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What<00:10:03.940><c> about</c><00:10:04.259><c> Tamar?</c>

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What<00:10:04.980><c> was</c><00:10:05.179><c> she</c><00:10:05.419><c> like?</c>

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Well,<00:10:06.440><c> the</c><00:10:06.559><c> Bible</c><00:10:06.860><c> tells</c><00:10:07.139><c> us</c><00:10:07.340><c> she</c><00:10:07.539><c> was</c><00:10:07.759><c> so</c><00:10:08.139><c> beautiful</c>

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that<00:10:09.480><c> Amnon,</c><00:10:10.279><c> the</c><00:10:10.399><c> man</c><00:10:10.679><c> whose</c><00:10:11.000><c> heir</c><00:10:11.340><c> to</c><00:10:12.159><c> the</c><00:10:12.500><c> throne,</c>

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made<00:10:13.899><c> himself</c><00:10:14.519><c> absolutely</c><00:10:15.580><c> sick</c><00:10:16.399><c> thinking</c><00:10:17.200><c> about</c><00:10:17.559><c> her</c>

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is<00:10:23.700><c> probably</c><00:10:24.139><c> attractive</c><00:10:24.679><c> as</c><00:10:24.960><c> well.</c>

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it<00:10:38.700><c> indicates</c><00:10:39.360><c> nothing</c><00:10:39.980><c> to</c><00:10:40.240><c> suggest</c><00:10:40.659><c> that</c><00:10:40.860><c> she</c>

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was<00:10:41.340><c> a</c><00:10:41.700><c> spiritually</c><00:10:42.159><c> minded</c><00:10:42.639><c> person.</c>

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They're<00:10:56.240><c> called</c><00:10:56.419><c> the</c><00:10:56.659><c> Mayakaites.</c>

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And<00:11:00.440><c> these</c><00:11:00.720><c> people,</c><00:11:01.039><c> the</c><00:11:01.200><c> Mayakaites,</c><00:11:03.139><c> lived</c><00:11:03.460><c> near</c><00:11:03.879><c> the</c><00:11:04.240><c> area</c>

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where<00:11:05.279><c> she</c><00:11:05.519><c> was</c><00:11:05.919><c> from</c><00:11:06.340><c> in</c><00:11:06.940><c> the</c><00:11:07.220><c> north</c><00:11:07.480><c> of</c><00:11:07.720><c> Israel.</c>

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to<00:11:16.460><c> the</c><00:11:16.600><c> people</c><00:11:16.820><c> of</c><00:11:17.000><c> Israel</c><00:11:17.220><c> there.</c>

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Let's<00:11:30.120><c> read</c><00:11:30.419><c> about</c><00:11:30.720><c> that</c><00:11:31.120><c> in</c><00:11:32.019><c> 2</c><00:11:32.600><c> Samuel</c><00:11:33.200><c> chapter</c><00:11:33.860><c> 10.</c>

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Let's<00:11:34.500><c> turn</c><00:11:34.799><c> there.</c>

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I'm<00:11:44.679><c> gonna</c><00:11:44.840><c> do</c><00:11:45.080><c> it</c><00:11:45.379><c> from</c><00:11:45.779><c> the</c><00:11:46.080><c> English</c><00:11:46.399><c> standard</c><00:11:46.820><c> version.</c>

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I<00:11:47.299><c> think</c><00:11:47.399><c> it's</c><00:11:47.620><c> a</c><00:11:47.700><c> little</c><00:11:47.860><c> clearer.</c>

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So<00:11:48.879><c> here</c><00:11:49.080><c> we</c><00:11:49.279><c> go,</c><00:11:49.740><c> 2</c><00:11:49.820><c> Samuel</c><00:11:50.200><c> chapter</c><00:11:50.700><c> 10,</c><00:11:51.379><c> verse</c><00:11:51.700><c> six.</c>

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20<00:12:02.500><c>,000</c><00:12:02.960><c> foot</c><00:12:03.240><c> soldiers,</c><00:12:04.279><c> and</c><00:12:04.799><c> the</c><00:12:05.059><c> king</c><00:12:05.440><c> of</c><00:12:06.100><c> Mayaka</c>

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Okay,<00:12:12.840><c> so</c><00:12:13.019><c> what</c><00:12:13.159><c> do</c><00:12:13.240><c> we</c><00:12:13.340><c> know</c><00:12:13.480><c> about</c><00:12:13.679><c> these</c><00:12:14.000><c> Mayakaites?</c>

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Well,<00:12:15.980><c> clearly</c><00:12:15.980><c> they</c><00:12:16.779><c> are</c><00:12:17.360><c> not</c><00:12:18.000><c> friends</c><00:12:18.379><c> of</c><00:12:18.559><c> God's</c><00:12:19.059><c> people,</c>

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and<00:12:20.120><c> their</c><00:12:20.379><c> name,</c><00:12:21.299><c> which</c><00:12:21.659><c> is</c><00:12:21.740><c> shared</c><00:12:22.080><c> by</c><00:12:22.580><c> David's</c><00:12:23.200><c> wife,</c>

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is<00:12:24.500><c> associated</c><00:12:25.179><c> with</c><00:12:26.080><c> defiance</c><00:12:27.360><c> of</c><00:12:28.100><c> God.</c>

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Well,<00:12:31.519><c> Mayaka's</c><00:12:32.120><c> family</c><00:12:32.559><c> had</c><00:12:33.159><c> a</c><00:12:33.519><c> negative</c><00:12:33.919><c> impact</c><00:12:34.700><c> on</c><00:12:35.340><c> Israel.</c>

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Absalom,<00:12:37.600><c> he's</c><00:12:38.039><c> an</c><00:12:38.220><c> obvious</c><00:12:38.500><c> example</c><00:12:39.000><c> of</c><00:12:39.240><c> that.</c>

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But<00:12:40.100><c> the</c><00:12:40.360><c> problem</c><00:12:40.720><c> is</c><00:12:40.899><c> that</c><00:12:41.019><c> this</c><00:12:41.279><c> family</c><00:12:41.639><c> introduced</c><00:12:42.279><c> in</c><00:12:42.519><c> Israel,</c>

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they<00:12:43.360><c> didn't</c><00:12:43.720><c> stop</c><00:12:44.240><c> with</c><00:12:44.679><c> Absalom.</c>

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So<00:12:46.779><c> Mayaka,</c><00:12:47.740><c> David's</c><00:12:48.139><c> wife,</c><00:12:48.919><c> had</c><00:12:49.200><c> a</c><00:12:49.379><c> granddaughter</c><00:12:49.740><c> named</c><00:12:50.080><c> Tamar,</c>

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and<00:12:51.460><c> Tamar</c><00:12:52.059><c> had</c><00:12:52.519><c> a</c><00:12:52.759><c> daughter,</c><00:12:53.899><c> and</c><00:12:54.159><c> Tamar's</c><00:12:55.480><c> daughter</c>

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also<00:12:57.440><c> caused</c><00:12:57.860><c> problems</c><00:12:58.500><c> in</c><00:12:58.860><c> Israel.</c>

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Does<00:12:59.879><c> anyone</c><00:13:00.220><c> want</c><00:13:00.580><c> to</c><00:13:01.299><c> venture</c><00:13:01.700><c> a</c><00:13:02.080><c> guess,</c>

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given<00:13:02.720><c> everything</c><00:13:03.100><c> we've</c><00:13:03.500><c> said,</c>

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about<00:13:04.259><c> what</c><00:13:04.519><c> Tamar's</c><00:13:05.240><c> daughter's</c><00:13:06.159><c> name</c><00:13:06.519><c> was?</c>

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It<00:13:10.220><c> was</c><00:13:10.960><c> Mayaka.</c>

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There<00:13:13.820><c> is</c><00:13:14.539><c> that</c><00:13:14.980><c> name</c><00:13:15.299><c> again.</c>

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Now,<00:13:16.620><c> given</c><00:13:16.820><c> these</c><00:13:17.139><c> connotations</c><00:13:17.799><c> and</c><00:13:18.000><c> everything</c><00:13:18.220><c> we've</c>

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just<00:13:18.720><c> said,</c>

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anybody<00:13:19.899><c> want</c><00:13:20.159><c> to</c><00:13:20.279><c> name</c><00:13:20.580><c> their</c><00:13:20.960><c> kid</c><00:13:21.240><c> Mayaka?</c>

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No,<00:13:23.639><c> what</c><00:13:23.860><c> kind</c><00:13:24.220><c> of</c><00:13:24.379><c> follower</c><00:13:24.700><c> of</c><00:13:25.039><c> Yahweh</c>

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would<00:13:25.480><c> want</c><00:13:25.720><c> to</c><00:13:26.460><c> name</c><00:13:26.799><c> their</c><00:13:27.159><c> child</c><00:13:27.700><c> that</c><00:13:28.139><c> name?</c>

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And<00:13:28.779><c> so</c><00:13:28.919><c> it</c><00:13:29.179><c> seems</c><00:13:29.679><c> that</c><00:13:29.960><c> there's</c><00:13:30.379><c> some</c><00:13:30.960><c> thinking</c><00:13:31.460><c> in</c><00:13:31.820><c> this</c><00:13:32.179><c> family,</c>

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right,<00:13:33.759><c> that</c><00:13:33.940><c> is</c><00:13:34.419><c> not</c><00:13:35.200><c> in</c><00:13:35.740><c> harmony</c><00:13:36.100><c> with</c><00:13:36.799><c> the</c><00:13:37.240><c> teachings</c><00:13:37.679><c> of</c><00:13:38.179><c> Yahweh.</c>

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It<00:13:39.159><c> seems</c><00:13:39.659><c> that</c><00:13:40.059><c> opposition</c><00:13:40.759><c> to</c><00:13:41.080><c> Yahweh</c>

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is<00:13:41.659><c> being</c><00:13:42.179><c> passed</c><00:13:42.659><c> down</c><00:13:43.100><c> from</c><00:13:43.720><c> generation</c><00:13:44.379><c> to</c><00:13:44.580><c> generation</c>

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in<00:13:45.440><c> this</c><00:13:45.659><c> family.</c>

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I<00:13:46.980><c> wonder</c><00:13:47.299><c> what</c><00:13:47.600><c> the</c><00:13:48.759><c> conduit</c><00:13:49.620><c> of</c><00:13:50.039><c> that</c><00:13:50.399><c> false</c><00:13:50.620><c> teaching</c><00:13:51.059><c> was.</c>

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I<00:13:52.480><c> tend</c><00:13:52.519><c> to</c><00:13:52.700><c> think</c><00:13:52.799><c> it</c><00:13:53.100><c> probably</c><00:13:53.460><c> started</c><00:13:53.860><c> with</c><00:13:54.120><c> this</c><00:13:54.320><c> woman</c>

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that<00:13:55.320><c> David</c><00:13:55.620><c> married</c><00:13:56.019><c> and</c><00:13:56.519><c> for</c><00:13:56.639><c> whom</c><00:13:56.840><c> this</c><00:13:57.259><c> other</c><00:13:57.639><c> Mayaka</c><00:13:58.019><c> is</c><00:13:58.720><c> named.</c>

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Well,<00:13:59.940><c> so</c><00:14:00.039><c> what</c><00:14:00.179><c> did</c><00:14:00.279><c> this</c><00:14:00.580><c> later</c><00:14:00.879><c> Mayaka</c><00:14:01.360><c> do?</c>

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I'm<00:14:01.899><c> saying</c><00:14:02.159><c> she</c><00:14:02.360><c> was</c><00:14:02.580><c> a</c><00:14:02.799><c> troublemaker.</c>

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What<00:14:03.440><c> exactly</c><00:14:03.799><c> did</c><00:14:03.960><c> she</c><00:14:04.220><c> do?</c>

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Well,<00:14:04.960><c> she</c><00:14:05.139><c> later</c><00:14:05.379><c> on</c><00:14:05.620><c> became</c><00:14:05.919><c> the</c><00:14:06.240><c> wife</c><00:14:06.779><c> of</c><00:14:07.440><c> King</c><00:14:07.820><c> Rehoboam.</c>

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And<00:14:10.039><c> years</c><00:14:10.460><c> after</c><00:14:10.960><c> that,</c><00:14:12.120><c> Rehoboam's</c><00:14:13.039><c> grandson,</c>

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his<00:14:14.519><c> name</c><00:14:14.700><c> was</c><00:14:15.039><c> Asa,</c><00:14:15.940><c> King</c><00:14:16.220><c> Asa</c><00:14:16.620><c> was</c><00:14:16.919><c> reigning</c>

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and<00:14:17.379><c> he</c><00:14:17.700><c> tried</c><00:14:17.980><c> to</c><00:14:18.279><c> bring</c><00:14:18.460><c> about</c>

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a<00:14:19.679><c> religious</c><00:14:20.279><c> reformation</c><00:14:21.080><c> in</c><00:14:21.360><c> Judah.</c>

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He<00:14:22.059><c> was</c><00:14:22.379><c> particularly</c><00:14:23.179><c> interested</c><00:14:24.320><c> in</c><00:14:25.080><c> getting</c><00:14:25.379><c> rid</c><00:14:25.899><c> of</c><00:14:26.360><c> idolatry.</c>

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Well,<00:14:28.480><c> some</c><00:14:28.740><c> people</c><00:14:29.299><c> in</c><00:14:29.659><c> the</c><00:14:29.919><c> land</c>

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were<00:14:30.679><c> not</c><00:14:31.100><c> terribly</c><00:14:31.700><c> enthusiastic</c><00:14:32.679><c> about</c><00:14:33.399><c> his</c><00:14:33.980><c> plans.</c>

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One<00:14:35.240><c> of</c><00:14:35.480><c> them</c><00:14:36.019><c> absolutely</c><00:14:37.080><c> defied</c><00:14:37.720><c> him</c>

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and<00:14:39.240><c> refused</c><00:14:40.279><c> to</c><00:14:41.200><c> give</c><00:14:41.419><c> up</c><00:14:41.700><c> her</c><00:14:41.940><c> idol</c><00:14:42.179><c> worship.</c>

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This<00:14:44.419><c> person</c><00:14:44.799><c> was</c><00:14:45.179><c> this</c><00:14:45.460><c> later</c><00:14:45.679><c> Mayaka,</c><00:14:47.379><c> his</c><00:14:47.600><c> own</c><00:14:48.220><c> grandmother.</c>

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She<00:14:50.320><c> refused</c><00:14:51.200><c> to</c><00:14:51.440><c> go</c><00:14:51.679><c> along</c><00:14:52.139><c> with</c><00:14:52.679><c> his</c><00:14:53.120><c> plans</c>

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to<00:14:54.019><c> bring</c><00:14:54.379><c> the</c><00:14:54.620><c> nation</c><00:14:55.159><c> back</c><00:14:56.120><c> to</c><00:14:56.519><c> the</c><00:14:56.700><c> worship</c><00:14:56.980><c> of</c><00:14:57.320><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:14:58.120><c> as</c><00:14:58.419><c> a</c><00:14:58.700><c> result,</c><00:14:59.379><c> he</c><00:14:59.460><c> had</c><00:14:59.759><c> to</c><00:15:00.059><c> remove</c><00:15:00.679><c> his</c><00:15:01.100><c> grandmother</c>

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from<00:15:03.019><c> her</c><00:15:03.440><c> royal</c><00:15:04.019><c> role</c><00:15:04.419><c> in</c><00:15:04.720><c> the</c><00:15:04.919><c> kingdom.</c>

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Let's<00:15:05.360><c> go</c><00:15:05.539><c> to</c><00:15:05.720><c> 2</c><00:15:05.940><c> Chronicles</c><00:15:06.919><c> chapter</c><00:15:08.000><c> 15</c>

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and<00:15:10.559><c> read</c><00:15:10.860><c> about</c><00:15:11.220><c> him</c><00:15:11.899><c> removing</c><00:15:12.620><c> his</c><00:15:13.879><c> grandmother,</c>

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this<00:15:15.960><c> woman</c><00:15:16.700><c> Mayaka.</c>

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2<00:15:19.600><c> Chronicles</c><00:15:20.580><c> 15</c><00:15:22.000><c> and</c><00:15:22.980><c> verse</c><00:15:23.539><c> 16.</c>

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2<00:15:28.340><c> Chronicles</c><00:15:28.779><c> 15,</c><00:15:29.740><c> verse</c><00:15:30.000><c> 16.</c>

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And<00:15:30.860><c> also</c><00:15:31.259><c> concerning</c><00:15:32.039><c> Mayaka,</c><00:15:33.600><c> the</c><00:15:33.799><c> mother,</c>

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Martin<00:15:35.100><c> says</c><00:15:35.340><c> grandmother,</c><00:15:36.120><c> of</c><00:15:36.320><c> Asa</c><00:15:36.539><c> the</c><00:15:36.759><c> king,</c>

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he<00:15:37.700><c> removed</c><00:15:38.039><c> her</c><00:15:38.259><c> from</c><00:15:38.399><c> being</c><00:15:38.620><c> queen</c>

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because<00:15:39.559><c> she'd</c><00:15:39.980><c> made</c><00:15:40.019><c> an</c><00:15:40.379><c> idol</c><00:15:40.620><c> in</c><00:15:40.840><c> a</c><00:15:41.100><c> grove</c>

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and<00:15:42.299><c> Asa</c><00:15:42.639><c> cut</c><00:15:42.919><c> down</c><00:15:43.200><c> her</c><00:15:43.379><c> idol</c><00:15:43.679><c> and</c><00:15:44.139><c> stamped</c><00:15:44.419><c> it</c>

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and<00:15:45.779><c> burnt</c><00:15:46.080><c> it</c><00:15:47.080><c> at</c><00:15:47.500><c> the</c><00:15:47.779><c> brook</c><00:15:48.820><c> Kidron.</c>

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So,<00:15:52.120><c> generations</c><00:15:52.139><c> later,</c><00:15:54.100><c> defiance</c><00:15:54.500><c> of</c><00:15:54.960><c> God</c>

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is<00:15:55.440><c> still</c><00:15:55.799><c> associated</c><00:15:56.620><c> with</c><00:15:56.919><c> this</c><00:15:57.240><c> name</c><00:15:57.860><c> Mayaka.</c>

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Well,<00:16:00.120><c> there's</c><00:16:00.340><c> a</c><00:16:00.559><c> really</c><00:16:00.980><c> important</c><00:16:01.440><c> lesson</c>

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for<00:16:02.120><c> us</c><00:16:02.340><c> in</c><00:16:02.480><c> this</c><00:16:02.720><c> episode.</c>

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It<00:16:04.340><c> shows</c><00:16:04.679><c> us</c><00:16:05.179><c> the</c><00:16:05.679><c> unintended</c><00:16:06.240><c> consequences</c>

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that<00:16:07.500><c> can</c><00:16:07.759><c> arise</c><00:16:08.259><c> from</c><00:16:08.559><c> our</c><00:16:08.860><c> actions.</c>

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It<00:16:10.179><c> is</c><00:16:10.519><c> very</c><00:16:11.080><c> tempting</c><00:16:11.740><c> for</c><00:16:12.440><c> us</c><00:16:12.799><c> to</c><00:16:13.120><c> make</c><00:16:13.620><c> bad</c><00:16:14.159><c> decisions</c>

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when<00:16:16.399><c> two</c><00:16:17.039><c> things</c><00:16:17.500><c> converge</c><00:16:18.200><c> in</c><00:16:18.440><c> our</c><00:16:18.700><c> minds,</c><00:16:19.779><c> okay?</c>

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The<00:16:20.519><c> first</c><00:16:20.799><c> of</c><00:16:20.980><c> those</c><00:16:21.279><c> things</c><00:16:21.500><c> is</c><00:16:21.659><c> when</c><00:16:21.860><c> we</c><00:16:22.200><c> think</c>

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for<00:16:22.759><c> some</c><00:16:23.059><c> reason,</c><00:16:23.919><c> eh,</c><00:16:25.019><c> this</c><00:16:25.419><c> decision</c>

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is<00:16:27.019><c> not</c><00:16:27.419><c> really</c><00:16:27.919><c> that</c><00:16:28.299><c> important.</c>

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Okay,<00:16:29.460><c> so</c><00:16:29.580><c> if</c><00:16:29.720><c> we</c><00:16:29.879><c> look</c><00:16:30.059><c> at</c><00:16:30.179><c> a</c><00:16:30.360><c> decision</c>

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and<00:16:30.659><c> say</c><00:16:30.700><c> it's</c><00:16:30.879><c> not</c><00:16:31.159><c> that</c><00:16:31.519><c> important,</c>

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we're<00:16:32.720><c> already</c><00:16:33.000><c> in</c><00:16:33.139><c> a</c><00:16:33.159><c> little</c><00:16:33.299><c> bit</c><00:16:33.460><c> of</c><00:16:33.580><c> danger.</c>

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Now<00:16:34.500><c> add</c><00:16:34.899><c> to</c><00:16:35.200><c> that</c><00:16:35.679><c> if</c><00:16:36.220><c> we</c><00:16:36.559><c> think</c><00:16:36.779><c> that</c><00:16:37.559><c> it's</c><00:16:38.120><c> a</c><00:16:38.320><c> deviation</c>

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from<00:16:39.279><c> God's</c><00:16:39.940><c> principles</c><00:16:40.299><c> but</c><00:16:40.919><c> it's</c><00:16:41.639><c> only</c>

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a<00:16:42.159><c> little</c><00:16:42.720><c> bitty,</c><00:16:43.399><c> tiny</c><00:16:43.700><c> deviation.</c>

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We<00:16:46.600><c> put</c><00:16:46.759><c> those</c><00:16:47.100><c> two</c><00:16:47.360><c> things</c><00:16:47.679><c> together.</c>

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We<00:16:49.120><c> are</c><00:16:49.500><c> ripe</c><00:16:49.980><c> for</c><00:16:50.620><c> making</c><00:16:51.000><c> a</c><00:16:51.379><c> big</c><00:16:51.580><c> mistake.</c>

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Let's<00:16:53.320><c> think</c><00:16:53.600><c> about</c><00:16:53.879><c> those</c><00:16:54.200><c> ideas</c><00:16:54.820><c> of,</c>

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first<00:16:55.879><c> of</c><00:16:56.000><c> all,</c><00:16:56.159><c> a</c><00:16:56.360><c> decision</c><00:16:56.700><c> being</c><00:16:57.159><c> inconsequential.</c>

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Well,<00:17:00.179><c> the</c><00:17:00.419><c> truth</c><00:17:00.679><c> is</c><00:17:01.000><c> that</c><00:17:01.220><c> any</c><00:17:01.559><c> decision</c>

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we're<00:17:02.299><c> about</c><00:17:02.600><c> to</c><00:17:02.919><c> make</c><00:17:03.320><c> that</c><00:17:04.000><c> involves</c>

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spiritual<00:17:05.019><c> principles</c><00:17:05.519><c> is,</c><00:17:05.940><c> by</c><00:17:06.259><c> definition,</c><00:17:07.720><c> consequential.</c>

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It's<00:17:09.299><c> important.</c>

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I<00:17:09.740><c> mean,</c><00:17:09.920><c> think</c><00:17:10.240><c> about</c><00:17:10.519><c> what</c><00:17:10.779><c> our</c><00:17:11.160><c> service</c>

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to<00:17:11.660><c> our</c><00:17:11.920><c> God</c><00:17:12.599><c> consists</c><00:17:13.259><c> of.</c>

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As<00:17:14.980><c> of</c><00:17:15.160><c> right</c><00:17:15.400><c> now,</c><00:17:15.700><c> none</c><00:17:15.880><c> of</c><00:17:16.079><c> us</c><00:17:16.259><c> are</c><00:17:16.380><c> being</c>

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actively<00:17:17.259><c> called</c><00:17:17.579><c> upon</c><00:17:17.940><c> to</c><00:17:18.660><c> lay</c><00:17:19.140><c> down</c><00:17:19.599><c> our</c><00:17:20.019><c> lives</c>

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for<00:17:20.759><c> our</c><00:17:21.440><c> faith.</c>

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None<00:17:22.940><c> of</c><00:17:23.140><c> us</c><00:17:23.420><c> are</c><00:17:23.759><c> standing</c><00:17:24.160><c> up</c><00:17:24.539><c> before</c><00:17:25.079><c> multitudes</c>

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and<00:17:26.339><c> boldly</c><00:17:27.000><c> proclaiming</c><00:17:27.740><c> the</c><00:17:27.900><c> gospel.</c>

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What<00:17:29.119><c> does</c><00:17:29.319><c> our</c><00:17:29.559><c> service</c><00:17:29.859><c> to</c><00:17:30.000><c> God</c><00:17:30.299><c> consist</c><00:17:30.859><c> of</c><00:17:31.099><c> then?</c>

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Everyday<00:17:33.720><c> decisions.</c>

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Those<00:17:35.440><c> choices</c><00:17:36.099><c> that</c><00:17:36.400><c> we</c><00:17:36.640><c> have</c><00:17:36.880><c> in</c><00:17:37.119><c> front</c><00:17:37.319><c> of</c><00:17:37.460><c> us</c>

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every<00:17:38.359><c> single</c><00:17:38.799><c> day,</c><00:17:39.660><c> those</c><00:17:39.980><c> are</c><00:17:40.240><c> our</c><00:17:40.420><c> opportunities</c>

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to<00:17:41.299><c> serve</c><00:17:41.539><c> God.</c>

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We<00:17:42.839><c> really</c><00:17:43.259><c> don't</c><00:17:43.579><c> wanna</c><00:17:44.119><c> turn</c><00:17:44.539><c> those</c><00:17:44.799><c> up.</c>

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We<00:17:45.220><c> need</c><00:17:45.420><c> to</c><00:17:45.680><c> take</c><00:17:45.859><c> advantage</c><00:17:46.440><c> of</c><00:17:46.640><c> those,</c>

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seize<00:17:47.940><c> them</c><00:17:48.140><c> and</c><00:17:48.319><c> recognize</c><00:17:48.720><c> what</c><00:17:48.880><c> they</c><00:17:49.039><c> are.</c>

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They're<00:17:49.519><c> opportunities</c><00:17:50.220><c> to</c><00:17:50.480><c> serve</c><00:17:50.700><c> our</c><00:17:50.940><c> God.</c>

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We<00:17:51.259><c> need</c><00:17:51.539><c> to</c><00:17:51.619><c> not</c><00:17:52.079><c> pass</c><00:17:52.500><c> up</c><00:17:52.980><c> those</c><00:17:53.400><c> chances</c>

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we<00:17:54.180><c> have</c><00:17:54.319><c> to</c><00:17:54.579><c> honor</c><00:17:54.740><c> him</c><00:17:54.920><c> in</c><00:17:55.079><c> our</c><00:17:55.259><c> decisions.</c>

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So<00:17:56.400><c> if</c><00:17:56.599><c> spiritual</c><00:17:57.059><c> principles</c><00:17:57.500><c> are</c><00:17:57.819><c> involved,</c>

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can't<00:17:58.940><c> be</c><00:17:59.180><c> regarded</c><00:17:59.400><c> as</c><00:17:59.720><c> a</c><00:17:59.880><c> small,</c>

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inconsequential<00:18:01.519><c> decision,</c><00:18:02.079><c> can</c><00:18:02.259><c> it?</c>

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And<00:18:03.559><c> when</c><00:18:03.680><c> it</c><00:18:03.880><c> comes</c><00:18:04.180><c> to</c><00:18:04.420><c> our</c><00:18:04.720><c> decision</c><00:18:05.059><c> making,</c>

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there's<00:18:06.140><c> no</c><00:18:06.359><c> such</c><00:18:06.599><c> thing</c><00:18:06.940><c> as</c><00:18:07.180><c> a</c><00:18:07.599><c> small</c><00:18:08.980><c> deviation</c>

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from<00:18:11.119><c> God's</c><00:18:12.140><c> commands.</c>

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We're<00:18:13.420><c> either</c><00:18:13.700><c> doing</c><00:18:14.039><c> what</c><00:18:14.339><c> God</c><00:18:14.839><c> says</c>

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or<00:18:17.420><c> we're</c><00:18:18.059><c> not.</c>

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And<00:18:19.859><c> when</c><00:18:20.079><c> we</c><00:18:20.859><c> turn</c><00:18:21.759><c> from</c><00:18:22.559><c> the</c><00:18:22.759><c> wisdom</c><00:18:23.000><c> of</c><00:18:23.240><c> the</c><00:18:23.400><c> Bible,</c>

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no<00:18:23.920><c> matter</c><00:18:24.259><c> how</c><00:18:24.880><c> small</c><00:18:25.859><c> we</c><00:18:26.519><c> may</c><00:18:26.859><c> think</c><00:18:27.079><c> that</c><00:18:27.440><c> deviation</c><00:18:28.019><c> is,</c>

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we<00:18:29.539><c> are</c><00:18:29.920><c> depriving</c><00:18:30.700><c> ourselves</c><00:18:31.519><c> of</c><00:18:31.880><c> the</c><00:18:32.319><c> benefits</c>

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of<00:18:33.140><c> doing</c><00:18:33.460><c> things</c><00:18:33.880><c> God's</c><00:18:34.460><c> way.</c>

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And<00:18:34.819><c> remember,</c><00:18:35.200><c> God's</c><00:18:35.839><c> commands</c><00:18:36.259><c> are</c><00:18:36.660><c> given</c><00:18:37.000><c> to</c><00:18:37.700><c> help</c><00:18:38.000><c> us.</c>

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And<00:18:38.680><c> so</c><00:18:38.859><c> if</c><00:18:39.119><c> we</c><00:18:39.819><c> decide</c><00:18:40.319><c> to</c><00:18:40.960><c> ignore</c><00:18:41.440><c> them,</c><00:18:41.920><c> turn</c><00:18:42.200><c> from</c><00:18:42.420><c> them,</c>

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then<00:18:42.779><c> we</c><00:18:42.859><c> are</c><00:18:43.160><c> depriving</c><00:18:43.720><c> ourselves</c><00:18:44.299><c> of</c><00:18:44.480><c> the</c><00:18:44.799><c> benefits</c>

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contained<00:18:46.599><c> in</c><00:18:47.160><c> following</c><00:18:47.619><c> those</c><00:18:48.839><c> commands.</c>

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And<00:18:50.059><c> there</c><00:18:50.200><c> can</c><00:18:50.440><c> be</c><00:18:50.680><c> significant</c><00:18:51.259><c> consequences</c>

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from<00:18:52.539><c> those</c><00:18:52.900><c> departures.</c>

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And<00:18:54.059><c> those</c><00:18:54.400><c> consequences</c><00:18:54.920><c> aren't</c><00:18:55.180><c> just</c><00:18:55.480><c> felt</c><00:18:55.619><c> by</c><00:18:55.900><c> us.</c>

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They're<00:18:57.059><c> felt</c><00:18:57.259><c> by</c><00:18:57.579><c> other</c><00:18:57.799><c> people,</c>

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not<00:18:58.680><c> only</c><00:18:58.920><c> in</c><00:18:59.240><c> our</c><00:18:59.559><c> time,</c><00:18:59.799><c> but</c><00:18:59.920><c> in</c><00:19:00.200><c> other</c><00:19:00.460><c> times</c><00:19:00.759><c> as</c><00:19:01.019><c> well.</c>

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You<00:19:02.000><c> know,</c><00:19:02.059><c> when</c><00:19:02.200><c> it</c><00:19:02.420><c> came</c><00:19:02.700><c> to</c><00:19:02.940><c> marrying</c><00:19:03.200><c> Mayaka,</c>

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David<00:19:04.940><c> knew</c><00:19:05.380><c> better</c><00:19:05.819><c> than</c><00:19:06.259><c> to</c><00:19:06.480><c> do</c><00:19:06.740><c> this.</c>

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The<00:19:07.220><c> kings</c><00:19:07.480><c> of</c><00:19:07.720><c> God's</c><00:19:08.180><c> people</c><00:19:08.339><c> were</c><00:19:08.640><c> not</c><00:19:08.980><c> supposed</c>

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to<00:19:09.720><c> be</c><00:19:09.960><c> multiplying</c><00:19:10.740><c> wives.</c>

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But<00:19:12.259><c> perhaps</c><00:19:12.779><c> David</c><00:19:13.059><c> thought</c><00:19:13.480><c> that</c><00:19:14.000><c> taking</c><00:19:14.339><c> another</c><00:19:14.700><c> wife,</c>

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yeah,<00:19:16.059><c> yeah,</c><00:19:16.279><c> yeah,</c><00:19:16.359><c> and</c><00:19:16.500><c> she's</c><00:19:16.700><c> a</c><00:19:16.799><c> Gentile,</c>

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taking<00:19:18.180><c> another</c><00:19:18.440><c> wife,</c><00:19:18.940><c> not</c><00:19:19.119><c> that</c><00:19:19.420><c> big</c><00:19:19.539><c> of</c><00:19:19.740><c> a</c><00:19:19.839><c> deal.</c>

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I've<00:19:20.519><c> already</c><00:19:20.720><c> got</c><00:19:20.960><c> so</c><00:19:21.279><c> many.</c>

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Or<00:19:23.059><c> maybe</c><00:19:23.299><c> he</c><00:19:23.519><c> thought</c><00:19:23.680><c> that</c><00:19:23.920><c> it</c><00:19:24.039><c> was</c><00:19:24.599><c> a</c><00:19:25.400><c> tolerable</c>

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deviation<00:19:28.299><c> from</c><00:19:28.819><c> God's</c><00:19:29.420><c> principles.</c>

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That's<00:19:31.299><c> an</c><00:19:31.339><c> idea</c><00:19:31.480><c> we</c><00:19:31.579><c> need</c><00:19:31.720><c> to</c><00:19:31.920><c> watch</c><00:19:32.180><c> out</c>

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when<00:19:32.640><c> it</c><00:19:32.900><c> starts</c><00:19:33.140><c> arising</c><00:19:33.599><c> in</c><00:19:33.819><c> our</c><00:19:33.980><c> minds.</c>

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You<00:19:34.380><c> can</c><00:19:34.539><c> have</c><00:19:34.720><c> a</c><00:19:34.799><c> tolerable</c><00:19:36.140><c> deviation</c><00:19:36.819><c> from</c><00:19:37.079><c> God's</c><00:19:37.599><c> principles.</c>

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Well,<00:19:39.240><c> regardless</c><00:19:39.900><c> of</c><00:19:40.279><c> what</c><00:19:40.539><c> exactly</c><00:19:41.180><c> David</c><00:19:41.440><c> was</c><00:19:41.779><c> thinking</c>

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when<00:19:42.259><c> he</c><00:19:42.440><c> took</c><00:19:42.740><c> Absalom's</c><00:19:43.720><c> mother</c><00:19:44.140><c> to</c><00:19:44.539><c> wife,</c>

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it<00:19:45.799><c> was</c><00:19:46.099><c> a</c><00:19:46.200><c> departure</c><00:19:46.700><c> from</c><00:19:46.980><c> God's</c><00:19:47.619><c> ways</c>

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that<00:19:48.160><c> had</c><00:19:48.400><c> unforeseen</c><00:19:49.119><c> consequences.</c>

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David<00:19:51.079><c> certainly</c><00:19:51.559><c> experienced</c><00:19:52.180><c> those</c><00:19:52.599><c> consequences</c><00:19:53.279><c> in</c><00:19:53.599><c> his</c><00:19:53.920><c> life,</c>

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but<00:19:54.880><c> that</c><00:19:55.180><c> wasn't</c><00:19:55.460><c> all.</c>

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His<00:19:56.480><c> great,</c><00:19:57.839><c> great</c><00:19:58.380><c> grandson,</c><00:20:00.599><c> Asa,</c>

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was<00:20:01.940><c> still</c><00:20:02.680><c> having</c><00:20:03.059><c> to</c><00:20:03.519><c> deal</c><00:20:03.779><c> with</c><00:20:04.000><c> the</c><00:20:04.420><c> consequences</c>

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of<00:20:05.299><c> David's</c><00:20:05.960><c> decision</c><00:20:06.240><c> making</c><00:20:06.900><c> in</c><00:20:07.400><c> his</c><00:20:07.579><c> own</c><00:20:07.859><c> life.</c>

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Wow,<00:20:09.839><c> that's</c><00:20:10.099><c> an</c><00:20:10.259><c> exhortation</c><00:20:10.779><c> for</c><00:20:10.960><c> us</c><00:20:11.079><c> to</c><00:20:11.200><c> really</c><00:20:11.480><c> be</c><00:20:11.720><c> careful</c>

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about<00:20:12.200><c> what</c><00:20:12.319><c> we're</c><00:20:12.519><c> doing</c><00:20:12.680><c> with</c><00:20:12.859><c> the</c><00:20:13.039><c> time</c><00:20:13.220><c> we</c><00:20:13.440><c> have</c><00:20:13.579><c> right</c><00:20:13.940><c> now.</c>

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But<00:20:16.079><c> one</c><00:20:16.200><c> of</c><00:20:16.339><c> the</c><00:20:16.660><c> results</c><00:20:17.200><c> of</c><00:20:17.539><c> David</c><00:20:17.859><c> marrying</c><00:20:18.319><c> Mayaka</c>

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was,<00:20:19.059><c> of</c><00:20:19.240><c> course,</c><00:20:20.180><c> Absalom,</c><00:20:20.700><c> Absalom's</c><00:20:21.279><c> birth.</c>

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Absalom<00:20:22.059><c> was</c><00:20:22.619><c> the</c><00:20:23.319><c> son</c><00:20:23.579><c> born</c><00:20:23.940><c> to</c><00:20:24.180><c> David</c><00:20:24.480><c> and</c><00:20:24.660><c> his</c><00:20:24.839><c> Gentile</c><00:20:25.380><c> wife.</c>

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He<00:20:26.559><c> was</c><00:20:26.880><c> the</c><00:20:27.240><c> third</c><00:20:27.559><c> boy</c><00:20:27.880><c> that</c><00:20:28.160><c> David</c><00:20:28.400><c> had.</c>

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David's<00:20:29.839><c> second</c><00:20:30.039><c> son</c><00:20:30.339><c> was</c><00:20:30.619><c> named</c><00:20:30.980><c> Daniel.</c>

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Daniel<00:20:32.359><c> was</c><00:20:32.640><c> the</c><00:20:32.680><c> child</c><00:20:33.140><c> of</c><00:20:33.500><c> faithful</c><00:20:33.920><c> Abigail.</c>

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The<00:20:35.420><c> interesting</c><00:20:35.720><c> thing</c><00:20:36.019><c> is</c><00:20:36.279><c> that</c><00:20:36.920><c> the</c><00:20:37.119><c> Bible</c><00:20:37.339><c> doesn't</c><00:20:37.619><c> record</c>

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anything<00:20:38.519><c> about</c><00:20:38.839><c> Daniel</c><00:20:39.299><c> doing</c><00:20:39.660><c> anything,</c>

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and<00:20:41.039><c> so</c><00:20:41.380><c> that</c><00:20:41.660><c> lack</c><00:20:41.920><c> of</c><00:20:42.200><c> information</c><00:20:42.779><c> suggests</c>

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that<00:20:44.180><c> Daniel's</c><00:20:45.059><c> life</c><00:20:45.299><c> may</c><00:20:45.599><c> not</c><00:20:45.839><c> have</c><00:20:46.039><c> been</c><00:20:46.220><c> long.</c>

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He<00:20:46.599><c> may</c><00:20:46.859><c> have</c><00:20:47.160><c> died</c><00:20:47.579><c> when</c><00:20:47.779><c> he</c><00:20:47.960><c> was</c><00:20:48.220><c> young.</c>

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Now,<00:20:50.259><c> what</c><00:20:50.420><c> about</c><00:20:50.720><c> Solomon?</c>

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When<00:20:51.460><c> did</c><00:20:51.640><c> he</c><00:20:51.740><c> come</c><00:20:52.019><c> on</c><00:20:52.180><c> the</c><00:20:52.380><c> scene?</c>

00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:54.680
Well,<00:20:52.980><c> Solomon</c><00:20:53.240><c> was</c><00:20:53.599><c> probably</c><00:20:54.119><c> born</c>

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:57.660
when<00:20:55.140><c> Absalom</c><00:20:55.700><c> was</c><00:20:55.940><c> in</c><00:20:56.140><c> his</c><00:20:56.380><c> early</c><00:20:56.660><c> 20s.</c>

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:59.599
So<00:20:58.000><c> what</c><00:20:58.119><c> does</c><00:20:58.319><c> that</c><00:20:58.599><c> mean</c><00:20:58.900><c> for</c><00:20:59.200><c> Absalom,</c>

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given<00:20:59.920><c> the</c><00:21:00.180><c> fact</c><00:21:00.420><c> that</c><00:21:00.740><c> Daniel</c><00:21:01.140><c> probably</c><00:21:01.799><c> died</c><00:21:02.059><c> young,</c>

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Solomon<00:21:02.859><c> comes</c><00:21:03.279><c> later?</c>

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Well,<00:21:04.960><c> what</c><00:21:05.140><c> it</c><00:21:05.240><c> means</c><00:21:05.480><c> for</c><00:21:05.839><c> Absalom</c><00:21:06.380><c> is</c><00:21:06.779><c> that,</c>

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:14.119
for<00:21:07.980><c> much</c><00:21:08.259><c> of</c><00:21:08.440><c> his</c><00:21:08.740><c> life,</c><00:21:09.900><c> there</c><00:21:10.119><c> is</c><00:21:10.359><c> only</c><00:21:11.460><c> one</c><00:21:12.819><c> person</c>

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:18.519
in<00:21:14.960><c> front</c><00:21:15.180><c> of</c><00:21:15.380><c> him</c><00:21:15.900><c> in</c><00:21:16.539><c> the</c><00:21:16.799><c> line</c><00:21:17.059><c> to</c><00:21:17.339><c> the</c><00:21:17.619><c> throne.</c>

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A<00:21:19.500><c> person</c><00:21:19.960><c> was</c><00:21:21.200><c> Amnon,</c><00:21:22.440><c> David's</c><00:21:23.039><c> firstborn.</c>

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:28.079
Now,<00:21:24.900><c> of</c><00:21:25.180><c> course,</c><00:21:25.980><c> in</c><00:21:26.119><c> making</c><00:21:26.740><c> David</c><00:21:27.200><c> the</c><00:21:27.359><c> king</c><00:21:27.519><c> of</c><00:21:27.740><c> Israel,</c>

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:32.420
God<00:21:28.500><c> had</c><00:21:28.819><c> demonstrated</c><00:21:29.319><c> clearly</c><00:21:29.819><c> that</c><00:21:30.240><c> lineage</c><00:21:30.740><c> and</c><00:21:31.359><c> birth</c><00:21:31.680><c> order</c>

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they<00:21:33.059><c> don't</c><00:21:33.160><c> mean</c><00:21:33.400><c> anything</c><00:21:33.960><c> in</c><00:21:34.220><c> his</c><00:21:34.539><c> sight.</c>

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What<00:21:34.900><c> matters</c><00:21:35.240><c> is</c><00:21:35.460><c> faith</c><00:21:35.680><c> and</c><00:21:36.000><c> character.</c>

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:39.940
Well,<00:21:37.400><c> Absalom</c><00:21:37.480><c> was</c><00:21:37.720><c> clearly</c><00:21:38.059><c> not</c><00:21:38.380><c> thinking</c><00:21:38.599><c> along</c><00:21:38.940><c> those</c><00:21:39.319><c> lines,</c>

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:42.900
and<00:21:40.380><c> as</c><00:21:40.519><c> Second</c><00:21:40.839><c> Samuel</c><00:21:41.180><c> chapter</c><00:21:41.599><c> 13</c><00:21:42.160><c> demonstrates,</c>

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faith<00:21:43.680><c> and</c><00:21:44.099><c> character</c><00:21:44.700><c> were</c><00:21:45.240><c> characteristics</c>

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:50.940
that<00:21:46.440><c> were</c><00:21:47.099><c> woefully</c><00:21:47.920><c> lacking</c><00:21:48.640><c> in</c><00:21:49.660><c> Absalom's</c><00:21:50.599><c> life.</c>

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:54.359
Let's<00:21:51.539><c> go</c><00:21:51.740><c> to</c><00:21:51.940><c> Second</c><00:21:52.220><c> Samuel</c><00:21:52.700><c> chapter</c><00:21:53.720><c> 13</c>

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:57.859
and<00:21:54.940><c> consider</c><00:21:55.420><c> the</c><00:21:55.980><c> events</c><00:21:56.319><c> of</c><00:21:56.539><c> that</c><00:21:56.839><c> chapter</c><00:21:57.220><c> a</c><00:21:57.400><c> little</c><00:21:57.619><c> bit.</c>

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What<00:21:58.119><c> was</c><00:21:58.359><c> going</c><00:21:58.640><c> on</c><00:21:58.960><c> there?</c>

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This<00:22:01.380><c> is,</c><00:22:01.660><c> of</c><00:22:01.740><c> course,</c><00:22:01.940><c> the</c><00:22:02.140><c> chapter</c><00:22:02.660><c> about</c><00:22:03.799><c> Amnon</c>

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:08.140
forcing<00:22:05.259><c> Absalom's</c><00:22:06.200><c> sister,</c><00:22:06.579><c> whose</c><00:22:06.759><c> name</c><00:22:06.980><c> was</c><00:22:07.240><c> Tamar.</c>

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:11.920
The<00:22:08.619><c> thing</c><00:22:08.740><c> of</c><00:22:08.880><c> it</c><00:22:09.119><c> is,</c><00:22:09.799><c> is</c><00:22:10.000><c> that</c><00:22:10.359><c> this</c><00:22:10.819><c> chapter</c>

00:22:12.049 --> 00:22:17.200
is<00:22:12.359><c> not</c><00:22:12.640><c> really</c><00:22:13.119><c> about</c><00:22:13.980><c> Amnon</c><00:22:15.799><c> and</c><00:22:16.019><c> Tamar.</c>

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Look<00:22:17.599><c> at</c><00:22:17.680><c> how</c><00:22:17.920><c> the</c><00:22:18.200><c> chapter</c><00:22:18.539><c> begins</c><00:22:19.259><c> and</c><00:22:20.119><c> where</c><00:22:20.339><c> the</c><00:22:20.559><c> focus</c><00:22:20.839><c> is.</c>

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:26.519
Verse<00:22:23.119><c> one,</c><00:22:24.299><c> and</c><00:22:24.599><c> it</c><00:22:24.759><c> came</c><00:22:25.019><c> to</c><00:22:25.299><c> pass</c><00:22:25.559><c> after</c><00:22:26.079><c> this</c>

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:31.759
that<00:22:27.279><c> Absalom,</c><00:22:29.859><c> the</c><00:22:30.059><c> son</c><00:22:30.259><c> of</c><00:22:30.500><c> David,</c><00:22:30.740><c> had</c><00:22:30.920><c> a</c><00:22:31.160><c> fair</c><00:22:31.339><c> sister</c>

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:35.500
whose<00:22:31.980><c> name</c><00:22:32.200><c> was</c><00:22:32.500><c> Tamar,</c><00:22:34.000><c> and</c><00:22:34.299><c> Amnon,</c><00:22:34.579><c> the</c><00:22:34.779><c> son</c><00:22:34.880><c> of</c><00:22:35.059><c> David,</c>

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loved<00:22:35.819><c> her.</c>

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Absalom<00:22:37.859><c> is</c><00:22:38.460><c> the</c><00:22:38.819><c> first</c><00:22:39.400><c> person</c><00:22:40.099><c> mentioned</c><00:22:40.720><c> in</c><00:22:41.059><c> this</c><00:22:41.420><c> chapter.</c>

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:48.400
Absalom<00:22:43.200><c> is</c><00:22:43.539><c> the</c><00:22:43.880><c> frame</c><00:22:44.200><c> of</c><00:22:44.940><c> reference</c><00:22:45.660><c> for</c><00:22:47.059><c> this</c><00:22:47.400><c> chapter.</c>

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:54.019
Now,<00:22:49.960><c> Absalom's</c><00:22:50.880><c> response</c><00:22:51.720><c> to</c><00:22:52.160><c> his</c><00:22:52.460><c> sister</c><00:22:53.259><c> Tamar,</c>

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:57.180
after<00:22:54.319><c> the</c><00:22:54.519><c> horrible</c><00:22:54.900><c> thing</c><00:22:55.220><c> that</c><00:22:55.559><c> happened</c><00:22:55.740><c> to</c><00:22:56.259><c> her,</c>

00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:00.339
comes<00:22:57.559><c> across</c><00:22:58.079><c> as</c><00:22:58.779><c> pretty</c><00:22:59.180><c> callous.</c>

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He<00:23:01.079><c> basically</c><00:23:01.599><c> tells</c><00:23:02.000><c> her,</c><00:23:02.920><c> after</c><00:23:03.240><c> all</c><00:23:03.420><c> has</c><00:23:03.660><c> happened,</c>

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:08.940
to<00:23:04.859><c> be</c><00:23:05.240><c> quiet</c><00:23:05.779><c> and</c><00:23:07.160><c> to</c><00:23:07.440><c> calm</c><00:23:07.720><c> down.</c>

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:12.460
Reading<00:23:09.559><c> from</c><00:23:09.819><c> the</c><00:23:10.039><c> English</c><00:23:10.279><c> Standard</c><00:23:10.680><c> Version,</c><00:23:11.079><c> verse</c><00:23:11.299><c> 20.</c>

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:15.559
And<00:23:13.079><c> her</c><00:23:13.240><c> brother</c><00:23:13.559><c> Absalom</c><00:23:14.119><c> said</c><00:23:14.400><c> to</c><00:23:14.539><c> her,</c>

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:18.339
has<00:23:15.940><c> Amnon,</c><00:23:16.259><c> your</c><00:23:16.500><c> brother,</c><00:23:16.700><c> been</c><00:23:16.920><c> with</c><00:23:17.200><c> you?</c>

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:21.039
Now<00:23:19.299><c> hold</c><00:23:19.460><c> your</c><00:23:19.680><c> peace,</c><00:23:20.000><c> my</c><00:23:20.200><c> sister.</c>

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:25.579
He's<00:23:21.519><c> your</c><00:23:21.759><c> brother,</c><00:23:23.579><c> do</c><00:23:23.700><c> not</c><00:23:23.960><c> take</c><00:23:24.200><c> this</c><00:23:24.440><c> to</c><00:23:24.640><c> heart.</c>

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:28.700
So<00:23:26.460><c> Tamar</c><00:23:26.839><c> lived</c><00:23:27.180><c> a</c><00:23:27.599><c> desolate</c><00:23:28.019><c> woman</c>

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:32.519
in<00:23:29.299><c> her</c><00:23:29.500><c> brother</c><00:23:30.200><c> Absalom's</c><00:23:31.420><c> house.</c>

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Absalom<00:23:34.640><c> reacted</c><00:23:35.240><c> like</c><00:23:35.559><c> he</c><00:23:35.839><c> did,</c>

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because<00:23:36.359><c> he</c><00:23:36.519><c> was</c><00:23:36.779><c> thinking</c><00:23:37.119><c> more</c><00:23:37.940><c> about</c><00:23:38.799><c> himself</c><00:23:39.519><c> here</c>

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:43.299
than<00:23:40.940><c> he</c><00:23:41.099><c> was</c><00:23:41.380><c> thinking</c><00:23:41.799><c> about</c><00:23:42.539><c> his</c><00:23:42.980><c> sister.</c>

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And<00:23:43.759><c> how</c><00:23:43.940><c> often</c><00:23:44.240><c> is</c><00:23:44.559><c> that</c><00:23:44.880><c> the</c><00:23:45.039><c> case</c><00:23:45.220><c> in</c><00:23:45.440><c> our</c><00:23:45.660><c> interactions?</c>

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:48.740
You<00:23:47.059><c> know,</c><00:23:47.259><c> if</c><00:23:47.380><c> someone</c><00:23:47.519><c> comes</c><00:23:47.819><c> to</c><00:23:48.000><c> us</c><00:23:48.119><c> with</c><00:23:48.319><c> a</c><00:23:48.500><c> problem</c>

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:51.759
and<00:23:48.960><c> we're</c><00:23:49.160><c> being</c><00:23:49.460><c> more</c><00:23:49.880><c> self</c><00:23:50.160><c>-focused</c><00:23:50.920><c> in</c><00:23:51.259><c> our</c><00:23:51.480><c> thinking</c>

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:53.180
than<00:23:52.000><c> thinking</c><00:23:52.259><c> about</c><00:23:52.619><c> them,</c>

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we're<00:23:53.960><c> probably</c><00:23:54.259><c> not</c><00:23:54.480><c> gonna</c><00:23:54.660><c> be</c><00:23:55.460><c> very</c><00:23:56.079><c> helpful.</c>

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We're<00:23:58.140><c> so</c><00:23:58.460><c> much</c><00:23:58.720><c> more</c><00:23:59.180><c> effective</c>

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in<00:24:00.640><c> communicating</c><00:24:01.119><c> to</c><00:24:01.359><c> other</c><00:24:01.559><c> people,</c>

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:05.079
but<00:24:02.859><c> we're</c><00:24:03.019><c> not</c><00:24:03.200><c> putting</c><00:24:03.400><c> ourselves</c><00:24:03.940><c> first.</c>

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:10.619
Now<00:24:06.839><c> Absalom</c><00:24:07.099><c> was</c><00:24:07.359><c> clearly</c><00:24:07.799><c> angry</c><00:24:08.500><c> at</c><00:24:09.539><c> Amnon</c><00:24:10.059><c> for</c><00:24:10.299><c> what</c><00:24:10.460><c> he</c>

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.680
had<00:24:10.759><c> done,</c>

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but<00:24:12.579><c> Absalom</c><00:24:13.240><c> did</c><00:24:13.539><c> not</c><00:24:13.859><c> just</c><00:24:14.660><c> view</c><00:24:15.119><c> the</c><00:24:15.460><c> events</c>

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:19.160
that<00:24:15.900><c> had</c><00:24:16.319><c> transpired</c><00:24:17.339><c> as</c><00:24:17.900><c> a</c><00:24:18.220><c> tragedy.</c>

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:23.880
And<00:24:20.420><c> in</c><00:24:20.579><c> Absalom's</c><00:24:21.200><c> mind,</c><00:24:21.500><c> the</c><00:24:21.680><c> events</c><00:24:22.000><c> were</c><00:24:22.380><c> also</c><00:24:22.980><c> an</c><00:24:23.240><c> opportunity.</c>

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:28.380
He<00:24:24.240><c> saw</c><00:24:24.559><c> this</c><00:24:24.839><c> as</c><00:24:25.059><c> a</c><00:24:25.359><c> chance</c><00:24:25.720><c> to</c><00:24:26.259><c> eliminate</c><00:24:27.099><c> Amnon</c>

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:31.220
and<00:24:28.759><c> to</c><00:24:28.980><c> advance</c><00:24:29.319><c> himself</c><00:24:29.940><c> in</c><00:24:30.160><c> the</c><00:24:30.359><c> line</c><00:24:30.559><c> to</c><00:24:30.779><c> the</c><00:24:30.980><c> throne.</c>

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:35.380
The<00:24:31.799><c> chapter</c><00:24:32.200><c> reveals</c><00:24:32.660><c> that</c><00:24:33.039><c> he</c><00:24:33.400><c> started</c><00:24:33.779><c> plotting</c><00:24:34.259><c> that</c>

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very<00:24:36.079><c> day.</c>

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Come<00:24:36.799><c> down</c><00:24:37.099><c> and</c><00:24:37.200><c> look</c><00:24:37.420><c> at</c><00:24:37.579><c> verse</c><00:24:37.980><c> 32</c><00:24:40.880><c> of</c><00:24:41.079><c> the</c><00:24:41.259><c> chapter.</c>

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:46.039
And<00:24:43.259><c> Jonadab,</c><00:24:43.839><c> the</c><00:24:43.960><c> son</c><00:24:44.140><c> of</c><00:24:44.500><c> Shimeah,</c><00:24:45.299><c> David's</c><00:24:45.720><c> brother,</c>

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:48.500
answered<00:24:46.460><c> and</c><00:24:46.680><c> said,</c><00:24:47.180><c> let</c><00:24:47.259><c> not</c><00:24:47.460><c> my</c><00:24:47.680><c> lords</c><00:24:47.980><c> oppose</c>

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:52.079
that<00:24:48.740><c> they</c><00:24:48.960><c> have</c><00:24:49.240><c> slain</c><00:24:49.480><c> all</c><00:24:49.779><c> the</c><00:24:49.960><c> young</c><00:24:50.220><c> men,</c><00:24:50.440><c> the</c><00:24:50.599><c> king's</c><00:24:51.119><c> sons,</c>

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:54.299
for<00:24:52.519><c> Amnon</c><00:24:52.960><c> only</c><00:24:53.480><c> is</c><00:24:53.839><c> dead.</c>

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For<00:24:54.960><c> by</c><00:24:55.140><c> the</c><00:24:55.480><c> appointment</c><00:24:56.019><c> of</c><00:24:56.559><c> Absalom,</c>

00:24:57.559 --> 00:25:02.539
this<00:24:58.119><c> had</c><00:24:58.420><c> been</c><00:24:59.039><c> determined</c><00:24:59.859><c> from</c><00:25:00.920><c> the</c><00:25:01.460><c> day</c>

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that<00:25:03.319><c> he</c><00:25:03.759><c> forced</c><00:25:04.420><c> his</c><00:25:05.140><c> sister</c><00:25:06.119><c> Tamar.</c>

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Now<00:25:07.819><c> think</c><00:25:08.000><c> about</c><00:25:08.259><c> this.</c>

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If<00:25:10.160><c> fury</c><00:25:10.740><c> at</c><00:25:11.920><c> what</c><00:25:12.359><c> Amnon</c><00:25:12.960><c> had</c><00:25:13.380><c> done</c>

00:25:14.529 --> 00:25:20.160
was<00:25:15.019><c> Absalom's</c><00:25:16.240><c> only</c><00:25:16.799><c> reason</c><00:25:17.519><c> for</c><00:25:18.420><c> killing</c><00:25:18.900><c> Amnon,</c>

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:23.680
then<00:25:20.680><c> Absalom</c><00:25:21.460><c> would</c><00:25:21.660><c> have</c><00:25:21.920><c> killed</c><00:25:22.099><c> his</c><00:25:22.420><c> brother</c><00:25:22.839><c> immediately,</c>

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:26.960
right<00:25:24.140><c> away,</c><00:25:25.180><c> but</c><00:25:25.339><c> that's</c><00:25:25.579><c> not</c><00:25:25.839><c> what</c><00:25:25.980><c> he</c><00:25:26.140><c> does,</c><00:25:26.519><c> right?</c>

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:29.720
Instead,<00:25:27.940><c> he</c><00:25:28.119><c> waits</c><00:25:28.380><c> two</c><00:25:28.839><c> years</c>

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:33.240
because<00:25:30.240><c> he</c><00:25:30.559><c> wants</c><00:25:31.059><c> the</c><00:25:31.660><c> right</c><00:25:31.880><c> opportunity</c>

00:25:33.170 --> 00:25:37.339
to<00:25:33.660><c> maximize</c><00:25:34.440><c> the</c><00:25:35.019><c> benefit</c><00:25:35.559><c> for</c><00:25:36.119><c> himself</c>

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:39.660
of<00:25:37.779><c> what</c><00:25:38.160><c> he's</c><00:25:38.400><c> gonna</c><00:25:38.559><c> do.</c>

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.859
Now<00:25:40.460><c> the</c><00:25:40.700><c> second</c><00:25:40.960><c> half</c><00:25:41.220><c> of</c><00:25:41.380><c> this</c><00:25:41.559><c> chapter,</c>

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:43.740
the<00:25:42.079><c> second</c><00:25:42.319><c> half</c><00:25:42.500><c> of</c><00:25:42.740><c> second</c><00:25:42.920><c> Samuel</c><00:25:43.220><c> 13,</c>

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:47.400
this<00:25:44.380><c> bit</c><00:25:44.559><c> running</c><00:25:44.839><c> from</c><00:25:45.079><c> verse</c><00:25:45.319><c> 22</c><00:25:45.920><c> to</c><00:25:46.359><c> verse</c><00:25:46.720><c> 39</c>

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:51.000
deals<00:25:48.339><c> with</c><00:25:48.900><c> Absalom's</c><00:25:49.539><c> murder</c><00:25:49.799><c> of</c><00:25:50.119><c> Amnon.</c>

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:53.640
That's<00:25:51.700><c> a</c><00:25:51.859><c> lot</c><00:25:52.000><c> of</c><00:25:52.119><c> Bible</c><00:25:52.480><c> real</c><00:25:52.819><c> estate</c><00:25:53.079><c> right</c><00:25:53.400><c> there.</c>

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:57.380
In<00:25:53.900><c> my</c><00:25:54.180><c> Bible,</c><00:25:54.480><c> that</c><00:25:54.740><c> is</c><00:25:55.000><c> a</c><00:25:55.359><c> full</c><00:25:55.819><c> page</c><00:25:56.559><c> of</c><00:25:56.920><c> text.</c>

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:59.579
An<00:25:57.940><c> incredible</c><00:25:58.319><c> amount</c><00:25:58.559><c> of</c><00:25:58.819><c> detail</c><00:25:59.200><c> there,</c>

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:04.099
especially<00:26:00.680><c> given</c><00:26:01.220><c> how</c><00:26:02.019><c> little</c><00:26:02.519><c> detail</c><00:26:03.039><c> there</c><00:26:03.299><c> is</c><00:26:03.559><c> provided</c>

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:10.359
about<00:26:04.680><c> some</c><00:26:05.180><c> really</c><00:26:05.579><c> other</c><00:26:06.180><c> key</c><00:26:07.160><c> moments</c><00:26:07.980><c> in</c><00:26:08.700><c> David's</c><00:26:09.359><c> life.</c>

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:12.740
The<00:26:10.680><c> Bible</c><00:26:11.000><c> provides</c><00:26:11.500><c> a</c><00:26:11.720><c> lot</c><00:26:11.980><c> of</c><00:26:12.259><c> detail</c>

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:16.960
about<00:26:13.220><c> the</c><00:26:13.619><c> murder</c><00:26:14.200><c> of</c><00:26:14.680><c> Amnon,</c><00:26:15.559><c> and</c><00:26:15.779><c> the</c><00:26:16.000><c> reason</c><00:26:16.299><c> is,</c>

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:20.900
I<00:26:17.380><c> believe</c><00:26:17.720><c> it's</c><00:26:17.980><c> because</c><00:26:18.460><c> the</c><00:26:18.900><c> Bible</c><00:26:19.240><c> is</c><00:26:19.559><c> making</c><00:26:19.900><c> a</c><00:26:20.539><c> point</c>

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:26.259
about<00:26:21.539><c> that</c><00:26:22.000><c> murder,</c><00:26:22.980><c> and</c><00:26:23.339><c> that</c><00:26:23.799><c> point</c><00:26:24.240><c> is</c><00:26:24.680><c> that</c><00:26:25.299><c> Absalom</c>

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:32.859
followed<00:26:27.319><c> David's</c><00:26:29.079><c> example</c><00:26:29.779><c> in</c><00:26:31.200><c> murdering</c><00:26:31.940><c> someone.</c>

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:41.559
Each<00:26:34.420><c> one</c><00:26:34.880><c> of</c><00:26:35.079><c> them</c><00:26:35.720><c> used</c><00:26:37.279><c> other</c><00:26:38.160><c> people</c><00:26:38.960><c> to</c><00:26:39.740><c> murder</c><00:26:40.240><c> for</c><00:26:40.640><c> them.</c>

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:44.500
Think<00:26:42.640><c> about</c><00:26:42.980><c> Absalom's</c><00:26:43.640><c> life.</c>

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:48.740
He<00:26:45.039><c> was</c><00:26:45.299><c> probably</c><00:26:45.880><c> around</c><00:26:46.400><c> 17</c><00:26:47.079><c> years</c><00:26:47.619><c> old</c>

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:52.839
when<00:26:49.119><c> David</c><00:26:49.640><c> committed</c><00:26:50.339><c> his</c><00:26:50.940><c> sin</c><00:26:51.119><c> with</c><00:26:51.440><c> Bathsheba,</c>

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:56.839
and<00:26:53.140><c> then</c><00:26:53.460><c> followed</c><00:26:53.779><c> that</c><00:26:54.180><c> by</c><00:26:54.440><c> having</c><00:26:54.819><c> Uriah</c><00:26:55.740><c> killed.</c>

00:26:57.019 --> 00:27:02.079
So<00:26:57.460><c> Absalom</c><00:26:58.180><c> was</c><00:26:58.559><c> at</c><00:26:58.839><c> a</c><00:26:59.160><c> very</c><00:27:00.160><c> impressionable</c><00:27:01.380><c> age</c>

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.839
at<00:27:02.240><c> that</c><00:27:02.579><c> time.</c>

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:07.839
Now,<00:27:04.740><c> David's</c><00:27:05.759><c> sin</c><00:27:06.079><c> was</c><00:27:06.720><c> forgiven,</c>

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:12.859
but<00:27:08.559><c> oh,</c><00:27:09.920><c> its</c><00:27:10.259><c> impact</c><00:27:11.119><c> persisted.</c>

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:18.880
In<00:27:13.059><c> a</c><00:27:13.339><c> sense,</c><00:27:14.759><c> David</c><00:27:15.180><c> had</c><00:27:15.700><c> given</c><00:27:16.059><c> his</c><00:27:16.619><c> son</c><00:27:17.119><c> a</c><00:27:17.940><c> lesson</c>

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:21.539
in<00:27:19.440><c> how</c><00:27:19.619><c> to</c><00:27:19.759><c> go</c><00:27:19.920><c> about</c><00:27:20.160><c> doing</c><00:27:20.460><c> wrong.</c>

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:28.279
If<00:27:22.579><c> you</c><00:27:22.680><c> want</c><00:27:22.839><c> to</c><00:27:23.000><c> murder,</c><00:27:25.099><c> here's</c><00:27:26.019><c> how</c><00:27:26.660><c> you</c><00:27:27.079><c> do</c><00:27:27.339><c> it.</c>

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:31.160
Imagine<00:27:29.619><c> David's</c><00:27:30.200><c> mind</c><00:27:30.359><c> at</c><00:27:30.559><c> this</c><00:27:30.779><c> point.</c>

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:33.599
Can<00:27:31.740><c> you</c><00:27:31.839><c> imagine</c><00:27:32.140><c> what</c><00:27:32.279><c> he</c><00:27:32.359><c> would</c><00:27:32.500><c> have</c><00:27:32.619><c> been</c><00:27:32.839><c> feeling?</c>

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:39.960
He<00:27:34.420><c> was</c><00:27:34.759><c> seeing</c><00:27:35.079><c> his</c><00:27:35.619><c> son</c><00:27:36.839><c> copy</c><00:27:37.539><c> his</c><00:27:38.480><c> own</c><00:27:39.019><c> poor</c><00:27:39.339><c> example</c>

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:45.539
that<00:27:40.220><c> he</c><00:27:40.619><c> hated</c><00:27:41.000><c> so</c><00:27:42.420><c> much,</c><00:27:43.480><c> and</c><00:27:44.140><c> this</c><00:27:44.500><c> account,</c><00:27:44.900><c> I</c><00:27:45.140><c> believe,</c>

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:48.940
is<00:27:45.839><c> recorded</c><00:27:46.299><c> the</c><00:27:46.539><c> way</c><00:27:46.740><c> it</c><00:27:46.920><c> is</c><00:27:47.079><c> for</c><00:27:47.420><c> our</c><00:27:48.019><c> learning,</c>

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:52.039
and<00:27:49.259><c> one</c><00:27:49.460><c> of</c><00:27:49.579><c> its</c><00:27:49.779><c> lessons</c><00:27:50.200><c> seems</c><00:27:50.640><c> to</c><00:27:50.859><c> be</c><00:27:50.980><c> that</c><00:27:51.200><c> when</c><00:27:51.440><c> we</c><00:27:51.859><c> sin,</c>

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:56.279
we<00:27:52.259><c> can</c><00:27:52.660><c> inadvertently</c><00:27:53.519><c> teach</c><00:27:54.539><c> others</c><00:27:55.019><c> who</c><00:27:55.240><c> are</c><00:27:55.500><c> watching</c><00:27:55.859><c> us</c>

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:58.900
how<00:27:56.599><c> to</c><00:27:56.839><c> be</c><00:27:57.059><c> disobedient</c><00:27:57.819><c> and</c><00:27:58.119><c> the</c><00:27:58.279><c> best</c><00:27:58.619><c> way</c>

00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:04.079
to<00:27:59.099><c> go</c><00:27:59.200><c> about</c><00:27:59.779><c> breaking</c><00:28:00.539><c> God's</c><00:28:01.500><c> commands</c><00:28:02.059><c> as</c><00:28:02.900><c> well.</c>

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:08.900
Thus,<00:28:05.039><c> the</c><00:28:05.160><c> impact</c><00:28:05.619><c> of</c><00:28:05.900><c> our</c><00:28:06.099><c> mistakes</c><00:28:06.640><c> can</c><00:28:06.980><c> be</c><00:28:07.440><c> magnified</c>

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:13.079
because<00:28:09.359><c> other</c><00:28:09.920><c> people</c><00:28:11.039><c> are</c><00:28:11.680><c> watching</c><00:28:11.980><c> us,</c>

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:16.480
and<00:28:13.839><c> that</c><00:28:14.039><c> can</c><00:28:14.160><c> be</c><00:28:14.339><c> a</c><00:28:14.460><c> tremendous</c><00:28:14.960><c> motivator</c><00:28:15.480><c> for</c><00:28:15.640><c> us</c><00:28:15.839><c> to</c><00:28:16.039><c> do</c><00:28:16.220><c> right.</c>

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:21.299
The<00:28:16.880><c> desire</c><00:28:17.460><c> not</c><00:28:18.400><c> to</c><00:28:18.799><c> see</c><00:28:19.359><c> our</c><00:28:20.019><c> wrong</c><00:28:20.559><c> actions</c>

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.759
popping<00:28:21.960><c> up</c><00:28:22.200><c> in</c><00:28:22.339><c> the</c><00:28:22.539><c> lives</c><00:28:22.819><c> of</c><00:28:23.039><c> other</c><00:28:23.279><c> people,</c>

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:27.940
particularly<00:28:24.480><c> our</c><00:28:24.880><c> children,</c><00:28:26.000><c> our</c><00:28:26.259><c> desire</c><00:28:26.859><c> not</c><00:28:27.500><c> to</c><00:28:27.759><c> see</c>

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:30.420
the<00:28:28.180><c> wrong</c><00:28:28.400><c> that</c><00:28:28.599><c> we</c><00:28:28.799><c> do</c><00:28:29.079><c> being</c><00:28:29.559><c> emulated</c>

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:33.720
by<00:28:30.819><c> the</c><00:28:31.160><c> children</c><00:28:31.660><c> that</c><00:28:32.319><c> we</c><00:28:32.599><c> have,</c>

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:38.140
that<00:28:34.460><c> desire</c><00:28:35.039><c> should</c><00:28:35.660><c> be</c><00:28:36.000><c> an</c><00:28:36.380><c> incredible</c><00:28:37.119><c> motivator</c>

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:42.799
for<00:28:38.480><c> us</c><00:28:38.799><c> to</c><00:28:39.059><c> remain</c><00:28:39.559><c> firm</c><00:28:40.359><c> to</c><00:28:40.880><c> God's</c><00:28:41.720><c> commands.</c>

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:46.240
How<00:28:43.240><c> horrible</c><00:28:43.799><c> to</c><00:28:44.119><c> see</c><00:28:44.299><c> our</c><00:28:44.539><c> own</c><00:28:44.680><c> weaknesses</c><00:28:45.019><c> appear</c>

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.720
in<00:28:46.400><c> our</c><00:28:46.579><c> little</c><00:28:46.819><c> children.</c>

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:52.519
Now,<00:28:49.799><c> the</c><00:28:50.099><c> details</c><00:28:50.619><c> provided</c><00:28:51.180><c> in</c><00:28:51.440><c> this</c><00:28:51.680><c> section</c><00:28:52.019><c> of</c><00:28:52.220><c> scripture</c>

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:57.319
from<00:28:52.740><c> verse</c><00:28:53.000><c> 22</c><00:28:53.380><c> to</c><00:28:53.519><c> verse</c><00:28:53.900><c> 29</c><00:28:54.640><c> provide</c><00:28:55.339><c> some</c><00:28:56.039><c> insight,</c><00:28:56.759><c> I</c><00:28:57.019><c> believe,</c>

00:28:57.319 --> 00:29:00.920
into<00:28:57.559><c> the</c><00:28:57.700><c> incredible</c><00:28:58.559><c> burden</c><00:28:59.259><c> that</c><00:28:59.839><c> these</c><00:29:00.220><c> events</c>

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:04.099
would<00:29:01.440><c> have</c><00:29:01.740><c> placed</c><00:29:02.160><c> on</c><00:29:02.579><c> David's</c><00:29:03.180><c> mind.</c>

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:06.519
And<00:29:04.720><c> scanning</c><00:29:04.940><c> over</c><00:29:05.359><c> the</c><00:29:05.640><c> text</c><00:29:05.980><c> here,</c>

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:12.680
we<00:29:07.079><c> can</c><00:29:07.380><c> see</c><00:29:07.640><c> so</c><00:29:08.220><c> many</c><00:29:08.619><c> things</c><00:29:09.119><c> that</c><00:29:09.359><c> would</c><00:29:09.579><c> have</c><00:29:10.299><c> pained</c><00:29:11.460><c> King</c><00:29:11.759><c> David.</c>

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:19.779
In<00:29:13.640><c> verse</c><00:29:13.920><c> 25</c><00:29:14.619><c> here,</c><00:29:15.720><c> we</c><00:29:15.920><c> have</c><00:29:16.859><c> Absalom</c><00:29:18.000><c> feigning</c><00:29:18.720><c> goodwill,</c>

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:22.819
inviting<00:29:20.660><c> David</c><00:29:21.259><c> to</c><00:29:21.579><c> a</c><00:29:21.819><c> feast.</c>

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.940
In<00:29:23.319><c> retrospect</c><00:29:23.900><c> and</c><00:29:24.160><c> thinking</c><00:29:24.440><c> back</c><00:29:24.720><c> on</c><00:29:24.799><c> this,</c>

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:27.500
David<00:29:25.220><c> would</c><00:29:25.400><c> have</c><00:29:25.640><c> realized</c><00:29:25.920><c> that</c><00:29:26.099><c> the</c><00:29:26.279><c> only</c><00:29:26.579><c> reason</c>

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:30.900
that<00:29:27.680><c> Absalom</c><00:29:28.079><c> wanted</c><00:29:28.339><c> him</c><00:29:28.599><c> there</c><00:29:29.200><c> was</c><00:29:29.839><c> so</c><00:29:30.099><c> that</c><00:29:30.259><c> he</c><00:29:30.319><c> could</c><00:29:30.559><c> watch</c>

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:35.980
his<00:29:31.339><c> firstborn</c><00:29:32.140><c> being</c><00:29:32.880><c> murdered</c><00:29:33.519><c> in</c><00:29:34.380><c> the</c><00:29:34.559><c> presence</c><00:29:34.759><c> of</c><00:29:34.960><c> the</c><00:29:35.119><c> family.</c>

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:38.740
It's<00:29:37.240><c> really,</c><00:29:37.539><c> really</c><00:29:37.859><c> cruel.</c>

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:41.619
Okay,<00:29:39.460><c> and</c><00:29:39.619><c> then</c><00:29:39.700><c> there's</c><00:29:39.980><c> the</c><00:29:40.200><c> image</c><00:29:40.440><c> of</c><00:29:40.740><c> his</c><00:29:41.039><c> sons</c>

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:45.700
gathering<00:29:42.339><c> together</c><00:29:42.779><c> to</c><00:29:43.000><c> drink</c><00:29:43.700><c> at</c><00:29:44.359><c> a</c><00:29:44.579><c> sheep</c><00:29:44.819><c> shearing</c><00:29:45.099><c> celebration.</c>

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:47.019
Just<00:29:46.259><c> look</c><00:29:46.500><c> through</c><00:29:46.619><c> your</c><00:29:46.819><c> Bible.</c>

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:48.980
The<00:29:47.240><c> number</c><00:29:47.519><c> of</c><00:29:47.720><c> times</c><00:29:47.859><c> when</c><00:29:48.000><c> you</c><00:29:48.140><c> see</c><00:29:48.259><c> sheep</c><00:29:48.519><c> shearing</c>

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:52.019
and<00:29:49.279><c> what</c><00:29:49.420><c> else</c><00:29:49.619><c> is</c><00:29:49.779><c> going</c><00:29:49.960><c> on</c><00:29:50.119><c> in</c><00:29:50.279><c> sheep</c><00:29:50.500><c> shearing</c><00:29:50.799><c> celebrations,</c>

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:54.220
it's<00:29:52.640><c> not</c><00:29:52.859><c> good</c><00:29:53.200><c> stuff.</c>

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:58.099
And<00:29:54.960><c> so</c><00:29:55.140><c> maybe</c><00:29:55.380><c> that's</c><00:29:55.640><c> why</c><00:29:55.960><c> David</c><00:29:56.380><c> decided</c><00:29:56.859><c> not</c><00:29:57.180><c> to</c><00:29:57.400><c> attend</c><00:29:57.720><c> this.</c>

00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:01.240
But<00:29:58.480><c> there</c><00:29:58.640><c> his</c><00:29:58.859><c> boys</c><00:29:59.160><c> are</c><00:29:59.720><c> gathered</c><00:30:00.480><c> together</c>

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:05.240
at<00:30:01.960><c> this</c><00:30:02.460><c> festival</c><00:30:02.980><c> where</c><00:30:03.240><c> who</c><00:30:03.460><c> knows</c><00:30:03.660><c> what</c><00:30:03.859><c> was</c><00:30:04.059><c> going</c><00:30:04.240><c> on.</c>

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:08.700
And<00:30:06.119><c> then</c><00:30:06.259><c> here's</c><00:30:06.539><c> the</c><00:30:06.700><c> death</c><00:30:06.900><c> of</c><00:30:07.599><c> Amnon.</c>

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:13.559
Here's<00:30:09.680><c> his</c><00:30:10.259><c> son</c><00:30:10.920><c> dying</c><00:30:12.019><c> at</c><00:30:12.359><c> a</c><00:30:12.619><c> party</c>

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:16.460
with<00:30:13.920><c> his</c><00:30:14.680><c> belly</c><00:30:15.000><c> full</c><00:30:15.279><c> of</c><00:30:15.539><c> wine.</c>

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:19.279
Not<00:30:17.079><c> much</c><00:30:17.319><c> of</c><00:30:17.500><c> an</c><00:30:17.759><c> indicator</c><00:30:18.059><c> here</c><00:30:18.480><c> is</c><00:30:18.900><c> there</c>

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:22.579
that<00:30:19.740><c> Amnon</c><00:30:20.500><c> turned</c><00:30:21.099><c> from</c><00:30:21.339><c> his</c><00:30:21.559><c> ways.</c>

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:26.240
Not<00:30:23.319><c> to</c><00:30:23.539><c> mention</c><00:30:23.740><c> the</c><00:30:23.960><c> fact</c><00:30:24.079><c> he</c><00:30:24.200><c> was</c><00:30:24.480><c> killed</c><00:30:24.720><c> by</c><00:30:25.059><c> servants.</c>

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:28.319
Then<00:30:26.900><c> of</c><00:30:27.039><c> course</c><00:30:27.240><c> there's</c><00:30:27.559><c> the</c><00:30:27.759><c> revelation</c>

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:33.119
that<00:30:29.019><c> Absalom</c><00:30:29.480><c> has</c><00:30:29.720><c> been</c><00:30:30.079><c> plotting</c><00:30:30.380><c> murder</c><00:30:31.220><c> for</c><00:30:32.079><c> two</c><00:30:32.440><c> years.</c>

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:36.119
How<00:30:33.819><c> so</c><00:30:34.200><c> very</c><00:30:34.579><c> different</c><00:30:35.059><c> his</c><00:30:35.700><c> character</c>

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:38.200
is<00:30:36.400><c> shown</c><00:30:36.559><c> to</c><00:30:36.799><c> be</c><00:30:36.920><c> than</c><00:30:37.119><c> that</c><00:30:37.240><c> of</c><00:30:37.539><c> David.</c>

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:41.079
Plus<00:30:38.720><c> add</c><00:30:39.140><c> to</c><00:30:39.339><c> that,</c><00:30:39.599><c> there's</c><00:30:40.039><c> the</c><00:30:40.519><c> realization</c>

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:43.720
that<00:30:41.279><c> there's</c><00:30:41.539><c> people</c><00:30:42.099><c> in</c><00:30:42.500><c> the</c><00:30:42.779><c> court</c><00:30:42.940><c> and</c><00:30:43.099><c> in</c><00:30:43.240><c> the</c><00:30:43.460><c> family</c>

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:48.220
who<00:30:44.140><c> knew</c><00:30:44.400><c> about</c><00:30:44.779><c> this</c><00:30:45.359><c> but</c><00:30:45.920><c> who</c><00:30:46.140><c> didn't</c><00:30:46.359><c> seem</c><00:30:46.920><c> to</c><00:30:47.440><c> find</c><00:30:47.619><c> any</c><00:30:47.900><c> reason</c>

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.980
why<00:30:48.440><c> David</c><00:30:48.759><c> should</c><00:30:48.980><c> be</c><00:30:49.180><c> informed</c><00:30:49.519><c> of</c><00:30:49.660><c> the</c><00:30:49.819><c> fact</c>

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:52.299
that<00:30:50.099><c> one</c><00:30:50.359><c> son</c><00:30:50.700><c> was</c><00:30:50.920><c> about</c><00:30:51.200><c> to</c><00:30:51.420><c> murder</c><00:30:51.720><c> the</c><00:30:51.940><c> other.</c>

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:54.579
Imagine<00:30:53.019><c> how</c><00:30:53.339><c> heart</c><00:30:53.519><c>-rending</c><00:30:53.700><c> that</c><00:30:53.859><c> would</c><00:30:54.000><c> be</c><00:30:54.180><c> to</c><00:30:54.420><c> David.</c>

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:59.660
He<00:30:55.299><c> realizes</c><00:30:55.599><c> he's</c><00:30:56.039><c> surrounded</c><00:30:56.579><c> by</c><00:30:57.180><c> all</c><00:30:57.619><c> of</c><00:30:57.779><c> these</c><00:30:58.039><c> unreliable</c><00:30:59.000><c> people</c>

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:02.599
that<00:31:00.259><c> he</c><00:31:00.640><c> feeds</c><00:31:00.980><c> and</c><00:31:01.140><c> takes</c><00:31:01.460><c> care</c><00:31:01.759><c> of</c><00:31:02.000><c> every</c><00:31:02.259><c> day</c>

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:04.339
because<00:31:02.880><c> they're</c><00:31:03.119><c> in</c><00:31:03.259><c> his</c><00:31:03.519><c> court.</c>

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:09.500
That'd<00:31:05.599><c> be</c><00:31:05.700><c> really</c><00:31:06.000><c> hard</c><00:31:06.599><c> thinking</c><00:31:07.519><c> back</c><00:31:07.839><c> on</c><00:31:08.000><c> all</c><00:31:08.180><c> of</c><00:31:08.299><c> these</c><00:31:08.559><c> things.</c>

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:14.640
I<00:31:10.059><c> think</c><00:31:10.339><c> all</c><00:31:11.140><c> this</c><00:31:11.380><c> detail</c><00:31:11.700><c> is</c><00:31:12.059><c> again</c><00:31:12.339><c> provided</c><00:31:12.799><c> to</c><00:31:13.160><c> us</c><00:31:13.400><c> for</c><00:31:13.680><c> a</c><00:31:13.779><c> reason</c>

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:16.400
and<00:31:14.900><c> shows</c><00:31:15.119><c> us</c><00:31:15.319><c> that</c><00:31:15.420><c> there</c><00:31:15.619><c> may</c><00:31:15.819><c> be</c><00:31:16.019><c> times</c>

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:20.220
when<00:31:16.559><c> we</c><00:31:16.779><c> feel</c><00:31:17.420><c> distracted</c><00:31:18.240><c> and</c><00:31:18.799><c> almost</c><00:31:19.240><c> overwhelmed</c>

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:23.079
because<00:31:21.160><c> of</c><00:31:22.000><c> our</c><00:31:22.319><c> circumstances</c>

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:25.779
and<00:31:23.259><c> the</c><00:31:23.460><c> challenging</c><00:31:23.920><c> events</c><00:31:24.319><c> of</c><00:31:24.519><c> our</c><00:31:24.720><c> lives.</c>

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:30.119
You<00:31:26.400><c> know,</c><00:31:26.519><c> and</c><00:31:26.680><c> it's</c><00:31:26.819><c> true,</c><00:31:28.200><c> we</c><00:31:28.500><c> can</c><00:31:28.700><c> have</c><00:31:28.920><c> really</c><00:31:29.279><c> tough</c><00:31:29.539><c> times.</c>

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:33.299
We<00:31:30.619><c> can</c><00:31:30.799><c> go</c><00:31:31.039><c> through</c><00:31:31.319><c> periods</c><00:31:31.859><c> where</c><00:31:32.220><c> things</c><00:31:32.619><c> in</c><00:31:32.799><c> our</c><00:31:33.000><c> lives</c>

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:35.700
are<00:31:33.559><c> causing</c><00:31:33.920><c> us</c><00:31:34.279><c> real</c><00:31:34.599><c> sorrow.</c>

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.940
That<00:31:36.259><c> happened</c><00:31:36.539><c> to</c><00:31:36.759><c> David.</c>

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:39.480
We<00:31:37.119><c> see</c><00:31:37.299><c> it</c><00:31:37.440><c> right</c><00:31:37.619><c> here</c><00:31:37.839><c> in</c><00:31:37.960><c> the</c><00:31:38.099><c> pages</c><00:31:38.319><c> of</c><00:31:38.599><c> scripture.</c>

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:41.200
It<00:31:40.019><c> didn't</c><00:31:40.160><c> just</c><00:31:40.700><c> happen</c><00:31:40.960><c> here,</c>

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:43.319
it<00:31:41.440><c> happened</c><00:31:41.599><c> repeatedly</c><00:31:42.140><c> throughout</c><00:31:42.579><c> his</c><00:31:42.859><c> life.</c>

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:47.519
I<00:31:43.980><c> believe</c><00:31:44.380><c> David</c><00:31:44.799><c> too</c><00:31:45.019><c> could</c><00:31:45.220><c> be</c><00:31:45.480><c> described</c><00:31:45.859><c> as</c><00:31:46.019><c> a</c><00:31:46.140><c> man</c><00:31:46.339><c> of</c><00:31:46.599><c> sorrows,</c>

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:50.519
someone<00:31:48.420><c> acquainted</c><00:31:49.339><c> with</c><00:31:49.619><c> grief.</c>

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:53.259
Well,<00:31:51.039><c> how</c><00:31:51.160><c> did</c><00:31:51.380><c> David</c><00:31:51.640><c> endure</c><00:31:51.960><c> these</c><00:31:52.259><c> things?</c>

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.519
What<00:31:53.539><c> did</c><00:31:53.740><c> David</c><00:31:54.079><c> do?</c>

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:58.759
Well,<00:31:55.259><c> he</c><00:31:55.380><c> kept</c><00:31:55.579><c> his</c><00:31:56.000><c> mind</c><00:31:56.380><c> focused</c><00:31:57.160><c> on</c><00:31:57.720><c> God's</c><00:31:58.359><c> glory</c>

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:01.180
and<00:31:59.460><c> on</c><00:31:59.779><c> God's</c><00:32:00.339><c> righteousness.</c>

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:04.240
David<00:32:01.640><c> kept</c><00:32:01.980><c> making</c><00:32:02.680><c> good</c><00:32:03.200><c> use</c><00:32:03.480><c> of</c><00:32:03.619><c> his</c><00:32:03.839><c> time.</c>

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:06.200
He<00:32:04.700><c> kept</c><00:32:04.920><c> writing</c><00:32:05.359><c> those</c><00:32:05.740><c> Psalms.</c>

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:09.579
He<00:32:06.500><c> kept</c><00:32:06.980><c> trying</c><00:32:07.599><c> to</c><00:32:07.980><c> care</c><00:32:08.400><c> for</c><00:32:08.940><c> the</c><00:32:09.240><c> people</c>

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:11.720
that<00:32:09.819><c> God</c><00:32:10.180><c> had</c><00:32:10.460><c> given</c><00:32:10.619><c> him.</c>

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:14.299
And<00:32:12.900><c> there's</c><00:32:13.160><c> a</c><00:32:13.339><c> lesson</c><00:32:13.660><c> for</c><00:32:13.920><c> us</c><00:32:14.119><c> here</c>

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:18.660
in<00:32:14.500><c> considering</c><00:32:15.019><c> how</c><00:32:15.460><c> David</c><00:32:15.839><c> responded</c><00:32:16.559><c> to</c><00:32:17.220><c> these</c><00:32:17.539><c> hardships.</c>

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:23.579
You<00:32:19.119><c> know,</c><00:32:19.359><c> the</c><00:32:19.500><c> pain</c><00:32:19.799><c> that</c><00:32:20.079><c> he</c><00:32:20.220><c> was</c><00:32:20.680><c> experiencing</c><00:32:22.000><c> is</c><00:32:22.819><c> undeniable,</c>

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:27.359
as<00:32:23.980><c> is</c><00:32:24.200><c> the</c><00:32:24.400><c> pain</c><00:32:24.660><c> that</c><00:32:24.859><c> we</c><00:32:25.099><c> may</c><00:32:25.319><c> end</c><00:32:25.500><c> up</c><00:32:25.740><c> feeling</c><00:32:25.940><c> in</c><00:32:26.180><c> our</c><00:32:26.400><c> lives.</c>

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:33.579
But<00:32:27.700><c> we</c><00:32:27.980><c> cannot</c><00:32:28.380><c> let</c><00:32:28.880><c> that</c><00:32:29.400><c> pain</c><00:32:30.099><c> rob</c><00:32:30.700><c> us</c><00:32:31.339><c> of</c><00:32:31.980><c> our</c><00:32:32.420><c> love</c><00:32:32.720><c> for</c><00:32:33.019><c> God</c>

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:38.579
or<00:32:34.240><c> our</c><00:32:34.680><c> willingness</c><00:32:35.359><c> to</c><00:32:36.319><c> continue</c><00:32:36.940><c> to</c><00:32:37.380><c> serve</c><00:32:37.619><c> him.</c>

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.660
Our<00:32:39.460><c> faithfulness</c><00:32:40.160><c> in</c><00:32:40.400><c> times</c><00:32:40.839><c> of</c><00:32:41.240><c> trial</c>

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:44.059
can<00:32:42.259><c> make</c><00:32:42.599><c> us</c><00:32:43.140><c> better</c><00:32:43.539><c> people.</c>

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:47.440
They<00:32:44.539><c> can</c><00:32:44.799><c> help</c><00:32:45.059><c> us</c><00:32:45.500><c> to</c><00:32:45.720><c> be</c><00:32:45.920><c> an</c><00:32:46.359><c> example</c>

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:51.599
for<00:32:47.759><c> those</c><00:32:48.059><c> who</c><00:32:48.240><c> are</c><00:32:48.559><c> also</c><00:32:49.019><c> experiencing</c><00:32:49.980><c> difficult,</c>

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:54.640
wearying<00:32:52.380><c> times</c><00:32:53.039><c> in</c><00:32:53.640><c> their</c><00:32:53.960><c> lives</c>

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:59.299
and<00:32:55.359><c> thinking</c><00:32:55.640><c> back</c><00:32:56.200><c> can</c><00:32:56.740><c> be</c><00:32:56.960><c> a</c><00:32:57.059><c> real</c><00:32:57.299><c> source</c><00:32:57.539><c> of</c><00:32:57.920><c> strength</c><00:32:58.180><c> to</c><00:32:58.440><c> them.</c>

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:03.940
When<00:33:00.339><c> we</c><00:33:00.640><c> start</c><00:33:00.980><c> to</c><00:33:01.339><c> forget</c><00:33:01.819><c> the</c><00:33:02.680><c> potential</c><00:33:03.319><c> power</c>

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:07.140
that<00:33:04.240><c> we</c><00:33:04.599><c> have</c><00:33:05.039><c> to</c><00:33:05.339><c> be</c><00:33:05.660><c> a</c><00:33:05.900><c> good</c><00:33:06.079><c> example,</c>

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:09.779
it's<00:33:07.319><c> a</c><00:33:07.500><c> good</c><00:33:07.680><c> idea</c><00:33:08.079><c> for</c><00:33:08.299><c> us</c><00:33:08.619><c> to</c><00:33:09.160><c> think</c><00:33:09.440><c> back</c>

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:12.599
and<00:33:09.940><c> just</c><00:33:10.240><c> remember</c><00:33:10.640><c> how</c><00:33:11.140><c> much</c><00:33:11.539><c> strength,</c>

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:16.339
not<00:33:12.819><c> only</c><00:33:13.839><c> us,</c><00:33:14.920><c> but</c><00:33:15.079><c> also</c><00:33:15.519><c> our</c><00:33:15.880><c> family</c>

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.480
and<00:33:16.519><c> our</c><00:33:16.680><c> friends</c><00:33:16.880><c> in</c><00:33:17.039><c> the</c><00:33:17.200><c> meeting,</c>

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:19.680
how<00:33:17.960><c> much</c><00:33:18.240><c> strength</c><00:33:18.559><c> we</c><00:33:18.819><c> all</c><00:33:19.079><c> have</c><00:33:19.339><c> gotten</c>

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:22.920
from<00:33:20.299><c> considering</c><00:33:21.079><c> the</c><00:33:21.779><c> example</c><00:33:22.200><c> of</c><00:33:22.559><c> David</c>

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:26.920
and<00:33:23.519><c> how</c><00:33:24.240><c> he</c><00:33:25.099><c> handled</c><00:33:25.740><c> difficult</c><00:33:26.519><c> times.</c>

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:29.619
And<00:33:27.119><c> when</c><00:33:27.220><c> we</c><00:33:27.420><c> think</c><00:33:27.619><c> back</c><00:33:27.859><c> to</c><00:33:28.000><c> how</c><00:33:28.279><c> that</c><00:33:28.460><c> has</c><00:33:28.700><c> encouraged</c><00:33:29.079><c> us,</c>

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:32.500
okay,<00:33:30.400><c> so</c><00:33:30.539><c> that</c><00:33:30.640><c> should</c><00:33:30.839><c> remind</c><00:33:31.140><c> us,</c><00:33:31.519><c> yes,</c>

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:35.480
a<00:33:33.220><c> positive</c><00:33:33.579><c> example</c><00:33:34.119><c> truly</c><00:33:34.619><c> is</c><00:33:34.900><c> powerful.</c>

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:37.640
So<00:33:36.099><c> what</c><00:33:36.220><c> does</c><00:33:36.359><c> that</c><00:33:36.660><c> mean?</c>

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:43.519
It<00:33:38.099><c> means</c><00:33:38.200><c> we</c><00:33:38.480><c> need</c><00:33:38.700><c> to</c><00:33:38.799><c> go</c><00:33:39.039><c> out</c><00:33:39.420><c> and</c><00:33:40.220><c> be</c><00:33:40.640><c> David's</c><00:33:41.839><c> for</c><00:33:42.019><c> other</c><00:33:42.319><c> people.</c>

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:49.960
There<00:33:45.599><c> was</c><00:33:46.200><c> one</c><00:33:46.700><c> source</c><00:33:47.200><c> of</c><00:33:48.119><c> grief</c><00:33:48.599><c> in</c><00:33:49.119><c> David's</c><00:33:49.700><c> life</c>

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:51.920
that<00:33:50.359><c> Joab</c><00:33:50.759><c> particularly</c><00:33:51.380><c> noticed.</c>

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:55.539
He<00:33:52.559><c> could</c><00:33:52.819><c> tell</c><00:33:53.000><c> that</c><00:33:53.319><c> David</c><00:33:53.720><c> longed</c><00:33:54.319><c> for</c><00:33:54.500><c> his</c><00:33:54.779><c> banished</c><00:33:55.180><c> son,</c>

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:59.319
Absalom,<00:33:56.180><c> who</c><00:33:56.400><c> had</c><00:33:56.680><c> fled</c><00:33:56.940><c> to</c><00:33:57.240><c> Gisha,</c><00:33:57.720><c> his</c><00:33:57.960><c> mother's</c><00:33:58.420><c> country.</c>

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:02.140
David's<00:34:00.559><c> fondness</c><00:34:01.200><c> for</c><00:34:01.480><c> Absalom</c>

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:05.359
can<00:34:02.420><c> be</c><00:34:02.740><c> hard</c><00:34:03.140><c> for</c><00:34:03.859><c> us</c><00:34:04.079><c> to</c><00:34:04.359><c> understand.</c>

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:07.400
It<00:34:05.799><c> can</c><00:34:05.980><c> be</c><00:34:06.099><c> hard</c><00:34:06.359><c> for</c><00:34:06.559><c> us</c><00:34:06.700><c> to</c><00:34:06.940><c> understand</c>

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:10.360
even<00:34:07.880><c> when</c><00:34:08.159><c> we</c><00:34:08.400><c> find</c><00:34:08.880><c> ourselves</c><00:34:09.719><c> acting</c>

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:13.400
in<00:34:11.019><c> a</c><00:34:11.260><c> similar</c><00:34:11.619><c> way</c><00:34:12.039><c> in</c><00:34:12.219><c> our</c><00:34:12.480><c> own</c><00:34:12.860><c> lives.</c>

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:16.679
We<00:34:14.019><c> can</c><00:34:14.400><c> also</c><00:34:14.860><c> be</c><00:34:15.340><c> drawn</c><00:34:15.820><c> to</c><00:34:16.139><c> people</c>

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:20.079
that<00:34:17.179><c> have</c><00:34:17.519><c> characteristics</c><00:34:18.119><c> that</c><00:34:18.340><c> are</c><00:34:18.619><c> attractive</c><00:34:19.099><c> to</c><00:34:19.420><c> the</c><00:34:19.639><c> flesh</c>

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:24.079
but<00:34:20.539><c> who</c><00:34:20.820><c> nevertheless</c><00:34:21.440><c> hurt</c><00:34:21.780><c> us</c><00:34:22.159><c> and</c><00:34:22.360><c> hurt</c><00:34:22.579><c> us</c><00:34:22.940><c> repeatedly</c>

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:26.860
because<00:34:24.639><c> they're</c><00:34:25.059><c> so</c><00:34:25.500><c> self</c><00:34:25.840><c>-centered.</c>

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:30.619
That's<00:34:28.059><c> one</c><00:34:28.219><c> of</c><00:34:28.320><c> the</c><00:34:28.380><c> reasons</c><00:34:28.699><c> why</c><00:34:28.980><c> the</c><00:34:29.179><c> Bible</c><00:34:29.460><c> encourages</c><00:34:30.239><c> us</c>

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:35.039
to<00:34:30.920><c> be</c><00:34:31.719><c> guided</c><00:34:32.400><c> in</c><00:34:32.980><c> our</c><00:34:33.360><c> choice</c><00:34:33.920><c> of</c><00:34:34.539><c> companions</c>

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:38.760
and<00:34:35.320><c> especially</c><00:34:36.139><c> in</c><00:34:36.480><c> our</c><00:34:36.760><c> choice</c><00:34:37.099><c> of</c><00:34:37.440><c> a</c><00:34:37.719><c> spouse</c>

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:41.960
by<00:34:39.159><c> people's</c><00:34:40.059><c> spiritual</c><00:34:40.719><c> traits,</c>

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:45.579
their<00:34:43.019><c> faith,</c><00:34:44.179><c> their</c><00:34:44.460><c> character,</c>

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:49.860
and<00:34:46.079><c> not</c><00:34:46.260><c> just</c><00:34:46.500><c> their</c><00:34:46.840><c> looks,</c><00:34:47.900><c> their</c><00:34:48.099><c> talent,</c><00:34:49.199><c> and</c><00:34:49.340><c> their</c><00:34:49.579><c> charm.</c>

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:51.699
Boy,<00:34:50.380><c> Absalom</c><00:34:50.559><c> had</c><00:34:50.719><c> a</c><00:34:50.880><c> lot</c><00:34:51.039><c> of</c><00:34:51.179><c> that,</c>

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:54.400
but<00:34:52.320><c> he</c><00:34:52.440><c> kept</c><00:34:52.599><c> hurting</c><00:34:53.019><c> David</c><00:34:53.320><c> repeatedly.</c>

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:59.619
Now,<00:34:55.800><c> Joab's</c><00:34:56.420><c> plot</c><00:34:56.820><c> to</c><00:34:57.360><c> bring</c><00:34:57.679><c> Absalom</c><00:34:58.320><c> back</c><00:34:58.840><c> to</c><00:34:59.139><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:03.179
once<00:34:59.960><c> again</c><00:35:00.460><c> occupies</c><00:35:01.219><c> a</c><00:35:01.420><c> lot</c><00:35:01.539><c> of</c><00:35:01.739><c> Bible</c><00:35:02.019><c> real</c><00:35:02.380><c> estate.</c>

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:06.239
It<00:35:03.460><c> runs</c><00:35:03.880><c> from</c><00:35:04.280><c> Second</c><00:35:04.659><c> Samuel</c><00:35:05.139><c> chapter</c><00:35:05.619><c> 14,</c>

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:09.480
from<00:35:06.579><c> the</c><00:35:06.860><c> first</c><00:35:07.119><c> verse</c><00:35:07.420><c> all</c><00:35:07.719><c> the</c><00:35:07.820><c> way</c><00:35:07.940><c> through</c><00:35:08.119><c> verse</c><00:35:08.380><c> 23.</c>

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:12.079
And<00:35:10.260><c> just</c><00:35:10.480><c> like</c><00:35:10.719><c> in</c><00:35:10.960><c> Second</c><00:35:11.199><c> Samuel</c><00:35:11.420><c> 13,</c>

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.860
there's<00:35:12.559><c> a</c><00:35:12.699><c> lot</c><00:35:12.860><c> of</c><00:35:13.099><c> detail</c><00:35:13.380><c> here,</c>

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:16.599
and<00:35:14.199><c> that</c><00:35:14.539><c> detail</c><00:35:15.039><c> reveals</c><00:35:15.639><c> a</c><00:35:16.039><c> lot</c><00:35:16.280><c> to</c><00:35:16.440><c> us</c>

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:20.099
about<00:35:16.820><c> what</c><00:35:17.019><c> was</c><00:35:17.239><c> going</c><00:35:17.500><c> on</c><00:35:17.739><c> in</c><00:35:18.079><c> David's</c><00:35:18.639><c> mind</c><00:35:18.900><c> at</c><00:35:19.119><c> this</c><00:35:19.300><c> time.</c>

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:22.820
There's<00:35:20.619><c> a</c><00:35:20.860><c> parable</c><00:35:21.059><c> in</c><00:35:21.219><c> Second</c><00:35:21.559><c> Samuel</c><00:35:21.980><c> 14,</c>

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:27.340
and<00:35:23.500><c> the</c><00:35:23.840><c> parables</c><00:35:24.360><c> in</c><00:35:24.860><c> David's</c><00:35:25.500><c> life</c><00:35:25.820><c> reveal</c><00:35:26.340><c> a</c><00:35:26.659><c> lot</c><00:35:26.840><c> about</c>

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:30.860
what<00:35:27.780><c> he</c><00:35:28.059><c> was</c><00:35:28.280><c> thinking</c><00:35:28.579><c> about</c><00:35:28.900><c> in</c><00:35:29.719><c> his</c><00:35:29.900><c> character.</c>

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:34.179
Recall<00:35:31.519><c> what</c><00:35:32.019><c> Nathan</c><00:35:32.420><c> did</c><00:35:32.659><c> when</c><00:35:32.820><c> he</c><00:35:33.119><c> confronted</c><00:35:33.519><c> David</c>

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:39.260
about<00:35:35.300><c> his</c><00:35:36.019><c> sin</c><00:35:36.539><c> with</c><00:35:37.400><c> Bathsheba</c><00:35:38.019><c> and</c><00:35:38.079><c> what</c><00:35:38.219><c> he</c><00:35:38.380><c> did</c><00:35:38.480><c> to</c><00:35:38.699><c> Uriah.</c>

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.500
How<00:35:39.659><c> did</c><00:35:39.840><c> Nathan</c><00:35:40.119><c> do</c><00:35:40.400><c> that?</c>

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:42.099
He<00:35:40.699><c> did</c><00:35:40.900><c> it</c><00:35:41.059><c> with</c><00:35:41.300><c> a</c><00:35:41.519><c> parable,</c>

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:48.920
and<00:35:42.500><c> it</c><00:35:42.679><c> was</c><00:35:43.079><c> a</c><00:35:43.480><c> parable</c><00:35:44.659><c> about</c><00:35:45.900><c> a</c><00:35:46.380><c> shepherd</c><00:35:46.699><c> and</c><00:35:47.840><c> his</c><00:35:48.079><c> sheep.</c>

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:52.219
Well,<00:35:49.920><c> that's</c><00:35:50.119><c> because</c><00:35:50.579><c> David's</c><00:35:51.559><c> shepherding</c><00:35:51.900><c> years</c>

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:56.460
were<00:35:52.460><c> such</c><00:35:52.619><c> an</c><00:35:53.000><c> important</c><00:35:53.380><c> part</c><00:35:54.119><c> of</c><00:35:54.699><c> who</c><00:35:55.239><c> David</c><00:35:55.760><c> was.</c>

00:35:56.960 --> 00:36:00.320
In<00:35:57.300><c> fact,</c><00:35:58.019><c> they</c><00:35:58.320><c> helped</c><00:35:58.539><c> to</c><00:35:58.940><c> define</c><00:35:59.280><c> him.</c>

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:02.039
Okay,<00:36:00.679><c> so</c><00:36:00.920><c> with</c><00:36:01.099><c> that</c><00:36:01.320><c> in</c><00:36:01.579><c> mind,</c>

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:07.380
think<00:36:02.800><c> about</c><00:36:03.260><c> that</c><00:36:03.780><c> parable</c><00:36:04.440><c> told</c><00:36:04.880><c> by</c><00:36:05.159><c> the</c><00:36:05.699><c> wise</c><00:36:06.059><c> woman</c><00:36:06.320><c> of</c><00:36:06.639><c> Decoa</c>

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:11.000
in<00:36:07.719><c> Second</c><00:36:08.019><c> Samuel</c><00:36:08.400><c> 14</c><00:36:09.139><c> and</c><00:36:09.659><c> what</c><00:36:09.860><c> it's</c><00:36:10.199><c> about.</c>

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:13.019
It's<00:36:11.599><c> about</c><00:36:11.780><c> a</c><00:36:12.039><c> parent.</c>

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:15.599
It's<00:36:13.739><c> about</c><00:36:13.900><c> a</c><00:36:14.039><c> parent,</c><00:36:14.320><c> two</c><00:36:14.579><c> sons.</c>

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:21.519
One<00:36:17.300><c> son</c><00:36:18.000><c> killed</c><00:36:19.840><c> the</c><00:36:20.119><c> other</c><00:36:20.400><c> son,</c>

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:27.659
and<00:36:22.239><c> the</c><00:36:22.300><c> parent</c><00:36:22.920><c> is</c><00:36:23.840><c> worried</c><00:36:24.320><c> that</c><00:36:25.079><c> that</c><00:36:25.320><c> remaining</c><00:36:26.300><c> son</c>

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:32.019
is<00:36:28.199><c> going</c><00:36:28.860><c> to</c><00:36:30.099><c> be</c><00:36:30.920><c> lost.</c>

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:35.360
Can<00:36:32.880><c> you</c><00:36:32.920><c> imagine</c><00:36:33.340><c> David</c><00:36:33.739><c> hearing</c><00:36:34.099><c> that</c><00:36:34.460><c> tale?</c>

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:40.840
With<00:36:36.099><c> what</c><00:36:36.500><c> empathy</c><00:36:37.079><c> he</c><00:36:37.880><c> would</c><00:36:38.019><c> have</c><00:36:38.440><c> looked</c><00:36:38.780><c> on</c><00:36:39.599><c> that</c><00:36:39.960><c> woman,</c>

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:45.219
he<00:36:41.480><c> knew</c><00:36:42.000><c> the</c><00:36:42.739><c> pain</c><00:36:43.019><c> she</c><00:36:43.300><c> was</c><00:36:43.599><c> fainting</c><00:36:43.920><c> to</c><00:36:44.139><c> have.</c>

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:49.960
Crafty<00:36:47.059><c> Joab,</c><00:36:48.239><c> who</c><00:36:48.519><c> came</c><00:36:48.679><c> up</c><00:36:48.900><c> with</c><00:36:49.039><c> that</c><00:36:49.320><c> tale,</c>

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:53.559
well,<00:36:50.639><c> he</c><00:36:50.840><c> read</c><00:36:51.079><c> David's</c><00:36:51.659><c> mind</c><00:36:51.920><c> perfectly,</c><00:36:52.820><c> hadn't</c><00:36:52.840><c> he?</c>

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:55.679
The<00:36:54.119><c> story</c><00:36:54.440><c> had</c><00:36:54.699><c> its</c><00:36:54.920><c> intended</c><00:36:55.280><c> effect.</c>

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:59.000
David<00:36:56.179><c> allowed</c><00:36:56.719><c> Absalom</c><00:36:57.260><c> to</c><00:36:57.460><c> come</c><00:36:57.619><c> back</c><00:36:57.840><c> to</c><00:36:58.019><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:02.000
The<00:36:59.820><c> thing</c><00:37:00.000><c> is,</c><00:37:00.440><c> David</c><00:37:00.599><c> still</c><00:37:00.940><c> remained</c><00:37:01.320><c> conflicted</c>

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:04.000
about<00:37:02.300><c> Absalom</c><00:37:02.699><c> after</c><00:37:03.099><c> that.</c>

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:05.800
Even<00:37:04.280><c> though</c><00:37:04.519><c> he</c><00:37:04.739><c> allowed</c><00:37:04.940><c> him</c><00:37:05.139><c> to</c><00:37:05.280><c> come</c><00:37:05.480><c> home,</c>

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:08.280
David<00:37:06.139><c> did</c><00:37:06.320><c> not</c><00:37:06.440><c> permit</c><00:37:06.760><c> his</c><00:37:07.000><c> son</c><00:37:07.179><c> to</c><00:37:07.440><c> see</c><00:37:07.559><c> his</c><00:37:07.820><c> face,</c>

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:12.000
and<00:37:08.960><c> the</c><00:37:09.139><c> situation</c><00:37:09.679><c> remained</c><00:37:10.079><c> that</c><00:37:10.380><c> way</c><00:37:10.519><c> for</c><00:37:10.719><c> two</c><00:37:11.059><c> years.</c>

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:16.239
It's<00:37:12.500><c> possible</c><00:37:12.960><c> that</c><00:37:13.500><c> David</c><00:37:13.840><c> placed</c><00:37:14.239><c> Absalom</c><00:37:14.840><c> under</c><00:37:15.300><c> house</c><00:37:15.820><c> arrest</c>

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:18.099
or<00:37:16.559><c> otherwise</c><00:37:16.960><c> restricted</c><00:37:17.440><c> his</c><00:37:17.760><c> movements.</c>

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:20.760
Maybe<00:37:18.780><c> that's</c><00:37:19.119><c> why</c><00:37:19.440><c> Joab</c><00:37:19.780><c> didn't</c><00:37:20.039><c> respond</c>

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:23.280
when<00:37:21.300><c> Absalom</c><00:37:21.960><c> sent</c><00:37:22.239><c> for</c><00:37:22.440><c> him.</c>

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:25.559
Well,<00:37:24.079><c> Absalom</c><00:37:24.320><c> didn't</c><00:37:24.599><c> like</c><00:37:24.820><c> being</c><00:37:25.099><c> ignored</c>

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:27.360
by<00:37:25.940><c> Joab,</c><00:37:26.440><c> so</c><00:37:26.599><c> he</c><00:37:26.780><c> sent</c><00:37:26.860><c> his</c><00:37:27.119><c> servants</c>

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:29.699
to<00:37:27.719><c> burn</c><00:37:27.940><c> down</c><00:37:28.219><c> Joab's</c><00:37:28.940><c> fields.</c>

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:31.760
Under<00:37:30.219><c> the</c><00:37:30.460><c> law,</c><00:37:30.860><c> and</c><00:37:31.000><c> this</c><00:37:31.139><c> is</c><00:37:31.280><c> interesting</c><00:37:31.519><c> to</c><00:37:31.679><c> note,</c>

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:33.940
come<00:37:31.980><c> over</c><00:37:32.199><c> to</c><00:37:33.099><c> Exodus</c><00:37:33.380><c> 22,</c>

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:36.699
and<00:37:34.239><c> we're</c><00:37:34.500><c> gonna</c><00:37:34.639><c> read</c><00:37:34.900><c> this</c><00:37:35.179><c> section</c><00:37:35.440><c> from</c><00:37:36.280><c> the</c><00:37:36.500><c> law</c>

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:40.480
about<00:37:36.920><c> what</c><00:37:37.139><c> happens</c><00:37:37.480><c> when</c><00:37:37.699><c> your</c><00:37:37.960><c> fields</c><00:37:38.219><c> get</c><00:37:39.039><c> burned</c><00:37:39.440><c> down.</c>

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:44.420
This<00:37:40.900><c> is,</c><00:37:41.239><c> maybe</c><00:37:41.400><c> this</c><00:37:41.619><c> is</c><00:37:41.780><c> what</c><00:37:42.500><c> Joab</c><00:37:42.940><c> was</c><00:37:43.539><c> thinking</c>

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:47.139
when<00:37:45.460><c> he</c><00:37:45.719><c> burned</c><00:37:45.900><c> Absalom's</c><00:37:46.840><c> field.</c>

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:50.260
I'm<00:37:47.480><c> sorry,</c><00:37:49.599><c> when</c><00:37:49.800><c> Absalom</c><00:37:50.019><c> was</c><00:37:50.139><c> thinking</c>

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:52.280
he<00:37:50.500><c> burned</c><00:37:50.659><c> Joab's</c><00:37:51.219><c> field</c><00:37:51.460><c> down.</c>

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:55.340
Exodus<00:37:53.940><c> 22,</c><00:37:54.460><c> verse</c><00:37:54.760><c> six.</c>

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:58.139
If<00:37:55.880><c> a</c><00:37:56.179><c> fire</c><00:37:56.480><c> break</c><00:37:56.860><c> out</c><00:37:57.039><c> and</c><00:37:57.260><c> catch</c><00:37:57.519><c> in</c><00:37:57.800><c> thorns,</c>

00:37:58.360 --> 00:38:00.519
then<00:37:58.480><c> the</c><00:37:58.840><c> stacks</c><00:37:59.119><c> of</c><00:37:59.460><c> corn</c><00:37:59.599><c> or</c><00:37:59.780><c> the</c><00:37:59.980><c> standing</c><00:38:00.219><c> corn</c>

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:02.280
or<00:38:00.639><c> the</c><00:38:00.820><c> field</c><00:38:00.960><c> be</c><00:38:01.239><c> consumed</c><00:38:01.719><c> therewith,</c>

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:05.679
he<00:38:02.739><c> that</c><00:38:02.980><c> kindled</c><00:38:03.320><c> the</c><00:38:03.599><c> fire</c><00:38:03.860><c> shall</c><00:38:04.099><c> surely</c><00:38:04.480><c> make</c><00:38:04.900><c> restitution.</c>

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:09.320
See,<00:38:06.320><c> under</c><00:38:06.639><c> the</c><00:38:06.900><c> law,</c><00:38:07.900><c> Joab</c><00:38:08.119><c> now</c><00:38:08.440><c> has</c><00:38:08.699><c> an</c><00:38:09.000><c> excuse</c>

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:10.940
to<00:38:09.559><c> go</c><00:38:09.880><c> see</c><00:38:10.179><c> Absalom,</c><00:38:10.800><c> right?</c>

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:14.599
He's<00:38:11.179><c> there</c><00:38:11.659><c> under</c><00:38:12.079><c> the</c><00:38:12.300><c> law</c><00:38:12.539><c> to</c><00:38:13.000><c> perhaps</c><00:38:13.460><c> seek</c><00:38:13.800><c> restitution,</c>

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:17.760
so<00:38:15.159><c> if</c><00:38:16.139><c> Absalom's</c><00:38:16.820><c> movements</c><00:38:17.079><c> were</c><00:38:17.380><c> restricted</c>

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:19.440
and<00:38:17.900><c> he</c><00:38:18.039><c> wasn't</c><00:38:18.320><c> allowed</c><00:38:18.619><c> to</c><00:38:18.780><c> entertain</c><00:38:19.119><c> gas,</c>

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:21.820
and<00:38:19.539><c> that</c><00:38:19.659><c> was</c><00:38:19.920><c> the</c><00:38:20.039><c> reason</c><00:38:20.260><c> that</c><00:38:20.619><c> Joab</c><00:38:20.699><c> wasn't</c><00:38:20.980><c> going</c><00:38:21.239><c> to</c><00:38:21.440><c> see</c><00:38:21.599><c> him,</c>

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:25.980
he<00:38:22.139><c> now</c><00:38:22.400><c> had</c><00:38:22.639><c> a</c><00:38:23.679><c> legitimate</c><00:38:24.099><c> reason</c><00:38:24.559><c> to</c><00:38:24.699><c> go</c><00:38:24.920><c> see</c><00:38:25.139><c> him.</c>

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:28.619
Regardless<00:38:26.639><c> of</c><00:38:26.860><c> whether</c><00:38:27.000><c> that</c><00:38:27.260><c> was</c><00:38:27.519><c> the</c><00:38:27.659><c> case,</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:32.039
Absalom<00:38:29.059><c> certainly</c><00:38:29.440><c> did</c><00:38:29.840><c> a</c><00:38:30.039><c> very</c><00:38:30.579><c> risky</c><00:38:30.960><c> thing,</c><00:38:31.440><c> didn't</c><00:38:31.739><c> he,</c>

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:34.719
by<00:38:32.559><c> trifling</c><00:38:33.199><c> with</c><00:38:33.599><c> Joab.</c>

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:37.860
Joab<00:38:35.280><c> was</c><00:38:35.559><c> a</c><00:38:35.840><c> ruthless</c><00:38:36.300><c> professional</c><00:38:37.179><c> soldier</c>

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:41.300
who<00:38:38.440><c> had</c><00:38:38.780><c> showed</c><00:38:38.980><c> absolutely</c><00:38:39.900><c> no</c><00:38:40.380><c> hesitancy</c>

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:44.880
to<00:38:41.900><c> murder</c><00:38:42.219><c> those</c><00:38:42.860><c> who</c><00:38:43.500><c> threatened</c><00:38:43.820><c> him.</c>

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:48.639
But<00:38:45.480><c> Absalom,</c><00:38:45.960><c> oh,</c><00:38:46.340><c> he</c><00:38:46.519><c> was</c><00:38:46.840><c> so</c><00:38:47.159><c> ambitious</c><00:38:47.739><c> and</c><00:38:48.119><c> determined</c>

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:53.219
that<00:38:49.119><c> that</c><00:38:49.360><c> made</c><00:38:49.599><c> him</c><00:38:49.900><c> bold,</c><00:38:50.699><c> and</c><00:38:50.840><c> so</c><00:38:50.920><c> when</c><00:38:51.099><c> he</c><00:38:51.380><c> saw</c><00:38:51.800><c> Joab,</c>

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:56.360
Absalom<00:38:53.679><c> ordered</c><00:38:54.300><c> him</c><00:38:54.860><c> to</c><00:38:55.239><c> go</c><00:38:55.519><c> to</c><00:38:55.699><c> the</c><00:38:55.880><c> king</c>

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:59.079
and<00:38:56.900><c> to</c><00:38:57.099><c> get</c><00:38:57.260><c> him</c><00:38:57.699><c> an</c><00:38:57.980><c> audience.</c>

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:05.079
And<00:39:00.039><c> to</c><00:39:00.159><c> that</c><00:39:00.480><c> message,</c><00:39:02.440><c> bold</c><00:39:02.719><c> Absalom</c><00:39:03.380><c> added</c><00:39:03.760><c> the</c><00:39:04.059><c> words,</c>

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:10.519
if<00:39:05.559><c> there</c><00:39:05.840><c> is</c><00:39:06.079><c> guilt</c><00:39:06.340><c> in</c><00:39:06.559><c> me,</c><00:39:08.519><c> let</c><00:39:08.639><c> it</c><00:39:08.860><c> put</c><00:39:09.079><c> me</c><00:39:09.320><c> to</c><00:39:09.579><c> death.</c>

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:14.559
What<00:39:11.840><c> arrogance</c><00:39:12.380><c> there</c><00:39:12.760><c> is</c><00:39:12.920><c> in</c><00:39:13.139><c> those</c><00:39:13.500><c> words.</c>

00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:18.260
Absalom<00:39:15.440><c> probably</c><00:39:16.059><c> felt</c><00:39:16.340><c> justified</c><00:39:17.119><c> in</c><00:39:17.480><c> saying</c><00:39:17.739><c> that</c>

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:22.760
because<00:39:19.119><c> his</c><00:39:19.659><c> father</c><00:39:20.199><c> and</c><00:39:21.019><c> Joab,</c><00:39:21.460><c> his</c><00:39:21.760><c> accomplice,</c>

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:26.139
had<00:39:23.219><c> both</c><00:39:23.500><c> committed</c><00:39:23.880><c> the</c><00:39:24.219><c> same</c><00:39:24.599><c> sin</c><00:39:24.880><c> that</c><00:39:25.079><c> he</c><00:39:25.320><c> had.</c>

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:30.280
But<00:39:26.599><c> even</c><00:39:26.820><c> though</c><00:39:27.059><c> they</c><00:39:27.239><c> had</c><00:39:27.539><c> both</c><00:39:27.820><c> committed</c><00:39:28.380><c> the</c><00:39:28.860><c> act</c><00:39:29.320><c> of</c><00:39:29.780><c> murder,</c>

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:34.219
there<00:39:30.960><c> was</c><00:39:31.219><c> a</c><00:39:31.599><c> world</c><00:39:31.940><c> of</c><00:39:32.280><c> difference</c><00:39:32.820><c> in</c><00:39:33.619><c> David</c>

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:36.920
and<00:39:34.659><c> in</c><00:39:34.820><c> his</c><00:39:35.039><c> son</c><00:39:35.280><c> Absalom.</c>

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:40.039
David's<00:39:37.840><c> wrongdoing</c><00:39:38.460><c> was</c><00:39:38.980><c> forgiven,</c>

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:46.300
and<00:39:41.059><c> David's</c><00:39:41.739><c> wrongdoing</c><00:39:42.679><c> caused</c><00:39:43.320><c> him</c><00:39:44.019><c> to</c><00:39:44.500><c> be</c><00:39:45.000><c> humble</c>

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:48.639
in<00:39:46.539><c> the</c><00:39:46.739><c> presence</c><00:39:47.159><c> of</c><00:39:47.539><c> others.</c>

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:54.260
That<00:39:49.900><c> needs</c><00:39:50.179><c> to</c><00:39:50.420><c> be</c><00:39:50.639><c> our</c><00:39:50.940><c> attitude</c><00:39:51.579><c> as</c><00:39:53.159><c> well.</c>

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:57.619
Knowing<00:39:55.159><c> that</c><00:39:55.940><c> we</c><00:39:56.099><c> are</c><00:39:56.300><c> all</c><00:39:56.639><c> sinners,</c>

00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:02.519
we<00:39:58.940><c> ought</c><00:39:59.079><c> to</c><00:39:59.300><c> be</c><00:39:59.639><c> kind</c><00:40:00.340><c> and</c><00:40:01.440><c> gentle</c>

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:04.639
and<00:40:03.219><c> to</c><00:40:03.420><c> encourage</c><00:40:04.079><c> one</c><00:40:04.300><c> another</c>

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:09.619
as<00:40:04.900><c> we</c><00:40:05.260><c> humbly</c><00:40:06.079><c> seek</c><00:40:07.000><c> the</c><00:40:07.760><c> Lord</c><00:40:08.280><c> together.</c>

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:13.420
You<00:40:10.019><c> know,</c><00:40:10.079><c> it's</c><00:40:10.300><c> interesting,</c><00:40:10.719><c> think</c><00:40:10.960><c> about</c><00:40:11.840><c> David's</c><00:40:12.639><c> sin.</c>

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:19.639
Words<00:40:14.699><c> concerning</c><00:40:16.099><c> David's</c><00:40:17.260><c> sin</c><00:40:17.480><c> and</c><00:40:18.099><c> his</c><00:40:18.420><c> forgiveness</c>

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:24.300
are<00:40:20.519><c> used</c><00:40:21.139><c> in</c><00:40:21.760><c> describing</c><00:40:22.659><c> salvation</c>

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:28.199
and<00:40:24.780><c> the</c><00:40:24.980><c> Lord</c><00:40:25.360><c> Jesus</c><00:40:25.860><c> Christ</c><00:40:26.739><c> in</c><00:40:27.400><c> Romans</c><00:40:27.739><c> four.</c>

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:30.480
That's<00:40:28.679><c> the</c><00:40:28.840><c> difference,</c><00:40:29.139><c> let's</c><00:40:29.300><c> go</c><00:40:29.480><c> to</c><00:40:29.619><c> Romans</c><00:40:29.880><c> four.</c>

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:35.659
That's<00:40:31.159><c> the</c><00:40:31.400><c> difference</c><00:40:31.940><c> between</c><00:40:32.639><c> David's</c><00:40:33.420><c> sin</c><00:40:33.679><c> and</c><00:40:34.599><c> Absalom.</c>

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:40.119
Both<00:40:36.179><c> are</c><00:40:36.440><c> murderers,</c><00:40:37.840><c> but</c><00:40:38.219><c> one</c><00:40:38.860><c> man's</c><00:40:39.480><c> attitude</c>

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:44.119
is<00:40:40.639><c> set</c><00:40:40.920><c> forward</c><00:40:41.440><c> as</c><00:40:41.699><c> an</c><00:40:41.920><c> example</c><00:40:42.320><c> that</c><00:40:42.460><c> we</c><00:40:42.679><c> are</c><00:40:42.880><c> to</c><00:40:43.119><c> follow.</c>

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:49.820
The<00:40:44.840><c> other</c><00:40:45.039><c> man's</c><00:40:45.519><c> response</c><00:40:46.039><c> to</c><00:40:46.260><c> his</c><00:40:46.500><c> sin</c><00:40:46.980><c> is</c><00:40:48.219><c> the</c><00:40:48.440><c> path</c><00:40:48.739><c> to</c><00:40:48.940><c> ruin.</c>

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:53.019
Romans<00:40:50.679><c> four,</c><00:40:51.119><c> beginning</c><00:40:51.320><c> at</c><00:40:51.559><c> verse</c><00:40:51.800><c> five.</c>

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:55.699
But<00:40:53.139><c> to</c><00:40:53.360><c> him</c><00:40:53.559><c> that</c><00:40:53.840><c> worketh</c><00:40:54.280><c> not,</c><00:40:54.639><c> but</c><00:40:54.920><c> believeth</c><00:40:55.219><c> on</c><00:40:55.500><c> him</c>

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:57.719
that<00:40:56.039><c> justifieth</c><00:40:56.699><c> the</c><00:40:57.000><c> ungodly,</c>

00:40:57.920 --> 00:41:00.679
his<00:40:58.320><c> faith</c><00:40:58.579><c> is</c><00:40:58.880><c> counted</c><00:40:59.260><c> for</c><00:40:59.619><c> righteousness,</c>

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:05.579
even<00:41:01.059><c> as</c><00:41:01.500><c> David</c><00:41:01.900><c> also</c><00:41:02.519><c> described</c><00:41:03.159><c> the</c><00:41:03.619><c> blessedness</c><00:41:04.420><c> of</c><00:41:04.659><c> the</c><00:41:04.880><c> man</c>

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:09.400
unto<00:41:06.019><c> whom</c><00:41:06.380><c> God</c><00:41:07.000><c> imputed</c><00:41:07.420><c> righteousness</c><00:41:08.460><c> without</c><00:41:09.019><c> work,</c>

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:14.880
saying,<00:41:10.659><c> blessed</c><00:41:11.159><c> are</c><00:41:11.599><c> they</c><00:41:12.340><c> whose</c><00:41:12.739><c> iniquities</c><00:41:13.519><c> are</c><00:41:13.860><c> forgiven</c>

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:18.059
and<00:41:15.320><c> whose</c><00:41:15.639><c> sins</c><00:41:16.340><c> are</c><00:41:17.199><c> covered.</c>

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:21.139
Well,<00:41:19.659><c> Absalom's</c><00:41:20.239><c> bold</c><00:41:20.519><c> actions</c>

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:23.159
led<00:41:21.559><c> to</c><00:41:21.800><c> a</c><00:41:22.000><c> meeting</c><00:41:22.199><c> with</c><00:41:22.480><c> his</c><00:41:22.699><c> father.</c>

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.599
When<00:41:23.719><c> they</c><00:41:23.960><c> saw</c><00:41:24.199><c> each</c><00:41:24.440><c> other,</c>

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:28.760
they<00:41:24.699><c> had</c><00:41:24.980><c> not</c><00:41:25.440><c> been</c><00:41:25.820><c> together</c><00:41:26.420><c> for</c><00:41:27.159><c> five</c><00:41:27.659><c> years.</c>

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:31.300
Their<00:41:29.320><c> encounter</c><00:41:29.980><c> is</c><00:41:30.400><c> described</c>

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:35.139
at<00:41:31.920><c> the</c><00:41:32.179><c> end</c><00:41:32.559><c> of</c><00:41:33.059><c> second</c><00:41:33.280><c> Samuel</c><00:41:33.699><c> 14.</c>

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:40.719
And<00:41:35.619><c> there,</c><00:41:36.699><c> there's</c><00:41:37.019><c> no</c><00:41:37.340><c> record</c><00:41:38.119><c> of</c><00:41:38.840><c> any</c><00:41:39.199><c> reproof</c><00:41:39.579><c> from</c><00:41:39.900><c> David,</c>

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:47.539
nor<00:41:42.019><c> is</c><00:41:42.340><c> there</c><00:41:42.699><c> a</c><00:41:42.980><c> record</c><00:41:43.440><c> of</c><00:41:44.199><c> any</c><00:41:44.539><c> apology</c><00:41:45.440><c> from</c><00:41:46.539><c> Absalom.</c>

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:52.900
This<00:41:48.679><c> situation</c><00:41:49.320><c> was</c><00:41:49.699><c> unresolved,</c><00:41:51.199><c> and</c><00:41:51.679><c> it</c><00:41:51.800><c> got</c><00:41:51.940><c> worse.</c>

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:56.320
Absalom<00:41:54.239><c> spent</c><00:41:54.500><c> the</c><00:41:54.619><c> next</c><00:41:55.059><c> four</c><00:41:55.440><c> years</c>

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:59.139
setting<00:41:56.739><c> the</c><00:41:57.000><c> stage</c><00:41:57.280><c> to</c><00:41:57.500><c> rebel</c><00:41:57.760><c> against</c><00:41:58.099><c> his</c><00:41:58.340><c> father.</c>

00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:02.500
Physically,<00:42:00.340><c> Absalom</c><00:42:01.000><c> was</c><00:42:01.980><c> perfect.</c>

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:07.079
This<00:42:02.820><c> man</c><00:42:03.239><c> was</c><00:42:03.519><c> a</c><00:42:03.960><c> real</c><00:42:04.699><c> specimen</c><00:42:05.400><c> of</c><00:42:06.079><c> beauty.</c>

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:08.599
He<00:42:07.300><c> was</c><00:42:07.599><c> charming.</c>

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:12.920
And<00:42:08.880><c> so</c><00:42:09.280><c> lots</c><00:42:09.639><c> of</c><00:42:09.980><c> people</c><00:42:10.460><c> were</c><00:42:10.900><c> attracted</c><00:42:11.420><c> to</c><00:42:11.780><c> Absalom.</c>

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:16.539
So<00:42:13.280><c> he</c><00:42:13.460><c> set</c><00:42:13.639><c> out</c><00:42:13.840><c> to</c><00:42:14.139><c> win</c><00:42:14.340><c> the</c><00:42:14.639><c> hearts</c><00:42:14.900><c> of</c><00:42:15.099><c> the</c><00:42:15.280><c> children</c><00:42:15.480><c> of</c><00:42:15.719><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:21.199
And<00:42:17.019><c> his</c><00:42:17.420><c> strategy</c><00:42:18.300><c> was</c><00:42:19.340><c> exactly</c><00:42:20.159><c> like</c><00:42:20.699><c> that</c>

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:23.920
of<00:42:21.840><c> a</c><00:42:22.179><c> modern</c><00:42:22.480><c>-day</c><00:42:22.699><c> politician.</c>

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:29.400
He<00:42:24.699><c> met</c><00:42:25.199><c> with</c><00:42:25.719><c> people</c><00:42:26.320><c> in</c><00:42:26.699><c> the</c><00:42:26.900><c> gate,</c><00:42:27.699><c> and</c><00:42:27.960><c> he</c><00:42:28.139><c> listened</c><00:42:28.380><c> to</c><00:42:28.679><c> them,</c>

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:33.559
and<00:42:29.880><c> he</c><00:42:30.400><c> feigned</c><00:42:31.400><c> great</c><00:42:32.179><c> interest</c>

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:36.940
as<00:42:34.059><c> they</c><00:42:34.559><c> aired</c><00:42:34.900><c> to</c><00:42:35.119><c> him</c><00:42:35.320><c> their</c><00:42:35.619><c> grievances.</c>

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:40.900
Then<00:42:37.639><c> what</c><00:42:37.860><c> he</c><00:42:38.039><c> did</c><00:42:38.460><c> is</c><00:42:39.139><c> he</c><00:42:39.539><c> complimented</c><00:42:40.179><c> them,</c>

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:45.239
and<00:42:41.780><c> he</c><00:42:42.039><c> made</c><00:42:42.320><c> them</c><00:42:42.599><c> feel</c><00:42:42.940><c> good</c><00:42:43.460><c> about</c><00:42:43.820><c> themselves.</c>

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:48.159
At<00:42:45.579><c> second</c><00:42:45.840><c> Samuel</c><00:42:46.239><c> 15,</c><00:42:47.019><c> verse</c><00:42:47.219><c> three,</c><00:42:47.480><c> he</c><00:42:47.639><c> says,</c>

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:52.199
"'Thy<00:42:48.920><c> matters</c><00:42:49.500><c> are</c><00:42:50.199><c> good</c><00:42:50.599><c> and</c><00:42:50.960><c> right.'"</c>

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:55.239
Oh,<00:42:52.940><c> and</c><00:42:53.139><c> then</c><00:42:53.300><c> what</c><00:42:53.500><c> did</c><00:42:53.619><c> he</c><00:42:53.739><c> do</c><00:42:53.900><c> next?</c>

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:59.300
Boy,<00:42:56.239><c> this</c><00:42:56.320><c> one</c><00:42:57.039><c> sounds</c><00:42:57.679><c> so</c><00:42:58.539><c> familiar,</c>

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:05.099
particularly<00:43:00.380><c> to</c><00:43:01.179><c> those</c><00:43:01.559><c> of</c><00:43:01.760><c> us</c><00:43:01.980><c> who</c><00:43:02.300><c> are</c><00:43:03.079><c> from</c><00:43:03.460><c> the</c><00:43:03.659><c> United</c><00:43:03.980><c> States.</c>

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:07.260
What<00:43:05.400><c> did</c><00:43:05.639><c> Absalom</c><00:43:05.980><c> do</c><00:43:06.179><c> next?</c>

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:09.559
He<00:43:07.820><c> promised</c><00:43:08.139><c> change.</c>

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:14.619
If<00:43:10.500><c> you</c><00:43:10.760><c> put</c><00:43:10.940><c> me</c><00:43:11.219><c> in</c><00:43:11.460><c> power,</c><00:43:12.480><c> there's</c><00:43:12.679><c> gonna</c><00:43:12.880><c> be</c><00:43:13.179><c> change.</c>

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:19.119
Second<00:43:15.219><c> Samuel</c><00:43:15.739><c> 15,</c><00:43:17.699><c> verse</c><00:43:17.940><c> four.</c>

00:43:19.260 --> 00:43:20.500
Absalom<00:43:19.619><c> said,</c><00:43:20.119><c> moreover,</c>

00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:22.840
"'Oh,<00:43:20.980><c> that</c><00:43:21.099><c> I</c><00:43:21.360><c> were</c><00:43:21.480><c> made</c><00:43:21.679><c> judge</c><00:43:22.019><c> in</c><00:43:22.179><c> the</c><00:43:22.400><c> land,</c>

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:25.420
"'that<00:43:23.300><c> every</c><00:43:23.619><c> man</c><00:43:23.880><c> which</c><00:43:24.139><c> hath</c><00:43:24.260><c> any</c><00:43:24.699><c> suit</c><00:43:24.860><c> or</c><00:43:25.139><c> cause</c>

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:30.900
"'might<00:43:25.659><c> come</c><00:43:25.980><c> to</c><00:43:26.179><c> me,</c><00:43:26.539><c> and</c><00:43:26.699><c> I</c><00:43:26.880><c> would</c><00:43:27.059><c> do</c><00:43:27.300><c> him</c><00:43:27.500><c> justice,</c><00:43:28.820><c> change.'"</c>

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:38.840
Absalom<00:43:35.199><c> touched</c><00:43:35.840><c> the</c><00:43:36.940><c> people</c><00:43:37.260><c> warmly.</c>

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:43.719
When<00:43:39.659><c> a</c><00:43:39.840><c> person</c><00:43:40.139><c> came</c><00:43:40.599><c> to</c><00:43:41.019><c> bow</c><00:43:41.619><c> before</c><00:43:42.420><c> Absalom,</c>

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:48.199
he<00:43:44.260><c> took</c><00:43:44.500><c> that</c><00:43:44.820><c> person</c><00:43:45.159><c> up,</c><00:43:46.119><c> and</c><00:43:46.340><c> he</c><00:43:46.599><c> kissed</c><00:43:46.920><c> them.</c>

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:52.760
It<00:43:49.539><c> must</c><00:43:49.820><c> have</c><00:43:50.139><c> felt</c><00:43:50.880><c> so</c><00:43:51.619><c> special.</c>

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:56.599
Absalom<00:43:53.840><c> knew</c><00:43:54.519><c> how</c><00:43:54.800><c> to</c><00:43:54.980><c> make</c><00:43:55.159><c> people</c><00:43:55.659><c> feel,</c>

00:43:57.079 --> 00:44:02.099
loved,<00:43:58.980><c> valued,</c><00:44:00.679><c> and</c><00:44:00.960><c> respected.</c>

00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:07.400
And<00:44:03.119><c> Absalom</c><00:44:03.639><c> did</c><00:44:03.980><c> things</c><00:44:04.880><c> to</c><00:44:05.820><c> enhance</c><00:44:06.559><c> his</c><00:44:07.000><c> image</c>

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:11.300
in<00:44:07.639><c> the</c><00:44:07.840><c> sight</c><00:44:08.000><c> of</c><00:44:08.179><c> the</c><00:44:08.360><c> people,</c><00:44:08.699><c> just</c><00:44:08.980><c> like</c><00:44:09.260><c> politicians</c><00:44:09.960><c> do</c><00:44:10.239><c> today.</c>

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:13.800
And<00:44:11.559><c> because</c><00:44:11.880><c> he</c><00:44:12.059><c> was</c><00:44:12.519><c> following</c><00:44:12.980><c> the</c><00:44:13.380><c> playbook</c>

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:15.860
of<00:44:14.019><c> the</c><00:44:14.199><c> leaders</c><00:44:14.440><c> of</c><00:44:14.679><c> the</c><00:44:14.900><c> world,</c>

00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:18.739
his<00:44:16.239><c> behavior</c><00:44:16.719><c> violated</c><00:44:17.400><c> the</c><00:44:17.699><c> principles</c><00:44:18.119><c> of</c><00:44:18.400><c> God.</c>

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:22.500
For<00:44:19.420><c> example,</c><00:44:19.940><c> he</c><00:44:20.500><c> cut</c><00:44:20.679><c> his</c><00:44:20.940><c> hair</c><00:44:21.219><c> only</c><00:44:21.559><c> once</c><00:44:21.900><c> a</c><00:44:22.159><c> year,</c>

00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:26.420
so<00:44:22.960><c> that</c><00:44:23.320><c> its</c><00:44:23.639><c> tremendous</c><00:44:24.320><c> weight</c><00:44:24.820><c> could</c><00:44:25.300><c> be</c><00:44:25.699><c> proclaimed,</c>

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:27.880
that<00:44:26.619><c> a</c><00:44:26.739><c> big</c><00:44:26.940><c> deal</c><00:44:27.179><c> could</c><00:44:27.380><c> be</c><00:44:27.599><c> made.</c>

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:29.019
Well,<00:44:28.440><c> so</c><00:44:28.519><c> what</c><00:44:28.599><c> does</c><00:44:28.699><c> that</c><00:44:28.940><c> mean?</c>

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:32.139
What<00:44:29.199><c> means</c><00:44:29.400><c> he</c><00:44:29.539><c> had</c><00:44:29.679><c> long</c><00:44:30.059><c> hair</c><00:44:30.380><c> for</c><00:44:30.599><c> most</c><00:44:30.800><c> of</c><00:44:30.960><c> the</c><00:44:31.139><c> year?</c>

00:44:32.260 --> 00:44:37.179
Paul<00:44:32.539><c> says</c><00:44:32.860><c> that</c><00:44:33.059><c> it's</c><00:44:33.420><c> disgraceful</c><00:44:34.420><c> for</c><00:44:35.239><c> a</c><00:44:35.420><c> man</c><00:44:35.800><c> to</c><00:44:36.019><c> do</c><00:44:36.239><c> that.</c>

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:42.139
Then<00:44:38.639><c> Absalom</c><00:44:39.360><c> also</c><00:44:40.000><c> arranged</c><00:44:40.619><c> for</c><00:44:41.179><c> 50</c><00:44:41.480><c> men</c>

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:46.659
to<00:44:42.820><c> run</c><00:44:43.480><c> before</c><00:44:44.579><c> his</c><00:44:45.179><c> chariot.</c>

00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:52.039
Interesting,<00:44:48.840><c> Samuel</c><00:44:49.519><c> had</c><00:44:50.500><c> warned</c><00:44:51.079><c> the</c><00:44:51.480><c> people</c>

00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:55.199
about<00:44:52.880><c> behavior</c><00:44:53.400><c> like</c><00:44:53.800><c> that</c><00:44:54.000><c> that</c><00:44:54.119><c> was</c><00:44:54.340><c> coming</c>

00:44:54.949 --> 00:45:00.000
if<00:44:55.380><c> they</c><00:44:55.559><c> had</c><00:44:55.760><c> a</c><00:44:55.960><c> king,</c><00:44:56.559><c> because</c><00:44:56.780><c> wicked</c><00:44:57.420><c> kings</c><00:44:58.159><c> would</c><00:44:58.880><c> follow.</c>

00:45:00.280 --> 00:45:03.219
Samuel<00:45:00.500><c> predicted</c><00:45:00.920><c> that</c><00:45:01.280><c> these</c><00:45:01.940><c> wicked</c><00:45:02.440><c> kings</c>

00:45:03.219 --> 00:45:06.900
would<00:45:04.800><c> conscript</c><00:45:05.579><c> the</c><00:45:05.840><c> people's</c><00:45:06.659><c> sons</c>

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:10.199
to<00:45:07.699><c> run</c><00:45:08.239><c> before</c><00:45:08.800><c> his</c><00:45:09.239><c> chariots.</c>

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:14.699
He<00:45:10.760><c> says</c><00:45:10.980><c> that</c><00:45:11.659><c> in</c><00:45:11.960><c> First</c><00:45:12.300><c> Samuel</c><00:45:12.900><c> chapter</c><00:45:13.599><c> eight.</c>

00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:18.320
First<00:45:17.300><c> Samuel</c><00:45:17.619><c> chapter</c><00:45:18.019><c> eight,</c>

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:21.039
when<00:45:18.420><c> he's</c><00:45:18.719><c> giving</c><00:45:19.380><c> this</c><00:45:20.360><c> great</c><00:45:20.639><c> warning</c>

00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:23.460
about<00:45:21.300><c> what</c><00:45:21.519><c> would</c><00:45:21.739><c> happen</c><00:45:22.260><c> if</c><00:45:23.099><c> the</c><00:45:23.280><c> people</c>

00:45:23.460 --> 00:45:26.920
had<00:45:23.760><c> kings</c><00:45:24.159><c> over</c><00:45:24.539><c> him,</c><00:45:26.199><c> over</c><00:45:26.500><c> them.</c>

00:45:27.380 --> 00:45:30.719
First<00:45:27.559><c> Samuel</c><00:45:27.880><c> chapter</c><00:45:28.300><c> eight</c><00:45:28.820><c> and</c><00:45:29.420><c> verse</c><00:45:29.699><c> 11.</c>

00:45:31.219 --> 00:45:32.739
Same<00:45:31.559><c> as</c><00:45:31.820><c> speaking</c><00:45:32.039><c> here,</c><00:45:32.400><c> he</c><00:45:32.500><c> said,</c>

00:45:33.139 --> 00:45:35.519
this<00:45:33.139><c> will</c><00:45:33.360><c> be</c><00:45:33.619><c> the</c><00:45:33.860><c> manner</c><00:45:34.079><c> of</c><00:45:34.340><c> the</c><00:45:34.619><c> king</c><00:45:34.860><c> that</c><00:45:35.139><c> shall</c><00:45:35.360><c> reign</c>

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.139
over<00:45:35.860><c> you.</c>

00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:39.519
He<00:45:36.699><c> will</c><00:45:36.880><c> take</c><00:45:37.159><c> your</c><00:45:37.500><c> sons</c><00:45:37.820><c> and</c><00:45:38.159><c> appoint</c><00:45:38.420><c> them</c><00:45:38.659><c> for</c><00:45:38.900><c> himself,</c>

00:45:39.820 --> 00:45:42.659
for<00:45:40.039><c> his</c><00:45:40.360><c> chariots,</c><00:45:41.360><c> and</c><00:45:41.500><c> to</c><00:45:41.559><c> be</c><00:45:41.719><c> his</c><00:45:42.019><c> horsemen,</c>

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:47.840
and<00:45:43.400><c> some</c><00:45:43.920><c> shall</c><00:45:44.460><c> run</c><00:45:45.199><c> before</c><00:45:46.039><c> his</c><00:45:46.659><c> chariots.</c>

00:45:48.059 --> 00:45:50.920
Absalom<00:45:48.639><c> here</c><00:45:49.000><c> almost</c><00:45:49.400><c> seems</c><00:45:49.719><c> to</c><00:45:50.059><c> embrace</c>

00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:54.260
the<00:45:51.659><c> role</c><00:45:52.059><c> of</c><00:45:52.480><c> the</c><00:45:52.639><c> wicked</c><00:45:52.940><c> king.</c>

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:56.780
What's<00:45:54.880><c> going</c><00:45:55.119><c> on</c><00:45:55.280><c> in</c><00:45:55.400><c> his</c><00:45:55.699><c> mind?</c>

00:45:57.639 --> 00:46:01.440
Well,<00:45:58.239><c> certainly</c><00:45:58.900><c> he</c><00:45:59.219><c> is</c><00:45:59.480><c> doing</c><00:45:59.719><c> what</c><00:46:00.559><c> any</c><00:46:01.019><c> person</c>

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:08.000
who<00:46:02.000><c> so</c><00:46:02.880><c> blatantly</c><00:46:03.719><c> defies</c><00:46:05.400><c> God's</c><00:46:06.320><c> commands</c><00:46:06.840><c> does,</c>

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:12.639
and<00:46:08.280><c> that</c><00:46:08.360><c> is</c><00:46:08.519><c> he's</c><00:46:08.739><c> trying</c><00:46:09.079><c> to</c><00:46:09.719><c> forget</c><00:46:10.599><c> the</c><00:46:11.340><c> word</c><00:46:11.519><c> of</c><00:46:11.760><c> God,</c>

00:46:12.960 --> 00:46:15.840
and<00:46:13.099><c> God's</c><00:46:13.480><c> existence,</c><00:46:14.480><c> and</c><00:46:14.599><c> God's</c><00:46:14.980><c> power.</c>

00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:17.820
Well,<00:46:16.420><c> try</c><00:46:16.639><c> all</c><00:46:16.840><c> you</c><00:46:16.980><c> want</c><00:46:17.119><c> to</c><00:46:17.340><c> forget</c><00:46:17.579><c> it.</c>

00:46:18.179 --> 00:46:19.360
You<00:46:18.420><c> can't</c><00:46:18.619><c> get</c><00:46:18.780><c> rid</c><00:46:18.920><c> of</c><00:46:19.039><c> it.</c>

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:23.380
It's<00:46:19.739><c> still</c><00:46:20.000><c> there,</c><00:46:20.800><c> and</c><00:46:21.039><c> his</c><00:46:21.199><c> commands</c><00:46:21.679><c> are</c><00:46:22.260><c> still</c><00:46:22.480><c> binding.</c>

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:26.500
Absalom<00:46:24.360><c> would</c><00:46:24.519><c> have</c><00:46:24.699><c> done</c><00:46:25.239><c> so</c><00:46:25.760><c> much</c><00:46:26.000><c> better</c>

00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:30.539
if<00:46:27.119><c> instead</c><00:46:27.539><c> of</c><00:46:27.800><c> trying</c><00:46:28.059><c> to</c><00:46:28.360><c> win</c><00:46:28.559><c> the</c><00:46:28.820><c> people</c><00:46:29.079><c> over</c><00:46:29.340><c> with</c><00:46:29.659><c> externas,</c>

00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:34.980
he<00:46:31.000><c> had</c><00:46:31.139><c> instead</c><00:46:31.579><c> focused</c><00:46:32.260><c> on</c><00:46:32.980><c> developing</c><00:46:33.659><c> his</c><00:46:34.420><c> character</c>

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:37.360
as<00:46:35.599><c> God</c><00:46:35.860><c> would</c><00:46:36.019><c> have</c><00:46:36.119><c> us</c><00:46:36.360><c> to</c><00:46:36.519><c> do.</c>

00:46:37.539 --> 00:46:39.840
Nevertheless,<00:46:38.320><c> Absalom</c><00:46:38.679><c> prospered</c><00:46:39.139><c> for</c><00:46:39.400><c> a</c><00:46:39.519><c> time,</c>

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:42.380
and<00:46:40.300><c> one</c><00:46:40.480><c> of</c><00:46:40.599><c> the</c><00:46:40.699><c> reasons</c><00:46:41.119><c> that</c><00:46:41.380><c> he</c><00:46:41.559><c> was</c><00:46:41.760><c> successful</c>

00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:45.380
was<00:46:42.800><c> that</c><00:46:43.280><c> David</c><00:46:43.539><c> was</c><00:46:43.780><c> quite</c><00:46:44.099><c> sick</c><00:46:44.360><c> during</c><00:46:44.619><c> these</c><00:46:44.900><c> years.</c>

00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:48.119
Come<00:46:45.760><c> over</c><00:46:45.880><c> to</c><00:46:46.059><c> Psalm</c><00:46:46.320><c> 38,</c><00:46:47.340><c> it's</c><00:46:47.480><c> an</c><00:46:47.699><c> indicator</c>

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:51.980
of<00:46:48.679><c> what</c><00:46:49.059><c> was</c><00:46:49.300><c> going</c><00:46:49.519><c> on</c><00:46:50.119><c> physically</c><00:46:50.739><c> in</c><00:46:51.159><c> David's</c><00:46:51.679><c> life</c>

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:56.059
at<00:46:52.579><c> this</c><00:46:52.840><c> time,</c><00:46:54.480><c> nature</c><00:46:54.760><c> of</c><00:46:54.940><c> his</c><00:46:55.119><c> illness.</c>

00:46:56.159 --> 00:47:01.960
Psalm<00:46:56.440><c> 38</c><00:46:57.599><c> and</c><00:46:58.400><c> verse</c><00:46:58.659><c> seven,</c><00:47:00.460><c> David</c><00:47:00.800><c> states,</c>

00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:05.179
for<00:47:02.219><c> my</c><00:47:02.559><c> loins</c><00:47:02.880><c> are</c><00:47:03.159><c> filled</c><00:47:03.440><c> with</c><00:47:03.760><c> a</c><00:47:03.920><c> loathsome</c><00:47:04.440><c> disease,</c>

00:47:05.219 --> 00:47:07.880
and<00:47:05.380><c> there</c><00:47:05.619><c> is</c><00:47:05.860><c> no</c><00:47:06.380><c> soundness</c><00:47:06.880><c> in</c><00:47:07.119><c> my</c><00:47:07.360><c> flesh.</c>

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:12.380
You<00:47:08.460><c> know,</c><00:47:09.480><c> David's</c><00:47:10.019><c> loathsome</c><00:47:10.820><c> disease</c>

00:47:12.340 --> 00:47:16.460
made<00:47:12.800><c> the</c><00:47:13.079><c> physical</c><00:47:13.800><c> contrast</c><00:47:14.500><c> between</c><00:47:15.039><c> him</c>

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:18.940
and<00:47:16.860><c> perfect</c><00:47:17.099><c> Absalom</c><00:47:17.960><c> quite</c><00:47:18.559><c> stark.</c>

00:47:19.260 --> 00:47:21.860
Look<00:47:19.460><c> at</c><00:47:20.360><c> Psalm</c><00:47:20.599><c> 38,</c><00:47:21.099><c> verse</c><00:47:21.500><c> five,</c>

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:23.659
and<00:47:22.079><c> how</c><00:47:22.280><c> David</c><00:47:22.599><c> describes</c><00:47:23.139><c> himself.</c>

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:29.719
My<00:47:24.199><c> wounds</c><00:47:24.739><c> stink</c><00:47:25.539><c> and</c><00:47:26.659><c> are</c><00:47:26.940><c> corrupt</c><00:47:27.380><c> because</c><00:47:28.320><c> of</c><00:47:28.559><c> my</c><00:47:28.760><c> foolishness.</c>

00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:33.480
You<00:47:30.039><c> know,</c><00:47:30.159><c> the</c><00:47:30.400><c> contrast</c><00:47:30.960><c> between</c><00:47:31.619><c> Christ</c><00:47:32.079><c> and</c><00:47:32.500><c> the</c><00:47:32.699><c> Pharisees</c>

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:37.619
is<00:47:33.840><c> foreshadowed</c><00:47:34.659><c> quite</c><00:47:34.960><c> strongly</c><00:47:35.679><c> in</c><00:47:36.820><c> the</c><00:47:37.059><c> contrast</c>

00:47:37.619 --> 00:47:41.000
between<00:47:38.699><c> David</c><00:47:39.320><c> and</c><00:47:39.800><c> Absalom</c><00:47:40.079><c> at</c><00:47:40.280><c> this</c><00:47:40.519><c> time.</c>

00:47:41.400 --> 00:47:44.820
Like<00:47:41.599><c> the</c><00:47:41.860><c> Pharisees,</c><00:47:43.199><c> Absalom</c><00:47:43.639><c> was</c><00:47:43.900><c> all</c><00:47:44.159><c> about</c><00:47:44.340><c> appearances.</c>

00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:48.880
He<00:47:45.539><c> really</c><00:47:45.880><c> cared</c><00:47:46.260><c> about</c><00:47:46.719><c> how</c><00:47:47.119><c> he</c><00:47:47.420><c> appeared</c><00:47:47.739><c> to</c><00:47:47.920><c> people.</c>

00:47:49.239 --> 00:47:53.780
And<00:47:49.599><c> like</c><00:47:49.880><c> the</c><00:47:50.219><c> Pharisees,</c><00:47:51.019><c> he</c><00:47:51.239><c> was</c><00:47:51.659><c> so</c><00:47:52.280><c> decisive</c>

00:47:53.599 --> 00:47:58.260
in<00:47:54.000><c> his</c><00:47:54.400><c> condemnation</c><00:47:55.300><c> and</c><00:47:55.780><c> judgment</c><00:47:56.340><c> of</c><00:47:56.920><c> wrongdoers,</c>

00:47:58.579 --> 00:48:04.219
like<00:47:58.800><c> Amnon,</c><00:48:00.179><c> even</c><00:48:00.559><c> though</c><00:48:01.340><c> he</c><00:48:01.739><c> was</c><00:48:02.119><c> far,</c><00:48:02.840><c> far,</c><00:48:03.320><c> far</c>

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:07.780
from<00:48:04.880><c> guilty</c><00:48:05.260><c> himself,</c><00:48:06.320><c> from</c><00:48:06.320><c> guiltless</c><00:48:06.639><c> himself.</c>

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:13.079
Moreover,<00:48:09.420><c> like</c><00:48:09.920><c> David,</c><00:48:10.840><c> at</c><00:48:11.119><c> this</c><00:48:11.380><c> stage</c><00:48:11.699><c> in</c><00:48:11.920><c> his</c><00:48:12.159><c> life,</c>

00:48:13.099 --> 00:48:18.260
the<00:48:13.260><c> Lord</c><00:48:13.500><c> Jesus</c><00:48:14.099><c> was</c><00:48:14.719><c> not</c><00:48:15.360><c> physically</c><00:48:16.019><c> desirable</c><00:48:16.760><c> to</c><00:48:17.019><c> the</c><00:48:17.239><c> eyes,</c>

00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:22.440
and<00:48:18.500><c> what's</c><00:48:18.820><c> more,</c><00:48:19.539><c> the</c><00:48:19.760><c> Lord</c><00:48:19.940><c> did</c><00:48:20.219><c> not</c><00:48:20.599><c> mete</c><00:48:20.820><c> out</c><00:48:21.260><c> judgment</c>

00:48:22.940 --> 00:48:26.579
the<00:48:23.340><c> way</c><00:48:23.739><c> some</c><00:48:24.119><c> people</c><00:48:24.940><c> wanted</c><00:48:25.300><c> him</c><00:48:25.639><c> to.</c>

00:48:26.900 --> 00:48:30.559
Instead,<00:48:27.360><c> his</c><00:48:27.659><c> desire</c><00:48:28.079><c> was</c><00:48:28.360><c> to</c><00:48:28.659><c> serve</c><00:48:29.380><c> God,</c>

00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:35.099
and<00:48:31.119><c> hardship</c><00:48:31.599><c> and</c><00:48:32.719><c> pressure</c><00:48:33.420><c> from</c><00:48:34.099><c> other</c><00:48:34.380><c> people</c>

00:48:35.099 --> 00:48:39.760
did<00:48:35.639><c> not</c><00:48:36.000><c> cause</c><00:48:36.380><c> him</c><00:48:36.639><c> to</c><00:48:36.980><c> waver</c><00:48:37.800><c> in</c><00:48:38.260><c> his</c><00:48:38.639><c> commitment</c>

00:48:40.059 --> 00:48:41.820
to<00:48:40.340><c> his</c><00:48:40.500><c> heavenly</c><00:48:40.699><c> father.</c>

00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:45.980
Well,<00:48:43.440><c> Absalom</c><00:48:43.659><c> and</c><00:48:43.760><c> his</c><00:48:44.019><c> supporters</c><00:48:44.460><c> kept</c><00:48:44.800><c> a</c><00:48:45.039><c> close</c><00:48:45.239><c> eye</c><00:48:45.440><c> on</c><00:48:45.739><c> David.</c>

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:47.539
They<00:48:46.619><c> knew</c><00:48:46.800><c> that</c><00:48:46.940><c> he</c><00:48:47.019><c> was</c><00:48:47.300><c> sick.</c>

00:48:47.780 --> 00:48:50.780
In<00:48:48.000><c> fact,</c><00:48:48.300><c> they</c><00:48:48.579><c> thought</c><00:48:48.920><c> that</c><00:48:49.179><c> the</c><00:48:49.420><c> time</c><00:48:49.599><c> of</c><00:48:49.800><c> his</c><00:48:50.039><c> death</c><00:48:50.340><c> was</c><00:48:50.659><c> near.</c>

00:48:50.840 --> 00:48:53.039
Come<00:48:51.039><c> over</c><00:48:51.199><c> to</c><00:48:51.380><c> Psalm</c><00:48:51.619><c> 41.</c>

00:48:53.199 --> 00:48:55.539
Consider<00:48:53.539><c> what's</c><00:48:53.860><c> written</c><00:48:54.260><c> in</c><00:48:54.920><c> verse</c><00:48:55.219><c> seven,</c>

00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:57.159
as<00:48:55.719><c> David</c><00:48:56.019><c> is</c><00:48:56.260><c> observing</c><00:48:56.599><c> this.</c>

00:48:57.159 --> 00:49:00.000
Psalm<00:48:57.739><c> 41,</c><00:48:58.440><c> verse</c><00:48:58.659><c> seven.</c>

00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:03.099
All<00:49:00.559><c> that</c><00:49:00.820><c> hate</c><00:49:01.039><c> me</c><00:49:01.420><c> whisper</c><00:49:01.940><c> together</c><00:49:02.480><c> against</c><00:49:02.820><c> me.</c>

00:49:03.119 --> 00:49:06.400
Against<00:49:03.440><c> me</c><00:49:03.659><c> do</c><00:49:03.840><c> they</c><00:49:04.219><c> devise</c><00:49:05.239><c> my</c><00:49:05.519><c> hurt.</c>

00:49:06.539 --> 00:49:10.059
And<00:49:06.719><c> evil</c><00:49:07.059><c> disease,</c><00:49:08.019><c> say</c><00:49:08.099><c> they,</c><00:49:08.480><c> cleaveth</c><00:49:08.840><c> fast</c><00:49:09.260><c> unto</c><00:49:09.539><c> him.</c>

00:49:10.380 --> 00:49:15.420
And<00:49:10.679><c> now</c><00:49:10.840><c> that</c><00:49:11.000><c> he</c><00:49:11.260><c> lieth,</c><00:49:12.099><c> he</c><00:49:12.360><c> shall</c><00:49:12.639><c> rise</c><00:49:13.119><c> up</c><00:49:13.820><c> no</c><00:49:14.440><c> more.</c>

00:49:16.500 --> 00:49:18.039
Absalom<00:49:16.880><c> and</c><00:49:17.019><c> his</c><00:49:17.320><c> supporters</c><00:49:17.659><c> think</c>

00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:20.480
that<00:49:18.360><c> David</c><00:49:18.559><c> is</c><00:49:18.820><c> on</c><00:49:19.039><c> the</c><00:49:19.219><c> verge</c><00:49:19.440><c> of</c><00:49:19.679><c> death</c><00:49:19.920><c> here,</c>

00:49:20.579 --> 00:49:23.380
and<00:49:20.980><c> so</c><00:49:21.139><c> they</c><00:49:21.380><c> decide</c><00:49:22.059><c> to</c><00:49:22.440><c> act.</c>

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:27.559
You<00:49:23.739><c> know,</c><00:49:24.440><c> Solomon</c><00:49:24.579><c> was</c><00:49:25.340><c> probably</c><00:49:26.000><c> around</c><00:49:26.599><c> five</c><00:49:27.000><c> years</c><00:49:27.320><c> old,</c>

00:49:27.579 --> 00:49:30.280
perhaps<00:49:27.980><c> a</c><00:49:28.219><c> little</c><00:49:28.539><c> older</c><00:49:29.159><c> at</c><00:49:29.699><c> this</c><00:49:29.980><c> point,</c>

00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:34.179
and<00:49:30.840><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:31.179><c> had</c><00:49:31.420><c> declared</c><00:49:31.920><c> that</c><00:49:32.119><c> he</c><00:49:32.320><c> was</c><00:49:32.500><c> gonna</c><00:49:32.619><c> be</c><00:49:32.840><c> the</c><00:49:33.019><c> next</c><00:49:33.320><c> king.</c>

00:49:34.440 --> 00:49:36.219
But<00:49:34.800><c> Absalom</c><00:49:35.199><c> and</c><00:49:35.380><c> his</c><00:49:35.699><c> followers</c>

00:49:36.219 --> 00:49:38.480
had<00:49:36.699><c> no</c><00:49:37.059><c> regard</c><00:49:37.599><c> for</c><00:49:37.780><c> the</c><00:49:37.940><c> will</c><00:49:38.039><c> of</c><00:49:38.300><c> God.</c>

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:41.880
In<00:49:38.940><c> fact,</c><00:49:39.519><c> they</c><00:49:39.860><c> thought</c><00:49:40.179><c> that</c><00:49:40.400><c> they</c><00:49:40.719><c> could</c><00:49:41.000><c> thwart</c><00:49:41.420><c> it.</c>

00:49:42.380 --> 00:49:47.000
So<00:49:42.539><c> they</c><00:49:42.780><c> decided</c><00:49:43.440><c> to</c><00:49:43.980><c> rebel</c><00:49:44.619><c> and</c><00:49:45.360><c> to</c><00:49:45.739><c> overthrow</c><00:49:46.159><c> David</c>

00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:52.519
before<00:49:47.780><c> he</c><00:49:48.139><c> died,</c><00:49:49.360><c> and</c><00:49:49.420><c> little</c><00:49:49.599><c> Solomon</c><00:49:50.340><c> was</c><00:49:51.019><c> installed</c><00:49:51.440><c> as</c><00:49:51.739><c> king.</c>

00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:57.119
So<00:49:53.659><c> Absalom</c><00:49:54.099><c> asked</c><00:49:54.519><c> David</c><00:49:55.000><c> if</c><00:49:55.239><c> he</c><00:49:55.400><c> could</c><00:49:55.639><c> travel</c><00:49:56.039><c> to</c><00:49:56.280><c> heaven.</c>

00:49:57.380 --> 00:50:00.360
He<00:49:57.519><c> told</c><00:49:57.699><c> his</c><00:49:57.940><c> father</c><00:49:58.460><c> that</c><00:49:59.159><c> he</c><00:49:59.340><c> wanted</c><00:49:59.559><c> to</c><00:49:59.800><c> make</c><00:50:00.000><c> good</c>

00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:02.599
on<00:50:00.559><c> a</c><00:50:00.739><c> religious</c><00:50:01.159><c> vow</c><00:50:01.539><c> that</c><00:50:01.739><c> he</c><00:50:01.880><c> had</c><00:50:02.119><c> made</c>

00:50:02.599 --> 00:50:05.260
while<00:50:03.199><c> he</c><00:50:03.340><c> was</c><00:50:03.539><c> up</c><00:50:03.719><c> in</c><00:50:03.820><c> the</c><00:50:03.980><c> north</c><00:50:04.239><c> in</c><00:50:04.519><c> Gisha.</c>

00:50:05.619 --> 00:50:09.460
His<00:50:06.039><c> words</c><00:50:06.420><c> suggested</c><00:50:07.119><c> that</c><00:50:07.699><c> he</c><00:50:08.059><c> intended</c><00:50:08.420><c> to</c><00:50:08.880><c> turn</c>

00:50:09.460 --> 00:50:14.400
in<00:50:10.059><c> earnest</c><00:50:10.420><c> this</c><00:50:10.940><c> time</c><00:50:11.400><c> to</c><00:50:12.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:12.579><c> and</c><00:50:12.840><c> to</c><00:50:13.059><c> serve</c><00:50:13.280><c> him.</c>

00:50:15.099 --> 00:50:20.940
Oh,<00:50:15.659><c> how</c><00:50:16.039><c> those</c><00:50:16.519><c> words</c><00:50:17.019><c> must</c><00:50:17.380><c> have</c><00:50:17.659><c> brought</c><00:50:18.059><c> great</c><00:50:18.900><c> joy</c><00:50:19.679><c> to</c><00:50:20.079><c> David.</c>

00:50:21.280 --> 00:50:24.079
This,<00:50:22.980><c> he</c><00:50:23.320><c> might</c><00:50:23.539><c> have</c><00:50:23.659><c> been</c><00:50:23.860><c> thinking,</c>

00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:29.500
this<00:50:24.679><c> is</c><00:50:25.039><c> the</c><00:50:25.400><c> change</c><00:50:25.760><c> in</c><00:50:25.960><c> my</c><00:50:26.280><c> son</c><00:50:26.719><c> that</c><00:50:27.519><c> I've</c><00:50:27.800><c> been</c><00:50:27.980><c> longing</c><00:50:28.199><c> for.</c>

00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:33.780
Absalom<00:50:30.380><c> knew</c><00:50:31.800><c> the</c><00:50:32.000><c> way</c><00:50:32.179><c> his</c><00:50:32.460><c> father</c><00:50:32.780><c> thought,</c>

00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:38.360
and<00:50:34.099><c> so</c><00:50:34.320><c> he</c><00:50:34.599><c> took</c><00:50:34.980><c> advantage</c><00:50:35.940><c> of</c><00:50:36.840><c> his</c><00:50:37.059><c> father's</c><00:50:37.579><c> righteous</c><00:50:37.840><c> character.</c>

00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:42.559
He<00:50:38.940><c> knew</c><00:50:39.179><c> that</c><00:50:39.579><c> David</c><00:50:39.860><c> would</c><00:50:40.179><c> agree</c><00:50:40.639><c> to</c><00:50:41.000><c> any</c><00:50:41.260><c> request</c>

00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:49.199
that<00:50:43.159><c> involved</c><00:50:43.920><c> Absalom</c><00:50:44.880><c> appearing</c><00:50:45.639><c> to</c><00:50:46.659><c> serve</c><00:50:47.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:47.920><c> in</c><00:50:48.320><c> earnest.</c>

00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:53.239
So<00:50:49.400><c> David</c><00:50:50.179><c> let</c><00:50:50.880><c> Absalom</c><00:50:51.599><c> go</c><00:50:52.119><c> to</c><00:50:52.380><c> heaven,</c>

00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:57.199
and<00:50:53.880><c> Absalom</c><00:50:54.539><c> rose</c><00:50:55.059><c> up</c><00:50:55.460><c> in</c><00:50:55.699><c> revolt</c><00:50:56.159><c> there.</c>

00:50:57.659 --> 00:51:01.099
David<00:50:57.820><c> must</c><00:50:58.099><c> have</c><00:50:58.280><c> been</c><00:50:58.599><c> so</c><00:50:59.420><c> shattered</c><00:50:59.880><c> when</c><00:51:00.659><c> he</c><00:51:00.920><c> learned</c>

00:51:01.099 --> 00:51:02.400
that<00:51:01.400><c> news,</c>

00:51:02.559 --> 00:51:06.400
for<00:51:02.719><c> not</c><00:51:02.960><c> only</c><00:51:03.159><c> has</c><00:51:03.420><c> his</c><00:51:03.739><c> son</c><00:51:04.019><c> revolted</c><00:51:04.760><c> against</c><00:51:05.099><c> his</c><00:51:05.519><c> rule,</c>

00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:10.059
but<00:51:07.360><c> he's</c><00:51:07.519><c> not</c><00:51:07.739><c> really</c><00:51:08.059><c> turning</c><00:51:08.300><c> back</c><00:51:08.559><c> to</c><00:51:08.719><c> God</c><00:51:09.019><c> either.</c>

00:51:10.920 --> 00:51:15.739
David's<00:51:11.460><c> hope</c><00:51:11.840><c> for</c><00:51:12.500><c> his</c><00:51:12.780><c> son's</c><00:51:13.800><c> spiritual</c><00:51:14.199><c> reformation</c>

00:51:15.739 --> 00:51:21.300
were<00:51:16.199><c> totally</c><00:51:16.500><c> dashed</c><00:51:18.079><c> that</c><00:51:18.599><c> most</c><00:51:18.840><c> have</c><00:51:19.079><c> been</c><00:51:19.599><c> so</c><00:51:20.219><c> devastating</c>

00:51:21.599 --> 00:51:25.739
to<00:51:21.940><c> this</c><00:51:22.199><c> righteous</c><00:51:23.159><c> and</c><00:51:24.019><c> tender</c><00:51:24.280><c>-hearted</c><00:51:24.579><c> king.</c>

00:51:26.800 --> 00:51:30.119
Well,<00:51:27.059><c> Absalom</c><00:51:27.320><c> probably</c><00:51:28.119><c> selected</c><00:51:29.139><c> Hebron</c>

00:51:30.119 --> 00:51:32.280
as<00:51:30.480><c> the</c><00:51:30.780><c> starting</c><00:51:30.980><c> point</c><00:51:31.320><c> for</c><00:51:31.539><c> his</c><00:51:31.820><c> revolt</c>

00:51:32.280 --> 00:51:33.820
because<00:51:32.920><c> he</c><00:51:33.059><c> was</c><00:51:33.280><c> born</c><00:51:33.519><c> there.</c>

00:51:33.860 --> 00:51:36.159
Perhaps<00:51:34.219><c> there</c><00:51:34.420><c> was</c><00:51:34.699><c> some</c><00:51:34.960><c> sympathy</c><00:51:35.300><c> for</c><00:51:35.579><c> him</c><00:51:35.780><c> there.</c>

00:51:36.519 --> 00:51:39.679
Plus,<00:51:36.780><c> there</c><00:51:37.000><c> also</c><00:51:37.340><c> might</c><00:51:37.519><c> have</c><00:51:37.679><c> been</c><00:51:37.840><c> some</c><00:51:38.119><c> jealousy</c><00:51:38.639><c> in</c><00:51:38.900><c> Hebron</c>

00:51:39.679 --> 00:51:43.579
of<00:51:40.179><c> the</c><00:51:40.760><c> role</c><00:51:41.260><c> that</c><00:51:41.800><c> Jerusalem</c><00:51:42.460><c> had</c><00:51:42.880><c> received</c>

00:51:43.579 --> 00:51:48.639
by<00:51:44.059><c> being</c><00:51:44.480><c> named</c><00:51:44.900><c> the</c><00:51:45.199><c> capital</c><00:51:45.739><c> of</c><00:51:46.300><c> the</c><00:51:46.519><c> unified</c><00:51:47.440><c> kingdom.</c>

00:51:49.420 --> 00:51:51.099
People<00:51:49.559><c> in</c><00:51:49.659><c> Hebron</c><00:51:49.900><c> might</c><00:51:50.119><c> have</c><00:51:50.239><c> been</c><00:51:50.340><c> a</c><00:51:50.420><c> bit</c><00:51:50.639><c> bitter</c>

00:51:51.099 --> 00:51:54.380
that<00:51:51.679><c> all</c><00:51:51.920><c> those</c><00:51:52.219><c> years</c><00:51:52.599><c> of</c><00:51:52.960><c> struggling</c><00:51:53.179><c> to</c><00:51:53.440><c> support</c><00:51:53.739><c> David</c>

00:51:54.380 --> 00:51:58.260
didn't<00:51:54.920><c> seem</c><00:51:55.119><c> to</c><00:51:55.260><c> matter,</c><00:51:56.079><c> so</c><00:51:56.260><c> a</c><00:51:56.460><c> revolt</c><00:51:56.659><c> breaks</c><00:51:57.059><c> out.</c>

00:51:58.920 --> 00:52:03.159
David<00:51:59.079><c> must</c><00:51:59.300><c> have</c><00:51:59.460><c> been</c><00:51:59.619><c> so</c><00:51:59.900><c> distressed</c><00:52:01.119><c> to</c><00:52:01.719><c> see</c><00:52:01.860><c> the</c><00:52:02.119><c> unity</c>

00:52:03.260 --> 00:52:07.599
he<00:52:03.559><c> had</c><00:52:03.780><c> worked</c><00:52:04.059><c> so</c><00:52:05.000><c> hard</c><00:52:05.519><c> to</c><00:52:05.800><c> achieve</c><00:52:06.300><c> in</c><00:52:06.500><c> the</c><00:52:06.659><c> kingdom,</c>

00:52:08.559 --> 00:52:14.059
being<00:52:09.159><c> undermined</c><00:52:09.760><c> by</c><00:52:10.980><c> the</c><00:52:11.420><c> selfishness</c><00:52:12.460><c> and</c><00:52:13.019><c> the</c><00:52:13.280><c> ambition</c>

00:52:14.679 --> 00:52:18.420
of<00:52:15.380><c> people</c><00:52:15.699><c> not</c><00:52:16.019><c> really</c><00:52:16.340><c> interested</c><00:52:16.719><c> in</c><00:52:16.900><c> the</c><00:52:17.039><c> service</c><00:52:17.260><c> to</c><00:52:17.519><c> God.</c>

00:52:18.820 --> 00:52:20.460
Well,<00:52:19.139><c> folly</c><00:52:19.300><c> and</c><00:52:19.599><c> pride,</c><00:52:19.860><c> in</c><00:52:20.119><c> fact,</c>

00:52:20.760 --> 00:52:23.840
characterized<00:52:21.539><c> the</c><00:52:22.219><c> brief</c><00:52:22.500><c> rule</c><00:52:22.719><c> of</c><00:52:23.139><c> Absalom.</c>

00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:27.000
He<00:52:24.139><c> must</c><00:52:24.360><c> have</c><00:52:24.619><c> absolutely</c><00:52:25.340><c> stunned</c><00:52:26.019><c> Ahithophel</c>

00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:31.920
by<00:52:27.440><c> not</c><00:52:27.940><c> accepting</c><00:52:28.320><c> his</c><00:52:28.760><c> military</c><00:52:29.340><c> advice</c><00:52:29.820><c> unquestioningly.</c>

00:52:32.260 --> 00:52:34.940
And<00:52:32.400><c> when</c><00:52:32.559><c> presented</c><00:52:33.059><c> with</c><00:52:33.579><c> multiple</c><00:52:34.099><c> options</c>

00:52:34.940 --> 00:52:37.500
for<00:52:35.599><c> warring</c><00:52:36.000><c> against</c><00:52:36.320><c> his</c><00:52:36.599><c> father,</c>

00:52:37.760 --> 00:52:41.340
what<00:52:37.960><c> option</c><00:52:38.320><c> did</c><00:52:38.519><c> Absalom</c><00:52:39.019><c> choose</c><00:52:39.460><c> and</c><00:52:39.619><c> why</c><00:52:39.920><c> did</c><00:52:40.019><c> he</c><00:52:40.219><c> choose</c><00:52:40.480><c> it?</c>

00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:44.659
He<00:52:41.699><c> picked</c><00:52:42.000><c> the</c><00:52:42.280><c> option</c><00:52:42.719><c> that</c><00:52:43.000><c> appealed</c><00:52:43.440><c> to</c><00:52:43.679><c> his</c><00:52:44.039><c> pride.</c>

00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:48.559
Yes,<00:52:45.760><c> gather</c><00:52:46.199><c> the</c><00:52:46.500><c> armies</c><00:52:46.820><c> of</c><00:52:47.039><c> Israel</c><00:52:47.380><c> together</c>

00:52:48.500 --> 00:52:51.719
and<00:52:48.840><c> go</c><00:52:49.179><c> out</c><00:52:49.500><c> to</c><00:52:49.760><c> battle</c><00:52:50.019><c> in</c><00:52:50.320><c> front</c><00:52:50.480><c> of</c><00:52:50.719><c> them.</c>

00:52:52.019 --> 00:52:57.139
Show<00:52:52.380><c> yourself</c><00:52:52.940><c> to</c><00:52:53.260><c> be</c><00:52:54.000><c> a</c><00:52:54.360><c> mighty,</c><00:52:55.099><c> powerful,</c><00:52:55.500><c> and</c><00:52:55.780><c> important</c><00:52:56.119><c> man.</c>

00:52:59.159 --> 00:53:03.519
Well,<00:53:01.099><c> after</c><00:53:01.440><c> getting</c><00:53:01.820><c> stuck</c><00:53:02.360><c> in</c><00:53:02.599><c> a</c><00:53:02.860><c> great</c><00:53:03.179><c> oak</c>

00:53:03.519 --> 00:53:07.619
in<00:53:03.699><c> the</c><00:53:03.860><c> battle</c><00:53:04.059><c> against</c><00:53:04.380><c> his</c><00:53:04.639><c> father,</c><00:53:06.119><c> Absalom</c><00:53:06.420><c> died</c>

00:53:07.719 --> 00:53:11.300
when<00:53:08.039><c> Joab</c><00:53:08.400><c> drove</c><00:53:08.840><c> three</c><00:53:09.239><c> javelins</c><00:53:09.900><c> into</c><00:53:10.139><c> his</c><00:53:10.420><c> heart.</c>

00:53:12.099 --> 00:53:15.079
This<00:53:12.239><c> man</c><00:53:12.480><c> Absalom</c><00:53:12.880><c> was</c><00:53:13.159><c> buried</c><00:53:13.500><c> without</c><00:53:13.960><c> ceremony.</c>

00:53:15.460 --> 00:53:17.440
Like<00:53:15.679><c> Achan,</c><00:53:16.000><c> the</c><00:53:16.159><c> great</c><00:53:16.420><c> troublemaker</c><00:53:16.739><c> of</c><00:53:16.900><c> Israel,</c>

00:53:17.659 --> 00:53:20.699
in<00:53:17.800><c> Joshua's</c><00:53:18.360><c> day,</c><00:53:19.400><c> a</c><00:53:19.619><c> great</c><00:53:19.900><c> heap</c><00:53:20.059><c> of</c><00:53:20.380><c> stones</c>

00:53:20.699 --> 00:53:23.800
was<00:53:21.000><c> raised</c><00:53:21.300><c> up</c><00:53:21.579><c> over</c><00:53:21.820><c> Absalom's</c><00:53:23.099><c> corpse.</c>

00:53:25.360 --> 00:53:30.099
And<00:53:25.639><c> David</c><00:53:26.500><c> wept</c><00:53:27.159><c> bitterly</c><00:53:28.039><c> at</c><00:53:28.860><c> his</c><00:53:29.099><c> loss.</c>

00:53:31.820 --> 00:53:34.320
David's<00:53:32.219><c> mourning</c><00:53:32.480><c> over</c><00:53:32.820><c> Absalom</c><00:53:33.519><c> once</c><00:53:33.920><c> again</c>

00:53:34.320 --> 00:53:36.840
occupies<00:53:34.960><c> a</c><00:53:35.119><c> lot</c><00:53:35.219><c> of</c><00:53:35.400><c> Bible</c><00:53:35.679><c> real</c><00:53:35.980><c> estate.</c>

00:53:37.119 --> 00:53:39.360
It<00:53:37.360><c> basically</c><00:53:37.780><c> spans</c><00:53:38.300><c> the</c><00:53:38.639><c> section</c><00:53:38.920><c> of</c><00:53:39.159><c> scripture</c>

00:53:39.360 --> 00:53:40.860
that<00:53:39.579><c> we</c><00:53:39.820><c> had</c><00:53:39.960><c> read</c><00:53:40.179><c> for</c><00:53:40.400><c> us</c><00:53:40.539><c> earlier</c>

00:53:40.860 --> 00:53:45.739
from<00:53:41.159><c> 2</c><00:53:41.400><c> Samuel</c><00:53:41.719><c> 18</c><00:53:42.239><c> verse</c><00:53:42.579><c> five</c><00:53:43.139><c> to</c><00:53:43.500><c> 2</c><00:53:43.760><c> Samuel</c><00:53:44.079><c> 19</c><00:53:44.500><c> verse</c><00:53:44.820><c> eight.</c>

00:53:46.119 --> 00:53:49.019
Ever<00:53:46.460><c> wondered</c><00:53:46.860><c> why</c><00:53:47.139><c> there's</c><00:53:47.460><c> so</c><00:53:47.760><c> much</c><00:53:48.099><c> recorded</c><00:53:48.440><c> in</c><00:53:48.659><c> the</c><00:53:48.800><c> Bible</c>

00:53:49.019 --> 00:53:52.539
about<00:53:49.820><c> the</c><00:53:50.260><c> runners</c><00:53:50.659><c> and</c><00:53:51.400><c> their</c><00:53:51.519><c> messages?</c>

00:53:53.159 --> 00:53:55.619
That's<00:53:53.380><c> a</c><00:53:53.480><c> lot</c><00:53:53.579><c> of</c><00:53:53.780><c> text</c><00:53:54.000><c> devoted</c><00:53:54.280><c> to</c><00:53:54.480><c> that</c><00:53:54.679><c> subject.</c>

00:53:56.000 --> 00:53:58.079
I<00:53:56.239><c> believe</c><00:53:56.519><c> that</c><00:53:57.099><c> people</c><00:53:57.320><c> were</c><00:53:57.519><c> thinking</c><00:53:57.760><c> about</c>

00:53:58.079 --> 00:53:59.800
how<00:53:58.320><c> they</c><00:53:58.500><c> were</c><00:53:58.679><c> going</c><00:53:58.940><c> to</c><00:53:59.539><c> deliver</c>

00:53:59.800 --> 00:54:02.099
this<00:54:00.280><c> heart</c><00:54:00.599><c>-rending</c><00:54:00.880><c> news</c><00:54:01.159><c> to</c><00:54:01.480><c> David,</c>

00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:03.719
knowing<00:54:02.519><c> what</c><00:54:02.679><c> an</c><00:54:02.920><c> incredible</c><00:54:03.239><c> challenge</c>

00:54:03.719 --> 00:54:06.860
that<00:54:03.880><c> was</c><00:54:04.019><c> gonna</c><00:54:04.199><c> be</c><00:54:04.440><c> to</c><00:54:04.639><c> do,</c><00:54:05.000><c> and</c><00:54:05.340><c> it's</c><00:54:05.760><c> shown</c><00:54:05.940><c> there.</c>

00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:11.539
Certainly<00:54:07.820><c> David</c><00:54:08.380><c> was</c><00:54:09.579><c> absolutely</c><00:54:10.400><c> devastated</c>

00:54:11.719 --> 00:54:17.199
at<00:54:12.260><c> the</c><00:54:12.480><c> loss</c><00:54:12.719><c> of</c><00:54:12.980><c> this</c><00:54:13.500><c> wild</c><00:54:14.099><c> and</c><00:54:15.719><c> rebellious</c><00:54:16.179><c> child.</c>

00:54:18.260 --> 00:54:20.980
And<00:54:18.440><c> in</c><00:54:18.639><c> his</c><00:54:19.179><c> tremendous</c><00:54:19.860><c> mourning,</c>

00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:25.139
I<00:54:21.860><c> believe</c><00:54:22.039><c> that</c><00:54:22.219><c> there</c><00:54:22.320><c> is</c><00:54:22.500><c> a</c><00:54:22.619><c> lesson</c><00:54:23.280><c> for</c><00:54:23.860><c> us</c><00:54:24.019><c> to</c><00:54:24.340><c> consider.</c>

00:54:26.420 --> 00:54:31.900
David<00:54:26.739><c> was</c><00:54:27.800><c> a</c><00:54:28.500><c> man</c><00:54:29.159><c> after</c><00:54:30.039><c> God's</c><00:54:30.659><c> own</c><00:54:30.820><c> heart.</c>

00:54:32.199 --> 00:54:36.739
So<00:54:33.019><c> he</c><00:54:33.280><c> loved</c><00:54:33.539><c> his</c><00:54:33.880><c> children</c><00:54:34.539><c> the</c><00:54:35.780><c> way</c><00:54:35.960><c> that</c><00:54:36.219><c> God</c>

00:54:37.119 --> 00:54:42.099
loves<00:54:37.699><c> his</c><00:54:38.000><c> children,</c><00:54:40.000><c> the</c><00:54:40.059><c> way</c><00:54:40.219><c> that</c><00:54:40.420><c> God</c><00:54:40.579><c> loves</c><00:54:40.840><c> us.</c>

00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:45.840
And<00:54:43.619><c> even</c><00:54:43.760><c> though</c><00:54:44.079><c> Absalom</c><00:54:44.619><c> rebelled</c>

00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:50.659
and<00:54:46.300><c> was</c><00:54:46.719><c> absolutely</c><00:54:47.719><c> outrageous</c><00:54:48.900><c> in</c><00:54:49.239><c> his</c><00:54:49.500><c> behavior,</c>

00:54:51.559 --> 00:54:56.320
David<00:54:52.320><c> wanted</c><00:54:52.880><c> to</c><00:54:53.239><c> give</c><00:54:53.900><c> that</c><00:54:54.480><c> wayward</c><00:54:54.900><c> child</c><00:54:55.360><c> of</c><00:54:55.539><c> his</c>

00:54:56.320 --> 00:54:58.360
another<00:54:57.179><c> chance.</c>

00:54:59.179 --> 00:55:05.420
David<00:54:59.539><c> felt</c><00:54:59.880><c> that</c><00:55:00.219><c> way</c><00:55:00.440><c> because</c><00:55:00.840><c> David</c><00:55:01.800><c> loved</c><00:55:02.260><c> his</c><00:55:02.619><c> child</c><00:55:03.199><c> so</c><00:55:04.380><c> much.</c>

00:55:05.550 --> 00:55:10.639
And<00:55:06.019><c> the</c><00:55:06.239><c> grief</c><00:55:06.519><c> he</c><00:55:06.980><c> displayed</c><00:55:07.579><c> was</c><00:55:09.159><c> because</c>

00:55:10.510 --> 00:55:13.940
that<00:55:10.980><c> opportunity</c><00:55:11.719><c> was</c><00:55:12.500><c> denied</c><00:55:13.039><c> to</c><00:55:13.300><c> him</c>

00:55:13.940 --> 00:55:20.539
because<00:55:14.679><c> Joab</c><00:55:15.280><c> struck</c><00:55:15.739><c> that</c><00:55:16.059><c> child</c><00:55:16.400><c> down,</c><00:55:18.940><c> showed</c><00:55:19.099><c> great</c><00:55:19.460><c> sorrow.</c>

00:55:20.860 --> 00:55:24.300
It's<00:55:21.159><c> an</c><00:55:21.440><c> indication</c><00:55:21.980><c> of</c><00:55:22.300><c> the</c><00:55:22.599><c> incredible</c><00:55:23.059><c> depth</c><00:55:23.460><c> of</c><00:55:23.860><c> feeling</c>

00:55:24.300 --> 00:55:27.400
that<00:55:25.079><c> he</c><00:55:25.360><c> had</c><00:55:25.699><c> towards</c><00:55:26.179><c> his</c><00:55:26.519><c> son,</c>

00:55:27.679 --> 00:55:32.300
even<00:55:27.980><c> though</c><00:55:28.300><c> he</c><00:55:28.579><c> was</c><00:55:29.260><c> rebellious</c><00:55:30.199><c> and</c><00:55:30.900><c> disobedient.</c>

00:55:32.699 --> 00:55:35.059
In<00:55:33.380><c> this</c><00:55:33.579><c> section</c><00:55:33.900><c> of</c><00:55:34.099><c> scripture,</c>

00:55:35.679 --> 00:55:40.079
we<00:55:35.820><c> are</c><00:55:36.059><c> shown</c><00:55:36.360><c> just</c><00:55:36.679><c> how</c><00:55:37.019><c> much</c><00:55:37.940><c> a</c><00:55:38.619><c> righteous</c><00:55:38.960><c> father</c>

00:55:40.179 --> 00:55:45.440
can<00:55:40.519><c> love</c><00:55:40.739><c> a</c><00:55:40.920><c> child,</c><00:55:42.440><c> even</c><00:55:42.679><c> one</c><00:55:42.980><c> who</c><00:55:44.139><c> dishonors</c><00:55:44.679><c> that</c><00:55:44.960><c> father</c>

00:55:45.440 --> 00:55:47.940
so<00:55:46.780><c> much.</c>

00:55:48.980 --> 00:55:52.519
David's<00:55:49.280><c> mourning</c><00:55:49.559><c> over</c><00:55:49.960><c> Absalom</c><00:55:50.579><c> is</c><00:55:51.800><c> an</c><00:55:52.099><c> indicator</c>

00:55:52.519 --> 00:55:55.400
of<00:55:52.840><c> just</c><00:55:53.199><c> how</c><00:55:53.480><c> much</c><00:55:53.719><c> God</c><00:55:54.019><c> loves</c><00:55:54.340><c> us</c>

00:55:55.400 --> 00:56:00.280
and<00:55:55.719><c> how</c><00:55:56.000><c> much</c><00:55:56.219><c> he</c><00:55:56.380><c> wants</c><00:55:56.659><c> us</c><00:55:57.840><c> to</c><00:55:58.219><c> turn</c><00:55:58.519><c> back</c><00:55:59.019><c> to</c><00:55:59.320><c> him.</c>

00:56:00.420 --> 00:56:04.920
So<00:56:00.900><c> let</c><00:56:01.059><c> us</c><00:56:01.340><c> never</c><00:56:02.500><c> hesitate</c><00:56:03.139><c> to</c><00:56:03.500><c> grasp</c><00:56:03.880><c> the</c><00:56:04.219><c> opportunity</c>

00:56:04.920 --> 00:56:09.800
that<00:56:05.320><c> we</c><00:56:05.719><c> have,</c><00:56:07.219><c> even</c><00:56:07.500><c> if</c><00:56:07.679><c> we</c><00:56:07.820><c> have</c><00:56:08.039><c> been</c><00:56:08.340><c> like</c><00:56:08.739><c> Absalom</c>

00:56:09.880 --> 00:56:13.699
in<00:56:10.360><c> our</c><00:56:10.599><c> behavior</c><00:56:11.440><c> towards</c><00:56:12.039><c> our</c><00:56:12.300><c> heavenly</c><00:56:12.619><c> father.</c>

00:56:14.579 --> 00:56:22.000
Oh<00:56:14.840><c> Absalom,</c><00:56:16.440><c> my</c><00:56:16.679><c> son,</c><00:56:18.300><c> my</c><00:56:18.619><c> son,</c><00:56:20.699><c> David</c><00:56:20.960><c> cried.</c>

00:56:22.800 --> 00:56:27.400
That<00:56:23.039><c> was</c><00:56:23.280><c> his</c><00:56:23.639><c> repeated</c><00:56:24.199><c> expression</c><00:56:25.079><c> of</c><00:56:25.699><c> anguish</c>

00:56:27.659 --> 00:56:31.000
over<00:56:28.219><c> his</c><00:56:28.619><c> fallen</c><00:56:29.039><c> wicked</c><00:56:29.619><c> child.</c>

00:56:32.000 --> 00:56:33.980
Now<00:56:32.099><c> with</c><00:56:32.239><c> that</c><00:56:32.420><c> in</c><00:56:32.659><c> mind,</c>

00:56:34.679 --> 00:56:37.559
consider<00:56:34.940><c> the</c><00:56:35.199><c> feelings</c><00:56:35.579><c> of</c><00:56:35.820><c> our</c><00:56:36.059><c> heavenly</c><00:56:36.460><c> father</c>

00:56:37.380 --> 00:56:43.260
as<00:56:37.780><c> he</c><00:56:38.059><c> beheld</c><00:56:38.579><c> his</c><00:56:39.280><c> perfectly</c><00:56:39.840><c> obedient</c><00:56:40.559><c> son</c><00:56:41.099><c> dying</c><00:56:41.739><c> on</c><00:56:42.099><c> the</c><00:56:42.360><c> cross.</c>

00:56:44.380 --> 00:56:49.880
Truly,<00:56:46.420><c> that</c><00:56:47.019><c> was</c><00:56:47.679><c> an</c><00:56:47.900><c> incredible</c><00:56:48.380><c> act</c><00:56:48.699><c> of</c><00:56:48.960><c> love.</c>

00:56:50.460 --> 00:56:52.199
You<00:56:50.699><c> know,</c><00:56:50.699><c> our</c><00:56:50.900><c> lives</c><00:56:51.179><c> can</c><00:56:51.420><c> be</c><00:56:51.599><c> difficult.</c>

00:56:52.360 --> 00:56:55.260
They<00:56:52.639><c> really</c><00:56:52.960><c> can,</c><00:56:53.340><c> just</c><00:56:53.659><c> like</c><00:56:53.940><c> David's</c><00:56:54.380><c> was.</c>

00:56:55.400 --> 00:56:58.179
But<00:56:55.760><c> when</c><00:56:56.039><c> we</c><00:56:56.460><c> contemplate</c><00:56:57.420><c> the</c><00:56:57.719><c> offering</c>

00:56:58.179 --> 00:56:59.840
of<00:56:58.519><c> the</c><00:56:58.679><c> Lord</c><00:56:58.960><c> Jesus</c><00:56:59.440><c> Christ,</c>

00:57:00.119 --> 00:57:04.900
we<00:57:00.159><c> cannot</c><00:57:01.119><c> doubt</c><00:57:01.980><c> God's</c><00:57:02.960><c> love</c><00:57:03.440><c> for</c><00:57:03.699><c> us.</c>

00:57:05.699 --> 00:57:08.599
We<00:57:06.079><c> need</c><00:57:06.280><c> to</c><00:57:06.400><c> try</c><00:57:06.539><c> to</c><00:57:06.780><c> keep</c><00:57:07.119><c> as</c><00:57:07.480><c> much</c><00:57:07.800><c> as</c><00:57:08.119><c> possible</c>

00:57:08.599 --> 00:57:11.519
that<00:57:08.900><c> love</c><00:57:09.260><c> in</c><00:57:09.460><c> the</c><00:57:09.699><c> forefront</c><00:57:10.039><c> of</c><00:57:10.360><c> our</c><00:57:10.539><c> minds.</c>

00:57:11.860 --> 00:57:15.619
That<00:57:12.139><c> will</c><00:57:12.360><c> make</c><00:57:12.559><c> it</c><00:57:12.840><c> easier</c><00:57:13.280><c> for</c><00:57:13.619><c> us</c><00:57:13.960><c> to</c><00:57:14.280><c> continue</c><00:57:14.920><c> in</c><00:57:15.239><c> obedience</c>

00:57:15.619 --> 00:57:19.340
and<00:57:15.920><c> to</c><00:57:16.219><c> maintain</c><00:57:16.840><c> our</c><00:57:17.420><c> joy</c><00:57:17.780><c> in</c><00:57:18.219><c> serving</c><00:57:18.639><c> God,</c>

00:57:19.780 --> 00:57:22.699
even<00:57:20.159><c> when</c><00:57:20.460><c> we</c><00:57:20.960><c> experience</c><00:57:21.400><c> hardship,</c>

00:57:23.159 --> 00:57:26.639
just<00:57:23.780><c> like</c><00:57:25.039><c> David</c><00:57:25.639><c> did.</c>

00:57:27.659 --> 00:57:31.340
And<00:57:27.940><c> if</c><00:57:28.079><c> we</c><00:57:28.320><c> do</c><00:57:28.579><c> that,</c><00:57:28.860><c> if</c><00:57:29.099><c> we</c><00:57:29.400><c> can</c><00:57:29.679><c> maintain</c><00:57:30.380><c> our</c><00:57:30.780><c> obedience</c>

00:57:31.340 --> 00:57:37.420
like<00:57:31.820><c> David</c><00:57:32.239><c> did,</c><00:57:33.860><c> we</c><00:57:34.500><c> will</c><00:57:34.860><c> be</c><00:57:35.099><c> rewarded</c><00:57:35.639><c> as</c><00:57:36.219><c> David</c><00:57:36.500><c> was.</c>

00:57:38.739 --> 00:57:41.340
Pattern,<00:57:39.480><c> in</c><00:57:39.780><c> fact,</c><00:57:40.199><c> is</c><00:57:40.360><c> the</c><00:57:40.559><c> same.</c>

00:57:42.039 --> 00:57:47.539
After<00:57:42.360><c> the</c><00:57:42.579><c> suffering</c><00:57:43.440><c> comes</c><00:57:44.659><c> the</c><00:57:44.900><c> journey</c><00:57:45.340><c> to</c><00:57:46.219><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:51.699
and<00:57:48.420><c> the</c><00:57:48.639><c> restoration</c><00:57:49.440><c> of</c><00:57:50.719><c> the</c><00:57:50.880><c> kingdom.</c>

00:57:52.239 --> 00:57:56.119
Even<00:57:53.179><c> so,</c><00:57:53.639><c> come,</c><00:57:55.039><c> Lord</c><00:57:55.199><c> Jesus.</c>