:29:08.220><c> for</c><00:29:08.359><c> the</c><00:29:08.579><c> sake</c><00:29:08.759><c> of</c><00:29:09.200><c> saving</c>

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:11.599
some<00:29:09.900><c> time,</c><00:29:11.019><c> without</c><00:29:11.319><c> having</c>

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to<00:29:11.819><c> read</c><00:29:11.960><c> all</c><00:29:12.180><c> the</c><00:29:12.400><c> parts</c><00:29:12.579><c> of</c><00:29:12.759><c> the</c><00:29:12.960><c> narrative,</c>

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:16.339
just<00:29:14.079><c> look</c><00:29:14.259><c> at</c><00:29:14.400><c> that</c><00:29:14.640><c> sheet</c><00:29:14.779><c> once</c><00:29:15.119><c> again.</c>

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:19.740
And<00:29:17.839><c> we</c><00:29:17.940><c> can</c><00:29:18.140><c> see</c><00:29:18.299><c> what</c><00:29:18.480><c> the</c><00:29:18.680><c> main</c><00:29:18.859><c> events</c><00:29:19.299><c> are</c>

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:21.799
that<00:29:20.039><c> transpire</c><00:29:20.539><c> at</c><00:29:20.700><c> this</c><00:29:20.900><c> point.</c>

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.359
We've<00:29:22.240><c> mentioned</c><00:29:22.460><c> his</c><00:29:22.720><c> depression,</c>

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:25.980
found<00:29:23.799><c> almost</c><00:29:24.099><c> at</c><00:29:24.299><c> the</c><00:29:24.359><c> bottom</c><00:29:24.579><c> of</c><00:29:24.740><c> that</c><00:29:24.980><c> valley,</c>

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:27.940
chapter<00:29:26.220><c> 27,</c><00:29:26.839><c> verse</c><00:29:27.140><c> 1.</c>

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.779
Shortly<00:29:28.960><c> after</c><00:29:29.440><c> this,</c>

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:31.339
and<00:29:30.039><c> while</c><00:29:30.259><c> David</c><00:29:30.539><c> is</c><00:29:30.779><c> in</c><00:29:30.940><c> Ziklag,</c>

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:34.779
returning<00:29:31.900><c> his</c><00:29:32.200><c> fortunes,</c><00:29:33.319><c> of</c><00:29:33.420><c> course,</c>

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.619
Saul<00:29:34.900><c> and</c><00:29:35.140><c> Jonathan</c>

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:37.680
finally<00:29:36.579><c> fall.</c>

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:39.480
The<00:29:38.299><c> mighty</c><00:29:38.759><c> lose</c><00:29:39.220><c> their</c>

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:41.500
lives.<00:29:41.059><c> Adner's</c>

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:43.400
revolt<00:29:42.000><c> begins</c><00:29:42.619><c> in</c><00:29:42.859><c> 1</c><00:29:43.039><c> Kings,</c>

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:45.559
chapter<00:29:43.940><c> 2.</c><00:29:45.019><c> But</c><00:29:45.299><c> during</c>

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:47.660
that<00:29:45.720><c> period</c><00:29:46.079><c> of</c><00:29:46.299><c> civil</c><00:29:46.680><c> war,</c><00:29:47.559><c> David</c>

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:49.299
is<00:29:47.940><c> recognized</c><00:29:48.599><c> by</c><00:29:48.920><c> Judah,</c>

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:52.329
sets<00:29:49.880><c> himself</c><00:29:50.339><c> up</c><00:29:50.559><c> as</c><00:29:50.779><c> king</c><00:29:51.160><c> in</c><00:29:51.480><c> Hebron,</c>

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.519
and<00:29:53.119><c> following</c>

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:55.940
that,<00:29:54.099><c> about</c><00:29:54.299><c> a</c><00:29:54.539><c> seven</c><00:29:54.720><c> year</c><00:29:54.960><c> period,</c>

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:58.380
the<00:29:56.420><c> fortunes</c><00:29:56.900><c> begin</c><00:29:57.140><c> to</c><00:29:57.480><c> change,</c>

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.619
and<00:29:58.640><c> David</c><00:29:58.900><c> once</c><00:29:59.279><c> again</c>

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:01.720
begins<00:30:00.019><c> to</c><00:30:00.339><c> ascend</c><00:30:00.779><c> in</c><00:30:01.420><c> his</c>

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:03.900
importance<00:30:02.200><c> and</c><00:30:03.059><c> in</c><00:30:03.259><c> his</c><00:30:03.539><c> place</c>

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:05.440
amongst<00:30:04.279><c> his</c><00:30:04.579><c> people.</c>

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:07.400
He<00:30:05.740><c> is</c><00:30:06.019><c> crowned</c><00:30:06.579><c> king.</c>

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:09.859
He<00:30:07.680><c> takes</c><00:30:08.180><c> the</c><00:30:08.519><c> Jebusites,</c>

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.799
or<00:30:10.579><c> Zion,</c><00:30:11.359><c> in</c><00:30:11.559><c> the</c>

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.900
series<00:30:12.019><c> of</c><00:30:12.259><c> two</c><00:30:12.460><c> steps.</c>

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:15.460
The<00:30:13.740><c> ark</c><00:30:14.000><c> is</c><00:30:14.279><c> finally</c><00:30:14.500><c> brought</c><00:30:14.799><c> to</c><00:30:15.059><c> Zion,</c>

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:18.019
and<00:30:15.859><c> in</c><00:30:16.059><c> 2</c><00:30:16.319><c> Samuel,</c><00:30:16.799><c> chapter</c><00:30:17.279><c> 7,</c>

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.460
the<00:30:18.440><c> covenant</c><00:30:18.740><c> is</c><00:30:18.980><c> given</c><00:30:19.160><c> to</c>

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:21.019
David.<00:30:20.380><c> He</c><00:30:20.619><c> affects</c>

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:23.460
victories<00:30:21.740><c> over</c><00:30:22.220><c> his</c><00:30:22.519><c> enemies.</c>

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Then,

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not<00:30:25.700><c> long</c><00:30:26.019><c> after</c><00:30:26.460><c> that,</c>

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:29.359
at<00:30:27.920><c> the</c><00:30:28.200><c> pinnacle</c><00:30:28.700><c> of</c><00:30:29.099><c> his</c>

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:31.279
power<00:30:29.839><c> and</c><00:30:30.319><c> strength,</c>

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:33.140
David<00:30:32.380><c> falls</c><00:30:32.799><c> once</c>

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:35.079
again<00:30:33.700><c> in</c><00:30:34.380><c> his</c>

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:37.140
terrible<00:30:35.619><c> sin</c><00:30:36.019><c> with</c><00:30:36.299><c> Bathsheba,</c>

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:39.619
and<00:30:37.720><c> in</c><00:30:37.900><c> his</c><00:30:38.099><c> murder</c><00:30:38.480><c> of</c><00:30:38.759><c> Uriah.</c>

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.880
By<00:30:40.500><c> the</c><00:30:40.660><c> way,</c>

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:42.759
Uriah<00:30:41.319><c> should</c><00:30:41.440><c> have</c><00:30:41.660><c> one</c><00:30:41.880><c> R</c><00:30:42.039><c> there,</c><00:30:42.380><c> that's</c><00:30:42.559><c> the</c>

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:45.180
Scotch<00:30:43.259><c> spelling</c><00:30:43.500><c> of</c><00:30:43.680><c> Uriah.</c>

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:47.160
Our<00:30:46.640><c> typist</c>

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.960
added<00:30:47.599><c> an</c><00:30:47.839><c> extra</c><00:30:48.099><c> R,</c><00:30:48.480><c> so</c><00:30:48.599><c> if</c><00:30:48.740><c> you</c><00:30:48.819><c> would</c>

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.680
like<00:30:49.059><c> to</c><00:30:49.299><c> correct</c><00:30:49.480><c> that.</c>

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.240
Think<00:30:52.500><c> though,</c><00:30:52.900><c> brothers</c><00:30:52.980><c> and</c>

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:55.099
sisters,<00:30:53.559><c> of</c><00:30:53.700><c> what</c><00:30:53.839><c> that</c><00:30:54.299><c> diagram</c><00:30:54.680><c> charts</c>

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.279
for<00:30:55.400><c> you.</c>

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:59.299
Once<00:30:57.200><c> again,</c><00:30:58.119><c> David</c><00:30:58.299><c> falls.</c>

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:01.000
This<00:30:59.960><c> time,</c><00:31:00.299><c> it's</c><00:31:00.640><c> his</c>

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.720
greatest<00:31:01.539><c> tragedy.</c>

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.200
David<00:31:03.859><c> is</c><00:31:04.220><c> a</c><00:31:04.420><c> man</c><00:31:04.720><c> with</c>

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:07.019
clay<00:31:05.500><c> feet,</c><00:31:06.420><c> just</c><00:31:06.759><c> like</c>

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.200
you<00:31:07.180><c> and</c><00:31:07.380><c> I.</c>

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:10.480
He<00:31:08.960><c> learned</c><00:31:09.359><c> lessons.</c>

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:12.079
He<00:31:10.900><c> could</c><00:31:11.119><c> say</c><00:31:11.440><c> that</c><00:31:11.640><c> he</c><00:31:11.740><c> was</c>

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:14.019
glad<00:31:12.500><c> that</c><00:31:13.059><c> he</c><00:31:13.220><c> was</c><00:31:13.420><c> afflicted,</c>

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:15.619
like<00:31:14.240><c> the</c><00:31:14.500><c> Psalmist.</c>

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:17.839
He<00:31:15.880><c> could</c><00:31:16.059><c> say</c><00:31:16.259><c> that</c><00:31:16.440><c> he</c><00:31:16.640><c> learned</c><00:31:16.839><c> lessons</c><00:31:17.339><c> from</c><00:31:17.559><c> his</c>

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:19.779
afflictions.<00:31:19.259><c> But</c><00:31:19.440><c> here,</c>

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:22.619
at<00:31:20.180><c> a</c><00:31:20.359><c> latter</c><00:31:20.579><c> point</c><00:31:20.960><c> in</c><00:31:21.240><c> David's</c><00:31:21.740><c> life,</c>

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.839
not<00:31:23.000><c> an</c><00:31:23.180><c> early</c><00:31:23.420><c> point,</c>

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:26.940
but<00:31:24.440><c> after</c><00:31:24.819><c> some</c><00:31:25.140><c> years</c><00:31:25.380><c> of</c><00:31:25.880><c> experience,</c>

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.900
it's<00:31:27.359><c> then</c><00:31:27.660><c> that</c>

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:30.079
David<00:31:28.140><c> has</c><00:31:28.460><c> his</c><00:31:28.720><c> greatest</c><00:31:29.000><c> fall.</c>

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.960
No<00:31:31.079><c> need</c><00:31:31.359><c> for</c><00:31:31.619><c> total</c>

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.019
despair.

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:35.759
No<00:31:33.759><c> need</c><00:31:34.000><c> for</c><00:31:34.380><c> suicidal</c><00:31:34.960><c> feelings</c><00:31:35.480><c> within</c>

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:37.940
ourselves<00:31:36.420><c> when</c><00:31:37.160><c> we</c><00:31:37.579><c> fail</c>

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:40.319
so<00:31:38.259><c> miserably</c><00:31:38.700><c> at</c><00:31:38.960><c> times.</c>

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.940
David<00:31:40.759><c> was</c><00:31:40.980><c> humbled.</c>

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.299
David<00:31:42.359><c> learned</c><00:31:42.640><c> lessons.</c>

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:45.980
David<00:31:44.099><c> lived</c><00:31:44.380><c> with</c><00:31:44.640><c> the</c><00:31:44.940><c> consequences</c><00:31:45.460><c> of</c><00:31:45.740><c> his</c>

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.859
sin<00:31:46.220><c> with</c><00:31:46.700><c> Bathsheba</c><00:31:47.240><c> and</c><00:31:47.400><c> his</c><00:31:47.579><c> murder</c>

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:49.099
of<00:31:48.039><c> Uriah.</c>

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:52.000
But<00:31:49.880><c> David</c><00:31:50.440><c> could</c><00:31:50.900><c> still</c><00:31:51.200><c> be</c><00:31:51.640><c> described</c>

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:54.059
afterwards<00:31:52.779><c> as</c><00:31:53.440><c> a</c><00:31:53.720><c> man</c>

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:56.099
after<00:31:54.480><c> God's</c><00:31:54.980><c> own</c><00:31:55.200><c> heart.</c>

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:58.240
Think<00:31:56.440><c> of</c><00:31:56.619><c> that,</c><00:31:57.039><c> brothers</c><00:31:57.039><c> and</c><00:31:57.299><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.940
Here<00:31:58.539><c> we</c><00:31:58.700><c> have</c><00:31:59.039><c> followed</c><00:31:59.339><c> David</c>

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:01.920
briefly<00:32:00.759><c> through</c><00:32:01.599><c> these</c>

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:03.819
periods<00:32:02.319><c> of</c><00:32:02.500><c> his</c><00:32:02.720><c> life</c><00:32:02.920><c> over</c><00:32:03.140><c> the</c><00:32:03.339><c> course</c><00:32:03.500><c> of</c><00:32:03.680><c> this</c>

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:05.799
past<00:32:04.079><c> week.</c><00:32:05.079><c> We've</c><00:32:05.259><c> seen</c><00:32:05.480><c> David</c>

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:07.900
at<00:32:06.180><c> strong</c><00:32:06.500><c> points,</c><00:32:07.160><c> and</c><00:32:07.160><c> we've</c><00:32:07.460><c> seen</c><00:32:07.539><c> him</c><00:32:07.740><c> in</c>

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:09.240
total<00:32:08.240><c> despair.</c>

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.859
Do<00:32:10.119><c> you</c><00:32:10.319><c> feel</c><00:32:10.559><c> depressed</c><00:32:11.140><c> at</c><00:32:11.440><c> times?</c>

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:14.039
David<00:32:12.539><c> felt</c><00:32:12.819><c> depressed.</c>

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.819
Repeating<00:32:15.099><c> his</c><00:32:15.380><c> errors</c>

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:17.880
and<00:32:16.240><c> then</c><00:32:16.519><c> committing</c><00:32:16.799><c> one,</c><00:32:17.720><c> as</c>

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:19.720
is<00:32:18.039><c> the</c><00:32:18.240><c> sin</c><00:32:18.319><c> with</c><00:32:18.579><c> Bathsheba</c><00:32:19.140><c> and</c><00:32:19.380><c> the</c><00:32:19.519><c> murder</c>

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:21.960
of<00:32:19.900><c> Uriah,</c><00:32:21.019><c> that</c><00:32:21.140><c> was</c><00:32:21.299><c> more</c><00:32:21.599><c> heinous</c>

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:24.140
than<00:32:22.220><c> any</c><00:32:22.480><c> of</c><00:32:22.579><c> the</c><00:32:22.680><c> others</c><00:32:22.880><c> he</c><00:32:23.039><c> had</c><00:32:23.240><c> committed.</c>

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.779
And<00:32:25.000><c> yet,</c><00:32:25.460><c> David</c>

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:28.359
was<00:32:26.039><c> a</c><00:32:26.200><c> man</c><00:32:26.480><c> after</c><00:32:26.859><c> God's</c><00:32:27.279><c> own</c><00:32:27.460><c> heart.</c>

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:30.000
And<00:32:28.859><c> that</c><00:32:29.039><c> was</c><00:32:29.299><c> said</c><00:32:29.480><c> of</c><00:32:29.640><c> David</c>

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:31.420
even<00:32:30.400><c> in</c><00:32:30.599><c> the</c><00:32:30.720><c> New</c><00:32:30.920><c> Testament,</c>

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:33.000
long<00:32:32.000><c> after</c>

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.880
David's<00:32:33.940><c> death.</c>

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:37.720
You<00:32:35.740><c> see,</c><00:32:36.440><c> there</c><00:32:36.519><c> were</c><00:32:36.700><c> things</c><00:32:37.079><c> in</c><00:32:37.380><c> David</c>

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.259
despite<00:32:38.460><c> his</c><00:32:38.819><c> failings</c>

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:41.119
and<00:32:39.599><c> despite</c><00:32:39.920><c> his</c><00:32:40.160><c> weaknesses</c>

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:44.079
that<00:32:41.619><c> attracted</c><00:32:42.460><c> God</c><00:32:42.880><c> to</c><00:32:43.140><c> him.</c>

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.740
In<00:32:44.559><c> the</c><00:32:44.839><c> overall</c><00:32:45.180><c> picture,</c>

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:47.680
David<00:32:46.400><c> deserved</c><00:32:46.980><c> that</c><00:32:47.339><c> epithet</c>

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:49.519
that<00:32:48.480><c> he</c><00:32:48.680><c> was</c><00:32:48.920><c> a</c><00:32:49.180><c> man</c>

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:51.559
after<00:32:49.980><c> God's</c><00:32:50.480><c> own</c><00:32:50.680><c> heart.</c>

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:53.400
It<00:32:51.900><c> doesn't</c><00:32:52.220><c> mean</c><00:32:52.539><c> that</c><00:32:52.720><c> he</c><00:32:52.960><c> conquered</c>

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:55.579
all<00:32:53.799><c> the</c><00:32:54.019><c> time.</c><00:32:54.920><c> It</c><00:32:55.099><c> doesn't</c><00:32:55.359><c> mean</c>

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:57.259
that<00:32:55.720><c> he</c><00:32:55.839><c> wasn't</c><00:32:56.079><c> given</c><00:32:56.420><c> to</c><00:32:56.940><c> failure</c>

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.920
and<00:32:57.559><c> repeated</c><00:32:58.019><c> failure</c><00:32:58.460><c> at</c><00:32:58.720><c> that.</c>

00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:01.759
It<00:32:59.700><c> means</c><00:33:00.019><c> that</c><00:33:00.200><c> in</c><00:33:00.279><c> the</c><00:33:00.660><c> overall</c>

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.279
God's<00:33:02.839><c> estimation</c>

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.980
of<00:33:03.519><c> David</c><00:33:04.019><c> was</c><00:33:04.619><c> that</c><00:33:04.759><c> his</c>

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:06.960
heart<00:33:05.440><c> was</c><00:33:06.099><c> in</c><00:33:06.599><c> tune</c>

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.759
with<00:33:07.640><c> the</c><00:33:07.900><c> Maker.</c>

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.880
I'd<00:33:09.680><c> like</c><00:33:09.799><c> now,</c><00:33:10.240><c> brothers</c><00:33:10.279><c> and</c><00:33:10.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:13.180
to<00:33:11.099><c> look</c><00:33:11.319><c> especially</c><00:33:11.940><c> at</c><00:33:12.680><c> the</c><00:33:12.900><c> section</c>

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:14.900
dealing<00:33:13.500><c> with</c><00:33:13.819><c> Absalom's</c><00:33:14.440><c> revolt</c>

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:16.880
and<00:33:15.339><c> David's</c><00:33:15.920><c> fleeing</c><00:33:16.119><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:19.160
Now<00:33:17.500><c> you</c><00:33:17.559><c> can</c><00:33:17.819><c> see</c><00:33:17.980><c> that,</c><00:33:18.160><c> of</c><00:33:18.359><c> course,</c><00:33:18.640><c> by</c><00:33:18.880><c> those</c>

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.460
last<00:33:19.519><c> three</c><00:33:19.720><c> or</c><00:33:19.859><c> four</c><00:33:20.099><c> dots</c>

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:23.160
on<00:33:21.140><c> the</c><00:33:21.339><c> final</c><00:33:21.720><c> decline</c><00:33:22.240><c> over</c><00:33:22.500><c> to</c><00:33:22.660><c> the</c><00:33:22.799><c> right</c><00:33:22.960><c>-hand</c>

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:25.400
side<00:33:23.420><c> of</c><00:33:23.579><c> the</c><00:33:23.779><c> chart.</c><00:33:24.240><c> That's</c><00:33:24.759><c> the</c><00:33:24.940><c> area</c>

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:27.119
that<00:33:25.740><c> I'd</c><00:33:26.000><c> like</c><00:33:26.119><c> to</c><00:33:26.539><c> concentrate</c>

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:29.799
on<00:33:27.420><c> in</c><00:33:27.539><c> the</c><00:33:27.740><c> remainder</c><00:33:27.980><c> of</c><00:33:28.160><c> our</c><00:33:28.319><c> period</c><00:33:28.559><c> this</c><00:33:28.819><c> morning.</c>

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.359
Now<00:33:30.559><c> the</c><00:33:30.740><c> green</c><00:33:31.099><c> sheet</c>

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:33.180
which<00:33:31.519><c> we've</c><00:33:31.779><c> given</c><00:33:31.960><c> you</c><00:33:32.480><c> is</c><00:33:32.940><c> just</c>

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:35.099
another<00:33:33.460><c> way</c><00:33:33.720><c> of</c><00:33:34.000><c> approaching</c><00:33:34.339><c> the</c><00:33:34.680><c> structure</c><00:33:34.940><c> of</c>

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:37.279
this<00:33:35.299><c> period.</c><00:33:36.920><c> You</c><00:33:37.059><c> can</c>

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:39.099
take<00:33:37.619><c> a</c><00:33:37.980><c> quick</c><00:33:38.160><c> glance</c><00:33:38.480><c> at</c><00:33:38.700><c> that.</c><00:33:39.079><c> Let's</c>

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:41.099
look<00:33:39.319><c> at</c><00:33:39.420><c> it</c><00:33:39.640><c> together</c><00:33:39.980><c> before</c><00:33:40.619><c> we</c><00:33:40.839><c> just</c>

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:42.839
move<00:33:41.299><c> on</c><00:33:41.500><c> to</c><00:33:41.619><c> the</c><00:33:41.740><c> next</c><00:33:41.940><c> section.</c>

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.400
It<00:33:44.700><c> charts</c><00:33:45.000><c> out</c>

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:47.200
really<00:33:46.079><c> the</c><00:33:46.519><c> structure</c><00:33:46.920><c> of</c>

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:49.240
2<00:33:47.380><c> Samuel.</c><00:33:48.660><c> It</c><00:33:49.019><c> shows</c>

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:51.400
you<00:33:49.460><c> that</c><00:33:49.700><c> David's</c><00:33:50.299><c> sin</c><00:33:50.500><c> falls</c><00:33:50.940><c> roughly</c>

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:53.140
in<00:33:51.619><c> the</c><00:33:51.700><c> middle</c><00:33:51.960><c> of</c><00:33:52.180><c> the</c><00:33:52.319><c> book.</c>

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.319
David's<00:33:54.619><c> triumphs</c><00:33:55.140><c> lead</c>

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:57.079
up<00:33:55.579><c> to</c><00:33:56.079><c> his</c><00:33:56.299><c> great</c><00:33:56.660><c> sin</c><00:33:56.859><c> with</c>

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:59.200
Bathsheba<00:33:57.839><c> in</c><00:33:58.279><c> chapters</c><00:33:58.640><c> 11</c><00:33:59.019><c> and</c>

00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:01.240
12<00:33:59.640><c> of</c><00:33:59.779><c> 2</c><00:34:00.059><c> Samuel.</c>

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:03.519
You<00:34:01.940><c> can</c><00:34:02.200><c> see</c><00:34:02.339><c> that</c><00:34:02.640><c> after</c><00:34:02.980><c> that</c>

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:05.259
there's<00:34:03.859><c> a</c><00:34:04.059><c> chart</c><00:34:04.319><c> section</c><00:34:04.660><c> there</c><00:34:04.960><c> showing</c>

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:07.200
his<00:34:05.740><c> troubled</c><00:34:06.140><c> period</c>

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:09.260
where<00:34:07.720><c> a</c><00:34:08.280><c> man's</c><00:34:08.860><c> foes</c>

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:11.420
were<00:34:09.500><c> those</c><00:34:09.840><c> of</c><00:34:09.980><c> his</c><00:34:10.199><c> own</c><00:34:10.440><c> household.</c>

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.300
You<00:34:12.619><c> can</c><00:34:12.860><c> see</c><00:34:13.019><c> that</c>

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:15.320
going<00:34:13.460><c> down</c><00:34:13.820><c> below</c><00:34:14.280><c> in</c><00:34:14.460><c> the</c><00:34:14.539><c> bottom</c><00:34:14.860><c> section</c><00:34:15.159><c> of</c>

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:17.420
the<00:34:15.500><c> chart</c><00:34:15.800><c> how</c><00:34:16.460><c> it</c>

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:19.340
subdivides<00:34:18.219><c> and</c><00:34:18.480><c> retitles</c><00:34:19.099><c> the</c>

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:21.239
sections,<00:34:20.380><c> the</c><00:34:20.619><c> seven</c><00:34:20.800><c> and</c><00:34:20.980><c> a</c><00:34:21.039><c> half</c>

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:23.039
years<00:34:21.559><c> of</c><00:34:21.760><c> David</c><00:34:22.059><c> and</c><00:34:22.300><c> Hebron,</c>

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:25.159
the<00:34:23.320><c> 33</c><00:34:23.880><c> years</c><00:34:24.500><c> covered</c><00:34:24.860><c> while</c>

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:27.159
David<00:34:25.480><c> is</c><00:34:25.900><c> then</c><00:34:26.380><c> king</c><00:34:26.880><c> in</c>

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:28.280
Jerusalem.

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.960
Well<00:34:29.400><c> that</c><00:34:29.619><c> perhaps</c><00:34:30.019><c> helps</c><00:34:30.380><c> to</c><00:34:30.699><c> picture</c>

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:33.139
where<00:34:31.219><c> we</c><00:34:31.420><c> are</c><00:34:31.639><c> in</c><00:34:31.920><c> David's</c><00:34:32.300><c> life</c><00:34:32.519><c> and</c><00:34:32.960><c> make</c>

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.800
some<00:34:33.460><c> sense</c><00:34:33.760><c> of</c><00:34:33.920><c> the</c><00:34:34.119><c> various</c><00:34:34.340><c> events</c>

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:37.460
in<00:34:35.300><c> this</c><00:34:35.659><c> second</c><00:34:36.019><c> phase</c><00:34:36.480><c> of</c><00:34:36.940><c> David's</c>

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.400
experience.

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:41.199
So<00:34:39.159><c> we</c><00:34:39.320><c> have</c><00:34:39.500><c> now</c><00:34:40.280><c> crossed</c><00:34:40.840><c> the</c>

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:43.139
watershed<00:34:41.619><c> of</c><00:34:41.880><c> David's</c><00:34:42.280><c> life.</c>

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:45.139
From<00:34:43.599><c> this</c><00:34:43.940><c> point</c><00:34:44.199><c> all</c><00:34:44.780><c> experiences</c>

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:47.099
in<00:34:46.280><c> David's</c><00:34:46.780><c> life</c>

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:49.099
find<00:34:47.980><c> their</c><00:34:48.420><c> source</c><00:34:48.800><c> in</c>

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:51.159
that<00:34:49.380><c> one</c><00:34:49.619><c> event</c><00:34:50.039><c> listed</c><00:34:50.460><c> on</c><00:34:50.679><c> your</c><00:34:50.840><c> green</c>

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:53.739
sheet.<00:34:52.099><c> It</c><00:34:52.320><c> is</c><00:34:52.519><c> in</c><00:34:52.639><c> the</c><00:34:52.800><c> middle.</c>

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.539
From<00:34:54.880><c> this</c><00:34:55.239><c> point</c>

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.940
all<00:34:56.139><c> experiences</c>

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:59.280
find<00:34:57.440><c> their</c><00:34:57.780><c> source,</c><00:34:58.559><c> the</c><00:34:58.860><c> sin</c>

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:00.940
with<00:34:59.780><c> Bathsheba.</c>

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:03.260
One<00:35:01.420><c> event</c><00:35:01.840><c> which</c><00:35:02.199><c> explains</c><00:35:02.800><c> all</c>

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:05.199
the<00:35:03.480><c> events</c><00:35:03.760><c> that</c><00:35:04.139><c> transpire</c>

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:07.679
in<00:35:05.500><c> the</c><00:35:05.719><c> second</c><00:35:05.980><c> part</c><00:35:06.300><c> of</c><00:35:06.519><c> 2</c><00:35:06.719><c> Samuel.</c>

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:09.199
Most<00:35:08.639><c> of</c><00:35:08.840><c> the</c><00:35:08.980><c> events</c>

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:11.039
then<00:35:09.519><c> in</c><00:35:09.619><c> that</c><00:35:09.900><c> second</c><00:35:10.199><c> part</c><00:35:10.480><c> of</c><00:35:10.619><c> the</c><00:35:10.760><c> book</c>

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:13.579
are<00:35:11.739><c> drawn</c><00:35:12.099><c> out</c><00:35:12.480><c> of</c><00:35:12.920><c> and</c>

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:15.599
absolutely<00:35:14.260><c> tied</c><00:35:14.760><c> in</c><00:35:15.099><c> with</c>

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:17.420
his<00:35:15.880><c> great</c><00:35:16.239><c> sin</c><00:35:16.440><c> with</c><00:35:16.659><c> Bathsheba.</c>

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:19.500
And<00:35:17.920><c> thus</c><00:35:18.119><c> the</c><00:35:18.440><c> structure</c><00:35:18.800><c> is</c><00:35:19.079><c> interesting</c>

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:21.659
to<00:35:19.739><c> note</c><00:35:20.019><c> that</c><00:35:20.480><c> it</c><00:35:20.619><c> is</c><00:35:21.039><c> right</c><00:35:21.440><c> in</c>

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:23.099
the<00:35:21.739><c> middle</c><00:35:21.900><c> of</c><00:35:22.099><c> the</c><00:35:22.239><c> book.</c>

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:25.739
Despite<00:35:24.480><c> though</c><00:35:24.960><c> the</c><00:35:25.300><c> depth</c>

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:27.679
of<00:35:26.099><c> this</c><00:35:26.360><c> tragic</c><00:35:26.780><c> event</c><00:35:27.139><c> brothers</c><00:35:27.420><c> and</c>

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:29.820
sisters,<00:35:28.780><c> God</c><00:35:29.139><c> did</c><00:35:29.519><c> not</c>

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:31.860
allow<00:35:30.199><c> David</c><00:35:30.559><c> to</c><00:35:30.920><c> collapse</c><00:35:31.280><c> in</c><00:35:31.519><c> total</c>

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.960
despair.

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.619
How<00:35:33.679><c> not?</c>

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:37.480
First<00:35:35.639><c> He</c><00:35:35.960><c> assured</c><00:35:36.360><c> David</c><00:35:36.800><c> once</c><00:35:37.099><c> He</c>

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:39.340
confessed<00:35:37.920><c> that</c><00:35:38.400><c> his</c><00:35:38.699><c> sins</c><00:35:38.980><c> were</c>

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:41.280
forgiven.<00:35:40.820><c> Secondly</c>

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:43.840
let's<00:35:41.840><c> turn</c><00:35:42.059><c> to</c><00:35:42.260><c> 2</c><00:35:42.460><c> Samuel</c><00:35:42.920><c> chapter</c><00:35:43.300><c> 12</c>

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:45.639
after<00:35:44.440><c> his</c><00:35:44.820><c> sin</c><00:35:45.139><c> with</c>

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:47.579
Bathsheba<00:35:46.320><c> and</c><00:35:47.179><c> after</c>

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:49.159
his<00:35:47.699><c> confession.</c>

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:53.260
2<00:35:50.679><c> Samuel</c><00:35:51.139><c> chapter</c><00:35:51.619><c> 12</c>

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:57.219
verse<00:35:56.480><c> 24</c>

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:59.719
God<00:35:58.719><c> does</c><00:35:59.159><c> not</c><00:35:59.400><c> allow</c>

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:01.599
David<00:36:00.139><c> to</c><00:36:00.539><c> collapse</c><00:36:00.960><c> in</c><00:36:01.260><c> total</c>

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.840
despair.

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.400
Verse<00:36:03.519><c> 24</c>

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:07.400
And<00:36:05.179><c> David</c><00:36:05.820><c> comforted</c>

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.659
Bathsheba<00:36:08.000><c> his</c><00:36:08.219><c> wife</c>

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:11.400
and<00:36:09.280><c> went</c><00:36:09.500><c> in</c><00:36:09.760><c> unto</c><00:36:09.920><c> her</c><00:36:10.280><c> and</c><00:36:10.500><c> lay</c><00:36:10.659><c> with</c><00:36:10.840><c> her</c>

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:13.320
and<00:36:11.699><c> she</c><00:36:11.920><c> bare</c><00:36:12.119><c> a</c><00:36:12.360><c> son</c>

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:15.940
and<00:36:13.920><c> he</c><00:36:14.480><c> called</c><00:36:14.780><c> his</c><00:36:15.079><c> name</c>

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:17.980
Solomon<00:36:16.559><c> and</c><00:36:17.760><c> the</c>

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:20.440
Lord<00:36:18.460><c> loved</c><00:36:18.940><c> him.</c>

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.940
Encouragement.

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:24.559
Even<00:36:22.619><c> the</c><00:36:23.219><c> name</c><00:36:23.219><c> Solomon</c><00:36:23.599><c> itself</c>

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:26.219
breathed

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:28.059
hope<00:36:26.679><c> and</c><00:36:27.280><c> expectation</c>

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:29.960
on<00:36:28.400><c> a</c><00:36:28.619><c> positive</c><00:36:29.039><c> note.</c>

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:32.019
Here<00:36:30.800><c> was</c><00:36:31.039><c> the</c><00:36:31.159><c> woman</c><00:36:31.480><c> with</c><00:36:31.820><c> whom</c>

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:34.079
he<00:36:32.239><c> had</c><00:36:32.500><c> committed</c><00:36:33.079><c> such</c><00:36:33.599><c> a</c>

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:35.860
sad<00:36:34.500><c> deed</c><00:36:35.000><c> and</c><00:36:35.519><c> yet</c>

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:38.039
it<00:36:36.119><c> is</c><00:36:36.380><c> from</c><00:36:36.679><c> the</c><00:36:36.940><c> marriage</c><00:36:37.380><c> of</c><00:36:37.739><c> these</c>

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:40.280
two<00:36:38.500><c> that</c><00:36:39.280><c> Solomon</c><00:36:39.739><c> comes</c>

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and<00:36:41.099><c> his</c><00:36:41.360><c> name</c><00:36:41.619><c> meant</c>

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peace.

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It<00:36:43.960><c> promised</c><00:36:44.480><c> David</c><00:36:44.880><c> of</c>

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something<00:36:45.860><c> greater</c><00:36:46.400><c> in</c><00:36:46.579><c> the</c><00:36:46.739><c> future.</c>

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Verse<00:36:48.420><c> 25</c>

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there's<00:36:49.460><c> further</c><00:36:49.800><c> encouragement.</c>

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:53.219
For<00:36:51.239><c> along</c><00:36:51.619><c> comes</c><00:36:52.059><c> Nathan</c><00:36:52.500><c> the</c><00:36:52.820><c> prophet</c>

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:55.260
the<00:36:53.880><c> one</c><00:36:54.199><c> who</c><00:36:54.400><c> had</c><00:36:54.619><c> pronounced</c>

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David's<00:36:56.300><c> error</c>

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is<00:36:57.179><c> the</c><00:36:57.360><c> one</c><00:36:57.519><c> now</c><00:36:57.900><c> who</c><00:36:58.179><c> offers</c><00:36:58.460><c> encouragement.</c>

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Verse<00:37:00.300><c> 25</c>

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And<00:37:02.019><c> he</c><00:37:02.440><c> sent</c>

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by<00:37:03.440><c> the</c><00:37:03.699><c> hand</c><00:37:03.920><c> of</c><00:37:04.119><c> Nathan</c><00:37:04.400><c> the</c><00:37:04.719><c> prophet</c>

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and<00:37:06.059><c> called</c><00:37:06.380><c> his</c><00:37:06.780><c> name</c>

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Jedediah

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because<00:37:10.079><c> of</c><00:37:10.840><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:37:11.559><c> and</c><00:37:11.920><c> the</c><00:37:12.079><c> margin</c><00:37:12.400><c> shows</c><00:37:12.739><c> you</c>

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his<00:37:13.780><c> name</c><00:37:14.039><c> meant</c><00:37:14.480><c> beloved</c>

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of<00:37:15.619><c> the</c><00:37:15.840><c> Lord.</c>

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:19.179
And<00:37:17.820><c> Joab</c><00:37:18.340><c> fought</c><00:37:18.659><c> against</c>

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:21.320
Raba<00:37:19.699><c> of</c><00:37:20.079><c> the</c><00:37:20.260><c> children</c><00:37:20.519><c> of</c><00:37:20.780><c> Ammon</c>

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:23.000
and<00:37:21.719><c> took</c><00:37:21.940><c> the</c><00:37:22.219><c> royal</c><00:37:22.559><c> city</c>

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:25.219
and<00:37:23.679><c> Joab</c><00:37:24.000><c> sent</c><00:37:24.239><c> messengers</c><00:37:24.739><c> to</c><00:37:25.000><c> David</c>

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:27.599
and<00:37:25.559><c> said</c><00:37:25.760><c> I</c><00:37:26.139><c> have</c><00:37:26.360><c> fought</c><00:37:26.460><c> against</c><00:37:26.880><c> Raba</c>

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:29.199
and<00:37:27.920><c> have</c><00:37:28.139><c> taken</c><00:37:28.460><c> the</c><00:37:28.719><c> city</c><00:37:28.960><c> of</c>

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:30.960
waters<00:37:29.679><c> now</c><00:37:30.320><c> therefore</c>

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gather<00:37:31.420><c> the</c><00:37:31.619><c> rest</c><00:37:31.840><c> of</c><00:37:31.980><c> the</c><00:37:32.139><c> people</c><00:37:32.320><c> together</c>

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:35.239
and<00:37:33.519><c> encamp</c><00:37:33.980><c> against</c><00:37:34.619><c> the</c><00:37:34.900><c> city</c>

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:37.320
and<00:37:35.679><c> take</c><00:37:35.880><c> it</c><00:37:36.599><c> lest</c><00:37:36.920><c> I</c>

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:39.039
take<00:37:37.539><c> the</c><00:37:37.780><c> city</c><00:37:38.119><c> and</c><00:37:38.599><c> it</c><00:37:38.719><c> be</c><00:37:38.840><c> called</c>

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:41.139
after<00:37:39.440><c> my</c><00:37:39.780><c> name</c><00:37:40.139><c> and</c><00:37:40.840><c> David</c>

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:43.079
gathered<00:37:41.460><c> all</c><00:37:41.659><c> the</c><00:37:41.840><c> people</c><00:37:42.019><c> together</c><00:37:42.500><c> and</c><00:37:42.900><c> went</c>

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:45.099
to<00:37:43.340><c> Raba</c><00:37:43.719><c> and</c><00:37:44.099><c> fought</c><00:37:44.360><c> against</c><00:37:44.780><c> it</c><00:37:44.940><c> and</c>

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:47.219
took<00:37:45.239><c> it</c><00:37:45.500><c> and</c><00:37:46.519><c> he</c><00:37:46.780><c> took</c>

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:49.000
their<00:37:48.039><c> king's</c><00:37:48.739><c> crown</c>

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:51.260
from<00:37:49.340><c> off</c><00:37:49.539><c> his</c><00:37:49.840><c> head</c><00:37:50.380><c> the</c><00:37:51.039><c> weight</c>

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:53.179
were<00:37:51.480><c> of</c><00:37:51.619><c> was</c><00:37:51.820><c> a</c><00:37:52.059><c> talent</c><00:37:52.260><c> of</c><00:37:52.519><c> gold</c><00:37:52.780><c> with</c><00:37:52.920><c> the</c>

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:55.280
precious<00:37:53.460><c> stones</c><00:37:53.960><c> and</c><00:37:54.800><c> it</c><00:37:54.960><c> was</c>

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:57.139
set<00:37:55.420><c> on</c><00:37:55.739><c> David's</c><00:37:56.239><c> head</c><00:37:56.480><c> and</c>

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:59.119
he<00:37:57.360><c> brought</c><00:37:57.539><c> forth</c><00:37:57.860><c> the</c><00:37:58.260><c> spoil</c><00:37:58.519><c> of</c><00:37:58.719><c> the</c><00:37:58.940><c> city</c>

00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:00.739
in<00:37:59.420><c> great</c><00:37:59.579><c> abundance.</c>

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Can<00:38:01.360><c> you</c><00:38:01.579><c> see</c><00:38:01.760><c> David</c><00:38:02.119><c> standing</c><00:38:02.559><c> there</c>

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:05.280
with<00:38:03.980><c> the</c><00:38:04.320><c> crown</c><00:38:04.599><c> of</c><00:38:04.940><c> gold</c>

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:07.199
from<00:38:05.480><c> his</c><00:38:05.780><c> enemies</c><00:38:06.159><c> now</c><00:38:06.719><c> placed</c>

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upon<00:38:07.699><c> his</c><00:38:08.019><c> head.</c>

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.880
Here<00:38:09.780><c> brothers</c><00:38:10.099><c> and</c><00:38:10.380><c> sisters</c>

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following<00:38:11.559><c> in</c><00:38:11.800><c> the</c><00:38:11.920><c> wake</c><00:38:12.119><c> of</c><00:38:12.340><c> his</c><00:38:12.539><c> sin</c><00:38:12.719><c> with</c>

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:15.699
Bathsheba<00:38:13.619><c> and</c><00:38:14.000><c> his</c><00:38:14.179><c> murder</c><00:38:14.460><c> of</c><00:38:14.639><c> Uriah</c>

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:17.239
was<00:38:16.119><c> a</c><00:38:16.360><c> token</c><00:38:16.800><c> of</c>

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:19.480
blessing.<00:38:18.619><c> Here</c><00:38:18.780><c> was</c><00:38:19.019><c> a</c><00:38:19.219><c> token</c>

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:21.380
brothers<00:38:19.800><c> and</c><00:38:20.079><c> sisters</c><00:38:20.360><c> that</c><00:38:20.639><c> encouraged</c>

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David.

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:25.039
Victory<00:38:23.559><c> was</c><00:38:23.960><c> now</c><00:38:24.420><c> soon</c><00:38:24.679><c> to</c><00:38:24.880><c> be</c>

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.940
totally<00:38:25.420><c> within</c><00:38:25.659><c> his</c><00:38:25.940><c> grasp.</c>

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And<00:38:27.199><c> despite</c><00:38:27.599><c> his</c><00:38:27.920><c> failure</c>

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:30.920
David<00:38:29.280><c> now</c><00:38:29.639><c> encourages</c><00:38:30.340><c> David</c>

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and<00:38:31.719><c> he</c><00:38:32.039><c> dissuades</c><00:38:32.420><c> him</c><00:38:32.659><c> from</c><00:38:32.920><c> total</c>

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:35.000
despair.<00:38:34.380><c> First</c>

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:37.260
by<00:38:35.300><c> the</c><00:38:35.440><c> positive</c><00:38:35.980><c> announcement</c><00:38:36.519><c> from</c><00:38:36.780><c> Nathan</c>

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:39.179
and<00:38:38.079><c> from</c><00:38:38.420><c> the</c><00:38:38.579><c> naming</c><00:38:38.780><c> of</c><00:38:39.019><c> the</c>

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:40.800
son.<00:38:40.139><c> Words</c>

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prophetic<00:38:41.539><c> of</c><00:38:42.019><c> encouragement</c>

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and<00:38:43.480><c> then</c><00:38:43.800><c> secondly</c><00:38:44.260><c> the</c><00:38:44.800><c> crowning</c>

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:46.699
on<00:38:45.440><c> David's</c><00:38:45.880><c> head.</c>

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:49.119
It<00:38:47.300><c> was</c><00:38:47.599><c> not</c><00:38:48.019><c> God's</c><00:38:48.659><c> intention</c>

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:50.960
to<00:38:49.780><c> leave</c><00:38:50.159><c> David</c><00:38:50.519><c> totally</c>

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:53.119
in<00:38:51.159><c> the</c><00:38:51.320><c> valley.</c><00:38:52.559><c> And</c><00:38:52.719><c> so</c><00:38:52.900><c> brothers</c>

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:55.079
and<00:38:53.400><c> sisters</c><00:38:53.699><c> God</c><00:38:54.039><c> works</c><00:38:54.380><c> with</c><00:38:54.619><c> us.</c>

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:57.739
He<00:38:55.900><c> wishes</c><00:38:56.179><c> us</c><00:38:56.460><c> to</c><00:38:56.619><c> be</c><00:38:56.820><c> humble.</c>

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:59.199
He<00:38:58.340><c> seeks</c><00:38:58.719><c> our</c>

00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:01.360
confession<00:38:59.760><c> and</c><00:39:00.079><c> our</c><00:39:00.340><c> repentance.</c>

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:03.260
And<00:39:02.300><c> as</c><00:39:02.480><c> John</c><00:39:02.719><c> the</c><00:39:02.900><c> Baptist</c>

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:05.519
beckons<00:39:03.719><c> we</c><00:39:03.900><c> must</c><00:39:04.159><c> come</c><00:39:04.519><c> forward</c><00:39:04.900><c> with</c><00:39:05.219><c> fruits</c>

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:07.360
that<00:39:05.760><c> are</c><00:39:06.300><c> meat</c><00:39:06.539><c> or</c><00:39:06.920><c> worthy</c>

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.780
of<00:39:07.739><c> repentance.</c>

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:11.840
But<00:39:09.539><c> he</c><00:39:09.679><c> does</c><00:39:10.000><c> provide</c><00:39:10.380><c> us</c><00:39:10.579><c> with</c><00:39:10.840><c> encouragement.</c>

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:13.420
He<00:39:12.559><c> doesn't</c><00:39:12.880><c> wish</c><00:39:13.179><c> to</c>

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:15.400
encourage<00:39:13.900><c> within</c><00:39:14.159><c> us</c><00:39:14.679><c> suicidal</c>

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:17.320
feelings<00:39:16.099><c> like</c><00:39:16.739><c> that</c><00:39:17.059><c> which</c>

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:18.619
Judas<00:39:17.579><c> had.</c>

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:20.880
Learn<00:39:19.559><c> our</c><00:39:19.800><c> lessons</c><00:39:20.159><c> we</c><00:39:20.480><c> must</c>

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:23.179
but<00:39:21.679><c> fall</c><00:39:22.039><c> to</c><00:39:22.340><c> total</c><00:39:22.619><c> despair</c>

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:25.360
is<00:39:23.719><c> not</c><00:39:23.960><c> God's</c><00:39:24.539><c> intent.</c>

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:27.539
Now<00:39:26.820><c> brothers</c><00:39:27.059><c> and</c><00:39:27.280><c> sisters</c>

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:29.199
we<00:39:27.800><c> proceed</c><00:39:28.219><c> a</c><00:39:28.460><c> little</c><00:39:28.619><c> further</c>

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:31.260
in<00:39:29.980><c> this</c><00:39:30.199><c> account.</c>

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.599
David

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is<00:39:33.360><c> faced</c><00:39:33.719><c> sooner</c><00:39:34.199><c> or</c><00:39:34.460><c> later</c>

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:37.519
with<00:39:35.179><c> rebellion</c><00:39:35.760><c> within</c><00:39:36.139><c> his</c><00:39:36.360><c> own</c><00:39:36.659><c> home.</c>

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:40.820
Through<00:39:39.219><c> this</c><00:39:39.480><c> work</c><00:39:39.840><c> of</c><00:39:40.199><c> Absalom</c>

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:42.920
David's<00:39:41.880><c> power</c><00:39:42.219><c> and</c><00:39:42.599><c> strength</c>

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:44.539
in<00:39:43.139><c> the</c><00:39:43.400><c> court</c><00:39:43.599><c> is</c><00:39:44.000><c> undone.</c>

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:46.860
Let's<00:39:45.119><c> just</c><00:39:45.340><c> go</c><00:39:45.480><c> a</c><00:39:45.579><c> little</c><00:39:45.719><c> further</c><00:39:46.039><c> here.</c><00:39:46.639><c> Second</c>

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:48.300
Samuel

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Chapter

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15.

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This<00:39:54.840><c> is</c><00:39:55.039><c> the</c><00:39:55.239><c> chapter</c><00:39:55.579><c> which</c><00:39:56.019><c> describes</c>

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:59.719
Absalom's<00:39:58.619><c> rebellion.</c>

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In

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the<00:40:04.760><c> first</c><00:40:04.980><c> few</c><00:40:05.239><c> verses</c>

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:07.019
of<00:40:05.960><c> chapter</c><00:40:06.340><c> 15</c>

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:09.260
we<00:40:07.940><c> read</c><00:40:08.300><c> how</c><00:40:08.719><c> Absalom</c>

00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:11.800
began<00:40:09.760><c> to</c><00:40:10.780><c> win</c><00:40:11.059><c> the</c><00:40:11.380><c> hearts</c>

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:14.519
of<00:40:12.099><c> the</c><00:40:12.280><c> people</c><00:40:12.599><c> over</c><00:40:12.940><c> to</c><00:40:13.159><c> himself.</c>

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.659
David's<00:40:15.099><c> hands</c>

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:17.480
seem<00:40:16.019><c> to</c><00:40:16.239><c> be</c><00:40:16.519><c> tied.</c>

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:19.639
And<00:40:18.219><c> of</c><00:40:18.400><c> course</c><00:40:18.820><c> Joab</c>

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:21.599
begins<00:40:20.480><c> to</c><00:40:20.940><c> usurp</c><00:40:21.300><c> his</c>

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:23.179
authority<00:40:22.019><c> over</c><00:40:22.320><c> David.</c>

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:25.159
You<00:40:23.440><c> notice</c><00:40:23.699><c> how</c><00:40:24.039><c> brusquely</c><00:40:24.659><c> Joab</c>

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:27.099
delivered<00:40:25.579><c> his</c><00:40:25.800><c> message</c><00:40:26.139><c> to</c><00:40:26.400><c> David</c><00:40:26.639><c> that</c><00:40:26.739><c> we</c><00:40:26.900><c> just</c>

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:29.099
read<00:40:27.320><c> about.</c><00:40:28.219><c> How</c><00:40:28.460><c> he</c><00:40:28.739><c> virtually</c>

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:31.159
commanded<00:40:29.679><c> David</c><00:40:30.019><c> to</c><00:40:30.239><c> come</c><00:40:30.460><c> to</c><00:40:30.639><c> the</c><00:40:30.820><c> city</c>

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:33.880
and<00:40:31.739><c> take</c><00:40:32.019><c> his</c><00:40:32.340><c> part</c><00:40:32.539><c> as</c><00:40:32.800><c> the</c><00:40:33.039><c> king.</c>

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:35.420
That's<00:40:34.480><c> a</c><00:40:34.619><c> clue.</c>

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:37.440
From<00:40:35.739><c> that</c><00:40:36.099><c> point</c><00:40:36.320><c> on</c><00:40:36.820><c> Joab</c>

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:39.199
virtually<00:40:38.079><c> dictates</c><00:40:38.719><c> to</c><00:40:38.960><c> David</c>

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:41.360
what<00:40:39.420><c> shall</c><00:40:39.659><c> be</c><00:40:39.880><c> done.</c><00:40:40.699><c> And</c><00:40:40.900><c> David's</c>

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:43.300
hands<00:40:41.559><c> are</c><00:40:42.000><c> tied</c><00:40:42.380><c> because</c><00:40:42.860><c> of</c><00:40:43.059><c> his</c>

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:44.260
sin.

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:47.280
Absalom<00:40:45.639><c> works</c><00:40:46.179><c> intrigued</c><00:40:46.760><c> within</c><00:40:47.000><c> the</c>

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:49.599
court.<00:40:48.139><c> He</c><00:40:48.300><c> wins</c><00:40:48.559><c> over</c><00:40:49.000><c> David's</c>

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:51.300
closest<00:40:49.920><c> friend</c><00:40:50.420><c> Ahithophel</c>

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:53.059
and<00:40:51.980><c> together</c>

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:55.079
they<00:40:53.480><c> spin</c><00:40:53.880><c> a</c><00:40:54.280><c> web</c><00:40:54.559><c> around</c>

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:57.159
David.<00:40:56.800><c> David</c>

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:59.619
senses<00:40:57.699><c> that</c><00:40:58.019><c> his</c><00:40:58.320><c> time</c><00:40:58.599><c> is</c><00:40:58.860><c> up.</c>

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:01.260
Just<00:40:59.960><c> look</c><00:41:00.139><c> at</c><00:41:00.300><c> 2</c><00:41:00.739><c> Samuel</c>

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:03.659
Chapter<00:41:01.679><c> 15.</c>

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:05.219
Verse<00:41:04.420><c> 10</c>

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:07.059
Absalom<00:41:06.159><c> sent</c><00:41:06.539><c> spies</c>

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:09.119
throughout<00:41:07.300><c> all</c><00:41:07.599><c> the</c><00:41:07.800><c> tribes</c><00:41:08.000><c> of</c><00:41:08.179><c> Israel</c><00:41:08.619><c> saying</c>

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:11.139
as<00:41:09.840><c> soon</c><00:41:10.079><c> as</c><00:41:10.199><c> ye</c><00:41:10.380><c> hear</c><00:41:10.539><c> the</c><00:41:10.760><c> sound</c><00:41:10.980><c> of</c>

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:13.280
the<00:41:11.360><c> trumpet</c><00:41:11.699><c> then</c><00:41:12.420><c> ye</c><00:41:12.719><c> shall</c><00:41:12.880><c> say</c>

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:15.710
Absalom<00:41:14.139><c> reigneth</c><00:41:14.659><c> in</c><00:41:14.920><c> Hebron</c>

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:17.239
and<00:41:16.579><c> with</c><00:41:16.760><c> Absalom</c>

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:19.059
went<00:41:17.460><c> two</c><00:41:17.719><c> hundred</c><00:41:17.900><c> men</c><00:41:18.179><c> out</c><00:41:18.340><c> of</c><00:41:18.519><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:20.900
that<00:41:19.679><c> was</c><00:41:19.960><c> called</c>

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:22.960
and<00:41:21.500><c> they</c><00:41:21.780><c> went</c><00:41:21.940><c> in</c><00:41:22.079><c> their</c><00:41:22.300><c> simplicity</c>

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:24.940
and<00:41:23.780><c> they</c><00:41:23.960><c> knew</c><00:41:24.119><c> not</c><00:41:24.460><c> anything.</c>

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:27.380
And<00:41:25.880><c> Absalom</c><00:41:26.280><c> sent</c><00:41:26.619><c> for</c><00:41:26.800><c> Ahithophel</c>

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:29.059
the<00:41:27.539><c> Gileanite</c><00:41:28.099><c> and</c><00:41:28.320><c> David's</c><00:41:28.780><c> counselor</c>

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:31.260
from<00:41:29.320><c> his</c><00:41:29.559><c> city,</c><00:41:30.239><c> even</c><00:41:30.579><c> from</c><00:41:30.880><c> Gila</c>

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:33.300
while<00:41:31.920><c> he</c><00:41:32.260><c> offered</c><00:41:32.500><c> sacrifices</c>

00:41:33.300 --> 00:41:35.480
and<00:41:33.960><c> the</c><00:41:34.300><c> conspiracy</c><00:41:34.980><c> was</c>

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:37.300
strong<00:41:36.099><c> for</c><00:41:36.780><c> the</c><00:41:37.019><c> people</c>

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:38.980
increased<00:41:37.960><c> continually</c>

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:41.340
with<00:41:39.920><c> Absalom.</c>

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:43.280
And<00:41:42.000><c> there</c><00:41:42.219><c> came</c><00:41:42.340><c> a</c><00:41:42.519><c> messenger</c><00:41:42.820><c> to</c><00:41:43.039><c> David</c>

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:45.260
saying<00:41:43.719><c> the</c><00:41:44.320><c> hearts</c><00:41:44.719><c> of</c><00:41:44.940><c> the</c><00:41:45.099><c> men</c>

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:47.659
of<00:41:45.480><c> Israel</c><00:41:45.880><c> are</c><00:41:46.360><c> after</c><00:41:46.820><c> Absalom.</c>

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.039
Does<00:41:48.739><c> David</c>

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:51.739
fight?<00:41:50.420><c> Does</c><00:41:50.539><c> he</c><00:41:50.760><c> resist?</c>

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:53.019
Look<00:41:52.059><c> at</c><00:41:52.179><c> verse</c><00:41:52.400><c> 14.</c>

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:54.920
How<00:41:53.739><c> quickly</c>

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:56.940
David<00:41:55.119><c> acquiesces</c>

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:58.920
and<00:41:57.099><c> David</c><00:41:57.599><c> said</c><00:41:57.820><c> unto</c><00:41:58.079><c> all</c><00:41:58.360><c> his</c><00:41:58.619><c> servants</c>

00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:00.840
that<00:41:59.139><c> were</c><00:41:59.260><c> with</c><00:41:59.480><c> him</c><00:41:59.579><c> at</c><00:41:59.780><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:03.159
arise<00:42:01.380><c> and</c><00:42:01.619><c> let</c><00:42:01.820><c> us</c><00:42:02.159><c> flee</c>

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.980
for

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:07.739
we<00:42:05.539><c> shall</c><00:42:05.760><c> not</c><00:42:06.019><c> else</c><00:42:06.199><c> escape</c><00:42:06.699><c> from</c><00:42:06.960><c> Absalom</c>

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:09.300
make<00:42:08.780><c> speed</c>

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:10.920
to<00:42:09.579><c> depart</c><00:42:10.059><c> lest</c><00:42:10.739><c> he</c>

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:13.219
take<00:42:11.099><c> us</c><00:42:11.519><c> suddenly</c><00:42:11.940><c> and</c><00:42:12.340><c> bring</c><00:42:12.539><c> evil</c><00:42:12.860><c> upon</c>

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:15.000
us<00:42:13.719><c> and</c><00:42:13.980><c> smite</c><00:42:14.260><c> the</c><00:42:14.500><c> city</c><00:42:14.679><c> with</c><00:42:14.860><c> the</c>

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:16.380
edge<00:42:15.139><c> of</c><00:42:15.300><c> the</c><00:42:15.480><c> sword.</c>

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:18.119
This<00:42:16.980><c> isn't</c><00:42:17.260><c> the</c><00:42:17.539><c> David</c>

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:21.039
who<00:42:18.840><c> when</c><00:42:19.000><c> a</c><00:42:19.219><c> messenger</c><00:42:19.480><c> came</c><00:42:19.860><c> to</c><00:42:20.039><c> him</c><00:42:20.300><c> and</c><00:42:20.559><c> told</c><00:42:20.760><c> him</c>

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:23.340
that<00:42:21.340><c> Nabal,</c><00:42:22.159><c> the</c><00:42:22.400><c> churlish</c><00:42:22.760><c> man</c>

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:25.340
had<00:42:23.960><c> resisted</c><00:42:24.840><c> David's</c>

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:27.119
overtures<00:42:25.760><c> for</c><00:42:26.059><c> help,</c><00:42:26.840><c> girded</c>

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:29.199
on<00:42:27.280><c> his</c><00:42:27.539><c> sword</c><00:42:27.780><c> and</c><00:42:27.940><c> his</c><00:42:28.159><c> armor</c><00:42:28.320><c> and</c><00:42:28.460><c> took</c><00:42:28.639><c> his</c><00:42:28.920><c> men</c>

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:31.420
and<00:42:29.500><c> were</c><00:42:29.679><c> about</c><00:42:29.940><c> to</c><00:42:30.199><c> snuff</c><00:42:30.500><c> out</c><00:42:30.719><c> Nabal</c>

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:33.119
and<00:42:31.619><c> his</c><00:42:31.840><c> farming</c><00:42:32.059><c> area.</c>

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:35.260
No,<00:42:33.739><c> this</c><00:42:33.900><c> is</c><00:42:34.059><c> a</c><00:42:34.219><c> different</c><00:42:34.360><c> David.</c>

00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:37.219
Here<00:42:35.980><c> David</c><00:42:36.519><c> seems</c><00:42:36.980><c> to</c>

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:38.559
be<00:42:37.460><c> resigned.</c>

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:41.400
He<00:42:39.179><c> has</c><00:42:39.739><c> a</c><00:42:39.960><c> much</c><00:42:40.199><c> greater</c><00:42:40.900><c> attitude</c>

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:43.519
of<00:42:41.900><c> patience</c><00:42:42.340><c> and</c><00:42:43.159><c> acceptance</c>

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:44.719
of<00:42:43.739><c> his</c><00:42:43.980><c> fate.</c>

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:46.820
There's<00:42:45.360><c> been</c><00:42:45.519><c> a</c><00:42:45.780><c> change</c><00:42:46.059><c> in</c><00:42:46.340><c> David.</c>

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:49.440
No<00:42:47.460><c> doubt</c><00:42:47.599><c> he's</c><00:42:47.840><c> been</c><00:42:48.099><c> humbled</c><00:42:48.420><c> by</c><00:42:48.659><c> his</c><00:42:48.880><c> experience</c>

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:51.519
and<00:42:49.619><c> his</c><00:42:49.820><c> failure</c><00:42:50.360><c> with</c><00:42:50.920><c> Uriah</c>

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.980
and<00:42:51.699><c> Bathsheba.</c>

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:55.519
But<00:42:53.539><c> David</c><00:42:53.940><c> is</c><00:42:54.239><c> resigned</c><00:42:54.820><c> to</c><00:42:55.119><c> accept</c>

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:57.139
the<00:42:55.840><c> circumstances</c><00:42:56.500><c> of</c><00:42:56.800><c> life</c>

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:59.820
in<00:42:57.539><c> a</c><00:42:57.699><c> way</c><00:42:57.880><c> that</c><00:42:58.039><c> wasn't</c><00:42:58.320><c> true</c><00:42:58.659><c> previously.</c>

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.360
When<00:43:01.000><c> David</c>

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:02.960
then<00:43:01.760><c> flees</c><00:43:02.019><c> from</c><00:43:02.260><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:05.579
notice<00:43:03.920><c> the</c><00:43:04.239><c> expression</c><00:43:04.820><c> that</c><00:43:05.039><c> is</c><00:43:05.260><c> used</c>

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:07.260
to<00:43:05.880><c> describe</c><00:43:06.300><c> how</c><00:43:06.780><c> he</c><00:43:07.039><c> leaves</c>

00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:08.780
and<00:43:07.440><c> where</c><00:43:07.619><c> he</c><00:43:07.860><c> goes.</c>

00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:11.199
And<00:43:10.400><c> in</c><00:43:10.579><c> doing</c><00:43:10.860><c> so</c>

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:13.239
just<00:43:11.440><c> look</c><00:43:11.619><c> at</c><00:43:11.760><c> verse</c><00:43:11.920><c> 23</c>

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:15.119
And<00:43:13.920><c> all</c><00:43:14.340><c> the</c><00:43:14.659><c> country</c>

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:16.699
wept<00:43:15.460><c> with</c><00:43:15.719><c> a</c><00:43:15.900><c> loud</c><00:43:16.119><c> voice</c>

00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:19.320
and<00:43:17.619><c> all</c><00:43:17.960><c> the</c><00:43:18.119><c> people</c><00:43:18.500><c> passed</c><00:43:18.940><c> over</c>

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:20.840
the<00:43:19.599><c> king</c><00:43:19.860><c> also</c><00:43:20.360><c> himself</c>

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:22.679
passed<00:43:21.239><c> over</c><00:43:21.380><c> the</c><00:43:21.559><c> Kedron</c>

00:43:22.699 --> 00:43:24.800
and<00:43:23.199><c> all</c><00:43:23.719><c> the</c><00:43:23.960><c> people</c><00:43:24.360><c> passed</c>

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:26.619
over<00:43:25.280><c> towards</c><00:43:25.820><c> the</c><00:43:26.139><c> way</c>

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:28.400
of<00:43:27.000><c> the</c><00:43:27.199><c> wilderness.</c>

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:30.960
The<00:43:29.260><c> way</c><00:43:29.500><c> of</c><00:43:29.659><c> the</c><00:43:29.800><c> wilderness.</c>

00:43:31.260 --> 00:43:32.820
David<00:43:31.579><c> is</c><00:43:31.940><c> once</c><00:43:32.260><c> again</c>

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:34.679
back<00:43:33.400><c> into</c><00:43:33.679><c> the</c><00:43:33.860><c> condition</c><00:43:34.219><c> of</c><00:43:34.460><c> being</c>

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:36.840
a<00:43:34.900><c> fugitive.</c><00:43:36.480><c> But</c><00:43:36.659><c> brothers</c>

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:38.920
and<00:43:37.119><c> sisters</c><00:43:37.440><c> it</c><00:43:37.679><c> is</c><00:43:37.940><c> in</c><00:43:38.219><c> the</c><00:43:38.440><c> wilderness</c>

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:40.780
we<00:43:40.039><c> think</c><00:43:40.260><c> of</c><00:43:40.400><c> the</c><00:43:40.559><c> early</c>

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:42.440
verses<00:43:41.039><c> we</c><00:43:41.300><c> read</c><00:43:41.420><c> at</c><00:43:41.619><c> the</c><00:43:41.719><c> beginning</c><00:43:41.880><c> of</c><00:43:42.079><c> the</c><00:43:42.179><c> week</c>

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:44.880
it<00:43:43.199><c> is</c><00:43:43.400><c> in</c><00:43:43.599><c> the</c><00:43:43.780><c> wilderness</c><00:43:44.260><c> that</c><00:43:44.599><c> God</c>

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:47.840
works<00:43:45.900><c> with</c><00:43:46.179><c> men</c><00:43:46.539><c> and</c><00:43:46.780><c> women.</c>

00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:48.980
It<00:43:48.159><c> is</c><00:43:48.320><c> in</c><00:43:48.460><c> the</c><00:43:48.619><c> wilderness</c>

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:51.019
that<00:43:49.199><c> he</c><00:43:49.380><c> tries</c><00:43:49.719><c> the</c><00:43:50.079><c> hearts.</c>

00:43:51.239 --> 00:43:53.380
It<00:43:51.380><c> was</c><00:43:51.440><c> in</c><00:43:51.599><c> the</c><00:43:51.780><c> wilderness</c><00:43:52.199><c> that</c><00:43:52.480><c> Jesus</c><00:43:52.900><c> Christ</c>

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:54.960
was<00:43:53.699><c> sent</c><00:43:53.960><c> by</c><00:43:54.199><c> the</c><00:43:54.500><c> Spirit</c>

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:57.360
in<00:43:55.400><c> order</c><00:43:55.639><c> to</c><00:43:55.840><c> be</c><00:43:56.099><c> tempted</c><00:43:56.480><c> and</c><00:43:56.960><c> tried</c>

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:59.420
and<00:43:57.539><c> to</c><00:43:57.699><c> know</c><00:43:57.820><c> what</c><00:43:58.019><c> was</c><00:43:58.159><c> in</c><00:43:58.260><c> his</c><00:43:58.519><c> heart.</c>

00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:01.639
As<00:44:00.000><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:44:00.559><c> 8</c><00:44:00.860><c> tells</c><00:44:01.179><c> us</c>

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:03.119
the<00:44:01.980><c> people</c><00:44:02.400><c> of</c><00:44:02.599><c> Israel</c><00:44:02.880><c> were</c>

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:05.300
brought<00:44:03.420><c> to</c><00:44:03.599><c> the</c><00:44:03.780><c> wilderness</c><00:44:04.219><c> to</c><00:44:04.880><c> humble</c>

00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:07.019
them,<00:44:05.900><c> to</c><00:44:06.360><c> prove</c><00:44:06.699><c> them</c>

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:09.400
and<00:44:07.199><c> to</c><00:44:07.480><c> know</c><00:44:07.639><c> what</c><00:44:07.860><c> was</c><00:44:08.039><c> in</c><00:44:08.179><c> their</c><00:44:08.500><c> heart.</c>

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David<00:44:10.179><c> returns</c><00:44:10.840><c> then</c>

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:12.960
to<00:44:12.059><c> the</c><00:44:12.320><c> same</c><00:44:12.579><c> place</c>

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:14.900
he<00:44:13.179><c> often</c><00:44:13.639><c> spent</c><00:44:14.139><c> in</c><00:44:14.380><c> the</c><00:44:14.539><c> past.</c>

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:16.619
It<00:44:15.300><c> is</c><00:44:15.480><c> a</c><00:44:15.519><c> slightly</c><00:44:15.800><c> different</c><00:44:16.199><c> area</c>

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:18.280
in<00:44:17.119><c> terms</c><00:44:17.460><c> of</c><00:44:17.659><c> geography</c>

00:44:18.280 --> 00:44:20.639
but<00:44:18.780><c> it</c><00:44:19.000><c> is</c><00:44:19.139><c> the</c><00:44:19.260><c> same</c><00:44:19.639><c> kind</c><00:44:20.000><c> of</c><00:44:20.179><c> environment</c>

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:22.300
it<00:44:21.019><c> is</c><00:44:21.139><c> a</c><00:44:21.320><c> wilderness.</c>

00:44:22.860 --> 00:44:24.679
Many<00:44:23.159><c> a</c><00:44:23.360><c> man</c><00:44:23.519><c> brothers</c><00:44:23.800><c> and</c><00:44:24.059><c> sisters</c>

00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:26.860
has<00:44:25.380><c> found</c><00:44:25.719><c> God</c><00:44:26.039><c> in</c><00:44:26.179><c> the</c><00:44:26.340><c> wilderness</c>

00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:29.159
when<00:44:27.659><c> he</c><00:44:27.800><c> had</c><00:44:28.019><c> lost</c><00:44:28.260><c> him</c><00:44:28.380><c> in</c><00:44:28.539><c> the</c><00:44:28.679><c> city</c>

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:30.699
and<00:44:30.039><c> in</c><00:44:30.260><c> some</c><00:44:30.420><c> ways</c>

00:44:30.699 --> 00:44:32.760
God<00:44:31.239><c> had</c><00:44:31.679><c> been</c><00:44:31.920><c> lost</c><00:44:32.280><c> to</c><00:44:32.500><c> David</c>

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:34.760
in<00:44:33.099><c> the</c><00:44:33.280><c> city.</c><00:44:34.360><c> But</c><00:44:34.559><c> David</c>

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:37.019
is<00:44:34.980><c> going</c><00:44:35.099><c> to</c><00:44:35.360><c> find</c><00:44:35.639><c> God</c><00:44:36.039><c> in</c><00:44:36.360><c> the</c><00:44:36.579><c> wilderness</c>

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:38.940
in<00:44:37.260><c> a</c><00:44:37.360><c> way</c><00:44:37.539><c> that</c><00:44:37.699><c> perhaps</c><00:44:38.079><c> he</c><00:44:38.260><c> had</c><00:44:38.400><c> never</c><00:44:38.639><c> found</c>

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:40.260
him<00:44:39.159><c> before.</c>

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David,<00:44:41.260><c> verse</c><00:44:41.519><c> 30</c>

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climbs<00:44:42.400><c> the</c><00:44:42.619><c> Mount</c><00:44:42.739><c> of</c><00:44:42.980><c> Olives</c>

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:45.739
and<00:44:44.400><c> he</c><00:44:44.659><c> wept</c><00:44:44.820><c> as</c><00:44:45.000><c> he</c><00:44:45.139><c> went</c><00:44:45.280><c> up</c>

00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:47.780
and<00:44:46.219><c> he</c><00:44:46.340><c> had</c><00:44:46.500><c> his</c><00:44:46.719><c> head</c><00:44:46.920><c> covered</c><00:44:47.300><c> and</c><00:44:47.559><c> went</c>

00:44:47.780 --> 00:44:49.800
barefoot<00:44:48.519><c> with</c><00:44:49.019><c> all</c><00:44:49.320><c> the</c><00:44:49.539><c> people</c>

00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:51.940
that<00:44:50.000><c> was</c><00:44:50.159><c> with</c><00:44:50.420><c> him.</c><00:44:51.360><c> Covered</c>

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:53.900
every<00:44:52.139><c> man</c><00:44:52.420><c> his</c><00:44:52.719><c> head</c><00:44:53.099><c> and</c><00:44:53.639><c> they</c><00:44:53.780><c> went</c>

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:55.420
up,<00:44:54.300><c> weeping</c><00:44:54.559><c> as</c><00:44:54.780><c> they</c><00:44:54.980><c> went</c><00:44:55.119><c> up</c>

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:57.860
and<00:44:56.300><c> one</c><00:44:56.559><c> told</c><00:44:56.980><c> David</c><00:44:57.320><c> saying</c>

00:44:57.860 --> 00:44:59.780
Ahithophel<00:44:58.920><c> is</c><00:44:59.119><c> among</c><00:44:59.400><c> the</c>

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:01.659
conspirators<00:45:00.340><c> with</c><00:45:00.579><c> Absalom</c>

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:03.719
and<00:45:02.320><c> David</c><00:45:02.699><c> said</c>

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:05.920
O<00:45:04.599><c> Lord,</c><00:45:05.619><c> I</c>

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pray<00:45:06.219><c> thee,</c><00:45:06.800><c> turn</c><00:45:07.219><c> the</c><00:45:07.519><c> counsel</c>

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:10.559
of<00:45:08.260><c> Ahithophel</c><00:45:09.039><c> into</c><00:45:09.400><c> foolishness.</c>

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.679
Notice<00:45:11.760><c> that</c><00:45:12.099><c> scene</c>

00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:14.559
David<00:45:13.599><c> prays</c>

00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:16.800
as<00:45:15.079><c> he</c><00:45:15.380><c> flees.</c>

00:45:17.159 --> 00:45:18.400
He<00:45:17.179><c> is</c><00:45:17.460><c> still</c><00:45:17.800><c> a</c><00:45:17.960><c> man</c><00:45:18.079><c> of</c>

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:20.360
prayer.<00:45:19.559><c> Accepting</c><00:45:20.059><c> his</c>

00:45:20.360 --> 00:45:22.199
fate<00:45:20.719><c> and</c><00:45:21.360><c> not</c><00:45:21.679><c> resisting</c>

00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:24.539
as<00:45:22.440><c> he</c><00:45:22.579><c> had</c><00:45:22.719><c> done</c><00:45:22.960><c> previously,</c><00:45:24.239><c> David</c>

00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:26.340
worships<00:45:25.340><c> or</c><00:45:25.500><c> he</c><00:45:25.880><c> prays</c>

00:45:26.340 --> 00:45:28.079
as<00:45:26.679><c> he</c><00:45:27.000><c> flees.</c>

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:30.800
Do<00:45:28.659><c> you?</c><00:45:29.579><c> Do</c><00:45:29.820><c> I?</c>

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:32.219
What<00:45:31.599><c> a</c><00:45:31.940><c> comment</c>

00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:34.179
on<00:45:32.500><c> the</c><00:45:32.900><c> spirituality</c><00:45:33.440><c> of</c><00:45:33.860><c> David</c>

00:45:34.179 --> 00:45:35.820
despite<00:45:34.900><c> his</c><00:45:35.199><c> difficulties.</c>

00:45:35.820 --> 00:45:38.300
Verse<00:45:36.719><c> 32,</c><00:45:37.400><c> it</c><00:45:37.420><c> came</c><00:45:37.639><c> to</c><00:45:37.900><c> pass</c>

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:40.239
that<00:45:38.639><c> when</c><00:45:38.840><c> David</c><00:45:39.119><c> was</c><00:45:39.460><c> come</c><00:45:39.679><c> to</c><00:45:39.880><c> the</c><00:45:40.039><c> top</c>

00:45:40.239 --> 00:45:42.219
of<00:45:40.460><c> the</c><00:45:40.579><c> Mount,</c><00:45:41.619><c> notice</c><00:45:41.739><c> this</c>

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where<00:45:42.920><c> he</c><00:45:43.320><c> worshiped</c><00:45:43.920><c> God</c>

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behold

00:45:46.019 --> 00:45:48.039
Hushai<00:45:46.539><c> the</c><00:45:46.860><c> Archite</c><00:45:47.619><c> came</c>

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:49.579
to<00:45:48.300><c> meet</c><00:45:48.460><c> him</c><00:45:48.599><c> with</c><00:45:48.739><c> his</c><00:45:48.980><c> coat</c><00:45:49.199><c> rent</c>

00:45:49.579 --> 00:45:51.980
and<00:45:50.099><c> earth</c><00:45:50.320><c> upon</c><00:45:50.679><c> his</c><00:45:51.019><c> head.</c>

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:54.059
Who<00:45:52.579><c> was</c><00:45:52.800><c> Hushai?</c>

00:45:54.219 --> 00:45:55.880
Well,<00:45:54.380><c> the</c><00:45:54.619><c> chapters</c><00:45:54.920><c> show</c><00:45:55.199><c> us</c>

00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:58.179
Hushai<00:45:56.780><c> is</c><00:45:57.099><c> about</c><00:45:57.380><c> to</c><00:45:57.679><c> become</c>

00:45:58.179 --> 00:46:00.000
David's<00:45:59.159><c> fifth</c><00:45:59.679><c> columnist</c>

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:02.019
in<00:46:00.760><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:03.900
Hushai<00:46:02.820><c> will</c><00:46:03.039><c> go</c><00:46:03.380><c> back</c><00:46:03.639><c> to</c>

00:46:03.900 --> 00:46:06.019
Jerusalem<00:46:04.599><c> and</c><00:46:04.980><c> act</c><00:46:05.260><c> as</c><00:46:05.480><c> a</c><00:46:05.699><c> spy</c>

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:07.719
for<00:46:06.300><c> David.</c>

00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:09.820
Hushai<00:46:08.059><c> is</c><00:46:08.280><c> going</c><00:46:08.460><c> to</c><00:46:08.619><c> be</c><00:46:08.739><c> the</c><00:46:08.940><c> man</c><00:46:09.239><c> who</c><00:46:09.420><c> will</c>

00:46:09.820 --> 00:46:12.300
overthrow<00:46:10.260><c> the</c><00:46:10.619><c> counsel</c><00:46:11.119><c> of</c><00:46:11.360><c> Ahithophel</c>

00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:13.780
and<00:46:12.800><c> return</c><00:46:13.420><c> the</c>

00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:15.559
fortunes<00:46:14.239><c> to</c><00:46:14.400><c> David.</c>

00:46:15.860 --> 00:46:17.679
David<00:46:16.139><c> admonishes</c><00:46:16.840><c> him</c><00:46:17.159><c> in</c><00:46:17.480><c> the</c>

00:46:17.679 --> 00:46:19.340
verses<00:46:17.980><c> that</c><00:46:18.340><c> follow</c><00:46:18.599><c> and</c><00:46:18.800><c> into</c><00:46:18.940><c> the</c><00:46:19.099><c> next</c>

00:46:19.340 --> 00:46:21.900
chapter<00:46:19.860><c> to</c><00:46:20.619><c> go</c><00:46:20.880><c> back</c><00:46:21.219><c> to</c><00:46:21.480><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:24.000
and<00:46:22.340><c> remain</c><00:46:22.920><c> in</c><00:46:23.420><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:26.000
where<00:46:24.219><c> he</c><00:46:24.360><c> can</c><00:46:24.539><c> do</c><00:46:24.699><c> some</c><00:46:24.960><c> good.</c>

00:46:26.619 --> 00:46:27.920
Look<00:46:26.940><c> at</c><00:46:27.059><c> what</c><00:46:27.260><c> God</c><00:46:27.480><c> is</c><00:46:27.739><c> doing</c>

00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:29.900
with<00:46:28.139><c> David.</c><00:46:29.380><c> David</c>

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:31.679
prays<00:46:30.840><c> first</c><00:46:31.260><c> in</c><00:46:31.440><c> verse</c>

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:33.880
31,<00:46:32.659><c> once</c><00:46:32.800><c> he</c><00:46:33.000><c> receives</c><00:46:33.400><c> the</c><00:46:33.639><c> bad</c>

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:35.969
news.<00:46:35.420><c> He</c><00:46:35.619><c> prays</c>

00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:37.780
and<00:46:36.320><c> he</c><00:46:36.619><c> asks</c><00:46:37.019><c> the</c><00:46:37.320><c> father</c>

00:46:37.780 --> 00:46:39.860
Lord<00:46:38.559><c> I</c><00:46:38.760><c> pray</c><00:46:39.119><c> thee</c><00:46:39.440><c> turn</c>

00:46:39.860 --> 00:46:42.010
the<00:46:40.119><c> counsel</c><00:46:40.559><c> of</c><00:46:40.800><c> Ahithophel</c><00:46:41.360><c> into</c><00:46:41.659><c> foolishness</c>

00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:44.000
and<00:46:43.059><c> as</c><00:46:43.400><c> soon</c><00:46:43.659><c> as</c>

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:46.539
David<00:46:44.260><c> gets</c><00:46:44.539><c> to</c><00:46:44.780><c> the</c><00:46:44.960><c> top</c><00:46:45.119><c> of</c><00:46:45.300><c> the</c><00:46:45.440><c> Mount</c><00:46:45.559><c> of</c><00:46:45.820><c> Olives</c>

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:47.900
the<00:46:47.000><c> prayer</c><00:46:47.460><c> is</c>

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:49.780
answered.<00:46:49.380><c> Hushai</c>

00:46:49.780 --> 00:46:52.360
appears<00:46:50.300><c> to</c><00:46:50.559><c> David.</c><00:46:51.539><c> The</c><00:46:51.800><c> man</c>

00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:54.000
in<00:46:52.659><c> whom</c><00:46:52.880><c> David</c><00:46:53.239><c> will</c><00:46:53.599><c> invest</c>

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:55.800
his<00:46:54.360><c> fullest</c><00:46:54.619><c> trust</c><00:46:55.219><c> to</c>

00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:57.719
go<00:46:56.059><c> back</c><00:46:56.340><c> to</c><00:46:56.579><c> Jerusalem</c><00:46:56.960><c> and</c><00:46:57.360><c> undermine</c>

00:46:57.719 --> 00:46:59.539
the<00:46:58.000><c> counsel</c><00:46:58.320><c> of</c><00:46:58.559><c> the</c><00:46:58.820><c> conspirators.</c>

00:46:59.539 --> 00:47:01.760
What<00:47:00.599><c> a</c><00:47:00.880><c> tremendous</c>

00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:04.360
force<00:47:02.360><c> of</c><00:47:02.719><c> encouragement</c><00:47:03.179><c> for</c><00:47:03.460><c> David.</c>

00:47:04.579 --> 00:47:06.360
What<00:47:04.679><c> an</c><00:47:04.940><c> answer</c><00:47:05.159><c> to</c><00:47:05.460><c> prayer.</c>

00:47:07.139 --> 00:47:07.940
Unexpectedly

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there's<00:47:08.420><c> the</c><00:47:08.619><c> man</c><00:47:08.900><c> right</c><00:47:09.400><c> when</c>

00:47:09.619 --> 00:47:11.960
David<00:47:09.940><c> appears</c><00:47:10.360><c> at</c><00:47:10.599><c> the</c><00:47:10.739><c> top</c><00:47:10.860><c> of</c><00:47:11.059><c> the</c><00:47:11.179><c> Mount.</c>

00:47:12.860 --> 00:47:13.840
So<00:47:13.119><c> David</c><00:47:13.440><c> encourages</c>

00:47:14.260 --> 00:47:15.900
his<00:47:14.980><c> men.</c>

00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:17.760
And<00:47:16.179><c> God</c><00:47:16.539><c> encourages</c><00:47:17.340><c> David</c>

00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:19.320
and<00:47:18.139><c> answers</c><00:47:18.539><c> his</c><00:47:18.880><c> prayer</c>

00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:21.880
to<00:47:20.280><c> overthrow</c><00:47:20.940><c> the</c><00:47:21.340><c> counsel</c>

00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:23.400
of<00:47:22.380><c> the</c><00:47:22.559><c> wicked.</c>

00:47:24.699 --> 00:47:25.940
David<00:47:25.019><c> of</c><00:47:25.159><c> course</c><00:47:25.559><c> loses</c>

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:27.800
his<00:47:26.239><c> son.</c><00:47:27.239><c> Absalom</c>

00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:30.599
falls<00:47:28.300><c> finally</c><00:47:28.739><c> in</c><00:47:28.960><c> the</c><00:47:29.139><c> final</c><00:47:29.440><c> battle.</c>

00:47:30.739 --> 00:47:31.679
I<00:47:30.780><c> want</c><00:47:30.780><c> you</c><00:47:30.940><c> just</c><00:47:31.119><c> to</c><00:47:31.260><c> go</c><00:47:31.440><c> over</c>

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:33.420
brothers<00:47:31.940><c> and</c><00:47:32.159><c> sisters</c><00:47:32.380><c> as</c><00:47:32.579><c> we</c><00:47:32.880><c> close</c>

00:47:33.420 --> 00:47:36.239
to<00:47:34.360><c> 2</c><00:47:34.639><c> Samuel</c>

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chapter

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19.

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We<00:47:43.300><c> go</c><00:47:43.619><c> over</c>

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a<00:47:44.019><c> number</c><00:47:44.179><c> of</c><00:47:44.360><c> the</c><00:47:44.539><c> events</c><00:47:44.840><c> that</c><00:47:45.440><c> transpire</c>

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at<00:47:46.139><c> this</c><00:47:46.340><c> time</c><00:47:46.940><c> as</c><00:47:47.480><c> they</c><00:47:47.760><c> revolve</c>

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around<00:47:48.820><c> finally</c><00:47:49.320><c> the</c><00:47:49.739><c> death</c>

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of<00:47:50.500><c> Absalom</c><00:47:50.880><c> and</c><00:47:51.219><c> the</c><00:47:51.519><c> conspirators.</c>

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In<00:47:53.079><c> 2</c><00:47:53.280><c> Samuel</c>

00:47:53.699 --> 00:47:55.539
chapter<00:47:54.119><c> 19</c>

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let's

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go<00:48:03.219><c> down</c><00:48:03.480><c> to</c><00:48:03.659><c> verse</c>

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9.

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And<00:48:07.320><c> all</c><00:48:07.579><c> the</c><00:48:07.820><c> people</c>

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were<00:48:08.440><c> at</c><00:48:08.800><c> strike</c><00:48:09.039><c> throughout</c><00:48:09.360><c> all</c><00:48:09.760><c> the</c><00:48:09.960><c> tribes</c>

00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:11.820
of<00:48:10.340><c> Israel</c><00:48:10.760><c> saying,</c><00:48:11.400><c> The</c><00:48:11.400><c> king</c>

00:48:11.820 --> 00:48:13.639
saved<00:48:12.139><c> us</c><00:48:12.360><c> out</c><00:48:12.480><c> of</c><00:48:12.500><c> the</c><00:48:12.719><c> hand</c><00:48:12.860><c> of</c><00:48:13.019><c> our</c><00:48:13.179><c> enemies</c>

00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:16.000
and<00:48:14.340><c> he</c><00:48:14.619><c> delivered</c><00:48:14.800><c> us</c><00:48:15.280><c> out</c><00:48:15.500><c> of</c><00:48:15.559><c> the</c><00:48:15.820><c> hand</c>

00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:17.880
of<00:48:16.159><c> the</c><00:48:16.300><c> Philistines.</c><00:48:17.039><c> And</c><00:48:17.500><c> now</c>

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:20.840
he<00:48:18.039><c> has</c><00:48:18.280><c> fled</c><00:48:18.420><c> out</c><00:48:18.579><c> of</c><00:48:18.659><c> the</c><00:48:18.880><c> land</c><00:48:19.119><c> for</c><00:48:19.420><c> Absalom.</c>

00:48:21.179 --> 00:48:22.079
Verse<00:48:21.400><c> 11</c>

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King<00:48:22.539><c> David</c><00:48:22.900><c> sent</c><00:48:23.179><c> to</c><00:48:23.480><c> Zadok</c>

00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:26.099
and<00:48:24.039><c> to</c><00:48:24.179><c> Abiah</c><00:48:24.539><c> through</c><00:48:24.699><c> the</c><00:48:24.920><c> priests</c><00:48:25.139><c> saying,</c>

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Speak<00:48:26.360><c> unto</c><00:48:26.539><c> the</c><00:48:26.780><c> elders</c><00:48:26.980><c> of</c><00:48:27.219><c> Judah</c><00:48:27.440><c> saying,</c>

00:48:27.780 --> 00:48:29.739
Why<00:48:28.519><c> are</c><00:48:28.900><c> ye</c><00:48:29.099><c> the</c><00:48:29.440><c> last</c>

00:48:29.739 --> 00:48:31.699
to<00:48:29.960><c> bring</c><00:48:30.059><c> the</c><00:48:30.300><c> king</c><00:48:30.420><c> back</c><00:48:30.739><c> to</c><00:48:30.920><c> his</c><00:48:31.139><c> house?</c>

00:48:31.699 --> 00:48:33.820
Seeing<00:48:32.260><c> the</c><00:48:32.739><c> speech</c><00:48:33.059><c> of</c><00:48:33.280><c> all</c><00:48:33.420><c> Israel</c>

00:48:33.820 --> 00:48:35.780
has<00:48:34.059><c> come</c><00:48:34.199><c> to</c><00:48:34.360><c> the</c><00:48:34.539><c> king</c><00:48:34.820><c> even</c><00:48:35.199><c> to</c><00:48:35.480><c> his</c>

00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:36.820
house.

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You<00:48:37.860><c> see</c><00:48:38.039><c> now</c><00:48:38.340><c> the</c><00:48:38.659><c> tide</c><00:48:38.860><c> is</c><00:48:39.099><c> beginning</c><00:48:39.340><c> to</c>

00:48:39.880 --> 00:48:41.800
change.<00:48:41.440><c> Down</c><00:48:41.619><c> to</c>

00:48:41.800 --> 00:48:43.679
verse<00:48:41.980><c> 15.</c><00:48:43.539><c> David</c>

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is<00:48:43.940><c> about</c><00:48:44.099><c> to</c><00:48:44.440><c> return.</c>

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He<00:48:46.079><c> has</c><00:48:46.440><c> set</c><00:48:46.820><c> his</c><00:48:47.380><c> invitation</c>

00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:49.820
in<00:48:48.239><c> order.</c><00:48:48.820><c> He</c><00:48:49.059><c> has</c><00:48:49.300><c> appealed</c><00:48:49.659><c> to</c>

00:48:49.820 --> 00:48:51.599
those<00:48:50.079><c> left</c><00:48:50.380><c> in</c><00:48:50.579><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:53.840
His<00:48:52.179><c> son</c><00:48:52.400><c> is</c><00:48:52.739><c> dead.</c><00:48:53.260><c> The</c><00:48:53.480><c> rebellion</c>

00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:55.760
is<00:48:54.179><c> over.</c><00:48:55.039><c> But</c><00:48:55.340><c> notice</c>

00:48:55.760 --> 00:48:58.119
how<00:48:56.400><c> David</c><00:48:56.840><c> returns.</c>

00:48:58.500 --> 00:48:59.900
He<00:48:58.639><c> was</c><00:48:59.059><c> in</c><00:48:59.219><c> a</c><00:48:59.380><c> city</c><00:48:59.559><c> called</c>

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:02.059
Mahanaim.<00:49:00.880><c> We're</c><00:49:01.059><c> told</c><00:49:01.260><c> that</c><00:49:01.460><c> in</c><00:49:01.599><c> the</c><00:49:01.719><c> previous</c>

00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:04.280
chapter.<00:49:03.440><c> Verse</c><00:49:03.500><c> 15</c>

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So<00:49:05.039><c> the</c><00:49:05.260><c> king</c><00:49:05.480><c> returned</c>

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and<00:49:06.440><c> came</c><00:49:06.699><c> to</c><00:49:06.960><c> Jordan.</c>

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And<00:49:08.440><c> Judah</c><00:49:08.820><c> came</c><00:49:09.380><c> to</c><00:49:09.679><c> Gilgal</c>

00:49:10.159 --> 00:49:12.019
to<00:49:10.579><c> meet</c><00:49:10.800><c> the</c><00:49:11.079><c> king,</c><00:49:11.500><c> to</c><00:49:11.679><c> conduct</c>

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the<00:49:12.280><c> king</c><00:49:12.420><c> over</c><00:49:12.699><c> Jordan.</c>

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In<00:49:14.380><c> other</c><00:49:14.500><c> words,</c><00:49:14.719><c> he</c><00:49:14.960><c> moved</c><00:49:15.300><c> all</c><00:49:15.639><c> the</c><00:49:15.780><c> way</c>

00:49:15.960 --> 00:49:17.920
from<00:49:16.219><c> Mahanaim</c><00:49:17.119><c> down</c><00:49:17.719><c> on</c>

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the<00:49:18.079><c> east</c><00:49:18.340><c> side</c><00:49:18.539><c> of</c><00:49:18.679><c> the</c><00:49:18.900><c> Jordan</c><00:49:19.260><c> and</c>

00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:22.380
crossed<00:49:20.360><c> over</c><00:49:20.639><c> the</c><00:49:20.860><c> Jordan</c><00:49:21.119><c> at</c><00:49:21.340><c> Gilgal.</c>

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Now<00:49:23.059><c> that's</c><00:49:23.380><c> immensely</c>

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interesting,<00:49:24.500><c> brothers</c><00:49:24.780><c> and</c><00:49:25.039><c> sisters.</c>

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From<00:49:26.800><c> Mahanaim</c>

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to<00:49:28.119><c> the</c><00:49:28.320><c> bottom</c><00:49:28.559><c> of</c><00:49:28.739><c> the</c><00:49:28.880><c> Jordan</c><00:49:29.219><c> and</c><00:49:29.800><c> a</c>

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cross<00:49:30.300><c> at</c><00:49:30.619><c> Gilgal.</c>

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Just<00:49:32.639><c> keep</c><00:49:33.000><c> your</c><00:49:33.260><c> hand</c><00:49:33.519><c> here</c>

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and<00:49:34.159><c> go</c><00:49:34.280><c> over</c><00:49:34.420><c> to</c><00:49:34.639><c> Genesis</c><00:49:35.119><c> chapter</c><00:49:35.539><c> 32.</c>

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David's

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experience<00:49:40.780><c> parallels</c><00:49:41.460><c> that</c>

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of<00:49:42.039><c> Jacob.</c>

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Jacob<00:49:45.019><c> began</c>

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a<00:49:47.099><c> most</c><00:49:47.320><c> momentous</c>

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trek

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into<00:49:49.920><c> the</c><00:49:50.300><c> promised</c><00:49:50.619><c> land</c><00:49:51.099><c> from</c><00:49:51.519><c> the</c><00:49:51.800><c> same</c>

00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:54.460
place<00:49:52.360><c> where</c><00:49:52.619><c> David</c><00:49:52.940><c> was.</c>

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Genesis<00:49:54.739><c> chapter</c><00:49:55.199><c> 32.</c>

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When<00:49:58.480><c> Jacob</c><00:49:58.840><c> is</c><00:49:59.099><c> reent</c><00:49:59.340><c> is</c><00:49:59.559><c> entering</c><00:49:59.820><c> the</c>

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land.<00:50:00.820><c> Just</c><00:50:01.059><c> notice</c><00:50:01.500><c> how</c>

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Genesis<00:50:02.360><c> parallels</c><00:50:02.880><c> this</c><00:50:03.159><c> experience.</c>

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Verse<00:50:04.860><c> 1</c>

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Jacob<00:50:07.519><c> went</c><00:50:07.699><c> on</c><00:50:07.900><c> his</c>

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way<00:50:08.480><c> and</c><00:50:08.760><c> the</c><00:50:09.019><c> angels</c><00:50:09.280><c> of</c><00:50:09.559><c> God</c><00:50:09.820><c> met</c>

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him.<00:50:11.239><c> And</c><00:50:11.579><c> when</c><00:50:11.739><c> Jacob</c>

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saw<00:50:12.559><c> them,</c><00:50:12.900><c> he</c><00:50:13.300><c> said,</c><00:50:13.619><c> this</c>

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is<00:50:14.340><c> God's</c><00:50:14.840><c> host.</c><00:50:15.840><c> And</c>

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he<00:50:16.380><c> called</c><00:50:16.599><c> the</c><00:50:16.900><c> name</c><00:50:17.079><c> of</c><00:50:17.320><c> that</c><00:50:17.599><c> place</c>

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Mahanaim.

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The<00:50:20.179><c> very</c><00:50:20.579><c> place</c><00:50:20.980><c> where</c><00:50:21.219><c> David</c><00:50:21.539><c> fled</c>

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to<00:50:22.159><c> when</c><00:50:22.280><c> he</c><00:50:22.400><c> left</c><00:50:22.659><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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The<00:50:23.940><c> place</c><00:50:24.219><c> where</c><00:50:24.460><c> he</c><00:50:24.659><c> resided</c><00:50:25.159><c> to</c><00:50:25.380><c> receive</c><00:50:25.699><c> the</c>

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news<00:50:26.139><c> of</c><00:50:26.380><c> Absalom.</c>

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Mahanaim,<00:50:28.579><c> what</c><00:50:28.739><c> does</c><00:50:28.920><c> it</c><00:50:29.059><c> mean?</c>

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The<00:50:30.139><c> margin</c><00:50:30.480><c> shows</c><00:50:30.800><c> us</c><00:50:31.099><c> it</c><00:50:31.420><c> means</c>

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two<00:50:32.559><c> hosts</c><00:50:33.099><c> or</c><00:50:33.579><c> camps.</c>

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Referring

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obviously<00:50:36.300><c> to</c><00:50:37.119><c> his</c><00:50:37.460><c> camp</c>

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and<00:50:38.260><c> Esau's</c><00:50:38.880><c> camp.</c>

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But<00:50:40.079><c> also</c><00:50:40.460><c> it</c><00:50:40.739><c> refers</c><00:50:40.980><c> no</c><00:50:41.280><c> doubt</c>

00:50:41.639 --> 00:50:43.900
to<00:50:41.980><c> the</c><00:50:42.119><c> fact</c><00:50:42.280><c> that</c><00:50:42.460><c> the</c><00:50:42.699><c> angels</c><00:50:43.119><c> were</c><00:50:43.579><c> with</c>

00:50:43.900 --> 00:50:45.900
David<00:50:44.280><c> as</c><00:50:44.539><c> a</c><00:50:44.739><c> great</c><00:50:44.900><c> host.</c><00:50:45.500><c> Or</c><00:50:45.679><c> rather</c>

00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:47.860
were<00:50:46.079><c> with</c><00:50:46.320><c> Jacob</c><00:50:46.739><c> as</c><00:50:47.099><c> a</c><00:50:47.320><c> great</c><00:50:47.480><c> host.</c>

00:50:47.860 --> 00:50:50.739
Now<00:50:49.000><c> as</c><00:50:49.219><c> we</c><00:50:49.320><c> go</c><00:50:49.519><c> through</c><00:50:49.719><c> chapter</c><00:50:50.099><c> 32</c>

00:50:50.739 --> 00:50:52.260
just<00:50:51.760><c> notice</c>

00:50:52.260 --> 00:50:54.340
when<00:50:52.519><c> we</c><00:50:52.679><c> come</c><00:50:52.840><c> down</c><00:50:53.139><c> to</c><00:50:53.320><c> the</c><00:50:53.539><c> end</c><00:50:53.840><c> of</c><00:50:54.079><c> chapter</c>

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32

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that<00:50:56.420><c> here</c><00:50:56.800><c> in</c><00:50:57.039><c> this</c><00:50:57.340><c> very</c><00:50:57.679><c> experience</c>

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Jacob<00:50:59.199><c> is</c><00:50:59.519><c> encouraged</c>

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in<00:51:01.079><c> the</c><00:51:01.239><c> following</c><00:51:01.539><c> way.</c>

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The<00:51:02.860><c> angel</c><00:51:03.139><c> says</c>

00:51:03.699 --> 00:51:05.760
at<00:51:04.159><c> this</c><00:51:04.460><c> point,</c><00:51:04.820><c> verse</c><00:51:04.980><c> 27</c>

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to<00:51:06.400><c> Jacob.</c>

00:51:07.880 --> 00:51:10.059
He<00:51:08.199><c> said</c><00:51:08.380><c> unto</c><00:51:08.599><c> him,</c><00:51:09.039><c> what</c><00:51:09.119><c> is</c><00:51:09.400><c> thy</c><00:51:09.539><c> name?</c>

00:51:10.320 --> 00:51:12.039
And<00:51:10.679><c> he</c><00:51:10.880><c> said,</c><00:51:11.139><c> Jacob.</c>

00:51:12.260 --> 00:51:13.960
And<00:51:12.679><c> he</c><00:51:12.900><c> said,</c><00:51:13.480><c> thy</c><00:51:13.639><c> name</c>

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:16.099
shall<00:51:14.159><c> be</c><00:51:14.440><c> called</c><00:51:14.639><c> no</c><00:51:14.940><c> more</c><00:51:15.159><c> Jacob</c><00:51:15.500><c> but</c><00:51:15.800><c> Israel.</c>

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For<00:51:17.340><c> as</c><00:51:17.699><c> a</c><00:51:17.980><c> prince</c>

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hast<00:51:18.800><c> thou</c><00:51:19.039><c> power</c><00:51:19.500><c> with</c><00:51:19.760><c> God</c>

00:51:20.239 --> 00:51:22.639
and<00:51:20.639><c> with</c><00:51:20.920><c> men</c><00:51:21.219><c> and</c><00:51:21.559><c> hast</c><00:51:21.780><c> prevailed.</c>

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Verse<00:51:23.719><c> 30.</c>

00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:26.579
Jacob<00:51:25.199><c> called</c><00:51:25.619><c> the</c><00:51:25.780><c> name</c><00:51:25.980><c> of</c><00:51:26.099><c> the</c><00:51:26.280><c> place</c>

00:51:26.579 --> 00:51:28.400
Peniel.<00:51:28.059><c> For</c>

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I<00:51:28.840><c> have</c><00:51:29.059><c> seen</c><00:51:29.380><c> God</c><00:51:29.800><c> face</c>

00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:32.219
to<00:51:30.519><c> face</c><00:51:30.880><c> and</c><00:51:31.159><c> my</c><00:51:31.400><c> life</c><00:51:31.760><c> is</c>

00:51:32.219 --> 00:51:34.179
preserved.<00:51:33.780><c> And</c><00:51:33.960><c> as</c>

00:51:34.179 --> 00:51:36.320
he<00:51:34.400><c> passed</c><00:51:34.639><c> over</c><00:51:34.960><c> Peniel</c><00:51:35.420><c> the</c><00:51:35.679><c> sun</c><00:51:36.000><c> rose</c>

00:51:36.320 --> 00:51:38.599
upon<00:51:36.699><c> him</c><00:51:37.159><c> and</c><00:51:37.760><c> he</c><00:51:38.119><c> halted</c>

00:51:38.599 --> 00:51:40.280
upon<00:51:39.000><c> his</c><00:51:39.420><c> thigh.</c>

00:51:40.619 --> 00:51:42.440
And<00:51:40.920><c> Jacob</c><00:51:41.179><c> goes</c><00:51:41.480><c> down</c><00:51:41.860><c> the</c><00:51:42.039><c> Jordan</c>

00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:44.579
and<00:51:43.300><c> reenters</c><00:51:43.760><c> into</c><00:51:43.940><c> the</c><00:51:44.199><c> land.</c>

00:51:44.579 --> 00:51:46.920
You<00:51:45.900><c> see,</c><00:51:46.800><c> David</c>

00:51:46.920 --> 00:51:48.440
was<00:51:47.219><c> in</c><00:51:47.400><c> Mahanaim</c>

00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:50.980
and<00:51:49.039><c> there</c><00:51:49.639><c> the</c><00:51:50.000><c> tide</c><00:51:50.300><c> changed</c>

00:51:50.980 --> 00:51:52.719
for<00:51:51.260><c> David.</c><00:51:52.219><c> He</c><00:51:52.280><c> is</c><00:51:52.539><c> about</c>

00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:54.860
to<00:51:53.079><c> finally</c><00:51:53.320><c> be</c><00:51:53.719><c> recognized</c><00:51:54.199><c> once</c><00:51:54.500><c> again</c>

00:51:54.860 --> 00:51:56.679
as<00:51:55.119><c> king</c><00:51:55.440><c> and</c><00:51:55.960><c> reenter</c><00:51:56.400><c> into</c>

00:51:56.679 --> 00:51:58.699
his<00:51:56.920><c> city.</c><00:51:57.960><c> But</c><00:51:58.199><c> his</c>

00:51:58.699 --> 00:52:01.059
track<00:51:59.199><c> parallels</c><00:51:59.880><c> that</c><00:52:00.159><c> of</c><00:52:00.420><c> Jacob's.</c>

00:52:01.239 --> 00:52:02.579
He<00:52:01.500><c> is</c><00:52:01.739><c> in</c><00:52:01.960><c> Mahanaim</c>

00:52:02.579 --> 00:52:05.099
the<00:52:02.860><c> very</c><00:52:03.179><c> place</c><00:52:03.559><c> where</c><00:52:03.780><c> Jacob</c><00:52:04.099><c> was.</c>

00:52:05.139 --> 00:52:06.960
There<00:52:05.460><c> Jacob</c><00:52:05.780><c> received</c><00:52:06.280><c> assurance</c>

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:08.719
that<00:52:07.400><c> God's</c><00:52:08.059><c> angels</c><00:52:08.400><c> were</c>

00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:10.699
with<00:52:09.159><c> Jacob</c><00:52:09.679><c> and</c><00:52:10.119><c> God</c><00:52:10.460><c> was</c>

00:52:10.699 --> 00:52:12.719
with<00:52:10.920><c> Jacob</c><00:52:11.239><c> through</c><00:52:11.460><c> that</c><00:52:11.780><c> angelic</c><00:52:12.239><c> support.</c>

00:52:12.719 --> 00:52:15.019
Jacob<00:52:13.820><c> follows</c><00:52:14.340><c> down</c><00:52:14.760><c> from</c>

00:52:15.019 --> 00:52:17.000
Mahanaim<00:52:15.559><c> on</c><00:52:15.739><c> the</c><00:52:15.880><c> east</c><00:52:16.199><c> side</c><00:52:16.360><c> of</c><00:52:16.460><c> the</c><00:52:16.619><c> Jordan</c>

00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:19.219
and<00:52:17.619><c> reenters</c><00:52:18.079><c> the</c><00:52:18.360><c> land.</c>

00:52:20.039 --> 00:52:20.699
David<00:52:20.239><c> and</c>

00:52:20.699 --> 00:52:23.000
Mahanaim,<00:52:22.059><c> despite</c><00:52:22.679><c> the</c>

00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:25.159
discouraging<00:52:23.539><c> news</c><00:52:23.900><c> of</c><00:52:24.119><c> his</c><00:52:24.320><c> son's</c><00:52:24.800><c> death</c>

00:52:25.159 --> 00:52:26.820
follows<00:52:25.940><c> down</c><00:52:26.360><c> the</c><00:52:26.559><c> same</c>

00:52:26.820 --> 00:52:28.920
course<00:52:27.199><c> of</c><00:52:27.380><c> the</c><00:52:27.539><c> east</c><00:52:27.699><c> of</c><00:52:27.840><c> the</c><00:52:28.000><c> Jordan.</c>

00:52:29.280 --> 00:52:30.780
No<00:52:29.559><c> doubt</c><00:52:29.900><c> remembering</c>

00:52:30.780 --> 00:52:33.460
the<00:52:31.119><c> significance</c><00:52:31.739><c> of</c><00:52:31.980><c> the</c><00:52:32.199><c> place</c><00:52:32.579><c> called</c>

00:52:33.699 --> 00:52:34.420
Mahanaim.

00:52:34.780 --> 00:52:36.880
Retracing<00:52:35.500><c> the</c><00:52:35.880><c> steps</c><00:52:36.099><c> of</c><00:52:36.400><c> Jacob</c>

00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:38.920
as<00:52:37.599><c> Jesus</c><00:52:38.059><c> was</c><00:52:38.420><c> later</c><00:52:38.639><c> to</c>

00:52:38.920 --> 00:52:40.780
retrace<00:52:39.539><c> the</c><00:52:40.179><c> steps</c><00:52:40.500><c> of</c>

00:52:40.780 --> 00:52:42.860
David<00:52:40.980><c> himself</c><00:52:41.840><c> as</c><00:52:42.219><c> he</c><00:52:42.519><c> climbed</c>

00:52:42.860 --> 00:52:44.920
from<00:52:43.320><c> the</c><00:52:43.539><c> Kidron</c><00:52:43.820><c> up</c><00:52:44.079><c> to</c><00:52:44.239><c> the</c><00:52:44.340><c> Mount</c><00:52:44.440><c> of</c><00:52:44.719><c> Olives</c>

00:52:44.920 --> 00:52:47.159
to<00:52:45.179><c> worship,</c><00:52:45.599><c> just</c><00:52:46.000><c> like</c><00:52:46.239><c> David.</c>

00:52:47.260 --> 00:52:48.980
But<00:52:47.400><c> now</c><00:52:47.699><c> Jacob</c><00:52:48.039><c> in</c><00:52:48.239><c> this</c><00:52:48.480><c> parallel</c>

00:52:48.980 --> 00:52:50.760
with<00:52:49.500><c> David</c><00:52:50.099><c> was</c>

00:52:50.760 --> 00:52:52.820
a<00:52:50.980><c> source</c><00:52:51.179><c> of</c><00:52:51.480><c> encouragement,</c><00:52:52.219><c> no</c><00:52:52.340><c> doubt,</c><00:52:52.659><c> to</c>

00:52:52.820 --> 00:52:55.000
David.<00:52:53.940><c> His</c><00:52:54.059><c> heart</c><00:52:54.380><c> was</c><00:52:54.719><c> rent.</c>

00:52:55.219 --> 00:52:56.639
His<00:52:55.480><c> son</c><00:52:55.780><c> was</c><00:52:56.219><c> dead</c>

00:52:56.639 --> 00:52:58.699
and<00:52:57.539><c> he</c><00:52:57.780><c> mourned</c><00:52:58.019><c> for</c><00:52:58.280><c> him</c>

00:52:58.699 --> 00:53:00.760
and<00:52:59.139><c> yet</c><00:52:59.380><c> he</c><00:52:59.760><c> walks</c><00:53:00.099><c> in</c><00:53:00.340><c> the</c><00:53:00.539><c> steps</c>

00:53:00.760 --> 00:53:02.880
of<00:53:01.039><c> Jacob</c><00:53:01.420><c> and</c><00:53:01.900><c> he</c><00:53:02.199><c> crosses</c><00:53:02.539><c> at</c>

00:53:02.880 --> 00:53:04.880
Gilgal,<00:53:04.039><c> the</c><00:53:04.260><c> place</c><00:53:04.519><c> where</c>

00:53:04.880 --> 00:53:06.840
Joshua<00:53:05.380><c> crossed,</c><00:53:06.500><c> where</c><00:53:06.599><c> the</c>

00:53:06.840 --> 00:53:08.400
nation<00:53:07.139><c> was</c><00:53:07.500><c> circumcised,</c>

00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:10.539
where<00:53:09.099><c> Jacob</c><00:53:09.599><c> met</c><00:53:09.900><c> an</c><00:53:10.219><c> angel</c>

00:53:10.539 --> 00:53:12.820
not<00:53:10.900><c> far</c><00:53:11.340><c> from</c><00:53:11.579><c> that</c><00:53:11.860><c> place,</c>

00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:14.519
where<00:53:13.219><c> Jacob</c><00:53:13.579><c> was</c><00:53:13.880><c> encouraged</c>

00:53:14.519 --> 00:53:16.539
by<00:53:15.199><c> the</c><00:53:15.440><c> angel</c><00:53:15.760><c> that</c><00:53:16.099><c> victory</c>

00:53:16.539 --> 00:53:18.420
was<00:53:16.739><c> in</c><00:53:16.900><c> his</c><00:53:17.199><c> hands</c><00:53:17.559><c> and</c><00:53:17.920><c> he</c><00:53:18.079><c> would</c>

00:53:18.420 --> 00:53:20.300
conquer<00:53:18.880><c> the</c><00:53:19.199><c> land.</c>

00:53:20.659 --> 00:53:22.719
Historical<00:53:21.320><c> events</c><00:53:21.900><c> and</c><00:53:22.360><c> places</c>

00:53:22.940 --> 00:53:24.599
rich<00:53:23.739><c> in</c><00:53:24.000><c> their</c><00:53:24.239><c> significance</c>

00:53:24.960 --> 00:53:26.599
were<00:53:25.519><c> a</c><00:53:25.800><c> source</c><00:53:26.179><c> of</c>

00:53:26.599 --> 00:53:28.800
encouragement,<00:53:27.179><c> no</c><00:53:27.440><c> doubt,</c><00:53:27.679><c> for</c><00:53:27.900><c> David.</c>

00:53:28.920 --> 00:53:30.619
And<00:53:29.400><c> David</c><00:53:29.619><c> would</c><00:53:29.960><c> remember</c>

00:53:30.619 --> 00:53:32.880
that<00:53:31.400><c> here</c><00:53:31.900><c> in</c><00:53:32.059><c> this</c>

00:53:32.880 --> 00:53:33.900
very<00:53:33.239><c> place</c>

00:53:33.900 --> 00:53:36.519
God<00:53:34.840><c> had</c><00:53:35.199><c> said</c><00:53:35.380><c> to</c><00:53:35.679><c> Jacob</c><00:53:36.079><c> as</c><00:53:36.320><c> he</c>

00:53:36.519 --> 00:53:38.159
was<00:53:36.659><c> now</c><00:53:36.980><c> to</c><00:53:37.280><c> say</c><00:53:37.480><c> to</c><00:53:37.719><c> David</c>

00:53:38.159 --> 00:53:40.360
that<00:53:39.719><c> Israel</c>

00:53:40.360 --> 00:53:42.639
is<00:53:40.900><c> to</c><00:53:41.059><c> be</c><00:53:41.260><c> a</c><00:53:41.559><c> prince.</c>

00:53:42.840 --> 00:53:44.519
Israel<00:53:43.119><c> is</c><00:53:43.380><c> to</c><00:53:43.500><c> have</c><00:53:43.760><c> power</c><00:53:44.260><c> with</c>

00:53:44.519 --> 00:53:46.360
God<00:53:45.059><c> because</c><00:53:45.880><c> thou</c>

00:53:46.360 --> 00:53:48.199
hast<00:53:46.920><c> prevailed.</c>

00:53:48.340 --> 00:53:51.000
Will<00:53:48.559><c> David</c><00:53:48.960><c> prevail?</c><00:53:49.900><c> He</c><00:53:50.239><c> will.</c>

00:53:51.019 --> 00:53:52.679
Will<00:53:51.400><c> God</c><00:53:51.860><c> bless</c><00:53:52.280><c> David?</c>

00:53:52.880 --> 00:53:54.179
He<00:53:53.280><c> will.</c>

00:53:54.260 --> 00:53:56.639
The<00:53:54.599><c> angels</c><00:53:55.019><c> will</c><00:53:55.300><c> encircle</c><00:53:55.880><c> around</c><00:53:56.239><c> David</c>

00:53:56.639 --> 00:53:58.500
and<00:53:57.079><c> encourage</c><00:53:57.579><c> him</c><00:53:57.940><c> and</c><00:53:58.239><c> help</c>

00:53:58.500 --> 00:54:00.699
him<00:53:59.059><c> as</c><00:53:59.460><c> he</c><00:53:59.659><c> now</c><00:54:00.079><c> reenters</c>

00:54:00.699 --> 00:54:02.519
the<00:54:00.980><c> land</c><00:54:01.340><c> under</c><00:54:02.019><c> a</c><00:54:02.300><c> fresh</c>

00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:04.519
start.<00:54:03.800><c> You</c><00:54:04.039><c> see</c><00:54:04.159><c> how</c>

00:54:04.519 --> 00:54:07.380
God<00:54:04.840><c> encouraged</c><00:54:05.699><c> David</c><00:54:06.159><c> once</c><00:54:06.539><c> again,</c>

00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:08.719
grieved<00:54:08.239><c> as</c><00:54:08.500><c> he</c>

00:54:08.719 --> 00:54:10.360
was<00:54:09.039><c> for</c><00:54:09.400><c> Absalom.</c>

00:54:10.659 --> 00:54:12.800
He<00:54:10.800><c> follows</c><00:54:11.260><c> in</c><00:54:11.559><c> the</c><00:54:11.800><c> steps</c><00:54:12.059><c> of</c><00:54:12.340><c> Jacob</c>

00:54:12.800 --> 00:54:14.659
and<00:54:13.639><c> touches</c><00:54:14.000><c> on</c><00:54:14.340><c> those</c>

00:54:14.659 --> 00:54:16.079
places,<00:54:15.260><c> brothers</c><00:54:15.360><c> and</c><00:54:15.639><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:16.519 --> 00:54:19.420
which<00:54:16.659><c> were</c><00:54:16.920><c> this</c><00:54:17.280><c> great</c><00:54:17.699><c> source</c><00:54:18.099><c> of</c><00:54:18.440><c> encouragement.</c>

00:54:19.900 --> 00:54:20.539
Let's<00:54:19.940><c> read</c><00:54:20.079><c> those</c><00:54:20.320><c> words</c>

00:54:20.539 --> 00:54:21.619
again.

00:54:22.340 --> 00:54:24.420
And<00:54:22.400><c> Jacob</c><00:54:22.820><c> called</c><00:54:23.199><c> the</c><00:54:23.440><c> name</c><00:54:23.619><c> of</c><00:54:23.760><c> the</c><00:54:23.960><c> place</c>

00:54:24.420 --> 00:54:26.579
Peniel,<00:54:25.300><c> for</c><00:54:26.039><c> I</c><00:54:26.400><c> have</c>

00:54:26.579 --> 00:54:28.519
seen<00:54:26.860><c> God</c><00:54:27.320><c> face</c><00:54:27.699><c> to</c><00:54:28.000><c> face</c>

00:54:28.519 --> 00:54:31.360
and<00:54:29.059><c> my</c><00:54:29.280><c> life</c><00:54:29.699><c> is</c><00:54:30.260><c> preserved.</c>

00:54:31.719 --> 00:54:32.820
Jacob<00:54:32.019><c> returned</c>

00:54:32.820 --> 00:54:35.099
halting.<00:54:34.400><c> He</c><00:54:34.400><c> was</c><00:54:34.619><c> a</c><00:54:34.820><c> man</c>

00:54:35.099 --> 00:54:36.920
who<00:54:35.260><c> had</c><00:54:35.519><c> learned</c><00:54:35.719><c> lessons,</c><00:54:36.320><c> but</c><00:54:36.500><c> he</c><00:54:36.639><c> was</c>

00:54:36.920 --> 00:54:39.619
lame<00:54:37.260><c> as</c><00:54:37.579><c> he</c><00:54:37.820><c> reentered</c><00:54:38.280><c> into</c><00:54:38.480><c> that</c><00:54:38.780><c> land.</c>

00:54:40.219 --> 00:54:41.219
And<00:54:40.340><c> brothers</c><00:54:40.480><c> and</c><00:54:40.739><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:41.559 --> 00:54:42.920
do<00:54:41.739><c> we</c><00:54:41.880><c> not</c><00:54:42.159><c> see</c><00:54:42.340><c> David</c><00:54:42.639><c> that</c>

00:54:42.920 --> 00:54:45.000
way?<00:54:44.199><c> David</c><00:54:44.539><c> has</c>

00:54:45.000 --> 00:54:46.940
lost<00:54:45.519><c> his</c><00:54:46.019><c> son.</c>

00:54:47.099 --> 00:54:48.800
Grieving<00:54:47.440><c> as</c><00:54:47.679><c> he</c><00:54:47.900><c> was,</c><00:54:48.360><c> he</c><00:54:48.539><c> is</c>

00:54:48.800 --> 00:54:51.559
encouraged<00:54:49.340><c> by</c><00:54:49.619><c> God's</c><00:54:50.139><c> angelic</c><00:54:50.599><c> support.</c>

00:54:51.579 --> 00:54:53.039
He<00:54:51.980><c> returns</c><00:54:52.559><c> a</c>

00:54:53.039 --> 00:54:55.119
man<00:54:53.300><c> like</c><00:54:53.619><c> Jacob.</c><00:54:54.159><c> He</c><00:54:54.340><c> is</c><00:54:54.679><c> lame</c>

00:54:55.119 --> 00:54:56.340
in<00:54:55.440><c> a</c><00:54:55.639><c> certain</c><00:54:55.840><c> sense.</c>

00:54:56.800 --> 00:54:58.940
He<00:54:57.219><c> halts</c><00:54:57.699><c> back</c><00:54:58.079><c> into</c><00:54:58.320><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:54:58.940 --> 00:55:00.559
weighed<00:54:59.340><c> down</c><00:54:59.659><c> by</c><00:54:59.940><c> his</c><00:55:00.199><c> sins,</c>

00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:03.679
by<00:55:01.059><c> his</c><00:55:01.360><c> failure</c><00:55:01.760><c> and</c><00:55:02.139><c> the</c><00:55:02.320><c> loss</c><00:55:02.500><c> of</c><00:55:02.760><c> his</c><00:55:02.900><c> son.</c>

00:55:03.900 --> 00:55:04.960
But<00:55:04.019><c> by</c><00:55:04.300><c> retracing</c>

00:55:04.960 --> 00:55:06.579
those<00:55:05.219><c> steps</c><00:55:05.539><c> of</c><00:55:05.739><c> Jacob,</c>

00:55:06.659 --> 00:55:08.719
he<00:55:06.760><c> is</c><00:55:06.980><c> encouraged</c><00:55:07.659><c> that</c><00:55:08.260><c> he</c><00:55:08.440><c> has</c>

00:55:08.719 --> 00:55:10.500
seen<00:55:09.000><c> God</c><00:55:09.460><c> face</c><00:55:09.920><c> to</c><00:55:10.219><c> face</c>

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in<00:55:10.800><c> these</c><00:55:11.079><c> precious</c><00:55:11.420><c> promises</c>

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and<00:55:12.760><c> has</c><00:55:13.019><c> the</c><00:55:13.360><c> encouragement,</c><00:55:13.900><c> as</c><00:55:14.159><c> Jacob</c><00:55:14.480><c> did,</c>

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that<00:55:15.539><c> victory</c><00:55:16.159><c> will</c>

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be<00:55:17.039><c> his.</c>