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Israel.

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cried<00:10:20.580><c> not</c><00:10:21.039><c> being</c><00:10:21.379><c> in</c><00:10:21.559><c> the</c><00:10:21.700><c> city,</c><00:10:22.639><c> and</c><00:10:22.919><c> the</c><00:10:23.080><c> man</c><00:10:23.340><c> because</c><00:10:23.639><c> he</c>

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hath<00:10:24.039><c> humbled</c>

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you.

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cries<00:11:04.360><c> had</c>

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uncertainty<00:11:11.080><c> about</c><00:11:11.399><c> her,</c><00:11:12.320><c> and</c><00:11:12.460><c> Bathsheba</c><00:11:12.940><c> of</c><00:11:13.120><c> course</c><00:11:13.299><c> is</c><00:11:13.580><c> never</c>

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pointed<00:11:14.259><c> out</c><00:11:14.820><c> as</c><00:11:15.179><c> being</c><00:11:15.399><c> one</c><00:11:15.600><c> who</c><00:11:15.740><c> was</c><00:11:15.919><c> in</c><00:11:16.039><c> the</c><00:11:16.240><c> wrong.</c>

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David<00:11:21.820><c> was</c><00:11:22.080><c> now</c><00:11:22.279><c> to</c><00:11:22.480><c> be</c><00:11:23.360><c> stoned</c><00:11:23.820><c> with</c><00:11:24.559><c> stones</c><00:11:25.340><c> that</c><00:11:25.779><c> he</c><00:11:26.059><c> should</c><00:11:26.299><c> die.</c>

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And<00:11:47.340><c> David's</c><00:11:47.759><c> answer</c><00:11:47.960><c> was,</c><00:11:48.259><c> maybe</c><00:11:48.519><c> it</c><00:11:48.720><c> is</c><00:11:48.860><c> from</c><00:11:49.100><c> the</c><00:11:49.320><c> Lord.</c>

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True,<00:11:53.299><c> not</c><00:11:53.480><c> with</c><00:11:54.200><c> such</c><00:11:54.539><c> stones,</c><00:11:55.440><c> which</c><00:11:56.700><c> would</c><00:11:56.960><c> be</c><00:11:57.259><c> dropped</c><00:11:57.519><c> upon</c><00:11:57.779><c> a</c>

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Now<00:12:22.799><c> notice</c><00:12:23.039><c> what</c><00:12:23.240><c> it</c><00:12:23.419><c> is</c><00:12:23.600><c> that</c><00:12:24.120><c> Nathan</c><00:12:24.500><c> actually</c><00:12:25.379><c> says.</c>

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We've<00:12:28.080><c> moved</c><00:12:28.179><c> from</c><00:12:28.460><c> law</c><00:12:28.820><c> to</c><00:12:29.179><c> grace</c><00:12:29.639><c> now.</c>

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We've<00:12:30.740><c> moved</c><00:12:30.879><c> from</c><00:12:31.200><c> what</c><00:12:31.519><c> the</c><00:12:31.820><c> letter</c><00:12:32.059><c> of</c><00:12:32.240><c> the</c><00:12:32.399><c> law</c><00:12:32.580><c> said</c><00:12:33.080><c> to</c><00:12:33.820><c> what</c>

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Nathan<00:12:34.740><c> now</c><00:12:35.779><c> passes</c><00:12:36.399><c> sentence</c><00:12:36.960><c> to</c><00:12:37.279><c> effect.</c>

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2<00:12:38.379><c> Samuel</c><00:12:38.639><c> 12</c><00:12:38.980><c> and</c><00:12:39.159><c> verse</c><00:12:39.340><c> 10.</c>

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Now,<00:12:40.480><c> therefore,</c><00:12:41.820><c> the</c><00:12:42.100><c> sword</c><00:12:42.419><c> shall</c><00:12:42.659><c> never</c><00:12:43.019><c> depart</c><00:12:43.539><c> from</c><00:12:43.879><c> thine</c>

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house,<00:12:45.059><c> because</c><00:12:45.500><c> thou</c><00:12:45.679><c> hast</c><00:12:45.980><c> despised</c><00:12:46.759><c> me,</c><00:12:47.639><c> and</c><00:12:47.759><c> hast</c><00:12:47.980><c> taken</c>

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the<00:12:48.340><c> wife</c><00:12:48.580><c> of</c><00:12:48.740><c> Uriah</c><00:12:49.100><c> the</c><00:12:49.240><c> Hittite</c><00:12:49.500><c> to</c><00:12:49.620><c> be</c><00:12:49.820><c> thy</c><00:12:49.980><c> wife.</c>

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Thus<00:12:51.360><c> saith</c><00:12:51.580><c> the</c><00:12:51.820><c> Lord,</c><00:12:52.860><c> behold,</c><00:12:53.220><c> I</c><00:12:53.340><c> will</c><00:12:53.620><c> raise</c><00:12:53.960><c> up</c><00:12:54.179><c> evil</c><00:12:54.500><c> against</c>

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thee<00:12:55.279><c> out</c><00:12:55.539><c> of</c><00:12:55.740><c> thine</c><00:12:55.899><c> own</c><00:12:56.100><c> house,</c><00:12:57.080><c> and</c><00:12:57.299><c> I</c><00:12:57.440><c> will</c><00:12:57.580><c> take</c><00:12:57.799><c> thy</c><00:12:58.080><c> wives</c>

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before<00:12:58.919><c> thine</c><00:12:59.200><c> eyes,</c><00:12:59.860><c> and</c><00:13:00.000><c> give</c><00:13:00.200><c> them</c><00:13:00.399><c> unto</c><00:13:00.559><c> thy</c><00:13:00.820><c> neighbor.</c>

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He<00:13:02.080><c> shall</c><00:13:02.240><c> lie</c><00:13:02.480><c> with</c><00:13:02.659><c> thy</c><00:13:02.860><c> wives</c><00:13:03.220><c> in</c><00:13:03.519><c> the</c><00:13:03.600><c> sight</c><00:13:03.720><c> of</c><00:13:03.899><c> this</c><00:13:04.080><c> son.</c>

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For<00:13:05.480><c> thou</c><00:13:05.740><c> didst</c><00:13:06.080><c> it</c><00:13:06.340><c> secretly,</c><00:13:07.480><c> but</c><00:13:07.659><c> I</c><00:13:07.820><c> will</c><00:13:07.980><c> do</c><00:13:08.220><c> this</c><00:13:08.519><c> thing</c><00:13:08.740><c> before</c>

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all<00:13:09.519><c> Israel</c><00:13:10.139><c> and</c><00:13:10.559><c> before</c><00:13:10.980><c> the</c><00:13:11.220><c> sun.</c>

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And<00:13:12.460><c> David</c><00:13:12.759><c> said</c><00:13:12.960><c> unto</c><00:13:13.200><c> Nathan,</c><00:13:13.940><c> I</c><00:13:14.200><c> have</c><00:13:14.539><c> sinned</c><00:13:15.039><c> against</c><00:13:15.460><c> the</c><00:13:15.700><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:13:20.159><c> David's</c><00:13:20.759><c> sentence</c><00:13:21.059><c> upon</c><00:13:21.360><c> himself</c><00:13:22.240><c> and</c><00:13:23.860><c> Nathan's</c><00:13:24.899><c> sentence</c>

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were<00:13:25.960><c> in</c><00:13:26.179><c> fact</c><00:13:26.320><c> of</c><00:13:26.480><c> a</c><00:13:26.659><c> different</c><00:13:26.919><c> order.</c>

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Again,<00:13:28.159><c> you</c><00:13:28.279><c> begin,</c><00:13:28.539><c> of</c><00:13:28.720><c> course,</c><00:13:28.940><c> to</c><00:13:29.200><c> see</c><00:13:29.460><c> the</c><00:13:30.039><c> hand</c><00:13:30.460><c> of</c><00:13:30.620><c> God's</c><00:13:31.159><c> mercy</c>

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and<00:13:31.700><c> his</c><00:13:31.980><c> grace</c><00:13:32.500><c> reaching</c><00:13:33.220><c> out</c><00:13:33.700><c> to</c><00:13:34.159><c> save</c><00:13:34.820><c> and</c><00:13:35.600><c> once</c><00:13:35.919><c> again</c><00:13:36.200><c> to</c><00:13:36.519><c> lift</c>

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David<00:13:37.340><c> up,</c><00:13:37.799><c> David</c><00:13:38.200><c> the</c><00:13:38.340><c> son</c><00:13:38.559><c> of</c><00:13:38.779><c> Jesse,</c><00:13:39.539><c> whom</c><00:13:39.659><c> God</c><00:13:39.899><c> was</c><00:13:40.139><c> to</c><00:13:40.480><c> raise</c><00:13:40.759><c> up.</c>

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Now<00:13:41.720><c> it</c><00:13:41.820><c> would</c><00:13:42.039><c> be</c><00:13:42.419><c> to</c><00:13:42.919><c> raise</c><00:13:43.259><c> him</c><00:13:43.500><c> up</c><00:13:43.820><c> through</c><00:13:44.200><c> repentance</c>

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and<00:13:45.820><c> to</c><00:13:46.179><c> forgiveness.</c>

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But<00:13:48.980><c> nonetheless,</c><00:13:49.840><c> what</c><00:13:50.039><c> David</c><00:13:50.360><c> had</c><00:13:50.779><c> passed</c><00:13:51.100><c> upon</c><00:13:51.360><c> himself,</c>

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the<00:13:53.000><c> fourfold</c><00:13:53.799><c> restitution,</c><00:13:55.220><c> was</c><00:13:55.480><c> interestingly</c><00:13:56.039><c> enough</c>

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the<00:13:56.639><c> two</c><00:13:56.639><c> come</c><00:13:56.860><c> to</c><00:13:57.139><c> pass.</c>

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They<00:13:57.740><c> were</c><00:13:57.940><c> the</c><00:13:58.279><c> consequences</c><00:13:59.159><c> of</c><00:13:59.720><c> the</c><00:13:59.879><c> act</c><00:14:00.100><c> that</c><00:14:00.299><c> had</c><00:14:00.440><c> been</c><00:14:00.759><c> committed.</c>

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And<00:14:02.919><c> the</c><00:14:03.080><c> judgment</c><00:14:03.600><c> that</c><00:14:03.980><c> God</c><00:14:04.200><c> would</c><00:14:04.460><c> raise</c><00:14:04.759><c> up</c><00:14:05.259><c> that</c><00:14:05.600><c> would</c><00:14:05.860><c> come</c>

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through<00:14:06.580><c> the</c><00:14:06.860><c> family,</c><00:14:07.940><c> well,</c><00:14:08.500><c> those</c><00:14:08.779><c> things</c><00:14:09.100><c> too</c><00:14:09.379><c> would</c><00:14:09.559><c> be</c>

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only<00:14:10.220><c> too</c><00:14:10.620><c> apparent.</c>

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And<00:14:13.559><c> David's</c><00:14:13.940><c> response</c><00:14:14.399><c> there</c><00:14:14.860><c> is,</c><00:14:17.299><c> I</c><00:14:17.379><c> have</c><00:14:17.779><c> sinned</c><00:14:18.139><c> against</c>

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the<00:14:18.860><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:14:20.639><c> you</c><00:14:20.779><c> might</c><00:14:20.960><c> say</c><00:14:21.179><c> to</c><00:14:21.320><c> yourself,</c><00:14:21.919><c> well,</c><00:14:22.980><c> it</c><00:14:23.100><c> must</c><00:14:23.320><c> have</c><00:14:23.440><c> been</c>

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quite<00:14:23.840><c> a</c><00:14:24.059><c> long</c><00:14:24.419><c> time</c><00:14:25.080><c> before</c><00:14:25.820><c> the</c><00:14:26.360><c> second</c><00:14:26.759><c> part</c><00:14:27.120><c> of</c><00:14:27.259><c> verse</c><00:14:27.500><c> 13</c>

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came<00:14:28.279><c> to</c><00:14:28.539><c> pass.</c>

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And<00:14:30.039><c> Nathan</c><00:14:30.340><c> said</c><00:14:30.600><c> unto</c><00:14:30.779><c> David,</c><00:14:31.679><c> the</c><00:14:31.899><c> Lord</c><00:14:32.419><c> also</c><00:14:33.200><c> hath</c><00:14:33.659><c> put</c><00:14:33.940><c> away</c>

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thy<00:14:34.620><c> sin,</c><00:14:35.379><c> thou</c><00:14:35.620><c> shalt</c><00:14:36.100><c> not</c><00:14:36.519><c> die.</c>

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You<00:14:38.740><c> would</c><00:14:38.960><c> have</c><00:14:39.039><c> thought,</c><00:14:39.240><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:39.419><c> you,</c><00:14:39.659><c> that</c><00:14:39.799><c> God</c><00:14:40.059><c> would</c><00:14:40.279><c> have</c>

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now<00:14:40.799><c> left</c><00:14:41.240><c> David</c><00:14:41.679><c> to</c><00:14:42.159><c> stew</c><00:14:42.299><c> in</c><00:14:42.480><c> his</c><00:14:42.659><c> own</c><00:14:43.019><c> mess.</c>

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He<00:14:44.240><c> would</c><00:14:44.460><c> not</c><00:14:44.580><c> have</c><00:14:44.820><c> intervened.</c>

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He<00:14:45.360><c> would</c><00:14:45.519><c> have</c><00:14:45.799><c> accepted</c><00:14:46.299><c> the</c><00:14:46.679><c> expression</c><00:14:47.059><c> of</c><00:14:47.700><c> repentance,</c>

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but<00:14:48.960><c> he</c><00:14:49.080><c> would</c><00:14:49.399><c> not</c><00:14:49.580><c> have</c><00:14:49.779><c> really</c><00:14:50.059><c> acted</c><00:14:50.379><c> upon</c><00:14:50.700><c> it.</c>

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So<00:14:51.960><c> no</c><00:14:52.279><c> doubt</c><00:14:52.480><c> sometimes</c><00:14:52.860><c> there</c><00:14:53.019><c> is</c><00:14:53.200><c> that</c><00:14:53.480><c> gap,</c><00:14:53.779><c> isn't</c><00:14:53.940><c> there?</c>

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There's<00:14:54.360><c> a</c><00:14:54.620><c> gap,</c><00:14:54.820><c> for</c><00:14:55.080><c> example,</c><00:14:55.360><c> in</c><00:14:55.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:55.759><c> 61</c><00:14:56.259><c> where</c><00:14:56.500><c> all</c><00:14:56.659><c> of</c>

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a<00:14:56.860><c> sudden</c>

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you<00:14:57.440><c> get</c><00:14:57.620><c> the</c><00:14:57.799><c> day</c><00:14:58.139><c> of</c><00:14:58.440><c> vengeance</c><00:14:58.840><c> of</c><00:14:59.039><c> the</c><00:14:59.200><c> Lord,</c><00:14:59.759><c> which</c><00:14:59.960><c> is</c><00:15:00.399><c> still</c>

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awaited<00:15:01.879><c> after</c><00:15:02.139><c> a</c><00:15:02.399><c> long</c><00:15:02.679><c> period</c><00:15:03.059><c> of</c><00:15:03.320><c> time.</c>

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Well,<00:15:04.379><c> maybe</c><00:15:04.600><c> there's</c><00:15:04.820><c> a</c><00:15:04.980><c> gap</c><00:15:05.179><c> here</c><00:15:05.399><c> too.</c>

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Maybe<00:15:06.440><c> David</c><00:15:06.720><c> said</c><00:15:06.919><c> to</c><00:15:07.120><c> Nathan,</c><00:15:07.440><c> I</c><00:15:07.440><c> have</c><00:15:07.720><c> sinned</c><00:15:07.940><c> against</c><00:15:08.240><c> the</c><00:15:08.460><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:15:09.159><c> days,</c><00:15:10.120><c> weeks,</c><00:15:10.860><c> months</c><00:15:11.299><c> later,</c><00:15:12.259><c> Nathan</c><00:15:12.600><c> said</c><00:15:12.840><c> unto</c><00:15:13.000><c> David,</c>

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the<00:15:13.519><c> Lord</c><00:15:13.860><c> also</c><00:15:14.299><c> hath</c><00:15:14.480><c> put</c><00:15:14.740><c> away</c><00:15:14.980><c> thy</c><00:15:15.240><c> sin,</c><00:15:16.039><c> thou</c><00:15:16.159><c> shalt</c><00:15:16.500><c> not</c><00:15:16.779><c> die.</c>

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But<00:15:18.000><c> in</c><00:15:18.299><c> fact,</c><00:15:18.879><c> if</c><00:15:19.019><c> you</c><00:15:19.179><c> read</c><00:15:19.299><c> on</c><00:15:19.519><c> a</c><00:15:19.659><c> little</c><00:15:19.820><c> bit,</c><00:15:19.980><c> you</c><00:15:20.100><c> can</c><00:15:20.320><c> see</c>

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that<00:15:20.700><c> it</c><00:15:20.860><c> was</c><00:15:21.100><c> instantaneous.</c>

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Quite<00:15:24.080><c> remarkable,</c><00:15:24.840><c> this.</c>

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The<00:15:25.600><c> Lord</c><00:15:25.840><c> also</c><00:15:26.320><c> hath</c><00:15:26.500><c> put</c><00:15:26.720><c> away</c><00:15:26.980><c> thy</c><00:15:27.200><c> sin,</c><00:15:27.639><c> thou</c><00:15:27.799><c> shalt</c><00:15:28.100><c> not</c><00:15:28.399><c> die.</c>

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Howbeit,<00:15:30.299><c> because</c><00:15:30.559><c> by</c><00:15:30.860><c> this</c><00:15:31.200><c> deed</c><00:15:31.600><c> thou</c><00:15:31.860><c> hast</c><00:15:32.100><c> given</c><00:15:32.399><c> great</c><00:15:32.740><c> occasion</c>

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that<00:15:36.799><c> is</c><00:15:37.019><c> born</c><00:15:37.279><c> unto</c><00:15:37.519><c> thee</c><00:15:37.980><c> shall</c><00:15:38.279><c> surely</c><00:15:38.779><c> die,</c><00:15:39.539><c> and</c><00:15:39.919><c> Nathan</c>

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departed<00:15:40.899><c> unto</c><00:15:41.179><c> his</c><00:15:41.460><c> house.</c>

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What<00:15:42.759><c> might</c><00:15:43.019><c> seem</c><00:15:43.159><c> on</c><00:15:43.340><c> the</c><00:15:43.480><c> face</c><00:15:43.639><c> of</c><00:15:43.759><c> it</c><00:15:43.840><c> to</c><00:15:43.960><c> be</c><00:15:44.080><c> an</c><00:15:44.220><c> irrelevant</c><00:15:44.559><c> little</c>

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detail<00:15:45.299><c> there</c><00:15:45.700><c> about</c><00:15:46.200><c> Nathan's</c><00:15:46.840><c> movements</c><00:15:47.320><c> turns</c><00:15:47.860><c> out</c><00:15:48.059><c> to</c><00:15:48.179><c> be</c>

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quite<00:15:48.500><c> vital.</c>

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There<00:15:50.100><c> and</c><00:15:50.539><c> then</c><00:15:51.179><c> God</c><00:15:51.700><c> accepted</c><00:15:52.299><c> David's</c><00:15:52.919><c> repentance</c>

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and<00:15:54.019><c> God</c><00:15:54.340><c> forgave</c><00:15:54.779><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:15:56.320><c> I</c><00:15:56.559><c> suspect</c><00:15:56.899><c> that</c><00:15:57.080><c> that</c><00:15:57.259><c> tells</c><00:15:57.440><c> us</c><00:15:57.679><c> a</c><00:15:57.840><c> great</c><00:15:58.059><c> deal</c><00:15:58.679><c> about</c><00:15:59.200><c> the</c>

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nature<00:15:59.679><c> of</c><00:15:59.899><c> our</c><00:16:00.139><c> own</c><00:16:00.399><c> repentance</c><00:16:01.080><c> because</c><00:16:03.279><c> David</c><00:16:03.860><c> now</c><00:16:04.059><c> had</c><00:16:04.179><c> done</c><00:16:04.360><c> it</c>

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and<00:16:05.220><c> had</c><00:16:05.480><c> received</c><00:16:05.799><c> forgiveness.</c>

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So<00:16:07.379><c> on</c><00:16:07.519><c> the</c><00:16:07.639><c> face</c><00:16:07.840><c> of</c><00:16:07.899><c> it,</c><00:16:08.059><c> you</c><00:16:08.059><c> would</c><00:16:08.259><c> say</c><00:16:08.460><c> repentance</c><00:16:08.940><c> is</c><00:16:09.100><c> of</c><00:16:09.240><c> all</c>

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things<00:16:09.620><c> the</c><00:16:09.919><c> easiest.</c>

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All<00:16:10.539><c> you've</c><00:16:10.720><c> got</c><00:16:10.799><c> to</c><00:16:10.919><c> do</c><00:16:11.059><c> is</c><00:16:11.200><c> say</c><00:16:11.419><c> sorry,</c><00:16:11.840><c> God,</c><00:16:12.559><c> and</c><00:16:12.639><c> God</c><00:16:12.820><c> will</c><00:16:12.980><c> say,</c>

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okay,<00:16:13.580><c> son,</c><00:16:14.100><c> and</c><00:16:14.620><c> things</c><00:16:14.820><c> will</c><00:16:15.059><c> be</c><00:16:15.279><c> restored</c><00:16:15.559><c> again</c><00:16:15.820><c> as</c><00:16:15.980><c> though</c><00:16:16.080><c> it</c>

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had<00:16:16.379><c> never</c><00:16:16.580><c> happened.</c>

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But<00:16:18.019><c> the</c><00:16:18.240><c> reality</c><00:16:18.700><c> is</c><00:16:19.340><c> that</c><00:16:19.740><c> David's</c><00:16:20.299><c> repentance</c><00:16:20.820><c> that</c><00:16:21.179><c> God</c>

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accepted<00:16:22.259><c> was</c><00:16:23.019><c> now</c><00:16:23.519><c> something</c><00:16:23.940><c> that</c><00:16:24.179><c> he</c><00:16:24.600><c> continued</c><00:16:25.379><c> to</c><00:16:26.059><c> brood</c><00:16:26.500><c> upon.</c>

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His<00:16:28.340><c> repentance</c><00:16:29.360><c> grew</c><00:16:30.200><c> and</c><00:16:30.879><c> enlarged</c><00:16:31.860><c> and</c><00:16:32.480><c> found</c><00:16:32.740><c> expression.</c>

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When<00:16:34.740><c> you</c><00:16:34.899><c> think</c><00:16:35.019><c> of</c><00:16:35.179><c> our</c><00:16:35.360><c> own</c><00:16:35.539><c> situation,</c><00:16:36.220><c> for</c><00:16:36.379><c> we</c><00:16:36.799><c> too</c><00:16:37.159><c> fall,</c>

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we<00:16:38.299><c> too</c><00:16:38.539><c> go</c><00:16:38.779><c> to</c><00:16:38.980><c> those</c><00:16:39.299><c> low</c><00:16:39.620><c> depths</c><00:16:40.200><c> more</c><00:16:40.940><c> often</c><00:16:41.220><c> than</c><00:16:41.360><c> we</c><00:16:41.580><c> would</c>

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wish<00:16:42.080><c> to.</c>

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And<00:16:43.279><c> when</c><00:16:43.360><c> we</c><00:16:43.700><c> come</c><00:16:44.299><c> contritely</c><00:16:44.960><c> to</c><00:16:45.200><c> God</c><00:16:45.519><c> and</c><00:16:46.100><c> confess</c><00:16:46.519><c> our</c><00:16:46.899><c> sins,</c>

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and<00:16:47.980><c> God</c><00:16:48.139><c> in</c><00:16:48.279><c> his</c><00:16:48.480><c> mercy</c><00:16:48.899><c> accepts</c><00:16:49.399><c> our</c><00:16:49.799><c> confession</c><00:16:50.279><c> and</c><00:16:50.799><c> restores</c>

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us,<00:16:52.100><c> if</c><00:16:52.299><c> we</c><00:16:52.559><c> confess</c><00:16:52.960><c> our</c><00:16:53.259><c> sins,</c><00:16:53.879><c> he</c><00:16:54.039><c> is</c><00:16:54.320><c> faithful</c><00:16:54.899><c> and</c><00:16:55.320><c> just</c><00:16:55.679><c> to</c>

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forgive<00:16:56.559><c> us</c><00:16:56.840><c> our</c><00:16:57.080><c> sins,</c><00:16:58.019><c> says</c><00:16:58.159><c> the</c><00:16:58.360><c> Apostle</c><00:16:58.740><c> John,</c><00:16:59.100><c> remember,</c>

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and<00:16:59.820><c> to</c><00:17:00.059><c> cleanse</c><00:17:00.259><c> us</c><00:17:00.519><c> from</c><00:17:00.840><c> all</c><00:17:01.200><c> unrighteousness.</c>

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And<00:17:02.700><c> he</c><00:17:02.899><c> assures</c><00:17:03.120><c> us</c><00:17:03.399><c> therefore</c><00:17:03.720><c> that</c><00:17:04.059><c> we</c><00:17:04.420><c> have</c><00:17:04.599><c> only</c><00:17:04.960><c> to</c><00:17:05.200><c> repent</c>

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before<00:17:06.000><c> God's</c><00:17:07.019><c> fatherly</c><00:17:07.460><c> arm</c><00:17:07.700><c> is</c><00:17:08.160><c> waiting</c><00:17:08.500><c> to</c><00:17:08.960><c> stretch</c><00:17:09.220><c> and</c><00:17:09.539><c> reach</c>

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and<00:17:10.220><c> embrace</c><00:17:10.519><c> and</c><00:17:10.839><c> bring</c><00:17:11.039><c> us</c><00:17:11.339><c> back</c><00:17:11.619><c> to.</c>

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Nonetheless,<00:17:13.299><c> you</c><00:17:13.519><c> see,</c><00:17:13.740><c> our</c><00:17:14.220><c> expression</c><00:17:14.720><c> of</c><00:17:14.980><c> repentance</c><00:17:15.460><c> is</c>

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something<00:17:16.380><c> that</c><00:17:16.640><c> will</c><00:17:16.900><c> enlarge</c><00:17:17.660><c> and</c><00:17:18.079><c> develop</c><00:17:18.559><c> the</c><00:17:18.980><c> more</c><00:17:19.200><c> we</c><00:17:19.519><c> think</c>

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about<00:17:20.000><c> that</c><00:17:20.259><c> situation.</c>

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Just<00:17:21.839><c> imagine</c><00:17:22.140><c> how</c><00:17:22.359><c> David</c><00:17:22.619><c> must</c><00:17:22.880><c> have</c><00:17:23.140><c> reflected</c><00:17:23.720><c> on</c><00:17:24.259><c> the</c><00:17:24.460><c> events</c>

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that<00:17:24.900><c> had</c><00:17:25.059><c> led</c><00:17:25.200><c> up</c><00:17:25.400><c> to</c><00:17:25.539><c> that</c><00:17:25.700><c> unhappy</c><00:17:26.119><c> time.</c>

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No<00:17:30.140><c> doubt</c><00:17:30.279><c> he</c><00:17:30.380><c> would</c><00:17:30.819><c> have</c><00:17:30.960><c> drawn</c><00:17:31.599><c> many</c><00:17:32.180><c> a</c><00:17:32.319><c> lesson</c><00:17:32.599><c> about</c><00:17:32.900><c> that</c>

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entanglement<00:17:33.920><c> that</c><00:17:34.160><c> had</c><00:17:34.339><c> then</c><00:17:34.519><c> occurred.</c>

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You<00:17:35.619><c> remember</c><00:17:35.740><c> it</c><00:17:35.779><c> was</c><00:17:35.960><c> a</c><00:17:36.140><c> time</c><00:17:36.279><c> when</c><00:17:36.539><c> kings</c><00:17:36.779><c> went</c><00:17:37.019><c> out</c><00:17:37.240><c> to</c><00:17:37.440><c> battle</c>

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and<00:17:38.240><c> he</c><00:17:38.539><c> had</c><00:17:38.920><c> stayed</c><00:17:39.140><c> at</c><00:17:39.420><c> home.</c>

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And<00:17:40.559><c> that</c><00:17:40.660><c> was</c><00:17:40.839><c> the</c><00:17:40.880><c> very</c><00:17:41.220><c> beginnings</c><00:17:41.500><c> of</c><00:17:41.680><c> it,</c><00:17:41.819><c> of</c><00:17:41.980><c> course,</c>

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that<00:17:42.900><c> he</c><00:17:43.200><c> had</c><00:17:43.440><c> retired</c><00:17:43.880><c> from</c><00:17:44.180><c> active</c><00:17:44.519><c> service.</c>

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And<00:17:45.900><c> as</c><00:17:46.099><c> such,</c><00:17:46.900><c> well,</c><00:17:47.059><c> he</c><00:17:47.240><c> had</c><00:17:47.400><c> thought</c><00:17:47.519><c> to</c><00:17:47.799><c> retire</c><00:17:48.039><c> from</c><00:17:48.240><c> the</c><00:17:48.480><c> truth</c>

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and<00:17:48.799><c> there</c><00:17:48.960><c> was</c><00:17:49.119><c> no</c><00:17:49.339><c> such</c><00:17:49.619><c> retiring.</c>

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He<00:17:51.680><c> had</c><00:17:52.019><c> relaxed</c><00:17:52.619><c> in</c><00:17:52.900><c> the</c><00:17:53.079><c> cool</c><00:17:53.220><c> of</c><00:17:53.400><c> that</c><00:17:53.640><c> particular</c><00:17:54.119><c> evening</c><00:17:54.680><c> when</c>

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he<00:17:55.359><c> looked</c><00:17:55.640><c> out</c><00:17:56.079><c> over</c><00:17:56.339><c> the</c><00:17:56.559><c> rooftops.</c>

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I<00:17:59.119><c> remember</c><00:17:59.359><c> a</c><00:17:59.500><c> brother</c><00:17:59.660><c> saying</c><00:17:59.920><c> once</c><00:18:00.240><c> that</c><00:18:00.460><c> whenever</c><00:18:00.680><c> he</c><00:18:00.960><c> looked</c>

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over<00:18:01.480><c> the</c><00:18:01.720><c> rooftops,</c><00:18:02.619><c> all</c><00:18:02.880><c> he</c><00:18:03.099><c> ever</c><00:18:03.359><c> saw</c><00:18:03.500><c> were</c><00:18:03.859><c> television</c><00:18:04.420><c> aerials.</c>

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I<00:18:06.059><c> suppose</c><00:18:06.319><c> nowadays</c><00:18:06.720><c> he</c><00:18:06.859><c> would</c><00:18:07.059><c> say</c><00:18:07.480><c> satellite</c><00:18:08.000><c> dishes.</c>

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But<00:18:09.160><c> you</c><00:18:09.319><c> see,</c><00:18:10.440><c> David</c><00:18:10.660><c> saw</c><00:18:11.299><c> and</c><00:18:11.940><c> was</c><00:18:12.099><c> in</c><00:18:12.279><c> a</c><00:18:12.440><c> situation</c><00:18:12.920><c> where</c>

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he<00:18:13.160><c> could</c>

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take<00:18:13.680><c> what</c><00:18:13.900><c> he</c><00:18:14.220><c> saw.</c>

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And<00:18:15.920><c> so</c><00:18:16.180><c> he</c><00:18:16.400><c> let</c><00:18:16.559><c> his</c><00:18:16.880><c> eyes,</c><00:18:17.279><c> which</c><00:18:17.500><c> are</c><00:18:17.720><c> never</c><00:18:17.960><c> satisfied,</c>

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he<00:18:19.500><c> let</c><00:18:19.900><c> his</c><00:18:20.099><c> eyes</c><00:18:20.440><c> wander.</c>

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And<00:18:21.160><c> the</c><00:18:21.240><c> man</c><00:18:21.380><c> who</c><00:18:21.599><c> had</c><00:18:21.759><c> so</c><00:18:22.099><c> much</c><00:18:22.599><c> thought</c><00:18:23.099><c> there</c><00:18:23.339><c> was</c><00:18:23.680><c> something</c>

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else<00:18:24.319><c> too.</c>

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He<00:18:25.279><c> was</c><00:18:25.559><c> drawn</c><00:18:25.859><c> away</c><00:18:26.160><c> of</c><00:18:26.319><c> his</c><00:18:26.500><c> own</c><00:18:27.099><c> lust.</c>

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And<00:18:28.299><c> lust,</c><00:18:29.259><c> when</c><00:18:29.440><c> it</c><00:18:29.579><c> is</c><00:18:29.960><c> full</c><00:18:30.440><c> grown,</c><00:18:31.420><c> brings</c><00:18:31.740><c> forth</c><00:18:32.259><c> death.</c>

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And<00:18:33.420><c> indeed,</c><00:18:33.839><c> in</c><00:18:33.859><c> that</c><00:18:34.019><c> very</c><00:18:34.279><c> instance,</c><00:18:34.859><c> James</c><00:18:35.299><c> chapter</c><00:18:35.759><c> 1</c>

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and<00:18:36.099><c> verse</c><00:18:36.319><c> 13</c><00:18:36.700><c> might</c><00:18:36.920><c> have</c><00:18:37.039><c> been</c><00:18:37.200><c> thinking</c><00:18:37.519><c> of</c><00:18:37.740><c> the</c><00:18:37.880><c> very</c><00:18:38.079><c> process,</c>

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the<00:18:39.220><c> very</c><00:18:39.500><c> act</c><00:18:39.960><c> which</c><00:18:40.539><c> had</c><00:18:40.779><c> occurred</c><00:18:40.960><c> at</c><00:18:41.119><c> that</c><00:18:41.319><c> moment</c><00:18:41.579><c> of</c><00:18:41.799><c> such</c>

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fertility,<00:18:43.160><c> which</c><00:18:43.279><c> had</c><00:18:43.579><c> led</c><00:18:43.900><c> to</c><00:18:44.099><c> that</c><00:18:44.240><c> which</c><00:18:44.380><c> was</c><00:18:44.740><c> growing.</c>

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When<00:18:45.799><c> it</c><00:18:45.940><c> was</c><00:18:46.259><c> full</c><00:18:46.720><c> grown,</c><00:18:48.019><c> well,</c><00:18:48.740><c> it</c><00:18:48.880><c> had</c><00:18:49.019><c> led</c><00:18:49.200><c> to</c><00:18:49.480><c> death.</c>

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In<00:18:50.279><c> this</c><00:18:50.460><c> instance,</c><00:18:51.019><c> the</c><00:18:51.160><c> death</c><00:18:51.400><c> of</c><00:18:51.599><c> the</c><00:18:51.799><c> child</c><00:18:52.019><c> that</c><00:18:52.180><c> had</c>

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been<00:18:52.559><c> born.</c>

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And<00:18:53.299><c> David,</c><00:18:53.519><c> of</c><00:18:53.640><c> course,</c><00:18:53.819><c> just</c><00:18:54.099><c> look</c><00:18:54.359><c> at</c><00:18:54.480><c> his</c><00:18:54.640><c> position.</c>

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Review<00:18:55.960><c> and</c><00:18:56.240><c> consider</c><00:18:56.579><c> where</c><00:18:56.740><c> he</c><00:18:56.940><c> was.</c>

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He<00:18:57.140><c> was</c><00:18:57.359><c> a</c><00:18:57.440><c> man</c><00:18:57.559><c> of</c><00:18:58.039><c> something</c><00:18:58.339><c> like</c><00:18:58.680><c> 50</c><00:18:59.019><c> years</c><00:18:59.460><c> old,</c><00:19:00.880><c> my</c><00:19:01.160><c> age.</c>

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I<00:19:02.259><c> was</c><00:19:02.480><c> 50</c><00:19:02.940><c> last</c><00:19:03.440><c> July.</c>

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So<00:19:04.900><c> he</c><00:19:05.000><c> was</c><00:19:05.140><c> a</c><00:19:05.299><c> man</c><00:19:05.420><c> of</c><00:19:05.599><c> mature</c><00:19:05.960><c> years</c><00:19:06.380><c> who</c><00:19:06.660><c> should</c><00:19:06.940><c> have</c><00:19:07.119><c> known</c><00:19:07.380><c> better.</c>

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He<00:19:08.619><c> was</c><00:19:08.799><c> a</c><00:19:09.000><c> father</c><00:19:09.200><c> of</c><00:19:09.440><c> many</c><00:19:09.799><c> sons.</c>

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He<00:19:11.200><c> was</c><00:19:11.480><c> God's</c><00:19:12.200><c> appointed</c><00:19:12.680><c> king</c><00:19:13.380><c> over</c><00:19:13.920><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:19:15.559><c> was</c><00:19:15.759><c> the</c><00:19:16.059><c> moral</c><00:19:16.380><c> leader</c><00:19:16.720><c> of</c><00:19:16.920><c> the</c><00:19:17.079><c> nations.</c>

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This<00:19:17.559><c> was</c><00:19:17.759><c> the</c><00:19:17.940><c> man</c><00:19:18.299><c> who</c><00:19:18.660><c> had</c><00:19:18.900><c> proceeded</c><00:19:19.359><c> as</c><00:19:19.599><c> the</c><00:19:20.019><c> king</c><00:19:20.460><c>-priest.</c>

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He<00:19:21.440><c> was</c><00:19:21.680><c> the</c><00:19:22.099><c> one</c><00:19:22.259><c> after</c><00:19:22.460><c> the</c><00:19:22.660><c> order</c><00:19:22.859><c> of</c><00:19:23.039><c> Melchizedek</c><00:19:23.660><c> in</c><00:19:24.019><c> prospect,</c>

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who<00:19:25.240><c> had</c><00:19:25.400><c> blessed,</c><00:19:25.920><c> who</c><00:19:26.019><c> had</c><00:19:26.319><c> fed,</c><00:19:27.039><c> who</c><00:19:27.160><c> had</c><00:19:27.420><c> sat,</c><00:19:27.759><c> who</c><00:19:27.839><c> had</c><00:19:28.059><c> received.</c>

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Now<00:19:29.920><c> he</c><00:19:30.079><c> had</c><00:19:30.299><c> seen</c><00:19:30.480><c> and</c><00:19:30.660><c> he</c><00:19:30.759><c> had</c><00:19:31.000><c> taken.</c>

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And,<00:19:32.259><c> of</c><00:19:32.380><c> course,</c><00:19:33.299><c> Uriah</c><00:19:33.900><c> was</c><00:19:34.319><c> a</c><00:19:34.539><c> mighty</c><00:19:34.839><c> man</c><00:19:35.140><c> himself</c><00:19:35.640><c> and</c><00:19:35.859><c> a</c><00:19:36.119><c> convert.</c>

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I<00:19:38.059><c> wonder</c><00:19:38.160><c> if</c><00:19:38.240><c> you</c><00:19:38.460><c> noticed</c><00:19:38.779><c> back</c><00:19:39.039><c> in</c><00:19:39.180><c> the</c><00:19:39.319><c> 1</c><00:19:39.559><c> Samuel</c><00:19:39.940><c> chapter</c>

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11<00:19:41.019><c> incident</c>

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how<00:19:42.619><c> there</c><00:19:42.759><c> was</c><00:19:42.960><c> a</c><00:19:43.079><c> very</c><00:19:43.359><c> faithful</c><00:19:43.880><c> friend</c><00:19:44.460><c> there.</c>

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Sorry,<00:19:46.680><c> 2</c><00:19:46.859><c> Samuel</c><00:19:47.220><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:19:48.519><c> there</c><00:19:48.640><c> at</c><00:19:48.819><c> verse</c><00:19:49.440><c> 2,</c>

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It<00:19:50.839><c> came</c><00:19:50.920><c> to</c><00:19:51.140><c> pass</c><00:19:51.339><c> in</c><00:19:51.480><c> an</c><00:19:51.700><c> evening</c><00:19:52.119><c> tide</c>

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that<00:19:53.440><c> David</c><00:19:53.660><c> arose</c><00:19:53.960><c> from</c><00:19:54.160><c> off</c><00:19:54.299><c> his</c><00:19:54.519><c> bed</c>

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and<00:19:55.140><c> walked</c><00:19:55.500><c> upon</c><00:19:55.779><c> the</c><00:19:56.000><c> roof</c><00:19:56.240><c> of</c><00:19:56.440><c> the</c><00:19:56.579><c> king's</c><00:19:56.880><c> house.</c>

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And<00:19:57.680><c> from</c><00:19:58.019><c> the</c><00:19:58.200><c> roof</c><00:19:58.420><c> he</c><00:19:58.920><c> saw</c><00:19:59.619><c> a</c><00:19:59.980><c> woman</c><00:20:00.420><c> washing</c><00:20:00.920><c> herself.</c>

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And<00:20:02.099><c> the</c><00:20:02.220><c> woman</c><00:20:02.400><c> was</c><00:20:02.559><c> very</c><00:20:02.859><c> beautiful</c><00:20:03.200><c> to</c><00:20:03.400><c> look</c><00:20:03.559><c> upon.</c>

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And<00:20:04.740><c> David</c><00:20:05.359><c> sent</c><00:20:06.339><c> and</c><00:20:07.140><c> inquired</c><00:20:07.960><c> after</c><00:20:08.519><c> the</c><00:20:08.720><c> woman.</c>

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Do<00:20:09.579><c> you</c><00:20:09.579><c> see</c><00:20:09.700><c> the</c><00:20:09.880><c> verbs</c><00:20:10.140><c> there?</c>

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Tarried,<00:20:13.059><c> arose,</c><00:20:14.500><c> walked,</c><00:20:15.799><c> saw,</c><00:20:17.200><c> sent,</c><00:20:18.960><c> inquired.</c>

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And<00:20:21.359><c> one</c><00:20:21.839><c> said,</c><00:20:23.180><c> now</c><00:20:23.480><c> whoever</c><00:20:23.819><c> that</c><00:20:24.160><c> one</c><00:20:24.400><c> was,</c>

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whether<00:20:24.920><c> it</c><00:20:24.980><c> was</c><00:20:25.220><c> a</c><00:20:25.400><c> courtier,</c><00:20:25.759><c> whether</c><00:20:25.940><c> it</c><00:20:26.099><c> was</c><00:20:26.279><c> perhaps</c><00:20:26.660><c> Gad,</c>

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whoever<00:20:28.660><c> it</c><00:20:28.880><c> might</c><00:20:29.019><c> have</c><00:20:29.200><c> been,</c><00:20:29.640><c> one</c><00:20:30.000><c> said,</c>

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Is<00:20:32.059><c> not</c><00:20:32.480><c> this</c><00:20:33.000><c> Bathsheba,</c><00:20:34.559><c> the</c><00:20:34.720><c> daughter</c><00:20:35.039><c> of</c><00:20:35.319><c> Eliam,</c>

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the<00:20:36.119><c> wife</c><00:20:36.420><c> of</c><00:20:36.680><c> Uriah</c><00:20:37.160><c> the</c><00:20:37.299><c> Hittite?</c>

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And<00:20:39.279><c> David</c><00:20:39.460><c> appears</c><00:20:39.700><c> to</c><00:20:39.940><c> brush</c><00:20:40.140><c> that</c><00:20:40.359><c> aside</c>

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and<00:20:41.119><c> sent</c><00:20:41.380><c> messengers,</c><00:20:42.339><c> took</c><00:20:42.579><c> her,</c><00:20:43.500><c> she</c><00:20:43.700><c> came</c><00:20:43.940><c> in</c><00:20:44.119><c> unto</c><00:20:44.279><c> him,</c>

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and<00:20:45.079><c> he</c><00:20:45.380><c> lay</c><00:20:45.579><c> with</c><00:20:45.839><c> her,</c><00:20:46.380><c> for</c><00:20:46.619><c> she</c><00:20:46.900><c> was</c><00:20:47.240><c> purified</c><00:20:47.900><c> from</c><00:20:48.240><c> her</c><00:20:48.680><c> uncleanness.</c>

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By<00:20:50.200><c> which,</c><00:20:50.460><c> of</c><00:20:50.500><c> course,</c><00:20:50.660><c> we</c><00:20:50.839><c> understand</c><00:20:51.220><c> that</c><00:20:51.420><c> she</c><00:20:51.579><c> was</c><00:20:51.799><c> very</c><00:20:52.259><c> fertile</c>

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at<00:20:53.359><c> that</c><00:20:53.579><c> particular</c><00:20:54.119><c> point.</c>

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And<00:20:55.700><c> yet</c><00:20:55.839><c> there's</c><00:20:56.160><c> an</c><00:20:56.539><c> element</c><00:20:56.799><c> of</c><00:20:57.140><c> irony</c><00:20:57.480><c> and</c><00:20:57.759><c> sarcasm</c><00:20:58.339><c> in</c>

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there,<00:20:58.680><c> isn't</c><00:20:58.839><c> there?</c>

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As<00:20:59.519><c> though</c><00:20:59.640><c> she</c><00:20:59.779><c> were</c><00:21:00.140><c> pure</c><00:21:00.740><c> to</c><00:21:01.240><c> do</c><00:21:01.460><c> an</c><00:21:01.779><c> impure</c><00:21:02.319><c> act.</c>

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But<00:21:04.180><c> what</c><00:21:04.420><c> about</c><00:21:04.539><c> the</c><00:21:04.759><c> person</c><00:21:04.980><c> who</c><00:21:05.160><c> had</c><00:21:05.500><c> tried</c><00:21:06.200><c> to</c><00:21:06.640><c> stop</c><00:21:06.980><c> the</c><00:21:07.319><c> occasion?</c>

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See,<00:21:08.539><c> take</c><00:21:08.740><c> our</c><00:21:08.960><c> own</c><00:21:09.119><c> situation.</c>

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We<00:21:10.000><c> often</c><00:21:10.339><c> find</c><00:21:10.660><c> ourselves</c><00:21:11.240><c> as</c><00:21:11.700><c> ecclesias</c><00:21:12.200><c> and</c><00:21:12.440><c> individuals</c>

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in<00:21:13.160><c> the</c><00:21:13.299><c> business</c><00:21:13.579><c> of</c><00:21:14.339><c> trying</c><00:21:14.700><c> to</c><00:21:14.940><c> make</c><00:21:15.099><c> something</c><00:21:15.460><c> of</c><00:21:15.640><c> the</c>

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mess,<00:21:16.220><c> don't</c><00:21:16.460><c> we?</c>

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Of<00:21:17.339><c> trying</c><00:21:17.559><c> to</c><00:21:17.819><c> put</c><00:21:18.079><c> right</c><00:21:18.519><c> things</c><00:21:18.799><c> that</c><00:21:18.960><c> have</c><00:21:19.119><c> gone</c><00:21:19.380><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:21:20.599><c> a</c><00:21:20.940><c> very</c><00:21:21.200><c> agonizing</c><00:21:21.779><c> and</c><00:21:22.059><c> miserable</c><00:21:22.519><c> business</c><00:21:22.920><c> it</c><00:21:23.079><c> is,</c><00:21:23.740><c> too,</c>

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trying<00:21:24.680><c> to</c><00:21:24.920><c> get</c><00:21:25.180><c> things</c><00:21:25.579><c> back</c><00:21:25.920><c> as</c><00:21:26.079><c> they</c><00:21:26.279><c> ought</c><00:21:26.500><c> to</c><00:21:26.720><c> be.</c>

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But<00:21:27.720><c> you</c><00:21:27.859><c> see,</c><00:21:28.039><c> the</c><00:21:28.160><c> individual</c><00:21:28.559><c> in</c><00:21:28.819><c> question</c><00:21:29.240><c> was</c><00:21:29.759><c> acting</c><00:21:30.279><c> proactively</c>

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because<00:21:31.940><c> the</c><00:21:32.240><c> one,</c><00:21:32.640><c> whoever</c><00:21:32.839><c> the</c><00:21:33.259><c> unnamed</c><00:21:33.740><c> one</c><00:21:34.019><c> was,</c>

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in<00:21:35.039><c> fact,</c><00:21:35.500><c> tries</c><00:21:35.640><c> to</c><00:21:35.940><c> head</c><00:21:36.180><c> off</c><00:21:36.460><c> the</c><00:21:36.700><c> difficulty.</c>

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How<00:21:37.819><c> many</c><00:21:38.000><c> times</c><00:21:38.200><c> have</c><00:21:38.380><c> we</c><00:21:38.599><c> seen</c><00:21:38.859><c> difficulties</c><00:21:39.380><c> like</c><00:21:39.759><c> this?</c>

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And<00:21:40.539><c> often</c><00:21:40.799><c> they</c><00:21:41.079><c> are</c><00:21:41.559><c> marital</c><00:21:42.180><c> or</c><00:21:42.799><c> strong</c><00:21:43.259><c>-feeling</c><00:21:43.700><c> difficulties</c><00:21:44.420><c> that</c><00:21:45.079><c> arise.</c>

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How<00:21:45.859><c> many</c><00:21:46.180><c> times</c><00:21:46.440><c> have</c><00:21:46.619><c> we</c><00:21:46.900><c> seen</c><00:21:47.160><c> those</c><00:21:47.500><c> occasions</c><00:21:48.079><c> beginning</c>

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and<00:21:49.240><c> actually</c><00:21:49.700><c> have</c><00:21:49.859><c> said,</c><00:21:50.240><c> well,</c><00:21:50.240><c> I</c><00:21:50.319><c> hope</c><00:21:50.380><c> they</c><00:21:50.640><c> sort</c><00:21:50.759><c> themselves</c><00:21:51.240><c> out,</c>

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otherwise<00:21:51.759><c> it'll</c><00:21:52.000><c> be</c><00:21:52.160><c> awkward</c><00:21:52.460><c> for</c><00:21:52.759><c> us,</c><00:21:53.359><c> and</c><00:21:53.619><c> not</c><00:21:53.980><c> actually</c><00:21:54.559><c> intervened?</c>

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Whereas<00:21:56.019><c> here</c><00:21:56.200><c> the</c><00:21:56.299><c> very</c><00:21:56.579><c> indication</c><00:21:57.160><c> is</c><00:21:57.319><c> of</c><00:21:57.440><c> that</c><00:21:57.779><c> one</c><00:21:57.960><c> who</c><00:21:58.240><c> speaks,</c>

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that<00:21:59.519><c> he</c><00:22:00.200><c> or</c><00:22:00.400><c> she</c><00:22:00.480><c> is</c><00:22:00.900><c> trying</c><00:22:01.380><c> to</c><00:22:01.720><c> head</c><00:22:01.960><c> off</c><00:22:02.200><c> the</c><00:22:02.480><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:22:03.619><c> actually</c><00:22:03.900><c> what's</c><00:22:04.140><c> being</c><00:22:04.400><c> pointed</c><00:22:04.700><c> out</c><00:22:04.839><c> is</c><00:22:04.960><c> very</c><00:22:05.319><c> poignant.</c>

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Just<00:22:13.700><c> consider</c><00:22:14.299><c> what</c><00:22:15.519><c> is</c><00:22:15.779><c> being</c><00:22:16.059><c> told,</c><00:22:16.400><c> David,</c><00:22:16.779><c> about</c><00:22:17.059><c> Bathsheba</c>

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and<00:22:18.019><c> the</c><00:22:18.220><c> three</c><00:22:18.579><c> men</c><00:22:18.819><c> in</c><00:22:18.980><c> her</c><00:22:19.240><c> life.</c>

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First<00:22:20.960><c> of</c><00:22:21.140><c> all,</c><00:22:22.200><c> the</c><00:22:22.299><c> messenger</c><00:22:22.700><c> is</c><00:22:23.000><c> saying</c><00:22:23.460><c> that</c><00:22:24.359><c> this</c><00:22:24.759><c> Bathsheba</c>

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is<00:22:26.180><c> the</c><00:22:26.400><c> daughter</c><00:22:26.940><c> of</c><00:22:27.440><c> Eliam,</c><00:22:28.339><c> the</c><00:22:28.559><c> wife</c><00:22:28.940><c> of</c><00:22:29.259><c> Uriah</c><00:22:29.779><c> the</c><00:22:29.940><c> Hittite.</c>

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And<00:22:31.200><c> who</c><00:22:31.539><c> was</c><00:22:31.900><c> Eliam's</c><00:22:32.660><c> father?</c>

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Well,<00:22:34.160><c> come</c><00:22:34.279><c> have</c><00:22:34.400><c> a</c><00:22:34.460><c> look</c><00:22:34.539><c> in</c><00:22:34.680><c> 2</c><00:22:34.900><c> Samuel</c><00:22:35.180><c> chapter</c><00:22:35.579><c> 23.</c>

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Just<00:22:37.359><c> check</c><00:22:37.680><c> out</c><00:22:38.779><c> Bathsheba's</c><00:22:39.900><c> antecedents.</c>

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And<00:22:41.579><c> in</c><00:22:41.720><c> 2</c><00:22:41.940><c> Samuel</c><00:22:42.220><c> chapter</c><00:22:42.559><c> 23,</c><00:22:43.279><c> and</c><00:22:43.380><c> there</c><00:22:43.500><c> at</c><00:22:43.640><c> verse</c><00:22:43.880><c> 34,</c>

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we<00:22:47.059><c> know</c><00:22:47.279><c> now</c><00:22:47.460><c> her</c><00:22:47.579><c> father</c><00:22:47.819><c> was</c><00:22:48.099><c> Eliam.</c>

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This<00:22:52.440><c> is</c><00:22:52.660><c> a</c><00:22:52.740><c> list</c><00:22:52.900><c> of</c><00:22:53.160><c> David's</c><00:22:53.539><c> mighty</c><00:22:53.819><c> men,</c>

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the<00:22:54.579><c> people</c><00:22:54.740><c> who</c><00:22:54.880><c> were</c><00:22:55.039><c> with</c><00:22:55.259><c> him</c><00:22:55.519><c> in</c><00:22:55.720><c> the</c><00:22:55.880><c> wilderness,</c>

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the<00:22:57.000><c> people</c><00:22:57.220><c> who</c><00:22:57.480><c> were</c><00:22:57.799><c> his</c><00:22:58.240><c> bodyguard,</c>

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not<00:22:59.779><c> his</c><00:23:00.019><c> very</c><00:23:00.460><c> closest</c><00:23:00.880><c> bodyguard,</c><00:23:01.579><c> but</c><00:23:01.740><c> his</c><00:23:02.500><c> next,</c>

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his<00:23:04.259><c> armored</c><00:23:04.619><c> division,</c><00:23:05.099><c> so</c><00:23:05.299><c> to</c><00:23:05.519><c> speak.</c>

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And<00:23:05.880><c> there</c><00:23:05.960><c> at</c><00:23:06.099><c> verse</c><00:23:06.279><c> 34,</c>

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Eliphileth<00:23:08.279><c> the</c><00:23:08.440><c> son</c><00:23:08.700><c> of</c><00:23:09.180><c> Ahashbiah,</c><00:23:10.319><c> the</c><00:23:10.500><c> son</c><00:23:10.720><c> of</c><00:23:10.920><c> the</c><00:23:11.160><c> Mearchathite,</c>

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:16.880
Eliam<00:23:13.799><c> the</c><00:23:14.240><c> son</c><00:23:14.619><c> of</c><00:23:14.859><c> Ahithophel</c><00:23:15.759><c> the</c><00:23:16.019><c> Galenite.</c>

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:20.599
So<00:23:17.440><c> you</c><00:23:17.579><c> see</c><00:23:17.700><c> the</c><00:23:17.839><c> person</c><00:23:18.160><c> who</c><00:23:18.599><c> signaled</c><00:23:19.400><c> the</c><00:23:19.759><c> message</c><00:23:20.059><c> is</c><00:23:20.299><c> saying,</c>

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I<00:23:20.880><c> hope</c><00:23:20.940><c> you</c><00:23:21.099><c> realize</c><00:23:21.339><c> who</c><00:23:22.019><c> Bathsheba's</c><00:23:22.920><c> grandfather</c><00:23:23.640><c> is.</c>

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:27.579
Her<00:23:25.140><c> grandfather</c><00:23:26.019><c> is</c><00:23:26.539><c> Ahithophel,</c>

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your<00:23:28.019><c> chancellor</c><00:23:28.440><c> of</c><00:23:28.660><c> the</c><00:23:28.839><c> Exchequer,</c><00:23:29.279><c> your</c><00:23:29.500><c> secretary</c><00:23:29.920><c> of</c><00:23:30.259><c> state.</c>

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That's<00:23:31.319><c> the</c><00:23:31.460><c> nature</c><00:23:31.680><c> of</c><00:23:31.920><c> the</c><00:23:32.099><c> advice</c><00:23:32.339><c> that's</c><00:23:32.539><c> being</c><00:23:32.779><c> given.</c>

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Because<00:23:33.720><c> Ahithophel</c><00:23:34.359><c> the</c><00:23:34.480><c> Galenite</c><00:23:35.400><c> was</c><00:23:35.900><c> David's</c><00:23:36.740><c> wisest</c><00:23:37.259><c> counselor.</c>

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And<00:23:38.500><c> of</c><00:23:38.619><c> course</c><00:23:38.740><c> that</c><00:23:39.180><c> explains,</c><00:23:39.700><c> therefore,</c>

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why<00:23:40.880><c> it</c><00:23:41.059><c> was</c><00:23:41.500><c> that</c><00:23:41.799><c> at</c><00:23:41.960><c> a</c><00:23:42.079><c> later</c><00:23:42.279><c> stage</c><00:23:42.660><c> Ahithophel</c>

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might<00:23:43.819><c> not</c><00:23:44.079><c> feel</c><00:23:44.279><c> quite</c><00:23:44.579><c> as</c><00:23:44.819><c> loyal</c><00:23:45.079><c> towards</c><00:23:45.480><c> David</c><00:23:45.819><c> as</c><00:23:45.960><c> he</c><00:23:46.079><c> had</c>

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done<00:23:46.500><c> before.</c>

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And<00:23:47.859><c> what</c><00:23:48.039><c> about</c><00:23:48.299><c> Eliam?</c>

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:51.859
Well,<00:23:50.240><c> look</c><00:23:50.359><c> what</c><00:23:50.440><c> we've</c><00:23:50.660><c> just</c><00:23:50.940><c> read</c><00:23:51.119><c> with</c><00:23:51.380><c> regard</c><00:23:51.680><c> to</c>

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Eliam's<00:23:52.480><c> situation.</c>

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Eliam,<00:23:55.119><c> here</c><00:23:55.259><c> in</c><00:23:55.460><c> 2</c><00:23:55.700><c> Samuel</c><00:23:56.059><c> chapter</c><00:23:56.440><c> 23,</c>

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is<00:23:57.640><c> listed</c><00:23:58.079><c> as</c><00:23:58.420><c> one</c><00:23:58.740><c> of</c><00:23:58.880><c> David's</c><00:23:59.480><c> mighty</c><00:23:59.740><c> men.</c>

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Verse<00:24:00.380><c> 23</c><00:24:01.059><c> there,</c><00:24:01.779><c> he</c><00:24:01.799><c> was</c><00:24:01.960><c> more</c><00:24:02.279><c> honorable</c><00:24:02.640><c> than</c><00:24:02.880><c> the</c><00:24:03.160><c> thirty,</c>

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but<00:24:04.000><c> he</c><00:24:04.200><c> attained</c><00:24:04.339><c> not</c><00:24:04.559><c> to</c><00:24:04.720><c> the</c><00:24:04.880><c> first</c><00:24:05.220><c> three.</c>

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David<00:24:05.980><c> set</c><00:24:06.200><c> him</c><00:24:06.380><c> over</c><00:24:06.559><c> his</c><00:24:06.839><c> guard.</c>

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And<00:24:07.539><c> then</c><00:24:07.799><c> there's</c><00:24:08.059><c> the</c><00:24:08.220><c> list</c><00:24:08.420><c> of</c><00:24:08.619><c> the</c><00:24:08.839><c> people</c><00:24:09.180><c> who</c><00:24:09.519><c> do</c>

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comprise<00:24:10.900><c> David's</c><00:24:11.759><c> thirty,</c>

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who<00:24:12.559><c> were</c><00:24:12.799><c> among</c><00:24:13.059><c> his</c><00:24:13.339><c> mighty</c><00:24:13.680><c> men.</c>

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So<00:24:14.960><c> in</c><00:24:15.279><c> fact,</c><00:24:16.279><c> Bathsheba's</c><00:24:16.839><c> father</c><00:24:17.259><c> was</c><00:24:17.480><c> one</c><00:24:17.700><c> of</c><00:24:17.859><c> David's</c>

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mighty<00:24:18.579><c> men,</c>

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and<00:24:18.980><c> at</c><00:24:19.079><c> that</c><00:24:19.279><c> very</c><00:24:19.579><c> time</c><00:24:20.059><c> they</c><00:24:20.299><c> were</c><00:24:20.460><c> fighting</c><00:24:20.759><c> against</c><00:24:21.160><c> the</c>

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Ammonites<00:24:21.980><c> in</c><00:24:22.259><c> Rabah.</c>

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So<00:24:24.880><c> David</c><00:24:25.180><c> was</c><00:24:25.380><c> now</c><00:24:25.559><c> being</c><00:24:25.799><c> told</c><00:24:26.160><c> that</c><00:24:26.619><c> be</c><00:24:26.900><c> very</c><00:24:27.240><c> careful</c><00:24:27.559><c> with</c>

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this<00:24:27.980><c> woman.</c>

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Her<00:24:28.940><c> grandfather</c><00:24:29.759><c> is</c><00:24:30.240><c> your</c><00:24:30.539><c> wisest</c><00:24:31.019><c> counselor,</c>

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her<00:24:32.319><c> father</c><00:24:32.799><c> is</c><00:24:33.019><c> one</c><00:24:33.220><c> of</c><00:24:33.359><c> your</c><00:24:33.539><c> mighty</c><00:24:33.920><c> men,</c>

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and<00:24:35.079><c> her</c><00:24:35.440><c> husband,</c><00:24:36.740><c> well,</c><00:24:36.960><c> look</c><00:24:37.119><c> at</c><00:24:37.279><c> verse</c><00:24:37.519><c> 39,</c><00:24:38.900><c> still</c><00:24:39.019><c> in</c><00:24:39.180><c> 2</c>

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Samuel<00:24:39.660><c> 23,</c>

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Uriah<00:24:41.980><c> the</c><00:24:42.240><c> Hittite,</c><00:24:43.579><c> thirty</c><00:24:44.019><c> and</c><00:24:44.480><c> seven</c><00:24:44.880><c> in</c><00:24:45.279><c> all,</c>

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of<00:24:46.259><c> all</c><00:24:46.460><c> these</c><00:24:47.000><c> thirty</c><00:24:47.500><c>-seven</c><00:24:47.720><c> who</c><00:24:47.900><c> are</c><00:24:48.079><c> listed.</c>

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In<00:24:49.220><c> fact,</c><00:24:49.799><c> Uriah</c><00:24:50.920><c> was</c><00:24:52.099><c> one</c><00:24:52.480><c> of</c><00:24:52.759><c> those</c><00:24:53.099><c> mighty</c><00:24:53.500><c> men</c><00:24:53.779><c> himself,</c>

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and<00:24:55.660><c> he</c><00:24:55.819><c> was</c><00:24:56.019><c> a</c><00:24:56.200><c> Hittite.</c>

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He<00:24:57.519><c> was</c><00:24:57.720><c> a</c><00:24:57.839><c> man,</c><00:24:57.960><c> in</c><00:24:58.200><c> fact,</c><00:24:58.519><c> who</c><00:24:58.660><c> had</c><00:24:59.500><c> left</c><00:25:00.160><c> his</c><00:25:00.500><c> own</c><00:25:00.960><c> nation,</c>

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who<00:25:02.019><c> had</c><00:25:02.319><c> thrown</c><00:25:02.539><c> in</c><00:25:02.779><c> his</c><00:25:03.119><c> fealty</c><00:25:03.500><c> and</c><00:25:03.640><c> his</c><00:25:03.940><c> loyalty</c><00:25:04.339><c> with</c><00:25:04.619><c> David</c><00:25:05.079><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:05.539><c> God</c><00:25:05.660><c> of</c><00:25:05.900><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:25:07.140><c> of</c><00:25:07.279><c> course,</c><00:25:07.400><c> he</c><00:25:07.480><c> was</c><00:25:07.640><c> the</c><00:25:07.799><c> husband</c><00:25:08.140><c> of</c><00:25:08.380><c> Bathsheba.</c>

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So<00:25:09.960><c> on</c><00:25:10.579><c> the</c><00:25:10.960><c> entire</c><00:25:11.220><c> basis</c><00:25:11.619><c> of</c><00:25:11.799><c> what</c><00:25:12.019><c> David</c><00:25:12.299><c> was</c><00:25:12.500><c> being</c><00:25:12.759><c> told,</c>

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he<00:25:13.220><c> was</c><00:25:13.400><c> being</c><00:25:13.839><c> warned</c><00:25:14.140><c> off</c><00:25:14.539><c> in</c><00:25:15.019><c> really</c><00:25:15.240><c> very</c><00:25:15.599><c> powerful</c><00:25:15.980><c> and</c>

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poignant<00:25:16.779><c> terms.</c>

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He<00:25:17.700><c> was</c><00:25:17.960><c> told</c><00:25:18.079><c> to</c><00:25:18.240><c> have</c><00:25:18.440><c> nothing</c><00:25:18.779><c> to</c><00:25:19.039><c> do</c><00:25:19.279><c> with</c><00:25:19.940><c> this</c><00:25:20.420><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:25:21.619><c> sad</c><00:25:21.740><c> to</c><00:25:21.980><c> say,</c><00:25:22.220><c> his</c><00:25:22.440><c> passion</c><00:25:22.720><c> got</c><00:25:22.960><c> the</c><00:25:23.160><c> better</c><00:25:23.380><c> of</c><00:25:23.579><c> him,</c>

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:27.779
and<00:25:24.279><c> the</c><00:25:24.460><c> act</c><00:25:24.640><c> was</c><00:25:24.920><c> committed,</c><00:25:25.740><c> and</c><00:25:26.059><c> then</c><00:25:26.319><c> the</c><00:25:26.680><c> cover</c><00:25:26.839><c>-up</c><00:25:27.220><c> began.</c>

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:30.740
And<00:25:28.539><c> first</c><00:25:28.839><c> of</c><00:25:28.980><c> all,</c><00:25:29.160><c> of</c><00:25:29.220><c> course,</c><00:25:29.400><c> it</c><00:25:29.460><c> was</c><00:25:29.700><c> a</c><00:25:29.859><c> cover</c><00:25:30.059><c>-up</c><00:25:30.220><c> of</c><00:25:30.519><c> a</c>

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reasonably<00:25:31.240><c> innocent</c><00:25:32.000><c> nature.</c>

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Well,<00:25:32.940><c> call</c><00:25:33.140><c> me,</c><00:25:33.400><c> Uriah</c><00:25:33.619><c> the</c><00:25:33.799><c> Hittite.</c>

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Uriah,<00:25:34.779><c> how</c><00:25:34.980><c> are</c><00:25:34.980><c> things</c><00:25:35.200><c> going</c><00:25:35.440><c> on</c><00:25:35.599><c> the</c><00:25:35.799><c> battlefield?</c>

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Fine,<00:25:36.779><c> glad</c><00:25:37.039><c> to</c><00:25:37.259><c> hear</c><00:25:37.420><c> it.</c>

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Go<00:25:38.039><c> home</c><00:25:38.220><c> and</c><00:25:38.339><c> have</c><00:25:38.480><c> a</c><00:25:38.579><c> rest</c><00:25:38.740><c> with</c><00:25:38.900><c> your</c><00:25:39.079><c> wife.</c>

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Oh,<00:25:40.920><c> well,</c><00:25:41.220><c> let's</c><00:25:41.500><c> try</c><00:25:41.660><c> it</c><00:25:41.819><c> a</c><00:25:41.960><c> second</c><00:25:42.140><c> time</c><00:25:42.420><c> then.</c>

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Uriah,<00:25:43.420><c> yes,</c><00:25:43.579><c> have</c><00:25:43.680><c> another</c><00:25:43.940><c> glass,</c><00:25:44.319><c> Uriah.</c>

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:46.819
Have<00:25:44.839><c> another</c><00:25:45.079><c> bottle,</c><00:25:45.460><c> have</c><00:25:45.559><c> another</c><00:25:45.920><c> flagon,</c><00:25:46.279><c> Uriah.</c>

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.220
Now<00:25:47.240><c> go</c><00:25:47.420><c> home</c><00:25:47.640><c> to</c><00:25:47.799><c> your</c><00:25:47.980><c> wife.</c>

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:50.220
And<00:25:49.000><c> staggering</c><00:25:49.279><c> out</c><00:25:49.599><c> of</c><00:25:49.740><c> the</c><00:25:49.940><c> palace,</c>

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:53.799
this<00:25:50.799><c> faithful</c><00:25:51.279><c> man</c><00:25:51.660><c> went</c><00:25:51.940><c> no</c><00:25:52.259><c> farther</c><00:25:52.579><c> than</c><00:25:52.779><c> the</c><00:25:53.079><c> guardhouse</c>

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and<00:25:54.420><c> stayed</c><00:25:54.740><c> there.</c>

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And<00:25:55.859><c> so</c><00:25:56.039><c> at</c><00:25:56.259><c> last</c><00:25:56.460><c> it</c><00:25:56.579><c> was</c><00:25:56.759><c> told</c><00:25:56.960><c> David,</c>

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:59.920
but<00:25:57.980><c> sad</c><00:25:58.119><c> to</c><00:25:58.380><c> say</c><00:25:58.559><c> he</c><00:25:58.720><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:59.079><c> see</c><00:25:59.380><c> sense,</c>

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:02.740
because<00:26:00.480><c> the</c><00:26:00.759><c> Ark</c><00:26:00.920><c> of</c><00:26:01.200><c> God</c><00:26:01.380><c> and</c><00:26:01.559><c> the</c><00:26:01.740><c> army</c><00:26:01.940><c> of</c><00:26:02.140><c> Israel</c><00:26:02.460><c> were</c>

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.880
still<00:26:02.980><c> under</c><00:26:03.319><c> canvas,</c>

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:08.019
and<00:26:04.400><c> why</c><00:26:04.660><c> should</c><00:26:04.819><c> he</c><00:26:05.119><c> go</c><00:26:05.599><c> and</c><00:26:06.319><c> enjoy</c><00:26:06.799><c> his</c><00:26:07.119><c> wife?</c>

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:11.460
And<00:26:08.380><c> so</c><00:26:08.920><c> necessarily</c><00:26:09.799><c> as</c><00:26:10.079><c> far</c><00:26:10.279><c> as</c><00:26:10.460><c> David</c><00:26:10.660><c> was</c><00:26:10.940><c> concerned,</c>

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.920
he<00:26:12.039><c> took</c><00:26:12.319><c> back</c><00:26:12.559><c> his</c><00:26:12.799><c> own</c><00:26:13.160><c> death</c><00:26:13.500><c> warrant,</c>

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:17.400
and<00:26:14.480><c> David</c><00:26:14.839><c> in</c><00:26:15.140><c> so</c><00:26:15.359><c> doing</c><00:26:15.619><c> delivered</c><00:26:16.140><c> himself</c><00:26:16.680><c> to</c><00:26:16.900><c> the</c><00:26:17.160><c> power</c>

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of<00:26:17.779><c> Joab.</c>

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:20.359
Well,<00:26:18.859><c> we</c><00:26:18.920><c> know</c><00:26:19.059><c> all</c><00:26:19.279><c> those</c><00:26:19.480><c> things</c><00:26:19.700><c> well,</c><00:26:20.000><c> don't</c><00:26:20.200><c> we?</c>

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:24.299
He<00:26:20.480><c> was</c><00:26:20.640><c> to</c><00:26:20.759><c> be</c><00:26:20.980><c> blackmailed</c><00:26:21.539><c> now</c><00:26:21.940><c> for</c><00:26:22.319><c> the</c><00:26:22.500><c> rest</c><00:26:22.920><c> of</c><00:26:23.200><c> his</c><00:26:23.420><c> life.</c>

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:30.599
So<00:26:25.319><c> David</c><00:26:25.680><c> had</c><00:26:25.960><c> committed</c><00:26:26.400><c> an</c><00:26:26.640><c> act</c><00:26:26.880><c> of</c><00:26:27.279><c> sin</c><00:26:27.740><c> and</c><00:26:28.440><c> had</c><00:26:28.759><c> compounded</c><00:26:29.480><c> that</c><00:26:29.700><c> act,</c>

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:33.319
had<00:26:30.900><c> sought</c><00:26:31.180><c> to</c><00:26:31.660><c> disguise</c><00:26:31.960><c> it</c><00:26:32.200><c> and</c><00:26:32.440><c> cover</c><00:26:32.599><c> his</c><00:26:32.900><c> traces,</c>

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:36.500
and<00:26:33.960><c> had</c><00:26:34.140><c> now,</c><00:26:34.799><c> well,</c><00:26:34.960><c> in</c><00:26:35.140><c> Nathan's</c><00:26:35.680><c> terms,</c>

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:41.700
slain<00:26:37.960><c> Uriah,</c><00:26:38.700><c> that</c><00:26:38.960><c> faithful</c><00:26:39.460><c> man,</c><00:26:40.259><c> with</c><00:26:40.400><c> the</c><00:26:40.759><c> sword</c><00:26:41.019><c> of</c><00:26:41.500><c> the</c>

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.960
children<00:26:41.960><c> of</c><00:26:42.240><c> Ammon.</c>

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:46.720
He<00:26:43.339><c> was</c><00:26:43.759><c> personally</c><00:26:44.500><c> regarded</c><00:26:45.099><c> as</c><00:26:45.539><c> responsible.</c>

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:50.539
And<00:26:47.599><c> you</c><00:26:47.700><c> might</c><00:26:47.859><c> say</c><00:26:48.079><c> to</c><00:26:48.220><c> yourself,</c><00:26:48.599><c> well,</c><00:26:49.680><c> how</c><00:26:49.960><c> could</c><00:26:50.220><c> God</c>

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:52.259
simply<00:26:51.000><c> say</c><00:26:51.279><c> then?</c>

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:55.660
Well,<00:26:54.400><c> I</c><00:26:54.400><c> forgive</c><00:26:54.619><c> you</c><00:26:54.839><c> these</c><00:26:55.200><c> things.</c>

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:59.900
The<00:26:55.960><c> Lord</c><00:26:56.259><c> also</c><00:26:56.740><c> hath</c><00:26:56.960><c> put</c><00:26:57.220><c> away</c><00:26:57.519><c> thy</c><00:26:57.819><c> sin,</c><00:26:58.460><c> thou</c><00:26:58.700><c> shalt</c><00:26:59.099><c> not</c><00:26:59.460><c> die,</c>

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:03.339
without<00:27:00.500><c> as</c><00:27:00.660><c> it</c><00:27:00.819><c> were</c><00:27:00.980><c> contravening</c><00:27:01.660><c> the</c><00:27:01.819><c> very</c><00:27:02.160><c> basis</c><00:27:02.720><c> of</c><00:27:03.160><c> his</c>

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.579
own<00:27:03.640><c> law.</c>

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:09.740
And<00:27:05.099><c> of</c><00:27:05.220><c> course</c><00:27:05.500><c> inevitably</c><00:27:06.140><c> this</c><00:27:07.140><c> brings</c><00:27:07.640><c> in</c><00:27:07.880><c> a</c><00:27:08.099><c> 20th</c><00:27:08.579><c> century</c><00:27:08.900><c> context</c><00:27:09.480><c> our</c>

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.799
own<00:27:10.000><c> situation</c>

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:13.559
when<00:27:11.319><c> the</c><00:27:11.539><c> law</c><00:27:11.720><c> of</c><00:27:11.900><c> God</c><00:27:12.119><c> says</c><00:27:12.599><c> perfectly</c><00:27:13.059><c> clearly,</c>

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:17.339
you<00:27:14.259><c> shall</c><00:27:14.599><c> not</c><00:27:14.980><c> do</c><00:27:15.240><c> a</c><00:27:15.480><c> particular</c><00:27:16.079><c> course</c><00:27:16.640><c> of</c><00:27:16.960><c> action.</c>

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:20.880
And<00:27:17.960><c> often</c><00:27:18.140><c> of</c><00:27:18.319><c> course</c><00:27:18.460><c> there</c><00:27:18.720><c> are</c><00:27:18.960><c> marital</c><00:27:19.220><c> difficulties</c><00:27:19.859><c> with</c><00:27:20.420><c> which</c><00:27:20.619><c> we</c>

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.740
have<00:27:21.140><c> to</c><00:27:21.359><c> wrestle.</c>

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:25.400
And<00:27:22.359><c> of</c><00:27:22.579><c> course</c><00:27:22.759><c> we</c><00:27:22.940><c> try</c><00:27:23.200><c> to</c><00:27:23.440><c> put</c><00:27:23.680><c> up</c><00:27:24.220><c> clear</c><00:27:24.700><c> guidelines</c>

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:28.259
and<00:27:26.099><c> establish</c><00:27:26.619><c> lines</c><00:27:27.099><c> of</c><00:27:27.380><c> demarcation</c>

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:30.779
and<00:27:28.640><c> say</c><00:27:28.859><c> beyond</c><00:27:29.279><c> that</c><00:27:29.640><c> you</c><00:27:29.880><c> shall</c><00:27:30.119><c> not</c><00:27:30.400><c> go.</c>

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:34.079
And<00:27:31.319><c> the</c><00:27:31.460><c> law</c><00:27:31.599><c> had</c><00:27:31.880><c> precisely</c><00:27:32.400><c> those</c><00:27:32.960><c> blocks</c><00:27:33.359><c> in</c><00:27:33.720><c> place.</c>

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:37.660
It<00:27:34.700><c> said</c><00:27:34.839><c> as</c><00:27:35.059><c> clear</c><00:27:35.259><c> as</c><00:27:35.480><c> day,</c><00:27:35.920><c> there</c><00:27:36.019><c> was</c><00:27:36.319><c> no</c><00:27:36.660><c> going</c><00:27:36.900><c> beyond</c><00:27:37.359><c> them,</c>

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:40.160
else<00:27:38.160><c> the</c><00:27:38.480><c> punishment</c><00:27:38.859><c> was</c><00:27:39.200><c> death.</c>

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:45.059
And<00:27:41.460><c> now</c><00:27:41.700><c> seemingly</c><00:27:42.140><c> those</c><00:27:42.720><c> blocks</c><00:27:43.339><c> are</c><00:27:44.019><c> being</c><00:27:44.279><c> put</c><00:27:44.579><c> aside</c>

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:49.440
and<00:27:45.559><c> the</c><00:27:46.059><c> way</c><00:27:46.359><c> is</c><00:27:46.819><c> being</c><00:27:47.099><c> made</c><00:27:47.740><c> more</c><00:27:48.420><c> broad.</c>

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:53.140
Well,<00:27:50.420><c> come</c><00:27:50.500><c> and</c><00:27:50.599><c> have</c><00:27:50.700><c> a</c><00:27:50.740><c> look</c><00:27:50.839><c> at</c><00:27:51.079><c> David's</c><00:27:52.019><c> contrite</c><00:27:52.539><c> repentance,</c>

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:55.500
first<00:27:53.559><c> in</c><00:27:53.859><c> Psalm</c><00:27:54.140><c> 51.</c>

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:58.759
Look<00:27:57.059><c> what</c><00:27:57.160><c> David</c><00:27:57.460><c> says</c><00:27:57.700><c> there</c>

00:27:58.819 --> 00:28:02.539
when<00:27:59.119><c> he's</c><00:27:59.660><c> mulling</c><00:28:00.059><c> and</c><00:28:00.460><c> meditating</c><00:28:00.819><c> upon</c><00:28:01.180><c> these</c><00:28:01.400><c> very</c><00:28:01.619><c> things.</c>

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:04.619
A<00:28:02.920><c> Psalm</c><00:28:03.079><c> of</c><00:28:03.259><c> David</c><00:28:03.700><c> says</c><00:28:03.920><c> the</c><00:28:04.140><c> headnote,</c>

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:08.680
when<00:28:05.079><c> Nathan</c><00:28:05.460><c> the</c><00:28:05.640><c> prophet</c><00:28:05.940><c> came</c><00:28:06.220><c> unto</c><00:28:08.259><c> him</c>

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:11.039
after<00:28:09.380><c> he</c><00:28:09.539><c> had</c><00:28:09.779><c> gone</c><00:28:10.000><c> to</c><00:28:10.259><c> Bathsheba.</c>

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:15.279
And<00:28:11.839><c> this</c><00:28:12.140><c> is</c><00:28:12.400><c> now</c><00:28:12.559><c> the</c><00:28:12.700><c> very</c><00:28:12.980><c> essence</c><00:28:13.420><c> of</c><00:28:13.700><c> David's</c><00:28:14.140><c> repentance.</c>

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:17.619
So<00:28:15.920><c> I</c><00:28:16.000><c> suspect</c><00:28:16.319><c> that</c><00:28:16.500><c> this</c><00:28:16.619><c> is</c><00:28:16.799><c> the</c><00:28:16.980><c> real</c><00:28:17.180><c> issue</c>

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:20.579
in<00:28:18.099><c> our</c><00:28:18.299><c> own</c><00:28:18.519><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:19.079><c> controversies</c><00:28:19.799><c> and</c><00:28:20.079><c> difficulties.</c>

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:24.680
The<00:28:21.240><c> real</c><00:28:21.579><c> issue</c><00:28:22.099><c> is</c><00:28:22.539><c> the</c><00:28:22.759><c> question</c><00:28:23.059><c> of</c><00:28:23.440><c> repentance</c>

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:29.359
and<00:28:25.140><c> God's</c><00:28:25.779><c> response</c><00:28:26.240><c> to</c><00:28:26.799><c> our</c><00:28:27.200><c> inadequacies</c><00:28:27.880><c> and</c><00:28:28.359><c> failures.</c>

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:34.420
So<00:28:30.099><c> David</c><00:28:30.339><c> comes</c><00:28:30.640><c> to</c><00:28:30.900><c> God</c><00:28:31.099><c> and</c><00:28:31.420><c> these</c><00:28:31.779><c> are</c><00:28:32.039><c> his</c><00:28:32.299><c> words</c><00:28:32.880><c> of</c><00:28:33.259><c> contrition.</c>

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:40.319
Have<00:28:35.019><c> mercy,</c><00:28:36.119><c> Chesed,</c><00:28:37.119><c> have</c><00:28:37.480><c> covenant</c><00:28:37.960><c> love</c><00:28:38.599><c> upon</c><00:28:39.279><c> me,</c><00:28:39.740><c> O</c><00:28:39.980><c> God,</c>

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:43.240
according<00:28:41.160><c> to</c><00:28:41.440><c> thy</c><00:28:41.660><c> loving</c><00:28:41.980><c> kindness,</c>

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:46.759
according<00:28:43.960><c> unto</c><00:28:44.220><c> the</c><00:28:44.460><c> multitude</c><00:28:44.880><c> of</c><00:28:45.119><c> thy</c><00:28:45.279><c> tender</c><00:28:45.700><c> mercies,</c>

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:49.180
blot<00:28:47.279><c> out</c><00:28:47.599><c> my</c><00:28:48.019><c> transgressions.</c>

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:52.619
Wash<00:28:49.980><c> me</c><00:28:50.500><c> thoroughly</c><00:28:50.940><c> from</c><00:28:51.779><c> mine</c><00:28:52.000><c> iniquity</c>

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:55.559
and<00:28:53.259><c> cleanse</c><00:28:53.759><c> me</c><00:28:54.079><c> from</c><00:28:54.359><c> my</c><00:28:54.680><c> sin.</c>

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:58.119
For<00:28:55.859><c> I</c><00:28:56.099><c> acknowledge</c><00:28:56.640><c> my</c><00:28:57.119><c> transgressions</c>

00:28:58.119 --> 00:29:00.819
and<00:28:58.640><c> my</c><00:28:59.039><c> sin</c><00:28:59.299><c> is</c><00:28:59.680><c> ever</c><00:28:59.980><c> before</c><00:29:00.420><c> me.</c>

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:04.000
You<00:29:01.279><c> can</c><00:29:01.500><c> see</c><00:29:01.680><c> there</c><00:29:01.839><c> are</c><00:29:02.119><c> three</c><00:29:02.519><c> different</c><00:29:02.859><c> words</c><00:29:03.180><c> that</c><00:29:03.359><c> he</c><00:29:03.559><c> uses</c>

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.480
to<00:29:04.380><c> describe</c><00:29:04.779><c> his</c><00:29:05.099><c> conduct.</c>

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:08.220
He<00:29:05.900><c> describes</c><00:29:06.119><c> them</c><00:29:06.420><c> variously</c><00:29:06.900><c> as</c><00:29:07.440><c> transgressions</c>

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.519
and<00:29:08.599><c> iniquity</c><00:29:08.940><c> and</c><00:29:09.279><c> sin.</c>

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.839
They<00:29:10.059><c> were</c><00:29:10.299><c> acts,</c><00:29:10.859><c> they</c><00:29:10.920><c> were</c><00:29:11.220><c> attitudes,</c>

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:14.160
and<00:29:12.359><c> they</c><00:29:12.500><c> were</c><00:29:12.819><c> deeds</c><00:29:13.259><c> that</c><00:29:13.460><c> he</c><00:29:13.599><c> had</c><00:29:13.859><c> committed.</c>

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:17.519
It<00:29:14.579><c> was</c><00:29:14.900><c> a</c><00:29:15.200><c> state</c><00:29:15.400><c> of</c><00:29:15.720><c> being</c><00:29:16.059><c> that</c><00:29:16.539><c> he</c><00:29:17.019><c> recognizes</c>

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:20.559
as<00:29:17.799><c> having</c><00:29:18.079><c> impelled</c><00:29:18.599><c> him</c><00:29:19.099><c> towards</c><00:29:19.460><c> that</c><00:29:19.700><c> particular</c><00:29:20.240><c> course</c>

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.660
of<00:29:20.859><c> action.</c>

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:23.460
And<00:29:21.940><c> there</c><00:29:22.019><c> at</c><00:29:22.099><c> verse</c><00:29:22.519><c> four</c><00:29:22.920><c> he</c><00:29:23.099><c> says,</c>

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:27.000
Against<00:29:24.420><c> thee,</c><00:29:25.200><c> thee</c><00:29:25.559><c> only</c><00:29:25.960><c> have</c><00:29:26.160><c> I</c><00:29:26.420><c> sinned</c>

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:29.720
and<00:29:27.339><c> done</c><00:29:27.579><c> this</c><00:29:27.799><c> evil</c><00:29:28.119><c> in</c><00:29:28.319><c> thy</c><00:29:28.599><c> sight,</c>

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.819
that<00:29:30.759><c> thou</c><00:29:31.019><c> mightest</c><00:29:31.500><c> be</c><00:29:31.880><c> justified</c><00:29:32.640><c> when</c><00:29:32.940><c> thou</c><00:29:33.200><c> speakest</c>

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:36.619
and<00:29:34.400><c> be</c><00:29:34.859><c> clear</c><00:29:35.299><c> when</c><00:29:35.799><c> thou</c><00:29:36.059><c> judgest.</c>

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:40.039
And<00:29:37.900><c> I</c><00:29:38.359><c> think</c><00:29:38.539><c> it</c><00:29:38.660><c> a</c><00:29:38.819><c> remarkable</c><00:29:39.440><c> thing,</c>

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.640
and<00:29:40.559><c> doubtless</c><00:29:40.859><c> you</c><00:29:41.059><c> do</c><00:29:41.279><c> too,</c>

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:44.660
that<00:29:42.220><c> the</c><00:29:42.859><c> second</c><00:29:43.259><c> part</c><00:29:43.619><c> of</c><00:29:43.819><c> verse</c><00:29:44.180><c> four</c>

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:47.319
is<00:29:45.259><c> a</c><00:29:45.440><c> verse</c><00:29:45.619><c> that</c><00:29:45.819><c> the</c><00:29:46.000><c> apostle</c><00:29:46.339><c> Paul</c><00:29:46.700><c> quotes</c>

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:49.779
in<00:29:47.880><c> Romans</c><00:29:48.240><c> chapter</c><00:29:48.619><c> three</c><00:29:48.940><c> and</c><00:29:49.140><c> verse</c><00:29:49.400><c> four,</c>

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:52.900
when<00:29:50.160><c> he</c><00:29:50.319><c> is</c><00:29:50.480><c> dealing</c><00:29:50.759><c> with</c><00:29:51.140><c> our</c><00:29:51.640><c> own</c><00:29:52.220><c> repentance</c>

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:57.420
and<00:29:53.640><c> God's</c><00:29:54.279><c> response</c><00:29:54.579><c> to</c><00:29:54.960><c> our</c><00:29:55.400><c> repentance</c><00:29:56.019><c> in</c><00:29:56.440><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:59.980
Paul<00:29:58.039><c> uses</c><00:29:58.359><c> it</c><00:29:58.640><c> in</c><00:29:58.779><c> Romans</c><00:29:59.059><c> three</c><00:29:59.420><c> to</c><00:29:59.720><c> say</c>

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:02.839
that<00:30:00.420><c> God</c><00:30:00.720><c> is</c><00:30:01.119><c> not</c><00:30:01.380><c> able</c><00:30:01.700><c> to</c><00:30:01.980><c> forgive</c><00:30:02.119><c> us</c><00:30:02.359><c> our</c><00:30:02.599><c> sin</c>

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:06.039
unless<00:30:03.759><c> we</c><00:30:04.779><c> confess.</c>

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:09.319
Paul<00:30:07.299><c> uses</c><00:30:07.660><c> it</c><00:30:07.900><c> in</c><00:30:08.000><c> Romans</c><00:30:08.339><c> three</c><00:30:08.680><c> to</c><00:30:08.980><c> say</c>

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:12.119
that<00:30:09.700><c> God</c><00:30:10.019><c> is</c><00:30:10.359><c> not</c><00:30:10.660><c> able</c><00:30:10.980><c> to</c><00:30:11.220><c> forgive</c><00:30:11.380><c> us</c><00:30:11.619><c> our</c><00:30:11.880><c> sin</c>

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:15.259
unless<00:30:13.039><c> we</c><00:30:14.039><c> confess.</c>

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:18.740
But<00:30:15.759><c> when</c><00:30:16.000><c> we</c><00:30:16.240><c> do</c><00:30:16.559><c> confess</c><00:30:17.259><c> our</c><00:30:17.779><c> sin,</c>

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:22.160
then<00:30:19.039><c> it</c><00:30:19.180><c> is</c><00:30:19.440><c> possible</c><00:30:19.819><c> for</c><00:30:20.160><c> God</c><00:30:20.420><c> to</c><00:30:20.779><c> be</c><00:30:21.279><c> justified</c>

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:26.000
and<00:30:23.079><c> to</c><00:30:23.200><c> be</c><00:30:23.640><c> clear</c><00:30:24.099><c> when</c><00:30:24.680><c> he</c><00:30:25.019><c> judges.</c>

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:31.299
So<00:30:26.700><c> that</c><00:30:26.880><c> David</c><00:30:27.099><c> was</c><00:30:27.319><c> making</c><00:30:27.700><c> a</c><00:30:28.279><c> contrite</c><00:30:28.720><c> confession</c><00:30:29.519><c> of</c><00:30:31.059><c> sins,</c>

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:33.660
this<00:30:31.579><c> was</c><00:30:31.839><c> an</c><00:30:32.140><c> earnest</c><00:30:32.819><c> repentance,</c>

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:36.980
and<00:30:34.500><c> because</c><00:30:35.099><c> of</c><00:30:35.460><c> the</c><00:30:35.680><c> confession</c><00:30:36.099><c> that</c><00:30:36.240><c> was</c><00:30:36.460><c> made,</c>

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:40.819
God<00:30:37.400><c> was</c><00:30:37.619><c> able</c><00:30:38.160><c> to</c><00:30:38.380><c> deal</c><00:30:38.680><c> with</c><00:30:38.940><c> him</c><00:30:39.160><c> in</c><00:30:39.539><c> a</c><00:30:39.720><c> rather</c><00:30:39.980><c> different</c><00:30:40.339><c> way.</c>

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:43.579
God<00:30:41.539><c> accepted</c><00:30:42.380><c> the</c><00:30:42.960><c> confession,</c>

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:47.079
but<00:30:44.299><c> of</c><00:30:44.480><c> course</c><00:30:44.640><c> the</c><00:30:45.180><c> consequences</c><00:30:45.759><c> were</c><00:30:46.440><c> still</c><00:30:46.759><c> there</c>

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:49.759
waiting<00:30:47.460><c> to</c><00:30:47.859><c> work</c><00:30:48.160><c> their</c><00:30:48.400><c> way</c><00:30:48.700><c> through.</c>

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:53.900
Now,<00:30:51.700><c> we're</c><00:30:51.900><c> reading</c><00:30:52.119><c> of</c><00:30:52.319><c> course</c><00:30:52.539><c> a</c><00:30:52.920><c> psalm,</c>

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:56.480
and<00:30:54.279><c> as</c><00:30:54.480><c> such</c><00:30:54.640><c> a</c><00:30:54.960><c> psalm</c><00:30:55.240><c> that</c><00:30:55.359><c> would</c><00:30:55.480><c> have</c><00:30:55.599><c> been</c><00:30:55.819><c> a</c><00:30:56.039><c> hymn</c>

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.880
in<00:30:56.920><c> early</c><00:30:57.259><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:58.259 --> 00:31:00.279
So<00:30:58.579><c> we</c><00:30:58.700><c> are</c><00:30:58.980><c> not</c><00:30:59.299><c> thinking</c><00:30:59.579><c> about</c><00:30:59.940><c> something</c>

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:03.880
that<00:31:00.440><c> was</c><00:31:00.759><c> muttered</c><00:31:01.480><c> somewhere</c><00:31:01.940><c> secretly</c><00:31:02.519><c> behind</c><00:31:02.980><c> David's</c><00:31:03.519><c> hand</c>

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:07.000
in<00:31:04.579><c> which</c><00:31:04.779><c> he</c><00:31:04.980><c> said</c><00:31:05.079><c> in</c><00:31:05.299><c> an</c><00:31:05.599><c> innermost</c><00:31:06.059><c> or</c><00:31:06.279><c> secret</c><00:31:06.640><c> closet,</c>

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:09.000
sorry<00:31:07.339><c> God,</c><00:31:07.900><c> I</c><00:31:08.000><c> should</c><00:31:08.180><c> never</c><00:31:08.420><c> have</c><00:31:08.559><c> done</c><00:31:08.680><c> it.</c>

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:11.819
I'm<00:31:09.339><c> a</c><00:31:10.380><c> real</c><00:31:10.599><c> drop</c><00:31:10.940><c> out,</c><00:31:11.200><c> I'm</c><00:31:11.339><c> a</c><00:31:11.500><c> lay</c><00:31:11.619><c> about,</c>

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.339
I'm<00:31:12.359><c> hopeless</c><00:31:12.759><c> spiritual.</c>

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:16.619
It<00:31:14.000><c> isn't</c><00:31:14.380><c> that</c><00:31:14.880><c> sort</c><00:31:15.119><c> of</c><00:31:15.380><c> confession</c><00:31:15.720><c> that</c><00:31:15.900><c> we're</c><00:31:16.039><c> dealing</c><00:31:16.319><c> with.</c>

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:19.539
We<00:31:17.359><c> are</c><00:31:17.539><c> dealing</c><00:31:17.740><c> with</c><00:31:17.940><c> a</c><00:31:18.259><c> public</c><00:31:18.819><c> confession</c>

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:21.900
that<00:31:20.180><c> was</c><00:31:20.359><c> not</c><00:31:20.539><c> only</c><00:31:20.819><c> made</c><00:31:21.220><c> by</c><00:31:21.559><c> David,</c>

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:24.900
but<00:31:22.299><c> then</c><00:31:22.539><c> was</c><00:31:23.119><c> sung</c><00:31:23.519><c> and</c><00:31:24.000><c> resung</c>

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.779
within<00:31:25.299><c> the</c><00:31:25.619><c> congregation</c><00:31:26.140><c> of</c><00:31:26.400><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:28.599
Just<00:31:27.420><c> imagine</c><00:31:27.720><c> that</c><00:31:27.940><c> this</c><00:31:28.200><c> man,</c>

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:31.640
the<00:31:28.960><c> very</c><00:31:29.599><c> spiritual</c><00:31:30.299><c> pinnacle</c><00:31:30.839><c> of</c><00:31:31.099><c> the</c><00:31:31.279><c> people,</c>

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:36.920
was<00:31:32.039><c> going</c><00:31:32.279><c> to</c><00:31:32.480><c> be</c><00:31:32.920><c> sitting</c><00:31:33.380><c> or</c><00:31:34.059><c> standing</c><00:31:34.619><c> by</c><00:31:35.160><c> the</c><00:31:35.380><c> tabernacle,</c>

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:41.000
or<00:31:37.619><c> indeed</c><00:31:37.980><c> outside</c><00:31:38.680><c> the</c><00:31:38.900><c> tent</c><00:31:39.039><c> of</c><00:31:39.279><c> meeting</c><00:31:39.599><c> with</c><00:31:39.839><c> the</c><00:31:40.059><c> ark</c><00:31:40.200><c> in</c><00:31:40.380><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:44.720
and<00:31:41.480><c> was</c><00:31:41.700><c> going</c><00:31:41.880><c> to</c><00:31:42.119><c> hear</c><00:31:42.240><c> the</c><00:31:42.539><c> choir</c><00:31:42.859><c> singing</c><00:31:43.579><c> these</c><00:31:43.880><c> very</c><00:31:44.140><c> words,</c>

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:47.299
that<00:31:45.299><c> his</c><00:31:45.700><c> very</c><00:31:46.059><c> expression</c><00:31:46.539><c> of</c><00:31:46.799><c> repentance</c>

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:49.619
became<00:31:48.019><c> their</c><00:31:48.460><c> expression</c><00:31:49.099><c> too.</c>

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:53.200
You<00:31:50.119><c> see</c><00:31:50.259><c> the</c><00:31:50.460><c> sense</c><00:31:50.700><c> in</c><00:31:50.839><c> which</c><00:31:51.039><c> this</c><00:31:51.339><c> was</c><00:31:51.539><c> a</c><00:31:52.019><c> public</c><00:31:52.559><c> shame</c>

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:56.000
that<00:31:53.720><c> he</c><00:31:53.920><c> was</c><00:31:54.500><c> declaring</c><00:31:55.140><c> and</c><00:31:55.480><c> recording.</c>

00:31:56.000 --> 00:32:00.079
And<00:31:56.619><c> the</c><00:31:56.740><c> same</c><00:31:56.900><c> is</c><00:31:57.079><c> true</c><00:31:57.240><c> of</c><00:31:57.420><c> course</c><00:31:57.619><c> of</c><00:31:57.799><c> that</c><00:31:58.279><c> parallel</c><00:31:58.759><c> psalm,</c><00:31:59.319><c> Psalm</c><00:31:59.460><c> 32,</c>

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:03.680
and<00:32:00.619><c> again</c><00:32:00.900><c> there's</c><00:32:01.160><c> an</c><00:32:01.720><c> intriguing</c><00:32:02.160><c> detail</c><00:32:02.700><c> here.</c>

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:06.400
Look<00:32:04.339><c> how</c><00:32:04.500><c> Psalm</c><00:32:04.839><c> 32</c><00:32:05.740><c> begins</c>

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:09.599
with<00:32:06.960><c> the</c><00:32:07.180><c> words</c><00:32:07.380><c> that</c><00:32:07.579><c> the</c><00:32:07.740><c> Apostle</c><00:32:08.119><c> Paul</c><00:32:08.480><c> quotes</c><00:32:08.960><c> in</c><00:32:09.220><c> Romans</c>

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:11.160
chapter<00:32:10.019><c> 4.</c>

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:15.200
And<00:32:11.559><c> Paul</c><00:32:11.720><c> of</c><00:32:11.839><c> course</c><00:32:11.940><c> is</c><00:32:12.180><c> talking</c><00:32:12.380><c> not</c><00:32:12.539><c> about</c><00:32:12.779><c> David's</c><00:32:13.839><c> repentance</c><00:32:14.359><c> and</c><00:32:14.759><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:19.220
but<00:32:15.660><c> about</c><00:32:15.880><c> our</c><00:32:16.140><c> own</c><00:32:16.460><c> situation,</c><00:32:17.519><c> our</c><00:32:17.720><c> own</c><00:32:18.099><c> spiritual</c><00:32:18.680><c> needs,</c>

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:21.740
when<00:32:19.740><c> we</c><00:32:20.059><c> having</c><00:32:20.299><c> broken</c><00:32:20.819><c> the</c><00:32:21.019><c> law</c><00:32:21.180><c> of</c><00:32:21.400><c> God</c>

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:24.539
and<00:32:22.400><c> accepting</c><00:32:22.940><c> and</c><00:32:23.299><c> recognizing</c><00:32:23.759><c> that</c><00:32:24.140><c> breach,</c>

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:27.980
come<00:32:25.200><c> then</c><00:32:25.460><c> to</c><00:32:25.640><c> God</c><00:32:25.859><c> in</c><00:32:26.240><c> earnest</c><00:32:26.779><c> repentance.</c>

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:31.859
And<00:32:28.559><c> when</c><00:32:28.859><c> God</c><00:32:29.180><c> accepts</c><00:32:29.779><c> our</c><00:32:30.319><c> confession</c><00:32:30.900><c> too,</c>

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:36.420
blessed<00:32:32.819><c> is</c><00:32:33.119><c> he</c><00:32:33.680><c> whose</c><00:32:34.279><c> transgression</c><00:32:35.200><c> is</c><00:32:35.539><c> forgiven,</c>

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:38.519
whose<00:32:36.779><c> sin</c><00:32:37.220><c> is</c><00:32:37.660><c> covered.</c>

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:42.220
Blessed<00:32:39.059><c> is</c><00:32:39.299><c> the</c><00:32:39.500><c> man</c><00:32:39.740><c> unto</c><00:32:40.019><c> whom</c><00:32:40.240><c> the</c><00:32:40.440><c> Lord</c><00:32:40.660><c> imputeth</c><00:32:41.259><c> not</c><00:32:41.579><c> iniquity,</c>

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:44.839
and<00:32:42.799><c> in</c><00:32:43.039><c> whose</c><00:32:43.259><c> spirit</c><00:32:43.640><c> there</c><00:32:43.859><c> is</c><00:32:44.140><c> no</c><00:32:44.420><c> guile.</c>

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:47.799
When<00:32:45.200><c> I</c><00:32:45.400><c> kept</c><00:32:45.599><c> silence,</c><00:32:46.259><c> my</c><00:32:46.500><c> bones</c><00:32:46.839><c> waxed</c><00:32:47.400><c> old,</c>

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:50.279
through<00:32:48.240><c> my</c><00:32:48.519><c> roaring</c><00:32:48.819><c> all</c><00:32:49.119><c> the</c><00:32:49.240><c> day</c><00:32:49.420><c> long.</c>

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:53.119
For<00:32:50.559><c> day</c><00:32:50.880><c> and</c><00:32:51.259><c> night</c><00:32:51.500><c> thy</c><00:32:51.740><c> hand</c><00:32:52.019><c> was</c><00:32:52.240><c> heavy</c><00:32:52.500><c> upon</c><00:32:52.799><c> me,</c>

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:56.460
my<00:32:53.619><c> moisture</c><00:32:54.140><c> is</c><00:32:54.420><c> turned</c><00:32:54.619><c> into</c><00:32:54.859><c> the</c><00:32:55.180><c> drought</c><00:32:55.359><c> of</c><00:32:55.680><c> summer.</c>

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.960
I<00:32:57.099><c> acknowledged</c><00:32:57.640><c> my</c><00:32:58.099><c> sin</c><00:32:58.259><c> unto</c><00:32:58.519><c> thee,</c>

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.920
and<00:32:59.380><c> mine</c><00:32:59.559><c> iniquity</c><00:33:00.019><c> have</c><00:33:00.180><c> I</c><00:33:00.380><c> not</c><00:33:00.700><c> hid.</c>

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:05.819
I<00:33:01.480><c> said,</c><00:33:02.140><c> I</c><00:33:02.339><c> will</c><00:33:02.660><c> confess</c><00:33:03.279><c> my</c><00:33:03.740><c> transgressions</c><00:33:04.440><c> unto</c><00:33:04.660><c> the</c><00:33:04.960><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:09.819
and<00:33:06.039><c> thou</c><00:33:06.339><c> forgavest</c><00:33:07.319><c> the</c><00:33:07.880><c> iniquity</c><00:33:08.640><c> of</c><00:33:09.079><c> my</c><00:33:09.440><c> sin.</c>

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:12.220
And<00:33:10.740><c> what</c><00:33:10.900><c> is</c><00:33:11.039><c> it</c><00:33:11.140><c> that</c><00:33:11.299><c> the</c><00:33:11.460><c> Apostle</c><00:33:11.960><c> says?</c>

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:17.339
The<00:33:12.779><c> blessedness</c><00:33:13.599><c> of</c><00:33:13.880><c> the</c><00:33:14.099><c> man</c><00:33:14.400><c> unto</c><00:33:14.779><c> whom</c><00:33:15.359><c> God</c><00:33:15.819><c> imputeth</c><00:33:16.640><c> righteousness,</c>

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:19.839
apart<00:33:18.339><c> from</c><00:33:18.799><c> works.</c>

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:23.299
Now<00:33:20.740><c> I</c><00:33:20.819><c> know</c><00:33:21.000><c> Paul's</c><00:33:21.500><c> argument</c><00:33:21.880><c> there</c><00:33:22.160><c> in</c><00:33:22.339><c> Romans</c><00:33:22.619><c> 4</c><00:33:22.960><c> is</c><00:33:23.119><c> that</c>

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:26.519
it<00:33:23.440><c> is</c><00:33:23.660><c> not</c><00:33:23.920><c> works,</c><00:33:24.819><c> but</c><00:33:25.000><c> faith</c><00:33:25.400><c> that</c><00:33:25.740><c> saves</c><00:33:26.059><c> us.</c>

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:29.839
But<00:33:27.160><c> notice</c><00:33:27.480><c> the</c><00:33:27.740><c> works</c><00:33:28.200><c> to</c><00:33:28.380><c> which</c><00:33:28.480><c> he</c><00:33:28.680><c> is</c><00:33:28.859><c> referring.</c>

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:31.940
The<00:33:30.240><c> works</c><00:33:30.720><c> that</c><00:33:30.980><c> David</c><00:33:31.220><c> had</c><00:33:31.480><c> committed</c>

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:35.980
were<00:33:32.519><c> works</c><00:33:32.960><c> that</c><00:33:33.359><c> condemned</c><00:33:33.920><c> him</c><00:33:34.160><c> to</c><00:33:34.440><c> eternal</c><00:33:34.940><c> death.</c>

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:39.599
And<00:33:36.339><c> now</c><00:33:36.720><c> God</c><00:33:36.960><c> is</c><00:33:37.240><c> able</c><00:33:37.420><c> to</c><00:33:37.740><c> accept</c><00:33:38.119><c> and</c><00:33:38.319><c> to</c><00:33:38.599><c> deal</c><00:33:38.779><c> with</c><00:33:39.039><c> this</c><00:33:39.319><c> man</c>

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:43.220
on<00:33:40.099><c> the</c><00:33:40.400><c> basis</c><00:33:40.859><c> of</c><00:33:41.420><c> the</c><00:33:41.819><c> confession</c><00:33:42.240><c> that</c><00:33:42.440><c> had</c><00:33:42.539><c> been</c><00:33:42.819><c> made</c>

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:45.359
and<00:33:43.660><c> the</c><00:33:44.039><c> forgiveness</c><00:33:44.420><c> that</c><00:33:44.680><c> was</c><00:33:44.900><c> issued</c>

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:50.480
and<00:33:45.859><c> gives</c><00:33:46.079><c> a</c><00:33:46.380><c> blessing</c><00:33:46.839><c> to</c><00:33:47.619><c> a</c><00:33:47.819><c> man</c><00:33:48.019><c> whose</c><00:33:48.420><c> transgression</c><00:33:49.099><c> was</c><00:33:49.519><c> forgiven</c>

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:54.599
and<00:33:51.079><c> whose</c><00:33:51.559><c> sin</c><00:33:52.000><c> was</c><00:33:52.539><c> not</c><00:33:52.900><c> to</c><00:33:53.140><c> be</c><00:33:53.500><c> counted</c>

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:58.859
because<00:33:55.779><c> in</c><00:33:56.299><c> his</c><00:33:56.680><c> spirit</c><00:33:57.019><c> there</c><00:33:57.279><c> was</c><00:33:57.599><c> no</c><00:33:57.859><c> guile.</c>

00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:00.480
Of<00:33:59.180><c> course,</c><00:33:59.220><c> that's</c><00:33:59.519><c> partly</c><00:33:59.700><c> our</c><00:33:59.940><c> problem,</c><00:34:00.200><c> isn't</c><00:34:00.359><c> it,</c>

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.920
in<00:34:00.660><c> the</c><00:34:00.779><c> process</c><00:34:01.059><c> of</c><00:34:01.279><c> our</c><00:34:01.500><c> confession.</c>

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:05.319
We<00:34:02.480><c> are</c><00:34:02.660><c> such</c><00:34:02.839><c> complex</c><00:34:03.500><c> and</c><00:34:03.779><c> complicated</c><00:34:04.319><c> beings.</c>

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:07.980
Do<00:34:05.440><c> we</c><00:34:05.619><c> really</c><00:34:06.140><c> mean</c><00:34:06.339><c> it</c><00:34:06.579><c> when</c><00:34:06.720><c> we</c><00:34:07.000><c> confess</c><00:34:07.380><c> our</c><00:34:07.660><c> sins?</c>

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.800
If<00:34:08.440><c> we</c><00:34:08.599><c> did,</c><00:34:08.820><c> would</c><00:34:08.980><c> we</c><00:34:09.139><c> do</c><00:34:09.280><c> it</c><00:34:09.500><c> again?</c>

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:12.860
Those<00:34:10.420><c> are</c><00:34:10.579><c> the</c><00:34:10.659><c> very</c><00:34:10.840><c> things</c><00:34:11.139><c> that</c><00:34:11.500><c> rack</c><00:34:11.739><c> us</c><00:34:12.019><c> and</c><00:34:12.239><c> worry</c><00:34:12.500><c> us.</c>

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:16.119
But<00:34:13.420><c> you</c><00:34:13.599><c> see,</c><00:34:13.840><c> here</c><00:34:13.900><c> was</c><00:34:14.079><c> David,</c><00:34:14.440><c> a</c><00:34:14.579><c> man</c><00:34:14.800><c> who</c><00:34:15.039><c> was</c><00:34:15.500><c> refined</c>

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:18.400
and<00:34:16.500><c> purified</c><00:34:17.039><c> through</c><00:34:17.280><c> adversity,</c>

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:22.500
who<00:34:18.699><c> saw</c><00:34:18.960><c> as</c><00:34:19.260><c> clear</c><00:34:19.500><c> as</c><00:34:19.739><c> day</c><00:34:19.940><c> now</c><00:34:20.360><c> the</c><00:34:21.000><c> collapse</c><00:34:21.559><c> of</c><00:34:21.739><c> his</c><00:34:21.880><c> own</c><00:34:22.159><c> life</c>

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:24.059
and<00:34:22.980><c> of</c><00:34:23.099><c> his</c><00:34:23.219><c> own</c><00:34:23.539><c> lifestyle,</c>

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:27.059
and<00:34:24.599><c> who</c><00:34:24.800><c> coming</c><00:34:25.000><c> with</c><00:34:25.579><c> earnest</c><00:34:26.219><c> confession</c>

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:29.960
pours<00:34:27.940><c> himself</c><00:34:28.320><c> out</c><00:34:28.619><c> before</c><00:34:29.019><c> God.</c>

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:32.539
And<00:34:30.679><c> the</c><00:34:31.000><c> wonder</c><00:34:31.320><c> of</c><00:34:31.539><c> the</c><00:34:31.739><c> grace</c><00:34:31.940><c> of</c><00:34:32.159><c> God,</c>

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:34.579
and<00:34:33.039><c> I</c><00:34:33.199><c> think</c><00:34:33.360><c> we</c><00:34:33.519><c> should</c><00:34:33.800><c> never</c><00:34:34.119><c> forget</c>

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:37.880
the<00:34:35.159><c> marvel</c><00:34:35.599><c> of</c><00:34:35.780><c> God's</c><00:34:36.420><c> gracious</c><00:34:36.840><c> kindliness</c><00:34:37.440><c> here,</c>

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:40.599
is<00:34:38.579><c> not</c><00:34:38.880><c> only</c><00:34:39.260><c> that</c><00:34:39.460><c> God</c><00:34:39.699><c> accepts</c><00:34:40.219><c> him,</c>

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:44.300
not<00:34:41.480><c> only</c><00:34:41.900><c> that</c><00:34:42.079><c> God</c><00:34:42.320><c> says</c><00:34:42.579><c> he</c><00:34:42.679><c> would</c><00:34:42.860><c> put</c><00:34:43.039><c> away</c><00:34:43.300><c> his</c><00:34:43.519><c> sin,</c>

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:47.900
not<00:34:45.159><c> only</c><00:34:45.559><c> that</c><00:34:45.780><c> God</c><00:34:45.960><c> allows</c><00:34:46.400><c> the</c><00:34:46.719><c> union</c><00:34:47.019><c> to</c><00:34:47.420><c> continue,</c>

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:50.480
although<00:34:48.460><c> you</c><00:34:48.639><c> would</c><00:34:48.820><c> have</c><00:34:48.920><c> thought</c><00:34:49.059><c> David</c><00:34:49.400><c> had</c><00:34:49.639><c> a</c><00:34:49.880><c> harem</c>

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.619
large<00:34:50.980><c> enough</c><00:34:51.239><c> anyway</c>

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:53.360
and<00:34:51.780><c> that</c><00:34:52.000><c> Bathsheba</c><00:34:52.440><c> should</c><00:34:52.599><c> be</c><00:34:52.739><c> put</c><00:34:52.960><c> away,</c>

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:58.800
but<00:34:54.000><c> also</c><00:34:54.860><c> that</c><00:34:55.559><c> God</c><00:34:55.940><c> accepts</c><00:34:56.880><c> of</c><00:34:57.820><c> this</c><00:34:58.219><c> union</c>

00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:00.860
the<00:34:59.260><c> child</c><00:34:59.679><c> who</c><00:34:59.840><c> was</c><00:35:00.039><c> to</c><00:35:00.280><c> succeed,</c>

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:04.940
to<00:35:01.519><c> sit</c><00:35:01.820><c> upon</c><00:35:02.219><c> the</c><00:35:02.699><c> throne</c><00:35:03.000><c> of</c><00:35:03.280><c> the</c><00:35:03.460><c> Lord</c><00:35:03.840><c> over</c><00:35:04.320><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:07.679
In<00:35:05.440><c> other</c><00:35:05.579><c> words,</c><00:35:05.739><c> Solomon</c><00:35:06.119><c> was</c><00:35:06.320><c> to</c><00:35:06.440><c> be</c><00:35:06.579><c> the</c><00:35:06.699><c> very</c><00:35:07.280><c> son</c>

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:12.099
who<00:35:07.900><c> came</c><00:35:08.260><c> out</c><00:35:08.619><c> of</c><00:35:08.960><c> this</c><00:35:09.380><c> union</c><00:35:09.920><c> with</c><00:35:10.539><c> all</c><00:35:10.980><c> its</c><00:35:11.360><c> disharmony</c>

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:14.340
and<00:35:12.619><c> all</c><00:35:12.860><c> its</c><00:35:13.159><c> wrongdoing.</c>

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:17.239
So<00:35:15.300><c> there</c><00:35:15.420><c> were</c><00:35:15.639><c> remarkable</c><00:35:16.099><c> things</c><00:35:16.420><c> happening</c><00:35:16.820><c> then</c>

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:20.239
when<00:35:17.820><c> God</c><00:35:18.159><c> said</c><00:35:18.559><c> he</c><00:35:19.019><c> had</c><00:35:19.420><c> forgiven</c><00:35:19.739><c> David</c>

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:25.360
and<00:35:20.659><c> he</c><00:35:20.800><c> had</c><00:35:21.000><c> put</c><00:35:21.179><c> away</c><00:35:21.480><c> his</c><00:35:21.820><c> sin</c><00:35:22.119><c> but</c><00:35:22.920><c> the</c><00:35:24.280><c> consequences.</c>

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:26.400
That's<00:35:25.880><c> the</c><00:35:26.000><c> rub,</c><00:35:26.199><c> isn't</c><00:35:26.280><c> it?</c>

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:28.360
But<00:35:26.940><c> perfectly</c><00:35:27.360><c> properly,</c>

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:31.480
we<00:35:29.159><c> accepted</c><00:35:29.659><c> and</c><00:35:30.019><c> recognized</c><00:35:30.480><c> at</c><00:35:30.679><c> an</c><00:35:30.840><c> earlier</c><00:35:31.099><c> stage</c>

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:35.699
that<00:35:31.940><c> the</c><00:35:32.420><c> consequences</c><00:35:32.900><c> that</c><00:35:33.260><c> we</c><00:35:34.099><c> commit</c><00:35:34.480><c> for</c><00:35:34.840><c> ourselves</c>

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:38.920
by<00:35:36.039><c> the</c><00:35:36.219><c> course</c><00:35:36.480><c> of</c><00:35:36.780><c> conduct,</c><00:35:37.320><c> the</c><00:35:37.500><c> Ziklag</c><00:35:38.019><c> experience</c><00:35:38.699><c> in</c>

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.320
our<00:35:39.059><c> life,</c>

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:43.139
is<00:35:40.019><c> liable</c><00:35:40.420><c> to</c><00:35:40.639><c> lead</c><00:35:40.900><c> to</c><00:35:41.380><c> a</c><00:35:41.659><c> Philistine</c><00:35:42.159><c> outcome</c><00:35:42.659><c> too.</c>

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:47.300
Now<00:35:43.920><c> the</c><00:35:44.420><c> problems</c><00:35:44.940><c> of</c><00:35:45.579><c> David's</c><00:35:46.179><c> own</c><00:35:46.480><c> entanglements</c>

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:51.280
left<00:35:48.139><c> him</c><00:35:48.360><c> in</c><00:35:48.559><c> a</c><00:35:48.639><c> muddled</c><00:35:49.039><c> and</c><00:35:49.380><c> confused</c><00:35:49.860><c> situation.</c>

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:54.659
The<00:35:51.780><c> child</c><00:35:52.320><c> was</c><00:35:53.440><c> destined</c><00:35:53.920><c> to</c><00:35:54.300><c> die,</c>

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:57.800
the<00:35:55.380><c> marriage</c><00:35:55.860><c> was</c><00:35:56.639><c> accepted,</c>

00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:02.500
the<00:35:58.480><c> son</c><00:35:58.820><c> that</c><00:35:59.000><c> was</c><00:35:59.239><c> born</c><00:35:59.840><c> was</c><00:36:00.539><c> regarded</c><00:36:01.039><c> as</c><00:36:01.719><c> Jedidiah,</c>

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:04.139
the<00:36:03.000><c> beloved</c><00:36:03.340><c> of</c><00:36:03.579><c> the</c><00:36:03.719><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:09.159
and<00:36:04.659><c> as</c><00:36:04.920><c> such</c><00:36:05.119><c> the</c><00:36:05.460><c> union</c><00:36:05.760><c> was</c><00:36:06.059><c> to</c><00:36:06.260><c> proceed</c><00:36:06.659><c> but</c><00:36:07.119><c> the</c><00:36:08.119><c> family.</c>

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:14.460
And<00:36:11.159><c> just</c><00:36:11.360><c> think</c><00:36:11.519><c> how</c><00:36:11.739><c> David</c><00:36:12.039><c> had</c><00:36:12.320><c> now</c><00:36:12.739><c> compromised</c><00:36:13.360><c> his</c><00:36:13.619><c> own</c><00:36:13.800><c> situation</c>

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:16.579
in<00:36:14.639><c> the</c><00:36:14.800><c> light</c><00:36:14.900><c> of</c><00:36:15.079><c> what</c><00:36:15.179><c> was</c><00:36:15.420><c> to</c><00:36:15.639><c> come.</c>

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:20.920
Take<00:36:17.320><c> Amnon,</c><00:36:17.760><c> for</c><00:36:18.000><c> example,</c><00:36:18.340><c> when</c><00:36:18.599><c> he</c><00:36:19.320><c> loved</c><00:36:19.960><c> Tamar</c>

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:23.380
and<00:36:21.360><c> could</c><00:36:21.579><c> think</c><00:36:21.760><c> of</c><00:36:22.000><c> nothing</c><00:36:22.239><c> else</c><00:36:22.659><c> but</c><00:36:22.860><c> her</c>

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:25.800
and<00:36:23.739><c> was</c><00:36:23.980><c> obsessed</c><00:36:24.780><c> by</c><00:36:25.219><c> her,</c>

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:28.679
whatever<00:36:26.300><c> he</c><00:36:26.480><c> was</c><00:36:26.719><c> told</c><00:36:27.000><c> and</c><00:36:27.139><c> the</c><00:36:27.320><c> council</c><00:36:27.559><c> was</c><00:36:27.760><c> not</c><00:36:27.940><c> always</c><00:36:28.179><c> good.</c>

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:32.860
He<00:36:29.639><c> at</c><00:36:29.860><c> last</c><00:36:30.619><c> took</c><00:36:31.019><c> her,</c><00:36:32.039><c> forced</c><00:36:32.320><c> her,</c>

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:35.179
lay<00:36:33.300><c> with</c><00:36:33.579><c> her</c><00:36:34.079><c> and</c><00:36:34.380><c> hated</c><00:36:34.820><c> her,</c>

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:38.719
all<00:36:35.739><c> in</c><00:36:35.980><c> one</c><00:36:36.639><c> continuum</c><00:36:37.420><c> of</c><00:36:37.840><c> feeling.</c>

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:41.119
And<00:36:39.800><c> David</c><00:36:39.960><c> did</c><00:36:40.199><c> nothing.</c>

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:44.360
Well,<00:36:41.940><c> it's</c><00:36:42.300><c> understandable</c><00:36:42.639><c> why</c><00:36:42.920><c> David</c><00:36:43.179><c> did</c><00:36:43.400><c> nothing,</c>

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:49.039
because<00:36:45.159><c> Amnon</c><00:36:45.820><c> had</c><00:36:46.239><c> done</c><00:36:46.539><c> what</c><00:36:46.940><c> David</c><00:36:47.400><c> had</c><00:36:47.699><c> done</c><00:36:48.000><c> too.</c>

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:52.280
And<00:36:49.840><c> then,</c><00:36:49.980><c> of</c><00:36:50.119><c> course,</c><00:36:50.920><c> with</c><00:36:51.139><c> Absalom,</c>

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:56.320
when<00:36:52.880><c> he</c><00:36:53.619><c> decided</c><00:36:54.019><c> that</c><00:36:54.320><c> something</c><00:36:54.599><c> needed</c><00:36:54.960><c> to</c><00:36:55.179><c> be</c><00:36:55.360><c> done,</c>

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:58.820
Absalom,<00:36:57.460><c> of</c><00:36:57.460><c> course,</c><00:36:57.820><c> Tamar's</c><00:36:58.400><c> brother,</c>

00:36:58.820 --> 00:37:03.340
and<00:36:59.480><c> waiting</c><00:36:59.840><c> the</c><00:37:00.340><c> time</c><00:37:00.880><c> when</c><00:37:01.739><c> opportunity</c><00:37:02.440><c> would</c><00:37:02.800><c> come</c>

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:05.699
and<00:37:03.820><c> at</c><00:37:03.960><c> last</c><00:37:04.380><c> seizing</c><00:37:04.880><c> the</c><00:37:05.099><c> opportunity,</c>

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:07.980
calling<00:37:06.119><c> a</c><00:37:06.400><c> feast,</c><00:37:07.059><c> inviting</c><00:37:07.340><c> the</c><00:37:07.619><c> king,</c>

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:10.159
making<00:37:08.519><c> it</c><00:37:08.719><c> look</c><00:37:08.820><c> as</c><00:37:08.940><c> though</c><00:37:09.159><c> everybody</c><00:37:09.519><c> would</c><00:37:09.739><c> be</c><00:37:09.920><c> welcome</c>

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:11.300
to<00:37:10.340><c> the</c><00:37:10.519><c> sheep</c><00:37:10.780><c> shearing,</c>

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:14.619
and<00:37:11.719><c> then</c><00:37:12.019><c> quietly</c><00:37:12.420><c> and</c><00:37:12.780><c> carefully</c><00:37:13.099><c> and</c><00:37:13.460><c> calculatedly</c>

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:19.019
seeing<00:37:14.900><c> Amnon's</c><00:37:15.739><c> death</c><00:37:16.099><c> and</c><00:37:16.440><c> David</c><00:37:16.860><c> did</c><00:37:17.480><c> nothing.</c>

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:21.900
Because,<00:37:20.079><c> you</c><00:37:20.079><c> see,</c><00:37:20.519><c> the</c><00:37:20.739><c> sins</c><00:37:21.039><c> of</c><00:37:21.280><c> the</c><00:37:21.519><c> fathers</c>

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:23.860
were<00:37:22.139><c> being</c><00:37:22.460><c> visited</c><00:37:22.840><c> upon</c><00:37:23.119><c> the</c><00:37:23.360><c> children</c>

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:27.099
and<00:37:24.260><c> the</c><00:37:24.579><c> consequences</c><00:37:25.300><c> were</c><00:37:25.679><c> working</c><00:37:26.079><c> their</c><00:37:26.320><c> way</c><00:37:26.559><c> through.</c>

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:31.340
And<00:37:27.940><c> then</c><00:37:28.300><c> when,</c><00:37:29.079><c> after</c><00:37:29.380><c> a</c><00:37:29.659><c> long</c><00:37:29.920><c> period</c><00:37:30.300><c> of</c><00:37:30.539><c> time,</c>

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:34.780
David<00:37:31.760><c> mourned</c><00:37:32.940><c> for</c><00:37:33.400><c> Absalom</c><00:37:33.880><c> as</c><00:37:34.079><c> though</c><00:37:34.239><c> he</c><00:37:34.280><c> were</c><00:37:34.539><c> dead</c>

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:38.320
and<00:37:35.300><c> then</c><00:37:35.599><c> ignored</c><00:37:35.940><c> him</c><00:37:36.159><c> when</c><00:37:36.280><c> he'd</c><00:37:36.460><c> come</c><00:37:36.659><c> back</c><00:37:36.860><c> to</c><00:37:37.000><c> the</c><00:37:37.119><c> city,</c>

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:42.780
eventually<00:37:39.739><c> restored</c><00:37:40.500><c> him</c><00:37:40.780><c> but</c><00:37:41.340><c> had</c><00:37:41.659><c> no</c><00:37:41.980><c> reconciliation</c>

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:49.239
until<00:37:44.119><c> at</c><00:37:44.400><c> last</c><00:37:44.920><c> Absalom</c><00:37:47.219><c> duped</c><00:37:48.679><c> David</c>

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:54.659
and<00:37:50.639><c> ousted</c><00:37:51.179><c> him</c><00:37:51.739><c> by</c><00:37:52.300><c> springing</c><00:37:52.820><c> that</c><00:37:53.239><c> coup</c><00:37:53.639><c> attack.</c>

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:58.099
And<00:37:55.300><c> David</c><00:37:55.800><c> did</c><00:37:56.920><c> nothing.</c>

00:37:58.739 --> 00:38:00.800
You<00:37:58.800><c> can</c><00:37:59.019><c> see,</c><00:37:59.340><c> can't</c><00:37:59.420><c> you,</c><00:37:59.579><c> that</c><00:37:59.739><c> the</c><00:37:59.860><c> real</c><00:38:00.119><c> problem</c><00:38:00.440><c> was</c>

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:04.659
that<00:38:00.960><c> he</c><00:38:01.159><c> had</c><00:38:02.039><c> delivered</c><00:38:02.500><c> himself</c><00:38:03.219><c> to</c><00:38:03.659><c> blood</c><00:38:04.039><c> guiltiness.</c>

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:06.480
That<00:38:04.920><c> was</c><00:38:05.139><c> the</c><00:38:05.179><c> real</c><00:38:05.400><c> difficulty.</c>

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:09.400
It<00:38:06.840><c> was,</c><00:38:07.119><c> in</c><00:38:07.239><c> the</c><00:38:07.400><c> end,</c><00:38:07.619><c> the</c><00:38:07.880><c> guilt</c><00:38:08.179><c> of</c><00:38:08.440><c> his</c><00:38:08.719><c> sin</c><00:38:08.920><c> that</c><00:38:09.199><c> weighed</c>

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.039
him<00:38:09.679><c> down.</c>

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:12.739
God<00:38:10.480><c> had</c><00:38:10.800><c> forgiven</c><00:38:11.079><c> him</c><00:38:11.320><c> and</c><00:38:11.480><c> had</c><00:38:11.699><c> taken</c><00:38:11.920><c> away</c><00:38:12.199><c> the</c><00:38:12.500><c> sin,</c>

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:16.420
but<00:38:13.280><c> the</c><00:38:13.480><c> reality</c><00:38:13.840><c> was</c><00:38:14.119><c> that</c><00:38:14.260><c> he</c><00:38:14.360><c> was</c><00:38:14.679><c> morally</c><00:38:15.119><c> impotent</c><00:38:16.099><c> from</c>

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.260
this<00:38:16.699><c> time</c><00:38:16.900><c> onward.</c>

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:20.780
He<00:38:17.559><c> didn't</c><00:38:17.880><c> feel</c><00:38:18.239><c> able</c><00:38:18.860><c> to</c><00:38:19.320><c> pass</c><00:38:19.539><c> sentence</c><00:38:19.960><c> upon</c><00:38:20.280><c> Tamar</c>

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:22.960
because,<00:38:21.500><c> well,</c><00:38:21.900><c> he</c><00:38:22.059><c> had</c><00:38:22.239><c> done</c><00:38:22.380><c> the</c><00:38:22.659><c> same.</c>

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:24.780
He<00:38:23.199><c> was</c><00:38:23.420><c> the</c><00:38:23.579><c> bad</c><00:38:23.739><c> example.</c>

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:28.679
He<00:38:25.139><c> couldn't</c><00:38:25.440><c> really</c><00:38:25.940><c> take</c><00:38:26.219><c> action</c><00:38:26.579><c> as</c><00:38:26.840><c> far</c><00:38:27.059><c> as</c><00:38:27.239><c> Amnon's</c><00:38:27.659><c> death</c><00:38:27.960><c> was</c><00:38:28.260><c> concerned</c>

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:30.679
because<00:38:29.019><c> he'd</c><00:38:29.420><c> killed</c><00:38:29.599><c> Uriah.</c>

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:34.239
And<00:38:31.019><c> he</c><00:38:31.219><c> just</c><00:38:31.539><c> didn't</c><00:38:31.900><c> know</c><00:38:32.239><c> how</c><00:38:32.539><c> to</c><00:38:32.760><c> deal</c><00:38:32.960><c> with</c><00:38:33.199><c> Absalom.</c>

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:37.179
But<00:38:34.639><c> there's</c><00:38:35.320><c> a</c><00:38:35.460><c> quite</c><00:38:35.659><c> remarkable</c><00:38:36.480><c> happening</c>

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:41.659
when<00:38:37.780><c> at</c><00:38:37.940><c> last</c><00:38:38.260><c> it</c><00:38:38.420><c> comes</c><00:38:38.659><c> the</c><00:38:39.000><c> time</c><00:38:39.300><c> for</c><00:38:40.000><c> Absalom</c><00:38:40.679><c> to</c><00:38:41.139><c> spring</c>

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:43.099
his<00:38:42.159><c> trap.</c>

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:45.559
All<00:38:44.079><c> this,</c><00:38:44.260><c> of</c><00:38:44.360><c> course,</c><00:38:44.480><c> was</c><00:38:44.659><c> taking</c><00:38:44.980><c> time.</c>

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:48.400
Just<00:38:46.159><c> think</c><00:38:46.320><c> for</c><00:38:46.480><c> a</c><00:38:46.619><c> moment</c><00:38:46.760><c> of</c><00:38:46.940><c> the</c><00:38:47.119><c> actual</c><00:38:47.519><c> time</c><00:38:47.860><c> periods</c>

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.619
that<00:38:48.579><c> were</c><00:38:48.800><c> elapsing</c>

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:51.920
whilst<00:38:50.000><c> all</c><00:38:50.199><c> this</c><00:38:50.360><c> was</c><00:38:50.559><c> taking</c><00:38:50.800><c> place.</c>

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:55.239
The<00:38:52.579><c> record</c><00:38:52.780><c> is</c><00:38:52.920><c> very</c><00:38:53.219><c> careful</c><00:38:53.480><c> with</c><00:38:53.719><c> the</c><00:38:54.320><c> time</c><00:38:54.699><c> pointers,</c>

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:57.000
just<00:38:55.960><c> as</c><00:38:56.119><c> we'd</c><00:38:56.380><c> seen</c><00:38:56.519><c> before.</c>

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:59.559
It<00:38:57.320><c> came</c><00:38:57.420><c> to</c><00:38:57.639><c> pass</c><00:38:57.800><c> after</c><00:38:58.119><c> two</c><00:38:58.619><c> full</c><00:38:58.920><c> years</c>

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:03.199
that<00:39:00.239><c> Absalom</c><00:39:00.659><c> had</c><00:39:01.000><c> sheep</c><00:39:01.360><c> shears</c><00:39:01.760><c> in</c><00:39:02.099><c> Baal</c><00:39:02.400><c> Hazor,</c>

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:04.539
which<00:39:03.440><c> is</c><00:39:03.599><c> beside</c><00:39:03.900><c> Ephraim,</c>

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:07.420
and<00:39:04.980><c> Absalom</c><00:39:05.420><c> invited</c><00:39:05.800><c> all</c><00:39:06.300><c> the</c><00:39:06.420><c> king's</c><00:39:07.039><c> sons.</c>

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.920
David<00:39:08.079><c> was</c><00:39:08.300><c> apprehensive.</c>

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:10.500
You<00:39:09.099><c> can</c><00:39:09.320><c> come</c><00:39:09.579><c> too.</c><00:39:09.920><c> Fair</c><00:39:10.179><c> enough.</c>

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:12.260
Well,<00:39:11.099><c> we'll</c><00:39:11.280><c> let</c><00:39:11.460><c> the</c><00:39:11.760><c> sons</c><00:39:11.940><c> go.</c>

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:14.980
Two<00:39:13.159><c> full</c><00:39:13.840><c> years.</c>

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:17.380
So<00:39:15.480><c> Absalom</c><00:39:15.920><c> fled</c><00:39:16.260><c> and</c><00:39:16.400><c> went</c><00:39:16.619><c> to</c><00:39:16.940><c> Geisha.</c>

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:25.219
He<00:39:17.980><c> was,</c><00:39:18.260><c> remember,</c><00:39:19.599><c> the</c><00:39:22.400><c> daughter</c><00:39:22.880><c> of</c><00:39:23.139><c> Geisha's</c><00:39:24.179><c> son,</c>

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.739
through<00:39:25.940><c> David,</c><00:39:26.320><c> of</c><00:39:26.460><c> course,</c>

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:28.800
and<00:39:27.139><c> was</c><00:39:27.320><c> there</c><00:39:27.679><c> three</c><00:39:28.139><c> years.</c>

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:31.480
So<00:39:29.420><c> altogether</c><00:39:29.840><c> five</c><00:39:30.360><c> years</c><00:39:30.699><c> have</c><00:39:30.900><c> elapsed,</c>

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:34.039
and<00:39:31.880><c> still</c><00:39:32.300><c> the</c><00:39:32.519><c> confusion</c><00:39:33.079><c> and</c><00:39:33.320><c> the</c><00:39:33.500><c> muddle</c><00:39:33.699><c> and</c><00:39:33.840><c> the</c>

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:35.519
waiting<00:39:34.219><c> continues.</c>

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:37.519
Restored<00:39:36.219><c> to</c><00:39:36.420><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:40.239
Absalom<00:39:37.880><c> dwelt</c><00:39:38.199><c> two</c><00:39:38.699><c> full</c><00:39:39.079><c> years</c><00:39:39.380><c> in</c><00:39:39.579><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:42.860
and<00:39:40.780><c> saw</c><00:39:41.039><c> not</c><00:39:41.260><c> the</c><00:39:41.460><c> king's</c><00:39:41.900><c> face.</c>

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:45.940
And<00:39:43.699><c> it</c><00:39:43.820><c> came</c><00:39:44.019><c> to</c><00:39:44.239><c> pass</c><00:39:44.460><c> after</c><00:39:44.840><c> four</c><00:39:45.420><c> years,</c>

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:47.179
the<00:39:46.300><c> record</c><00:39:46.480><c> says</c><00:39:46.739><c> 40,</c>

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:49.940
but<00:39:47.400><c> the</c><00:39:48.019><c> textual</c><00:39:48.519><c> variant</c><00:39:48.820><c> appears</c><00:39:49.219><c> to</c><00:39:49.420><c> be</c><00:39:49.739><c> four.</c>

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:52.420
It<00:39:50.440><c> came</c><00:39:50.659><c> to</c><00:39:50.880><c> pass</c><00:39:51.019><c> after</c><00:39:51.360><c> four</c><00:39:51.840><c> years</c>

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:54.260
that<00:39:52.739><c> Absalom</c><00:39:53.260><c> said</c><00:39:53.480><c> unto</c><00:39:53.699><c> the</c><00:39:53.940><c> king,</c>

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:57.099
I<00:39:54.679><c> pray</c><00:39:54.960><c> thee,</c><00:39:55.420><c> let</c><00:39:55.639><c> me</c><00:39:55.820><c> go</c><00:39:56.059><c> and</c><00:39:56.300><c> pay</c><00:39:56.460><c> my</c><00:39:56.860><c> vow,</c>

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:59.480
which<00:39:57.340><c> I</c><00:39:57.639><c> have</c><00:39:57.800><c> vowed</c><00:39:58.000><c> unto</c><00:39:58.199><c> the</c><00:39:58.440><c> Lord</c><00:39:58.639><c> in</c><00:39:58.940><c> Hebron.</c>

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:01.900
And<00:40:00.360><c> there,</c><00:40:00.599><c> of</c><00:40:00.760><c> course,</c><00:40:01.320><c> in</c><00:40:01.519><c> Hebron,</c>

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:04.119
the<00:40:02.119><c> place</c><00:40:02.300><c> where</c><00:40:02.599><c> David</c><00:40:02.820><c> had</c><00:40:03.139><c> established</c><00:40:03.559><c> himself,</c>

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:07.340
the<00:40:04.659><c> ancient</c><00:40:05.280><c> city</c><00:40:05.980><c> of</c><00:40:06.219><c> refuge,</c>

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.880
the<00:40:07.739><c> coup</c><00:40:07.920><c> was</c><00:40:08.159><c> to</c><00:40:08.320><c> be</c><00:40:08.599><c> planned.</c>

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:12.019
And<00:40:09.480><c> altogether,</c><00:40:10.000><c> you</c><00:40:10.119><c> see,</c><00:40:10.920><c> 11</c><00:40:11.280><c> years</c><00:40:11.619><c> had</c><00:40:11.880><c> passed.</c>

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:14.199
David<00:40:12.340><c> would</c><00:40:12.500><c> be</c><00:40:12.679><c> about</c><00:40:13.079><c> 61</c><00:40:13.579><c> by</c><00:40:13.880><c> now.</c>

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:17.059
He<00:40:14.619><c> was</c><00:40:14.760><c> a</c><00:40:14.880><c> man</c><00:40:15.000><c> who</c><00:40:15.119><c> was</c><00:40:15.340><c> getting</c><00:40:15.559><c> on</c><00:40:15.820><c> in</c><00:40:16.119><c> years.</c>

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:19.699
And<00:40:17.260><c> suddenly</c><00:40:17.599><c> when</c><00:40:17.840><c> the</c><00:40:18.139><c> trap</c><00:40:18.340><c> was</c><00:40:18.940><c> sprung,</c>

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:22.139
and<00:40:19.940><c> you</c><00:40:20.159><c> remember</c><00:40:20.320><c> what</c><00:40:20.480><c> was</c><00:40:20.679><c> to</c><00:40:20.860><c> happen,</c>

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:27.780
Absalom<00:40:25.320><c> was</c><00:40:25.539><c> to</c><00:40:25.719><c> move</c><00:40:26.000><c> from</c><00:40:26.360><c> Hebron</c><00:40:26.820><c> to</c><00:40:27.039><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:30.880
and<00:40:28.340><c> David</c><00:40:28.519><c> was</c><00:40:28.780><c> to</c><00:40:29.000><c> retreat</c><00:40:29.519><c> now</c><00:40:29.820><c> with</c><00:40:30.039><c> his</c><00:40:30.199><c> mighty</c><00:40:30.539><c> men.</c>

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:32.639
And<00:40:31.300><c> they</c><00:40:31.400><c> were</c><00:40:31.539><c> to</c><00:40:31.699><c> go</c><00:40:31.840><c> to</c><00:40:32.139><c> Mahanein,</c>

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:35.460
back<00:40:32.860><c> to</c><00:40:33.039><c> the</c><00:40:33.159><c> place</c><00:40:33.340><c> where</c><00:40:33.940><c> Abner</c><00:40:34.360><c> and</c><00:40:34.639><c> Ish</c><00:40:34.960><c>-Boshath</c>

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.920
had<00:40:35.739><c> fortified</c><00:40:36.260><c> themselves,</c>

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:39.260
and<00:40:37.380><c> in</c><00:40:37.539><c> a</c><00:40:37.679><c> place</c><00:40:37.900><c> where</c><00:40:38.340><c> it</c><00:40:38.639><c> turned</c><00:40:38.780><c> out</c><00:40:38.960><c> to</c><00:40:39.079><c> be</c>

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:41.219
a<00:40:39.420><c> pretty</c><00:40:39.679><c> good</c><00:40:40.019><c> place</c><00:40:40.300><c> of</c><00:40:40.559><c> refuge.</c>

00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:44.280
Indeed,<00:40:42.320><c> it</c><00:40:42.320><c> would</c><00:40:42.480><c> seem</c><00:40:42.599><c> Absalom</c><00:40:43.320><c> swept</c><00:40:43.840><c> by</c>

00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:46.519
and<00:40:44.500><c> picked</c><00:40:44.719><c> up</c><00:40:45.019><c> probably</c><00:40:45.460><c> some</c><00:40:46.059><c> recruits</c>

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:48.119
that<00:40:46.739><c> had</c><00:40:46.940><c> come</c><00:40:47.079><c> from</c><00:40:47.260><c> the</c><00:40:47.420><c> king</c><00:40:47.559><c> of</c><00:40:47.800><c> Geisha</c>

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:49.860
who<00:40:48.320><c> would</c><00:40:48.599><c> join</c><00:40:48.860><c> in</c><00:40:49.099><c> the</c><00:40:49.420><c> army,</c>

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:52.840
and<00:40:50.320><c> the</c><00:40:50.539><c> army</c><00:40:50.739><c> would</c><00:40:50.960><c> be</c><00:40:51.219><c> fought</c><00:40:51.420><c> in</c><00:40:51.659><c> the</c><00:40:51.920><c> forest.</c>

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:55.739
It's<00:40:54.199><c> that</c><00:40:54.320><c> little</c><00:40:54.559><c> picture</c><00:40:54.900><c> there</c><00:40:55.219><c> for</c><00:40:55.420><c> a</c><00:40:55.579><c> moment</c>

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:58.960
that<00:40:55.860><c> we</c><00:40:56.019><c> need</c><00:40:56.179><c> to</c><00:40:56.860><c> concentrate</c><00:40:57.340><c> our</c><00:40:57.659><c> minds</c><00:40:57.940><c> upon.</c>

00:40:59.099 --> 00:41:01.880
The<00:40:59.320><c> time</c><00:40:59.460><c> when</c><00:40:59.659><c> David</c><00:40:59.920><c> was</c><00:41:00.159><c> about</c><00:41:00.440><c> to</c><00:41:00.780><c> leave</c><00:41:01.139><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:05.340
when<00:41:02.440><c> he</c><00:41:02.539><c> was</c><00:41:02.719><c> being</c><00:41:03.099><c> ousted</c><00:41:03.599><c> from</c><00:41:04.039><c> the</c><00:41:04.380><c> capital,</c>

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:08.340
and<00:41:05.820><c> when</c><00:41:06.000><c> there</c><00:41:06.139><c> was</c><00:41:06.260><c> that</c><00:41:06.559><c> alignment</c><00:41:07.059><c> of</c><00:41:07.420><c> people.</c>

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:09.960
Do<00:41:08.639><c> you</c><00:41:08.659><c> remember</c><00:41:08.800><c> the</c><00:41:09.079><c> details</c><00:41:09.460><c> there</c>

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:11.340
which<00:41:10.320><c> were</c><00:41:10.519><c> given</c><00:41:10.679><c> in</c><00:41:10.840><c> the</c><00:41:11.000><c> record</c>

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:14.239
about<00:41:11.719><c> who</c><00:41:11.960><c> it</c><00:41:12.199><c> was</c><00:41:12.380><c> who</c><00:41:12.559><c> came</c><00:41:12.780><c> on</c><00:41:13.039><c> whose</c><00:41:13.480><c> side?</c>

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:17.199
Because<00:41:15.059><c> there</c><00:41:15.579><c> on</c><00:41:15.940><c> Absalom's</c><00:41:16.800><c> side,</c>

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:21.719
and<00:41:17.739><c> right</c><00:41:17.900><c> at</c><00:41:18.099><c> the</c><00:41:18.239><c> top</c><00:41:18.400><c> of</c><00:41:18.679><c> the</c><00:41:19.139><c> list</c><00:41:19.440><c> of</c><00:41:19.760><c> Absalom's</c><00:41:20.739><c> supporters,</c>

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:25.920
was<00:41:23.539><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:41:24.380><c> the</c><00:41:24.579><c> father</c><00:41:24.880><c> of</c><00:41:25.300><c> Eliab,</c>

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:28.659
the<00:41:26.380><c> grandfather</c><00:41:27.079><c> of</c><00:41:27.380><c> Bathsheba.</c>

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:31.920
You<00:41:28.900><c> see</c><00:41:29.059><c> how</c><00:41:29.360><c> the</c><00:41:29.920><c> mills</c><00:41:30.420><c> of</c><00:41:30.579><c> God</c><00:41:30.840><c> grind</c><00:41:31.360><c> slowly,</c>

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:35.239
but<00:41:32.159><c> they</c><00:41:32.659><c> grind</c><00:41:33.199><c> exceeding</c><00:41:34.239><c> small.</c>

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:38.460
And<00:41:35.739><c> now</c><00:41:35.880><c> it</c><00:41:35.960><c> was</c><00:41:36.139><c> that</c><00:41:36.340><c> Ahithophel</c><00:41:37.300><c> moved</c><00:41:37.719><c> across,</c>

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:41.739
abandoned<00:41:39.099><c> David,</c><00:41:40.019><c> and</c><00:41:40.139><c> went</c><00:41:40.340><c> instead</c><00:41:40.800><c> with</c><00:41:40.980><c> the</c><00:41:41.159><c> younger</c><00:41:41.400><c> man,</c>

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:44.860
and<00:41:41.980><c> doubtless</c><00:41:42.320><c> with</c><00:41:42.559><c> the</c><00:41:43.199><c> prospects</c><00:41:43.780><c> that</c><00:41:44.019><c> he</c><00:41:44.280><c> anticipated.</c>

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:46.599
And<00:41:45.480><c> there</c><00:41:45.619><c> was</c><00:41:45.820><c> Shimei,</c><00:41:46.219><c> I</c><00:41:46.260><c> remember,</c>

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:48.480
waiting<00:41:47.219><c> for</c><00:41:47.480><c> this</c><00:41:47.820><c> opportunity,</c>

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:51.500
waited<00:41:48.940><c> 11</c><00:41:49.300><c> years</c><00:41:49.619><c> for</c><00:41:49.840><c> it,</c><00:41:49.940><c> but</c><00:41:50.119><c> the</c><00:41:50.440><c> stones</c><00:41:50.820><c> were</c><00:41:51.119><c> there,</c>

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:53.539
and<00:41:52.019><c> across</c><00:41:52.400><c> the</c><00:41:52.659><c> ravine</c><00:41:52.940><c> they</c><00:41:53.219><c> came.</c>

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:56.199
And<00:41:54.119><c> David</c><00:41:54.340><c> was</c><00:41:54.639><c> reminded</c><00:41:55.239><c> as</c><00:41:55.579><c> he</c><00:41:55.880><c> went</c>

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:59.599
that<00:41:56.820><c> indeed</c><00:41:57.400><c> he</c><00:41:57.820><c> was</c><00:41:58.199><c> the</c><00:41:58.460><c> man</c><00:41:58.920><c> upon</c><00:41:59.340><c> whom</c>

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:01.119
the<00:41:59.920><c> sentence</c><00:42:00.239><c> should</c><00:42:00.460><c> have</c><00:42:00.719><c> come.</c>

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:06.800
And<00:42:01.880><c> as</c><00:42:02.340><c> he</c><00:42:02.599><c> leaves,</c><00:42:04.920><c> he</c><00:42:05.039><c> leaves</c><00:42:05.400><c> his</c><00:42:05.719><c> wives</c><00:42:06.099><c> behind.</c>

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:10.059
The<00:42:07.840><c> record's</c><00:42:08.519><c> quite</c><00:42:08.840><c> careful</c><00:42:09.239><c> about</c><00:42:09.599><c> that.</c>

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:12.780
He<00:42:10.420><c> leaves</c><00:42:10.880><c> his</c><00:42:11.199><c> wives</c><00:42:11.579><c> behind.</c>

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:16.460
Come<00:42:13.000><c> back</c><00:42:13.099><c> and</c><00:42:13.199><c> have</c><00:42:13.300><c> a</c><00:42:13.320><c> look</c><00:42:13.420><c> at</c><00:42:13.539><c> the</c><00:42:13.719><c> record</c><00:42:13.880><c> in</c><00:42:14.079><c> 2</c><00:42:14.280><c> Samuel</c><00:42:14.699><c> 15.</c>

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:18.300
2<00:42:16.760><c> Samuel</c><00:42:17.099><c> chapter</c><00:42:17.460><c> 15,</c>

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:20.940
and<00:42:18.719><c> David</c><00:42:19.139><c> leaving</c><00:42:20.199><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:25.099
and<00:42:21.619><c> off</c><00:42:21.739><c> into</c><00:42:22.019><c> exile,</c><00:42:23.239><c> and</c><00:42:23.500><c> crisis</c><00:42:23.960><c> and</c><00:42:24.280><c> calamity,</c>

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:28.159
looming<00:42:25.679><c> ever</c><00:42:26.039><c> larger</c><00:42:26.360><c> in</c><00:42:26.579><c> his</c><00:42:26.760><c> life.</c>

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:35.300
Verse<00:42:34.860><c> 13.</c>

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:36.860
There<00:42:35.420><c> came</c><00:42:35.659><c> a</c><00:42:35.840><c> messenger</c><00:42:36.119><c> to</c><00:42:36.340><c> David,</c><00:42:36.619><c> saying,</c>

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:40.139
The<00:42:37.199><c> hearts</c><00:42:37.639><c> of</c><00:42:37.800><c> the</c><00:42:37.900><c> men</c><00:42:38.059><c> of</c><00:42:38.119><c> Israel</c><00:42:38.480><c> are</c><00:42:38.659><c> after</c><00:42:39.019><c> Absalom.</c>

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:41.760
And<00:42:40.380><c> David</c><00:42:40.639><c> said</c><00:42:40.820><c> unto</c><00:42:40.980><c> all</c><00:42:41.239><c> his</c><00:42:41.480><c> servants</c>

00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:43.619
that<00:42:41.900><c> were</c><00:42:41.980><c> with</c><00:42:42.159><c> him</c><00:42:42.239><c> at</c><00:42:42.420><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:42:42.960><c> Arise!</c>

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:47.039
Let<00:42:44.000><c> us</c><00:42:44.239><c> flee,</c><00:42:45.179><c> for</c><00:42:45.320><c> we</c><00:42:45.480><c> shall</c><00:42:45.639><c> not</c><00:42:45.840><c> else</c><00:42:46.059><c> escape</c><00:42:46.420><c> from</c><00:42:46.659><c> Absalom.</c>

00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:50.159
Make<00:42:47.360><c> speed</c><00:42:47.699><c> to</c><00:42:47.920><c> depart,</c><00:42:48.900><c> lest</c><00:42:49.000><c> he</c><00:42:49.219><c> overtake</c><00:42:49.579><c> us</c><00:42:49.780><c> suddenly,</c>

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:51.559
and<00:42:50.659><c> bring</c><00:42:50.840><c> evil</c><00:42:51.099><c> upon</c><00:42:51.360><c> us,</c>

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:53.579
and<00:42:51.820><c> smite</c><00:42:52.079><c> the</c><00:42:52.300><c> city</c><00:42:52.500><c> with</c><00:42:52.659><c> the</c><00:42:52.800><c> edge</c><00:42:52.920><c> of</c><00:42:53.079><c> the</c><00:42:53.280><c> sword.</c>

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:55.719
And<00:42:54.300><c> the</c><00:42:54.440><c> king's</c><00:42:54.820><c> servant</c><00:42:54.960><c> said</c><00:42:55.199><c> unto</c><00:42:55.380><c> the</c><00:42:55.539><c> king,</c>

00:42:55.719 --> 00:42:58.699
Behold,<00:42:56.820><c> thy</c><00:42:57.099><c> servants</c><00:42:57.440><c> are</c><00:42:57.639><c> ready</c><00:42:57.880><c> to</c><00:42:58.079><c> do</c><00:42:58.219><c> whatsoever</c>

00:42:58.699 --> 00:43:00.900
my<00:42:59.019><c> lord</c><00:42:59.300><c> the</c><00:42:59.519><c> king</c><00:42:59.739><c> shall</c><00:42:59.940><c> appoint.</c>

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:03.980
And<00:43:01.300><c> the</c><00:43:01.360><c> king</c><00:43:01.519><c> went</c><00:43:01.780><c> forth,</c><00:43:02.219><c> and</c><00:43:02.460><c> all</c><00:43:02.639><c> his</c><00:43:02.860><c> household</c><00:43:03.219><c> after</c><00:43:03.539><c> him.</c>

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:08.179
The<00:43:04.599><c> king</c><00:43:04.800><c> left</c><00:43:05.320><c> ten</c><00:43:05.860><c> women,</c><00:43:06.699><c> which</c><00:43:06.940><c> were</c><00:43:07.280><c> concubines,</c>

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:10.280
to<00:43:08.760><c> keep</c><00:43:09.099><c> the</c><00:43:09.300><c> house.</c>

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:13.260
And<00:43:10.519><c> the</c><00:43:10.599><c> king</c><00:43:10.760><c> went</c><00:43:11.019><c> forth,</c><00:43:11.420><c> and</c><00:43:11.619><c> all</c><00:43:11.820><c> the</c><00:43:11.980><c> people</c><00:43:12.199><c> after</c><00:43:12.519><c> him,</c>

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:15.420
and<00:43:13.500><c> tarried</c><00:43:13.719><c> in</c><00:43:13.880><c> a</c><00:43:14.059><c> place</c><00:43:14.239><c> that</c><00:43:14.380><c> was</c><00:43:14.719><c> far</c><00:43:15.079><c> off,</c>

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:18.780
and<00:43:15.860><c> all</c><00:43:16.360><c> his</c><00:43:16.699><c> servants</c><00:43:17.059><c> passed</c><00:43:17.639><c> on</c><00:43:18.019><c> beside</c><00:43:18.480><c> him.</c>

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:22.360
And<00:43:19.440><c> all</c><00:43:19.639><c> the</c><00:43:19.860><c> kerethites,</c><00:43:20.920><c> and</c><00:43:21.159><c> all</c><00:43:21.320><c> the</c><00:43:21.579><c> pelethites,</c>

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:23.940
and<00:43:22.800><c> all</c><00:43:23.019><c> the</c><00:43:23.260><c> gitites,</c>

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:27.300
six<00:43:24.599><c> hundred</c><00:43:24.880><c> men,</c><00:43:25.199><c> which</c><00:43:25.420><c> came</c><00:43:25.659><c> after</c><00:43:25.940><c> him</c><00:43:26.099><c> from</c><00:43:26.400><c> Gath,</c>

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.639
passed<00:43:27.719><c> on</c><00:43:28.019><c> before</c><00:43:28.280><c> the</c><00:43:28.519><c> king.</c>

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:30.300
And<00:43:28.800><c> the</c><00:43:28.860><c> king</c><00:43:29.039><c> said</c><00:43:29.239><c> to</c><00:43:29.420><c> Iti,</c><00:43:29.639><c> I</c><00:43:29.760><c> the</c><00:43:29.900><c> gitite,</c>

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:32.639
Wherefore<00:43:31.199><c> goest</c><00:43:31.539><c> thou</c><00:43:31.860><c> also</c><00:43:32.239><c> with</c><00:43:32.460><c> us?</c>

00:43:32.739 --> 00:43:34.840
Return<00:43:32.980><c> to</c><00:43:33.159><c> thy</c><00:43:33.280><c> place,</c><00:43:33.820><c> and</c><00:43:33.940><c> abide</c><00:43:34.199><c> with</c><00:43:34.420><c> the</c><00:43:34.599><c> king.</c>

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:38.340
For<00:43:35.139><c> thou</c><00:43:35.280><c> art</c><00:43:35.539><c> a</c><00:43:35.840><c> stranger,</c><00:43:36.659><c> and</c><00:43:36.739><c> also</c><00:43:37.000><c> an</c><00:43:37.239><c> exile,</c>

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:39.940
whereas<00:43:38.480><c> thou</c><00:43:38.760><c> camest</c><00:43:39.039><c> but</c><00:43:39.300><c> yesterday.</c>

00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:43.360
Should<00:43:40.500><c> I</c><00:43:40.739><c> this</c><00:43:40.960><c> day</c><00:43:41.320><c> make</c><00:43:41.880><c> thee</c><00:43:42.179><c> go</c><00:43:42.380><c> up</c><00:43:42.579><c> and</c><00:43:42.760><c> down</c><00:43:42.900><c> with</c><00:43:43.099><c> us,</c>

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:48.219
seeing<00:43:44.000><c> I</c><00:43:44.300><c> go</c><00:43:44.460><c> whither</c><00:43:44.699><c> I</c><00:43:44.960><c> may</c><00:43:45.059><c> return</c><00:43:47.739><c> thou,</c>

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:50.059
and<00:43:48.699><c> take</c><00:43:49.099><c> back</c><00:43:49.420><c> thy</c><00:43:49.659><c> brethren,</c>

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:52.039
mercy<00:43:50.860><c> and</c><00:43:51.219><c> truth</c><00:43:51.460><c> be</c><00:43:51.639><c> with</c><00:43:51.840><c> thee.</c>

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:54.099
And<00:43:52.440><c> you</c><00:43:52.719><c> see,</c><00:43:52.920><c> these</c><00:43:53.059><c> are</c><00:43:53.260><c> the</c><00:43:53.380><c> people</c><00:43:53.639><c> then,</c>

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:58.840
who<00:43:54.739><c> show</c><00:43:55.039><c> themselves</c><00:43:55.579><c> now</c><00:43:55.940><c> to</c><00:43:56.119><c> be</c><00:43:56.460><c> those</c><00:43:56.980><c> who</c><00:43:57.260><c> come</c><00:43:57.599><c> on</c><00:43:57.980><c> David's</c><00:43:58.659><c> side.</c>

00:43:58.940 --> 00:44:00.639
And<00:43:59.079><c> there</c><00:43:59.199><c> were</c><00:43:59.360><c> the</c><00:43:59.880><c> six</c><00:44:00.179><c> hundred,</c>

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:04.320
like<00:44:01.219><c> the</c><00:44:01.440><c> old</c><00:44:02.500><c> battalion</c><00:44:03.159><c> that</c><00:44:03.320><c> had</c><00:44:03.500><c> been</c><00:44:03.679><c> with</c><00:44:03.940><c> David</c><00:44:04.159><c> in</c>

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:04.860
the<00:44:04.460><c> wilderness.</c>

00:44:05.340 --> 00:44:07.079
And<00:44:05.480><c> David</c><00:44:05.659><c> is</c><00:44:05.900><c> off</c><00:44:06.099><c> now</c><00:44:06.340><c> into</c><00:44:06.579><c> the</c><00:44:06.760><c> wilderness,</c>

00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:09.360
a<00:44:07.400><c> king</c><00:44:07.659><c> going</c><00:44:07.960><c> into</c><00:44:08.280><c> exile,</c>

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:11.420
and<00:44:09.679><c> the</c><00:44:09.780><c> people</c><00:44:10.099><c> going</c><00:44:10.400><c> with</c><00:44:10.679><c> him</c><00:44:10.960><c> too,</c>

00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:14.679
who<00:44:12.019><c> will</c><00:44:12.239><c> return</c><00:44:12.619><c> from</c><00:44:12.940><c> exile</c><00:44:13.360><c> across</c><00:44:13.719><c> the</c><00:44:14.000><c> east</c><00:44:14.320><c> of</c><00:44:14.500><c> the</c>

00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:15.500
Jordan,<00:44:14.980><c> remember,</c>

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:18.480
and<00:44:16.039><c> will</c><00:44:16.280><c> come</c><00:44:16.500><c> once</c><00:44:16.920><c> more</c><00:44:17.119><c> to</c><00:44:17.400><c> reclaim</c><00:44:17.900><c> the</c><00:44:18.159><c> city.</c>

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:22.219
And<00:44:19.360><c> how</c><00:44:20.400><c> wonderfully,</c><00:44:21.159><c> how</c><00:44:21.400><c> providentially</c><00:44:22.019><c> now,</c>

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:24.239
the<00:44:22.340><c> purpose</c><00:44:22.659><c> of</c><00:44:22.880><c> God</c><00:44:23.019><c> works</c><00:44:23.420><c> out,</c>

00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:28.539
so<00:44:24.460><c> that</c><00:44:24.679><c> ultimately</c><00:44:25.179><c> the</c><00:44:25.460><c> battle</c><00:44:25.719><c> is</c><00:44:26.320><c> joined</c><00:44:26.940><c> in</c><00:44:27.480><c> the</c><00:44:27.760><c> wood,</c>

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:30.679
and<00:44:29.139><c> Absalom</c><00:44:29.480><c> is</c><00:44:29.840><c> slain,</c>

00:44:30.739 --> 00:44:33.239
and<00:44:30.960><c> Job</c><00:44:31.139><c> it</c><00:44:31.320><c> is,</c><00:44:31.460><c> of</c><00:44:31.619><c> course,</c><00:44:31.880><c> who</c><00:44:32.019><c> secures</c><00:44:32.519><c> his</c><00:44:32.860><c> death,</c>

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:36.760
and<00:44:33.920><c> David</c><00:44:34.219><c> mourns</c><00:44:34.900><c> but</c><00:44:35.500><c> pulls</c><00:44:35.860><c> himself</c><00:44:36.239><c> together,</c>

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:39.199
and<00:44:37.340><c> returns</c><00:44:37.860><c> at</c><00:44:38.119><c> last</c><00:44:38.440><c> into</c><00:44:38.659><c> the</c><00:44:38.860><c> city,</c>

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:42.280
and<00:44:39.760><c> there</c><00:44:39.860><c> the</c><00:44:40.079><c> faithful</c><00:44:40.480><c> are</c><00:44:40.780><c> once</c><00:44:41.159><c> more</c><00:44:41.460><c> established.</c>

00:44:42.420 --> 00:44:45.219
All<00:44:42.980><c> that</c><00:44:43.280><c> then,</c><00:44:44.199><c> all</c><00:44:44.719><c> those,</c>

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:49.440
the<00:44:45.800><c> consequences</c><00:44:46.659><c> of</c><00:44:47.179><c> David's</c><00:44:47.760><c> act</c><00:44:48.119><c> of</c><00:44:48.460><c> passion.</c>

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:52.659
And<00:44:50.300><c> it</c><00:44:50.400><c> makes</c><00:44:50.599><c> you</c><00:44:50.880><c> pause</c><00:44:51.139><c> to</c><00:44:51.400><c> think,</c><00:44:51.639><c> doesn't</c><00:44:51.880><c> it,</c>

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:54.780
about<00:44:52.920><c> the</c><00:44:53.219><c> folly</c><00:44:53.500><c> of</c><00:44:53.699><c> our</c><00:44:53.860><c> own</c><00:44:54.079><c> situation,</c>

00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:57.980
the<00:44:55.500><c> passions</c><00:44:55.960><c> that</c><00:44:56.360><c> flow</c><00:44:56.519><c> so</c><00:44:56.800><c> easily</c><00:44:57.079><c> through</c><00:44:57.400><c> our</c><00:44:57.579><c> members,</c>

00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:01.960
and<00:44:58.539><c> the</c><00:44:58.860><c> long</c><00:44:59.280><c>-term</c><00:44:59.719><c> consequences</c><00:45:00.619><c> that</c><00:45:01.199><c> are</c><00:45:01.380><c> here</c><00:45:01.559><c> so</c>

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:03.860
vividly<00:45:02.599><c> portrayed,</c>

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:07.079
and<00:45:04.139><c> the</c><00:45:04.340><c> blemish</c><00:45:04.780><c> that</c><00:45:04.960><c> would</c><00:45:05.219><c> rest</c><00:45:05.539><c> upon</c><00:45:05.880><c> the</c><00:45:06.179><c> man.</c>

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:12.000
Indeed,<00:45:08.099><c> it</c><00:45:08.159><c> is</c><00:45:08.420><c> the</c><00:45:08.599><c> one</c><00:45:08.820><c> thing</c><00:45:09.139><c> that</c><00:45:09.780><c> Scripture</c><00:45:10.039><c> later</c><00:45:10.840><c> focuses</c><00:45:11.400><c> upon</c>

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:15.920
as<00:45:12.460><c> being</c><00:45:12.780><c> that</c><00:45:13.099><c> which</c><00:45:13.639><c> was</c><00:45:14.139><c> an</c><00:45:14.360><c> offense</c><00:45:14.679><c> and</c><00:45:14.940><c> a</c><00:45:15.099><c> blemish</c><00:45:15.480><c> in</c>

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:17.320
David's<00:45:16.440><c> life.</c>

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:21.280
Everything<00:45:17.559><c> else</c><00:45:17.940><c> was</c><00:45:18.599><c> seemingly</c><00:45:19.219><c> overlooked</c><00:45:20.119><c> by</c><00:45:20.460><c> God.</c>

00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:23.760
But<00:45:21.760><c> if</c><00:45:22.340><c> you</c><00:45:22.519><c> observe</c><00:45:23.099><c> the</c><00:45:23.420><c> record,</c>

00:45:23.800 --> 00:45:26.880
and<00:45:24.000><c> it's</c><00:45:24.699><c> quite</c><00:45:25.019><c> careful</c><00:45:25.460><c> in</c><00:45:25.699><c> this</c><00:45:25.880><c> respect,</c>

00:45:27.179 --> 00:45:31.159
it<00:45:27.380><c> quite</c><00:45:27.579><c> clearly</c><00:45:27.900><c> tells</c><00:45:28.179><c> us</c><00:45:28.360><c> in</c><00:45:28.460><c> 1</c><00:45:28.739><c> Kings</c><00:45:29.019><c> chapter</c><00:45:29.380><c> 15</c><00:45:29.880><c> and</c><00:45:30.099><c> verse</c><00:45:30.360><c> 5</c>

00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:35.059
that<00:45:32.079><c> that</c><00:45:32.679><c> was</c><00:45:32.900><c> something</c><00:45:33.440><c> that</c><00:45:33.940><c> God</c><00:45:34.159><c> never</c><00:45:34.519><c> forgot,</c>

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:38.210
that<00:45:35.579><c> he</c><00:45:35.760><c> always</c><00:45:36.039><c> looked</c><00:45:36.320><c> upon</c><00:45:36.699><c> and</c><00:45:37.860><c> regretted,</c>

00:45:38.210 --> 00:45:43.050
because<00:45:39.230><c> 1</c><00:45:39.889><c> Kings</c><00:45:40.110><c> 15</c><00:45:41.929><c> and</c><00:45:42.130><c> verse</c><00:45:42.389><c> 5</c><00:45:42.710><c> says,</c>

00:45:43.530 --> 00:45:46.449
David<00:45:43.650><c> did</c><00:45:43.849><c> that</c><00:45:44.150><c> which</c><00:45:44.309><c> was</c><00:45:44.650><c> right</c><00:45:45.030><c> in</c><00:45:45.329><c> the</c><00:45:45.489><c> eyes</c><00:45:45.650><c> of</c><00:45:45.849><c> the</c><00:45:46.010><c> Lord,</c>

00:45:46.909 --> 00:45:49.409
and<00:45:47.090><c> turned</c><00:45:47.250><c> not</c><00:45:47.469><c> aside</c><00:45:47.809><c> from</c><00:45:48.070><c> anything</c><00:45:48.389><c> that</c><00:45:48.590><c> he</c><00:45:48.809><c> commanded</c><00:45:49.090><c> him</c>

00:45:49.409 --> 00:45:51.690
all<00:45:49.989><c> the</c><00:45:50.150><c> days</c><00:45:50.309><c> of</c><00:45:50.469><c> his</c><00:45:50.650><c> life,</c>

00:45:52.070 --> 00:45:56.190
save<00:45:52.230><c> only</c><00:45:52.809><c> in</c><00:45:53.329><c> the</c><00:45:53.449><c> matter</c><00:45:53.769><c> of</c><00:45:53.969><c> Uriah</c><00:45:54.369><c> the</c><00:45:54.510><c> Hittite.</c>

00:45:57.150 --> 00:46:00.170
It's<00:45:57.309><c> a</c><00:45:57.329><c> pity</c><00:45:57.610><c> that</c><00:45:57.869><c> he</c><00:45:58.110><c> couldn't</c><00:45:58.510><c> live</c><00:45:58.730><c> up</c><00:45:58.989><c> to</c><00:45:59.449><c> the</c><00:45:59.809><c> standard</c>

00:46:00.170 --> 00:46:01.650
of<00:46:00.389><c> the</c><00:46:00.630><c> man.</c>

00:46:01.989 --> 00:46:04.409
They're<00:46:02.190><c> given</c><00:46:02.409><c> so</c><00:46:02.610><c> that</c><00:46:02.829><c> we</c><00:46:03.030><c> can</c><00:46:03.190><c> look</c><00:46:03.369><c> at</c><00:46:03.550><c> our</c><00:46:03.769><c> own</c><00:46:04.010><c> lives</c>

00:46:04.409 --> 00:46:06.590
and,<00:46:04.989><c> examining</c><00:46:05.369><c> our</c><00:46:05.670><c> own</c><00:46:05.989><c> preparation,</c>

00:46:06.590 --> 00:46:11.070
can<00:46:07.389><c> contemplate</c><00:46:08.090><c> the</c><00:46:08.190><c> way</c><00:46:08.369><c> in</c><00:46:08.530><c> which</c><00:46:08.730><c> we</c><00:46:08.949><c> must</c><00:46:09.230><c> keep</c><00:46:09.510><c> our</c><00:46:09.949><c> passions</c><00:46:10.349><c> in</c><00:46:10.789><c> check,</c>

00:46:11.489 --> 00:46:14.150
that<00:46:11.690><c> we</c><00:46:11.869><c> should</c><00:46:12.130><c> guard</c><00:46:12.469><c> our</c><00:46:12.730><c> eyes,</c><00:46:13.429><c> that</c><00:46:13.489><c> we</c><00:46:13.670><c> should</c><00:46:13.889><c> keep</c>

00:46:14.150 --> 00:46:14.789
our<00:46:14.429><c> lips,</c>

00:46:15.150 --> 00:46:16.969
that<00:46:15.250><c> we</c><00:46:15.469><c> should</c><00:46:15.690><c> watch</c><00:46:16.090><c> our</c><00:46:16.409><c> ears,</c>

00:46:17.369 --> 00:46:21.010
that<00:46:17.570><c> all</c><00:46:17.909><c> the</c><00:46:18.250><c> aspects</c><00:46:18.610><c> in</c><00:46:18.829><c> which</c><00:46:18.989><c> we</c><00:46:19.190><c> can</c><00:46:19.409><c> so</c><00:46:19.650><c> easily</c><00:46:20.369><c> absorb</c>

00:46:21.010 --> 00:46:21.829
the<00:46:21.230><c> wrong</c><00:46:21.570><c> influences</c>

00:46:22.150 --> 00:46:25.670
and<00:46:22.389><c> go</c><00:46:22.690><c> the</c><00:46:22.849><c> wrong</c><00:46:23.090><c> way,</c><00:46:23.889><c> that</c><00:46:23.969><c> they</c><00:46:24.150><c> all</c><00:46:24.409><c> might</c><00:46:24.570><c> be</c><00:46:24.829><c> kept</c><00:46:24.989><c> in</c><00:46:25.409><c> check,</c>

00:46:26.070 --> 00:46:28.949
so<00:46:26.349><c> that</c><00:46:26.489><c> we</c><00:46:26.650><c> might</c><00:46:26.809><c> not</c><00:46:27.050><c> be</c><00:46:27.409><c> displaced</c><00:46:28.030><c> from</c><00:46:28.329><c> the</c><00:46:28.570><c> city,</c>

00:46:29.190 --> 00:46:32.469
but<00:46:29.489><c> that</c><00:46:29.690><c> we</c><00:46:29.909><c> might</c><00:46:30.150><c> receive</c><00:46:30.570><c> the</c><00:46:30.869><c> blessings</c><00:46:31.230><c> of</c><00:46:31.429><c> the</c><00:46:31.590><c> Lord.</c>

00:46:32.829 --> 00:46:36.489
We<00:46:33.190><c> need,</c><00:46:33.409><c> I</c><00:46:33.530><c> think,</c><00:46:34.550><c> our</c><00:46:34.670><c> very</c><00:46:35.250><c> last</c><00:46:35.989><c> thought</c>

00:46:36.489 --> 00:46:39.929
to<00:46:37.110><c> come</c><00:46:37.449><c> then</c><00:46:37.710><c> to</c><00:46:37.849><c> the</c><00:46:38.230><c> prevailing</c><00:46:38.929><c> passion.</c>

00:46:40.369 --> 00:46:42.650
That<00:46:40.489><c> was</c><00:46:40.670><c> a</c><00:46:40.849><c> moment</c><00:46:41.030><c> of</c><00:46:41.289><c> passion</c><00:46:41.590><c> and</c><00:46:41.769><c> a</c><00:46:41.909><c> very</c><00:46:42.130><c> unfortunate</c>

00:46:42.650 --> 00:46:43.190
one<00:46:42.969><c> too,</c>

00:46:43.190 --> 00:46:45.510
one<00:46:43.369><c> that</c><00:46:43.989><c> dragged</c><00:46:44.429><c> David</c><00:46:45.010><c> down.</c>

00:46:46.010 --> 00:46:49.989
But<00:46:46.110><c> there</c><00:46:46.289><c> was</c><00:46:46.449><c> a</c><00:46:46.650><c> burning</c><00:46:47.010><c> desire</c><00:46:47.550><c> that</c><00:46:48.269><c> followed</c><00:46:48.869><c> him</c><00:46:49.550><c> all</c>

00:46:49.989 --> 00:46:51.309
his<00:46:50.349><c> days.</c>

00:46:51.449 --> 00:46:53.610
I<00:46:51.570><c> bring</c><00:46:51.690><c> you</c><00:46:51.989><c> to</c><00:46:52.349><c> Samuel</c><00:46:52.750><c> chapter</c><00:46:53.230><c> 7</c>

00:46:53.610 --> 00:46:57.070
and<00:46:53.889><c> to</c><00:46:54.070><c> the</c><00:46:54.789><c> promise</c><00:46:55.150><c> that</c><00:46:55.409><c> God</c><00:46:55.650><c> made</c><00:46:56.110><c> to</c><00:46:56.369><c> him</c><00:46:56.590><c> concerning</c>

00:46:57.070 --> 00:46:57.849
his<00:46:57.409><c> house,</c>

00:46:57.849 --> 00:47:02.349
his<00:46:58.550><c> dynasty,</c><00:46:59.730><c> his</c><00:47:00.030><c> son,</c><00:47:00.869><c> the</c><00:47:01.110><c> eternal</c><00:47:01.650><c> purpose,</c>

00:47:02.750 --> 00:47:05.969
when<00:47:03.349><c> at</c><00:47:03.610><c> last</c><00:47:03.789><c> he</c><00:47:03.909><c> was</c><00:47:04.130><c> promised</c><00:47:04.469><c> that</c><00:47:04.909><c> one</c><00:47:05.230><c> would</c><00:47:05.530><c> sit</c><00:47:05.730><c> upon</c>

00:47:05.969 --> 00:47:07.730
his<00:47:06.309><c> throne</c><00:47:06.570><c> forever,</c>

00:47:07.809 --> 00:47:11.389
that<00:47:08.130><c> a</c><00:47:08.530><c> king</c><00:47:08.730><c> would</c><00:47:09.050><c> come</c><00:47:09.230><c> who</c><00:47:09.369><c> would</c><00:47:09.550><c> build</c><00:47:09.829><c> a</c><00:47:10.010><c> temple</c><00:47:10.429><c> and</c><00:47:11.130><c> a</c>

00:47:11.389 --> 00:47:13.190
dynasty<00:47:11.829><c> and</c><00:47:12.070><c> a</c><00:47:12.250><c> house.</c>

00:47:13.449 --> 00:47:16.389
And<00:47:13.730><c> the</c><00:47:14.090><c> detail</c><00:47:14.349><c> comes</c><00:47:14.650><c> in</c><00:47:14.809><c> 2</c><00:47:15.030><c> Samuel</c><00:47:15.349><c> chapter</c><00:47:15.710><c> 7</c><00:47:16.050><c> and</c><00:47:16.250><c> there</c>

00:47:16.389 --> 00:47:17.909
at<00:47:16.530><c> verse</c><00:47:16.750><c> 18,</c>

00:47:18.190 --> 00:47:20.449
when<00:47:18.429><c> the</c><00:47:18.630><c> record</c><00:47:18.789><c> says</c><00:47:19.030><c> that,</c>

00:47:28.170 --> 00:47:30.469
You<00:47:28.690><c> heard</c><00:47:28.869><c> those</c><00:47:29.130><c> words</c><00:47:29.349><c> before?</c>

00:47:30.550 --> 00:47:32.250
Well,<00:47:30.710><c> they</c><00:47:30.909><c> take</c><00:47:31.050><c> you</c><00:47:31.230><c> way</c><00:47:31.469><c> back,</c><00:47:31.750><c> don't</c><00:47:31.989><c> they?</c>

00:47:32.610 --> 00:47:36.369
To<00:47:32.769><c> the</c><00:47:32.929><c> time</c><00:47:33.050><c> when</c><00:47:33.489><c> this</c><00:47:34.050><c> young</c><00:47:34.289><c> man</c><00:47:34.610><c> stood</c><00:47:34.909><c> with</c><00:47:35.170><c> the</c><00:47:35.389><c> philistine's</c><00:47:36.170><c> head</c>

00:47:36.369 --> 00:47:37.409
dripping<00:47:36.750><c> on</c><00:47:37.010><c> the</c><00:47:37.150><c> mat.</c>

00:47:37.909 --> 00:47:39.110
To<00:47:38.170><c> the</c><00:47:38.369><c> time</c><00:47:38.489><c> when</c><00:47:38.630><c> he</c><00:47:38.829><c> said,</c>

00:47:39.590 --> 00:47:40.570
Who<00:47:39.670><c> are</c><00:47:39.710><c> you,</c><00:47:39.989><c> young</c><00:47:40.130><c> man?</c>

00:47:40.789 --> 00:47:45.329
And<00:47:40.989><c> I</c><00:47:41.210><c> am,</c><00:47:41.449><c> he</c><00:47:41.670><c> said,</c><00:47:42.230><c> the</c><00:47:42.510><c> son</c><00:47:42.829><c> of</c><00:47:43.050><c> your</c><00:47:43.389><c> servant</c><00:47:43.769><c> Jesse</c><00:47:44.309><c> the</c><00:47:44.570><c> Bethlehemite.</c>

00:47:45.809 --> 00:47:48.630
They<00:47:46.070><c> take</c><00:47:46.230><c> you</c><00:47:46.349><c> through</c><00:47:46.550><c> the</c><00:47:46.730><c> wilderness</c><00:47:47.090><c> sojourn</c><00:47:47.969><c> where</c><00:47:48.269><c> he</c><00:47:48.449><c> said,</c>

00:47:48.949 --> 00:47:52.070
Who<00:47:49.130><c> am</c><00:47:49.429><c> I</c><00:47:49.610><c> that</c><00:47:49.909><c> you,</c><00:47:50.289><c> O</c><00:47:50.510><c> King,</c><00:47:50.869><c> should</c><00:47:50.909><c> come</c><00:47:51.170><c> chasing</c><00:47:51.510><c> after</c><00:47:51.809><c> me?</c>

00:47:52.110 --> 00:47:53.489
I'm<00:47:52.489><c> the</c><00:47:52.769><c> flea,</c><00:47:53.170><c> remember?</c>

00:47:53.710 --> 00:47:55.050
I'm<00:47:54.090><c> the</c><00:47:54.309><c> dead</c><00:47:54.690><c> dog.</c>

00:47:55.210 --> 00:47:57.130
I'm<00:47:55.590><c> the</c><00:47:55.889><c> partridge</c><00:47:56.369><c> in</c><00:47:56.510><c> the</c><00:47:56.670><c> wilderness.</c>

00:47:57.130 --> 00:48:00.250
And<00:47:58.070><c> now</c><00:47:58.409><c> he,</c><00:47:59.050><c> the</c><00:47:59.230><c> king,</c><00:47:59.670><c> exalted.</c>

00:48:00.309 --> 00:48:04.690
Well,<00:48:01.590><c> the</c><00:48:01.690><c> king</c><00:48:01.949><c> who</c><00:48:02.269><c> knew</c><00:48:02.570><c> himself</c><00:48:03.309><c> was</c><00:48:04.170><c> to</c><00:48:04.369><c> say,</c>

00:48:05.170 --> 00:48:06.929
Who<00:48:05.170><c> am</c><00:48:05.510><c> I,</c><00:48:06.130><c> O</c><00:48:06.289><c> Lord</c><00:48:06.530><c> God?</c>

00:48:07.429 --> 00:48:11.789
And<00:48:07.590><c> what</c><00:48:07.809><c> is</c><00:48:08.050><c> my</c><00:48:08.309><c> house</c><00:48:08.809><c> that</c><00:48:09.269><c> thou</c><00:48:09.469><c> hast</c><00:48:09.769><c> brought</c><00:48:10.230><c> me</c><00:48:10.769><c> hitherto?</c>

00:48:11.929 --> 00:48:15.050
And<00:48:12.130><c> this</c><00:48:12.309><c> was</c><00:48:12.489><c> yet</c><00:48:12.670><c> a</c><00:48:13.010><c> small</c><00:48:13.289><c> thing</c><00:48:13.570><c> in</c><00:48:13.789><c> thy</c><00:48:14.030><c> sight,</c><00:48:14.269><c> O</c><00:48:14.469><c> Lord</c><00:48:14.690><c> God,</c>

00:48:15.409 --> 00:48:18.590
but<00:48:15.570><c> thou</c><00:48:15.769><c> hast</c><00:48:16.070><c> spoken</c><00:48:16.510><c> also</c><00:48:16.949><c> of</c><00:48:17.130><c> thy</c><00:48:17.369><c> servant's</c><00:48:17.889><c> house</c><00:48:18.190><c> for</c>

00:48:18.590 --> 00:48:20.610
a<00:48:18.849><c> great</c><00:48:19.090><c> while</c><00:48:19.449><c> to</c><00:48:19.789><c> come.</c>

00:48:20.630 --> 00:48:24.309
And<00:48:21.050><c> is</c><00:48:21.349><c> this</c><00:48:21.670><c> the</c><00:48:21.969><c> manner</c><00:48:22.170><c> of</c><00:48:22.590><c> man,</c><00:48:23.449><c> O</c><00:48:23.590><c> Lord</c><00:48:23.869><c> God?</c>

00:48:24.309 --> 00:48:27.289
Now,<00:48:25.130><c> what</c><00:48:25.190><c> does</c><00:48:25.329><c> that</c><00:48:25.610><c> mean</c><00:48:25.809><c> there</c><00:48:26.050><c> at</c><00:48:26.230><c> the</c><00:48:26.309><c> end</c><00:48:26.489><c> of</c><00:48:26.630><c> verse</c><00:48:26.829><c> 19?</c>

00:48:27.570 --> 00:48:30.110
And<00:48:27.710><c> is</c><00:48:27.929><c> this</c><00:48:28.349><c> the</c><00:48:28.670><c> manner</c><00:48:28.889><c> of</c><00:48:29.269><c> man?</c>

00:48:30.250 --> 00:48:32.690
You<00:48:30.369><c> know,</c><00:48:30.550><c> it's</c><00:48:30.849><c> capable</c><00:48:31.190><c> of</c><00:48:31.369><c> being</c><00:48:31.610><c> translated,</c><00:48:32.250><c> and</c><00:48:32.429><c> the</c>

00:48:32.690 --> 00:48:34.849
revised<00:48:32.989><c> version</c><00:48:33.289><c> offers</c><00:48:33.570><c> this</c><00:48:33.869><c> translation.</c>

00:48:34.969 --> 00:48:38.309
And<00:48:35.210><c> is</c><00:48:35.530><c> this</c><00:48:35.929><c> the</c><00:48:36.250><c> law</c><00:48:36.550><c> for</c><00:48:36.889><c> mankind?</c>

00:48:38.789 --> 00:48:42.429
In<00:48:39.090><c> other</c><00:48:39.269><c> words,</c><00:48:39.610><c> that</c><00:48:39.730><c> God</c><00:48:39.989><c> who</c><00:48:40.250><c> knew</c><00:48:40.510><c> David</c><00:48:40.929><c> and</c><00:48:41.130><c> his</c><00:48:41.389><c> potentiality</c>

00:48:42.429 --> 00:48:46.469
and<00:48:42.969><c> his</c><00:48:44.269><c> possibility</c><00:48:44.869><c> for</c><00:48:45.210><c> pitfalls,</c>

00:48:46.789 --> 00:48:49.949
that<00:48:47.110><c> God</c><00:48:47.369><c> is</c><00:48:47.690><c> saying</c><00:48:48.030><c> through</c><00:48:48.730><c> David</c><00:48:49.130><c> quite</c><00:48:49.489><c> clearly</c>

00:48:49.949 --> 00:48:53.510
that<00:48:50.530><c> this</c><00:48:51.090><c> covenant</c><00:48:51.550><c> promise</c><00:48:52.130><c> that</c><00:48:52.650><c> would</c><00:48:52.869><c> see</c><00:48:53.030><c> a</c><00:48:53.210><c> better</c>

00:48:53.510 --> 00:48:54.230
than<00:48:53.789><c> David,</c>

00:48:54.610 --> 00:48:57.449
that<00:48:54.769><c> would</c><00:48:55.050><c> see</c><00:48:55.369><c> great</c><00:48:55.710><c> David's</c><00:48:56.309><c> greatest</c><00:48:56.630><c> son</c><00:48:56.929><c> established</c>

00:48:57.449 --> 00:48:58.190
in<00:48:57.650><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:48:58.590 --> 00:49:02.469
this<00:48:59.110><c> covenant</c><00:48:59.570><c> promise,</c><00:49:00.610><c> that</c><00:49:00.730><c> and</c><00:49:00.989><c> that</c><00:49:01.230><c> alone,</c><00:49:01.909><c> is</c><00:49:02.110><c> the</c>

00:49:02.469 --> 00:49:04.489
law<00:49:02.869><c> for</c><00:49:03.230><c> mankind.</c>

00:49:04.610 --> 00:49:07.070
That<00:49:04.710><c> it</c><00:49:04.909><c> was</c><00:49:05.110><c> through</c><00:49:05.349><c> the</c><00:49:05.670><c> eternal</c><00:49:06.130><c> mercies,</c>

00:49:07.190 --> 00:49:10.329
through<00:49:07.449><c> the</c><00:49:07.730><c> sure</c><00:49:07.949><c> and</c><00:49:08.329><c> steadfast</c><00:49:08.829><c> love</c><00:49:09.190><c> that</c><00:49:09.670><c> David</c><00:49:10.010><c> had</c>

00:49:10.329 --> 00:49:12.510
for<00:49:10.690><c> David</c><00:49:11.110><c> and</c><00:49:11.409><c> through</c><00:49:11.650><c> David</c><00:49:12.050><c> for</c><00:49:12.309><c> us.</c>

00:49:12.710 --> 00:49:16.250
It<00:49:12.989><c> was</c><00:49:13.210><c> through</c><00:49:13.610><c> those</c><00:49:14.070><c> things</c><00:49:14.590><c> that</c><00:49:15.110><c> God's</c><00:49:15.650><c> purpose</c><00:49:15.889><c> would</c>

00:49:16.250 --> 00:49:17.210
surely<00:49:16.670><c> prevail.</c>

00:49:17.210 --> 00:49:20.269
That<00:49:17.909><c> is</c><00:49:18.170><c> the</c><00:49:18.469><c> law</c><00:49:18.750><c> of</c><00:49:19.090><c> mankind.</c>

00:49:20.530 --> 00:49:23.449
And<00:49:20.690><c> so</c><00:49:20.809><c> let's</c><00:49:21.070><c> touch</c><00:49:21.309><c> base</c><00:49:21.570><c> with</c><00:49:21.789><c> David</c><00:49:22.150><c> right</c><00:49:22.630><c> at</c><00:49:22.809><c> his</c><00:49:23.010><c> very</c>

00:49:23.449 --> 00:49:24.949
dying<00:49:23.889><c> days,</c>

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2<00:49:25.130><c> Samuel</c><00:49:25.429><c> chapter</c><00:49:25.829><c> 23,</c>

00:49:26.949 --> 00:49:30.250
and<00:49:27.150><c> there</c><00:49:27.309><c> at</c><00:49:27.449><c> the</c><00:49:27.550><c> very</c><00:49:27.829><c> last</c><00:49:28.309><c> words</c><00:49:28.769><c> that</c><00:49:28.969><c> he</c><00:49:29.130><c> was</c><00:49:29.590><c> ever</c><00:49:29.889><c> to</c>

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have<00:49:30.510><c> recorded.</c>

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And<00:49:31.730><c> now</c><00:49:31.989><c> I</c><00:49:32.070><c> want</c><00:49:32.190><c> to</c><00:49:32.429><c> bring</c><00:49:32.530><c> you</c><00:49:32.849><c> at</c><00:49:33.170><c> last</c><00:49:33.750><c> to</c><00:49:34.170><c> the</c><00:49:34.530><c> phrase</c><00:49:34.869><c> that</c><00:49:35.150><c> we</c><00:49:35.369><c> saw,</c>

00:49:36.170 --> 00:49:38.210
it<00:49:36.469><c> must</c><00:49:36.610><c> for</c><00:49:36.869><c> you</c><00:49:37.110><c> seem</c><00:49:37.369><c> hours</c><00:49:37.789><c> ago,</c>

00:49:38.510 --> 00:49:42.090
when<00:49:38.690><c> we</c><00:49:38.929><c> began</c><00:49:39.170><c> in</c><00:49:39.409><c> Acts</c><00:49:39.590><c> chapter</c><00:49:39.949><c> 13</c><00:49:40.530><c> in</c><00:49:40.929><c> Pasidian,</c><00:49:41.730><c> Antioch,</c>

00:49:42.090 --> 00:49:45.510
and<00:49:42.550><c> heard</c><00:49:42.789><c> that</c><00:49:43.130><c> compressed</c><00:49:43.869><c> statement</c><00:49:44.489><c> of</c><00:49:44.969><c> the</c><00:49:45.110><c> man</c><00:49:45.289><c> whom</c>

00:49:45.510 --> 00:49:47.289
God<00:49:45.789><c> had</c><00:49:46.090><c> raised</c><00:49:46.369><c> up.</c>

00:49:47.550 --> 00:49:51.730
2<00:49:47.710><c> Samuel</c><00:49:47.989><c> 23,</c><00:49:49.090><c> now,</c><00:49:49.309><c> these</c><00:49:49.489><c> be</c><00:49:49.809><c> the</c><00:49:50.010><c> last</c><00:49:50.429><c> words</c><00:49:50.869><c> of</c><00:49:51.190><c> David.</c>

00:49:52.050 --> 00:49:54.809
David,<00:49:53.570><c> the</c><00:49:53.570><c> champion.</c>

00:49:54.829 --> 00:49:57.610
David,<00:49:55.710><c> the</c><00:49:55.849><c> Goliath</c><00:49:56.510><c> slayer.</c>

00:49:57.650 --> 00:50:00.190
David,<00:49:58.150><c> the</c><00:49:58.210><c> man</c><00:49:58.489><c> prepared</c><00:49:58.909><c> in</c><00:49:59.090><c> the</c><00:49:59.250><c> wilderness.</c>

00:50:00.349 --> 00:50:02.670
David,<00:50:01.289><c> the</c><00:50:01.429><c> ruler</c><00:50:01.670><c> over</c><00:50:02.070><c> kings.</c>

00:50:03.150 --> 00:50:04.929
David,<00:50:03.869><c> the</c><00:50:04.090><c> king</c><00:50:04.369><c> supreme.</c>

00:50:05.130 --> 00:50:06.650
No,<00:50:05.309><c> not</c><00:50:05.489><c> a</c><00:50:05.590><c> bit</c><00:50:05.710><c> of</c><00:50:05.809><c> it.</c>

00:50:06.730 --> 00:50:09.670
David,<00:50:07.869><c> the</c><00:50:08.090><c> son</c><00:50:08.329><c> of</c><00:50:08.730><c> Jesse</c><00:50:09.130><c> said.</c>

00:50:09.670 --> 00:50:12.829
And<00:50:10.469><c> the</c><00:50:10.650><c> man</c><00:50:10.789><c> who</c><00:50:10.929><c> was</c><00:50:11.210><c> raised</c><00:50:11.510><c> up</c><00:50:11.769><c> on</c><00:50:12.050><c> high,</c>

00:50:12.849 --> 00:50:15.929
the<00:50:13.010><c> anointed</c><00:50:13.449><c> of</c><00:50:13.630><c> the</c><00:50:13.789><c> God</c><00:50:13.929><c> of</c><00:50:14.190><c> Jacob</c><00:50:14.530><c> and</c><00:50:14.750><c> the</c><00:50:15.050><c> sweet</c><00:50:15.329><c> psalmist</c><00:50:15.750><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:50:16.329><c> said,</c>

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The<00:50:17.690><c> spirit</c><00:50:17.969><c> of</c><00:50:18.170><c> the</c><00:50:18.329><c> Lord</c><00:50:18.590><c> spake</c><00:50:19.050><c> by</c><00:50:19.369><c> me,</c><00:50:19.809><c> and</c><00:50:19.909><c> his</c><00:50:20.309><c> word</c><00:50:20.590><c> was</c>

00:50:20.809 --> 00:50:21.409
in<00:50:20.949><c> my</c><00:50:21.250><c> tongue.</c>

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The<00:50:21.550><c> God</c><00:50:21.690><c> of</c><00:50:21.909><c> Israel</c><00:50:22.289><c> said,</c>

00:50:23.230 --> 00:50:25.750
The<00:50:23.369><c> rock</c><00:50:23.650><c> of</c><00:50:23.829><c> Israel</c><00:50:24.250><c> spake</c><00:50:24.690><c> to</c><00:50:24.929><c> me.</c>

00:50:26.289 --> 00:50:32.969
He<00:50:26.650><c> that</c><00:50:26.949><c> ruleth</c><00:50:27.329><c> over</c><00:50:27.670><c> men</c><00:50:28.409><c> must</c><00:50:28.969><c> be</c><00:50:29.449><c> just</c><00:50:30.650><c> ruling</c><00:50:31.349><c> in</c><00:50:31.769><c> the</c><00:50:32.050><c> fear</c><00:50:32.250><c> of</c><00:50:32.510><c> God.</c>

00:50:33.429 --> 00:50:36.650
And<00:50:33.730><c> he</c><00:50:34.110><c> shall</c><00:50:34.309><c> be</c><00:50:34.530><c> as</c><00:50:34.690><c> the</c><00:50:34.909><c> light</c><00:50:35.070><c> of</c><00:50:35.250><c> the</c><00:50:35.429><c> morning</c><00:50:35.869><c> when</c><00:50:36.349><c> the</c>

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sun<00:50:36.929><c> riseth,</c>

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even<00:50:38.170><c> a</c><00:50:38.429><c> morning</c><00:50:38.630><c> without</c><00:50:39.130><c> clouds.</c>

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And<00:50:40.809><c> you</c><00:50:40.929><c> can</c><00:50:41.110><c> see,</c><00:50:41.469><c> David,</c><00:50:41.630><c> can't</c><00:50:41.789><c> you,</c><00:50:41.909><c> looking</c><00:50:42.150><c> down</c><00:50:42.429><c> the</c>

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centuries<00:50:43.010><c> of</c><00:50:43.329><c> time</c>

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and<00:50:44.110><c> seeing</c><00:50:44.369><c> the</c><00:50:44.809><c> brilliance</c><00:50:45.250><c> of</c><00:50:45.429><c> the</c><00:50:45.610><c> light</c><00:50:45.909><c> shining</c><00:50:46.309><c> from</c>

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the<00:50:46.869><c> king</c><00:50:47.010><c> of</c><00:50:47.369><c> glory</c>

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and<00:50:48.429><c> seeing</c><00:50:48.670><c> that</c><00:50:48.809><c> there</c><00:50:48.949><c> would</c><00:50:49.110><c> be</c><00:50:49.309><c> no</c><00:50:49.750><c> blot,</c><00:50:50.309><c> no</c><00:50:50.730><c> blemish,</c>

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no<00:50:52.050><c> cloud</c><00:50:52.630><c> to</c><00:50:53.269><c> darken</c><00:50:53.710><c> the</c><00:50:53.869><c> day</c><00:50:54.030><c> of</c><00:50:54.309><c> that</c><00:50:54.710><c> sun</c><00:50:55.070><c> rising,</c>

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even<00:50:56.590><c> a</c><00:50:56.869><c> morning</c><00:50:57.130><c> without</c><00:50:57.489><c> clouds</c><00:50:58.150><c> as</c><00:50:58.389><c> the</c><00:50:58.670><c> tender</c><00:50:59.090><c> grass</c>

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springing<00:51:00.730><c> out</c><00:51:00.969><c> of</c><00:51:01.110><c> the</c><00:51:01.309><c> earth</c><00:51:01.510><c> by</c><00:51:02.190><c> clear</c><00:51:02.769><c> shining</c><00:51:03.170><c> after</c><00:51:03.630><c> rain.</c>

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Although<00:51:05.070><c> my</c><00:51:05.449><c> house</c><00:51:05.809><c> be</c><00:51:06.010><c> not</c><00:51:06.349><c> so</c><00:51:06.489><c> with</c><00:51:06.670><c> God,</c>

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there<00:51:08.429><c> he</c><00:51:08.610><c> was,</c><00:51:08.889><c> he</c><00:51:09.050><c> recognized</c><00:51:09.409><c> his</c><00:51:09.610><c> own</c><00:51:09.949><c> failings,</c><00:51:10.389><c> his</c><00:51:10.550><c> own</c><00:51:11.210><c> falling.</c>

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Although<00:51:12.550><c> my</c><00:51:12.969><c> house</c><00:51:13.289><c> be</c><00:51:13.489><c> not</c><00:51:13.769><c> so</c><00:51:13.929><c> with</c><00:51:14.150><c> God,</c>

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yet<00:51:15.070><c> he</c><00:51:15.349><c> hath</c><00:51:15.570><c> made</c><00:51:15.889><c> with</c><00:51:16.130><c> me</c><00:51:16.690><c> an</c><00:51:17.210><c> everlasting</c><00:51:17.889><c> covenant</c>

00:51:18.489 --> 00:51:21.550
ordered<00:51:19.349><c> in</c><00:51:19.730><c> all</c><00:51:20.050><c> things</c><00:51:20.389><c> and</c><00:51:20.710><c> sure.</c>

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For<00:51:21.929><c> this</c><00:51:22.230><c> is</c><00:51:22.610><c> all</c><00:51:23.070><c> my</c><00:51:23.409><c> salvation</c><00:51:24.150><c> and</c><00:51:24.829><c> all</c><00:51:25.349><c> my</c><00:51:25.650><c> desire,</c>

00:51:26.789 --> 00:51:30.369
although<00:51:27.349><c> he</c><00:51:28.210><c> make</c><00:51:28.429><c> it</c><00:51:28.789><c> not</c><00:51:29.110><c> to</c><00:51:29.469><c> grow.</c>

00:51:30.929 --> 00:51:32.550
There,<00:51:31.329><c> brothers</c><00:51:31.409><c> and</c><00:51:31.630><c> sisters</c><00:51:31.809><c> and</c><00:51:32.030><c> young</c><00:51:32.190><c> people,</c>

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is<00:51:33.050><c> the</c><00:51:33.409><c> prevailing</c><00:51:34.230><c> passion.</c>

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There's<00:51:35.610><c> the</c><00:51:35.969><c> ruling</c><00:51:36.389><c> motive</c><00:51:36.889><c> that</c><00:51:37.150><c> ought</c><00:51:37.389><c> to</c><00:51:37.730><c> drive</c><00:51:38.230><c> our</c><00:51:38.710><c> lives.</c>

00:51:39.650 --> 00:51:42.010
Of<00:51:39.869><c> course,</c><00:51:40.070><c> we</c><00:51:40.190><c> will</c><00:51:40.369><c> be</c><00:51:40.670><c> occasionally</c><00:51:41.309><c> allured.</c>

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That's<00:51:42.650><c> in</c><00:51:42.809><c> our</c><00:51:42.949><c> nature.</c>

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And<00:51:43.929><c> yes,</c><00:51:44.130><c> we</c><00:51:44.289><c> will</c><00:51:44.530><c> often</c><00:51:44.909><c> fall.</c>

00:51:45.969 --> 00:51:48.530
And<00:51:46.170><c> it's</c><00:51:46.369><c> in</c><00:51:46.449><c> the</c><00:51:46.590><c> goodness</c><00:51:46.849><c> of</c><00:51:47.070><c> God</c><00:51:47.250><c> that</c><00:51:47.389><c> he</c><00:51:47.489><c> will</c><00:51:47.829><c> raise</c><00:51:48.210><c> us</c>

00:51:48.530 --> 00:51:52.289
and<00:51:49.050><c> respond</c><00:51:49.650><c> to</c><00:51:49.929><c> us</c><00:51:50.090><c> in</c><00:51:50.309><c> our</c><00:51:50.650><c> contrite</c><00:51:51.190><c> confession.</c>

00:51:52.429 --> 00:51:56.610
But<00:51:52.590><c> you</c><00:51:52.789><c> see,</c><00:51:53.150><c> that</c><00:51:53.610><c> must</c><00:51:54.050><c> be</c><00:51:54.690><c> the</c><00:51:55.030><c> commanding</c><00:51:55.690><c> passion.</c>

00:51:57.289 --> 00:52:00.150
This<00:51:57.809><c> is</c><00:51:58.429><c> all</c><00:51:59.030><c> my</c><00:51:59.449><c> salvation.</c>

00:52:00.150 --> 00:52:03.389
The<00:52:01.010><c> coming</c><00:52:01.210><c> of</c><00:52:01.389><c> the</c><00:52:01.650><c> King</c><00:52:01.889><c> and</c><00:52:02.090><c> the</c><00:52:02.269><c> morning</c><00:52:02.449><c> without</c><00:52:02.849><c> clouds</c>

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and<00:52:04.190><c> all</c><00:52:04.989><c> my</c><00:52:05.389><c> desire,</c>

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and<00:52:07.050><c> may</c><00:52:07.150><c> it</c><00:52:07.329><c> be</c><00:52:07.469><c> in</c><00:52:07.590><c> God's</c><00:52:08.070><c> mercy</c><00:52:08.369><c> and</c><00:52:08.590><c> in</c><00:52:08.769><c> his</c><00:52:08.989><c> love,</c>

00:52:09.769 --> 00:52:12.530
that<00:52:09.869><c> we</c><00:52:10.110><c> who</c><00:52:10.289><c> are</c><00:52:10.349><c> being</c><00:52:10.750><c> fashioned</c><00:52:11.130><c> after</c><00:52:11.469><c> the</c><00:52:12.070><c> measure</c><00:52:12.349><c> of</c>

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the<00:52:12.730><c> man</c>

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whom<00:52:13.170><c> we</c><00:52:13.489><c> have</c><00:52:13.750><c> considered,</c>

00:52:14.909 --> 00:52:19.449
might<00:52:15.090><c> also</c><00:52:15.489><c> be</c><00:52:15.889><c> becoming</c><00:52:16.429><c> men</c><00:52:17.030><c> and</c><00:52:17.329><c> women</c><00:52:17.630><c> after</c><00:52:18.030><c> God's</c><00:52:18.670><c> own</c><00:52:18.989><c> heart,</c>

00:52:19.750 --> 00:52:24.010
so<00:52:20.030><c> that</c><00:52:20.210><c> with</c><00:52:20.750><c> that</c><00:52:21.170><c> passion</c><00:52:21.710><c> and</c><00:52:22.449><c> that</c><00:52:22.909><c> desire,</c>

00:52:24.250 --> 00:52:27.389
we<00:52:24.489><c> too</c><00:52:24.690><c> might</c><00:52:24.889><c> be</c><00:52:25.210><c> privileged</c><00:52:25.730><c> to</c><00:52:26.329><c> meet</c><00:52:26.570><c> the</c><00:52:26.929><c> King,</c>

00:52:27.389 --> 00:52:32.010
Great<00:52:27.989><c> David's</c><00:52:28.969><c> greater</c><00:52:29.230><c> Son,</c><00:52:30.250><c> in</c><00:52:30.349><c> all</c><00:52:30.730><c> his</c><00:52:31.010><c> glory.</c>