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his<00:10:23.860><c> sister</c><00:10:24.120><c> Tamar,</c><00:10:25.820><c> and</c><00:10:25.919><c> over</c><00:10:26.200><c> two</c><00:10:26.440><c> years</c><00:10:27.000><c> he</c><00:10:27.600><c> plotted</c><00:10:27.919><c> this</c>

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revenge<00:10:28.700><c> and</c><00:10:29.480><c> executed</c><00:10:29.940><c> it</c><00:10:30.240><c> very</c><00:10:30.620><c> carefully</c>

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and<00:10:31.840><c> deliberately.</c>

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The<00:10:35.779><c> news</c><00:10:35.960><c> that</c><00:10:36.139><c> reached</c><00:10:36.299><c> David</c><00:10:36.620><c> was</c><00:10:36.799><c> that</c><00:10:36.960><c> all</c><00:10:37.779><c> the</c><00:10:37.919><c> king's</c>

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sons<00:10:38.379><c> were</c><00:10:38.600><c> dead,</c><00:10:39.159><c> but</c><00:10:39.379><c> in</c><00:10:39.539><c> fact</c><00:10:39.720><c> that</c><00:10:39.879><c> was</c>

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not<00:10:40.299><c> the</c><00:10:40.440><c> case.</c>

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Verse<00:10:41.279><c> 32,</c><00:10:41.799><c> And</c><00:10:41.980><c> Jonadab,</c><00:10:42.720><c> the</c><00:10:42.820><c> son</c><00:10:43.000><c> of</c><00:10:43.159><c> Shimeir,</c><00:10:43.519><c> David's</c>

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brother,<00:10:44.379><c> answered</c><00:10:44.659><c> and</c><00:10:44.860><c> said,</c><00:10:45.179><c> Let</c><00:10:45.299><c> not</c>

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my<00:10:45.659><c> lord</c><00:10:45.820><c> suppose</c><00:10:46.259><c> that</c><00:10:46.379><c> they</c><00:10:46.519><c> have</c><00:10:46.700><c> slain</c><00:10:46.899><c> all</c><00:10:47.179><c> the</c><00:10:47.279><c> young</c>

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men,<00:10:47.740><c> the</c><00:10:47.779><c> king's</c><00:10:48.159><c> sons,</c><00:10:48.519><c> for</c><00:10:48.740><c> Amnon</c><00:10:48.980><c> only</c>

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is<00:10:49.600><c> dead.</c>

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For<00:10:50.200><c> by</c><00:10:50.460><c> the</c><00:10:50.659><c> appointment</c><00:10:51.019><c> of</c><00:10:51.299><c> Absalom</c><00:10:51.539><c> this</c><00:10:51.779><c> hath</c><00:10:51.940><c> been</c><00:10:52.200><c> determined</c><00:10:52.679><c> from</c>

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the<00:10:53.159><c> day</c><00:10:53.279><c> that</c><00:10:53.440><c> he</c><00:10:53.659><c> forced</c>

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his<00:10:53.960><c> sister</c><00:10:54.279><c> Tamar.</c>

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There's<00:10:57.539><c> a</c><00:10:57.679><c> certain</c><00:10:57.860><c> irony</c><00:10:58.159><c> about</c><00:10:58.419><c> that</c><00:10:58.679><c> verse.</c>

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Jonadab<00:10:59.460><c> was</c><00:10:59.600><c> the</c><00:10:59.759><c> so</c><00:11:00.019><c>-called</c><00:11:00.159><c> friend</c><00:11:00.519><c> of</c><00:11:00.700><c> Amnon.</c>

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He<00:11:02.519><c> was</c><00:11:02.679><c> the</c><00:11:02.860><c> one</c><00:11:03.059><c> who</c><00:11:03.299><c> suggested</c><00:11:03.700><c> Amnon's</c><00:11:04.279><c> plot</c><00:11:04.419><c> to</c><00:11:04.620><c> Amnon</c><00:11:04.879><c> in</c>

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the<00:11:05.159><c> first</c><00:11:05.360><c> place,</c><00:11:06.279><c> some</c><00:11:06.539><c> friend</c><00:11:06.799><c> he</c>

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having<00:11:11.179><c> warned</c><00:11:11.559><c> Amnon</c><00:11:11.799><c> about</c><00:11:12.159><c> it.</c>

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Jonadab<00:11:14.700><c> appears</c><00:11:15.059><c> to</c><00:11:15.240><c> have</c><00:11:15.379><c> been</c><00:11:15.500><c> in</c><00:11:15.659><c> the</c><00:11:15.799><c> know.</c>

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But<00:11:17.919><c> then</c><00:11:18.279><c> another</c><00:11:18.879><c> two</c><00:11:19.299><c> verses,</c><00:11:19.740><c> brethren</c><00:11:19.860><c> and</c><00:11:20.059><c> sisters,</c>

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very<00:11:20.639><c> strange</c><00:11:21.100><c> verses.</c>

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Verse<00:11:22.039><c> 37,</c><00:11:23.820><c> But</c><00:11:23.980><c> Absalom</c><00:11:24.480><c> fled</c><00:11:24.899><c> and</c><00:11:25.240><c> went</c><00:11:25.580><c> to</c><00:11:25.799><c> Taumai</c><00:11:26.159><c> the</c><00:11:26.259><c> son</c>

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of<00:11:26.620><c> Amaiud,</c><00:11:27.120><c> king</c><00:11:27.299><c> of</c><00:11:27.500><c> Gashua.</c>

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As<00:11:28.519><c> well</c><00:11:28.639><c> he</c><00:11:28.840><c> might,</c><00:11:29.039><c> of</c><00:11:29.259><c> course,</c><00:11:29.500><c> they</c><00:11:29.700><c> were</c><00:11:29.940><c> related</c><00:11:30.240><c> to</c><00:11:30.480><c> him.</c>

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And<00:11:31.279><c> David</c><00:11:31.600><c> mourned</c><00:11:32.039><c> for</c><00:11:32.259><c> his</c><00:11:32.419><c> son</c><00:11:32.580><c> every</c><00:11:32.940><c> day.</c>

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And<00:11:35.559><c> the</c><00:11:35.700><c> record</c><00:11:35.879><c> isn't</c><00:11:36.000><c> very</c><00:11:36.279><c> clear</c><00:11:36.580><c> there,</c><00:11:36.879><c> is</c><00:11:37.000><c> it,</c><00:11:37.080><c> as</c><00:11:37.279><c> to</c>

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whether<00:11:37.600><c> David</c><00:11:37.960><c> was</c><00:11:38.279><c> mourning</c><00:11:38.799><c> over</c>

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Amnon's<00:11:40.519><c> death</c><00:11:41.200><c> or</c><00:11:43.259><c> Absalom's</c><00:11:43.960><c> absence.</c>

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It<00:11:46.299><c> doesn't</c><00:11:46.659><c> specify</c><00:11:47.279><c> which</c><00:11:47.720><c> son</c><00:11:47.940><c> it</c><00:11:48.120><c> was</c><00:11:48.539><c> that</c><00:11:48.840><c> David</c><00:11:49.120><c> mourned</c><00:11:49.700><c> for.</c>

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David<00:11:52.139><c> well</c><00:11:52.379><c> knew</c><00:11:52.580><c> that</c><00:11:52.779><c> Amnon</c><00:11:53.059><c> deserved</c><00:11:53.860><c> what</c><00:11:54.700><c> he</c><00:11:54.899><c> got,</c><00:11:56.559><c> though</c><00:11:56.799><c> that</c>

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didn't<00:11:57.259><c> justify</c><00:11:57.820><c> Absalom's</c>

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action.

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If<00:12:00.440><c> David</c><00:12:00.720><c> himself</c><00:12:01.120><c> had</c><00:12:01.379><c> taken</c><00:12:01.679><c> some</c><00:12:02.039><c> kind</c><00:12:02.220><c> of</c><00:12:02.360><c> action,</c><00:12:02.779><c> this</c>

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might<00:12:03.159><c> never</c><00:12:03.379><c> have</c><00:12:03.580><c> happened,</c><00:12:04.080><c> and</c><00:12:04.179><c> perhaps</c>

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again<00:12:04.759><c> David</c><00:12:05.080><c> blamed</c><00:12:05.399><c> himself</c><00:12:05.980><c> to</c><00:12:06.259><c> some</c><00:12:06.480><c> extent</c><00:12:06.840><c> for</c><00:12:07.139><c> this.</c>

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But<00:12:09.460><c> did</c><00:12:09.720><c> he</c><00:12:09.919><c> mourn</c><00:12:10.279><c> for</c><00:12:10.539><c> Amnon?</c>

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It<00:12:12.740><c> hardly</c><00:12:13.019><c> appears</c><00:12:13.460><c> so.</c>

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If<00:12:15.720><c> there</c><00:12:15.879><c> is</c><00:12:16.019><c> any</c><00:12:16.200><c> indication</c><00:12:16.659><c> in</c><00:12:16.799><c> the</c><00:12:16.940><c> scripture</c><00:12:17.179><c> at</c><00:12:17.419><c> all,</c>

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brethren<00:12:17.840><c> and</c><00:12:18.100><c> sisters,</c><00:12:18.240><c> the</c><00:12:18.379><c> indication</c>

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that<00:12:19.259><c> is</c><00:12:19.580><c> that</c><00:12:19.820><c> he's</c><00:12:20.059><c> mourning</c><00:12:20.240><c> at</c><00:12:20.419><c> this</c><00:12:20.620><c> stage</c><00:12:20.779><c> was</c><00:12:20.940><c> for</c><00:12:21.159><c> Absalom,</c><00:12:21.759><c> the</c>

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murderer,<00:12:22.820><c> rather</c><00:12:23.100><c> than</c><00:12:23.440><c> Amnon,</c>

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the<00:12:24.059><c> murdered.</c>

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Verse<00:12:26.279><c> 37</c><00:12:26.720><c> again,</c><00:12:27.340><c> Absalom</c><00:12:27.779><c> fled</c><00:12:28.120><c> and</c><00:12:28.259><c> went</c><00:12:28.460><c> to</c><00:12:28.659><c> Taumai</c><00:12:28.960><c> the</c>

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son<00:12:29.240><c> of</c><00:12:29.320><c> Amaiud,</c><00:12:29.980><c> king</c><00:12:30.179><c> of</c><00:12:30.379><c> Gashua.</c>

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And<00:12:31.240><c> David</c><00:12:31.460><c> mourned</c><00:12:31.639><c> for</c><00:12:31.820><c> his</c><00:12:31.940><c> son</c><00:12:32.120><c> every</c><00:12:32.440><c> day.</c>

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So<00:12:33.080><c> Absalom</c><00:12:33.600><c> fled</c><00:12:34.019><c> and</c><00:12:34.279><c> went</c><00:12:34.480><c> to</c><00:12:34.659><c> Gashua</c><00:12:35.159><c> and</c><00:12:35.399><c> was</c><00:12:35.580><c> there</c>

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three<00:12:36.120><c> years.</c>

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And<00:12:36.879><c> the</c><00:12:37.039><c> soul</c><00:12:37.220><c> of</c><00:12:37.279><c> king</c><00:12:37.500><c> David</c><00:12:37.860><c> longed</c><00:12:38.340><c> to</c><00:12:38.379><c> go</c><00:12:38.700><c> forth</c><00:12:38.940><c> unto</c><00:12:39.220><c> Absalom,</c><00:12:40.000><c> for</c><00:12:40.139><c> he</c>

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was<00:12:40.500><c> comforted</c><00:12:41.019><c> concerning</c>

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Amnon,<00:12:42.200><c> seeing</c><00:12:42.320><c> he</c><00:12:42.500><c> was</c><00:12:42.799><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:12:44.960><c> if</c><00:12:45.019><c> that</c><00:12:45.159><c> gives</c><00:12:45.379><c> any</c><00:12:45.620><c> indication</c><00:12:46.039><c> either</c><00:12:46.360><c> way,</c><00:12:46.720><c> it</c><00:12:46.940><c> indicates</c><00:12:47.259><c> surely</c><00:12:47.740><c> that</c>

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David<00:12:48.539><c> was</c><00:12:48.840><c> more</c><00:12:49.159><c> concerned</c>

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about<00:12:49.860><c> Absalom</c><00:12:50.740><c> than</c><00:12:51.019><c> ever</c><00:12:51.279><c> he</c><00:12:51.500><c> was</c><00:12:51.899><c> about</c><00:12:52.340><c> Amnon.</c>

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He<00:12:55.139><c> mourned</c><00:12:55.720><c> for</c><00:12:56.000><c> Absalom,</c><00:12:56.919><c> and</c><00:12:57.080><c> he</c><00:12:57.379><c> longed</c><00:12:57.759><c> to</c><00:12:57.860><c> go</c><00:12:58.120><c> out</c><00:12:58.299><c> after</c>

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Absalom,<00:12:59.659><c> his</c><00:12:59.879><c> soul</c><00:13:00.240><c> longed</c><00:13:01.059><c> for</c><00:13:01.299><c> that</c>

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young<00:13:01.899><c> man,</c><00:13:03.299><c> wicked</c><00:13:03.600><c> though</c><00:13:03.960><c> he</c><00:13:04.419><c> had</c><00:13:04.740><c> been.</c>

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And<00:13:07.460><c> again,</c><00:13:08.580><c> there</c><00:13:08.740><c> seems</c><00:13:09.039><c> to</c><00:13:09.320><c> be</c><00:13:10.080><c> inaction</c><00:13:10.700><c> in</c><00:13:11.039><c> David.</c>

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Is<00:13:13.500><c> it</c><00:13:13.740><c> again</c><00:13:14.120><c> that</c><00:13:14.460><c> the</c><00:13:14.600><c> king</c><00:13:14.759><c> is</c><00:13:15.019><c> weak,</c><00:13:16.440><c> impotent,</c><00:13:17.659><c> because</c>

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he<00:13:18.240><c> too</c><00:13:18.419><c> had</c><00:13:18.639><c> murdered?</c>

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He<00:13:20.600><c> had</c><00:13:20.639><c> not</c><00:13:20.840><c> only</c><00:13:21.100><c> given</c><00:13:21.279><c> way</c><00:13:21.559><c> to</c><00:13:21.759><c> his</c><00:13:21.940><c> own</c><00:13:22.179><c> lust,</c><00:13:22.799><c> David</c><00:13:23.159><c> had</c>

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also<00:13:23.779><c> been</c><00:13:24.000><c> a</c><00:13:24.220><c> murderer.</c>

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He<00:13:25.360><c> had</c><00:13:25.759><c> in</c><00:13:26.039><c> effect</c><00:13:26.440><c> murdered</c><00:13:26.840><c> Uriah,</c><00:13:28.340><c> the</c><00:13:28.440><c> Hittite,</c><00:13:29.539><c> the</c><00:13:29.659><c> husband</c><00:13:30.039><c> of</c><00:13:30.279><c> Bathsheba.</c>

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Was<00:13:33.700><c> it</c><00:13:33.960><c> that</c><00:13:34.299><c> which</c><00:13:34.659><c> again</c><00:13:35.120><c> then</c><00:13:35.440><c> resulted</c><00:13:35.879><c> in</c><00:13:36.220><c> David</c><00:13:36.679><c> feeling</c><00:13:37.179><c> himself</c><00:13:37.919><c> powerless</c><00:13:38.600><c> to</c><00:13:38.860><c> do</c><00:13:39.100><c> anything,</c>

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unable<00:13:40.139><c> to</c><00:13:40.559><c> take</c><00:13:40.820><c> the</c><00:13:41.059><c> steps</c><00:13:41.259><c> he</c><00:13:41.460><c> ought</c><00:13:41.720><c> to</c><00:13:41.899><c> have</c><00:13:42.080><c> taken</c><00:13:42.600><c> in</c><00:13:43.240><c> condemnation</c><00:13:44.240><c> of</c>

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Absalom's<00:13:45.220><c> behaviour?</c>

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However<00:13:48.519><c> justified</c><00:13:49.220><c> Absalom</c><00:13:49.659><c> might</c><00:13:49.919><c> have</c><00:13:50.100><c> felt</c><00:13:50.299><c> himself</c><00:13:50.759><c> to</c>

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be,<00:13:51.659><c> he</c><00:13:51.740><c> now</c><00:13:52.179><c> needed</c><00:13:52.519><c> some</c><00:13:52.879><c> correction,</c>

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and<00:13:54.940><c> David</c><00:13:55.200><c> again</c><00:13:55.620><c> appears</c><00:13:55.940><c> to</c><00:13:56.159><c> have</c><00:13:56.340><c> remained</c><00:13:56.720><c> silent.</c>

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It<00:14:00.419><c> seems</c><00:14:00.700><c> likely</c><00:14:01.139><c> that</c><00:14:02.100><c> the</c><00:14:02.360><c> silence</c><00:14:02.720><c> of</c><00:14:02.879><c> David</c><00:14:03.259><c> created</c><00:14:03.759><c> considerable</c><00:14:04.460><c> resentment</c><00:14:05.200><c> among</c><00:14:05.860><c> his</c>

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own<00:14:06.360><c> family.</c>

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The<00:14:07.879><c> scripture</c><00:14:08.139><c> doesn't</c><00:14:08.480><c> tell</c><00:14:08.759><c> us</c><00:14:08.960><c> that</c><00:14:09.220><c> plainly,</c><00:14:09.960><c> but</c><00:14:10.100><c> if</c><00:14:10.419><c> the</c><00:14:10.840><c> story</c><00:14:11.700><c> that</c><00:14:12.120><c> Joab</c><00:14:12.700><c> dreamed</c><00:14:13.200><c> up</c><00:14:13.580><c> and</c>

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the<00:14:14.100><c> words</c><00:14:14.120><c> that</c><00:14:14.320><c> he</c><00:14:14.480><c> put</c><00:14:14.679><c> into</c><00:14:14.980><c> the</c><00:14:15.399><c> mouth</c><00:14:15.720><c> of</c><00:14:15.919><c> that</c><00:14:16.019><c> woman</c><00:14:16.279><c> of</c>

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Tekoa<00:14:16.779><c> are</c><00:14:17.019><c> anything</c><00:14:17.279><c> to</c><00:14:17.500><c> go</c><00:14:17.679><c> by,</c><00:14:18.340><c> then</c>

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they<00:14:19.039><c> speak</c><00:14:19.399><c> certainly</c><00:14:19.860><c> of</c><00:14:20.139><c> resentment</c><00:14:20.659><c> amongst</c><00:14:21.159><c> the</c><00:14:21.620><c> brothers</c><00:14:21.919><c> of</c><00:14:22.179><c> Absalom</c><00:14:22.580><c> that</c><00:14:22.960><c> David</c><00:14:23.299><c> had</c><00:14:23.559><c> done</c>

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nothing.

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Look<00:14:25.740><c> down</c><00:14:26.120><c> chapter</c><00:14:26.480><c> 14,</c><00:14:28.480><c> and</c><00:14:28.659><c> there</c><00:14:28.860><c> at</c><00:14:29.019><c> verse</c><00:14:29.200><c> 7,</c><00:14:32.080><c> the</c><00:14:32.120><c> woman</c>

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of<00:14:32.539><c> Tekoa</c><00:14:32.879><c> spake</c><00:14:33.179><c> to</c><00:14:33.360><c> the</c><00:14:33.559><c> king,</c><00:14:33.840><c> she</c>

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fell<00:14:34.139><c> on</c><00:14:34.320><c> her</c><00:14:34.519><c> face</c><00:14:34.679><c> to</c><00:14:34.860><c> the</c><00:14:35.039><c> ground</c><00:14:35.279><c> and</c><00:14:35.460><c> did</c><00:14:35.620><c> obeisance</c><00:14:36.159><c> and</c>

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said,<00:14:36.899><c> help,</c><00:14:37.039><c> O</c><00:14:37.259><c> king,</c><00:14:37.840><c> and</c><00:14:37.980><c> spun</c><00:14:38.179><c> the</c><00:14:38.399><c> king</c>

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a<00:14:38.879><c> little</c><00:14:38.879><c> yarn</c><00:14:39.240><c> which</c><00:14:39.460><c> was,</c><00:14:39.720><c> as</c><00:14:39.879><c> we</c><00:14:40.039><c> said,</c><00:14:40.360><c> of</c><00:14:40.440><c> Joab's</c><00:14:40.840><c> making,</c><00:14:41.580><c> Joab's</c>

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manufacturing,<00:14:43.879><c> to</c><00:14:44.320><c> try</c><00:14:44.720><c> and</c>

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bring<00:14:45.059><c> Absalom</c><00:14:45.419><c> home.</c>

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She<00:14:46.720><c> spun</c><00:14:47.039><c> him</c><00:14:47.200><c> a</c><00:14:47.379><c> yarn</c><00:14:47.600><c> about</c><00:14:48.080><c> her</c><00:14:48.460><c> own</c><00:14:48.679><c> family,</c><00:14:49.220><c> so</c><00:14:49.360><c> she</c><00:14:49.600><c> claimed,</c><00:14:51.620><c> which</c><00:14:52.080><c> was</c>

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really<00:14:52.820><c> a</c><00:14:53.100><c> parable</c>

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concerning<00:14:54.200><c> David</c><00:14:54.740><c> and</c><00:14:55.080><c> Absalom.</c>

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And<00:14:56.460><c> there</c><00:14:56.580><c> in</c><00:14:56.700><c> verse</c><00:14:56.960><c> 7,</c><00:14:57.659><c> behold,</c><00:14:57.980><c> she</c><00:14:58.259><c> says,</c><00:14:58.700><c> the</c><00:14:58.820><c> whole</c><00:14:59.100><c> family</c><00:14:59.500><c> is</c>

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risen<00:15:00.000><c> against</c><00:15:00.460><c> thine</c><00:15:00.779><c> handmaid,</c>

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and<00:15:01.840><c> they</c><00:15:02.100><c> said,</c><00:15:02.379><c> deliver</c><00:15:02.600><c> him</c><00:15:02.840><c> that</c><00:15:03.080><c> smote</c><00:15:03.340><c> his</c><00:15:03.580><c> brother</c><00:15:03.740><c> that</c><00:15:03.879><c> we</c>

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may<00:15:04.240><c> kill</c><00:15:04.419><c> him,</c><00:15:04.899><c> for</c><00:15:05.000><c> the</c><00:15:05.159><c> life</c>

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of<00:15:05.379><c> his</c><00:15:05.539><c> brother</c><00:15:05.860><c> whom</c><00:15:06.019><c> he</c><00:15:06.320><c> slew,</c><00:15:06.740><c> and</c><00:15:06.860><c> we</c><00:15:07.000><c> will</c><00:15:07.159><c> destroy</c><00:15:07.620><c> the</c>

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heir<00:15:08.100><c> also,</c><00:15:08.919><c> and</c><00:15:09.100><c> so</c><00:15:09.220><c> they</c><00:15:09.379><c> shall</c><00:15:09.539><c> quench</c><00:15:09.840><c> my</c>

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call<00:15:10.299><c> which</c><00:15:10.519><c> is</c><00:15:10.759><c> left,</c><00:15:11.220><c> and</c><00:15:11.399><c> shall</c><00:15:11.620><c> not</c><00:15:11.879><c> leave</c><00:15:12.059><c> to</c><00:15:12.259><c> my</c><00:15:12.379><c> husband</c>

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neither<00:15:13.039><c> name</c><00:15:13.440><c> nor</c><00:15:13.740><c> remainder</c><00:15:14.159><c> upon</c>

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the<00:15:14.759><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:15:16.220><c> the</c><00:15:16.399><c> king,</c><00:15:17.679><c> feeling</c><00:15:17.840><c> pity</c><00:15:18.139><c> for</c><00:15:18.320><c> the</c><00:15:18.440><c> woman,</c><00:15:19.440><c> gave</c><00:15:19.580><c> judgment</c><00:15:20.019><c> exactly</c><00:15:20.600><c> as</c><00:15:20.919><c> Joab</c><00:15:21.179><c> had</c>

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hoped,<00:15:22.679><c> caught</c>

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again<00:15:23.200><c> by</c><00:15:23.440><c> a</c><00:15:23.620><c> parable</c><00:15:23.840><c> exactly</c><00:15:24.360><c> as</c><00:15:24.759><c> he</c><00:15:24.960><c> had</c><00:15:25.139><c> been</c><00:15:25.299><c> by</c><00:15:25.480><c> the</c><00:15:25.679><c> parable</c><00:15:25.899><c> of</c>

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Nathan<00:15:26.320><c> the</c><00:15:26.539><c> prophet</c><00:15:27.460><c> concerning</c>

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the<00:15:28.879><c> man</c><00:15:29.080><c> and</c><00:15:29.240><c> the</c><00:15:29.399><c> poor</c><00:15:29.539><c> Yulam.</c>

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So<00:15:31.419><c> now,</c><00:15:32.159><c> Joab,</c><00:15:32.399><c> trying</c><00:15:32.879><c> that</c><00:15:33.179><c> same</c><00:15:33.960><c> well</c><00:15:34.379><c>-tried</c><00:15:34.700><c> method,</c>

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finds<00:15:36.779><c> David,</c><00:15:38.039><c> feeling</c><00:15:38.399><c> himself</c><00:15:38.899><c> impartial,</c>

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giving<00:15:40.039><c> judgment,</c><00:15:41.559><c> and</c><00:15:41.700><c> then</c><00:15:41.899><c> discovering</c><00:15:42.360><c> that</c><00:15:42.539><c> this</c><00:15:42.740><c> is</c><00:15:42.899><c> a</c>

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plot,<00:15:43.759><c> and</c><00:15:43.960><c> asking,</c><00:15:44.799><c> is</c><00:15:44.860><c> not</c><00:15:45.080><c> the</c><00:15:45.179><c> hand</c>

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of<00:15:45.720><c> Joab</c><00:15:46.019><c> with</c><00:15:46.299><c> thee</c><00:15:46.440><c> in</c><00:15:46.559><c> this</c><00:15:46.799><c> matter?</c>

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But<00:15:48.700><c> you</c><00:15:48.840><c> see</c><00:15:49.000><c> the</c><00:15:49.139><c> implication</c><00:15:49.580><c> of</c><00:15:49.779><c> the</c><00:15:49.899><c> beginning</c><00:15:50.120><c> of</c><00:15:50.440><c> verse</c>

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7,<00:15:50.840><c> behold,</c><00:15:51.440><c> the</c><00:15:51.519><c> whole</c><00:15:51.820><c> family</c><00:15:52.159><c> is</c><00:15:52.440><c> risen</c>

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against<00:15:53.179><c> thine</c><00:15:53.419><c> handmaid,</c><00:15:54.779><c> and</c><00:15:54.960><c> if</c><00:15:55.159><c> that</c><00:15:55.460><c> parable</c><00:15:55.759><c> was</c><00:15:56.039><c> true</c>

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in<00:15:56.379><c> every</c><00:15:56.620><c> detail,</c><00:15:57.139><c> as</c><00:15:57.259><c> it</c><00:15:57.480><c> seems</c><00:15:57.659><c> likely,</c>

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then<00:15:58.399><c> it</c><00:15:58.620><c> suggests,</c><00:15:59.200><c> doesn't</c><00:15:59.299><c> it,</c><00:15:59.460><c> that</c><00:15:59.580><c> there</c><00:15:59.740><c> was</c><00:16:00.039><c> considerable</c><00:16:00.440><c> resentment</c><00:16:00.940><c> among</c>

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Absalom's<00:16:01.860><c> brothers</c>

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that<00:16:02.720><c> David</c><00:16:03.100><c> had</c><00:16:03.480><c> again</c><00:16:03.940><c> been</c><00:16:04.620><c> ineffective</c><00:16:05.419><c> in</c><00:16:06.059><c> bringing</c><00:16:06.360><c> Absalom</c><00:16:06.860><c> to</c>

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judgment<00:16:07.460><c> or</c><00:16:07.720><c> condemning</c><00:16:08.240><c> his</c><00:16:08.440><c> behaviour,</c>

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and<00:16:10.799><c> the</c><00:16:10.960><c> whole</c><00:16:11.159><c> family</c><00:16:11.519><c> was</c><00:16:11.840><c> risen</c><00:16:12.100><c> up,</c><00:16:12.679><c> were</c><00:16:12.820><c> up</c><00:16:12.960><c> in</c><00:16:13.159><c> arms,</c>

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wishing<00:16:14.600><c> that</c><00:16:14.960><c> David</c><00:16:15.220><c> would</c><00:16:15.440><c> do</c><00:16:15.700><c> something.</c>

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Why<00:16:17.379><c> didn't</c><00:16:17.740><c> David</c><00:16:18.120><c> do</c><00:16:18.399><c> something?</c>

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Yes,<00:16:21.720><c> his</c><00:16:21.899><c> own</c><00:16:22.200><c> sin</c><00:16:22.419><c> must</c><00:16:22.659><c> have</c><00:16:22.820><c> told</c><00:16:23.039><c> heavily</c><00:16:23.360><c> upon</c><00:16:23.639><c> him,</c><00:16:23.919><c> no</c>

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doubt,<00:16:24.679><c> but</c><00:16:25.159><c> did</c><00:16:25.440><c> he</c><00:16:26.299><c> long</c><00:16:26.559><c> also</c><00:16:27.059><c> for</c><00:16:27.320><c> the</c>

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repentance<00:16:28.179><c> of</c><00:16:28.419><c> Absalom?</c>

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Did<00:16:30.899><c> he</c><00:16:31.039><c> feel</c><00:16:31.379><c> that</c><00:16:31.919><c> time,</c><00:16:32.159><c> being</c><00:16:32.480><c> the</c><00:16:32.659><c> great</c><00:16:32.879><c> healer,</c><00:16:33.279><c> it</c><00:16:33.360><c> was</c>

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better<00:16:33.779><c> to</c><00:16:33.980><c> leave</c><00:16:34.139><c> Absalom</c><00:16:34.519><c> where</c><00:16:34.679><c> he</c><00:16:34.840><c> was,</c>

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in<00:16:35.820><c> the</c><00:16:35.980><c> hope</c><00:16:36.120><c> that</c><00:16:36.320><c> time</c><00:16:36.539><c> would</c><00:16:36.720><c> bring</c><00:16:36.879><c> him</c><00:16:37.019><c> to</c><00:16:37.200><c> his</c><00:16:37.419><c> senses,</c>

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that<00:16:38.179><c> ultimately</c><00:16:38.700><c> Absalom</c><00:16:39.059><c> would</c><00:16:39.299><c> repent</c>

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and<00:16:39.899><c> come</c><00:16:40.200><c> back?</c>

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Sorry<00:16:41.840><c> as</c><00:16:42.139><c> David</c><00:16:42.440><c> had</c><00:16:42.600><c> been</c><00:16:43.039><c> truly</c><00:16:43.399><c> sorry</c><00:16:43.779><c> and</c><00:16:44.159><c> repentant</c><00:16:44.659><c> of</c>

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his<00:16:45.299><c> behaviour</c><00:16:45.820><c> and</c><00:16:46.720><c> of</c><00:16:46.860><c> his</c><00:16:47.100><c> iniquity,</c><00:16:48.200><c> and</c>

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had<00:16:48.679><c> been</c><00:16:48.899><c> forgiven</c><00:16:49.320><c> by</c><00:16:49.600><c> God.</c>

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The<00:16:52.340><c> forgiveness</c><00:16:52.580><c> of</c><00:16:52.720><c> God</c><00:16:53.039><c> upon</c><00:16:53.320><c> David</c><00:16:53.620><c> had</c><00:16:53.779><c> been</c><00:16:54.039><c> complete.</c>

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David's<00:16:56.539><c> marriage</c><00:16:56.820><c> to</c><00:16:57.019><c> Bathsheba</c><00:16:57.460><c> was</c><00:16:57.659><c> not</c><00:16:57.919><c> justified</c><00:16:58.659><c> by</c>

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the<00:16:59.279><c> fact</c><00:16:59.419><c> that</c><00:16:59.620><c> David</c><00:16:59.840><c> had</c><00:17:00.059><c> murdered</c><00:17:00.220><c> her</c><00:17:00.440><c> husband.</c>

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God<00:17:02.580><c> forgave</c><00:17:02.960><c> David</c><00:17:03.259><c> because</c><00:17:03.600><c> David</c><00:17:03.879><c> was</c><00:17:04.160><c> sorry</c><00:17:04.440><c> and</c><00:17:04.660><c> repented.</c>

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But<00:17:06.559><c> of</c><00:17:06.740><c> course,</c><00:17:07.880><c> even</c><00:17:08.019><c> that</c><00:17:08.319><c> forgiveness,</c><00:17:09.039><c> complete</c><00:17:09.359><c> and</c>

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proper,<00:17:10.539><c> though</c><00:17:10.640><c> that</c><00:17:10.859><c> forgiveness</c><00:17:11.160><c> was.</c>

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God<00:17:13.099><c> thrust</c><00:17:13.380><c> David's</c><00:17:14.039><c> sins</c><00:17:14.079><c> behind</c><00:17:14.440><c> his</c><00:17:14.680><c> back</c><00:17:14.839><c> and</c><00:17:15.240><c> remembered</c><00:17:15.559><c> them</c><00:17:15.799><c> no</c>

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more<00:17:16.160><c> against</c><00:17:16.460><c> him.</c>

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Forgiveness<00:17:17.180><c> is</c><00:17:17.579><c> forgiveness</c><00:17:18.099><c> in</c><00:17:18.299><c> God's</c><00:17:18.579><c> book,</c><00:17:18.779><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:17:19.119><c> sisters,</c><00:17:19.980><c> pure</c><00:17:20.180><c> and</c><00:17:20.420><c> simple.</c>

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But<00:17:21.740><c> it</c><00:17:21.960><c> still</c><00:17:22.460><c> did</c><00:17:22.720><c> not</c><00:17:22.980><c> remove</c><00:17:23.359><c> from</c><00:17:23.579><c> David's</c><00:17:24.119><c> family</c><00:17:24.519><c> the</c>

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consequences<00:17:25.819><c> of</c><00:17:26.039><c> his</c><00:17:26.279><c> foolishness.</c>

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And<00:17:27.980><c> it's</c><00:17:28.220><c> those</c><00:17:28.460><c> now</c><00:17:28.779><c> that</c><00:17:28.960><c> we're</c><00:17:29.220><c> seeing,</c><00:17:29.740><c> the</c><00:17:29.900><c> repercussions</c><00:17:30.559><c> of</c><00:17:31.099><c> David's</c>

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folly,<00:17:32.059><c> of</c><00:17:32.160><c> David's</c>

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stupidity,<00:17:33.700><c> the</c><00:17:33.940><c> effects</c><00:17:34.279><c> of</c><00:17:34.519><c> that</c><00:17:34.940><c> upon</c><00:17:35.259><c> his</c><00:17:35.519><c> family,</c><00:17:36.359><c> that</c>

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we<00:17:36.680><c> see</c><00:17:36.880><c> develop</c><00:17:37.440><c> in</c><00:17:37.660><c> these</c><00:17:37.900><c> incidents</c><00:17:38.339><c> of</c>

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Amnon<00:17:38.940><c> and</c><00:17:39.440><c> Absalom,</c><00:17:40.259><c> and</c><00:17:40.460><c> ultimately,</c><00:17:40.900><c> as</c><00:17:41.039><c> we</c><00:17:41.160><c> shall</c><00:17:41.319><c> see</c><00:17:41.480><c> in</c>

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a<00:17:41.740><c> moment,</c><00:17:42.319><c> the</c><00:17:42.460><c> rebellion</c><00:17:43.079><c> of</c><00:17:43.539><c> Absalom.</c>

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Absalom's<00:17:47.319><c> name</c><00:17:47.660><c> means</c><00:17:48.000><c> the</c><00:17:48.240><c> father</c><00:17:48.599><c> of</c><00:17:48.839><c> peace,</c><00:17:50.680><c> but</c><00:17:50.759><c> he</c><00:17:50.819><c> was</c>

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far<00:17:51.279><c> from</c><00:17:51.500><c> that,</c><00:17:51.880><c> wasn't</c><00:17:52.079><c> he?</c>

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He<00:17:53.279><c> was</c><00:17:53.460><c> far</c><00:17:53.680><c> from</c><00:17:53.880><c> that</c><00:17:54.119><c> in</c><00:17:54.279><c> the</c><00:17:54.440><c> action</c><00:17:54.680><c> which</c><00:17:54.880><c> he</c><00:17:54.980><c> had</c><00:17:55.240><c> taken</c>

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in<00:17:56.059><c> dealing</c><00:17:56.279><c> with</c><00:17:56.539><c> Amnon,</c><00:17:57.539><c> and</c><00:17:57.880><c> he</c><00:17:58.039><c> was</c>

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far<00:17:58.579><c> in</c><00:17:58.859><c> character</c><00:17:59.200><c> from</c><00:17:59.480><c> being</c><00:17:59.720><c> the</c><00:17:59.980><c> godly</c><00:18:00.299><c> man</c><00:18:00.779><c> that</c><00:18:01.299><c> his</c>

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father<00:18:01.779><c> David</c><00:18:02.119><c> was.</c>

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But<00:18:04.119><c> yet</c><00:18:04.319><c> we</c><00:18:04.500><c> feel</c><00:18:04.720><c> David</c><00:18:05.180><c> yearned</c><00:18:05.740><c> for</c><00:18:05.880><c> his</c><00:18:06.140><c> repentance,</c><00:18:06.799><c> just</c><00:18:07.019><c> as</c>

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God<00:18:07.599><c> yearned</c><00:18:08.059><c> for</c><00:18:08.220><c> the</c><00:18:08.359><c> repentance</c><00:18:08.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:09.019><c> nation</c><00:18:09.200><c> of</c><00:18:09.460><c> Israel</c><00:18:09.759><c> at</c><00:18:10.200><c> different</c><00:18:10.500><c> times</c><00:18:10.799><c> in</c><00:18:10.940><c> their</c><00:18:11.119><c> history.</c>

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God,<00:18:12.480><c> as</c><00:18:12.660><c> we</c><00:18:12.779><c> have</c><00:18:12.940><c> said</c><00:18:13.039><c> earlier</c><00:18:13.319><c> this</c><00:18:13.500><c> week,</c><00:18:14.180><c> felt</c><00:18:14.339><c> often</c><00:18:14.839><c> so</c>

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much<00:18:15.380><c> like</c><00:18:15.700><c> God,</c><00:18:16.039><c> he</c><00:18:16.140><c> could</c><00:18:16.339><c> identify</c>

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with<00:18:17.380><c> God</c><00:18:17.619><c> and</c><00:18:17.740><c> with</c><00:18:17.900><c> the</c><00:18:18.039><c> feelings</c><00:18:18.359><c> of</c><00:18:18.619><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:19.859><c> David</c><00:18:20.079><c> longed</c><00:18:20.640><c> to</c><00:18:20.740><c> see</c><00:18:20.980><c> Absalom</c><00:18:21.319><c> do</c><00:18:21.420><c> the</c><00:18:21.619><c> right</c><00:18:21.900><c> thing,</c>

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to<00:18:22.680><c> come</c><00:18:22.880><c> back</c><00:18:23.079><c> home</c><00:18:23.240><c> like</c><00:18:23.440><c> the</c><00:18:23.680><c> prodigal,</c>

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sorry<00:18:24.440><c> from</c><00:18:24.619><c> his</c><00:18:24.859><c> far</c><00:18:25.039><c> country,</c><00:18:26.240><c> that</c><00:18:26.339><c> he</c><00:18:26.440><c> might</c><00:18:26.680><c> be</c><00:18:26.940><c> received</c>

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back<00:18:27.420><c> with</c><00:18:27.660><c> joy.</c>

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And<00:18:29.440><c> David</c><00:18:29.619><c> waited</c><00:18:29.980><c> as</c><00:18:30.440><c> God</c><00:18:30.839><c> was</c><00:18:31.099><c> patient</c><00:18:31.519><c> with</c><00:18:31.720><c> his</c><00:18:31.940><c> people</c>

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and<00:18:32.420><c> waited</c><00:18:32.660><c> long</c><00:18:32.980><c> years</c><00:18:33.559><c> in</c><00:18:34.019><c> the</c><00:18:34.180><c> hope</c><00:18:34.299><c> that</c>

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they<00:18:34.779><c> too</c><00:18:35.160><c> might</c><00:18:35.460><c> repent</c><00:18:36.019><c> and</c><00:18:36.519><c> come</c><00:18:36.799><c> back</c><00:18:37.019><c> with</c><00:18:37.240><c> humility</c><00:18:37.700><c> and</c>

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meekness<00:18:38.500><c> and</c><00:18:38.759><c> sorrow,</c><00:18:39.420><c> that</c><00:18:39.619><c> they</c><00:18:39.799><c> might</c><00:18:40.039><c> be</c>

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properly<00:18:40.900><c> received</c><00:18:41.480><c> back.</c>

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In<00:18:45.319><c> our</c><00:18:45.559><c> considerations</c><00:18:46.140><c> of</c><00:18:46.299><c> David</c><00:18:46.559><c> and</c><00:18:46.779><c> Absalom,</c><00:18:47.319><c> however,</c>

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we<00:18:47.660><c> have</c><00:18:47.880><c> to</c><00:18:48.059><c> take</c><00:18:48.240><c> into</c><00:18:48.759><c> account</c><00:18:49.440><c> another</c>

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character,<00:18:51.980><c> Joab.</c>

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One<00:18:54.579><c> of</c><00:18:54.700><c> those</c><00:18:54.920><c> sons</c><00:18:55.259><c> of</c><00:18:55.500><c> Zeduiah</c><00:18:56.119><c> whom</c><00:18:56.579><c> David</c><00:18:57.019><c> lamented</c><00:18:57.480><c> were</c>

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too<00:18:58.059><c> strong</c><00:18:58.579><c> for</c><00:18:58.819><c> him</c><00:18:59.039><c> and</c><00:18:59.440><c> prayed</c><00:18:59.759><c> God</c><00:19:00.059><c> to</c>

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help<00:19:00.559><c> him.</c>

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All<00:19:02.119><c> those</c><00:19:02.319><c> sons</c><00:19:02.700><c> of</c><00:19:02.819><c> Zeduiah,</c><00:19:03.519><c> in</c><00:19:03.599><c> their</c><00:19:03.859><c> cunning</c><00:19:04.119><c> and</c><00:19:04.359><c> their</c>

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craftiness,<00:19:05.599><c> were</c><00:19:05.759><c> hard</c><00:19:06.200><c> work</c><00:19:06.440><c> for</c><00:19:06.640><c> David.</c>

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He<00:19:07.819><c> struggled</c><00:19:08.220><c> against</c><00:19:08.640><c> them.</c>

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Though<00:19:10.359><c> for</c><00:19:10.900><c> most</c><00:19:11.259><c> of</c><00:19:11.440><c> the</c><00:19:11.559><c> time</c><00:19:11.799><c> they</c><00:19:11.940><c> were</c><00:19:12.200><c> so</c><00:19:12.619><c> loyal,</c><00:19:13.599><c> they</c>

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were<00:19:13.859><c> nevertheless</c><00:19:14.599><c> scheming</c><00:19:15.039><c> individuals,</c>

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with<00:19:16.900><c> an</c><00:19:17.099><c> eye</c><00:19:17.319><c> for</c><00:19:17.500><c> their</c><00:19:18.059><c> own</c><00:19:19.180><c> advancement</c><00:19:19.680><c> and</c><00:19:20.400><c> their</c><00:19:20.599><c> own</c><00:19:21.019><c> progress.</c>

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And<00:19:22.900><c> Joab,</c><00:19:23.279><c> it</c><00:19:23.279><c> seems</c><00:19:23.539><c> now,</c><00:19:24.039><c> was</c><00:19:24.200><c> perhaps</c><00:19:24.779><c> with</c><00:19:25.700><c> one</c><00:19:25.880><c> eye</c><00:19:25.980><c> on</c>

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the<00:19:26.299><c> future,</c><00:19:27.440><c> looking</c><00:19:27.799><c> to</c><00:19:28.119><c> the</c><00:19:28.259><c> possibility</c>

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of<00:19:29.119><c> promotion.</c>

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What<00:19:31.220><c> future</c><00:19:31.579><c> was</c><00:19:31.880><c> there</c><00:19:32.119><c> with</c><00:19:32.420><c> David?</c>

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David<00:19:34.119><c> was</c><00:19:34.380><c> growing</c><00:19:34.599><c> older.</c>

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What<00:19:37.259><c> would</c><00:19:37.740><c> happen</c><00:19:38.079><c> when</c><00:19:38.380><c> David</c><00:19:38.700><c> died?</c>

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Surely<00:19:40.720><c> if</c><00:19:40.920><c> David</c><00:19:41.339><c> longed</c><00:19:41.839><c> so</c><00:19:42.119><c> much</c><00:19:42.299><c> for</c><00:19:42.559><c> Absalom</c><00:19:42.940><c> and</c><00:19:43.319><c> clearly</c><00:19:43.740><c> loved</c>

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this<00:19:44.319><c> young</c><00:19:44.619><c> man</c><00:19:44.960><c> so</c><00:19:45.339><c> very</c><00:19:45.720><c> much,</c>

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wasn't<00:19:46.460><c> it</c><00:19:46.680><c> very</c><00:19:46.980><c> likely</c><00:19:47.440><c> that</c><00:19:47.720><c> David</c><00:19:48.039><c> wanted</c><00:19:48.460><c> Absalom</c><00:19:48.940><c> to</c><00:19:49.180><c> be</c>

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the<00:19:49.460><c> next</c><00:19:49.819><c> king?</c>

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Absalom<00:19:51.799><c> himself</c><00:19:52.339><c> certainly</c><00:19:52.779><c> wanted</c><00:19:53.059><c> that,</c><00:19:53.519><c> but</c><00:19:53.680><c> didn't</c><00:19:53.900><c> it</c>

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appear<00:19:54.259><c> to</c><00:19:54.599><c> Joab</c><00:19:54.720><c> that</c><00:19:54.880><c> perhaps</c><00:19:55.180><c> this</c>

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was<00:19:55.539><c> David's</c><00:19:55.880><c> wish</c><00:19:56.039><c> too,</c><00:19:56.740><c> though</c><00:19:56.940><c> there</c><00:19:57.180><c> stood</c><00:19:57.359><c> one</c><00:19:57.660><c> more</c><00:19:57.920><c> son</c>

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older<00:19:58.859><c> than</c><00:19:59.059><c> Absalom?</c>

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Well,<00:20:04.019><c> Joab,</c><00:20:04.740><c> it</c><00:20:05.140><c> is,</c><00:20:05.900><c> who</c><00:20:06.039><c> is</c><00:20:06.259><c> anxious</c><00:20:06.599><c> to</c><00:20:06.799><c> bring</c><00:20:07.039><c> Absalom</c><00:20:07.519><c> back.</c>

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He<00:20:08.920><c> has</c><00:20:09.240><c> seen,</c><00:20:09.579><c> as</c><00:20:09.859><c> we</c><00:20:10.019><c> read</c><00:20:10.200><c> at</c><00:20:10.420><c> the</c><00:20:10.480><c> end</c><00:20:10.700><c> of</c><00:20:10.859><c> chapter</c><00:20:11.119><c> 13,</c><00:20:11.980><c> the</c>

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soul<00:20:12.339><c> of</c><00:20:12.500><c> King</c><00:20:12.720><c> David</c><00:20:13.140><c> long</c><00:20:13.519><c> to</c><00:20:13.700><c> go</c><00:20:13.980><c> forth</c>

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to<00:20:14.400><c> Absalom,</c><00:20:16.779><c> and</c><00:20:16.900><c> Joab</c><00:20:17.319><c> is</c><00:20:17.599><c> the</c><00:20:17.759><c> one</c><00:20:18.019><c> who</c><00:20:18.500><c> engineers</c><00:20:19.160><c> his</c><00:20:19.559><c> return</c><00:20:20.099><c> through,</c><00:20:20.700><c> as</c>

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we<00:20:21.059><c> said,</c><00:20:21.339><c> that</c><00:20:21.539><c> parable</c>

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in<00:20:22.119><c> the</c><00:20:22.279><c> mouth</c><00:20:22.480><c> of</c><00:20:22.640><c> the</c><00:20:22.700><c> woman</c><00:20:22.980><c> of</c><00:20:23.220><c> Tekoa.</c>

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So,<00:20:26.660><c> Joab</c><00:20:26.720><c> having</c><00:20:27.160><c> obtained</c><00:20:27.720><c> his</c><00:20:28.000><c> wish,</c><00:20:29.259><c> David</c><00:20:29.460><c> having</c><00:20:29.740><c> given</c>

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the<00:20:30.279><c> commandment,</c><00:20:31.660><c> Absalom</c><00:20:32.200><c> is</c><00:20:32.859><c> fetched</c>

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Verse<00:20:34.339><c> 21</c><00:20:35.059><c> of</c><00:20:35.440><c> 2</c><00:20:35.720><c> Samuel</c><00:20:36.079><c> 14.</c>

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The<00:20:37.380><c> king</c><00:20:37.680><c> said</c><00:20:37.839><c> unto</c><00:20:38.039><c> Joab,</c><00:20:38.539><c> Behold</c><00:20:38.759><c> now,</c><00:20:39.259><c> I</c><00:20:39.400><c> have</c><00:20:39.559><c> done</c><00:20:39.779><c> this</c><00:20:40.019><c> thing.</c>

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Go<00:20:40.940><c> therefore,</c><00:20:41.940><c> bring</c><00:20:42.059><c> the</c><00:20:42.240><c> young</c><00:20:42.460><c> man</c><00:20:42.599><c> Absalom</c><00:20:42.920><c> again.</c>

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And<00:20:44.259><c> Joab</c><00:20:44.519><c> fell</c><00:20:44.779><c> to</c><00:20:44.960><c> the</c><00:20:45.099><c> ground</c><00:20:45.240><c> on</c><00:20:45.400><c> his</c><00:20:45.619><c> face</c><00:20:45.859><c> and</c><00:20:46.059><c> bowed</c><00:20:46.279><c> himself</c><00:20:46.700><c> and</c>

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thanked<00:20:47.240><c> the</c><00:20:47.420><c> king.</c>

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And<00:20:48.240><c> Joab</c><00:20:48.500><c> said,</c><00:20:48.960><c> Today</c><00:20:49.180><c> thy</c><00:20:49.380><c> servant</c><00:20:49.660><c> knoweth</c><00:20:49.960><c> that</c><00:20:50.079><c> I</c><00:20:50.220><c> have</c>

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found<00:20:50.539><c> grace</c><00:20:50.759><c> in</c><00:20:50.920><c> thy</c><00:20:51.119><c> sight,</c><00:20:51.480><c> my</c><00:20:51.559><c> lord,</c>

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the<00:20:52.299><c> king,</c><00:20:52.299><c> in</c><00:20:52.660><c> that</c><00:20:52.779><c> the</c><00:20:52.880><c> king</c><00:20:53.059><c> hath</c><00:20:53.279><c> fulfilled</c><00:20:53.619><c> the</c><00:20:53.799><c> request</c>

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of<00:20:54.240><c> his</c><00:20:54.440><c> servant.</c>

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So<00:20:55.519><c> Joab</c><00:20:55.720><c> arose</c><00:20:56.019><c> and</c><00:20:56.099><c> went</c><00:20:56.299><c> to</c><00:20:56.480><c> Geshuah</c><00:20:57.000><c> and</c><00:20:57.380><c> brought</c><00:20:57.759><c> Absalom</c>

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to<00:20:58.559><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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But<00:21:02.400><c> if</c><00:21:02.700><c> Joab</c><00:21:03.220><c> had</c><00:21:03.539><c> hoped</c><00:21:04.099><c> that</c><00:21:05.079><c> his</c><00:21:05.279><c> plan</c><00:21:05.559><c> now</c><00:21:05.940><c> had</c><00:21:06.220><c> succeeded,</c><00:21:08.000><c> if</c><00:21:08.160><c> he'd</c>

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hoped<00:21:08.640><c> that</c><00:21:08.859><c> he</c><00:21:08.920><c> would</c><00:21:09.539><c> by</c>

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that<00:21:10.279><c> means</c><00:21:10.640><c> win</c><00:21:11.099><c> favor</c><00:21:11.500><c> with</c><00:21:11.740><c> Absalom</c><00:21:12.240><c> and</c><00:21:12.500><c> stand</c><00:21:12.779><c> himself</c>

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in<00:21:13.519><c> good</c><00:21:13.740><c> stead</c><00:21:13.880><c> for</c><00:21:14.079><c> the</c><00:21:14.220><c> future,</c><00:21:15.579><c> then</c>

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his<00:21:16.579><c> plan</c><00:21:16.819><c> failed.</c>

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David<00:21:19.339><c> seems</c><00:21:19.779><c> to</c><00:21:20.480><c> perhaps</c><00:21:20.960><c> betray</c><00:21:21.460><c> just</c><00:21:21.940><c> a</c><00:21:22.079><c> hint</c><00:21:22.180><c> of</c><00:21:22.420><c> resentment</c><00:21:22.839><c> in</c><00:21:23.019><c> those</c>

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words,<00:21:23.700><c> doesn't</c><00:21:23.779><c> he?</c>

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Behold<00:21:24.240><c> now,</c><00:21:24.559><c> I</c><00:21:24.740><c> have</c><00:21:24.900><c> done</c><00:21:25.140><c> this</c><00:21:25.460><c> thing.</c>

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There's<00:21:26.599><c> no</c><00:21:26.680><c> going</c><00:21:26.900><c> back</c><00:21:27.220><c> on</c><00:21:27.380><c> my</c><00:21:27.619><c> word.</c>

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I've<00:21:28.039><c> given</c><00:21:28.200><c> my</c><00:21:28.519><c> word</c><00:21:28.920><c> to</c><00:21:29.640><c> the</c><00:21:29.720><c> woman</c><00:21:29.940><c> of</c><00:21:30.240><c> Tekoa.</c>

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You've<00:21:31.319><c> got</c><00:21:31.420><c> what</c><00:21:31.599><c> you</c><00:21:31.819><c> wanted,</c><00:21:32.279><c> Joab,</c><00:21:32.519><c> go</c><00:21:32.779><c> ahead.</c>

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But<00:21:33.880><c> perhaps</c><00:21:34.500><c> a</c><00:21:34.859><c> hint</c><00:21:35.019><c> of</c><00:21:35.240><c> resentment</c><00:21:35.640><c> in</c><00:21:35.839><c> those</c><00:21:36.059><c> words.</c>

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David<00:21:36.539><c> did</c><00:21:36.740><c> not</c><00:21:36.980><c> want</c><00:21:37.200><c> it</c><00:21:37.319><c> to</c><00:21:37.440><c> do</c><00:21:37.619><c> that,</c><00:21:37.759><c> he'd</c><00:21:37.960><c> not</c><00:21:38.099><c> done</c><00:21:38.200><c> it</c><00:21:38.420><c> willingly,</c><00:21:40.200><c> he'd</c><00:21:40.400><c> not</c><00:21:40.559><c> done</c><00:21:40.700><c> it</c><00:21:40.900><c> voluntarily.</c>

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He's<00:21:42.480><c> been</c><00:21:42.799><c> coerced</c><00:21:43.359><c> into</c><00:21:43.579><c> this</c><00:21:43.839><c> action.</c>

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And<00:21:46.200><c> Joab's</c><00:21:46.640><c> plan</c><00:21:46.880><c> does</c><00:21:47.200><c> not</c><00:21:47.480><c> succeed.</c>

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Verse<00:21:49.599><c> 24,</c><00:21:50.759><c> and</c><00:21:51.380><c> the</c><00:21:51.519><c> king</c><00:21:51.880><c> said,</c><00:21:52.740><c> let</c><00:21:52.920><c> him</c><00:21:53.200><c> turn</c><00:21:53.480><c> to</c><00:21:53.660><c> his</c><00:21:53.839><c> own</c>

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house<00:21:54.480><c> and</c><00:21:54.819><c> let</c><00:21:55.019><c> him</c><00:21:55.220><c> not</c><00:21:55.480><c> see</c><00:21:55.700><c> my</c><00:21:56.099><c> face.</c>

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So<00:21:57.559><c> Absalom</c><00:21:57.960><c> returned</c><00:21:58.460><c> to</c><00:21:58.640><c> his</c><00:21:58.859><c> own</c><00:21:59.079><c> house</c><00:21:59.779><c> and</c><00:22:00.819><c> saw</c><00:22:01.039><c> not</c><00:22:01.420><c> the</c>

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king's<00:22:02.339><c> face.</c>

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Why<00:22:05.720><c> did</c><00:22:06.019><c> David</c><00:22:06.400><c> refuse</c><00:22:07.019><c> to</c><00:22:07.319><c> see</c><00:22:07.539><c> Absalom?</c>

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Was<00:22:10.539><c> it</c><00:22:10.700><c> because</c><00:22:11.559><c> Absalom</c><00:22:12.220><c> had</c><00:22:12.619><c> not</c><00:22:12.880><c> repented,</c><00:22:14.799><c> had</c><00:22:15.000><c> not</c><00:22:15.319><c> offered</c><00:22:15.599><c> any</c>

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sorrow<00:22:16.900><c> for</c><00:22:18.359><c> the</c><00:22:18.500><c> action</c><00:22:18.740><c> he'd</c>

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taken?

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It<00:22:21.619><c> may</c><00:22:21.799><c> well</c><00:22:21.980><c> have</c><00:22:22.180><c> been.</c>

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David<00:22:24.339><c> had</c><00:22:24.740><c> hoped</c><00:22:25.180><c> that</c><00:22:25.539><c> Absalom</c><00:22:26.000><c> would</c><00:22:26.279><c> come</c><00:22:26.619><c> back</c><00:22:26.859><c> a</c><00:22:27.079><c> different</c><00:22:27.440><c> man,</c>

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and<00:22:28.960><c> David</c><00:22:29.240><c> would</c><00:22:29.420><c> be</c><00:22:29.579><c> anxious</c>

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not<00:22:30.140><c> to</c><00:22:30.380><c> see</c><00:22:30.579><c> Absalom</c><00:22:31.000><c> in</c><00:22:31.220><c> case</c><00:22:31.619><c> he</c><00:22:31.940><c> was</c><00:22:32.160><c> seen</c><00:22:32.299><c> to</c><00:22:32.480><c> be</c><00:22:32.720><c> condoning</c><00:22:33.140><c> what</c><00:22:33.359><c> Absalom</c><00:22:33.740><c> had</c><00:22:34.039><c> done.</c>

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That's<00:22:35.720><c> so</c><00:22:35.960><c> often</c><00:22:36.099><c> the</c><00:22:36.319><c> case</c><00:22:36.720><c> in</c><00:22:37.180><c> our</c><00:22:37.480><c> brotherhood,</c><00:22:38.039><c> isn't</c>

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it,<00:22:38.279><c> brethren</c><00:22:38.460><c> and</c><00:22:38.660><c> sisters?</c>

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The<00:22:40.240><c> sinner</c><00:22:40.420><c> is</c><00:22:40.819><c> sometimes</c><00:22:41.380><c> dealt</c><00:22:41.759><c> with</c><00:22:42.200><c> more</c><00:22:42.680><c> harshly</c><00:22:43.140><c> than</c>

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they<00:22:43.539><c> should</c><00:22:43.759><c> be,</c><00:22:44.200><c> because</c><00:22:44.660><c> out</c><00:22:45.240><c> of</c><00:22:45.539><c> fear</c><00:22:45.960><c> we</c>

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avoid<00:22:47.079><c> them</c><00:22:47.380><c> and</c><00:22:47.579><c> their</c><00:22:47.779><c> company.</c>

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David<00:22:51.039><c> and</c><00:22:51.299><c> Absalom,</c><00:22:52.079><c> as</c><00:22:52.619><c> our</c><00:22:52.859><c> example</c><00:22:53.279><c> of</c><00:22:53.460><c> father</c><00:22:53.740><c> and</c><00:22:54.000><c> son</c>

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this<00:22:54.420><c> morning,</c><00:22:55.359><c> speak</c><00:22:55.599><c> volumes</c><00:22:56.160><c> to</c><00:22:56.420><c> us</c>

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of<00:22:58.099><c> our</c><00:22:58.980><c> ecclesial</c><00:22:59.619><c> relationships</c><00:23:00.400><c> and</c><00:23:00.740><c> our</c><00:23:00.940><c> ecclesial</c><00:23:01.460><c> conduct,</c><00:23:02.019><c> as</c>

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it<00:23:02.920><c> ought</c><00:23:03.119><c> or</c><00:23:03.299><c> ought</c><00:23:03.480><c> not</c><00:23:03.799><c> to</c><00:23:04.019><c> be.</c>

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It<00:23:07.240><c> is</c><00:23:07.500><c> always</c><00:23:07.779><c> possible</c><00:23:08.359><c> that</c><00:23:08.579><c> we</c><00:23:08.740><c> may</c><00:23:09.019><c> be</c><00:23:09.640><c> too</c><00:23:10.160><c> strict.</c>

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It<00:23:11.799><c> is</c><00:23:12.039><c> always</c><00:23:12.299><c> possible</c><00:23:12.799><c> that</c><00:23:13.000><c> we</c><00:23:13.099><c> may</c><00:23:13.400><c> confuse</c><00:23:14.200><c> zeal</c><00:23:14.740><c> with</c>

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strength<00:23:15.700><c> and</c><00:23:16.359><c> come</c><00:23:16.539><c> the</c><00:23:16.700><c> heavy</c><00:23:16.980><c> hand.</c>

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Zeal<00:23:20.220><c> is</c><00:23:20.880><c> not</c><00:23:21.200><c> always</c><00:23:21.680><c> a</c><00:23:21.880><c> sign</c><00:23:22.079><c> of</c><00:23:22.319><c> strength.</c>

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And<00:23:24.059><c> sometimes,</c><00:23:24.799><c> brethren</c><00:23:24.920><c> and</c><00:23:25.140><c> sisters,</c><00:23:25.819><c> the</c><00:23:26.380><c> attitude</c><00:23:26.880><c> that</c><00:23:27.079><c> an</c>

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ecclesial<00:23:27.619><c> adopts</c><00:23:28.420><c> may</c><00:23:28.779><c> be</c><00:23:29.019><c> the</c><00:23:29.220><c> easy</c><00:23:29.480><c> way</c>

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out<00:23:30.039><c> when</c><00:23:30.180><c> it</c><00:23:30.420><c> says,</c><00:23:30.839><c> in</c><00:23:31.079><c> effect,</c><00:23:31.619><c> we</c><00:23:31.720><c> don't</c><00:23:31.960><c> have</c><00:23:32.140><c> that</c><00:23:32.440><c> here,</c>

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and<00:23:33.319><c> sweeps</c><00:23:33.559><c> the</c><00:23:33.779><c> problems</c><00:23:34.160><c> away</c><00:23:34.440><c> from</c>

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its<00:23:34.900><c> doorstep.</c>

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We<00:23:38.039><c> are</c><00:23:38.359><c> apt</c><00:23:38.559><c> to</c><00:23:38.839><c> forget</c><00:23:39.200><c> sometimes,</c><00:23:39.980><c> in</c><00:23:40.140><c> our</c><00:23:40.359><c> ecclesial</c><00:23:40.799><c> circumstances,</c><00:23:42.640><c> that</c>

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heartache<00:23:43.319><c> and</c><00:23:43.559><c> sorrow</c><00:23:43.859><c> are</c>

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part<00:23:44.700><c> of</c><00:23:44.859><c> that</c><00:23:45.140><c> which</c><00:23:45.599><c> God</c><00:23:45.900><c> has</c><00:23:46.220><c> designed</c><00:23:46.680><c> for</c><00:23:46.940><c> our</c><00:23:47.240><c> training.</c>

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We<00:23:48.859><c> are</c><00:23:49.079><c> in</c><00:23:49.180><c> the</c><00:23:49.259><c> business</c><00:23:49.660><c> of</c><00:23:49.940><c> saving</c><00:23:50.240><c> men</c><00:23:50.480><c> and</c><00:23:50.579><c> women,</c><00:23:50.920><c> with</c>

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God,<00:23:51.500><c> of</c><00:23:51.700><c> course,</c><00:23:52.119><c> not</c><00:23:52.339><c> alone.</c>

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This<00:23:53.359><c> is</c><00:23:53.579><c> a</c><00:23:53.740><c> partnership.</c>

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It<00:23:54.319><c> is</c><00:23:54.500><c> His</c><00:23:54.700><c> work,</c><00:23:55.079><c> isn't</c><00:23:55.240><c> it?</c>

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But<00:23:55.819><c> God</c><00:23:56.059><c> uses</c><00:23:56.460><c> us</c><00:23:56.779><c> as</c><00:23:56.920><c> the</c><00:23:57.299><c> instruments,</c><00:23:57.960><c> brethren</c><00:23:58.119><c> and</c><00:23:58.359><c> sisters,</c><00:23:59.119><c> to</c>

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help<00:23:59.559><c> one</c><00:23:59.819><c> another,</c><00:24:00.200><c> to</c><00:24:00.339><c> encourage</c>

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one<00:24:00.960><c> another,</c><00:24:01.420><c> to</c><00:24:01.500><c> be</c><00:24:01.680><c> about</c><00:24:01.960><c> the</c><00:24:02.119><c> business</c><00:24:02.380><c> of</c><00:24:02.680><c> saving</c><00:24:02.920><c> men</c>

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and<00:24:03.299><c> women.</c>

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And<00:24:05.000><c> it's</c><00:24:05.200><c> the</c><00:24:05.299><c> easy</c><00:24:05.559><c> way</c><00:24:05.819><c> out,</c><00:24:06.019><c> to</c><00:24:06.259><c> sweep</c><00:24:06.460><c> the</c><00:24:06.680><c> problems</c><00:24:07.039><c> away</c>

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from<00:24:07.640><c> the</c><00:24:07.839><c> doorstep</c><00:24:08.259><c> of</c><00:24:08.460><c> our</c><00:24:08.680><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:09.059><c> and</c>

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say,<00:24:09.779><c> we</c><00:24:09.799><c> don't</c><00:24:10.099><c> have</c><00:24:10.339><c> any</c><00:24:10.599><c> of</c><00:24:10.759><c> that</c><00:24:10.940><c> here,</c><00:24:11.980><c> and</c><00:24:12.160><c> wave</c><00:24:12.380><c> the</c>

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sinner<00:24:12.859><c> goodbye.</c>

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It<00:24:14.980><c> may</c><00:24:15.240><c> spare</c><00:24:15.539><c> as</c><00:24:15.859><c> much</c><00:24:16.059><c> sorrow,</c><00:24:17.420><c> it</c><00:24:17.420><c> may</c><00:24:17.720><c> spare</c><00:24:17.960><c> as</c><00:24:18.200><c> much</c><00:24:18.519><c> heartache,</c><00:24:19.440><c> much</c><00:24:19.619><c> hard</c><00:24:20.019><c> discussion</c><00:24:20.599><c> and</c>

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heart<00:24:21.259><c> and</c><00:24:21.480><c> soul</c><00:24:21.799><c> searching,</c><00:24:22.880><c> but</c><00:24:23.059><c> those</c><00:24:23.319><c> things</c><00:24:23.579><c> are</c><00:24:23.799><c> necessary,</c><00:24:24.380><c> those</c>

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things<00:24:24.859><c> are</c><00:24:25.140><c> right.</c>

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We<00:24:26.400><c> are</c><00:24:26.599><c> not</c><00:24:26.839><c> right</c><00:24:27.039><c> to</c><00:24:27.359><c> avoid</c><00:24:27.720><c> them,</c><00:24:28.119><c> necessarily.</c>

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It<00:24:33.000><c> can</c><00:24:33.359><c> be,</c><00:24:33.720><c> can't</c><00:24:34.019><c> it,</c><00:24:34.259><c> just</c><00:24:34.559><c> the</c><00:24:34.779><c> easy</c><00:24:35.099><c> way</c><00:24:35.359><c> out,</c><00:24:35.920><c> to</c><00:24:36.480><c> dismiss</c><00:24:36.920><c> the</c><00:24:37.240><c> problems</c><00:24:37.619><c> out</c><00:24:37.880><c> of</c>

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hand,<00:24:38.940><c> instead</c>

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of<00:24:39.559><c> knuckling</c><00:24:39.920><c> down</c><00:24:40.299><c> to</c><00:24:40.539><c> sort</c><00:24:40.799><c> them</c><00:24:41.019><c> out.</c>

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I<00:24:42.980><c> remember</c><00:24:43.119><c> Brother</c><00:24:43.380><c> Don</c><00:24:43.619><c> Stiles</c><00:24:44.059><c> of</c><00:24:44.240><c> Detroit</c><00:24:44.640><c> saying,</c><00:24:45.880><c> the</c>

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:48.140
Lord<00:24:46.220><c> could</c><00:24:46.440><c> very</c><00:24:46.819><c> easily</c><00:24:47.099><c> in</c><00:24:47.299><c> the</c><00:24:47.519><c> first</c><00:24:47.700><c> century</c>

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:51.259
have<00:24:48.339><c> put</c><00:24:48.440><c> all</c><00:24:48.680><c> the</c><00:24:48.839><c> Jews</c><00:24:49.119><c> in</c><00:24:49.579><c> one</c><00:24:49.779><c> ecclesia,</c><00:24:50.259><c> and</c><00:24:50.400><c> all</c><00:24:50.559><c> the</c><00:24:50.660><c> Gentiles</c><00:24:51.079><c> in</c>

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another,<00:24:51.640><c> and</c><00:24:51.779><c> they'd</c><00:24:51.900><c> have</c>

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had<00:24:52.099><c> no</c><00:24:52.299><c> problems,</c><00:24:52.940><c> would</c><00:24:52.980><c> they?</c>

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But<00:24:54.420><c> that's</c><00:24:54.700><c> not</c><00:24:54.940><c> how</c><00:24:55.160><c> it</c><00:24:55.279><c> was</c><00:24:55.519><c> designed.</c>

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We<00:24:57.579><c> designed,</c><00:24:58.299><c> brethren</c><00:24:58.440><c> and</c><00:24:58.680><c> sisters,</c><00:24:59.019><c> to</c><00:24:59.160><c> be</c><00:24:59.359><c> in</c><00:24:59.539><c> ecclesias,</c><00:25:00.039><c> one</c><00:25:00.240><c> with</c>

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another,<00:25:00.779><c> to</c><00:25:00.940><c> rub</c><00:25:01.099><c> shoulders</c>

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with<00:25:01.599><c> each</c><00:25:01.839><c> other,</c><00:25:02.019><c> to</c><00:25:02.160><c> knock</c><00:25:02.279><c> the</c><00:25:02.460><c> corners</c><00:25:02.700><c> off</c><00:25:02.880><c> one</c><00:25:03.039><c> another,</c><00:25:04.039><c> to</c><00:25:04.299><c> fit</c>

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and<00:25:04.700><c> to</c><00:25:04.960><c> train</c><00:25:05.119><c> one</c><00:25:05.380><c> another</c>

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in<00:25:05.779><c> the</c><00:25:05.980><c> purpose</c><00:25:06.200><c> of</c><00:25:06.460><c> God,</c><00:25:07.279><c> for</c><00:25:07.480><c> His</c><00:25:07.720><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:14.779
And<00:25:09.200><c> if</c><00:25:09.359><c> we</c><00:25:09.640><c> who</c><00:25:09.779><c> are</c><00:25:09.940><c> to</c><00:25:10.099><c> judge</c><00:25:11.500><c> those</c><00:25:12.059><c> in</c><00:25:12.299><c> the</c><00:25:12.460><c> Kingdom,</c><00:25:14.160><c> whatever</c><00:25:14.460><c> that</c>

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verse<00:25:15.000><c> in</c><00:25:15.359><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:15.819><c> means</c><00:25:16.240><c> about</c>

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judging<00:25:16.980><c> angels,</c><00:25:19.039><c> there</c><00:25:19.220><c> is</c><00:25:19.579><c> clearly</c><00:25:19.940><c> a</c><00:25:20.220><c> work</c><00:25:20.400><c> of</c><00:25:20.640><c> judgment</c>

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for<00:25:21.220><c> us</c><00:25:21.380><c> to</c><00:25:21.619><c> do</c><00:25:21.740><c> in</c><00:25:21.940><c> the</c><00:25:22.059><c> future,</c><00:25:22.980><c> whatever</c>

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might<00:25:23.640><c> be</c><00:25:23.940><c> involved,</c><00:25:24.279><c> and</c><00:25:24.420><c> we</c><00:25:24.619><c> leave</c><00:25:24.799><c> that</c><00:25:25.039><c> as</c><00:25:25.200><c> a</c><00:25:25.259><c> matter</c><00:25:25.420><c> for</c>

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discussion<00:25:25.980><c> and</c><00:25:26.220><c> debate.</c>

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There<00:25:28.200><c> is</c><00:25:28.539><c> clearly</c><00:25:28.819><c> a</c><00:25:29.079><c> work</c><00:25:29.299><c> of</c><00:25:30.180><c> judgment</c><00:25:30.619><c> for</c><00:25:30.839><c> us</c><00:25:31.039><c> to</c><00:25:31.279><c> do,</c><00:25:32.240><c> and</c>

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we<00:25:33.259><c> need,</c><00:25:33.779><c> brethren</c><00:25:33.779><c> and</c><00:25:34.039><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:25:34.380><c> be</c><00:25:34.660><c> exercising</c><00:25:35.200><c> our</c><00:25:35.579><c> discernment,</c><00:25:36.380><c> our</c><00:25:36.440><c> spiritual</c><00:25:36.940><c> discernment</c><00:25:37.519><c> and</c>

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senses<00:25:38.000><c> now,</c><00:25:39.299><c> in</c><00:25:39.440><c> order</c><00:25:39.779><c> to</c><00:25:40.099><c> prepare</c>

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for<00:25:40.599><c> that</c><00:25:40.900><c> time.</c>

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Now,<00:25:43.819><c> on</c><00:25:43.980><c> the</c><00:25:44.039><c> other</c><00:25:44.180><c> hand,</c><00:25:44.480><c> of</c><00:25:44.500><c> course,</c><00:25:46.279><c> the</c><00:25:46.440><c> desire</c><00:25:46.759><c> for</c><00:25:47.079><c> unity</c><00:25:48.160><c> amongst</c><00:25:49.000><c> brethren</c><00:25:49.559><c> is</c>

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not<00:25:50.400><c> always</c><00:25:50.799><c> a</c>

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sign<00:25:51.160><c> of</c><00:25:51.380><c> weakness</c><00:25:51.720><c> either,</c><00:25:53.680><c> and</c><00:25:53.799><c> we</c><00:25:53.880><c> must</c><00:25:54.000><c> be</c><00:25:54.220><c> careful</c><00:25:54.440><c> that</c>

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:57.019
we<00:25:54.680><c> don't</c><00:25:54.900><c> tip</c><00:25:55.099><c> the</c><00:25:55.359><c> scale</c><00:25:55.559><c> the</c><00:25:55.759><c> other</c><00:25:56.000><c> way.</c>

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We<00:25:57.839><c> have</c><00:25:58.119><c> to</c><00:25:58.259><c> walk</c><00:25:58.500><c> a</c><00:25:58.880><c> tight</c><00:25:59.099><c> rope</c><00:25:59.400><c> of</c><00:25:59.720><c> balance</c><00:26:00.279><c> in</c><00:26:00.640><c> dealing</c>

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with<00:26:01.319><c> the</c><00:26:01.579><c> problems</c><00:26:02.039><c> and</c><00:26:02.460><c> the</c><00:26:02.799><c> difficulties</c>

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:08.880
of<00:26:04.759><c> our</c><00:26:05.059><c> brothers</c><00:26:05.279><c> and</c><00:26:05.519><c> sisters,</c><00:26:06.160><c> and</c><00:26:07.160><c> we</c><00:26:07.359><c> have</c><00:26:07.660><c> to</c><00:26:08.200><c> exercise</c>

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:11.660
so<00:26:09.220><c> far</c><00:26:09.440><c> as</c><00:26:09.640><c> we</c><00:26:09.859><c> can</c><00:26:10.339><c> good</c><00:26:10.900><c> discernment</c>

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and<00:26:11.920><c> uphold</c><00:26:12.299><c> the</c><00:26:12.640><c> standards</c><00:26:13.119><c> that</c><00:26:13.880><c> Scripture</c><00:26:14.240><c> has</c><00:26:14.579><c> set</c><00:26:14.759><c> for</c>

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:20.000
us,<00:26:16.380><c> but</c><00:26:16.720><c> do</c><00:26:16.940><c> it</c><00:26:17.119><c> with</c><00:26:17.440><c> meekness</c><00:26:18.119><c> and</c><00:26:18.940><c> gentleness</c>

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:23.500
and<00:26:20.039><c> the</c><00:26:20.220><c> love</c><00:26:20.460><c> of</c><00:26:20.660><c> Christ,</c><00:26:21.359><c> always</c><00:26:22.000><c> considering</c><00:26:22.640><c> ourselves</c>

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lest<00:26:24.000><c> we</c><00:26:24.240><c> should</c><00:26:24.519><c> fall.</c>

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The<00:26:26.680><c> example</c><00:26:27.140><c> of</c><00:26:27.299><c> David</c><00:26:27.599><c> and</c><00:26:27.839><c> Absalom</c><00:26:28.160><c> is</c><00:26:28.559><c> very</c><00:26:28.940><c> much</c><00:26:29.299><c> like</c><00:26:29.579><c> that</c><00:26:29.859><c> which</c><00:26:30.000><c> we</c>

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:31.099
have<00:26:30.359><c> seen</c><00:26:30.559><c> in</c><00:26:30.720><c> the</c><00:26:30.859><c> lives</c>

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of<00:26:31.299><c> Isaac</c><00:26:31.480><c> and</c><00:26:31.700><c> Jacob,</c><00:26:31.960><c> or</c><00:26:32.079><c> Jacob</c><00:26:32.339><c> and</c><00:26:32.539><c> Joseph,</c><00:26:32.920><c> but</c><00:26:33.099><c> it's</c><00:26:33.339><c> different</c><00:26:33.640><c> in</c>

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this<00:26:34.000><c> respect.</c>

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Jacob<00:26:35.059><c> was</c><00:26:35.240><c> the</c><00:26:35.420><c> son</c><00:26:35.500><c> that</c><00:26:35.700><c> Isaac</c><00:26:35.960><c> didn't</c><00:26:36.259><c> love.</c>

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:39.420
Isaac<00:26:37.859><c> was</c><00:26:38.180><c> prejudiced</c><00:26:38.579><c> against</c><00:26:39.019><c> Jacob.</c>

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:42.279
Jacob<00:26:39.960><c> was</c><00:26:40.240><c> prejudiced</c><00:26:40.660><c> in</c><00:26:40.839><c> favor</c><00:26:41.019><c> of</c><00:26:41.220><c> Joseph,</c><00:26:41.500><c> but</c><00:26:41.700><c> Joseph</c><00:26:41.940><c> was</c><00:26:42.160><c> a</c>

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righteous<00:26:42.519><c> man.</c>

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Here<00:26:44.539><c> now</c><00:26:44.740><c> we</c><00:26:44.900><c> see</c><00:26:45.079><c> the</c><00:26:45.380><c> third</c><00:26:45.779><c> in</c><00:26:46.079><c> that</c><00:26:46.339><c> set</c><00:26:46.539><c> of</c><00:26:46.900><c> circumstances.</c>

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:54.119
We<00:26:48.079><c> find</c><00:26:48.440><c> David</c><00:26:49.140><c> blinded</c><00:26:49.940><c> by</c><00:26:50.140><c> his</c><00:26:50.400><c> love</c><00:26:50.599><c> for</c><00:26:50.880><c> Absalom,</c><00:26:52.859><c> prejudiced</c><00:26:53.259><c> in</c><00:26:53.539><c> favor</c><00:26:53.859><c> of</c>

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Absalom,<00:26:55.480><c> who</c><00:26:55.660><c> is</c><00:26:55.980><c> not,</c>

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regrettably,<00:26:57.740><c> a</c><00:26:57.839><c> man</c><00:26:58.000><c> of</c><00:26:58.200><c> God,</c><00:26:59.160><c> not</c><00:26:59.460><c> a</c><00:26:59.660><c> godly</c><00:27:00.039><c> individual,</c><00:27:00.940><c> and</c><00:27:01.539><c> we</c>

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find<00:27:02.099><c> David's</c><00:27:03.160><c> judgment</c><00:27:03.640><c> clouded,</c><00:27:05.339><c> prejudiced,</c>

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:11.559
biased<00:27:06.980><c> by</c><00:27:07.740><c> his</c><00:27:08.079><c> love</c><00:27:08.460><c> for</c><00:27:08.859><c> this</c><00:27:09.220><c> beautiful</c><00:27:09.900><c> young</c><00:27:10.200><c> man,</c><00:27:11.160><c> this</c>

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:15.180
good<00:27:11.920><c>-looking</c><00:27:12.799><c> king</c><00:27:13.480><c>-to</c><00:27:13.779><c>-be,</c><00:27:14.539><c> as</c><00:27:14.759><c> perhaps</c>

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:18.319
he<00:27:15.359><c> was</c><00:27:15.579><c> at</c><00:27:15.720><c> one</c><00:27:16.039><c> stage</c><00:27:16.400><c> intended</c><00:27:16.940><c> to</c><00:27:17.259><c> be.</c>

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:23.940
So<00:27:20.140><c> David</c><00:27:20.420><c> didn't</c><00:27:20.839><c> exercise</c><00:27:21.660><c> the</c><00:27:22.000><c> zeal</c><00:27:22.279><c> that</c><00:27:22.440><c> he</c><00:27:22.559><c> should</c><00:27:22.799><c> have</c><00:27:23.039><c> done.</c>

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:27.240
He<00:27:24.259><c> remained</c><00:27:24.680><c> inactive</c><00:27:25.380><c> and</c><00:27:25.619><c> ineffective</c><00:27:26.140><c> when</c><00:27:26.579><c> he</c><00:27:26.819><c> ought</c><00:27:27.140><c> to</c>

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:29.279
have<00:27:27.460><c> taken</c><00:27:28.160><c> a</c><00:27:28.480><c> stand.</c>

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Now<00:27:30.359><c> we</c><00:27:30.500><c> find</c><00:27:30.700><c> him</c><00:27:30.819><c> going</c><00:27:31.019><c> the</c><00:27:31.240><c> other</c><00:27:31.440><c> way,</c><00:27:31.900><c> afraid</c><00:27:32.140><c> to</c><00:27:32.380><c> condone</c><00:27:32.839><c> the</c><00:27:32.980><c> sin</c><00:27:33.099><c> of</c>

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Absalom<00:27:33.559><c> and</c><00:27:33.740><c> not</c><00:27:34.059><c> speaking</c>

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to<00:27:34.559><c> Absalom</c><00:27:34.900><c> at</c><00:27:35.160><c> all.</c>

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Again,<00:27:35.859><c> if</c><00:27:36.019><c> only</c><00:27:36.240><c> he'd</c><00:27:36.539><c> received</c><00:27:36.859><c> Absalom</c><00:27:37.359><c> back</c><00:27:37.759><c> when</c><00:27:37.900><c> he</c><00:27:38.200><c> returned</c><00:27:38.420><c> to</c><00:27:38.579><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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If<00:27:39.480><c> only</c><00:27:39.759><c> he'd</c><00:27:40.759><c> told</c><00:27:41.000><c> Absalom,</c><00:27:42.180><c> corrected</c><00:27:42.440><c> him,</c><00:27:43.420><c> let</c><00:27:43.539><c> him</c><00:27:43.720><c> know</c><00:27:43.940><c> that</c><00:27:44.079><c> he</c>

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.960
didn't<00:27:44.380><c> agree</c><00:27:44.640><c> with</c><00:27:44.779><c> what</c>

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he'd<00:27:45.599><c> done.</c>

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That<00:27:47.119><c> would</c><00:27:47.319><c> have</c><00:27:47.539><c> been</c><00:27:47.680><c> something,</c><00:27:48.160><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:48.400><c> it?</c>

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:51.539
He<00:27:49.660><c> didn't</c><00:27:49.960><c> do</c><00:27:50.160><c> that</c><00:27:50.420><c> either.</c>

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Afraid<00:27:52.119><c> of</c><00:27:52.299><c> being</c><00:27:52.660><c> seen,</c><00:27:53.119><c> perhaps,</c><00:27:53.480><c> in</c><00:27:53.640><c> the</c><00:27:53.799><c> company</c><00:27:54.099><c> of</c><00:27:54.259><c> the</c>

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.779
sinner,<00:27:54.619><c> as</c><00:27:54.700><c> we</c><00:27:54.900><c> so</c><00:27:55.160><c> often</c><00:27:55.380><c> are.</c>

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:57.880
We're<00:27:56.180><c> afraid</c><00:27:56.359><c> to</c><00:27:56.539><c> keep</c><00:27:56.819><c> company</c><00:27:57.220><c> with</c><00:27:57.460><c> the</c><00:27:57.660><c> sinner.</c>

00:27:58.059 --> 00:28:00.880
We're<00:27:58.279><c> afraid</c><00:27:58.440><c> to</c><00:27:58.559><c> go</c><00:27:58.720><c> and</c><00:27:58.920><c> talk</c><00:27:59.099><c> to</c><00:27:59.319><c> them,</c><00:28:00.259><c> talk</c><00:28:00.519><c> with</c><00:28:00.740><c> them,</c>

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.140
and<00:28:01.099><c> pray</c><00:28:01.279><c> with</c><00:28:01.519><c> them,</c><00:28:01.720><c> as</c><00:28:01.819><c> well</c><00:28:02.000><c> as</c>

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for<00:28:02.319><c> them,</c><00:28:02.980><c> in</c><00:28:03.140><c> the</c><00:28:03.279><c> hope</c><00:28:03.440><c> of</c><00:28:03.539><c> helping</c><00:28:03.779><c> them</c><00:28:03.980><c> to</c><00:28:04.200><c> see</c><00:28:04.420><c> their</c>

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:06.099
iniquity<00:28:05.079><c> and</c><00:28:05.240><c> their</c><00:28:05.440><c> error,</c><00:28:05.819><c> that</c><00:28:05.920><c> they</c>

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:09.119
might<00:28:06.380><c> be</c><00:28:06.619><c> able</c><00:28:06.859><c> to</c><00:28:07.019><c> come</c><00:28:07.339><c> back,</c><00:28:07.660><c> to</c><00:28:07.839><c> repent,</c><00:28:08.460><c> and</c><00:28:08.640><c> be</c><00:28:08.880><c> brought</c>

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.480
back<00:28:09.400><c> again</c><00:28:09.700><c> to</c><00:28:09.900><c> our</c><00:28:10.099><c> fellowship.</c>

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:12.759
We're<00:28:11.059><c> afraid</c><00:28:11.279><c> of</c><00:28:11.420><c> it</c><00:28:11.579><c> being</c><00:28:11.839><c> thought,</c><00:28:12.160><c> aren't</c><00:28:12.339><c> we,</c><00:28:12.480><c> that</c><00:28:12.619><c> if</c>

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:14.279
brothers<00:28:12.960><c> and</c><00:28:13.160><c> sisters</c><00:28:13.539><c> see</c><00:28:13.880><c> us</c><00:28:14.019><c> keeping</c>

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:18.000
company<00:28:14.599><c> with</c><00:28:14.799><c> them,</c><00:28:15.140><c> they</c><00:28:15.279><c> might</c><00:28:15.500><c> think</c><00:28:15.680><c> that</c><00:28:15.839><c> we</c><00:28:16.000><c> agree</c><00:28:16.180><c> with</c><00:28:16.319><c> what</c><00:28:16.440><c> they've</c><00:28:16.720><c> done,</c><00:28:17.559><c> and</c><00:28:17.740><c> condemn</c>

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.599
us<00:28:18.259><c> as</c><00:28:18.500><c> well.</c>

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:22.920
And<00:28:20.279><c> so,</c><00:28:20.480><c> so</c><00:28:20.619><c> often,</c><00:28:20.960><c> brethren</c><00:28:21.140><c> and</c><00:28:21.339><c> sisters,</c><00:28:21.920><c> we</c><00:28:22.180><c> don't</c><00:28:22.440><c> visit</c><00:28:22.759><c> when</c>

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.500
we<00:28:23.160><c> should.</c>

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:27.240
We<00:28:24.059><c> don't</c><00:28:24.319><c> talk</c><00:28:24.559><c> to</c><00:28:24.740><c> and</c><00:28:24.859><c> pray</c><00:28:25.099><c> with,</c><00:28:25.420><c> as</c><00:28:25.539><c> we</c><00:28:25.720><c> ought</c><00:28:25.859><c> to</c><00:28:26.059><c> do,</c><00:28:27.079><c> in</c>

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:30.940
an<00:28:27.500><c> attempt</c><00:28:27.859><c> to</c><00:28:28.339><c> help</c><00:28:28.599><c> the</c><00:28:28.880><c> sinner</c><00:28:29.299><c> repent.</c>

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:36.519
If<00:28:32.579><c> only</c><00:28:32.980><c> David,</c><00:28:33.700><c> then,</c><00:28:33.720><c> had</c><00:28:33.980><c> spoken</c><00:28:34.319><c> with</c><00:28:34.619><c> Absalom,</c><00:28:36.099><c> if</c><00:28:36.299><c> only</c>

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:38.319
he'd<00:28:36.779><c> reprimanded</c><00:28:37.319><c> him</c><00:28:37.500><c> and</c><00:28:37.859><c> expressed</c>

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:41.799
and<00:28:38.859><c> made</c><00:28:39.319><c> public</c><00:28:39.720><c> his</c><00:28:39.960><c> own</c><00:28:40.240><c> disapproval</c><00:28:40.799><c> of</c><00:28:40.920><c> what</c><00:28:41.420><c> Absalom</c>

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.160
had<00:28:42.059><c> done.</c>

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And<00:28:42.259><c> it</c><00:28:42.259><c> was</c><00:28:42.420><c> too</c><00:28:42.700><c> easy</c><00:28:42.900><c> to</c><00:28:43.059><c> do</c><00:28:43.299><c> nothing.</c>

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:49.240
We<00:28:46.400><c> have</c><00:28:46.640><c> an</c><00:28:46.839><c> obligation,</c><00:28:47.519><c> don't</c><00:28:47.740><c> we,</c><00:28:47.960><c> to</c><00:28:48.200><c> contend</c><00:28:48.779><c> for</c><00:28:49.000><c> the</c>

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:52.519
faith,<00:28:51.000><c> and</c><00:28:51.180><c> by</c><00:28:51.440><c> and</c><00:28:51.619><c> large,</c><00:28:52.079><c> we're</c><00:28:52.220><c> fairly</c>

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:54.079
good<00:28:52.740><c> at</c><00:28:52.900><c> that.</c>

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:56.900
The<00:28:54.339><c> trouble,</c><00:28:54.700><c> brethren</c><00:28:54.779><c> and</c><00:28:55.059><c> sisters,</c><00:28:55.339><c> with</c><00:28:55.460><c> contending</c><00:28:55.880><c> for</c><00:28:56.079><c> the</c><00:28:56.259><c> faith</c><00:28:56.480><c> is</c>

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.420
that<00:28:57.240><c> we</c><00:28:57.440><c> feel</c><00:28:57.720><c> deeply</c><00:28:58.099><c> about</c>

00:28:58.420 --> 00:29:00.799
it,<00:28:58.559><c> and</c><00:28:58.680><c> in</c><00:28:58.880><c> feeling</c><00:28:59.039><c> deeply</c><00:28:59.380><c> about</c><00:28:59.640><c> it,</c><00:29:00.039><c> that</c><00:29:00.259><c> inevitably</c>

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:02.980
causes<00:29:01.240><c> friction</c><00:29:01.680><c> from</c><00:29:01.980><c> time</c><00:29:02.220><c> to</c><00:29:02.380><c> time,</c><00:29:02.740><c> doesn't</c>

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.240
it?

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:06.579
We<00:29:03.559><c> have</c><00:29:03.819><c> strong</c><00:29:04.200><c> feelings,</c><00:29:05.059><c> one</c><00:29:05.279><c> way</c><00:29:05.480><c> and</c><00:29:05.700><c> another.</c>

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:10.059
We<00:29:07.240><c> have</c><00:29:07.440><c> different</c><00:29:07.859><c> strong</c><00:29:08.140><c> feelings</c><00:29:08.559><c> amongst</c><00:29:08.920><c> us.</c>

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:13.220
It's<00:29:11.039><c> so</c><00:29:11.279><c> easy,</c><00:29:11.579><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:11.720><c> it,</c><00:29:11.960><c> for</c><00:29:12.079><c> all</c><00:29:12.279><c> of</c><00:29:12.380><c> us</c><00:29:12.519><c> to</c><00:29:12.720><c> divide</c><00:29:12.960><c> up</c>

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.799
and<00:29:13.759><c> be</c><00:29:14.000><c> a</c><00:29:14.099><c> little</c><00:29:14.339><c> ecclesiast</c><00:29:14.680><c> on</c>

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.960
our<00:29:15.140><c> own?</c>

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:19.140
I<00:29:17.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:17.180><c> have</c><00:29:17.319><c> anybody</c><00:29:17.640><c> else</c><00:29:17.880><c> in</c><00:29:18.000><c> my</c><00:29:18.259><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.200
There<00:29:19.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:19.660><c> be</c><00:29:19.819><c> any</c><00:29:20.079><c> disagreements</c><00:29:20.480><c> then,</c><00:29:20.779><c> I'll</c><00:29:21.000><c> tell</c><00:29:21.099><c> you.</c>

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:24.400
Nothing<00:29:21.500><c> succeeds</c><00:29:21.920><c> better</c><00:29:22.180><c> than</c><00:29:22.299><c> a</c><00:29:22.480><c> one</c><00:29:22.640><c>-man</c><00:29:22.880><c> committee,</c><00:29:23.319><c> does</c><00:29:23.460><c> it?</c>

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But<00:29:24.619><c> that's</c><00:29:24.740><c> not</c><00:29:24.920><c> the</c><00:29:25.079><c> point,</c><00:29:25.319><c> is</c><00:29:25.400><c> it?</c>

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:27.900
That's<00:29:25.660><c> not</c><00:29:25.819><c> how</c><00:29:26.000><c> the</c><00:29:26.140><c> Lord</c><00:29:26.319><c> has</c><00:29:26.579><c> ordained</c><00:29:26.920><c> it.</c>

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:30.759
And<00:29:28.539><c> we</c><00:29:28.640><c> have</c><00:29:28.859><c> to</c><00:29:29.079><c> contend</c><00:29:29.400><c> earnestly</c><00:29:29.759><c> for</c><00:29:29.980><c> the</c><00:29:30.220><c> faith,</c><00:29:30.619><c> but</c>

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:32.559
we<00:29:30.900><c> have</c><00:29:31.119><c> to</c><00:29:31.259><c> see</c><00:29:31.400><c> that</c><00:29:31.579><c> the</c><00:29:31.759><c> friction</c><00:29:31.980><c> is</c><00:29:32.220><c> minimal,</c>

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.240
brethren<00:29:32.839><c> and</c><00:29:33.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:36.900
We<00:29:33.380><c> have</c><00:29:33.559><c> to</c><00:29:33.660><c> do</c><00:29:33.759><c> it</c><00:29:33.920><c> in</c><00:29:34.039><c> such</c><00:29:34.240><c> a</c><00:29:34.460><c> way</c><00:29:34.960><c> that,</c><00:29:35.920><c> gently,</c><00:29:36.279><c> we</c><00:29:36.500><c> help.</c>

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:40.299
We<00:29:37.380><c> make</c><00:29:37.900><c> public</c><00:29:38.480><c> what</c><00:29:38.900><c> we</c><00:29:39.200><c> feel</c><00:29:39.440><c> is</c><00:29:39.779><c> right.</c>

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:43.039
We<00:29:40.779><c> speak</c><00:29:41.119><c> when</c><00:29:41.279><c> it's</c><00:29:41.500><c> right</c><00:29:41.759><c> to</c><00:29:42.140><c> speak.</c>

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:48.720
But<00:29:44.660><c> cutting</c><00:29:45.240><c> off</c><00:29:45.480><c> is</c><00:29:45.640><c> not</c><00:29:45.799><c> always</c><00:29:46.220><c> the</c><00:29:46.480><c> sign</c><00:29:46.700><c> of</c><00:29:47.000><c> zeal,</c><00:29:48.480><c> nor</c>

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:50.519
is<00:29:48.920><c> the</c><00:29:49.140><c> desire</c><00:29:49.579><c> to</c><00:29:49.759><c> love</c><00:29:50.039><c> and</c><00:29:50.279><c> bring</c>

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:54.460
back,<00:29:51.039><c> necessarily,</c><00:29:52.460><c> an</c><00:29:52.640><c> indication</c><00:29:53.119><c> of</c><00:29:53.359><c> weakness.</c>

00:29:54.759 --> 00:30:01.099
And<00:29:55.019><c> we</c><00:29:55.119><c> must</c><00:29:55.339><c> work</c><00:29:55.660><c> together,</c><00:29:56.720><c> those</c><00:29:57.039><c> who</c><00:29:57.299><c> are</c><00:29:57.640><c> over</c><00:29:57.960><c>-straight</c><00:29:58.220><c> and</c><00:29:58.400><c> over</c><00:29:58.660><c>-heavy</c><00:29:58.900><c>-handed,</c><00:30:00.019><c> seeking</c><00:30:00.160><c> to</c><00:30:00.700><c> consider</c>

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themselves<00:30:01.779><c> and</c><00:30:02.000><c> their</c><00:30:02.259><c> own</c><00:30:02.519><c> faults</c><00:30:02.779><c> and</c><00:30:03.079><c> failings.</c>

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:08.740
Those<00:30:04.900><c> who</c><00:30:05.339><c> have</c><00:30:05.680><c> a</c><00:30:05.900><c> nature</c><00:30:06.259><c> to</c><00:30:06.740><c> do</c><00:30:07.019><c> nothing</c><00:30:07.339><c> and</c><00:30:07.539><c> to</c><00:30:07.680><c> let</c><00:30:07.819><c> things</c><00:30:08.140><c> slide</c><00:30:08.539><c> and</c>

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.640
to<00:30:08.900><c> gloss</c><00:30:09.099><c> over</c><00:30:09.359><c> things</c>

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too<00:30:09.940><c> easily.</c>

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You<00:30:10.559><c> know</c><00:30:10.740><c> which</c><00:30:11.000><c> side</c><00:30:11.220><c> you're</c><00:30:11.460><c> on.</c>

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:14.059
You<00:30:12.099><c> know,</c><00:30:12.539><c> brethren</c><00:30:12.660><c> and</c><00:30:12.880><c> sisters,</c><00:30:13.160><c> don't</c><00:30:13.299><c> you,</c><00:30:13.519><c> which</c><00:30:13.799><c> is</c>

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:15.960
part<00:30:14.240><c> of</c><00:30:14.400><c> your</c><00:30:14.619><c> character</c><00:30:15.079><c> and</c><00:30:15.279><c> your</c><00:30:15.559><c> nature,</c>

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:18.759
how<00:30:16.700><c> hard</c><00:30:16.960><c> you</c><00:30:17.180><c> have</c><00:30:17.299><c> to</c><00:30:17.519><c> work</c><00:30:17.680><c> at</c><00:30:17.799><c> that,</c><00:30:17.980><c> as</c><00:30:18.099><c> I</c><00:30:18.299><c> have</c><00:30:18.460><c> to</c><00:30:18.640><c> work</c>

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:20.599
at<00:30:18.859><c> my</c><00:30:19.099><c> own</c><00:30:19.400><c> character</c><00:30:19.740><c> and</c><00:30:19.940><c> my</c><00:30:20.119><c> own</c><00:30:20.339><c> nature.</c>

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:23.259
We<00:30:20.940><c> cannot</c><00:30:21.220><c> judge</c><00:30:21.480><c> one</c><00:30:21.700><c> another</c><00:30:21.940><c> in</c><00:30:22.099><c> this</c><00:30:22.339><c> matter.</c>

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:28.380
More<00:30:25.779><c> diligent</c><00:30:26.220><c> in</c><00:30:26.819><c> upholding</c><00:30:27.400><c> those</c><00:30:27.619><c> standards</c><00:30:28.000><c> that</c><00:30:28.180><c> are</c>

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:30.240
right<00:30:28.859><c> and</c><00:30:29.240><c> in</c><00:30:29.500><c> contending</c><00:30:29.900><c> for</c><00:30:30.079><c> what</c>

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:33.460
is<00:30:30.400><c> right,</c><00:30:31.220><c> rather</c><00:30:31.579><c> than,</c><00:30:31.720><c> as</c><00:30:31.819><c> we</c><00:30:32.039><c> said</c><00:30:32.200><c> the</c><00:30:32.380><c> other</c><00:30:32.579><c> day,</c><00:30:33.240><c> just</c>

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.759
sweeping<00:30:33.740><c> things</c><00:30:34.059><c> under</c><00:30:34.319><c> the</c><00:30:34.539><c> carpet</c>

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out<00:30:35.039><c> of</c><00:30:35.400><c> supposed</c><00:30:35.759><c> kindness,</c><00:30:36.920><c> which</c><00:30:37.140><c> does</c><00:30:37.460><c> no</c><00:30:37.660><c> one</c><00:30:37.819><c> a</c><00:30:38.019><c> service</c>

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in<00:30:38.880><c> the</c><00:30:39.059><c> long</c><00:30:39.259><c> run.</c>

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Here,<00:30:41.900><c> of</c><00:30:42.099><c> course,</c><00:30:42.380><c> the</c><00:30:42.539><c> only</c><00:30:42.819><c> winner</c><00:30:43.039><c> in</c><00:30:43.279><c> this</c><00:30:43.440><c> situation</c>

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was<00:30:44.759><c> Absalom.</c>

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:48.220
He<00:30:46.640><c> won</c><00:30:46.799><c> hands</c><00:30:47.140><c> down,</c><00:30:47.579><c> didn't</c><00:30:47.680><c> he?</c>

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:50.619
He'd<00:30:48.859><c> been</c><00:30:49.019><c> brought</c><00:30:49.200><c> back</c><00:30:49.460><c> to</c><00:30:49.660><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:52.579
He'd<00:30:51.119><c> not</c><00:30:51.259><c> been</c><00:30:51.519><c> reprimanded</c><00:30:52.039><c> by</c><00:30:52.299><c> David.</c>

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:55.720
David's<00:30:53.180><c> disapproval</c><00:30:53.599><c> had</c><00:30:53.779><c> not</c><00:30:53.940><c> been</c><00:30:54.140><c> made</c><00:30:54.319><c> public,</c><00:30:54.599><c> it</c><00:30:54.759><c> appears.</c>

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And<00:30:56.180><c> so</c><00:30:56.339><c> Absalom</c><00:30:56.640><c> was</c><00:30:56.900><c> back,</c><00:30:58.839><c> as</c><00:30:59.039><c> proud</c><00:30:59.339><c> as</c><00:30:59.480><c> you</c><00:30:59.680><c> like,</c><00:31:00.779><c> strutting</c><00:31:01.160><c> around</c>

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:03.140
like<00:31:01.579><c> a</c><00:31:01.759><c> peacock</c><00:31:02.079><c> again.</c>

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.000
Not<00:31:03.599><c> sorry</c><00:31:03.859><c> for</c><00:31:04.039><c> anything.</c>

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:07.700
He'd<00:31:06.259><c> won</c><00:31:06.420><c> the</c><00:31:06.640><c> day.</c>

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:14.160
David,<00:31:11.220><c> well,</c><00:31:11.460><c> David</c><00:31:11.779><c> had</c><00:31:11.980><c> won</c><00:31:12.119><c> nothing</c><00:31:12.400><c> and</c><00:31:12.579><c> lost</c><00:31:12.839><c> very</c><00:31:13.119><c> much.</c>

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:17.240
And<00:31:15.000><c> now</c><00:31:15.279><c> Joab</c><00:31:15.559><c> had</c><00:31:15.779><c> won</c><00:31:15.920><c> nothing</c><00:31:16.220><c> either.</c>

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:20.299
And<00:31:17.740><c> if</c><00:31:17.920><c> Joab</c><00:31:18.259><c> had</c><00:31:18.500><c> set</c><00:31:18.700><c> out</c><00:31:18.980><c> to</c><00:31:19.200><c> curry</c><00:31:19.400><c> favour</c><00:31:19.660><c> with</c><00:31:19.839><c> Absalom</c>

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.619
and<00:31:20.440><c> to</c><00:31:20.599><c> stand</c><00:31:20.740><c> himself</c><00:31:21.119><c> in</c><00:31:21.299><c> good</c><00:31:21.480><c> stead</c>

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:24.039
for<00:31:21.779><c> the</c><00:31:21.859><c> future,</c><00:31:22.619><c> then</c><00:31:22.799><c> he</c><00:31:23.000><c> won</c><00:31:23.119><c> nothing</c><00:31:23.400><c> now</c><00:31:23.640><c> because</c><00:31:23.900><c> the</c>

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.500
king<00:31:24.160><c> wouldn't</c><00:31:24.420><c> speak</c><00:31:24.680><c> to</c><00:31:24.920><c> Absalom</c><00:31:25.160><c> and</c><00:31:25.279><c> wouldn't</c>

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.160
see<00:31:25.740><c> him.</c>

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:30.140
So<00:31:26.819><c> Joab</c><00:31:26.960><c> had</c><00:31:27.160><c> not</c><00:31:27.420><c> really</c><00:31:27.720><c> done</c><00:31:27.900><c> Absalom</c><00:31:28.279><c> a</c><00:31:28.480><c> service</c><00:31:28.740><c> in</c><00:31:28.960><c> that</c><00:31:29.180><c> sense.</c>

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:36.039
So<00:31:31.799><c> now</c><00:31:32.599><c> Joab</c><00:31:33.359><c> was</c><00:31:33.980><c> not</c><00:31:34.279><c> fond</c><00:31:34.539><c> of</c><00:31:34.700><c> Absalom</c><00:31:35.059><c> either.</c>

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:39.039
And<00:31:36.799><c> when</c><00:31:36.940><c> Absalom</c><00:31:37.339><c> called</c><00:31:37.619><c> for</c><00:31:37.859><c> Joab</c><00:31:38.140><c> and</c><00:31:38.319><c> demanded</c><00:31:38.660><c> to</c><00:31:38.900><c> see</c>

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:42.019
him,<00:31:39.400><c> Joab</c><00:31:39.740><c> refused</c><00:31:40.039><c> to</c><00:31:40.259><c> go,</c><00:31:40.460><c> twice,</c><00:31:41.859><c> until</c>

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:44.680
Absalom<00:31:42.460><c> fired</c><00:31:42.900><c> Joab's</c><00:31:43.440><c> field</c><00:31:43.579><c> of</c><00:31:43.819><c> barley.</c>

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:48.819
That<00:31:45.519><c> brought</c><00:31:46.000><c> Joab</c><00:31:46.460><c> to</c><00:31:46.640><c> Absalom's</c><00:31:47.200><c> door,</c><00:31:47.359><c> you</c><00:31:47.500><c> can</c><00:31:47.660><c> be</c><00:31:47.900><c> sure.</c>

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:55.759
So<00:31:51.279><c> it</c><00:31:51.440><c> is</c><00:31:51.839><c> that</c><00:31:52.680><c> we</c><00:31:53.039><c> find,</c><00:31:53.500><c> brethren</c><00:31:53.640><c> and</c><00:31:53.900><c> sisters,</c><00:31:54.299><c> this</c><00:31:54.559><c> young</c><00:31:54.859><c> man,</c><00:31:55.640><c> not</c>

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:57.599
only<00:31:56.039><c> back</c><00:31:56.319><c> in</c><00:31:56.539><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:31:58.500 --> 00:32:03.079
but<00:31:58.660><c> back</c><00:31:59.059><c> with</c><00:31:59.579><c> no</c><00:32:00.000><c> spiritual</c><00:32:00.619><c> affinity</c><00:32:01.140><c> with</c><00:32:01.359><c> his</c><00:32:01.619><c> father</c><00:32:01.880><c> whatsoever.</c>

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:07.519
In<00:32:03.680><c> fact,</c><00:32:04.000><c> in</c><00:32:04.039><c> 2</c><00:32:04.220><c> Samuel</c><00:32:04.599><c> 17,</c><00:32:05.220><c> when</c><00:32:05.380><c> we</c><00:32:05.539><c> come</c><00:32:05.680><c> to</c><00:32:05.880><c> the</c><00:32:06.220><c> rebellion</c><00:32:06.660><c> of</c><00:32:06.880><c> Absalom,</c><00:32:07.400><c> what</c>

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.039
he's<00:32:07.819><c> plotting,</c>

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:10.519
of<00:32:08.259><c> course,</c><00:32:08.440><c> is</c><00:32:08.920><c> his</c><00:32:09.140><c> father's</c><00:32:09.579><c> death.</c>

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:12.039
Nothing<00:32:10.960><c> less</c><00:32:11.299><c> than</c><00:32:11.559><c> that.</c>

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:16.259
The<00:32:12.819><c> council</c><00:32:13.140><c> of</c><00:32:13.420><c> both</c><00:32:13.859><c> Ahithophel</c><00:32:14.480><c> and</c><00:32:14.720><c> Hushai,</c><00:32:15.500><c> Hushai</c><00:32:16.039><c> is</c>

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.259
falsely<00:32:16.599><c> given,</c><00:32:16.819><c> of</c><00:32:17.059><c> course,</c><00:32:17.839><c> as</c><00:32:18.019><c> being</c>

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.839
on<00:32:18.440><c> David's</c><00:32:19.000><c> side</c><00:32:19.119><c> in</c><00:32:19.339><c> reality.</c>

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:25.799
The<00:32:20.359><c> council</c><00:32:20.579><c> of</c><00:32:20.740><c> both</c><00:32:20.940><c> men</c><00:32:21.339><c> is</c><00:32:21.799><c> to</c><00:32:22.140><c> kill</c><00:32:22.480><c> David,</c><00:32:25.180><c> and</c><00:32:25.339><c> both</c><00:32:25.720><c> of</c>

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:27.779
those<00:32:26.039><c> ideas</c><00:32:26.440><c> appeal</c><00:32:26.720><c> to</c><00:32:26.940><c> Absalom.</c>

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:30.880
He's<00:32:28.680><c> quite</c><00:32:28.920><c> happy</c><00:32:29.160><c> to</c><00:32:29.299><c> go</c><00:32:29.500><c> along</c><00:32:29.759><c> with</c><00:32:30.039><c> that</c><00:32:30.279><c> suggestion,</c>

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:32.339
whoever<00:32:31.480><c> makes</c><00:32:31.799><c> it.</c>

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:35.559
He<00:32:32.900><c> has</c><00:32:33.099><c> no</c><00:32:33.319><c> feeling</c><00:32:33.619><c> for</c><00:32:33.799><c> his</c><00:32:34.000><c> father</c><00:32:34.259><c> as</c><00:32:34.859><c> his</c><00:32:35.079><c> father</c><00:32:35.319><c> felt</c>

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.079
for<00:32:35.740><c> him.</c>

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:38.920
David<00:32:36.559><c> longed</c><00:32:37.099><c> to</c><00:32:37.160><c> have</c><00:32:37.339><c> Absalom</c><00:32:37.680><c> back,</c><00:32:37.900><c> he</c><00:32:38.119><c> loved</c><00:32:38.460><c> Absalom,</c>

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:41.440
his<00:32:39.339><c> soul</c><00:32:39.500><c> was</c><00:32:39.779><c> knit</c><00:32:39.920><c> with</c><00:32:40.119><c> that</c><00:32:40.319><c> of</c><00:32:40.460><c> Absalom.</c>

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:45.940
He<00:32:42.019><c> longed</c><00:32:42.420><c> for</c><00:32:42.559><c> Absalom's</c><00:32:43.000><c> repentance,</c><00:32:45.240><c> but</c><00:32:45.299><c> that</c><00:32:45.599><c> lovely</c>

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:49.519
son,<00:32:47.240><c> good</c><00:32:47.519><c>-looking</c><00:32:47.819><c> son</c><00:32:48.059><c> at</c><00:32:48.259><c> least,</c><00:32:49.319><c> did</c>

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:52.619
not<00:32:49.880><c> feel</c><00:32:50.220><c> that</c><00:32:50.599><c> way</c><00:32:50.940><c> towards</c><00:32:51.339><c> his</c><00:32:51.619><c> father.</c>

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:57.920
Come<00:32:54.039><c> back</c><00:32:54.220><c> to</c><00:32:54.359><c> chapter</c><00:32:54.680><c> 15</c><00:32:55.140><c> for</c><00:32:55.440><c> a</c><00:32:55.640><c> moment</c><00:32:55.900><c> and</c><00:32:56.140><c> see</c><00:32:56.420><c> how</c><00:32:57.000><c> Absalom</c><00:32:57.519><c> now</c>

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:59.900
begins<00:32:58.339><c> to</c><00:32:58.680><c> take</c><00:32:58.839><c> advantage</c><00:32:59.539><c> of</c>

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:03.240
David<00:33:00.200><c> in</c><00:33:01.400><c> a</c><00:33:01.559><c> most</c><00:33:01.779><c> wicked</c><00:33:02.039><c> way.</c>

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:08.119
Chapter<00:33:03.799><c> 15</c><00:33:04.279><c> of</c><00:33:04.460><c> 2</c><00:33:04.680><c> Samuel,</c><00:33:06.539><c> verse</c><00:33:06.680><c> 3.</c>

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:12.559
We<00:33:10.339><c> could</c><00:33:10.539><c> read</c><00:33:10.720><c> all</c><00:33:10.960><c> the</c><00:33:11.119><c> verses,</c><00:33:11.480><c> but</c><00:33:11.640><c> there</c><00:33:11.900><c> really</c><00:33:12.119><c> isn't</c><00:33:12.279><c> time.</c>

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:15.799
You<00:33:12.700><c> know</c><00:33:12.920><c> that</c><00:33:13.140><c> Absalom</c><00:33:13.460><c> prepared</c><00:33:13.839><c> him</c><00:33:14.079><c> chariots</c><00:33:14.480><c> and</c><00:33:14.640><c> horses,</c><00:33:15.039><c> he</c><00:33:15.160><c> had</c><00:33:15.500><c> a</c>

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:17.259
retinue<00:33:16.119><c> of</c><00:33:16.279><c> 50</c><00:33:16.519><c> men</c><00:33:16.940><c> to</c>

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:21.240
precede<00:33:17.759><c> him</c><00:33:18.039><c> and</c><00:33:18.559><c> honour</c><00:33:18.859><c> him,</c><00:33:19.759><c> to</c><00:33:19.980><c> clear</c><00:33:20.180><c> the</c><00:33:20.420><c> way</c><00:33:20.799><c> because</c>

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:24.319
the<00:33:21.440><c> prince</c><00:33:21.680><c> was</c><00:33:21.920><c> coming,</c><00:33:22.839><c> to</c><00:33:23.700><c> get</c><00:33:24.000><c> people</c>

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:26.559
to<00:33:24.500><c> bow</c><00:33:24.720><c> down</c><00:33:25.039><c> before</c><00:33:25.359><c> Absalom.</c>

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:28.859
Absalom<00:33:26.980><c> rose</c><00:33:27.220><c> up</c><00:33:27.400><c> early</c><00:33:27.559><c> and</c><00:33:27.720><c> stood</c><00:33:27.920><c> beside</c><00:33:28.299><c> the</c><00:33:28.480><c> way</c><00:33:28.579><c> of</c><00:33:28.700><c> the</c>

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:31.279
gate,<00:33:29.920><c> verse</c><00:33:30.180><c> 2,</c><00:33:30.460><c> and</c><00:33:30.599><c> it</c><00:33:30.779><c> was</c><00:33:30.960><c> so</c><00:33:31.180><c> that</c>

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:33.420
when<00:33:31.339><c> any</c><00:33:31.619><c> man</c><00:33:31.839><c> that</c><00:33:32.000><c> had</c><00:33:32.140><c> a</c><00:33:32.440><c> controversy</c><00:33:32.779><c> came</c><00:33:33.019><c> to</c><00:33:33.160><c> the</c><00:33:33.240><c> king</c>

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.859
for<00:33:33.619><c> judgment,</c><00:33:34.420><c> Absalom</c><00:33:34.480><c> called</c>

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:37.059
to<00:33:35.019><c> him</c><00:33:35.180><c> and</c><00:33:35.299><c> said,</c><00:33:35.500><c> Of</c><00:33:35.500><c> what</c><00:33:35.720><c> city</c><00:33:35.960><c> art</c><00:33:36.140><c> thou?</c>

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:40.059
Verse<00:33:37.740><c> 3</c><00:33:37.960><c> and</c><00:33:38.099><c> Absalom</c><00:33:38.440><c> said</c><00:33:38.559><c> unto</c><00:33:38.680><c> him,</c><00:33:39.380><c> See,</c><00:33:39.819><c> thy</c><00:33:39.819><c> matters</c>

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:41.920
are<00:33:40.299><c> good</c><00:33:40.500><c> and</c><00:33:40.759><c> right,</c><00:33:41.220><c> but</c><00:33:41.319><c> there</c><00:33:41.519><c> is</c><00:33:41.700><c> no</c>

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:44.299
man<00:33:42.180><c> deputed</c><00:33:42.559><c> of</c><00:33:42.720><c> the</c><00:33:42.859><c> king</c><00:33:43.000><c> to</c><00:33:43.220><c> hear</c><00:33:43.420><c> thee.</c>

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:46.619
Now<00:33:44.740><c> we</c><00:33:44.980><c> have</c><00:33:45.180><c> no</c><00:33:45.299><c> way</c><00:33:45.460><c> of</c><00:33:45.599><c> knowing</c><00:33:45.759><c> precisely</c><00:33:46.259><c> whether</c><00:33:46.440><c> that</c>

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:48.819
was<00:33:46.839><c> true</c><00:33:47.059><c> or</c><00:33:47.299><c> not,</c><00:33:47.640><c> whether</c><00:33:47.819><c> that</c><00:33:48.019><c> was</c><00:33:48.180><c> a</c><00:33:48.319><c> fabrication</c>

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:51.259
of<00:33:49.079><c> Absalom's</c><00:33:50.079><c> or</c><00:33:50.339><c> not.</c>

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:53.220
It<00:33:51.940><c> may</c><00:33:52.079><c> well</c><00:33:52.220><c> have</c><00:33:52.400><c> been</c><00:33:52.579><c> true.</c>

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:55.759
It<00:33:54.019><c> may</c><00:33:54.140><c> well</c><00:33:54.319><c> have</c><00:33:54.440><c> been</c><00:33:54.579><c> that</c><00:33:54.700><c> there</c><00:33:54.900><c> was</c><00:33:55.099><c> something</c><00:33:55.359><c> amiss</c>

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:58.599
in<00:33:56.180><c> David's</c><00:33:56.640><c> administration</c><00:33:57.319><c> at</c><00:33:57.559><c> this</c><00:33:57.779><c> time.</c>

00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:00.880
Maybe<00:33:58.700><c> David</c><00:33:59.019><c> had</c><00:33:59.259><c> many</c><00:33:59.519><c> other</c><00:33:59.779><c> things</c><00:34:00.019><c> to</c><00:34:00.220><c> think</c><00:34:00.400><c> about</c><00:34:00.700><c> and</c>

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:03.079
had<00:34:01.039><c> let</c><00:34:01.180><c> things</c><00:34:01.480><c> slide</c><00:34:01.779><c> a</c><00:34:01.940><c> little</c><00:34:02.119><c> administratively.</c>

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:06.619
Maybe<00:34:03.539><c> the</c><00:34:04.259><c> way</c><00:34:05.119><c> of</c><00:34:05.400><c> justice</c><00:34:05.720><c> was</c><00:34:05.940><c> not</c><00:34:06.160><c> all</c><00:34:06.299><c> that</c><00:34:06.400><c> it</c><00:34:06.539><c> should</c>

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:08.340
have<00:34:06.819><c> been,</c><00:34:07.119><c> and</c><00:34:07.420><c> if</c><00:34:07.640><c> that</c><00:34:07.839><c> was</c><00:34:08.059><c> so</c><00:34:08.159><c> then</c>

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:10.980
Absalom<00:34:08.519><c> was</c><00:34:08.739><c> very</c><00:34:09.000><c> quick</c><00:34:09.059><c> to</c><00:34:09.199><c> take</c><00:34:09.400><c> advantage</c><00:34:09.739><c> of</c><00:34:09.960><c> it.</c>

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:14.340
Maybe<00:34:11.579><c> for</c><00:34:11.719><c> reasons</c><00:34:12.000><c> that</c><00:34:12.159><c> we'll</c><00:34:12.400><c> examine</c><00:34:12.619><c> in</c><00:34:12.760><c> just</c><00:34:12.900><c> a</c><00:34:13.059><c> moment,</c><00:34:14.099><c> maybe</c>

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:16.500
David<00:34:14.659><c> was</c><00:34:15.059><c> again</c><00:34:15.619><c> not</c><00:34:16.199><c> a</c><00:34:16.360><c> well</c>

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:19.420
man,<00:34:17.500><c> maybe</c><00:34:17.719><c> he</c><00:34:17.800><c> was</c><00:34:17.940><c> very</c><00:34:18.199><c> sick</c><00:34:18.380><c> at</c><00:34:18.539><c> this</c><00:34:18.719><c> time,</c><00:34:18.980><c> and</c><00:34:19.239><c> again</c>

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.679
Absalom<00:34:19.699><c> was</c><00:34:19.900><c> quick</c><00:34:19.980><c> to</c><00:34:20.139><c> take</c><00:34:20.320><c> advantage</c>

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.059
of<00:34:20.880><c> that.</c>

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:25.280
Whatever<00:34:21.440><c> it</c><00:34:21.679><c> was,</c><00:34:22.019><c> whatever</c><00:34:22.159><c> the</c><00:34:22.420><c> problem</c><00:34:22.619><c> was,</c><00:34:23.300><c> Absalom</c><00:34:23.619><c> was</c><00:34:23.920><c> certainly</c><00:34:24.199><c> making</c><00:34:24.579><c> capital</c><00:34:24.940><c> out</c><00:34:25.159><c> of</c>

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.940
it,<00:34:25.440><c> wasn't</c><00:34:25.639><c> he?</c>

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:30.239
And<00:34:27.619><c> with</c><00:34:27.820><c> great</c><00:34:28.059><c> ostentation</c><00:34:28.780><c> and</c><00:34:29.059><c> insincerity,</c><00:34:30.059><c> I</c><00:34:30.079><c> would</c>

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:33.019
suggest,<00:34:31.219><c> we</c><00:34:31.300><c> read</c><00:34:31.519><c> in</c><00:34:31.699><c> verse</c><00:34:31.920><c> 4,</c><00:34:32.699><c> Absalom</c>

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:36.219
said<00:34:33.300><c> moreover,</c><00:34:34.039><c> All</c><00:34:34.219><c> that</c><00:34:34.380><c> I</c><00:34:34.639><c> were</c><00:34:34.820><c> made</c><00:34:34.980><c> judge</c><00:34:35.260><c> in</c><00:34:35.420><c> the</c><00:34:35.599><c> land,</c><00:34:36.119><c> that</c>

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:37.800
every<00:34:36.519><c> man</c><00:34:36.739><c> which</c><00:34:36.940><c> had</c><00:34:37.139><c> any</c>

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:41.300
suit<00:34:38.099><c> or</c><00:34:38.400><c> cause</c><00:34:38.639><c> might</c><00:34:38.880><c> come</c><00:34:39.099><c> unto</c><00:34:39.239><c> me,</c><00:34:39.519><c> I</c><00:34:39.760><c> would</c><00:34:39.920><c> do</c><00:34:40.019><c> him</c><00:34:40.199><c> justice.</c>

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:44.659
It<00:34:41.699><c> was</c><00:34:41.940><c> so</c><00:34:42.099><c> that</c><00:34:42.199><c> when</c><00:34:42.380><c> any</c><00:34:42.539><c> man</c><00:34:42.719><c> came</c><00:34:43.039><c> nigh</c><00:34:43.219><c> to</c><00:34:43.260><c> him</c><00:34:43.420><c> to</c><00:34:43.559><c> do</c><00:34:43.659><c> him</c><00:34:43.860><c> obeisance,</c><00:34:44.500><c> he</c>

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.239
put<00:34:44.760><c> forth</c><00:34:44.960><c> his</c><00:34:45.139><c> hand</c>

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:48.099
and<00:34:45.400><c> took</c><00:34:45.619><c> him</c><00:34:45.800><c> and</c><00:34:45.940><c> kissed</c><00:34:46.219><c> him,</c><00:34:46.860><c> and</c><00:34:47.000><c> on</c><00:34:47.079><c> this</c><00:34:47.280><c> man</c><00:34:47.420><c> did</c><00:34:47.539><c> Absalom</c><00:34:47.900><c> to</c>

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:49.179
all<00:34:48.260><c> Israel</c><00:34:48.639><c> that</c><00:34:48.780><c> came</c><00:34:48.980><c> to</c><00:34:49.119><c> the</c>

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.840
king<00:34:49.360><c> for</c><00:34:49.539><c> judgment.</c>

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:52.519
So<00:34:50.280><c> Absalom</c><00:34:50.659><c> stole</c><00:34:51.079><c> the</c><00:34:51.300><c> hearts</c><00:34:51.599><c> of</c><00:34:51.780><c> the</c><00:34:51.860><c> men</c><00:34:52.019><c> of</c><00:34:52.099><c> Israel,</c>

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:55.599
very<00:34:53.199><c> ostentatious,</c><00:34:54.460><c> very</c><00:34:54.639><c> insincere,</c>

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:59.780
Absalom<00:34:56.179><c> hugging</c><00:34:56.519><c> and</c><00:34:56.780><c> greeting</c><00:34:57.099><c> every</c><00:34:57.420><c> man,</c><00:34:59.360><c> just</c><00:34:59.539><c> a</c><00:34:59.679><c> bit</c>

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:01.840
over<00:35:00.039><c> much,</c><00:35:00.380><c> wasn't</c><00:35:00.519><c> it?</c>

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:05.659
But<00:35:02.639><c> it</c><00:35:02.980><c> stole</c><00:35:03.199><c> the</c><00:35:03.400><c> hearts</c><00:35:03.739><c> of</c><00:35:03.920><c> the</c><00:35:04.019><c> men</c><00:35:04.139><c> of</c><00:35:04.380><c> Israel,</c><00:35:05.360><c> because</c>

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:08.500
by<00:35:06.019><c> comparison</c><00:35:06.559><c> with</c><00:35:06.840><c> David,</c><00:35:08.159><c> they</c><00:35:08.300><c> found</c>

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:14.159
Absalom<00:35:09.039><c> to</c><00:35:09.239><c> be</c><00:35:09.440><c> a</c><00:35:09.619><c> friend,</c><00:35:10.860><c> a</c><00:35:10.980><c> man</c><00:35:11.199><c> who</c><00:35:11.500><c> appeared</c><00:35:11.880><c> to</c><00:35:12.139><c> care</c><00:35:12.320><c> for</c><00:35:12.539><c> them,</c><00:35:14.000><c> a</c>

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:15.480
man<00:35:14.380><c> who</c><00:35:14.719><c> appeared</c><00:35:15.059><c> to</c><00:35:15.239><c> be</c>

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:21.960
concerned<00:35:15.920><c> about</c><00:35:16.260><c> them</c><00:35:16.940><c> and</c><00:35:17.480><c> their</c><00:35:17.760><c> cause,</c><00:35:19.320><c> when</c><00:35:19.760><c> David</c><00:35:20.219><c> either</c><00:35:20.760><c> couldn't</c><00:35:21.719><c> or</c>

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:23.519
wouldn't<00:35:22.400><c> do</c><00:35:22.780><c> all</c><00:35:23.320><c> that</c>

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:25.880
perhaps<00:35:23.960><c> he</c><00:35:24.139><c> should</c><00:35:24.360><c> have</c><00:35:24.579><c> done.</c>

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:33.960
So<00:35:28.260><c> it</c><00:35:28.440><c> is</c><00:35:28.960><c> that</c><00:35:29.659><c> when</c><00:35:30.199><c> David</c><00:35:30.679><c> leaves</c><00:35:31.179><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:35:33.599><c> there</c><00:35:33.719><c> is</c>

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:37.519
no<00:35:34.139><c> record</c><00:35:34.579><c> of</c><00:35:34.780><c> him</c><00:35:35.099><c> praying</c><00:35:35.500><c> about</c><00:35:35.820><c> it,</c>

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:42.039
there<00:35:37.900><c> is</c><00:35:38.099><c> no</c><00:35:38.239><c> record</c><00:35:38.559><c> of</c><00:35:38.699><c> him</c><00:35:39.059><c> seeking</c><00:35:39.480><c> counsel</c><00:35:40.059><c> of</c><00:35:41.599><c> his</c><00:35:41.800><c> own</c>

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:44.579
wise<00:35:42.239><c> men,</c><00:35:43.539><c> there</c><00:35:43.900><c> is</c><00:35:44.099><c> no</c><00:35:44.239><c> record</c><00:35:44.500><c> of</c>

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:50.199
him<00:35:44.860><c> seeking</c><00:35:45.159><c> counsel</c><00:35:45.699><c> of</c><00:35:46.880><c> God,</c><00:35:49.079><c> there</c><00:35:49.139><c> is</c><00:35:49.400><c> no</c><00:35:49.559><c> record</c><00:35:49.880><c> of</c><00:35:50.059><c> a</c>

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.760
council<00:35:50.460><c> of</c><00:35:50.659><c> war</c><00:35:50.880><c> or</c><00:35:51.079><c> of</c><00:35:51.159><c> any</c><00:35:51.320><c> war</c><00:35:51.559><c> preparations.</c>

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:59.679
David<00:35:54.599><c> hears</c><00:35:55.000><c> of</c><00:35:55.340><c> the</c><00:35:56.239><c> rebellion</c><00:35:56.619><c> of</c><00:35:56.900><c> Absalom</c><00:35:57.199><c> and</c><00:35:57.519><c> just</c><00:35:57.800><c> moves</c><00:35:58.000><c> out</c><00:35:58.559><c> immediately.</c>

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:05.000
It<00:36:01.980><c> may</c><00:36:02.199><c> be</c><00:36:02.440><c> that</c><00:36:02.599><c> he</c><00:36:02.920><c> recognised</c><00:36:03.440><c> instantaneously</c><00:36:04.360><c> that</c><00:36:04.599><c> this</c><00:36:04.840><c> was</c>

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:08.460
of<00:36:05.199><c> God,</c><00:36:07.340><c> it</c><00:36:07.760><c> may</c><00:36:07.920><c> be</c><00:36:08.059><c> that</c><00:36:08.159><c> he</c><00:36:08.280><c> was</c>

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:11.039
concerned<00:36:08.920><c> that</c><00:36:09.039><c> there</c><00:36:09.219><c> should</c><00:36:09.380><c> not</c><00:36:09.519><c> be</c><00:36:09.679><c> a</c><00:36:09.800><c> bloodbath</c><00:36:10.079><c> in</c><00:36:10.280><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:10.739><c> and</c>

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:12.000
that<00:36:11.139><c> he</c><00:36:11.239><c> was</c><00:36:11.460><c> concerned</c><00:36:11.739><c> for</c>

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:13.659
the<00:36:12.360><c> inhabitants</c><00:36:12.360><c> of</c><00:36:12.539><c> the</c><00:36:12.659><c> city.</c>

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:20.400
It<00:36:15.139><c> might</c><00:36:15.380><c> again</c><00:36:15.739><c> have</c><00:36:15.920><c> been</c><00:36:16.079><c> his</c><00:36:17.500><c> over</c><00:36:17.739><c> much</c><00:36:18.039><c> and</c><00:36:19.039><c> now</c><00:36:19.360><c> unjustified</c><00:36:20.019><c> love</c>

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:23.539
for<00:36:20.659><c> his</c><00:36:21.380><c> wayward</c><00:36:21.719><c> son</c><00:36:22.139><c> that</c>

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:28.219
forced<00:36:23.780><c> him</c><00:36:23.980><c> out</c><00:36:24.159><c> of</c><00:36:24.280><c> the</c><00:36:24.420><c> city</c><00:36:25.199><c> so</c><00:36:25.659><c> promptly</c><00:36:26.079><c> and</c><00:36:27.099><c> so</c><00:36:27.320><c> quickly.</c>

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:33.059
Whatever<00:36:29.340><c> the</c><00:36:29.559><c> reason,</c><00:36:29.880><c> in</c><00:36:29.920><c> verse</c><00:36:30.139><c> 14</c><00:36:30.599><c> of</c><00:36:31.199><c> 2</c><00:36:31.380><c> Samuel</c><00:36:31.679><c> 15,</c><00:36:32.820><c> we</c>

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:35.159
learn<00:36:33.320><c> that</c><00:36:33.800><c> David</c><00:36:34.019><c> moved.</c>

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:37.059
David<00:36:35.460><c> said</c><00:36:35.659><c> unto</c><00:36:35.820><c> all</c><00:36:36.000><c> his</c><00:36:36.219><c> servants</c><00:36:36.480><c> that</c><00:36:36.659><c> were</c><00:36:36.800><c> with</c><00:36:36.960><c> him</c>

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:38.980
at<00:36:37.179><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:36:37.980><c> Arise</c><00:36:38.159><c> and</c><00:36:38.260><c> let</c><00:36:38.420><c> us</c><00:36:38.639><c> flee,</c>

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:42.320
for<00:36:39.460><c> we</c><00:36:39.619><c> shall</c><00:36:39.840><c> not</c><00:36:40.099><c> else</c><00:36:40.280><c> escape</c><00:36:40.599><c> from</c><00:36:40.840><c> Absalom,</c><00:36:41.860><c> make</c><00:36:42.039><c> speed</c>

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.780
to<00:36:42.539><c> depart,</c><00:36:43.019><c> lest</c><00:36:43.099><c> he</c><00:36:43.280><c> overtake</c><00:36:43.639><c> us</c>

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:46.860
suddenly<00:36:44.079><c> and</c><00:36:44.280><c> bring</c><00:36:44.480><c> evil</c><00:36:44.659><c> upon</c><00:36:44.880><c> us</c><00:36:45.199><c> and</c><00:36:45.539><c> smite</c><00:36:45.840><c> the</c><00:36:46.019><c> city</c><00:36:46.219><c> with</c><00:36:46.420><c> the</c><00:36:46.539><c> edge</c><00:36:46.659><c> of</c>

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.860
the<00:36:47.000><c> sword.</c>

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:53.760
And<00:36:49.159><c> so</c><00:36:49.400><c> for</c><00:36:49.739><c> perhaps</c><00:36:50.039><c> more</c><00:36:50.260><c> than</c><00:36:50.420><c> one</c><00:36:50.579><c> reason,</c><00:36:51.960><c> David</c><00:36:52.219><c> fled</c><00:36:52.519><c> quickly.</c>

00:36:55.000 --> 00:37:00.420
Come<00:36:55.280><c> just</c><00:36:55.460><c> for</c><00:36:55.619><c> a</c><00:36:55.719><c> moment</c><00:36:55.880><c> to</c><00:36:56.219><c> Psalm</c><00:36:56.440><c> 41,</c><00:36:57.300><c> brethren</c><00:36:57.460><c> and</c><00:36:57.659><c> sisters,</c><00:37:00.239><c> a</c>

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:02.639
psalm<00:37:00.619><c> that</c><00:37:00.800><c> you</c><00:37:01.099><c> know</c><00:37:01.280><c> well</c><00:37:01.519><c> enough</c>

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:07.039
In<00:37:03.619><c> its</c><00:37:04.119><c> first</c><00:37:04.539><c> application,</c><00:37:05.039><c> of</c><00:37:05.280><c> course,</c><00:37:05.539><c> it</c><00:37:05.719><c> concerns</c><00:37:06.320><c> this</c>

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:11.000
period<00:37:07.360><c> in</c><00:37:07.659><c> David's</c><00:37:08.019><c> life</c><00:37:08.739><c> and</c><00:37:09.760><c> the</c><00:37:10.519><c> regret</c>

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:17.539
with<00:37:11.280><c> which</c><00:37:11.559><c> he</c><00:37:12.360><c> noted</c><00:37:12.739><c> the</c><00:37:13.420><c> betrayal</c><00:37:14.159><c> by</c><00:37:15.280><c> Ahithophel</c><00:37:16.340><c> who,</c><00:37:17.039><c> as</c><00:37:17.340><c> a</c>

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:19.800
turncoat,<00:37:18.219><c> joined</c><00:37:18.619><c> Absalom.</c>

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:28.179
Ahithophel's<00:37:20.980><c> counsel</c><00:37:21.360><c> was</c><00:37:21.719><c> so</c><00:37:22.059><c> good,</c><00:37:23.619><c> always</c><00:37:24.360><c> so</c><00:37:25.119><c> right,</c><00:37:25.880><c> but</c><00:37:26.559><c> now</c><00:37:26.840><c> Ahithophel</c><00:37:27.380><c> had</c><00:37:27.659><c> thrown</c><00:37:27.820><c> in</c><00:37:28.000><c> his</c>

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:29.659
lot<00:37:28.300><c> with</c><00:37:28.519><c> Absalom.</c>

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:35.380
Of<00:37:30.699><c> course,</c><00:37:32.099><c> in</c><00:37:32.179><c> the</c><00:37:32.360><c> dual</c><00:37:32.559><c> application</c><00:37:33.079><c> of</c><00:37:33.380><c> this</c><00:37:34.199><c> psalm,</c><00:37:34.760><c> prophetically,</c><00:37:35.239><c> it</c>

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:36.019
speaks<00:37:35.599><c> of</c><00:37:35.780><c> our</c><00:37:35.880><c> Lord</c>

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:39.579
Jesus<00:37:36.320><c> Christ</c><00:37:36.900><c> and</c><00:37:37.980><c> of</c><00:37:38.179><c> Judas</c><00:37:38.380><c> Iscariot.</c>

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:46.039
And<00:37:40.000><c> so</c><00:37:40.119><c> in</c><00:37:40.260><c> verse</c><00:37:40.500><c> 9</c><00:37:40.900><c> of</c><00:37:41.119><c> Psalm</c><00:37:41.340><c> 41,</c><00:37:42.539><c> we</c><00:37:42.619><c> read,</c><00:37:43.380><c> Yea,</c><00:37:43.699><c> my</c><00:37:43.880><c> unfamiliar</c><00:37:44.719><c> friend,</c><00:37:45.420><c> in</c><00:37:45.539><c> whom</c><00:37:45.719><c> I</c>

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.840
trusted,<00:37:46.619><c> which</c>

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:50.099
did<00:37:47.000><c> eat</c><00:37:47.119><c> of</c><00:37:47.280><c> my</c><00:37:47.599><c> bread,</c><00:37:48.420><c> hath</c><00:37:48.579><c> lifted</c><00:37:48.940><c> up</c><00:37:49.159><c> his</c><00:37:49.400><c> heel</c><00:37:49.579><c> against</c>

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:53.059
me,<00:37:50.800><c> but</c><00:37:50.860><c> thou,</c><00:37:51.440><c> O</c><00:37:51.719><c> Lord,</c><00:37:52.420><c> be</c><00:37:52.719><c> merciful</c>

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:56.460
unto<00:37:53.300><c> me</c><00:37:53.500><c> and</c><00:37:53.699><c> raise</c><00:37:54.000><c> me</c><00:37:54.239><c> up,</c><00:37:54.719><c> that</c><00:37:54.840><c> I</c><00:37:55.019><c> may</c><00:37:55.219><c> requite</c><00:37:55.579><c> them.</c>

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:59.760
My<00:37:57.460><c> unfamiliar</c><00:37:57.940><c> friend,</c><00:37:58.519><c> in</c><00:37:58.539><c> whom</c><00:37:58.659><c> I</c><00:37:58.900><c> trusted.</c>

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:02.840
Now<00:38:00.360><c> that</c><00:38:00.719><c> pinpoints</c><00:38:01.239><c> this</c><00:38:01.579><c> psalm</c><00:38:01.760><c> as</c><00:38:01.920><c> belonging</c><00:38:02.300><c> to</c><00:38:02.559><c> that</c>

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.719
period,<00:38:03.260><c> doesn't</c><00:38:03.480><c> it?</c>

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:06.780
It<00:38:04.119><c> pinpoints</c><00:38:04.500><c> this</c><00:38:04.800><c> psalm,</c><00:38:05.000><c> I</c><00:38:05.079><c> think,</c><00:38:05.360><c> as</c><00:38:05.460><c> referring</c><00:38:05.840><c> to</c><00:38:06.079><c> David</c><00:38:06.380><c> at</c>

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:08.119
the<00:38:06.940><c> time</c><00:38:07.079><c> when</c><00:38:07.219><c> he</c><00:38:07.340><c> found</c><00:38:07.519><c> it</c><00:38:07.739><c> necessary</c>

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:11.719
to<00:38:08.360><c> flee</c><00:38:08.500><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:08.940><c> from</c><00:38:09.280><c> Absalom</c><00:38:09.920><c> and</c><00:38:10.840><c> was</c><00:38:11.059><c> concerned</c><00:38:11.539><c> that</c>

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:14.079
Ahithophel<00:38:12.400><c> had</c><00:38:12.820><c> become</c><00:38:13.059><c> a</c><00:38:13.260><c> traitor.</c>

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:17.599
And<00:38:15.539><c> this</c><00:38:15.699><c> psalm</c><00:38:15.940><c> also</c><00:38:16.280><c> speaks</c><00:38:16.519><c> of</c><00:38:16.739><c> illness.</c>

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:21.639
It<00:38:18.239><c> speaks</c><00:38:18.440><c> of</c><00:38:18.679><c> serious</c><00:38:19.019><c> sickness</c><00:38:19.480><c> in</c><00:38:20.239><c> David's</c><00:38:20.719><c> life.</c>

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:24.079
Sickness<00:38:22.159><c> now,</c><00:38:22.559><c> not</c><00:38:22.699><c> only</c><00:38:22.920><c> that</c><00:38:23.119><c> which</c><00:38:23.280><c> came</c><00:38:23.500><c> about</c><00:38:23.760><c> as</c><00:38:23.920><c> the</c>

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:26.659
result<00:38:24.239><c> of</c><00:38:24.380><c> his</c><00:38:24.519><c> sin</c><00:38:24.659><c> with</c><00:38:24.860><c> Bathsheba,</c><00:38:26.559><c> it</c>

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:29.699
may<00:38:26.860><c> have</c><00:38:27.019><c> been</c><00:38:27.139><c> the</c><00:38:27.300><c> same</c><00:38:27.519><c> sickness</c><00:38:27.760><c> that</c><00:38:28.079><c> recurred</c><00:38:28.780><c> at</c><00:38:29.079><c> different</c><00:38:29.300><c> points</c><00:38:29.559><c> in</c>

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.119
his<00:38:29.900><c> life.</c>

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.480
But<00:38:30.460><c> certainly</c><00:38:30.800><c> David</c><00:38:31.059><c> seems</c><00:38:31.300><c> to</c><00:38:31.440><c> have</c><00:38:31.559><c> been</c><00:38:31.659><c> a</c><00:38:31.780><c> very</c><00:38:32.019><c> ill</c><00:38:32.219><c> man</c>

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:34.079
at<00:38:32.679><c> this</c><00:38:32.920><c> stage,</c><00:38:33.099><c> and</c><00:38:33.219><c> that's</c><00:38:33.400><c> why</c><00:38:33.539><c> we</c><00:38:33.739><c> suggested</c>

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:37.019
that<00:38:34.340><c> maybe</c><00:38:34.880><c> Absalom</c><00:38:35.159><c> was</c><00:38:35.360><c> taking</c><00:38:35.659><c> advantage</c><00:38:36.059><c> of</c><00:38:36.260><c> that</c><00:38:36.440><c> very</c><00:38:36.699><c> fact.</c>

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:41.139
Perhaps<00:38:37.500><c> he</c><00:38:37.699><c> saw</c><00:38:37.900><c> David's</c><00:38:38.440><c> death</c><00:38:38.619><c> as</c><00:38:38.840><c> being</c><00:38:39.019><c> imminent,</c><00:38:40.940><c> and</c>

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:43.619
Absalom<00:38:41.460><c> moved</c><00:38:41.699><c> quickly</c><00:38:42.260><c> to</c><00:38:43.059><c> make</c><00:38:43.280><c> capital</c>

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.699
out<00:38:43.820><c> of</c><00:38:43.980><c> that</c><00:38:44.119><c> situation.</c>

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:49.099
So<00:38:45.460><c> psalm</c><00:38:45.739><c> 41</c><00:38:46.079><c> and</c><00:38:46.280><c> verse</c><00:38:46.460><c> 6,</c><00:38:48.159><c> verse</c><00:38:48.519><c> 5.</c>

00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:50.780
Mine<00:38:49.280><c> enemies</c><00:38:49.619><c> speak</c><00:38:49.960><c> evil</c><00:38:50.400><c> of</c><00:38:50.599><c> me.</c>

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:53.920
When<00:38:51.139><c> shall</c><00:38:51.380><c> he</c><00:38:51.619><c> die,</c><00:38:52.039><c> and</c><00:38:52.159><c> his</c><00:38:52.400><c> name</c><00:38:52.719><c> perish?</c>

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:59.260
Mine<00:38:54.920><c> enemies,</c><00:38:55.679><c> sorry,</c><00:38:55.920><c> and</c><00:38:56.059><c> if</c><00:38:56.199><c> he</c><00:38:56.400><c> come,</c><00:38:56.860><c> if</c><00:38:56.980><c> he</c><00:38:57.420><c> come,</c><00:38:57.719><c> notice</c><00:38:58.039><c> that,</c><00:38:58.420><c> singular,</c><00:38:59.179><c> not</c>

00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:00.579
if<00:38:59.360><c> they</c><00:38:59.539><c> come.</c>

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:02.380
Mine<00:39:00.920><c> enemies,</c><00:39:01.460><c> verse</c><00:39:01.679><c> 5,</c><00:39:02.059><c> is</c><00:39:02.139><c> plural.</c>

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.780
Mine<00:39:02.659><c> enemies</c><00:39:02.860><c> speak</c><00:39:03.179><c> evil</c><00:39:03.380><c> of</c><00:39:03.599><c> me.</c>

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:09.320
They<00:39:04.280><c> wish</c><00:39:04.559><c> his</c><00:39:04.820><c> death,</c><00:39:05.699><c> but</c><00:39:06.400><c> if</c><00:39:07.420><c> he</c><00:39:07.780><c> come</c><00:39:08.000><c> to</c><00:39:08.239><c> see</c><00:39:08.440><c> me,</c><00:39:09.000><c> he</c>

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:10.199
speaketh<00:39:09.679><c> vanity.</c>

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:12.340
His<00:39:10.820><c> heart</c><00:39:11.000><c> gathereth</c><00:39:11.480><c> iniquity</c><00:39:11.860><c> to</c><00:39:12.059><c> itself.</c>

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:14.159
When<00:39:12.699><c> he</c><00:39:12.900><c> goeth</c><00:39:13.119><c> abroad,</c><00:39:13.480><c> he</c><00:39:13.659><c> telleth</c><00:39:13.960><c> it.</c>

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:16.599
All<00:39:14.500><c> that</c><00:39:14.780><c> hate</c><00:39:14.920><c> me</c><00:39:15.159><c> whisper</c><00:39:15.519><c> together</c><00:39:15.920><c> against</c><00:39:16.219><c> me.</c>

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:18.179
Against<00:39:16.960><c> me</c><00:39:17.139><c> do</c><00:39:17.219><c> they</c><00:39:17.440><c> devise</c><00:39:17.760><c> my</c><00:39:18.019><c> hurt.</c>

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:21.219
An<00:39:18.579><c> evil</c><00:39:18.800><c> disease,</c><00:39:19.280><c> say</c><00:39:19.480><c> they,</c><00:39:19.940><c> cleaveth</c><00:39:20.239><c> fast</c><00:39:20.559><c> unto</c><00:39:20.860><c> him.</c>

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:23.360
Now<00:39:21.599><c> that</c><00:39:21.760><c> he</c><00:39:21.980><c> lieth,</c><00:39:22.199><c> he</c><00:39:22.340><c> shall</c><00:39:22.500><c> rise</c><00:39:22.719><c> up</c><00:39:22.940><c> no</c><00:39:23.139><c> more.</c>

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:26.320
Yea,<00:39:23.820><c> my</c><00:39:23.960><c> own</c><00:39:24.139><c> severely</c><00:39:24.480><c> offended,</c><00:39:25.000><c> whom</c><00:39:25.079><c> I</c><00:39:25.360><c> trusted.</c>

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:33.440
So<00:39:28.199><c> that</c><00:39:28.639><c> he</c><00:39:29.039><c> of</c><00:39:29.300><c> verse</c><00:39:29.639><c> 6,</c><00:39:29.780><c> who</c><00:39:29.980><c> came</c><00:39:30.219><c> to</c><00:39:30.500><c> see</c><00:39:30.739><c> David,</c><00:39:33.260><c> sounds</c>

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.659
as<00:39:33.559><c> though</c><00:39:33.639><c> it</c><00:39:33.719><c> must</c><00:39:33.900><c> have</c><00:39:34.019><c> been</c><00:39:34.139><c> a</c><00:39:34.280><c> hitherfell,</c>

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:36.480
doesn't<00:39:34.940><c> it?</c>

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:39.900
Coming<00:39:36.780><c> to</c><00:39:36.940><c> see</c><00:39:37.079><c> David</c><00:39:37.360><c> on</c><00:39:37.519><c> his</c><00:39:37.760><c> sick</c><00:39:37.980><c> bed,</c><00:39:39.260><c> and</c><00:39:39.420><c> going</c><00:39:39.639><c> abroad</c>

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:41.780
to<00:39:40.159><c> tell</c><00:39:40.420><c> the</c><00:39:40.599><c> matter,</c><00:39:40.860><c> to</c><00:39:41.039><c> spread</c><00:39:41.260><c> the</c><00:39:41.460><c> news,</c>

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:44.760
David<00:39:42.440><c> is</c><00:39:42.579><c> very</c><00:39:42.820><c> ill,</c><00:39:42.980><c> and</c><00:39:43.039><c> he's</c><00:39:43.159><c> not</c><00:39:43.320><c> likely</c><00:39:43.519><c> to</c><00:39:43.719><c> recover,</c>

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:48.280
almost<00:39:45.539><c> with</c><00:39:45.739><c> rejoicing,</c><00:39:47.579><c> and</c><00:39:47.800><c> encouraging</c>

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:51.639
Absalom<00:39:48.940><c> in</c><00:39:50.059><c> his</c><00:39:50.239><c> wicked</c><00:39:50.599><c> deed.</c>

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:54.500
That's<00:39:52.960><c> what</c><00:39:53.099><c> seems</c><00:39:53.420><c> to</c><00:39:53.599><c> be</c><00:39:53.739><c> happening</c><00:39:53.980><c> here,</c><00:39:54.280><c> isn't</c><00:39:54.420><c> it?</c>

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:57.840
That's<00:39:54.800><c> not</c><00:39:55.019><c> clear,</c><00:39:55.280><c> I</c><00:39:55.460><c> suggest,</c><00:39:56.079><c> from</c><00:39:56.280><c> the</c><00:39:56.500><c> Samuel</c><00:39:56.739><c> record,</c>

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:59.800
but<00:39:58.380><c> putting</c><00:39:58.760><c> the</c><00:39:58.960><c> pieces</c><00:39:59.179><c> of</c><00:39:59.380><c> the</c><00:39:59.500><c> jigsaw</c>

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:01.739
together,<00:40:00.300><c> brethren</c><00:40:00.420><c> and</c><00:40:00.679><c> sisters,</c><00:40:00.900><c> from</c><00:40:01.099><c> this</c><00:40:01.400><c> psalm</c><00:40:01.599><c> that</c>

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:03.679
we<00:40:01.920><c> can</c><00:40:02.400><c> pinpoint</c><00:40:02.880><c> fairly</c><00:40:03.219><c> accurately</c>

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:08.340
into<00:40:03.860><c> its</c><00:40:04.099><c> historical</c><00:40:04.500><c> setting,</c><00:40:04.780><c> I</c><00:40:04.920><c> think,</c><00:40:06.239><c> we</c><00:40:06.360><c> may</c><00:40:06.639><c> see</c><00:40:07.219><c> how</c>

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:12.699
wicked,<00:40:09.559><c> how</c><00:40:09.940><c> awful,</c><00:40:11.239><c> how</c><00:40:11.760><c> unfair</c><00:40:12.400><c> was</c>

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:16.900
this<00:40:13.239><c> plotting</c><00:40:13.579><c> and</c><00:40:14.039><c> scheming</c><00:40:14.960><c> of</c><00:40:15.320><c> Absalom.</c>

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:24.139
So<00:40:21.280><c> David</c><00:40:21.719><c> left</c><00:40:23.000><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:29.559
There<00:40:26.719><c> had</c><00:40:26.940><c> been</c><00:40:27.219><c> a</c><00:40:27.420><c> failure,</c><00:40:28.039><c> brethren</c><00:40:28.079><c> and</c><00:40:28.360><c> sisters,</c><00:40:28.639><c> on</c><00:40:28.840><c> the</c><00:40:29.039><c> part</c><00:40:29.219><c> of</c>

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:31.460
David<00:40:29.780><c> to</c><00:40:30.059><c> look</c><00:40:30.320><c> himself</c><00:40:30.960><c> in</c><00:40:31.219><c> the</c>

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:36.280
eyes<00:40:32.119><c> in</c><00:40:33.260><c> dealing</c><00:40:33.619><c> with</c><00:40:33.880><c> his</c><00:40:34.119><c> son,</c><00:40:35.139><c> hadn't</c><00:40:35.340><c> there?</c>

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:41.179
If<00:40:37.719><c> what</c><00:40:37.860><c> we</c><00:40:37.980><c> have</c><00:40:38.079><c> said</c><00:40:38.340><c> is</c><00:40:39.139><c> anywhere</c><00:40:39.440><c> near</c><00:40:39.639><c> right</c><00:40:39.820><c> at</c><00:40:40.059><c> all,</c>

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:44.199
then<00:40:41.679><c> what</c><00:40:42.219><c> David</c><00:40:42.719><c> had</c><00:40:43.179><c> failed</c><00:40:43.420><c> to</c><00:40:43.639><c> do</c><00:40:43.900><c> was</c>

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:50.119
to<00:40:44.800><c> grasp</c><00:40:45.579><c> his</c><00:40:46.480><c> own</c><00:40:46.760><c> iniquity</c><00:40:47.639><c> as</c><00:40:48.420><c> it</c><00:40:48.579><c> had</c><00:40:48.900><c> manifested</c><00:40:49.340><c> itself</c>

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:52.940
in<00:40:50.619><c> Amnon</c><00:40:51.219><c> and</c><00:40:51.820><c> Absalom.</c>

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:58.820
Yes<00:40:53.340><c> he</c><00:40:53.500><c> knew</c><00:40:53.800><c> his</c><00:40:54.119><c> sin,</c><00:40:54.800><c> yes</c><00:40:55.079><c> he</c><00:40:55.219><c> was</c><00:40:55.579><c> truly</c><00:40:55.880><c> sorry,</c><00:40:57.099><c> absolutely</c><00:40:57.500><c> repentant,</c><00:40:58.579><c> and</c>

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.380
completely<00:40:59.079><c> forgiven</c>

00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:00.519
of<00:40:59.559><c> God.</c>

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:06.519
But<00:41:01.099><c> when</c><00:41:01.360><c> he</c><00:41:01.559><c> saw</c><00:41:01.820><c> that</c><00:41:02.139><c> sin</c><00:41:02.340><c> again</c><00:41:02.940><c> in</c><00:41:03.280><c> his</c><00:41:03.539><c> own</c><00:41:03.940><c> sons,</c><00:41:05.380><c> he</c><00:41:05.480><c> was</c><00:41:05.800><c> unable</c><00:41:06.219><c> to</c>

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:08.039
bring<00:41:06.679><c> himself</c><00:41:07.239><c> to</c><00:41:07.780><c> deal</c>

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:09.079
with<00:41:08.280><c> it.</c>

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:14.599
He<00:41:09.460><c> saw</c><00:41:09.719><c> himself</c><00:41:10.679><c> in</c><00:41:11.440><c> Amnon</c><00:41:11.820><c> and</c><00:41:12.380><c> again</c><00:41:12.619><c> in</c><00:41:12.880><c> Absalom,</c><00:41:14.480><c> through</c>

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:17.039
the<00:41:14.780><c> lust</c><00:41:15.039><c> of</c><00:41:15.300><c> Amnon</c><00:41:15.699><c> and</c><00:41:16.340><c> the</c><00:41:16.559><c> murderous</c>

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:18.579
intent<00:41:17.320><c> of</c><00:41:17.500><c> Absalom.</c>

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:21.880
And<00:41:18.980><c> he</c><00:41:19.139><c> couldn't</c><00:41:19.420><c> look</c><00:41:19.659><c> himself</c><00:41:20.059><c> in</c><00:41:20.260><c> the</c><00:41:20.400><c> eyes,</c><00:41:20.739><c> brethren</c><00:41:20.880><c> and</c><00:41:21.119><c> sisters,</c><00:41:21.599><c> to</c>

00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:23.800
deal<00:41:22.280><c> with</c><00:41:22.579><c> that.</c>

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:31.699
And<00:41:24.800><c> so</c><00:41:25.059><c> it</c><00:41:25.199><c> seems</c><00:41:25.599><c> now,</c><00:41:27.260><c> in</c><00:41:27.300><c> being</c><00:41:27.659><c> forced</c><00:41:28.039><c> out</c><00:41:28.260><c> of</c><00:41:28.440><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:41:29.440><c> God</c><00:41:30.099><c> enforces</c><00:41:31.159><c> David</c>

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:33.219
to<00:41:32.539><c> look</c><00:41:32.760><c> himself</c>

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:38.820
in<00:41:33.460><c> the</c><00:41:33.639><c> eyes,</c><00:41:35.059><c> and</c><00:41:35.119><c> God</c><00:41:35.460><c> sends,</c><00:41:35.860><c> do</c><00:41:36.079><c> you</c><00:41:36.179><c> recall,</c><00:41:37.219><c> Shimei</c><00:41:37.699><c> to</c>

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:40.500
curse<00:41:39.440><c> David.</c>

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:47.659
And<00:41:42.480><c> David</c><00:41:42.739><c> recognises</c><00:41:43.400><c> that,</c><00:41:45.059><c> Shimei</c><00:41:45.659><c> brings</c><00:41:46.099><c> to</c><00:41:46.380><c> remembrance</c><00:41:46.920><c> David's</c>

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.940
own<00:41:47.960><c> sin.</c>

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:56.420
And<00:41:50.719><c> when</c><00:41:50.980><c> David's</c><00:41:51.380><c> men</c><00:41:51.539><c> say,</c><00:41:53.000><c> let's</c><00:41:53.099><c> put</c><00:41:53.320><c> paid</c><00:41:53.500><c> to</c><00:41:53.739><c> this,</c><00:41:56.320><c> as</c>

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:58.179
Shimei<00:41:56.739><c> casts</c><00:41:57.039><c> his</c><00:41:57.360><c> stones</c><00:41:57.800><c> across</c>

00:41:58.179 --> 00:42:02.500
the<00:41:58.380><c> valley</c><00:41:58.599><c> in</c><00:41:58.760><c> the</c><00:41:58.920><c> brook,</c><00:42:00.659><c> David</c><00:42:00.940><c> says,</c><00:42:01.179><c> let</c><00:42:01.300><c> him</c><00:42:01.480><c> alone.</c>

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:06.699
God<00:42:04.980><c> has</c><00:42:05.280><c> bidden</c><00:42:05.420><c> him</c><00:42:05.719><c> curse.</c>

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:12.780
If<00:42:08.420><c> God</c><00:42:08.739><c> has</c><00:42:09.039><c> sent</c><00:42:09.219><c> Shimei,</c><00:42:11.039><c> let</c><00:42:11.199><c> him</c><00:42:11.380><c> do</c><00:42:11.559><c> his</c><00:42:11.820><c> work.</c>

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:18.920
And<00:42:13.639><c> David</c><00:42:14.079><c> now</c><00:42:14.360><c> at</c><00:42:14.659><c> last</c><00:42:15.380><c> faces</c><00:42:16.400><c> his</c><00:42:16.780><c> iniquity</c><00:42:17.500><c> as</c><00:42:18.059><c> it</c><00:42:18.199><c> is</c><00:42:18.480><c> seen</c><00:42:18.719><c> in</c>

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:20.079
his<00:42:19.179><c> children.</c>

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:23.400
That's<00:42:21.099><c> a</c><00:42:21.360><c> hard</c><00:42:21.659><c> thing</c><00:42:21.960><c> to</c><00:42:22.179><c> do,</c><00:42:22.500><c> brethren</c><00:42:22.659><c> and</c><00:42:22.800><c> sisters,</c><00:42:23.019><c> isn't</c><00:42:23.199><c> it?</c>

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:27.280
It's<00:42:23.800><c> hard</c><00:42:24.119><c> for</c><00:42:24.320><c> us</c><00:42:24.579><c> in</c><00:42:24.780><c> our</c><00:42:25.139><c> ordinary</c><00:42:25.639><c> families</c><00:42:26.179><c> to</c><00:42:26.480><c> do.</c>

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:31.000
We've<00:42:27.980><c> said</c><00:42:28.159><c> before</c><00:42:28.539><c> this</c><00:42:28.699><c> week,</c><00:42:28.880><c> it's</c><00:42:29.139><c> embarrassing</c><00:42:29.699><c> sometimes</c><00:42:30.380><c> to</c><00:42:30.780><c> see</c>

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:32.880
your<00:42:31.300><c> own</c><00:42:31.619><c> traits</c><00:42:31.900><c> and</c><00:42:32.219><c> characteristics</c>

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:34.820
coming<00:42:33.320><c> out</c><00:42:33.599><c> in</c><00:42:33.760><c> your</c><00:42:34.000><c> children.</c>

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:38.320
It's<00:42:35.900><c> amusing</c><00:42:36.320><c> when</c><00:42:36.519><c> that</c><00:42:36.800><c> happens</c><00:42:37.079><c> occasionally.</c>

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:40.900
But<00:42:39.099><c> it</c><00:42:39.300><c> can</c><00:42:39.500><c> be</c><00:42:39.659><c> much</c><00:42:39.880><c> worse</c><00:42:40.280><c> than</c><00:42:40.539><c> that.</c>

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:44.800
It<00:42:41.480><c> can</c><00:42:41.760><c> be</c><00:42:41.900><c> much</c><00:42:42.119><c> worse</c><00:42:42.400><c> when</c><00:42:42.579><c> we</c><00:42:42.719><c> see</c><00:42:43.000><c> their</c><00:42:43.860><c> proneness</c><00:42:44.519><c> to</c>

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:49.519
iniquity<00:42:46.019><c> being</c><00:42:47.239><c> exactly</c><00:42:48.019><c> the</c><00:42:48.420><c> steps</c><00:42:48.900><c> that</c><00:42:49.260><c> we</c>

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:55.840
took<00:42:50.079><c> that</c><00:42:51.539><c> resulted</c><00:42:51.960><c> in</c><00:42:52.239><c> disaster,</c><00:42:53.360><c> and</c><00:42:54.380><c> we</c><00:42:54.639><c> don't</c><00:42:55.059><c> wish</c><00:42:55.239><c> them</c><00:42:55.480><c> to</c>

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:58.119
fall<00:42:56.179><c> as</c><00:42:56.400><c> we</c><00:42:56.659><c> did.</c>

00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:06.739
And<00:42:59.099><c> yet</c><00:42:59.280><c> we</c><00:42:59.480><c> understand</c><00:43:00.159><c> how</c><00:43:00.400><c> they</c><00:43:00.699><c> feel,</c><00:43:02.500><c> and</c><00:43:02.619><c> sometimes</c><00:43:03.300><c> foolishly</c><00:43:03.980><c> remain</c><00:43:04.280><c> silent,</c><00:43:06.519><c> or</c>

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.519
sometimes<00:43:07.159><c> equally</c>

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:11.239
foolishly<00:43:08.500><c> go</c><00:43:08.719><c> over</c><00:43:08.920><c> the</c><00:43:09.079><c> top,</c><00:43:10.440><c> come</c><00:43:10.500><c> with</c><00:43:10.619><c> a</c><00:43:10.659><c> heavy</c><00:43:10.840><c> hand</c><00:43:11.139><c> and</c>

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:12.800
out<00:43:11.400><c> of</c><00:43:11.500><c> anxiety</c><00:43:12.119><c> for</c><00:43:12.380><c> them</c><00:43:12.519><c> that</c><00:43:12.639><c> they</c>

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:18.280
should<00:43:13.059><c> not</c><00:43:13.619><c> fall</c><00:43:14.059><c> as</c><00:43:14.320><c> we</c><00:43:14.519><c> may</c><00:43:14.739><c> have</c><00:43:14.940><c> fallen,</c><00:43:17.800><c> turn</c><00:43:17.920><c> them</c><00:43:18.079><c> away</c>

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:21.340
from<00:43:18.480><c> ourselves</c><00:43:19.079><c> so</c><00:43:20.460><c> that</c><00:43:20.599><c> they</c><00:43:21.059><c> will</c>

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:25.719
no<00:43:21.519><c> longer</c><00:43:21.719><c> listen</c><00:43:22.420><c> because</c><00:43:24.699><c> they</c><00:43:24.900><c> hear</c><00:43:25.039><c> nothing</c><00:43:25.300><c> else</c><00:43:25.559><c> of</c>

00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:26.900
our<00:43:25.880><c> lips.</c>

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:31.900
It<00:43:28.880><c> is</c><00:43:29.139><c> again</c><00:43:29.460><c> that</c><00:43:29.960><c> knife</c><00:43:30.320><c> edge</c><00:43:30.539><c> of</c><00:43:30.940><c> balance,</c><00:43:31.539><c> brethren</c><00:43:31.639><c> and</c>

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:34.500
sisters,<00:43:32.860><c> that</c><00:43:33.059><c> we</c><00:43:33.400><c> need</c><00:43:33.699><c> to</c><00:43:34.039><c> strive</c><00:43:34.300><c> for.</c>

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:38.039
It's<00:43:34.940><c> no</c><00:43:35.300><c> good</c><00:43:35.599><c> hiding</c><00:43:36.099><c> behind,</c><00:43:37.139><c> there</c><00:43:37.380><c> but</c><00:43:37.559><c> for</c><00:43:37.719><c> the</c><00:43:37.860><c> grace</c>

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:39.599
of<00:43:38.159><c> God</c><00:43:38.340><c> go</c><00:43:38.659><c> I.</c>

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:43.480
It's<00:43:40.079><c> a</c><00:43:40.179><c> pious</c><00:43:40.480><c> sentiment</c><00:43:41.000><c> and</c><00:43:41.179><c> it</c><00:43:41.460><c> sounds</c><00:43:41.860><c> good,</c><00:43:42.840><c> and</c><00:43:43.320><c> there</c>

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:44.780
are<00:43:43.739><c> circumstances</c><00:43:44.239><c> in</c><00:43:44.420><c> which</c><00:43:44.539><c> it</c><00:43:44.639><c> is</c>

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:48.920
very<00:43:45.079><c> right,</c><00:43:46.019><c> there</c><00:43:46.239><c> but</c><00:43:46.380><c> for</c><00:43:46.559><c> the</c><00:43:46.699><c> grace</c><00:43:46.840><c> of</c><00:43:47.079><c> God</c><00:43:47.380><c> I</c><00:43:47.760><c> do</c><00:43:48.019><c> go.</c>

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:51.880
It<00:43:49.780><c> is</c><00:43:50.039><c> only</c><00:43:50.239><c> the</c><00:43:50.400><c> grace</c><00:43:50.559><c> of</c><00:43:50.760><c> God</c><00:43:50.860><c> which</c><00:43:51.079><c> keeps</c><00:43:51.340><c> any</c><00:43:51.559><c> of</c><00:43:51.639><c> us</c><00:43:51.739><c> and</c>

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:53.440
all<00:43:52.039><c> of</c><00:43:52.119><c> us,</c><00:43:52.239><c> isn't</c><00:43:52.420><c> it,</c><00:43:52.840><c> at</c><00:43:53.179><c> certain</c>

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:54.400
parts<00:43:53.820><c> of</c><00:43:54.000><c> our</c><00:43:54.179><c> life.</c>

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:56.679
But<00:43:54.699><c> it's</c><00:43:54.860><c> no</c><00:43:55.000><c> use</c><00:43:55.139><c> hiding</c><00:43:55.500><c> behind</c><00:43:55.860><c> that</c><00:43:56.039><c> and</c><00:43:56.159><c> making</c><00:43:56.480><c> that</c>

00:43:56.679 --> 00:44:00.539
the<00:43:56.980><c> excuse</c><00:43:57.460><c> for</c><00:43:58.179><c> not</c><00:43:58.619><c> dealing</c><00:43:58.900><c> with</c><00:43:59.139><c> our</c><00:43:59.360><c> children</c>

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:06.500
when<00:44:01.460><c> they</c><00:44:01.760><c> are</c><00:44:01.940><c> in</c><00:44:02.460><c> similar</c><00:44:02.780><c> danger</c><00:44:03.619><c> to</c><00:44:04.619><c> that</c><00:44:04.900><c> which</c><00:44:05.159><c> we</c><00:44:06.119><c> have</c>

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:08.159
fallen<00:44:06.780><c> foul</c><00:44:07.079><c> of.</c>

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:13.519
And<00:44:09.360><c> similarly</c><00:44:09.679><c> in</c><00:44:09.940><c> our</c><00:44:10.079><c> ectasial</c><00:44:10.500><c> situation</c><00:44:11.039><c> and</c><00:44:11.300><c> relationships,</c><00:44:12.019><c> the</c><00:44:12.119><c> same</c><00:44:12.320><c> applies.</c>

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:18.659
It's<00:44:14.880><c> no</c><00:44:15.079><c> use,</c><00:44:15.400><c> brethren</c><00:44:15.639><c> and</c><00:44:15.820><c> sisters,</c><00:44:16.679><c> hiding</c><00:44:17.079><c> behind,</c><00:44:18.360><c> there</c><00:44:18.519><c> but</c>

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:19.940
for<00:44:18.860><c> the</c><00:44:19.019><c> grace</c><00:44:19.199><c> of</c><00:44:19.440><c> God</c><00:44:19.679><c> go</c>

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:24.219
I,<00:44:21.179><c> and</c><00:44:21.579><c> failing</c><00:44:21.860><c> to</c><00:44:22.139><c> look</c><00:44:22.360><c> ourselves</c><00:44:23.079><c> and</c><00:44:23.559><c> our</c><00:44:23.760><c> iniquities</c>

00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:26.360
in<00:44:24.420><c> the</c><00:44:24.599><c> eyes</c><00:44:24.860><c> in</c><00:44:25.079><c> the</c><00:44:25.239><c> face</c><00:44:25.420><c> of</c><00:44:25.679><c> somebody</c><00:44:25.960><c> else,</c>

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:31.820
and<00:44:26.920><c> through</c><00:44:27.179><c> a</c><00:44:27.500><c> misguided</c><00:44:28.199><c> love,</c><00:44:28.820><c> excusing</c><00:44:29.820><c> the</c><00:44:30.019><c> family,</c><00:44:30.739><c> being</c><00:44:31.159><c> blinded</c><00:44:31.659><c> to</c>

00:44:31.820 --> 00:44:33.019
their<00:44:32.039><c> faults.</c>

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:36.920
We<00:44:33.639><c> have</c><00:44:33.920><c> a</c><00:44:34.139><c> duty</c><00:44:34.400><c> to</c><00:44:34.719><c> deal</c><00:44:35.019><c> with</c><00:44:35.360><c> these</c><00:44:35.699><c> things.</c>

00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:43.179
Come<00:44:38.960><c> to</c><00:44:39.139><c> 2</c><00:44:39.360><c> Samuel</c><00:44:39.739><c> 18</c><00:44:40.260><c> finally</c><00:44:40.860><c> and</c><00:44:41.539><c> notice</c><00:44:41.900><c> how</c><00:44:42.340><c> there,</c><00:44:42.800><c> brethren</c><00:44:42.900><c> and</c>

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:45.519
sisters,<00:44:44.460><c> David</c><00:44:44.699><c> still</c><00:44:45.179><c> found</c>

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:48.980
this<00:44:45.860><c> matter</c><00:44:46.239><c> righteous</c><00:44:47.039><c> and</c><00:44:47.480><c> godly,</c><00:44:48.179><c> faithful</c><00:44:48.539><c> man</c><00:44:48.840><c> though</c>

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:50.559
he<00:44:49.099><c> was,</c><00:44:49.719><c> so</c><00:44:50.139><c> hard.</c>

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:54.679
In<00:44:50.860><c> verse</c><00:44:50.860><c> 5</c><00:44:51.300><c> of</c><00:44:51.519><c> 2</c><00:44:52.059><c> Samuel</c><00:44:52.360><c> 18,</c><00:44:53.380><c> the</c><00:44:53.420><c> king</c><00:44:53.739><c> commanded</c><00:44:54.199><c> Jorab</c>

00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:56.719
and<00:44:54.880><c> Abishai</c><00:44:55.400><c> and</c><00:44:55.599><c> Ittai,</c><00:44:56.579><c> saying,</c>

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:59.980
Deal<00:44:57.260><c> gently</c><00:44:57.880><c> for</c><00:44:58.119><c> my</c><00:44:58.460><c> sake</c><00:44:58.719><c> with</c><00:44:58.900><c> the</c><00:44:59.079><c> young</c><00:44:59.260><c> man,</c><00:44:59.460><c> even</c><00:44:59.719><c> with</c>

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:01.519
Absalom,<00:45:00.599><c> and</c><00:45:00.780><c> all</c><00:45:00.900><c> the</c><00:45:01.000><c> people</c><00:45:01.179><c> heard</c>

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:03.840
when<00:45:01.699><c> the</c><00:45:01.820><c> king</c><00:45:02.000><c> gave</c><00:45:02.260><c> all</c><00:45:02.460><c> the</c><00:45:02.639><c> captains</c><00:45:02.960><c> charge</c><00:45:03.380><c> concerning</c>

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:05.619
Absalom,<00:45:04.480><c> deal</c><00:45:04.659><c> gently</c><00:45:05.159><c> with</c><00:45:05.340><c> the</c><00:45:05.480><c> young</c>

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:05.880
man.

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:07.880
Brethren<00:45:06.260><c> and</c><00:45:06.360><c> sisters,</c><00:45:06.539><c> that</c><00:45:06.659><c> was</c><00:45:06.840><c> impossible</c><00:45:07.360><c> now,</c><00:45:07.699><c> wasn't</c>

00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:09.460
it,<00:45:07.980><c> at</c><00:45:08.179><c> this</c><00:45:08.320><c> stage.</c>

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:13.980
If<00:45:10.559><c> God</c><00:45:10.800><c> was</c><00:45:11.019><c> with</c><00:45:11.219><c> David,</c><00:45:12.280><c> he</c><00:45:12.480><c> couldn't</c><00:45:12.719><c> be</c><00:45:12.860><c> with</c><00:45:13.019><c> Absalom</c><00:45:13.360><c> as</c><00:45:13.599><c> well.</c>

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:15.699
Not<00:45:14.739><c> now.</c>

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:18.940
These<00:45:16.000><c> are</c><00:45:16.239><c> two</c><00:45:16.639><c> diametrically</c><00:45:17.480><c> opposed</c><00:45:17.920><c> forces</c><00:45:18.380><c> now.</c>

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:21.840
There's<00:45:19.699><c> no</c><00:45:19.840><c> way</c><00:45:20.000><c> that</c><00:45:20.199><c> God</c><00:45:20.300><c> can</c><00:45:20.500><c> be</c><00:45:20.599><c> with</c><00:45:20.780><c> both.</c>

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:26.659
If<00:45:22.460><c> God</c><00:45:22.719><c> would</c><00:45:22.980><c> save</c><00:45:23.199><c> David,</c><00:45:24.440><c> then</c><00:45:24.659><c> Absalom</c><00:45:25.079><c> must</c><00:45:25.400><c> die.</c>

00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:29.760
And<00:45:27.380><c> so</c><00:45:27.559><c> it</c><00:45:27.739><c> was,</c><00:45:28.019><c> God</c><00:45:28.219><c> was</c><00:45:28.460><c> not</c><00:45:28.639><c> with</c><00:45:28.820><c> Absalom,</c><00:45:29.320><c> Absalom</c><00:45:29.559><c> was</c>

00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:32.860
not<00:45:29.920><c> the</c><00:45:30.059><c> godly</c><00:45:30.360><c> man</c><00:45:30.960><c> that</c><00:45:31.480><c> David</c><00:45:31.780><c> was.</c>

00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:37.000
But<00:45:33.420><c> again,</c><00:45:33.980><c> how</c><00:45:34.380><c> David</c><00:45:34.880><c> mourned</c><00:45:35.420><c> for</c><00:45:35.659><c> Absalom,</c><00:45:36.400><c> still</c><00:45:36.639><c> he</c>

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:39.059
loved<00:45:37.260><c> him</c><00:45:37.480><c> and</c><00:45:37.940><c> longed</c><00:45:38.480><c> for</c><00:45:38.579><c> his</c><00:45:38.739><c> repentance</c>

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:44.699
so<00:45:39.440><c> much</c><00:45:39.800><c> that</c><00:45:40.539><c> his</c><00:45:41.420><c> lament</c><00:45:41.760><c> knows</c><00:45:42.039><c> no</c><00:45:42.360><c> bounds,</c><00:45:43.219><c> his</c><00:45:43.480><c> tears</c><00:45:43.920><c> know</c><00:45:44.460><c> no</c>

00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:46.920
restriction,<00:45:46.099><c> and</c><00:45:46.179><c> they</c><00:45:46.539><c> flow</c><00:45:46.780><c> as</c>

00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:50.780
David<00:45:47.320><c> mourns,</c><00:45:48.000><c> O</c><00:45:48.000><c> Absalom,</c><00:45:48.860><c> my</c><00:45:49.000><c> son,</c><00:45:49.699><c> would</c><00:45:49.940><c> God</c><00:45:50.219><c> I</c><00:45:50.440><c> had</c><00:45:50.599><c> died</c>

00:45:50.780 --> 00:45:52.840
for<00:45:50.960><c> thee,</c><00:45:51.239><c> O</c><00:45:51.360><c> Absalom,</c><00:45:51.920><c> my</c><00:45:52.139><c> son,</c><00:45:52.519><c> my</c>

00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:53.880
son.

00:45:54.500 --> 00:45:57.739
Again,<00:45:55.099><c> brethren</c><00:45:55.239><c> and</c><00:45:55.420><c> sisters,</c><00:45:55.780><c> although</c><00:45:56.079><c> that's</c><00:45:57.099><c> right</c><00:45:57.440><c> to</c>

00:45:57.739 --> 00:46:00.980
some<00:45:57.980><c> extent,</c><00:45:58.739><c> it</c><00:45:58.900><c> has</c><00:45:59.360><c> to</c><00:45:59.800><c> be</c><00:46:00.300><c> tempered,</c>

00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:05.300
it<00:46:01.519><c> has</c><00:46:01.840><c> to</c><00:46:02.000><c> be</c><00:46:02.280><c> moderated,</c><00:46:02.940><c> there</c><00:46:03.159><c> has</c><00:46:03.500><c> to</c><00:46:03.659><c> be</c><00:46:03.820><c> a</c><00:46:04.079><c> balance,</c><00:46:04.800><c> and</c><00:46:05.059><c> it</c>

00:46:05.300 --> 00:46:07.280
felt<00:46:05.519><c> a</c><00:46:05.760><c> Jorab,</c><00:46:06.739><c> oddly</c><00:46:07.000><c> enough,</c>

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:10.360
ironically<00:46:07.900><c> enough,</c><00:46:08.280><c> it</c><00:46:08.400><c> felt</c><00:46:08.619><c> a</c><00:46:08.780><c> Jorab,</c><00:46:09.280><c> to</c><00:46:09.440><c> talk</c><00:46:09.639><c> some</c><00:46:09.920><c> sense</c><00:46:10.139><c> into</c>

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:13.159
the<00:46:10.579><c> king,</c><00:46:11.719><c> to</c><00:46:11.940><c> help</c><00:46:12.139><c> the</c><00:46:12.360><c> king</c>

00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:18.300
appreciate<00:46:13.960><c> those</c><00:46:15.119><c> men</c><00:46:15.639><c> who</c><00:46:16.039><c> now</c><00:46:16.599><c> stealthily</c><00:46:17.260><c> and</c><00:46:17.780><c> almost</c>

00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:23.099
ashamedly<00:46:19.559><c> crept</c><00:46:19.960><c> back</c><00:46:20.739><c> into</c><00:46:21.579><c> David's</c><00:46:22.159><c> camp,</c>

00:46:23.400 --> 00:46:27.239
men<00:46:23.619><c> who</c><00:46:23.840><c> had</c><00:46:24.079><c> hazarded</c><00:46:24.500><c> their</c><00:46:24.739><c> lives</c><00:46:25.139><c> for</c><00:46:25.320><c> David,</c><00:46:26.139><c> given</c><00:46:26.400><c> themselves</c><00:46:26.960><c> for</c>

00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:28.179
the<00:46:27.440><c> king</c><00:46:27.719><c> and</c><00:46:27.960><c> for</c><00:46:28.099><c> what</c>

00:46:28.179 --> 00:46:32.059
was<00:46:28.460><c> right,</c><00:46:29.019><c> and</c><00:46:29.139><c> it</c><00:46:29.280><c> was</c><00:46:29.480><c> right,</c><00:46:30.639><c> men</c><00:46:30.840><c> who'd</c><00:46:31.179><c> fought</c><00:46:31.400><c> for</c><00:46:31.559><c> what</c><00:46:31.699><c> was</c>

00:46:32.059 --> 00:46:34.880
godly<00:46:32.420><c> and</c><00:46:32.780><c> good,</c><00:46:34.059><c> men</c><00:46:34.340><c> who'd</c><00:46:34.619><c> given</c>

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:40.519
themselves<00:46:35.719><c> and</c><00:46:36.199><c> their</c><00:46:36.400><c> lives</c><00:46:36.880><c> for</c><00:46:37.219><c> David,</c><00:46:38.079><c> David</c><00:46:38.440><c> was</c><00:46:38.940><c> scarcely</c><00:46:39.440><c> appreciating,</c><00:46:40.280><c> not</c>

00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:41.460
thanking,<00:46:41.119><c> not</c>

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:43.940
welcoming<00:46:41.780><c> the</c><00:46:42.039><c> troops</c><00:46:42.260><c> home</c><00:46:42.460><c> as</c><00:46:42.599><c> he</c><00:46:42.699><c> ought</c><00:46:42.860><c> to</c><00:46:42.980><c> have</c><00:46:43.179><c> done,</c>

00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:45.300
and<00:46:44.360><c> Jorab</c><00:46:44.420><c> had</c><00:46:44.579><c> to</c><00:46:44.800><c> warn</c><00:46:44.960><c> him</c><00:46:45.139><c> that</c>

00:46:45.300 --> 00:46:48.119
unless<00:46:45.579><c> he</c><00:46:46.099><c> ceased</c><00:46:46.320><c> mourning</c><00:46:46.619><c> for</c><00:46:46.880><c> Absalom</c><00:46:47.199><c> and</c><00:46:47.360><c> cared</c><00:46:47.679><c> for</c>

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:50.599
his<00:46:48.360><c> soldiers,</c><00:46:49.519><c> surely</c><00:46:49.920><c> every</c><00:46:50.199><c> man</c><00:46:50.420><c> would</c>

00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:59.139
leave<00:46:50.800><c> him,</c><00:46:53.079><c> he'd</c><00:46:53.340><c> have</c><00:46:53.500><c> no</c><00:46:54.280><c> nation</c><00:46:54.739><c> and</c><00:46:56.119><c> no</c><00:46:56.400><c> throne,</c><00:46:58.440><c> and</c><00:46:58.659><c> David</c><00:46:58.780><c> could</c><00:46:59.000><c> see</c>

00:46:59.139 --> 00:47:00.480
the<00:46:59.320><c> sense</c><00:46:59.519><c> of</c><00:46:59.739><c> that,</c><00:47:00.119><c> Jorab</c>

00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:06.460
this<00:47:00.679><c> time</c><00:47:00.940><c> was</c><00:47:01.159><c> right,</c><00:47:02.019><c> there</c><00:47:02.280><c> has</c><00:47:02.960><c> always</c><00:47:03.420><c> to</c><00:47:03.619><c> be</c><00:47:03.760><c> a</c><00:47:03.920><c> balance,</c><00:47:05.000><c> and</c><00:47:05.219><c> David,</c><00:47:05.659><c> brethren</c><00:47:05.820><c> and</c><00:47:06.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:11.480
though<00:47:07.099><c> he</c><00:47:07.219><c> may</c><00:47:07.480><c> have</c><00:47:07.719><c> loved</c><00:47:08.099><c> Absalom,</c><00:47:09.199><c> that</c><00:47:09.440><c> ungodly</c><00:47:10.699><c> man,</c>

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:13.679
long<00:47:12.079><c> for</c><00:47:12.239><c> his</c><00:47:12.400><c> repentance,</c><00:47:12.900><c> had</c><00:47:13.059><c> to</c><00:47:13.300><c> see</c><00:47:13.480><c> that</c>

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:17.360
Absalom<00:47:14.019><c> had</c><00:47:14.280><c> not</c><00:47:14.500><c> repented,</c><00:47:16.119><c> Absalom</c><00:47:16.440><c> had</c><00:47:16.659><c> to</c><00:47:16.880><c> go</c><00:47:17.059><c> the</c><00:47:17.179><c> way</c>

00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:18.860
of<00:47:17.539><c> all</c><00:47:17.760><c> flesh,</c><00:47:18.079><c> and</c><00:47:18.179><c> in</c><00:47:18.260><c> the</c><00:47:18.440><c> purpose</c><00:47:18.639><c> of</c>

00:47:18.860 --> 00:47:22.519
God<00:47:18.980><c> he</c><00:47:19.099><c> was</c><00:47:19.380><c> lost</c><00:47:19.800><c> to</c><00:47:20.219><c> David</c><00:47:20.539><c> and</c><00:47:20.739><c> David's</c><00:47:21.079><c> family,</c><00:47:21.940><c> and</c><00:47:22.099><c> David</c><00:47:22.280><c> now</c>

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:24.860
had<00:47:22.639><c> to</c><00:47:22.900><c> appreciate</c><00:47:23.659><c> what</c><00:47:24.139><c> was</c><00:47:24.440><c> right,</c>

00:47:25.239 --> 00:47:30.000
and<00:47:25.400><c> those</c><00:47:25.639><c> who</c><00:47:25.920><c> stood</c><00:47:26.219><c> for</c><00:47:26.440><c> what</c><00:47:27.099><c> was</c><00:47:27.360><c> right,</c><00:47:28.519><c> as</c><00:47:28.679><c> we</c><00:47:28.940><c> ourselves</c><00:47:29.400><c> also</c>

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:32.139
must<00:47:30.300><c> with</c><00:47:30.599><c> moderation</c><00:47:31.260><c> and</c>

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:36.599
temperance<00:47:33.159><c> ever</c><00:47:33.860><c> seek,</c><00:47:34.340><c> brethren</c><00:47:34.480><c> and</c><00:47:34.679><c> sisters,</c><00:47:35.380><c> to</c><00:47:35.579><c> be</c><00:47:35.900><c> thankful</c><00:47:36.360><c> to</c>

00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:38.440
God<00:47:37.099><c> for</c><00:47:37.519><c> his</c><00:47:37.800><c> standards</c><00:47:38.239><c> that</c>

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:43.800
are<00:47:38.679><c> right</c><00:47:39.039><c> and</c><00:47:39.500><c> for</c><00:47:39.699><c> brothers</c><00:47:40.039><c> and</c><00:47:40.320><c> sisters</c><00:47:40.619><c> that</c><00:47:40.780><c> he</c><00:47:40.960><c> has</c><00:47:41.199><c> given</c><00:47:41.380><c> us,</c><00:47:42.119><c> who</c><00:47:42.400><c> love</c><00:47:42.659><c> the</c><00:47:42.880><c> things</c><00:47:43.079><c> of</c><00:47:43.320><c> God</c>

00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:50.300
and<00:47:44.199><c> who</c><00:47:44.500><c> love</c><00:47:44.679><c> the</c><00:47:44.980><c> truth</c><00:47:45.280><c> in</c><00:47:45.820><c> all</c><00:47:46.000><c> its</c><00:47:46.239><c> purity</c><00:47:46.679><c> and</c><00:47:47.400><c> simplicity</c><00:47:48.059><c> and</c><00:47:48.840><c> beauty,</c><00:47:50.000><c> and</c>

00:47:50.300 --> 00:47:50.860
though<00:47:50.440><c> we</c><00:47:50.659><c> must</c>

00:47:50.860 --> 00:47:54.139
indeed<00:47:51.340><c> mourn</c><00:47:51.739><c> long</c><00:47:52.059><c> for</c><00:47:52.300><c> the</c><00:47:52.500><c> sinner</c><00:47:52.739><c> and</c><00:47:53.280><c> spare</c><00:47:53.579><c> no</c><00:47:53.820><c> effort</c>

00:47:54.139 --> 00:47:55.820
and<00:47:54.340><c> no</c><00:47:54.480><c> ounce</c><00:47:54.699><c> of</c><00:47:54.960><c> energy</c><00:47:55.219><c> in</c><00:47:55.480><c> seeking</c>

00:47:55.820 --> 00:47:58.039
to<00:47:56.159><c> bring</c><00:47:56.380><c> about</c><00:47:56.659><c> their</c><00:47:56.920><c> repentance,</c><00:47:57.460><c> for</c><00:47:57.500><c> while</c><00:47:57.719><c> there</c><00:47:57.900><c> is</c>

00:47:58.039 --> 00:48:02.360
life<00:47:58.260><c> there</c><00:47:58.460><c> is</c><00:47:58.619><c> hope,</c><00:48:00.480><c> we</c><00:48:00.579><c> must</c><00:48:00.860><c> nevertheless</c>

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:08.039
hold<00:48:02.840><c> fast</c><00:48:03.199><c> ourselves</c><00:48:03.920><c> to</c><00:48:04.780><c> our</c><00:48:04.980><c> appreciation</c><00:48:05.639><c> of</c><00:48:06.079><c> truth</c><00:48:06.719><c> in</c>

00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:09.940
all<00:48:08.300><c> its</c><00:48:08.559><c> loveliness.</c>

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:14.119
Let<00:48:12.800><c> us</c><00:48:12.960><c> pray.</c>

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:26.860
O<00:48:19.059><c> Lord,</c><00:48:20.880><c> our</c><00:48:21.239><c> God</c><00:48:21.559><c> and</c><00:48:21.840><c> Father,</c><00:48:24.599><c> we</c><00:48:24.940><c> seek</c><00:48:25.239><c> Thee</c><00:48:25.480><c> to</c><00:48:25.699><c> confess</c>

00:48:26.860 --> 00:48:31.639
Thy<00:48:28.420><c> greatness</c><00:48:29.139><c> and</c><00:48:30.440><c> Thy</c><00:48:30.719><c> great</c><00:48:31.179><c> goodness</c>

00:48:31.639 --> 00:48:36.380
and<00:48:32.039><c> mercy</c><00:48:32.440><c> toward</c><00:48:32.780><c> us,</c><00:48:34.460><c> for</c><00:48:34.639><c> without</c><00:48:34.960><c> Thy</c><00:48:35.219><c> love</c><00:48:35.639><c> none</c><00:48:35.940><c> of</c><00:48:36.119><c> us</c>

00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:38.019
should<00:48:36.639><c> stand</c><00:48:37.079><c> before</c><00:48:37.480><c> Thee.</c><00:48:37.719><c> Lord,</c>

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:41.460
if<00:48:38.139><c> Thou</c><00:48:38.300><c> shouldst</c><00:48:38.800><c> mark</c><00:48:39.039><c> our</c><00:48:39.320><c> iniquities,</c><00:48:40.719><c> every</c><00:48:41.019><c> one</c><00:48:41.199><c> of</c><00:48:41.280><c> us</c>

00:48:41.460 --> 00:48:43.780
would<00:48:41.659><c> be</c><00:48:41.880><c> as</c><00:48:42.119><c> a</c><00:48:42.340><c> dead</c><00:48:42.519><c> man</c><00:48:42.800><c> and</c><00:48:42.880><c> woman.</c>

00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:50.139
We<00:48:46.059><c> thank</c><00:48:46.380><c> Thee</c><00:48:46.639><c> that</c><00:48:46.800><c> there</c><00:48:47.119><c> is</c><00:48:47.420><c> forgiveness</c><00:48:47.940><c> with</c><00:48:48.340><c> Thee</c><00:48:49.719><c> through</c><00:48:49.960><c> the</c>

00:48:50.139 --> 00:48:52.500
work<00:48:50.320><c> of</c><00:48:50.539><c> our</c><00:48:50.699><c> Lord</c><00:48:50.880><c> Jesus</c><00:48:51.320><c> Christ,</c>

00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:59.019
and<00:48:54.699><c> pray</c><00:48:55.059><c> that</c><00:48:55.800><c> that</c><00:48:56.139><c> forgiveness</c><00:48:56.619><c> that</c><00:48:56.860><c> we</c><00:48:57.099><c> receive</c><00:48:57.519><c> of</c><00:48:57.780><c> Thee</c><00:48:58.780><c> may</c>

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and<00:49:01.099><c> minds</c><00:49:01.539><c> to</c><00:49:02.039><c> cultivate</c><00:49:02.679><c> a</c><00:49:02.920><c> healthy</c><00:49:03.380><c> fear</c><00:49:03.940><c> of</c><00:49:04.300><c> Thee,</c><00:49:05.980><c> that</c>

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we<00:49:06.400><c> may</c><00:49:06.619><c> love</c><00:49:06.960><c> Thee.</c>

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And<00:49:08.360><c> the</c><00:49:08.539><c> things</c><00:49:08.920><c> of</c><00:49:09.179><c> Thy</c><00:49:09.340><c> truth</c><00:49:10.320><c> and</c><00:49:11.300><c> the</c><00:49:11.440><c> brothers</c><00:49:11.699><c> and</c><00:49:12.019><c> sisters</c><00:49:12.440><c> that</c>

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Thou<00:49:12.980><c> hast</c><00:49:13.300><c> given</c><00:49:13.559><c> us</c><00:49:14.559><c> with</c><00:49:15.219><c> all</c>

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our<00:49:15.800><c> heart</c><00:49:16.239><c> and</c><00:49:16.619><c> soul</c><00:49:17.059><c> and</c><00:49:17.420><c> mind</c><00:49:17.920><c> and</c><00:49:18.300><c> strength.</c><00:49:22.840><c> Lord,</c><00:49:23.320><c> we</c><00:49:23.559><c> pray</c><00:49:24.079><c> that</c><00:49:24.300><c> Thou</c><00:49:24.500><c> would</c><00:49:24.800><c> hear</c><00:49:25.059><c> us</c>

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in<00:49:25.719><c> these</c>

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petitions<00:49:26.880><c> and</c><00:49:28.280><c> bless</c><00:49:28.579><c> us,</c><00:49:30.119><c> that</c><00:49:30.239><c> we</c><00:49:30.480><c> should</c><00:49:30.760><c> not</c><00:49:31.019><c> be</c><00:49:31.300><c> drawn</c>

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strive<00:49:38.480><c> for</c><00:49:38.800><c> that</c><00:49:39.199><c> balance</c><00:49:39.880><c> which</c><00:49:40.739><c> is</c><00:49:41.059><c> right</c><00:49:41.300><c> in</c><00:49:41.559><c> Thy</c><00:49:41.840><c> sight,</c>

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in<00:49:43.739><c> humility</c><00:49:44.280><c> seek</c><00:49:44.760><c> to</c><00:49:45.000><c> render</c><00:49:45.280><c> unto</c>

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Thee<00:49:46.860><c> acceptable</c><00:49:47.480><c> worship</c><00:49:48.179><c> and</c><00:49:49.159><c> service.</c><00:49:51.460><c> For</c><00:49:51.679><c> it</c><00:49:51.900><c> is</c><00:49:52.179><c> through</c><00:49:52.460><c> our</c><00:49:52.619><c> Lord</c><00:49:52.820><c> Jesus</c><00:49:53.260><c> Christ</c><00:49:53.960><c> that</c><00:49:54.579><c> we</c><00:49:54.780><c> ask</c>

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these<00:49:55.599><c> things</c><00:49:56.199><c> and</c><00:49:57.159><c> Thy</c><00:49:57.380><c> richest</c><00:49:57.840><c> blessing</c><00:49:58.320><c> upon</c><00:49:58.599><c> us.</c><00:49:59.940><c> Amen.</c>