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And<00:11:12.019><c> again,</c><00:11:12.519><c> when</c><00:11:13.139><c> God</c><00:11:13.440><c> destroyed</c><00:11:13.940><c> Ziklag,</c><00:11:14.799><c> we</c><00:11:14.960><c> recall</c><00:11:15.399><c> David</c>

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lived<00:11:15.960><c> a</c><00:11:16.220><c> year</c><00:11:16.399><c> with</c><00:11:16.620><c> the</c><00:11:16.860><c> Philistines.</c>

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And<00:11:18.539><c> quite</c><00:11:19.039><c> often,</c><00:11:19.539><c> we</c><00:11:19.779><c> look</c><00:11:20.019><c> upon</c><00:11:20.360><c> that</c><00:11:20.639><c> period</c><00:11:21.080><c> as</c><00:11:21.679><c> possibly</c>

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a<00:11:22.600><c> time</c><00:11:22.840><c> of</c><00:11:23.019><c> spiritual</c><00:11:23.440><c> compromise</c>

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for<00:11:24.340><c> David.</c>

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It<00:11:25.460><c> was</c><00:11:25.700><c> certainly</c><00:11:26.039><c> a</c><00:11:26.419><c> difficult</c><00:11:26.840><c> time</c><00:11:27.259><c> where</c><00:11:27.580><c> he</c><00:11:27.860><c> left</c><00:11:28.220><c> Judah.</c>

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He<00:11:28.799><c> left</c><00:11:29.159><c> the</c><00:11:29.500><c> land</c><00:11:29.820><c> of</c><00:11:30.039><c> Judah</c><00:11:30.200><c> where</c><00:11:31.460><c> the</c><00:11:31.919><c> Gad,</c><00:11:32.299><c> the</c><00:11:32.460><c> seer,</c>

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had<00:11:33.139><c> expressly</c><00:11:33.639><c> told</c><00:11:33.879><c> David</c><00:11:34.200><c> that</c><00:11:34.419><c> God</c>

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desired<00:11:35.259><c> him</c><00:11:35.600><c> to</c><00:11:35.860><c> stay</c><00:11:36.440><c> in</c><00:11:37.200><c> Judah.</c>

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It<00:11:37.899><c> was</c><00:11:38.139><c> not</c><00:11:38.360><c> God's</c><00:11:38.740><c> wish</c><00:11:38.879><c> that</c><00:11:39.080><c> David</c><00:11:39.399><c> leave.</c>

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And<00:11:40.620><c> at</c><00:11:40.779><c> one</c><00:11:41.080><c> point,</c><00:11:41.500><c> David,</c><00:11:42.080><c> despaired</c><00:11:42.220><c> of</c><00:11:42.419><c> life,</c><00:11:42.779><c> he</c><00:11:42.960><c> said,</c>

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I<00:11:43.179><c> shall</c><00:11:43.440><c> surely</c><00:11:43.759><c> die</c><00:11:44.059><c> at</c><00:11:44.240><c> the</c><00:11:44.360><c> hand</c><00:11:44.559><c> of</c>

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Saul.

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And<00:11:45.139><c> so</c><00:11:45.259><c> he</c><00:11:45.500><c> flees</c><00:11:46.259><c> to</c><00:11:46.519><c> the</c><00:11:46.679><c> land</c><00:11:46.799><c> of</c><00:11:47.000><c> the</c><00:11:47.139><c> Philistines.</c>

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And<00:11:48.539><c> in</c><00:11:48.740><c> the</c><00:11:48.879><c> land</c><00:11:49.000><c> of</c><00:11:49.179><c> the</c><00:11:49.340><c> Philistines,</c><00:11:50.600><c> he</c><00:11:51.320><c> strikes</c><00:11:51.779><c> up</c><00:11:52.019><c> a</c>

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friendship<00:11:52.600><c> with</c><00:11:52.960><c> Akish,</c><00:11:54.159><c> which</c><00:11:54.519><c> might</c><00:11:54.779><c> not</c>

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have<00:11:54.980><c> been</c><00:11:55.200><c> particularly</c><00:11:55.840><c> beneficial</c><00:11:56.379><c> for</c><00:11:56.639><c> David</c><00:11:57.039><c> and</c><00:11:57.779><c> leads</c>

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a<00:11:58.299><c> double</c><00:11:58.500><c> life,</c><00:11:59.159><c> essentially.</c>

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We<00:11:59.600><c> know</c><00:11:59.960><c> that</c><00:12:00.220><c> he</c><00:12:00.340><c> told</c><00:12:00.620><c> Akish</c><00:12:00.960><c> one</c><00:12:01.299><c> thing</c><00:12:01.519><c> while</c><00:12:01.720><c> he</c><00:12:01.820><c> was</c>

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doing<00:12:02.279><c> something</c><00:12:02.879><c> quite</c><00:12:03.519><c> different.</c>

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And<00:12:04.679><c> when</c><00:12:04.960><c> finally</c><00:12:05.320><c> God</c><00:12:05.580><c> intervenes</c><00:12:06.220><c> and</c><00:12:06.340><c> wipes</c><00:12:06.620><c> out</c><00:12:06.960><c> Ziklag</c>

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and<00:12:07.759><c> destroys</c><00:12:08.299><c> David's</c><00:12:08.840><c> connection</c>

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with<00:12:09.360><c> the</c><00:12:09.539><c> Philistines,</c><00:12:10.559><c> we</c><00:12:10.820><c> don't</c><00:12:11.100><c> find</c><00:12:11.419><c> David</c><00:12:12.460><c> resentful.</c>

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We<00:12:13.720><c> don't</c><00:12:13.980><c> find</c><00:12:14.279><c> David</c><00:12:14.700><c> in</c><00:12:14.919><c> any</c><00:12:15.139><c> way</c><00:12:15.840><c> upset</c><00:12:16.620><c> over</c><00:12:16.960><c> the</c><00:12:17.179><c> fact</c>

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that<00:12:17.519><c> God</c><00:12:17.720><c> has</c><00:12:17.980><c> done</c><00:12:18.159><c> this,</c><00:12:18.860><c> but</c><00:12:19.039><c> rather</c>

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we<00:12:19.519><c> find</c><00:12:19.799><c> that</c><00:12:20.019><c> David</c><00:12:20.440><c> strengthens</c><00:12:21.080><c> himself</c><00:12:21.679><c> in</c><00:12:22.259><c> God.</c>

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In<00:12:22.899><c> fact,</c><00:12:23.379><c> let's</c><00:12:23.620><c> turn</c><00:12:23.899><c> to</c><00:12:24.080><c> that,</c><00:12:24.340><c> 1</c><00:12:24.519><c> Samuel</c><00:12:25.039><c> 30,</c><00:12:26.000><c> verses</c><00:12:26.480><c> 3</c><00:12:27.879><c> to</c><00:12:28.000><c> 8.</c>

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It's<00:12:34.980><c> a</c><00:12:35.139><c> marvelous</c><00:12:35.559><c> example</c><00:12:36.259><c> of</c><00:12:36.519><c> where</c><00:12:36.740><c> when</c><00:12:37.039><c> David</c><00:12:37.259><c> is</c><00:12:37.539><c> put</c><00:12:37.700><c> in</c><00:12:37.820><c> a</c>

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situation<00:12:38.840><c> where</c><00:12:39.820><c> God</c><00:12:40.159><c> has</c><00:12:40.460><c> obviously</c>

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worked<00:12:41.340><c> against</c><00:12:41.779><c> him,</c><00:12:42.860><c> where</c><00:12:43.120><c> circumstances</c><00:12:43.860><c> have</c><00:12:44.179><c> not</c><00:12:44.419><c> gone</c>

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his<00:12:45.059><c> way,</c><00:12:46.440><c> when</c><00:12:46.899><c> he</c><00:12:47.399><c> recognizes</c><00:12:47.980><c> that</c>

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maybe<00:12:48.620><c> what</c><00:12:48.840><c> he</c><00:12:49.000><c> has</c><00:12:49.159><c> been</c><00:12:49.440><c> doing</c><00:12:49.860><c> has</c><00:12:50.179><c> not</c><00:12:50.379><c> been</c><00:12:50.600><c> holy</c><00:12:50.940><c> right</c>

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before<00:12:51.620><c> his</c><00:12:51.919><c> God,</c><00:12:53.639><c> that</c><00:12:53.820><c> David</c><00:12:54.120><c> resorts</c>

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to<00:12:55.080><c> the</c><00:12:55.299><c> one</c><00:12:55.580><c> resource</c><00:12:56.220><c> that</c><00:12:56.460><c> any</c><00:12:56.720><c> of</c><00:12:56.820><c> us</c><00:12:57.000><c> have</c><00:12:57.299><c> during</c><00:12:57.559><c> a</c><00:12:57.759><c> time</c>

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of<00:12:58.100><c> trouble.</c>

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Verse<00:12:59.899><c> 3,</c><00:13:00.360><c> so</c><00:13:00.500><c> David</c><00:13:00.860><c> and</c><00:13:00.960><c> his</c><00:13:01.179><c> men</c><00:13:01.340><c> of</c><00:13:01.539><c> 1</c><00:13:01.919><c> Samuel</c><00:13:02.279><c> 30</c><00:13:03.019><c> came</c><00:13:03.700><c> to</c>

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the<00:13:04.080><c> city,</c><00:13:04.559><c> and</c><00:13:04.559><c> behold,</c><00:13:05.100><c> it</c><00:13:05.200><c> was</c><00:13:05.399><c> burned</c>

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with<00:13:06.000><c> fire,</c><00:13:06.899><c> and</c><00:13:07.159><c> their</c><00:13:07.440><c> wives</c><00:13:07.940><c> and</c><00:13:08.240><c> their</c><00:13:08.559><c> sons</c><00:13:08.919><c> and</c><00:13:09.100><c> their</c>

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daughters<00:13:09.639><c> were</c><00:13:09.899><c> taken</c><00:13:10.220><c> captive.</c>

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Then<00:13:11.639><c> David</c><00:13:11.980><c> and</c><00:13:12.080><c> the</c><00:13:12.299><c> people</c><00:13:12.539><c> that</c><00:13:12.659><c> were</c><00:13:12.840><c> with</c><00:13:13.039><c> him</c><00:13:13.299><c> lifted</c>

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up<00:13:13.820><c> their</c><00:13:14.019><c> voice</c><00:13:14.340><c> and</c><00:13:14.700><c> wept</c><00:13:15.039><c> until</c><00:13:15.299><c> they</c>

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had<00:13:15.639><c> no</c><00:13:15.840><c> more</c><00:13:16.080><c> power</c><00:13:16.399><c> to</c><00:13:16.740><c> weep.</c>

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And<00:13:17.919><c> David's</c><00:13:18.360><c> two</c><00:13:18.600><c> wives</c><00:13:18.879><c> were</c><00:13:19.139><c> taken</c><00:13:19.419><c> captives,</c><00:13:20.100><c> Ahinawim,</c>

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the<00:13:21.320><c> Jezreelitess,</c><00:13:21.919><c> and</c><00:13:22.200><c> Abigail</c><00:13:22.500><c> the</c>

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wife<00:13:22.940><c> of</c><00:13:23.139><c> Nabal</c><00:13:23.360><c> the</c><00:13:23.519><c> Carmelite.</c>

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And<00:13:24.960><c> David</c><00:13:25.399><c> was</c><00:13:25.899><c> greatly</c><00:13:26.519><c> distressed,</c><00:13:28.120><c> for</c><00:13:28.279><c> the</c><00:13:28.539><c> people</c><00:13:28.899><c> spake</c><00:13:29.279><c> of</c>

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stoning<00:13:30.100><c> him,</c><00:13:30.600><c> because</c><00:13:30.820><c> the</c><00:13:31.179><c> soul</c>

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of<00:13:31.639><c> all</c><00:13:31.879><c> the</c><00:13:32.019><c> people</c><00:13:32.220><c> was</c><00:13:32.600><c> grieved,</c><00:13:33.559><c> every</c><00:13:33.960><c> man</c><00:13:34.179><c> for</c><00:13:34.419><c> his</c><00:13:34.720><c> sons</c>

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and<00:13:35.340><c> for</c><00:13:35.580><c> his</c><00:13:35.799><c> daughters.</c>

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But<00:13:37.039><c> David</c><00:13:38.120><c> encouraged</c><00:13:39.279><c> himself</c><00:13:40.240><c> in</c><00:13:40.740><c> the</c><00:13:40.960><c> Lord</c><00:13:41.299><c> his</c><00:13:41.639><c> God.</c>

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So<00:13:42.799><c> this</c><00:13:43.059><c> is</c><00:13:43.279><c> the</c><00:13:43.379><c> response</c><00:13:43.840><c> of</c><00:13:44.019><c> the</c><00:13:44.179><c> godly</c><00:13:44.580><c> man.</c>

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We<00:13:45.360><c> recall</c><00:13:45.899><c> Saul,</c><00:13:46.799><c> when</c><00:13:47.019><c> he</c><00:13:47.340><c> failed</c><00:13:47.600><c> dismally,</c><00:13:48.320><c> when</c><00:13:48.419><c> things</c>

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weren't<00:13:48.860><c> going</c><00:13:49.159><c> his</c><00:13:49.480><c> way.</c>

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What<00:13:49.940><c> did</c><00:13:50.200><c> Saul</c><00:13:50.460><c> respond</c><00:13:50.960><c> with?</c>

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Spirit<00:13:51.879><c> of</c><00:13:52.159><c> petulance,</c><00:13:52.840><c> a</c><00:13:52.940><c> spirit</c><00:13:53.100><c> of</c><00:13:53.360><c> resentment,</c><00:13:54.480><c> a</c><00:13:54.700><c> spirit</c>

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of<00:13:54.879><c> neurosis</c><00:13:55.480><c> and</c><00:13:55.759><c> paranoia.</c>

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He<00:13:56.740><c> struck</c><00:13:57.039><c> out</c><00:13:57.320><c> at</c><00:13:57.419><c> whoever</c><00:13:57.700><c> was</c><00:13:58.000><c> around</c><00:13:58.320><c> him</c><00:13:58.480><c> because</c><00:13:58.720><c> he</c><00:13:58.820><c> was</c><00:13:59.000><c> so</c>

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angry<00:13:59.799><c> and</c><00:14:00.320><c> upset</c><00:14:00.700><c> and</c><00:14:01.059><c> resentful</c><00:14:01.580><c> at</c>

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what<00:14:01.820><c> was</c><00:14:02.100><c> happening</c><00:14:02.460><c> to</c><00:14:02.759><c> him,</c><00:14:03.200><c> because</c><00:14:03.539><c> God</c><00:14:03.840><c> hadn't</c><00:14:04.120><c> gone</c>

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with<00:14:04.620><c> his</c><00:14:04.879><c> wishes,</c><00:14:05.779><c> rather</c><00:14:06.200><c> God</c><00:14:06.480><c> had</c><00:14:06.700><c> insisted</c>

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that<00:14:07.360><c> Saul</c><00:14:07.539><c> comply</c><00:14:07.960><c> with</c><00:14:08.179><c> his.</c>

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And<00:14:09.360><c> when</c><00:14:09.659><c> circumstances</c><00:14:10.679><c> of</c><00:14:10.879><c> a</c><00:14:11.019><c> similar</c><00:14:11.259><c> nature</c><00:14:11.659><c> are</c><00:14:12.179><c> imposed</c><00:14:12.679><c> upon</c>

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David<00:14:13.399><c> by</c><00:14:13.720><c> God,</c><00:14:14.940><c> what</c><00:14:15.059><c> do</c><00:14:15.200><c> we</c>

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find<00:14:15.580><c> David</c><00:14:15.960><c> doing</c><00:14:16.519><c> but</c><00:14:17.139><c> resorting</c><00:14:17.840><c> to</c><00:14:17.919><c> the</c><00:14:18.100><c> one</c><00:14:18.279><c> source</c><00:14:18.580><c> of</c>

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strength<00:14:19.039><c> that</c><00:14:19.320><c> any</c><00:14:19.539><c> man</c><00:14:19.740><c> has?</c>

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He<00:14:20.539><c> strengthened,</c><00:14:21.039><c> he</c><00:14:21.360><c> encouraged</c><00:14:21.759><c> himself,</c><00:14:22.820><c> in</c><00:14:22.980><c> the</c><00:14:23.120><c> Lord</c>

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his<00:14:23.519><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:24.679><c> it's</c><00:14:25.059><c> quite</c><00:14:25.220><c> an</c><00:14:25.419><c> interesting</c><00:14:25.820><c> point,</c><00:14:26.759><c> greatly</c><00:14:27.159><c> distressed,</c><00:14:27.840><c> David</c>

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was<00:14:28.559><c> greatly</c><00:14:28.940><c> distressed.</c>

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That<00:14:30.220><c> word</c><00:14:30.500><c> distressed</c><00:14:31.080><c> there</c><00:14:31.620><c> is</c><00:14:32.659><c> the</c><00:14:32.860><c> Hebrew</c><00:14:33.200><c> word</c><00:14:33.679><c> Yatzer,</c>

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and<00:14:35.179><c> it's</c><00:14:35.440><c> the</c><00:14:35.580><c> same</c><00:14:35.820><c> word</c><00:14:36.159><c> used</c><00:14:36.639><c> in</c><00:14:36.899><c> Genesis</c>

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dust<00:14:41.440><c> of</c><00:14:41.679><c> the</c><00:14:41.840><c> earth.</c>

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to<00:14:46.019><c> create</c><00:14:46.639><c> by</c><00:14:47.139><c> applying</c><00:14:47.700><c> pressure.</c>

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in<00:14:57.860><c> his</c><00:14:58.100><c> life.</c>

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But<00:15:04.700><c> that</c><00:15:05.039><c> distress</c><00:15:05.519><c> was</c><00:15:05.759><c> not</c><00:15:05.980><c> giving</c><00:15:06.200><c> rise</c><00:15:06.539><c> to</c><00:15:06.840><c> resentment</c>

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or<00:15:07.740><c> despair</c><00:15:08.279><c> or</c><00:15:09.000><c> giving</c><00:15:09.279><c> up</c><00:15:09.700><c> or</c><00:15:10.259><c> lashing</c><00:15:10.700><c> out</c><00:15:10.899><c> at</c>

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mold<00:15:17.240><c> him</c><00:15:17.519><c> into</c><00:15:17.820><c> a</c><00:15:18.200><c> godly</c><00:15:18.840><c> and</c><00:15:19.879><c> spiritual</c><00:15:20.700><c> individual.</c>

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They<00:15:22.120><c> were</c><00:15:22.460><c> pressing</c><00:15:22.820><c> in</c><00:15:23.080><c> upon</c><00:15:23.419><c> him</c><00:15:23.659><c> and</c><00:15:23.940><c> changing</c><00:15:24.299><c> that</c><00:15:24.659><c> character</c><00:15:25.000><c> and</c>

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way<00:15:27.220><c> that</c><00:15:27.320><c> was</c><00:15:27.679><c> God</c><00:15:28.019><c>-ward.</c>

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And<00:15:28.919><c> we</c><00:15:29.080><c> can</c><00:15:29.340><c> see</c><00:15:29.460><c> at</c><00:15:29.639><c> the</c><00:15:29.720><c> end</c><00:15:29.840><c> of</c><00:15:30.059><c> the</c><00:15:30.059><c> verse</c><00:15:30.259><c> he</c><00:15:30.480><c> encourages</c>

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And<00:15:33.519><c> it's</c><00:15:33.759><c> the</c><00:15:33.899><c> response</c><00:15:34.460><c> each</c><00:15:34.799><c> one</c><00:15:35.000><c> of</c><00:15:35.120><c> us</c><00:15:35.220><c> can</c><00:15:35.399><c> have</c><00:15:35.580><c> to</c><00:15:35.740><c> pressures</c><00:15:36.059><c> in</c>

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our<00:15:36.440><c> lives,</c><00:15:36.879><c> brethren</c><00:15:36.960><c> and</c><00:15:37.240><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:15:38.559><c> can</c><00:15:38.799><c> let</c><00:15:39.039><c> them</c><00:15:39.299><c> destroy</c><00:15:39.980><c> us</c><00:15:40.639><c> or</c><00:15:41.080><c> we</c><00:15:41.240><c> can</c><00:15:41.500><c> encourage</c><00:15:42.000><c> ourselves</c><00:15:42.639><c> and</c>

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who<00:15:44.480><c> will</c><00:15:44.679><c> encourage</c><00:15:45.200><c> us</c><00:15:45.820><c> in</c><00:15:46.379><c> the</c><00:15:46.480><c> midst</c><00:15:46.620><c> of</c><00:15:46.860><c> trouble</c><00:15:47.120><c> and</c><00:15:47.360><c> despair.</c>

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Here<00:15:48.419><c> were</c><00:15:48.580><c> these</c><00:15:48.879><c> 600</c><00:15:49.279><c> men.</c>

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They<00:15:50.580><c> were</c><00:15:50.860><c> not</c><00:15:51.299><c> altogether</c><00:15:51.899><c> ungodly</c><00:15:52.460><c> men</c><00:15:52.559><c> by</c><00:15:52.860><c> any</c><00:15:53.059><c> means.</c>

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They<00:15:58.340><c> had</c><00:15:58.659><c> followed</c><00:15:59.019><c> him</c><00:15:59.539><c> to</c><00:16:00.000><c> the</c><00:16:00.240><c> exclusion</c><00:16:00.700><c> of</c><00:16:00.879><c> themselves</c>

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These<00:16:03.240><c> were</c><00:16:03.419><c> not</c><00:16:03.620><c> particularly</c><00:16:04.580><c> ungodly</c><00:16:05.419><c> or</c><00:16:05.620><c> unrighteous</c><00:16:06.200><c> individuals</c><00:16:06.840><c> where</c><00:16:07.100><c> we</c>

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might<00:16:07.480><c> consider</c><00:16:07.879><c> it</c><00:16:08.019><c> to</c>

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be<00:16:08.759><c> an</c><00:16:08.980><c> ecclesial</c><00:16:09.379><c> family</c><00:16:09.860><c> here</c><00:16:10.139><c> that</c><00:16:10.299><c> David</c><00:16:10.539><c> had</c><00:16:10.759><c> built</c><00:16:10.899><c> up</c>

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And<00:16:12.419><c> on</c><00:16:12.639><c> occasion</c><00:16:12.980><c> we</c><00:16:13.200><c> find</c><00:16:13.639><c> that</c><00:16:13.860><c> even</c><00:16:14.039><c> in</c><00:16:14.220><c> the</c><00:16:14.299><c> midst</c><00:16:14.460><c> of</c><00:16:14.659><c> ecclesial</c><00:16:15.120><c> family</c><00:16:15.740><c> the</c>

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who<00:16:18.259><c> we</c><00:16:18.480><c> can</c><00:16:18.679><c> resort</c><00:16:19.059><c> to</c><00:16:19.279><c> is</c><00:16:19.480><c> God</c><00:16:19.740><c> above</c><00:16:20.080><c> and</c><00:16:20.240><c> his</c><00:16:20.360><c> son</c><00:16:20.539><c> Jesus</c><00:16:20.940><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:16:21.659><c> it's</c><00:16:21.899><c> to</c><00:16:22.039><c> them</c><00:16:22.200><c> that</c><00:16:22.360><c> we</c><00:16:22.519><c> look</c><00:16:22.659><c> for</c><00:16:22.940><c> encouragement</c><00:16:23.419><c> and</c><00:16:23.759><c> strengthening</c><00:16:24.179><c> during</c><00:16:24.879><c> a</c>

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time<00:16:25.279><c> of</c><00:16:25.539><c> trouble.</c>

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think<00:16:38.899><c> that</c><00:16:39.539><c> folks</c><00:16:39.700><c> should</c>

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respond<00:16:40.340><c> one</c><00:16:40.620><c> way</c><00:16:40.820><c> when</c><00:16:40.960><c> they</c><00:16:41.179><c> respond</c><00:16:41.559><c> another</c><00:16:41.960><c> and</c><00:16:42.960><c> that's</c>

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on<00:16:45.559><c> occasion</c><00:16:45.980><c> when</c><00:16:46.240><c> we</c><00:16:46.399><c> don't</c><00:16:46.620><c> always</c><00:16:46.799><c> know</c><00:16:46.960><c> how</c><00:16:47.100><c> to</c><00:16:47.259><c> deal</c><00:16:47.440><c> with</c><00:16:47.700><c> individuals</c><00:16:48.240><c> in</c>

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a<00:16:48.620><c> state</c><00:16:48.740><c> of</c><00:16:48.980><c> distress.</c>

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brought<00:16:53.879><c> to</c><00:16:54.159><c> bear</c><00:16:54.519><c> that</c>

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we<00:16:55.379><c> resort</c><00:16:55.679><c> to</c><00:16:55.899><c> the</c><00:16:56.080><c> one</c><00:16:56.299><c> source</c><00:16:56.539><c> that</c><00:16:56.700><c> can</c><00:16:56.919><c> help,</c><00:16:57.399><c> the</c><00:16:57.480><c> one</c>

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source<00:16:58.080><c> that's</c><00:16:58.500><c> consistent,</c><00:16:59.120><c> the</c><00:16:59.279><c> one</c>

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source<00:16:59.820><c> that's</c><00:17:00.120><c> always</c><00:17:00.419><c> there,</c><00:17:01.220><c> that</c><00:17:01.320><c> always</c><00:17:01.539><c> has</c><00:17:01.740><c> the</c><00:17:01.940><c> right</c>

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divine<00:17:16.980><c> censure,</c><00:17:18.259><c> David</c><00:17:18.700><c> responded</c><00:17:19.359><c> in</c><00:17:19.900><c> a</c><00:17:20.160><c> godly</c><00:17:20.700><c> and</c><00:17:21.019><c> holy</c><00:17:21.319><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:17:23.680><c> then</c><00:17:23.920><c> we</c><00:17:24.079><c> come</c><00:17:24.299><c> to</c><00:17:24.480><c> another</c><00:17:24.759><c> incident</c><00:17:25.119><c> in</c><00:17:25.380><c> David's</c><00:17:25.819><c> life</c>

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our<00:17:30.079><c> hands</c><00:17:30.339><c> and</c><00:17:30.599><c> discussed</c><00:17:30.960><c> and</c><00:17:32.299><c> walked</c><00:17:32.559><c> away</c><00:17:33.079><c> and</c><00:17:33.440><c> felt</c><00:17:33.799><c> that</c>

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well<00:17:34.660><c> if</c><00:17:34.700><c> God</c><00:17:34.900><c> isn't</c><00:17:35.119><c> going</c><00:17:35.240><c> to</c><00:17:35.460><c> cooperate</c>

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we<00:17:41.240><c> know</c><00:17:41.500><c> what</c><00:17:41.759><c> happened.</c>

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We<00:17:42.299><c> know</c><00:17:42.660><c> that</c><00:17:43.119><c> they</c><00:17:43.440><c> put</c><00:17:43.660><c> the</c><00:17:43.900><c> ark</c><00:17:44.039><c> on</c><00:17:44.220><c> an</c><00:17:44.440><c> ox</c><00:17:44.680><c> cart</c><00:17:44.920><c> which</c><00:17:45.160><c> was</c>

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how<00:17:45.539><c> the</c><00:17:45.700><c> Philistines</c><00:17:46.160><c> transported</c>

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it.

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Interesting,<00:17:48.660><c> it</c><00:17:49.099><c> worked</c><00:17:49.319><c> for</c><00:17:49.539><c> the</c><00:17:49.740><c> Philistines,</c><00:17:50.380><c> didn't</c><00:17:50.539><c> it,</c><00:17:50.680><c> but</c><00:17:50.819><c> it</c>

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didn't<00:17:51.099><c> work</c><00:17:51.339><c> for</c><00:17:51.559><c> David.</c>

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God<00:17:52.880><c> was</c><00:17:53.140><c> prepared</c><00:17:53.579><c> to</c><00:17:53.740><c> work</c><00:17:53.940><c> with</c><00:17:54.200><c> these</c><00:17:54.400><c> ignorant</c><00:17:54.779><c> Philistines</c><00:17:55.400><c> and</c><00:17:55.539><c> get</c>

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the<00:17:56.000><c> ark</c><00:17:56.099><c> back</c><00:17:56.440><c> amongst</c><00:17:56.740><c> his</c>

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people<00:17:57.460><c> but</c><00:17:58.000><c> that</c><00:17:58.279><c> wasn't</c><00:17:58.579><c> how</c><00:17:58.859><c> David</c><00:17:59.200><c> was</c><00:17:59.460><c> going</c><00:17:59.640><c> to</c><00:17:59.720><c> do</c><00:17:59.920><c> it.</c>

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He<00:18:00.539><c> wasn't</c><00:18:00.740><c> going</c><00:18:00.920><c> to</c><00:18:01.079><c> follow</c><00:18:01.220><c> the</c><00:18:01.519><c> Philistine</c><00:18:01.920><c> pattern</c><00:18:02.400><c> which</c><00:18:02.619><c> was</c>

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done<00:18:02.940><c> in</c><00:18:03.200><c> ignorance</c><00:18:03.519><c> and</c><00:18:03.720><c> only</c><00:18:04.000><c> tolerated</c>

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because<00:18:04.839><c> of</c><00:18:05.039><c> that.</c>

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David<00:18:06.279><c> should</c><00:18:06.480><c> have</c><00:18:06.640><c> known</c><00:18:06.900><c> better,</c><00:18:07.220><c> the</c><00:18:07.400><c> nation</c><00:18:07.720><c> should</c>

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have<00:18:08.079><c> known</c><00:18:08.259><c> better.</c>

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That<00:18:09.140><c> was</c><00:18:09.380><c> the</c><00:18:09.519><c> clear</c><00:18:09.660><c> message</c><00:18:10.000><c> of</c><00:18:10.200><c> God</c><00:18:10.599><c> when</c><00:18:10.920><c> it</c><00:18:11.039><c> was</c><00:18:11.339><c> struck</c>

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down,<00:18:12.640><c> when</c><00:18:12.759><c> he</c><00:18:12.920><c> touched</c><00:18:13.200><c> that</c><00:18:13.480><c> ark</c>

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contrary<00:18:14.160><c> to</c><00:18:14.359><c> the</c><00:18:14.480><c> laws</c><00:18:14.700><c> of</c><00:18:14.880><c> God.</c>

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It<00:18:15.779><c> was</c><00:18:16.079><c> vital</c><00:18:16.640><c> that</c><00:18:16.900><c> they</c><00:18:17.160><c> recognized</c><00:18:17.900><c> that</c><00:18:18.079><c> if</c><00:18:18.180><c> they</c><00:18:18.400><c> were</c><00:18:18.599><c> going</c><00:18:18.839><c> to</c><00:18:19.099><c> establish</c><00:18:19.920><c> a</c>

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center<00:18:21.200><c> of</c><00:18:21.460><c> worship</c>

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in<00:18:22.019><c> Jerusalem</c><00:18:22.740><c> that</c><00:18:24.180><c> it</c><00:18:24.339><c> be</c><00:18:24.460><c> done</c><00:18:24.759><c> right,</c><00:18:25.619><c> that</c><00:18:25.640><c> it</c><00:18:25.819><c> be</c><00:18:25.940><c> done</c>

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according<00:18:26.460><c> to</c><00:18:26.700><c> divine</c><00:18:26.960><c> precept,</c><00:18:27.900><c> that</c>

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they<00:18:28.259><c> not</c><00:18:28.500><c> follow</c><00:18:28.819><c> the</c><00:18:29.099><c> pattern</c><00:18:29.319><c> of</c><00:18:29.539><c> the</c><00:18:29.680><c> Philistines</c><00:18:30.559><c> who</c><00:18:31.000><c> were</c><00:18:31.500><c> wholly</c><00:18:31.779><c> ignorant</c><00:18:32.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:32.519><c> ways</c><00:18:32.720><c> of</c><00:18:32.920><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:34.140><c> so</c><00:18:34.259><c> God</c><00:18:34.519><c> drove</c><00:18:34.819><c> that</c><00:18:35.119><c> lesson</c><00:18:35.319><c> home</c><00:18:35.619><c> forcibly.</c>

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And<00:18:36.799><c> what</c><00:18:36.940><c> was</c><00:18:37.140><c> David's</c><00:18:37.559><c> response?</c>

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Was<00:18:38.839><c> it</c><00:18:38.940><c> one</c><00:18:39.079><c> of</c><00:18:39.299><c> resentment?</c>

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Was<00:18:40.039><c> it</c><00:18:40.180><c> one</c><00:18:40.319><c> of</c><00:18:40.500><c> upset?</c>

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Was<00:18:41.680><c> it</c><00:18:41.819><c> one</c><00:18:41.960><c> of</c><00:18:42.200><c> anger?</c>

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It<00:18:42.839><c> is</c><00:18:43.000><c> God</c><00:18:43.319><c> who</c><00:18:43.500><c> had</c><00:18:43.640><c> done</c><00:18:43.779><c> this</c><00:18:44.039><c> thing</c><00:18:44.220><c> to</c><00:18:44.500><c> us?</c>

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No,<00:18:45.480><c> it</c><00:18:45.599><c> was</c><00:18:45.839><c> one</c><00:18:46.019><c> of</c><00:18:46.200><c> humble</c><00:18:46.500><c> contrition.</c>

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He<00:18:47.359><c> went</c><00:18:47.539><c> back</c><00:18:47.799><c> and</c><00:18:47.920><c> did</c><00:18:48.000><c> his</c><00:18:48.200><c> homework.</c>

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He<00:18:49.200><c> recognized</c><00:18:49.680><c> that</c><00:18:49.799><c> he</c><00:18:49.880><c> was</c><00:18:49.980><c> being</c><00:18:50.200><c> told</c><00:18:50.559><c> something,</c><00:18:51.500><c> that</c>

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he<00:18:51.720><c> was</c><00:18:51.900><c> being</c><00:18:52.119><c> given</c><00:18:52.299><c> a</c><00:18:52.519><c> message,</c><00:18:53.500><c> that</c><00:18:53.640><c> things</c>

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weren't<00:18:54.140><c> going</c><00:18:54.480><c> quite</c><00:18:54.900><c> right</c><00:18:55.160><c> and</c><00:18:55.339><c> he</c><00:18:56.579><c> wasn't</c><00:18:56.819><c> up</c><00:18:56.980><c> to</c><00:18:57.160><c> God</c><00:18:57.640><c> to</c>

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correct<00:18:58.140><c> his</c><00:18:58.500><c> attitude,</c><00:18:59.460><c> it</c><00:18:59.579><c> was</c><00:18:59.759><c> up</c>

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to<00:19:00.200><c> David</c><00:19:00.539><c> to</c><00:19:00.839><c> correct</c><00:19:01.119><c> the</c><00:19:01.359><c> mistakes</c><00:19:01.619><c> he</c><00:19:01.859><c> had</c><00:19:02.039><c> made</c><00:19:02.180><c> and</c><00:19:02.299><c> David</c><00:19:02.619><c> did</c><00:19:02.900><c> that.</c>

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He<00:19:03.880><c> went</c><00:19:04.059><c> back</c><00:19:04.359><c> and</c><00:19:04.500><c> they</c><00:19:04.660><c> did</c><00:19:04.819><c> their</c><00:19:05.019><c> homework</c><00:19:05.359><c> and</c><00:19:05.519><c> they</c><00:19:05.720><c> came</c><00:19:05.900><c> back</c><00:19:06.160><c> and</c>

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they<00:19:06.440><c> did</c><00:19:06.599><c> it</c><00:19:06.819><c> right</c><00:19:07.039><c> and</c><00:19:07.259><c> they</c>

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got<00:19:07.720><c> the</c><00:19:07.920><c> sons</c><00:19:08.099><c> of</c><00:19:08.380><c> Coeth</c><00:19:08.640><c> who</c><00:19:08.779><c> were</c><00:19:08.920><c> to</c><00:19:09.079><c> bear</c><00:19:09.220><c> the</c><00:19:09.519><c> ark</c><00:19:09.720><c> and</c><00:19:10.259><c> they</c><00:19:10.539><c> moved</c><00:19:10.720><c> it</c>

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into<00:19:11.119><c> place.</c>

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And<00:19:12.180><c> so</c><00:19:12.400><c> this</c><00:19:12.579><c> was</c><00:19:12.799><c> the</c><00:19:12.980><c> man</c><00:19:13.200><c> David</c><00:19:13.599><c> when</c><00:19:13.880><c> faced</c><00:19:14.259><c> with</c><00:19:14.599><c> godly</c>

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rebuke<00:19:15.559><c> and</c><00:19:15.759><c> censure,</c><00:19:16.299><c> he</c><00:19:17.000><c> consistently</c>

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responded<00:19:18.460><c> with</c><00:19:18.740><c> a</c><00:19:18.960><c> spirit</c><00:19:19.099><c> of</c><00:19:19.400><c> humility</c><00:19:19.799><c> and</c><00:19:20.039><c> repentance.</c>

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And<00:19:21.619><c> I</c><00:19:21.759><c> think</c><00:19:21.920><c> it's</c><00:19:22.119><c> fair</c><00:19:22.299><c> to</c><00:19:22.539><c> say,</c><00:19:22.920><c> brethren</c><00:19:23.019><c> and</c><00:19:23.299><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:19:24.519><c> nothing</c><00:19:25.559><c> is</c><00:19:25.920><c> harder</c><00:19:26.259><c> to</c><00:19:26.640><c> take</c><00:19:27.000><c> than</c>

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rebuke.

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Now,<00:19:29.039><c> quite</c><00:19:29.299><c> often</c><00:19:29.640><c> we're</c><00:19:30.039><c> criticized</c><00:19:30.799><c> by</c><00:19:31.380><c> spouses,</c><00:19:32.299><c> by</c><00:19:32.880><c> parents,</c><00:19:34.200><c> by</c>

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ecclesial<00:19:34.839><c> members,</c><00:19:35.680><c> by</c><00:19:36.119><c> co</c><00:19:36.420><c>-workers</c>

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and<00:19:37.720><c> more</c><00:19:37.960><c> often</c><00:19:38.359><c> than</c><00:19:38.640><c> not</c><00:19:38.940><c> they</c><00:19:39.619><c> somewhat</c><00:19:40.099><c> miss</c><00:19:40.420><c> the</c><00:19:40.640><c> mark</c>

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and<00:19:41.160><c> we</c><00:19:42.400><c> take</c><00:19:42.779><c> solace</c><00:19:43.180><c> in</c><00:19:43.339><c> the</c><00:19:43.500><c> fact</c><00:19:43.680><c> that</c>

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they<00:19:43.940><c> don't</c><00:19:44.160><c> quite</c><00:19:44.359><c> understand</c><00:19:44.900><c> us</c><00:19:45.180><c> or</c><00:19:45.319><c> they</c><00:19:45.759><c> didn't</c><00:19:46.019><c> fully</c>

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appreciate<00:19:46.839><c> the</c><00:19:47.059><c> situation</c><00:19:47.700><c> or</c><00:19:47.940><c> we're</c><00:19:48.099><c> not</c>

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quite<00:19:48.559><c> what</c><00:19:48.720><c> they</c><00:19:49.000><c> say</c><00:19:49.180><c> we</c><00:19:49.480><c> are.</c>

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But<00:19:50.440><c> every</c><00:19:50.619><c> now</c><00:19:50.799><c> and</c><00:19:50.960><c> then</c><00:19:51.119><c> someone</c><00:19:51.380><c> hits</c><00:19:51.619><c> the</c><00:19:51.839><c> nail</c><00:19:52.000><c> on</c><00:19:52.200><c> the</c>

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head<00:19:52.640><c> and</c><00:19:52.819><c> cuts</c><00:19:53.059><c> right</c><00:19:53.319><c> to</c><00:19:53.500><c> the</c><00:19:53.619><c> heart</c><00:19:53.779><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:54.079><c> matter</c><00:19:54.240><c> and</c><00:19:54.380><c> we</c><00:19:54.599><c> know</c><00:19:54.819><c> it</c><00:19:55.279><c> because</c><00:19:55.480><c> we</c><00:19:55.700><c> feel</c><00:19:56.039><c> awful</c><00:19:56.500><c> when</c>

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it<00:19:56.920><c> happens.</c>

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We<00:19:58.440><c> touched</c><00:19:59.160><c> yesterday</c><00:20:00.240><c> on</c><00:20:00.599><c> the</c><00:20:00.779><c> reaction</c><00:20:01.099><c> of</c><00:20:01.299><c> an</c><00:20:01.480><c> adolescent</c>

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to<00:20:02.299><c> rebuke</c><00:20:02.940><c> and</c><00:20:03.259><c> in</c><00:20:03.839><c> some</c><00:20:04.079><c> respects</c>

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we<00:20:04.539><c> never</c><00:20:04.819><c> get</c><00:20:05.079><c> over</c><00:20:05.599><c> that</c><00:20:05.920><c> adolescent</c><00:20:06.660><c> attitude</c><00:20:07.440><c> to</c><00:20:07.799><c> censure.</c>

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We<00:20:08.980><c> reach</c><00:20:09.279><c> a</c><00:20:09.440><c> point</c><00:20:09.579><c> in</c><00:20:09.799><c> our</c><00:20:09.980><c> lives</c><00:20:10.279><c> where</c><00:20:10.480><c> we</c><00:20:10.599><c> feel</c><00:20:10.859><c> we're</c><00:20:11.059><c> beyond</c><00:20:11.539><c> that,</c><00:20:11.880><c> we're</c><00:20:12.019><c> no</c>

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longer<00:20:12.420><c> under</c><00:20:12.619><c> the</c>

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roof<00:20:12.900><c> of</c><00:20:13.180><c> parents,</c><00:20:13.640><c> we</c><00:20:13.740><c> no</c><00:20:13.960><c> longer</c><00:20:14.180><c> have</c><00:20:14.400><c> to</c><00:20:14.559><c> cope</c><00:20:14.779><c> with</c><00:20:15.000><c> being</c>

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told<00:20:15.539><c> off</c><00:20:15.839><c> all</c><00:20:16.079><c> the</c><00:20:16.279><c> time.</c>

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And<00:20:17.640><c> then</c><00:20:18.180><c> lo</c><00:20:18.539><c> and</c><00:20:18.680><c> behold</c><00:20:19.019><c> as</c><00:20:19.240><c> we</c><00:20:19.400><c> get</c><00:20:19.579><c> out</c><00:20:19.700><c> in</c><00:20:19.880><c> life</c><00:20:20.059><c> we</c><00:20:20.240><c> find</c>

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that<00:20:20.779><c> folks</c><00:20:20.980><c> are</c><00:20:21.400><c> quite</c><00:20:21.640><c> anxious</c><00:20:22.019><c> to</c><00:20:22.500><c> tell</c>

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us<00:20:22.819><c> all</c><00:20:23.019><c> kinds</c><00:20:23.359><c> of</c><00:20:23.579><c> things,</c><00:20:24.319><c> some</c><00:20:24.559><c> of</c><00:20:24.700><c> them</c><00:20:24.859><c> unkind</c><00:20:25.480><c> and</c><00:20:25.700><c> hurtful</c><00:20:26.299><c> and</c>

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rather<00:20:42.319><c> cutting</c><00:20:42.599><c> rebuke</c><00:20:43.099><c> from</c><00:20:43.299><c> God</c><00:20:43.599><c> above</c><00:20:44.380><c> responded</c><00:20:45.140><c> the</c><00:20:45.440><c> right</c><00:20:45.700><c> way</c><00:20:46.220><c> and</c><00:20:46.759><c> the</c><00:20:46.980><c> choice</c><00:20:47.240><c> is</c><00:20:47.500><c> there.</c>

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We<00:20:47.880><c> can</c><00:20:48.039><c> be</c><00:20:48.200><c> a</c><00:20:48.440><c> Saul</c><00:20:48.660><c> or</c><00:20:48.799><c> we</c><00:20:48.880><c> can</c><00:20:49.059><c> be</c><00:20:49.180><c> a</c><00:20:49.400><c> David,</c><00:20:50.380><c> we</c><00:20:50.579><c> can</c><00:20:51.000><c> seek</c><00:20:51.240><c> to</c>

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veneer<00:20:52.059><c> what</c><00:20:52.420><c> is</c><00:20:53.119><c> outright</c><00:20:53.579><c> ungodliness</c>

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rebuke<00:21:00.380><c> that</c><00:21:00.539><c> comes</c><00:21:00.839><c> our</c><00:21:01.099><c> way</c><00:21:01.619><c> and</c><00:21:01.920><c> try</c><00:21:02.160><c> to</c><00:21:02.319><c> do</c>

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better.

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And<00:21:03.740><c> while</c><00:21:04.220><c> it's</c><00:21:04.519><c> a</c><00:21:04.700><c> bitter,</c><00:21:04.900><c> bitter</c><00:21:05.480><c> pill</c><00:21:05.720><c> to</c><00:21:06.000><c> swallow</c><00:21:06.279><c> and</c>

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each<00:21:06.680><c> one</c><00:21:06.839><c> of</c><00:21:06.920><c> us</c><00:21:07.099><c> has</c><00:21:07.279><c> had</c><00:21:07.359><c> to</c><00:21:07.680><c> swallow</c><00:21:07.960><c> it,</c>

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we<00:21:08.779><c> all</c><00:21:09.039><c> know</c><00:21:09.240><c> what</c><00:21:09.680><c> an</c><00:21:09.980><c> awful</c><00:21:10.299><c> taste</c><00:21:10.619><c> it</c><00:21:10.740><c> is</c><00:21:10.880><c> in</c><00:21:11.059><c> the</c><00:21:11.200><c> mouth.</c>

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If<00:21:13.019><c> we</c><00:21:13.200><c> can</c><00:21:13.480><c> overcome</c><00:21:14.359><c> that</c><00:21:15.000><c> experience</c><00:21:15.819><c> and</c><00:21:16.160><c> see</c><00:21:16.440><c> beyond</c><00:21:16.819><c> it,</c>

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we'll<00:21:17.220><c> be</c><00:21:17.440><c> each</c><00:21:17.700><c> one</c><00:21:17.940><c> better</c><00:21:18.380><c> individuals.</c>

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And<00:21:20.000><c> in</c><00:21:20.559><c> light</c><00:21:20.779><c> of</c><00:21:21.039><c> the</c><00:21:21.460><c> divine</c><00:21:21.859><c> rebuke,</c><00:21:22.740><c> we're</c><00:21:23.000><c> reminded</c><00:21:23.339><c> of</c>

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a<00:21:23.720><c> passage</c><00:21:24.019><c> in</c><00:21:24.240><c> Hebrews</c><00:21:24.779><c> which</c><00:21:26.079><c> describes</c><00:21:26.720><c> the</c>

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effect<00:21:27.259><c> of</c><00:21:27.480><c> the</c><00:21:27.680><c> word</c><00:21:28.059><c> in</c><00:21:28.960><c> very</c><00:21:29.259><c> dramatic</c><00:21:29.700><c> terms.</c>

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We<00:21:31.140><c> know</c><00:21:31.339><c> in</c><00:21:31.480><c> Hebrews</c><00:21:31.779><c> 11</c><00:21:32.160><c> verse</c><00:21:32.440><c> 12,</c><00:21:34.079><c> for</c><00:21:34.240><c> the</c><00:21:34.519><c> word</c><00:21:34.640><c> of</c><00:21:34.940><c> God</c>

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is<00:21:35.740><c> quick</c><00:21:36.099><c> and</c><00:21:36.480><c> powerful</c><00:21:36.980><c> and</c><00:21:37.619><c> sharper</c><00:21:37.980><c> than</c>

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any<00:21:38.900><c> two</c><00:21:39.220><c>-edged</c><00:21:39.519><c> sword,</c><00:21:40.859><c> piercing</c><00:21:41.240><c> even</c><00:21:41.640><c> to</c><00:21:41.799><c> the</c><00:21:42.079><c> dividing</c><00:21:42.420><c> asunder</c><00:21:42.940><c> of</c>

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soul<00:21:43.680><c> and</c><00:21:43.960><c> spirit</c><00:21:44.359><c> and</c><00:21:44.839><c> of</c>

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intents<00:21:48.440><c> of</c><00:21:48.559><c> the</c><00:21:48.700><c> heart.</c>

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That's<00:21:50.019><c> a</c><00:21:50.180><c> painful</c><00:21:50.619><c> process,</c><00:21:51.420><c> brothers</c><00:21:51.579><c> and</c><00:21:51.819><c> sisters,</c><00:21:52.140><c> it's</c>

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a<00:21:52.640><c> hurtful</c><00:21:53.099><c> process.</c>

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Sometimes<00:21:55.279><c> we</c><00:21:55.880><c> appreciate</c><00:21:56.740><c> the</c><00:21:57.019><c> impact</c><00:21:57.359><c> of</c><00:21:57.539><c> the</c><00:21:57.640><c> word</c><00:21:57.779><c> by</c><00:21:58.059><c> simply</c><00:21:58.400><c> reading</c><00:21:58.720><c> it.</c>

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Sometimes<00:22:00.220><c> the</c><00:22:00.420><c> impact</c><00:22:00.799><c> of</c><00:22:00.980><c> the</c><00:22:01.140><c> word</c><00:22:01.480><c> hits</c><00:22:01.859><c> us</c><00:22:02.220><c> through</c><00:22:02.519><c> various</c><00:22:02.960><c> mediums,</c><00:22:03.480><c> whether</c><00:22:03.640><c> it</c>

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be<00:22:04.019><c> circumstances</c>

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with<00:22:09.079><c> on</c><00:22:09.220><c> a</c><00:22:09.279><c> regular</c><00:22:09.579><c> basis.</c>

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And<00:22:10.640><c> it</c><00:22:10.720><c> can</c><00:22:10.920><c> be</c><00:22:11.160><c> a</c><00:22:11.299><c> very</c><00:22:11.839><c> cutting</c><00:22:12.119><c> experience</c><00:22:12.900><c> indeed.</c>

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And<00:22:14.220><c> it's</c><00:22:14.359><c> only</c><00:22:14.680><c> when</c><00:22:14.859><c> we're</c><00:22:15.119><c> prepared</c><00:22:15.420><c> to</c><00:22:15.599><c> endure</c><00:22:15.980><c> that</c><00:22:16.380><c> cut</c>

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and<00:22:16.920><c> that</c><00:22:17.279><c> slash</c><00:22:17.720><c> that</c><00:22:18.359><c> we</c><00:22:19.420><c> have</c><00:22:19.579><c> a</c><00:22:19.680><c> chance</c>

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at<00:22:20.319><c> all</c><00:22:20.859><c> of</c><00:22:21.579><c> being</c><00:22:21.839><c> the</c><00:22:22.059><c> kind</c><00:22:22.259><c> of</c><00:22:22.400><c> person</c><00:22:22.680><c> who</c><00:22:22.799><c> will</c><00:22:23.039><c> be</c><00:22:23.339><c> acceptable</c><00:22:23.799><c> to</c><00:22:25.000><c> the</c>

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And<00:22:27.140><c> I</c><00:22:27.259><c> think</c><00:22:27.400><c> it's</c><00:22:27.680><c> fair</c><00:22:27.819><c> to</c><00:22:28.140><c> say</c><00:22:28.539><c> that</c><00:22:29.180><c> the</c><00:22:29.440><c> greatest</c><00:22:30.019><c> pitfall</c><00:22:31.160><c> that</c>

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its<00:22:33.799><c> reaction</c><00:22:34.460><c> to</c><00:22:34.660><c> the</c><00:22:34.799><c> word</c><00:22:34.960><c> of</c><00:22:35.240><c> God</c><00:22:35.740><c> is</c><00:22:36.200><c> that</c><00:22:36.339><c> it</c><00:22:36.700><c> simply</c><00:22:37.140><c> cannot</c><00:22:37.559><c> tolerate</c><00:22:38.359><c> the</c>

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truth<00:22:39.240><c> about</c><00:22:40.119><c> the</c>

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self<00:22:40.940><c> themselves.</c>

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People<00:22:41.940><c> consistently</c><00:22:42.960><c> refuse</c><00:22:43.559><c> to</c><00:22:43.839><c> accept</c><00:22:44.200><c> divine</c><00:22:44.660><c> testimony</c>

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about<00:22:45.720><c> human</c><00:22:46.039><c> nature</c><00:22:46.380><c> and</c><00:22:46.579><c> about</c><00:22:46.839><c> people</c>

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in<00:22:47.339><c> general.</c>

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So<00:22:48.559><c> that</c><00:22:48.720><c> at</c><00:22:48.900><c> every</c><00:22:49.200><c> turn</c><00:22:49.339><c> of</c><00:22:49.500><c> the</c><00:22:49.700><c> corner</c><00:22:50.140><c> when</c><00:22:50.839><c> some</c><00:22:51.119><c> good</c><00:22:51.259><c> might</c><00:22:51.480><c> be</c>

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accomplished,<00:22:52.480><c> it's</c><00:22:52.579><c> nullified</c>

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in<00:22:56.700><c> the</c><00:22:56.819><c> eyes</c><00:22:56.960><c> of</c><00:22:57.099><c> their</c><00:22:57.299><c> creator.</c>

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And<00:22:58.460><c> it's</c><00:22:58.640><c> a</c><00:22:58.779><c> pitfall</c><00:22:59.160><c> each</c><00:22:59.420><c> one</c><00:22:59.579><c> of</c><00:22:59.680><c> us</c><00:22:59.799><c> can</c><00:23:00.039><c> fall</c><00:23:00.240><c> into.</c>

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And<00:23:01.440><c> if</c><00:23:01.619><c> we</c><00:23:01.799><c> recall</c><00:23:02.160><c> the</c><00:23:02.359><c> example</c><00:23:02.720><c> of</c><00:23:02.940><c> David,</c><00:23:03.299><c> we'll</c><00:23:03.480><c> realize</c>

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that<00:23:04.039><c> at</c><00:23:04.200><c> no</c><00:23:04.519><c> point</c><00:23:04.980><c> are</c><00:23:05.359><c> we</c><00:23:05.500><c> ever</c><00:23:05.740><c> beyond</c>

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rebuke.

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Are<00:23:07.200><c> we</c><00:23:07.380><c> ever</c><00:23:07.619><c> going</c><00:23:07.759><c> to</c><00:23:07.839><c> reach</c><00:23:08.039><c> a</c><00:23:08.220><c> point</c><00:23:08.380><c> in</c><00:23:08.559><c> our</c><00:23:08.759><c> lives</c><00:23:09.140><c> where</c>

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we<00:23:09.480><c> can</c><00:23:09.900><c> lay</c><00:23:10.180><c> down</c><00:23:10.440><c> our</c><00:23:11.019><c> sword</c><00:23:11.460><c> and</c>

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our<00:23:11.900><c> armor</c><00:23:12.119><c> and</c><00:23:12.259><c> say,</c><00:23:12.599><c> I've</c><00:23:12.779><c> arrived?</c>

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No,<00:23:14.640><c> by</c><00:23:14.940><c> no</c><00:23:15.200><c> means.</c>

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As<00:23:16.460><c> soon</c><00:23:16.599><c> as</c><00:23:16.759><c> we</c><00:23:16.900><c> do</c><00:23:17.140><c> that,</c><00:23:17.500><c> we're</c><00:23:17.799><c> going</c><00:23:18.039><c> to</c><00:23:18.380><c> find</c><00:23:18.619><c> ourselves</c>

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in<00:23:19.680><c> the</c><00:23:20.220><c> condition</c><00:23:20.660><c> of</c><00:23:20.900><c> David</c><00:23:21.160><c> with</c><00:23:21.400><c> Bathsheba,</c>

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where<00:23:22.880><c> we've</c><00:23:23.119><c> done</c><00:23:23.339><c> something</c><00:23:23.720><c> that</c><00:23:23.880><c> we</c><00:23:24.039><c> never</c><00:23:24.339><c> dreamed</c><00:23:24.660><c> we</c>

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could<00:23:25.039><c> do.</c>

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It's<00:23:26.440><c> a</c><00:23:26.559><c> case</c><00:23:26.779><c> of</c><00:23:27.019><c> maintaining</c><00:23:27.680><c> our</c><00:23:28.519><c> guard</c><00:23:28.859><c> and</c><00:23:29.240><c> being</c><00:23:29.660><c> engaged</c><00:23:30.259><c> actively</c><00:23:30.779><c> in</c><00:23:31.000><c> the</c>

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warfare<00:23:31.539><c> that</c><00:23:31.779><c> God</c><00:23:31.920><c> has</c>

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called<00:23:32.299><c> us</c><00:23:32.500><c> to</c><00:23:32.599><c> under</c><00:23:32.740><c> the</c><00:23:32.940><c> days</c><00:23:33.099><c> of</c><00:23:33.279><c> our</c><00:23:33.500><c> death.</c>

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There's<00:23:34.619><c> a</c><00:23:34.819><c> warfare</c><00:23:35.359><c> from</c><00:23:35.700><c> which</c><00:23:35.940><c> there</c><00:23:36.119><c> is</c><00:23:36.359><c> no</c><00:23:36.660><c> dismissal,</c>

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from<00:23:37.500><c> which</c><00:23:37.660><c> there</c><00:23:37.859><c> is</c><00:23:37.980><c> no</c><00:23:38.200><c> reprieve,</c><00:23:38.759><c> and</c><00:23:38.880><c> each</c>

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one<00:23:39.180><c> of</c><00:23:39.339><c> us</c><00:23:39.779><c> are</c><00:23:40.160><c> involved</c><00:23:40.500><c> in</c><00:23:40.700><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:23:43.359><c> also</c><00:23:43.680><c> in</c><00:23:43.980><c> contrast</c><00:23:44.400><c> to</c><00:23:44.740><c> Saul,</c><00:23:46.039><c> we</c><00:23:46.160><c> find</c><00:23:46.500><c> that</c><00:23:46.799><c> David</c><00:23:47.359><c> was</c>

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a<00:23:48.279><c> lover</c><00:23:48.599><c> of</c><00:23:49.039><c> godly</c><00:23:49.539><c> individuals.</c>

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And<00:23:50.440><c> it</c><00:23:50.480><c> goes</c><00:23:50.740><c> hand</c><00:23:51.099><c> in</c><00:23:51.259><c> hand</c><00:23:51.519><c> with</c><00:23:51.799><c> David's</c><00:23:52.299><c> willingness</c><00:23:52.579><c> to</c>

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accept<00:23:53.299><c> godly</c><00:23:53.799><c> rebuke.</c>

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David<00:23:55.460><c> loved</c><00:23:56.279><c> godly</c><00:23:57.240><c> companionship.</c>

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And<00:23:58.980><c> that</c><00:23:59.160><c> was</c><00:23:59.400><c> something</c><00:23:59.859><c> that</c><00:24:00.200><c> Saul</c><00:24:00.599><c> found</c><00:24:00.920><c> quite</c><00:24:01.380><c> inconvenient</c><00:24:02.059><c> in</c><00:24:02.299><c> his</c><00:24:02.559><c> life.</c>

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When<00:24:03.740><c> Jonathan</c><00:24:04.319><c> represented</c><00:24:05.160><c> godliness,</c><00:24:06.339><c> Saul</c><00:24:06.599><c> wanted</c><00:24:06.859><c> to</c>

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eliminate<00:24:07.539><c> him.</c>

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Saul<00:24:08.720><c> was</c><00:24:08.940><c> quite</c><00:24:09.180><c> happy</c><00:24:09.460><c> to</c><00:24:09.660><c> wipe</c><00:24:09.880><c> out</c><00:24:10.079><c> every</c><00:24:10.400><c> priest</c><00:24:10.720><c> in</c><00:24:11.160><c> the</c>

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nation<00:24:11.740><c> because</c><00:24:12.160><c> they</c><00:24:12.460><c> represented</c><00:24:12.880><c> opposition</c>

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to<00:24:13.779><c> what</c><00:24:14.000><c> he</c><00:24:14.160><c> wanted</c><00:24:14.440><c> to</c><00:24:14.660><c> do.</c>

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When<00:24:15.619><c> his</c><00:24:15.819><c> own</c><00:24:16.059><c> men</c><00:24:16.279><c> would</c><00:24:16.500><c> not</c><00:24:16.720><c> cooperate</c><00:24:17.259><c> with</c><00:24:17.539><c> him</c><00:24:17.680><c> because</c>

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of<00:24:18.220><c> the</c><00:24:18.359><c> heinous</c><00:24:18.779><c> of</c><00:24:18.859><c> his</c><00:24:19.940><c> acts,</c><00:24:20.319><c> the</c>

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slaying<00:24:20.720><c> of</c><00:24:20.880><c> the</c><00:24:21.059><c> priest,</c><00:24:21.700><c> he</c><00:24:21.880><c> had</c><00:24:22.039><c> to</c><00:24:22.240><c> resort</c><00:24:22.460><c> to</c><00:24:22.680><c> the</c><00:24:22.960><c> scurrilous</c><00:24:23.720><c> doag,</c>

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the<00:24:24.700><c> Edomite,</c><00:24:25.960><c> this</c><00:24:26.259><c> dog</c>

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of<00:24:26.940><c> an</c><00:24:27.119><c> individual</c><00:24:27.660><c> who</c><00:24:27.900><c> was</c><00:24:28.180><c> slinking</c><00:24:28.559><c> about</c><00:24:29.059><c> the</c><00:24:29.640><c> camp</c><00:24:29.980><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:24:31.059><c> creating</c><00:24:31.400><c> all</c><00:24:31.660><c> kinds</c><00:24:31.920><c> of</c><00:24:32.140><c> mayhem,</c>

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a<00:24:32.819><c> tail</c><00:24:33.019><c> bearer.</c>

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This<00:24:33.960><c> was</c><00:24:34.180><c> the</c><00:24:34.220><c> kind</c><00:24:34.460><c> of</c><00:24:34.799><c> individual</c><00:24:35.259><c> that</c><00:24:36.059><c> was</c><00:24:36.539><c> all</c><00:24:36.740><c> that</c><00:24:36.839><c> was</c>

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left<00:24:37.299><c> Saul</c><00:24:37.599><c> in</c><00:24:37.759><c> the</c><00:24:38.019><c> end.</c>

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That's<00:24:39.380><c> what</c><00:24:39.619><c> would</c><00:24:39.920><c> be</c><00:24:40.079><c> left</c><00:24:40.319><c> us</c><00:24:40.839><c> if</c><00:24:41.180><c> we</c><00:24:41.359><c> weren't</c><00:24:41.539><c> prepared</c>

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to<00:24:42.160><c> accept</c><00:24:42.440><c> the</c><00:24:42.680><c> company</c><00:24:43.019><c> of</c><00:24:43.259><c> godly</c><00:24:43.660><c> individuals.</c>

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As<00:24:45.200><c> we</c><00:24:45.440><c> noted,</c><00:24:45.839><c> Saul</c><00:24:46.059><c> ended</c><00:24:46.279><c> his</c><00:24:46.579><c> life</c><00:24:46.839><c> on</c><00:24:47.059><c> the,</c><00:24:47.319><c> well</c><00:24:48.059><c> came</c><00:24:48.299><c> close</c><00:24:48.660><c> to</c>

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ending<00:24:48.980><c> his</c><00:24:49.240><c> life,</c><00:24:49.640><c> or</c><00:24:49.819><c> at</c><00:24:49.940><c> the</c><00:24:50.039><c> very</c>

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end<00:24:50.420><c> of</c><00:24:50.519><c> his</c><00:24:50.720><c> life,</c><00:24:51.539><c> it</c><00:24:51.579><c> was</c><00:24:51.779><c> on</c><00:24:51.940><c> the</c><00:24:52.400><c> prostrate</c><00:24:52.759><c> on</c><00:24:52.980><c> the</c><00:24:53.140><c> floor</c>

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of<00:24:53.480><c> a</c><00:24:53.640><c> witch's</c><00:24:54.019><c> hut.</c>

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That<00:24:54.900><c> was</c><00:24:55.119><c> his</c><00:24:55.420><c> companionship.</c>

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That<00:24:56.359><c> was</c><00:24:56.559><c> his</c><00:24:56.779><c> company</c><00:24:57.140><c> in</c><00:24:57.319><c> the</c><00:24:57.539><c> end.</c>

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There<00:24:58.220><c> was</c><00:24:58.359><c> no</c><00:24:58.519><c> one</c><00:24:58.700><c> left</c><00:24:58.940><c> because</c><00:24:59.119><c> Saul</c><00:24:59.460><c> had</c><00:24:59.700><c> chased</c><00:24:59.940><c> them</c>

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all<00:25:00.319><c> away.</c>

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In<00:25:01.460><c> contrast,</c><00:25:02.180><c> we</c><00:25:02.220><c> find</c><00:25:02.539><c> David</c><00:25:03.140><c> who</c><00:25:03.640><c> loved</c><00:25:03.880><c> the</c><00:25:04.099><c> communion,</c>

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who<00:25:04.880><c> loved</c><00:25:05.119><c> the</c><00:25:05.420><c> fellowship</c><00:25:06.019><c> of</c><00:25:06.759><c> godly</c><00:25:07.180><c> individuals.</c>

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That<00:25:08.160><c> was</c><00:25:08.720><c> the</c><00:25:08.900><c> basis</c><00:25:09.240><c> of</c><00:25:09.420><c> his</c><00:25:09.559><c> friendship</c><00:25:09.920><c> with</c><00:25:10.180><c> Jonathan.</c>

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Despite<00:25:11.920><c> all</c><00:25:12.559><c> the</c><00:25:12.779><c> reasons</c><00:25:13.299><c> that</c><00:25:13.539><c> should</c><00:25:13.700><c> have</c><00:25:13.859><c> kept</c><00:25:14.059><c> those</c>

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men<00:25:14.440><c> apart,</c><00:25:15.559><c> they</c><00:25:15.799><c> found</c><00:25:16.059><c> themselves</c><00:25:16.660><c> attracted</c>

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quite<00:25:18.099><c> closely</c><00:25:18.660><c> because</c><00:25:18.980><c> both</c><00:25:19.319><c> of</c><00:25:19.420><c> them</c><00:25:19.619><c> valued</c><00:25:20.559><c> the</c><00:25:21.019><c> companionship</c><00:25:21.599><c> they</c>

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found<00:25:22.119><c> from</c><00:25:22.339><c> one</c><00:25:22.460><c> another,</c>

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the<00:25:22.940><c> godly</c><00:25:23.460><c> strength,</c><00:25:23.940><c> the</c><00:25:24.160><c> spiritual</c><00:25:24.619><c> upbuilding</c><00:25:25.220><c> that</c>

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that<00:25:26.000><c> relationship</c><00:25:26.519><c> produced.</c>

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They<00:25:27.599><c> strengthened</c><00:25:28.140><c> themselves,</c><00:25:29.160><c> one</c><00:25:29.359><c> another</c><00:25:29.660><c> and</c><00:25:29.819><c> the</c><00:25:30.000><c> Lord.</c>

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We<00:25:31.059><c> find</c><00:25:31.500><c> that</c><00:25:32.240><c> David</c><00:25:32.660><c> resorted</c><00:25:33.099><c> to</c><00:25:33.299><c> the</c><00:25:33.539><c> companionship</c><00:25:34.079><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:25:34.599><c> as</c><00:25:34.819><c> long</c><00:25:35.079><c> as</c><00:25:35.259><c> Samuel</c><00:25:35.480><c> was</c><00:25:35.740><c> alive.</c>

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We<00:25:36.920><c> recall</c><00:25:37.299><c> in</c><00:25:37.460><c> the</c><00:25:37.599><c> reading</c><00:25:37.980><c> that</c><00:25:38.160><c> we</c><00:25:38.319><c> had</c><00:25:38.519><c> read</c><00:25:38.660><c> this</c><00:25:38.900><c> morning,</c><00:25:39.579><c> where</c>

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did<00:25:39.980><c> David</c><00:25:40.279><c> go?</c>

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He<00:25:40.799><c> went</c><00:25:40.980><c> to</c><00:25:41.339><c> Samuel.</c>

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He<00:25:42.079><c> resorted</c><00:25:42.400><c> to</c><00:25:42.720><c> godly</c><00:25:43.200><c> company,</c><00:25:44.099><c> to</c><00:25:44.319><c> individuals</c><00:25:44.920><c> who</c><00:25:45.140><c> would</c><00:25:45.279><c> give</c>

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them<00:25:45.660><c> godly</c><00:25:46.119><c> advice.</c>

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We<00:25:47.440><c> know</c><00:25:47.720><c> that</c><00:25:47.880><c> they</c><00:25:48.160><c> communed</c><00:25:48.519><c> often</c><00:25:48.940><c> together</c><00:25:49.440><c> about</c><00:25:49.759><c> the</c>

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affairs<00:25:50.279><c> of</c><00:25:50.559><c> state.</c>

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If<00:25:51.460><c> we</c><00:25:51.599><c> turn</c><00:25:51.819><c> over</c><00:25:51.980><c> to</c><00:25:52.079><c> 1</c><00:25:52.299><c> Chronicles</c><00:25:52.799><c> 9</c><00:25:53.180><c> verse</c><00:25:53.440><c> 22,</c><00:25:54.839><c> just</c><00:25:55.039><c> a</c><00:25:55.319><c> small</c><00:25:55.559><c> little</c><00:25:55.859><c> verse,</c><00:25:56.259><c> but</c><00:25:56.400><c> it</c>

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says<00:25:56.779><c> volumes</c><00:25:57.440><c> concerning</c><00:25:57.980><c> David.</c>

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Verse<00:26:01.359><c> 22</c><00:26:01.819><c> of</c><00:26:02.059><c> 1</c><00:26:02.259><c> Chronicles</c><00:26:02.799><c> 9,</c>

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All<00:26:04.720><c> these</c><00:26:05.119><c> which</c><00:26:05.299><c> were</c><00:26:05.519><c> chosen</c><00:26:05.819><c> to</c><00:26:05.980><c> be</c><00:26:06.240><c> porters</c><00:26:06.599><c> in</c><00:26:06.759><c> the</c><00:26:06.940><c> gates</c><00:26:07.180><c> were</c><00:26:07.519><c> 212.</c>

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These<00:26:09.500><c> were</c><00:26:09.799><c> reckoned</c><00:26:10.079><c> by</c><00:26:10.279><c> their</c><00:26:10.539><c> genealogy</c><00:26:11.119><c> and</c><00:26:11.299><c> their</c><00:26:11.480><c> villages,</c><00:26:12.380><c> whom</c>

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David<00:26:12.960><c> and</c><00:26:13.339><c> Samuel</c><00:26:13.779><c> the</c><00:26:14.119><c> seer</c><00:26:14.420><c> did</c><00:26:14.680><c> ordain</c><00:26:15.460><c> in</c><00:26:15.779><c> their</c><00:26:16.019><c> set</c><00:26:16.259><c> office.</c>

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So<00:26:18.500><c> here</c><00:26:18.839><c> we</c><00:26:18.960><c> can</c><00:26:19.180><c> imagine</c><00:26:19.579><c> David</c><00:26:20.000><c> in</c><00:26:20.160><c> the</c><00:26:20.380><c> time</c><00:26:20.819><c> that</c><00:26:21.279><c> he</c><00:26:21.380><c> had</c>

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left,<00:26:22.460><c> Samuel</c><00:26:22.660><c> had</c><00:26:22.960><c> left,</c>

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they<00:26:23.900><c> communed</c><00:26:24.400><c> and</c><00:26:24.539><c> they</c><00:26:24.900><c> discussed</c><00:26:25.220><c> and</c><00:26:25.359><c> they</c><00:26:25.680><c> conversed</c>

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about<00:26:26.799><c> what</c><00:26:27.200><c> the</c><00:26:27.660><c> kingdom</c><00:26:27.960><c> would</c><00:26:28.160><c> be</c><00:26:28.380><c> like</c><00:26:28.680><c> and</c><00:26:28.859><c> what</c><00:26:29.039><c> changes</c>

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would<00:26:29.599><c> be</c><00:26:29.839><c> made.</c>

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Changes<00:26:30.960><c> as</c><00:26:31.279><c> we</c><00:26:31.400><c> will</c><00:26:31.619><c> find</c><00:26:31.839><c> out</c><00:26:32.000><c> that</c><00:26:32.259><c> were</c><00:26:32.519><c> ordained</c><00:26:32.759><c> by</c><00:26:33.079><c> God.</c>

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We<00:26:34.240><c> can</c><00:26:34.460><c> imagine</c><00:26:34.779><c> the</c><00:26:35.039><c> long</c><00:26:35.220><c> hours</c><00:26:35.460><c> of</c><00:26:35.779><c> conversation</c><00:26:36.400><c> these</c>

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two<00:26:36.900><c> godly</c><00:26:37.240><c> men</c><00:26:37.460><c> had</c><00:26:37.960><c> over</c><00:26:38.519><c> what</c><00:26:38.700><c> was</c><00:26:38.920><c> to</c><00:26:39.059><c> be</c><00:26:39.240><c> done,</c><00:26:39.559><c> the</c><00:26:39.819><c> plans</c>

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they<00:26:40.339><c> had,</c>

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the<00:26:41.119><c> excitement</c><00:26:41.519><c> and</c><00:26:41.720><c> enthusiasm</c><00:26:42.299><c> they</c><00:26:42.500><c> would</c><00:26:42.640><c> have</c><00:26:42.779><c> generated</c><00:26:43.279><c> in</c><00:26:43.500><c> one</c>

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another<00:26:44.059><c> concerning</c><00:26:44.859><c> godly</c><00:26:45.539><c> things,</c>

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these<00:26:46.160><c> holy</c><00:26:46.440><c> things,</c><00:26:47.000><c> spiritual</c><00:26:47.539><c> things.</c>

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What<00:26:48.920><c> a</c><00:26:49.440><c> contrast</c><00:26:49.740><c> to</c><00:26:50.099><c> Saul</c><00:26:50.380><c> who</c><00:26:50.579><c> had</c><00:26:50.819><c> never</c><00:26:51.140><c> so</c><00:26:51.319><c> much</c><00:26:51.579><c> crossed</c>

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Samuel's<00:26:53.880><c> path,</c>

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but<00:26:54.519><c> rather</c><00:26:54.759><c> we</c><00:26:55.000><c> find</c><00:26:55.220><c> that</c><00:26:55.500><c> Samuel</c><00:26:55.740><c> had</c><00:26:55.920><c> to</c><00:26:56.019><c> come</c><00:26:56.180><c> to</c><00:26:56.380><c> Saul</c>

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time<00:26:57.099><c> and</c><00:26:57.259><c> time</c><00:26:57.500><c> again.</c>

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Not<00:26:58.779><c> so</c><00:26:58.980><c> with</c><00:26:59.220><c> David,</c><00:26:59.460><c> he</c><00:26:59.700><c> sought</c><00:26:59.920><c> out</c><00:27:00.220><c> the</c><00:27:00.539><c> companionship</c><00:27:01.059><c> of</c>

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that<00:27:01.420><c> godly</c><00:27:01.799><c> man.</c>

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And<00:27:03.400><c> we</c><00:27:03.500><c> know</c><00:27:03.740><c> that</c><00:27:03.900><c> when</c><00:27:04.140><c> Abigail</c><00:27:04.559><c> was</c><00:27:04.880><c> widowed,</c><00:27:06.099><c> David</c><00:27:06.380><c> immediately</c><00:27:06.960><c> sought</c><00:27:07.299><c> her</c>

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for<00:27:07.799><c> a</c><00:27:08.019><c> wife.</c>

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He<00:27:09.279><c> recognized</c><00:27:09.700><c> in</c><00:27:09.839><c> that</c><00:27:10.019><c> woman</c><00:27:10.319><c> Abigail,</c><00:27:11.759><c> a</c><00:27:12.059><c> godly</c><00:27:12.539><c> woman</c><00:27:12.980><c> who</c><00:27:13.200><c> would</c><00:27:13.380><c> be</c>

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a<00:27:13.660><c> tremendous</c><00:27:14.039><c> contribution</c><00:27:14.880><c> to</c><00:27:15.180><c> David.</c>

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Who<00:27:16.079><c> would</c><00:27:16.299><c> be</c><00:27:16.460><c> able</c><00:27:16.720><c> to</c><00:27:17.160><c> infuse</c><00:27:17.680><c> in</c><00:27:17.779><c> the</c><00:27:18.019><c> household</c><00:27:18.359><c> of</c><00:27:18.619><c> David</c>

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a<00:27:19.140><c> spirit</c><00:27:19.279><c> of</c><00:27:19.680><c> godliness</c><00:27:20.019><c> and</c><00:27:20.319><c> wisdom</c><00:27:20.880><c> and</c><00:27:21.759><c> holiness.</c>

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Despite<00:27:23.960><c> their</c><00:27:24.400><c> associations</c><00:27:25.019><c> with</c><00:27:25.319><c> Nabal,</c><00:27:25.759><c> we</c><00:27:25.759><c> know</c><00:27:25.980><c> Abigail</c><00:27:26.460><c> was</c><00:27:26.759><c> a</c>

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woman<00:27:27.240><c> of</c><00:27:27.440><c> tremendous</c><00:27:27.900><c> courage</c><00:27:28.380><c> and</c><00:27:28.640><c> tremendous</c><00:27:29.000><c> leadership</c>

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and<00:27:29.599><c> David</c><00:27:29.900><c> valued</c><00:27:30.380><c> those</c><00:27:30.700><c> things.</c>

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He<00:27:31.839><c> recognized</c><00:27:32.279><c> them</c><00:27:32.460><c> in</c><00:27:32.640><c> the</c><00:27:32.859><c> individuals</c><00:27:33.279><c> around</c><00:27:33.700><c> him</c><00:27:33.859><c> and</c>

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he<00:27:34.259><c> associated</c><00:27:34.680><c> himself</c><00:27:35.119><c> with</c><00:27:35.400><c> those</c><00:27:35.700><c> individuals.</c>

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It's<00:27:37.259><c> a</c><00:27:37.380><c> tremendous</c><00:27:37.819><c> excitation</c><00:27:38.420><c> to</c><00:27:38.579><c> each</c><00:27:38.720><c> one</c><00:27:38.819><c> of</c><00:27:38.960><c> us</c><00:27:39.140><c> brothers</c><00:27:39.339><c> and</c><00:27:39.619><c> sisters</c><00:27:39.880><c> that</c><00:27:40.059><c> we</c>

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do<00:27:40.380><c> the</c><00:27:40.640><c> same.</c>

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We<00:27:42.000><c> might</c><00:27:42.279><c> not</c><00:27:42.579><c> find</c><00:27:43.000><c> that</c><00:27:43.160><c> our</c><00:27:43.460><c> companionship</c><00:27:44.619><c> in</c><00:27:44.839><c> the</c><00:27:45.079><c> truth</c>

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is<00:27:46.119><c> marked</c><00:27:46.420><c> by</c><00:27:47.000><c> necessarily</c><00:27:47.559><c> personal</c><00:27:48.220><c> compatibility.</c>

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We<00:27:49.980><c> might</c><00:27:50.339><c> not</c><00:27:50.660><c> find</c><00:27:51.059><c> that</c><00:27:51.259><c> those</c><00:27:51.559><c> who</c><00:27:51.759><c> we</c><00:27:52.200><c> consort</c><00:27:52.599><c> with</c><00:27:52.960><c> would</c><00:27:53.240><c> be</c>

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the<00:27:53.579><c> individuals</c><00:27:53.980><c> we</c><00:27:54.279><c> would</c><00:27:54.519><c> pick</c><00:27:54.759><c> out</c><00:27:55.140><c> if</c><00:27:55.279><c> it</c><00:27:55.440><c> was</c><00:27:55.599><c> our</c><00:27:55.920><c> choice.</c>

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But<00:27:57.640><c> we</c><00:27:57.740><c> have</c><00:27:57.920><c> to</c><00:27:58.079><c> remember</c><00:27:58.579><c> what</c><00:27:58.799><c> we</c><00:27:58.940><c> have</c><00:27:59.140><c> to</c><00:27:59.299><c> put</c><00:27:59.460><c> priorities</c><00:28:00.059><c> on</c><00:28:00.440><c> and</c><00:28:00.579><c> what</c><00:28:00.640><c> we</c>

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have<00:28:01.000><c> to</c><00:28:01.200><c> value</c><00:28:01.599><c> most</c><00:28:01.940><c> of</c><00:28:02.160><c> all</c><00:28:02.299><c> in</c><00:28:02.480><c> our</c><00:28:02.799><c> companionship.</c>

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We<00:28:04.119><c> have</c><00:28:04.299><c> to</c><00:28:04.500><c> seek</c><00:28:04.640><c> out</c><00:28:04.839><c> individuals</c><00:28:05.460><c> who</c><00:28:05.720><c> are</c><00:28:05.799><c> going</c><00:28:05.880><c> to</c><00:28:05.980><c> be</c><00:28:06.140><c> a</c>

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source<00:28:06.480><c> of</c><00:28:06.680><c> strength</c><00:28:06.880><c> to</c><00:28:07.099><c> us</c><00:28:07.460><c> and</c><00:28:07.839><c> likewise</c><00:28:08.200><c> we</c><00:28:08.599><c> should</c><00:28:08.759><c> be</c><00:28:08.940><c> a</c>

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source<00:28:09.299><c> of</c><00:28:09.519><c> strength</c><00:28:09.700><c> to</c><00:28:09.960><c> them.</c>

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We<00:28:11.079><c> have</c><00:28:11.299><c> to</c><00:28:11.339><c> let</c><00:28:11.539><c> God</c><00:28:12.000><c> pick</c><00:28:12.319><c> out</c><00:28:12.519><c> our</c><00:28:12.720><c> friends</c><00:28:12.940><c> for</c><00:28:13.220><c> us</c><00:28:13.420><c> brothers</c><00:28:13.619><c> and</c><00:28:13.859><c> sisters</c><00:28:14.539><c> because</c><00:28:15.339><c> if</c>

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we<00:28:15.819><c> don't</c><00:28:16.700><c> and</c><00:28:16.980><c> if</c><00:28:17.119><c> we</c><00:28:17.220><c> let</c><00:28:17.380><c> the</c><00:28:17.660><c> flesh</c><00:28:17.880><c> dictate</c><00:28:18.339><c> companionship</c><00:28:19.220><c> we</c><00:28:19.359><c> are</c><00:28:19.380><c> going</c>

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to<00:28:19.640><c> find</c><00:28:19.880><c> ourselves</c><00:28:20.400><c> in</c><00:28:20.579><c> a</c><00:28:20.759><c> sorry</c><00:28:21.079><c> state.</c>

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We<00:28:22.220><c> are</c><00:28:22.259><c> going</c><00:28:22.440><c> to</c><00:28:22.500><c> find</c><00:28:22.720><c> ourselves</c><00:28:23.180><c> in</c><00:28:23.259><c> a</c><00:28:23.480><c> situation</c><00:28:24.160><c> where</c>

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we<00:28:24.599><c> have</c><00:28:24.859><c> no</c><00:28:25.059><c> one</c><00:28:25.220><c> to</c><00:28:25.400><c> turn</c><00:28:25.660><c> to</c><00:28:25.900><c> in</c><00:28:26.819><c> the</c><00:28:27.059><c> time</c><00:28:27.299><c> of</c><00:28:27.519><c> need.</c>

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When<00:28:28.720><c> we</c><00:28:29.200><c> are</c><00:28:30.200><c> possibly</c><00:28:30.759><c> experiencing</c><00:28:31.440><c> a</c><00:28:31.660><c> time</c><00:28:31.799><c> of</c><00:28:32.059><c> weakness</c>

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and<00:28:32.700><c> consternation</c><00:28:33.279><c> who</c><00:28:33.519><c> is</c><00:28:33.579><c> going</c><00:28:33.900><c> to</c><00:28:34.940><c> lift</c><00:28:35.119><c> up</c><00:28:35.319><c> our</c><00:28:35.559><c> hand?</c>

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As<00:28:37.180><c> it</c><00:28:37.400><c> says</c><00:28:37.599><c> in</c><00:28:37.759><c> the</c><00:28:37.960><c> Proverb,</c><00:28:38.579><c> a</c><00:28:38.579><c> two</c><00:28:38.920><c>-fold</c><00:28:39.200><c> cord</c><00:28:39.519><c> is</c><00:28:39.740><c> not</c>

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soon<00:28:40.180><c> broken.</c>

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If<00:28:41.839><c> we</c><00:28:42.079><c> associate</c><00:28:42.559><c> ourselves</c><00:28:43.039><c> with</c><00:28:43.279><c> those</c><00:28:43.700><c> that</c><00:28:44.000><c> are</c><00:28:44.799><c> easily</c>

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frayed<00:28:46.519><c> and</c><00:28:46.920><c> easily</c><00:28:47.299><c> burnt</c><00:28:47.579><c> by</c><00:28:47.799><c> the</c><00:28:48.000><c> fires</c><00:28:48.259><c> of</c><00:28:48.440><c> life</c><00:28:48.880><c> we</c><00:28:49.579><c> are</c><00:28:49.619><c> going</c><00:28:49.819><c> to</c><00:28:50.059><c> find</c><00:28:50.220><c> ourselves</c><00:28:50.799><c> in</c><00:28:51.039><c> a</c>

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weakened<00:28:51.339><c> condition.</c>

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None<00:28:52.099><c> of</c><00:28:52.160><c> us</c><00:28:52.299><c> can</c><00:28:52.519><c> afford</c><00:28:52.880><c> that.</c><00:28:53.799><c> None</c><00:28:54.000><c> of</c><00:28:54.099><c> us</c><00:28:54.279><c> can.</c><00:28:54.619><c> None</c><00:28:54.839><c> of</c>

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us<00:28:55.079><c> are</c><00:28:55.200><c> so</c><00:28:55.480><c> strong</c><00:28:55.859><c> that</c><00:28:56.000><c> we</c><00:28:56.119><c> can</c><00:28:56.299><c> go</c><00:28:56.460><c> it</c><00:28:56.619><c> alone.</c>

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There<00:28:57.660><c> will</c><00:28:57.839><c> be</c><00:28:57.980><c> occasions</c><00:28:58.359><c> when</c><00:28:58.539><c> God</c><00:28:58.740><c> requires</c><00:28:59.240><c> it</c><00:28:59.460><c> of</c><00:28:59.559><c> us</c><00:28:59.759><c> but</c><00:28:59.880><c> on</c>

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a<00:29:00.180><c> consistent</c><00:29:00.660><c> basis</c><00:29:01.319><c> it's</c><00:29:02.259><c> a</c><00:29:02.359><c> recipe</c><00:29:02.720><c> for</c><00:29:02.980><c> disaster.</c>

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Like<00:29:04.400><c> the</c><00:29:04.680><c> man</c><00:29:04.920><c> David</c><00:29:05.299><c> we</c><00:29:05.460><c> have</c><00:29:05.680><c> to</c><00:29:05.779><c> seek</c><00:29:06.039><c> out</c><00:29:06.319><c> that</c><00:29:06.579><c> godly</c><00:29:06.980><c> companionship.</c>

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We<00:29:08.279><c> have</c><00:29:08.500><c> to</c><00:29:08.559><c> look</c><00:29:08.759><c> for</c><00:29:09.000><c> qualities</c><00:29:09.640><c> that</c><00:29:09.900><c> are</c><00:29:09.940><c> going</c><00:29:10.079><c> to</c><00:29:10.359><c> complement</c><00:29:11.140><c> those</c>

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principles<00:29:12.480><c> which</c><00:29:12.880><c> God</c><00:29:13.240><c> has</c><00:29:13.859><c> set</c><00:29:14.119><c> out</c><00:29:14.500><c> for</c><00:29:14.640><c> us</c><00:29:14.839><c> to</c><00:29:15.019><c> aspire</c><00:29:15.460><c> to.</c>

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We<00:29:16.859><c> find</c><00:29:17.299><c> in</c><00:29:17.480><c> the</c><00:29:17.619><c> man</c><00:29:17.839><c> David</c><00:29:18.220><c> and</c><00:29:18.400><c> the</c><00:29:18.480><c> man</c><00:29:18.799><c> Saul</c><00:29:19.079><c> two</c><00:29:19.420><c> contrasts.</c>

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The<00:29:20.880><c> one</c><00:29:21.059><c> man</c><00:29:21.440><c> loved</c><00:29:22.039><c> godly</c><00:29:22.579><c> individuals</c><00:29:23.180><c> and</c><00:29:23.480><c> associated</c>

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himself<00:29:24.420><c> with</c><00:29:24.700><c> them.</c>

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The<00:29:25.619><c> other</c><00:29:25.859><c> man</c><00:29:26.119><c> found</c><00:29:26.359><c> them</c><00:29:26.539><c> inconvenient.</c><00:29:27.859><c> He</c><00:29:28.099><c> found</c><00:29:28.299><c> them</c>

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a<00:29:28.660><c> thorn</c><00:29:28.839><c> in</c><00:29:29.140><c> his</c><00:29:29.220><c> side.</c>

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He<00:29:29.759><c> found</c><00:29:30.099><c> them</c><00:29:30.380><c> obstacles</c><00:29:31.039><c> to</c><00:29:31.279><c> his</c><00:29:31.640><c> willfulness</c><00:29:32.240><c> and</c><00:29:32.880><c> so</c><00:29:33.000><c> they</c><00:29:33.140><c> were</c><00:29:33.380><c> moved</c><00:29:33.660><c> out</c>

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of<00:29:33.980><c> the</c><00:29:34.119><c> way.</c>

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And<00:29:38.039><c> again</c><00:29:38.339><c> in</c><00:29:38.559><c> contrast</c><00:29:39.099><c> to</c><00:29:39.279><c> the</c><00:29:39.460><c> man</c><00:29:39.720><c> Saul</c><00:29:40.319><c> we</c><00:29:42.700><c> have</c><00:29:43.039><c> in</c><00:29:43.259><c> David</c><00:29:43.779><c> an</c>

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individual<00:29:45.299><c> who</c><00:29:45.519><c> is</c><00:29:45.779><c> sensitive</c><00:29:46.339><c> to</c><00:29:46.599><c> the</c><00:29:46.839><c> needs</c><00:29:47.380><c> and</c><00:29:47.980><c> to</c><00:29:48.119><c> the</c>

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feelings<00:29:48.859><c> of</c><00:29:49.140><c> the</c><00:29:49.339><c> people</c><00:29:49.579><c> that</c><00:29:49.759><c> he</c><00:29:49.980><c> led.</c>

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Here<00:29:51.140><c> was</c><00:29:51.400><c> a</c><00:29:51.640><c> man</c><00:29:51.920><c> who</c><00:29:52.099><c> was</c><00:29:52.359><c> a</c><00:29:52.539><c> shepherd</c><00:29:52.799><c> indeed.</c>

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Here<00:29:54.079><c> was</c><00:29:54.279><c> an</c><00:29:54.480><c> individual</c><00:29:55.019><c> who</c><00:29:55.200><c> was</c><00:29:55.460><c> a</c><00:29:55.640><c> nurturer</c><00:29:56.440><c> to</c><00:29:57.019><c> all</c><00:29:57.319><c> that</c>

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were<00:29:57.700><c> about</c><00:29:57.960><c> him.</c>

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If<00:29:58.900><c> we</c><00:29:59.380><c> turn</c><00:29:59.700><c> to</c><00:30:00.140><c> 1</c><00:30:00.400><c> Samuel</c><00:30:00.720><c> 18</c><00:30:01.220><c> we</c><00:30:01.420><c> find</c><00:30:01.759><c> a</c><00:30:01.940><c> recurrent</c><00:30:02.380><c> phrase</c>

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and<00:30:03.019><c> I</c><00:30:03.140><c> think</c><00:30:03.299><c> it's</c><00:30:03.500><c> a</c><00:30:03.680><c> phrase</c><00:30:03.880><c> we</c><00:30:04.039><c> might</c><00:30:04.259><c> all</c><00:30:04.460><c> have</c><00:30:04.640><c> noticed</c><00:30:04.880><c> before.</c>

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In<00:30:09.099><c> 1</c><00:30:09.359><c> Samuel</c><00:30:09.720><c> 18</c><00:30:11.420><c> verse</c><00:30:13.480><c> 5</c>

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And<00:30:15.440><c> David</c><00:30:15.900><c> went</c><00:30:16.160><c> out</c><00:30:16.599><c> whithersoever</c><00:30:17.319><c> Saul</c><00:30:17.640><c> sent</c><00:30:17.960><c> him</c><00:30:18.740><c> and</c>

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behaved<00:30:19.619><c> himself</c><00:30:20.299><c> wisely.</c>

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:26.759
And<00:30:22.220><c> Saul</c><00:30:22.740><c> set</c><00:30:23.059><c> him</c><00:30:23.259><c> over</c><00:30:23.559><c> the</c><00:30:23.779><c> men</c><00:30:23.980><c> of</c><00:30:24.180><c> war</c><00:30:24.579><c> and</c><00:30:25.059><c> he</c><00:30:25.140><c> was</c><00:30:25.420><c> accepted</c><00:30:25.980><c> in</c><00:30:26.220><c> the</c><00:30:26.380><c> sight</c><00:30:26.480><c> of</c>

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:31.259
all<00:30:27.059><c> the</c><00:30:27.279><c> people</c><00:30:27.660><c> and</c><00:30:27.980><c> also</c><00:30:28.299><c> in</c><00:30:28.480><c> the</c><00:30:28.700><c> sight</c><00:30:29.200><c> of</c><00:30:29.740><c> Saul's</c><00:30:30.380><c> servants.</c>

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:34.140
And<00:30:31.619><c> then</c><00:30:31.779><c> again</c><00:30:32.059><c> in</c><00:30:32.220><c> verses</c><00:30:32.559><c> 14</c><00:30:33.059><c>-16</c>

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:39.579
And<00:30:35.299><c> David</c><00:30:35.759><c> behaved</c><00:30:36.299><c> himself</c><00:30:36.900><c> wisely</c><00:30:37.500><c> in</c><00:30:37.880><c> all</c><00:30:38.240><c> his</c><00:30:38.500><c> ways</c><00:30:39.099><c> and</c>

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:41.160
the<00:30:39.740><c> Lord</c><00:30:39.940><c> was</c><00:30:40.200><c> with</c><00:30:40.460><c> him.</c>

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:44.960
Wherefore<00:30:41.859><c> when</c><00:30:42.140><c> Saul</c><00:30:42.660><c> saw</c><00:30:43.160><c> that</c><00:30:43.339><c> he</c><00:30:43.539><c> behaved</c><00:30:43.819><c> himself</c><00:30:44.339><c> very</c>

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:47.200
wisely<00:30:45.500><c> he</c><00:30:46.059><c> was</c><00:30:46.279><c> afraid</c><00:30:46.619><c> of</c><00:30:46.779><c> him.</c>

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:52.299
But<00:30:47.640><c> all</c><00:30:48.079><c> Israel</c><00:30:48.700><c> and</c><00:30:49.079><c> Judah</c><00:30:49.460><c> loved</c><00:30:50.460><c> David</c><00:30:51.099><c> because</c><00:30:51.819><c> he</c><00:30:52.039><c> went</c>

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:55.380
out<00:30:52.960><c> and</c><00:30:53.440><c> came</c><00:30:53.759><c> in</c><00:30:53.980><c> before</c><00:30:54.359><c> them.</c>

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:58.200
And<00:30:55.680><c> again</c><00:30:56.079><c> in</c><00:30:56.259><c> verse</c><00:30:56.559><c> 30</c>

00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:01.700
Then<00:30:59.279><c> the</c><00:30:59.519><c> princes</c><00:30:59.819><c> of</c><00:31:00.039><c> the</c><00:31:00.200><c> Philistines</c><00:31:00.599><c> went</c><00:31:00.859><c> forth</c><00:31:01.359><c> and</c><00:31:01.539><c> it</c>

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:05.579
came<00:31:01.859><c> to</c><00:31:02.160><c> pass</c><00:31:02.380><c> after</c><00:31:02.740><c> they</c><00:31:02.940><c> went</c><00:31:03.119><c> forth</c><00:31:03.599><c> that</c><00:31:04.299><c> David</c><00:31:04.960><c> behaved</c>

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:09.460
himself<00:31:06.180><c> more</c><00:31:06.759><c> wisely</c><00:31:07.279><c> than</c><00:31:07.680><c> all</c><00:31:08.220><c> the</c><00:31:08.480><c> servants</c><00:31:08.799><c> of</c><00:31:09.119><c> Saul.</c>

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:12.819
So<00:31:10.099><c> that</c><00:31:10.279><c> his</c><00:31:10.480><c> name</c><00:31:10.700><c> was</c><00:31:11.000><c> much</c><00:31:11.380><c> set</c><00:31:11.700><c> by</c><00:31:11.940><c> or</c><00:31:12.119><c> as</c><00:31:12.240><c> it</c><00:31:12.400><c> says</c><00:31:12.480><c> in</c><00:31:12.619><c> the</c>

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:16.900
margin<00:31:13.059><c> his</c><00:31:13.220><c> name</c><00:31:13.420><c> was</c><00:31:13.819><c> precious</c><00:31:14.480><c> in</c><00:31:15.279><c> the</c><00:31:15.440><c> eyes</c><00:31:15.579><c> of</c><00:31:15.779><c> the</c><00:31:15.920><c> people.</c>

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:21.619
Now<00:31:17.279><c> this</c><00:31:17.680><c> phrase</c><00:31:18.220><c> behaved</c><00:31:18.619><c> himself</c><00:31:19.140><c> wisely</c><00:31:19.700><c> is</c><00:31:20.180><c> one</c><00:31:20.460><c> word</c><00:31:21.000><c> in</c>

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:23.920
the<00:31:21.779><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:22.180><c> sacal</c><00:31:23.000><c> or</c><00:31:23.440><c> sacal.</c>

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:28.039
I'm<00:31:24.440><c> not</c><00:31:24.660><c> a</c><00:31:24.799><c> Hebraist</c><00:31:25.240><c> so</c><00:31:25.619><c> please</c><00:31:25.880><c> forgive</c><00:31:26.119><c> my</c><00:31:26.660><c> poor</c><00:31:26.859><c> pronunciation.</c>

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:34.559
It's<00:31:29.220><c> a</c><00:31:29.519><c> word</c><00:31:29.900><c> that</c><00:31:30.119><c> has</c><00:31:30.559><c> quite</c><00:31:30.859><c> an</c><00:31:31.059><c> array</c><00:31:31.380><c> of</c><00:31:31.759><c> usages</c><00:31:32.400><c> in</c><00:31:33.720><c> the</c>

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:37.339
Old<00:31:34.859><c> Testament</c><00:31:35.259><c> and</c><00:31:35.359><c> we'll</c><00:31:35.619><c> consider</c><00:31:35.940><c> a</c><00:31:36.160><c> few</c><00:31:36.279><c> of</c><00:31:36.420><c> them.</c>

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:43.500
It's<00:31:37.779><c> a</c><00:31:37.920><c> word</c><00:31:38.240><c> that</c><00:31:40.119><c> incorporates</c><00:31:41.019><c> the</c><00:31:41.299><c> idea</c><00:31:41.779><c> of</c><00:31:42.279><c> prudence,</c>

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:45.059
of<00:31:43.799><c> discretion.</c>

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:49.859
It<00:31:45.519><c> incorporates</c><00:31:45.980><c> the</c><00:31:46.200><c> idea</c><00:31:46.759><c> of</c><00:31:47.299><c> understanding</c><00:31:48.299><c> in</c><00:31:48.980><c> the</c><00:31:49.220><c> sense</c><00:31:49.559><c> that</c>

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:52.119
you<00:31:50.240><c> understand</c><00:31:50.900><c> whom</c><00:31:51.160><c> you're</c><00:31:51.420><c> dealing</c><00:31:51.759><c> with.</c>

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:56.619
You<00:31:52.400><c> appreciate</c><00:31:53.119><c> all</c><00:31:53.619><c> the</c><00:31:54.220><c> ramifications</c><00:31:55.059><c> of</c><00:31:55.279><c> a</c><00:31:55.480><c> situation.</c>

00:31:56.900 --> 00:32:00.559
Consider<00:31:57.319><c> for</c><00:31:57.480><c> example</c><00:31:58.019><c> Proverbs</c><00:31:58.539><c> 19,</c><00:31:59.299><c> it</c><00:31:59.500><c> occurs</c><00:31:59.799><c> twice</c><00:32:00.119><c> there</c><00:32:00.460><c> in</c>

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:02.299
two<00:32:00.799><c> different</c><00:32:01.059><c> contexts.</c>

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:12.559
Proverbs<00:32:08.140><c> chapter</c><00:32:08.519><c> 19</c><00:32:10.240><c> verse</c><00:32:11.400><c> 11</c>

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:18.200
The<00:32:13.480><c> discretion</c><00:32:14.339><c> of</c><00:32:14.779><c> a</c><00:32:15.019><c> man</c><00:32:15.440><c> deferreth</c><00:32:16.400><c> his</c><00:32:16.720><c> anger</c><00:32:17.299><c> and</c><00:32:17.839><c> it</c><00:32:17.980><c> is</c>

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:21.259
his<00:32:18.400><c> glory</c><00:32:18.880><c> to</c><00:32:19.180><c> pass</c><00:32:19.480><c> over</c><00:32:20.079><c> a</c><00:32:20.420><c> transgression.</c>

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:25.420
Our<00:32:21.819><c> word</c><00:32:22.000><c> sacal</c><00:32:22.500><c> there</c><00:32:22.960><c> is</c><00:32:23.420><c> discretion,</c><00:32:24.400><c> the</c><00:32:24.559><c> discretion</c><00:32:25.200><c> of</c>

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.960
a<00:32:25.579><c> man.</c>

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:29.660
We<00:32:26.480><c> can</c><00:32:26.700><c> appreciate</c><00:32:27.259><c> what</c><00:32:27.460><c> this</c><00:32:27.779><c> word</c><00:32:27.920><c> implies</c><00:32:28.460><c> in</c><00:32:28.680><c> this</c><00:32:28.859><c> situation.</c>

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:33.160
It<00:32:30.339><c> is</c><00:32:30.619><c> the</c><00:32:30.940><c> discretion</c><00:32:31.240><c> of</c><00:32:31.460><c> a</c><00:32:31.579><c> man</c><00:32:31.700><c> to</c><00:32:31.940><c> defer</c><00:32:32.119><c> his</c><00:32:32.420><c> anger.</c>

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:37.819
It's<00:32:34.059><c> a</c><00:32:34.299><c> discrete</c><00:32:34.799><c> individual</c><00:32:35.579><c> who</c><00:32:35.900><c> knows</c><00:32:36.380><c> when</c><00:32:36.859><c> and</c><00:32:37.059><c> when</c><00:32:37.380><c> not</c><00:32:37.660><c> to</c>

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.559
be<00:32:38.099><c> angry.</c>

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:40.680
He<00:32:39.119><c> can</c><00:32:39.420><c> size</c><00:32:39.660><c> up</c><00:32:39.940><c> a</c><00:32:40.039><c> situation.</c>

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:42.859
He<00:32:40.960><c> appreciates</c><00:32:41.599><c> all</c><00:32:41.839><c> the</c><00:32:42.039><c> innuendos.</c>

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:45.480
He<00:32:43.259><c> understands</c><00:32:43.839><c> with</c><00:32:44.119><c> whom</c><00:32:44.240><c> he's</c><00:32:44.440><c> dealing</c><00:32:44.779><c> with</c><00:32:45.140><c> and</c><00:32:45.279><c> where</c>

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:48.000
he<00:32:45.759><c> is</c><00:32:46.079><c> and</c><00:32:46.299><c> what's</c><00:32:46.619><c> all</c><00:32:46.900><c> going</c><00:32:47.119><c> on</c><00:32:47.339><c> about</c><00:32:47.640><c> him.</c>

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:52.980
So<00:32:48.519><c> that</c><00:32:48.660><c> he</c><00:32:48.759><c> can</c><00:32:49.240><c> wisely</c><00:32:49.759><c> and</c><00:32:50.099><c> appropriately</c><00:32:50.640><c> apply</c><00:32:51.359><c> various</c><00:32:51.839><c> pressures.</c>

00:32:53.440 --> 00:33:00.460
Again<00:32:53.700><c> in</c><00:32:53.880><c> verse</c><00:32:54.099><c> 14,</c><00:32:55.980><c> house</c><00:32:56.240><c> and</c><00:32:56.539><c> riches</c><00:32:57.039><c> are</c><00:32:57.940><c> the</c><00:32:58.180><c> inheritance</c><00:32:58.579><c> of</c><00:32:58.980><c> fathers</c><00:32:59.400><c> and</c><00:33:00.099><c> a</c>

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:02.640
prudent<00:33:00.980><c> wife</c><00:33:01.500><c> is</c><00:33:02.099><c> from</c><00:33:02.299><c> the</c><00:33:02.500><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:05.700
That's<00:33:03.140><c> the</c><00:33:03.140><c> word</c><00:33:03.440><c> sacal</c><00:33:03.920><c> there,</c><00:33:05.099><c> prudence.</c>

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:09.299
Again<00:33:06.440><c> we</c><00:33:06.619><c> have</c><00:33:06.940><c> an</c><00:33:07.380><c> understanding</c><00:33:07.880><c> of</c><00:33:08.059><c> what</c><00:33:08.259><c> this</c><00:33:08.500><c> word</c><00:33:08.680><c> implies.</c>

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:15.960
A<00:33:09.640><c> prudent</c><00:33:10.059><c> wife,</c><00:33:10.920><c> a</c><00:33:11.039><c> woman</c><00:33:11.319><c> who</c><00:33:11.460><c> knows</c><00:33:11.799><c> what</c><00:33:11.960><c> she's</c><00:33:12.299><c> about,</c><00:33:12.880><c> who</c><00:33:13.140><c> understands</c><00:33:13.980><c> how</c><00:33:14.440><c> to</c><00:33:14.539><c> run</c><00:33:14.740><c> a</c><00:33:14.880><c> household,</c>

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:21.099
who's<00:33:16.319><c> frugal,</c><00:33:17.079><c> who's</c><00:33:17.599><c> a</c><00:33:17.700><c> good</c><00:33:17.980><c> organizer,</c><00:33:18.579><c> who's</c><00:33:18.779><c> a</c><00:33:18.859><c> good</c><00:33:19.019><c> manager,</c><00:33:20.079><c> who</c><00:33:20.240><c> knows</c><00:33:20.579><c> how</c><00:33:20.880><c> to</c>

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:22.859
oversee<00:33:22.160><c> her</c><00:33:22.400><c> children,</c>

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:25.480
who<00:33:23.079><c> knows</c><00:33:23.359><c> how</c><00:33:23.539><c> to</c><00:33:23.680><c> provide</c><00:33:24.160><c> for</c><00:33:24.359><c> the</c><00:33:24.480><c> needs</c><00:33:24.640><c> of</c><00:33:24.779><c> her</c><00:33:24.960><c> family.</c>

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:28.259
It's<00:33:26.160><c> all</c><00:33:26.380><c> embodied</c><00:33:26.880><c> in</c><00:33:27.059><c> the</c><00:33:27.160><c> word</c><00:33:27.420><c> prudence.</c>

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:30.839
Not<00:33:28.839><c> a</c><00:33:28.960><c> woman</c><00:33:29.240><c> who's</c><00:33:29.440><c> going</c><00:33:29.579><c> to</c><00:33:29.660><c> be</c><00:33:29.920><c> about</c><00:33:30.160><c> tail</c><00:33:30.559><c> bearing.</c>

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:35.079
Not<00:33:31.099><c> a</c><00:33:31.240><c> woman</c><00:33:31.519><c> who's</c><00:33:31.799><c> going</c><00:33:31.900><c> to</c><00:33:32.019><c> be</c><00:33:32.799><c> rattling</c><00:33:33.099><c> on</c><00:33:33.500><c> about</c><00:33:34.559><c> things</c><00:33:34.940><c> that</c>

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.839
are<00:33:35.180><c> going</c><00:33:35.279><c> to</c><00:33:35.440><c> cause</c><00:33:35.680><c> problems.</c>

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:39.079
Not<00:33:37.180><c> a</c><00:33:37.759><c> gossiper.</c>

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:41.759
Someone<00:33:39.759><c> who's</c><00:33:40.019><c> going</c><00:33:40.200><c> to</c><00:33:40.460><c> attend</c><00:33:40.720><c> to</c><00:33:40.880><c> the</c><00:33:41.019><c> home</c><00:33:41.240><c> fires</c><00:33:41.559><c> and</c>

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:43.619
see<00:33:41.980><c> that</c><00:33:42.140><c> things</c><00:33:42.319><c> are</c><00:33:42.579><c> well</c><00:33:42.819><c> looked</c><00:33:42.980><c> after.</c>

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:46.779
Who's<00:33:44.259><c> going</c><00:33:44.400><c> to</c><00:33:44.619><c> defer</c><00:33:44.960><c> her</c><00:33:45.259><c> own</c><00:33:45.619><c> satisfaction</c><00:33:46.200><c> and</c><00:33:46.400><c> her</c><00:33:46.519><c> own</c>

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:49.579
pleasure<00:33:47.059><c> and</c><00:33:47.220><c> her</c><00:33:47.359><c> own</c><00:33:47.599><c> comfort</c><00:33:48.059><c> for</c><00:33:48.559><c> the</c><00:33:48.799><c> sake</c><00:33:48.940><c> of</c><00:33:49.240><c> others.</c>

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:52.779
That's<00:33:50.299><c> all</c><00:33:50.519><c> embodied</c><00:33:50.940><c> in</c><00:33:51.140><c> the</c><00:33:51.279><c> idea</c><00:33:51.500><c> of</c><00:33:51.859><c> prudence</c><00:33:52.299><c> in</c><00:33:52.480><c> this</c>

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:56.440
word<00:33:53.180><c> that</c><00:33:53.759><c> is</c><00:33:54.180><c> applied</c><00:33:54.539><c> to</c><00:33:54.819><c> David</c><00:33:55.079><c> so</c><00:33:55.440><c> often.</c>

00:33:56.660 --> 00:34:00.160
And<00:33:57.380><c> back</c><00:33:57.920><c> in</c><00:33:58.160><c> Proverbs</c><00:33:58.539><c> 10</c><00:33:58.859><c> verse</c><00:33:59.140><c> 19.</c>

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:10.099
In<00:34:05.619><c> the</c><00:34:05.839><c> multitude</c><00:34:06.539><c> of</c><00:34:07.059><c> words</c><00:34:07.599><c> there</c><00:34:08.099><c> wanteth</c><00:34:08.559><c> not</c><00:34:08.960><c> sin,</c><00:34:09.920><c> but</c>

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:13.940
he<00:34:10.440><c> that</c><00:34:10.699><c> refraineth</c><00:34:11.280><c> his</c><00:34:11.619><c> lips</c><00:34:12.179><c> is</c><00:34:13.079><c> wise.</c>

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:15.300
Again<00:34:14.519><c> our</c><00:34:14.780><c> word.</c>

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:19.360
And<00:34:15.840><c> again</c><00:34:16.059><c> we</c><00:34:16.260><c> have</c><00:34:16.579><c> a</c><00:34:17.059><c> picture</c><00:34:17.380><c> of</c><00:34:17.539><c> what</c><00:34:17.760><c> this</c><00:34:18.019><c> word</c><00:34:18.219><c> means.</c>

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:23.539
That<00:34:19.699><c> wisdom</c><00:34:20.320><c> is</c><00:34:21.579><c> embodied</c><00:34:22.059><c> in</c><00:34:22.380><c> refraining</c><00:34:22.880><c> from</c><00:34:23.139><c> talking</c>

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.980
too<00:34:23.820><c> much.</c>

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:26.880
And<00:34:23.980><c> of</c><00:34:24.179><c> course</c><00:34:24.539><c> that's</c><00:34:25.139><c> a</c><00:34:25.400><c> proverb</c><00:34:25.639><c> that</c><00:34:25.900><c> everybody</c><00:34:26.219><c> even</c><00:34:26.539><c> those</c><00:34:26.760><c> in</c>

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:28.739
the<00:34:27.019><c> world</c><00:34:27.199><c> are</c><00:34:27.380><c> well</c><00:34:27.539><c> familiar</c><00:34:27.960><c> with.</c>

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:31.860
That<00:34:29.159><c> even</c><00:34:29.380><c> a</c><00:34:29.639><c> fool</c><00:34:29.820><c> when</c><00:34:30.019><c> he</c><00:34:30.199><c> keepeth</c><00:34:30.519><c> his</c><00:34:30.659><c> mouth</c><00:34:30.940><c> shut</c><00:34:31.179><c> is</c><00:34:31.440><c> counted</c><00:34:31.619><c> a</c>

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.579
wise<00:34:32.099><c> man.</c>

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:35.659
But<00:34:33.199><c> we</c><00:34:33.320><c> can</c><00:34:33.559><c> appreciate</c><00:34:34.159><c> what</c><00:34:34.400><c> this</c><00:34:34.719><c> word's</c><00:34:34.940><c> all</c><00:34:35.239><c> about.</c>

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:39.019
The<00:34:36.460><c> discretion</c><00:34:36.800><c> of</c><00:34:36.960><c> an</c><00:34:37.179><c> individual</c><00:34:37.699><c> to</c><00:34:37.960><c> be</c><00:34:38.260><c> quiet</c><00:34:38.679><c> when</c><00:34:38.840><c> he</c>

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:41.679
very<00:34:39.300><c> much</c><00:34:39.440><c> would</c><00:34:39.639><c> like</c><00:34:39.840><c> to</c><00:34:40.340><c> carry</c><00:34:40.599><c> on</c><00:34:40.880><c> about</c><00:34:41.139><c> this,</c><00:34:41.460><c> that</c><00:34:41.559><c> or</c>

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.380
the<00:34:41.860><c> other</c><00:34:42.079><c> thing.</c>

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:44.739
And<00:34:43.000><c> it's</c><00:34:43.099><c> not</c><00:34:43.280><c> an</c><00:34:43.440><c> easy</c><00:34:43.679><c> thing</c><00:34:43.840><c> to</c><00:34:44.079><c> come</c><00:34:44.320><c> to.</c>

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:47.760
It's<00:34:45.300><c> not</c><00:34:45.440><c> an</c><00:34:45.599><c> easy</c><00:34:45.840><c> thing</c><00:34:46.000><c> to</c><00:34:46.340><c> accomplish</c><00:34:46.820><c> in</c><00:34:47.000><c> our</c><00:34:47.239><c> lives.</c>

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:50.199
And<00:34:48.400><c> yet</c><00:34:48.500><c> this</c><00:34:48.699><c> is</c><00:34:48.840><c> what</c><00:34:49.039><c> David</c><00:34:49.380><c> had</c><00:34:49.699><c> accomplished.</c>

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:51.800
This<00:34:50.420><c> is</c><00:34:50.579><c> what</c><00:34:50.699><c> David</c><00:34:51.000><c> had</c><00:34:51.280><c> appreciated.</c>

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:54.820
There<00:34:52.219><c> was</c><00:34:52.440><c> a</c><00:34:52.619><c> time</c><00:34:52.739><c> to</c><00:34:52.920><c> talk</c><00:34:53.400><c> and</c><00:34:53.820><c> more</c><00:34:54.079><c> often</c><00:34:54.400><c> there</c><00:34:54.500><c> was</c><00:34:54.699><c> a</c>

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:56.119
time<00:34:55.039><c> not</c><00:34:55.340><c> to</c><00:34:55.539><c> talk.</c>

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:58.340
And<00:34:56.579><c> David</c><00:34:56.760><c> knew</c><00:34:57.019><c> these</c><00:34:57.380><c> things.</c>

00:34:58.460 --> 00:35:06.340
In<00:34:58.500><c> fact,</c><00:34:59.579><c> the</c><00:34:59.719><c> fact</c><00:34:59.940><c> that</c><00:35:00.519><c> David</c><00:35:00.880><c> is</c><00:35:01.559><c> accredited</c><00:35:01.980><c> with</c><00:35:02.239><c> so</c><00:35:02.460><c> much</c><00:35:02.699><c> wisdom</c><00:35:03.219><c> and</c><00:35:04.659><c> prudence</c><00:35:05.139><c> and</c><00:35:05.280><c> discretion</c><00:35:05.719><c> of</c><00:35:05.940><c> behavior</c>

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:11.000
would<00:35:07.039><c> indicate</c><00:35:07.440><c> that</c><00:35:07.559><c> when</c><00:35:07.719><c> we're</c><00:35:07.900><c> dealing</c><00:35:08.099><c> with</c><00:35:08.340><c> David,</c><00:35:08.780><c> we're</c><00:35:08.940><c> dealing</c><00:35:09.260><c> with</c><00:35:09.980><c> more</c><00:35:10.699><c> than</c><00:35:10.880><c> a</c>

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.219
mere<00:35:11.179><c> boy.</c>

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:14.960
In<00:35:12.440><c> all</c><00:35:12.699><c> likelihood</c><00:35:13.119><c> David</c><00:35:13.579><c> was</c><00:35:13.820><c> a</c><00:35:13.920><c> young</c><00:35:14.099><c> man</c><00:35:14.380><c> in</c><00:35:14.500><c> his</c><00:35:14.639><c> early</c>

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:20.619
20s<00:35:15.900><c> or</c><00:35:17.500><c> probably</c><00:35:17.940><c> when</c><00:35:18.400><c> he</c><00:35:18.659><c> killed</c><00:35:18.840><c> Goliath</c><00:35:19.300><c> as</c><00:35:19.599><c> well.</c>

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:25.780
The<00:35:21.059><c> children's</c><00:35:22.280><c> books</c><00:35:22.420><c> that</c><00:35:22.639><c> portray</c><00:35:22.940><c> David</c><00:35:23.280><c> as</c><00:35:23.500><c> a</c><00:35:23.619><c> young</c><00:35:23.820><c> boy</c><00:35:24.159><c> are</c><00:35:24.539><c> probably</c><00:35:25.380><c> a</c>

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:27.579
function<00:35:26.059><c> of</c><00:35:26.320><c> the</c><00:35:26.480><c> author's</c><00:35:26.860><c> imagination.</c>

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:30.739
Not<00:35:28.360><c> the</c><00:35:28.659><c> scripture</c><00:35:29.099><c> testimony</c><00:35:29.699><c> concerning</c><00:35:30.239><c> David.</c>

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:35.679
He<00:35:31.179><c> was</c><00:35:31.440><c> a</c><00:35:31.579><c> man,</c><00:35:32.039><c> a</c><00:35:32.219><c> young</c><00:35:32.420><c> man,</c><00:35:33.260><c> but</c><00:35:33.400><c> a</c><00:35:33.519><c> man</c><00:35:33.940><c> and</c><00:35:34.139><c> a</c><00:35:34.400><c> wise</c><00:35:34.559><c> man.</c>

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:39.340
And<00:35:36.139><c> let's</c><00:35:36.559><c> turn</c><00:35:36.820><c> over</c><00:35:37.000><c> to</c><00:35:37.179><c> Psalm</c><00:35:37.440><c> 101</c><00:35:37.920><c> verse</c><00:35:38.260><c> 2.</c>

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:50.320
Verses<00:35:48.199><c> 1</c><00:35:48.380><c> and</c><00:35:48.539><c> 2</c><00:35:49.159><c> of</c><00:35:49.480><c> Psalm</c><00:35:49.699><c> 101.</c>

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:52.719
I<00:35:50.500><c> will</c><00:35:50.659><c> sing</c><00:35:50.860><c> of</c><00:35:51.079><c> mercy</c><00:35:51.480><c> and</c><00:35:51.699><c> judgment</c><00:35:51.980><c> unto</c><00:35:52.159><c> thee,</c><00:35:52.420><c> O</c><00:35:52.519><c> Lord,</c>

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.400
while<00:35:52.900><c> I</c><00:35:53.119><c> sing.</c>

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:59.360
I<00:35:54.239><c> will</c><00:35:54.599><c> behave</c><00:35:55.119><c> myself</c><00:35:55.920><c> wisely</c><00:35:56.739><c> in</c><00:35:57.079><c> a</c><00:35:57.440><c> perfect</c><00:35:58.099><c> way.</c>

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:01.579
O<00:35:59.780><c> when</c><00:36:00.019><c> wilt</c><00:36:00.360><c> thou</c><00:36:00.559><c> come</c><00:36:00.940><c> unto</c><00:36:01.239><c> me?</c>

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:04.480
I<00:36:01.780><c> will</c><00:36:02.019><c> walk</c><00:36:02.340><c> within</c><00:36:02.679><c> mine</c><00:36:02.980><c> house</c><00:36:03.300><c> with</c><00:36:03.519><c> a</c><00:36:03.739><c> perfect</c><00:36:04.079><c> heart.</c>

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:10.059
So<00:36:05.159><c> again,</c><00:36:06.059><c> the</c><00:36:06.159><c> psalmist</c><00:36:06.900><c> aspires</c><00:36:07.920><c> to</c><00:36:08.159><c> a</c><00:36:08.440><c> wise</c><00:36:08.820><c> way</c><00:36:09.119><c> of</c><00:36:09.260><c> behaving</c><00:36:09.679><c> in</c><00:36:09.900><c> a</c>

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:12.500
perfect<00:36:10.480><c> way,</c><00:36:10.840><c> in</c><00:36:11.019><c> a</c><00:36:11.119><c> complete</c><00:36:11.500><c> sense.</c>

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.659
This<00:36:12.719><c> was</c><00:36:12.980><c> this</c><00:36:13.320><c> wisdom.</c>

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:19.179
It<00:36:14.099><c> was</c><00:36:14.340><c> a</c><00:36:14.460><c> wisdom</c><00:36:14.760><c> marked</c><00:36:15.099><c> by</c><00:36:15.380><c> understanding,</c><00:36:16.219><c> by</c><00:36:16.539><c> appreciation,</c><00:36:17.780><c> by</c><00:36:18.019><c> a</c><00:36:18.320><c> knowledge</c><00:36:18.760><c> of</c>

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:21.699
what<00:36:19.460><c> men</c><00:36:19.739><c> were</c><00:36:20.139><c> and</c><00:36:20.559><c> what</c><00:36:20.739><c> men</c><00:36:21.000><c> required.</c>

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:24.679
When<00:36:22.320><c> to</c><00:36:22.559><c> intervene,</c><00:36:23.539><c> when</c><00:36:23.800><c> not</c><00:36:24.099><c> to</c><00:36:24.280><c> intervene.</c>

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:27.619
When<00:36:24.920><c> to</c><00:36:25.219><c> speak</c><00:36:25.480><c> and</c><00:36:25.719><c> not</c><00:36:26.340><c> when</c><00:36:26.539><c> to</c><00:36:26.820><c> speak.</c>

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:30.199
All<00:36:28.340><c> these</c><00:36:28.599><c> things</c><00:36:28.780><c> were</c><00:36:29.019><c> embodied</c><00:36:29.400><c> in</c><00:36:29.579><c> this</c><00:36:29.820><c> word.</c>

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:33.739
And<00:36:30.199><c> one</c><00:36:30.980><c> final</c><00:36:31.360><c> reference,</c><00:36:32.019><c> which</c><00:36:32.239><c> is</c><00:36:32.559><c> of</c><00:36:32.820><c> particular</c><00:36:33.340><c> interest.</c>

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:38.559
If<00:36:33.860><c> we</c><00:36:33.960><c> go</c><00:36:34.159><c> over</c><00:36:34.320><c> to</c><00:36:34.480><c> Nehemiah</c><00:36:35.019><c> 8</c><00:36:35.300><c> verse</c><00:36:35.559><c> 8</c><00:36:36.719><c> and</c><00:36:38.219><c> the</c><00:36:38.360><c> reading</c>

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:45.739
of<00:36:38.739><c> the</c><00:36:38.900><c> law</c><00:36:39.619><c> before</c><00:36:41.599><c> the</c><00:36:41.880><c> people,</c><00:36:42.340><c> we</c><00:36:42.480><c> recall</c><00:36:42.820><c> the</c><00:36:43.000><c> verse</c><00:36:43.239><c> which</c><00:36:43.500><c> says</c><00:36:43.679><c> that</c><00:36:43.840><c> they</c><00:36:43.940><c> gave</c><00:36:44.219><c> the</c><00:36:44.559><c> sense.</c>

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:47.599
Nehemiah<00:36:46.780><c> 8</c><00:36:47.059><c> verse</c><00:36:47.340><c> 8.</c>

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:52.219
So<00:36:47.760><c> they</c><00:36:48.039><c> read</c><00:36:48.460><c> in</c><00:36:48.739><c> the</c><00:36:48.920><c> book</c><00:36:49.159><c> and</c><00:36:49.360><c> the</c><00:36:49.500><c> law</c><00:36:49.719><c> of</c><00:36:49.820><c> God</c><00:36:50.199><c> distinctly</c><00:36:51.239><c> and</c><00:36:51.599><c> gave</c>

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:56.199
the<00:36:53.059><c> sense</c><00:36:53.679><c> and</c><00:36:54.380><c> caused</c><00:36:54.619><c> them</c><00:36:54.800><c> to</c><00:36:55.139><c> understand</c><00:36:55.699><c> the</c><00:36:55.960><c> reading.</c>

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:57.500
So<00:36:56.460><c> here</c><00:36:56.679><c> it</c><00:36:56.860><c> is.</c>

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:59.539
It's<00:36:57.880><c> not</c><00:36:58.199><c> just</c><00:36:58.679><c> book</c><00:36:59.000><c> knowledge.</c>

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:02.000
It's<00:36:59.920><c> not</c><00:37:00.119><c> just</c><00:37:00.840><c> an</c><00:37:01.239><c> understanding.</c>

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:04.960
I<00:37:02.480><c> understand</c><00:37:03.280><c> a</c><00:37:03.619><c> simple</c><00:37:03.940><c> fact.</c>

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:07.380
It's<00:37:05.179><c> a</c><00:37:05.280><c> much</c><00:37:05.480><c> more</c><00:37:05.800><c> involved</c><00:37:06.239><c> understanding</c><00:37:06.820><c> than</c><00:37:07.159><c> that.</c>

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.820
They<00:37:07.659><c> gave</c><00:37:08.019><c> the</c><00:37:08.400><c> sense.</c>

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:12.579
They<00:37:09.340><c> made</c><00:37:09.659><c> the</c><00:37:09.900><c> people</c><00:37:10.159><c> to</c><00:37:10.519><c> fully</c><00:37:10.760><c> appreciate</c><00:37:11.559><c> all</c><00:37:12.000><c> that</c><00:37:12.139><c> this</c><00:37:12.400><c> law</c>

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.800
was<00:37:12.880><c> about.</c>

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:16.920
And<00:37:14.119><c> this</c><00:37:14.300><c> was</c><00:37:14.500><c> what</c><00:37:15.239><c> characterized</c><00:37:15.940><c> the</c><00:37:16.179><c> man</c><00:37:16.440><c> David.</c>

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:20.639
He<00:37:17.519><c> was</c><00:37:17.719><c> a</c><00:37:17.880><c> man</c><00:37:18.039><c> who</c><00:37:18.280><c> behaved</c><00:37:18.559><c> himself</c><00:37:19.079><c> wisely</c><00:37:19.719><c> in</c><00:37:19.960><c> all</c><00:37:20.340><c> things</c>

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.960
and<00:37:20.860><c> whether</c><00:37:21.039><c> so</c><00:37:21.260><c> ever</c><00:37:21.460><c> he</c><00:37:21.699><c> went.</c>

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.480
He<00:37:22.440><c> was</c><00:37:22.719><c> discreet.</c>

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.460
He<00:37:23.659><c> was</c><00:37:24.000><c> prudent.</c>

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:26.119
He<00:37:24.619><c> was</c><00:37:24.860><c> understanding.</c>

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:31.780
He<00:37:26.380><c> knew</c><00:37:27.139><c> what</c><00:37:28.219><c> amounted</c><00:37:29.179><c> to</c><00:37:29.480><c> responsible</c><00:37:30.320><c> and</c><00:37:30.739><c> godly</c><00:37:31.179><c> behavior</c><00:37:31.619><c> when</c>

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:33.579
it<00:37:31.860><c> came</c><00:37:32.159><c> to</c><00:37:32.340><c> leading</c><00:37:32.559><c> men.</c>

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:37.280
And<00:37:33.820><c> that</c><00:37:34.079><c> wisdom</c><00:37:34.619><c> that</c><00:37:35.000><c> is</c><00:37:35.480><c> accredited</c><00:37:35.880><c> to</c><00:37:36.059><c> David</c><00:37:36.239><c> is</c><00:37:36.460><c> quite</c><00:37:36.639><c> apparent.</c>

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:42.420
When<00:37:37.960><c> Saul</c><00:37:38.420><c> tried</c><00:37:38.860><c> to</c><00:37:39.199><c> wheedle</c><00:37:39.440><c> his</c><00:37:39.619><c> way</c><00:37:39.840><c> into</c><00:37:40.460><c> David's</c><00:37:41.099><c> situation</c><00:37:41.679><c> and</c>

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:46.139
he<00:37:42.599><c> had</c><00:37:42.699><c> his</c><00:37:42.980><c> servants</c><00:37:43.199><c> commune</c><00:37:43.619><c> secretly</c><00:37:44.099><c> with</c><00:37:44.360><c> him</c><00:37:44.539><c> in</c><00:37:44.760><c> chapter</c><00:37:45.320><c> 18.</c>

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:49.039
In<00:37:46.639><c> verse</c><00:37:46.840><c> 22</c><00:37:47.300><c> Saul</c><00:37:47.639><c> commanded</c><00:37:48.119><c> his</c><00:37:48.400><c> servants</c><00:37:48.639><c> saying,</c>

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:51.320
Commune<00:37:49.579><c> with</c><00:37:49.800><c> David</c><00:37:50.119><c> secretly</c><00:37:50.699><c> and</c><00:37:51.019><c> say,</c>

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:54.980
Behold<00:37:52.280><c> the</c><00:37:52.440><c> king</c><00:37:52.719><c> hath</c><00:37:52.900><c> delight</c><00:37:53.280><c> in</c><00:37:53.460><c> thee</c><00:37:53.639><c> and</c><00:37:53.760><c> all</c><00:37:53.980><c> his</c><00:37:54.139><c> servants</c><00:37:54.360><c> love</c><00:37:54.719><c> thee.</c>

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:57.440
Now<00:37:55.260><c> therefore</c><00:37:55.599><c> be</c><00:37:55.840><c> the</c><00:37:56.019><c> king's</c><00:37:56.320><c> son</c><00:37:56.420><c>-in</c><00:37:56.619><c>-law.</c>

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.900
And<00:37:57.619><c> look</c><00:37:57.780><c> at</c><00:37:57.940><c> David's</c><00:37:58.280><c> response.</c>

00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:02.019
It's<00:37:59.539><c> just</c><00:37:59.739><c> full</c><00:38:00.099><c> of</c><00:38:00.280><c> the</c><00:38:00.500><c> wisdom</c><00:38:00.820><c> of</c><00:38:01.000><c> the</c><00:38:01.159><c> man.</c>

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:04.340
And<00:38:02.260><c> Saul's</c><00:38:02.659><c> servants</c><00:38:02.860><c> spake</c><00:38:03.179><c> those</c><00:38:03.460><c> words</c><00:38:03.719><c> in</c><00:38:03.880><c> the</c><00:38:03.940><c> ears</c><00:38:04.099><c> of</c>

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:05.519
David<00:38:04.539><c> and</c><00:38:04.699><c> David</c><00:38:05.000><c> said,</c>

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:08.500
Seemeth<00:38:06.119><c> it</c><00:38:06.300><c> to</c><00:38:06.380><c> you</c><00:38:06.619><c> a</c><00:38:06.719><c> light</c><00:38:06.900><c> thing</c><00:38:07.320><c> to</c><00:38:07.440><c> be</c><00:38:07.679><c> a</c><00:38:07.800><c> king's</c><00:38:08.199><c> son</c><00:38:08.300><c>-in</c>

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:11.219
-law<00:38:08.739><c> seeing</c><00:38:09.000><c> that</c><00:38:09.159><c> I</c><00:38:09.260><c> am</c><00:38:09.380><c> a</c><00:38:09.539><c> poor</c><00:38:09.699><c> man</c><00:38:09.980><c> and</c><00:38:10.219><c> lightly</c><00:38:10.500><c> esteemed?</c>

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:13.079
What<00:38:11.800><c> could</c><00:38:11.960><c> the</c><00:38:12.199><c> servants</c><00:38:12.480><c> say?</c>

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:16.380
They<00:38:13.599><c> had</c><00:38:13.760><c> to</c><00:38:13.800><c> go</c><00:38:14.000><c> back</c><00:38:14.219><c> to</c><00:38:14.440><c> Saul</c><00:38:14.719><c> and</c><00:38:15.159><c> this</c><00:38:15.579><c> is</c><00:38:15.780><c> what</c><00:38:15.920><c> he</c><00:38:16.099><c> said.</c>

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.880
How<00:38:16.539><c> could</c><00:38:16.699><c> you</c><00:38:16.900><c> answer</c><00:38:17.340><c> it?</c>

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:21.059
They<00:38:18.239><c> were</c><00:38:18.280><c> reminded</c><00:38:18.719><c> of</c><00:38:19.400><c> the</c><00:38:19.559><c> Lord</c><00:38:19.860><c> when</c><00:38:20.219><c> the</c><00:38:20.480><c> officers</c><00:38:20.860><c> of</c>

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:22.699
the<00:38:21.219><c> temple</c><00:38:21.440><c> came</c><00:38:21.719><c> to</c><00:38:21.920><c> take</c><00:38:22.219><c> him.</c>

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.619
And<00:38:23.059><c> they</c><00:38:23.159><c> returned.</c>

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:26.159
Never<00:38:24.039><c> a</c><00:38:24.239><c> man</c><00:38:24.440><c> spake</c><00:38:24.699><c> like</c><00:38:24.940><c> this</c><00:38:25.260><c> man.</c>

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:30.699
How<00:38:26.719><c> could</c><00:38:26.920><c> they</c><00:38:27.099><c> answer</c><00:38:27.559><c> such</c><00:38:27.860><c> wisdom</c><00:38:28.300><c> and</c><00:38:28.559><c> such</c><00:38:28.780><c> understanding</c><00:38:29.400><c> and</c><00:38:29.619><c> discretion?</c>

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:32.000
This<00:38:30.920><c> was</c><00:38:31.199><c> the</c><00:38:31.300><c> man</c><00:38:31.539><c> David.</c>

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.719
He<00:38:32.239><c> knew</c><00:38:32.579><c> how</c><00:38:32.820><c> to</c><00:38:33.000><c> deal</c><00:38:33.159><c> with</c><00:38:33.340><c> people.</c>

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:37.199
He<00:38:33.940><c> knew</c><00:38:34.179><c> how</c><00:38:34.380><c> to</c><00:38:34.539><c> deal</c><00:38:34.659><c> with</c><00:38:34.920><c> situations</c><00:38:35.699><c> in</c><00:38:36.340><c> a</c><00:38:36.480><c> discreet</c><00:38:36.980><c> and</c>

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:38.639
godly<00:38:37.579><c> fashion.</c>

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:42.320
When<00:38:38.980><c> Saul</c><00:38:39.719><c> tried</c><00:38:40.260><c> to</c><00:38:40.739><c> elevate</c><00:38:41.199><c> David,</c>

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:44.639
and<00:38:42.360><c> his</c><00:38:42.500><c> intent</c><00:38:42.860><c> was</c><00:38:43.139><c> to</c><00:38:43.260><c> destroy</c><00:38:43.639><c> David</c><00:38:44.000><c> in</c><00:38:44.179><c> the</c><00:38:44.260><c> midst</c><00:38:44.460><c> of</c>

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.059
doing<00:38:44.800><c> it,</c>

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:46.639
whether<00:38:45.300><c> David</c><00:38:45.579><c> understood</c><00:38:46.019><c> that</c><00:38:46.280><c> or</c><00:38:46.400><c> not,</c>

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:49.000
we're<00:38:46.880><c> not</c><00:38:47.500><c> entirely</c><00:38:48.440><c> sure,</c>

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:53.119
but<00:38:49.639><c> David</c><00:38:49.940><c> recognized</c><00:38:50.619><c> that</c><00:38:50.800><c> who</c><00:38:51.079><c> was</c><00:38:51.320><c> he</c><00:38:51.500><c> to</c><00:38:51.659><c> aspire</c><00:38:52.059><c> to</c><00:38:52.300><c> greatness?</c>

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:56.320
Who<00:38:53.420><c> was</c><00:38:53.679><c> he</c><00:38:53.860><c> to</c><00:38:54.039><c> aspire</c><00:38:54.400><c> to</c><00:38:54.619><c> promotion</c><00:38:55.139><c> in</c><00:38:55.300><c> the</c><00:38:55.480><c> kingdom?</c>

00:38:56.619 --> 00:39:00.980
It<00:38:56.719><c> was</c><00:38:56.980><c> not</c><00:38:57.280><c> his</c><00:38:57.900><c> to</c><00:38:58.739><c> gain</c><00:38:59.400><c> in</c><00:38:59.699><c> that</c><00:39:00.019><c> fashion.</c>

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:05.780
Now,<00:39:02.079><c> as</c><00:39:02.400><c> we</c><00:39:02.599><c> know,</c><00:39:03.000><c> David</c><00:39:03.460><c> already</c><00:39:04.039><c> knew</c><00:39:04.199><c> he</c><00:39:04.320><c> was</c><00:39:04.519><c> to</c><00:39:04.659><c> be</c><00:39:04.880><c> king.</c>

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:09.340
David<00:39:06.179><c> had</c><00:39:06.360><c> every</c><00:39:06.679><c> excuse</c><00:39:07.239><c> to</c><00:39:07.500><c> work</c><00:39:08.119><c> his</c><00:39:08.260><c> way</c><00:39:08.440><c> up</c><00:39:08.659><c> the</c><00:39:08.860><c> ladder</c>

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:11.900
and<00:39:09.900><c> whatever</c><00:39:10.179><c> means</c><00:39:10.579><c> he</c><00:39:10.719><c> could</c><00:39:11.000><c> find</c><00:39:11.340><c> at</c><00:39:11.579><c> hand.</c>

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:13.199
But<00:39:12.099><c> that</c><00:39:12.300><c> was</c><00:39:12.559><c> not</c><00:39:12.820><c> David.</c>

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:16.960
He<00:39:13.300><c> was</c><00:39:13.679><c> letting</c><00:39:14.099><c> God</c><00:39:14.519><c> do</c><00:39:14.800><c> things</c><00:39:15.099><c> in</c><00:39:15.199><c> his</c><00:39:15.440><c> own</c><00:39:15.619><c> good</c><00:39:15.880><c> time.</c>

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:19.659
Now,<00:39:17.639><c> that's</c><00:39:18.000><c> a</c><00:39:18.199><c> powerful</c><00:39:18.760><c> element</c><00:39:19.139><c> of</c><00:39:19.360><c> wisdom,</c>

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.480
brothers<00:39:19.940><c> and</c><00:39:20.199><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:23.599
that<00:39:20.679><c> we're</c><00:39:20.960><c> patient</c><00:39:21.480><c> with</c><00:39:21.699><c> God's</c><00:39:22.360><c> time</c><00:39:22.579><c> schedule.</c>

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:26.800
That<00:39:24.000><c> we</c><00:39:24.199><c> appreciate</c><00:39:25.039><c> that</c><00:39:25.539><c> God</c><00:39:25.840><c> has</c><00:39:26.119><c> promised</c><00:39:26.460><c> he</c><00:39:26.579><c> will</c>

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:28.159
accomplish<00:39:27.260><c> certain</c><00:39:27.639><c> things</c>

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:31.639
and<00:39:28.539><c> we</c><00:39:28.820><c> leave</c><00:39:29.059><c> it</c><00:39:29.199><c> up</c><00:39:29.400><c> to</c><00:39:29.519><c> God</c><00:39:29.739><c> to</c><00:39:30.039><c> accomplish</c><00:39:30.480><c> them.</c>

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:34.000
We<00:39:32.559><c> get</c><00:39:32.800><c> on</c><00:39:33.000><c> about</c><00:39:33.280><c> our</c><00:39:33.539><c> business.</c>

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:38.000
We<00:39:34.619><c> get</c><00:39:34.860><c> on</c><00:39:35.099><c> about</c><00:39:35.360><c> the</c><00:39:35.519><c> things</c><00:39:35.739><c> that</c><00:39:35.960><c> we</c><00:39:36.280><c> are</c><00:39:36.639><c> obligated</c><00:39:37.320><c> to</c><00:39:37.579><c> do.</c>

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:40.760
But<00:39:38.619><c> those</c><00:39:38.940><c> things</c><00:39:39.260><c> God</c><00:39:39.619><c> has</c><00:39:39.900><c> said</c><00:39:40.059><c> he</c><00:39:40.340><c> will</c><00:39:40.579><c> do,</c>

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:43.219
we<00:39:41.000><c> let</c><00:39:41.199><c> him</c><00:39:41.420><c> do</c><00:39:41.619><c> in</c><00:39:41.719><c> his</c><00:39:41.940><c> own</c><00:39:42.219><c> time.</c>

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:45.519
And<00:39:43.420><c> we</c><00:39:43.599><c> find</c><00:39:43.900><c> the</c><00:39:44.239><c> application</c><00:39:44.800><c> of</c><00:39:45.000><c> this</c><00:39:45.159><c> principle</c>

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:47.739
to<00:39:45.739><c> all</c><00:39:45.980><c> kinds</c><00:39:46.320><c> of</c><00:39:46.599><c> situations.</c>

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:51.559
We<00:39:48.000><c> might</c><00:39:48.260><c> aspire</c><00:39:48.820><c> to</c><00:39:49.239><c> a</c><00:39:49.480><c> better</c><00:39:49.719><c> material</c><00:39:50.239><c> situation</c><00:39:50.840><c> in</c><00:39:51.019><c> our</c><00:39:51.179><c> lives.</c>

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:53.300
We<00:39:52.079><c> might</c><00:39:52.320><c> feel</c><00:39:52.480><c> we</c><00:39:52.619><c> can</c><00:39:52.760><c> do</c><00:39:52.900><c> more</c><00:39:53.139><c> work</c>

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:56.579
if<00:39:53.480><c> the</c><00:39:53.619><c> truth</c><00:39:53.880><c> of</c><00:39:54.059><c> our</c><00:39:54.320><c> material</c><00:39:54.699><c> situation</c><00:39:55.280><c> was</c><00:39:55.539><c> enhanced.</c>

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:59.559
And<00:39:56.960><c> yet,</c><00:39:57.199><c> it</c><00:39:57.300><c> is</c><00:39:57.539><c> something</c><00:39:57.980><c> that</c><00:39:58.260><c> we</c><00:39:58.420><c> let</c><00:39:58.619><c> God</c><00:39:58.940><c> look</c><00:39:59.260><c> after.</c>

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.719
We<00:39:59.820><c> do</c><00:40:00.059><c> our</c><00:40:00.380><c> part.</c>

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:02.639
We<00:40:01.260><c> attend</c><00:40:01.539><c> to</c><00:40:01.639><c> the</c><00:40:01.699><c> needs</c><00:40:01.920><c> of</c><00:40:02.099><c> our</c><00:40:02.320><c> family.</c>

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:05.579
We<00:40:02.840><c> see</c><00:40:03.039><c> that</c><00:40:03.179><c> they're</c><00:40:03.380><c> fed</c><00:40:03.719><c> and</c><00:40:04.000><c> clothed</c><00:40:04.440><c> and</c><00:40:04.639><c> housed.</c>

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:07.420
We<00:40:05.900><c> serve</c><00:40:06.280><c> our</c><00:40:06.539><c> employer</c><00:40:06.920><c> well.</c>

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:09.820
Not<00:40:07.900><c> as</c><00:40:08.280><c> eye</c><00:40:08.579><c> service,</c><00:40:08.920><c> but</c><00:40:09.059><c> as</c><00:40:09.219><c> unto</c><00:40:09.420><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:11.619
We<00:40:10.400><c> do</c><00:40:10.659><c> what</c><00:40:10.820><c> we</c><00:40:11.079><c> should</c><00:40:11.300><c> do.</c>

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:13.480
And<00:40:11.800><c> the</c><00:40:11.940><c> rest</c><00:40:12.099><c> we</c><00:40:12.300><c> leave</c><00:40:12.460><c> in</c><00:40:12.599><c> God's</c><00:40:13.119><c> hands.</c>

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:16.599
And<00:40:13.920><c> if</c><00:40:14.019><c> he</c><00:40:14.159><c> chooses</c><00:40:14.500><c> to</c><00:40:14.760><c> bless</c><00:40:14.920><c> us</c><00:40:15.059><c> with</c><00:40:15.320><c> prosperity,</c><00:40:15.960><c> so</c><00:40:16.159><c> be</c><00:40:16.380><c> it.</c>

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:19.039
And<00:40:17.119><c> if</c><00:40:17.239><c> he</c><00:40:17.400><c> doesn't,</c><00:40:17.699><c> we</c><00:40:17.900><c> rest</c><00:40:18.079><c> content</c><00:40:18.500><c> with</c><00:40:18.760><c> that.</c>

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:22.179
That's<00:40:19.719><c> the</c><00:40:19.820><c> quality</c><00:40:20.079><c> of</c><00:40:20.360><c> wisdom</c><00:40:20.659><c> in</c><00:40:20.820><c> a</c><00:40:20.940><c> man's</c><00:40:21.300><c> life.</c>

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:24.380
And<00:40:22.400><c> like</c><00:40:22.639><c> manner,</c><00:40:22.960><c> those</c><00:40:23.239><c> of</c><00:40:23.380><c> us</c><00:40:23.539><c> who</c><00:40:23.780><c> are</c><00:40:23.920><c> maybe</c><00:40:24.119><c> looking</c>

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:25.179
for<00:40:24.699><c> spouses</c>

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amongst<00:40:25.760><c> the</c><00:40:26.000><c> brotherhood.</c>

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:29.500
We<00:40:27.199><c> might</c><00:40:27.480><c> feel</c><00:40:27.699><c> that</c><00:40:27.840><c> God</c><00:40:28.000><c> isn't</c><00:40:28.199><c> moving</c><00:40:28.460><c> along</c><00:40:28.780><c> fast</c><00:40:29.219><c> enough.</c>

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:33.460
That<00:40:29.960><c> God</c><00:40:30.260><c> isn't</c><00:40:30.519><c> bringing</c><00:40:30.880><c> us</c><00:40:31.239><c> the</c><00:40:32.639><c> husband</c><00:40:33.059><c> or</c><00:40:33.199><c> wife</c>

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:34.519
we<00:40:33.639><c> think</c><00:40:33.840><c> he</c><00:40:34.099><c> should.</c>

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:36.360
So<00:40:35.079><c> we</c><00:40:35.219><c> try</c><00:40:35.400><c> to</c><00:40:35.659><c> preempt</c><00:40:35.980><c> God.</c>

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:38.199
Maybe<00:40:36.599><c> we</c><00:40:36.780><c> go</c><00:40:36.940><c> into</c><00:40:37.079><c> the</c><00:40:37.300><c> world</c>

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:40.219
and<00:40:38.639><c> shoehorn</c><00:40:39.099><c> somebody</c><00:40:39.519><c> into</c><00:40:39.760><c> the</c><00:40:40.019><c> truth</c>

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:42.219
when<00:40:40.360><c> they</c><00:40:40.480><c> never</c><00:40:40.719><c> wanted</c><00:40:40.920><c> to</c><00:40:41.079><c> be</c><00:40:41.239><c> there</c><00:40:41.380><c> in</c><00:40:41.519><c> the</c><00:40:41.679><c> first</c><00:40:41.920><c> place.</c>

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:44.380
And<00:40:42.360><c> we</c><00:40:42.440><c> end</c><00:40:42.579><c> up</c><00:40:42.699><c> with</c><00:40:42.840><c> a</c><00:40:42.940><c> disaster</c><00:40:43.380><c> on</c><00:40:43.579><c> our</c><00:40:43.719><c> hands</c><00:40:43.900><c> later</c><00:40:44.139><c> on</c>

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.380
in<00:40:44.579><c> life.</c>

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:48.079
Discretion<00:40:46.239><c> and</c><00:40:46.480><c> prudence</c><00:40:46.719><c> would</c><00:40:46.920><c> dictate</c><00:40:47.260><c> that</c><00:40:47.460><c> we</c><00:40:47.659><c> wait.</c>

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:50.400
That<00:40:48.539><c> we</c><00:40:48.719><c> exercise</c><00:40:49.179><c> ourselves</c><00:40:49.639><c> in</c><00:40:49.940><c> patience</c>

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:52.760
and<00:40:50.699><c> longsuffering</c><00:40:51.739><c> and</c><00:40:52.119><c> endurance.</c>

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:55.599
And<00:40:53.280><c> let</c><00:40:53.500><c> God</c><00:40:53.840><c> do</c><00:40:54.119><c> things</c><00:40:54.400><c> in</c><00:40:54.500><c> his</c><00:40:54.679><c> own</c><00:40:54.900><c> good</c><00:40:55.159><c> time.</c>

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:58.219
Because<00:40:56.380><c> God's</c><00:40:56.900><c> vision</c><00:40:57.159><c> is</c><00:40:57.480><c> eternal.</c>

00:40:58.219 --> 00:41:00.219
It's<00:40:59.039><c> for</c><00:40:59.239><c> eons</c><00:40:59.559><c> of</c><00:40:59.820><c> time.</c>

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:03.460
Our<00:41:00.460><c> vision</c><00:41:00.739><c> is</c><00:41:00.980><c> so</c><00:41:01.119><c> often</c><00:41:01.360><c> limited</c><00:41:01.719><c> by</c><00:41:02.260><c> years,</c>

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:05.400
if<00:41:03.679><c> not</c><00:41:03.980><c> months</c><00:41:04.260><c> or</c><00:41:04.460><c> weeks.</c>

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:07.039
We're<00:41:05.519><c> very</c><00:41:05.860><c> short</c><00:41:06.179><c>-sighted</c><00:41:06.519><c> individuals.</c>

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:09.480
And<00:41:07.239><c> it's</c><00:41:07.420><c> the</c><00:41:07.639><c> wise</c><00:41:07.920><c> man</c><00:41:08.139><c> that</c><00:41:08.480><c> recognizes</c><00:41:08.900><c> this</c>

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:12.460
and<00:41:09.880><c> realizes</c><00:41:10.400><c> that</c><00:41:10.699><c> someone</c><00:41:10.980><c> is</c><00:41:11.340><c> looking</c><00:41:11.599><c> over</c><00:41:12.000><c> things</c>

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:15.559
who<00:41:12.980><c> sees</c><00:41:13.480><c> beyond</c><00:41:14.300><c> time.</c>

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:17.420
Whereas<00:41:15.800><c> we</c><00:41:15.960><c> are</c><00:41:16.139><c> limited</c><00:41:16.460><c> by</c><00:41:16.920><c> time.</c>

00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:19.260
When<00:41:17.980><c> we</c><00:41:18.260><c> appreciate</c><00:41:18.860><c> that,</c>

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:21.139
then<00:41:19.440><c> maybe</c><00:41:19.659><c> it</c><00:41:19.760><c> would</c><00:41:19.880><c> be</c><00:41:20.059><c> easier</c><00:41:20.340><c> for</c><00:41:20.539><c> each</c><00:41:20.739><c> one</c><00:41:20.900><c> of</c><00:41:21.019><c> us</c>

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:23.179
to<00:41:21.340><c> let</c><00:41:21.480><c> God</c><00:41:21.699><c> do</c><00:41:21.980><c> things</c><00:41:22.260><c> in</c><00:41:22.400><c> his</c><00:41:22.539><c> own</c><00:41:22.780><c> time.</c>

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:24.659
We<00:41:23.659><c> all</c><00:41:23.880><c> have</c><00:41:24.119><c> that</c><00:41:24.340><c> problem.</c>

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:27.300
None<00:41:24.880><c> of</c><00:41:24.980><c> us</c><00:41:25.159><c> are</c><00:41:25.340><c> immune</c><00:41:25.800><c> from</c><00:41:26.519><c> impatience</c>

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:28.440
and<00:41:27.679><c> hastiness.</c>

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:30.559
And<00:41:28.980><c> the</c><00:41:29.159><c> desire</c><00:41:29.440><c> to</c><00:41:29.699><c> get</c><00:41:29.860><c> on</c><00:41:30.099><c> with</c><00:41:30.320><c> things</c>

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:33.059
when<00:41:30.719><c> God</c><00:41:30.980><c> seems</c><00:41:31.260><c> to</c><00:41:31.420><c> be</c><00:41:31.579><c> dragging</c><00:41:31.860><c> his</c><00:41:32.199><c> feet.</c>

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:35.199
And<00:41:33.340><c> the</c><00:41:33.480><c> man</c><00:41:33.679><c> David</c><00:41:33.960><c> appreciated</c><00:41:34.659><c> these</c><00:41:34.980><c> things,</c>

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:37.679
he<00:41:35.440><c> knew</c><00:41:35.739><c> God</c><00:41:36.039><c> would</c><00:41:36.239><c> do</c><00:41:36.420><c> things</c><00:41:36.699><c> in</c><00:41:36.820><c> his</c><00:41:37.019><c> own</c><00:41:37.280><c> time.</c>

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:41.280
And<00:41:38.320><c> so</c><00:41:38.519><c> while</c><00:41:38.780><c> he</c><00:41:39.099><c> was</c><00:41:39.300><c> put</c><00:41:39.519><c> in</c><00:41:39.619><c> a</c><00:41:39.719><c> position</c><00:41:40.099><c> of</c><00:41:40.420><c> authority,</c>

00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:43.179
he<00:41:41.480><c> didn't</c><00:41:41.719><c> aspire</c><00:41:42.119><c> to</c><00:41:42.360><c> greater</c><00:41:42.639><c> authority.</c>

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:46.179
And<00:41:43.599><c> he</c><00:41:43.780><c> executed</c><00:41:44.300><c> the</c><00:41:44.679><c> authority</c><00:41:45.000><c> he</c><00:41:45.219><c> had</c>

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:48.679
with<00:41:46.320><c> as</c><00:41:46.519><c> much</c><00:41:46.780><c> proficiency</c><00:41:47.440><c> and</c><00:41:47.639><c> wisdom</c><00:41:47.980><c> as</c><00:41:48.139><c> he</c><00:41:48.360><c> could.</c>

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:50.920
And<00:41:49.059><c> that</c><00:41:49.199><c> was</c><00:41:49.420><c> recognized</c><00:41:49.960><c> by</c><00:41:50.219><c> all</c><00:41:50.460><c> about</c><00:41:50.760><c> him.</c>

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:53.579
They<00:41:51.199><c> saw</c><00:41:51.480><c> in</c><00:41:51.639><c> David</c><00:41:51.820><c> a</c><00:41:52.119><c> wise</c><00:41:52.519><c> man.</c>

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.679
Remember<00:41:54.039><c> the</c><00:41:54.260><c> proverb,</c>

00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:57.039
He<00:41:55.019><c> saw</c><00:41:55.019><c> also</c><00:41:55.460><c> among</c><00:41:55.780><c> the</c><00:41:56.019><c> prophets.</c>

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:59.099
Well,<00:41:57.320><c> David</c><00:41:57.400><c> also</c><00:41:57.800><c> became</c><00:41:58.119><c> a</c><00:41:58.360><c> proverb</c><00:41:58.559><c> in</c><00:41:58.739><c> the</c><00:41:58.860><c> nation.</c>

00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:00.579
His<00:41:59.280><c> name</c><00:41:59.519><c> was</c><00:41:59.800><c> precious.</c>

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:05.920
It<00:42:01.559><c> was</c><00:42:02.360><c> much</c><00:42:02.619><c> set</c><00:42:03.139><c> by</c><00:42:03.599><c> all</c><00:42:04.280><c> those</c><00:42:04.579><c> around</c><00:42:04.940><c> him.</c>

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:08.739
So<00:42:06.340><c> we</c><00:42:06.559><c> find</c><00:42:07.000><c> that</c><00:42:07.219><c> the</c><00:42:07.280><c> way</c><00:42:07.500><c> we</c><00:42:07.699><c> conduct</c><00:42:08.079><c> ourselves</c>

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:12.280
has<00:42:09.360><c> a</c><00:42:09.500><c> tremendous</c><00:42:09.820><c> impact</c><00:42:10.500><c> on</c><00:42:10.659><c> those</c><00:42:10.920><c> around</c><00:42:11.300><c> us.</c>

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:14.480
And<00:42:12.480><c> we're</c><00:42:12.619><c> reminded</c><00:42:13.000><c> of</c><00:42:13.199><c> another</c><00:42:13.480><c> proverb.</c>

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:17.719
Your<00:42:15.019><c> word</c><00:42:15.400><c> fitly</c><00:42:15.900><c> spoken</c><00:42:16.300><c> is</c><00:42:16.559><c> like</c><00:42:16.860><c> apples</c><00:42:17.139><c> of</c><00:42:17.420><c> gold</c>

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:19.440
and<00:42:17.920><c> pictures</c><00:42:18.199><c> of</c><00:42:18.480><c> silver.</c>

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:21.679
David<00:42:20.139><c> epitomized</c><00:42:20.780><c> that</c><00:42:21.119><c> proverb.</c>

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:23.980
He<00:42:22.480><c> epitomized</c><00:42:23.059><c> the</c><00:42:23.300><c> gracious</c><00:42:23.639><c> word.</c>

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:28.260
His<00:42:24.099><c> words</c><00:42:24.480><c> must</c><00:42:24.760><c> have</c><00:42:25.000><c> always</c><00:42:25.980><c> lent</c><00:42:26.420><c> to</c><00:42:26.920><c> the</c><00:42:27.119><c> upbuilding</c>

00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:31.739
and<00:42:29.840><c> to</c><00:42:30.159><c> building</c><00:42:30.659><c> one</c><00:42:30.920><c> up</c><00:42:31.119><c> in</c><00:42:31.360><c> grace</c>

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:34.039
when<00:42:32.099><c> it</c><00:42:32.239><c> came</c><00:42:32.460><c> to</c><00:42:32.579><c> dealing</c><00:42:32.780><c> with</c><00:42:32.940><c> those</c><00:42:33.179><c> around</c><00:42:33.559><c> him.</c>

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:35.699
And<00:42:34.519><c> as</c><00:42:34.639><c> one</c><00:42:34.820><c> said</c><00:42:35.000><c> over</c><00:42:35.320><c> authority,</c>

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:38.639
David<00:42:36.059><c> would</c><00:42:36.219><c> have</c><00:42:36.340><c> been</c><00:42:36.480><c> faced</c><00:42:36.699><c> with</c><00:42:36.940><c> all</c><00:42:37.139><c> kinds</c><00:42:37.440><c> of</c><00:42:37.659><c> people</c><00:42:37.960><c> problems.</c>

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:43.480
All<00:42:39.420><c> kinds</c><00:42:39.699><c> of</c><00:42:40.000><c> situations</c><00:42:40.619><c> which</c><00:42:41.019><c> required</c><00:42:41.739><c> delicacy</c><00:42:42.460><c> and</c><00:42:42.820><c> sensitivity</c>

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:47.880
and<00:42:44.460><c> the</c><00:42:44.639><c> need</c><00:42:44.980><c> to</c><00:42:45.880><c> deal</c><00:42:46.380><c> gently</c><00:42:46.860><c> with</c><00:42:47.400><c> the</c><00:42:47.639><c> men</c>

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:49.079
that<00:42:48.099><c> were</c><00:42:48.360><c> underneath</c><00:42:48.800><c> him.</c>

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:52.599
We<00:42:49.719><c> certainly</c><00:42:50.159><c> see</c><00:42:50.500><c> that</c><00:42:51.099><c> in</c><00:42:51.260><c> his</c><00:42:51.440><c> dealing</c><00:42:51.679><c> with</c><00:42:52.099><c> the</c><00:42:52.360><c> men</c>

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.760
of<00:42:52.800><c> the</c><00:42:52.800><c> cave</c><00:42:53.079><c> of</c><00:42:53.280><c> Adullam.</c>

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:55.920
All<00:42:54.139><c> those</c><00:42:54.400><c> who</c><00:42:54.519><c> were</c><00:42:54.699><c> discontent</c><00:42:55.239><c> and</c><00:42:55.440><c> had</c><00:42:55.559><c> a</c><00:42:55.780><c> debt</c>

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.960
and<00:42:56.119><c> came</c><00:42:56.300><c> unto</c><00:42:56.519><c> David.</c>

00:42:57.440 --> 00:43:00.400
And<00:42:57.599><c> he</c><00:42:57.860><c> organized</c><00:42:58.159><c> those</c><00:42:58.420><c> men</c><00:42:58.619><c> into</c><00:42:58.860><c> an</c><00:42:59.139><c> effective</c><00:42:59.480><c> fighting</c><00:42:59.880><c> force</c>

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:04.340
into<00:43:01.320><c> a</c><00:43:01.760><c> group</c><00:43:01.920><c> of</c><00:43:02.179><c> men</c><00:43:02.480><c> who</c><00:43:03.159><c> prior</c><00:43:03.420><c> to</c><00:43:03.559><c> coming</c><00:43:03.760><c> to</c><00:43:03.940><c> David</c>

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:06.320
were<00:43:04.619><c> weighed</c><00:43:04.860><c> down</c><00:43:05.139><c> by</c><00:43:05.320><c> the</c><00:43:05.500><c> problems</c><00:43:05.820><c> of</c><00:43:06.079><c> life.</c>

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:08.480
But<00:43:06.539><c> after</c><00:43:06.840><c> they</c><00:43:06.980><c> had</c><00:43:07.139><c> been</c><00:43:07.300><c> with</c><00:43:07.539><c> David</c><00:43:07.760><c> for</c><00:43:08.039><c> a</c><00:43:08.239><c> time</c>

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:10.340
had<00:43:08.639><c> been</c><00:43:09.300><c> whipped</c><00:43:09.559><c> into</c><00:43:09.920><c> shape,</c>

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:14.139
not<00:43:10.659><c> only</c><00:43:10.920><c> militarily</c><00:43:11.519><c> but</c><00:43:11.760><c> undoubtedly</c><00:43:12.239><c> spiritually</c><00:43:12.880><c> as</c><00:43:13.179><c> well.</c>

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:18.239
And<00:43:15.019><c> we</c><00:43:15.539><c> come</c><00:43:15.920><c> to</c><00:43:16.460><c> Ephesians</c><00:43:17.019><c> chapter</c><00:43:17.440><c> 4,</c>

00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:24.739
which<00:43:19.239><c> David</c><00:43:19.659><c> would</c><00:43:19.920><c> have</c><00:43:21.300><c> fulfilled</c><00:43:22.059><c> in</c><00:43:22.739><c> such</c><00:43:22.940><c> a</c><00:43:23.239><c> complete</c><00:43:23.519><c> way.</c>

00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:32.659
In<00:43:27.800><c> Ephesians</c><00:43:28.239><c> 4</c><00:43:28.539><c> at</c><00:43:28.800><c> the</c><00:43:28.960><c> end</c><00:43:30.559><c> of</c><00:43:30.900><c> the</c><00:43:31.079><c> chapter,</c>

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:36.920
verse<00:43:36.179><c> 29,</c>

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:40.179
Let<00:43:37.539><c> no</c><00:43:37.960><c> corrupt</c><00:43:38.280><c> communication</c><00:43:39.039><c> proceed</c><00:43:39.420><c> out</c><00:43:39.639><c> of</c><00:43:39.699><c> your</c><00:43:39.880><c> mouth,</c>

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:42.719
but<00:43:40.380><c> that</c><00:43:40.699><c> which</c><00:43:40.840><c> is</c><00:43:41.059><c> good</c><00:43:41.239><c> to</c><00:43:41.440><c> the</c><00:43:41.619><c> use</c><00:43:41.820><c> of</c><00:43:42.059><c> edifying,</c>

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:46.760
that<00:43:43.280><c> it</c><00:43:43.500><c> may</c><00:43:43.699><c> minister</c><00:43:44.159><c> grace</c><00:43:45.099><c> unto</c><00:43:45.719><c> the</c><00:43:46.019><c> hearers.</c>

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:48.420
That<00:43:47.159><c> was</c><00:43:47.420><c> the</c><00:43:47.619><c> man</c><00:43:47.840><c> David.</c>

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:50.920
That<00:43:49.000><c> was</c><00:43:49.260><c> the</c><00:43:49.539><c> graciousness</c><00:43:50.179><c> and</c><00:43:50.320><c> the</c><00:43:50.639><c> discretion</c>

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:52.960
and<00:43:51.099><c> the</c><00:43:51.360><c> prudence</c><00:43:51.699><c> that</c><00:43:51.880><c> made</c><00:43:52.079><c> up</c><00:43:52.320><c> this</c><00:43:52.599><c> man.</c>

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:55.800
Those<00:43:53.719><c> apples</c><00:43:54.119><c> of</c><00:43:54.380><c> gold</c><00:43:54.699><c> and</c><00:43:54.880><c> pictures</c><00:43:55.260><c> of</c><00:43:55.500><c> silver,</c>

00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:57.659
those<00:43:56.219><c> fitly</c><00:43:56.639><c> spoken</c><00:43:57.000><c> words.</c>

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:59.480
If<00:43:58.239><c> we</c><00:43:58.420><c> could</c><00:43:58.559><c> have</c><00:43:58.699><c> been</c><00:43:58.860><c> around</c><00:43:59.239><c> him,</c>

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:04.059
each<00:44:00.300><c> one</c><00:44:01.639><c> would</c><00:44:02.280><c> have</c><00:44:02.480><c> been</c><00:44:03.559><c> impressed</c>

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:06.420
and<00:44:04.719><c> he</c><00:44:04.960><c> would</c><00:44:05.159><c> have</c><00:44:05.340><c> evoked</c><00:44:05.639><c> love</c><00:44:05.880><c> in</c><00:44:06.039><c> us</c>

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:10.000
as<00:44:06.599><c> he</c><00:44:06.780><c> did</c><00:44:07.000><c> amongst</c><00:44:07.340><c> the</c><00:44:07.559><c> men</c><00:44:08.219><c> that</c><00:44:08.460><c> were</c><00:44:08.639><c> around</c><00:44:08.980><c> him.</c>

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:11.960
This<00:44:10.380><c> was</c><00:44:10.639><c> the</c><00:44:10.800><c> man</c><00:44:10.980><c> David.</c>

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:16.000
And<00:44:13.340><c> we</c><00:44:13.519><c> see</c><00:44:13.840><c> that</c><00:44:14.260><c> spirit</c><00:44:14.679><c> of</c><00:44:14.960><c> love</c><00:44:15.260><c> and</c><00:44:15.500><c> discretion</c>

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:19.159
and<00:44:16.639><c> wisdom</c><00:44:16.639><c> and</c><00:44:16.980><c> prudence</c><00:44:17.400><c> in</c><00:44:17.539><c> any</c><00:44:17.800><c> number</c><00:44:18.099><c> of</c><00:44:18.360><c> situations</c>

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:21.760
that<00:44:19.960><c> David</c><00:44:20.179><c> came</c><00:44:20.420><c> up</c><00:44:20.659><c> against.</c>

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:24.880
It<00:44:21.940><c> wasn't</c><00:44:22.280><c> a</c><00:44:22.500><c> fleeting</c><00:44:22.940><c> characteristic</c><00:44:23.760><c> of</c><00:44:24.519><c> David,</c>

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:28.260
but<00:44:25.019><c> it</c><00:44:25.159><c> was</c><00:44:25.340><c> one</c><00:44:25.579><c> that</c><00:44:25.980><c> characterized</c><00:44:26.500><c> him</c><00:44:26.719><c> throughout</c><00:44:27.019><c> his</c><00:44:27.320><c> life.</c>

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:32.739
We<00:44:29.639><c> recall</c><00:44:30.079><c> the</c><00:44:30.460><c> treatment</c><00:44:30.840><c> of</c><00:44:31.099><c> the</c><00:44:31.500><c> fatigued</c><00:44:32.260><c> soldiers</c>

00:44:32.739 --> 00:44:34.900
that<00:44:32.900><c> were</c><00:44:33.079><c> pursuing</c><00:44:33.440><c> the</c><00:44:33.639><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:38.360
We<00:44:35.139><c> remember</c><00:44:35.440><c> the</c><00:44:35.699><c> 200</c><00:44:36.139><c> that</c><00:44:36.340><c> could</c><00:44:36.900><c> not</c><00:44:37.099><c> go</c><00:44:37.360><c> on</c><00:44:37.519><c> any</c><00:44:37.800><c> further.</c>

00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:47.480
If<00:44:38.360><c> we</c><00:44:39.199><c> turn</c><00:44:39.460><c> over</c><00:44:39.719><c> to</c><00:44:39.900><c> chapter</c><00:44:41.639><c> 30,</c>

00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:52.079
when<00:44:49.880><c> David</c><00:44:50.440><c> inquired,</c><00:44:51.280><c> in</c><00:44:51.460><c> verse</c><00:44:51.659><c> 7,</c>

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:54.199
David<00:44:52.480><c> inquired</c><00:44:52.960><c> of</c><00:44:53.099><c> the</c><00:44:53.239><c> Biathar,</c><00:44:53.719><c> the</c><00:44:53.840><c> priest,</c>

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:56.860
the<00:44:54.400><c> Amalek</c><00:44:54.719><c> son,</c><00:44:55.840><c> as</c><00:44:55.980><c> to</c><00:44:56.039><c> what</c><00:44:56.159><c> he</c><00:44:56.320><c> should</c><00:44:56.480><c> do,</c>

00:44:56.920 --> 00:44:59.300
and<00:44:57.059><c> the</c><00:44:57.139><c> Lord</c><00:44:57.380><c> answered,</c><00:44:58.599><c> chase</c><00:44:58.780><c> them</c><00:44:59.000><c> down,</c>

00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:00.679
they<00:44:59.440><c> would</c><00:44:59.679><c> recover</c><00:45:00.079><c> all.</c>

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:04.420
And<00:45:01.199><c> so</c><00:45:01.320><c> they</c><00:45:01.519><c> pursued,</c><00:45:02.440><c> and</c><00:45:02.960><c> they</c><00:45:03.139><c> came</c><00:45:03.360><c> to</c><00:45:03.539><c> the</c><00:45:03.619><c> Bezor,</c>

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:07.639
in<00:45:04.519><c> verse</c><00:45:04.760><c> 9,</c><00:45:05.719><c> and</c><00:45:05.920><c> 200</c><00:45:06.420><c> were</c><00:45:06.679><c> too</c><00:45:07.039><c> faint</c>

00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:08.880
to<00:45:08.260><c> carry</c><00:45:08.619><c> on.</c>

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:11.480
Of<00:45:09.039><c> course,</c><00:45:09.239><c> they</c><00:45:09.360><c> had</c><00:45:09.500><c> been</c><00:45:09.699><c> traveling</c><00:45:10.139><c> all</c><00:45:10.519><c> night</c><00:45:10.719><c> and</c><00:45:10.960><c> all</c><00:45:11.179><c> day.</c>

00:45:11.519 --> 00:45:14.679
They<00:45:11.639><c> had</c><00:45:11.860><c> been</c><00:45:12.000><c> way</c><00:45:12.219><c> up</c><00:45:12.500><c> north</c><00:45:12.980><c> with</c><00:45:13.920><c> the</c><00:45:14.159><c> Philistines.</c>

00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:15.940
They<00:45:14.820><c> had</c><00:45:14.960><c> been</c><00:45:15.159><c> told</c><00:45:15.300><c> to</c><00:45:15.420><c> go</c><00:45:15.679><c> home.</c>

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:17.139
They<00:45:16.059><c> had</c><00:45:16.280><c> marched</c><00:45:16.500><c> all</c><00:45:16.800><c> night.</c>

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:19.239
They<00:45:17.659><c> had</c><00:45:17.900><c> found</c><00:45:18.179><c> Ziklag</c><00:45:18.639><c> destroyed.</c>

00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:21.820
The<00:45:19.579><c> men</c><00:45:19.739><c> were</c><00:45:19.940><c> in</c><00:45:20.099><c> a</c><00:45:20.179><c> state</c><00:45:20.280><c> of</c><00:45:20.579><c> emotional</c>

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:25.000
and<00:45:22.980><c> spiritual</c><00:45:23.440><c> debilitation.</c>

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:28.059
They<00:45:25.760><c> were</c><00:45:26.119><c> sorrowing</c><00:45:26.639><c> for</c><00:45:26.940><c> those</c><00:45:27.300><c> whom</c><00:45:27.440><c> they</c><00:45:27.699><c> thought</c><00:45:27.880><c> they</c>

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:28.699
had<00:45:28.340><c> lost.</c>

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:31.440
And<00:45:29.340><c> when</c><00:45:29.500><c> the</c><00:45:29.679><c> men</c><00:45:29.860><c> recover</c><00:45:30.360><c> all</c><00:45:30.659><c> and</c><00:45:30.760><c> they</c><00:45:31.119><c> return,</c>

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:33.440
they<00:45:31.659><c> come</c><00:45:31.900><c> back</c><00:45:32.079><c> to</c><00:45:32.219><c> the</c><00:45:32.380><c> 200.</c>

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:39.539
Of<00:45:38.360><c> those</c><00:45:38.579><c> that</c><00:45:38.739><c> went</c><00:45:38.820><c> with</c><00:45:39.039><c> David</c><00:45:39.320><c> said,</c>

00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:40.900
because<00:45:39.940><c> they</c><00:45:40.179><c> went</c><00:45:40.300><c> not</c><00:45:40.519><c> with</c><00:45:40.719><c> us,</c>

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:44.139
we<00:45:41.059><c> will</c><00:45:41.280><c> not</c><00:45:41.440><c> give</c><00:45:41.639><c> them</c><00:45:41.900><c> all</c><00:45:42.019><c> to</c><00:45:42.159><c> the</c><00:45:42.400><c> spoil</c><00:45:42.559><c> that</c><00:45:42.760><c> we</c><00:45:42.920><c> have</c><00:45:43.119><c> recovered,</c>

00:45:44.579 --> 00:45:46.179
save<00:45:44.719><c> to</c><00:45:44.920><c> every</c><00:45:45.099><c> man,</c><00:45:45.320><c> his</c><00:45:45.400><c> wife,</c><00:45:45.639><c> and</c><00:45:45.780><c> his</c><00:45:45.960><c> children,</c>

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:48.360
that<00:45:46.320><c> they</c><00:45:46.539><c> may</c><00:45:46.699><c> lead</c><00:45:46.900><c> them</c><00:45:47.079><c> away</c><00:45:47.239><c> and</c><00:45:47.440><c> depart.</c>

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:52.039
And<00:45:48.719><c> David</c><00:45:49.059><c> said,</c><00:45:49.380><c> Ye</c><00:45:49.659><c> shall</c><00:45:49.940><c> not</c><00:45:50.219><c> do</c><00:45:50.579><c> so,</c><00:45:50.820><c> my</c><00:45:51.119><c> brethren,</c>

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:53.900
with<00:45:52.280><c> that</c><00:45:52.539><c> which</c><00:45:52.719><c> the</c><00:45:52.960><c> Lord</c><00:45:53.099><c> hath</c><00:45:53.280><c> given</c><00:45:53.480><c> us,</c>

00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:56.219
who<00:45:54.239><c> hath</c><00:45:54.420><c> preserved</c><00:45:54.960><c> us</c><00:45:55.199><c> and</c><00:45:55.380><c> delivered</c><00:45:55.699><c> the</c><00:45:55.920><c> company</c>

00:45:56.219 --> 00:45:58.300
that<00:45:56.420><c> came</c><00:45:56.599><c> up</c><00:45:56.840><c> against</c><00:45:57.139><c> us</c><00:45:57.320><c> under</c><00:45:57.519><c> our</c><00:45:57.739><c> own</c><00:45:57.940><c> hand.</c>

00:45:58.760 --> 00:46:00.800
For<00:45:59.000><c> who</c><00:45:59.159><c> will</c><00:45:59.380><c> hearken</c><00:45:59.679><c> unto</c><00:45:59.880><c> you</c><00:46:00.079><c> in</c><00:46:00.179><c> this</c><00:46:00.440><c> matter?</c>

00:46:01.199 --> 00:46:03.460
But<00:46:01.239><c> as</c><00:46:01.460><c> this</c><00:46:01.739><c> part</c><00:46:01.920><c> is</c><00:46:02.280><c> that</c><00:46:02.480><c> goeth</c><00:46:02.699><c> down</c><00:46:02.980><c> to</c><00:46:03.119><c> the</c><00:46:03.260><c> battle,</c>

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:05.820
socialist<00:46:04.000><c> part</c><00:46:04.320><c> be,</c><00:46:04.579><c> that</c><00:46:04.820><c> terrieth</c><00:46:05.099><c> by</c><00:46:05.360><c> the</c><00:46:05.599><c> stuff,</c>

00:46:05.820 --> 00:46:07.539
they<00:46:06.559><c> shall</c><00:46:06.820><c> part</c><00:46:07.179><c> alike.</c>

00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:10.239
Now<00:46:08.079><c> what</c><00:46:08.340><c> wisdom</c><00:46:09.019><c> infused</c><00:46:09.780><c> the</c><00:46:10.059><c> man?</c>

00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:12.300
You<00:46:10.400><c> know,</c><00:46:10.500><c> he</c><00:46:10.519><c> had</c><00:46:10.639><c> no</c><00:46:10.900><c> commandment</c><00:46:11.460><c> to</c><00:46:11.619><c> go</c><00:46:11.840><c> on.</c>

00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:14.599
David<00:46:12.860><c> had</c><00:46:13.019><c> no</c><00:46:13.400><c> precedent</c><00:46:13.780><c> to</c><00:46:14.039><c> work</c><00:46:14.260><c> with.</c>

00:46:15.059 --> 00:46:16.320
But<00:46:15.239><c> he</c><00:46:15.360><c> knew</c><00:46:15.559><c> what</c><00:46:15.780><c> was</c><00:46:16.019><c> right.</c>

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:19.960
He<00:46:16.579><c> knew</c><00:46:16.840><c> what</c><00:46:17.000><c> was</c><00:46:17.300><c> spiritual</c><00:46:17.780><c> and</c><00:46:18.099><c> godly</c><00:46:18.440><c> in</c><00:46:18.579><c> the</c><00:46:18.739><c> situation.</c>

00:46:20.219 --> 00:46:23.159
You<00:46:20.360><c> know,</c><00:46:20.420><c> you</c><00:46:20.579><c> didn't</c><00:46:21.219><c> get</c><00:46:21.480><c> the</c><00:46:21.780><c> spoil</c><00:46:22.019><c> yourself.</c>

00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:25.679
Don't<00:46:24.539><c> delude</c><00:46:25.039><c> yourself.</c>

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:27.179
God<00:46:26.420><c> gave</c><00:46:26.679><c> it</c><00:46:26.920><c> to</c><00:46:27.039><c> you.</c>

00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:29.920
So<00:46:27.320><c> don't</c><00:46:27.480><c> start</c><00:46:27.719><c> getting</c><00:46:27.960><c> greedy</c><00:46:28.199><c> about</c><00:46:28.440><c> what</c><00:46:28.599><c> somebody</c><00:46:28.920><c> else</c><00:46:29.179><c> gave</c><00:46:29.440><c> to</c><00:46:29.679><c> you.</c>

00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:31.500
You<00:46:30.579><c> share</c><00:46:30.760><c> with</c><00:46:31.099><c> all.</c>

00:46:31.780 --> 00:46:34.800
Those<00:46:32.039><c> who</c><00:46:32.300><c> stayed</c><00:46:32.420><c> by</c><00:46:32.699><c> the</c><00:46:32.960><c> stuff</c><00:46:33.139><c> had</c><00:46:33.340><c> as</c><00:46:33.559><c> much</c><00:46:33.780><c> a</c><00:46:33.920><c> part</c><00:46:34.039><c> to</c><00:46:34.280><c> play</c>

00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:38.860
as<00:46:35.679><c> those</c><00:46:36.139><c> who</c><00:46:37.280><c> went</c><00:46:37.760><c> on</c><00:46:38.239><c> to</c><00:46:38.480><c> battle.</c>

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:42.659
And<00:46:39.400><c> so</c><00:46:39.500><c> the</c><00:46:39.679><c> wisdom</c><00:46:40.039><c> of</c><00:46:40.239><c> the</c><00:46:40.400><c> man</c><00:46:40.739><c> and</c><00:46:41.219><c> the</c><00:46:41.500><c> sensitivity,</c>

00:46:42.739 --> 00:46:45.260
and<00:46:42.880><c> time</c><00:46:43.099><c> and</c><00:46:43.239><c> time</c><00:46:43.460><c> again</c><00:46:43.860><c> we</c><00:46:44.079><c> find</c><00:46:44.440><c> that</c><00:46:44.860><c> David</c>

00:46:45.260 --> 00:46:47.500
exemplified<00:46:46.059><c> this</c><00:46:46.360><c> characteristic.</c>

00:46:47.699 --> 00:46:50.199
He<00:46:47.920><c> responded</c><00:46:48.320><c> appropriately</c><00:46:48.960><c> to</c><00:46:49.219><c> the</c><00:46:49.320><c> death</c><00:46:49.539><c> of</c><00:46:49.840><c> Abner</c>

00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:56.119
when<00:46:50.780><c> Joab</c><00:46:51.300><c> killed</c><00:46:51.699><c> Abner</c><00:46:52.300><c> out</c><00:46:53.239><c> of</c><00:46:53.500><c> a</c><00:46:53.960><c> spirit</c><00:46:54.280><c> of</c><00:46:55.500><c> carnality</c>

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:58.619
and<00:46:56.440><c> a</c><00:46:56.699><c> desire</c><00:46:57.019><c> to</c><00:46:57.219><c> dispose</c><00:46:57.619><c> of</c><00:46:57.780><c> this</c><00:46:58.039><c> Abner,</c>

00:46:58.860 --> 00:47:04.300
who<00:46:59.079><c> was</c><00:46:59.820><c> probably</c><00:47:01.800><c> an</c><00:47:02.039><c> untrustworthy</c><00:47:02.699><c> man,</c><00:47:03.179><c> as</c><00:47:03.500><c> Joab</c><00:47:03.719><c> suspected.</c>

00:47:04.300 --> 00:47:07.440
But<00:47:04.860><c> nonetheless,</c><00:47:05.500><c> it</c><00:47:05.500><c> was</c><00:47:05.820><c> not</c><00:47:06.099><c> the</c><00:47:06.420><c> right</c><00:47:06.739><c> and</c><00:47:06.960><c> appropriate</c>

00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:08.260
thing<00:47:07.699><c> to</c><00:47:07.940><c> do.</c>

00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:09.500
It<00:47:08.420><c> was</c><00:47:08.800><c> insensitive.</c>

00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:10.840
It<00:47:09.619><c> was</c><00:47:09.900><c> a</c><00:47:10.099><c> callous</c><00:47:10.480><c> act.</c>

00:47:11.260 --> 00:47:12.280
And<00:47:11.420><c> David</c><00:47:11.559><c> knew</c><00:47:11.820><c> it.</c>

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:14.300
And<00:47:12.639><c> when</c><00:47:12.820><c> he</c><00:47:13.260><c> realized</c><00:47:13.679><c> what</c><00:47:13.860><c> had</c><00:47:14.079><c> happened,</c>

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:19.000
he<00:47:14.460><c> made</c><00:47:14.699><c> Joab</c><00:47:15.219><c> mourn</c><00:47:16.280><c> every</c><00:47:16.639><c> bit</c><00:47:16.760><c> as</c><00:47:17.019><c> much</c><00:47:17.219><c> as</c><00:47:17.400><c> David</c><00:47:17.739><c> personally</c><00:47:18.280><c> mourned</c><00:47:18.559><c> himself</c>

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:22.679
so<00:47:19.199><c> that</c><00:47:19.420><c> all</c><00:47:19.639><c> would</c><00:47:19.880><c> know</c><00:47:20.300><c> that</c><00:47:20.739><c> it</c><00:47:20.840><c> was</c><00:47:21.059><c> not</c><00:47:21.300><c> David's</c><00:47:21.760><c> desire.</c>

00:47:23.260 --> 00:47:26.039
And<00:47:23.500><c> then</c><00:47:23.820><c> when</c><00:47:23.980><c> he</c><00:47:24.219><c> numbered</c><00:47:24.579><c> the</c><00:47:25.519><c> nation</c>

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:29.579
and<00:47:26.340><c> God</c><00:47:26.579><c> was</c><00:47:26.820><c> going</c><00:47:26.980><c> to</c><00:47:27.159><c> bring</c><00:47:27.300><c> divine</c><00:47:27.699><c> judgment</c><00:47:28.300><c> upon</c><00:47:28.980><c> the</c><00:47:29.239><c> people,</c>

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.920
you<00:47:29.840><c> know,</c><00:47:29.840><c> what</c><00:47:29.980><c> did</c><00:47:30.159><c> David</c><00:47:30.519><c> say?</c>

00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:33.039
You<00:47:31.079><c> know,</c><00:47:31.280><c> these</c><00:47:31.699><c> sheep,</c><00:47:32.079><c> what</c><00:47:32.219><c> have</c><00:47:32.340><c> they</c><00:47:32.579><c> done?</c>

00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:35.119
It's<00:47:33.780><c> I</c><00:47:34.019><c> who</c><00:47:34.219><c> made</c><00:47:34.440><c> the</c><00:47:34.619><c> mistake.</c>

00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:37.119
Punish<00:47:35.619><c> me,</c><00:47:35.920><c> not</c><00:47:36.219><c> them.</c>

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:39.519
You<00:47:37.420><c> know,</c><00:47:37.820><c> never</c><00:47:37.940><c> a</c><00:47:38.119><c> man</c><00:47:38.340><c> loved</c><00:47:38.619><c> his</c><00:47:38.820><c> people</c><00:47:39.139><c> so,</c>

00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:42.119
and<00:47:39.739><c> never</c><00:47:39.940><c> a</c><00:47:40.099><c> man</c><00:47:40.300><c> loved</c><00:47:40.719><c> those</c><00:47:41.280><c> that</c><00:47:41.460><c> were</c><00:47:41.699><c> around</c><00:47:41.960><c> him,</c>

00:47:42.179 --> 00:47:44.760
excepting<00:47:42.679><c> the</c><00:47:42.920><c> Lord</c><00:47:43.179><c> Jesus</c><00:47:43.599><c> himself.</c>

00:47:44.860 --> 00:47:47.440
That<00:47:45.079><c> his</c><00:47:45.440><c> outpouring</c><00:47:46.019><c> of</c><00:47:46.239><c> sympathy</c><00:47:46.539><c> and</c><00:47:46.739><c> understanding</c><00:47:47.219><c> was</c>

00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:48.780
so<00:47:47.840><c> great.</c>

00:47:49.139 --> 00:47:52.280
His<00:47:49.559><c> desire</c><00:47:50.059><c> was</c><00:47:50.320><c> to</c><00:47:50.519><c> suffer</c><00:47:50.760><c> all</c><00:47:51.179><c> that</c><00:47:51.539><c> God</c><00:47:51.780><c> was</c><00:47:52.000><c> going</c><00:47:52.139><c> to</c>

00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:53.880
put<00:47:52.420><c> upon</c><00:47:52.679><c> the</c><00:47:52.920><c> people.</c>

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:59.780
And<00:47:56.119><c> the</c><00:47:56.639><c> way</c><00:47:57.099><c> David</c><00:47:57.519><c> was</c><00:47:57.940><c> and</c><00:47:58.119><c> the</c><00:47:58.320><c> kind</c><00:47:58.519><c> of</c><00:47:58.699><c> man</c><00:47:58.860><c> he</c><00:47:59.019><c> was</c>

00:48:00.659 --> 00:48:04.920
is<00:48:01.179><c> testified</c><00:48:01.699><c> to</c><00:48:02.360><c> by</c><00:48:02.579><c> the</c><00:48:02.760><c> reaction</c><00:48:03.159><c> of</c><00:48:03.380><c> his</c><00:48:03.559><c> men</c><00:48:03.920><c> to</c><00:48:04.440><c> David.</c>

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:08.940
We<00:48:05.579><c> recall</c><00:48:06.059><c> in</c><00:48:06.360><c> chapter</c><00:48:06.739><c> 18,</c><00:48:07.940><c> chapter</c><00:48:08.280><c> 19,</c>

00:48:09.340 --> 00:48:13.579
the<00:48:09.480><c> response</c><00:48:09.980><c> of</c><00:48:10.219><c> those</c><00:48:10.780><c> who</c><00:48:11.639><c> witnessed</c><00:48:11.980><c> David's</c><00:48:12.579><c> godliness.</c>

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:16.780
In<00:48:14.280><c> like</c><00:48:14.460><c> manner,</c><00:48:14.820><c> we</c><00:48:14.940><c> recall</c><00:48:15.300><c> when</c><00:48:15.500><c> David</c><00:48:15.800><c> was</c><00:48:16.039><c> almost</c><00:48:16.500><c> slain</c>

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:21.199
by<00:48:16.980><c> one</c><00:48:17.159><c> of</c><00:48:17.280><c> the</c><00:48:17.420><c> Philistines</c><00:48:18.340><c> in</c><00:48:19.119><c> 21,</c><00:48:19.760><c> verse</c><00:48:19.960><c> 17</c><00:48:20.400><c> of</c><00:48:20.559><c> 2</c><00:48:20.800><c> Samuel.</c>

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:22.219
What<00:48:21.420><c> did</c><00:48:21.599><c> his</c><00:48:21.760><c> men</c><00:48:21.920><c> say?</c>

00:48:22.280 --> 00:48:25.199
You<00:48:22.400><c> shall</c><00:48:22.599><c> no</c><00:48:22.860><c> more</c><00:48:23.000><c> go</c><00:48:23.199><c> out</c><00:48:23.340><c> to</c><00:48:24.360><c> battle</c><00:48:24.639><c> with</c><00:48:24.900><c> us,</c>

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:27.579
lest<00:48:25.420><c> the</c><00:48:25.599><c> light</c><00:48:25.719><c> of</c><00:48:25.860><c> Israel</c><00:48:26.139><c> be</c><00:48:26.440><c> snuffed</c><00:48:26.679><c> out.</c>

00:48:27.760 --> 00:48:30.840
You<00:48:28.239><c> can</c><00:48:28.619><c> tell</c><00:48:28.920><c> what</c><00:48:29.119><c> a</c><00:48:29.300><c> man's</c><00:48:29.699><c> like</c><00:48:29.860><c> by</c><00:48:30.119><c> the</c><00:48:30.340><c> reaction</c><00:48:30.679><c> of</c>

00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:32.559
those<00:48:31.119><c> around</c><00:48:31.500><c> him.</c>

00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:35.380
If<00:48:32.699><c> when</c><00:48:32.860><c> a</c><00:48:33.000><c> man</c><00:48:33.179><c> passes</c><00:48:33.519><c> off</c><00:48:33.840><c> the</c><00:48:34.099><c> scene,</c><00:48:34.280><c> he's</c><00:48:34.519><c> not</c><00:48:34.760><c> missed</c><00:48:35.000><c> much,</c>

00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:38.460
it's<00:48:35.840><c> a</c><00:48:35.980><c> testimony</c><00:48:36.380><c> to</c><00:48:36.539><c> what</c><00:48:36.739><c> that</c><00:48:36.960><c> man</c><00:48:37.119><c> accomplished</c><00:48:37.659><c> in</c><00:48:37.780><c> his</c><00:48:38.019><c> life.</c>

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:41.099
But<00:48:39.139><c> when</c><00:48:39.380><c> David's</c><00:48:39.840><c> life</c><00:48:40.019><c> was</c><00:48:40.280><c> simply</c><00:48:40.639><c> threatened,</c>

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:42.739
his<00:48:41.380><c> men</c><00:48:41.559><c> rallied</c><00:48:41.960><c> around</c><00:48:42.280><c> him</c><00:48:42.460><c> and</c><00:48:42.559><c> said,</c>

00:48:42.900 --> 00:48:47.760
look,<00:48:43.139><c> you're</c><00:48:43.480><c> worth</c><00:48:43.679><c> far</c><00:48:44.099><c> more</c><00:48:44.559><c> to</c><00:48:44.780><c> us</c><00:48:45.139><c> than</c><00:48:45.780><c> the</c><00:48:46.199><c> life</c><00:48:46.420><c> of</c><00:48:46.619><c> a</c><00:48:46.780><c> Philistine.</c>

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:50.420
And<00:48:49.079><c> lastly,</c><00:48:49.519><c> very</c><00:48:49.940><c> briefly,</c>

00:48:50.659 --> 00:48:52.820
although<00:48:50.860><c> we</c><00:48:51.099><c> could</c><00:48:51.300><c> spend</c><00:48:51.500><c> a</c><00:48:51.760><c> class</c><00:48:51.940><c> on</c><00:48:52.099><c> this</c><00:48:52.360><c> alone,</c>

00:48:52.820 --> 00:48:58.039
as<00:48:53.960><c> we</c><00:48:54.099><c> recall,</c><00:48:54.960><c> Saul</c><00:48:54.960><c> aspired</c><00:48:55.559><c> to</c><00:48:55.699><c> be</c><00:48:55.860><c> a</c><00:48:56.079><c> king</c><00:48:56.300><c>-priest</c><00:48:56.559><c> in</c><00:48:56.719><c> the</c><00:48:56.840><c> nation.</c>

00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:04.539
And<00:49:00.400><c> his</c><00:49:01.079><c> attempt</c><00:49:01.420><c> to</c><00:49:01.719><c> do</c><00:49:01.900><c> that</c><00:49:02.420><c> came</c><00:49:03.199><c> under</c><00:49:03.659><c> severe</c><00:49:04.059><c> censor</c>

00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:05.300
by<00:49:04.780><c> God.</c>

00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:09.260
But<00:49:05.840><c> we</c><00:49:06.079><c> find</c><00:49:06.420><c> in</c><00:49:06.719><c> David</c><00:49:07.039><c> a</c><00:49:07.260><c> preeminent</c><00:49:07.739><c> type</c><00:49:08.039><c> of</c><00:49:08.219><c> the</c><00:49:08.360><c> king</c><00:49:08.579><c>-priest.</c>

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:12.260
In<00:49:09.639><c> the</c><00:49:09.800><c> man</c><00:49:10.039><c> David,</c><00:49:11.019><c> God</c><00:49:11.320><c> found</c><00:49:11.699><c> one</c>

00:49:12.260 --> 00:49:15.099
who<00:49:12.659><c> could</c><00:49:12.960><c> appropriately</c><00:49:13.519><c> aspire</c><00:49:14.079><c> to</c><00:49:14.300><c> both</c><00:49:14.599><c> offices.</c>

00:49:15.199 --> 00:49:16.840
And<00:49:15.340><c> it</c><00:49:15.400><c> wasn't</c><00:49:15.679><c> David's</c><00:49:16.239><c> aspiration.</c>

00:49:17.340 --> 00:49:19.440
It<00:49:17.480><c> was</c><00:49:17.699><c> a</c><00:49:17.900><c> God</c><00:49:18.119><c>-given</c><00:49:18.400><c> duty</c><00:49:18.780><c> and</c><00:49:19.059><c> role</c>

00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:22.380
that<00:49:19.920><c> time</c><00:49:20.300><c> and</c><00:49:20.500><c> time</c><00:49:20.739><c> again,</c><00:49:21.320><c> God</c><00:49:21.559><c> let</c><00:49:21.739><c> it</c><00:49:21.900><c> be</c><00:49:22.099><c> known</c>

00:49:22.380 --> 00:49:27.019
that<00:49:22.579><c> in</c><00:49:22.820><c> David</c><00:49:23.139><c> was</c><00:49:23.380><c> a</c><00:49:23.539><c> man</c><00:49:23.739><c> worthy</c><00:49:24.059><c> to</c><00:49:24.280><c> be</c><00:49:24.659><c> both</c><00:49:25.000><c> king</c><00:49:25.400><c> and</c><00:49:26.099><c> priest.</c>

00:49:27.059 --> 00:49:30.760
And<00:49:27.159><c> in</c><00:49:27.679><c> any</c><00:49:27.940><c> number</c><00:49:28.219><c> of</c><00:49:28.500><c> situations,</c><00:49:29.679><c> this</c><00:49:29.900><c> was</c><00:49:30.159><c> revealed.</c>

00:49:31.099 --> 00:49:34.980
His<00:49:31.440><c> responsibility</c><00:49:32.360><c> in</c><00:49:33.340><c> reorganizing</c><00:49:34.099><c> the</c><00:49:34.340><c> temple</c><00:49:34.619><c> worship,</c>

00:49:35.239 --> 00:49:37.079
his<00:49:35.440><c> establishment</c><00:49:35.880><c> of</c><00:49:36.099><c> the</c><00:49:36.300><c> Ark</c><00:49:36.420><c> in</c><00:49:36.579><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:49:37.159 --> 00:49:40.659
apart<00:49:37.559><c> from</c><00:49:37.800><c> the</c><00:49:37.940><c> Mosaic</c><00:49:38.320><c> Tabernacle,</c><00:49:38.940><c> which</c><00:49:39.159><c> remained</c><00:49:39.500><c> in</c><00:49:39.719><c> Gibeon.</c>

00:49:40.719 --> 00:49:43.300
He<00:49:40.940><c> offered</c><00:49:41.239><c> sacrifice</c><00:49:41.940><c> in</c><00:49:42.159><c> war</c><00:49:42.300><c> in</c><00:49:42.480><c> Ephod</c><00:49:42.860><c> when</c><00:49:42.980><c> the</c><00:49:43.219><c> Ark</c>

00:49:43.300 --> 00:49:44.199
came<00:49:43.519><c> into</c><00:49:43.739><c> town.</c>

00:49:44.579 --> 00:49:46.519
He<00:49:44.840><c> offered</c><00:49:45.059><c> sacrifices</c><00:49:45.719><c> on</c><00:49:46.000><c> Moriah</c>

00:49:46.519 --> 00:49:49.960
when<00:49:46.679><c> the</c><00:49:46.860><c> angel</c><00:49:47.480><c> of</c><00:49:47.860><c> death</c><00:49:48.059><c> was</c><00:49:48.280><c> about</c><00:49:48.519><c> to</c><00:49:48.679><c> smite</c><00:49:48.900><c> the</c><00:49:49.099><c> city.</c>

00:49:49.980 --> 00:49:52.800
And<00:49:50.079><c> very</c><00:49:50.460><c> interestingly,</c><00:49:51.159><c> David,</c><00:49:51.539><c> when</c><00:49:51.679><c> he</c><00:49:51.900><c> came</c><00:49:52.119><c> to</c><00:49:52.300><c> the</c><00:49:52.519><c> camp</c>

00:49:52.800 --> 00:49:55.440
during<00:49:53.159><c> the</c><00:49:53.300><c> time</c><00:49:53.579><c> of</c><00:49:53.940><c> Goliath's</c><00:49:54.519><c> challenge,</c>

00:49:56.019 --> 00:49:58.800
encouraged<00:49:56.460><c> the</c><00:49:56.900><c> army</c><00:49:57.139><c> in</c><00:49:57.360><c> the</c><00:49:57.519><c> face</c><00:49:57.679><c> of</c><00:49:57.840><c> Goliath's</c><00:49:58.440><c> challenge.</c>

00:49:59.139 --> 00:50:01.739
If<00:49:59.340><c> we</c><00:49:59.500><c> had</c><00:49:59.679><c> time,</c><00:50:00.019><c> we'd</c><00:50:00.219><c> turn</c><00:50:00.360><c> to</c><00:50:00.480><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:50:01.000><c> 20</c>

00:50:01.739 --> 00:50:04.199
and<00:50:02.039><c> see</c><00:50:02.260><c> that</c><00:50:02.440><c> that</c><00:50:02.619><c> was</c><00:50:02.800><c> the</c><00:50:02.940><c> role</c><00:50:03.039><c> of</c><00:50:03.199><c> the</c><00:50:03.420><c> priest</c><00:50:03.619><c> in</c><00:50:03.800><c> the</c><00:50:03.940><c> nation</c>

00:50:04.199 --> 00:50:05.940
before<00:50:04.519><c> the</c><00:50:04.739><c> nation</c><00:50:04.980><c> went</c><00:50:05.119><c> out</c><00:50:05.340><c> to</c><00:50:05.559><c> battle.</c>

00:50:06.360 --> 00:50:08.880
He<00:50:06.500><c> was</c><00:50:06.699><c> to</c><00:50:06.880><c> encourage</c><00:50:07.360><c> the</c><00:50:07.619><c> men</c><00:50:08.000><c> and</c><00:50:08.219><c> the</c><00:50:08.460><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:50:09.440><c> fortify</c><00:50:09.980><c> them</c><00:50:10.139><c> for</c><00:50:10.320><c> the</c><00:50:10.539><c> battle</c><00:50:10.739><c> at</c><00:50:11.019><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:50:11.400><c> we</c><00:50:11.539><c> find</c><00:50:11.760><c> David</c><00:50:12.119><c> doing</c><00:50:12.380><c> the</c><00:50:12.639><c> very</c><00:50:12.980><c> same</c><00:50:13.340><c> thing,</c>

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a<00:50:14.340><c> role</c><00:50:14.559><c> that</c><00:50:14.719><c> was</c><00:50:14.880><c> to</c><00:50:14.960><c> be</c><00:50:15.119><c> the</c><00:50:15.380><c> priest,</c>

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but<00:50:16.280><c> which</c><00:50:16.539><c> David,</c><00:50:16.960><c> time</c><00:50:17.340><c> and</c><00:50:17.539><c> time</c><00:50:17.739><c> again,</c>

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found<00:50:18.519><c> himself</c><00:50:19.000><c> involved</c><00:50:19.500><c> in,</c>

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acting<00:50:20.599><c> as</c><00:50:20.800><c> not</c><00:50:20.960><c> only</c><00:50:21.239><c> king,</c><00:50:22.219><c> but</c><00:50:22.320><c> as</c><00:50:22.619><c> priest</c><00:50:22.880><c> as</c><00:50:23.179><c> well.</c>

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And<00:50:24.099><c> of</c><00:50:24.260><c> course,</c><00:50:24.539><c> those</c><00:50:24.780><c> two</c><00:50:25.159><c> roles</c><00:50:25.619><c> were</c><00:50:26.079><c> bound</c><00:50:26.400><c> up</c><00:50:26.719><c> together</c>

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in<00:50:27.659><c> the</c><00:50:27.880><c> shepherd</c><00:50:28.179><c> figure,</c><00:50:29.099><c> a</c><00:50:29.360><c> nurturer,</c><00:50:30.119><c> a</c><00:50:30.400><c> leader,</c>

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an<00:50:31.179><c> administrator,</c><00:50:31.840><c> a</c><00:50:32.039><c> teacher,</c>

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one<00:50:33.119><c> who</c><00:50:33.440><c> cared</c><00:50:33.739><c> for</c><00:50:34.019><c> all</c><00:50:34.300><c> those</c><00:50:34.480><c> that</c><00:50:34.619><c> were</c><00:50:34.860><c> about</c><00:50:35.059><c> him.</c>

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And<00:50:36.099><c> so</c><00:50:36.199><c> in</c><00:50:36.320><c> the</c><00:50:36.480><c> man</c><00:50:36.699><c> David,</c>

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we<00:50:37.320><c> find</c><00:50:37.559><c> a</c><00:50:37.780><c> mighty</c><00:50:38.099><c> contrast</c><00:50:38.639><c> with</c><00:50:38.840><c> the</c><00:50:39.059><c> man</c><00:50:39.340><c> Saul.</c>

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Saul,<00:50:41.000><c> the</c><00:50:41.239><c> man</c><00:50:41.599><c> who</c><00:50:42.519><c> had</c><00:50:42.800><c> great</c><00:50:43.079><c> potential</c><00:50:43.599><c> unrealized,</c>

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and<00:50:45.139><c> David,</c><00:50:45.699><c> the</c><00:50:45.920><c> man</c><00:50:46.159><c> after</c><00:50:46.440><c> God's</c><00:50:46.840><c> own</c><00:50:47.039><c> heart.</c>

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Thank<00:51:22.340><c> you.</c>