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could<00:11:18.320><c> say,</c><00:11:18.559><c> or</c><00:11:18.840><c> an</c><00:11:19.139><c> echo</c><00:11:19.440><c> back</c><00:11:20.080><c> into</c><00:11:20.419><c> the</c><00:11:20.679><c> Exodus</c>

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period,<00:11:22.179><c> where</c><00:11:22.379><c> the</c><00:11:22.659><c> people</c><00:11:22.879><c> of</c><00:11:23.039><c> Israel</c><00:11:23.440><c> were</c><00:11:23.720><c> brought</c><00:11:24.100><c> out</c>

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encourage<00:11:55.159><c> them?</c><00:11:56.159><c> From</c><00:11:56.519><c> the</c><00:11:57.100><c> Spirit's</c><00:11:57.539><c> perspective,</c><00:11:58.799><c> you</c>

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tell<00:11:59.120><c> them</c><00:11:59.279><c> about</c><00:11:59.519><c> the</c><00:11:59.779><c> Exodus.</c><00:12:00.860><c> You</c><00:12:01.080><c> remind</c><00:12:01.559><c> them</c>

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that<00:12:02.460><c> the</c><00:12:02.620><c> people</c><00:12:02.980><c> of</c><00:12:03.159><c> Israel</c><00:12:03.659><c> came</c><00:12:04.080><c> out</c><00:12:04.879><c> of</c><00:12:04.980><c> Egypt</c><00:12:05.399><c> under</c><00:12:06.200><c> great</c><00:12:06.820><c> stress</c><00:12:07.279><c> and</c>

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peculiar<00:12:12.759><c> people</c><00:12:13.139><c> and</c><00:12:13.320><c> a</c><00:12:13.500><c> holy</c><00:12:13.659><c> nation.</c>

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mercy.<00:12:47.559><c> He's</c><00:12:47.860><c> drawing</c><00:12:48.120><c> from</c><00:12:48.620><c> various</c><00:12:49.000><c> parts</c><00:12:49.340><c> of</c><00:12:49.519><c> the</c><00:12:49.600><c> Old</c>

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are<00:14:04.379><c> anyways</c><00:14:04.820><c> on</c><00:14:05.220><c> the</c><00:14:05.379><c> earth</c><00:14:05.559><c> to</c><00:14:05.779><c> live</c><00:14:06.139><c> as</c><00:14:06.480><c> pilgrims</c><00:14:07.080><c> and</c><00:14:07.379><c> sojourners.</c><00:14:08.860><c> What's</c><00:14:09.179><c> the</c>

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practical<00:14:09.740><c> import</c><00:14:10.200><c> of</c><00:14:10.519><c> that?</c>

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difficulties,<00:14:17.179><c> both</c><00:14:17.519><c> from</c><00:14:17.799><c> within</c><00:14:18.120><c> and</c><00:14:18.379><c> without</c><00:14:18.720><c> the</c><00:14:18.980><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:14:20.000><c> you</c>

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help<00:14:20.480><c> brothers</c><00:14:20.759><c> and</c><00:14:21.039><c> sisters</c><00:14:21.399><c> and</c><00:14:21.600><c> you</c>

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divine<00:14:29.080><c> perspective</c><00:14:29.840><c> is</c><00:14:30.240><c> intended</c><00:14:30.879><c> to</c><00:14:31.679><c> help</c><00:14:32.039><c> brothers</c><00:14:32.460><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:14:33.139><c> cope,</c><00:14:34.379><c> to</c><00:14:34.600><c> help</c><00:14:34.779><c> them</c><00:14:35.200><c> deal</c><00:14:35.600><c> with</c><00:14:36.000><c> the</c>

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here.<00:14:43.340><c> David</c><00:14:43.679><c> was</c><00:14:43.940><c> to</c><00:14:44.200><c> learn</c><00:14:44.440><c> that</c><00:14:44.679><c> through</c><00:14:45.059><c> much</c><00:14:45.460><c> tribulation,</c><00:14:46.580><c> he,</c><00:14:46.879><c> David,</c>

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was<00:14:47.299><c> to</c><00:14:47.519><c> enter</c><00:14:47.700><c> the</c><00:14:47.940><c> kingdom.</c>

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But<00:14:49.500><c> David</c><00:14:49.759><c> was</c><00:14:50.019><c> also</c><00:14:50.399><c> to</c><00:14:50.679><c> learn</c><00:14:51.000><c> that</c><00:14:51.259><c> he</c><00:14:51.480><c> had</c><00:14:51.679><c> to</c><00:14:51.779><c> go</c><00:14:52.019><c> through</c>

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a<00:14:52.500><c> period</c><00:14:52.740><c> in</c><00:14:52.940><c> his</c><00:14:53.139><c> life</c><00:14:53.460><c> that</c><00:14:54.639><c> showed</c><00:14:54.879><c> him</c><00:14:55.159><c> the</c>

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value<00:14:55.799><c> of</c><00:14:56.139><c> living</c><00:14:56.379><c> as</c><00:14:56.879><c> a</c><00:14:57.039><c> sojourner</c><00:14:57.679><c> and</c><00:14:57.919><c> a</c><00:14:58.259><c> stranger</c><00:14:58.620><c> on</c><00:14:59.000><c> the</c>

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earth.<00:14:59.980><c> And</c><00:15:00.419><c> when</c><00:15:00.659><c> David</c><00:15:01.100><c> was</c><00:15:01.399><c> placed</c><00:15:01.700><c> in</c><00:15:01.840><c> the</c><00:15:02.080><c> crucible</c>

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of<00:15:03.419><c> trial</c><00:15:03.799><c> and</c><00:15:03.980><c> when</c><00:15:04.240><c> David's</c><00:15:04.840><c> faith</c><00:15:05.019><c> was</c><00:15:05.259><c> to</c><00:15:05.399><c> be</c><00:15:05.659><c> tested,</c><00:15:06.700><c> when</c><00:15:07.299><c> loyalty</c><00:15:07.899><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:08.440><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:08.919><c> was</c><00:15:09.220><c> at</c><00:15:09.539><c> stake</c><00:15:09.740><c> and</c>

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loyalty<00:15:10.519><c> to</c><00:15:10.740><c> his</c><00:15:11.000><c> God,</c><00:15:12.100><c> David</c><00:15:12.559><c> was</c><00:15:12.899><c> to</c><00:15:13.279><c> learn</c><00:15:13.700><c> through</c><00:15:14.019><c> that</c>

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practical<00:15:14.940><c> experience,</c><00:15:15.940><c> just</c><00:15:16.139><c> as</c><00:15:16.279><c> the</c><00:15:16.440><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:15:16.860><c> sisters</c><00:15:17.080><c> in</c><00:15:17.299><c> Asia</c><00:15:17.519><c> Minor,</c><00:15:18.980><c> that</c><00:15:19.139><c> by</c><00:15:19.720><c> seeing</c><00:15:20.080><c> life</c><00:15:20.620><c> as</c><00:15:21.759><c> being</c><00:15:21.980><c> a</c>

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temporary<00:15:22.759><c> passage,</c><00:15:24.419><c> by</c><00:15:24.759><c> David</c><00:15:25.220><c> viewing</c>

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himself<00:15:26.320><c> as</c><00:15:26.620><c> a</c><00:15:26.860><c> stranger</c><00:15:27.200><c> and</c><00:15:27.500><c> sojourner,</c><00:15:28.360><c> he</c><00:15:28.679><c> would</c><00:15:28.980><c> find</c><00:15:29.340><c> the</c><00:15:29.700><c> divine</c><00:15:30.179><c> perspective</c><00:15:31.100><c> necessary</c><00:15:32.139><c> to</c><00:15:32.860><c> bring</c>

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him<00:15:33.340><c> through</c><00:15:33.639><c> successfully.</c><00:15:35.019><c> It</c><00:15:35.600><c> would</c><00:15:35.879><c> teach</c><00:15:36.159><c> David,</c><00:15:36.580><c> as</c><00:15:36.759><c> it</c>

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must<00:15:37.159><c> teach</c><00:15:37.440><c> us,</c><00:15:37.899><c> and</c><00:15:38.039><c> it</c><00:15:38.220><c> was</c><00:15:38.419><c> to</c><00:15:38.659><c> teach</c><00:15:38.799><c> the</c>

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brothers<00:15:39.220><c> and</c><00:15:39.440><c> sisters</c><00:15:39.700><c> in</c><00:15:39.919><c> Asia</c><00:15:40.120><c> Minor,</c><00:15:41.399><c> that</c><00:15:41.600><c> this</c><00:15:41.899><c> life</c><00:15:42.139><c> is</c>

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passing.<00:15:43.240><c> And</c><00:15:43.500><c> if</c><00:15:43.620><c> you</c><00:15:43.840><c> lose</c><00:15:44.139><c> home</c><00:15:44.620><c> in</c><00:15:44.860><c> those</c>

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situations<00:15:46.039><c> of</c><00:15:46.320><c> duress,</c><00:15:47.240><c> if</c><00:15:47.559><c> you</c><00:15:47.779><c> are</c><00:15:48.000><c> thrown</c><00:15:48.220><c> in</c><00:15:48.519><c> prison,</c><00:15:49.679><c> if</c>

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you<00:15:50.320><c> do</c><00:15:50.600><c> face</c><00:15:50.879><c> that</c><00:15:51.220><c> kind</c><00:15:51.500><c> of</c><00:15:51.740><c> loss,</c>

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you<00:15:52.940><c> remind</c><00:15:53.360><c> yourself</c><00:15:54.019><c> that</c><00:15:54.419><c> you</c><00:15:54.620><c> are</c><00:15:54.860><c> a</c><00:15:55.120><c> stranger</c><00:15:55.500><c> in</c><00:15:55.759><c> a</c><00:15:55.960><c> pilgrim</c><00:15:56.460><c> anyways</c><00:15:56.980><c> on</c>

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the<00:15:57.659><c> earth,</c><00:15:57.879><c> and</c><00:15:58.320><c> these</c><00:15:58.539><c> things</c>

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aren't<00:15:58.960><c> permanent.</c><00:16:00.480><c> Now</c><00:16:00.659><c> our</c><00:16:00.899><c> third</c><00:16:01.200><c> passage,</c><00:16:01.740><c> by</c><00:16:01.980><c> way</c><00:16:02.240><c> of</c><00:16:02.539><c> perspective,</c><00:16:03.279><c> is</c>

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in<00:16:03.519><c> Hebrews.</c><00:16:04.960><c> It</c><00:16:05.299><c> simply</c><00:16:05.620><c> reinforces</c>

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the<00:16:06.539><c> two</c><00:16:06.639><c> we've</c><00:16:06.840><c> just</c><00:16:07.059><c> looked</c><00:16:07.259><c> at,</c><00:16:08.019><c> and</c><00:16:08.220><c> we're</c><00:16:08.360><c> going</c><00:16:08.460><c> to</c><00:16:08.620><c> refer</c><00:16:08.860><c> to</c>

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these<00:16:09.299><c> three</c><00:16:09.500><c> passages,</c><00:16:10.120><c> remind</c><00:16:10.460><c> you</c><00:16:10.700><c> of</c><00:16:10.779><c> them</c>

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periodically<00:16:12.200><c> as</c><00:16:12.679><c> we</c><00:16:12.860><c> get</c><00:16:13.059><c> into</c><00:16:13.419><c> the</c><00:16:14.460><c> details</c><00:16:14.980><c> of</c><00:16:15.620><c> David</c><00:16:16.000><c> the</c>

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Fugitive.<00:16:17.779><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:18.100><c> chapter</c><00:16:18.500><c> 11.</c>

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I<00:16:25.399><c> know</c><00:16:25.879><c> you're</c><00:16:26.100><c> familiar</c><00:16:26.480><c> with</c><00:16:26.620><c> this</c><00:16:26.879><c> chapter</c><00:16:27.299><c> and</c><00:16:27.580><c> with</c><00:16:27.779><c> the</c>

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many<00:16:28.299><c> mighty</c><00:16:28.860><c> men</c><00:16:29.100><c> and</c><00:16:29.220><c> women</c><00:16:29.399><c> of</c><00:16:29.700><c> faith,</c>

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which<00:16:30.179><c> are</c><00:16:30.580><c> catalogued,</c><00:16:31.820><c> but</c><00:16:31.879><c> there</c><00:16:32.039><c> is</c><00:16:32.279><c> a</c><00:16:32.419><c> perspective</c><00:16:32.919><c> here</c>

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that<00:16:33.440><c> relates</c><00:16:33.879><c> very</c><00:16:34.399><c> much</c><00:16:35.120><c> to</c><00:16:35.659><c> the</c><00:16:35.860><c> life</c><00:16:36.000><c> of</c><00:16:36.259><c> David</c>

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when<00:16:36.759><c> he</c><00:16:36.899><c> was</c><00:16:37.059><c> a</c><00:16:37.220><c> fugitive</c><00:16:37.559><c> and</c><00:16:37.720><c> a</c><00:16:37.879><c> sojourner.</c><00:16:39.340><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:39.500><c> chapter</c><00:16:39.919><c> 11,</c>

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drawing<00:16:42.200><c> from</c><00:16:42.440><c> the</c><00:16:42.740><c> experience</c><00:16:43.059><c> of</c><00:16:43.259><c> Abraham,</c>

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verse<00:16:44.299><c> 9.</c><00:16:46.720><c> By</c><00:16:46.720><c> faith</c><00:16:47.419><c> he</c><00:16:48.200><c> sojourned</c><00:16:48.980><c> in</c><00:16:49.139><c> the</c><00:16:49.360><c> land</c><00:16:49.580><c> of</c><00:16:49.899><c> promise,</c><00:16:51.360><c> as</c><00:16:51.679><c> in</c><00:16:51.820><c> a</c>

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strange<00:16:52.500><c> country,</c>

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dwelling<00:16:54.320><c> in</c><00:16:54.840><c> tabernacles</c><00:16:55.519><c> with</c><00:16:55.820><c> Isaac</c><00:16:56.240><c> and</c><00:16:56.519><c> Jacob,</c><00:16:57.399><c> the</c><00:16:57.580><c> heirs</c><00:16:57.779><c> with</c><00:16:58.059><c> him</c>

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of<00:16:58.460><c> the</c><00:16:58.639><c> same</c><00:16:58.899><c> promise.</c>

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A<00:17:00.759><c> divine</c><00:17:01.080><c> perspective.</c><00:17:02.580><c> It</c><00:17:02.740><c> is</c><00:17:03.039><c> in</c><00:17:03.259><c> fact</c><00:17:03.559><c> the</c><00:17:03.899><c> divine</c><00:17:04.359><c> lifestyle,</c><00:17:05.920><c> whether</c><00:17:06.240><c> in</c><00:17:06.700><c> city</c><00:17:07.000><c> or</c><00:17:07.420><c> town,</c>

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whether<00:17:09.339><c> on</c><00:17:09.640><c> the</c><00:17:09.880><c> hills</c><00:17:10.140><c> of</c><00:17:10.380><c> Judea</c><00:17:11.079><c> or</c><00:17:11.420><c> whether</c><00:17:11.700><c> within</c><00:17:12.059><c> the</c>

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city<00:17:12.660><c> of</c><00:17:12.960><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:17:14.559><c> wherever</c><00:17:14.980><c> they</c><00:17:15.619><c> were</c><00:17:15.819><c> to</c><00:17:16.059><c> find</c>

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themselves,<00:17:17.559><c> they</c><00:17:17.859><c> were</c><00:17:18.079><c> to</c><00:17:18.319><c> look</c><00:17:18.480><c> at</c><00:17:18.640><c> themselves</c><00:17:19.279><c> and</c><00:17:19.920><c> to</c><00:17:20.140><c> look</c><00:17:20.259><c> at</c>

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divine<00:17:23.500><c> interpretation</c><00:17:24.319><c> that</c><00:17:24.779><c> Abraham</c><00:17:25.220><c> had.</c><00:17:26.359><c> To</c><00:17:26.700><c> see</c><00:17:26.920><c> themselves</c><00:17:27.660><c> living</c>

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lives<00:17:28.539><c> of</c><00:17:28.920><c> faith,</c><00:17:30.039><c> sojourning.</c>

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And<00:17:31.740><c> in</c><00:17:31.859><c> the</c><00:17:31.960><c> case</c><00:17:32.200><c> of</c><00:17:32.460><c> Abraham,</c><00:17:32.920><c> he</c><00:17:33.059><c> was</c><00:17:33.299><c> right</c><00:17:33.660><c> within</c><00:17:34.019><c> the</c>

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promised<00:17:34.759><c> land,</c><00:17:36.079><c> treading</c><00:17:36.960><c> on</c><00:17:37.319><c> the</c><00:17:37.500><c> very</c><00:17:37.940><c> soil</c><00:17:38.319><c> that</c>

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was<00:17:38.880><c> promised.</c><00:17:40.039><c> But</c><00:17:40.279><c> even</c><00:17:40.660><c> though</c><00:17:41.000><c> he</c><00:17:41.220><c> was</c><00:17:41.500><c> within</c><00:17:41.980><c> the</c><00:17:42.420><c> promised</c><00:17:42.740><c> land,</c>

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he<00:17:43.900><c> still</c><00:17:44.440><c> was</c><00:17:44.680><c> to</c><00:17:44.940><c> live</c><00:17:45.160><c> the</c><00:17:45.420><c> life</c><00:17:45.859><c> of</c>

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a<00:17:46.400><c> sojourner</c><00:17:46.900><c> and</c><00:17:47.079><c> a</c><00:17:47.279><c> pilgrim.</c><00:17:48.579><c> We</c><00:17:48.700><c> continue</c><00:17:49.039><c> just</c><00:17:49.240><c> a</c><00:17:49.380><c> little</c>

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further.<00:17:51.400><c> Verse</c><00:17:51.539><c> 13.</c><00:17:53.980><c> These</c><00:17:54.319><c> all</c><00:17:54.720><c> died</c><00:17:55.019><c> in</c><00:17:55.359><c> faith,</c>

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not<00:17:56.039><c> having</c><00:17:56.299><c> received</c><00:17:56.779><c> the</c><00:17:57.039><c> promises,</c><00:17:58.480><c> but</c><00:17:58.640><c> having</c><00:17:59.019><c> seen</c><00:17:59.299><c> them</c><00:17:59.539><c> afar</c><00:17:59.980><c> off</c>

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and<00:18:01.359><c> were</c><00:18:01.619><c> persuaded</c><00:18:02.160><c> of</c><00:18:02.359><c> them</c>

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and<00:18:03.180><c> embraced</c><00:18:03.619><c> them</c><00:18:04.259><c> and</c><00:18:04.759><c> confessed</c><00:18:05.420><c> that</c><00:18:05.740><c> they</c><00:18:06.099><c> were</c><00:18:06.440><c> strangers</c><00:18:06.940><c> and</c><00:18:07.460><c> pilgrims</c><00:18:08.099><c> on</c>

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the<00:18:08.660><c> earth.</c>

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Do<00:18:10.119><c> you</c><00:18:10.119><c> know</c><00:18:10.240><c> there's</c><00:18:10.500><c> a</c><00:18:10.720><c> point</c><00:18:11.000><c> in</c><00:18:11.279><c> David's</c><00:18:11.859><c> life</c><00:18:12.380><c> where</c><00:18:13.380><c> somebody</c><00:18:13.980><c> besides</c><00:18:14.539><c> David</c><00:18:15.200><c> confesses</c><00:18:15.980><c> to</c><00:18:16.259><c> David</c>

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that<00:18:17.460><c> he,</c><00:18:18.079><c> David,</c><00:18:18.660><c> is</c><00:18:19.119><c> a</c><00:18:19.420><c> stranger</c><00:18:19.759><c> and</c><00:18:20.019><c> a</c><00:18:20.140><c> sojourner.</c><00:18:20.619><c> That</c>

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is<00:18:21.099><c> said</c><00:18:21.380><c> to</c><00:18:21.660><c> David.</c><00:18:22.819><c> And</c><00:18:23.119><c> at</c><00:18:23.299><c> the</c><00:18:23.400><c> very</c><00:18:23.660><c> end</c><00:18:23.900><c> of</c>

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David<00:18:25.619><c> himself</c><00:18:26.200><c> makes</c><00:18:26.680><c> the</c><00:18:26.940><c> confession</c><00:18:27.500><c> of</c><00:18:27.680><c> Hebrews</c><00:18:27.980><c> 11,</c><00:18:28.599><c> as</c>

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we'll<00:18:28.960><c> see.</c><00:18:30.400><c> David</c><00:18:30.720><c> himself</c><00:18:31.319><c> used</c><00:18:31.779><c> this</c><00:18:32.200><c> very</c><00:18:32.519><c> language</c>

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to<00:18:34.319><c> describe</c><00:18:35.099><c> his</c><00:18:35.599><c> relationship</c><00:18:36.339><c> to</c><00:18:37.299><c> his</c><00:18:37.619><c> place</c><00:18:37.920><c> on</c><00:18:38.259><c> earth</c><00:18:38.640><c> and</c><00:18:38.940><c> his</c><00:18:39.200><c> relationship</c><00:18:39.900><c> to</c>

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his<00:18:40.619><c> father</c><00:18:41.039><c> in</c><00:18:41.240><c> his</c>

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present<00:18:41.700><c> condition.</c><00:18:43.099><c> It</c><00:18:43.220><c> is</c><00:18:43.480><c> a</c><00:18:43.619><c> perspective,</c><00:18:44.200><c> brothers</c><00:18:44.460><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:18:45.119><c> which</c><00:18:45.319><c> David</c><00:18:45.660><c> was</c><00:18:45.940><c> to</c><00:18:46.259><c> learn</c><00:18:46.759><c> by</c><00:18:47.440><c> experience.</c>

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basic<00:18:52.400><c> principles,</c>

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we<00:18:54.339><c> remind</c><00:18:54.759><c> ourselves</c><00:18:55.339><c> of</c><00:18:55.539><c> how</c><00:18:55.799><c> to</c><00:18:56.059><c> view</c><00:18:56.319><c> the</c><00:18:56.599><c> life</c><00:18:56.759><c> of</c><00:18:57.019><c> David.</c>

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obviously,<00:19:05.099><c> riveted</c><00:19:05.460><c> just</c><00:19:05.779><c> to</c><00:19:06.019><c> the</c><00:19:06.180><c> Old</c><00:19:06.460><c> Testament.</c><00:19:07.980><c> Let's</c>

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just<00:19:08.500><c> remind</c><00:19:08.799><c> ourselves</c><00:19:09.339><c> in</c><00:19:09.720><c> the</c><00:19:09.920><c> passage</c><00:19:10.259><c> in</c>

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Deuteronomy,<00:19:12.039><c> the</c><00:19:12.140><c> people</c><00:19:12.460><c> of</c><00:19:12.640><c> Israel</c><00:19:13.380><c> were</c><00:19:14.000><c> given</c><00:19:14.240><c> this</c><00:19:14.519><c> divine</c><00:19:14.960><c> perspective</c><00:19:15.640><c> very</c><00:19:16.240><c> early</c><00:19:16.519><c> on</c>

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in<00:19:16.880><c> their</c><00:19:17.079><c> national</c>

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existence.<00:19:19.380><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:19:19.859><c> chapter</c><00:19:20.299><c> eight,</c><00:19:22.480><c> one</c><00:19:22.960><c> of</c><00:19:23.119><c> the</c><00:19:23.240><c> most</c><00:19:23.759><c> succinct</c><00:19:24.640><c> statements</c><00:19:25.200><c> in</c>

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all<00:19:25.859><c> the</c><00:19:26.119><c> Bible</c>

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about<00:19:28.220><c> how</c><00:19:28.660><c> to</c><00:19:28.900><c> view</c><00:19:29.119><c> trial</c><00:19:29.680><c> and</c><00:19:30.000><c> tribulation</c><00:19:30.640><c> and</c><00:19:31.740><c> how</c><00:19:32.160><c> the</c>

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father<00:19:32.880><c> views</c><00:19:33.339><c> trial</c><00:19:33.900><c> and</c><00:19:34.200><c> tribulation</c>

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and<00:19:35.420><c> what</c><00:19:35.619><c> his</c><00:19:35.920><c> intention</c><00:19:36.440><c> is</c><00:19:37.180><c> behind</c><00:19:38.339><c> that</c><00:19:39.099><c> trial</c><00:19:39.460><c> and</c>

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tribulation.<00:19:41.599><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:19:42.140><c> chapter</c><00:19:42.380><c> eight,</c>

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verse<00:19:43.220><c> two,</c><00:19:49.019><c> speaking</c><00:19:49.019><c> to</c><00:19:49.299><c> this</c><00:19:49.519><c> new</c><00:19:49.680><c> generation</c><00:19:50.259><c> to</c><00:19:50.480><c> come</c><00:19:50.640><c> up</c>

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and<00:19:51.220><c> enter</c><00:19:51.440><c> into</c><00:19:51.599><c> the</c><00:19:51.799><c> land.</c><00:19:53.220><c> Verse</c><00:19:54.039><c> two,</c>

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thou<00:19:55.460><c> shalt</c><00:19:56.059><c> remember</c><00:19:57.240><c> all</c><00:19:58.339><c> the</c><00:19:59.220><c> way</c><00:19:59.779><c> which</c><00:20:00.420><c> the</c><00:20:00.819><c> Lord</c><00:20:01.180><c> thy</c><00:20:01.599><c> God</c><00:20:02.099><c> led</c><00:20:02.420><c> thee</c><00:20:03.099><c> these</c><00:20:03.920><c> forty</c><00:20:04.339><c> years</c><00:20:04.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:05.079><c> wilderness</c>

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to<00:20:07.259><c> humble</c><00:20:07.980><c> thee</c><00:20:08.480><c> and</c><00:20:09.359><c> to</c><00:20:09.859><c> prove</c><00:20:10.180><c> thee,</c><00:20:12.059><c> to</c><00:20:12.059><c> know</c><00:20:12.500><c> what</c><00:20:12.700><c> was</c><00:20:13.000><c> in</c>

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thine<00:20:13.579><c> heart,</c><00:20:14.279><c> whether</c><00:20:14.579><c> thou</c><00:20:14.859><c> would</c>

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keep<00:20:15.480><c> his</c><00:20:15.700><c> commandments</c><00:20:16.279><c> or</c><00:20:16.779><c> no.</c><00:20:18.259><c> Let's</c><00:20:18.559><c> just</c><00:20:18.779><c> stop</c><00:20:19.019><c> there</c>

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and<00:20:19.559><c> digest</c><00:20:20.500><c> carefully</c><00:20:21.319><c> the</c><00:20:21.619><c> divine</c><00:20:22.079><c> perspective</c>

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that's<00:20:23.200><c> spelled</c><00:20:23.359><c> out</c><00:20:23.619><c> there.</c><00:20:24.660><c> Looking</c><00:20:25.000><c> back</c><00:20:25.759><c> over</c><00:20:26.279><c> the</c><00:20:26.480><c> past</c>

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forty<00:20:27.220><c> years</c><00:20:27.759><c> and</c><00:20:28.119><c> speaking</c><00:20:28.539><c> now</c><00:20:29.140><c> to</c><00:20:29.420><c> the</c><00:20:29.640><c> new</c>

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generation<00:20:30.619><c> that</c><00:20:31.359><c> is</c><00:20:31.539><c> about</c><00:20:31.819><c> to</c><00:20:32.000><c> enter</c><00:20:32.140><c> the</c><00:20:32.319><c> land</c><00:20:32.519><c> under</c><00:20:32.819><c> Joshua's</c><00:20:33.519><c> leadership,</c><00:20:34.900><c> there's</c><00:20:35.140><c> a</c>

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divine<00:20:35.839><c> perspective</c>

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and<00:20:43.720><c> for</c><00:20:43.920><c> the</c><00:20:44.039><c> way</c><00:20:44.220><c> we're</c><00:20:44.460><c> going</c><00:20:44.599><c> to</c><00:20:44.799><c> view</c><00:20:44.960><c> David</c><00:20:45.460><c> as</c><00:20:46.039><c> a</c><00:20:46.220><c> fugitive.</c><00:20:47.079><c> It's</c>

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deal<00:20:54.619><c> of</c><00:20:54.779><c> his</c><00:20:54.960><c> early</c><00:20:55.220><c> life.</c><00:20:56.380><c> It's</c><00:20:56.519><c> where</c><00:20:56.660><c> he</c>

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had<00:20:57.880><c> to</c><00:20:58.079><c> resort</c><00:20:58.559><c> to</c><00:20:59.079><c> after</c><00:20:59.420><c> the</c><00:20:59.900><c> rebellion</c><00:21:00.400><c> under</c><00:21:00.819><c> Absalom.</c>

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David<00:21:02.539><c> spent</c><00:21:03.059><c> many,</c><00:21:03.779><c> many</c><00:21:04.160><c> days</c><00:21:04.759><c> in</c><00:21:05.480><c> the</c>

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wilderness<00:21:06.400><c> himself</c><00:21:07.400><c> and</c><00:21:08.579><c> in</c><00:21:08.920><c> doing</c><00:21:09.140><c> so</c><00:21:09.500><c> in</c><00:21:09.640><c> a</c><00:21:09.740><c> very</c><00:21:10.140><c> real</c><00:21:10.539><c> contact</c><00:21:11.259><c> with</c><00:21:11.539><c> the</c>

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experiences<00:21:14.920><c> ran</c><00:21:15.420><c> parallel</c><00:21:16.099><c> with</c><00:21:17.200><c> the</c><00:21:17.640><c> experience</c><00:21:18.099><c> spelled</c>

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and<00:21:27.900><c> so</c><00:21:27.940><c> it</c><00:21:28.160><c> did</c><00:21:28.380><c> David.</c><00:21:30.480><c> Secondly,</c><00:21:31.099><c> to</c><00:21:31.380><c> prove</c><00:21:31.779><c> or</c><00:21:32.180><c> to</c><00:21:32.619><c> test</c><00:21:33.140><c> thee.</c><00:21:35.160><c> Thirdly,</c><00:21:36.079><c> to</c>

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You<00:21:40.579><c> see</c><00:21:40.680><c> the</c><00:21:40.880><c> point.</c><00:21:42.000><c> From</c><00:21:42.200><c> a</c><00:21:42.500><c> practical</c><00:21:42.880><c> point</c><00:21:43.200><c> of</c><00:21:43.380><c> view</c><00:21:43.559><c> when</c><00:21:43.779><c> you</c>

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and<00:21:44.180><c> I</c><00:21:44.380><c> go</c><00:21:44.640><c> through</c><00:21:45.299><c> the</c><00:21:45.859><c> life's</c><00:21:46.500><c> difficulties</c>

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that<00:21:47.140><c> we</c><00:21:47.420><c> all</c><00:21:47.799><c> have</c><00:21:48.259><c> faced</c><00:21:48.559><c> and</c><00:21:48.859><c> will</c><00:21:49.160><c> face</c><00:21:49.559><c> or</c><00:21:50.039><c> perhaps</c><00:21:50.480><c> are</c>

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now<00:21:51.220><c> facing,</c><00:21:52.640><c> we</c><00:21:52.920><c> may</c><00:21:53.220><c> struggle</c><00:21:53.660><c> with</c><00:21:53.839><c> those</c>

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difficulties.<00:21:55.059><c> We</c><00:21:55.500><c> may</c><00:21:55.740><c> resist</c><00:21:56.359><c> those</c><00:21:56.839><c> trials.</c><00:21:58.079><c> We</c><00:21:58.200><c> may</c><00:21:58.420><c> ask</c>

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ourselves,<00:21:59.519><c> why</c><00:21:59.700><c> is</c><00:22:00.099><c> it</c><00:22:00.460><c> that</c><00:22:00.740><c> I</c><00:22:01.019><c> am</c><00:22:01.180><c> going</c><00:22:01.359><c> through</c>

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this<00:22:02.000><c> trial</c><00:22:02.400><c> now?</c><00:22:03.700><c> We</c><00:22:03.940><c> may</c><00:22:04.180><c> ask,</c><00:22:04.640><c> why</c><00:22:04.980><c> me?</c><00:22:06.599><c> Why?</c><00:22:07.559><c> There's</c><00:22:07.980><c> the</c>

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answer.<00:22:09.079><c> That</c><00:22:09.420><c> was</c><00:22:09.619><c> the</c><00:22:09.779><c> answer</c><00:22:10.059><c> for</c><00:22:10.359><c> David</c><00:22:10.660><c> and</c>

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through<00:22:14.960><c> the</c><00:22:15.119><c> wilderness</c><00:22:15.460><c> experience,</c><00:22:16.920><c> figuratively</c>

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speaking?<00:22:18.500><c> To</c><00:22:18.500><c> humble</c><00:22:18.940><c> us,</c><00:22:19.980><c> to</c><00:22:20.240><c> test</c><00:22:20.559><c> us</c><00:22:20.960><c> and</c><00:22:21.299><c> to</c><00:22:21.599><c> know</c><00:22:21.880><c> what</c>

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is<00:22:22.380><c> in</c><00:22:22.579><c> our</c><00:22:22.900><c> hearts.</c><00:22:23.900><c> Verse</c><00:22:24.019><c> three,</c><00:22:25.599><c> and</c><00:22:25.980><c> it</c><00:22:26.799><c> worked.</c>

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And<00:22:28.279><c> he</c><00:22:28.680><c> humbled</c><00:22:29.140><c> thee</c><00:22:29.460><c> and</c><00:22:30.220><c> suffered</c><00:22:30.559><c> thee</c><00:22:30.839><c> to</c><00:22:31.019><c> hunger</c><00:22:31.359><c> and</c>

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fed<00:22:32.339><c> thee</c><00:22:32.539><c> with</c><00:22:32.819><c> manna,</c><00:22:33.480><c> which</c><00:22:33.619><c> thou</c><00:22:33.839><c> knewest</c><00:22:34.279><c> not.</c>

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You<00:22:42.319><c> see,</c><00:22:42.740><c> God</c><00:22:43.000><c> is</c><00:22:43.339><c> telling</c><00:22:43.539><c> Israel</c><00:22:43.980><c> in</c><00:22:44.160><c> case</c><00:22:44.380><c> they</c><00:22:44.599><c> didn't</c><00:22:44.740><c> get</c><00:22:44.900><c> the</c><00:22:45.180><c> point</c><00:22:45.400><c> in</c>

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circumstance<00:22:47.299><c> that</c><00:22:47.960><c> now</c><00:22:48.200><c> they</c><00:22:48.359><c> could</c><00:22:48.500><c> look</c><00:22:48.779><c> back</c><00:22:49.160><c> in</c><00:22:49.500><c> retrospect</c><00:22:50.220><c> at</c><00:22:50.700><c> that</c>

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past<00:22:51.559><c> generation</c><00:22:52.220><c> of</c><00:22:52.480><c> 40</c><00:22:52.700><c> years</c>

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and<00:22:54.319><c> they</c><00:22:54.480><c> could</c><00:22:54.720><c> interpret</c><00:22:55.200><c> their</c><00:22:55.740><c> experiences</c><00:22:56.339><c> and</c><00:22:56.799><c> the</c><00:22:57.079><c> experiences</c><00:22:57.460><c> of</c>

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from<00:22:59.480><c> this</c><00:22:59.859><c> divine</c><00:23:00.299><c> perspective.</c><00:23:02.099><c> Now,</c><00:23:02.400><c> brothers</c><00:23:02.480><c> and</c><00:23:02.740><c> sisters,</c><00:23:03.200><c> David,</c><00:23:03.539><c> as</c><00:23:03.759><c> we</c>

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said,<00:23:04.500><c> is</c><00:23:04.720><c> about</c><00:23:04.980><c> to</c><00:23:05.160><c> go</c><00:23:05.319><c> into</c>

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the<00:23:05.720><c> wilderness</c><00:23:06.140><c> as</c><00:23:06.460><c> we</c><00:23:06.599><c> look</c><00:23:06.700><c> at</c><00:23:06.819><c> the</c><00:23:06.980><c> first</c><00:23:07.180><c> phase</c><00:23:07.400><c> of</c><00:23:07.539><c> his</c>

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life.<00:23:09.180><c> Why</c><00:23:09.480><c> did</c><00:23:09.720><c> David</c><00:23:09.960><c> have</c><00:23:10.200><c> to</c><00:23:10.339><c> go</c><00:23:10.480><c> into</c><00:23:10.599><c> the</c>

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wilderness?<00:23:11.720><c> Why</c><00:23:12.059><c> did</c><00:23:12.259><c> he</c><00:23:12.359><c> have</c><00:23:12.619><c> to</c><00:23:12.779><c> live</c><00:23:12.920><c> the</c><00:23:13.119><c> life</c><00:23:13.279><c> of</c><00:23:13.460><c> a</c><00:23:13.579><c> fugitive</c><00:23:14.019><c> for</c>

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so<00:23:15.220><c> long</c><00:23:15.619><c> before</c><00:23:15.960><c> he</c><00:23:16.200><c> became</c><00:23:16.539><c> king?</c>

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There<00:23:18.339><c> are</c><00:23:18.440><c> the</c><00:23:18.519><c> reasons</c><00:23:18.940><c> right</c><00:23:19.380><c> there</c><00:23:20.019><c> to</c><00:23:20.480><c> prove</c><00:23:20.839><c> David,</c><00:23:22.339><c> to</c>

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humble<00:23:22.880><c> David</c><00:23:23.380><c> and</c><00:23:24.380><c> to</c><00:23:24.640><c> see</c><00:23:24.819><c> what</c><00:23:24.980><c> was</c><00:23:25.180><c> in</c><00:23:25.440><c> David's</c>

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heart.<00:23:27.180><c> And</c><00:23:27.440><c> you</c><00:23:27.579><c> know,</c><00:23:27.779><c> if</c><00:23:27.940><c> there's</c><00:23:28.220><c> one</c><00:23:28.660><c> phrase</c><00:23:29.220><c> that</c><00:23:30.059><c> relates</c><00:23:30.660><c> as</c><00:23:31.039><c> a</c>

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description<00:23:31.859><c> to</c><00:23:32.259><c> David,</c><00:23:32.700><c> it</c><00:23:33.279><c> has</c><00:23:33.559><c> to</c><00:23:33.759><c> do</c>

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David's<00:23:34.539><c> heart.</c><00:23:36.180><c> Time</c><00:23:36.559><c> and</c><00:23:36.960><c> time</c><00:23:37.319><c> again,</c><00:23:38.440><c> the</c><00:23:38.839><c> scriptural</c><00:23:39.519><c> description</c><00:23:40.279><c> of</c>

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David<00:23:41.240><c> was</c><00:23:41.779><c> that</c><00:23:41.920><c> he</c><00:23:42.059><c> was</c><00:23:42.299><c> a</c><00:23:42.539><c> man</c><00:23:42.920><c> after</c>

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God's<00:23:44.420><c> own</c><00:23:45.019><c> heart.</c><00:23:46.619><c> The</c><00:23:46.940><c> heart</c><00:23:47.200><c> of</c><00:23:47.380><c> David</c><00:23:47.720><c> is</c><00:23:47.980><c> one</c><00:23:48.160><c> of</c><00:23:48.259><c> the</c><00:23:48.440><c> key</c>

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focuses<00:23:49.259><c> of</c><00:23:49.740><c> scripture.</c><00:23:51.039><c> And</c><00:23:51.480><c> there's</c><00:23:51.759><c> the</c><00:23:51.980><c> point</c>

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that<00:23:53.019><c> in</c><00:23:53.380><c> going</c><00:23:53.519><c> through</c><00:23:53.779><c> those</c><00:23:54.119><c> tribulations,</c><00:23:55.480><c> in</c><00:23:55.799><c> facing</c>

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those<00:23:56.519><c> tests,</c><00:23:57.500><c> David's</c><00:23:58.259><c> heart</c><00:23:58.599><c> was</c><00:23:58.960><c> revealed</c>

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and<00:24:00.180><c> it</c><00:24:00.220><c> was</c><00:24:00.519><c> pleasing</c><00:24:00.940><c> to</c><00:24:01.200><c> God</c><00:24:01.480><c> as</c><00:24:01.740><c> it</c><00:24:02.079><c> finally</c><00:24:02.319><c> came</c><00:24:02.700><c> through</c>

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the<00:24:03.240><c> test.</c><00:24:04.579><c> And</c><00:24:04.660><c> when</c><00:24:04.799><c> we</c><00:24:05.099><c> go</c><00:24:05.299><c> through</c><00:24:05.579><c> trials</c>

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and<00:24:06.339><c> difficulties,</c><00:24:07.759><c> ecclesial</c><00:24:08.220><c> tensions,</c><00:24:10.259><c> problems</c><00:24:10.579><c> in</c><00:24:10.900><c> our</c>

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own<00:24:11.359><c> lives,</c><00:24:12.200><c> lack</c><00:24:12.500><c> of</c><00:24:12.759><c> health,</c><00:24:13.920><c> difficulties</c>

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that<00:24:14.720><c> tax</c><00:24:15.019><c> our</c><00:24:15.420><c> faith</c><00:24:15.660><c> and</c><00:24:15.880><c> our</c><00:24:16.200><c> faithfulness</c><00:24:16.700><c> to</c><00:24:16.900><c> God</c><00:24:17.200><c> and</c><00:24:17.359><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:17.619><c> ecclesia,</c><00:24:18.500><c> if</c><00:24:18.799><c> we</c><00:24:19.019><c> ask</c><00:24:19.319><c> ourselves</c><00:24:19.859><c> why,</c>

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as<00:24:20.819><c> we</c><00:24:20.980><c> always</c><00:24:21.319><c> do,</c><00:24:22.240><c> there</c><00:24:22.420><c> are</c><00:24:22.619><c> the</c><00:24:22.799><c> reasons,</c><00:24:23.940><c> three</c><00:24:24.220><c> of</c><00:24:24.339><c> them</c>

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given<00:24:24.960><c> very</c><00:24:25.559><c> simply.</c><00:24:27.500><c> One</c><00:24:27.680><c> other</c><00:24:27.900><c> passage</c><00:24:28.380><c> before</c>

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we<00:24:28.880><c> get</c><00:24:29.039><c> into</c><00:24:29.259><c> Samuel.</c><00:24:30.099><c> It's</c><00:24:30.200><c> in</c><00:24:30.319><c> Leviticus,</c><00:24:31.059><c> still</c><00:24:31.420><c> in</c><00:24:31.559><c> the</c>

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Old<00:24:31.859><c> Testament,</c><00:24:32.920><c> and</c><00:24:33.079><c> given</c><00:24:33.240><c> to</c><00:24:33.460><c> Israel</c><00:24:33.839><c> very</c><00:24:34.220><c> early</c>

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on.<00:24:36.359><c> Leviticus</c><00:24:36.880><c> chapter</c><00:24:37.519><c> 25.</c><00:24:40.900><c> This</c><00:24:41.220><c> does</c><00:24:41.640><c> provide</c><00:24:42.319><c> a</c><00:24:42.759><c> slightly</c><00:24:43.039><c> different</c><00:24:43.559><c> slant</c>

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to<00:24:44.200><c> some</c><00:24:44.359><c> of</c><00:24:44.500><c> the</c><00:24:44.559><c> things</c>

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we've<00:24:44.900><c> just</c><00:24:45.119><c> been</c><00:24:45.319><c> discussing.</c><00:24:53.980><c> Leviticus</c><00:24:54.420><c> chapter</c><00:24:54.779><c> 25</c><00:24:55.500><c> is</c>

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dealing,<00:24:56.119><c> if</c><00:24:56.240><c> you'll</c><00:24:56.420><c> look</c><00:24:56.539><c> at</c><00:24:56.660><c> the</c><00:24:56.779><c> beginning</c><00:24:57.000><c> of</c>

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chapter,<00:24:57.700><c> with</c><00:24:57.880><c> the</c><00:24:58.000><c> years</c><00:24:58.180><c> of</c><00:24:58.359><c> Jubilee.</c><00:25:04.180><c> And</c><00:25:04.700><c> it's</c><00:25:04.880><c> dealing</c>

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first<00:25:05.460><c> of</c><00:25:05.660><c> all</c><00:25:05.799><c> with</c><00:25:06.000><c> the</c><00:25:06.220><c> Sabbath</c><00:25:06.460><c> years,</c>

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which<00:25:07.140><c> of</c><00:25:07.380><c> course</c><00:25:07.680><c> finally</c><00:25:08.160><c> lead</c><00:25:08.380><c> up</c><00:25:08.619><c> to</c><00:25:08.759><c> the</c><00:25:08.960><c> subject</c><00:25:09.279><c> of</c><00:25:09.559><c> the</c>

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Jubilee<00:25:10.140><c> years.</c><00:25:11.640><c> These</c><00:25:12.099><c> were</c><00:25:12.619><c> times</c><00:25:13.160><c> in</c><00:25:13.380><c> Israel's</c>

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history<00:25:14.339><c> when</c><00:25:14.519><c> they</c><00:25:14.759><c> were</c><00:25:14.940><c> to</c><00:25:15.140><c> remember</c><00:25:15.640><c> that</c><00:25:15.819><c> they</c><00:25:16.039><c> were</c><00:25:16.259><c> once</c><00:25:16.839><c> strangers</c><00:25:17.740><c> in</c>

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Egypt.<00:25:19.140><c> And</c><00:25:19.660><c> it</c><00:25:19.779><c> was</c><00:25:19.940><c> to</c><00:25:20.160><c> remind</c><00:25:20.380><c> them</c>

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that<00:25:20.859><c> although</c><00:25:21.079><c> they</c><00:25:21.279><c> were</c><00:25:21.480><c> now</c><00:25:21.700><c> living</c><00:25:21.920><c> in</c><00:25:22.059><c> their</c><00:25:22.319><c> own</c><00:25:22.579><c> land,</c>

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the<00:25:24.319><c> life</c><00:25:24.779><c> of</c><00:25:25.119><c> the</c><00:25:25.420><c> stranger</c><00:25:25.819><c> and</c><00:25:26.079><c> sojourner</c><00:25:26.759><c> was</c>

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to<00:25:27.960><c> continue</c><00:25:28.000><c> even</c><00:25:28.700><c> once</c><00:25:29.059><c> they</c><00:25:29.220><c> were</c><00:25:29.539><c> settled</c><00:25:29.839><c> in</c><00:25:30.180><c> the</c><00:25:30.359><c> land.</c>

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How<00:25:31.319><c> so?</c><00:25:32.259><c> Just</c><00:25:32.480><c> notice</c><00:25:33.019><c> in</c><00:25:33.759><c> verse</c><00:25:34.299><c> 22</c><00:25:35.119><c> and</c><00:25:35.380><c> 23,</c>

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and<00:25:37.660><c> ye</c><00:25:37.880><c> shall</c><00:25:38.240><c> sow</c><00:25:38.700><c> the</c><00:25:39.140><c> eighth</c><00:25:39.480><c> year</c><00:25:40.099><c> and</c><00:25:41.339><c> eat</c><00:25:41.799><c> yet</c><00:25:42.359><c> of</c><00:25:42.700><c> old</c>

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fruit<00:25:43.359><c> until</c><00:25:43.880><c> the</c><00:25:44.180><c> ninth</c><00:25:44.460><c> year,</c>

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until<00:25:46.119><c> her</c><00:25:46.460><c> fruits</c><00:25:46.720><c> come</c><00:25:47.119><c> in,</c><00:25:47.440><c> ye</c><00:25:47.640><c> shall</c><00:25:47.859><c> eat</c><00:25:47.980><c> of</c><00:25:48.119><c> the</c><00:25:48.279><c> old</c><00:25:48.599><c> store.</c><00:25:49.900><c> The</c>

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land<00:25:50.539><c> shall</c><00:25:50.859><c> not</c><00:25:51.200><c> be</c><00:25:51.579><c> sold</c><00:25:51.940><c> forever,</c>

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for<00:25:53.819><c> the</c><00:25:54.079><c> land</c><00:25:54.380><c> is</c><00:25:54.700><c> mine.</c><00:25:56.099><c> Now</c><00:25:56.259><c> notice</c><00:25:56.559><c> what's</c><00:25:56.960><c> said,</c><00:25:58.519><c> for</c><00:25:58.779><c> ye</c>

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are<00:26:01.279><c> strangers</c><00:26:02.160><c> and</c><00:26:02.700><c> sojourners</c><00:26:03.339><c> with</c><00:26:03.599><c> me.</c>

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Can<00:26:05.619><c> you</c><00:26:05.680><c> imagine</c><00:26:06.059><c> how</c><00:26:06.359><c> that</c><00:26:06.660><c> would</c><00:26:06.960><c> shake</c><00:26:07.259><c> them,</c><00:26:07.880><c> thinking</c>

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in<00:26:08.559><c> perspective?</c><00:26:10.339><c> Some</c><00:26:10.660><c> 40</c><00:26:11.019><c> years</c><00:26:11.380><c> were</c>

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spent<00:26:12.079><c> with</c><00:26:12.380><c> a</c><00:26:12.640><c> lost</c><00:26:12.880><c> generation</c><00:26:13.539><c> before</c><00:26:13.880><c> they</c><00:26:14.160><c> entered</c><00:26:14.319><c> into</c>

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the<00:26:14.779><c> land.</c><00:26:16.119><c> No</c><00:26:16.420><c> doubt</c><00:26:16.660><c> they</c><00:26:16.920><c> had</c><00:26:17.299><c> thought</c><00:26:17.720><c> that</c><00:26:18.319><c> once</c>

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they<00:26:18.900><c> entered</c><00:26:19.079><c> the</c><00:26:19.279><c> land</c><00:26:19.559><c> of</c><00:26:19.779><c> Israel</c><00:26:20.180><c> and</c><00:26:20.400><c> were</c><00:26:20.680><c> settled</c><00:26:21.099><c> and</c>

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the<00:26:21.880><c> tribes</c><00:26:22.180><c> were</c><00:26:22.440><c> given</c><00:26:22.619><c> their</c><00:26:22.880><c> various</c><00:26:23.259><c> portions,</c>

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once<00:26:24.599><c> that</c><00:26:24.839><c> was</c><00:26:25.099><c> done,</c><00:26:26.299><c> that</c><00:26:26.460><c> they</c><00:26:26.599><c> would</c><00:26:26.839><c> leave</c><00:26:27.119><c> the</c><00:26:27.380><c> life</c><00:26:27.660><c> of</c>

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a<00:26:28.160><c> stranger</c><00:26:28.440><c> and</c><00:26:28.660><c> a</c><00:26:28.759><c> sojourner.</c>

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Surely<00:26:31.059><c> they</c><00:26:31.319><c> must</c><00:26:31.539><c> have</c><00:26:31.779><c> thought</c><00:26:31.980><c> that</c><00:26:32.140><c> once</c><00:26:32.359><c> they</c><00:26:32.539><c> were</c><00:26:32.819><c> settled</c><00:26:33.019><c> in</c>

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Canaan<00:26:33.940><c> and</c><00:26:34.420><c> developed</c><00:26:34.779><c> towns</c><00:26:35.279><c> and</c><00:26:35.519><c> villages,</c>

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they<00:26:36.880><c> would</c><00:26:37.099><c> no</c><00:26:37.380><c> longer</c><00:26:38.160><c> view</c><00:26:38.559><c> themselves</c><00:26:39.119><c> as</c><00:26:39.559><c> strangers</c><00:26:39.940><c> and</c>

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sojourners.<00:26:41.460><c> They</c><00:26:42.000><c> might</c><00:26:42.220><c> have</c><00:26:42.480><c> thought</c><00:26:42.619><c> up</c><00:26:42.799><c> to</c><00:26:42.960><c> this</c>

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point<00:26:43.400><c> that</c><00:26:44.119><c> that</c><00:26:44.440><c> kind</c><00:26:44.799><c> of</c><00:26:45.079><c> phrasing</c><00:26:45.380><c> in</c><00:26:45.539><c> verse</c><00:26:45.819><c> 23</c><00:26:46.740><c> described</c><00:26:47.640><c> the</c><00:26:47.900><c> life</c>

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of<00:26:48.680><c> Abraham</c><00:26:49.200><c> and</c><00:26:49.519><c> of</c><00:26:49.720><c> Isaac</c><00:26:50.059><c> and</c><00:26:50.299><c> of</c>

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Jacob,<00:26:51.559><c> which</c><00:26:52.140><c> sojourned</c><00:26:52.880><c> in</c><00:26:53.039><c> the</c><00:26:53.200><c> land</c><00:26:53.380><c> of</c><00:26:53.700><c> Canaan</c><00:26:54.220><c> but</c><00:26:54.680><c> never</c><00:26:54.940><c> were</c>

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given<00:26:55.319><c> a</c><00:26:55.500><c> foot</c><00:26:55.599><c> of</c><00:26:55.740><c> it.</c><00:26:56.880><c> But</c><00:26:57.019><c> you</c><00:26:57.099><c> know,</c>

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brothers<00:26:57.480><c> and</c><00:26:57.720><c> sisters,</c><00:26:57.980><c> that's</c><00:26:58.279><c> not</c><00:26:58.640><c> so.</c><00:27:00.019><c> Once</c><00:27:00.339><c> they</c><00:27:00.579><c> got</c>

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into<00:27:01.099><c> the</c><00:27:01.359><c> land,</c><00:27:02.240><c> once</c><00:27:02.420><c> they</c><00:27:02.779><c> built</c><00:27:03.059><c> their</c><00:27:03.359><c> villages,</c>

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once<00:27:04.940><c> they</c><00:27:05.259><c> became</c><00:27:05.579><c> more</c><00:27:06.140><c> urbanized,</c><00:27:07.000><c> we</c><00:27:07.220><c> would</c><00:27:07.420><c> say,</c><00:27:08.599><c> once</c>

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they<00:27:09.059><c> were</c><00:27:09.319><c> established</c><00:27:09.900><c> and</c><00:27:10.440><c> settled</c><00:27:10.700><c> in</c><00:27:11.160><c> their</c>

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land,<00:27:12.299><c> they</c><00:27:12.720><c> were</c><00:27:13.200><c> still</c><00:27:14.160><c> to</c><00:27:14.619><c> view</c><00:27:14.900><c> themselves</c><00:27:15.819><c> in</c><00:27:16.440><c> their</c><00:27:16.799><c> own</c>

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land<00:27:17.740><c> as</c><00:27:18.740><c> strangers</c><00:27:19.440><c> and</c><00:27:20.119><c> sojourners.</c>

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You<00:27:22.380><c> see</c><00:27:22.440><c> what</c><00:27:22.559><c> that</c><00:27:22.799><c> says</c><00:27:23.000><c> to</c><00:27:23.180><c> you</c><00:27:23.339><c> and</c><00:27:23.460><c> I?</c><00:27:24.880><c> We</c><00:27:25.299><c> can</c><00:27:25.819><c> look</c><00:27:26.180><c> at</c><00:27:26.380><c> the</c><00:27:26.579><c> life</c><00:27:26.759><c> of</c><00:27:27.019><c> David</c><00:27:27.279><c> when</c><00:27:27.920><c> he</c><00:27:28.160><c> was</c><00:27:28.359><c> a</c>

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fugitive<00:27:29.019><c> and</c>

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when<00:27:29.799><c> he</c><00:27:30.240><c> geographically</c><00:27:31.140><c> was</c><00:27:31.559><c> a</c><00:27:31.759><c> fugitive,</c><00:27:32.099><c> moving</c><00:27:32.420><c> from</c><00:27:32.640><c> town</c><00:27:32.819><c> to</c>

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town,<00:27:33.579><c> over</c><00:27:33.859><c> the</c><00:27:34.059><c> hills,</c><00:27:34.359><c> through</c><00:27:34.480><c> the</c>

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valleys,<00:27:35.259><c> hiding</c><00:27:35.259><c> in</c><00:27:35.539><c> caves.</c><00:27:36.299><c> We</c><00:27:36.519><c> can</c><00:27:36.759><c> see</c><00:27:36.960><c> him</c><00:27:37.559><c> literally</c><00:27:38.339><c> as</c>

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a<00:27:39.480><c> stranger</c><00:27:39.819><c> and</c><00:27:40.099><c> a</c><00:27:40.279><c> sojourner</c><00:27:40.779><c> and</c><00:27:41.019><c> might</c><00:27:41.339><c> think</c>

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that<00:27:42.059><c> that</c><00:27:42.279><c> doesn't</c><00:27:42.500><c> apply</c><00:27:42.799><c> to</c><00:27:42.980><c> us</c><00:27:43.200><c> because</c><00:27:43.420><c> we're</c><00:27:43.599><c> not</c><00:27:43.740><c> running</c><00:27:43.960><c> from</c>

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town<00:27:44.359><c> to</c><00:27:44.559><c> town</c><00:27:44.740><c> and</c><00:27:44.940><c> city</c><00:27:45.059><c> to</c><00:27:45.259><c> city.</c>

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We<00:27:46.400><c> might</c><00:27:46.579><c> look</c><00:27:46.759><c> at</c><00:27:46.859><c> the</c><00:27:47.059><c> lifestyle</c><00:27:47.460><c> of</c><00:27:47.700><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:48.059><c> Isaac</c><00:27:48.420><c> and</c>

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Jacob<00:27:49.119><c> and</c><00:27:49.759><c> see</c><00:27:49.960><c> that</c><00:27:50.119><c> they</c><00:27:50.380><c> were</c><00:27:50.539><c> literally</c>

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sojourners<00:27:51.839><c> and</c><00:27:52.079><c> pilgrims</c><00:27:52.819><c> and</c><00:27:53.160><c> think</c><00:27:53.359><c> to</c><00:27:53.579><c> ourselves,</c><00:27:54.039><c> well,</c>

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I<00:27:55.160><c> live</c><00:27:55.299><c> in</c><00:27:55.440><c> a</c><00:27:55.579><c> city</c><00:27:55.980><c> in</c><00:27:56.440><c> Houston,</c><00:27:56.920><c> in</c><00:27:57.180><c> Austin.</c>

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I'm<00:27:58.180><c> settled.</c><00:27:58.579><c> I</c><00:27:58.680><c> have</c><00:27:58.839><c> a</c><00:27:59.019><c> home.</c><00:27:59.440><c> I'm</c><00:27:59.700><c> not</c><00:27:59.799><c> moving</c><00:28:00.059><c> around</c><00:28:00.339><c> like</c><00:28:00.579><c> that.</c><00:28:01.279><c> How</c>

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does<00:28:01.599><c> that</c><00:28:01.839><c> exhortation</c><00:28:02.400><c> relate</c><00:28:02.680><c> to</c><00:28:02.920><c> me?</c>

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It<00:28:04.119><c> does</c><00:28:04.440><c> relate</c><00:28:04.759><c> to</c><00:28:04.980><c> you</c><00:28:05.420><c> because</c><00:28:06.339><c> it's</c><00:28:06.680><c> not</c><00:28:06.839><c> a</c><00:28:06.940><c> matter</c><00:28:07.119><c> of</c><00:28:07.380><c> geography.</c><00:28:08.059><c> It's</c><00:28:08.660><c> not</c><00:28:08.839><c> a</c>

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matter<00:28:09.160><c> of</c><00:28:09.339><c> whether</c>

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literally<00:28:10.200><c> you</c><00:28:10.680><c> are</c><00:28:10.859><c> picking</c><00:28:11.059><c> up</c><00:28:11.299><c> your</c><00:28:11.539><c> bags</c><00:28:11.940><c> every</c><00:28:12.299><c> few</c><00:28:12.500><c> days</c>

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or<00:28:13.099><c> every</c><00:28:13.299><c> few</c><00:28:13.480><c> months</c><00:28:13.779><c> and</c><00:28:14.079><c> moving</c><00:28:14.380><c> from</c><00:28:14.720><c> place</c>

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to<00:28:15.180><c> place.</c><00:28:16.200><c> It's</c><00:28:16.359><c> not</c><00:28:16.559><c> that</c><00:28:16.700><c> at</c><00:28:16.880><c> all.</c><00:28:17.740><c> Wherever</c><00:28:18.140><c> you</c><00:28:18.480><c> are,</c><00:28:19.140><c> no</c>

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matter<00:28:19.480><c> how</c><00:28:20.059><c> settled</c><00:28:20.420><c> you</c><00:28:20.779><c> are</c><00:28:21.140><c> in</c><00:28:21.259><c> your</c><00:28:21.480><c> own</c><00:28:21.720><c> home</c>

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and<00:28:22.200><c> city</c><00:28:22.400><c> and</c><00:28:22.660><c> town</c><00:28:22.960><c> in</c><00:28:23.180><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:28:24.240><c> there's</c><00:28:24.599><c> a</c><00:28:24.920><c> divine</c><00:28:25.579><c> perspective</c><00:28:26.579><c> here</c>

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that<00:28:27.920><c> all</c><00:28:28.440><c> disciples</c><00:28:29.079><c> of</c><00:28:29.740><c> all</c><00:28:30.099><c> ages</c>

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are<00:28:31.019><c> to</c><00:28:31.319><c> see</c><00:28:31.579><c> as</c><00:28:31.900><c> their</c><00:28:32.180><c> lifestyle</c><00:28:32.700><c> and</c><00:28:33.960><c> that</c><00:28:34.180><c> is</c><00:28:34.880><c> even</c><00:28:35.299><c> though</c>

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the<00:28:35.880><c> Israelites</c><00:28:36.240><c> were</c><00:28:36.599><c> settled</c><00:28:36.859><c> in</c><00:28:37.039><c> their</c><00:28:37.200><c> land,</c>

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they<00:28:38.160><c> were</c><00:28:38.500><c> still</c><00:28:38.880><c> to</c><00:28:39.200><c> interpret</c><00:28:39.740><c> their</c><00:28:40.079><c> lives</c><00:28:40.579><c> as</c><00:28:41.420><c> being</c><00:28:41.819><c> lives</c><00:28:42.420><c> of</c>

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sojourning<00:28:43.720><c> and</c><00:28:44.240><c> being</c><00:28:44.420><c> a</c><00:28:44.619><c> pilgrim.</c>

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They<00:28:45.960><c> were</c><00:28:46.140><c> to</c><00:28:46.359><c> live</c><00:28:46.519><c> their</c><00:28:46.859><c> lives</c><00:28:47.180><c> no</c><00:28:47.339><c> matter</c><00:28:47.559><c> how</c><00:28:47.980><c> settled</c>

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as<00:28:48.779><c> though</c><00:28:48.940><c> they</c><00:28:49.099><c> were</c><00:28:49.359><c> exiles</c><00:28:49.940><c> in</c><00:28:50.220><c> their</c><00:28:50.420><c> own</c>

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environment.<00:28:52.140><c> You</c><00:28:52.359><c> see</c><00:28:52.440><c> how</c><00:28:52.720><c> important</c><00:28:53.059><c> this</c><00:28:53.299><c> divine</c><00:28:53.599><c> perspective</c><00:28:54.119><c> is</c><00:28:54.720><c> and</c>

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that's<00:28:55.920><c> why</c><00:28:56.200><c> when</c><00:28:56.380><c> you</c><00:28:56.599><c> now</c><00:28:56.779><c> look</c>

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at<00:28:56.980><c> that</c><00:28:57.160><c> chart</c><00:28:57.460><c> again,</c><00:28:58.180><c> if</c><00:28:58.319><c> we</c><00:28:58.440><c> could</c><00:28:58.539><c> just</c><00:28:58.779><c> open</c><00:28:58.940><c> it</c><00:28:59.140><c> up,</c><00:29:00.660><c> that's</c><00:29:01.279><c> why</c>

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David,<00:29:03.119><c> a</c><00:29:03.339><c> man</c><00:29:03.559><c> after</c><00:29:03.900><c> God's</c><00:29:04.319><c> own</c><00:29:04.579><c> heart,</c>

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was<00:29:06.619><c> to</c><00:29:06.980><c> spend</c><00:29:07.259><c> as</c><00:29:07.720><c> much</c><00:29:08.059><c> time</c><00:29:08.440><c> as</c><00:29:08.619><c> he</c><00:29:08.900><c> did</c><00:29:09.640><c> as</c><00:29:11.099><c> living</c><00:29:11.359><c> the</c><00:29:11.680><c> life</c><00:29:12.160><c> of</c>

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a<00:29:12.579><c> fugitive.</c><00:29:13.559><c> For</c><00:29:13.700><c> we</c><00:29:13.960><c> see</c><00:29:14.380><c> on</c><00:29:14.880><c> the</c><00:29:15.079><c> first</c><00:29:15.259><c> part</c>

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of<00:29:15.660><c> the</c><00:29:15.880><c> graph</c><00:29:16.359><c> that</c><00:29:17.160><c> from</c><00:29:17.420><c> the</c><00:29:17.640><c> time</c><00:29:17.819><c> when</c><00:29:18.039><c> he</c><00:29:18.299><c> flees</c><00:29:18.660><c> from</c><00:29:18.880><c> the</c><00:29:19.079><c> court</c><00:29:19.220><c> of</c>

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Saul<00:29:19.940><c> to</c><00:29:20.559><c> the</c><00:29:20.779><c> time</c><00:29:21.039><c> of</c><00:29:21.359><c> civil</c><00:29:21.660><c> war,</c>

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you<00:29:22.019><c> have</c><00:29:22.240><c> almost</c><00:29:22.599><c> 12</c><00:29:22.960><c> years,</c><00:29:24.279><c> 12</c><00:29:24.940><c> years</c><00:29:25.680><c> living</c><00:29:26.160><c> as</c><00:29:27.119><c> literally</c><00:29:27.559><c> a</c><00:29:27.980><c> pilgrim</c><00:29:28.380><c> in</c><00:29:28.539><c> sojourner.</c>

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Then<00:29:30.339><c> there's</c><00:29:30.599><c> the</c><00:29:30.799><c> period</c><00:29:31.000><c> of</c><00:29:31.299><c> civil</c><00:29:31.579><c> war</c><00:29:32.059><c> where</c><00:29:32.579><c> David</c><00:29:32.980><c> was</c>

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geographically<00:29:35.160><c> a</c><00:29:35.480><c> little</c><00:29:35.619><c> more</c><00:29:35.980><c> settled,</c>

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but<00:29:37.220><c> still</c><00:29:37.619><c> he</c><00:29:37.819><c> was</c><00:29:38.039><c> living</c><00:29:38.279><c> the</c><00:29:38.579><c> life</c><00:29:38.900><c> under</c><00:29:39.599><c> trial,</c><00:29:40.200><c> difficulty</c><00:29:40.839><c> and</c><00:29:41.220><c> stress.</c><00:29:42.279><c> And</c>

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then<00:29:42.920><c> if</c><00:29:43.079><c> we</c><00:29:43.240><c> move</c><00:29:43.380><c> over</c>

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to<00:29:43.779><c> the</c><00:29:44.059><c> extreme</c><00:29:44.299><c> right</c><00:29:44.539><c> of</c><00:29:44.700><c> the</c><00:29:44.920><c> chart,</c><00:29:45.880><c> from</c><00:29:46.059><c> the</c><00:29:46.279><c> time</c><00:29:46.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:46.920><c> sin</c><00:29:47.019><c> with</c><00:29:47.240><c> Bathsheba</c><00:29:48.359><c> until</c><00:29:48.799><c> the</c><00:29:49.059><c> time</c><00:29:49.200><c> when</c><00:29:49.339><c> he's</c>

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recalled<00:29:50.480><c> in</c><00:29:50.740><c> second</c><00:29:51.019><c> Samuel</c><00:29:51.380><c> 19,</c><00:29:53.180><c> there</c><00:29:53.299><c> again</c><00:29:53.759><c> is</c><00:29:54.059><c> a</c><00:29:54.339><c> long</c>

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:58.319
period<00:29:55.119><c> of</c><00:29:55.400><c> time</c><00:29:56.160><c> when</c><00:29:56.680><c> David</c><00:29:57.079><c> lives</c><00:29:57.519><c> the</c><00:29:57.940><c> life</c>

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of<00:29:59.039><c> an</c><00:29:59.220><c> unsettled,</c><00:30:01.319><c> uncertain</c><00:30:01.759><c> sojourner</c><00:30:02.519><c> and</c><00:30:02.740><c> pilgrim.</c><00:30:04.779><c> Would</c><00:30:04.920><c> you</c>

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turn<00:30:05.259><c> now</c><00:30:05.500><c> brothers</c><00:30:05.720><c> and</c><00:30:05.960><c> sisters</c><00:30:06.220><c> please</c>

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to<00:30:07.279><c> first</c><00:30:07.480><c> to</c><00:30:07.640><c> Samuel</c><00:30:07.980><c> chapter</c><00:30:08.380><c> 18.</c><00:30:09.940><c> In</c><00:30:10.400><c> the</c><00:30:10.680><c> context</c><00:30:11.339><c> of</c><00:30:12.000><c> David's</c><00:30:12.539><c> experiences,</c><00:30:13.059><c> we're</c><00:30:13.279><c> going</c><00:30:13.460><c> to</c>

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draw<00:30:14.000><c> out</c><00:30:14.259><c> what</c>

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are<00:30:15.700><c> exertational</c><00:30:16.559><c> points</c><00:30:17.299><c> that</c><00:30:18.619><c> are</c><00:30:18.799><c> valuable</c><00:30:19.220><c> for</c><00:30:19.460><c> all</c><00:30:19.700><c> of</c>

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:22.839
us.<00:30:20.019><c> Let's</c><00:30:20.400><c> first</c><00:30:20.660><c> of</c><00:30:20.880><c> all</c><00:30:21.079><c> introduce</c><00:30:21.559><c> ourselves</c>

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:27.099
to<00:30:24.539><c> the</c><00:30:24.740><c> beginning</c><00:30:25.019><c> of</c><00:30:25.299><c> David's</c><00:30:25.680><c> life</c><00:30:25.799><c> as</c><00:30:26.000><c> a</c><00:30:26.140><c> fugitive.</c>

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:32.480
We<00:30:28.819><c> pass</c><00:30:29.220><c> the</c><00:30:29.500><c> time</c><00:30:29.779><c> of</c><00:30:29.980><c> David</c><00:30:30.259><c> and</c><00:30:30.440><c> Goliath</c><00:30:31.200><c> mentioned</c><00:30:31.839><c> in</c><00:30:32.059><c> first</c><00:30:32.279><c> to</c>

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Samuel<00:30:32.720><c> 17.</c>

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So<00:30:34.680><c> this</c><00:30:34.900><c> is</c><00:30:35.180><c> after</c><00:30:35.480><c> the</c><00:30:35.759><c> time</c><00:30:35.980><c> of</c><00:30:36.359><c> David</c><00:30:36.640><c> and</c><00:30:36.819><c> Goliath.</c><00:30:38.700><c> In</c><00:30:38.859><c> first</c><00:30:39.039><c> to</c>

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.980
Samuel<00:30:39.480><c> chapter</c><00:30:39.940><c> 18,</c>

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I'd<00:30:42.359><c> like</c><00:30:42.359><c> you</c><00:30:42.539><c> to</c><00:30:42.599><c> look</c><00:30:42.940><c> at</c><00:30:43.160><c> verses</c><00:30:43.859><c> six</c><00:30:45.119><c> to</c><00:30:45.299><c> nine,</c><00:30:45.880><c> first</c><00:30:46.039><c> of</c><00:30:46.220><c> all.</c>

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:57.099
First<00:30:51.359><c> to</c><00:30:51.539><c> Samuel</c><00:30:51.779><c> 18,</c><00:30:52.480><c> verses</c><00:30:52.779><c> six</c><00:30:53.119><c> to</c><00:30:53.319><c> nine.</c><00:30:55.059><c> It</c><00:30:55.299><c> came</c><00:30:55.500><c> to</c><00:30:55.720><c> pass</c><00:30:56.359><c> as</c>

00:30:57.099 --> 00:31:00.160
they<00:30:57.579><c> came</c><00:30:58.059><c> when</c><00:30:58.440><c> David</c><00:30:58.859><c> was</c><00:30:59.220><c> returned</c><00:30:59.859><c> from</c>

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:02.940
the<00:31:00.440><c> slaughter</c><00:31:00.640><c> of</c><00:31:00.779><c> the</c><00:31:00.940><c> Philistine,</c><00:31:02.240><c> that</c><00:31:02.339><c> the</c><00:31:02.480><c> women</c><00:31:02.700><c> came</c>

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:08.559
out<00:31:03.140><c> of</c><00:31:03.240><c> all</c><00:31:03.420><c> the</c><00:31:03.599><c> cities</c><00:31:03.779><c> of</c><00:31:03.920><c> Israel</c><00:31:04.299><c> singing</c><00:31:04.680><c> and</c>

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:11.680
and<00:31:09.079><c> with</c><00:31:09.240><c> instruments</c><00:31:09.740><c> of</c><00:31:09.940><c> music.</c><00:31:10.960><c> And</c><00:31:11.000><c> the</c><00:31:11.099><c> women</c><00:31:11.299><c> answered</c>

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:13.319
one<00:31:11.880><c> another</c><00:31:12.160><c> as</c><00:31:12.359><c> they</c><00:31:12.640><c> played</c><00:31:12.859><c> and</c><00:31:13.140><c> said,</c>

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:19.579
Saul<00:31:14.119><c> hath</c><00:31:14.619><c> slain</c><00:31:14.900><c> his</c><00:31:15.480><c> thousands</c><00:31:16.099><c> and</c><00:31:17.059><c> David</c><00:31:17.359><c> his</c><00:31:17.660><c> ten</c><00:31:17.940><c> thousands.</c><00:31:19.339><c> Saul</c>

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:21.339
was<00:31:19.779><c> very</c><00:31:20.119><c> wroth</c><00:31:20.619><c> and</c><00:31:20.880><c> the</c><00:31:21.119><c> saying</c>

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:24.559
displeased<00:31:21.980><c> him.</c><00:31:22.660><c> And</c><00:31:23.039><c> he</c><00:31:23.220><c> said,</c><00:31:23.400><c> they</c><00:31:23.660><c> have</c><00:31:23.940><c> ascribed</c><00:31:24.339><c> unto</c>

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:27.339
David<00:31:25.019><c> ten</c><00:31:25.440><c> thousands</c><00:31:26.039><c> and</c><00:31:26.779><c> to</c><00:31:26.960><c> me</c><00:31:27.059><c> they</c><00:31:27.160><c> have</c>

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:35.740
thousands.<00:31:28.720><c> Verse</c><00:31:29.819><c> nine</c><00:31:30.559><c> begins</c><00:31:31.319><c> the</c><00:31:31.759><c> trial</c><00:31:32.140><c> and</c><00:31:33.660><c> Saul</c><00:31:34.359><c> eyed</c>

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:40.579
David<00:31:36.339><c> from</c><00:31:36.920><c> that</c><00:31:37.380><c> day</c><00:31:38.099><c> and</c><00:31:39.180><c> forward.</c>

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:47.380
Point<00:31:41.779><c> number</c><00:31:42.160><c> one,</c><00:31:43.940><c> David's</c><00:31:44.740><c> life</c><00:31:45.160><c> as</c><00:31:46.079><c> a</c><00:31:46.420><c> fugitive</c><00:31:46.880><c> from</c><00:31:47.119><c> the</c>

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.740
court<00:31:47.539><c> of</c><00:31:47.839><c> Saul</c>

00:31:49.109 --> 00:31:55.299
is<00:31:49.660><c> precipitated.</c><00:31:50.839><c> It</c><00:31:51.680><c> is</c><00:31:52.079><c> sparked</c><00:31:52.599><c> by</c><00:31:54.039><c> something</c><00:31:54.460><c> that</c><00:31:54.759><c> David</c><00:31:54.960><c> had</c>

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.940
not<00:31:55.559><c> done</c><00:31:55.759><c> wrong.</c>

00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:02.019
David<00:31:58.160><c> is</c><00:31:58.400><c> going</c><00:31:58.599><c> to</c><00:31:58.740><c> be</c><00:31:59.019><c> forced</c><00:31:59.420><c> into</c><00:31:59.700><c> the</c><00:31:59.920><c> life</c><00:32:00.299><c> of</c><00:32:00.539><c> a</c><00:32:00.700><c> fugitive</c><00:32:01.299><c> for</c>

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:04.279
reasons<00:32:02.519><c> that</c><00:32:02.680><c> were</c><00:32:02.940><c> not</c><00:32:03.099><c> his</c><00:32:03.400><c> fault.</c>

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:06.980
Do<00:32:05.220><c> you</c><00:32:05.259><c> know,</c><00:32:05.480><c> brothers</c><00:32:05.599><c> and</c><00:32:05.839><c> sisters,</c><00:32:06.059><c> we</c><00:32:06.160><c> can</c><00:32:06.440><c> gloss</c><00:32:06.720><c> over</c>

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:09.480
that<00:32:07.539><c> as</c><00:32:08.119><c> we</c><00:32:08.259><c> are</c><00:32:08.420><c> now</c><00:32:08.599><c> in</c><00:32:08.720><c> this</c><00:32:08.940><c> section</c><00:32:09.160><c> in</c><00:32:09.339><c> our</c>

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:12.380
readings<00:32:09.720><c> and</c><00:32:09.880><c> not</c><00:32:10.140><c> think</c><00:32:10.359><c> carefully</c><00:32:10.980><c> about</c><00:32:11.799><c> what</c><00:32:12.000><c> that's</c>

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:16.140
showing<00:32:12.480><c> us.</c><00:32:13.740><c> David</c><00:32:14.039><c> had</c><00:32:14.339><c> not</c><00:32:14.559><c> done</c><00:32:14.700><c> anything</c><00:32:15.059><c> wrong.</c>

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:20.299
When<00:32:17.099><c> we</c><00:32:17.480><c> face</c><00:32:17.779><c> trials</c><00:32:18.279><c> and</c><00:32:18.599><c> difficulties,</c><00:32:19.200><c> one</c><00:32:19.299><c> of</c><00:32:19.400><c> the</c><00:32:19.579><c> first</c><00:32:19.779><c> things</c><00:32:20.059><c> we</c>

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:22.619
tend<00:32:20.599><c> to</c><00:32:20.859><c> ask</c><00:32:21.099><c> ourselves</c><00:32:21.559><c> is</c><00:32:21.799><c> why</c><00:32:22.119><c> me?</c>

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:25.859
And<00:32:23.180><c> we</c><00:32:23.359><c> might</c><00:32:23.500><c> look</c><00:32:23.799><c> around</c><00:32:24.259><c> in</c><00:32:24.460><c> our</c><00:32:24.599><c> own</c><00:32:24.980><c> circumstances</c><00:32:25.539><c> at</c>

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:29.059
home<00:32:26.339><c> and</c><00:32:27.220><c> in</c><00:32:27.400><c> our</c><00:32:27.680><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:28.099><c> and</c><00:32:28.319><c> say</c><00:32:28.500><c> to</c><00:32:28.700><c> ourselves,</c>

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:32.619
I'm<00:32:29.339><c> an</c><00:32:29.579><c> avid</c><00:32:29.779><c> worker</c><00:32:30.059><c> in</c><00:32:30.220><c> the</c><00:32:30.380><c> ecclesia.</c><00:32:31.240><c> I'm</c><00:32:31.539><c> on</c><00:32:31.740><c> the</c><00:32:31.900><c> arranging</c><00:32:32.240><c> board.</c>

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.859
I'm<00:32:33.240><c> involved</c><00:32:33.579><c> in</c><00:32:33.700><c> the</c>

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:36.740
ecclesial<00:32:34.240><c> activities.</c><00:32:34.799><c> I</c><00:32:35.079><c> assist</c><00:32:35.359><c> at</c><00:32:35.519><c> Bible</c><00:32:35.819><c> school.</c><00:32:36.259><c> I</c><00:32:36.579><c> do</c>

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:40.359
all<00:32:36.960><c> that</c><00:32:37.119><c> I</c><00:32:37.299><c> can.</c><00:32:38.160><c> Now,</c><00:32:38.700><c> why</c><00:32:39.700><c> then</c><00:32:39.900><c> am</c><00:32:40.039><c> I</c><00:32:40.160><c> going</c>

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:44.019
through<00:32:40.599><c> a</c><00:32:40.759><c> trial?</c><00:32:41.839><c> Why</c><00:32:42.119><c> am</c><00:32:42.299><c> I</c><00:32:42.440><c> facing</c><00:32:42.740><c> difficulties?</c><00:32:43.579><c> What</c><00:32:43.759><c> have</c><00:32:43.880><c> I</c>

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:47.299
done<00:32:44.220><c> wrong?</c><00:32:45.839><c> David</c><00:32:46.200><c> had</c><00:32:46.480><c> done</c><00:32:46.740><c> nothing</c>

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:52.779
wrong.<00:32:48.819><c> In</c><00:32:49.059><c> fact,</c><00:32:49.740><c> it</c><00:32:49.740><c> was</c><00:32:49.960><c> his</c><00:32:50.259><c> righteous</c><00:32:50.740><c> behavior</c><00:32:51.619><c> that</c>

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:55.380
actually<00:32:53.259><c> precipitated</c><00:32:54.119><c> the</c><00:32:55.380><c> trial.</c>

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:59.680
Saul<00:32:56.000><c> was</c><00:32:56.359><c> envious</c><00:32:57.059><c> over</c><00:32:57.500><c> David's</c><00:32:58.059><c> good</c><00:32:58.259><c> behavior.</c><00:32:59.440><c> It</c><00:32:59.440><c> was</c>

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:03.539
his<00:33:00.099><c> good</c><00:33:00.599><c> behavior</c><00:33:01.319><c> that</c><00:33:01.619><c> got</c><00:33:01.819><c> David</c><00:33:02.160><c> into</c><00:33:02.440><c> trouble.</c>

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:07.400
You<00:33:04.279><c> see</c><00:33:04.380><c> the</c><00:33:04.599><c> point.</c><00:33:05.440><c> As</c><00:33:05.720><c> David</c><00:33:06.059><c> ventures</c><00:33:06.440><c> into</c><00:33:06.759><c> this</c><00:33:07.059><c> phase</c>

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.980
in<00:33:07.599><c> his</c><00:33:07.799><c> life,</c><00:33:08.839><c> notice</c><00:33:09.119><c> how</c><00:33:09.579><c> it</c><00:33:09.819><c> is</c><00:33:10.140><c> sparked</c>

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:16.440
and<00:33:11.579><c> remind</c><00:33:11.980><c> ourselves</c><00:33:12.759><c> when</c><00:33:13.039><c> we</c><00:33:13.440><c> face</c><00:33:13.779><c> trials</c><00:33:14.220><c> and</c><00:33:14.559><c> difficulties.</c><00:33:15.359><c> It's</c><00:33:16.079><c> not</c>

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.400
necessarily<00:33:17.059><c> because</c>

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:23.140
we've<00:33:17.640><c> done</c><00:33:17.819><c> something</c><00:33:18.200><c> wrong.</c><00:33:19.619><c> Sometimes</c><00:33:20.180><c> our</c><00:33:20.799><c> good</c><00:33:21.059><c> behavior</c><00:33:21.559><c> and</c><00:33:22.000><c> our</c><00:33:22.400><c> faithfulness</c><00:33:22.880><c> will</c><00:33:23.019><c> be</c>

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.539
the<00:33:23.380><c> cause</c>

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:27.900
of<00:33:23.700><c> the</c><00:33:23.880><c> trial.</c><00:33:25.559><c> That's</c><00:33:25.920><c> my</c><00:33:25.980><c> way</c><00:33:26.140><c> of</c><00:33:26.500><c> perspective</c><00:33:26.799><c> as</c><00:33:27.119><c> we</c><00:33:27.420><c> start</c><00:33:27.640><c> this</c>

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:30.460
period.<00:33:29.119><c> Let's</c><00:33:29.339><c> just</c><00:33:29.539><c> go</c><00:33:29.700><c> a</c><00:33:29.799><c> little</c><00:33:29.920><c> bit</c><00:33:30.140><c> back</c>

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:36.339
into<00:33:30.700><c> verse</c><00:33:30.980><c> five</c><00:33:31.920><c> of</c><00:33:32.519><c> the</c><00:33:32.660><c> same</c><00:33:32.839><c> chapter.</c><00:33:34.500><c> Here's</c><00:33:34.859><c> the</c><00:33:35.079><c> divine</c><00:33:35.460><c> estimate</c><00:33:36.019><c> of</c>

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:37.480
David's<00:33:36.799><c> behavior,</c>

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:41.299
which<00:33:38.180><c> we</c><00:33:38.400><c> just</c><00:33:38.619><c> referred</c><00:33:38.960><c> to.</c><00:33:40.160><c> David</c><00:33:40.160><c> went</c><00:33:40.319><c> out</c><00:33:40.759><c> with</c><00:33:41.099><c> us.</c>

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:45.180
Whoever<00:33:41.640><c> Saul</c><00:33:41.960><c> sent</c><00:33:42.279><c> him</c><00:33:42.940><c> and</c><00:33:43.339><c> behaved</c><00:33:44.019><c> himself</c>

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:49.859
wisely,<00:33:47.279><c> behaved</c><00:33:47.480><c> himself</c><00:33:47.900><c> wisely.</c><00:33:49.160><c> You</c><00:33:49.220><c> know,</c><00:33:49.339><c> that</c><00:33:49.599><c> phrase</c>

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:52.440
is<00:33:50.140><c> repeated</c><00:33:50.500><c> a</c><00:33:50.960><c> number</c><00:33:51.240><c> of</c><00:33:51.559><c> times</c><00:33:51.940><c> in</c><00:33:52.180><c> this</c>

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:56.019
context,<00:33:53.480><c> as</c><00:33:53.619><c> though</c><00:33:53.799><c> the</c><00:33:54.160><c> spirit</c><00:33:54.400><c> is</c><00:33:54.759><c> trying</c><00:33:55.019><c> to</c><00:33:55.380><c> remind</c><00:33:55.660><c> us</c>

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.599
right<00:33:56.220><c> at</c><00:33:56.359><c> the</c><00:33:56.420><c> very</c><00:33:56.619><c> beginning.</c>

00:33:58.039 --> 00:34:02.579
David<00:33:58.559><c> did</c><00:33:58.920><c> nothing</c><00:33:59.440><c> to</c><00:33:59.740><c> deserve</c><00:34:00.079><c> the</c><00:34:00.400><c> trial.</c><00:34:01.720><c> David</c><00:34:02.039><c> was</c><00:34:02.240><c> a</c>

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:05.420
righteous,<00:34:03.279><c> faithful</c><00:34:03.680><c> man</c><00:34:04.099><c> at</c><00:34:04.299><c> this</c><00:34:04.559><c> point.</c>

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:12.099
And<00:34:05.980><c> in</c><00:34:06.220><c> behaving</c><00:34:06.720><c> himself</c><00:34:07.319><c> wisely,</c><00:34:08.539><c> in</c><00:34:08.880><c> fact,</c><00:34:09.360><c> he</c><00:34:09.699><c> precipitated</c><00:34:10.539><c> Saul's</c><00:34:11.260><c> anger.</c>

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:17.420
A<00:34:13.119><c> little</c><00:34:13.219><c> bit</c><00:34:13.400><c> further,</c><00:34:13.860><c> verse</c><00:34:14.019><c> 14</c><00:34:14.460><c> and</c><00:34:14.619><c> 15.</c><00:34:16.460><c> See</c><00:34:16.639><c> how</c><00:34:16.780><c> the</c><00:34:17.039><c> phrase</c><00:34:17.219><c> is</c>

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.539
repeated<00:34:17.699><c> again,</c>

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:23.860
lest<00:34:19.320><c> we</c><00:34:19.579><c> lose</c><00:34:19.980><c> sight</c><00:34:20.219><c> of</c><00:34:20.340><c> it.</c><00:34:20.719><c> Verse</c><00:34:20.920><c> 14</c><00:34:21.440><c> and</c><00:34:21.659><c> verse</c><00:34:21.920><c> 15.</c><00:34:23.519><c> And</c>

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:31.579
David<00:34:24.679><c> behaved</c><00:34:25.659><c> himself</c><00:34:26.780><c> wisely</c><00:34:27.820><c> in</c><00:34:28.960><c> all</c><00:34:29.699><c> his</c><00:34:30.340><c> ways.</c>

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:39.380
And<00:34:32.639><c> the</c><00:34:33.019><c> Lord</c><00:34:33.559><c> was</c><00:34:34.340><c> with</c><00:34:34.980><c> him.</c><00:34:36.739><c> But</c><00:34:37.179><c> what</c><00:34:37.860><c> happens?</c><00:34:39.059><c> Well,</c><00:34:39.159><c> look</c><00:34:39.280><c> at</c>

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:41.820
verse<00:34:39.579><c> 15,</c><00:34:40.059><c> how</c><00:34:40.219><c> it's</c><00:34:40.460><c> repeated</c><00:34:40.679><c> again.</c>

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:47.739
Wherefore,<00:34:42.480><c> when</c><00:34:42.960><c> Saul</c><00:34:43.360><c> saw</c><00:34:44.079><c> that</c><00:34:45.000><c> he</c><00:34:45.400><c> behaved</c><00:34:46.159><c> himself</c><00:34:47.019><c> very</c>

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:51.360
wisely,<00:34:49.280><c> he</c><00:34:49.579><c> was</c><00:34:49.840><c> afraid</c><00:34:50.199><c> of</c><00:34:50.400><c> him.</c>

00:34:51.960 --> 00:35:00.780
But<00:34:52.300><c> what</c><00:34:52.679><c> is</c><00:34:53.579><c> fueling</c><00:34:54.860><c> Saul's</c><00:34:55.579><c> anger?</c><00:34:56.380><c> What</c><00:34:56.639><c> is</c><00:34:56.900><c> it</c><00:34:57.159><c> that</c><00:34:57.400><c> initiates</c><00:34:58.619><c> Saul's</c><00:34:59.460><c> antagonism</c><00:35:00.179><c> to</c><00:35:00.460><c> David?</c>

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:05.000
It's<00:35:01.860><c> not</c><00:35:02.039><c> that</c><00:35:02.139><c> he'd</c><00:35:02.460><c> fallen</c><00:35:02.599><c> from</c><00:35:02.880><c> grace.</c><00:35:04.400><c> It's</c><00:35:04.539><c> not</c><00:35:04.780><c> that</c>

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:07.599
David<00:35:05.260><c> was</c><00:35:05.559><c> an</c><00:35:05.800><c> antagonist</c><00:35:06.440><c> himself.</c>

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:11.519
It's<00:35:08.260><c> not</c><00:35:08.460><c> that</c><00:35:08.679><c> David</c><00:35:08.980><c> was</c><00:35:09.539><c> cruising</c><00:35:09.880><c> for</c><00:35:10.219><c> trouble,</c><00:35:10.500><c> we</c><00:35:10.719><c> might</c><00:35:10.960><c> say.</c>

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:14.260
David<00:35:12.300><c> was</c><00:35:12.500><c> doing</c><00:35:12.699><c> what</c><00:35:12.900><c> was</c><00:35:13.199><c> right</c><00:35:13.780><c> and</c>

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:21.239
that<00:35:14.619><c> was</c><00:35:15.119><c> creating</c><00:35:15.619><c> heat.</c><00:35:17.300><c> But</c><00:35:17.500><c> from</c><00:35:17.780><c> this,</c><00:35:18.199><c> brothers</c><00:35:18.199><c> and</c><00:35:18.440><c> sisters,</c><00:35:18.860><c> we'll</c><00:35:19.019><c> see</c><00:35:19.519><c> God</c><00:35:20.039><c> places</c><00:35:20.500><c> David</c><00:35:20.880><c> in</c><00:35:21.059><c> a</c>

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:25.199
position<00:35:21.519><c> of</c><00:35:21.860><c> trial,</c><00:35:22.599><c> which</c><00:35:22.820><c> will</c><00:35:23.179><c> test</c><00:35:23.480><c> him</c><00:35:24.119><c> and</c><00:35:24.719><c> which</c><00:35:24.940><c> will</c>

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:27.679
test<00:35:25.460><c> his</c><00:35:25.780><c> patience</c><00:35:26.199><c> because</c><00:35:26.619><c> he</c><00:35:26.900><c> knew</c><00:35:27.139><c> he</c><00:35:27.400><c> was</c>

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:31.219
doing<00:35:27.920><c> what</c><00:35:28.099><c> was</c><00:35:28.400><c> right.</c><00:35:29.320><c> And</c><00:35:29.400><c> really</c><00:35:29.679><c> that's</c><00:35:29.980><c> the</c><00:35:30.039><c> most</c><00:35:30.300><c> difficult</c><00:35:30.840><c> kind</c>

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:34.500
of<00:35:31.460><c> trial.</c><00:35:32.880><c> To</c><00:35:33.079><c> do</c><00:35:33.300><c> what's</c><00:35:33.739><c> right</c><00:35:34.159><c> and</c>

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:39.519
to<00:35:34.860><c> suffer</c><00:35:35.079><c> for</c><00:35:35.420><c> it,</c><00:35:36.559><c> taxes</c><00:35:36.679><c> our</c><00:35:37.099><c> patience</c><00:35:37.679><c> and</c><00:35:38.519><c> it</c><00:35:38.780><c> taxes</c><00:35:39.059><c> our</c>

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:42.340
spirituality<00:35:40.199><c> more</c><00:35:41.039><c> than</c><00:35:41.179><c> perhaps</c><00:35:41.539><c> any</c><00:35:41.820><c> other</c><00:35:42.099><c> kind</c>

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:47.780
of<00:35:42.579><c> trial.</c><00:35:44.019><c> Later</c><00:35:44.219><c> on</c><00:35:44.539><c> in</c><00:35:44.860><c> David's</c><00:35:45.320><c> life,</c><00:35:45.500><c> if</c><00:35:45.639><c> you</c><00:35:45.760><c> look</c><00:35:45.860><c> at</c><00:35:45.960><c> that</c><00:35:46.280><c> chart,</c><00:35:47.320><c> way</c><00:35:47.460><c> over</c><00:35:47.619><c> to</c>

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:49.239
the<00:35:48.000><c> extreme</c><00:35:48.300><c> right,</c>

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:53.159
when<00:35:49.500><c> he</c><00:35:49.699><c> goes</c><00:35:49.960><c> into</c><00:35:50.219><c> the</c><00:35:50.440><c> life</c><00:35:50.679><c> of</c><00:35:50.900><c> a</c><00:35:51.079><c> fugitive</c><00:35:52.079><c> because</c><00:35:52.960><c> of</c>

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:56.719
his<00:35:53.400><c> sin</c><00:35:53.579><c> with</c><00:35:53.860><c> Bathsheba</c><00:35:54.539><c> and</c><00:35:54.980><c> the</c><00:35:55.219><c> murder</c><00:35:55.519><c> of</c><00:35:55.800><c> Uriah,</c>

00:35:56.719 --> 00:36:02.579
during<00:35:57.340><c> that</c><00:35:57.980><c> time</c><00:35:58.519><c> of</c><00:35:58.880><c> trial,</c><00:36:00.500><c> David</c><00:36:00.619><c> could</c><00:36:01.159><c> rightly</c><00:36:02.000><c> assess</c>

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:04.960
his<00:36:02.920><c> behavior</c><00:36:03.519><c> as</c><00:36:03.760><c> being</c><00:36:04.099><c> responsible</c>

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:11.800
for<00:36:05.760><c> his</c><00:36:06.119><c> difficulties.</c><00:36:07.219><c> David</c><00:36:07.599><c> was</c><00:36:07.940><c> living</c><00:36:08.239><c> with</c><00:36:08.460><c> the</c><00:36:08.860><c> consequences</c><00:36:09.440><c> of</c><00:36:10.380><c> bad</c><00:36:10.599><c> judgment.</c><00:36:11.539><c> He</c>

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.420
was<00:36:12.019><c> living</c><00:36:12.199><c> with</c>

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:16.539
the<00:36:12.820><c> consequences</c><00:36:13.400><c> from</c><00:36:13.760><c> his</c><00:36:13.960><c> own</c><00:36:14.280><c> sin.</c><00:36:15.139><c> That's</c><00:36:15.659><c> a</c><00:36:15.780><c> little</c><00:36:15.940><c> easier</c><00:36:16.280><c> to</c>

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.920
cope<00:36:16.739><c> with</c><00:36:16.920><c> when</c><00:36:17.079><c> you</c><00:36:17.320><c> know</c><00:36:17.539><c> you've</c><00:36:17.760><c> done</c>

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:23.300
something<00:36:18.300><c> wrong</c><00:36:18.920><c> and</c><00:36:19.219><c> you're</c><00:36:19.500><c> suffering</c><00:36:19.739><c> the</c><00:36:20.079><c> consequences.</c><00:36:21.179><c> But</c><00:36:21.579><c> this</c><00:36:22.039><c> trial</c><00:36:22.519><c> at</c>

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:25.099
the<00:36:23.559><c> early</c><00:36:23.780><c> part</c><00:36:24.059><c> of</c><00:36:24.300><c> David's</c><00:36:24.679><c> life</c>

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:30.880
was<00:36:25.920><c> not</c><00:36:26.380><c> sparked</c><00:36:26.780><c> by</c><00:36:27.119><c> David</c><00:36:27.639><c> walking</c><00:36:28.440><c> unwisely,</c><00:36:30.199><c> rather</c><00:36:30.639><c> it</c>

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:32.400
was<00:36:31.079><c> the</c><00:36:31.320><c> converse.</c>

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:38.960
Just<00:36:33.320><c> look</c><00:36:33.480><c> again,</c><00:36:34.820><c> as</c><00:36:35.019><c> we</c><00:36:35.159><c> look</c><00:36:35.260><c> at</c><00:36:35.380><c> this</c><00:36:35.599><c> context,</c><00:36:37.460><c> chapter</c><00:36:37.840><c> 14</c>

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:46.760
of<00:36:45.380><c> first</c><00:36:45.619><c> Samuel,</c>

00:36:57.420 --> 00:37:02.059
excuse<00:36:57.980><c> me,</c><00:36:58.300><c> just</c><00:36:58.400><c> one</c><00:36:58.659><c> chapter</c><00:36:59.280><c> further,</c><00:36:59.980><c> chapter</c><00:37:00.119><c> 15</c><00:37:00.719><c> and</c>

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:06.679
verse<00:37:02.440><c> 17,</c><00:37:03.179><c> chapter</c><00:37:03.519><c> 15</c><00:37:04.119><c> and</c><00:37:04.400><c> verse</c><00:37:04.820><c> 17.</c><00:37:06.000><c> Now</c><00:37:06.179><c> this</c><00:37:06.380><c> is</c>

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:08.880
back<00:37:06.920><c> in</c><00:37:07.059><c> the</c><00:37:07.199><c> life</c><00:37:07.360><c> of</c><00:37:07.659><c> Saul.</c><00:37:07.820><c> There's</c><00:37:08.059><c> something</c><00:37:08.340><c> said</c><00:37:08.579><c> here</c>

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:12.079
that<00:37:09.019><c> does</c><00:37:09.219><c> have</c><00:37:09.420><c> a</c><00:37:09.619><c> bearing</c><00:37:09.960><c> on</c><00:37:10.599><c> how</c><00:37:10.920><c> David</c><00:37:11.360><c> is</c>

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:15.960
going<00:37:12.219><c> to</c><00:37:12.420><c> be</c><00:37:12.579><c> able</c><00:37:12.800><c> to</c><00:37:13.360><c> cope</c><00:37:13.599><c> with</c><00:37:13.820><c> this</c><00:37:14.139><c> trial,</c><00:37:15.000><c> at</c><00:37:15.099><c> least</c><00:37:15.360><c> cope</c><00:37:15.699><c> in</c>

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:19.940
the<00:37:16.139><c> long</c><00:37:16.380><c> run.</c><00:37:17.900><c> In</c><00:37:18.039><c> chapter</c><00:37:18.320><c> 15</c><00:37:18.880><c> verse</c><00:37:19.239><c> 17,</c>

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:24.599
when<00:37:20.780><c> Samuel</c><00:37:21.239><c> rebukes</c><00:37:22.119><c> Saul</c><00:37:22.639><c> at</c><00:37:23.400><c> one</c><00:37:23.559><c> of</c><00:37:23.639><c> the</c><00:37:23.820><c> lowest</c><00:37:24.059><c> points</c>

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:26.300
in<00:37:24.940><c> Saul's</c><00:37:25.420><c> life,</c>

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:35.500
Samuel<00:37:26.940><c> reminds</c><00:37:27.880><c> Saul</c><00:37:28.619><c> of</c><00:37:28.840><c> a</c><00:37:29.139><c> perspective</c><00:37:29.659><c> he</c><00:37:29.920><c> once</c><00:37:30.300><c> held.</c><00:37:31.539><c> Verse</c><00:37:31.559><c> 17,</c><00:37:32.900><c> Samuel</c><00:37:33.360><c> said,</c><00:37:33.780><c> and</c><00:37:33.900><c> he's</c><00:37:34.039><c> speaking</c><00:37:34.260><c> to</c><00:37:34.539><c> Saul,</c>

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:41.360
when<00:37:36.179><c> thou</c><00:37:36.739><c> wast</c><00:37:37.219><c> little</c><00:37:38.039><c> in</c><00:37:38.500><c> thine</c><00:37:38.840><c> own</c><00:37:39.159><c> sight,</c><00:37:40.920><c> wast</c><00:37:41.159><c> thou</c>

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:43.719
not<00:37:41.699><c> made</c><00:37:42.079><c> head</c><00:37:42.440><c> of</c><00:37:42.619><c> the</c><00:37:42.820><c> tribes</c><00:37:43.059><c> of</c><00:37:43.260><c> Israel,</c>

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:48.219
and<00:37:44.539><c> the</c><00:37:44.719><c> Lord</c><00:37:45.000><c> anointed</c><00:37:45.519><c> thee</c><00:37:45.880><c> king</c><00:37:46.260><c> over</c><00:37:46.699><c> Israel.</c><00:37:48.059><c> You</c><00:37:48.139><c> see</c>

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:50.710
what<00:37:48.420><c> Samuel's</c><00:37:49.019><c> reminding</c><00:37:49.440><c> Saul</c><00:37:49.840><c> of?</c>

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:54.800
Saul,<00:37:52.059><c> when</c><00:37:52.280><c> you</c><00:37:52.519><c> were</c><00:37:52.820><c> successful</c><00:37:53.559><c> from</c><00:37:53.840><c> a</c><00:37:54.099><c> spiritual</c><00:37:54.480><c> point</c>

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:58.219
of<00:37:54.980><c> view,</c><00:37:55.579><c> there</c><00:37:55.699><c> was</c><00:37:55.900><c> one</c><00:37:56.280><c> key</c><00:37:56.519><c> to</c><00:37:56.719><c> your</c><00:37:56.940><c> success,</c>

00:37:58.260 --> 00:38:03.659
and<00:37:58.639><c> that</c><00:37:58.940><c> key</c><00:37:59.480><c> was</c><00:38:00.300><c> that</c><00:38:00.639><c> you,</c><00:38:01.539><c> Saul,</c><00:38:02.400><c> viewed</c><00:38:02.619><c> yourself</c><00:38:03.400><c> with</c>

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:08.309
the<00:38:04.440><c> right</c><00:38:04.619><c> perspective.</c><00:38:06.260><c> As</c><00:38:06.599><c> tall</c><00:38:06.980><c> as</c><00:38:07.219><c> Saul</c><00:38:07.440><c> was,</c>

00:38:08.369 --> 00:38:12.329
head<00:38:08.710><c> over</c><00:38:08.989><c> all</c><00:38:09.210><c> the</c><00:38:09.449><c> tribes,</c><00:38:10.809><c> in</c><00:38:10.829><c> his</c><00:38:11.050><c> own</c><00:38:11.349><c> mind,</c><00:38:11.869><c> to</c><00:38:12.030><c> start</c>

00:38:12.329 --> 00:38:15.329
with,<00:38:12.829><c> he</c><00:38:12.989><c> was</c><00:38:13.329><c> little</c><00:38:13.730><c> in</c><00:38:14.030><c> his</c><00:38:14.170><c> own</c><00:38:14.489><c> sight.</c>

00:38:15.909 --> 00:38:20.050
That<00:38:16.170><c> was</c><00:38:16.570><c> a</c><00:38:16.849><c> divine</c><00:38:17.210><c> perspective</c><00:38:17.849><c> and</c><00:38:18.570><c> a</c><00:38:18.789><c> put</c><00:38:19.030><c> Saul</c><00:38:19.429><c> to</c><00:38:19.769><c> start</c>

00:38:20.050 --> 00:38:22.670
with<00:38:20.369><c> in</c><00:38:20.670><c> good</c><00:38:21.090><c> stead</c><00:38:21.389><c> with</c><00:38:21.710><c> God.</c>

00:38:22.989 --> 00:38:26.369
Now<00:38:23.230><c> it's</c><00:38:23.610><c> that</c><00:38:23.989><c> perspective,</c><00:38:24.949><c> brothers</c><00:38:25.050><c> and</c><00:38:25.309><c> sisters,</c><00:38:25.730><c> which</c><00:38:26.010><c> Saul</c>

00:38:26.369 --> 00:38:29.630
lost,<00:38:27.869><c> and</c><00:38:28.030><c> it's</c><00:38:28.309><c> that</c><00:38:28.570><c> perspective</c><00:38:29.170><c> which,</c>

00:38:29.630 --> 00:38:35.110
by<00:38:29.969><c> and</c><00:38:30.230><c> large,</c><00:38:31.530><c> David</c><00:38:31.530><c> managed</c><00:38:32.250><c> to</c><00:38:32.550><c> hold</c><00:38:32.690><c> on</c><00:38:33.070><c> to.</c><00:38:34.389><c> David</c><00:38:34.690><c> lost</c>

00:38:35.110 --> 00:38:38.230
it<00:38:35.289><c> from</c><00:38:35.510><c> time</c><00:38:35.809><c> to</c><00:38:36.050><c> time,</c><00:38:37.190><c> but</c><00:38:37.329><c> unlike</c><00:38:37.769><c> Saul,</c>

00:38:38.650 --> 00:38:42.570
David's<00:38:39.090><c> pride</c><00:38:39.570><c> never</c><00:38:40.269><c> dominated</c><00:38:41.010><c> him</c><00:38:41.409><c> for</c><00:38:41.750><c> a</c><00:38:41.929><c> long</c><00:38:42.210><c> period</c>

00:38:42.570 --> 00:38:45.090
of<00:38:42.809><c> time,</c><00:38:43.409><c> although</c><00:38:43.670><c> he</c><00:38:43.949><c> fell</c><00:38:44.110><c> prey</c><00:38:44.329><c> to</c><00:38:44.550><c> it</c>

00:38:45.090 --> 00:38:50.150
for<00:38:45.329><c> momentary</c><00:38:46.030><c> experiences.</c><00:38:47.550><c> The</c><00:38:47.989><c> small</c><00:38:48.869><c> perspective</c><00:38:49.750><c> of</c>

00:38:50.150 --> 00:38:53.800
himself.<00:38:51.969><c> Now</c><00:38:52.090><c> just</c><00:38:52.309><c> notice,</c><00:38:52.650><c> go</c><00:38:52.789><c> back</c><00:38:53.210><c> to</c><00:38:53.409><c> that</c>

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:56.599
we're<00:38:54.119><c> looking</c><00:38:54.400><c> at</c><00:38:54.900><c> in</c><00:38:55.119><c> David's</c><00:38:55.679><c> experience,</c><00:38:56.139><c> or</c><00:38:56.300><c> in</c><00:38:56.420><c> that</c>

00:38:56.599 --> 00:39:01.400
area,<00:38:58.579><c> and</c><00:38:58.699><c> notice</c><00:38:58.980><c> how</c><00:38:59.440><c> that</c><00:38:59.960><c> perspective,</c>

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:07.639
no<00:39:01.739><c> doubt,</c><00:39:02.019><c> is</c><00:39:02.199><c> extremely</c><00:39:02.599><c> important</c><00:39:03.119><c> in</c><00:39:03.300><c> David's</c><00:39:03.760><c> case.</c><00:39:06.320><c> David,</c><00:39:07.500><c> at</c>

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:09.719
the<00:39:07.940><c> beginning</c><00:39:08.179><c> of</c><00:39:08.380><c> this</c><00:39:08.679><c> trial,</c>

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:14.880
expresses<00:39:10.539><c> the</c><00:39:11.099><c> following</c><00:39:11.519><c> sentiment,</c><00:39:13.780><c> down</c><00:39:13.880><c> to</c><00:39:14.039><c> verse</c><00:39:14.199><c> 17</c>

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:16.920
of<00:39:15.300><c> 1st</c><00:39:15.619><c> Samuel</c><00:39:15.980><c> 18.</c>

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:28.800
And<00:39:24.760><c> Saul</c><00:39:25.099><c> said</c><00:39:25.380><c> to</c><00:39:25.599><c> David,</c><00:39:26.119><c> Behold</c><00:39:26.519><c> my</c><00:39:26.780><c> elder</c><00:39:27.139><c> daughter</c><00:39:27.480><c> Merab,</c><00:39:28.460><c> her</c>

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:31.099
will<00:39:29.039><c> I</c><00:39:29.239><c> give</c><00:39:29.440><c> thee</c><00:39:29.619><c> to</c><00:39:29.860><c> wife,</c><00:39:30.400><c> only</c><00:39:30.619><c> be</c><00:39:30.860><c> thou</c>

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:36.139
valiant<00:39:31.559><c> for</c><00:39:31.739><c> me,</c><00:39:32.079><c> and</c><00:39:32.199><c> fight</c><00:39:32.440><c> the</c><00:39:32.579><c> Lord's</c><00:39:32.980><c> battles.</c><00:39:34.159><c> For</c><00:39:34.519><c> Saul</c><00:39:34.980><c> said,</c><00:39:35.980><c> Let</c>

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:38.380
not<00:39:36.500><c> mine</c><00:39:36.739><c> hand</c><00:39:37.139><c> be</c><00:39:37.380><c> upon</c><00:39:37.760><c> him,</c>

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:43.340
but<00:39:39.099><c> let</c><00:39:39.380><c> the</c><00:39:39.800><c> hand</c><00:39:40.059><c> of</c><00:39:40.280><c> the</c><00:39:40.440><c> Philistines</c><00:39:41.000><c> be</c><00:39:41.239><c> upon</c><00:39:41.559><c> him.</c><00:39:43.099><c> Now</c>

00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:46.159
notice<00:39:43.659><c> how</c><00:39:43.920><c> David</c><00:39:44.219><c> responds</c><00:39:44.840><c> to</c><00:39:45.039><c> this</c><00:39:45.280><c> enticement,</c>

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:49.820
although<00:39:46.900><c> he</c><00:39:47.079><c> perhaps</c><00:39:47.380><c> didn't</c><00:39:47.619><c> fully</c><00:39:47.900><c> realize</c><00:39:48.340><c> that</c><00:39:48.480><c> it</c><00:39:48.659><c> was,</c>

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:52.480
and<00:39:50.119><c> David</c><00:39:50.739><c> said</c><00:39:51.079><c> unto</c><00:39:51.380><c> Saul,</c>

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:58.480
Who<00:39:53.739><c> am</c><00:39:54.079><c> I,</c><00:39:55.099><c> and</c><00:39:55.659><c> what</c><00:39:55.840><c> is</c><00:39:56.019><c> my</c><00:39:56.199><c> life,</c><00:39:57.119><c> or</c><00:39:57.239><c> my</c><00:39:57.500><c> father's</c><00:39:58.139><c> family</c>

00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:01.719
in<00:39:58.699><c> Israel,</c><00:39:59.940><c> that</c><00:40:00.179><c> I</c><00:40:00.519><c> should</c><00:40:00.679><c> be</c><00:40:00.960><c> son</c><00:40:01.199><c>-in</c><00:40:01.420><c>-law</c>

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:10.159
to<00:40:01.920><c> the</c><00:40:02.079><c> king?</c><00:40:03.860><c> Do</c><00:40:03.900><c> you</c><00:40:03.960><c> know</c><00:40:04.059><c> those</c><00:40:04.300><c> words?</c><00:40:05.940><c> And</c><00:40:06.360><c> that</c><00:40:06.880><c> perspective</c><00:40:07.760><c> was</c><00:40:08.239><c> once</c><00:40:08.599><c> voiced</c><00:40:08.960><c> by</c><00:40:09.340><c> Saul.</c>

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:16.900
There<00:40:10.920><c> was</c><00:40:11.239><c> a</c><00:40:11.480><c> time</c><00:40:11.699><c> when</c><00:40:12.079><c> Saul</c><00:40:12.559><c> viewed</c><00:40:12.920><c> himself</c><00:40:13.579><c> as</c><00:40:14.059><c> little</c><00:40:14.360><c> in</c><00:40:14.679><c> God's</c><00:40:15.099><c> sight.</c><00:40:16.260><c> There</c><00:40:16.400><c> was</c><00:40:16.639><c> a</c>

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:18.179
time<00:40:17.139><c> when</c><00:40:17.500><c> Saul</c>

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hid<00:40:18.800><c> himself,</c><00:40:20.000><c> like</c><00:40:20.199><c> Gideon.</c><00:40:21.400><c> And</c><00:40:21.800><c> there</c><00:40:21.920><c> was</c><00:40:22.119><c> a</c><00:40:22.360><c> time</c><00:40:22.539><c> when</c>

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:25.039
Saul<00:40:23.139><c> had</c><00:40:23.340><c> to</c><00:40:23.519><c> be</c><00:40:23.739><c> drawn</c><00:40:23.940><c> out</c><00:40:24.219><c> by</c><00:40:24.500><c> Samuel</c>

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:29.280
in<00:40:25.539><c> order</c><00:40:25.780><c> to</c><00:40:25.940><c> be</c><00:40:26.179><c> publicly</c><00:40:26.519><c> recognized.</c><00:40:28.119><c> There</c><00:40:28.380><c> was</c><00:40:28.659><c> a</c><00:40:28.960><c> time</c>

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:32.480
when<00:40:29.679><c> Saul</c><00:40:30.059><c> said</c><00:40:30.460><c> to</c><00:40:30.719><c> Samuel</c><00:40:31.539><c> virtually</c><00:40:32.219><c> what</c>

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:37.940
David<00:40:32.820><c> says</c><00:40:33.079><c> here.</c><00:40:34.480><c> There</c><00:40:34.639><c> was</c><00:40:34.880><c> a</c><00:40:35.119><c> time</c><00:40:35.420><c> when</c><00:40:35.860><c> Saul</c><00:40:36.460><c> asked</c><00:40:37.119><c> really,</c><00:40:37.860><c> Who</c>

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:41.880
am<00:40:38.159><c> I?</c><00:40:39.639><c> That</c><00:40:40.139><c> perspective</c><00:40:40.860><c> Saul</c><00:40:41.260><c> lost</c>

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:45.300
as<00:40:42.780><c> time</c><00:40:43.079><c> went</c><00:40:43.280><c> along.</c><00:40:44.039><c> That's</c><00:40:44.420><c> obvious</c><00:40:44.679><c> from</c><00:40:44.840><c> the</c><00:40:45.039><c> passage</c>

00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:48.380
we've<00:40:45.539><c> just</c><00:40:45.780><c> looked</c><00:40:46.039><c> at,</c><00:40:46.579><c> when</c><00:40:46.780><c> Saul</c><00:40:47.000><c> reminds</c><00:40:47.599><c> him</c><00:40:48.039><c> that</c>

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:50.980
there<00:40:48.579><c> was</c><00:40:48.760><c> a</c><00:40:49.019><c> time</c><00:40:49.280><c> when</c><00:40:49.500><c> you</c><00:40:49.719><c> said</c><00:40:49.900><c> to</c><00:40:50.139><c> yourself</c><00:40:50.519><c> you</c><00:40:50.679><c> were</c>

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:54.820
small,<00:40:51.840><c> but</c><00:40:52.059><c> that</c><00:40:52.239><c> was</c><00:40:52.500><c> changed.</c><00:40:53.420><c> But</c><00:40:53.739><c> in</c><00:40:53.940><c> verse</c><00:40:54.179><c> 18,</c>

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:59.619
what<00:40:55.639><c> you</c><00:40:55.920><c> read</c><00:40:56.219><c> there</c><00:40:56.619><c> of</c><00:40:56.980><c> David's</c><00:40:57.599><c> view</c><00:40:57.760><c> of</c><00:40:57.940><c> himself</c><00:40:58.639><c> was</c>

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:02.619
the<00:40:59.900><c> perspective</c><00:41:00.639><c> that</c><00:41:01.179><c> dominated</c><00:41:01.780><c> David</c><00:41:02.239><c> for</c>

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:07.059
most<00:41:02.980><c> of</c><00:41:03.119><c> his</c><00:41:03.320><c> life,</c><00:41:03.960><c> despite</c><00:41:04.460><c> his</c><00:41:04.800><c> slips,</c><00:41:05.780><c> despite</c><00:41:06.199><c> the</c><00:41:06.500><c> times</c><00:41:06.880><c> that</c>

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:09.860
when<00:41:07.139><c> he</c><00:41:07.340><c> was</c><00:41:07.559><c> given</c><00:41:07.920><c> to</c><00:41:08.840><c> brief</c><00:41:09.139><c> periods</c><00:41:09.559><c> of</c>

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:13.380
pride,<00:41:10.820><c> that</c><00:41:11.179><c> was</c><00:41:11.400><c> the</c><00:41:11.559><c> perspective</c><00:41:12.019><c> that</c><00:41:12.320><c> stayed</c><00:41:12.460><c> with</c><00:41:12.699><c> him.</c>

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:17.340
David<00:41:14.139><c> viewing</c><00:41:14.659><c> himself</c><00:41:15.360><c> in</c><00:41:15.860><c> right</c><00:41:16.079><c> perspective.</c>

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:19.880
You<00:41:17.960><c> know,</c><00:41:18.179><c> brothers</c><00:41:18.260><c> and</c><00:41:18.500><c> sisters,</c><00:41:18.880><c> when</c><00:41:19.000><c> we</c><00:41:19.239><c> consider</c><00:41:19.559><c> the</c>

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:21.900
difficulties<00:41:20.340><c> that</c><00:41:20.539><c> we</c><00:41:20.780><c> have</c><00:41:21.019><c> sometimes</c><00:41:21.579><c> in</c><00:41:21.739><c> our</c>

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:26.940
community,<00:41:23.159><c> when</c><00:41:23.659><c> we</c><00:41:23.840><c> discuss</c><00:41:24.619><c> among</c><00:41:25.059><c> ourselves</c><00:41:25.760><c> some</c><00:41:26.079><c> of</c><00:41:26.199><c> the</c><00:41:26.360><c> difficulties</c><00:41:26.760><c> at</c>

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.840
the<00:41:27.099><c> arranging</c><00:41:27.460><c> level,</c>

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:32.099
when<00:41:28.360><c> we</c><00:41:28.539><c> talk</c><00:41:28.739><c> about</c><00:41:28.960><c> inter</c><00:41:29.320><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:29.800><c> relationships,</c><00:41:31.519><c> many</c><00:41:31.880><c> of</c>

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:35.440
our<00:41:32.400><c> judgments</c><00:41:32.960><c> are</c><00:41:33.880><c> poorly</c><00:41:34.440><c> colored</c>

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:42.480
because<00:41:36.400><c> we</c><00:41:36.920><c> ourselves</c><00:41:37.679><c> as</c><00:41:38.280><c> those</c><00:41:38.719><c> participating</c><00:41:39.400><c> in</c><00:41:39.579><c> the</c><00:41:39.920><c> dialogue</c><00:41:40.420><c> haven't</c><00:41:41.179><c> got</c><00:41:41.440><c> the</c><00:41:41.639><c> perspective</c><00:41:42.099><c> of</c><00:41:42.260><c> verse</c>

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:47.920
18.<00:41:43.760><c> When</c><00:41:44.099><c> we</c><00:41:44.440><c> ask</c><00:41:44.800><c> ourselves,</c><00:41:45.559><c> Who</c><00:41:45.699><c> am</c><00:41:45.900><c> I?</c><00:41:46.900><c> When</c><00:41:47.219><c> we</c><00:41:47.460><c> take</c><00:41:47.659><c> the</c>

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:50.179
perspective<00:41:48.380><c> that</c><00:41:48.579><c> we</c><00:41:48.820><c> are</c><00:41:49.059><c> small</c><00:41:49.519><c> and</c><00:41:49.920><c> view</c>

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:55.300
ourselves<00:41:50.880><c> small</c><00:41:51.519><c> in</c><00:41:51.739><c> our</c><00:41:51.960><c> own</c><00:41:52.280><c> sight.</c><00:41:53.679><c> When</c><00:41:53.800><c> we</c><00:41:54.000><c> are</c><00:41:54.239><c> not</c><00:41:54.639><c> like</c><00:41:55.099><c> the</c>

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:57.659
bullfrog<00:41:56.039><c> inflated</c><00:41:56.820><c> with</c><00:41:57.000><c> a</c><00:41:57.239><c> sense</c><00:41:57.460><c> of</c>

00:41:57.659 --> 00:42:01.480
our<00:41:57.880><c> own</c><00:41:58.119><c> importance</c><00:41:58.559><c> and</c><00:41:58.719><c> our</c><00:41:58.920><c> own</c><00:41:59.219><c> song.</c><00:42:00.019><c> When</c><00:42:00.199><c> we're</c><00:42:00.400><c> not,</c>

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:05.079
God<00:42:01.860><c> can</c><00:42:02.059><c> work</c><00:42:02.219><c> with</c><00:42:02.380><c> us.</c><00:42:03.659><c> When</c><00:42:03.980><c> we</c><00:42:04.280><c> are,</c><00:42:04.820><c> our</c>

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:09.460
judgments<00:42:05.619><c> are</c><00:42:06.260><c> adulterated.</c><00:42:07.900><c> When</c><00:42:08.159><c> we</c><00:42:08.420><c> are</c><00:42:08.719><c> filled</c><00:42:09.079><c> with</c><00:42:09.260><c> a</c>

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:12.059
sense<00:42:09.639><c> of</c><00:42:09.960><c> self</c><00:42:10.119><c>-importance,</c><00:42:10.760><c> we</c><00:42:11.059><c> do</c><00:42:11.460><c> not</c><00:42:11.760><c> think</c>

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:17.260
spiritually.<00:42:13.239><c> And</c><00:42:13.480><c> our</c><00:42:13.780><c> assessment</c><00:42:14.139><c> as</c><00:42:14.400><c> arranging</c><00:42:14.780><c> brethren,</c><00:42:16.000><c> our</c><00:42:16.280><c> assessment</c><00:42:16.739><c> as</c>

00:42:17.260 --> 00:42:18.000
brothers<00:42:17.519><c> and</c><00:42:17.739><c> sisters</c>

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:23.639
dealing<00:42:18.300><c> with</c><00:42:18.500><c> one</c><00:42:18.679><c> another</c><00:42:19.039><c> is</c><00:42:19.719><c> never</c><00:42:20.360><c> sound.</c><00:42:21.920><c> That's</c><00:42:22.280><c> a</c><00:42:22.400><c> perspective</c><00:42:22.860><c> David</c><00:42:23.239><c> had</c>

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:24.760
and<00:42:23.920><c> it</c><00:42:24.139><c> helped</c><00:42:24.280><c> him</c><00:42:24.440><c> to</c><00:42:24.619><c> be</c>

00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:29.480
victorious.<00:42:26.360><c> It's</c><00:42:26.599><c> a</c><00:42:26.719><c> perspective</c><00:42:27.280><c> that</c><00:42:27.619><c> Saul</c><00:42:27.900><c> had</c><00:42:28.360><c> and</c><00:42:28.920><c> because</c><00:42:29.199><c> he</c>

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:31.780
lost<00:42:29.800><c> it,</c><00:42:30.460><c> he</c><00:42:30.699><c> fell</c><00:42:30.940><c> into</c><00:42:31.199><c> the</c><00:42:31.480><c> pit</c>

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of<00:42:32.440><c> complete</c><00:42:32.780><c> destruction.</c><00:42:34.380><c> So</c><00:42:34.599><c> at</c><00:42:34.960><c> the</c><00:42:35.300><c> outset</c><00:42:35.880><c> of</c><00:42:36.360><c> David's</c>

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life<00:42:37.079><c> as</c><00:42:37.300><c> a</c><00:42:37.480><c> fugitive,</c><00:42:38.860><c> keep</c><00:42:39.019><c> in</c><00:42:39.340><c> mind</c><00:42:39.639><c> the</c>

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:44.699
secret<00:42:40.579><c> of</c><00:42:40.940><c> David's</c><00:42:41.699><c> ultimate</c><00:42:42.059><c> success.</c><00:42:43.639><c> That</c><00:42:44.039><c> was</c><00:42:44.360><c> one</c><00:42:44.579><c> of</c>

00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:49.340
the<00:42:44.900><c> keys</c><00:42:45.519><c> in</c><00:42:46.019><c> David's</c><00:42:46.659><c> success,</c><00:42:47.340><c> how</c><00:42:48.079><c> David</c><00:42:48.739><c> viewed</c>

00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:53.980
himself.<00:42:51.079><c> He</c><00:42:51.199><c> had</c><00:42:51.420><c> himself</c><00:42:51.840><c> in</c><00:42:52.039><c> the</c><00:42:52.239><c> right</c><00:42:52.440><c> perspective</c><00:42:53.079><c> and</c>

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that<00:42:54.380><c> too</c><00:42:54.619><c> is</c><00:42:54.840><c> a</c><00:42:55.000><c> perspective</c><00:42:55.559><c> needed</c><00:42:56.019><c> to</c><00:42:56.380><c> successfully</c>

00:42:57.000 --> 00:43:00.699
come<00:42:57.320><c> through</c><00:42:57.639><c> trial.</c><00:42:59.300><c> When</c><00:42:59.440><c> we're</c><00:42:59.559><c> in</c><00:42:59.719><c> the</c><00:42:59.760><c> midst</c><00:42:59.920><c> of</c><00:43:00.239><c> stress</c>

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:02.960
and<00:43:01.039><c> difficulty</c><00:43:01.559><c> and</c><00:43:01.840><c> we</c><00:43:02.059><c> ask</c><00:43:02.320><c> ourselves</c><00:43:02.760><c> that</c>

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question,<00:43:03.860><c> why</c><00:43:04.079><c> me?</c><00:43:05.380><c> There</c><00:43:05.820><c> is</c><00:43:05.960><c> something</c><00:43:06.260><c> that</c><00:43:06.599><c> betrays</c><00:43:07.260><c> about</c><00:43:07.559><c> self</c><00:43:07.840><c>-perspective.</c><00:43:09.480><c> Why</c>

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:13.079
me?<00:43:12.380><c> That</c><00:43:12.619><c> is</c><00:43:12.840><c> really</c>

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:16.280
saying,<00:43:13.320><c> well,</c><00:43:13.559><c> why</c><00:43:13.800><c> not</c><00:43:13.980><c> somebody</c><00:43:14.300><c> else?</c><00:43:15.380><c> Why</c><00:43:15.579><c> not</c><00:43:15.760><c> the</c><00:43:16.000><c> brother</c><00:43:16.139><c> in</c>

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the<00:43:16.440><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:16.780><c> who</c><00:43:16.960><c> never</c><00:43:17.239><c> attends</c><00:43:17.539><c> regularly?</c>

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Why<00:43:19.380><c> not</c><00:43:19.659><c> the</c><00:43:20.019><c> sister</c><00:43:20.340><c> who</c><00:43:20.559><c> really</c><00:43:20.860><c> shows</c><00:43:21.079><c> no</c><00:43:21.420><c> interest</c><00:43:21.739><c> in</c>

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doing<00:43:22.019><c> the</c><00:43:22.199><c> readings</c><00:43:22.420><c> with</c><00:43:22.579><c> her</c><00:43:22.780><c> family?</c>

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Why<00:43:24.239><c> not</c><00:43:24.480><c> the</c><00:43:24.760><c> wayward</c><00:43:25.079><c> brother</c><00:43:25.380><c> or</c><00:43:25.599><c> sister</c><00:43:25.860><c> in</c><00:43:26.000><c> the</c><00:43:26.139><c> Ecclesia?</c><00:43:26.480><c> Why</c><00:43:26.659><c> don't</c><00:43:26.880><c> they</c>

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experience<00:43:27.760><c> this</c><00:43:28.099><c> trial?</c>

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:33.679
Why<00:43:29.119><c> me?</c><00:43:30.360><c> There</c><00:43:30.519><c> is</c><00:43:30.739><c> a</c><00:43:30.820><c> certain</c><00:43:31.460><c> self</c><00:43:32.039><c>-centeredness</c><00:43:32.900><c> and</c><00:43:33.300><c> self</c>

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-concern<00:43:34.739><c> behind</c><00:43:35.380><c> that</c><00:43:35.760><c> question,</c>

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but<00:43:37.320><c> if</c><00:43:38.099><c> we</c><00:43:38.239><c> go</c><00:43:38.460><c> through</c><00:43:38.699><c> trials</c><00:43:39.059><c> like</c><00:43:39.320><c> David</c><00:43:39.619><c> is</c><00:43:39.820><c> about</c><00:43:40.059><c> to</c><00:43:40.440><c> and</c><00:43:41.219><c> keep</c><00:43:41.480><c> in</c>

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mind<00:43:42.360><c> how</c><00:43:42.880><c> we</c><00:43:43.059><c> are</c><00:43:43.219><c> to</c><00:43:43.380><c> view</c><00:43:43.519><c> ourselves,</c>

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if<00:43:45.079><c> we</c><00:43:45.380><c> have</c><00:43:45.980><c> the</c><00:43:46.539><c> small</c><00:43:47.239><c> interpretation</c><00:43:48.199><c> of</c><00:43:48.559><c> ourselves,</c><00:43:49.500><c> it</c>

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will<00:43:50.219><c> go</c><00:43:50.460><c> a</c><00:43:50.579><c> long</c><00:43:50.920><c> ways</c><00:43:51.360><c> to</c><00:43:51.619><c> helping</c><00:43:51.900><c> you</c><00:43:52.159><c> and</c><00:43:52.400><c> I</c>

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endure<00:43:53.559><c> the</c><00:43:54.500><c> difficulties</c><00:43:55.139><c> and</c><00:43:55.539><c> the</c><00:43:55.739><c> stresses</c><00:43:56.019><c> of</c><00:43:56.280><c> life</c><00:43:56.619><c> because</c><00:43:57.619><c> the</c>

00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:59.039
question<00:43:58.039><c> is</c><00:43:58.239><c> not</c><00:43:58.480><c> why</c><00:43:58.780><c> me,</c>

00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:04.239
the<00:43:59.360><c> question</c><00:43:59.679><c> really</c><00:43:59.980><c> is</c><00:44:00.119><c> why</c><00:44:00.280><c> not</c><00:44:00.559><c> me?</c><00:44:01.760><c> Why</c><00:44:02.239><c> not</c><00:44:02.940><c> me?</c><00:44:03.800><c> That's</c>

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:07.239
really<00:44:04.519><c> the</c><00:44:04.739><c> question.</c><00:44:05.639><c> Why</c><00:44:06.119><c> shouldn't</c><00:44:06.639><c> I</c><00:44:06.960><c> face</c>

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:10.739
trial?<00:44:08.619><c> Hasn't</c><00:44:09.000><c> Paul</c><00:44:09.179><c> said</c><00:44:09.480><c> that</c><00:44:09.679><c> through</c><00:44:09.940><c> much</c><00:44:10.219><c> tribulation</c>

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I<00:44:10.860><c> must</c><00:44:11.079><c> enter</c><00:44:11.260><c> the</c><00:44:11.460><c> kingdom?</c><00:44:12.500><c> Didn't</c><00:44:12.880><c> David</c><00:44:13.320><c> go</c><00:44:13.559><c> through</c>

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trial?<00:44:14.860><c> And</c><00:44:15.139><c> David</c><00:44:15.280><c> was</c><00:44:15.460><c> a</c><00:44:15.579><c> man</c><00:44:15.699><c> after</c><00:44:15.920><c> God's</c><00:44:16.300><c> own</c><00:44:16.480><c> heart.</c><00:44:17.679><c> Didn't</c><00:44:18.039><c> David</c><00:44:18.440><c> behave</c><00:44:18.760><c> himself</c><00:44:19.239><c> wisely</c><00:44:19.880><c> and</c>

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yet<00:44:20.679><c> that</c>

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begat<00:44:22.039><c> trial</c><00:44:22.460><c> for</c><00:44:22.699><c> David?</c><00:44:23.800><c> Didn't</c><00:44:24.059><c> David</c><00:44:24.340><c> do</c><00:44:24.519><c> what</c><00:44:24.699><c> was</c><00:44:24.960><c> right</c>

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:28.219
and<00:44:25.920><c> yet</c><00:44:26.159><c> in</c><00:44:26.420><c> the</c><00:44:26.619><c> process</c><00:44:27.179><c> the</c><00:44:27.559><c> reward</c><00:44:27.980><c> was</c>

00:44:28.219 --> 00:44:34.980
difficulty?<00:44:29.559><c> Why</c><00:44:29.820><c> me?</c><00:44:30.719><c> No,</c><00:44:31.159><c> why</c><00:44:31.579><c> not</c><00:44:32.019><c> me?</c><00:44:33.380><c> David</c><00:44:33.659><c> went</c><00:44:33.880><c> through</c><00:44:34.099><c> it</c><00:44:34.579><c> and</c>

00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:36.519
so<00:44:35.199><c> have</c><00:44:35.340><c> all</c><00:44:35.639><c> the</c><00:44:35.860><c> faithful</c><00:44:36.139><c> in</c><00:44:36.320><c> order</c>

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to<00:44:36.679><c> have</c><00:44:36.780><c> their</c><00:44:37.039><c> characters</c><00:44:37.400><c> refined.</c><00:44:38.219><c> That's</c><00:44:38.820><c> the</c><00:44:38.980><c> divine</c>

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perspective<00:44:39.860><c> and</c><00:44:40.559><c> to</c><00:44:40.840><c> start</c><00:44:41.000><c> off</c><00:44:41.440><c> in</c><00:44:41.719><c> our</c><00:44:41.980><c> life</c>

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:45.719
as<00:44:42.460><c> sojourner</c><00:44:43.000><c> and</c><00:44:43.219><c> pilgrim</c><00:44:43.619><c> and</c><00:44:43.900><c> to</c><00:44:44.199><c> keep</c><00:44:44.519><c> the</c><00:44:45.099><c> perspective,</c>

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:49.019
the<00:44:46.280><c> small</c><00:44:46.880><c> perspective</c><00:44:47.579><c> of</c><00:44:47.880><c> ourselves,</c>

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will<00:44:49.380><c> do</c><00:44:49.619><c> a</c><00:44:49.780><c> great</c><00:44:50.000><c> deal</c><00:44:50.340><c> to</c><00:44:50.579><c> lessen</c><00:44:50.980><c> the</c><00:44:51.239><c> stress</c><00:44:51.519><c> and</c><00:44:51.679><c> the</c><00:44:51.900><c> difficulty</c><00:44:52.260><c> of</c>

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our<00:44:52.780><c> trials.</c>

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A<00:44:54.360><c> little</c><00:44:54.460><c> bit</c><00:44:54.619><c> further,</c><00:44:56.360><c> 1st</c><00:44:56.480><c> Chronicles</c><00:44:56.980><c> chapter</c><00:44:57.400><c> 29.</c><00:44:59.440><c> I</c><00:44:59.519><c> should</c><00:44:59.719><c> have</c><00:44:59.880><c> asked</c><00:45:00.119><c> you</c><00:45:00.440><c> as</c>

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.659
we<00:45:01.000><c> advanced</c><00:45:01.300><c> to</c><00:45:01.480><c> this</c>

00:45:01.659 --> 00:45:04.699
passage<00:45:01.960><c> in</c><00:45:02.260><c> Chronicles</c><00:45:02.800><c> said</c><00:45:03.219><c> at</c><00:45:03.420><c> the</c><00:45:03.579><c> end</c><00:45:03.760><c> of</c><00:45:04.000><c> David's</c><00:45:04.320><c> life</c>

00:45:04.699 --> 00:45:07.880
to<00:45:05.699><c> have</c><00:45:06.039><c> kept</c><00:45:06.219><c> your</c><00:45:06.480><c> eyes</c><00:45:06.719><c> open</c><00:45:07.059><c> to</c><00:45:07.239><c> 1st</c><00:45:07.500><c> Samuel</c>

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18.<00:45:09.099><c> The</c><00:45:09.280><c> two</c><00:45:09.480><c> passages</c><00:45:09.880><c> should</c><00:45:10.159><c> be</c><00:45:10.340><c> looked</c><00:45:10.519><c> at</c><00:45:10.760><c> in</c><00:45:11.019><c> tandem.</c>

00:45:12.739 --> 00:45:17.380
1st<00:45:12.980><c> Chronicles</c><00:45:13.480><c> chapter</c><00:45:13.820><c> 29.</c><00:45:16.079><c> Now</c><00:45:16.260><c> just</c><00:45:16.639><c> notice</c><00:45:17.119><c> what</c>

00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:21.739
David<00:45:17.760><c> says</c><00:45:18.099><c> here</c><00:45:18.539><c> at</c><00:45:18.820><c> the</c><00:45:19.059><c> end</c><00:45:19.280><c> of</c><00:45:19.440><c> his</c><00:45:19.599><c> life,</c><00:45:21.199><c> at</c><00:45:21.340><c> the</c><00:45:21.539><c> time</c>

00:45:21.739 --> 00:45:23.480
of<00:45:21.920><c> the</c><00:45:22.039><c> rebuilding</c><00:45:22.320><c> of</c><00:45:22.519><c> the</c><00:45:22.639><c> building</c><00:45:22.820><c> of</c><00:45:23.000><c> the</c><00:45:23.139><c> temple</c>

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:28.739
and<00:45:24.119><c> if</c><00:45:24.239><c> you</c><00:45:24.440><c> have</c><00:45:24.699><c> 1st</c><00:45:25.039><c> Samuel</c><00:45:25.440><c> 18</c><00:45:26.159><c> and</c><00:45:26.480><c> verse</c><00:45:26.780><c> 18</c><00:45:27.300><c> open,</c><00:45:28.099><c> let's</c><00:45:28.400><c> just</c>

00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:31.059
compare<00:45:29.099><c> them.</c><00:45:29.840><c> A</c><00:45:30.000><c> most</c><00:45:30.360><c> interesting</c>

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perspective<00:45:31.619><c> comes</c><00:45:31.960><c> through.</c><00:45:33.559><c> In</c><00:45:33.739><c> 1st</c><00:45:34.039><c> Chronicles</c><00:45:35.000><c> chapter</c>

00:45:35.619 --> 00:45:39.579
29,<00:45:37.179><c> at</c><00:45:37.340><c> the</c><00:45:37.599><c> time</c><00:45:37.840><c> of</c><00:45:38.159><c> David</c><00:45:38.460><c> making</c><00:45:38.920><c> preparations</c>

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for<00:45:39.780><c> Solomon's</c><00:45:40.460><c> temple,</c><00:45:41.840><c> David</c><00:45:42.320><c> at</c><00:45:42.719><c> the</c><00:45:42.940><c> dedication</c><00:45:43.480><c> of</c><00:45:43.679><c> the</c>

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temple<00:45:44.300><c> just</c><00:45:44.820><c> before</c><00:45:45.300><c> he</c><00:45:45.599><c> dies,</c>

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expresses<00:45:48.019><c> one</c><00:45:48.400><c> of</c><00:45:48.500><c> the</c><00:45:48.760><c> greatest</c><00:45:49.079><c> prayers</c><00:45:49.440><c> of</c><00:45:49.599><c> his</c><00:45:49.800><c> life</c><00:45:50.199><c> and</c>

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verse<00:45:52.079><c> 10,</c><00:45:53.800><c> David</c><00:45:54.059><c> blessed</c><00:45:54.519><c> the</c><00:45:55.340><c> Lord</c>

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:59.500
before<00:45:56.400><c> all</c><00:45:56.719><c> the</c><00:45:57.000><c> congregation</c><00:45:57.519><c> and</c><00:45:57.719><c> David</c><00:45:58.079><c> said,</c><00:45:59.380><c> blessed</c>

00:45:59.500 --> 00:46:02.300
be<00:45:59.800><c> thou</c><00:46:00.000><c> Lord</c><00:46:00.280><c> God</c><00:46:00.559><c> of</c><00:46:00.679><c> Israel,</c><00:46:01.059><c> our</c><00:46:01.239><c> father</c><00:46:01.579><c> forever</c><00:46:02.079><c> and</c>

00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:06.360
forever.<00:46:03.780><c> Then</c><00:46:04.019><c> as</c><00:46:04.199><c> we</c><00:46:04.400><c> advanced</c><00:46:04.679><c> through</c><00:46:04.880><c> his</c><00:46:05.159><c> prayer,</c><00:46:06.280><c> look</c>

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at<00:46:06.519><c> verse</c><00:46:06.679><c> 13</c><00:46:07.159><c> and</c><00:46:07.360><c> 14.</c><00:46:09.119><c> Now</c><00:46:09.179><c> therefore</c><00:46:09.599><c> our</c><00:46:09.940><c> God,</c>

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:17.420
we<00:46:10.619><c> thank</c><00:46:10.880><c> thee</c><00:46:11.519><c> and</c><00:46:12.099><c> praise</c><00:46:12.559><c> thy</c><00:46:12.820><c> glorious</c><00:46:13.440><c> name.</c><00:46:15.400><c> But</c><00:46:15.780><c> he</c><00:46:16.159><c> returns</c><00:46:16.679><c> now</c><00:46:17.199><c> to</c>

00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:19.500
the<00:46:17.699><c> first</c><00:46:18.019><c> question</c><00:46:18.559><c> that</c><00:46:18.920><c> he</c><00:46:19.199><c> asked</c>

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at<00:46:20.199><c> the</c><00:46:20.440><c> early</c><00:46:20.699><c> part</c><00:46:20.980><c> of</c><00:46:21.099><c> his</c><00:46:21.280><c> life.</c><00:46:22.159><c> Look</c><00:46:22.239><c> what</c><00:46:22.320><c> he</c><00:46:22.539><c> says</c><00:46:22.639><c> in</c>

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verse<00:46:22.980><c> 14,</c><00:46:24.300><c> but</c><00:46:24.940><c> who</c><00:46:25.360><c> am</c><00:46:25.559><c> I?</c><00:46:26.780><c> That's</c><00:46:27.219><c> what</c><00:46:27.320><c> he</c><00:46:27.559><c> asked</c>

00:46:27.699 --> 00:46:33.840
in<00:46:27.920><c> 1st</c><00:46:28.139><c> Samuel</c><00:46:28.519><c> 18</c><00:46:28.940><c> and</c><00:46:29.099><c> verse</c><00:46:29.320><c> 18,</c><00:46:30.760><c> but</c><00:46:31.059><c> who</c><00:46:31.760><c> am</c><00:46:32.239><c> I?</c><00:46:33.420><c> And</c><00:46:33.659><c> what</c>

00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:37.940
is<00:46:34.059><c> my</c><00:46:34.400><c> people</c><00:46:34.960><c> that</c><00:46:36.139><c> we</c><00:46:36.760><c> should</c><00:46:36.920><c> be</c><00:46:37.159><c> able</c><00:46:37.380><c> to</c><00:46:37.719><c> offer</c>

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so<00:46:38.300><c> willingly</c><00:46:38.619><c> after</c><00:46:39.019><c> this</c><00:46:39.360><c> sort?</c><00:46:40.539><c> For</c><00:46:40.619><c> all</c><00:46:41.000><c> things</c><00:46:41.300><c> come</c><00:46:41.599><c> of</c>

00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:45.619
thee<00:46:42.059><c> and</c><00:46:42.440><c> of</c><00:46:42.659><c> thine</c><00:46:43.179><c> own</c><00:46:43.619><c> have</c><00:46:43.940><c> we</c><00:46:44.360><c> given</c><00:46:44.619><c> thee.</c>

00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:50.840
You<00:46:46.039><c> see</c><00:46:46.139><c> the</c><00:46:46.340><c> point?</c><00:46:47.500><c> At</c><00:46:47.719><c> the</c><00:46:47.900><c> dedication</c><00:46:48.380><c> of</c><00:46:48.539><c> the</c><00:46:48.719><c> temple</c><00:46:49.039><c> just</c><00:46:49.559><c> before</c><00:46:50.059><c> David</c><00:46:50.500><c> is</c>

00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:53.320
about<00:46:51.079><c> to</c><00:46:52.039><c> be</c><00:46:52.340><c> laid</c><00:46:52.500><c> in</c><00:46:52.699><c> the</c><00:46:52.840><c> grave,</c>

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he<00:46:53.940><c> returns</c><00:46:54.519><c> to</c><00:46:54.739><c> the</c><00:46:54.880><c> same</c><00:46:55.119><c> question,</c><00:46:56.239><c> but</c><00:46:56.579><c> who</c><00:46:56.760><c> am</c><00:46:56.980><c> I?</c><00:46:57.920><c> But</c><00:46:58.340><c> there's</c><00:46:58.679><c> a</c>

00:46:58.880 --> 00:47:01.320
change.<00:46:59.900><c> Keep</c><00:47:00.059><c> your</c><00:47:00.340><c> eyes</c><00:47:00.519><c> here</c><00:47:00.840><c> in</c><00:47:01.099><c> verse</c>

00:47:01.320 --> 00:47:06.820
14<00:47:01.800><c> and</c><00:47:02.159><c> compare</c><00:47:02.559><c> it</c><00:47:02.780><c> again</c><00:47:03.340><c> with</c><00:47:03.760><c> 1st</c><00:47:04.179><c> Samuel</c><00:47:04.420><c> 18.</c><00:47:06.079><c> When</c><00:47:06.199><c> David</c><00:47:06.539><c> says</c>

00:47:06.820 --> 00:47:10.639
this<00:47:07.079><c> in</c><00:47:07.280><c> 1st</c><00:47:07.500><c> Samuel</c><00:47:07.900><c> 18</c><00:47:08.519><c> verse</c><00:47:08.780><c> 18,</c><00:47:09.400><c> he</c><00:47:09.420><c> says,</c>

00:47:10.760 --> 00:47:16.420
David<00:47:11.039><c> said</c><00:47:11.219><c> unto</c><00:47:11.480><c> Saul,</c><00:47:12.159><c> who</c><00:47:12.460><c> am</c><00:47:12.739><c> I?</c><00:47:14.159><c> And</c><00:47:14.639><c> what</c><00:47:15.159><c> is</c><00:47:15.539><c> my</c><00:47:15.920><c> life</c>

00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:19.699
or<00:47:16.920><c> my</c><00:47:17.360><c> father's</c><00:47:18.139><c> family</c><00:47:18.519><c> in</c><00:47:18.760><c> Israel?</c>

00:47:19.949 --> 00:47:27.340
What<00:47:20.420><c> does</c><00:47:20.619><c> he</c><00:47:20.739><c> say</c><00:47:20.900><c> here</c><00:47:21.360><c> in</c><00:47:21.840><c> verse</c><00:47:22.340><c> 14</c><00:47:23.159><c> of</c><00:47:23.360><c> 1st</c><00:47:23.579><c> Chronicles</c><00:47:24.019><c> 29?</c><00:47:25.820><c> But</c><00:47:26.139><c> who</c><00:47:26.460><c> am</c><00:47:26.699><c> I</c>

00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:31.719
and<00:47:28.579><c> not</c><00:47:29.619><c> what</c><00:47:30.119><c> is</c><00:47:30.360><c> my</c><00:47:30.559><c> life?</c>

00:47:32.579 --> 00:47:39.679
What<00:47:32.860><c> is</c><00:47:33.119><c> my</c><00:47:33.380><c> people?</c><00:47:35.139><c> The</c><00:47:35.380><c> perspective</c><00:47:36.059><c> is</c><00:47:36.539><c> shifted</c><00:47:37.320><c> here</c><00:47:38.679><c> with</c><00:47:39.360><c> a</c>

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slight<00:47:39.880><c> change.</c><00:47:41.159><c> The</c><00:47:41.440><c> perspective</c><00:47:42.000><c> in</c>

00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:48.239
David's<00:47:42.760><c> expression</c><00:47:43.739><c> centers</c><00:47:44.380><c> around</c><00:47:45.079><c> who</c><00:47:45.460><c> am</c><00:47:45.719><c> I</c><00:47:46.280><c> and</c><00:47:47.300><c> who</c><00:47:47.820><c> or</c>

00:47:48.239 --> 00:47:51.719
what<00:47:48.619><c> is</c><00:47:49.239><c> the</c><00:47:49.500><c> Ecclesia</c><00:47:50.059><c> or</c><00:47:50.480><c> my</c><00:47:50.780><c> people</c>

00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:55.780
that<00:47:52.579><c> we</c><00:47:52.920><c> should</c><00:47:53.079><c> be</c><00:47:53.340><c> able</c><00:47:53.480><c> to</c><00:47:53.800><c> offer</c><00:47:54.000><c> so</c><00:47:54.320><c> willingly</c><00:47:54.719><c> in</c><00:47:55.440><c> 1st</c>

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:59.000
Samuel<00:47:56.099><c> 18</c><00:47:56.579><c> and</c><00:47:56.739><c> 18.</c><00:47:57.940><c> He</c><00:47:58.000><c> refers</c><00:47:58.380><c> to</c><00:47:58.579><c> his</c><00:47:58.760><c> own</c>

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personal<00:47:59.480><c> life</c><00:47:59.920><c> and</c><00:48:00.500><c> then</c><00:48:00.639><c> he</c><00:48:00.880><c> says,</c><00:48:01.320><c> or</c><00:48:01.320><c> my</c><00:48:01.579><c> father's</c><00:48:02.159><c> family</c>

00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:05.219
here.<00:48:03.679><c> He's</c><00:48:03.960><c> not</c><00:48:04.179><c> talking</c><00:48:04.440><c> about</c><00:48:04.639><c> his</c><00:48:04.840><c> father's</c>

00:48:05.219 --> 00:48:10.139
family.<00:48:06.079><c> And</c><00:48:06.679><c> here</c><00:48:07.059><c> he</c><00:48:07.300><c> has</c><00:48:07.579><c> subtracted</c><00:48:08.599><c> from</c><00:48:08.860><c> his</c><00:48:09.239><c> phrasing,</c>

00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:13.539
my<00:48:10.719><c> life.</c><00:48:11.860><c> There's</c><00:48:12.420><c> almost</c><00:48:12.719><c> an</c><00:48:13.119><c> advancement</c>

00:48:13.539 --> 00:48:18.239
here,<00:48:14.000><c> even</c><00:48:14.260><c> though</c><00:48:14.400><c> it's</c><00:48:14.659><c> a</c><00:48:14.820><c> repetition</c><00:48:15.280><c> of</c><00:48:15.460><c> his</c><00:48:15.599><c> earlier</c><00:48:15.980><c> phrase,</c><00:48:17.559><c> not</c><00:48:17.760><c> what</c><00:48:18.019><c> is</c>

00:48:18.239 --> 00:48:19.880
my<00:48:18.440><c> life</c><00:48:18.739><c> and</c><00:48:18.940><c> what</c><00:48:19.039><c> is</c><00:48:19.219><c> my</c><00:48:19.400><c> father's</c>

00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:26.340
family,<00:48:21.659><c> but</c><00:48:22.019><c> what</c><00:48:22.840><c> is</c><00:48:23.659><c> the</c><00:48:24.079><c> Ecclesia?</c><00:48:24.820><c> What</c><00:48:25.059><c> is</c><00:48:25.300><c> my</c><00:48:25.519><c> people?</c>

00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:28.980
Who<00:48:26.960><c> are</c><00:48:27.260><c> we?</c><00:48:27.659><c> We</c><00:48:27.739><c> are</c><00:48:27.940><c> mortals,</c><00:48:28.400><c> the</c><00:48:28.639><c> sons</c>

00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:34.059
and<00:48:29.280><c> daughters</c><00:48:29.719><c> of</c><00:48:29.960><c> Adam.</c><00:48:31.360><c> The</c><00:48:31.460><c> perspective</c><00:48:32.219><c> that</c><00:48:32.539><c> David</c><00:48:32.840><c> expresses</c><00:48:33.360><c> here</c><00:48:33.780><c> is</c>

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really<00:48:34.320><c> the</c><00:48:34.599><c> same</c><00:48:34.900><c> by</c><00:48:35.199><c> and</c><00:48:35.380><c> large</c>

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:39.000
as<00:48:35.800><c> that</c><00:48:35.960><c> in</c><00:48:36.159><c> 1st</c><00:48:36.340><c> Samuel</c><00:48:36.719><c> 18</c><00:48:37.320><c> with</c><00:48:37.739><c> one</c><00:48:38.000><c> exception,</c><00:48:38.480><c> and</c><00:48:38.820><c> it's</c>

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:42.559
a<00:48:39.119><c> big</c><00:48:39.260><c> one.</c><00:48:40.400><c> He</c><00:48:40.699><c> expands</c><00:48:41.159><c> his</c><00:48:41.480><c> perspective</c><00:48:42.019><c> here</c>

00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:45.619
into<00:48:43.179><c> his</c><00:48:43.480><c> view</c><00:48:43.679><c> towards</c><00:48:44.159><c> his</c><00:48:44.460><c> fellow</c><00:48:44.679><c> brothers</c><00:48:44.960><c> and</c><00:48:45.199><c> sisters</c>

00:48:45.619 --> 00:48:48.420
and<00:48:46.300><c> embraces</c><00:48:46.880><c> himself</c><00:48:47.519><c> with</c><00:48:47.739><c> the</c><00:48:47.960><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:48:48.420 --> 00:48:55.440
as<00:48:48.780><c> a</c><00:48:48.960><c> whole</c><00:48:49.139><c> and</c><00:48:49.440><c> says,</c><00:48:50.360><c> what</c><00:48:50.539><c> are</c><00:48:51.119><c> we?</c><00:48:52.400><c> What</c><00:48:52.599><c> are</c><00:48:52.880><c> we?</c><00:48:53.440><c> Who</c><00:48:53.739><c> are</c><00:48:54.119><c> we?</c><00:48:55.019><c> He</c>

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:57.579
views<00:48:55.719><c> himself</c><00:48:56.219><c> at</c><00:48:56.500><c> the</c><00:48:56.739><c> end</c><00:48:56.880><c> of</c><00:48:57.039><c> his</c><00:48:57.239><c> life,</c>

00:48:57.579 --> 00:49:01.840
unlike<00:48:58.039><c> Saul,</c><00:48:58.820><c> the</c><00:48:58.960><c> way</c><00:48:59.059><c> he</c><00:48:59.219><c> did</c><00:48:59.360><c> at</c><00:48:59.559><c> the</c><00:48:59.679><c> beginning,</c><00:49:00.780><c> but</c><00:49:00.900><c> embracing</c><00:49:01.360><c> with</c><00:49:01.619><c> a</c>

00:49:01.840 --> 00:49:03.079
wider<00:49:02.139><c> perspective</c><00:49:02.739><c> now,</c>

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the<00:49:03.320><c> people</c><00:49:03.840><c> with</c><00:49:04.400><c> whom</c><00:49:04.760><c> he</c><00:49:05.239><c> is</c><00:49:05.519><c> very</c><00:49:05.920><c> closely</c><00:49:06.280><c> attached.</c><00:49:07.719><c> That</c><00:49:07.980><c> brothers</c><00:49:08.219><c> and</c>

00:49:08.519 --> 00:49:10.099
sisters<00:49:08.880><c> was</c><00:49:09.219><c> the</c><00:49:09.440><c> perspective</c>

00:49:10.099 --> 00:49:14.400
that<00:49:10.920><c> David</c><00:49:11.139><c> had</c><00:49:11.519><c> as</c><00:49:11.800><c> a</c><00:49:11.920><c> fugitive.</c><00:49:12.840><c> And</c><00:49:12.980><c> in</c><00:49:13.159><c> tomorrow's</c><00:49:13.659><c> class,</c><00:49:14.019><c> we'll</c>

00:49:14.400 --> 00:49:17.159
get<00:49:14.559><c> into</c><00:49:14.940><c> some</c><00:49:15.199><c> of</c><00:49:15.320><c> the</c><00:49:15.539><c> specific</c><00:49:16.000><c> details</c>

00:49:17.320 --> 00:49:20.760
of<00:49:17.920><c> David's</c><00:49:18.380><c> life</c><00:49:18.480><c> as</c><00:49:18.699><c> a</c><00:49:18.860><c> fugitive</c><00:49:19.239><c> in</c><00:49:19.480><c> his</c><00:49:19.679><c> first</c><00:49:19.880><c> stage.</c>