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has<00:10:45.559><c> a</c><00:10:45.720><c> very</c><00:10:46.019><c> important</c><00:10:46.399><c> play</c><00:10:46.639><c> on</c><00:10:46.879><c> Greek</c><00:10:47.100><c> words</c>

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dealing<00:10:58.399><c> with</c><00:10:58.620><c> love.</c>

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Now,<00:11:00.879><c> that</c><00:11:01.340><c> kind</c><00:11:01.799><c> of</c><00:11:02.120><c> play</c><00:11:02.399><c> on</c><00:11:02.940><c> the</c><00:11:03.080><c> word</c><00:11:03.279><c> love</c>

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is<00:11:03.779><c> found</c><00:11:04.019><c> here</c><00:11:04.240><c> in</c><00:11:04.340><c> verse</c><00:11:04.539><c> 22.</c>

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And<00:11:06.360><c> it</c><00:11:06.460><c> has</c><00:11:06.659><c> this</c><00:11:06.919><c> basic</c><00:11:07.360><c> lesson</c><00:11:07.700><c> for</c><00:11:07.980><c> us.</c>

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Peter<00:11:09.080><c> says</c><00:11:09.519><c> in</c><00:11:09.679><c> the</c><00:11:09.899><c> original,</c>

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Now,<00:11:19.179><c> the</c><00:11:19.259><c> word</c><00:11:19.500><c> love</c><00:11:19.740><c> here</c><00:11:20.080><c> is</c><00:11:20.279><c> spileo,</c>

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see<00:11:30.320><c> that</c><00:11:30.659><c> you</c><00:11:31.100><c> agape,</c>

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change<00:11:32.740><c> in</c><00:11:32.899><c> the</c><00:11:33.039><c> Greek</c><00:11:33.220><c> word</c><00:11:33.519><c> now,</c>

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see<00:11:35.000><c> that</c><00:11:35.240><c> you</c><00:11:35.639><c> agape</c><00:11:36.360><c> one</c><00:11:36.740><c> another</c>

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Now,<00:11:42.039><c> are</c><00:11:42.240><c> we</c><00:11:42.500><c> content</c><00:11:42.860><c> with</c><00:11:43.039><c> something</c><00:11:43.460><c> less,</c>

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brothers<00:11:44.259><c> and</c><00:11:44.519><c> sisters?</c>

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as<00:11:49.360><c> we</c><00:11:49.600><c> enter</c><00:11:49.759><c> the</c><00:11:50.019><c> community</c>

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or<00:11:51.019><c> as</c><00:11:51.200><c> we</c><00:11:51.460><c> become</c><00:11:51.700><c> baptized</c>

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and<00:11:52.580><c> become</c><00:11:52.779><c> a</c><00:11:52.840><c> little</c><00:11:53.000><c> more</c><00:11:53.259><c> aware</c><00:11:53.600><c> of</c><00:11:53.820><c> ourselves</c>

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in<00:11:54.600><c> relationship</c><00:11:55.120><c> to</c><00:11:55.299><c> the</c><00:11:55.399><c> body</c><00:11:55.639><c> of</c><00:11:55.840><c> Christ</c>

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with<00:11:56.639><c> a</c><00:11:56.879><c> brotherly</c><00:11:57.340><c> love,</c>

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is<00:12:00.019><c> a</c><00:12:00.299><c> friendly</c><00:12:00.620><c> affection.</c>

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isn't<00:12:04.019><c> much</c><00:12:04.279><c> more</c><00:12:04.580><c> than</c><00:12:04.700><c> the</c><00:12:04.919><c> kind</c><00:12:05.159><c> of</c><00:12:05.600><c> friendship</c>

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we<00:12:06.200><c> might</c><00:12:06.460><c> have</c><00:12:06.720><c> with</c><00:12:07.259><c> associates</c><00:12:07.700><c> in</c><00:12:07.879><c> the</c><00:12:08.019><c> world.</c>

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Respect,<00:12:10.600><c> care,</c><00:12:11.820><c> a</c><00:12:11.960><c> liking</c><00:12:12.159><c> for</c><00:12:12.440><c> someone</c><00:12:12.700><c> else,</c>

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a<00:12:14.139><c> sense</c><00:12:14.299><c> of</c><00:12:14.620><c> loyalty</c><00:12:14.879><c> to</c><00:12:15.159><c> them</c><00:12:15.399><c> as</c><00:12:15.860><c> any</c><00:12:16.259><c> friends</c><00:12:16.539><c> have.</c>

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just<00:12:26.600><c> a</c><00:12:26.919><c> brotherly</c><00:12:27.379><c> love,</c>

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just<00:12:28.519><c> a</c><00:12:28.820><c> normal</c><00:12:29.179><c> type</c><00:12:29.519><c> of</c><00:12:29.860><c> friendship.</c>

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see<00:12:41.879><c> that</c><00:12:42.059><c> you</c><00:12:42.340><c> develop</c><00:12:42.860><c> agape</c><00:12:43.539><c> one</c><00:12:44.159><c> for</c><00:12:44.480><c> another</c>

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Now<00:12:47.759><c> think</c><00:12:48.059><c> of</c><00:12:48.179><c> the</c><00:12:48.320><c> bond</c><00:12:48.559><c> between</c><00:12:48.919><c> David</c><00:12:49.179><c> and</c><00:12:49.440><c> Jonathan.</c>

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that<00:12:52.580><c> their</c><00:12:52.879><c> hearts</c><00:12:53.340><c> were</c><00:12:53.860><c> knit</c><00:12:54.259><c> together.</c>

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his<00:12:58.960><c> own</c><00:12:59.220><c> position</c><00:12:59.639><c> in</c><00:12:59.779><c> the</c><00:13:00.000><c> kingdom</c>

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his<00:13:06.080><c> position</c><00:13:06.620><c> before</c><00:13:07.080><c> his</c><00:13:07.340><c> father.</c>

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he<00:13:13.320><c> spoke</c><00:13:13.559><c> to</c><00:13:13.740><c> his</c><00:13:13.960><c> father,</c>

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threw<00:13:16.919><c> his</c><00:13:17.259><c> anger</c><00:13:17.700><c> on</c><00:13:18.120><c> Jonathan.</c>

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and<00:13:37.759><c> he</c><00:13:38.080><c> received</c><00:13:38.340><c> the</c><00:13:38.600><c> brunt,</c><00:13:38.779><c> as</c><00:13:38.899><c> we've</c><00:13:39.200><c> said,</c>

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but<00:13:44.659><c> Jonathan</c><00:13:45.240><c> remained</c><00:13:45.919><c> loyal.</c>

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and<00:13:50.840><c> assisted</c><00:13:51.179><c> him</c><00:13:51.440><c> and</c><00:13:51.679><c> encouraged</c><00:13:52.139><c> him</c>

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and<00:13:52.620><c> strengthened</c><00:13:52.899><c> his</c><00:13:53.139><c> hand</c><00:13:53.360><c> in</c><00:13:53.519><c> the</c><00:13:53.679><c> Lord.</c>

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and<00:13:57.179><c> David's</c><00:13:57.600><c> affection</c><00:13:57.980><c> for</c><00:13:58.240><c> Jonathan</c>

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a<00:14:03.440><c> general</c><00:14:04.059><c> neighborly</c><00:14:04.799><c> kind</c><00:14:05.080><c> of</c><00:14:05.320><c> camaraderie.</c>

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to<00:14:10.659><c> die</c><00:14:11.080><c> for</c><00:14:11.480><c> David</c>

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and<00:14:12.679><c> sacrifice</c><00:14:13.399><c> himself</c><00:14:14.019><c> in</c><00:14:14.200><c> many</c><00:14:14.440><c> ways</c><00:14:14.740><c> for</c><00:14:15.019><c> David,</c>

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he<00:14:15.820><c> had</c><00:14:16.159><c> attained</c><00:14:16.720><c> that</c><00:14:17.419><c> level</c><00:14:17.759><c> of</c><00:14:18.139><c> love</c>

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that<00:14:18.539><c> Peter</c><00:14:18.759><c> is</c><00:14:18.980><c> speaking</c><00:14:19.259><c> here</c><00:14:19.679><c> of</c>

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in<00:14:20.240><c> the</c><00:14:20.460><c> second</c><00:14:20.639><c> use</c><00:14:20.840><c> of</c><00:14:21.000><c> the</c><00:14:21.139><c> word.</c>

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It<00:14:22.460><c> was</c><00:14:22.759><c> an</c><00:14:23.080><c> agape,</c><00:14:23.940><c> one</c><00:14:24.179><c> for</c><00:14:24.480><c> another.</c>

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In<00:14:26.159><c> fact,</c><00:14:26.320><c> as</c><00:14:26.519><c> you</c><00:14:26.659><c> go</c><00:14:26.860><c> through</c><00:14:27.059><c> Peter's</c><00:14:27.500><c> epistles,</c>

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he<00:14:28.559><c> stresses</c><00:14:28.919><c> this</c><00:14:29.240><c> quite</c><00:14:29.440><c> a</c><00:14:29.639><c> lot.</c>

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Look<00:14:29.940><c> at</c><00:14:30.039><c> chapter</c><00:14:30.379><c> 2</c><00:14:30.779><c> of</c><00:14:31.179><c> 1</c><00:14:31.399><c> Peter,</c><00:14:33.940><c> verse</c><00:14:34.220><c> 17.</c>

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For<00:14:37.580><c> now</c><00:14:37.960><c> on,</c><00:14:38.519><c> he</c><00:14:38.519><c> employs,</c><00:14:39.159><c> you</c><00:14:39.480><c> know,</c>

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this<00:14:40.000><c> more</c><00:14:40.440><c> important</c><00:14:40.799><c> and</c><00:14:41.039><c> profound</c><00:14:41.440><c> word</c><00:14:41.799><c> for</c><00:14:42.019><c> love.</c>

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Verse<00:14:43.179><c> 17,</c><00:14:43.960><c> honor</c><00:14:44.259><c> all</c><00:14:44.679><c> men,</c>

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love<00:14:46.519><c> the</c><00:14:46.980><c> brotherhood,</c>

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fear<00:14:48.480><c> God,</c><00:14:49.179><c> honor</c><00:14:49.440><c> the</c><00:14:49.720><c> king.</c>

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He<00:14:50.820><c> puts</c><00:14:50.980><c> that</c><00:14:51.279><c> forward,</c><00:14:51.740><c> brothers</c><00:14:51.820><c> and</c><00:14:52.059><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:14:52.659><c> a</c><00:14:52.899><c> command.</c>

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Look<00:14:53.740><c> at</c><00:14:53.899><c> 1</c><00:14:54.080><c> Peter</c><00:14:54.399><c> chapter</c><00:14:54.840><c> 3,</c><00:14:55.320><c> verse</c><00:14:55.580><c> 8.</c>

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Finally,<00:15:01.500><c> be</c><00:15:01.740><c> all</c><00:15:02.159><c> of</c><00:15:02.360><c> one</c><00:15:02.539><c> mind,</c>

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having<00:15:03.620><c> compassion,</c><00:15:04.820><c> one</c><00:15:05.120><c> of</c><00:15:05.419><c> another.</c>

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Agape<00:15:07.700><c> as</c><00:15:08.100><c> brethren,</c><00:15:09.419><c> be</c><00:15:09.759><c> pitiful,</c><00:15:10.940><c> be</c><00:15:11.200><c> courteous.</c>

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In<00:15:13.299><c> the</c><00:15:13.519><c> epistle</c><00:15:13.860><c> of</c><00:15:14.080><c> Peter,</c>

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there<00:15:15.759><c> is</c><00:15:16.100><c> a</c><00:15:16.360><c> constant</c><00:15:16.840><c> exhortation</c><00:15:17.720><c> for</c><00:15:18.059><c> brethren</c>

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to<00:15:19.039><c> develop</c><00:15:19.500><c> a</c><00:15:19.940><c> deeper</c><00:15:20.379><c> love</c><00:15:21.059><c> and</c><00:15:21.419><c> affection</c>

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than<00:15:22.580><c> what</c><00:15:22.759><c> is</c><00:15:22.940><c> just</c><00:15:23.220><c> a</c><00:15:23.440><c> neighborly</c><00:15:23.919><c> kindness.</c>

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And<00:15:25.500><c> you</c><00:15:25.720><c> remember</c><00:15:25.980><c> that</c><00:15:26.179><c> Peter</c><00:15:26.480><c> is</c><00:15:26.879><c> writing</c>

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to<00:15:27.399><c> brothers</c><00:15:27.600><c> and</c><00:15:27.899><c> sisters</c><00:15:28.220><c> in</c><00:15:28.620><c> circumstances</c>

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that<00:15:29.720><c> parallel</c><00:15:30.039><c> David's.</c>

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The<00:15:32.039><c> brothers</c><00:15:32.299><c> and</c><00:15:32.539><c> sisters</c><00:15:32.799><c> in</c><00:15:32.960><c> Asia</c><00:15:33.299><c> Minor</c>

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are<00:15:34.200><c> described</c><00:15:34.759><c> at</c><00:15:34.960><c> the</c><00:15:35.059><c> beginning</c><00:15:35.279><c> of</c><00:15:35.460><c> the</c><00:15:35.580><c> epistle</c>

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as<00:15:37.299><c> strangers,</c><00:15:38.000><c> 1</c><00:15:38.379><c> Peter</c><00:15:38.679><c> 1,</c><00:15:39.039><c> verse</c><00:15:39.240><c> 1.</c>

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Strangers<00:15:41.220><c> scattered</c><00:15:41.820><c> through</c><00:15:42.200><c> Pontia,</c>

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Galatia,<00:15:43.500><c> Cappadocia,</c><00:15:44.299><c> Asia,</c><00:15:44.759><c> and</c><00:15:44.960><c> Bithynia.</c>

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They<00:15:46.679><c> were</c><00:15:46.879><c> brothers</c><00:15:47.159><c> and</c><00:15:47.399><c> sisters</c><00:15:47.659><c> under</c><00:15:48.019><c> trial,</c>

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persecuted<00:15:49.720><c> by</c><00:15:50.000><c> the</c><00:15:50.179><c> rulers</c><00:15:50.460><c>-that</c><00:15:50.759><c>-be.</c>

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David<00:15:52.200><c> was</c><00:15:52.440><c> persecuted</c><00:15:52.940><c> by</c><00:15:53.200><c> the</c><00:15:53.379><c> rulers</c><00:15:53.720><c>-that</c><00:15:54.059><c>-be.</c>

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David<00:15:55.259><c> was</c><00:15:55.519><c> a</c><00:15:55.799><c> stranger,</c><00:15:56.259><c> and</c><00:15:56.360><c> he</c><00:15:56.639><c> too</c>

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scattered<00:15:57.360><c> himself</c><00:15:57.799><c> all</c><00:15:58.080><c> over</c><00:15:58.240><c> the</c><00:15:58.440><c> countryside.</c>

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He<00:15:59.379><c> was</c><00:15:59.580><c> under</c><00:15:59.899><c> trial.</c>

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But<00:16:01.299><c> in</c><00:16:01.580><c> the</c><00:16:01.679><c> midst</c><00:16:01.879><c> of</c><00:16:02.179><c> trial,</c>

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the<00:16:03.879><c> development</c><00:16:04.440><c> of</c><00:16:04.840><c> a</c><00:16:05.340><c> close</c><00:16:05.899><c> brotherly</c><00:16:06.620><c> affection</c>

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helped<00:16:08.399><c> David</c><00:16:08.820><c> and</c><00:16:09.399><c> paid</c><00:16:09.679><c> off</c>

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in<00:16:10.299><c> hours</c><00:16:10.620><c> of</c><00:16:10.980><c> trial</c><00:16:11.200><c> and</c><00:16:11.480><c> difficulty.</c>

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No<00:16:12.940><c> wonder</c><00:16:13.220><c> then,</c><00:16:13.539><c> the</c><00:16:13.740><c> apostle</c><00:16:14.100><c> Peter,</c>

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in<00:16:14.799><c> writing</c><00:16:15.080><c> to</c><00:16:15.299><c> brothers</c><00:16:15.519><c> and</c><00:16:15.799><c> sisters</c>

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under<00:16:16.700><c> trial,</c><00:16:17.740><c> who</c><00:16:17.899><c> are</c><00:16:18.039><c> going</c><00:16:18.179><c> to</c><00:16:18.399><c> be</c>

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brought<00:16:18.860><c> before</c><00:16:19.200><c> the</c><00:16:19.500><c> authorities</c>

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and<00:16:20.100><c> have</c><00:16:20.320><c> their</c><00:16:20.580><c> faith</c><00:16:20.940><c> called</c><00:16:21.220><c> in</c><00:16:21.480><c> question.</c>

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Under<00:16:22.879><c> such</c><00:16:23.179><c> difficulty</c><00:16:23.779><c> and</c><00:16:24.120><c> stress,</c>

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Peter<00:16:25.059><c> sees</c><00:16:25.399><c> it</c><00:16:25.799><c> wise</c><00:16:26.299><c> to</c><00:16:26.759><c> admonish</c><00:16:27.460><c> the</c><00:16:27.759><c> brethren</c>

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not<00:16:29.080><c> to</c><00:16:29.360><c> be</c><00:16:29.620><c> content</c><00:16:30.240><c> just</c><00:16:30.980><c> with</c><00:16:31.200><c> a</c><00:16:31.500><c> shallow</c>

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affection<00:16:32.340><c> for</c><00:16:32.580><c> one</c><00:16:32.799><c> another,</c>

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but<00:16:33.860><c> to</c><00:16:34.120><c> develop</c><00:16:34.440><c> a</c><00:16:34.940><c> self</c><00:16:35.500><c>-sacrificing</c><00:16:36.759><c> love</c>

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or<00:16:37.679><c> agape</c><00:16:38.080><c> for</c><00:16:38.340><c> one</c><00:16:38.600><c> another.</c>

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And<00:16:40.100><c> perhaps</c><00:16:40.419><c> one</c><00:16:40.639><c> of</c><00:16:40.759><c> the</c><00:16:40.840><c> most</c><00:16:41.220><c> marvelous</c>

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demonstrations,<00:16:42.440><c> as</c><00:16:42.600><c> we've</c><00:16:42.940><c> said,</c>

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of<00:16:43.759><c> that</c><00:16:44.200><c> kind</c><00:16:44.759><c> of</c><00:16:45.200><c> self</c><00:16:45.600><c>-sacrificing</c><00:16:46.460><c> love</c>

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is<00:16:47.480><c> in</c><00:16:47.679><c> the</c><00:16:47.799><c> person</c><00:16:48.240><c> of</c><00:16:48.779><c> Jonathan,</c>

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as<00:16:49.899><c> he</c><00:16:50.299><c> assists</c><00:16:50.679><c> his</c><00:16:51.000><c> good</c><00:16:51.379><c> friend</c><00:16:51.940><c> and</c><00:16:52.500><c> brother,</c><00:16:53.100><c> David.</c>

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We'd<00:16:54.919><c> like</c><00:16:55.019><c> just</c><00:16:55.179><c> to</c><00:16:55.379><c> look</c><00:16:55.600><c> at</c><00:16:55.879><c> some</c><00:16:56.179><c> other</c>

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of<00:16:56.659><c> David's</c><00:16:57.480><c> friends</c><00:16:57.759><c> that</c><00:16:58.019><c> God</c><00:16:58.360><c> provided</c>

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for<00:16:59.080><c> him</c><00:16:59.259><c> in</c><00:16:59.460><c> hours</c><00:16:59.659><c> of</c><00:17:00.000><c> trial.</c>

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Jonathan,<00:17:02.159><c> of</c><00:17:02.659><c> course,</c><00:17:03.080><c> formed</c><00:17:03.259><c> his</c><00:17:03.559><c> friendship</c>

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with<00:17:04.180><c> David</c><00:17:04.400><c> as</c><00:17:04.660><c> of</c><00:17:04.819><c> the</c><00:17:05.000><c> incident</c><00:17:05.240><c> with</c><00:17:05.500><c> Goliath.</c>

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Let's<00:17:06.680><c> go</c><00:17:06.819><c> back</c><00:17:07.019><c> to</c><00:17:07.259><c> Samuel</c>

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and<00:17:07.720><c> take</c><00:17:08.019><c> a</c><00:17:08.079><c> look</c><00:17:08.180><c> at</c><00:17:08.380><c> chapter</c><00:17:08.640><c> 19.</c>

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We<00:17:11.200><c> just</c><00:17:11.460><c> glossed</c><00:17:11.880><c> over</c><00:17:12.019><c> this</c><00:17:12.299><c> section.</c>

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Last<00:17:17.140><c> day.</c>

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Chapter<00:17:25.940><c> 19</c><00:17:26.500><c> and</c><00:17:26.720><c> verse</c><00:17:27.039><c> 18.</c>

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When<00:17:28.680><c> David</c><00:17:29.119><c> fled</c><00:17:29.880><c> from</c><00:17:31.700><c> the</c><00:17:31.980><c> incident</c>

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of<00:17:32.779><c> his</c><00:17:32.960><c> own</c><00:17:33.240><c> home</c><00:17:33.640><c> when</c><00:17:33.940><c> Michael</c><00:17:34.279><c> assisted</c><00:17:34.700><c> him,</c>

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we<00:17:35.960><c> recall</c><00:17:36.339><c> that</c><00:17:36.539><c> yesterday</c><00:17:36.880><c> we</c><00:17:37.059><c> read</c><00:17:37.240><c> in</c><00:17:37.400><c> verse</c><00:17:37.619><c> 18</c>

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that<00:17:38.220><c> he</c><00:17:38.440><c> fled</c><00:17:38.640><c> and</c><00:17:38.920><c> escaped</c><00:17:39.200><c> and</c><00:17:39.400><c> came</c><00:17:39.579><c> to</c><00:17:39.900><c> Samuel</c><00:17:40.200><c> and</c><00:17:40.400><c> Ramah.</c>

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Samuel<00:17:42.539><c> was</c><00:17:42.720><c> a</c><00:17:42.859><c> very</c><00:17:43.099><c> old</c><00:17:43.319><c> man</c><00:17:43.599><c> at</c><00:17:43.759><c> this</c><00:17:44.000><c> time,</c>

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but<00:17:45.960><c> Samuel</c><00:17:46.339><c> was</c><00:17:46.680><c> a</c><00:17:46.819><c> source</c><00:17:47.140><c> of</c><00:17:47.440><c> strength.</c>

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He<00:17:48.240><c> was</c><00:17:48.559><c> an</c><00:17:48.819><c> old</c><00:17:49.279><c> friend</c><00:17:49.920><c> to</c><00:17:50.359><c> David.</c>

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Now<00:17:52.240><c> David,</c><00:17:52.900><c> of</c><00:17:53.240><c> course,</c><00:17:53.920><c> lost</c><00:17:54.359><c> Samuel</c>

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by<00:17:55.440><c> the</c><00:17:55.579><c> time</c><00:17:55.819><c> we</c><00:17:55.940><c> get</c><00:17:56.299><c> to</c><00:17:56.539><c> 1</c><00:17:56.740><c> Samuel</c><00:17:57.180><c> 25</c><00:17:58.319><c> and</c><00:17:58.700><c> verse</c><00:17:58.960><c> 1.</c>

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There,<00:18:00.339><c> in</c><00:18:00.480><c> chapter</c><00:18:00.759><c> 25</c><00:18:01.380><c> and</c><00:18:01.539><c> verse</c><00:18:01.799><c> 1,</c>

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Samuel's<00:18:03.180><c> death</c><00:18:03.359><c> is</c><00:18:03.599><c> announced</c><00:18:04.059><c> to</c><00:18:04.359><c> us</c><00:18:04.480><c> in</c><00:18:04.660><c> Scripture.</c>

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There<00:18:06.039><c> really</c><00:18:06.339><c> aren't</c><00:18:06.700><c> too</c><00:18:07.039><c> many</c><00:18:07.339><c> incidents</c>

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that<00:18:08.180><c> transpire</c><00:18:08.799><c> between</c><00:18:09.599><c> chapter</c><00:18:10.240><c> 19</c><00:18:10.940><c> and</c><00:18:11.140><c> chapter</c><00:18:11.500><c> 25.</c>

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Perhaps<00:18:13.220><c> only</c><00:18:13.559><c> a</c><00:18:13.740><c> year</c><00:18:13.920><c> or</c><00:18:14.079><c> two</c><00:18:14.200><c> at</c><00:18:14.339><c> the</c><00:18:14.480><c> most.</c>

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Samuel,<00:18:16.880><c> though,</c><00:18:17.440><c> was</c><00:18:17.640><c> a</c><00:18:17.859><c> loyal</c><00:18:18.200><c> friend,</c>

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a<00:18:19.579><c> godly</c><00:18:20.000><c> man.</c>

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He<00:18:20.880><c> was</c><00:18:21.119><c> an</c><00:18:21.319><c> elder</c><00:18:21.539><c> in</c><00:18:21.720><c> the</c><00:18:21.920><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:18:23.240><c> although</c><00:18:23.500><c> Samuel</c><00:18:23.980><c> was</c><00:18:24.279><c> old</c>

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and<00:18:24.740><c> perhaps</c><00:18:25.200><c> somewhat</c><00:18:25.519><c> decrepit,</c>

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and<00:18:26.880><c> although</c><00:18:27.099><c> he</c><00:18:27.279><c> was</c><00:18:27.619><c> situated</c><00:18:28.079><c> permanently</c>

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at<00:18:28.880><c> this</c><00:18:29.099><c> point</c><00:18:29.319><c> in</c><00:18:29.460><c> his</c><00:18:29.660><c> life</c><00:18:29.839><c> and</c><00:18:30.099><c> Ramah</c>

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and<00:18:30.819><c> couldn't</c><00:18:31.160><c> follow</c><00:18:31.599><c> David</c><00:18:31.920><c> over</c><00:18:32.440><c> the</c><00:18:32.619><c> hills</c><00:18:32.819><c> and</c><00:18:33.059><c> valleys,</c>

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couldn't<00:18:34.299><c> join</c><00:18:34.759><c> David</c><00:18:35.119><c> during</c><00:18:35.359><c> the</c><00:18:35.579><c> time</c><00:18:35.740><c> of</c><00:18:35.859><c> the</c><00:18:35.940><c> rebellion,</c>

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Samuel<00:18:37.680><c> still</c><00:18:38.000><c> was</c><00:18:38.240><c> a</c><00:18:38.319><c> source</c><00:18:38.559><c> of</c><00:18:38.819><c> strength.</c>

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You<00:18:40.299><c> see,</c><00:18:40.500><c> the</c><00:18:40.700><c> exhortation,</c>

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no<00:18:41.480><c> matter</c><00:18:41.640><c> how</c><00:18:42.000><c> old</c><00:18:42.279><c> we</c><00:18:42.559><c> are,</c>

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speaking<00:18:43.519><c> especially</c><00:18:44.019><c> to</c><00:18:44.220><c> the</c><00:18:44.380><c> elders</c><00:18:44.720><c> in</c><00:18:46.000><c> our</c><00:18:46.220><c> audience,</c>

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and<00:18:46.680><c> I</c><00:18:46.779><c> don't</c><00:18:46.980><c> just</c><00:18:47.160><c> mean</c><00:18:47.279><c> those</c><00:18:47.519><c> on</c><00:18:47.640><c> the</c><00:18:47.779><c> arranging</c><00:18:48.079><c> boards,</c>

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the<00:18:49.420><c> elders,</c><00:18:50.500><c> even</c><00:18:50.799><c> though</c><00:18:51.000><c> you</c><00:18:51.200><c> are</c><00:18:51.400><c> not</c><00:18:51.579><c> perhaps</c><00:18:52.019><c> as</c><00:18:52.259><c> mobile</c>

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as<00:18:53.039><c> you'd</c><00:18:53.319><c> like</c><00:18:53.480><c> to</c><00:18:53.660><c> be</c><00:18:53.960><c> in</c><00:18:54.200><c> your</c><00:18:54.619><c> latter</c><00:18:54.859><c> years,</c>

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your<00:18:56.799><c> position</c><00:18:57.259><c> here</c><00:18:57.579><c> at</c><00:18:57.660><c> Bible</c><00:18:58.000><c> school,</c>

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your<00:18:58.920><c> presence</c><00:18:59.400><c> at</c><00:18:59.720><c> the</c><00:18:59.960><c> school,</c>

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your<00:19:01.619><c> availability</c><00:19:02.220><c> for</c><00:19:02.799><c> discussion</c>

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and<00:19:04.079><c> for</c><00:19:04.380><c> words</c><00:19:04.720><c> of</c><00:19:05.079><c> conversation</c><00:19:05.680><c> and</c><00:19:05.980><c> assurance,</c>

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performs<00:19:07.660><c> a</c><00:19:07.920><c> role</c><00:19:08.059><c> like</c><00:19:08.319><c> that</c><00:19:08.480><c> of</c><00:19:08.700><c> Samuel.</c>

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Your<00:19:09.819><c> presence</c><00:19:10.299><c> at</c><00:19:10.480><c> the</c><00:19:10.619><c> Bible</c><00:19:10.920><c> class,</c>

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even<00:19:11.619><c> though</c><00:19:11.799><c> you</c><00:19:11.859><c> may</c><00:19:12.079><c> not</c><00:19:12.240><c> any</c><00:19:12.500><c> longer</c><00:19:12.799><c> be</c><00:19:13.000><c> able</c>

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to<00:19:13.400><c> stand</c><00:19:13.619><c> up</c><00:19:13.859><c> in</c><00:19:13.980><c> front</c><00:19:14.079><c> of</c><00:19:14.180><c> the</c><00:19:14.299><c> Bible</c><00:19:14.559><c> class</c><00:19:14.859><c> and</c><00:19:15.019><c> do</c><00:19:15.200><c> a</c><00:19:15.400><c> talk,</c>

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your<00:19:16.720><c> presence,</c><00:19:17.859><c> brothers</c><00:19:17.980><c> and</c><00:19:18.259><c> sisters,</c>

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no<00:19:18.920><c> matter</c><00:19:19.200><c> how</c><00:19:19.619><c> old</c><00:19:19.900><c> you</c><00:19:20.240><c> are,</c>

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puts<00:19:21.619><c> you</c><00:19:21.880><c> in</c><00:19:21.960><c> a</c><00:19:22.140><c> position</c><00:19:22.559><c> through</c><00:19:22.799><c> the</c><00:19:22.980><c> wisdom</c><00:19:23.220><c> of</c><00:19:23.440><c> your</c><00:19:23.700><c> years</c>

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and<00:19:24.160><c> ecclesial</c><00:19:24.640><c> experience,</c>

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through<00:19:26.299><c> your</c><00:19:26.579><c> own</c><00:19:26.799><c> successes</c><00:19:27.259><c> and</c><00:19:27.579><c> failures,</c>

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to<00:19:28.519><c> be</c><00:19:28.660><c> in</c><00:19:28.799><c> a</c><00:19:29.000><c> position</c><00:19:29.259><c> like</c><00:19:29.559><c> Samuel.</c>

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Immobile<00:19:31.220><c> as</c><00:19:31.640><c> he</c><00:19:31.920><c> was</c><00:19:32.319><c> at</c><00:19:32.660><c> this</c><00:19:32.980><c> time</c><00:19:33.259><c> in</c><00:19:33.420><c> his</c><00:19:33.640><c> life,</c>

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David<00:19:34.880><c> gravitated</c><00:19:35.660><c> to</c><00:19:35.880><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:36.980><c> in</c><00:19:37.119><c> the</c><00:19:37.420><c> sweet</c><00:19:37.640><c> fellowship</c><00:19:38.079><c> they</c><00:19:38.259><c> had</c><00:19:38.500><c> together,</c>

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Samuel<00:19:40.059><c> helped</c><00:19:40.640><c> to</c><00:19:41.180><c> strengthen</c><00:19:41.759><c> David</c><00:19:42.339><c> in</c><00:19:42.640><c> the</c><00:19:42.880><c> hour</c><00:19:43.180><c> of</c><00:19:43.480><c> need.</c>

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Now<00:19:44.960><c> we</c><00:19:45.059><c> might</c><00:19:45.359><c> think</c><00:19:45.799><c> that</c><00:19:46.200><c> between</c><00:19:46.519><c> chapter</c><00:19:46.880><c> 19</c><00:19:47.319><c> and</c><00:19:47.440><c> 25,</c>

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David<00:19:48.839><c> has</c><00:19:49.180><c> really</c><00:19:49.539><c> no</c><00:19:49.839><c> longer</c><00:19:50.180><c> any</c><00:19:50.619><c> concourse</c><00:19:51.359><c> with</c><00:19:52.119><c> Samuel.</c>

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But<00:19:53.259><c> you</c><00:19:53.440><c> know,</c><00:19:53.700><c> that's</c><00:19:54.079><c> not</c><00:19:54.440><c> true.</c>

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Hold<00:19:55.779><c> your</c><00:19:56.019><c> hand</c><00:19:56.259><c> here</c><00:19:56.619><c> and</c><00:19:56.799><c> go</c><00:19:56.980><c> over</c><00:19:57.140><c> to</c><00:19:57.299><c> 1</c><00:19:57.460><c> Chronicles.</c>

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There's<00:19:58.799><c> a</c><00:19:58.880><c> most</c><00:19:59.180><c> intriguing</c><00:19:59.940><c> statement,</c>

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and<00:20:01.119><c> it's</c><00:20:01.339><c> really</c><00:20:01.920><c> rather</c><00:20:02.380><c> unexpected.</c>

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When<00:20:04.339><c> we</c><00:20:04.559><c> consider</c><00:20:05.059><c> the</c><00:20:05.519><c> silence</c><00:20:05.900><c> of</c><00:20:06.099><c> these</c><00:20:06.299><c> pages</c><00:20:06.660><c> in</c><00:20:06.980><c> Samuel,</c>

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for<00:20:08.660><c> in</c><00:20:08.920><c> 1</c><00:20:09.079><c> Chronicles</c><00:20:09.740><c> chapter</c><00:20:10.279><c> 9,</c>

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we<00:20:12.660><c> learn</c><00:20:13.000><c> something</c><00:20:13.420><c> rather</c><00:20:14.000><c> precious</c>

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about<00:20:15.259><c> the</c><00:20:15.579><c> friendship</c><00:20:16.039><c> between</c><00:20:16.559><c> Samuel</c><00:20:17.299><c> and</c><00:20:17.900><c> David</c>

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during<00:20:19.200><c> this</c><00:20:19.460><c> last</c><00:20:19.880><c> phase</c><00:20:20.160><c> of</c><00:20:20.460><c> Samuel's</c><00:20:20.940><c> life.</c>

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1<00:20:24.140><c> Chronicles</c><00:20:24.759><c> chapter</c><00:20:25.140><c> 9</c><00:20:25.539><c> is</c><00:20:26.039><c> talking</c><00:20:26.400><c> about</c>

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preparations<00:20:28.079><c> for</c><00:20:28.339><c> the</c><00:20:28.519><c> temple</c><00:20:29.039><c> and</c><00:20:30.059><c> temple</c><00:20:30.380><c> worship</c>

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conducted<00:20:31.460><c> by</c><00:20:31.740><c> David,</c><00:20:32.900><c> set</c><00:20:33.019><c> in</c><00:20:33.220><c> order</c><00:20:33.420><c> by</c><00:20:33.660><c> David.</c>

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And<00:20:35.420><c> in</c><00:20:35.660><c> the</c><00:20:35.839><c> course</c><00:20:36.119><c> of</c><00:20:36.420><c> giving</c><00:20:36.640><c> us</c><00:20:37.119><c> the</c><00:20:37.339><c> various</c><00:20:37.700><c> tasks,</c>

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notice<00:20:39.480><c> what's</c><00:20:39.880><c> said</c><00:20:39.980><c> here</c><00:20:40.200><c> in</c><00:20:40.480><c> chapter</c><00:20:40.799><c> 9,</c><00:20:41.940><c> verse</c><00:20:42.200><c> 21.</c>

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And<00:20:44.859><c> Zachariah,</c><00:20:45.559><c> the</c><00:20:45.720><c> son</c><00:20:46.039><c> of</c><00:20:46.519><c> Meshelamiah,</c>

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was<00:20:47.920><c> porter</c><00:20:48.279><c> of</c><00:20:48.480><c> the</c><00:20:48.660><c> door</c><00:20:48.779><c> of</c><00:20:48.960><c> the</c><00:20:49.160><c> tabernacle</c><00:20:49.579><c> of</c><00:20:49.759><c> the</c><00:20:49.960><c> congregation.</c>

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All<00:20:51.900><c> these</c><00:20:52.200><c> which</c><00:20:52.359><c> were</c><00:20:52.640><c> chosen</c><00:20:52.960><c> to</c><00:20:53.180><c> be</c><00:20:53.460><c> porters</c><00:20:53.859><c> in</c><00:20:54.079><c> the</c><00:20:54.259><c> gates</c><00:20:54.500><c> were</c><00:20:54.779><c> 212.</c>

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Whom<00:21:03.319><c> David</c><00:21:04.059><c> and</c><00:21:05.579><c> Samuel</c><00:21:06.500><c> the</c><00:21:06.980><c> seer</c>

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did<00:21:08.180><c> ordain</c><00:21:08.960><c> in</c><00:21:09.259><c> their</c><00:21:09.740><c> sect</c><00:21:10.220><c> office?</c>

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When<00:21:13.500><c> did</c><00:21:13.839><c> David</c><00:21:14.400><c> talk</c><00:21:14.900><c> to</c><00:21:15.279><c> Samuel</c>

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about<00:21:16.599><c> how</c><00:21:17.180><c> temple</c><00:21:17.559><c> arrangements</c><00:21:18.259><c> should</c><00:21:18.619><c> be</c><00:21:18.900><c> prepared?</c>

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When<00:21:21.140><c> did</c><00:21:21.440><c> David</c><00:21:21.799><c> and</c><00:21:22.200><c> Samuel</c><00:21:22.519><c> discuss</c><00:21:23.220><c> that</c><00:21:23.680><c> topic?</c>

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It<00:21:25.380><c> had</c><00:21:25.599><c> to</c><00:21:25.759><c> be</c><00:21:25.920><c> before</c><00:21:26.380><c> 1</c><00:21:26.619><c> Samuel</c><00:21:27.000><c> 25.</c>

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It<00:21:29.220><c> had</c><00:21:29.460><c> to</c><00:21:29.640><c> be,</c><00:21:29.839><c> moreover,</c><00:21:31.000><c> at</c><00:21:31.200><c> a</c><00:21:31.380><c> time</c><00:21:31.619><c> when</c><00:21:31.839><c> David</c><00:21:32.119><c> had</c><00:21:32.400><c> already</c>

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some<00:21:33.079><c> understanding</c><00:21:33.859><c> that</c><00:21:35.460><c> there</c><00:21:35.819><c> needed</c><00:21:36.019><c> to</c><00:21:36.200><c> be</c><00:21:36.480><c> preparations</c><00:21:36.980><c> made</c>

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for<00:21:37.519><c> a</c><00:21:37.660><c> future</c><00:21:37.920><c> temple</c><00:21:38.339><c> and</c><00:21:38.640><c> a</c><00:21:38.839><c> kingdom</c><00:21:39.079><c> arrangement.</c>

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That<00:21:40.839><c> wasn't</c><00:21:41.140><c> early</c><00:21:41.500><c> on</c><00:21:41.740><c> in</c><00:21:41.940><c> David's</c><00:21:42.400><c> experience</c><00:21:42.720><c> with</c><00:21:42.920><c> Samuel.</c>

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It<00:21:44.500><c> must</c><00:21:44.799><c> be</c><00:21:45.079><c> before</c><00:21:45.519><c> 1</c><00:21:45.799><c> Samuel</c><00:21:46.299><c> 25,</c><00:21:47.500><c> but</c><00:21:47.759><c> not</c><00:21:48.059><c> long</c><00:21:48.339><c> before.</c>

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It<00:21:49.900><c> must</c><00:21:50.180><c> have</c><00:21:50.339><c> come</c><00:21:50.480><c> at</c><00:21:50.599><c> a</c><00:21:50.779><c> time</c><00:21:51.019><c> when</c><00:21:51.259><c> David's</c><00:21:52.019><c> understanding</c>

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by<00:21:53.079><c> revelation</c><00:21:53.779><c> was</c><00:21:54.740><c> becoming</c><00:21:55.140><c> much,</c><00:21:55.819><c> much</c><00:21:55.819><c> clearer</c>

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in<00:21:56.279><c> terms</c><00:21:56.519><c> of</c><00:21:56.660><c> what</c><00:21:56.779><c> was</c><00:21:57.019><c> going</c><00:21:57.160><c> to</c><00:21:57.400><c> transpire</c><00:21:57.859><c> in</c><00:21:57.960><c> the</c><00:21:58.099><c> future,</c>

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how<00:21:58.940><c> the</c><00:21:59.180><c> kingdom</c><00:21:59.339><c> was</c><00:21:59.539><c> to</c><00:21:59.660><c> be</c><00:21:59.859><c> arranged,</c><00:22:00.400><c> that</c><00:22:00.460><c> there</c><00:22:00.599><c> would</c>

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be<00:22:00.900><c> a</c><00:22:01.059><c> temple,</c>

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and<00:22:02.380><c> that</c><00:22:02.539><c> arrangements</c><00:22:02.880><c> for</c><00:22:03.240><c> porters</c><00:22:03.539><c> and</c><00:22:03.759><c> singers</c><00:22:04.059><c> were</c><00:22:04.220><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:04.519><c> set</c><00:22:04.720><c> out.</c>

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In<00:22:05.460><c> other</c><00:22:05.640><c> words,</c><00:22:06.500><c> Samuel</c><00:22:06.640><c> and</c><00:22:06.819><c> David</c><00:22:07.519><c> talked</c><00:22:08.079><c> about</c><00:22:08.319><c> the</c><00:22:08.539><c> kingdom,</c>

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about<00:22:10.720><c> David's</c><00:22:11.299><c> kingdom,</c><00:22:11.680><c> or</c><00:22:12.039><c> better</c><00:22:12.299><c> said,</c><00:22:12.740><c> perhaps,</c>

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Solomon's<00:22:13.619><c> kingdom.</c>

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They<00:22:14.940><c> had</c><00:22:15.359><c> conferred</c><00:22:15.920><c> one</c><00:22:16.140><c> with</c><00:22:16.420><c> another,</c>

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and<00:22:17.500><c> by</c><00:22:18.180><c> Samuel's</c><00:22:18.920><c> divine</c><00:22:19.200><c> direction,</c>

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and<00:22:20.319><c> by</c><00:22:20.500><c> obviously</c><00:22:20.859><c> how</c><00:22:21.079><c> the</c><00:22:21.339><c> spirit</c><00:22:21.480><c> worked</c><00:22:21.720><c> on</c><00:22:21.960><c> David,</c>

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the<00:22:22.900><c> two</c><00:22:23.119><c> of</c><00:22:23.279><c> them,</c><00:22:23.480><c> in</c><00:22:23.680><c> those</c><00:22:23.900><c> hours</c><00:22:24.200><c> of</c><00:22:24.480><c> crisis,</c>

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must<00:22:25.500><c> have</c><00:22:25.700><c> found</c><00:22:25.960><c> times</c><00:22:26.500><c> to</c><00:22:26.880><c> contact</c><00:22:27.440><c> one</c><00:22:27.619><c> another.</c>

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The<00:22:29.220><c> time</c><00:22:29.440><c> in</c><00:22:29.539><c> which</c><00:22:29.700><c> he</c><00:22:29.920><c> fled</c><00:22:30.119><c> to</c><00:22:30.400><c> Rhema</c><00:22:30.579><c> that</c><00:22:30.720><c> we</c><00:22:30.859><c> just</c><00:22:31.079><c> read</c><00:22:31.259><c> of</c>

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might<00:22:31.880><c> have</c><00:22:32.099><c> been</c><00:22:32.480><c> the</c><00:22:33.140><c> time</c><00:22:33.480><c> that</c><00:22:33.720><c> a</c><00:22:33.900><c> lot</c><00:22:34.019><c> of</c><00:22:34.180><c> this</c><00:22:34.380><c> discussion</c><00:22:34.779><c> went</c><00:22:34.980><c> on.</c>

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There<00:22:36.099><c> may</c><00:22:36.339><c> indeed</c><00:22:36.640><c> have</c><00:22:36.859><c> been</c><00:22:37.019><c> other</c><00:22:37.440><c> contact</c><00:22:37.900><c> points</c>

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between<00:22:39.000><c> 1</c><00:22:39.259><c> Samuel</c><00:22:39.660><c> 19</c><00:22:40.440><c> and</c><00:22:40.700><c> when</c><00:22:40.940><c> Samuel</c><00:22:41.220><c> dies</c><00:22:41.539><c> in</c><00:22:41.740><c> chapter</c><00:22:42.000><c> 25.</c>

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But<00:22:43.980><c> isn't</c><00:22:44.380><c> that</c><00:22:44.700><c> encouraging</c><00:22:45.359><c> that</c><00:22:45.640><c> in</c><00:22:45.839><c> the</c><00:22:46.099><c> last</c><00:22:46.460><c> years</c><00:22:46.859><c> or</c><00:22:47.160><c> months</c>

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of<00:22:48.019><c> Samuel's</c><00:22:48.599><c> life,</c><00:22:50.519><c> Samuel</c><00:22:50.859><c> was</c><00:22:51.180><c> able</c><00:22:51.480><c> to</c><00:22:51.779><c> spend</c><00:22:51.980><c> time</c>

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in<00:22:52.799><c> dialogue</c><00:22:53.299><c> with</c><00:22:53.519><c> David</c><00:22:53.900><c> about</c><00:22:54.460><c> the</c><00:22:54.759><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:22:56.640><c> David,</c><00:22:57.019><c> in</c><00:22:57.200><c> turn,</c><00:22:57.500><c> was</c><00:22:57.740><c> able</c><00:22:57.940><c> to</c><00:22:58.240><c> seek</c><00:22:58.400><c> this</c><00:22:58.579><c> old</c><00:22:58.880><c> man</c><00:22:59.119><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:59.460><c> Ecclesia</c>

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and<00:23:00.559><c> talk</c><00:23:00.819><c> together</c><00:23:01.259><c> of</c><00:23:01.559><c> greater</c><00:23:01.799><c> things.</c>

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Here<00:23:02.980><c> was</c><00:23:03.240><c> Samuel</c><00:23:03.660><c> decrepit</c><00:23:04.279><c> and</c><00:23:04.460><c> ready</c><00:23:04.680><c> to</c><00:23:04.940><c> die.</c>

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Here<00:23:06.339><c> was</c><00:23:06.599><c> David,</c><00:23:06.900><c> a</c><00:23:07.059><c> young</c><00:23:07.259><c> man</c><00:23:07.640><c> still,</c><00:23:08.359><c> but</c><00:23:08.559><c> under</c><00:23:08.940><c> great</c>

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trial<00:23:09.619><c> and</c><00:23:09.819><c> duress,</c>

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both<00:23:11.319><c> of</c><00:23:11.480><c> them</c><00:23:11.599><c> really</c><00:23:12.019><c> facing</c><00:23:12.440><c> realities</c><00:23:13.019><c> that</c><00:23:13.240><c> weren't</c>

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very<00:23:13.740><c> pleasant.</c>

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But<00:23:15.480><c> they</c><00:23:15.740><c> could</c><00:23:15.940><c> come</c><00:23:16.220><c> together</c><00:23:16.759><c> and</c><00:23:17.420><c> talk</c><00:23:17.660><c> about</c><00:23:17.839><c> the</c><00:23:18.079><c> kingdom.</c>

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That<00:23:18.980><c> was</c><00:23:19.200><c> a</c><00:23:19.319><c> source</c><00:23:19.500><c> of</c><00:23:19.779><c> strength</c><00:23:19.960><c> for</c><00:23:20.240><c> Samuel</c><00:23:20.559><c> in</c><00:23:20.799><c> his</c><00:23:20.980><c> old</c><00:23:21.180><c> years</c>

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and<00:23:22.079><c> a</c><00:23:22.259><c> source</c><00:23:22.500><c> of</c><00:23:22.799><c> encouragement</c><00:23:23.279><c> for</c><00:23:23.740><c> David,</c>

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who<00:23:24.420><c> still</c><00:23:24.640><c> had</c><00:23:24.819><c> many</c><00:23:25.079><c> years</c><00:23:25.339><c> ahead</c><00:23:25.519><c> of</c><00:23:25.680><c> him.</c>

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You<00:23:27.079><c> see</c><00:23:27.200><c> how</c><00:23:27.339><c> this</c><00:23:27.599><c> complements</c><00:23:28.079><c> that</c><00:23:28.400><c> thought</c><00:23:28.599><c> in</c><00:23:28.839><c> Malachi?</c>

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I'm<00:23:30.359><c> sure</c><00:23:30.460><c> you're</c><00:23:30.619><c> familiar</c><00:23:30.980><c> with</c><00:23:31.140><c> it.</c>

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Malachi<00:23:31.799><c> chapter</c><00:23:32.180><c> 3,</c><00:23:33.900><c> it</c><00:23:34.140><c> captures</c><00:23:34.619><c> no</c><00:23:34.940><c> doubt</c><00:23:35.119><c> the</c><00:23:35.500><c> spirit</c>

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of<00:23:36.480><c> what</c><00:23:36.660><c> must</c><00:23:37.000><c> have</c><00:23:37.319><c> pervaded</c><00:23:37.799><c> between</c><00:23:38.900><c> Samuel</c><00:23:39.519><c> and</c><00:23:39.880><c> David</c>

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at<00:23:40.319><c> this</c><00:23:40.539><c> time</c><00:23:40.740><c> in</c><00:23:40.900><c> hours</c><00:23:41.099><c> of</c><00:23:41.339><c> crisis.</c>

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Malachi<00:23:43.039><c> chapter</c><00:23:43.539><c> 3,</c><00:23:45.400><c> verse</c><00:23:45.420><c> 16.</c>

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How<00:23:47.859><c> beautifully</c><00:23:48.420><c> this</c><00:23:48.720><c> really</c><00:23:49.119><c> does</c><00:23:50.160><c> describe</c><00:23:51.059><c> the</c><00:23:51.299><c> relationship</c>

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between<00:23:52.359><c> Samuel</c><00:23:52.920><c> and</c><00:23:53.180><c> David,</c><00:23:53.599><c> two</c><00:23:53.880><c> good</c><00:23:54.160><c> friends</c><00:23:54.480><c> in</c><00:23:54.640><c> the</c><00:23:54.839><c> truth,</c>

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both<00:23:56.640><c> taking</c><00:23:57.140><c> advantage</c><00:23:57.640><c> of</c><00:23:57.799><c> each</c><00:23:58.039><c> other's</c><00:23:58.700><c> strength.</c>

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Malachi<00:24:00.940><c> 3</c><00:24:01.240><c> and</c><00:24:01.380><c> 16.</c>

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Then<00:24:03.740><c> they</c><00:24:04.279><c> that</c><00:24:04.720><c> feared</c><00:24:05.059><c> the</c><00:24:05.339><c> Lord</c><00:24:05.740><c> spake</c><00:24:06.299><c> often</c><00:24:06.920><c> one</c><00:24:07.420><c> to</c><00:24:07.640><c> another,</c>

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and<00:24:09.240><c> the</c><00:24:09.400><c> Lord</c><00:24:09.619><c> hearkened</c><00:24:10.160><c> and</c><00:24:10.420><c> heard</c><00:24:10.579><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:10.859><c> a</c><00:24:10.980><c> book</c><00:24:11.180><c> of</c><00:24:11.380><c> remembrance</c><00:24:11.819><c> was</c><00:24:12.059><c> written</c><00:24:12.480><c> before</c><00:24:13.200><c> him</c>

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for<00:24:14.180><c> them</c><00:24:14.559><c> that</c><00:24:14.900><c> feared</c><00:24:15.160><c> the</c><00:24:15.460><c> Lord</c><00:24:16.019><c> and</c><00:24:16.859><c> that</c><00:24:17.240><c> thought</c><00:24:17.380><c> upon</c>

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his<00:24:18.140><c> name.</c>

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That's<00:24:20.200><c> exactly</c><00:24:20.720><c> what</c><00:24:21.299><c> David</c><00:24:21.680><c> and</c><00:24:22.240><c> Samuel</c><00:24:22.480><c> were</c><00:24:22.680><c> doing.</c>

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They<00:24:24.019><c> both</c><00:24:24.460><c> feared</c><00:24:24.859><c> the</c><00:24:25.099><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:24:26.119><c> they</c><00:24:26.480><c> spoke</c><00:24:26.859><c> one</c><00:24:27.380><c> to</c><00:24:27.640><c> another</c><00:24:28.000><c> about</c><00:24:28.299><c> their</c><00:24:28.619><c> common</c><00:24:28.980><c> hope,</c>

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about<00:24:30.180><c> the</c><00:24:30.480><c> hope</c><00:24:30.640><c> of</c><00:24:30.880><c> the</c><00:24:30.980><c> coming</c><00:24:31.240><c> kingdom.</c>

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Now<00:24:32.779><c> when</c><00:24:32.920><c> we</c><00:24:33.140><c> have</c><00:24:33.339><c> opportunities</c><00:24:33.920><c> like</c><00:24:34.220><c> this</c><00:24:34.460><c> in</c><00:24:34.619><c> Bible</c><00:24:34.940><c> school,</c>

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brothers<00:24:35.460><c> and</c><00:24:35.720><c> sisters,</c><00:24:36.039><c> to</c><00:24:36.200><c> get</c><00:24:36.460><c> together,</c>

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what<00:24:37.619><c> preoccupies</c><00:24:38.519><c> our</c><00:24:38.799><c> conversation?</c>

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Are<00:24:40.039><c> we</c><00:24:40.220><c> still</c><00:24:40.480><c> back</c><00:24:40.779><c> talking</c><00:24:41.099><c> about</c><00:24:41.380><c> what's</c><00:24:41.720><c> going</c><00:24:41.980><c> on</c><00:24:42.579><c> on</c>

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the<00:24:43.039><c> ranch?</c>

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If<00:24:43.519><c> I</c><00:24:43.559><c> can</c><00:24:43.700><c> use</c><00:24:43.819><c> that</c><00:24:44.059><c> example</c><00:24:44.380><c> in</c><00:24:44.539><c> Texas.</c>

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Or<00:24:46.099><c> are</c><00:24:46.200><c> we</c><00:24:46.359><c> talking</c><00:24:46.640><c> about</c><00:24:47.099><c> what</c><00:24:47.740><c> has</c><00:24:48.160><c> happening</c><00:24:48.440><c> in</c><00:24:48.660><c> our</c><00:24:48.880><c> workplace?</c>

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Are<00:24:50.740><c> we</c><00:24:51.180><c> preoccupied</c><00:24:51.900><c> with</c><00:24:52.059><c> our</c><00:24:52.279><c> hobbies</c><00:24:52.740><c> and</c><00:24:53.319><c> our</c><00:24:53.559><c> own</c>

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worldly<00:24:54.200><c> interests,</c>

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as<00:24:55.559><c> innocent</c><00:24:55.819><c> as</c><00:24:55.960><c> they</c><00:24:56.119><c> might</c><00:24:56.359><c> be?</c>

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Or<00:24:57.059><c> do</c><00:24:57.279><c> we</c><00:24:57.460><c> take</c><00:24:57.680><c> the</c><00:24:57.880><c> opportunity</c><00:24:58.380><c> here</c><00:24:58.740><c> at</c><00:24:58.920><c> Bible</c><00:24:59.259><c> school</c>

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to<00:25:00.200><c> do</c><00:25:00.339><c> what</c><00:25:00.559><c> Samuel</c><00:25:01.000><c> and</c><00:25:01.200><c> David</c><00:25:01.460><c> did?</c>

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Talk<00:25:01.980><c> about</c><00:25:02.160><c> the</c><00:25:02.359><c> kingdom.</c>

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To<00:25:03.960><c> talk</c><00:25:04.160><c> about</c><00:25:04.380><c> the</c><00:25:04.599><c> future</c><00:25:04.920><c> hope,</c><00:25:05.619><c> the</c><00:25:05.980><c> preparations</c>

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that<00:25:07.240><c> have</c><00:25:07.440><c> been</c><00:25:07.660><c> made</c><00:25:08.099><c> for</c><00:25:08.299><c> that</c><00:25:08.619><c> future</c><00:25:08.960><c> vision.</c>

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Now<00:25:10.240><c> Peter</c><00:25:10.440><c> the</c><00:25:10.660><c> other</c><00:25:10.880><c> night</c><00:25:11.119><c> in</c><00:25:11.380><c> presenting</c><00:25:11.660><c> to</c><00:25:11.839><c> us</c><00:25:12.039><c> those</c><00:25:12.279><c> slides</c>

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helped<00:25:13.420><c> us</c><00:25:13.720><c> to</c><00:25:14.000><c> have</c><00:25:14.160><c> a</c><00:25:14.400><c> vision</c><00:25:14.640><c> of</c><00:25:14.799><c> that</c><00:25:15.079><c> kingdom.</c>

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How<00:25:16.059><c> many</c><00:25:16.240><c> of</c><00:25:16.400><c> us</c><00:25:16.619><c> since</c><00:25:16.900><c> that</c><00:25:17.180><c> slide</c><00:25:17.440><c> presentation</c>

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have<00:25:18.460><c> talked</c><00:25:18.759><c> about</c><00:25:18.980><c> the</c><00:25:19.220><c> vision</c><00:25:19.400><c> that</c><00:25:19.619><c> Peter</c><00:25:19.779><c> helped</c><00:25:20.019><c> us</c><00:25:20.220><c> to</c><00:25:20.420><c> see?</c>

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There's<00:25:22.000><c> a</c><00:25:22.200><c> wonderful</c><00:25:22.640><c> conversation</c><00:25:23.279><c> piece</c><00:25:23.539><c> around</c><00:25:23.759><c> the</c><00:25:23.960><c> table</c>

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and<00:25:24.940><c> back</c><00:25:25.099><c> in</c><00:25:25.259><c> our</c><00:25:25.400><c> rooms,</c><00:25:25.640><c> and</c><00:25:25.900><c> as</c><00:25:26.079><c> we</c><00:25:26.259><c> are</c><00:25:27.059><c> around</c><00:25:27.339><c> each</c><00:25:27.619><c> other</c>

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in<00:25:28.059><c> a</c><00:25:28.299><c> recreational</c><00:25:28.740><c> way,</c><00:25:29.880><c> seizing</c><00:25:30.160><c> those</c><00:25:30.519><c> precious</c><00:25:30.980><c> moments</c>

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to<00:25:32.579><c> strengthen</c><00:25:33.000><c> one</c><00:25:33.259><c> another</c><00:25:33.519><c> and</c><00:25:33.920><c> talk</c><00:25:34.279><c> about</c><00:25:34.619><c> that</c><00:25:34.980><c> kingdom.</c>

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That's<00:25:36.180><c> what</c><00:25:36.400><c> friendship</c><00:25:36.819><c> is</c><00:25:37.000><c> all</c><00:25:37.240><c> about</c><00:25:37.420><c> in</c><00:25:37.559><c> the</c><00:25:37.740><c> truth.</c>

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That's<00:25:38.319><c> what</c><00:25:38.839><c> true</c><00:25:39.500><c> agape</c><00:25:40.180><c> friendship</c><00:25:40.940><c> is</c><00:25:41.259><c> all</c><00:25:41.500><c> about.</c>

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David<00:25:43.079><c> needed</c><00:25:43.319><c> the</c><00:25:43.559><c> help,</c><00:25:43.799><c> and</c><00:25:43.940><c> if</c><00:25:44.059><c> he</c><00:25:44.220><c> did,</c><00:25:44.720><c> so</c><00:25:44.940><c> do</c><00:25:45.079><c> we.</c>

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:48.720
Samuel<00:25:46.339><c> was</c><00:25:46.619><c> encouraged</c><00:25:47.059><c> as</c><00:25:47.279><c> old</c><00:25:47.460><c> as</c><00:25:47.519><c> he</c><00:25:47.779><c> was.</c>

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:51.539
So<00:25:49.519><c> brothers</c><00:25:49.720><c> and</c><00:25:49.960><c> sisters,</c><00:25:50.279><c> it's</c><00:25:50.440><c> not</c><00:25:50.579><c> a</c><00:25:50.720><c> matter</c><00:25:51.000><c> of</c><00:25:51.279><c> young</c>

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.859
always<00:25:52.000><c> helping</c><00:25:52.240><c> out</c><00:25:52.599><c> old.</c>

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It's<00:25:53.480><c> also</c><00:25:53.799><c> old,</c><00:25:54.160><c> of</c><00:25:54.180><c> course,</c><00:25:54.599><c> helping</c><00:25:54.700><c> out</c><00:25:55.019><c> young.</c>

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:59.859
There<00:25:56.519><c> were</c><00:25:56.740><c> other</c><00:25:57.059><c> friends,</c><00:25:57.579><c> however,</c><00:25:58.660><c> much</c><00:25:58.900><c> younger</c><00:25:59.200><c> than</c><00:25:59.440><c> Samuel,</c>

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:02.099
that<00:26:00.140><c> assisted</c><00:26:00.559><c> David</c><00:26:00.880><c> in</c><00:26:01.059><c> his</c><00:26:01.240><c> hours</c><00:26:01.440><c> of</c><00:26:01.759><c> trial.</c>

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:06.819
I'd<00:26:02.960><c> like</c><00:26:03.039><c> to</c><00:26:03.180><c> turn</c><00:26:03.339><c> now</c><00:26:03.599><c> to</c><00:26:03.740><c> 1</c><00:26:03.900><c> Samuel,</c><00:26:05.059><c> chapter</c><00:26:05.380><c> 25,</c>

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:10.779
a<00:26:07.220><c> different</c><00:26:07.579><c> kind</c><00:26:07.900><c> of</c><00:26:08.079><c> friend</c><00:26:08.200><c> now,</c><00:26:09.559><c> a</c><00:26:09.799><c> sister,</c>

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:16.019
a<00:26:12.400><c> very</c><00:26:12.859><c> precious</c><00:26:13.420><c> sister</c><00:26:14.079><c> in</c><00:26:14.359><c> David's</c><00:26:14.960><c> experience</c>

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:18.240
for<00:26:16.660><c> more</c><00:26:16.900><c> than</c><00:26:17.039><c> one</c><00:26:17.220><c> reason.</c>

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:23.799
In<00:26:19.700><c> 1</c><00:26:19.980><c> Samuel</c><00:26:20.359><c> 25,</c><00:26:21.480><c> we</c><00:26:21.640><c> have</c><00:26:21.859><c> the</c><00:26:22.099><c> story</c><00:26:22.420><c> of</c><00:26:23.019><c> the</c><00:26:23.359><c> churlish</c>

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:25.299
man,<00:26:24.720><c> Nabal,</c>

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:28.960
a<00:26:25.920><c> man</c><00:26:26.220><c> who</c><00:26:26.420><c> was</c><00:26:26.619><c> a</c><00:26:26.819><c> farmer,</c><00:26:27.819><c> a</c><00:26:28.019><c> sheep</c><00:26:28.240><c> herder,</c>

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:33.339
living<00:26:29.660><c> south</c><00:26:29.960><c> of</c><00:26:30.140><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:26:31.400><c> somewhere</c><00:26:31.400><c> in</c><00:26:31.839><c> the</c><00:26:31.960><c> Judean</c><00:26:32.339><c> hills.</c>

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:36.960
He<00:26:34.079><c> was</c><00:26:34.299><c> a</c><00:26:34.420><c> man</c><00:26:34.559><c> who</c><00:26:34.759><c> had</c><00:26:34.980><c> benefited,</c><00:26:35.619><c> as</c><00:26:35.740><c> the</c><00:26:36.200><c> story</c><00:26:36.359><c> tells</c><00:26:36.759><c> us</c>

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:42.180
in<00:26:37.079><c> 1</c><00:26:37.299><c> Samuel</c><00:26:37.700><c> 25,</c><00:26:38.839><c> by</c><00:26:39.039><c> the</c><00:26:39.279><c> fact</c><00:26:39.519><c> that</c><00:26:39.779><c> his</c><00:26:40.059><c> farm</c><00:26:40.559><c> was</c><00:26:41.519><c> close</c><00:26:41.839><c> by</c>

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:44.359
near<00:26:42.440><c> David's</c><00:26:42.940><c> men</c><00:26:43.099><c> in</c><00:26:43.240><c> their</c><00:26:43.440><c> camp.</c>

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:47.960
David's<00:26:45.140><c> men</c><00:26:45.319><c> had</c><00:26:45.539><c> acted</c><00:26:45.779><c> as</c><00:26:46.019><c> a</c><00:26:46.119><c> kind</c><00:26:46.299><c> of</c><00:26:46.579><c> wall</c><00:26:46.859><c> or</c><00:26:47.160><c> protection</c>

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.500
for<00:26:48.619><c> Nabal.</c>

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How<00:26:49.980><c> was</c><00:26:50.180><c> that?</c>

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:54.000
Well,<00:26:51.500><c> the</c><00:26:51.680><c> marauders</c><00:26:52.240><c> that</c><00:26:52.440><c> often</c><00:26:52.779><c> penetrated</c><00:26:53.380><c> from</c><00:26:53.640><c> the</c><00:26:53.839><c> south</c>

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:56.500
in<00:26:54.160><c> the</c><00:26:54.299><c> Negev</c><00:26:54.720><c> and</c><00:26:54.940><c> came</c><00:26:55.180><c> up</c><00:26:55.460><c> through</c><00:26:55.740><c> this</c><00:26:56.019><c> district</c>

00:26:56.500 --> 00:27:00.319
were<00:26:57.220><c> often</c><00:26:57.579><c> able</c><00:26:57.940><c> to</c><00:26:58.279><c> prey</c><00:26:58.599><c> upon</c><00:26:59.000><c> farmers</c><00:26:59.440><c> in</c><00:26:59.720><c> this</c><00:27:00.000><c> area</c>

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:02.720
in<00:27:00.480><c> the</c><00:27:00.599><c> southern</c><00:27:00.799><c> part</c><00:27:01.059><c> of</c><00:27:01.200><c> the</c><00:27:01.279><c> Judean</c><00:27:01.559><c> wilderness.</c>

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:07.759
David's<00:27:03.359><c> men</c><00:27:03.619><c> camped</c><00:27:04.440><c> as</c><00:27:04.700><c> a</c><00:27:04.980><c> wedge</c><00:27:05.400><c> between</c><00:27:06.480><c> where</c><00:27:07.039><c> Nabal</c><00:27:07.400><c> lived</c>

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:10.119
and<00:27:08.119><c> those</c><00:27:08.440><c> who</c><00:27:08.579><c> could</c><00:27:08.740><c> have</c><00:27:08.839><c> come</c><00:27:09.039><c> up</c><00:27:09.220><c> as</c><00:27:09.420><c> these</c><00:27:09.640><c> marauding</c>

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:12.000
invaders<00:27:10.480><c> from</c><00:27:10.660><c> the</c><00:27:10.779><c> Negev.</c>

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:14.960
David<00:27:12.500><c> and</c><00:27:12.640><c> his</c><00:27:12.839><c> men</c><00:27:13.039><c> provided,</c><00:27:13.680><c> therefore,</c><00:27:13.940><c> a</c><00:27:14.160><c> kind</c><00:27:14.400><c> of</c><00:27:14.680><c> wall.</c>

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:17.740
That's<00:27:15.299><c> exactly</c><00:27:15.660><c> the</c><00:27:15.859><c> term</c><00:27:16.079><c> that</c><00:27:16.339><c> David</c><00:27:16.640><c> and</c><00:27:17.059><c> his</c><00:27:17.259><c> men</c><00:27:17.460><c> used</c>

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:21.339
to<00:27:18.000><c> describe</c><00:27:18.279><c> their</c><00:27:18.440><c> position,</c><00:27:19.519><c> a</c><00:27:19.799><c> protective</c><00:27:20.279><c> barrier.</c>

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:23.700
As<00:27:21.839><c> long</c><00:27:22.039><c> as</c><00:27:22.200><c> they</c><00:27:22.460><c> were</c><00:27:22.720><c> camped</c><00:27:23.019><c> in</c><00:27:23.099><c> that</c><00:27:23.299><c> district,</c>

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:27.500
the<00:27:24.099><c> farmers</c><00:27:24.539><c> around</c><00:27:24.940><c> Nabal</c><00:27:25.380><c> benefited</c><00:27:25.940><c> from</c><00:27:26.119><c> their</c><00:27:26.380><c> protection.</c>

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:32.240
When<00:27:28.240><c> David</c><00:27:28.740><c> sought</c><00:27:29.339><c> some</c><00:27:29.779><c> material</c><00:27:30.259><c> assistance</c><00:27:31.000><c> from</c><00:27:31.440><c> Nabal</c>

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:35.180
and<00:27:32.980><c> wanted</c><00:27:33.460><c> some</c><00:27:33.720><c> meat</c><00:27:33.960><c> and</c><00:27:34.259><c> provender,</c>

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:38.000
of<00:27:35.619><c> course</c><00:27:35.839><c> we</c><00:27:35.940><c> know</c><00:27:36.160><c> the</c><00:27:36.400><c> story,</c><00:27:36.900><c> Nabal</c><00:27:37.220><c> responded</c><00:27:37.680><c> in</c><00:27:37.920><c> a</c>

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.779
negative<00:27:38.259><c> way.</c>

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Who's<00:27:39.740><c> David,</c><00:27:39.960><c> he</c><00:27:40.240><c> says?</c>

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:42.500
I<00:27:41.339><c> don't</c><00:27:41.440><c> know</c><00:27:41.480><c> who</c><00:27:41.740><c> David</c><00:27:41.980><c> is.</c>

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:45.960
And<00:27:43.319><c> he</c><00:27:43.660><c> dealt</c><00:27:43.960><c> with</c><00:27:44.240><c> David</c><00:27:44.519><c> and</c><00:27:44.640><c> his</c><00:27:44.880><c> men</c><00:27:45.079><c> unkindly.</c>

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:49.759
As<00:27:46.480><c> a</c><00:27:46.519><c> result,</c><00:27:47.039><c> we</c><00:27:47.079><c> know</c><00:27:47.640><c> that</c><00:27:47.940><c> David</c><00:27:48.160><c> is</c><00:27:48.619><c> ready</c><00:27:48.900><c> to</c><00:27:49.339><c> storm</c>

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.720
upon<00:27:50.160><c> Nabal,</c>

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:52.160
ready<00:27:51.099><c> to</c><00:27:51.500><c> snuff</c><00:27:51.660><c> him</c><00:27:51.839><c> out.</c>

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:55.440
Now<00:27:52.799><c> we</c><00:27:52.900><c> just</c><00:27:53.059><c> look</c><00:27:53.200><c> at</c><00:27:53.319><c> the</c><00:27:53.440><c> anger</c><00:27:53.799><c> that</c><00:27:54.180><c> David</c><00:27:54.480><c> shows</c><00:27:54.839><c> here.</c>

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:58.140
1<00:27:55.720><c> Samuel</c><00:27:56.200><c> chapter</c><00:27:56.680><c> 25.</c>

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As<00:28:00.140><c> a</c><00:28:00.339><c> result</c><00:28:00.539><c> of</c><00:28:00.799><c> Nabal's</c><00:28:01.160><c> response</c><00:28:01.680><c> in</c><00:28:01.819><c> verse</c><00:28:02.059><c> 10,</c>

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.980
Nabal<00:28:03.440><c> answered</c><00:28:03.859><c> David's</c><00:28:04.420><c> servants</c><00:28:04.579><c> and</c><00:28:04.819><c> said,</c>

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:07.460
Who's<00:28:05.420><c> David?</c><00:28:06.180><c> And</c><00:28:06.279><c> who's</c><00:28:06.579><c> the</c><00:28:06.660><c> son</c><00:28:06.859><c> of</c><00:28:07.119><c> Jesse?</c>

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:09.440
There<00:28:08.000><c> be</c><00:28:08.140><c> many</c><00:28:08.500><c> servants</c><00:28:08.819><c> nowadays</c>

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:12.279
that<00:28:09.960><c> break</c><00:28:10.220><c> away</c><00:28:10.480><c> every</c><00:28:10.720><c> man</c><00:28:10.920><c> from</c><00:28:11.099><c> his</c><00:28:11.259><c> master.</c>

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:17.819
Shall<00:28:13.000><c> I</c><00:28:13.240><c> then</c><00:28:13.440><c> take</c><00:28:13.660><c> my</c><00:28:13.980><c> bread</c><00:28:14.380><c> and</c><00:28:15.119><c> my</c><00:28:15.759><c> water</c><00:28:16.259><c> and</c><00:28:16.779><c> my</c><00:28:17.359><c> flesh</c>

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:21.519
that<00:28:18.500><c> I</c><00:28:19.099><c> have</c><00:28:19.319><c> killed</c><00:28:19.660><c> for</c><00:28:20.180><c> my</c><00:28:20.799><c> shearers</c>

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:25.420
and<00:28:21.960><c> give</c><00:28:22.000><c> it</c><00:28:22.160><c> unto</c><00:28:22.319><c> men</c><00:28:23.099><c> whom</c><00:28:23.319><c> I</c><00:28:23.440><c> know</c><00:28:23.660><c> not</c><00:28:23.960><c> whence</c><00:28:24.259><c> they</c><00:28:24.420><c> be?</c>

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:30.099
The<00:28:26.700><c> man</c><00:28:27.019><c> deserved,</c><00:28:27.720><c> in</c><00:28:27.960><c> David's</c><00:28:28.400><c> estimation,</c><00:28:28.920><c> to</c><00:28:29.099><c> be</c><00:28:29.339><c> snuffed</c><00:28:29.619><c> out.</c>

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:34.119
And<00:28:30.680><c> so</c><00:28:30.880><c> David,</c><00:28:31.240><c> in</c><00:28:31.400><c> a</c><00:28:31.579><c> rage,</c><00:28:32.079><c> verse</c><00:28:32.319><c> 13,</c><00:28:33.279><c> loses</c><00:28:33.539><c> his</c><00:28:33.880><c> cool,</c>

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:35.339
we'd<00:28:34.559><c> say,</c>

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.660
David<00:28:35.720><c> said</c><00:28:35.920><c> unto</c><00:28:36.140><c> his</c><00:28:36.380><c> men,</c>

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:38.500
Gird<00:28:37.119><c> ye</c><00:28:37.279><c> on</c><00:28:37.500><c> every</c><00:28:37.759><c> man</c><00:28:37.960><c> his</c><00:28:38.200><c> sword.</c>

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.940
And<00:28:38.920><c> they</c><00:28:39.059><c> girded</c><00:28:39.319><c> on</c><00:28:39.500><c> every</c><00:28:39.720><c> man</c><00:28:39.940><c> his</c><00:28:40.160><c> sword.</c>

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.799
And<00:28:41.160><c> David</c><00:28:41.359><c> also</c><00:28:41.740><c> girded</c><00:28:41.980><c> on</c><00:28:42.140><c> his</c><00:28:42.400><c> sword.</c>

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:46.539
And<00:28:43.440><c> there</c><00:28:43.579><c> went</c><00:28:43.740><c> up</c><00:28:43.980><c> after</c><00:28:44.240><c> David</c><00:28:44.519><c> about</c><00:28:44.900><c> 400</c><00:28:45.519><c> men</c><00:28:45.920><c> and</c><00:28:46.119><c> 200</c>

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:48.099
abode<00:28:46.859><c> by</c><00:28:47.059><c> the</c><00:28:47.339><c> stuff.</c>

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:52.640
Nabal<00:28:49.700><c> didn't</c><00:28:49.900><c> realize</c><00:28:50.299><c> it,</c><00:28:50.480><c> but</c><00:28:50.599><c> his</c><00:28:50.779><c> moments</c><00:28:51.059><c> were</c><00:28:51.259><c> ticking</c><00:28:51.500><c> away.</c>

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:55.660
David<00:28:53.140><c> was</c><00:28:53.359><c> ready</c><00:28:53.559><c> to</c><00:28:53.859><c> snuff</c><00:28:54.079><c> out</c><00:28:54.200><c> his</c><00:28:54.400><c> life</c><00:28:54.599><c> instantly.</c>

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:58.119
He<00:28:55.980><c> was</c><00:28:56.380><c> in</c><00:28:56.619><c> a</c><00:28:56.900><c> rage.</c>

00:28:58.380 --> 00:29:01.519
David's<00:28:58.759><c> better</c><00:28:58.980><c> judgment</c><00:28:59.380><c> here</c><00:29:00.000><c> was</c><00:29:00.599><c> drowning.</c>

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:06.819
And<00:29:03.119><c> anger</c><00:29:03.720><c> is</c><00:29:04.140><c> a</c><00:29:04.400><c> poor</c><00:29:04.700><c> counselor,</c><00:29:05.619><c> tells</c><00:29:05.740><c> us</c><00:29:06.039><c> in</c><00:29:06.200><c> the</c><00:29:06.400><c> Proverbs,</c>

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.700
a<00:29:07.500><c> poor</c><00:29:07.720><c> counselor.</c>

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:12.180
And<00:29:09.180><c> anger</c><00:29:09.440><c> was</c><00:29:09.680><c> not</c><00:29:09.940><c> getting</c><00:29:10.119><c> David</c><00:29:10.480><c> here</c><00:29:10.779><c> a</c><00:29:10.779><c> very</c><00:29:11.059><c> good</c><00:29:11.240><c> counsel.</c>

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:14.759
But<00:29:12.420><c> in</c><00:29:12.599><c> the</c><00:29:12.680><c> midst</c><00:29:12.819><c> of</c><00:29:13.039><c> this,</c><00:29:13.900><c> along</c><00:29:13.980><c> comes</c><00:29:14.259><c> a</c><00:29:14.460><c> woman,</c>

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:17.920
a<00:29:15.400><c> godly</c><00:29:15.839><c> sister,</c><00:29:16.640><c> verse</c><00:29:17.019><c> 14,</c>

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.920
Abigail<00:29:18.660><c> by</c><00:29:18.980><c> name.</c>

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:23.019
One<00:29:20.200><c> of</c><00:29:20.339><c> the</c><00:29:20.519><c> young</c><00:29:20.700><c> men</c><00:29:20.960><c> told</c><00:29:21.279><c> Abigail,</c><00:29:22.099><c> Nabal's</c><00:29:22.519><c> wife,</c><00:29:22.920><c> saying,</c>

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:25.240
Behold,<00:29:23.519><c> David</c><00:29:23.819><c> sent</c><00:29:24.059><c> messengers</c><00:29:24.519><c> out</c><00:29:24.680><c> of</c><00:29:24.759><c> the</c><00:29:24.880><c> wilderness</c>

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.619
to<00:29:25.759><c> salute</c><00:29:26.039><c> our</c><00:29:26.259><c> master,</c>

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:28.519
and<00:29:26.819><c> he</c><00:29:27.160><c> railed</c><00:29:27.519><c> on</c><00:29:27.720><c> them.</c>

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:32.039
But<00:29:29.220><c> the</c><00:29:29.359><c> men</c><00:29:29.519><c> were</c><00:29:29.680><c> very</c><00:29:29.980><c> good</c><00:29:30.119><c> unto</c><00:29:30.319><c> us,</c><00:29:31.079><c> meaning</c><00:29:31.339><c> David's</c><00:29:31.740><c> men.</c>

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:34.859
And<00:29:32.839><c> we</c><00:29:33.119><c> were</c><00:29:33.299><c> not</c><00:29:33.519><c> hurt,</c><00:29:33.880><c> neither</c><00:29:34.140><c> missed</c><00:29:34.339><c> we</c><00:29:34.559><c> anything,</c>

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:37.299
as<00:29:35.259><c> long</c><00:29:35.500><c> as</c><00:29:35.700><c> we</c><00:29:35.859><c> were</c><00:29:36.119><c> conversant</c><00:29:36.480><c> with</c><00:29:36.660><c> them</c><00:29:36.880><c> and</c><00:29:37.019><c> when</c><00:29:37.119><c> we</c>

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.019
were<00:29:37.420><c> in</c><00:29:37.519><c> the</c><00:29:37.700><c> fields.</c>

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:41.079
And<00:29:38.400><c> they</c><00:29:38.599><c> were</c><00:29:38.779><c> a</c><00:29:39.019><c> wall</c><00:29:39.220><c> unto</c><00:29:39.460><c> us,</c><00:29:39.819><c> both</c><00:29:40.039><c> by</c><00:29:40.319><c> day</c><00:29:40.480><c> and</c><00:29:40.640><c> night.</c>

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:43.920
All<00:29:41.619><c> the</c><00:29:41.819><c> while</c><00:29:41.960><c> we</c><00:29:42.079><c> were</c><00:29:42.279><c> with</c><00:29:42.420><c> them</c><00:29:42.640><c> keeping</c><00:29:42.920><c> the</c><00:29:43.180><c> sheep.</c>

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:49.519
Verse<00:29:44.680><c> 18,</c><00:29:45.339><c> the</c><00:29:45.539><c> sister</c><00:29:46.140><c> says</c><00:29:46.680><c> nothing</c><00:29:47.160><c> except</c><00:29:47.740><c> she</c><00:29:48.460><c> acts.</c>

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:52.460
Abigail<00:29:49.900><c> made</c><00:29:50.279><c> haste,</c><00:29:50.880><c> took</c><00:29:51.079><c> two</c><00:29:51.400><c> hundred</c><00:29:51.680><c> loaves</c><00:29:52.079><c> and</c><00:29:52.259><c> two</c>

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.319
bottles<00:29:52.759><c> of</c><00:29:53.000><c> wine,</c>

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:56.700
five<00:29:54.000><c> sheep</c><00:29:54.299><c> ready</c><00:29:54.579><c> dressed,</c><00:29:55.160><c> five</c><00:29:55.500><c> measures</c><00:29:55.819><c> of</c><00:29:56.099><c> parched</c><00:29:56.400><c> corn,</c>

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:59.380
and<00:29:57.200><c> a</c><00:29:57.259><c> hundred</c><00:29:57.579><c> clusters</c><00:29:57.940><c> of</c><00:29:58.220><c> raisins,</c><00:29:58.640><c> two</c><00:29:58.859><c> hundred</c><00:29:59.079><c> cakes</c>

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.079
of<00:29:59.660><c> figs,</c>

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.440
and<00:30:00.319><c> laid</c><00:30:00.440><c> them</c><00:30:00.599><c> on</c><00:30:00.799><c> asses.</c>

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:05.420
And<00:30:01.819><c> away</c><00:30:01.980><c> she</c><00:30:02.240><c> goes</c><00:30:02.599><c> to</c><00:30:03.240><c> intervene</c><00:30:03.720><c> and</c><00:30:04.220><c> to</c><00:30:04.400><c> meet</c><00:30:04.519><c> David.</c>

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:07.579
And<00:30:06.039><c> look</c><00:30:06.180><c> what</c><00:30:06.299><c> she</c><00:30:06.480><c> does</c><00:30:06.660><c> when</c><00:30:06.799><c> she</c><00:30:07.019><c> meets</c><00:30:07.220><c> David.</c>

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:11.920
Verse<00:30:07.960><c> 24,</c><00:30:09.460><c> a</c><00:30:09.700><c> sister</c><00:30:10.079><c> of</c><00:30:10.380><c> great</c><00:30:10.720><c> modesty</c><00:30:11.319><c> and</c><00:30:11.539><c> humility,</c>

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:14.640
as<00:30:12.079><c> she</c><00:30:12.359><c> prostrates</c><00:30:12.859><c> herself</c><00:30:13.259><c> at</c><00:30:13.440><c> the</c><00:30:13.559><c> feet</c><00:30:13.660><c> of</c><00:30:14.640><c> David.</c>

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:18.259
Verse<00:30:15.059><c> 24,</c><00:30:15.779><c> and</c><00:30:16.599><c> fell</c><00:30:16.859><c> at</c><00:30:17.000><c> his</c><00:30:17.259><c> feet</c><00:30:17.519><c> and</c><00:30:17.880><c> said,</c>

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:23.519
Upon<00:30:18.980><c> me,</c><00:30:19.519><c> Lord,</c><00:30:20.700><c> upon</c><00:30:21.039><c> me</c><00:30:21.640><c> let</c><00:30:21.859><c> this</c><00:30:22.160><c> iniquity</c><00:30:22.559><c> be.</c>

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:28.779
Why?<00:30:26.779><c> She</c><00:30:27.160><c> hadn't</c><00:30:27.359><c> done</c><00:30:27.539><c> anything</c><00:30:27.839><c> wrong.</c>

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:31.900
Why<00:30:29.960><c> does</c><00:30:30.279><c> Abigail</c><00:30:30.740><c> say</c><00:30:31.019><c> that?</c>

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:34.519
Her<00:30:32.759><c> husband</c><00:30:33.200><c> was</c><00:30:33.460><c> the</c><00:30:33.720><c> churlish</c><00:30:34.059><c> man.</c>

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:38.000
He<00:30:35.000><c> was</c><00:30:35.220><c> the</c><00:30:35.420><c> one</c><00:30:35.559><c> that</c><00:30:35.759><c> had</c><00:30:36.059><c> started</c><00:30:36.299><c> this</c><00:30:36.660><c> whole</c><00:30:37.160><c> infernal</c>

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:39.420
blazing<00:30:38.579><c> in</c><00:30:38.799><c> David's</c><00:30:39.220><c> heart.</c>

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:42.480
But<00:30:40.319><c> you</c><00:30:40.599><c> see</c><00:30:40.799><c> the</c><00:30:40.960><c> attitude</c><00:30:41.279><c> of</c><00:30:41.480><c> this</c><00:30:41.640><c> sister?</c>

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:47.099
She<00:30:42.819><c> was</c><00:30:43.099><c> willing</c><00:30:43.420><c> to</c><00:30:43.839><c> deflect</c><00:30:44.440><c> from</c><00:30:45.160><c> her</c><00:30:45.480><c> husband</c><00:30:45.880><c> the</c><00:30:46.220><c> guilt.</c>

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:49.940
She<00:30:47.420><c> was</c><00:30:47.700><c> willing</c><00:30:47.940><c> not</c><00:30:48.160><c> only</c><00:30:48.359><c> to</c><00:30:48.660><c> stand</c><00:30:48.839><c> beside</c><00:30:49.200><c> her</c><00:30:49.480><c> husband</c>

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:52.079
and<00:30:50.599><c> try</c><00:30:50.819><c> and</c><00:30:51.079><c> help</c><00:30:51.240><c> the</c><00:30:51.420><c> situation,</c>

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:56.180
she<00:30:52.500><c> was</c><00:30:52.759><c> also</c><00:30:53.220><c> wanting</c><00:30:53.680><c> to</c><00:30:54.500><c> spare</c><00:30:54.720><c> David</c><00:30:55.200><c> from</c><00:30:55.519><c> making</c><00:30:55.859><c> a</c>

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.420
foolish<00:30:56.480><c> move.</c>

00:30:57.900 --> 00:31:02.019
She<00:30:58.039><c> fell</c><00:30:58.299><c> at</c><00:30:58.440><c> his</c><00:30:58.660><c> feet,</c><00:30:59.539><c> and</c><00:30:59.619><c> she</c><00:30:59.940><c> pleads</c><00:31:00.299><c> upon</c><00:31:00.759><c> me,</c><00:31:01.339><c> my</c><00:31:01.640><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:04.740
Notice<00:31:02.480><c> how</c><00:31:02.660><c> she</c><00:31:02.819><c> calls</c><00:31:03.099><c> David</c><00:31:03.440><c> my</c><00:31:03.839><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:07.079
Upon<00:31:05.359><c> me</c><00:31:05.900><c> let</c><00:31:06.099><c> this</c><00:31:06.359><c> iniquity</c><00:31:06.759><c> be,</c>

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:10.339
and<00:31:07.640><c> let</c><00:31:07.660><c> thine</c><00:31:07.900><c> handmaid,</c><00:31:08.640><c> I</c><00:31:08.759><c> pray</c><00:31:08.980><c> thee,</c><00:31:09.279><c> speak</c><00:31:09.519><c> in</c><00:31:09.700><c> thine</c><00:31:09.859><c> audience,</c>

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:12.579
and<00:31:10.759><c> hear</c><00:31:10.940><c> the</c><00:31:11.140><c> words</c><00:31:11.400><c> of</c><00:31:11.599><c> thine</c><00:31:11.779><c> handmaid.</c>

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:14.859
Look<00:31:13.099><c> at</c><00:31:13.220><c> how</c><00:31:13.299><c> she</c><00:31:13.500><c> views</c><00:31:13.700><c> herself.</c>

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:19.019
Twice<00:31:15.799><c> in</c><00:31:16.079><c> that</c><00:31:16.359><c> verse</c><00:31:16.559><c> she</c><00:31:16.779><c> describes</c><00:31:17.180><c> herself</c><00:31:17.559><c> as</c><00:31:17.740><c> a</c><00:31:17.960><c> handmaid.</c>

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:21.259
Once<00:31:19.460><c> she</c><00:31:19.640><c> calls</c><00:31:19.940><c> David</c><00:31:20.319><c> Lord,</c>

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:26.039
and<00:31:22.099><c> once</c><00:31:22.500><c> she</c><00:31:22.859><c> asks</c><00:31:23.299><c> that</c><00:31:23.480><c> the</c><00:31:23.700><c> guilt</c><00:31:23.980><c> be</c><00:31:24.140><c> placed</c><00:31:24.460><c> upon</c><00:31:24.740><c> her</c><00:31:25.000><c> shoulders.</c>

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:30.700
Verse<00:31:27.059><c> 25,</c><00:31:28.220><c> let</c><00:31:28.380><c> not</c><00:31:28.859><c> my</c><00:31:29.400><c> Lord,</c><00:31:30.019><c> I</c><00:31:30.240><c> pray</c><00:31:30.480><c> thee,</c>

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:33.200
regard<00:31:31.160><c> this</c><00:31:31.460><c> man</c><00:31:31.880><c> of</c><00:31:32.240><c> Belial,</c><00:31:32.720><c> even</c><00:31:32.960><c> Nabal,</c>

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:37.440
for<00:31:33.980><c> as</c><00:31:34.259><c> his</c><00:31:34.480><c> name</c><00:31:34.680><c> is,</c><00:31:35.700><c> so</c><00:31:35.700><c> is</c><00:31:35.980><c> he,</c><00:31:36.819><c> Nabal.</c>

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:40.900
Fool,<00:31:38.240><c> in</c><00:31:38.339><c> other</c><00:31:38.480><c> words,</c><00:31:39.339><c> fool</c><00:31:39.539><c> is</c><00:31:39.759><c> his</c><00:31:39.960><c> name,</c><00:31:40.319><c> and</c><00:31:40.500><c> folly</c><00:31:40.740><c> is</c>

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.480
with<00:31:41.099><c> him.</c>

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:44.279
But<00:31:41.779><c> I,</c><00:31:42.220><c> thine</c><00:31:42.359><c> handmaid,</c><00:31:43.019><c> saw</c><00:31:43.160><c> not</c><00:31:43.440><c> the</c><00:31:43.579><c> young</c><00:31:43.799><c> men</c><00:31:43.900><c> of</c><00:31:44.079><c> my</c>

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:46.339
Lord<00:31:44.660><c> whom</c><00:31:45.019><c> thou</c><00:31:45.200><c> didst</c><00:31:45.599><c> send.</c>

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:50.500
Now<00:31:47.000><c> therefore,</c><00:31:47.420><c> my</c><00:31:47.720><c> Lord,</c><00:31:48.720><c> as</c><00:31:48.900><c> the</c><00:31:49.160><c> Lord</c><00:31:49.460><c> liveth,</c><00:31:50.180><c> and</c><00:31:50.299><c> as</c>

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.700
thy<00:31:50.740><c> soul</c><00:31:51.079><c> liveth,</c>

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:54.460
seeing<00:31:52.119><c> the</c><00:31:52.380><c> Lord</c><00:31:52.599><c> hath</c><00:31:52.839><c> well</c><00:31:53.059><c>-holden</c><00:31:53.420><c> thee</c><00:31:53.700><c> from</c><00:31:53.920><c> coming</c><00:31:54.220><c> to</c>

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.960
shed<00:31:54.640><c> blood,</c>

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:57.819
and<00:31:55.160><c> from</c><00:31:55.380><c> avenging</c><00:31:55.759><c> thyself</c><00:31:56.579><c> with</c><00:31:56.839><c> thine</c><00:31:57.079><c> own</c><00:31:57.420><c> hand,</c>

00:31:57.819 --> 00:32:02.319
now,<00:31:59.400><c> let</c><00:31:59.460><c> thine</c><00:31:59.839><c> enemies</c><00:32:00.420><c> and</c><00:32:00.880><c> they</c><00:32:01.119><c> that</c><00:32:01.359><c> seek</c><00:32:01.579><c> evil</c><00:32:01.900><c> to</c><00:32:02.119><c> my</c>

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.960
Lord<00:32:02.579><c> be</c><00:32:02.859><c> as</c><00:32:03.079><c> Nabal.</c>

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:07.460
And<00:32:04.440><c> now,</c><00:32:05.160><c> this</c><00:32:05.279><c> blessing</c><00:32:05.660><c> which</c><00:32:05.960><c> thine</c><00:32:06.259><c> handmaid</c><00:32:06.740><c> hath</c><00:32:06.920><c> brought</c><00:32:07.240><c> unto</c>

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.160
my<00:32:07.740><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:10.839
let<00:32:08.720><c> it</c><00:32:08.960><c> even</c><00:32:09.140><c> be</c><00:32:09.400><c> given</c><00:32:09.559><c> unto</c><00:32:09.779><c> the</c><00:32:09.980><c> young</c><00:32:10.180><c> men</c><00:32:10.359><c> that</c><00:32:10.619><c> follow</c>

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:12.039
my<00:32:11.140><c> Lord.</c>

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:17.039
I<00:32:12.420><c> pray</c><00:32:12.700><c> thee,</c><00:32:13.160><c> forgive</c><00:32:13.900><c> the</c><00:32:14.259><c> trespass</c><00:32:15.299><c> of</c><00:32:16.619><c> who?</c>

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:20.660
Notice,<00:32:17.799><c> brothers</c><00:32:17.880><c> and</c><00:32:18.099><c> sisters,</c><00:32:19.279><c> not</c><00:32:19.480><c> of</c><00:32:19.619><c> my</c><00:32:19.779><c> husband.</c>

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:25.839
I<00:32:21.359><c> pray</c><00:32:21.619><c> thee,</c><00:32:22.059><c> forgive</c><00:32:22.500><c> the</c><00:32:22.819><c> trespass</c><00:32:23.740><c> of</c><00:32:24.099><c> thine</c><00:32:24.480><c> handmaid,</c>

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:29.779
for<00:32:26.579><c> the</c><00:32:26.859><c> Lord</c><00:32:27.140><c> will</c><00:32:27.500><c> certainly</c><00:32:27.900><c> make</c><00:32:28.160><c> my</c><00:32:28.500><c> Lord</c><00:32:28.740><c> a</c><00:32:29.000><c> sure</c><00:32:29.220><c> house,</c>

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:32.940
because<00:32:30.480><c> my</c><00:32:30.859><c> Lord</c><00:32:31.099><c> fighteth</c><00:32:31.539><c> the</c><00:32:31.740><c> battles</c><00:32:31.960><c> of</c><00:32:32.240><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:38.019
and<00:32:33.700><c> evil</c><00:32:34.200><c> hath</c><00:32:34.539><c> not</c><00:32:34.839><c> been</c><00:32:35.140><c> found</c><00:32:35.420><c> in</c><00:32:35.680><c> thee</c><00:32:35.920><c> all</c><00:32:36.420><c> thy</c><00:32:36.700><c> days.</c>

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:41.819
Yet<00:32:38.920><c> a</c><00:32:39.160><c> man</c><00:32:39.299><c> is</c><00:32:39.579><c> risen</c><00:32:39.779><c> to</c><00:32:40.019><c> pursue</c><00:32:40.359><c> thee</c><00:32:40.599><c> and</c><00:32:40.759><c> to</c><00:32:40.960><c> seek</c><00:32:41.099><c> thy</c><00:32:41.400><c> soul,</c>

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:44.839
but<00:32:42.180><c> the</c><00:32:42.460><c> soul</c><00:32:42.599><c> of</c><00:32:42.799><c> my</c><00:32:43.019><c> Lord</c><00:32:43.259><c> shall</c><00:32:43.460><c> be</c><00:32:43.740><c> bound</c><00:32:44.000><c> in</c><00:32:44.160><c> a</c><00:32:44.319><c> bundle</c><00:32:44.559><c> of</c>

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:47.019
life<00:32:45.059><c> with</c><00:32:45.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:46.279><c> thy</c><00:32:46.519><c> God,</c>

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:53.819
and<00:32:47.720><c> the</c><00:32:47.960><c> souls</c><00:32:48.220><c> of</c><00:32:48.460><c> thine</c><00:32:48.579><c> enemies,</c><00:32:49.559><c> them</c><00:32:49.700><c> shall</c><00:32:50.000><c> he</c><00:32:50.359><c> sling</c><00:32:50.680><c> out</c><00:32:51.339><c> as</c><00:32:51.839><c> in</c><00:32:52.019><c> the</c><00:32:52.099><c> middle</c><00:32:52.240><c> of</c><00:32:52.440><c> a</c><00:32:52.640><c> sling.</c>

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:57.079
On<00:32:54.759><c> she</c><00:32:54.980><c> goes</c><00:32:55.299><c> to</c><00:32:55.559><c> reassure</c><00:32:56.000><c> David.</c>

00:32:57.519 --> 00:33:00.380
Her<00:32:57.539><c> words,</c><00:32:58.180><c> brothers</c><00:32:58.299><c> and</c><00:32:58.619><c> sisters,</c><00:32:59.339><c> are</c><00:32:59.480><c> like</c><00:32:59.759><c> a</c><00:33:00.079><c> cooling</c>

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:02.799
bomb<00:33:00.900><c> to</c><00:33:01.099><c> this</c><00:33:01.319><c> tormented</c><00:33:01.819><c> soul.</c>

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:07.779
She<00:33:03.500><c> fans</c><00:33:03.940><c> the</c><00:33:04.240><c> flames,</c><00:33:04.839><c> no,</c><00:33:05.759><c> she</c><00:33:06.000><c> pours</c><00:33:06.539><c> water</c><00:33:06.859><c> on</c><00:33:07.079><c> the</c><00:33:07.279><c> flames</c><00:33:07.579><c> and</c>

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:09.059
puts<00:33:08.000><c> them</c><00:33:08.220><c> out.</c>

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:11.640
She<00:33:09.579><c> extinguishes</c><00:33:10.420><c> David's</c><00:33:11.240><c> anger,</c>

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:16.319
she<00:33:12.240><c> brings</c><00:33:12.559><c> his</c><00:33:12.839><c> temperature</c><00:33:13.359><c> down</c><00:33:13.880><c> ever</c><00:33:14.440><c> so</c><00:33:14.759><c> carefully</c><00:33:15.160><c> and</c><00:33:15.519><c> slowly,</c>

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:20.319
and<00:33:17.220><c> her</c><00:33:17.519><c> words</c><00:33:18.099><c> penetrate</c><00:33:19.000><c> David's</c><00:33:19.859><c> conscience.</c>

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:24.279
It<00:33:21.240><c> had</c><00:33:21.460><c> been</c><00:33:21.660><c> a</c><00:33:21.900><c> seared</c><00:33:22.220><c> conscience,</c><00:33:23.279><c> perhaps,</c><00:33:23.279><c> at</c><00:33:23.460><c> this</c><00:33:23.700><c> point.</c>

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:27.240
He<00:33:24.720><c> was</c><00:33:24.940><c> really</c><00:33:25.240><c> on</c><00:33:25.420><c> a</c><00:33:25.680><c> destructive</c><00:33:26.180><c> course</c><00:33:26.599><c> that</c><00:33:26.759><c> later</c><00:33:27.039><c> he</c>

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.339
could<00:33:27.400><c> look</c><00:33:27.619><c> back</c><00:33:27.960><c> on</c>

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:31.480
and<00:33:28.980><c> wish</c><00:33:29.200><c> he</c><00:33:29.400><c> had</c><00:33:29.619><c> never</c><00:33:29.940><c> done</c><00:33:30.279><c> once</c><00:33:30.579><c> he</c><00:33:30.700><c> was</c><00:33:30.920><c> king,</c>

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:36.039
killing<00:33:32.279><c> and</c><00:33:32.559><c> snuffing</c><00:33:32.980><c> out</c><00:33:33.240><c> a</c><00:33:33.400><c> mere</c><00:33:33.599><c> farmer</c><00:33:34.019><c> because</c><00:33:34.359><c> of</c><00:33:34.500><c> his</c><00:33:34.700><c> churlishness.</c>

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:39.039
But<00:33:36.420><c> here</c><00:33:36.660><c> was</c><00:33:36.900><c> another</c><00:33:37.299><c> friend</c><00:33:37.779><c> of</c><00:33:38.039><c> David,</c>

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:41.359
not<00:33:39.440><c> the</c><00:33:39.799><c> Jonathan</c><00:33:40.240><c> sort,</c><00:33:40.640><c> perhaps,</c>

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:45.680
not<00:33:41.940><c> like</c><00:33:42.240><c> a</c><00:33:42.519><c> Samuel</c><00:33:42.839><c> as</c><00:33:43.039><c> an</c><00:33:43.220><c> elder</c><00:33:43.400><c> in</c><00:33:43.579><c> the</c><00:33:43.759><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:33:44.140><c> but</c><00:33:44.299><c> now</c><00:33:44.539><c> a</c><00:33:44.720><c> sister,</c>

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:48.740
a<00:33:46.319><c> sister</c><00:33:46.799><c> pleading</c><00:33:47.400><c> to</c><00:33:47.720><c> the</c><00:33:47.920><c> king.</c>

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:52.220
You<00:33:49.359><c> see,</c><00:33:50.019><c> brothers</c><00:33:50.059><c> and</c><00:33:50.319><c> sisters,</c><00:33:50.799><c> the</c><00:33:50.980><c> exhortation</c><00:33:51.500><c> for</c><00:33:51.740><c> ourselves,</c>

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:57.039
that<00:33:52.480><c> in</c><00:33:52.720><c> David's</c><00:33:53.200><c> experience,</c><00:33:54.880><c> when</c><00:33:55.019><c> we</c><00:33:55.359><c> pray,</c><00:33:56.220><c> lead</c><00:33:56.500><c> us</c><00:33:56.819><c> not</c>

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.599
into<00:33:57.380><c> temptation.</c>

00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:01.700
How<00:33:58.920><c> do</c><00:33:59.119><c> we</c><00:33:59.240><c> expect</c><00:33:59.640><c> God</c><00:33:59.920><c> to</c><00:34:00.180><c> work</c><00:34:00.420><c> out</c><00:34:00.579><c> an</c><00:34:00.779><c> answer</c><00:34:01.000><c> to</c><00:34:01.200><c> that</c><00:34:01.380><c> prayer?</c>

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:04.039
Lead<00:34:02.240><c> us</c><00:34:02.500><c> not</c><00:34:02.720><c> into</c><00:34:02.940><c> temptation.</c>

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:07.859
We<00:34:04.940><c> can't</c><00:34:05.240><c> always</c><00:34:05.619><c> expect</c><00:34:05.980><c> that</c><00:34:06.079><c> we're</c><00:34:06.259><c> going</c><00:34:06.420><c> to</c><00:34:06.559><c> be</c><00:34:06.740><c> miraculously</c><00:34:07.420><c> plucked</c>

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:09.800
from<00:34:08.079><c> danger</c><00:34:08.460><c> and</c><00:34:08.719><c> temptation.</c>

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:13.000
There<00:34:10.480><c> will</c><00:34:10.639><c> be</c><00:34:10.800><c> an</c><00:34:11.000><c> intermediate</c><00:34:11.480><c> course,</c><00:34:12.000><c> often</c><00:34:12.420><c> used</c><00:34:12.780><c> by</c>

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:14.039
God<00:34:13.300><c> in</c><00:34:13.460><c> our</c><00:34:13.639><c> lives,</c>

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:18.400
by<00:34:15.239><c> the</c><00:34:15.420><c> reading</c><00:34:15.619><c> of</c><00:34:15.880><c> Scripture,</c><00:34:17.539><c> sometimes</c><00:34:17.579><c> by</c><00:34:17.840><c> coming</c><00:34:18.079><c> to</c><00:34:18.260><c> a</c>

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.159
Bible<00:34:18.619><c> school,</c>

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:22.539
sometimes<00:34:20.260><c> the</c><00:34:20.840><c> word</c><00:34:21.199><c> of</c><00:34:21.500><c> exhortation,</c>

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:27.659
sometimes<00:34:23.780><c> the</c><00:34:24.380><c> whisper</c><00:34:24.860><c> in</c><00:34:25.559><c> our</c><00:34:25.860><c> ear</c><00:34:26.159><c> from</c><00:34:26.380><c> our</c><00:34:26.719><c> spouses,</c>

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:31.960
or<00:34:28.460><c> from</c><00:34:28.800><c> a</c><00:34:29.139><c> wise</c><00:34:29.480><c> and</c><00:34:29.840><c> godly</c><00:34:30.260><c> sister</c><00:34:30.659><c> in</c><00:34:30.940><c> our</c><00:34:31.099><c> midst.</c>

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:35.739
Sisters,<00:34:33.400><c> there's</c><00:34:33.599><c> an</c><00:34:33.820><c> exhortation</c><00:34:34.280><c> for</c><00:34:34.480><c> you,</c><00:34:34.760><c> isn't</c><00:34:34.820><c> there?</c>

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:38.480
Married<00:34:36.139><c> or</c><00:34:36.320><c> unmarried,</c><00:34:37.099><c> old</c><00:34:37.340><c> or</c><00:34:37.519><c> young,</c>

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:41.440
all<00:34:39.159><c> of</c><00:34:39.320><c> you</c><00:34:39.500><c> can</c><00:34:39.719><c> play</c><00:34:39.940><c> the</c><00:34:40.159><c> role</c><00:34:40.300><c> of</c><00:34:40.440><c> an</c><00:34:40.619><c> Abigail.</c>

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:45.360
All<00:34:42.320><c> of</c><00:34:42.480><c> you</c><00:34:42.579><c> can</c><00:34:42.840><c> speak</c><00:34:43.139><c> wise</c><00:34:43.559><c> words</c><00:34:44.199><c> to</c><00:34:44.659><c> your</c><00:34:44.900><c> husbands</c>

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:48.059
and<00:34:45.599><c> to</c><00:34:45.820><c> fellow</c><00:34:46.159><c> brethren,</c><00:34:46.679><c> young</c><00:34:46.960><c> or</c><00:34:47.260><c> old.</c>

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:51.239
All<00:34:48.599><c> of</c><00:34:48.760><c> you</c><00:34:48.940><c> can</c><00:34:49.199><c> act</c><00:34:49.519><c> as</c><00:34:49.780><c> guardians</c><00:34:50.260><c> in</c><00:34:50.480><c> the</c><00:34:50.719><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:54.440
looking<00:34:51.940><c> out</c><00:34:52.219><c> for</c><00:34:52.440><c> those</c><00:34:52.699><c> times</c><00:34:53.059><c> when</c><00:34:53.340><c> young</c><00:34:53.579><c> or</c><00:34:53.760><c> old</c><00:34:54.079><c> brethren</c>

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:57.280
are<00:34:54.880><c> not</c><00:34:55.340><c> acting</c><00:34:55.719><c> or</c><00:34:55.980><c> thinking</c><00:34:56.320><c> wisely.</c>

00:34:57.780 --> 00:35:01.239
And<00:34:58.019><c> the</c><00:34:58.219><c> word</c><00:34:58.599><c> of</c><00:34:59.000><c> exhortation,</c><00:34:59.699><c> as</c><00:34:59.940><c> it</c><00:35:00.119><c> were,</c><00:35:00.420><c> from</c><00:35:00.619><c> you</c>

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:07.099
can<00:35:01.900><c> sometimes</c><00:35:02.619><c> defer</c><00:35:03.400><c> the</c><00:35:04.239><c> anger</c><00:35:04.659><c> and</c><00:35:05.480><c> the</c><00:35:05.639><c> unwise</c><00:35:06.579><c> course,</c>

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:10.039
even<00:35:07.480><c> taken</c><00:35:07.920><c> sometimes</c><00:35:08.539><c> by</c><00:35:08.800><c> the</c><00:35:09.000><c> older,</c><00:35:09.380><c> more</c><00:35:09.519><c> experienced</c>

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:11.400
in<00:35:10.199><c> the</c><00:35:10.360><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:16.539
Never,<00:35:12.719><c> sisters,</c><00:35:13.219><c> underestimate</c><00:35:13.960><c> your</c><00:35:14.300><c> capacity</c><00:35:15.019><c> to</c><00:35:15.300><c> be</c><00:35:15.440><c> an</c><00:35:15.659><c> Abigail,</c>

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:19.019
not<00:35:16.880><c> only</c><00:35:17.159><c> in</c><00:35:17.320><c> the</c><00:35:17.460><c> hour</c><00:35:17.679><c> of</c><00:35:17.960><c> crisis,</c>

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:22.000
but<00:35:19.260><c> in</c><00:35:19.719><c> daily</c><00:35:20.099><c> concourse</c><00:35:20.760><c> with</c><00:35:21.000><c> your</c><00:35:21.320><c> fellow</c><00:35:21.599><c> brethren</c>

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:24.139
and<00:35:22.420><c> your</c><00:35:22.659><c> fellow</c><00:35:22.920><c> young</c><00:35:23.199><c> people.</c>

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:28.900
The<00:35:24.780><c> opportunities</c><00:35:25.460><c> are</c><00:35:26.179><c> many</c><00:35:26.599><c> to</c><00:35:27.059><c> play</c><00:35:27.280><c> the</c><00:35:27.480><c> role</c><00:35:27.659><c> of</c><00:35:27.780><c> an</c><00:35:28.000><c> Abigail.</c>

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:33.019
As<00:35:29.340><c> humble</c><00:35:29.719><c> as</c><00:35:29.940><c> she</c><00:35:30.179><c> was,</c><00:35:30.860><c> as</c><00:35:31.280><c> unobtrusive</c><00:35:32.000><c> as</c><00:35:32.340><c> she</c><00:35:32.599><c> was,</c>

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:35.460
she<00:35:33.659><c> acted</c><00:35:34.059><c> in</c><00:35:34.519><c> great</c><00:35:34.739><c> haste.</c>

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:38.539
She<00:35:35.900><c> sensed</c><00:35:36.280><c> the</c><00:35:36.500><c> urgency</c><00:35:37.039><c> of</c><00:35:37.219><c> an</c><00:35:37.440><c> ecclesial</c><00:35:37.900><c> crisis,</c>

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:42.860
and<00:35:39.179><c> she</c><00:35:39.440><c> said</c><00:35:39.579><c> the</c><00:35:39.900><c> right</c><00:35:40.139><c> thing</c><00:35:40.539><c> at</c><00:35:41.280><c> the</c><00:35:41.619><c> right</c><00:35:41.880><c> time.</c>

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:46.159
Here<00:35:43.480><c> was</c><00:35:43.719><c> one</c><00:35:44.000><c> of</c><00:35:44.219><c> David's</c><00:35:45.139><c> truest</c><00:35:45.539><c> friends.</c>

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:50.139
And<00:35:46.800><c> you</c><00:35:46.940><c> know,</c><00:35:47.539><c> she</c><00:35:47.800><c> understood</c><00:35:48.300><c> that</c><00:35:48.559><c> principle</c><00:35:48.920><c> of</c><00:35:49.219><c> self</c><00:35:49.420><c>-sacrifice.</c>

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:53.840
She<00:35:50.719><c> didn't</c><00:35:50.920><c> know</c><00:35:51.159><c> how</c><00:35:51.380><c> David</c><00:35:51.639><c> was</c><00:35:51.860><c> going</c><00:35:51.980><c> to</c><00:35:52.119><c> respond</c><00:35:52.440><c> to</c><00:35:52.639><c> her,</c><00:35:52.920><c> did</c><00:35:53.039><c> she?</c>

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:58.039
She<00:35:54.260><c> knew</c><00:35:54.400><c> that</c><00:35:54.619><c> David</c><00:35:54.800><c> was</c><00:35:55.079><c> prepared</c><00:35:55.440><c> to</c><00:35:55.760><c> snuff</c><00:35:56.039><c> out</c><00:35:56.900><c> her</c><00:35:57.500><c> husband</c>

00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:00.619
and<00:35:58.500><c> perhaps</c><00:35:58.920><c> even</c><00:35:59.320><c> his</c><00:35:59.519><c> own</c><00:35:59.780><c> helping</c><00:36:00.039><c> hands.</c>

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:03.480
When<00:36:01.380><c> she</c><00:36:01.579><c> came</c><00:36:01.840><c> to</c><00:36:02.019><c> David,</c><00:36:02.300><c> it</c><00:36:02.380><c> was</c><00:36:02.579><c> like</c><00:36:02.820><c> Esther</c><00:36:03.139><c> coming,</c>

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:05.380
really,<00:36:04.000><c> before</c><00:36:04.280><c> the</c><00:36:04.519><c> king.</c>

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:08.340
She<00:36:05.880><c> really</c><00:36:06.360><c> didn't</c><00:36:06.699><c> know</c><00:36:06.980><c> how</c><00:36:07.239><c> David</c><00:36:07.519><c> was</c><00:36:07.719><c> going</c><00:36:07.860><c> to</c><00:36:08.019><c> respond</c>

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.659
to<00:36:08.500><c> her.</c>

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:10.679
He<00:36:08.900><c> could</c><00:36:09.079><c> have</c><00:36:09.199><c> snuffed</c><00:36:09.380><c> her</c><00:36:09.679><c> life</c><00:36:09.860><c> out.</c>

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:14.579
In<00:36:11.539><c> his</c><00:36:11.739><c> fit</c><00:36:11.820><c> of</c><00:36:12.059><c> rage,</c><00:36:12.539><c> she</c><00:36:12.780><c> had</c><00:36:13.119><c> no</c><00:36:13.820><c> surety</c>

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:17.920
that<00:36:14.940><c> David</c><00:36:15.219><c> would</c><00:36:15.460><c> not</c><00:36:15.659><c> also</c><00:36:16.059><c> take</c><00:36:16.400><c> her</c><00:36:16.699><c> with</c><00:36:16.900><c> her</c><00:36:17.099><c> husband.</c>

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:21.559
She<00:36:18.679><c> laid</c><00:36:18.940><c> her</c><00:36:19.260><c> life</c><00:36:19.460><c> on</c><00:36:19.679><c> the</c><00:36:19.860><c> line.</c><00:36:20.159><c> She</c><00:36:20.340><c> took</c><00:36:20.539><c> a</c><00:36:20.679><c> risk.</c>

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:24.940
She<00:36:21.920><c> was</c><00:36:22.219><c> of</c><00:36:22.400><c> the</c><00:36:22.619><c> mind</c><00:36:22.900><c> that</c><00:36:23.079><c> was</c><00:36:23.460><c> self</c><00:36:23.960><c>-sacrificing,</c>

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:26.920
ready<00:36:25.460><c> to</c><00:36:25.679><c> lose</c><00:36:25.900><c> her</c><00:36:26.139><c> own</c><00:36:26.340><c> life</c>

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:29.139
for<00:36:27.460><c> the</c><00:36:27.699><c> sake</c><00:36:27.920><c> of</c><00:36:28.139><c> not</c><00:36:28.320><c> only</c><00:36:28.480><c> her</c><00:36:28.719><c> husband,</c>

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:33.460
but<00:36:29.659><c> for</c><00:36:29.820><c> the</c><00:36:30.019><c> sake</c><00:36:30.239><c> of</c><00:36:30.460><c> maintaining</c><00:36:30.960><c> the</c><00:36:31.360><c> integrity</c><00:36:31.960><c> of</c><00:36:32.440><c> her</c><00:36:32.659><c> king.</c>

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:36.900
And<00:36:34.139><c> that</c><00:36:34.440><c> mental</c><00:36:34.880><c> attitude</c><00:36:35.360><c> that</c><00:36:35.559><c> the</c><00:36:35.760><c> sister</c><00:36:36.039><c> had</c><00:36:36.380><c> was</c><00:36:36.639><c> key,</c>

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.659
wasn't<00:36:37.179><c> it?</c>

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:40.539
She<00:36:38.179><c> viewed</c><00:36:38.400><c> herself</c><00:36:38.900><c> only</c><00:36:39.300><c> as</c><00:36:39.519><c> a</c><00:36:39.760><c> handmaid.</c>

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:44.059
She<00:36:41.239><c> discussed</c><00:36:41.659><c> and</c><00:36:41.880><c> talked</c><00:36:42.159><c> about</c><00:36:42.420><c> David</c><00:36:42.800><c> in</c><00:36:43.400><c> terms</c><00:36:43.699><c> of</c><00:36:43.900><c> him</c>

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.840
being<00:36:44.360><c> Lord.</c>

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:47.699
But<00:36:45.780><c> she</c><00:36:45.980><c> knew</c><00:36:46.159><c> the</c><00:36:46.440><c> truth.</c><00:36:46.699><c> Look</c><00:36:46.880><c> at</c><00:36:46.980><c> verse</c><00:36:47.179><c> 28.</c>

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:50.239
She<00:36:48.519><c> knows</c><00:36:49.019><c> the</c><00:36:49.380><c> truth.</c>

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:53.460
She<00:36:50.920><c> knows</c><00:36:51.340><c> that</c><00:36:51.659><c> David</c><00:36:51.920><c> is</c><00:36:52.199><c> ordained</c><00:36:52.639><c> to</c><00:36:52.820><c> be</c><00:36:53.019><c> king,</c>

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:55.679
and<00:36:53.860><c> she</c><00:36:54.039><c> uses</c><00:36:54.420><c> the</c><00:36:54.679><c> phrase,</c>

00:36:57.780 --> 00:37:00.619
Do<00:36:58.300><c> you</c><00:36:58.820><c> know,</c><00:36:59.000><c> brothers</c><00:36:59.179><c> and</c><00:36:59.400><c> sisters,</c><00:36:59.679><c> this</c><00:36:59.860><c> is</c><00:37:00.099><c> before</c><00:37:00.380><c> the</c>

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.940
covenant<00:37:00.780><c> with</c><00:37:01.039><c> David.</c>

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:04.619
The<00:37:02.480><c> covenant</c><00:37:02.679><c> with</c><00:37:02.860><c> David</c><00:37:03.119><c> isn't</c><00:37:03.340><c> given</c><00:37:03.579><c> until</c><00:37:03.860><c> 2</c><00:37:04.159><c> Samuel,</c>

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.579
Chapter<00:37:05.019><c> 7.</c>

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:07.739
How<00:37:06.019><c> does</c><00:37:06.239><c> she</c><00:37:06.440><c> know</c><00:37:06.719><c> this?</c>

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:10.059
She<00:37:08.579><c> knew</c><00:37:08.920><c> her</c><00:37:09.159><c> Bible.</c>

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:13.840
She<00:37:10.880><c> knew</c><00:37:11.119><c> the</c><00:37:11.400><c> Scriptures,</c><00:37:11.920><c> and</c><00:37:12.139><c> she</c><00:37:12.460><c> knew</c><00:37:12.719><c> the</c><00:37:12.980><c> work</c><00:37:13.119><c> of</c><00:37:13.380><c> the</c><00:37:13.539><c> prophets</c>

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:15.920
that<00:37:14.039><c> were</c><00:37:14.300><c> obviously</c><00:37:14.599><c> operating</c><00:37:15.079><c> during</c><00:37:15.300><c> the</c><00:37:15.519><c> times</c><00:37:15.699><c> of</c>

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:17.340
David,<00:37:16.219><c> like</c><00:37:16.400><c> Samuel.</c>

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:20.260
She<00:37:17.719><c> knew</c><00:37:18.039><c> enough</c><00:37:18.360><c> about</c><00:37:18.659><c> David</c><00:37:19.079><c> to</c><00:37:19.320><c> talk</c><00:37:19.599><c> about</c><00:37:19.880><c> him</c>

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:22.719
in<00:37:20.739><c> relationship</c><00:37:21.380><c> to</c><00:37:21.719><c> a</c><00:37:21.980><c> sure</c><00:37:22.219><c> house</c>

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:26.519
before<00:37:23.340><c> that</c><00:37:23.659><c> phrasing</c><00:37:23.940><c> was</c><00:37:24.179><c> ever</c><00:37:24.360><c> used</c><00:37:24.599><c> directly</c><00:37:25.019><c> to</c><00:37:25.239><c> David</c><00:37:25.400><c> himself</c>

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:31.000
by<00:37:27.280><c> the</c><00:37:27.679><c> prophet</c><00:37:28.099><c> when</c><00:37:28.280><c> he</c><00:37:28.400><c> went</c><00:37:28.579><c> to</c><00:37:28.780><c> him</c><00:37:28.960><c> in</c><00:37:29.199><c> 2</c><00:37:29.460><c> Samuel</c><00:37:29.800><c> 7.</c>

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:33.760
You<00:37:32.139><c> can't</c><00:37:32.500><c> be</c><00:37:32.760><c> a</c><00:37:32.960><c> helper,</c><00:37:33.440><c> sister,</c>

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:38.940
if<00:37:34.579><c> you're</c><00:37:34.780><c> basing</c><00:37:35.260><c> your</c><00:37:35.980><c> counsel</c><00:37:36.500><c> on</c><00:37:37.340><c> simply</c><00:37:37.599><c> your</c><00:37:37.840><c> own</c><00:37:38.039><c> reasoning.</c>

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:41.619
To<00:37:39.340><c> be</c><00:37:39.519><c> an</c><00:37:39.760><c> Abigail</c><00:37:40.179><c> is</c><00:37:40.480><c> to</c><00:37:40.619><c> be</c><00:37:40.820><c> rooted</c><00:37:40.980><c> in</c><00:37:41.139><c> the</c><00:37:41.360><c> truth,</c>

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:44.260
to<00:37:41.880><c> have</c><00:37:42.079><c> some</c><00:37:42.360><c> knowledge</c><00:37:42.719><c> and</c><00:37:42.880><c> some</c><00:37:43.179><c> understanding.</c>

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:47.500
Not<00:37:44.739><c> necessarily</c><00:37:45.300><c> to</c><00:37:45.480><c> be</c><00:37:45.559><c> the</c><00:37:45.659><c> most</c><00:37:45.960><c> profound</c><00:37:46.360><c> and</c><00:37:46.639><c> knowledgeable</c><00:37:46.940><c> sister,</c>

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:49.659
but<00:37:48.199><c> to</c><00:37:48.420><c> give</c><00:37:48.659><c> wise</c><00:37:49.079><c> counsel</c>

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:52.679
and<00:37:50.219><c> to</c><00:37:50.480><c> direct</c><00:37:50.699><c> and</c><00:37:51.039><c> help</c><00:37:51.199><c> your</c><00:37:51.480><c> fellow</c><00:37:51.760><c> brothers</c><00:37:52.079><c> and</c><00:37:52.300><c> sisters</c><00:37:52.519><c> in</c>

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.239
the<00:37:52.860><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:56.219
you<00:37:53.780><c> need</c><00:37:54.039><c> to</c><00:37:54.260><c> have</c><00:37:54.380><c> your</c><00:37:54.679><c> feet</c><00:37:54.900><c> in</c><00:37:55.340><c> Scripture.</c>

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:59.239
You<00:37:56.739><c> need,</c><00:37:57.320><c> if</c><00:37:57.460><c> you're</c><00:37:57.619><c> going</c><00:37:57.780><c> to</c><00:37:57.880><c> get</c><00:37:58.000><c> through</c><00:37:58.179><c> to</c><00:37:58.340><c> someone</c><00:37:58.500><c> like</c><00:37:58.739><c> a</c><00:37:58.920><c> David,</c>

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:02.659
to<00:37:59.820><c> have</c><00:38:00.119><c> some</c><00:38:00.420><c> understanding</c><00:38:00.980><c> of</c><00:38:01.139><c> what's</c><00:38:02.159><c> right.</c>

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:07.639
I'd<00:38:03.199><c> like</c><00:38:03.199><c> you</c><00:38:03.400><c> just</c><00:38:03.559><c> to</c><00:38:03.900><c> turn</c><00:38:04.260><c> to</c><00:38:04.539><c> the</c><00:38:04.719><c> Proverbs</c><00:38:05.659><c> momentarily.</c>

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:09.260
Proverbs,<00:38:08.300><c> Chapter</c><00:38:08.539><c> 25.</c>

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:14.199
There<00:38:09.539><c> is</c><00:38:09.980><c> a</c><00:38:10.239><c> statement</c><00:38:10.480><c> in</c><00:38:10.619><c> the</c><00:38:10.820><c> Proverbs</c><00:38:11.139><c> that</c><00:38:11.920><c> I</c><00:38:12.059><c> think</c><00:38:12.739><c> captures</c>

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:19.019
the<00:38:15.199><c> kind</c><00:38:15.500><c> of</c><00:38:15.800><c> friendship</c><00:38:16.300><c> that</c><00:38:16.860><c> Abigail</c><00:38:17.739><c> portrayed</c>

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.519
in<00:38:19.260><c> her</c><00:38:19.440><c> relationship</c><00:38:19.960><c> to</c><00:38:20.219><c> David</c>

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:24.699
as<00:38:21.619><c> she</c><00:38:21.880><c> helped</c><00:38:22.099><c> him</c><00:38:22.400><c> along</c><00:38:22.599><c> the</c><00:38:22.840><c> course</c><00:38:23.059><c> towards</c><00:38:23.400><c> that</c><00:38:23.679><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:28.679
It's<00:38:25.500><c> in</c><00:38:25.659><c> Proverbs,</c><00:38:26.179><c> Chapter</c><00:38:26.320><c> 25,</c>

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:33.199
verses<00:38:30.579><c> 11</c><00:38:31.019><c> and</c><00:38:31.219><c> 12</c><00:38:31.659><c> say</c><00:38:31.900><c> it</c><00:38:32.139><c> beautifully,</c>

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:37.360
and<00:38:33.900><c> here</c><00:38:34.179><c> truly,</c><00:38:34.800><c> not</c><00:38:35.019><c> only</c><00:38:35.280><c> for</c><00:38:35.739><c> sisters,</c><00:38:36.280><c> but</c><00:38:36.420><c> brethren</c><00:38:36.699><c> as</c><00:38:36.960><c> well,</c>

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:40.159
is<00:38:37.940><c> a</c><00:38:38.099><c> very</c><00:38:38.440><c> practical</c><00:38:38.840><c> and</c><00:38:39.159><c> important</c><00:38:39.480><c> exhortation</c>

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:46.340
in<00:38:40.159><c> which</c><00:38:40.579><c> Abigail</c><00:38:41.139><c> demonstrated</c><00:38:41.900><c> a</c><00:38:43.260><c> word</c><00:38:43.960><c> fitly</c><00:38:45.719><c> spoken.</c>

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:48.739
If<00:38:46.940><c> you</c><00:38:47.059><c> notice</c><00:38:47.300><c> your</c><00:38:47.539><c> margin,</c><00:38:47.940><c> if</c><00:38:47.960><c> you</c><00:38:48.199><c> have</c><00:38:48.360><c> one,</c>

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:51.260
Hebrew,<00:38:49.840><c> spoken</c><00:38:50.199><c> upon</c><00:38:50.619><c> his</c><00:38:50.920><c> wheels,</c>

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:55.820
one<00:38:51.579><c> that</c><00:38:51.880><c> rolls</c><00:38:52.360><c> smoothly,</c><00:38:53.460><c> one</c><00:38:53.719><c> that</c><00:38:54.059><c> conveys</c><00:38:54.639><c> a</c><00:38:54.840><c> message.</c>

00:38:55.860 --> 00:39:00.760
One,<00:38:56.320><c> words</c><00:38:56.719><c> like</c><00:38:57.119><c> ships</c><00:38:57.559><c> carrying</c><00:38:58.239><c> a</c><00:38:58.639><c> load</c><00:38:58.920><c> to</c><00:38:59.300><c> their</c><00:38:59.500><c> destination.</c>

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:05.199
A<00:39:01.300><c> word</c><00:39:02.019><c> spoken</c><00:39:02.599><c> upon</c><00:39:02.980><c> his</c><00:39:03.280><c> wheels,</c><00:39:03.900><c> fitly</c><00:39:04.260><c> spoken,</c>

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:08.760
is<00:39:05.820><c> like</c><00:39:06.139><c> apples</c><00:39:06.400><c> of</c><00:39:06.699><c> gold</c><00:39:06.960><c> and</c><00:39:07.199><c> pictures</c><00:39:07.500><c> of</c><00:39:07.780><c> silver</c>

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:13.239
as<00:39:09.659><c> an</c><00:39:10.019><c> earring</c><00:39:10.360><c> of</c><00:39:10.559><c> gold</c><00:39:10.960><c> and</c><00:39:11.239><c> an</c><00:39:11.400><c> ornament</c><00:39:11.679><c> of</c><00:39:12.000><c> fine</c><00:39:12.239><c> gold.</c>

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:19.000
So<00:39:13.719><c> is</c><00:39:13.980><c> a</c><00:39:14.360><c> wise</c><00:39:14.920><c> reprover</c><00:39:16.239><c> upon</c><00:39:17.079><c> an</c><00:39:17.559><c> obedient</c><00:39:18.179><c> ear.</c>

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:23.519
She<00:39:20.039><c> gave</c><00:39:20.280><c> a</c><00:39:20.500><c> word,</c><00:39:21.059><c> brothers</c><00:39:21.099><c> and</c><00:39:21.380><c> sisters,</c><00:39:21.760><c> that</c><00:39:21.860><c> was</c><00:39:22.179><c> fitly</c><00:39:22.559><c> spoken.</c>

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:27.340
It<00:39:24.340><c> went</c><00:39:24.719><c> to</c><00:39:24.980><c> its</c><00:39:25.300><c> course.</c><00:39:25.780><c> It</c><00:39:26.119><c> struck</c><00:39:26.440><c> David's</c><00:39:27.059><c> heart.</c>

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:30.059
It<00:39:27.840><c> had</c><00:39:28.159><c> its</c><00:39:28.780><c> intended</c><00:39:29.400><c> effect.</c>

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:32.039
It<00:39:30.699><c> rolled</c><00:39:31.159><c> upon</c><00:39:31.500><c> its</c><00:39:31.780><c> wheels.</c>

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:34.599
It<00:39:32.420><c> conveyed</c><00:39:32.679><c> a</c><00:39:32.900><c> message</c><00:39:33.159><c> and</c><00:39:33.400><c> got</c><00:39:33.639><c> to</c><00:39:33.820><c> its</c><00:39:34.000><c> destination,</c>

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:37.300
and<00:39:35.320><c> David</c><00:39:35.780><c> was</c><00:39:36.400><c> reproved.</c>

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:39.800
She<00:39:38.000><c> was</c><00:39:38.239><c> a</c><00:39:38.500><c> wise</c><00:39:38.980><c> reprover.</c>

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:43.239
That's<00:39:40.619><c> not</c><00:39:41.139><c> the</c><00:39:41.340><c> only</c><00:39:41.679><c> form</c><00:39:42.000><c> in</c><00:39:42.159><c> which</c><00:39:42.360><c> we</c><00:39:42.539><c> can</c><00:39:42.840><c> obviously</c>

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:45.039
assist<00:39:43.579><c> brothers</c><00:39:43.860><c> and</c><00:39:44.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:47.719
but<00:39:45.800><c> Abigail's</c><00:39:46.380><c> are</c><00:39:46.599><c> needed</c><00:39:46.880><c> in</c><00:39:47.119><c> the</c><00:39:47.320><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:50.679
at<00:39:48.440><c> all</c><00:39:48.719><c> times</c><00:39:49.119><c> and</c><00:39:49.300><c> in</c><00:39:49.480><c> all</c><00:39:49.719><c> places.</c>

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:54.800
Now,<00:39:52.340><c> besides</c><00:39:52.880><c> Abigail,</c><00:39:53.679><c> there</c><00:39:53.780><c> were</c><00:39:53.980><c> other</c><00:39:54.260><c> individuals</c>

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.519
that<00:39:55.219><c> worked,</c>

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:59.219
very<00:39:56.219><c> importantly</c><00:39:56.760><c> in</c><00:39:56.980><c> David's</c><00:39:57.400><c> life</c><00:39:57.599><c> as</c><00:39:57.840><c> wise</c><00:39:58.219><c> counselors.</c>

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:01.480
I'd<00:39:59.440><c> like</c><00:39:59.539><c> just</c><00:39:59.739><c> to</c><00:39:59.880><c> look</c><00:40:00.019><c> at</c><00:40:00.159><c> a</c><00:40:00.300><c> few</c><00:40:00.420><c> now</c><00:40:00.739><c> towards</c><00:40:01.059><c> the</c><00:40:01.219><c> end</c><00:40:01.360><c> of</c>

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.480
his<00:40:01.639><c> life.</c>

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:04.780
Let's<00:40:02.940><c> turn</c><00:40:03.260><c> to</c><00:40:03.519><c> 2</c><00:40:03.840><c> Samuel.</c>

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:08.559
These<00:40:05.920><c> are</c><00:40:06.519><c> lesser</c><00:40:06.900><c> known</c><00:40:07.199><c> figures.</c>

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:11.840
A<00:40:09.599><c> man</c><00:40:09.880><c> called</c><00:40:10.340><c> Ittai.</c>

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:14.539
Ittai<00:40:12.559><c> the</c><00:40:12.699><c> Gittite.</c>

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:17.239
2<00:40:15.199><c> Samuel</c><00:40:15.659><c> chapter</c><00:40:16.079><c> 15.</c>

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:20.039
He's<00:40:18.260><c> a</c><00:40:18.300><c> different</c><00:40:18.559><c> kind</c><00:40:18.840><c> of</c><00:40:19.039><c> friend,</c>

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:23.199
but<00:40:21.239><c> a</c><00:40:21.420><c> very</c><00:40:21.679><c> valuable</c><00:40:22.039><c> one,</c>

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:26.039
for<00:40:23.500><c> David</c><00:40:23.920><c> in</c><00:40:24.400><c> the</c><00:40:24.579><c> hour</c><00:40:24.800><c> of</c><00:40:25.079><c> crisis.</c>

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:30.320
2<00:40:27.579><c> Samuel</c><00:40:27.980><c> 15,</c><00:40:28.559><c> and</c><00:40:28.699><c> if</c><00:40:28.760><c> you</c><00:40:28.920><c> have</c><00:40:29.059><c> your</c><00:40:29.380><c> chart,</c>

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:32.760
would<00:40:30.519><c> you</c><00:40:30.679><c> just</c><00:40:30.900><c> mind</c><00:40:31.199><c> opening</c><00:40:31.519><c> it</c><00:40:31.699><c> up</c><00:40:31.820><c> again</c><00:40:32.099><c> or</c><00:40:32.280><c> having</c><00:40:32.500><c> it</c>

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.199
to<00:40:32.900><c> view,</c>

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:35.500
and<00:40:33.539><c> I'll</c><00:40:33.719><c> show</c><00:40:33.920><c> you</c><00:40:34.079><c> roughly</c><00:40:34.360><c> where</c><00:40:34.559><c> we</c><00:40:34.800><c> are,</c>

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:39.360
when<00:40:35.840><c> we</c><00:40:36.119><c> pull</c><00:40:36.340><c> out</c><00:40:36.619><c> this</c><00:40:36.880><c> passage</c><00:40:37.280><c> in</c><00:40:37.480><c> 2</c><00:40:37.719><c> Samuel</c><00:40:38.079><c> 15.</c>

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:43.900
If<00:40:40.639><c> you</c><00:40:40.780><c> look</c><00:40:40.960><c> down</c><00:40:41.239><c> to</c><00:40:41.460><c> the</c><00:40:41.599><c> far</c><00:40:41.880><c> extreme</c><00:40:42.420><c> right</c><00:40:42.659><c> of</c><00:40:42.820><c> the</c><00:40:43.039><c> chart,</c>

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:45.780
where<00:40:44.139><c> we</c><00:40:44.340><c> have</c><00:40:44.519><c> the</c><00:40:44.780><c> third</c><00:40:45.019><c> black</c><00:40:45.360><c> dot,</c>

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:48.320
David<00:40:46.519><c> flees</c><00:40:46.960><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:52.699
2<00:40:49.659><c> Samuel</c><00:40:50.179><c> 15</c><00:40:50.900><c> verse</c><00:40:51.400><c> 14.</c>

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:55.739
Now,<00:40:52.920><c> we're</c><00:40:53.099><c> going</c><00:40:53.260><c> to</c><00:40:53.420><c> look</c><00:40:53.559><c> at</c><00:40:53.699><c> 2</c><00:40:53.960><c> Samuel</c><00:40:54.500><c> chapter</c><00:40:54.980><c> 15,</c>

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:57.340
and<00:40:56.099><c> just</c><00:40:56.280><c> a</c><00:40:56.420><c> little</c><00:40:56.579><c> below</c><00:40:56.920><c> that.</c>

00:40:57.699 --> 00:41:01.579
This<00:40:57.940><c> is</c><00:40:58.179><c> then</c><00:40:58.559><c> in</c><00:40:59.119><c> the</c><00:40:59.199><c> last</c><00:40:59.599><c> phase</c><00:40:59.920><c> of</c><00:41:00.139><c> David's</c><00:41:00.559><c> life</c><00:41:00.699><c> as</c><00:41:00.920><c> a</c><00:41:01.059><c> fugitive,</c>

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:04.760
and<00:41:02.360><c> is</c><00:41:02.599><c> after</c><00:41:02.900><c> he</c><00:41:03.159><c> has</c><00:41:03.619><c> left</c><00:41:04.079><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:07.719
after<00:41:05.300><c> the</c><00:41:05.780><c> rebellion</c><00:41:06.219><c> under</c><00:41:06.559><c> Absalom.</c>

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:09.280
Now,<00:41:08.019><c> in</c><00:41:08.179><c> this</c><00:41:08.420><c> hour</c><00:41:08.619><c> of</c><00:41:08.920><c> crisis,</c>

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:13.139
when<00:41:09.559><c> it</c><00:41:09.699><c> would</c><00:41:09.980><c> seem</c><00:41:10.219><c> almost</c><00:41:10.619><c> all</c><00:41:11.139><c> befriended</c><00:41:11.760><c> left</c><00:41:12.119><c> David,</c>

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:15.860
even<00:41:13.500><c> some</c><00:41:13.739><c> of</c><00:41:13.880><c> those</c><00:41:14.079><c> who</c><00:41:14.239><c> were</c><00:41:14.760><c> the</c><00:41:15.139><c> closest</c><00:41:15.440><c> to</c><00:41:15.659><c> David,</c>

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:18.960
even<00:41:16.099><c> his</c><00:41:16.300><c> own</c><00:41:16.639><c> son,</c><00:41:17.300><c> even</c><00:41:17.480><c> his</c><00:41:17.659><c> own</c><00:41:18.000><c> friend</c><00:41:18.219><c> Ahithophel,</c>

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:21.079
all<00:41:19.539><c> betraying</c><00:41:20.139><c> David.</c>

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:23.059
Notice<00:41:21.460><c> verse</c><00:41:21.679><c> 17.</c>

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:26.360
David<00:41:23.780><c> descends</c><00:41:24.199><c> the</c><00:41:24.500><c> banks</c><00:41:24.719><c> outside</c><00:41:25.159><c> of</c><00:41:25.420><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:27.760
goes<00:41:26.760><c> across</c><00:41:27.219><c> the</c><00:41:27.480><c> Kidron,</c>

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:30.079
and<00:41:27.880><c> he's</c><00:41:28.099><c> about</c><00:41:28.300><c> to</c><00:41:28.599><c> climb</c><00:41:28.739><c> up</c><00:41:28.920><c> the</c><00:41:29.059><c> Mount</c><00:41:29.179><c> of</c><00:41:29.420><c> Olives.</c>

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:34.320
In<00:41:30.539><c> verse</c><00:41:30.679><c> 17,</c><00:41:32.019><c> David</c><00:41:32.059><c> went</c><00:41:32.320><c> forth</c><00:41:32.699><c> and</c><00:41:32.900><c> all</c><00:41:33.159><c> the</c><00:41:33.360><c> people</c><00:41:33.599><c> after</c><00:41:33.860><c> him,</c>

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:37.340
and<00:41:34.960><c> tarried</c><00:41:35.159><c> in</c><00:41:35.320><c> a</c><00:41:35.500><c> place</c><00:41:35.699><c> that</c><00:41:35.860><c> was</c><00:41:36.099><c> far</c><00:41:36.420><c> off.</c>

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:40.019
And<00:41:37.760><c> all</c><00:41:37.960><c> his</c><00:41:38.219><c> servants</c><00:41:38.480><c> passed</c><00:41:38.920><c> on</c><00:41:39.199><c> beside</c><00:41:39.579><c> him,</c>

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:42.420
and<00:41:40.820><c> all</c><00:41:41.360><c> the</c><00:41:41.739><c> Cherithites,</c>

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:44.659
and<00:41:43.039><c> all</c><00:41:43.599><c> the</c><00:41:43.880><c> Peliphites,</c>

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:46.840
and<00:41:45.280><c> all</c><00:41:45.599><c> the</c><00:41:45.840><c> Gittites.</c>

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:50.340
Now,<00:41:47.280><c> a</c><00:41:47.500><c> Gittite</c><00:41:48.019><c> is</c><00:41:48.500><c> somebody</c><00:41:48.800><c> from</c><00:41:49.159><c> Gath.</c>

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:52.300
Isn't<00:41:51.079><c> that</c><00:41:51.280><c> interesting?</c>

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:54.940
A<00:41:52.880><c> Gittite</c><00:41:53.300><c> is</c><00:41:53.460><c> somebody</c><00:41:53.699><c> from</c><00:41:53.920><c> Gath.</c>

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:57.659
In<00:41:55.639><c> other</c><00:41:55.820><c> words,</c><00:41:56.159><c> here</c><00:41:56.380><c> at</c><00:41:56.500><c> this</c><00:41:56.780><c> point</c><00:41:56.980><c> in</c><00:41:57.260><c> time,</c>

00:41:57.659 --> 00:42:03.679
David<00:41:58.239><c> has</c><00:41:58.559><c> collected</c><00:41:58.980><c> around</c><00:41:59.460><c> him</c><00:41:59.940><c> a</c><00:42:00.820><c> bodyguard</c><00:42:01.599><c> of</c><00:42:02.019><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:07.139
The<00:42:04.239><c> Peliphites</c><00:42:04.840><c> and</c><00:42:05.079><c> the</c><00:42:05.320><c> Cherithites</c><00:42:05.840><c> are</c><00:42:06.099><c> Gentile</c><00:42:06.840><c> names</c>

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.920
as<00:42:07.440><c> well.</c>

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:11.340
But<00:42:08.480><c> a</c><00:42:08.719><c> Gittite</c><00:42:09.079><c> is</c><00:42:09.280><c> someone</c><00:42:09.480><c> from</c><00:42:09.800><c> Gath.</c>

00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:12.219
Interesting.

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:14.119
Twice<00:42:13.059><c> David</c><00:42:13.380><c> was</c><00:42:13.599><c> in</c><00:42:13.800><c> Gath.</c>

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:16.820
We've<00:42:14.400><c> only</c><00:42:14.579><c> looked</c><00:42:14.739><c> at</c><00:42:14.940><c> one</c><00:42:15.059><c> ourselves</c><00:42:15.539><c> so</c><00:42:15.880><c> far.</c>

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:19.619
Somehow,<00:42:17.599><c> while</c><00:42:17.760><c> David</c><00:42:18.079><c> was</c><00:42:18.340><c> in</c><00:42:18.539><c> Gath,</c><00:42:19.099><c> no</c><00:42:19.300><c> doubt,</c>

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:22.260
during<00:42:20.139><c> those</c><00:42:20.400><c> two</c><00:42:20.699><c> times</c><00:42:21.019><c> of</c><00:42:21.380><c> residence,</c>

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:25.699
he<00:42:22.699><c> had</c><00:42:23.059><c> won</c><00:42:23.300><c> the</c><00:42:23.679><c> hearts</c><00:42:24.039><c> even</c><00:42:24.400><c> of</c><00:42:24.599><c> some</c><00:42:24.780><c> of</c><00:42:24.900><c> the</c><00:42:25.079><c> Philistines.</c>

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:29.079
Some<00:42:26.059><c> of</c><00:42:26.179><c> them</c><00:42:26.300><c> are</c><00:42:26.480><c> from</c><00:42:26.760><c> Goliath's</c><00:42:27.599><c> hometown,</c>

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:30.940
Philistines<00:42:29.800><c> that</c><00:42:29.960><c> have</c><00:42:30.179><c> left</c><00:42:30.460><c> Gath</c>

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:33.800
and<00:42:31.300><c> left</c><00:42:31.760><c> the</c><00:42:32.119><c> Philistine</c><00:42:32.699><c> idolatry</c>

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:37.960
and<00:42:34.579><c> sided</c><00:42:34.880><c> now</c><00:42:35.360><c> with</c><00:42:35.699><c> David</c><00:42:36.119><c> in</c><00:42:36.599><c> the</c><00:42:36.840><c> hour</c><00:42:37.059><c> of</c><00:42:37.420><c> crisis.</c>

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:41.260
When<00:42:38.820><c> fellow</c><00:42:39.199><c> Israelites</c><00:42:39.780><c> were</c><00:42:40.099><c> betraying</c><00:42:40.780><c> David,</c>

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:44.159
David<00:42:41.960><c> finds</c><00:42:42.340><c> friendship</c><00:42:43.039><c> and</c><00:42:43.579><c> support</c>

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:47.340
in<00:42:44.400><c> the</c><00:42:44.500><c> most</c><00:42:44.840><c> unlikely</c><00:42:45.539><c> sector</c><00:42:46.059><c> of</c><00:42:46.320><c> society.</c>

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:49.820
Not<00:42:47.639><c> only</c><00:42:47.840><c> that,</c><00:42:48.460><c> verse</c><00:42:48.699><c> 19,</c>

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:55.460
Then<00:42:51.500><c> said</c><00:42:52.199><c> the</c><00:42:52.440><c> king</c><00:42:52.980><c> to</c><00:42:53.820><c> Ittai</c><00:42:54.559><c> the</c><00:42:54.920><c> Gittite,</c>

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:58.340
a<00:42:55.980><c> man</c><00:42:56.219><c> from</c><00:42:56.539><c> Gath,</c><00:42:57.119><c> a</c><00:42:57.320><c> Philistine.</c>

00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:01.639
Then<00:42:58.719><c> said</c><00:42:58.960><c> the</c><00:42:59.219><c> king</c><00:42:59.440><c> to</c><00:42:59.679><c> Ittai</c><00:43:00.260><c> the</c><00:43:00.420><c> Gittite,</c>

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:03.920
Wherefore<00:43:02.119><c> goest</c><00:43:02.619><c> thou</c><00:43:02.820><c> also</c><00:43:03.239><c> with</c><00:43:03.500><c> me?</c>

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:06.739
Return<00:43:04.780><c> to</c><00:43:05.000><c> thy</c><00:43:05.159><c> place</c><00:43:05.539><c> and</c><00:43:05.739><c> abide</c><00:43:06.039><c> with</c><00:43:06.280><c> the</c><00:43:06.480><c> king.</c>

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:08.260
In<00:43:07.000><c> other</c><00:43:07.039><c> words,</c><00:43:07.179><c> go</c><00:43:07.340><c> back</c><00:43:07.599><c> to</c><00:43:07.780><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:12.099
David's<00:43:09.280><c> ascending</c><00:43:09.699><c> the</c><00:43:09.940><c> valley</c><00:43:10.139><c> here,</c><00:43:10.440><c> crossing</c><00:43:10.820><c> the</c><00:43:11.079><c> Kidron.</c>

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:17.820
For<00:43:12.840><c> thou</c><00:43:13.360><c> art</c><00:43:14.099><c> a</c><00:43:14.579><c> stranger</c><00:43:15.099><c> and</c><00:43:15.980><c> also</c><00:43:16.480><c> an</c><00:43:16.820><c> exile.</c>

00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:20.719
Whereas<00:43:19.199><c> thou</c><00:43:19.559><c> camest</c><00:43:19.940><c> but</c><00:43:20.179><c> yesterday,</c>

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:23.539
should<00:43:20.980><c> I</c><00:43:21.199><c> this</c><00:43:21.420><c> day</c><00:43:21.579><c> make</c><00:43:21.780><c> thee</c><00:43:21.980><c> go</c><00:43:22.179><c> up</c><00:43:22.360><c> and</c><00:43:22.599><c> down</c><00:43:22.760><c> with</c><00:43:22.980><c> us,</c>

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:25.519
seeing<00:43:24.000><c> I</c><00:43:24.280><c> go</c><00:43:24.679><c> whither</c><00:43:24.940><c> I</c><00:43:25.239><c> may?</c>

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:27.500
Return<00:43:26.380><c> now,</c><00:43:26.739><c> David</c><00:43:27.119><c> says,</c>

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:29.239
and<00:43:28.059><c> take</c><00:43:28.320><c> back</c><00:43:28.599><c> thy</c><00:43:28.840><c> brethren.</c>

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:31.519
Mercy<00:43:29.820><c> and</c><00:43:30.139><c> truth</c><00:43:30.320><c> be</c><00:43:30.500><c> unto</c><00:43:30.679><c> thee.</c>

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:34.659
Now<00:43:31.900><c> listen</c><00:43:32.159><c> to</c><00:43:32.280><c> this</c><00:43:32.480><c> Gentile,</c><00:43:33.239><c> a</c><00:43:33.440><c> Philistine</c><00:43:33.860><c> from</c><00:43:34.179><c> Gath,</c>

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:36.199
verse<00:43:35.059><c> 21.</c>

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:37.960
Ittai<00:43:36.760><c> answered</c><00:43:37.059><c> the</c><00:43:37.260><c> king</c><00:43:37.400><c> and</c><00:43:37.699><c> said,</c>

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:39.420
As<00:43:38.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:38.960><c> liveth.</c>

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:42.159
Notice<00:43:40.159><c> he</c><00:43:40.440><c> employs</c><00:43:40.940><c> God's</c><00:43:41.480><c> memorial</c><00:43:41.800><c> name.</c>

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:45.940
As<00:43:42.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:43.239><c> liveth,</c><00:43:44.059><c> and</c><00:43:44.239><c> as</c><00:43:44.420><c> my</c><00:43:44.639><c> Lord</c><00:43:44.920><c> the</c><00:43:45.099><c> King</c><00:43:45.380><c> liveth,</c>

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:49.519
surely,<00:43:47.800><c> now</c><00:43:48.019><c> he</c><00:43:48.179><c> sounds</c><00:43:48.420><c> like</c><00:43:48.699><c> Ruth,</c>

00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:54.139
surely<00:43:50.000><c> in</c><00:43:50.639><c> what</c><00:43:50.920><c> place</c><00:43:51.500><c> my</c><00:43:51.980><c> Lord</c><00:43:52.320><c> the</c><00:43:52.539><c> King</c><00:43:52.780><c> shall</c><00:43:53.139><c> be,</c>

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:56.039
whether<00:43:54.679><c> in</c><00:43:55.179><c> death</c><00:43:55.340><c> or</c><00:43:55.599><c> life,</c>

00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:59.719
even<00:43:56.860><c> there</c><00:43:57.320><c> also</c><00:43:57.739><c> will</c><00:43:58.039><c> thy</c><00:43:58.440><c> servant</c><00:43:58.840><c> be.</c>

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:04.119
Can<00:44:00.500><c> you</c><00:44:00.739><c> imagine</c><00:44:01.179><c> a</c><00:44:01.440><c> man</c><00:44:01.659><c> from</c><00:44:01.940><c> Gath</c><00:44:02.480><c> saying</c><00:44:02.880><c> that</c><00:44:03.159><c> to</c><00:44:03.440><c> David?</c>

00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:06.739
The<00:44:04.699><c> confession</c><00:44:05.199><c> of</c><00:44:05.539><c> a</c><00:44:05.739><c> Philistine,</c>

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:11.699
the<00:44:07.079><c> profession</c><00:44:07.760><c> of</c><00:44:08.420><c> complete</c><00:44:08.920><c> loyalty</c><00:44:09.579><c> and</c><00:44:10.019><c> friendship</c><00:44:10.539><c> to</c><00:44:10.860><c> David.</c>

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:14.340
It<00:44:12.320><c> says</c><00:44:12.519><c> volumes</c><00:44:13.139><c> about</c><00:44:13.440><c> David's</c><00:44:14.059><c> character</c>

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:18.440
that<00:44:14.619><c> he</c><00:44:14.820><c> could</c><00:44:15.039><c> engender</c><00:44:15.579><c> such</c><00:44:15.920><c> loyalty</c><00:44:16.639><c> from</c><00:44:17.059><c> a</c><00:44:17.239><c> man</c><00:44:17.400><c> of</c><00:44:17.719><c> Gath.</c>

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:22.239
But<00:44:18.820><c> it</c><00:44:18.980><c> says</c><00:44:19.199><c> volumes</c><00:44:19.739><c> about</c><00:44:20.219><c> this</c><00:44:20.659><c> friend</c><00:44:21.000><c> of</c><00:44:21.460><c> David's.</c>

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:24.099
In<00:44:22.320><c> the</c><00:44:22.559><c> hour</c><00:44:22.800><c> of</c><00:44:23.099><c> crisis,</c>

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:27.340
when<00:44:24.340><c> Absalom,</c><00:44:24.960><c> his</c><00:44:25.179><c> son,</c><00:44:25.559><c> was</c><00:44:25.760><c> rebelling</c><00:44:26.179><c> against</c><00:44:26.500><c> him,</c>

00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:30.900
when<00:44:27.699><c> Ahithophel</c><00:44:28.400><c> had</c><00:44:28.619><c> raised</c><00:44:28.900><c> up</c><00:44:29.059><c> his</c><00:44:29.280><c> hand</c><00:44:29.599><c> against</c><00:44:29.940><c> David,</c>

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:35.460
here,<00:44:31.840><c> a</c><00:44:32.000><c> non</c><00:44:32.300><c>-Israelite,</c><00:44:33.480><c> a</c><00:44:33.739><c> Gentile,</c><00:44:34.599><c> and</c><00:44:34.900><c> one</c><00:44:35.079><c> of</c><00:44:35.260><c> that</c>

00:44:35.460 --> 00:44:37.199
from<00:44:35.760><c> Gath,</c>

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:39.960
professes<00:44:37.679><c> complete</c><00:44:38.260><c> loyalty</c><00:44:39.019><c> to</c><00:44:39.500><c> David.</c>

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:44.380
Where<00:44:41.039><c> the</c><00:44:41.280><c> King</c><00:44:41.500><c> is,</c><00:44:42.280><c> says</c><00:44:42.440><c> Ittai,</c><00:44:43.300><c> there</c><00:44:43.559><c> will</c><00:44:43.820><c> I</c><00:44:44.079><c> be.</c>

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:46.800
Ittai<00:44:44.880><c> the</c><00:44:44.980><c> Gentile.</c>

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:49.420
Brothers<00:44:47.039><c> and</c><00:44:47.280><c> sisters,</c><00:44:48.019><c> there's</c><00:44:48.380><c> a</c><00:44:48.519><c> profession</c><00:44:48.880><c> of</c><00:44:49.139><c> loyalty</c>

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:50.980
for<00:44:49.699><c> all</c><00:44:49.880><c> of</c><00:44:49.960><c> us.</c>

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:54.420
It<00:44:51.840><c> is</c><00:44:52.260><c> necessary</c><00:44:52.900><c> for</c><00:44:53.219><c> all</c><00:44:53.480><c> of</c><00:44:53.559><c> us</c><00:44:53.719><c> to</c><00:44:53.920><c> say</c><00:44:54.059><c> that,</c>

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:56.699
and<00:44:54.840><c> to</c><00:44:55.079><c> believe</c><00:44:55.260><c> it,</c><00:44:55.719><c> and</c><00:44:55.920><c> to</c><00:44:56.099><c> live</c><00:44:56.219><c> it.</c>

00:44:57.019 --> 00:45:02.380
Where<00:44:57.440><c> our</c><00:44:58.019><c> King</c><00:44:58.500><c> the</c><00:44:58.860><c> Lord</c><00:44:59.219><c> is,</c><00:45:00.219><c> there</c><00:45:00.599><c> will</c><00:45:00.960><c> we</c><00:45:01.239><c> be.</c>

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:06.739
And<00:45:03.340><c> it's</c><00:45:03.599><c> in</c><00:45:03.719><c> a</c><00:45:03.820><c> matter</c><00:45:04.039><c> of</c><00:45:04.340><c> death</c><00:45:04.739><c> or</c><00:45:05.199><c> life</c><00:45:05.539><c> that</c><00:45:05.760><c> we</c><00:45:05.920><c> will</c><00:45:06.039><c> be</c><00:45:06.239><c> there.</c>

00:45:06.739 --> 00:45:10.699
And<00:45:07.820><c> we</c><00:45:08.000><c> view</c><00:45:08.159><c> ourselves,</c><00:45:08.800><c> like</c><00:45:09.099><c> Ittai</c><00:45:09.559><c> the</c><00:45:09.659><c> Gittite,</c>

00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:13.360
as<00:45:11.179><c> servants</c><00:45:11.739><c> of</c><00:45:12.219><c> the</c><00:45:12.440><c> King.</c>

00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:15.639
You<00:45:14.460><c> see</c><00:45:14.619><c> then,</c><00:45:14.800><c> brothers</c><00:45:15.019><c> and</c><00:45:15.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:15.719 --> 00:45:19.480
how<00:45:16.059><c> even</c><00:45:16.360><c> in</c><00:45:16.539><c> the</c><00:45:16.639><c> most</c><00:45:16.920><c> extreme</c><00:45:17.480><c> hours</c><00:45:17.840><c> of</c><00:45:18.139><c> crisis,</c>

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:23.199
God<00:45:20.760><c> providentially</c><00:45:21.480><c> worked</c><00:45:21.880><c> in</c><00:45:22.260><c> David's</c><00:45:22.659><c> life</c>

00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:27.460
to<00:45:24.019><c> give</c><00:45:24.219><c> him</c><00:45:24.420><c> the</c><00:45:24.760><c> encouragement,</c><00:45:26.099><c> the</c><00:45:26.400><c> direction,</c>

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:31.059
and<00:45:28.000><c> sometimes</c><00:45:28.719><c> the</c><00:45:29.280><c> reproof</c><00:45:29.780><c> that</c><00:45:29.980><c> he</c><00:45:30.219><c> needed,</c>

00:45:31.199 --> 00:45:33.099
so<00:45:31.500><c> that</c><00:45:31.599><c> when</c><00:45:31.800><c> he</c><00:45:32.159><c> prayed,</c>

00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:35.699
deliver<00:45:33.780><c> me</c><00:45:34.039><c> from</c><00:45:34.579><c> temptation.</c>

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:38.699
He<00:45:36.059><c> meant</c><00:45:36.340><c> it,</c><00:45:37.000><c> and</c><00:45:37.079><c> the</c><00:45:37.300><c> prayer</c><00:45:37.460><c> was</c><00:45:37.739><c> answered.</c>

00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:40.679
And<00:45:39.039><c> we</c><00:45:39.260><c> find</c><00:45:39.579><c> that</c><00:45:39.860><c> kind</c><00:45:40.099><c> of</c><00:45:40.320><c> friendship</c>

00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:43.280
coming<00:45:41.059><c> from</c><00:45:41.320><c> the</c><00:45:41.440><c> most</c><00:45:41.699><c> unlikely</c><00:45:42.239><c> quarters.</c>

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:45.260
Let<00:45:43.480><c> us</c><00:45:43.679><c> look</c><00:45:43.900><c> for</c><00:45:44.099><c> that</c><00:45:44.320><c> friendship.</c>

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:49.099
Let<00:45:45.619><c> us</c><00:45:45.820><c> be</c><00:45:46.019><c> the</c><00:45:46.260><c> Jonathans,</c><00:45:47.280><c> the</c><00:45:47.699><c> Abigails.</c>

00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:51.739
Let<00:45:49.440><c> us</c><00:45:49.579><c> be</c><00:45:49.739><c> the</c><00:45:50.119><c> Samuels</c><00:45:50.519><c> in</c><00:45:50.699><c> the</c><00:45:50.860><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:55.260
And,<00:45:52.800><c> as</c><00:45:53.199><c> converts,</c><00:45:54.260><c> having</c><00:45:54.440><c> been</c><00:45:54.719><c> brought</c><00:45:54.960><c> out,</c>

00:45:55.260 --> 00:45:59.219
perhaps<00:45:55.679><c> from</c><00:45:55.880><c> the</c><00:45:56.079><c> world,</c><00:45:56.760><c> new</c><00:45:56.940><c> to</c><00:45:57.119><c> the</c><00:45:57.320><c> community</c><00:45:57.639><c> or</c><00:45:57.820><c> the</c><00:45:58.019><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:01.820
maybe<00:45:59.900><c> we</c><00:46:00.059><c> haven't</c><00:46:00.239><c> got</c><00:46:00.500><c> families</c><00:46:01.039><c> in</c><00:46:01.400><c> the</c><00:46:01.619><c> truth,</c>

00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:03.119
like<00:46:02.039><c> some</c><00:46:02.260><c> of</c><00:46:02.380><c> them</c><00:46:02.500><c> have</c><00:46:02.679><c> here.</c>

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:07.940
Maybe<00:46:03.820><c> our</c><00:46:04.079><c> name</c><00:46:04.340><c> is</c><00:46:04.619><c> not</c><00:46:05.000><c> Stiles</c><00:46:05.460><c> or</c><00:46:05.860><c> Robinson</c><00:46:06.400><c> or</c><00:46:07.260><c> who</c><00:46:07.440><c> knows</c><00:46:07.719><c> what,</c>

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:10.159
that's<00:46:08.340><c> perhaps</c><00:46:08.460><c> one</c><00:46:08.599><c> of</c><00:46:08.739><c> the</c><00:46:08.860><c> larger</c><00:46:09.139><c> families.</c>

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:13.719
But<00:46:10.460><c> brought</c><00:46:10.659><c> in</c><00:46:10.880><c> from</c><00:46:11.039><c> the</c><00:46:11.179><c> outside,</c><00:46:12.360><c> like</c><00:46:12.519><c> a</c><00:46:12.699><c> man</c><00:46:12.860><c> from</c><00:46:13.139><c> Gath,</c>

00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:16.780
in<00:46:14.199><c> the</c><00:46:14.400><c> Ecclesia</c><00:46:14.820><c> we</c><00:46:15.099><c> can</c><00:46:15.340><c> still</c><00:46:15.519><c> be</c><00:46:15.840><c> loyal</c><00:46:16.099><c> to</c><00:46:16.320><c> the</c><00:46:16.480><c> King.</c>

00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:20.179
And<00:46:17.219><c> in</c><00:46:17.320><c> that</c><00:46:17.440><c> hour</c><00:46:17.679><c> of</c><00:46:17.920><c> crisis</c><00:46:18.219><c> we</c><00:46:18.480><c> can</c><00:46:18.699><c> say</c><00:46:18.900><c> with</c><00:46:19.139><c> Ittai</c><00:46:19.559><c> the</c><00:46:19.679><c> Gittite,</c>

00:46:20.619 --> 00:46:23.440
in<00:46:20.940><c> what</c><00:46:21.199><c> place</c><00:46:21.639><c> my</c><00:46:22.039><c> Lord</c><00:46:22.320><c> the</c><00:46:22.539><c> King</c><00:46:22.739><c> shall</c><00:46:22.980><c> be,</c>

00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:25.480
whether<00:46:23.840><c> in</c><00:46:24.139><c> death</c><00:46:24.300><c> or</c><00:46:24.500><c> life,</c>

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:28.340
even<00:46:25.760><c> there</c><00:46:26.099><c> also</c><00:46:26.739><c> will</c><00:46:27.059><c> thy</c><00:46:27.260><c> servant</c><00:46:27.519><c> be.</c>