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It's<00:11:18.259><c> too</c><00:11:18.500><c> hard.</c>

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And<00:11:20.799><c> when</c><00:11:20.980><c> you</c><00:11:21.440><c> heaped</c><00:11:21.720><c> that</c><00:11:22.240><c> upon</c><00:11:22.740><c> his</c><00:11:24.240><c> son,</c>

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which<00:11:26.600><c> David</c><00:11:26.840><c> also</c><00:11:27.220><c> bore</c><00:11:27.340><c> on</c><00:11:27.500><c> his</c><00:11:27.639><c> shoulders,</c>

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how<00:11:28.200><c> Absalom,</c><00:11:28.620><c> his</c><00:11:28.740><c> own</c><00:11:29.139><c> son,</c><00:11:29.559><c> had</c><00:11:29.679><c> rebelled</c><00:11:29.960><c> against</c><00:11:30.279><c> him.</c>

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And<00:11:32.000><c> when</c><00:11:32.120><c> you</c><00:11:32.240><c> realize</c><00:11:32.480><c> that</c><00:11:32.700><c> his</c><00:11:32.899><c> nephew,</c><00:11:33.519><c> Johnadath,</c>

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Oh,<00:11:37.759><c> don't</c><00:11:38.019><c> worry,</c><00:11:38.299><c> not</c><00:11:38.500><c> all</c><00:11:38.639><c> your</c><00:11:38.860><c> sons</c><00:11:39.039><c> are</c><00:11:39.279><c> dead.</c>

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Don't<00:11:39.600><c> think</c><00:11:39.820><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:11:40.419><c> just</c><00:11:40.679><c> Amnon.</c>

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He's<00:11:41.159><c> been</c><00:11:41.299><c> planning</c><00:11:41.460><c> it</c><00:11:41.620><c> for</c><00:11:41.720><c> two</c><00:11:41.960><c> years.</c>

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And<00:11:44.500><c> nobody</c><00:11:44.799><c> bothered</c><00:11:45.159><c> to</c><00:11:45.440><c> tell</c><00:11:45.580><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:11:49.480><c> what</c><00:11:49.740><c> happens.</c>

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This<00:11:51.419><c> is</c><00:11:51.620><c> what</c><00:11:51.879><c> happens</c><00:11:52.399><c> when</c><00:11:53.559><c> we</c><00:11:53.820><c> keep</c><00:11:54.080><c> grudges.</c>

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We're<00:11:56.379><c> given</c><00:11:56.580><c> an</c><00:11:56.840><c> extreme</c><00:11:57.460><c> case</c><00:11:57.779><c> here.</c>

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David<00:11:59.440><c> says,</c><00:12:00.259><c> My</c><00:12:00.320><c> heart</c><00:12:00.519><c> was</c><00:12:00.759><c> broken</c><00:12:01.019><c> because</c><00:12:01.320><c> it</c><00:12:01.519><c> was</c><00:12:01.659><c> my</c><00:12:01.940><c> friend</c><00:12:02.159><c> that</c><00:12:02.399><c> did</c>

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this<00:12:02.700><c> to</c><00:12:02.799><c> me.</c>

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I'd<00:12:03.299><c> like</c><00:12:03.340><c> you</c><00:12:03.460><c> to</c><00:12:03.559><c> come</c><00:12:03.679><c> with</c><00:12:03.879><c> me,</c><00:12:04.139><c> please,</c><00:12:04.320><c> to</c><00:12:04.480><c> Leviticus</c>

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chapter<00:12:05.179><c> 19.</c>

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Leviticus<00:12:08.659><c> chapter</c><00:12:08.899><c> 19</c><00:12:09.360><c> is</c><00:12:09.559><c> known</c><00:12:09.799><c> as</c><00:12:11.220><c> that</c><00:12:11.980><c> great</c><00:12:12.320><c> chapter</c>

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which<00:12:12.919><c> speaks</c><00:12:13.179><c> about</c><00:12:13.419><c> loving</c><00:12:13.779><c> our</c><00:12:14.039><c> neighbor</c><00:12:14.340><c> as</c><00:12:14.519><c> ourselves.</c>

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Now,<00:12:20.240><c> before</c><00:12:20.600><c> we</c><00:12:20.879><c> read</c><00:12:21.120><c> into</c><00:12:21.419><c> Leviticus</c><00:12:21.820><c> chapter</c><00:12:22.120><c> 19,</c>

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I<00:12:22.580><c> think</c><00:12:22.700><c> it's</c><00:12:22.820><c> important</c><00:12:23.139><c> to</c><00:12:23.360><c> ask</c><00:12:23.519><c> yourself</c><00:12:23.820><c> something.</c>

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We<00:12:25.120><c> live</c><00:12:25.220><c> in</c><00:12:25.360><c> a</c><00:12:25.559><c> world</c><00:12:26.000><c> that</c><00:12:26.559><c> claims</c><00:12:26.940><c> to</c><00:12:27.220><c> know,</c>

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it<00:12:28.000><c> knows</c><00:12:28.299><c> everything</c><00:12:29.100><c> there</c><00:12:29.539><c> is</c><00:12:29.820><c> to</c><00:12:30.000><c> know</c><00:12:30.259><c> about</c><00:12:30.899><c> love.</c>

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So<00:12:34.980><c> clearly,</c><00:12:35.320><c> when</c><00:12:35.500><c> it</c><00:12:35.639><c> talks</c><00:12:35.860><c> about</c><00:12:36.080><c> loving</c><00:12:36.299><c> our</c><00:12:36.480><c> neighbor</c>

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as<00:12:36.840><c> ourselves,</c>

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the<00:12:38.480><c> world</c><00:12:38.620><c> says,</c><00:12:39.159><c> well,</c><00:12:39.279><c> obviously</c><00:12:39.740><c> we</c><00:12:39.919><c> just</c><00:12:40.399><c> treat</c><00:12:40.679><c> them</c><00:12:40.879><c> the</c><00:12:40.940><c> way</c><00:12:41.019><c> they</c><00:12:41.159><c> want</c><00:12:41.240><c> to</c>

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which<00:12:43.799><c> is</c><00:12:44.120><c> available</c><00:12:44.379><c> for</c><00:12:44.580><c> principle</c><00:12:44.840><c> by</c><00:12:45.039><c> the</c><00:12:45.340><c> way,</c>

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provided<00:12:46.100><c> it's</c><00:12:46.360><c> not</c><00:12:46.500><c> taken</c><00:12:46.700><c> too</c><00:12:47.019><c> far.</c>

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But<00:12:51.860><c> it's</c><00:12:52.340><c> much</c><00:12:52.539><c> more</c><00:12:52.759><c> than</c><00:12:52.899><c> that.</c>

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The<00:12:53.159><c> world</c><00:12:53.299><c> says,</c><00:12:53.820><c> well,</c><00:12:53.919><c> you</c><00:12:54.039><c> can't</c><00:12:54.460><c> say</c><00:12:54.580><c> anything</c><00:12:54.860><c> to</c><00:12:56.320><c> offend</c><00:12:56.559><c> them.</c>

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Just<00:12:57.220><c> let</c><00:12:57.320><c> them</c><00:12:57.440><c> do</c><00:12:57.580><c> their</c><00:12:57.759><c> own</c><00:12:57.960><c> thing.</c>

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That's<00:12:59.360><c> loving</c><00:12:59.500><c> your</c><00:12:59.700><c> neighbor</c><00:12:59.899><c> as</c><00:13:00.059><c> yourself.</c>

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The<00:13:02.799><c> world</c><00:13:03.039><c> knows</c><00:13:03.419><c> nothing</c><00:13:03.779><c> about</c><00:13:04.120><c> love.</c>

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Ask<00:13:05.159><c> yourself,</c><00:13:05.879><c> as</c><00:13:06.039><c> Bible</c><00:13:06.360><c> readers,</c><00:13:06.840><c> as</c><00:13:06.940><c> a</c><00:13:07.120><c> community</c><00:13:07.440><c> of</c>

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in<00:13:09.240><c> the</c><00:13:09.460><c> inspiration</c><00:13:10.000><c> of</c><00:13:10.720><c> scripture,</c>

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we<00:13:11.639><c> know</c><00:13:11.919><c> that</c><00:13:12.600><c> the</c><00:13:12.840><c> whole</c><00:13:13.100><c> law</c><00:13:13.399><c> hangs</c><00:13:13.720><c> on</c><00:13:13.940><c> loving</c><00:13:14.200><c> God</c><00:13:14.480><c> and</c>

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loving<00:13:14.840><c> your</c><00:13:15.039><c> neighbor.</c>

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So<00:13:15.440><c> I</c><00:13:15.559><c> ask</c><00:13:15.840><c> you</c><00:13:16.019><c> right</c><00:13:16.299><c> now,</c><00:13:16.659><c> ask</c><00:13:16.940><c> yourselves,</c>

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what<00:13:17.940><c> does</c><00:13:18.179><c> Leviticus</c><00:13:18.559><c> 19</c><00:13:18.940><c> say</c><00:13:19.240><c> about</c><00:13:19.460><c> loving</c><00:13:19.720><c> your</c><00:13:19.919><c> neighbor?</c>

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Because<00:13:20.440><c> it</c><00:13:20.559><c> only</c><00:13:20.779><c> talks</c><00:13:21.059><c> about</c><00:13:21.379><c> loving</c><00:13:21.639><c> your</c><00:13:21.840><c> neighbor</c><00:13:22.120><c> once</c>

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in<00:13:22.860><c> the</c><00:13:22.960><c> Old</c><00:13:23.120><c> Testament.</c>

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Love<00:13:24.379><c> your</c><00:13:24.559><c> neighbor</c><00:13:24.799><c> as</c><00:13:24.960><c> yourself</c><00:13:25.299><c> occurs</c><00:13:25.740><c> once</c><00:13:26.059><c> and</c><00:13:26.220><c> it</c>

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It's<00:13:33.559><c> about</c><00:13:34.039><c> keeping</c><00:13:35.360><c> grudges.</c>

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Husbands<00:13:44.259><c> and</c><00:13:44.539><c> wives</c><00:13:45.620><c> know</c><00:13:50.879><c> what</c><00:13:51.039><c> it's</c><00:13:51.299><c> like</c><00:13:51.580><c> when</c><00:13:53.059><c> things</c>

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Brothers<00:13:59.120><c> and</c><00:13:59.340><c> sisters</c><00:13:59.620><c> at</c><00:13:59.799><c> the</c><00:13:59.879><c> meetings</c><00:14:00.100><c> sometimes</c><00:14:00.600><c> know</c>

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and<00:14:02.539><c> they're</c><00:14:02.639><c> not,</c><00:14:02.899><c> what</c><00:14:03.059><c> happens?</c>

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And<00:14:05.019><c> when</c><00:14:05.200><c> things</c><00:14:05.399><c> are</c><00:14:05.700><c> allowed</c><00:14:06.179><c> to</c><00:14:07.039><c> go</c><00:14:07.340><c> on,</c><00:14:07.620><c> it</c><00:14:07.620><c> can</c><00:14:07.799><c> be</c><00:14:07.960><c> very,</c>

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What<00:14:16.960><c> an</c><00:14:17.279><c> incredible</c><00:14:17.799><c> lesson</c><00:14:18.120><c> this</c><00:14:18.360><c> is.</c>

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Verse<00:14:20.200><c> 16.</c>

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Thou<00:14:20.899><c> shalt</c><00:14:21.120><c> not</c><00:14:21.320><c> go</c><00:14:21.500><c> up</c><00:14:21.700><c> and</c><00:14:21.899><c> down</c><00:14:22.000><c> as</c><00:14:22.220><c> a</c><00:14:22.379><c> tale</c><00:14:22.580><c>-bearer</c><00:14:22.820><c> among</c>

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thy<00:14:23.259><c> people.</c>

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Neither<00:14:24.120><c> shalt</c><00:14:24.379><c> thou</c><00:14:24.559><c> stand</c><00:14:24.860><c> against</c><00:14:25.159><c> the</c><00:14:25.399><c> blood</c><00:14:25.500><c> of</c><00:14:25.679><c> thy</c><00:14:25.860><c> neighbor,</c><00:14:26.500><c> I</c>

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Thou<00:14:28.279><c> shalt</c><00:14:28.539><c> not</c><00:14:28.799><c> hate</c><00:14:29.019><c> thy</c><00:14:29.279><c> brother</c><00:14:29.559><c> in</c><00:14:29.759><c> thine</c><00:14:29.919><c> heart.</c>

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Thou<00:14:30.399><c> shalt</c><00:14:30.700><c> in</c><00:14:30.940><c> any</c><00:14:31.159><c> wise</c><00:14:31.399><c> rebuke</c><00:14:32.000><c> thy</c><00:14:32.179><c> neighbor</c><00:14:32.519><c> and</c><00:14:32.899><c> will</c>

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Verse<00:14:35.179><c> 17</c><00:14:35.720><c> there,</c><00:14:36.039><c> this</c><00:14:36.220><c> is</c><00:14:36.360><c> what</c><00:14:36.460><c> it</c><00:14:36.679><c> means.</c>

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idea<00:14:43.419><c> of</c><00:14:43.519><c> verse</c><00:14:43.679><c> 17.</c>

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Don't<00:14:45.379><c> hate</c><00:14:45.580><c> your</c><00:14:45.820><c> brother</c><00:14:46.159><c> in</c><00:14:46.360><c> your</c><00:14:46.559><c> heart,</c><00:14:47.899><c> but</c><00:14:48.159><c> you</c><00:14:48.460><c> should</c>

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rebuke<00:14:49.320><c> him.</c>

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Rebuke<00:14:50.360><c> your</c><00:14:50.519><c> neighbor</c><00:14:50.820><c> and</c><00:14:51.320><c> not</c><00:14:51.639><c> bear</c><00:14:51.940><c> sin</c><00:14:52.220><c> because</c><00:14:52.639><c> of</c><00:14:52.820><c> him.</c>

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So<00:14:54.279><c> what</c><00:14:54.419><c> that</c><00:14:54.700><c> means</c><00:14:55.159><c> is</c><00:14:56.740><c> that</c><00:14:56.940><c> if</c><00:14:57.059><c> you're</c><00:14:57.299><c> bearing</c><00:14:57.419><c> the</c>

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you're<00:15:02.059><c> not</c><00:15:02.200><c> loving</c><00:15:02.419><c> your</c><00:15:02.620><c> neighbor</c><00:15:02.820><c> as</c><00:15:02.980><c> yourself.</c>

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I'd<00:15:15.139><c> like</c><00:15:15.159><c> you</c><00:15:15.299><c> to</c><00:15:15.399><c> come</c><00:15:15.500><c> with</c><00:15:15.679><c> me</c><00:15:15.899><c> to</c><00:15:16.799><c> the</c><00:15:17.100><c> inspired</c><00:15:17.460><c> account</c>

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brings<00:15:22.100><c> this</c><00:15:22.480><c> passage</c><00:15:22.879><c> out</c><00:15:23.340><c> and</c><00:15:23.700><c> gives</c><00:15:23.960><c> it</c><00:15:24.580><c> a</c><00:15:24.740><c> new</c><00:15:25.019><c> application.</c>

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It's<00:15:26.259><c> not</c><00:15:26.419><c> really</c><00:15:26.740><c> new,</c><00:15:27.360><c> but</c><00:15:27.539><c> it</c><00:15:27.600><c> was</c><00:15:27.779><c> new</c><00:15:27.919><c> to</c><00:15:28.120><c> them.</c>

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It<00:15:30.779><c> was</c><00:15:30.980><c> new</c><00:15:31.120><c> to</c><00:15:31.440><c> that</c><00:15:31.639><c> particular</c><00:15:32.139><c> audience.</c>

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Ahithophel's<00:15:36.559><c> problem</c><00:15:36.980><c> was</c><00:15:37.240><c> that</c><00:15:38.299><c> he</c><00:15:39.740><c> was</c><00:15:39.919><c> keeping</c><00:15:40.139><c> a</c><00:15:40.379><c> grudge.</c>

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He<00:15:47.200><c> was</c><00:15:47.480><c> justified</c><00:15:48.039><c> in</c><00:15:48.240><c> being</c><00:15:48.419><c> disappointed.</c>

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Verse<00:15:59.860><c> 23</c><00:16:00.879><c> gives</c><00:16:03.100><c> us</c><00:16:03.299><c> some</c><00:16:03.500><c> very</c><00:16:03.840><c> interesting</c><00:16:04.559><c> words</c><00:16:06.000><c> from</c>

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the<00:16:06.299><c> Lord</c><00:16:06.460><c> Jesus</c><00:16:06.759><c> Christ,</c>

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incredibly<00:16:07.659><c> challenging</c><00:16:08.179><c> words</c><00:16:08.539><c> that</c><00:16:08.840><c> I</c><00:16:09.100><c> haven't,</c>

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I<00:16:09.879><c> never</c><00:16:10.200><c> correctly</c><00:16:10.639><c> read</c><00:16:10.820><c> this</c><00:16:11.120><c> verse</c><00:16:11.419><c> until</c><00:16:12.000><c> the</c><00:16:12.240><c> last</c><00:16:12.460><c> couple</c><00:16:12.679><c> of</c><00:16:12.879><c> years.</c>

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Have<00:16:14.279><c> you</c><00:16:14.299><c> ever</c><00:16:14.480><c> had</c><00:16:14.600><c> that</c><00:16:14.779><c> experience</c><00:16:15.179><c> when</c><00:16:15.320><c> you</c><00:16:15.480><c> come</c><00:16:15.580><c> to</c><00:16:15.720><c> a</c>

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passage<00:16:16.179><c> that,</c>

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okay,<00:16:16.940><c> Matthew</c><00:16:17.259><c> chapter</c><00:16:17.500><c> 5,</c><00:16:17.899><c> we're</c><00:16:17.940><c> talking</c><00:16:18.139><c> about</c><00:16:18.299><c> the</c><00:16:18.419><c> Beatitudes.</c>

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We<00:16:19.039><c> know</c><00:16:19.179><c> what's</c><00:16:19.519><c> coming</c><00:16:19.759><c> and</c><00:16:20.200><c> our</c><00:16:20.419><c> brains</c><00:16:20.960><c> disengage</c><00:16:22.000><c> when</c>

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because<00:16:23.460><c> we</c><00:16:23.700><c> know</c><00:16:23.940><c> the</c><00:16:24.179><c> passage,</c><00:16:24.940><c> but</c><00:16:25.179><c> we</c><00:16:25.399><c> don't</c><00:16:25.659><c> really</c><00:16:25.980><c> unless</c><00:16:26.220><c> we</c>

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So<00:16:28.299><c> let's</c><00:16:28.500><c> just</c><00:16:28.700><c> look</c><00:16:28.820><c> at</c><00:16:28.940><c> this</c><00:16:29.159><c> verse</c><00:16:29.500><c> and</c><00:16:30.059><c> read</c><00:16:30.259><c> it</c><00:16:30.399><c> with</c><00:16:30.600><c> the</c><00:16:30.840><c> freshness</c>

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leave<00:16:51.679><c> there</c><00:16:52.080><c> thy</c><00:16:52.360><c> gift</c><00:16:52.679><c> before</c><00:16:53.059><c> the</c><00:16:53.279><c> altar,</c><00:16:54.460><c> go</c><00:16:54.720><c> your</c><00:16:54.980><c> way,</c>

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and<00:16:59.980><c> offer</c><00:17:00.120><c> your</c><00:17:00.320><c> gift.</c>

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Depending<00:17:05.539><c> on</c><00:17:05.680><c> how</c><00:17:05.819><c> old</c><00:17:05.940><c> you</c><00:17:06.140><c> are,</c><00:17:06.599><c> it</c><00:17:06.660><c> could</c><00:17:06.700><c> be</c><00:17:06.819><c> many</c><00:17:07.079><c> scores</c>

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And<00:17:10.539><c> I</c><00:17:10.740><c> really</c><00:17:11.019><c> didn't</c><00:17:11.220><c> understand</c><00:17:11.579><c> this</c><00:17:11.859><c> passage,</c><00:17:12.279><c> I</c><00:17:12.319><c> believe,</c>

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we<00:17:19.440><c> need</c><00:17:19.700><c> to</c><00:17:19.859><c> go</c><00:17:20.279><c> and</c><00:17:21.240><c> talk</c><00:17:21.539><c> to</c><00:17:21.660><c> them</c><00:17:21.940><c> to</c><00:17:22.180><c> make</c><00:17:22.480><c> sure</c><00:17:22.940><c> that</c><00:17:23.259><c> we</c>

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And<00:17:34.460><c> that's</c><00:17:34.579><c> not</c><00:17:34.740><c> what</c><00:17:34.880><c> this</c><00:17:35.039><c> verse</c><00:17:35.220><c> is</c><00:17:35.299><c> saying</c><00:17:35.500><c> at</c><00:17:35.700><c> all.</c>

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That's<00:17:38.460><c> a</c><00:17:38.599><c> true</c><00:17:38.720><c> biblical</c><00:17:39.079><c> principle</c><00:17:39.460><c> that</c><00:17:39.660><c> if</c><00:17:39.759><c> we</c><00:17:39.960><c> are</c>

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we<00:17:40.940><c> have</c><00:17:41.180><c> to</c><00:17:41.420><c> address</c><00:17:41.779><c> it</c><00:17:42.200><c> and</c><00:17:42.400><c> try</c><00:17:42.619><c> and</c><00:17:42.839><c> resolve</c><00:17:43.180><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:17:43.579><c> a</c><00:17:43.680><c> true</c><00:17:43.799><c> biblical</c><00:17:44.119><c> principle.</c>

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He's<00:17:47.339><c> saying</c><00:17:47.440><c> something</c><00:17:47.819><c> much</c><00:17:48.119><c> more</c><00:17:48.359><c> difficult.</c>

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Look<00:17:48.880><c> what</c><00:17:48.980><c> he</c><00:17:49.099><c> says.</c>

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Verse<00:17:51.380><c> 23,</c><00:17:52.059><c> Therefore,</c><00:17:52.900><c> if</c><00:17:53.119><c> thou</c><00:17:53.240><c> bring</c><00:17:53.480><c> your</c><00:17:53.640><c> gift</c><00:17:53.819><c> to</c><00:17:53.980><c> the</c><00:17:54.140><c> altar,</c>

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and<00:17:55.539><c> there</c><00:17:55.799><c> rememberst</c><00:17:58.519><c> that</c><00:17:58.579><c> thy</c><00:17:58.779><c> brother</c><00:17:59.039><c> hath</c><00:17:59.259><c> something</c>

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against<00:17:59.839><c> you,</c>

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you<00:18:03.220><c> know</c><00:18:03.240><c> what</c><00:18:03.279><c> that</c><00:18:03.420><c> means?</c>

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You<00:18:04.500><c> could</c><00:18:04.740><c> come</c><00:18:04.900><c> with</c><00:18:05.079><c> your</c><00:18:05.259><c> gift</c><00:18:05.400><c> to</c><00:18:05.539><c> the</c><00:18:05.700><c> altar</c>

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Feel<00:18:11.720><c> great.</c>

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I<00:18:13.220><c> like</c><00:18:13.339><c> you.</c>

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Feel<00:18:14.559><c> fantastic.</c>

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And<00:18:17.519><c> then</c><00:18:17.700><c> you</c><00:18:17.880><c> remember,</c>

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I<00:18:25.299><c> know</c><00:18:25.480><c> that</c><00:18:25.859><c> even</c><00:18:26.099><c> though</c><00:18:26.299><c> I'm</c><00:18:26.539><c> fine,</c>

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for<00:18:32.160><c> something</c><00:18:32.400><c> that</c><00:18:32.579><c> I've</c><00:18:32.819><c> done,</c>

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and<00:18:34.500><c> I</c><00:18:34.599><c> need</c><00:18:34.759><c> to</c><00:18:34.880><c> go</c><00:18:35.000><c> to</c><00:18:35.140><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:18:38.099><c> what</c><00:18:38.220><c> loving</c><00:18:38.400><c> your</c><00:18:38.599><c> neighbor</c><00:18:38.740><c> is</c><00:18:38.859><c> all</c><00:18:39.059><c> about.</c>

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What<00:18:41.480><c> an</c><00:18:41.799><c> incredible</c><00:18:42.180><c> lesson.</c>

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The<00:18:44.440><c> Lord</c><00:18:44.579><c> Jesus</c><00:18:44.859><c> Christ</c><00:18:45.119><c> just</c><00:18:45.359><c> takes</c><00:18:45.500><c> it</c><00:18:45.660><c> to</c><00:18:45.779><c> a</c><00:18:45.900><c> completely</c>

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new<00:18:46.619><c> level,</c>

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and<00:18:47.319><c> it's</c><00:18:47.519><c> a</c><00:18:47.700><c> level</c><00:18:47.819><c> that</c><00:18:48.039><c> we</c><00:18:48.180><c> can</c><00:18:49.140><c> look</c><00:18:49.519><c> at</c><00:18:49.680><c> in</c><00:18:49.819><c> our</c><00:18:49.980><c> own</c><00:18:50.140><c> lives</c>

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and<00:18:50.720><c> say,</c>

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I<00:18:52.400><c> need</c><00:18:52.559><c> to</c><00:18:52.720><c> work</c><00:18:52.880><c> on</c><00:18:53.019><c> it.</c>

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Ahithophel<00:18:57.299><c> couldn't</c><00:18:57.500><c> get</c><00:18:57.700><c> to</c><00:18:57.859><c> that</c><00:18:58.059><c> point.</c>

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He<00:18:59.779><c> couldn't</c><00:19:00.119><c> let</c><00:19:00.359><c> go</c><00:19:00.539><c> of</c><00:19:00.700><c> the</c><00:19:00.859><c> grudge</c><00:19:01.039><c> that</c><00:19:01.259><c> he</c><00:19:01.500><c> bear,</c>

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let<00:19:01.880><c> alone</c><00:19:02.259><c> trying</c><00:19:02.680><c> to</c><00:19:02.880><c> lift</c><00:19:03.039><c> off</c><00:19:03.400><c> another</c><00:19:03.660><c> one's</c><00:19:04.920><c> grudge</c>

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that<00:19:05.700><c> they</c><00:19:06.019><c> would</c><00:19:06.220><c> bear</c><00:19:06.319><c> against</c><00:19:06.660><c> him.</c>

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What<00:19:07.880><c> an</c><00:19:08.160><c> incredible</c><00:19:08.480><c> lesson</c><00:19:09.079><c> from</c><00:19:09.880><c> our</c><00:19:10.019><c> Lord</c><00:19:10.160><c> Jesus</c><00:19:10.460><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:19:11.319><c> look</c><00:19:11.380><c> what</c><00:19:11.480><c> he</c><00:19:11.680><c> says</c><00:19:11.819><c> just</c><00:19:12.099><c> in</c><00:19:12.299><c> the</c><00:19:12.420><c> verse</c><00:19:12.619><c> earlier</c><00:19:12.960><c> there</c>

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in<00:19:13.299><c> Matthew</c><00:19:13.579><c> chapter</c><00:19:13.900><c> 5.</c>

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He<00:19:14.880><c> says,</c><00:19:17.819><c> verse</c><00:19:18.119><c> 21,</c><00:19:20.619><c> two</c><00:19:20.799><c> verses</c><00:19:21.099><c> earlier,</c>

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Ye<00:19:21.680><c> have</c><00:19:21.880><c> heard</c><00:19:22.200><c> that</c><00:19:22.380><c> it</c><00:19:22.539><c> was</c><00:19:22.720><c> said</c><00:19:22.940><c> by</c><00:19:23.160><c> them</c><00:19:23.359><c> of</c><00:19:23.559><c> old</c><00:19:23.799><c> time,</c>

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Thou<00:19:25.259><c> shalt</c><00:19:25.660><c> not</c><00:19:25.980><c> kill.</c>

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And<00:19:28.079><c> whosoever</c><00:19:28.579><c> shall</c><00:19:28.859><c> kill</c><00:19:29.119><c> shall</c><00:19:29.339><c> be</c><00:19:29.559><c> in</c><00:19:29.660><c> danger</c><00:19:29.980><c> of</c><00:19:30.160><c> the</c><00:19:30.319><c> judgment.</c>

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But<00:19:30.799><c> I</c><00:19:31.079><c> say</c><00:19:31.240><c> unto</c><00:19:31.480><c> you,</c><00:19:32.240><c> that</c><00:19:32.519><c> whosoever</c><00:19:33.059><c> is</c><00:19:33.259><c> angry</c><00:19:33.500><c> with</c><00:19:33.680><c> his</c>

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brother<00:19:34.039><c> without</c><00:19:34.359><c> a</c><00:19:34.559><c> cause</c>

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shall<00:19:35.119><c> be</c><00:19:35.299><c> in</c><00:19:35.339><c> danger</c><00:19:35.660><c> of</c><00:19:35.819><c> the</c><00:19:35.960><c> judgment.</c>

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And<00:19:36.880><c> whosoever</c><00:19:37.299><c> shall</c><00:19:37.480><c> say</c><00:19:37.680><c> to</c><00:19:37.819><c> his</c><00:19:37.940><c> brother,</c>

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Ye<00:19:38.799><c> vain</c><00:19:39.180><c> fellow,</c><00:19:39.759><c> shall</c><00:19:39.859><c> be</c><00:19:40.059><c> in</c><00:19:40.160><c> danger</c><00:19:40.440><c> of</c><00:19:40.599><c> the</c><00:19:40.779><c> counsel.</c>

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But<00:19:41.859><c> whosoever</c><00:19:42.319><c> shall</c><00:19:42.519><c> say,</c><00:19:42.819><c> Thou</c><00:19:43.000><c> fool,</c><00:19:43.400><c> shall</c><00:19:43.579><c> be</c><00:19:43.779><c> in</c><00:19:43.900><c> danger</c><00:19:44.140><c> of</c><00:19:44.380><c> hellfire.</c>

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See,<00:19:45.299><c> the</c><00:19:45.420><c> Lord</c><00:19:45.579><c> Jesus</c><00:19:45.880><c> Christ</c><00:19:46.240><c> very</c><00:19:46.759><c> wisely</c><00:19:47.900><c> sees</c><00:19:48.920><c> grudges</c>

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and<00:19:50.180><c> anger</c>

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as<00:19:51.579><c> the</c><00:19:51.900><c> root</c><00:19:52.240><c> of</c><00:19:52.700><c> murder.</c>

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Don't<00:19:53.460><c> just</c><00:19:53.740><c> not</c><00:19:54.000><c> kill.</c>

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Don't<00:19:55.779><c> be</c><00:19:55.980><c> angry</c><00:19:56.140><c> at</c><00:19:56.240><c> your</c><00:19:56.400><c> brother</c><00:19:56.519><c> without</c><00:19:56.759><c> a</c><00:19:56.940><c> cause.</c>

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That's<00:19:59.099><c> the</c><00:19:59.259><c> principle</c><00:19:59.619><c> lifted</c><00:19:59.960><c> to</c><00:20:00.180><c> an</c><00:20:00.400><c> incredibly</c><00:20:00.779><c> different</c><00:20:01.160><c> level.</c>

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And<00:20:02.759><c> one</c><00:20:02.880><c> that</c><00:20:03.039><c> makes</c><00:20:03.200><c> us</c><00:20:03.480><c> all</c><00:20:04.839><c> look</c><00:20:05.140><c> to</c><00:20:05.299><c> our</c><00:20:05.480><c> God</c>

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and<00:20:06.180><c> know</c><00:20:06.460><c> that</c><00:20:06.660><c> we</c><00:20:06.740><c> need</c><00:20:06.940><c> to</c><00:20:07.099><c> ask</c><00:20:07.279><c> for</c><00:20:07.500><c> forgiveness.</c>

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That's<00:20:13.460><c> the</c><00:20:13.559><c> lesson</c><00:20:13.799><c> that</c><00:20:14.000><c> we</c><00:20:14.099><c> can</c><00:20:14.259><c> learn</c><00:20:14.460><c> from</c><00:20:14.700><c> Ahilketh.</c>

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When<00:20:16.579><c> we</c><00:20:16.839><c> come</c><00:20:17.160><c> to</c><00:20:17.700><c> the</c><00:20:18.019><c> actual</c><00:20:18.319><c> narrative</c><00:20:18.759><c> in</c><00:20:19.019><c> 2</c><00:20:19.299><c> Samuel</c><00:20:19.660><c> chapter</c><00:20:20.059><c> 15,</c>

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let's<00:20:20.700><c> go</c><00:20:20.940><c> back.</c>

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We<00:20:40.339><c> have,</c><00:20:41.380><c> now</c><00:20:42.640><c> that</c><00:20:43.180><c> Ahithophel</c><00:20:43.700><c> had</c><00:20:43.920><c> defected,</c>

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we<00:20:45.539><c> had</c><00:20:46.019><c> a</c><00:20:47.559><c> true</c><00:20:47.779><c> friend</c><00:20:48.039><c> of</c><00:20:48.140><c> David</c><00:20:48.400><c> come</c><00:20:48.680><c> to</c><00:20:48.799><c> him,</c><00:20:48.940><c> Hushai,</c>

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the<00:20:49.559><c> Archite,</c>

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and<00:20:50.660><c> he</c><00:20:50.880><c> decides</c><00:20:51.279><c> to</c><00:20:51.579><c> put</c><00:20:52.299><c> deception</c><00:20:52.940><c> into</c><00:20:53.220><c> his</c><00:20:53.779><c> mouth</c>

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and<00:20:54.240><c> to</c><00:20:54.339><c> go</c><00:20:54.460><c> and</c><00:20:54.640><c> try</c><00:20:55.019><c> and</c><00:20:55.180><c> trick</c><00:20:55.359><c> Absalom.</c>

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Now,<00:20:56.500><c> what</c><00:20:56.680><c> do</c><00:20:56.839><c> we</c><00:20:56.900><c> do</c><00:20:57.000><c> with</c><00:20:57.200><c> this</c><00:20:57.480><c> situation</c><00:20:58.000><c> here?</c>

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I<00:20:59.119><c> don't</c><00:20:59.259><c> know</c><00:20:59.339><c> how</c><00:20:59.480><c> you</c><00:20:59.680><c> feel</c><00:20:59.880><c> about</c><00:21:00.079><c> this,</c>

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but<00:21:00.519><c> clearly</c><00:21:00.799><c> that's</c><00:21:01.059><c> not</c><00:21:01.240><c> a</c><00:21:01.339><c> lesson</c><00:21:01.599><c> for</c><00:21:01.859><c> how</c><00:21:02.039><c> we</c><00:21:02.180><c> ought</c><00:21:02.279><c> to</c><00:21:02.460><c> be</c><00:21:02.799><c> in</c><00:21:03.019><c> a</c>

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collegial<00:21:03.380><c> life,</c><00:21:03.660><c> right?</c>

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Clearly<00:21:04.759><c> it's</c><00:21:04.940><c> not,</c><00:21:05.380><c> okay,</c><00:21:05.559><c> well,</c><00:21:05.700><c> let's</c><00:21:05.940><c> make</c><00:21:06.140><c> sure</c><00:21:06.240><c> we</c><00:21:06.380><c> can</c>

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go<00:21:06.779><c> and</c><00:21:07.259><c> deceive</c><00:21:07.680><c> them,</c>

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and<00:21:09.140><c> well,</c><00:21:09.559><c> you</c><00:21:09.640><c> know,</c><00:21:09.740><c> they're</c><00:21:09.960><c> on</c><00:21:10.019><c> the</c><00:21:10.160><c> wrong</c><00:21:10.339><c> side</c><00:21:10.539><c> anyway,</c>

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so<00:21:11.000><c> we</c><00:21:11.119><c> can</c><00:21:11.259><c> do</c><00:21:11.420><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:21:11.920><c> not</c><00:21:12.079><c> what</c><00:21:12.200><c> it's</c><00:21:12.559><c> saying</c><00:21:12.779><c> here</c><00:21:13.019><c> at</c><00:21:13.180><c> all.</c>

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It's<00:21:13.539><c> not</c><00:21:13.720><c> a</c><00:21:13.940><c> lesson</c><00:21:14.160><c> in</c><00:21:14.359><c> that</c><00:21:14.519><c> way</c><00:21:14.660><c> at</c><00:21:14.819><c> all.</c>

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David<00:21:15.759><c> was</c><00:21:16.339><c> supposed</c><00:21:16.599><c> to</c><00:21:16.880><c> patiently</c><00:21:17.200><c> wait</c><00:21:17.440><c> for</c><00:21:17.700><c> God,</c><00:21:17.920><c> and</c><00:21:18.059><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:21:18.319><c> do</c><00:21:18.500><c> that</c><00:21:18.759><c> all</c><00:21:19.039><c> the</c><00:21:19.259><c> time.</c>

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He<00:21:21.079><c> did</c><00:21:21.359><c> take</c><00:21:21.619><c> matters</c><00:21:21.920><c> into</c><00:21:22.140><c> his</c><00:21:22.359><c> own</c><00:21:22.559><c> hands</c><00:21:22.819><c> here.</c>

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I<00:21:24.519><c> don't</c><00:21:24.740><c> think</c><00:21:24.859><c> we</c><00:21:25.039><c> need</c><00:21:25.279><c> to</c><00:21:25.500><c> condone</c><00:21:25.799><c> him</c><00:21:26.299><c> for</c><00:21:26.680><c> sending</c><00:21:26.900><c> Hushai</c><00:21:27.359><c> in</c>

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with<00:21:31.059><c> the</c><00:21:31.259><c> deception.</c>

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But<00:21:32.819><c> what</c><00:21:32.920><c> we</c><00:21:33.119><c> have,</c><00:21:33.779><c> Ahithophel</c><00:21:34.319><c> here,</c><00:21:34.700><c> Ahithophel</c><00:21:35.440><c> is</c><00:21:37.680><c> put</c>

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in<00:21:38.039><c> his</c><00:21:38.339><c> proper</c><00:21:38.579><c> place,</c>

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and<00:21:40.160><c> even</c><00:21:40.339><c> though</c><00:21:40.579><c> he</c><00:21:40.680><c> gave</c><00:21:40.920><c> the</c><00:21:41.140><c> better</c><00:21:41.359><c> counsel,</c><00:21:41.740><c> excuse</c><00:21:42.059><c> me,</c><00:21:42.200><c> we're</c><00:21:42.359><c> in</c>

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2<00:21:42.700><c> Samuel</c><00:21:43.039><c> 17,</c>

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even<00:21:45.039><c> though</c><00:21:45.339><c> he</c><00:21:45.619><c> gave</c><00:21:45.900><c> the</c><00:21:46.160><c> better</c><00:21:46.420><c> counsel,</c>

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that<00:21:47.640><c> probably</c><00:21:48.099><c> would</c><00:21:48.299><c> have</c><00:21:48.420><c> led</c><00:21:48.619><c> to</c><00:21:48.859><c> the</c><00:21:48.980><c> defeat</c><00:21:49.420><c> of</c><00:21:50.259><c> David</c>

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if<00:21:50.660><c> God</c><00:21:50.920><c> had</c><00:21:51.119><c> allowed</c><00:21:51.319><c> it.</c>

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Hushai<00:21:54.480><c> intervened</c><00:21:55.000><c> in</c><00:21:55.140><c> verse</c><00:21:55.400><c> 7,</c>

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and<00:21:56.579><c> says</c><00:21:56.839><c> to</c><00:21:57.079><c> Absalom,</c><00:21:57.619><c> the</c><00:21:57.720><c> counsel</c><00:21:58.319><c> that</c><00:21:58.539><c> Ahithophel</c><00:21:59.220><c> hath</c>

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given<00:22:00.019><c> is</c><00:22:00.779><c> not</c><00:22:01.099><c> good</c><00:22:01.279><c> at</c><00:22:01.480><c> this</c><00:22:01.680><c> time.</c>

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For<00:22:03.799><c> Hushai</c><00:22:04.180><c> said,</c><00:22:04.779><c> Thou</c><00:22:04.900><c> knowest</c><00:22:05.299><c> thy</c><00:22:05.460><c> father</c><00:22:05.839><c> and</c><00:22:05.980><c> his</c><00:22:06.240><c> men,</c>

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that<00:22:06.619><c> they</c><00:22:06.759><c> be</c><00:22:06.980><c> mighty</c><00:22:07.279><c> men,</c>

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and<00:22:08.660><c> that</c><00:22:08.740><c> they</c><00:22:08.900><c> are</c><00:22:09.079><c> bitter</c><00:22:09.319><c> of</c><00:22:09.619><c> soul,</c><00:22:09.799><c> as</c><00:22:09.960><c> the</c><00:22:10.119><c> margin</c><00:22:10.359><c> says</c><00:22:10.599><c> there,</c>

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as<00:22:11.099><c> a</c><00:22:11.279><c> bear</c><00:22:11.480><c> robbed</c><00:22:11.799><c> of</c><00:22:12.000><c> her</c><00:22:12.200><c> welts</c><00:22:12.400><c> in</c><00:22:12.559><c> the</c><00:22:12.759><c> field,</c>

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and<00:22:13.480><c> thy</c><00:22:13.640><c> father</c><00:22:13.900><c> is</c><00:22:14.059><c> a</c><00:22:14.220><c> man</c><00:22:14.359><c> of</c><00:22:14.640><c> war</c><00:22:14.799><c> and</c><00:22:14.940><c> will</c><00:22:15.140><c> not</c><00:22:15.420><c> lodge</c><00:22:15.619><c> with</c><00:22:15.819><c> the</c><00:22:16.000><c> people.</c>

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Behold,<00:22:17.099><c> he</c><00:22:17.279><c> is</c><00:22:17.380><c> now</c><00:22:17.500><c> in</c><00:22:17.740><c> some</c><00:22:18.019><c> pit</c><00:22:18.339><c> or</c><00:22:18.660><c> in</c><00:22:18.839><c> some</c><00:22:18.980><c> other</c><00:22:19.180><c> place,</c>

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and<00:22:19.559><c> it</c><00:22:19.660><c> will</c><00:22:19.799><c> come</c><00:22:19.920><c> to</c><00:22:20.140><c> pass</c><00:22:20.619><c> when</c><00:22:20.900><c> some</c><00:22:21.140><c> of</c><00:22:21.259><c> them</c><00:22:21.319><c> be</c><00:22:21.539><c> overthrown</c><00:22:21.920><c> at</c><00:22:22.059><c> the</c><00:22:22.259><c> first,</c>

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that<00:22:23.700><c> whoever</c><00:22:24.099><c> hear</c><00:22:24.400><c> it,</c><00:22:24.579><c> they</c><00:22:24.680><c> will</c><00:22:24.900><c> say,</c>

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there<00:22:25.779><c> is</c><00:22:25.920><c> a</c><00:22:26.180><c> slaughter</c><00:22:26.400><c> among</c><00:22:26.640><c> the</c><00:22:26.900><c> people</c><00:22:27.079><c> that</c><00:22:27.380><c> follow</c><00:22:27.579><c> Absalom,</c>

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and<00:22:28.599><c> he</c><00:22:28.799><c> that</c><00:22:28.960><c> is</c><00:22:29.220><c> valiant,</c><00:22:29.759><c> whose</c><00:22:29.900><c> heart</c><00:22:30.160><c> is</c><00:22:30.359><c> as</c><00:22:30.500><c> the</c><00:22:30.660><c> heart</c><00:22:30.819><c> of</c><00:22:31.000><c> a</c>

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lion,<00:22:31.940><c> shall</c><00:22:32.099><c> utterly</c><00:22:32.519><c> melt.</c>

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For<00:22:34.200><c> all</c><00:22:34.400><c> Israel</c><00:22:34.720><c> knoweth</c><00:22:35.039><c> that</c><00:22:35.160><c> thy</c><00:22:35.339><c> father</c><00:22:35.619><c> is</c><00:22:35.819><c> a</c><00:22:35.940><c> mighty</c><00:22:36.119><c> man,</c>

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and<00:22:37.299><c> they</c><00:22:37.599><c> which</c><00:22:38.000><c> be</c><00:22:38.480><c> with</c><00:22:38.640><c> him</c><00:22:39.079><c> are</c><00:22:39.359><c> valiant</c><00:22:39.680><c> men.</c>

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Now,<00:22:40.960><c> was</c><00:22:41.079><c> David</c><00:22:41.420><c> mighty</c><00:22:41.660><c> at</c><00:22:41.900><c> 61</c><00:22:42.299><c> years</c><00:22:42.680><c> old?</c>

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Sicker<00:22:45.960><c> than</c><00:22:46.099><c> we</c><00:22:46.180><c> can</c><00:22:46.400><c> imagine</c><00:22:46.779><c> that</c><00:22:47.019><c> he</c><00:22:47.119><c> had</c><00:22:47.259><c> been?</c>

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When<00:22:49.140><c> he</c><00:22:49.259><c> was</c><00:22:49.460><c> trusting</c><00:22:49.720><c> in</c><00:22:49.859><c> his</c><00:22:50.000><c> God,</c><00:22:50.240><c> he</c><00:22:50.259><c> was.</c>

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:55.180
And<00:22:52.519><c> when</c><00:22:52.640><c> he</c><00:22:52.960><c> resigned</c><00:22:53.240><c> himself</c><00:22:53.700><c> to</c><00:22:53.900><c> the</c><00:22:54.059><c> will</c><00:22:54.240><c> and</c><00:22:54.480><c> providence</c><00:22:54.759><c> of</c><00:22:54.980><c> God,</c>

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he<00:22:55.299><c> was</c><00:22:55.599><c> strong.</c>

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When<00:22:57.339><c> he</c><00:22:57.480><c> waited</c><00:22:57.660><c> patiently</c><00:22:58.140><c> for</c><00:22:58.400><c> him,</c><00:22:58.539><c> he</c><00:22:58.680><c> was</c><00:22:58.960><c> strong.</c>

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But<00:23:01.000><c> naturally</c><00:23:01.359><c> he</c><00:23:01.480><c> wasn't</c><00:23:01.759><c> a</c><00:23:01.880><c> mighty</c><00:23:02.039><c> man,</c><00:23:02.240><c> and</c><00:23:02.400><c> that's</c><00:23:02.700><c> what</c>

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Hushai<00:23:03.440><c> had</c><00:23:03.759><c> tricked.</c>

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When<00:23:06.259><c> he</c><00:23:06.559><c> was</c><00:23:06.599><c> speaking</c><00:23:07.000><c> to</c><00:23:08.740><c> Absalom.</c>

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It's<00:23:11.019><c> an</c><00:23:11.220><c> incredible</c><00:23:11.500><c> lesson.</c>

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Well,<00:23:15.039><c> in</c><00:23:15.640><c> what</c><00:23:15.920><c> our</c><00:23:16.160><c> brother</c><00:23:16.359><c> read</c><00:23:16.680><c> in</c><00:23:17.079><c> 2</c><00:23:17.400><c> Samuel,</c><00:23:17.859><c> chapter</c><00:23:18.160><c> 16,</c>

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:20.480
we<00:23:18.839><c> come</c><00:23:19.000><c> now</c><00:23:19.160><c> to</c><00:23:19.279><c> another</c><00:23:19.539><c> character.</c>

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:26.680
Another<00:23:22.519><c> man</c><00:23:22.960><c> that</c><00:23:23.240><c> David</c><00:23:23.480><c> once</c><00:23:23.839><c> called</c><00:23:24.599><c> a</c><00:23:25.660><c> Satan.</c>

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His<00:23:28.339><c> name</c><00:23:28.500><c> was</c><00:23:28.680><c> Abishai,</c><00:23:29.240><c> the</c><00:23:29.299><c> son</c><00:23:29.480><c> of</c><00:23:29.640><c> Zeruiwah.</c>

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He<00:23:32.019><c> called</c><00:23:32.240><c> both</c><00:23:32.539><c> him</c><00:23:32.900><c> and</c><00:23:33.099><c> his</c><00:23:33.359><c> brother,</c><00:23:34.220><c> Satans,</c><00:23:34.619><c> at</c><00:23:34.740><c> one</c>

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particular<00:23:35.359><c> point.</c>

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Does<00:23:35.759><c> that</c><00:23:35.900><c> sound</c><00:23:36.119><c> familiar?</c>

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It's<00:23:38.180><c> just</c><00:23:38.359><c> like</c><00:23:38.500><c> the</c><00:23:38.660><c> Lord</c><00:23:38.839><c> who</c><00:23:39.039><c> had</c><00:23:39.200><c> to</c><00:23:39.259><c> withstand</c><00:23:39.680><c> Peter</c><00:23:39.980><c> at</c>

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one<00:23:40.400><c> time.</c>

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When<00:23:41.299><c> Peter</c><00:23:41.559><c> said,</c><00:23:41.980><c> oh,</c><00:23:42.339><c> we</c><00:23:42.859><c> won't</c><00:23:43.019><c> have</c><00:23:43.200><c> to</c><00:23:43.299><c> go</c><00:23:43.359><c> to</c><00:23:43.500><c> the</c><00:23:43.579><c> cross.</c>

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This<00:23:44.019><c> suffering</c><00:23:44.319><c> is</c><00:23:44.539><c> not</c><00:23:44.700><c> something</c><00:23:44.819><c> you</c><00:23:44.960><c> have</c><00:23:45.119><c> to</c><00:23:45.240><c> go</c><00:23:45.460><c> through.</c>

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Get<00:23:46.140><c> thee</c><00:23:46.339><c> behind</c><00:23:46.779><c> me,</c><00:23:47.119><c> Satan,</c><00:23:47.279><c> he</c><00:23:47.500><c> said.</c>

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What<00:23:49.900><c> have</c><00:23:50.039><c> I</c><00:23:50.140><c> to</c><00:23:50.240><c> do</c><00:23:50.339><c> with</c><00:23:50.579><c> thee?</c>

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It's<00:23:51.599><c> the</c><00:23:51.759><c> same</c><00:23:52.000><c> thing</c><00:23:52.279><c> that</c><00:23:52.940><c> David</c><00:23:53.220><c> had</c><00:23:53.579><c> said</c><00:23:53.839><c> of</c><00:23:54.160><c> Abishai.</c>

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And<00:23:55.119><c> as</c><00:23:55.220><c> we</c><00:23:55.339><c> consider</c><00:23:55.720><c> Abishai,</c><00:23:56.279><c> as</c><00:23:56.380><c> we</c><00:23:56.500><c> go</c><00:23:56.680><c> all</c><00:23:56.920><c> the</c><00:23:56.960><c> way</c><00:23:57.140><c> through,</c>

00:23:58.440 --> 00:24:02.240
a<00:23:59.079><c> brief</c><00:23:59.299><c> sketch</c><00:23:59.619><c> of</c><00:23:59.839><c> the</c><00:23:59.940><c> life</c><00:24:00.099><c> of</c><00:24:00.279><c> Abishai,</c><00:24:00.900><c> the</c><00:24:00.920><c> son</c><00:24:01.059><c> of</c><00:24:01.220><c> Zeruiwah,</c>

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:07.819
we're<00:24:02.660><c> going</c><00:24:02.819><c> to</c><00:24:03.079><c> see</c><00:24:03.420><c> that</c><00:24:03.779><c> Abishai</c><00:24:04.299><c> learned</c><00:24:05.000><c> about</c><00:24:06.700><c> providence.</c>

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So<00:24:08.740><c> what</c><00:24:08.880><c> do</c><00:24:08.960><c> you</c><00:24:09.000><c> think</c><00:24:09.160><c> about</c><00:24:09.420><c> providence?</c>

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I've<00:24:14.960><c> talked</c><00:24:15.140><c> to</c><00:24:15.720><c> some</c><00:24:16.579><c> people,</c><00:24:18.259><c> and</c><00:24:18.880><c> everything</c><00:24:19.660><c> that</c><00:24:20.319><c> happens</c><00:24:20.559><c> in</c><00:24:20.700><c> their</c><00:24:20.920><c> life</c><00:24:21.319><c> is</c><00:24:21.640><c> providence.</c>

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Have<00:24:22.680><c> you</c><00:24:22.759><c> ever</c><00:24:22.880><c> talked</c><00:24:23.019><c> to</c><00:24:23.079><c> people</c><00:24:23.319><c> like</c><00:24:23.559><c> that?</c>

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:29.019
I<00:24:26.519><c> remember</c><00:24:26.720><c> I</c><00:24:26.799><c> was</c><00:24:26.900><c> having</c><00:24:27.019><c> my</c><00:24:27.259><c> haircut</c><00:24:27.579><c> one</c><00:24:27.880><c> time.</c>

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:31.960
One<00:24:29.299><c> woman</c><00:24:29.519><c> who</c><00:24:29.720><c> was</c><00:24:29.720><c> cutting</c><00:24:29.819><c> my</c><00:24:30.059><c> hair</c><00:24:30.279><c> figured</c><00:24:31.640><c> out</c><00:24:31.880><c> what</c>

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particular<00:24:32.299><c> denomination</c><00:24:32.759><c> she</c><00:24:33.000><c> belonged</c><00:24:33.339><c> to.</c>

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But<00:24:34.680><c> she</c><00:24:34.819><c> said,</c><00:24:35.059><c> you</c><00:24:35.200><c> know,</c><00:24:35.400><c> I</c><00:24:35.460><c> was</c><00:24:35.720><c> at</c><00:24:35.859><c> the</c><00:24:36.039><c> beach,</c><00:24:36.740><c> and</c><00:24:36.799><c> I</c><00:24:36.980><c> lost</c><00:24:37.160><c> my</c>

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contact,<00:24:38.359><c> and</c><00:24:38.519><c> it</c><00:24:38.819><c> fell.</c>

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:42.440
I<00:24:39.779><c> had</c><00:24:39.859><c> no</c><00:24:39.960><c> idea</c><00:24:40.119><c> where</c><00:24:40.279><c> it</c><00:24:40.299><c> was,</c><00:24:40.480><c> and</c><00:24:40.640><c> I</c><00:24:40.859><c> prayed,</c><00:24:41.960><c> and</c><00:24:42.160><c> I</c><00:24:42.299><c> found</c>

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my<00:24:42.660><c> contact.</c>

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Providence.

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Sometimes<00:24:48.019><c> everything</c><00:24:48.460><c> in</c><00:24:48.640><c> somebody's</c><00:24:49.079><c> life</c><00:24:49.460><c> is</c><00:24:49.980><c> providence.</c>

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And<00:24:50.940><c> in</c><00:24:50.980><c> a</c><00:24:51.259><c> certain</c><00:24:51.440><c> sense,</c><00:24:52.259><c> brothers</c><00:24:52.400><c> and</c><00:24:52.640><c> sisters</c><00:24:52.859><c> and</c><00:24:53.000><c> young</c><00:24:53.119><c> people,</c><00:24:53.539><c> in</c><00:24:53.660><c> a</c>

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certain<00:24:54.059><c> sense,</c><00:24:54.359><c> that's</c><00:24:54.680><c> true.</c>

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Everything<00:24:55.779><c> that</c><00:24:56.079><c> happens</c><00:24:56.420><c> is</c><00:24:56.980><c> overseen</c><00:24:57.619><c> by</c><00:24:57.940><c> God.</c>

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He<00:24:58.700><c> is</c><00:24:59.079><c> regulating</c><00:24:59.559><c> everything</c><00:25:00.059><c> overall.</c><00:25:00.619><c> For</c><00:25:00.839><c> sure,</c><00:25:01.119><c> he</c><00:25:01.240><c> is.</c>

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But<00:25:02.299><c> that</c><00:25:02.440><c> does</c><00:25:02.640><c> not</c><00:25:02.779><c> mean</c><00:25:02.960><c> that</c><00:25:03.220><c> absolutely</c><00:25:03.599><c> everything</c><00:25:04.200><c> is</c><00:25:05.279><c> providential.</c>

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And<00:25:07.160><c> Abishai</c><00:25:07.440><c> needed</c><00:25:07.660><c> to</c><00:25:07.880><c> learn</c><00:25:08.000><c> that,</c><00:25:08.240><c> because</c><00:25:08.440><c> Abishai</c><00:25:09.079><c> had</c>

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his<00:25:09.900><c> eyes</c><00:25:10.200><c> always</c><00:25:10.779><c> down</c><00:25:11.119><c> here</c><00:25:11.400><c> at</c><00:25:11.640><c> the</c><00:25:11.920><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:25:12.859><c> he</c><00:25:13.059><c> said,</c><00:25:13.339><c> this</c><00:25:13.519><c> has</c><00:25:13.940><c> to</c><00:25:14.160><c> be</c><00:25:14.460><c> what</c><00:25:14.720><c> we</c><00:25:14.940><c> have</c><00:25:15.119><c> to</c><00:25:15.299><c> do,</c><00:25:16.720><c> clearly.</c>

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And<00:25:18.700><c> David</c><00:25:19.079><c> had</c><00:25:19.519><c> his</c><00:25:19.700><c> eyes</c><00:25:19.940><c> higher.</c>

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So<00:25:21.980><c> let's</c><00:25:22.119><c> go</c><00:25:22.319><c> through</c><00:25:22.519><c> his</c><00:25:22.740><c> life</c><00:25:22.920><c> and</c><00:25:23.180><c> see</c><00:25:23.339><c> how</c><00:25:23.619><c> Abishai</c><00:25:24.019><c> learned</c><00:25:24.539><c> the</c>

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secret<00:25:25.920><c> of</c><00:25:26.319><c> knowing</c><00:25:26.559><c> the</c><00:25:26.859><c> providence</c><00:25:27.140><c> of</c><00:25:27.380><c> God</c>

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and<00:25:27.700><c> how</c><00:25:27.900><c> we</c><00:25:28.059><c> can</c><00:25:28.240><c> learn</c><00:25:28.400><c> from</c><00:25:28.640><c> that</c><00:25:28.779><c> in</c><00:25:28.880><c> our</c><00:25:29.099><c> lives,</c><00:25:30.079><c> in</c><00:25:30.200><c> our</c>

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families,<00:25:32.359><c> and</c><00:25:32.420><c> in</c><00:25:32.559><c> his</c><00:25:32.700><c> ecclesias.</c>

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Well,<00:25:35.619><c> we</c><00:25:35.700><c> know</c><00:25:35.880><c> that</c><00:25:37.019><c> Abishai</c><00:25:37.519><c> was</c><00:25:37.740><c> David's</c><00:25:38.279><c> nephew</c><00:25:38.619><c> through</c>

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:40.039
his<00:25:39.220><c> sister,</c><00:25:39.720><c> Zeruiah.</c>

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:42.220
You<00:25:40.259><c> know</c><00:25:40.299><c> where</c><00:25:40.460><c> it</c><00:25:40.539><c> says</c><00:25:40.640><c> sons</c><00:25:40.920><c> of</c><00:25:41.099><c> Zeruiah?</c>

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:45.079
Usually<00:25:43.339><c> genealogies</c><00:25:43.819><c> are</c><00:25:44.039><c> reckoned</c><00:25:44.279><c> by</c><00:25:44.519><c> the</c><00:25:44.720><c> father.</c>

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:50.180
Not<00:25:45.779><c> so</c><00:25:45.980><c> in</c><00:25:46.180><c> the</c><00:25:46.180><c> case</c><00:25:46.500><c> of</c><00:25:46.740><c> Joab</c><00:25:47.099><c> and</c><00:25:47.400><c> Asahel</c><00:25:47.980><c> and</c><00:25:49.119><c> Abishai.</c>

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:58.440
Here<00:25:51.940><c> it's</c><00:25:52.319><c> the</c><00:25:52.480><c> mom,</c><00:25:53.099><c> David's</c><00:25:53.700><c> sister,</c><00:25:54.140><c> 1</c><00:25:54.299><c> Chronicles</c><00:25:54.720><c> chapter</c><00:25:55.119><c> 2,</c><00:25:55.660><c> verse</c><00:25:55.920><c> 16,</c><00:25:57.279><c> speaks</c><00:25:57.380><c> to</c><00:25:57.579><c> that.</c>

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We<00:26:01.539><c> also</c><00:26:01.779><c> find,</c><00:26:01.960><c> actually</c><00:26:02.180><c> let's</c><00:26:02.400><c> turn</c><00:26:02.480><c> that</c><00:26:02.700><c> passage</c><00:26:02.940><c> up,</c>

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:05.220
because<00:26:03.460><c> there's</c><00:26:03.680><c> something</c><00:26:03.960><c> very</c><00:26:04.279><c> interesting</c><00:26:04.720><c> here.</c>

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:07.519
1<00:26:05.559><c> Chronicles</c><00:26:05.960><c> chapter</c><00:26:06.259><c> 2.</c>

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:28.740
First<00:26:23.259><c> Chronicles</c><00:26:23.640><c> chapter</c><00:26:23.980><c> 2,</c><00:26:25.619><c> and</c><00:26:25.660><c> we'll</c><00:26:25.859><c> look</c><00:26:26.039><c> at</c><00:26:26.279><c> verse</c><00:26:27.480><c> 13.</c>

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:31.259
And<00:26:29.200><c> just</c><00:26:29.400><c> notice</c><00:26:29.720><c> how,</c><00:26:30.359><c> this</c><00:26:30.500><c> is</c><00:26:30.640><c> just</c><00:26:30.799><c> something</c><00:26:30.980><c> to</c><00:26:31.119><c> tuck</c>

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.980
back<00:26:31.519><c> in</c><00:26:31.660><c> your</c><00:26:31.839><c> mind.</c>

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I<00:26:32.079><c> won't</c><00:26:32.200><c> go</c><00:26:32.460><c> through</c><00:26:32.640><c> a</c><00:26:32.779><c> list</c><00:26:33.039><c> like</c><00:26:33.259><c> I</c><00:26:33.440><c> did</c><00:26:33.579><c> of</c><00:26:33.759><c> the</c><00:26:33.880><c> chronology.</c>

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I'll<00:26:34.759><c> spare</c><00:26:34.900><c> you</c><00:26:35.059><c> another</c><00:26:35.299><c> list.</c>

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:39.900
But<00:26:36.119><c> if</c><00:26:36.279><c> you</c><00:26:36.359><c> go</c><00:26:36.519><c> through</c><00:26:36.720><c> the</c><00:26:36.819><c> book</c><00:26:36.920><c> of</c><00:26:37.160><c> Chronicles,</c><00:26:39.420><c> I</c><00:26:39.700><c> just</c>

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heard<00:26:39.980><c> very</c><00:26:40.259><c> recently,</c><00:26:40.720><c> and</c><00:26:40.880><c> I've</c><00:26:41.079><c> seen</c><00:26:41.160><c> it</c><00:26:41.420><c> confirmed</c><00:26:41.740><c> in</c><00:26:41.920><c> a</c>

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number<00:26:42.240><c> of</c><00:26:42.440><c> cases.</c>

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:44.880
Just<00:26:42.900><c> check</c><00:26:43.119><c> it</c><00:26:43.259><c> out</c><00:26:43.400><c> and</c><00:26:43.420><c> see</c><00:26:43.539><c> what</c><00:26:43.599><c> you</c><00:26:43.759><c> think.</c>

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:49.740
Chronicles<00:26:45.400><c> is</c><00:26:45.819><c> quite</c><00:26:46.039><c> often</c><00:26:46.980><c> mentioning</c><00:26:47.680><c> the</c><00:26:48.200><c> lists</c><00:26:48.539><c> of</c><00:26:48.799><c> the</c><00:26:48.960><c> names.</c>

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It<00:26:50.220><c> mentions</c><00:26:50.480><c> them</c><00:26:50.779><c> in</c><00:26:51.019><c> birth</c><00:26:51.220><c> order,</c><00:26:52.380><c> quite</c><00:26:52.720><c> often.</c>

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:57.059
So,<00:26:53.819><c> for</c><00:26:54.039><c> example,</c><00:26:54.359><c> when</c><00:26:54.500><c> we</c><00:26:54.539><c> come</c><00:26:54.680><c> to</c><00:26:54.759><c> verse</c><00:26:55.019><c> 13</c><00:26:55.599><c> of</c><00:26:55.819><c> 1</c><00:26:55.980><c> Chronicles</c><00:26:56.440><c> chapter</c><00:26:56.720><c> 2,</c><00:26:56.980><c> it</c>

00:26:57.059 --> 00:27:00.299
says<00:26:57.380><c> that</c><00:26:57.640><c> Jesse</c><00:26:57.960><c> begat</c><00:26:58.359><c> his</c><00:26:59.200><c> firstborn.</c>

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:06.759
His<00:27:02.480><c> firstborn</c><00:27:02.799><c> was</c><00:27:02.980><c> Eliab,</c><00:27:03.539><c> and</c><00:27:03.759><c> Abinadab</c><00:27:04.279><c> the</c><00:27:04.539><c> second,</c><00:27:06.220><c> and</c>

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.720
Shema<00:27:07.039><c> the</c><00:27:07.299><c> third.</c>

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:09.480
Let's<00:27:08.099><c> just</c><00:27:08.279><c> stop</c><00:27:08.400><c> at</c><00:27:08.539><c> Shema</c><00:27:08.819><c> for</c><00:27:09.039><c> a</c><00:27:09.240><c> second.</c>

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:16.880
Shema<00:27:10.519><c> had</c><00:27:10.799><c> a</c><00:27:11.059><c> son</c><00:27:11.819><c> whose</c><00:27:12.920><c> name</c><00:27:13.079><c> was</c><00:27:13.339><c> Jamadab,</c><00:27:16.259><c> and</c><00:27:16.460><c> Jamadab</c>

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:24.099
was<00:27:17.099><c> the</c><00:27:17.240><c> one</c><00:27:17.440><c> who</c><00:27:17.660><c> gave</c><00:27:18.160><c> Amnon</c><00:27:18.799><c> the</c><00:27:19.240><c> wonderful</c><00:27:20.640><c> idea</c><00:27:21.380><c> to</c><00:27:23.900><c> go</c>

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:27.119
unto<00:27:24.319><c> Tamar</c><00:27:24.839><c> and</c><00:27:25.220><c> how</c><00:27:25.400><c> to</c><00:27:25.539><c> do</c><00:27:25.640><c> it.</c>

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.559
Not<00:27:27.420><c> a</c><00:27:27.539><c> good</c><00:27:27.700><c> friend.</c>

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:31.400
Young<00:27:29.160><c> people,</c><00:27:29.440><c> if</c><00:27:29.599><c> you</c><00:27:29.599><c> have</c><00:27:29.759><c> a</c><00:27:29.880><c> friend</c><00:27:29.960><c> like</c><00:27:30.240><c> Jamadab,</c><00:27:31.259><c> get</c>

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.980
rid<00:27:31.640><c> of</c><00:27:31.720><c> them.</c>

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:37.279
If<00:27:34.059><c> you</c><00:27:34.200><c> know</c><00:27:34.339><c> someone</c><00:27:34.579><c> like</c><00:27:34.859><c> that,</c><00:27:35.759><c> stay</c><00:27:35.940><c> away</c><00:27:36.180><c> from</c><00:27:36.359><c> them.</c>

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:41.740
Don't<00:27:38.339><c> think</c><00:27:38.559><c> that</c><00:27:38.680><c> you're</c><00:27:38.980><c> strong</c><00:27:39.259><c> enough</c><00:27:39.720><c> to</c><00:27:41.220><c> handle</c><00:27:41.480><c> that,</c>

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:44.640
because<00:27:42.359><c> you</c><00:27:43.059><c> may</c><00:27:43.259><c> not</c><00:27:43.460><c> be.</c>

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:51.619
Nethanel<00:27:47.980><c> the</c><00:27:48.180><c> fourth,</c><00:27:49.519><c> Radai</c><00:27:49.779><c> the</c><00:27:50.000><c> fifth,</c><00:27:50.799><c> Ozan</c><00:27:50.980><c> the</c><00:27:51.240><c> sixth,</c>

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.740
David<00:27:52.200><c> the</c><00:27:52.480><c> seventh.</c>

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:58.920
And<00:27:52.980><c> then</c><00:27:53.099><c> it</c><00:27:53.240><c> says</c><00:27:53.420><c> whose</c><00:27:53.799><c> sisters</c><00:27:54.579><c> were</c><00:27:55.779><c> Zeruiwaiah</c><00:27:57.240><c> and</c><00:27:58.059><c> Abigail.</c>

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:03.099
Brother<00:27:59.819><c> Ryan</c><00:27:59.980><c> will</c><00:28:00.160><c> speak</c><00:28:00.400><c> about</c><00:28:01.180><c> Abigail</c><00:28:01.700><c> tomorrow</c><00:28:02.740><c> when</c>

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:07.680
he<00:28:03.180><c> does</c><00:28:03.420><c> his</c><00:28:03.680><c> class,</c><00:28:04.180><c> God</c><00:28:04.519><c> willing,</c><00:28:06.259><c> on</c><00:28:06.440><c> David's</c><00:28:06.880><c> generals.</c>

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:10.480
But<00:28:08.200><c> for</c><00:28:08.400><c> right</c><00:28:08.559><c> now,</c><00:28:08.680><c> let's</c><00:28:08.900><c> just</c><00:28:09.099><c> look</c><00:28:09.259><c> at</c><00:28:09.440><c> Zeruiwaiah,</c><00:28:10.099><c> because</c><00:28:10.259><c> it</c>

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:13.880
says<00:28:10.599><c> the</c><00:28:10.779><c> sons</c><00:28:11.099><c> of</c><00:28:11.220><c> Zeruiwaiah</c><00:28:11.839><c> were</c><00:28:12.079><c> Abishai,</c><00:28:12.980><c> Joab,</c><00:28:13.599><c> and</c>

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.519
Asael<00:28:14.119><c> the</c><00:28:14.380><c> three.</c>

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That<00:28:14.900><c> should</c><00:28:15.079><c> jump</c><00:28:15.400><c> out</c><00:28:15.619><c> at</c><00:28:15.759><c> you</c><00:28:15.880><c> and</c><00:28:15.980><c> make</c><00:28:16.079><c> you</c><00:28:16.240><c> think,</c><00:28:16.380><c> you</c>

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:18.779
know<00:28:16.680><c> what,</c><00:28:17.220><c> that</c><00:28:17.519><c> order</c><00:28:17.720><c> is</c><00:28:17.960><c> wrong.</c>

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:24.000
Abishai,<00:28:21.720><c> Joab,</c><00:28:22.460><c> and</c><00:28:22.839><c> Asael.</c>

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.960
Never<00:28:24.819><c> occurs</c><00:28:25.160><c> like</c><00:28:25.420><c> that</c><00:28:25.619><c> in</c><00:28:25.759><c> scripture.</c>

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:28.140
Who's<00:28:26.559><c> always</c><00:28:26.740><c> at</c><00:28:26.920><c> the</c><00:28:27.099><c> front?</c>

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.700
Joab.

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:31.519
Joab<00:28:30.000><c> was</c><00:28:30.180><c> always</c><00:28:30.460><c> at</c><00:28:30.640><c> the</c><00:28:30.779><c> front.</c>

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.200
He<00:28:31.759><c> was</c><00:28:31.920><c> a</c><00:28:32.079><c> kid.</c>

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.019
He<00:28:32.319><c> was</c><00:28:32.460><c> going</c><00:28:32.579><c> to</c><00:28:32.799><c> school.</c>

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:35.460
He's<00:28:33.240><c> at</c><00:28:33.339><c> the</c><00:28:33.480><c> front</c><00:28:33.539><c> of</c><00:28:33.700><c> the</c><00:28:33.799><c> line</c><00:28:33.940><c> all</c><00:28:34.180><c> the</c><00:28:34.359><c> time.</c>

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.759
Pushing<00:28:36.319><c> and</c><00:28:36.640><c> shoving</c><00:28:36.940><c> and</c><00:28:37.180><c> getting</c><00:28:37.339><c> up</c><00:28:37.579><c> there.</c>

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:39.559
Grab<00:28:38.039><c> one</c><00:28:38.180><c> of</c><00:28:38.259><c> my</c><00:28:38.400><c> clubs.</c>

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.660
It's<00:28:40.500><c> a</c><00:28:40.640><c> Joab.</c>

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:47.160
He<00:28:45.200><c> put</c><00:28:45.339><c> a</c><00:28:45.599><c> spear</c><00:28:45.779><c> through</c><00:28:45.960><c> you</c><00:28:46.099><c> if</c><00:28:46.140><c> you</c><00:28:46.240><c> weren't</c><00:28:46.359><c> lucky.</c>

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:51.440
But<00:28:49.299><c> that's,</c><00:28:49.660><c> that's,</c><00:28:50.180><c> that</c><00:28:50.319><c> was</c><00:28:50.460><c> the</c><00:28:50.740><c> character</c><00:28:51.019><c> of</c><00:28:51.240><c> Joab.</c>

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:54.859
But<00:28:51.579><c> here,</c><00:28:52.160><c> because</c><00:28:52.440><c> Chronicles</c><00:28:52.880><c> so</c><00:28:53.259><c> often</c><00:28:53.500><c> talks</c><00:28:53.799><c> about</c><00:28:54.039><c> things</c><00:28:54.400><c> from</c><00:28:54.660><c> the</c>

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:58.339
birth<00:28:55.099><c> order,</c><00:28:56.359><c> it</c><00:28:56.500><c> seems</c><00:28:56.839><c> as</c><00:28:57.019><c> if</c><00:28:57.180><c> Abishai</c><00:28:57.559><c> was</c><00:28:57.720><c> the</c><00:28:57.940><c> firstborn.</c>

00:28:58.420 --> 00:29:01.000
And<00:28:58.700><c> Abishai's</c><00:28:59.299><c> name</c><00:28:59.480><c> means</c><00:28:59.960><c> father.</c>

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:05.019
Excuse<00:29:02.819><c> me,</c><00:29:02.980><c> it</c><00:29:03.039><c> means</c><00:29:03.160><c> my</c><00:29:03.480><c> father</c><00:29:03.799><c> is</c><00:29:04.160><c> Jesse.</c>

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:08.319
And<00:29:06.619><c> isn't</c><00:29:06.779><c> that,</c><00:29:07.099><c> doesn't</c><00:29:07.279><c> that</c><00:29:07.440><c> make</c><00:29:07.579><c> sense</c><00:29:07.799><c> to</c><00:29:08.019><c> have</c><00:29:08.140><c> your</c>

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:13.240
very<00:29:08.640><c> first</c><00:29:08.960><c> grandson</c><00:29:09.539><c> reflecting</c><00:29:11.140><c> the</c><00:29:11.420><c> name</c><00:29:11.900><c> of</c><00:29:12.700><c> your</c><00:29:12.859><c> grandfather?</c>

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Doesn't<00:29:13.480><c> it</c><00:29:13.660><c> make</c><00:29:13.819><c> sense?</c>

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:16.279
So<00:29:14.579><c> it</c><00:29:14.700><c> really</c><00:29:14.859><c> does</c><00:29:15.079><c> seem,</c><00:29:15.299><c> at</c><00:29:15.400><c> least</c><00:29:15.579><c> to</c><00:29:15.720><c> me</c><00:29:15.880><c> personally,</c>

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:18.859
that<00:29:16.640><c> Abishai</c><00:29:17.240><c> was</c><00:29:17.700><c> the</c><00:29:17.940><c> oldest.</c>

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:24.380
But<00:29:20.859><c> it</c><00:29:20.940><c> was</c><00:29:21.319><c> Joab</c><00:29:21.799><c> that</c><00:29:22.319><c> held</c><00:29:22.519><c> the</c><00:29:22.819><c> sway</c><00:29:23.059><c> in</c><00:29:23.819><c> that</c><00:29:24.000><c> particular</c>

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.779
family<00:29:24.779><c> for</c><00:29:25.059><c> sure.</c>

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:30.920
Well,<00:29:28.019><c> let's</c><00:29:28.240><c> continue</c><00:29:28.579><c> on</c><00:29:28.779><c> with</c><00:29:29.240><c> our</c><00:29:29.400><c> look</c><00:29:29.599><c> at</c><00:29:30.240><c> Abishai</c><00:29:30.660><c> in</c><00:29:30.779><c> a</c>

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.440
brief<00:29:31.079><c> sketch.</c>

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:34.839
He<00:29:31.940><c> was</c><00:29:32.119><c> possibly</c><00:29:32.500><c> the</c><00:29:32.720><c> older</c><00:29:32.880><c> brother</c><00:29:33.140><c> of</c><00:29:33.380><c> Joab</c><00:29:33.660><c> than</c><00:29:33.920><c> Asahel.</c>

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:38.740
And<00:29:35.259><c> it's</c><00:29:35.519><c> possible</c><00:29:36.119><c> that</c><00:29:36.460><c> Abishai</c><00:29:36.940><c> joins</c><00:29:37.599><c> David</c><00:29:38.039><c> at</c><00:29:38.240><c> the</c><00:29:38.400><c> cave</c><00:29:38.559><c> of</c>

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:41.779
the<00:29:38.859><c> Dolan</c><00:29:39.299><c> in</c><00:29:39.839><c> 1</c><00:29:40.079><c> Samuel</c><00:29:40.440><c> chapter</c><00:29:40.900><c> 22</c><00:29:41.339><c> verse</c><00:29:41.599><c> 1.</c>

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:43.019
Let's<00:29:41.960><c> just</c><00:29:42.160><c> go</c><00:29:42.279><c> there</c><00:29:42.440><c> quickly.</c>

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:47.259
We're<00:29:43.799><c> building</c><00:29:44.039><c> this</c><00:29:44.319><c> little</c><00:29:45.539><c> narrative</c><00:29:45.940><c> here</c><00:29:46.180><c> of</c><00:29:46.299><c> Abishai.</c>

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:53.859
1<00:29:51.740><c> Samuel</c><00:29:52.000><c> chapter</c><00:29:52.319><c> 22</c><00:29:52.740><c> verse</c><00:29:53.019><c> 1.</c>

00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:03.059
This<00:29:57.240><c> is</c><00:29:57.460><c> after</c><00:29:57.859><c> David</c><00:29:58.319><c> has</c><00:29:59.039><c> escaped</c><00:29:59.720><c> before</c><00:30:01.980><c> the</c><00:30:02.160><c> king</c><00:30:02.700><c> of</c>

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.259
Gath,<00:30:03.579><c> Achish.</c>

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:06.460
He's<00:30:05.019><c> writing</c><00:30:05.319><c> Psalms</c><00:30:05.819><c> at</c><00:30:05.960><c> this</c><00:30:06.180><c> time.</c>

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:08.539
Psalm<00:30:06.740><c> 142</c><00:30:07.539><c> is</c><00:30:07.720><c> written</c><00:30:07.880><c> at</c><00:30:08.079><c> this</c><00:30:08.279><c> time.</c>

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:10.799
Psalm<00:30:08.900><c> 34</c><00:30:09.480><c> is</c><00:30:09.700><c> written</c><00:30:09.900><c> at</c><00:30:10.099><c> this</c><00:30:10.339><c> time.</c>

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:13.440
Later<00:30:11.279><c> on</c><00:30:11.480><c> in</c><00:30:11.619><c> this</c><00:30:11.799><c> chapter,</c><00:30:12.059><c> Psalm</c><00:30:12.339><c> 52</c><00:30:12.920><c> is</c><00:30:13.160><c> written.</c>

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:15.339
It's<00:30:13.940><c> a</c><00:30:14.079><c> time</c><00:30:14.200><c> where</c><00:30:14.359><c> God</c><00:30:14.539><c> is</c><00:30:14.720><c> working</c><00:30:15.000><c> with</c><00:30:15.220><c> him.</c>

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:16.759
In<00:30:15.480><c> verse</c><00:30:15.740><c> 1,</c><00:30:16.039><c> it</c><00:30:16.039><c> says,</c>

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:28.660
This<00:30:25.279><c> is</c><00:30:25.720><c> David's</c><00:30:26.119><c> family</c><00:30:26.519><c> now</c><00:30:26.799><c> being</c><00:30:27.079><c> gathered</c><00:30:27.500><c> to</c><00:30:27.839><c> him</c><00:30:28.299><c> at</c>

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.400
the<00:30:28.799><c> cave</c><00:30:28.960><c> of</c><00:30:29.119><c> the</c><00:30:29.119><c> Dolan.</c>

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:31.319
And<00:30:29.579><c> I</c><00:30:29.640><c> think</c><00:30:29.799><c> Abishai</c><00:30:30.160><c> was</c><00:30:30.380><c> there.</c>

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:34.180
And<00:30:31.519><c> the</c><00:30:31.680><c> reason</c><00:30:31.799><c> I</c><00:30:31.900><c> think</c><00:30:32.059><c> Abishai</c><00:30:32.579><c> had</c><00:30:32.839><c> to</c><00:30:33.000><c> be</c><00:30:33.160><c> there</c><00:30:33.519><c> was</c><00:30:33.759><c> because</c><00:30:34.039><c> if</c>

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:36.799
we<00:30:34.279><c> look</c><00:30:34.400><c> at</c><00:30:34.539><c> 2</c><00:30:34.759><c> Samuel</c><00:30:35.119><c> chapter</c><00:30:35.559><c> 23,</c>

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:40.400
It<00:30:37.579><c> says</c><00:30:37.920><c> that</c><00:30:38.160><c> at</c><00:30:38.359><c> the</c><00:30:38.559><c> time</c><00:30:38.880><c> that</c><00:30:39.119><c> this</c><00:30:39.420><c> happened,</c><00:30:40.079><c> at</c><00:30:40.220><c> the</c>

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.119
cave<00:30:40.579><c> of</c><00:30:40.759><c> the</c><00:30:40.819><c> Dolan,</c>

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:47.000
the<00:30:41.740><c> Philistines</c><00:30:42.599><c> had</c><00:30:43.000><c> a</c><00:30:43.240><c> garrison</c><00:30:43.819><c> in</c><00:30:45.559><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:30:46.700><c> the</c>

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:48.140
family<00:30:47.259><c> city.</c>

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:52.559
So<00:30:49.299><c> I</c><00:30:49.339><c> think</c><00:30:49.539><c> Abishai</c><00:30:49.900><c> was</c><00:30:50.180><c> with</c><00:30:50.539><c> David</c><00:30:50.799><c> from</c><00:30:51.059><c> the</c><00:30:51.299><c> very,</c><00:30:51.799><c> very</c>

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.019
early<00:30:52.839><c> time,</c>

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:56.039
possibly<00:30:53.480><c> here</c><00:30:53.720><c> in</c><00:30:53.859><c> 1</c><00:30:54.039><c> Samuel</c><00:30:54.339><c> chapter</c><00:30:54.779><c> 22,</c><00:30:55.599><c> with</c><00:30:55.759><c> the</c><00:30:55.880><c> rest</c>

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:57.660
of<00:30:56.160><c> his</c><00:30:56.359><c> father's</c><00:30:56.819><c> house.</c>

00:30:58.539 --> 00:31:01.859
So<00:30:59.220><c> now</c><00:30:59.400><c> we</c><00:30:59.559><c> really</c><00:30:59.819><c> start</c><00:30:59.980><c> to</c><00:31:00.339><c> see</c><00:31:00.539><c> the</c><00:31:00.900><c> character</c><00:31:01.319><c> not</c><00:31:01.539><c> only</c>

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:03.579
of<00:31:03.119><c> Abishai,</c>

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:08.839
but<00:31:03.819><c> also</c><00:31:04.259><c> of</c><00:31:06.079><c> that</c><00:31:06.359><c> family,</c><00:31:07.279><c> Joab</c><00:31:07.519><c> and</c><00:31:07.640><c> Abishai</c><00:31:08.119><c> included.</c>

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:12.420
Let's<00:31:09.960><c> turn</c><00:31:10.099><c> to</c><00:31:10.200><c> 1</c><00:31:10.400><c> Samuel</c><00:31:10.680><c> chapter</c><00:31:11.079><c> 26.</c>

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:17.660
Here,<00:31:14.720><c> Abishai</c><00:31:15.299><c> ambitiously,</c><00:31:16.559><c> well</c><00:31:16.799><c> I</c><00:31:16.920><c> should</c><00:31:17.119><c> never</c><00:31:17.460><c> put</c>

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.500
those<00:31:17.900><c> two</c><00:31:18.039><c> words</c><00:31:18.140><c> together.</c>

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:20.039
Abishai<00:31:19.420><c> ambitiously.</c>

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:23.900
That<00:31:20.779><c> was</c><00:31:20.980><c> not</c><00:31:21.119><c> intentional</c><00:31:21.460><c> despite</c><00:31:21.900><c> the</c><00:31:22.640><c> accompanies</c><00:31:23.000><c> afterwards.</c>

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:27.440
He<00:31:24.440><c> accompanies</c><00:31:24.799><c> David</c><00:31:25.059><c> to</c><00:31:25.200><c> the</c><00:31:25.400><c> camp</c><00:31:25.599><c> and</c><00:31:25.960><c> seeks</c><00:31:26.440><c> Saul's</c><00:31:27.039><c> life.</c>

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.799
1<00:31:27.880><c> Samuel</c><00:31:28.180><c> 26.</c>

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:32.220
And<00:31:29.079><c> now</c><00:31:29.259><c> we're</c><00:31:29.400><c> going</c><00:31:29.619><c> to</c><00:31:29.819><c> look</c><00:31:30.059><c> at</c><00:31:30.299><c> exactly</c><00:31:30.740><c> how</c><00:31:31.480><c> Abishai</c>

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:34.819
interprets<00:31:33.480><c> providence.</c>

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:38.660
Abishai<00:31:36.579><c> already</c><00:31:36.940><c> has</c><00:31:37.140><c> an</c><00:31:37.460><c> idea</c><00:31:37.700><c> in</c><00:31:38.180><c> his</c><00:31:38.380><c> mind.</c>

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.839
And<00:31:39.000><c> this</c><00:31:39.140><c> is</c><00:31:39.279><c> his</c><00:31:39.400><c> idea.</c>

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:41.559
I<00:31:40.319><c> want</c><00:31:40.400><c> to</c><00:31:40.539><c> kill</c><00:31:40.640><c> Saul.</c>

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.259
That's<00:31:43.700><c> his</c><00:31:43.839><c> idea.</c>

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:48.059
And<00:31:44.859><c> look</c><00:31:44.980><c> what</c><00:31:45.200><c> happens</c><00:31:45.460><c> as</c><00:31:45.660><c> we</c><00:31:45.759><c> come</c><00:31:45.859><c> to</c><00:31:46.000><c> 1</c><00:31:46.200><c> Samuel</c><00:31:46.440><c> chapter</c><00:31:46.799><c> 26.</c>

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:52.819
And<00:31:49.000><c> in</c><00:31:49.259><c> particular,</c><00:31:49.700><c> looking</c><00:31:50.019><c> down</c><00:31:50.660><c> at</c><00:31:51.240><c> verse</c><00:31:51.539><c> 5.</c>

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:55.200
Saul<00:31:53.900><c> is</c><00:31:54.259><c> pursuing</c><00:31:54.799><c> David.</c>

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:58.240
David<00:31:55.519><c> is</c><00:31:55.859><c> hiding</c><00:31:56.180><c> in</c><00:31:56.599><c> the</c><00:31:56.759><c> wilderness</c><00:31:57.059><c> of</c><00:31:57.420><c> Ziph.</c>

00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:02.759
And<00:31:58.500><c> Saul</c><00:31:58.740><c> pitches</c><00:31:59.079><c> around,</c><00:31:59.519><c> but</c><00:31:59.660><c> David</c><00:31:59.940><c> and</c><00:32:00.140><c> his</c><00:32:00.180><c> men</c><00:32:00.240><c> are</c><00:32:00.559><c> still</c><00:32:01.359><c> unseen</c><00:32:01.980><c> to</c>

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.680
Saul<00:32:03.000><c> and</c><00:32:03.200><c> to</c><00:32:03.359><c> his</c><00:32:03.539><c> men.</c>

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:08.039
In<00:32:03.880><c> verse</c><00:32:04.180><c> 5,</c><00:32:04.519><c> it</c><00:32:04.720><c> says</c><00:32:05.140><c> that</c><00:32:05.559><c> David</c><00:32:05.779><c> arose</c><00:32:06.480><c> and</c><00:32:07.180><c> came</c><00:32:07.579><c> to</c><00:32:07.759><c> the</c>

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:10.079
place<00:32:08.299><c> where</c><00:32:08.599><c> Saul</c><00:32:08.839><c> had</c><00:32:09.180><c> pitched.</c>

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:14.539
And<00:32:10.700><c> David</c><00:32:11.039><c> beheld</c><00:32:11.559><c> the</c><00:32:11.880><c> place</c><00:32:12.140><c> where</c><00:32:12.440><c> Saul</c><00:32:12.720><c> lay,</c><00:32:14.079><c> and</c><00:32:14.359><c> Abner</c>

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:16.880
the<00:32:14.700><c> son</c><00:32:14.920><c> of</c><00:32:15.079><c> Ner,</c><00:32:15.220><c> the</c><00:32:15.440><c> captain</c><00:32:15.740><c> of</c><00:32:15.900><c> his</c><00:32:16.079><c> host.</c>

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:22.079
And<00:32:18.220><c> Saul</c><00:32:18.440><c> lay</c><00:32:18.700><c> in</c><00:32:18.839><c> the</c><00:32:19.000><c> trench,</c><00:32:20.440><c> and</c><00:32:20.539><c> the</c><00:32:20.700><c> people</c><00:32:21.240><c> pitched</c>

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:24.140
round<00:32:22.640><c> about</c><00:32:23.059><c> him.</c>

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:26.680
And<00:32:25.099><c> then</c><00:32:25.279><c> David</c><00:32:25.380><c> asks</c><00:32:25.680><c> a</c><00:32:25.880><c> question.</c>

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.779
And<00:32:27.819><c> he</c><00:32:27.900><c> says,</c>

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:33.200
Then<00:32:30.960><c> answered</c><00:32:31.140><c> David,</c><00:32:31.559><c> do</c><00:32:31.619><c> a</c><00:32:31.759><c> himelech,</c><00:32:32.119><c> the</c><00:32:32.299><c> Hittite,</c><00:32:33.160><c> and</c>

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:34.259
who<00:32:33.380><c> else</c><00:32:33.539><c> is</c><00:32:33.680><c> there?</c>

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:36.200
Pushing<00:32:34.720><c> his</c><00:32:34.900><c> way</c><00:32:35.000><c> up</c><00:32:35.200><c> front.</c>

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:40.460
Abishai,<00:32:37.740><c> the</c><00:32:37.940><c> son</c><00:32:38.059><c> of</c><00:32:38.220><c> Zerui,</c><00:32:38.660><c> a</c><00:32:38.839><c> brother</c><00:32:39.000><c> to</c><00:32:39.279><c> Joab,</c><00:32:39.619><c> saying,</c>

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:44.099
Who<00:32:40.920><c> will</c><00:32:41.220><c> go</c><00:32:41.519><c> down</c><00:32:41.819><c> with</c><00:32:42.079><c> me</c><00:32:42.640><c> to</c><00:32:42.980><c> Saul</c><00:32:43.500><c> to</c><00:32:43.700><c> the</c><00:32:43.900><c> camp?</c>

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:47.220
I'm<00:32:44.539><c> surprised</c><00:32:44.940><c> David</c><00:32:45.220><c> was</c><00:32:45.420><c> even</c><00:32:45.599><c> able</c><00:32:45.779><c> to</c><00:32:45.920><c> say</c><00:32:46.059><c> that</c><00:32:46.299><c> much.</c>

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:49.700
Because<00:32:47.779><c> right</c><00:32:48.019><c> after</c><00:32:48.279><c> that,</c><00:32:48.619><c> Abishai</c><00:32:48.799><c> says,</c>

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:51.700
I<00:32:50.299><c> will</c><00:32:50.460><c> go</c><00:32:50.680><c> down</c><00:32:50.839><c> with</c><00:32:51.000><c> you.</c>

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.779
Abishai<00:32:52.980><c> wanted</c><00:32:53.220><c> to</c><00:32:53.420><c> be</c><00:32:53.579><c> there.</c>

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.740
And<00:32:54.099><c> look</c><00:32:54.240><c> what</c><00:32:54.480><c> happens.</c>

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:57.819
It<00:32:54.859><c> says</c><00:32:55.099><c> in</c><00:32:55.200><c> verse</c><00:32:55.359><c> 7,</c><00:32:55.700><c> that</c><00:32:55.799><c> David</c><00:32:56.000><c> and</c><00:32:56.140><c> Abishai</c><00:32:56.539><c> came</c><00:32:56.819><c> to</c><00:32:56.960><c> the</c><00:32:57.140><c> people</c><00:32:57.299><c> by</c><00:32:57.579><c> night,</c>

00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:01.299
and<00:32:58.380><c> behold,</c><00:32:59.119><c> Saul</c><00:32:59.359><c> lay</c><00:32:59.819><c> sleeping</c><00:33:00.440><c> within</c><00:33:00.740><c> the</c><00:33:01.019><c> trench,</c>

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:04.839
and<00:33:01.819><c> his</c><00:33:02.200><c> spear</c><00:33:02.660><c> stuck</c><00:33:03.299><c> in</c><00:33:03.440><c> the</c><00:33:03.740><c> ground</c><00:33:03.960><c> of</c><00:33:04.119><c> his</c><00:33:04.359><c> bolster,</c>

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:07.319
and<00:33:05.480><c> Abner</c><00:33:05.720><c> and</c><00:33:05.900><c> the</c><00:33:06.160><c> people</c><00:33:06.440><c> lay</c><00:33:06.660><c> round</c><00:33:06.900><c> about</c><00:33:07.180><c> him.</c>

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.980
Imagine<00:33:07.759><c> this.</c>

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:11.160
David<00:33:08.259><c> and</c><00:33:08.440><c> Abishai</c><00:33:08.839><c> coming</c><00:33:09.099><c> down,</c><00:33:09.700><c> and</c><00:33:09.859><c> Abishai</c><00:33:10.400><c> sees</c><00:33:10.680><c> Saul</c>

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.660
and<00:33:11.400><c> Abner</c><00:33:11.559><c> laying</c><00:33:11.799><c> there.</c>

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:14.660
He's<00:33:13.279><c> right</c><00:33:13.519><c> here.</c>

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:18.720
And<00:33:15.960><c> he's</c><00:33:16.140><c> got</c><00:33:16.319><c> his</c><00:33:16.579><c> spear</c><00:33:16.680><c> right</c><00:33:16.920><c> next</c><00:33:17.200><c> to</c><00:33:17.319><c> him.</c>

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:22.480
He<00:33:18.900><c> says,</c><00:33:18.980><c> David,</c><00:33:21.220><c> what</c><00:33:21.380><c> else</c><00:33:21.539><c> do</c><00:33:21.700><c> you</c><00:33:21.740><c> need?</c>

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:26.759
Spear<00:33:24.779><c> plus</c><00:33:25.119><c> Saul</c><00:33:25.579><c> equals</c><00:33:26.299><c> Abishai.</c>

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:28.039
I'm<00:33:27.039><c> here,</c><00:33:27.200><c> what</c><00:33:27.259><c> do</c><00:33:27.400><c> you</c><00:33:27.420><c> want?</c>

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.900
And<00:33:28.759><c> look</c><00:33:28.859><c> what's</c><00:33:29.140><c> happening.</c>

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.539
Then<00:33:31.559><c> Abishai</c><00:33:31.900><c> says</c><00:33:32.140><c> to</c><00:33:32.319><c> David,</c>

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:37.599
God<00:33:33.480><c> hath</c><00:33:34.240><c> delivered</c><00:33:34.880><c> thine</c><00:33:35.299><c> enemy</c><00:33:35.640><c> into</c><00:33:35.980><c> thine</c><00:33:36.220><c> hand</c><00:33:36.539><c> this</c><00:33:36.819><c> day.</c>

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:39.740
Is<00:33:37.720><c> it</c><00:33:37.859><c> any</c><00:33:38.079><c> wonder</c><00:33:38.339><c> that</c><00:33:38.539><c> David</c><00:33:38.740><c> called</c><00:33:39.019><c> him</c><00:33:39.200><c> an</c><00:33:39.420><c> adversary</c>

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.180
later<00:33:40.039><c> on?</c>

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:41.700
Did<00:33:40.380><c> he</c><00:33:40.380><c> call</c><00:33:40.519><c> him</c><00:33:40.720><c> a</c><00:33:40.880><c> saint?</c>

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:44.079
This<00:33:43.200><c> is</c><00:33:43.559><c> God's</c><00:33:44.000><c> gift.</c>

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.920
This<00:33:44.440><c> is</c><00:33:44.819><c> providence.</c>

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:53.200
It's<00:33:48.440><c> never</c><00:33:48.720><c> providence</c><00:33:49.680><c> if</c><00:33:51.460><c> the</c><00:33:51.740><c> principles</c><00:33:52.019><c> of</c><00:33:52.279><c> God</c><00:33:52.880><c> aren't</c>

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.400
being<00:33:53.500><c> honored.</c>

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:59.680
And<00:33:56.160><c> David</c><00:33:56.400><c> learned</c><00:33:56.759><c> that</c><00:33:57.779><c> from</c><00:33:58.680><c> Jonathan,</c>

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:06.400
because<00:34:02.880><c> Jonathan</c><00:34:03.440><c> was</c><00:34:05.000><c> faithful</c><00:34:05.339><c> to</c><00:34:05.539><c> his</c><00:34:05.700><c> father</c><00:34:05.980><c> as</c><00:34:06.180><c> long</c>

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.900
as<00:34:06.539><c> his</c><00:34:06.680><c> father</c><00:34:06.920><c> was</c><00:34:07.160><c> faithful</c><00:34:07.440><c> to</c><00:34:07.660><c> God.</c>

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:10.219
Would<00:34:08.300><c> he</c><00:34:08.420><c> go</c><00:34:08.579><c> out</c><00:34:08.760><c> with</c><00:34:08.880><c> his</c><00:34:09.039><c> father</c><00:34:09.219><c> to</c><00:34:09.420><c> fight</c><00:34:09.559><c> Philistines</c>

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:11.480
any<00:34:10.800><c> day</c><00:34:11.000><c> of</c><00:34:11.119><c> the</c><00:34:11.219><c> week,</c>

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.599
climbing<00:34:11.960><c> up</c><00:34:12.239><c> rocks?</c>

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.820
No<00:34:13.179><c> problem,</c><00:34:13.480><c> whatever</c><00:34:13.739><c> you</c><00:34:13.960><c> need,</c><00:34:14.320><c> Dad.</c>

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:17.920
When<00:34:15.579><c> it</c><00:34:15.659><c> was</c><00:34:15.820><c> after</c><00:34:16.119><c> David,</c><00:34:16.480><c> he</c><00:34:16.659><c> helped</c><00:34:16.860><c> David,</c>

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:21.780
because<00:34:19.500><c> he</c><00:34:19.639><c> could</c><00:34:19.880><c> rightly</c><00:34:20.139><c> discern</c><00:34:20.639><c> providence.</c>

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:25.360
He<00:34:22.659><c> knew</c><00:34:22.820><c> that</c><00:34:22.980><c> if</c><00:34:23.119><c> the</c><00:34:23.320><c> principles</c><00:34:23.579><c> of</c><00:34:23.820><c> God</c><00:34:24.019><c> were</c><00:34:24.199><c> not</c><00:34:24.360><c> being</c><00:34:24.599><c> honored,</c>

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:28.300
that<00:34:26.400><c> it</c><00:34:26.559><c> couldn't</c><00:34:26.679><c> be</c><00:34:26.880><c> the</c><00:34:26.960><c> right</c><00:34:27.139><c> thing</c><00:34:27.340><c> to</c><00:34:27.539><c> do.</c>

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:33.760
And<00:34:30.219><c> Abishai</c><00:34:30.559><c> says,</c><00:34:31.440><c> now</c><00:34:31.619><c> therefore</c><00:34:32.039><c> let</c><00:34:32.420><c> me</c><00:34:32.739><c> smite</c><00:34:33.059><c> him.</c>

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.920
I<00:34:34.300><c> pray</c><00:34:34.760><c> that</c><00:34:34.880><c> he...</c>

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:36.340
You<00:34:35.019><c> know</c><00:34:35.039><c> what's</c><00:34:35.260><c> incredible</c><00:34:35.659><c> about</c><00:34:35.900><c> Abishai?</c>

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:38.059
He<00:34:36.599><c> always</c><00:34:37.000><c> asked.</c>

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.880
Almost<00:34:38.780><c> always</c><00:34:39.400><c> asked.</c>

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:42.739
David,<00:34:40.699><c> I</c><00:34:40.820><c> pray</c><00:34:41.119><c> that</c><00:34:41.239><c> you</c><00:34:41.320><c> let</c><00:34:41.460><c> me</c><00:34:41.760><c> smite</c><00:34:42.000><c> him</c><00:34:42.099><c> just</c><00:34:42.400><c> once.</c>

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:44.659
I<00:34:42.960><c> won't</c><00:34:43.139><c> even</c><00:34:43.320><c> need</c><00:34:43.440><c> a</c><00:34:43.639><c> second</c><00:34:43.820><c> shot.</c>

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:48.179
And<00:34:46.199><c> David</c><00:34:46.420><c> says</c><00:34:46.659><c> to</c><00:34:46.840><c> Abishai,</c><00:34:47.420><c> destroy</c><00:34:47.800><c> him</c><00:34:48.059><c> not.</c>

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:50.880
Who<00:34:48.380><c> can</c><00:34:48.679><c> stretch</c><00:34:48.960><c> forth</c><00:34:49.219><c> his</c><00:34:49.500><c> hand</c><00:34:49.639><c> against</c><00:34:49.900><c> the</c><00:34:50.119><c> Lord's</c><00:34:50.440><c> anointed</c><00:34:50.679><c> and</c>

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:52.420
be<00:34:51.039><c> guiltless?</c>

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:58.539
And<00:34:52.900><c> when</c><00:34:53.260><c> Abner</c><00:34:53.840><c> and</c><00:34:54.420><c> Saul</c><00:34:55.920><c> lay</c><00:34:56.940><c> sleeping</c><00:34:57.460><c> but</c><00:34:57.920><c> still</c><00:34:58.199><c> alive</c>

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.920
there<00:34:58.880><c> that</c><00:34:59.159><c> night</c><00:34:59.300><c> in</c><00:34:59.500><c> the</c><00:34:59.639><c> camp,</c>

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:01.760
and<00:35:00.239><c> Abishai</c><00:35:00.679><c> left,</c>

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:06.579
and<00:35:02.780><c> you</c><00:35:02.780><c> went</c><00:35:02.940><c> back</c><00:35:03.179><c> in</c><00:35:03.340><c> the</c><00:35:03.500><c> camp</c><00:35:04.000><c> shaking</c><00:35:04.900><c> your</c><00:35:05.179><c> head,</c>

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:09.360
what<00:35:07.619><c> do</c><00:35:07.760><c> you</c><00:35:07.760><c> think</c><00:35:07.920><c> Joab</c><00:35:08.159><c> would</c><00:35:08.380><c> say?</c>

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:19.599
Because<00:35:15.940><c> the</c><00:35:16.119><c> next</c><00:35:16.300><c> thing</c><00:35:16.500><c> that</c><00:35:16.739><c> happens</c><00:35:17.059><c> in</c><00:35:17.699><c> 2</c><00:35:17.940><c> Samuel</c><00:35:18.280><c> chapter</c><00:35:18.699><c> 2</c>

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:21.639
is<00:35:19.960><c> that</c><00:35:20.199><c> Abner</c><00:35:20.400><c> kills</c><00:35:20.699><c> his</c><00:35:20.920><c> brother.</c>

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.920
And<00:35:24.840><c> you</c><00:35:24.920><c> can</c><00:35:25.079><c> just</c><00:35:25.320><c> hear</c><00:35:25.480><c> Joab.</c>

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.380
I<00:35:26.039><c> don't</c><00:35:26.239><c> know.</c>

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:28.420
It's<00:35:26.699><c> not</c><00:35:26.840><c> recorded,</c><00:35:27.320><c> brothers</c><00:35:27.400><c> and</c><00:35:27.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.780
Think<00:35:28.780><c> about</c><00:35:29.039><c> it.</c>

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:32.880
Do<00:35:30.199><c> you</c><00:35:30.320><c> think</c><00:35:31.400><c> Abishai</c><00:35:31.960><c> would</c><00:35:32.099><c> have</c><00:35:32.239><c> told</c><00:35:32.599><c> Joab,</c>

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.420
oh<00:35:33.179><c> man,</c><00:35:33.420><c> we</c><00:35:33.659><c> had</c><00:35:34.000><c> him.</c>

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.460
We<00:35:34.639><c> had</c><00:35:34.940><c> him.</c>

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.539
And<00:35:35.699><c> David</c><00:35:35.860><c> said</c><00:35:36.000><c> not</c><00:35:36.199><c> to</c><00:35:36.360><c> do</c><00:35:36.460><c> it.</c>

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.760
It<00:35:36.659><c> was</c><00:35:36.820><c> just</c><00:35:37.059><c> like</c><00:35:37.260><c> the</c><00:35:37.480><c> cave.</c>

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:40.019
When<00:35:38.159><c> he</c><00:35:38.320><c> cut</c><00:35:38.400><c> off</c><00:35:38.619><c> his</c><00:35:38.840><c> skirt</c><00:35:39.000><c> and</c><00:35:39.139><c> we</c><00:35:39.239><c> wanted</c><00:35:39.360><c> to</c><00:35:39.579><c> kill</c><00:35:39.679><c> him,</c>

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.860
it<00:35:40.260><c> was</c><00:35:40.380><c> the</c><00:35:40.519><c> same</c><00:35:40.679><c> thing.</c>

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:42.320
He<00:35:40.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:41.159><c> do</c><00:35:41.360><c> it.</c>

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:44.380
And<00:35:42.940><c> then</c><00:35:43.159><c> what</c><00:35:43.280><c> do</c><00:35:43.440><c> you</c><00:35:43.460><c> think</c><00:35:43.559><c> Joab</c><00:35:43.820><c> would</c><00:35:43.980><c> have</c><00:35:44.079><c> said</c><00:35:44.199><c> to</c>

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:46.179
his<00:35:44.739><c> older</c><00:35:45.039><c> brother</c><00:35:45.320><c> then?</c>

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:48.940
If<00:35:46.760><c> you</c><00:35:46.960><c> had</c><00:35:47.159><c> done</c><00:35:47.360><c> that,</c><00:35:47.760><c> we</c><00:35:47.900><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:48.079><c> have</c><00:35:48.280><c> lost</c><00:35:48.440><c> our</c><00:35:48.679><c> brother.</c>

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:50.059
Nice<00:35:49.340><c> going.</c>

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:54.539
It's<00:35:53.639><c> compelling.</c>

00:35:55.780 --> 00:36:00.159
And<00:35:56.380><c> is</c><00:35:56.519><c> there</c><00:35:56.679><c> any</c><00:35:56.840><c> surprise</c><00:35:57.400><c> that</c><00:35:58.099><c> in</c><00:35:58.400><c> 2</c><00:35:58.599><c> Samuel</c><00:35:58.900><c> chapter</c><00:35:59.380><c> 3,</c>

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:05.139
at<00:36:00.500><c> verse</c><00:36:00.699><c> 28,</c><00:36:01.179><c> we</c><00:36:01.300><c> have</c><00:36:02.179><c> these</c><00:36:03.239><c> particular</c><00:36:03.699><c> words</c><00:36:03.980><c> written.</c>

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:11.440
2<00:36:08.699><c> Samuel</c><00:36:08.980><c> 3</c><00:36:09.300><c> verse</c><00:36:09.519><c> 28.</c>

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:24.440
Verse<00:36:22.960><c> 27,</c><00:36:23.619><c> just</c><00:36:23.820><c> for</c><00:36:24.039><c> context.</c>

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:26.380
It<00:36:24.639><c> says,</c><00:36:24.980><c> And</c><00:36:25.019><c> when</c><00:36:25.019><c> Abner</c><00:36:25.280><c> was</c><00:36:25.500><c> returned</c><00:36:25.820><c> to</c><00:36:26.019><c> Hebron,</c>

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:29.840
Joab<00:36:26.760><c> took</c><00:36:26.960><c> him</c><00:36:27.199><c> aside</c><00:36:27.519><c> and</c><00:36:27.719><c> gave</c><00:36:27.940><c> him</c><00:36:28.159><c> to</c><00:36:28.280><c> speak</c><00:36:28.440><c> with</c><00:36:28.599><c> him</c><00:36:28.860><c> quietly,</c>

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:32.599
and<00:36:30.900><c> smote</c><00:36:31.079><c> him</c><00:36:31.179><c> there</c><00:36:31.360><c> unto</c><00:36:31.539><c> the</c><00:36:31.699><c> fifth</c><00:36:31.900><c> rib</c><00:36:32.059><c> that</c><00:36:32.219><c> he</c><00:36:32.380><c> died,</c>

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:34.860
for<00:36:32.840><c> the</c><00:36:33.000><c> blood</c><00:36:33.159><c> of</c><00:36:33.420><c> Asahel</c><00:36:33.719><c> and</c><00:36:33.820><c> his</c><00:36:33.960><c> brother.</c>

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:38.219
And<00:36:36.460><c> afterward,</c><00:36:36.760><c> when</c><00:36:36.980><c> David</c><00:36:37.239><c> had</c><00:36:37.480><c> heard</c><00:36:37.619><c> it,</c>

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:40.880
he<00:36:38.719><c> said,</c><00:36:38.900><c> I</c><00:36:39.059><c> and</c><00:36:39.179><c> my</c><00:36:39.380><c> kingdom</c><00:36:39.619><c> are</c><00:36:39.880><c> guiltless</c><00:36:40.219><c> before</c><00:36:40.500><c> the</c><00:36:40.679><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:44.679
and<00:36:40.920><c> forever</c><00:36:41.260><c> from</c><00:36:42.679><c> the</c><00:36:42.880><c> blood</c><00:36:43.039><c> of</c><00:36:43.320><c> Abner</c><00:36:43.420><c> the</c><00:36:43.599><c> son</c><00:36:43.780><c> of</c><00:36:43.940><c> Neru.</c>

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:47.920
Let<00:36:45.059><c> it</c><00:36:45.219><c> rest</c><00:36:45.420><c> on</c><00:36:45.599><c> the</c><00:36:45.679><c> head</c><00:36:45.820><c> of</c><00:36:46.099><c> Joab</c><00:36:46.280><c> and</c><00:36:46.500><c> on</c><00:36:46.739><c> all</c><00:36:46.900><c> his</c><00:36:47.119><c> father's</c><00:36:47.579><c> house,</c>

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:51.360
and<00:36:48.360><c> let</c><00:36:48.480><c> there</c><00:36:48.619><c> not</c><00:36:48.840><c> fail</c><00:36:49.099><c> from</c><00:36:49.300><c> the</c><00:36:49.460><c> house</c><00:36:49.639><c> of</c><00:36:49.860><c> Joab</c><00:36:50.159><c> one</c><00:36:50.360><c> that</c><00:36:50.599><c> hath</c><00:36:50.719><c> an</c><00:36:51.000><c> issue,</c>

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:53.920
or<00:36:51.739><c> that</c><00:36:51.860><c> is</c><00:36:52.019><c> a</c><00:36:52.139><c> leper,</c><00:36:52.699><c> or</c><00:36:52.820><c> that</c><00:36:53.039><c> leaneth</c><00:36:53.239><c> on</c><00:36:53.380><c> a</c><00:36:53.599><c> staff,</c>

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:56.320
or<00:36:54.320><c> that</c><00:36:54.659><c> falleth</c><00:36:54.860><c> on</c><00:36:55.039><c> the</c><00:36:55.219><c> sword,</c><00:36:55.519><c> or</c><00:36:55.519><c> that</c><00:36:55.739><c> lacketh</c><00:36:56.059><c> bread.</c>

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:58.900
That's<00:36:56.880><c> an</c><00:36:57.059><c> incredible</c><00:36:57.519><c> rebuke.</c>

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:03.199
So<00:36:59.739><c> Joab</c><00:37:00.139><c> and</c><00:37:01.179><c> Abishai,</c><00:37:01.940><c> his</c><00:37:02.219><c> brother,</c><00:37:02.699><c> slew</c><00:37:02.840><c> Abner.</c>

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:05.639
And<00:37:03.539><c> we're</c><00:37:03.659><c> not</c><00:37:03.820><c> told</c><00:37:04.000><c> about</c><00:37:04.239><c> the</c><00:37:04.380><c> role</c><00:37:04.559><c> of</c><00:37:04.679><c> Abishai.</c>

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:07.460
Maybe<00:37:06.219><c> he</c><00:37:06.340><c> was</c><00:37:06.460><c> the</c><00:37:06.659><c> messenger.</c>

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:10.159
He<00:37:07.940><c> said,</c><00:37:08.059><c> Oh,</c><00:37:08.579><c> Joab's</c><00:37:09.039><c> coming</c><00:37:09.139><c> out,</c><00:37:09.679><c> Abner.</c>

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:12.619
Great<00:37:10.639><c> to</c><00:37:10.840><c> have</c><00:37:10.940><c> you</c><00:37:11.059><c> on</c><00:37:11.139><c> our</c><00:37:11.360><c> side,</c><00:37:11.599><c> by</c><00:37:11.699><c> the</c><00:37:11.800><c> way.</c>

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:15.059
Joab's<00:37:13.059><c> got</c><00:37:13.260><c> a</c><00:37:13.500><c> little</c><00:37:13.679><c> message</c><00:37:14.000><c> for</c><00:37:14.179><c> you.</c>

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.920
And<00:37:15.639><c> he's</c><00:37:15.920><c> implicated</c><00:37:16.260><c> in</c><00:37:16.400><c> the</c><00:37:16.519><c> murder,</c><00:37:16.840><c> too.</c>

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:19.460
But<00:37:17.099><c> it</c><00:37:17.119><c> was</c><00:37:17.480><c> Joab</c><00:37:18.119><c> who</c><00:37:18.400><c> was</c><00:37:18.599><c> primarily</c><00:37:19.039><c> at</c><00:37:19.320><c> fault.</c>

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:21.880
It's<00:37:19.820><c> Joab</c><00:37:20.139><c> who</c><00:37:20.400><c> receives</c><00:37:20.719><c> the</c><00:37:20.960><c> curse.</c>

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:26.239
He<00:37:23.559><c> deceitfully</c><00:37:24.039><c> murdered</c><00:37:24.340><c> Abner</c><00:37:24.639><c> with</c><00:37:24.820><c> his</c><00:37:24.960><c> brother</c><00:37:25.199><c> Joab</c>

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:29.500
and<00:37:27.519><c> is</c><00:37:27.760><c> rebuked</c><00:37:28.039><c> for</c><00:37:28.280><c> it.</c>

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:34.420
Well,<00:37:31.400><c> just</c><00:37:31.679><c> another</c><00:37:32.059><c> couple</c><00:37:32.360><c> of</c><00:37:33.340><c> episodes</c><00:37:33.860><c> that</c><00:37:34.059><c> we're</c><00:37:34.139><c> going</c><00:37:34.280><c> to</c>

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:36.300
skip<00:37:34.599><c> over</c><00:37:34.840><c> for</c><00:37:35.019><c> time's</c><00:37:35.679><c> sake.</c>

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:39.400
But<00:37:37.179><c> when</c><00:37:37.320><c> we</c><00:37:37.480><c> come</c><00:37:37.619><c> to</c><00:37:37.800><c> 2</c><00:37:38.000><c> Samuel,</c><00:37:38.360><c> Chapter</c><00:37:38.760><c> 16,</c>

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:43.320
which<00:37:40.079><c> was</c><00:37:40.440><c> our</c><00:37:40.760><c> reading</c><00:37:41.320><c> for</c><00:37:41.860><c> this</c><00:37:42.079><c> afternoon,</c>

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:50.320
we<00:37:48.719><c> again</c><00:37:49.019><c> meet</c><00:37:49.239><c> Abishai.</c>

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:56.440
And<00:37:53.920><c> this</c><00:37:54.099><c> is</c><00:37:54.320><c> now</c><00:37:54.539><c> where</c><00:37:54.719><c> they've</c><00:37:55.360><c> already</c><00:37:55.739><c> fled</c><00:37:56.000><c> crossing</c>

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.639
the<00:37:56.679><c> Kidron.</c>

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:59.260
They're<00:37:58.199><c> fleeing</c><00:37:58.360><c> away</c><00:37:58.679><c> from</c><00:37:58.940><c> Absalom.</c>

00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:02.119
And<00:37:59.380><c> as</c><00:37:59.500><c> they're</c><00:37:59.719><c> fleeing,</c><00:38:00.380><c> they're</c><00:38:00.539><c> completely</c><00:38:01.119><c> just</c><00:38:01.460><c> mocked</c><00:38:02.019><c> the</c>

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.699
whole<00:38:02.380><c> way</c>

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:05.860
by<00:38:03.300><c> a</c><00:38:03.480><c> man</c><00:38:03.659><c> named</c><00:38:04.079><c> Shimei</c><00:38:04.539><c> in</c><00:38:04.739><c> verse</c><00:38:05.039><c> 5.</c>

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:09.599
And<00:38:06.079><c> it</c><00:38:06.159><c> says</c><00:38:06.320><c> in</c><00:38:06.440><c> verse</c><00:38:06.619><c> 6</c><00:38:06.980><c> of</c><00:38:07.719><c> 2</c><00:38:07.920><c> Samuel</c><00:38:08.239><c> 16,</c>

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:13.400
that<00:38:10.780><c> he</c><00:38:10.960><c> cast</c><00:38:11.340><c> stones</c><00:38:11.760><c> at</c><00:38:11.920><c> David</c><00:38:12.239><c> and</c><00:38:12.500><c> all</c><00:38:12.719><c> the</c><00:38:13.000><c> servants</c><00:38:13.219><c> of</c>

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.880
King<00:38:13.599><c> David</c>

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:16.460
and<00:38:14.019><c> all</c><00:38:14.199><c> the</c><00:38:14.400><c> people</c><00:38:14.619><c> of</c><00:38:14.780><c> the</c><00:38:14.940><c> mighty</c><00:38:15.139><c> men</c><00:38:15.320><c> were</c><00:38:15.480><c> on</c><00:38:15.599><c> his</c><00:38:15.840><c> right</c><00:38:16.099><c> hand</c>

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:18.440
and<00:38:16.659><c> on</c><00:38:16.820><c> his</c><00:38:17.079><c> left.</c>

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:21.460
And<00:38:19.480><c> thus</c><00:38:19.599><c> said</c><00:38:19.820><c> Shimei</c><00:38:20.280><c> when</c><00:38:20.440><c> he</c><00:38:20.639><c> cursed,</c>

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:25.599
Come<00:38:21.920><c> out,</c><00:38:22.659><c> come</c><00:38:22.880><c> out,</c><00:38:23.219><c> you</c><00:38:23.380><c> bloody</c><00:38:23.739><c> man,</c><00:38:24.199><c> you</c><00:38:24.340><c> man</c><00:38:24.559><c> of</c><00:38:24.760><c> the</c><00:38:24.900><c> lie.</c>

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:29.019
The<00:38:26.460><c> Lord</c><00:38:26.760><c> had</c><00:38:27.000><c> returned</c><00:38:27.440><c> upon</c><00:38:27.840><c> thee</c><00:38:28.079><c> all</c><00:38:28.360><c> the</c><00:38:28.539><c> blood</c><00:38:28.699><c> of</c><00:38:28.860><c> the</c>

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.780
house<00:38:29.239><c> of</c><00:38:29.519><c> Saul,</c>

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:32.179
in<00:38:30.360><c> whose</c><00:38:30.659><c> stead</c><00:38:31.159><c> thou</c><00:38:31.480><c> hast</c><00:38:31.800><c> reigned.</c>

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:34.480
And<00:38:32.539><c> the</c><00:38:32.639><c> Lord</c><00:38:32.880><c> hath</c><00:38:33.179><c> delivered</c><00:38:33.480><c> the</c><00:38:33.679><c> kingdom</c><00:38:33.920><c> into</c><00:38:34.179><c> the</c><00:38:34.280><c> hand</c>

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.039
of<00:38:34.659><c> Absalom,</c>

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:37.300
my<00:38:35.320><c> son,</c><00:38:35.559><c> and</c><00:38:35.699><c> behold,</c><00:38:36.059><c> you</c><00:38:36.179><c> are</c><00:38:36.340><c> taken</c><00:38:36.579><c> in</c><00:38:36.739><c> your</c><00:38:36.920><c> mischief,</c>

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:39.320
because<00:38:37.820><c> you're</c><00:38:38.079><c> a</c><00:38:38.219><c> bloody</c><00:38:38.420><c> man.</c>

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:41.559
And<00:38:39.840><c> there's</c><00:38:40.059><c> Abishai</c><00:38:40.500><c> there.</c>

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:43.739
And<00:38:42.280><c> he</c><00:38:42.360><c> has</c><00:38:42.500><c> a</c><00:38:42.679><c> short</c><00:38:42.920><c> fuse.</c>

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:46.420
He's<00:38:44.260><c> fiercely</c><00:38:44.679><c> loyal,</c><00:38:45.039><c> but</c><00:38:45.239><c> he</c><00:38:45.360><c> has</c><00:38:45.519><c> a</c><00:38:45.619><c> really</c><00:38:45.920><c> short</c><00:38:46.119><c> fuse.</c>

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:50.360
And<00:38:46.619><c> he</c><00:38:46.800><c> says,</c><00:38:47.619><c> Why</c><00:38:48.019><c> should</c><00:38:48.300><c> this</c><00:38:48.739><c> dead</c><00:38:49.099><c> dog</c><00:38:49.460><c> curse</c><00:38:49.880><c> my</c><00:38:50.179><c> lord</c>

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:50.719
the<00:38:50.579><c> king?</c>

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:52.300
And<00:38:50.920><c> look</c><00:38:51.019><c> what</c><00:38:51.079><c> he</c><00:38:51.199><c> says</c><00:38:51.340><c> again.</c><00:38:51.679><c> Here</c><00:38:51.739><c> are</c><00:38:51.820><c> the</c><00:38:51.920><c> key</c><00:38:52.059><c> words.</c>

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:55.699
Let<00:38:52.739><c> me</c><00:38:52.880><c> go</c><00:38:53.159><c> over.</c><00:38:54.500><c> I'm</c><00:38:54.960><c> craving.</c>

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:58.679
He<00:38:57.320><c> did</c><00:38:57.659><c> ask.</c>

00:38:59.019 --> 00:39:01.019
Because<00:38:59.539><c> from</c><00:39:00.059><c> the</c><00:39:00.239><c> last</c><00:39:00.480><c> experience,</c>

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:04.559
there<00:39:01.420><c> was</c><00:39:01.619><c> no</c><00:39:01.880><c> consultation</c><00:39:02.400><c> with</c><00:39:02.639><c> David</c><00:39:02.940><c> about</c><00:39:03.320><c> slaying</c><00:39:03.679><c> Abner.</c>

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:09.760
Here<00:39:05.940><c> he</c><00:39:06.179><c> asks,</c><00:39:07.179><c> Let</c><00:39:07.360><c> me</c><00:39:07.460><c> go</c><00:39:07.739><c> over,</c><00:39:08.119><c> I</c><00:39:08.300><c> pray</c><00:39:08.599><c> thee,</c><00:39:09.239><c> and</c><00:39:09.519><c> take</c>

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:11.119
off<00:39:09.980><c> his</c><00:39:10.260><c> head.</c>

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:14.280
And<00:39:12.019><c> the</c><00:39:12.179><c> king</c><00:39:12.320><c> said,</c><00:39:12.639><c> What</c><00:39:12.760><c> am</c><00:39:12.900><c> I</c><00:39:13.019><c> to</c><00:39:13.159><c> do</c><00:39:13.219><c> with</c><00:39:13.480><c> you,</c><00:39:13.659><c> you</c><00:39:13.940><c> sons</c>

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:15.059
of<00:39:14.360><c> Zeruiwaiah?</c>

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:18.780
Let<00:39:15.380><c> him</c><00:39:15.679><c> curse,</c><00:39:16.760><c> because</c><00:39:17.199><c> the</c><00:39:17.519><c> Lord</c><00:39:17.840><c> hath</c><00:39:18.079><c> said</c><00:39:18.280><c> unto</c><00:39:18.500><c> him,</c>

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.639
Curse<00:39:19.199><c> David.</c>

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:23.019
Who<00:39:20.340><c> shall</c><00:39:20.559><c> then</c><00:39:20.820><c> say,</c><00:39:21.219><c> Wherefore</c><00:39:21.539><c> hast</c><00:39:21.739><c> thou</c><00:39:21.840><c> done</c><00:39:22.159><c> so?</c>

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:27.679
David<00:39:24.860><c> said</c><00:39:25.059><c> to</c><00:39:25.219><c> Abishai</c><00:39:25.599><c> and</c><00:39:25.800><c> to</c><00:39:26.039><c> all</c><00:39:26.320><c> his</c><00:39:26.599><c> servants,</c>

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:32.119
Behold,<00:39:28.860><c> my</c><00:39:29.139><c> son</c><00:39:29.380><c> which</c><00:39:29.579><c> came</c><00:39:29.900><c> forth</c><00:39:30.179><c> of</c><00:39:30.360><c> my</c><00:39:30.659><c> own</c><00:39:30.920><c> vows,</c><00:39:31.440><c> seeketh</c><00:39:31.739><c> my</c><00:39:31.940><c> life.</c>

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:34.099
How<00:39:32.320><c> much</c><00:39:32.599><c> more</c><00:39:32.780><c> may</c><00:39:32.940><c> this</c><00:39:33.239><c> Benjamin</c><00:39:33.659><c> do</c><00:39:33.920><c> it?</c>

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:36.300
Let<00:39:34.400><c> him</c><00:39:34.559><c> alone,</c><00:39:35.039><c> and</c><00:39:35.139><c> let</c><00:39:35.239><c> him</c><00:39:35.420><c> curse,</c><00:39:35.679><c> for</c><00:39:35.800><c> the</c><00:39:35.960><c> Lord</c><00:39:36.099><c> hath</c>

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:36.760
bidden<00:39:36.500><c> him.</c>

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:38.940
And<00:39:37.199><c> you</c><00:39:37.260><c> know</c><00:39:37.320><c> what?</c><00:39:37.400><c> This</c><00:39:37.579><c> is</c><00:39:37.760><c> a</c><00:39:37.860><c> window</c><00:39:38.039><c> now</c><00:39:38.260><c> into</c><00:39:38.500><c> David's</c>

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:40.320
view<00:39:39.139><c> of</c><00:39:39.440><c> providence.</c>

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:43.139
This<00:39:41.639><c> is</c><00:39:41.920><c> David's</c><00:39:42.340><c> view</c><00:39:42.500><c> of</c><00:39:42.820><c> providence.</c>

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:46.099
Abishai's<00:39:44.000><c> saying,</c><00:39:44.480><c> Man</c><00:39:44.599><c> is</c><00:39:44.760><c> cursing</c><00:39:45.039><c> the</c><00:39:45.199><c> king.</c>

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.980
You're<00:39:46.719><c> the</c><00:39:46.880><c> Lord's</c><00:39:47.179><c> anointed.</c>

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:51.900
Abishai,<00:39:50.059><c> spear,</c><00:39:50.300><c> sword,</c><00:39:50.559><c> whatever</c><00:39:50.800><c> he</c><00:39:51.019><c> had,</c><00:39:51.420><c> he'll</c><00:39:51.619><c> go</c><00:39:51.739><c> take</c>

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:53.000
care<00:39:52.099><c> of</c><00:39:52.340><c> it.</c>

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:57.079
But<00:39:54.320><c> David</c><00:39:54.800><c> says,</c><00:39:55.500><c> and</c><00:39:55.519><c> I</c><00:39:55.980><c> really</c><00:39:56.199><c> wrestled</c><00:39:56.500><c> with</c><00:39:56.659><c> this</c><00:39:56.900><c> verse,</c>

00:39:57.139 --> 00:40:00.780
and<00:39:57.239><c> it</c><00:39:57.280><c> wasn't</c><00:39:57.480><c> until</c><00:39:58.039><c> looking</c><00:39:58.739><c> through</c><00:39:59.460><c> the</c><00:39:59.800><c> book,</c><00:39:59.960><c> The</c><00:40:00.059><c> Ways</c><00:40:00.199><c> of</c><00:40:00.460><c> Providence,</c>

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:04.579
by<00:40:00.980><c> Brother</c><00:40:01.280><c> Roberts,</c><00:40:02.440><c> where</c><00:40:02.719><c> he</c><00:40:03.340><c> does</c><00:40:03.500><c> a</c><00:40:03.559><c> wonderful</c><00:40:04.019><c> job</c><00:40:04.280><c> in</c>

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.420
explaining<00:40:04.760><c> these</c><00:40:05.019><c> two</c><00:40:05.199><c> verses.</c>

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.059
Look<00:40:05.619><c> what</c><00:40:05.699><c> it</c><00:40:05.920><c> says.</c>

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:10.440
End<00:40:08.820><c> of</c><00:40:08.920><c> verse</c><00:40:09.139><c> 10.</c>

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:15.000
So<00:40:11.199><c> let</c><00:40:11.360><c> him</c><00:40:11.559><c> curse,</c><00:40:13.280><c> because</c><00:40:13.500><c> the</c><00:40:13.760><c> Lord</c><00:40:14.239><c> hath</c><00:40:14.539><c> said</c><00:40:14.760><c> unto</c>

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:16.679
him,<00:40:15.519><c> Curse</c><00:40:15.920><c> David.</c>

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:18.500
Now,<00:40:17.099><c> how</c><00:40:17.300><c> do</c><00:40:17.380><c> you</c><00:40:17.480><c> see</c><00:40:17.659><c> that?</c>

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:21.940
Do<00:40:19.380><c> you</c><00:40:19.500><c> see</c><00:40:19.639><c> that</c><00:40:19.780><c> this</c><00:40:19.960><c> is</c><00:40:20.179><c> David,</c><00:40:21.019><c> or</c><00:40:21.139><c> this</c><00:40:21.239><c> is</c><00:40:21.559><c> Shimei,</c><00:40:21.860><c> and</c>

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.940
all<00:40:22.059><c> of</c><00:40:22.219><c> a</c><00:40:22.219><c> sudden,</c>

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.719
there's<00:40:23.639><c> a</c><00:40:23.679><c> knock</c><00:40:23.800><c> at</c><00:40:23.940><c> the</c><00:40:24.059><c> door.</c>

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:26.400
Shimei's<00:40:25.400><c> like,</c><00:40:25.480><c> who's</c><00:40:25.699><c> that?</c><00:40:25.880><c> It's</c><00:40:26.059><c> an</c><00:40:26.219><c> angel.</c>

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:28.019
And<00:40:26.780><c> the</c><00:40:26.880><c> angel</c><00:40:27.000><c> has</c><00:40:27.199><c> a</c><00:40:27.260><c> message</c><00:40:27.539><c> for</c><00:40:27.719><c> him.</c>

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:31.199
Go<00:40:28.380><c> and</c><00:40:28.559><c> curse</c><00:40:28.719><c> David.</c><00:40:29.900><c> Is</c><00:40:30.099><c> that</c><00:40:30.219><c> how</c><00:40:30.360><c> it</c><00:40:30.519><c> happened?</c>

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:34.019
Would<00:40:32.099><c> an</c><00:40:32.380><c> angel</c><00:40:32.579><c> ever</c><00:40:32.980><c> say,</c>

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:37.159
You<00:40:36.079><c> tell</c><00:40:36.280><c> David</c><00:40:36.619><c> these</c><00:40:36.920><c> things.</c>

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:39.179
Come<00:40:37.420><c> out,</c><00:40:37.679><c> you</c><00:40:37.820><c> bloody</c><00:40:38.059><c> man,</c><00:40:38.320><c> you</c><00:40:38.519><c> man</c><00:40:38.639><c> of</c><00:40:38.820><c> Belial.</c>

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:42.500
God<00:40:39.699><c> has</c><00:40:39.920><c> returned</c><00:40:40.219><c> on</c><00:40:40.420><c> you</c><00:40:40.599><c> all</c><00:40:40.800><c> the</c><00:40:40.960><c> blood</c><00:40:41.039><c> of</c><00:40:41.159><c> the</c><00:40:41.340><c> house</c><00:40:41.559><c> of</c><00:40:41.780><c> Saul,</c>

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:45.119
in<00:40:43.440><c> whose</c><00:40:43.659><c> stead</c><00:40:43.860><c> you</c><00:40:44.039><c> have</c><00:40:44.239><c> reigned?</c>

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:48.500
David<00:40:46.239><c> didn't</c><00:40:46.480><c> do</c><00:40:46.679><c> that.</c><00:40:46.920><c> He</c><00:40:47.000><c> was</c><00:40:47.199><c> innocent</c><00:40:47.559><c> from</c><00:40:47.800><c> the</c><00:40:47.980><c> blood</c>

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:51.119
of<00:40:49.519><c> the</c><00:40:49.659><c> house</c><00:40:49.920><c> of</c><00:40:50.179><c> Saul.</c>

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:57.320
But<00:40:53.179><c> what</c><00:40:53.420><c> David</c><00:40:53.619><c> is</c><00:40:53.880><c> saying</c><00:40:54.119><c> is</c><00:40:54.440><c> that</c><00:40:54.860><c> God</c><00:40:55.380><c> is</c><00:40:56.460><c> in</c><00:40:56.719><c> control</c><00:40:57.119><c> of</c>

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.579
the<00:40:57.420><c> situation.</c>

00:40:58.940 --> 00:41:00.699
He<00:40:59.320><c> knows</c><00:40:59.719><c> what's</c><00:41:00.159><c> going</c><00:41:00.340><c> on.</c>

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:03.400
And<00:41:00.980><c> in</c><00:41:01.159><c> that</c><00:41:01.480><c> sense,</c><00:41:01.699><c> it</c><00:41:01.840><c> can</c><00:41:02.019><c> be</c><00:41:02.239><c> said</c><00:41:02.380><c> that</c><00:41:02.559><c> God</c><00:41:02.860><c> said</c><00:41:03.079><c> to</c><00:41:03.219><c> him.</c>

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:06.239
It's<00:41:03.940><c> all</c><00:41:04.659><c> regulated</c><00:41:05.219><c> by</c><00:41:05.519><c> God's</c><00:41:06.000><c> plan.</c>

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:08.940
This<00:41:06.820><c> is</c><00:41:07.019><c> all</c><00:41:07.239><c> part</c><00:41:07.380><c> of</c><00:41:07.480><c> what</c><00:41:07.599><c> we</c><00:41:07.780><c> have</c><00:41:07.980><c> to</c><00:41:08.179><c> bear.</c>

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:11.480
End<00:41:09.260><c> of</c><00:41:09.340><c> verse</c><00:41:09.539><c> 11.</c><00:41:10.039><c> For</c><00:41:10.039><c> the</c><00:41:10.320><c> Lord</c><00:41:10.619><c> hath</c><00:41:10.940><c> bidden</c><00:41:11.219><c> him.</c>

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:12.920
And<00:41:11.760><c> if</c><00:41:11.800><c> that</c><00:41:11.960><c> seems</c><00:41:12.159><c> like</c><00:41:12.360><c> a</c><00:41:12.480><c> stretch</c><00:41:12.719><c> to</c><00:41:12.800><c> you,</c>

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:14.619
if<00:41:12.960><c> you</c><00:41:13.099><c> don't</c><00:41:13.260><c> think</c><00:41:13.440><c> that</c><00:41:13.559><c> this</c><00:41:13.679><c> is</c><00:41:13.880><c> really</c><00:41:14.119><c> David's</c><00:41:14.380><c> view</c>

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.159
of<00:41:14.860><c> providence,</c>

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:18.820
I'd<00:41:15.599><c> like</c><00:41:15.659><c> you</c><00:41:15.800><c> to</c><00:41:15.880><c> come</c><00:41:16.039><c> with</c><00:41:16.239><c> me,</c><00:41:16.940><c> please,</c><00:41:17.159><c> to</c><00:41:17.300><c> the</c><00:41:17.460><c> first</c><00:41:17.619><c> book</c><00:41:17.800><c> of</c><00:41:18.039><c> Kings.</c>

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:26.260
There's<00:41:23.480><c> another</c><00:41:23.719><c> incredible</c><00:41:24.260><c> passage</c><00:41:24.679><c> that</c><00:41:24.960><c> really</c><00:41:25.820><c> helps</c>

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:29.880
when<00:41:26.519><c> we</c><00:41:26.780><c> put</c><00:41:27.119><c> it</c><00:41:27.340><c> alongside</c><00:41:28.179><c> this</c><00:41:28.639><c> passage,</c>

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:33.139
considering<00:41:30.920><c> Shimei's</c><00:41:31.400><c> cursing.</c>

00:41:35.260 --> 00:41:38.000
Verse<00:41:35.639><c> 8</c><00:41:36.079><c> of</c><00:41:36.320><c> 1</c><00:41:36.559><c> Kings</c><00:41:36.739><c> 17.</c>

00:41:48.179 --> 00:41:54.199
It<00:41:48.880><c> says</c><00:41:49.119><c> that</c><00:41:49.380><c> the</c><00:41:49.480><c> word</c><00:41:49.719><c> of</c><00:41:49.860><c> the</c><00:41:50.000><c> Lord</c><00:41:50.739><c> came</c><00:41:51.480><c> unto</c><00:41:52.300><c> Elijah,</c>

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:58.960
and<00:41:54.500><c> came</c><00:41:54.699><c> unto</c><00:41:54.900><c> him,</c><00:41:55.519><c> saying,</c><00:41:56.119><c> Arise,</c><00:41:57.539><c> get</c><00:41:57.820><c> thee</c><00:41:58.079><c> to</c><00:41:58.340><c> Zarephath,</c>

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:01.760
which<00:41:59.280><c> belongeth</c><00:41:59.679><c> to</c><00:41:59.880><c> Zidon,</c><00:42:00.380><c> and</c><00:42:00.539><c> dwell</c><00:42:00.739><c> there.</c>

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:08.800
Behold,<00:42:03.039><c> I</c><00:42:03.400><c> have</c><00:42:03.679><c> commanded</c><00:42:04.440><c> a</c><00:42:05.219><c> widow</c><00:42:05.480><c> woman</c><00:42:06.079><c> there</c><00:42:07.139><c> to</c><00:42:07.400><c> sustain</c><00:42:07.780><c> me.</c>

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:12.280
So,<00:42:10.800><c> obviously,</c><00:42:11.079><c> when</c><00:42:11.159><c> we</c><00:42:11.280><c> read</c><00:42:11.480><c> the</c><00:42:11.519><c> rest</c><00:42:11.699><c> of</c><00:42:11.840><c> the</c><00:42:11.940><c> narrative,</c>

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:14.000
Elijah<00:42:12.739><c> goes</c><00:42:12.940><c> to</c><00:42:13.079><c> the</c><00:42:13.239><c> door.</c>

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:16.079
How<00:42:14.699><c> you</c><00:42:14.840><c> doing?</c><00:42:15.159><c> Hey,</c><00:42:15.300><c> how</c><00:42:15.480><c> are</c><00:42:15.579><c> you?</c><00:42:15.739><c> I'm</c><00:42:15.739><c> Elijah.</c>

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:19.219
Great.<00:42:16.760><c> I've</c><00:42:16.840><c> been</c><00:42:16.960><c> expecting</c><00:42:17.280><c> you.</c><00:42:17.460><c> God</c><00:42:17.639><c> gave</c><00:42:17.800><c> me</c><00:42:18.000><c> a</c><00:42:18.119><c> commandment.</c>

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:20.280
Is<00:42:19.599><c> that</c><00:42:19.820><c> how</c><00:42:20.039><c> it</c><00:42:20.099><c> worked?</c>

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:22.900
She<00:42:20.659><c> had</c><00:42:20.820><c> no</c><00:42:20.980><c> idea</c><00:42:21.320><c> who</c><00:42:21.539><c> Elijah</c><00:42:21.860><c> was.</c>

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:27.639
But<00:42:23.260><c> God</c><00:42:23.599><c> was</c><00:42:23.980><c> orchestrating</c><00:42:24.699><c> events</c><00:42:25.300><c> in</c><00:42:26.039><c> the</c><00:42:26.219><c> woman's</c><00:42:26.639><c> life</c>

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:30.039
and<00:42:28.239><c> in</c><00:42:28.480><c> Elijah's</c><00:42:28.980><c> life.</c>

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:33.079
And<00:42:30.320><c> it</c><00:42:30.400><c> was</c><00:42:30.599><c> all</c><00:42:30.820><c> prescribed</c><00:42:31.460><c> by</c><00:42:31.679><c> the</c><00:42:31.820><c> word</c><00:42:31.940><c> of</c><00:42:32.139><c> God.</c>

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:37.599
That's<00:42:34.940><c> how</c><00:42:35.159><c> we</c><00:42:35.239><c> know</c><00:42:35.340><c> this</c><00:42:35.559><c> is</c><00:42:35.739><c> how</c><00:42:35.900><c> God</c><00:42:36.139><c> works</c><00:42:36.719><c> providentially.</c>

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:40.079
And<00:42:37.920><c> when</c><00:42:38.039><c> we</c><00:42:38.179><c> go</c><00:42:38.380><c> back</c><00:42:38.599><c> to</c><00:42:38.760><c> 2</c><00:42:38.960><c> Samuel</c><00:42:39.300><c> chapter</c><00:42:39.699><c> 16,</c>

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:44.579
this<00:42:40.440><c> is</c><00:42:41.079><c> God</c><00:42:41.360><c> working</c><00:42:41.760><c> clearly</c><00:42:42.659><c> providentially.</c>

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:49.619
So<00:42:45.920><c> let's</c><00:42:46.059><c> just</c><00:42:46.239><c> go</c><00:42:46.420><c> back</c><00:42:46.639><c> there</c><00:42:46.760><c> to</c><00:42:46.920><c> 2</c><00:42:47.599><c> Samuel</c><00:42:48.900><c> chapter</c><00:42:49.179><c> 16.</c>

00:42:49.739 --> 00:42:52.159
I<00:42:49.820><c> really</c><00:42:50.079><c> think</c><00:42:50.260><c> that</c><00:42:50.380><c> that's</c><00:42:50.559><c> helpful</c><00:42:50.880><c> to</c><00:42:51.159><c> consider.</c>

00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:57.099
The<00:42:52.880><c> Bishiai</c><00:42:53.280><c> needed</c><00:42:53.500><c> to</c><00:42:53.800><c> learn</c><00:42:54.280><c> about</c><00:42:55.960><c> providence</c>

00:42:57.320 --> 00:43:00.739
and<00:42:57.880><c> about</c><00:42:58.099><c> how</c><00:42:58.340><c> the</c><00:42:58.500><c> principles</c><00:42:58.900><c> of</c><00:42:59.119><c> God</c><00:42:59.679><c> are</c><00:43:00.380><c> violated.</c>

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:03.860
If<00:43:01.019><c> God</c><00:43:01.260><c> is</c><00:43:01.639><c> dishonored</c><00:43:01.960><c> in</c><00:43:02.219><c> any</c><00:43:02.460><c> way,</c>

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:06.179
then<00:43:05.079><c> it</c><00:43:05.219><c> can't</c><00:43:05.500><c> be</c><00:43:05.739><c> providence,</c>

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:08.219
no<00:43:06.699><c> matter</c><00:43:06.920><c> what</c><00:43:07.159><c> the</c><00:43:07.360><c> coincidence</c><00:43:07.800><c> is,</c>

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:11.460
no<00:43:08.519><c> matter</c><00:43:08.699><c> what</c><00:43:08.960><c> kind</c><00:43:09.199><c> of</c><00:43:09.800><c> poetic</c><00:43:10.139><c> justice</c><00:43:10.639><c> or</c><00:43:10.980><c> irony</c><00:43:11.239><c> there</c>

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:12.619
can<00:43:11.639><c> be</c><00:43:11.840><c> there.</c>

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:14.860
That<00:43:13.179><c> does</c><00:43:13.420><c> not</c><00:43:13.579><c> mean</c><00:43:13.699><c> it's</c><00:43:14.059><c> providence.</c>

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:17.880
It's<00:43:15.539><c> providence</c><00:43:15.920><c> if</c><00:43:16.059><c> it's</c><00:43:16.659><c> in</c><00:43:16.780><c> accord</c><00:43:17.039><c> with</c><00:43:17.199><c> the</c><00:43:17.360><c> word</c><00:43:17.460><c> of</c><00:43:17.699><c> God.</c>

00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:23.739
This<00:43:18.300><c> should</c><00:43:18.500><c> always</c><00:43:19.000><c> be</c><00:43:19.679><c> what</c><00:43:22.739><c> we</c><00:43:23.000><c> come</c><00:43:23.239><c> back</c><00:43:23.539><c> to.</c>

00:43:24.019 --> 00:43:26.500
The<00:43:24.139><c> word</c><00:43:24.320><c> of</c><00:43:24.460><c> God</c><00:43:24.619><c> must</c><00:43:24.840><c> always</c><00:43:25.219><c> be</c><00:43:25.380><c> what</c><00:43:25.460><c> we</c><00:43:25.619><c> come</c><00:43:25.800><c> back</c><00:43:26.099><c> to</c>

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:27.920
when<00:43:26.780><c> we</c><00:43:26.980><c> consider</c><00:43:27.260><c> these</c><00:43:27.559><c> things.</c>

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:30.679
Not<00:43:28.460><c> some</c><00:43:28.719><c> kind</c><00:43:28.940><c> of</c><00:43:29.199><c> loose</c><00:43:29.420><c> perception</c><00:43:29.900><c> of</c><00:43:30.079><c> what</c><00:43:30.360><c> providence</c>

00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:31.219
is<00:43:30.860><c> all</c><00:43:31.019><c> about.</c>

00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:34.000
And<00:43:31.420><c> I</c><00:43:31.440><c> think,</c><00:43:32.260><c> as</c><00:43:32.539><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:43:33.320><c> we</c><00:43:33.380><c> understand</c><00:43:33.800><c> that</c>

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:35.420
more<00:43:34.179><c> than</c><00:43:34.320><c> most.</c>

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:37.780
I<00:43:35.900><c> certainly</c><00:43:36.340><c> hope</c><00:43:36.519><c> that</c><00:43:36.659><c> we</c><00:43:36.760><c> do.</c>

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:43.639
Well,<00:43:38.880><c> when</c><00:43:38.980><c> we</c><00:43:39.139><c> come</c><00:43:39.340><c> to</c><00:43:39.599><c> 2</c><00:43:39.820><c> Samuel</c><00:43:40.199><c> chapter</c><00:43:42.199><c> 18,</c>

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:46.300
and<00:43:43.940><c> I've</c><00:43:44.079><c> given</c><00:43:44.239><c> that</c><00:43:44.440><c> away,</c><00:43:44.639><c> if</c><00:43:44.739><c> you</c><00:43:44.820><c> look</c><00:43:44.960><c> at</c><00:43:45.099><c> the</c><00:43:45.280><c> screen,</c>

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:50.739
it's<00:43:49.119><c> completely</c><00:43:49.420><c> ruined</c><00:43:49.719><c> the</c><00:43:49.960><c> surprise.</c>

00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:53.179
So<00:43:51.280><c> don't</c><00:43:51.500><c> read</c><00:43:51.639><c> it.</c>

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:59.179
Chapter<00:43:53.880><c> 18,</c><00:43:54.500><c> we'll</c><00:43:54.599><c> begin</c><00:43:54.760><c> at</c><00:43:54.920><c> verse</c><00:43:55.139><c> 2</c><00:43:56.579><c> of</c><00:43:57.480><c> 2</c><00:43:57.739><c> Samuel</c><00:43:58.059><c> 18.</c>

00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:03.840
And<00:43:59.900><c> here</c><00:44:00.119><c> is</c><00:44:00.260><c> the</c><00:44:00.480><c> time</c><00:44:00.699><c> now</c><00:44:01.500><c> where</c><00:44:02.739><c> there's</c><00:44:02.980><c> a</c><00:44:03.179><c> special</c><00:44:03.440><c> command,</c>

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:06.440
where<00:44:04.019><c> the</c><00:44:04.159><c> armies</c><00:44:04.440><c> of</c><00:44:04.980><c> David</c><00:44:05.219><c> are</c><00:44:05.440><c> gathered</c><00:44:05.619><c> together</c><00:44:06.019><c> against</c><00:44:06.260><c> the</c>

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.599
armies<00:44:06.619><c> of</c><00:44:06.800><c> Israel</c>

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:09.679
under<00:44:08.099><c> the</c><00:44:08.320><c> hand</c><00:44:08.659><c> of</c><00:44:09.260><c> Absalom.</c>

00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:12.380
And<00:44:09.860><c> it</c><00:44:09.980><c> says</c><00:44:10.199><c> in</c><00:44:10.340><c> verse</c><00:44:10.599><c> 2</c><00:44:10.820><c> that</c><00:44:10.980><c> David</c><00:44:11.320><c> sent</c><00:44:11.599><c> forth</c><00:44:11.900><c> a</c><00:44:12.139><c> third</c>

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:13.139
part<00:44:12.579><c> of</c><00:44:12.699><c> the</c><00:44:12.900><c> people</c>

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:15.880
under<00:44:13.659><c> the</c><00:44:13.960><c> hand</c><00:44:14.539><c> of</c><00:44:14.920><c> Joab,</c>

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:19.780
a<00:44:16.559><c> third</c><00:44:16.860><c> part</c><00:44:17.420><c> under</c><00:44:17.800><c> the</c><00:44:18.019><c> hand</c><00:44:18.260><c> of</c><00:44:18.440><c> Abishai,</c><00:44:19.000><c> the</c><00:44:19.119><c> son</c><00:44:19.260><c> of</c><00:44:19.340><c> Zareiwai,</c>

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:20.739
and<00:44:19.980><c> Joab's</c><00:44:20.300><c> brother.</c>

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:23.380
See,<00:44:21.360><c> it's</c><00:44:21.460><c> Joab</c><00:44:21.639><c> first.</c><00:44:22.280><c> That's</c><00:44:22.559><c> Abishai.</c>

00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:28.340
And<00:44:25.280><c> then</c><00:44:25.440><c> a</c><00:44:25.579><c> third</c><00:44:25.739><c> part</c><00:44:25.960><c> under</c><00:44:26.139><c> the</c><00:44:26.360><c> hand</c><00:44:26.519><c> of</c><00:44:26.639><c> Atai,</c><00:44:27.820><c> the</c><00:44:27.980><c> Gittite,</c>

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:31.780
whom<00:44:28.519><c> he</c><00:44:28.820><c> had</c><00:44:29.000><c> opportunity</c><00:44:29.539><c> to</c><00:44:30.039><c> consider</c><00:44:30.239><c> in</c><00:44:30.440><c> the</c><00:44:30.460><c> last</c><00:44:30.739><c> class.</c>

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:34.679
And<00:44:32.519><c> the</c><00:44:32.639><c> king</c><00:44:32.800><c> said</c><00:44:33.000><c> unto</c><00:44:33.139><c> the</c><00:44:33.300><c> people,</c><00:44:33.639><c> I</c><00:44:33.780><c> will</c><00:44:34.059><c> surely</c><00:44:34.380><c> go</c>

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:37.500
forth<00:44:34.920><c> with</c><00:44:35.179><c> you,</c><00:44:35.920><c> myself</c><00:44:36.440><c> also.</c>

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:40.980
And<00:44:39.400><c> the</c><00:44:39.519><c> king</c><00:44:39.639><c> gives</c><00:44:39.840><c> a</c><00:44:40.059><c> commandment</c><00:44:40.320><c> in</c><00:44:40.460><c> verse</c><00:44:40.679><c> 5,</c>

00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:46.059
and<00:44:41.119><c> he</c><00:44:41.320><c> says</c><00:44:41.840><c> to</c><00:44:42.320><c> Joab</c><00:44:42.960><c> and</c><00:44:43.400><c> to</c><00:44:43.539><c> Abishai</c><00:44:44.300><c> and</c><00:44:44.719><c> to</c><00:44:45.000><c> Atai,</c>

00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:48.679
saying,<00:44:46.420><c> Deal</c><00:44:46.619><c> gently</c><00:44:47.119><c> for</c><00:44:47.400><c> my</c><00:44:47.699><c> sake</c><00:44:47.920><c> with</c><00:44:48.139><c> the</c><00:44:48.239><c> young</c><00:44:48.440><c> man,</c>

00:44:48.679 --> 00:44:49.519
even<00:44:48.880><c> with</c><00:44:49.139><c> Absalom.</c>

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:53.900
And<00:44:50.079><c> all</c><00:44:50.260><c> the</c><00:44:50.420><c> people</c><00:44:50.679><c> heard</c><00:44:50.980><c> when</c><00:44:51.179><c> the</c><00:44:51.360><c> king</c><00:44:51.559><c> gave</c><00:44:52.500><c> all</c><00:44:53.699><c> the</c>

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:56.300
captains<00:44:54.239><c> charge</c><00:44:54.980><c> concerning</c><00:44:55.659><c> Absalom.</c>

00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:58.380
And<00:44:56.599><c> then</c><00:44:56.780><c> the</c><00:44:56.960><c> battle</c><00:44:57.219><c> ensues.</c>

00:44:58.679 --> 00:44:59.880
So<00:44:59.119><c> the</c><00:44:59.260><c> battle</c><00:44:59.480><c> happens.</c>

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:03.139
There's<00:45:00.239><c> the</c><00:45:00.500><c> clash</c><00:45:00.719><c> between</c><00:45:01.119><c> David's</c><00:45:01.639><c> forces</c><00:45:01.920><c> and</c><00:45:02.239><c> Absalom's</c><00:45:02.739><c> forces.</c>

00:45:03.340 --> 00:45:04.679
It's<00:45:03.639><c> civil</c><00:45:03.880><c> war</c><00:45:04.059><c> in</c><00:45:04.199><c> the</c><00:45:04.380><c> land.</c>

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:07.719
And<00:45:05.280><c> it</c><00:45:05.480><c> says</c><00:45:05.699><c> that</c><00:45:06.000><c> after</c><00:45:06.260><c> Absalom</c><00:45:06.679><c> is</c><00:45:06.960><c> caught</c><00:45:07.099><c> in</c><00:45:07.219><c> this</c><00:45:07.500><c> oak,</c>

00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:08.739
in<00:45:07.980><c> verse</c><00:45:08.219><c> 11,</c>

00:45:09.059 --> 00:45:11.699
Joab<00:45:09.320><c> said</c><00:45:09.519><c> unto</c><00:45:09.699><c> the</c><00:45:09.880><c> man</c><00:45:10.019><c> that</c><00:45:10.280><c> told</c><00:45:10.480><c> him</c><00:45:10.679><c> the</c><00:45:10.820><c> message,</c>

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:13.400
Behold,<00:45:12.519><c> thou</c><00:45:12.739><c> sawest</c><00:45:13.179><c> him.</c>

00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:15.320
Why<00:45:13.739><c> didn't</c><00:45:13.900><c> you</c><00:45:14.139><c> smite</c><00:45:14.420><c> him</c><00:45:14.539><c> there</c><00:45:14.719><c> to</c><00:45:14.820><c> the</c><00:45:15.019><c> ground?</c>

00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:18.219
Who<00:45:15.760><c> would</c><00:45:15.860><c> have</c><00:45:15.860><c> given</c><00:45:16.000><c> you</c><00:45:16.199><c> ten</c><00:45:16.460><c> shekels</c><00:45:16.820><c> of</c><00:45:16.920><c> silver</c><00:45:17.139><c> and</c><00:45:17.300><c> a</c><00:45:17.460><c> girdle?</c>

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:21.739
And<00:45:20.860><c> the</c><00:45:20.920><c> man</c><00:45:21.059><c> said</c><00:45:21.219><c> unto</c><00:45:21.400><c> Joab,</c>

00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:23.739
Though<00:45:21.900><c> I</c><00:45:21.980><c> should</c><00:45:22.139><c> receive</c><00:45:22.420><c> a</c><00:45:22.599><c> thousand</c><00:45:22.980><c> shekels</c><00:45:23.440><c> of</c><00:45:23.500><c> silver</c>

00:45:23.739 --> 00:45:24.340
in<00:45:23.960><c> mine</c><00:45:24.099><c> hand,</c>

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:28.380
Yet<00:45:24.760><c> would</c><00:45:25.139><c> I</c><00:45:25.480><c> not</c><00:45:25.760><c> put</c><00:45:26.000><c> forth</c><00:45:26.360><c> mine</c><00:45:26.639><c> hand</c><00:45:27.099><c> against</c><00:45:27.519><c> the</c><00:45:27.739><c> king's</c><00:45:28.119><c> son.</c>

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:31.780
For<00:45:28.860><c> in</c><00:45:29.000><c> our</c><00:45:29.199><c> hearing,</c><00:45:29.619><c> the</c><00:45:29.719><c> king</c><00:45:29.960><c> charged</c><00:45:30.300><c> thee</c><00:45:30.820><c> and</c><00:45:31.199><c> Abishai</c>

00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:32.260
and<00:45:31.900><c> Atai,</c>

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:35.840
saying,<00:45:32.599><c> Beware</c><00:45:33.000><c> that</c><00:45:33.199><c> none</c><00:45:33.440><c> touch</c><00:45:33.940><c> the</c><00:45:34.239><c> young</c><00:45:34.480><c> man</c><00:45:34.840><c> Absalom.</c>

00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:39.500
And<00:45:37.159><c> he</c><00:45:37.300><c> continues</c><00:45:37.619><c> in</c><00:45:37.820><c> verse</c><00:45:38.000><c> 13,</c><00:45:38.480><c> and</c><00:45:38.559><c> verse</c><00:45:38.820><c> 14</c><00:45:39.239><c> says,</c>

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:40.659
Look,<00:45:39.760><c> I'm</c><00:45:39.940><c> not</c><00:45:40.039><c> going</c><00:45:40.159><c> to</c><00:45:40.260><c> wait</c><00:45:40.360><c> around.</c>

00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:41.760
I<00:45:41.039><c> have</c><00:45:41.159><c> things</c><00:45:41.380><c> to</c><00:45:41.539><c> do.</c>

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:43.679
I'm<00:45:42.179><c> not</c><00:45:42.260><c> going</c><00:45:42.380><c> to</c><00:45:42.539><c> tarry</c><00:45:42.699><c> thus</c><00:45:42.940><c> with</c><00:45:43.139><c> thee,</c><00:45:43.480><c> he</c><00:45:43.480><c> says.</c>

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:48.360
He<00:45:44.059><c> took</c><00:45:44.199><c> three</c><00:45:44.500><c> darts</c><00:45:44.679><c> in</c><00:45:44.840><c> his</c><00:45:45.039><c> hand</c><00:45:45.460><c> and</c><00:45:46.239><c> puts</c><00:45:46.400><c> them</c><00:45:46.539><c> into</c><00:45:46.699><c> the</c><00:45:46.920><c> heart</c><00:45:47.119><c> of</c><00:45:47.280><c> Absalom.</c>

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:50.599
And<00:45:49.800><c> you</c><00:45:49.900><c> know,</c><00:45:50.039><c> I</c><00:45:50.039><c> read</c><00:45:50.179><c> about</c><00:45:50.420><c> it.</c>

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:53.880
In<00:45:51.460><c> researching</c><00:45:51.920><c> this</c><00:45:52.199><c> talk,</c><00:45:52.460><c> I</c><00:45:52.460><c> was</c><00:45:52.519><c> reading</c><00:45:52.940><c> a</c><00:45:53.679><c> certain</c>

00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:55.360
Bible<00:45:54.099><c> encyclopedia</c>

00:45:55.360 --> 00:45:57.860
who<00:45:56.340><c> wrote</c><00:45:56.579><c> about</c><00:45:56.860><c> David.</c>

00:45:58.480 --> 00:46:01.780
The<00:45:59.159><c> worst</c><00:45:59.599><c> entry</c><00:46:00.000><c> on</c><00:46:00.179><c> David</c><00:46:00.539><c> and</c><00:46:00.739><c> Abishai</c><00:46:01.139><c> I've</c><00:46:01.420><c> ever</c><00:46:01.659><c> seen</c>

00:46:01.780 --> 00:46:02.960
in<00:46:01.900><c> my</c><00:46:02.039><c> life.</c>

00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:04.480
The<00:46:04.099><c> worst.</c>

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:06.780
This<00:46:05.159><c> is</c><00:46:05.260><c> what</c><00:46:05.360><c> it</c><00:46:05.519><c> said</c><00:46:05.619><c> about</c><00:46:05.840><c> Abishai.</c>

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:11.619
Even<00:46:07.480><c> though</c><00:46:07.780><c> Abishai</c><00:46:08.420><c> is</c><00:46:08.860><c> not</c><00:46:09.179><c> implicated</c><00:46:09.980><c> in</c><00:46:10.420><c> the</c><00:46:10.599><c> murder</c>

00:46:11.619 --> 00:46:15.599
of<00:46:14.539><c> Absalom,</c>

00:46:17.199 --> 00:46:20.599
he<00:46:17.760><c> probably</c><00:46:18.039><c> was</c><00:46:18.260><c> still</c><00:46:18.400><c> there.</c>

00:46:23.199 --> 00:46:25.599
That's<00:46:23.760><c> not</c><00:46:24.039><c> very</c><00:46:24.280><c> good</c><00:46:24.440><c> Bible</c><00:46:24.619><c> scholarship.</c>

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:28.940
He<00:46:26.519><c> was</c><00:46:26.800><c> implicated</c><00:46:27.300><c> in</c><00:46:27.599><c> the</c><00:46:27.800><c> death</c><00:46:28.280><c> of</c><00:46:28.719><c> Abner,</c>

00:46:29.400 --> 00:46:31.980
but<00:46:29.619><c> he's</c><00:46:30.019><c> not</c><00:46:30.300><c> implicated</c><00:46:30.800><c> in</c><00:46:31.039><c> the</c><00:46:31.159><c> death</c><00:46:31.360><c> of</c><00:46:31.639><c> Absalom.</c>

00:46:32.280 --> 00:46:35.199
Because<00:46:32.579><c> when</c><00:46:32.880><c> Joab</c><00:46:33.280><c> the</c><00:46:33.440><c> son</c><00:46:33.659><c> of</c><00:46:33.780><c> Zeruiah</c><00:46:34.340><c> said,</c>

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:39.760
whatever<00:46:35.519><c> David,</c><00:46:36.420><c> Abishai</c><00:46:36.820><c> said,</c><00:46:38.400><c> I'm</c><00:46:38.559><c> learning</c><00:46:38.659><c> my</c><00:46:38.900><c> muscle.</c>

00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:42.500
And<00:46:40.760><c> I</c><00:46:40.820><c> know</c><00:46:40.940><c> that</c><00:46:41.079><c> I</c><00:46:41.199><c> need</c><00:46:41.320><c> to</c><00:46:41.519><c> show</c><00:46:41.619><c> mercy.</c>

00:46:43.780 --> 00:46:46.659
And<00:46:44.179><c> I</c><00:46:44.280><c> don't</c><00:46:44.400><c> want</c><00:46:44.559><c> to</c><00:46:44.679><c> hurt</c><00:46:44.800><c> the</c><00:46:45.039><c> king</c><00:46:45.199><c> again.</c>

00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:52.360
And<00:46:49.340><c> that's</c><00:46:49.519><c> why</c><00:46:49.619><c> we</c><00:46:49.719><c> come</c><00:46:49.900><c> to</c><00:46:50.139><c> 2</c><00:46:50.360><c> Samuel</c><00:46:50.699><c> chapter</c><00:46:51.139><c> 23.</c>

00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:59.219
We<00:46:56.099><c> have</c><00:46:56.340><c> two</c><00:46:56.639><c> sons</c><00:46:56.920><c> of</c><00:46:57.119><c> Zeruiah</c><00:46:57.579><c> mentioned</c><00:46:58.039><c> in</c><00:46:59.119><c> the</c>

00:46:59.219 --> 00:46:59.920
wonderful<00:46:59.539><c> chronicles</c>

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:01.880
of<00:47:00.099><c> the</c><00:47:00.179><c> mighty</c><00:47:00.340><c> men</c><00:47:00.539><c> of</c><00:47:00.679><c> David.</c>

00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:04.800
And<00:47:03.159><c> look</c><00:47:03.239><c> at</c><00:47:03.340><c> the</c><00:47:03.480><c> first.</c>

00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:07.940
Verse<00:47:06.920><c> 18.</c>

00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:14.719
And<00:47:09.920><c> Abishai,</c><00:47:11.320><c> the</c><00:47:11.619><c> brother</c><00:47:11.820><c> of</c><00:47:12.059><c> Joab,</c><00:47:13.320><c> the</c><00:47:13.500><c> son</c><00:47:13.699><c> of</c><00:47:13.800><c> Zeruiah,</c>

00:47:15.099 --> 00:47:17.139
was<00:47:15.619><c> chief</c><00:47:15.880><c> among</c><00:47:16.139><c> three.</c>

00:47:17.619 --> 00:47:20.019
And<00:47:17.940><c> he</c><00:47:18.079><c> lifted</c><00:47:18.239><c> up</c><00:47:18.480><c> his</c><00:47:18.699><c> spear</c><00:47:18.860><c> against</c><00:47:19.219><c> three</c><00:47:19.599><c> hundred</c><00:47:19.719><c> and</c>

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.360
slew<00:47:20.219><c> them</c>

00:47:20.360 --> 00:47:22.340
and<00:47:20.440><c> had</c><00:47:20.619><c> a</c><00:47:20.780><c> name</c><00:47:20.960><c> among</c><00:47:21.199><c> the</c><00:47:21.460><c> three.</c>

00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:30.800
And<00:47:24.780><c> if</c><00:47:24.880><c> we</c><00:47:25.019><c> read</c><00:47:25.199><c> down</c><00:47:25.480><c> we</c><00:47:25.739><c> have</c><00:47:26.980><c> verse</c><00:47:27.420><c> 24,</c><00:47:28.179><c> Asahel,</c><00:47:29.760><c> the</c><00:47:29.960><c> brother</c><00:47:30.159><c> of</c><00:47:30.360><c> Joab.</c>

00:47:31.019 --> 00:47:32.619
He<00:47:31.119><c> was</c><00:47:31.300><c> murdered</c><00:47:31.539><c> by</c><00:47:31.820><c> Abner.</c>

00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:34.920
He<00:47:33.239><c> was</c><00:47:33.420><c> one</c><00:47:33.619><c> of</c><00:47:33.719><c> the</c><00:47:33.860><c> thirty.</c>

00:47:36.699 --> 00:47:39.900
And<00:47:36.880><c> we</c><00:47:36.940><c> have</c><00:47:37.099><c> another</c><00:47:37.300><c> mention</c><00:47:37.579><c> of</c><00:47:37.820><c> Joab</c><00:47:38.039><c> in</c><00:47:38.179><c> this</c><00:47:38.340><c> chapter.</c>

00:47:40.280 --> 00:47:41.940
It's<00:47:40.300><c> in</c><00:47:40.420><c> verse</c><00:47:40.619><c> 37.</c>

00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:45.500
It<00:47:42.639><c> says,</c><00:47:43.000><c> Zaleth</c><00:47:43.139><c> the</c><00:47:43.300><c> Ammonite,</c><00:47:43.719><c> Nahari</c><00:47:44.099><c> the</c><00:47:44.280><c> Barathite,</c>

00:47:45.880 --> 00:47:48.380
armor<00:47:46.139><c>-bearer</c><00:47:46.480><c> to</c><00:47:46.679><c> Joab,</c><00:47:47.139><c> the</c><00:47:47.219><c> son</c><00:47:47.380><c> of</c><00:47:47.519><c> Zeruiah,</c>

00:47:49.219 --> 00:47:50.840
and<00:47:49.699><c> no</c><00:47:49.900><c> Joab.</c>

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:54.159
He's<00:47:52.599><c> not</c><00:47:52.699><c> in</c><00:47:52.840><c> the</c><00:47:52.840><c> list</c><00:47:53.000><c> of</c><00:47:53.179><c> mighty</c><00:47:53.400><c> men.</c>

00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:58.460
Did<00:47:56.260><c> Joab</c><00:47:56.619><c> do</c><00:47:56.900><c> heroic</c><00:47:57.280><c> things?</c>

00:47:58.719 --> 00:47:59.679
Yes.

00:48:01.579 --> 00:48:04.119
But<00:48:02.099><c> his</c><00:48:02.320><c> loyalty</c><00:48:02.739><c> was</c><00:48:03.019><c> not</c><00:48:03.559><c> to</c><00:48:03.860><c> David.</c>

00:48:04.340 --> 00:48:05.599
Truly,<00:48:04.780><c> it</c><00:48:04.780><c> was</c><00:48:04.920><c> to</c><00:48:05.079><c> himself.</c>

00:48:06.059 --> 00:48:12.039
And<00:48:06.199><c> his</c><00:48:06.460><c> defection,</c><00:48:09.199><c> when</c><00:48:09.380><c> Adonijah</c><00:48:09.940><c> tried</c><00:48:10.360><c> to</c><00:48:10.679><c> usurp</c><00:48:11.039><c> the</c><00:48:11.219><c> throne,</c>

00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:14.239
clearly<00:48:12.539><c> shows</c><00:48:12.840><c> that</c><00:48:13.019><c> his</c><00:48:13.119><c> heart</c><00:48:13.280><c> was</c><00:48:13.500><c> not</c><00:48:13.639><c> in</c><00:48:13.719><c> the</c><00:48:13.840><c> right</c><00:48:14.000><c> place.</c>

00:48:14.260 --> 00:48:15.340
He<00:48:14.360><c> was</c><00:48:14.579><c> out</c><00:48:14.659><c> for</c><00:48:14.840><c> himself.</c>

00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:21.039
As<00:48:15.880><c> his</c><00:48:16.079><c> own</c><00:48:17.559><c> soldier</c><00:48:18.079><c> said</c><00:48:18.340><c> himself,</c><00:48:19.239><c> he</c><00:48:19.980><c> who</c><00:48:20.079><c> was</c><00:48:20.260><c> for</c><00:48:20.500><c> Joab</c>

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:22.340
and<00:48:21.639><c> for</c><00:48:21.840><c> David,</c>

00:48:22.739 --> 00:48:23.739
follow<00:48:22.860><c> Joab.</c>

00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:26.219
It<00:48:24.579><c> was</c><00:48:24.739><c> always</c><00:48:25.000><c> Joab</c><00:48:25.320><c> first.</c>

00:48:28.219 --> 00:48:31.860
So<00:48:28.659><c> when</c><00:48:28.860><c> we</c><00:48:29.019><c> look</c><00:48:29.139><c> at</c><00:48:29.280><c> Abishai,</c><00:48:30.179><c> we</c><00:48:30.699><c> might</c><00:48:30.880><c> almost</c><00:48:31.159><c> be</c><00:48:31.400><c> surprised</c>

00:48:31.860 --> 00:48:34.900
to<00:48:32.119><c> find</c><00:48:32.280><c> him</c><00:48:32.500><c> here</c><00:48:32.900><c> among</c><00:48:33.320><c> these</c><00:48:33.559><c> list</c><00:48:33.760><c> of</c><00:48:33.940><c> names</c>

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:39.460
of<00:48:35.820><c> the</c><00:48:36.019><c> mighty</c><00:48:36.219><c> men</c><00:48:36.380><c> of</c><00:48:36.619><c> David</c><00:48:37.179><c> who</c><00:48:38.539><c> were</c><00:48:38.800><c> spiritual</c><00:48:39.199><c> men.</c>

00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:44.039
But<00:48:39.659><c> it</c><00:48:39.840><c> just</c><00:48:40.159><c> proves</c><00:48:40.400><c> to</c><00:48:40.619><c> us</c><00:48:41.559><c> that</c><00:48:42.679><c> Abishai</c><00:48:43.280><c> had</c><00:48:43.460><c> a</c><00:48:43.559><c> lot</c><00:48:43.679><c> to</c><00:48:43.880><c> learn.</c>

00:48:44.380 --> 00:48:46.820
He<00:48:44.539><c> had</c><00:48:44.619><c> a</c><00:48:44.699><c> lot</c><00:48:44.820><c> to</c><00:48:44.920><c> learn</c><00:48:45.000><c> about</c><00:48:45.300><c> providence.</c>

00:48:48.079 --> 00:48:49.840
And<00:48:48.280><c> hopefully</c><00:48:48.500><c> when</c><00:48:48.679><c> we</c><00:48:48.800><c> look</c><00:48:48.900><c> at</c><00:48:49.059><c> our</c><00:48:49.179><c> own</c><00:48:49.400><c> lives</c>

00:48:49.840 --> 00:48:53.079
and<00:48:50.300><c> when</c><00:48:50.400><c> we</c><00:48:50.559><c> consider</c><00:48:51.159><c> the</c><00:48:51.760><c> way</c><00:48:51.920><c> that</c><00:48:52.159><c> our</c><00:48:52.360><c> own</c><00:48:52.619><c> lives</c><00:48:52.820><c> have</c>

00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:54.559
turned<00:48:53.300><c> out,</c>

00:48:55.719 --> 00:49:00.320
do<00:48:56.099><c> you</c><00:48:56.179><c> ever</c><00:48:56.380><c> wonder</c><00:48:56.679><c> that</c><00:48:57.380><c> I</c><00:48:57.780><c> never</c><00:48:58.059><c> thought</c><00:48:58.239><c> I'd</c><00:48:58.400><c> be</c><00:48:58.579><c> here?</c>

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:02.320
Sometimes<00:49:01.019><c> we</c><00:49:01.179><c> say</c><00:49:01.360><c> that</c><00:49:01.480><c> because</c><00:49:01.739><c> of</c><00:49:01.900><c> the</c><00:49:01.940><c> blessings,</c>

00:49:02.480 --> 00:49:05.019
and<00:49:02.619><c> sometimes</c><00:49:02.920><c> we</c><00:49:03.039><c> say</c><00:49:03.239><c> that</c><00:49:03.420><c> because</c><00:49:03.659><c> of</c><00:49:03.780><c> the</c><00:49:03.920><c> sorrows.</c>

00:49:06.500 --> 00:49:07.380
Have<00:49:06.579><c> you</c><00:49:06.619><c> ever</c><00:49:06.780><c> thought</c><00:49:06.980><c> about</c><00:49:07.159><c> that?</c>

00:49:07.460 --> 00:49:09.659
It's<00:49:07.820><c> amazing</c><00:49:08.159><c> that</c><00:49:08.340><c> my</c><00:49:08.519><c> life</c><00:49:08.659><c> has</c><00:49:08.860><c> brought</c><00:49:08.980><c> me</c><00:49:09.119><c> to</c><00:49:09.199><c> this</c><00:49:09.420><c> point.</c>

00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:13.619
The<00:49:10.400><c> man</c><00:49:10.619><c> after</c><00:49:10.900><c> God's</c><00:49:11.320><c> own</c><00:49:11.500><c> heart,</c><00:49:11.699><c> when</c><00:49:11.880><c> he</c><00:49:12.039><c> looked</c><00:49:12.219><c> at</c><00:49:12.340><c> his</c><00:49:12.539><c> life,</c>

00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:15.599
how<00:49:14.400><c> do</c><00:49:14.519><c> you</c><00:49:14.519><c> think</c><00:49:14.659><c> he</c><00:49:14.900><c> felt?</c>

00:49:17.139 --> 00:49:19.179
Of<00:49:17.519><c> course</c><00:49:17.760><c> he</c><00:49:17.880><c> felt</c><00:49:18.059><c> the</c><00:49:18.239><c> same</c><00:49:18.440><c> way.</c>

00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:23.619
But<00:49:19.880><c> he</c><00:49:20.039><c> knew</c><00:49:20.340><c> that</c><00:49:20.579><c> God</c><00:49:21.039><c> was</c><00:49:22.239><c> in</c><00:49:22.500><c> control.</c>

00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:26.639
He<00:49:24.739><c> knew</c><00:49:24.880><c> that</c><00:49:25.039><c> God</c><00:49:25.260><c> would</c><00:49:25.480><c> order</c><00:49:25.679><c> his</c><00:49:25.900><c> steps</c><00:49:26.219><c> along</c>

00:49:26.639 --> 00:49:28.480
as<00:49:26.880><c> he</c><00:49:27.019><c> would</c><00:49:27.300><c> follow</c><00:49:27.539><c> after</c><00:49:27.880><c> him</c>

00:49:28.480 --> 00:49:32.420
and<00:49:29.139><c> honor</c><00:49:29.420><c> him</c><00:49:30.460><c> in</c><00:49:31.219><c> all</c><00:49:31.380><c> that</c><00:49:31.500><c> he</c><00:49:31.599><c> did.</c>

00:49:33.519 --> 00:49:35.840
And<00:49:33.679><c> even</c><00:49:33.780><c> when</c><00:49:33.920><c> he</c><00:49:34.059><c> didn't,</c><00:49:34.340><c> he</c><00:49:34.480><c> had</c><00:49:34.739><c> forgiveness</c>

00:49:36.980 --> 00:49:39.760
if<00:49:37.420><c> he</c><00:49:37.559><c> was</c><00:49:37.739><c> anxious</c><00:49:37.960><c> to</c><00:49:38.199><c> return</c><00:49:38.440><c> back</c><00:49:38.699><c> to</c><00:49:38.800><c> his</c><00:49:38.940><c> God.</c>

00:49:44.099 --> 00:49:46.019
Well,<00:49:44.360><c> we</c><00:49:44.539><c> bring</c><00:49:45.159><c> our</c><00:49:45.340><c> thoughts</c><00:49:45.559><c> to</c><00:49:45.719><c> a</c><00:49:45.860><c> close.</c>

00:49:46.019 --> 00:49:49.000
I'd<00:49:46.219><c> like</c><00:49:46.280><c> to</c><00:49:46.380><c> go</c><00:49:46.579><c> back</c><00:49:46.820><c> just</c><00:49:47.019><c> into</c><00:49:47.260><c> 2</c><00:49:47.500><c> Samuel</c><00:49:47.820><c> 15.</c>

00:49:53.079 --> 00:49:57.500
I'd<00:49:53.380><c> like</c><00:49:53.460><c> to</c><00:49:53.619><c> draw</c><00:49:53.739><c> attention</c><00:49:54.440><c> to</c><00:49:56.539><c> a</c><00:49:56.739><c> particular</c><00:49:57.159><c> phrase</c>

00:49:57.500 --> 00:49:59.159
that<00:49:57.780><c> should</c><00:49:57.940><c> have</c><00:49:58.219><c> cried</c><00:49:58.519><c> out</c><00:49:58.760><c> to</c><00:49:58.900><c> us</c>

00:49:59.159 --> 00:50:02.420
in<00:49:59.340><c> the</c><00:50:00.500><c> second</c><00:50:00.699><c> reading</c><00:50:00.940><c> that</c><00:50:01.059><c> we</c><00:50:01.219><c> had</c><00:50:01.320><c> this</c><00:50:01.559><c> morning.</c>

00:50:02.980 --> 00:50:04.739
We'll<00:50:03.099><c> begin</c><00:50:03.260><c> at</c><00:50:03.400><c> verse</c><00:50:03.599><c> 18.</c>

00:50:07.579 --> 00:50:08.900
Look<00:50:07.659><c> what</c><00:50:07.760><c> it</c><00:50:07.980><c> says.</c>

00:50:09.679 --> 00:50:11.199
When<00:50:09.840><c> the</c><00:50:09.940><c> king</c><00:50:10.059><c> was</c><00:50:10.300><c> fleeing,</c><00:50:10.539><c> it</c><00:50:10.760><c> says,</c>

00:50:11.199 --> 00:50:14.699
And<00:50:12.079><c> all</c><00:50:12.400><c> his</c><00:50:12.699><c> servants</c><00:50:13.239><c> passed</c><00:50:13.860><c> on.</c>

00:50:18.659 --> 00:50:20.340
If<00:50:18.659><c> we</c><00:50:18.820><c> continue</c><00:50:19.079><c> reading,</c><00:50:19.519><c> it</c><00:50:19.519><c> says</c><00:50:19.780><c> that</c>

00:50:20.340 --> 00:50:23.599
600<00:50:20.679><c> men</c><00:50:20.960><c> from</c><00:50:21.159><c> Gath</c><00:50:21.440><c> passed</c><00:50:21.860><c> on</c><00:50:22.179><c> before</c><00:50:22.440><c> the</c><00:50:22.639><c> king.</c>

00:50:24.579 --> 00:50:25.639
In<00:50:24.719><c> verse</c><00:50:24.860><c> 22,</c><00:50:25.400><c> it</c><00:50:25.400><c> says,</c>

00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:27.019
David<00:50:25.960><c> said</c><00:50:26.179><c> to</c><00:50:26.559><c> Bittaei,</c>

00:50:27.300 --> 00:50:28.260
Go<00:50:27.300><c> and</c><00:50:27.639><c> pass</c><00:50:27.960><c> over.</c>

00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:30.699
And<00:50:28.500><c> Bittaei</c><00:50:28.800><c> the</c><00:50:28.920><c> Gethite</c><00:50:29.219><c> passed</c><00:50:29.559><c> over.</c>

00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:31.699
Verse<00:50:31.179><c> 23,</c>

00:50:31.780 --> 00:50:33.579
And<00:50:31.960><c> all</c><00:50:32.139><c> the</c><00:50:32.300><c> country</c><00:50:32.559><c> wept</c><00:50:32.780><c> with</c><00:50:33.000><c> a</c><00:50:33.119><c> loud</c><00:50:33.280><c> voice,</c>

00:50:33.579 --> 00:50:35.159
And<00:50:33.719><c> all</c><00:50:33.940><c> the</c><00:50:34.119><c> people</c><00:50:34.360><c> passed</c><00:50:34.800><c> over.</c>

00:50:35.460 --> 00:50:37.780
The<00:50:35.579><c> king</c><00:50:35.800><c> also</c><00:50:36.099><c> himself</c><00:50:36.519><c> passed</c><00:50:36.920><c> over</c><00:50:37.219><c> Broke</c><00:50:37.460><c> Kidron.</c>

00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:39.440
And<00:50:38.119><c> all</c><00:50:38.300><c> the</c><00:50:38.420><c> people</c><00:50:38.619><c> passed</c><00:50:39.059><c> over.</c>

00:50:39.440 --> 00:50:40.760
Verse<00:50:39.780><c> 24,</c>

00:50:40.760 --> 00:50:43.599
And<00:50:41.300><c> Losedok</c><00:50:41.820><c> also,</c><00:50:42.260><c> all</c><00:50:42.440><c> the</c><00:50:42.579><c> Levites</c><00:50:42.940><c> that</c><00:50:43.059><c> were</c><00:50:43.239><c> with</c><00:50:43.400><c> him,</c>

00:50:43.739 --> 00:50:45.320
Bearing<00:50:43.960><c> the</c><00:50:44.159><c> ark</c><00:50:44.300><c> of</c><00:50:44.480><c> the</c><00:50:44.619><c> covenant</c><00:50:44.800><c> of</c><00:50:45.000><c> God.</c>

00:50:45.699 --> 00:50:47.099
And<00:50:45.739><c> they</c><00:50:45.960><c> sent</c><00:50:46.099><c> down</c><00:50:46.400><c> the</c><00:50:46.579><c> ark</c><00:50:46.719><c> of</c><00:50:46.860><c> God,</c>

00:50:47.179 --> 00:50:48.900
And<00:50:47.239><c> a</c><00:50:47.460><c> bithar</c><00:50:47.780><c> went</c><00:50:47.880><c> up</c><00:50:48.079><c> that</c><00:50:48.199><c> to</c><00:50:48.400><c> all</c><00:50:48.559><c> the</c><00:50:48.679><c> people</c>

00:50:48.900 --> 00:50:51.860
had<00:50:49.099><c> done</c><00:50:49.699><c> passing</c><00:50:50.460><c> out</c><00:50:50.760><c> of</c><00:50:50.900><c> the</c><00:50:51.119><c> city.</c>

00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:53.940
Why<00:50:52.800><c> the</c><00:50:52.980><c> emphasis?</c>

00:50:56.219 --> 00:50:58.179
And<00:50:56.460><c> just</c><00:50:56.639><c> like</c><00:50:56.840><c> David</c><00:50:57.039><c> had</c><00:50:57.239><c> brought</c><00:50:57.440><c> up</c><00:50:57.659><c> mercy</c>

00:50:58.179 --> 00:51:00.500
and<00:50:58.900><c> truth</c><00:50:59.340><c> to</c><00:50:59.619><c> Bittaei</c><00:51:00.099><c> beforehand,</c>

00:51:00.659 --> 00:51:02.519
because<00:51:00.880><c> those</c><00:51:01.159><c> are</c><00:51:01.340><c> two</c><00:51:01.500><c> words</c><00:51:01.739><c> that</c><00:51:02.119><c> speak</c>

00:51:02.519 --> 00:51:04.360
eloquently<00:51:03.059><c> about</c><00:51:03.360><c> the</c><00:51:03.559><c> Abrahamic</c><00:51:04.000><c> covenant,</c>

00:51:04.800 --> 00:51:06.440
the<00:51:04.980><c> Abrahamic</c><00:51:05.460><c> promise.</c>

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In<00:51:07.940><c> a</c><00:51:08.039><c> very</c><00:51:08.400><c> special</c><00:51:08.679><c> sense,</c>

00:51:09.139 --> 00:51:11.679
these<00:51:09.199><c> people</c><00:51:09.460><c> were</c><00:51:09.699><c> becoming</c><00:51:09.980><c> Hebrews</c><00:51:10.400><c> too.</c>

00:51:12.619 --> 00:51:14.099
They<00:51:12.659><c> were</c><00:51:12.940><c> crossing</c><00:51:13.300><c> over</c>

00:51:14.099 --> 00:51:14.900
the<00:51:14.420><c> Broke</c><00:51:14.559><c> Kidron,</c>

00:51:14.980 --> 00:51:16.679
just<00:51:15.139><c> as</c><00:51:15.320><c> Abraham</c><00:51:15.659><c> had</c><00:51:16.059><c> crossed</c>

00:51:16.679 --> 00:51:19.420
from<00:51:17.179><c> Ur</c><00:51:17.440><c> across</c><00:51:17.820><c> the</c><00:51:18.059><c> Euphrates.</c>

00:51:19.860 --> 00:51:21.639
They<00:51:20.039><c> were</c><00:51:20.039><c> becoming</c><00:51:20.320><c> Hebrews.</c>

00:51:23.280 --> 00:51:25.119
Grafted<00:51:23.840><c> into</c><00:51:24.039><c> the</c><00:51:24.639><c> sufferings</c>

00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:27.099
of<00:51:25.400><c> the</c><00:51:25.519><c> seed</c><00:51:25.760><c> of</c><00:51:26.139><c> Abraham</c>

00:51:28.320 --> 00:51:30.400
and<00:51:28.880><c> the</c><00:51:29.079><c> glories</c><00:51:29.300><c> that</c><00:51:29.480><c> were</c><00:51:29.639><c> followed.</c>

00:51:34.099 --> 00:51:35.460
We'll<00:51:34.579><c> close</c><00:51:34.699><c> with</c><00:51:34.860><c> a</c><00:51:34.900><c> couple</c><00:51:35.099><c> of</c><00:51:35.300><c> words</c>

00:51:35.460 --> 00:51:36.820
from<00:51:35.659><c> our</c><00:51:35.780><c> brother</c><00:51:36.000><c> Roberts.</c>

00:51:41.440 --> 00:51:42.460
Not<00:51:41.519><c> all</c><00:51:41.739><c> people</c><00:51:42.000><c> interpret</c>

00:51:42.460 --> 00:51:43.719
providence<00:51:42.900><c> in</c><00:51:43.179><c> the</c><00:51:43.239><c> same</c><00:51:43.460><c> way.</c>

00:51:43.860 --> 00:51:44.480
What<00:51:44.079><c> then?</c>

00:51:44.880 --> 00:51:45.920
Saul<00:51:45.119><c> hunting</c><00:51:45.519><c> David</c>

00:51:45.920 --> 00:51:47.840
falls<00:51:46.280><c> into</c><00:51:46.559><c> David's</c><00:51:47.019><c> power.</c>

00:51:47.980 --> 00:51:49.340
A<00:51:48.159><c> loose</c><00:51:48.380><c> interpreter</c><00:51:48.739><c> of</c><00:51:49.059><c> providence</c>

00:51:49.340 --> 00:51:49.880
would<00:51:49.539><c> have</c><00:51:49.699><c> said,</c>

00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:51.260
Now<00:51:50.099><c> is</c><00:51:50.280><c> your</c><00:51:50.380><c> opportunity,</c><00:51:50.920><c> David.</c>

00:51:51.719 --> 00:51:53.320
God<00:51:51.900><c> works</c><00:51:52.179><c> by</c><00:51:52.460><c> means.</c>

00:51:53.340 --> 00:51:54.639
He<00:51:53.480><c> has</c><00:51:53.599><c> put</c><00:51:53.760><c> Saul</c><00:51:54.059><c> in</c><00:51:54.199><c> your</c><00:51:54.380><c> power.</c>

00:51:54.960 --> 00:51:56.019
Slay<00:51:54.980><c> him!</c>

00:51:56.659 --> 00:51:58.599
Saul<00:51:56.900><c> tried</c><00:51:57.139><c> to</c><00:51:57.380><c> force</c><00:51:57.599><c> providence.</c>

00:51:59.000 --> 00:51:59.760
And<00:51:59.119><c> here</c><00:51:59.219><c> we</c><00:51:59.340><c> have</c><00:51:59.480><c> David</c>

00:51:59.760 --> 00:52:01.480
apparently<00:52:00.199><c> retiring</c><00:52:00.800><c> before</c><00:52:01.179><c> him.</c>

00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:02.679
What<00:52:01.619><c> is</c><00:52:01.820><c> the</c><00:52:01.940><c> lesson?</c>

00:52:04.659 --> 00:52:05.860
It's<00:52:04.980><c> a</c><00:52:05.099><c> very</c><00:52:05.300><c> important</c><00:52:05.679><c> one,</c>

00:52:05.880 --> 00:52:07.559
that<00:52:06.019><c> we</c><00:52:06.199><c> must</c><00:52:06.519><c> all</c><00:52:07.159><c> govern</c>

00:52:07.559 --> 00:52:10.119
our<00:52:07.940><c> interpretation</c><00:52:08.599><c> of</c><00:52:08.800><c> the</c><00:52:08.940><c> ways</c><00:52:09.099><c> of</c><00:52:09.420><c> providence</c>

00:52:10.119 --> 00:52:12.679
by<00:52:10.599><c> the</c><00:52:10.780><c> prior</c><00:52:11.039><c> question</c><00:52:11.480><c> of</c><00:52:11.719><c> righteousness.</c>

00:52:13.820 --> 00:52:15.860
A<00:52:13.980><c> good</c><00:52:14.119><c> opportunity</c><00:52:14.719><c> is</c><00:52:14.960><c> no</c><00:52:15.219><c> justification</c>

00:52:15.860 --> 00:52:17.320
for<00:52:16.159><c> doing</c><00:52:16.420><c> a</c><00:52:16.619><c> thing.</c>

00:52:19.119 --> 00:52:20.440
If<00:52:19.619><c> that</c><00:52:19.900><c> thing</c><00:52:20.039><c> be</c><00:52:20.199><c> wrong</c>

00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:22.380
by<00:52:20.699><c> any</c><00:52:20.960><c> of</c><00:52:21.119><c> the</c><00:52:21.159><c> laws</c><00:52:21.340><c> of</c><00:52:21.659><c> God,</c>

00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:23.659
God<00:52:22.840><c> works</c><00:52:23.119><c> by</c><00:52:23.380><c> means,</c>

00:52:23.760 --> 00:52:25.440
but<00:52:23.880><c> not</c><00:52:24.079><c> by</c><00:52:24.300><c> wrong</c><00:52:24.440><c> means.</c>

00:52:26.440 --> 00:52:28.440
When<00:52:26.599><c> we</c><00:52:26.820><c> consider</c><00:52:27.099><c> the</c><00:52:27.300><c> life</c><00:52:27.440><c> of</c><00:52:27.739><c> David,</c>

00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:30.460
we<00:52:29.079><c> can</c><00:52:29.300><c> draw</c><00:52:29.519><c> strength</c><00:52:29.920><c> from</c><00:52:30.159><c> the</c><00:52:30.300><c> fact</c>

00:52:30.460 --> 00:52:32.119
that<00:52:30.659><c> even</c><00:52:30.840><c> though</c><00:52:31.059><c> our</c><00:52:31.199><c> lives,</c>

00:52:32.800 --> 00:52:34.579
the<00:52:32.940><c> journey</c><00:52:33.179><c> of</c><00:52:33.400><c> our</c><00:52:33.559><c> lives,</c>

00:52:35.099 --> 00:52:38.380
may<00:52:35.239><c> not</c><00:52:35.460><c> be</c><00:52:35.679><c> where</c><00:52:35.880><c> we</c><00:52:36.699><c> envisioned</c><00:52:37.139><c> ourselves,</c>

00:52:39.039 --> 00:52:40.099
but<00:52:39.219><c> that</c><00:52:39.400><c> we</c><00:52:39.519><c> can</c><00:52:39.840><c> know</c>

00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:42.599
that<00:52:40.900><c> in</c><00:52:41.079><c> the</c><00:52:41.139><c> midst</c><00:52:41.320><c> of</c><00:52:41.500><c> uncertainty,</c>

00:52:44.539 --> 00:52:46.719
that<00:52:44.699><c> God</c><00:52:45.139><c> will</c><00:52:46.360><c> be</c><00:52:46.539><c> there</c>

00:52:46.719 --> 00:52:47.960
and<00:52:46.880><c> He's</c><00:52:47.139><c> regulating</c><00:52:47.500><c> things</c>

00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:51.659
if<00:52:48.920><c> we</c><00:52:49.119><c> consider</c><00:52:49.699><c> His</c><00:52:50.460><c> ways,</c>

00:52:51.760 --> 00:52:53.059
and<00:52:51.920><c> if</c><00:52:52.000><c> we</c><00:52:52.320><c> commit</c><00:52:52.599><c> ourselves</c>

00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:54.599
to<00:52:53.320><c> patient</c><00:52:53.599><c> well</c><00:52:53.840><c>-doing.</c>

00:52:56.019 --> 00:52:57.440
This<00:52:56.320><c> understanding</c><00:52:56.820><c> of</c><00:52:57.119><c> providence</c>

00:52:57.440 --> 00:52:58.820
enables<00:52:57.800><c> us</c><00:52:58.039><c> to</c><00:52:58.260><c> take</c><00:52:58.440><c> suffering</c>

00:52:58.820 --> 00:53:00.539
from<00:52:59.119><c> the</c><00:52:59.280><c> hand</c><00:52:59.380><c> of</c><00:52:59.639><c> God,</c>

00:53:01.559 --> 00:53:03.239
even<00:53:01.840><c> when</c><00:53:02.059><c> nothing</c><00:53:02.300><c> but</c><00:53:02.519><c> a</c><00:53:02.699><c> human</c><00:53:02.880><c> cause</c>

00:53:03.239 --> 00:53:05.460
is<00:53:03.480><c> discernible</c><00:53:03.900><c> to</c><00:53:04.079><c> the</c><00:53:04.260><c> natural</c><00:53:04.500><c> eye.</c>

00:53:06.380 --> 00:53:07.840
Successful<00:53:06.860><c> malice</c>

00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:09.460
and<00:53:08.480><c> pitiless</c><00:53:08.900><c> disaster</c>

00:53:09.460 --> 00:53:11.800
are<00:53:09.679><c> thus</c><00:53:09.840><c> deprived</c><00:53:10.340><c> of</c><00:53:10.579><c> half</c><00:53:10.780><c> their</c><00:53:11.019><c> sting.</c>

00:53:12.519 --> 00:53:15.159
We<00:53:12.880><c> do</c><00:53:13.039><c> not</c><00:53:13.199><c> get</c><00:53:13.320><c> to</c><00:53:13.460><c> this</c><00:53:13.699><c> point</c><00:53:14.039><c> at</c><00:53:14.420><c> once,</c>

00:53:16.039 --> 00:53:17.420
and<00:53:16.159><c> neither</c><00:53:16.300><c> did</c><00:53:16.519><c> Abishai,</c>

00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:19.440
but<00:53:18.000><c> the</c><00:53:18.260><c> study</c><00:53:18.420><c> of</c><00:53:18.599><c> the</c><00:53:18.719><c> ways</c><00:53:18.840><c> of</c><00:53:19.159><c> providence</c>

00:53:19.440 --> 00:53:21.780
will<00:53:19.659><c> bring</c><00:53:19.820><c> us</c><00:53:20.059><c> to</c><00:53:20.239><c> it</c><00:53:20.480><c> step</c><00:53:20.699><c> by</c><00:53:20.980><c> step</c>

00:53:21.780 --> 00:53:23.519
and<00:53:22.440><c> day</c><00:53:22.619><c> by</c><00:53:22.780><c> day.</c>