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1 Samuel chapter 22 continues in this look

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we've been having at the life of David

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throughout the Scriptures.

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We make our way through this book, we

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see that David was a man that God

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chose and anointed at a very young age.

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God had done a marvelous work in the

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life of David when he was a young

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man tending the sheep in the obscure hillsides

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of Judea, the Bethlehem area.

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But we notice also that it was very

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important for the Lord not just to call

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David and to anoint him, but to do

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a training work in his life.

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To make David into a man of God,

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into the kind of king that could rule

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over the nation in a godly and in

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a wonderful way.

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Well, as is often in our lives, God

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trains us and molds us and fashions us

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through trials.

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The present time in the life of David,

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he's going through quite a trial.

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The trial centers around the jealousy of King

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Saul.

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Saul sees David and Saul, in his own

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wickedness and rebellion against God, has been rejected

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from the kingly authority over Israel.

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I mean, he still officially sits on the

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throne, but God doesn't honor or glorify or

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support his leadership.

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And God is basically saying, Saul, you're just

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there until I get you out.

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And so when Saul saw David being raised

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up of the Lord and blessed and working

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with power and strength, it frightened Saul and

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it aroused a powerful sense of jealousy within

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him.

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And because of this, Saul set himself against

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David and tried to kill him.

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And with all the authority Saul could muster,

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with the army and his informants and his

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family and the prestige and the power of

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the palace, Saul is trying to kill David.

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So now, at this point in David's life,

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he's on the run.

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been trusting God and giving himself to the

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Lord.

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Other times, he's slipped into a trust in

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himself or a trust in the ungodly.

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But even in that, God corrects him and

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brings him back to the right place.

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We saw David sort of come from this

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backslidden state, this place of decline with the

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Lord, until the Lord broke him of it

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and he ended up, well, chapter 22, verse

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1, David therefore departed from there and escaped

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to the cave of Adullam.

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And the life of David is somewhat unique

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in the Bible, because not only do we

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have a historical narrative, a historical account of

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what his life was like, but we also

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have psalms that speak of where his heart

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was at, where he was at emotionally in

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the midst of all these things.

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And we know from some of the psalms

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that we took a look at last week,

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David was in a discouraged, desperate place when

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he came to the cave of Adullam.

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But he didn't stay there.

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The Lord encouraged him.

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The Lord strengthened him.

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The Lord gave him a sense of the

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Lord's power and hope, even in the midst

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of the cave of Adullam.

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And at that cave, God gave David a

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beautiful sense of his strength and power, but

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that's not all that the Lord wanted to

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give David.

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Look at the rest of verse 1.

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David therefore departed from there and escaped to

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the cave of Adullam.

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And when his brothers and all his father's

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house heard it, they went down there to

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him.

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The first thing that the Lord gave to

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David in the cave was the Lord gave

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And the Lord met David in the cave.

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And again, we saw that many of the

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psalms.

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But the second thing that the Lord gave

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David in the cave was his family.

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Now, I think this is wonderful because we

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know from our previous looks in this book

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of 1 Samuel, that David's relationship with his

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family wasn't always smooth.

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His father didn't think much of him.

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Remember when Samuel the prophet came and he

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told David's father, whose name was Jesse.

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Hey, I want you to come and have

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a feast and bring your whole family.

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Jesse brought the whole family, except David.

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David was the forgotten one, the neglected one,

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the one who was always overlooked.

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But David didn't have the greatest relationship with

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his father.

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Then there was David's relationship with his brothers.

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Remember how they despised him?

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and Goliath was terrorized and Israelized, David came

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to the camp there on an errand from

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his father and his brother Eliab just started

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laying into him.

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Why have you come here?

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I know the wickedness in your heart, so

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forth and so on.

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David had to endure that kind of thing

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from his family.

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before, now in David's real point of need,

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when he's at a Doolam cave, his family

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comes to him.

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Isn't that beautiful?

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It's a precious gift from God, because all

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David previously knew was trouble and persecution from

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his father and his brothers.

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Now they join him at a Doolam cave.

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Before they mostly seemed to be against him,

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but now they're for him.

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What a blessing that was to David.

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His family, his brothers, he sees them walking

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up the trail to a Doolam cave.

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And he says, oh, great.

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Now they're just going to lay into me

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again.

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Son, you've messed up your whole life.

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You've got to come home.

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He's figuring that's what he's going to hear

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from them.

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That's not what they say at all.

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They say, we're here for you.

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You're an outcast.

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You're a rebel.

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Well, we're here with you.

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You're despised.

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The king's against you.

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You're swimming against the tide.

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We're here with you.

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Isn't that a beautiful thing?

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What a glorious gift the Lord gave David

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from his family.

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But that's not all.

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That's quite a crew to have around you,

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isn't it?

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That sounds like a lot of congregations I

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know.

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That's who the Lord calls, isn't it?

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That's who the Lord brings together.

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God called an unlikely and a unique group

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to David in a Doolam cave.

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If they were all to submit their resumes

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to David, there would be.

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What's your resume?

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What's your qualifications?

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Well, first of all, David, I'm in distress.

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I'm in distress.

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My life isn't easy.

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My life isn't together, David.

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I don't know what's going on.

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But here I am.

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I'm here to help you.

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And David says, come, come on in.

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You're in distress.

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Come.

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You can join with me.

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Next guy comes up to David and says,

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David, here's my problem.

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I'm in debt.

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I've made a mess of my life, David.

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Other people are successful around me, but I

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haven't had success.

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I'm smarting from my past failures.

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I've got a lot of problems of my

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own, David.

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David says, don't worry about it.

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The third guy comes up to David.

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He says, I'm discontent, David.

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That Hebrew word for discontent is beautiful.

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It actually means bitter of soul.

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David, I'm bitter of soul.

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I look around at the way things are

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in Israel right now, and I think they

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stink.

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I don't like King Saul.

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I think he's a wicked man.

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I don't want to follow King Saul.

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I don't want to be one of Saul's

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men.

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I want to be one of your men,

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David.

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David says, come, come on in.

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You see, it was only those who were

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sick of the reign of Saul who came

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to David.

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Those who prospered under that wicked king.

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Those were the ones who were comfortable with

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him.

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But these men had to make a conscious

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choice.

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They had to say, who's going to lead

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me?

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Who's going to be my king?

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Am I going to be a man identified

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with King Saul?

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identified with David?

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Now, there was a price to being identified

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with David.

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You were going against the prevailing winds.

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You were going against what seemed to be

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in power, what seemed to be in authority.

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You were making yourself something hated by the

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world.

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But these 400 men didn't care.

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They said, I'm going to cast my lot

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with David because God's hand is upon him.

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And I'm going to go with him.

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And I'm going to be with him in

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the Doolam Cave.

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You see the picture there, don't you?

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Jesus Christ is the son of David.

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You know, Jesus descended from David.

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Jesus had the blood of David in his

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veins.

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And as Jesus is the son of David,

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Jesus, so to speak, stands at the opening

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of a Doolam Cave.

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And he says, come unto me, all you

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who are weary and heavy laden.

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I'll give you rest.

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Are you in distress?

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Come to me.

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You're in debt?

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Come to me.

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You're discontented?

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Come to me.

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As a matter of fact, those are the

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only kind of people who really do come

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to Jesus, aren't they?

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Now, maybe they're not in distress or in

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debt or discontented in any way people could

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see on the outside.

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Maybe they've got a successful life on the

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outside in the bank of counsel.

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But in their soul, they're distressed.

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In their soul, they know they have a

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debt before God.

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In their soul, they're discontent.

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In other words, if you think everything in

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your life is just fine without God, then

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you're never going to come to him.

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These men knew that something was wrong.

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They knew they needed a leader.

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They knew that things weren't working out in

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their life otherwise.

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And so they came to David.

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And look what happened there in verse two.

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He says, so he became captain over them.

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Isn't that beautiful?

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They had a leader.

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This wasn't a mob.

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This wasn't one of those groups you see

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in the pirate movies.

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You know, all this great big mob.

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You know, go out and plunder and cutthroat

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and be a rebel army.

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No, this was a team that needed a

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leader.

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And David became captain over them.

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Matter of fact, that was a requirement for

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being in this group, wasn't it?

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You didn't want David for your captain?

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Then go be with Saul.

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But he says, no, no, I'm going to

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be your leader.

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I'm going to be your captain.

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God doesn't work through mobs, my friends.

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He works through called men and women.

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And that's a very important principle for us

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to understand.

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Matter of fact, I'd say there's two principles

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illustrated here.

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First of all, it's that God works through

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called men and women.

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David was a captain over them.

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He was the leader.

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There's no doubt about it.

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But we also see the principle that David

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couldn't do it alone, could he?

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He needed these 400 men.

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The principle that God leads through a called

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and anointed man is very important.

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When an ark had to be built, God

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didn't call 400 men.

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He called one man, Noah.

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Friends, when the children of Israel had to

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be led out of Egypt, God didn't call

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a committee or 400 men.

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He called one man, Moses, and he raised

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him up for the job.

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When God needed someone to plant churches and

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to be the vanguard of spreading the church

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into Europe, God didn't call 400 men.

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He called one man, the apostle Paul.

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God always centers his work by a called

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and anointed man.

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But at the same time, friends, it's just

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as important to say that God rarely calls

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that man to work alone.

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Moses had his job to do.

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He couldn't do it alone.

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Noah had his job to do.

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He couldn't do it alone.

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Paul had his job to do.

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He couldn't do it alone.

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And David needed these 400 men.

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Maybe he never thought he did before.

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You know, I think in a way David

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was almost sorry to see these people come

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to him.

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God had been strengthening his heart and cherishing

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his soul.

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And it's just beautiful.

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Oh, David said, seek me with the Lord.

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And when you're all by yourself, you don't

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have a lot to worry about, do you?

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All David had to worry about was himself.

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But now these people come to him.

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He has to take care of them.

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He has to be a captain over them.

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I'm sure something in him said, you know

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what, Lord?

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Sometimes I'd just rather be all by myself.

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But he said, no, David, I'm calling you

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to be a leader.

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I'm calling you to take care of these

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people and shepherd them.

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And this is where you're going to learn

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how to be a king for my people.

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You're going to be a king over these

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400 first.

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Those 400 people, David needed them.

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Friends, we need to understand that each one

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of those 400 men were just as called

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and just as anointed to their position as

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David was to his.

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They were just as important in God's outworking

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of his plan.

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Friends, the Lord took these men, brought them

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under David.

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He made David captain over them.

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They came to David when they were in

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distress and debt and discontented, but they didn't

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stay that way.

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David, through the Lord's work and through the

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Lord's power, he made something beautiful in them,

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didn't he?

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Isn't that glorious?

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Isn't it just glorious to see what the

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Lord did through those 400 men?

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Matter of fact, First Chronicles chapter 12 describes

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the kind of men that they became.

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First Chronicles 12, 8 says that these men

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became mighty men of valor, men trained for

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battle who could handle the shield and spear,

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whose faces were like the faces of lions

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and were as swift as gazelles on the

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mountains.

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Friends, they weren't like that when they came

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to David in the cave.

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But they let David be their captain.

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And he made something great of it.

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You see the illustration, don't you?

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See the illustration very powerfully.

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You need a captain in your life, don't

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you?

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I know that I do.

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I need Jesus Christ to be my captain.

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It doesn't matter if we come to Him

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in distress or debt or discontented.

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He'll take us, He'll fashion us, and He'll

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make us mighty men and women of valor.

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He'll do a glorious thing in our lives.

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We can come to Jesus.

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You see Him at the opening of a

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Doolam cave and He's saying, Come to me.

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Come, let me be your captain.

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Let me be your leader.

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I'll do glorious things in your life.

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Do you want to be one of my

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400 men?

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And we say, yes.

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And we notice something else, too.

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That David resisted a great temptation with these

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400 men.

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Let's face it, these guys were sort of

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men would seem to have unsavory histories.

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Maybe they all had police records and that

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kind of business.

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You know, this wasn't exactly the cream of

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the crop coming to David.

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But David resisted the temptation to make them

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into a rebel army.

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He could have done that.

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400 desperate men.

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I could do something with these guys.

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I could go out and make a rebel

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army against Saul.

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We could attack him.

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We could defeat him.

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Yes, yes.

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This is a good beginning to that.

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David would have none of it.

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David said, no, no, I'm not going to

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allow this to become a gang of rebels

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or cutthroats.

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He's going to be men who serve the

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Lord.

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Now, David has more to do there at

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Adullam.

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We see here in verse three.

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And David went from there to Mizpah of

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Moab.

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And he said to the king of Moab,

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please let my father and my mother come

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here with you till I know what God

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will do for me.

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So he brought them before the king of

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Moab and they dwelt with him all the

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time that David was in the stronghold.

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David's hiding out and he's anticipating the dangers

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that may come his way in the battles

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that may be ahead.

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And he says, you know what?

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My mom and dad have come to me,

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but they're not cut out for this kind

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of life.

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I'm going to find a place of refuge

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for them.

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Isn't that beautiful to see the love in

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David's heart?

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You know, many people in the same place

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that David was at would be so consumed

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with their own problems that they wouldn't even

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think of taking care of other people.

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David wasn't like that.

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He said, I got to think about my

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mom and dad.

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You know, I've got to honor my father

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and my mother.

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I've got to obey the Lord.

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What should I do?

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I know I'll take them to the Moabites.

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Now, why the Moabites?

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Well, it's because David's great grandmother was a

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Moabite.

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Remember what her name was?

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Ruth, the Moabites.

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And so David, having his part of his

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lineage from the land of Moab, he goes

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to the king of Moab and he leaves

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his father and mother there for safekeeping.

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But I especially love what David says at

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the end of verse three.

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He says, please let my father and mother

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come here with you till I know what

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God will do for me.

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David didn't know, did he?

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He says, listen, I know God anointed me

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to be king, but I don't know when,

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I don't know how.

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That's God's business.

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So till I know what God will do

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for me, here they are.

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I'll keep them in safekeeping.

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Doesn't that comfort you to know that David

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didn't know what was going on and he

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still loved the Lord and followed him?

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Do you think you serve the Lord better,

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that you love him more, that you follow

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him more obediently when you know what's going

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on?

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Well, friends, you've got to come to the

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place where even when you don't know what's

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going on, you love him and you serve

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and you obey him.

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I think every one of us in some

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way of our life could say, hey, till

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I know what the Lord will do for

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me, because I don't know right now, but

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I'm going to love him.

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I'm going to serve him.

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I'm going to honor God till I know

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what he will do for me.

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David had no idea, but he did know

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that he had to trust and obey the

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Lord even when he didn't know what God

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would do for him.

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Trust and obey.

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Remember that old song?

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Trust and obey, for there's no other way.

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It's really true, isn't it?

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That's our lot in life as Christians, to

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trust the Lord and obey him even when

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we don't know what God will do for

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us.

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But the Lord does guide us.

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He does give us his direction.

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Look at how the Lord does it for

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David in verse five.

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Then the prophet Gad said to David, do

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not stay in the stronghold, depart and go

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to the land of Judah.

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So David departed and went to the forest

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of Horeb.

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I can just imagine David in the stronghold

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of the cave of Adullam with the 400

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men and his family.

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I imagine they're having a great time.

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There they are, the laughing, the fellowship, the

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fun.

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They're around the campfire every night.

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It's just great.

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They're having a wonderful time and they're saying,

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hey, look, this is super.

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Let's all do his thing.

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We'll just hang out here until Saul dies

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or something.

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And then the Lord will raise me up

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as king.

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We'll just wait him out.

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Thank you, Lord, for giving me such a

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great place here.

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Oh, isn't it great?

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And then the prophet Gad comes along and

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says, David, move out of here.

551
00:17:53,660 --> 00:17:54,040
What?

552
00:17:54,780 --> 00:17:56,020
I like it here.

553
00:17:56,860 --> 00:17:58,260
The Lord met me here.

554
00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:00,720
The Lord has ministered to me here.

555
00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:01,900
I don't want to leave here.

556
00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,340
No, you need to go to the land

557
00:18:04,340 --> 00:18:04,740
of Judah.

558
00:18:04,940 --> 00:18:06,660
And Judah, that's Saul's backyard.

559
00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:08,900
What am I going to do there?

560
00:18:09,540 --> 00:18:11,060
The Lord will show him what he has

561
00:18:11,060 --> 00:18:11,700
for him to do there.

562
00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:13,840
But you see, friend, isn't this a mighty,

563
00:18:13,980 --> 00:18:16,320
mighty example of how the Lord works in

564
00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:16,800
our lives?

565
00:18:17,220 --> 00:18:18,780
David had to learn to trust God in

566
00:18:18,780 --> 00:18:20,840
the midst of the danger, not on the

567
00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:21,820
other side of the danger.

568
00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,400
Get out of your stronghold, David, and go

569
00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,380
out in the midst of the battle.

570
00:18:25,460 --> 00:18:27,020
I've got work for you to do there.

571
00:18:27,620 --> 00:18:29,180
No, Lord, I like it in the stronghold.

572
00:18:29,780 --> 00:18:31,100
Don't let me go out of the stronghold,

573
00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:31,340
Lord.

574
00:18:31,340 --> 00:18:32,160
I want to stay there.

575
00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:33,980
No, the Lord says, David, get out of

576
00:18:33,980 --> 00:18:34,220
there.

577
00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:35,820
Get out of there.

578
00:18:35,860 --> 00:18:37,680
I need to push you a little further

579
00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:38,700
along the road of faith.

580
00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,600
Now, as we leave verse five and come

581
00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,480
to verse six, the scene shifts.

582
00:18:45,380 --> 00:18:47,040
If you're thinking about this as a movie

583
00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,480
in your mind here, you pan out from

584
00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,860
David at a Doolam cave, and he and

585
00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:54,040
his 400 men are leaving a Doolam cave

586
00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,220
in obedience to the Lord and heading towards

587
00:18:56,220 --> 00:18:57,660
the countryside of Judea.

588
00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:59,860
And as they're leaving the Doolam cave, heading

589
00:18:59,860 --> 00:19:01,900
for the countryside of Judea, the camera pans

590
00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:05,720
away and then the camera comes in on

591
00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:06,440
King Saul.

592
00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,740
And he has his war council around him.

593
00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,020
And Saul isn't in a very good mood.

594
00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:13,760
Look at it here at verse six.

595
00:19:14,420 --> 00:19:15,840
When Saul heard that David and the men

596
00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,020
who were with him had been discovered, now

597
00:19:18,020 --> 00:19:20,400
Saul was staying in Gibeah under a tamarisk

598
00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,100
tree in Ramah with his spear in his

599
00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:25,340
hand and all his servants standing about him.

600
00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,060
Believe me, Saul's servants were pretty light on

601
00:19:29,060 --> 00:19:30,440
their feet when he had that spear in

602
00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:30,780
his hand.

603
00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,440
He had a habit of letting it go

604
00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:32,680
there.

605
00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,660
Verse seven, Then Saul said to his servants

606
00:19:35,660 --> 00:19:38,060
who stood about him, Here and now, you

607
00:19:38,060 --> 00:19:42,040
Benjaminites, will the son of Jesse give every

608
00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:43,860
one of you fields and vineyards and make

609
00:19:43,860 --> 00:19:45,920
all of you captains of thousands and captains

610
00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:46,480
of hundreds?

611
00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,840
All of you have conspired against me.

612
00:19:49,460 --> 00:19:51,420
There's no one who reveals to me that

613
00:19:51,420 --> 00:19:52,980
my son has made a covenant with the

614
00:19:52,980 --> 00:19:53,540
son of Jesse.

615
00:19:53,780 --> 00:19:55,520
And there's not one of you who's sorry

616
00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:56,940
for me or reveals to me that my

617
00:19:56,940 --> 00:19:58,660
son has stirred up my servant against me

618
00:19:58,660 --> 00:20:00,440
to lie in wait as it is this

619
00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:00,800
day.

620
00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,020
Oh, poor Saul.

621
00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:08,480
On this road to decline away from the

622
00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:08,820
Lord.

623
00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,140
And as he keeps going, he keeps picking

624
00:20:11,140 --> 00:20:11,820
up momentum.

625
00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,180
And we see Saul there with his staff,

626
00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:15,960
with his war council around him.

627
00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:17,380
And what's he doing with them?

628
00:20:17,780 --> 00:20:19,480
He's saying, guys, we need to wait on

629
00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:20,980
the Lord and find out what the Lord

630
00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:21,720
wants for us.

631
00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,380
And let's see who's the next enemy the

632
00:20:24,380 --> 00:20:24,760
Lord wants.

633
00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:25,920
Maybe it's the Philistines.

634
00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:26,820
Maybe it's the Edomites.

635
00:20:26,980 --> 00:20:27,580
Lord, what do you want?

636
00:20:27,620 --> 00:20:28,560
No, none of that.

637
00:20:29,620 --> 00:20:32,300
He sits around and he says, you guys

638
00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:33,680
are all against me and none of you

639
00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,140
feel sorry for me at all.

640
00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:37,280
That's leadership, isn't it?

641
00:20:38,340 --> 00:20:40,100
That's a king for you, right?

642
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:42,140
This is Saul.

643
00:20:43,020 --> 00:20:45,160
This is what he's sunk to, my friends.

644
00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:48,900
He accuses David of trying to kill him.

645
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,380
He accuses his son, Jonathan, of provoking David

646
00:20:52,380 --> 00:20:54,300
to kill him as if Saul's the victim.

647
00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:56,820
David's lying in wait for me.

648
00:20:57,180 --> 00:20:58,000
Wake up, Saul.

649
00:20:58,180 --> 00:20:59,600
You're lying in wait for him.

650
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,540
David doesn't want to kill you.

651
00:21:01,780 --> 00:21:02,860
You want to kill him.

652
00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,640
But Saul paints David as the aggressor so

653
00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,900
he can paint himself as a victim.

654
00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,180
He's in his fleshly, self-focused world where

655
00:21:12,180 --> 00:21:14,100
everything revolves around Saul.

656
00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:16,780
And he's paranoid and he whines and he

657
00:21:16,780 --> 00:21:18,980
leads through guilt and accusation.

658
00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,940
Saul, you're slipping off into the deep end.

659
00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,420
And he accuses all of his servants around

660
00:21:25,420 --> 00:21:26,520
him of a conspiracy.

661
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,060
Now, how would you feel if you were

662
00:21:28,060 --> 00:21:28,840
one of Saul's servants?

663
00:21:30,410 --> 00:21:33,510
How would you feel if you're under the

664
00:21:33,510 --> 00:21:35,430
accusing eye of Saul now?

665
00:21:36,350 --> 00:21:37,910
And he's holding that spear in his hand.

666
00:21:38,790 --> 00:21:40,650
You think, man, somebody here is going to

667
00:21:40,650 --> 00:21:42,110
catch that spear in the chest.

668
00:21:43,390 --> 00:21:45,170
Because I saw what Saul did to David.

669
00:21:45,250 --> 00:21:46,930
I saw what Saul did to Jonathan.

670
00:21:47,730 --> 00:21:50,990
When Saul feels attacked, when he feels conspired

671
00:21:50,990 --> 00:21:54,070
against, he starts lashing out in anger, lashing

672
00:21:54,070 --> 00:21:55,050
out in rage.

673
00:21:55,950 --> 00:21:58,690
There was one man present there at that

674
00:21:58,690 --> 00:22:00,330
meeting of Saul's war council.

675
00:22:00,410 --> 00:22:05,510
Who was clever enough and wicked enough to

676
00:22:05,510 --> 00:22:06,570
save his own skin.

677
00:22:07,690 --> 00:22:08,350
Look at it here.

678
00:22:08,450 --> 00:22:09,390
Verses 9 and 10.

679
00:22:09,950 --> 00:22:13,810
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set

680
00:22:13,810 --> 00:22:17,310
over the servants of Saul, and said, I

681
00:22:17,310 --> 00:22:20,150
saw the son of Jesse going to Nob

682
00:22:20,150 --> 00:22:21,830
to Ahimelech, the son of Ahithah.

683
00:22:22,410 --> 00:22:24,850
And he inquired of the Lord for him,

684
00:22:25,190 --> 00:22:27,430
gave him provisions and gave him the sword

685
00:22:27,430 --> 00:22:28,770
of Goliath, the Philistine.

686
00:22:30,490 --> 00:22:33,510
Doeg was much more than an ambitious man

687
00:22:33,510 --> 00:22:36,270
looking for any opportunity to promote himself.

688
00:22:36,650 --> 00:22:40,590
He also knew expertly how to divert Saul's

689
00:22:40,590 --> 00:22:45,410
anger and suspicion from Saul's servants to the

690
00:22:45,410 --> 00:22:46,290
priests of the Lord.

691
00:22:47,210 --> 00:22:48,530
You see what Doeg's doing, right?

692
00:22:48,870 --> 00:22:50,930
Saul, Saul, we're not the problem.

693
00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:52,190
It's those priests.

694
00:22:52,670 --> 00:22:53,710
That's who you got to get.

695
00:22:54,350 --> 00:22:54,990
It's the priest.

696
00:22:55,090 --> 00:22:55,850
It's Ahimelech.

697
00:22:55,850 --> 00:22:58,970
Matter of fact, I saw David and Ahimelech

698
00:22:58,970 --> 00:23:00,910
together at the tabernacle of the Lord.

699
00:23:01,090 --> 00:23:02,430
Now we saw this when we were in

700
00:23:02,430 --> 00:23:03,630
1 Samuel chapter 21.

701
00:23:04,770 --> 00:23:06,830
David went to the tabernacle of the Lord

702
00:23:06,830 --> 00:23:08,090
at a city called Nob.

703
00:23:08,370 --> 00:23:11,010
And when he met with Ahimelech, the priest,

704
00:23:11,450 --> 00:23:13,350
Ahimelech looked at him and said, David, what's

705
00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:13,890
up with this?

706
00:23:13,930 --> 00:23:14,910
I don't know what's going on.

707
00:23:14,950 --> 00:23:15,730
You look funny.

708
00:23:15,870 --> 00:23:16,870
You're all by yourself.

709
00:23:17,190 --> 00:23:18,150
Your appearance is disheveled.

710
00:23:18,210 --> 00:23:19,070
What's going on, David?

711
00:23:19,830 --> 00:23:20,770
And you know what David did?

712
00:23:20,870 --> 00:23:21,550
David lied.

713
00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:23,630
David covered himself.

714
00:23:24,250 --> 00:23:27,190
David said, well, I'm on a secret mission

715
00:23:27,190 --> 00:23:28,390
from King Saul.

716
00:23:28,650 --> 00:23:29,290
Yeah, right.

717
00:23:29,390 --> 00:23:30,150
That's a lie.

718
00:23:31,050 --> 00:23:32,530
And then he says, I'm doing the king's

719
00:23:32,530 --> 00:23:33,330
special business.

720
00:23:33,590 --> 00:23:35,430
And I'm really traveling with a great group

721
00:23:35,430 --> 00:23:35,790
of men.

722
00:23:35,830 --> 00:23:36,730
They're just over the hill.

723
00:23:36,790 --> 00:23:37,670
And I'm not all alone.

724
00:23:38,030 --> 00:23:40,250
Lie upon lie upon lie.

725
00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:43,130
And what David wanted to do was keep

726
00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:44,710
Ahimelech in the dark.

727
00:23:45,650 --> 00:23:47,670
We can understand maybe David had an innocent

728
00:23:47,670 --> 00:23:48,690
motive for all of that.

729
00:23:48,870 --> 00:23:50,150
But it ended up causing a lot of

730
00:23:50,150 --> 00:23:51,350
trouble, as we're going to see in just

731
00:23:51,350 --> 00:23:51,990
a few moments.

732
00:23:51,990 --> 00:23:54,890
But while David was there at the tabernacle,

733
00:23:55,010 --> 00:23:56,470
he saw this fellow, Doeg.

734
00:23:57,450 --> 00:23:59,570
Doeg, the servant of Saul, was there at

735
00:23:59,570 --> 00:24:00,210
the tabernacle.

736
00:24:00,570 --> 00:24:03,310
And 1 Samuel chapter 21, verse 7 says

737
00:24:03,310 --> 00:24:07,090
that Doeg was detained before the Lord at

738
00:24:07,090 --> 00:24:07,710
the tabernacle.

739
00:24:08,010 --> 00:24:09,730
Don't think that he was really serving God

740
00:24:09,730 --> 00:24:09,890
there.

741
00:24:09,970 --> 00:24:13,510
It probably says they're on official business, punching

742
00:24:13,510 --> 00:24:15,730
his ticket, so to speak, probably to work

743
00:24:15,730 --> 00:24:16,870
on Saul's staff.

744
00:24:16,970 --> 00:24:18,170
You know, he probably had to have approval

745
00:24:18,170 --> 00:24:19,870
from the priest or something like that.

746
00:24:19,870 --> 00:24:22,650
And so Doeg is there just doing his

747
00:24:22,650 --> 00:24:23,150
business.

748
00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:27,070
And David sees him there and Doeg sees

749
00:24:27,070 --> 00:24:27,550
him there.

750
00:24:27,930 --> 00:24:30,050
Now, Doeg is reporting it all to Saul.

751
00:24:30,250 --> 00:24:31,730
And look at the spin he puts on

752
00:24:31,730 --> 00:24:32,730
it here in verse 10.

753
00:24:33,090 --> 00:24:35,130
And he inquired of the Lord for him.

754
00:24:35,270 --> 00:24:37,430
Ah, you see, he's giving him counsel against

755
00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:38,370
you, Saul.

756
00:24:39,230 --> 00:24:40,410
And he gave him provisions.

757
00:24:40,950 --> 00:24:42,870
Ah, you see, he's aiding and abetting a

758
00:24:42,870 --> 00:24:44,090
known felon, Saul.

759
00:24:44,210 --> 00:24:44,770
This is Ahimelech.

760
00:24:44,790 --> 00:24:45,730
He's a bad character.

761
00:24:45,730 --> 00:24:48,050
And finally he says, he gave him the

762
00:24:48,050 --> 00:24:49,770
sword of Goliath, the Philistine.

763
00:24:50,270 --> 00:24:53,010
And Saul's saying, oh, wow, David killed Goliath

764
00:24:53,010 --> 00:24:53,570
with that sword.

765
00:24:53,630 --> 00:24:54,530
Now he's going to kill me.

766
00:24:54,830 --> 00:24:56,550
We've got to get Ahimelech because he's been

767
00:24:56,550 --> 00:24:57,270
helping David.

768
00:24:59,730 --> 00:25:04,590
Doeg expertly puts Saul's suspicious and accusing eye

769
00:25:04,590 --> 00:25:07,970
on Ahimelech instead of Saul's own servants.

770
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:10,500
So what's going to happen?

771
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:12,120
Look at verse 11.

772
00:25:12,220 --> 00:25:14,620
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the

773
00:25:14,620 --> 00:25:16,120
priest, the son of Ahithob, and all his

774
00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:16,720
father's house.

775
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,220
And the priests were a knob and they

776
00:25:18,220 --> 00:25:19,100
all came to the king.

777
00:25:19,220 --> 00:25:21,600
And Saul said, here now, son of Ahithob.

778
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,080
And he answered, here I am, my lord.

779
00:25:23,660 --> 00:25:25,420
Then Saul said to him, why have you

780
00:25:25,420 --> 00:25:27,480
conspired against me, you and the son of

781
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,480
Jesse, and that you've given him bread and

782
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,380
a sword and have inquired of the God

783
00:25:31,380 --> 00:25:33,460
for him, that he should rise against me

784
00:25:33,460 --> 00:25:34,820
to lie in wait as it is this

785
00:25:34,820 --> 00:25:35,180
day?

786
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,380
You can see the scene here, can't you?

787
00:25:38,460 --> 00:25:39,760
Very highly charged.

788
00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:42,020
Saul's enraged.

789
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,100
And he calls for Ahimelech and all Ahimelech's

790
00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:46,980
family and the other priests to come before

791
00:25:46,980 --> 00:25:47,200
him.

792
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,340
And as they're coming here, it's intimidating enough

793
00:25:49,340 --> 00:25:50,920
to be confronted by a king.

794
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,400
But as he stands before this king, he

795
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,040
starts laying into Ahimelech.

796
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,420
And then Saul says, listen, you're conspiring against

797
00:25:57,420 --> 00:25:57,600
me.

798
00:25:57,660 --> 00:25:59,320
You're at the heart of a conspiracy.

799
00:25:59,780 --> 00:26:01,140
And David's trying to kill me and you're

800
00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:01,600
helping him.

801
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:02,700
What's going on with this?

802
00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,080
Look at Ahimelech's answer here in verse 14.

803
00:26:07,180 --> 00:26:08,000
It's so innocent.

804
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,780
And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And

805
00:26:11,780 --> 00:26:13,820
who among all your servants is so faithful

806
00:26:13,820 --> 00:26:16,220
as David, who's the king's son-in-law,

807
00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:17,860
who goes at your bidding and is honorable

808
00:26:17,860 --> 00:26:18,740
in your house?

809
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,020
Did I then begin to inquire of God

810
00:26:21,020 --> 00:26:21,580
for him?

811
00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:22,980
Far be it from me.

812
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:25,580
Let not the king impute anything to his

813
00:26:25,580 --> 00:26:27,460
servant or to any in the house of

814
00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:29,800
my father, for your servant knew nothing of

815
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:30,960
all this little or much.

816
00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:33,860
Saul, I don't know what's going on.

817
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,640
Now, if he would have only said that,

818
00:26:36,740 --> 00:26:37,680
that would have been enough.

819
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:39,780
But did you see what he said in

820
00:26:39,780 --> 00:26:40,420
verse 14?

821
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,820
Saul was furious and he says to Ahimelech,

822
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,900
You're at the heart of a conspiracy against

823
00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:47,140
me.

824
00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:48,380
You were helping David.

825
00:26:48,700 --> 00:26:50,340
And what does Ahimelech say to Saul?

826
00:26:51,780 --> 00:26:54,500
David, isn't he a great guy, Saul?

827
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,800
Boy, he's serving you faithfully.

828
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,320
You must be so proud to have him

829
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:00,740
as your son-in-law.

830
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,000
And can you see the blood rushing to

831
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,100
Saul's face?

832
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,460
His eyeballs are just burning right now.

833
00:27:06,460 --> 00:27:09,440
How dare you praise this man in my

834
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:09,720
midst?

835
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:11,540
I can't say...

836
00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:13,280
And Ahimelech is totally dumb, isn't he?

837
00:27:13,780 --> 00:27:14,660
He doesn't know anything.

838
00:27:15,860 --> 00:27:18,180
He's completely ignorant of what's going on because

839
00:27:18,180 --> 00:27:21,540
David lied to him.

840
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,320
And it just makes Saul all the more

841
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:24,840
angry.

842
00:27:25,260 --> 00:27:26,640
And look at how it turns out here

843
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:27,580
in verse 16.

844
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:31,600
And the king said, You shall surely die,

845
00:27:31,740 --> 00:27:34,920
Ahimelech, you and all your father's house.

846
00:27:36,750 --> 00:27:39,190
I bet when Ahimelech heard that, he couldn't

847
00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:39,910
believe his ears.

848
00:27:40,670 --> 00:27:42,930
He's like, Did I hear what he said?

849
00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:46,670
I'm a priest of the Lord.

850
00:27:47,790 --> 00:27:49,310
I didn't do anything wrong.

851
00:27:50,450 --> 00:27:52,990
One of the priest's servants came to me

852
00:27:53,930 --> 00:27:55,850
and said he was on an errand from

853
00:27:55,850 --> 00:27:56,750
you, Saul.

854
00:27:57,770 --> 00:27:58,850
And I helped him.

855
00:28:00,130 --> 00:28:02,210
I'm not involved in this in any way.

856
00:28:03,250 --> 00:28:05,410
And you want to kill me and my

857
00:28:05,410 --> 00:28:06,170
father's house?

858
00:28:06,170 --> 00:28:07,950
You want to kill me and my children?

859
00:28:08,570 --> 00:28:09,010
For what?

860
00:28:11,030 --> 00:28:12,430
Ahimelech in the midst of this, he doesn't

861
00:28:12,430 --> 00:28:13,210
know what's going on.

862
00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:13,910
He's confused.

863
00:28:14,290 --> 00:28:15,230
And then look at verse 17.

864
00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:16,950
Then the king said to the guards who

865
00:28:16,950 --> 00:28:19,310
stood about him, Turn and kill the priests

866
00:28:19,310 --> 00:28:21,430
of the Lord, because their hand also is

867
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:23,510
with David, and because they knew when he

868
00:28:23,510 --> 00:28:25,110
fled and did not tell it to me.

869
00:28:27,620 --> 00:28:30,060
Oh, how David regretted those lies right now,

870
00:28:30,140 --> 00:28:30,440
didn't he?

871
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:33,340
You know what?

872
00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:36,140
We can't say that David was really guilty

873
00:28:36,140 --> 00:28:37,620
of the death of Ahimelech.

874
00:28:37,980 --> 00:28:38,720
Saul did it.

875
00:28:40,300 --> 00:28:42,440
But David put Ahimelech in a very vulnerable

876
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:43,440
position, didn't he?

877
00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:45,760
I mean, if David would have come and

878
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,080
told the truth, if he would have said

879
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,580
to Ahimelech, Ahimelech, Saul's out to kill me.

880
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:52,040
I need some provisions.

881
00:28:52,380 --> 00:28:53,360
I need some prayer.

882
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:54,700
I'm on the run.

883
00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:56,940
Then at least Ahimelech would have had a

884
00:28:56,940 --> 00:28:57,320
choice.

885
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,220
He would have had the choice of saying,

886
00:29:00,460 --> 00:29:01,400
David, you know what?

887
00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:02,460
I don't want to get in the midst

888
00:29:02,460 --> 00:29:02,760
of this.

889
00:29:02,860 --> 00:29:03,560
I can't help you.

890
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:04,300
Please move on.

891
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:05,980
That would have been Ahimelech's choice, right?

892
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,220
Or Ahimelech would have had a more glorious

893
00:29:08,220 --> 00:29:08,660
choice.

894
00:29:08,660 --> 00:29:10,000
And I think he would have taken it.

895
00:29:10,220 --> 00:29:12,320
He would have said, David, I'm behind you

896
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:12,800
all the way.

897
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:13,860
I'm going to help you.

898
00:29:13,980 --> 00:29:15,300
But then at least Ahimelech would have known

899
00:29:15,300 --> 00:29:16,180
what was going on.

900
00:29:16,420 --> 00:29:18,240
And when he stood before Saul, he could

901
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,220
have died the brave death of a knowing

902
00:29:20,220 --> 00:29:23,700
martyr instead of just a victim sort of

903
00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:25,580
caught in a trap.

904
00:29:28,090 --> 00:29:29,890
Saul commands him to be executed.

905
00:29:31,530 --> 00:29:34,730
This command shows that Saul is going faster

906
00:29:34,730 --> 00:29:37,710
and faster down the decline away from the

907
00:29:37,710 --> 00:29:37,950
Lord.

908
00:29:38,230 --> 00:29:40,150
He tried to kill David many times before.

909
00:29:40,150 --> 00:29:41,890
He even tried to kill his own son.

910
00:29:42,150 --> 00:29:43,510
But do you understand what's happening now?

911
00:29:43,790 --> 00:29:47,550
Now he commands the death of complete bystanders

912
00:29:47,550 --> 00:29:48,190
to the problem.

913
00:29:48,510 --> 00:29:50,370
He commands the death of priests to the

914
00:29:50,370 --> 00:29:50,730
Lord.

915
00:29:51,010 --> 00:29:53,170
And he commands the death of their families.

916
00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:59,100
This is just cold-blooded murder.

917
00:30:00,020 --> 00:30:01,220
And there's no other word for it.

918
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,860
One commentator, Adam Clark, says, this is one

919
00:30:06,860 --> 00:30:08,840
of the worst acts in the life of

920
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:09,200
Saul.

921
00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:12,240
His malice was implacable and his wrath was

922
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:12,640
cruel.

923
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,960
And there's no motive of justice or policy

924
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,740
by which such a barbarous act can be

925
00:30:16,740 --> 00:30:17,220
justified.

926
00:30:18,580 --> 00:30:21,740
Another commentator, John Trapp, said, a bloody sentence,

927
00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:25,320
harshly pronounced, and as rashly executed without any

928
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,300
pause or deliberation, without any remorse or regret,

929
00:30:28,620 --> 00:30:30,980
this was the worst act that Saul ever

930
00:30:30,980 --> 00:30:31,440
did.

931
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,140
You see, Saul really hated the Lord, didn't

932
00:30:35,140 --> 00:30:35,360
he?

933
00:30:36,380 --> 00:30:37,940
But it's hard to fight against the Lord,

934
00:30:38,020 --> 00:30:38,240
right?

935
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,060
Your arms are too short to box with

936
00:30:41,060 --> 00:30:41,860
God, aren't they?

937
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,320
You can't get one over on the Lord.

938
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:46,840
So many times when people are angry at

939
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:48,400
the Lord, many times when they want to

940
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,140
fight against the Lord, they fight against his

941
00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:50,520
people.

942
00:30:50,820 --> 00:30:52,180
They fight against his priests.

943
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,500
And that's exactly what Saul was doing.

944
00:30:57,700 --> 00:30:58,300
Kill them.

945
00:30:58,460 --> 00:30:59,000
Kill them all.

946
00:30:59,120 --> 00:30:59,900
Kill their families.

947
00:31:02,390 --> 00:31:03,170
Look what happens here.

948
00:31:03,230 --> 00:31:03,890
Verse 17.

949
00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:07,250
But the servants of the king would not

950
00:31:07,250 --> 00:31:09,130
lift their hands to strike the priests of

951
00:31:09,130 --> 00:31:09,510
the Lord.

952
00:31:10,130 --> 00:31:10,910
Praise God.

953
00:31:11,350 --> 00:31:12,130
Isn't that great?

954
00:31:12,610 --> 00:31:14,890
That the servants of Saul were men of

955
00:31:14,890 --> 00:31:16,110
conscience, at least.

956
00:31:17,170 --> 00:31:19,250
And they were unsure about their own leader.

957
00:31:19,750 --> 00:31:21,250
And they said, we can't do this.

958
00:31:21,330 --> 00:31:23,030
This is cold-blooded murder.

959
00:31:23,790 --> 00:31:26,010
We're your servants, Saul, but we're servants of

960
00:31:26,010 --> 00:31:27,390
the Lord God before that.

961
00:31:27,570 --> 00:31:28,890
And this is murder and we'll have no

962
00:31:28,890 --> 00:31:29,430
part of it.

963
00:31:29,670 --> 00:31:32,150
But unfortunately, there was one man wicked and

964
00:31:32,150 --> 00:31:33,530
unprincipled enough to do it.

965
00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:35,030
Look at here, verse 18.

966
00:31:35,330 --> 00:31:37,510
And the king said to Doeg, you turn

967
00:31:37,510 --> 00:31:38,430
and kill the priests.

968
00:31:38,650 --> 00:31:40,610
So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the

969
00:31:40,610 --> 00:31:41,830
priests and killed on that day.

970
00:31:41,830 --> 00:31:44,110
Eighty-five men who wore linen ephod.

971
00:31:44,670 --> 00:31:46,230
Also Nob, the city of the priests.

972
00:31:46,450 --> 00:31:47,850
He struck with the edge of the sword,

973
00:31:47,950 --> 00:31:50,370
both men and women, children and nursing infants,

974
00:31:50,510 --> 00:31:52,550
oxen and donkeys and sheep with the edge

975
00:31:52,550 --> 00:31:53,170
of the sword.

976
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:57,140
A massacre.

977
00:31:58,480 --> 00:31:59,240
There at Gibeah.

978
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:04,120
Eighty-five priests dead on the ground.

979
00:32:04,460 --> 00:32:06,240
Not to mention how many women and children.

980
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,320
And who knows how much property was destroyed.

981
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,180
Bloody dead bodies laying everywhere.

982
00:32:14,180 --> 00:32:16,960
And Doeg standing in triumph over them.

983
00:32:20,050 --> 00:32:20,570
You know, it's funny.

984
00:32:20,810 --> 00:32:25,080
We know very well about the kind of

985
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,080
massacre and tragedy that happens in our country.

986
00:32:29,380 --> 00:32:31,300
Just a little over a month ago in

987
00:32:31,300 --> 00:32:34,140
Littleton, Colorado, there was a horrible incident.

988
00:32:35,740 --> 00:32:37,500
Where two young men went in.

989
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:39,620
They were the heart and the spirit of

990
00:32:39,620 --> 00:32:40,360
Doeg, right?

991
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,440
That bloodthirsty violence without a conscience.

992
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:46,860
They struck down men.

993
00:32:48,060 --> 00:32:49,160
They killed many.

994
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,500
And many of the ones they killed, the

995
00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:54,200
common link between them, that they were Christians.

996
00:32:54,780 --> 00:32:56,280
Believers in Jesus Christ.

997
00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:58,200
That's funny.

998
00:32:58,340 --> 00:32:59,720
This is even worse, isn't it?

999
00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:03,000
Eighty-five priests massacred that day.

1000
00:33:05,770 --> 00:33:07,990
I think one of the remarkable things about

1001
00:33:07,990 --> 00:33:08,450
the Bible.

1002
00:33:09,270 --> 00:33:11,210
One of the truly great things about it,

1003
00:33:11,330 --> 00:33:13,730
and especially the life of David, is not

1004
00:33:13,730 --> 00:33:15,930
only do we have a historical account of

1005
00:33:15,930 --> 00:33:19,870
David's life, but we also have the Psalms,

1006
00:33:20,050 --> 00:33:23,470
which speak of David's heart, of his emotions

1007
00:33:23,470 --> 00:33:25,210
through these historical events.

1008
00:33:26,170 --> 00:33:27,330
And so I want you to keep a

1009
00:33:27,330 --> 00:33:29,790
finger there in 1 Samuel chapter 22.

1010
00:33:30,130 --> 00:33:31,670
But I want you to turn to Psalm

1011
00:33:31,670 --> 00:33:33,030
52 with me.

1012
00:33:33,610 --> 00:33:35,470
And to see how David felt about this.

1013
00:33:35,570 --> 00:33:36,930
And a reason why I think this is

1014
00:33:36,930 --> 00:33:39,850
so important is because, friends, people like Doeg

1015
00:33:39,850 --> 00:33:41,710
are still with us to this day, aren't

1016
00:33:41,710 --> 00:33:41,910
they?

1017
00:33:42,850 --> 00:33:44,130
And for some of us, we don't know

1018
00:33:44,130 --> 00:33:46,170
what to do when we see the Doegs

1019
00:33:46,170 --> 00:33:48,370
at work in our world today.

1020
00:33:49,630 --> 00:33:52,910
Some people get completely panicked and completely freaked

1021
00:33:52,910 --> 00:33:53,230
by it.

1022
00:33:53,290 --> 00:33:54,370
They get so distressed.

1023
00:33:54,470 --> 00:33:55,430
They get so angry.

1024
00:33:55,770 --> 00:33:57,230
Well, might I tell you, David was angry

1025
00:33:57,230 --> 00:33:57,630
too.

1026
00:33:58,050 --> 00:33:58,890
Look at verse...

1027
00:33:58,890 --> 00:34:00,390
Well, first look at the title here of

1028
00:34:00,390 --> 00:34:00,730
the Psalm.

1029
00:34:00,890 --> 00:34:01,410
Psalm 52.

1030
00:34:02,090 --> 00:34:04,350
To the chief musician, a contemplation of David,

1031
00:34:04,430 --> 00:34:06,670
when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul

1032
00:34:06,670 --> 00:34:08,190
and said to him, David has gone to

1033
00:34:08,190 --> 00:34:08,870
the house of the Himalaya.

1034
00:34:09,030 --> 00:34:09,929
Okay, that's the setting.

1035
00:34:10,290 --> 00:34:12,370
So this was David's reaction after the massacre.

1036
00:34:12,370 --> 00:34:16,230
Verse 1, Why do you boast in evil,

1037
00:34:16,370 --> 00:34:17,150
O mighty man?

1038
00:34:17,989 --> 00:34:19,889
The goodness of God endures continually.

1039
00:34:20,150 --> 00:34:23,290
Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor

1040
00:34:23,290 --> 00:34:24,330
working deceitfully.

1041
00:34:24,610 --> 00:34:27,250
You love evil more than good and lying

1042
00:34:27,250 --> 00:34:28,510
rather than speaking righteousness.

1043
00:34:28,889 --> 00:34:31,889
You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

1044
00:34:33,670 --> 00:34:35,590
We look at the Doegs of the world

1045
00:34:35,590 --> 00:34:37,090
today and we're fed up with them.

1046
00:34:37,310 --> 00:34:38,650
We don't want to have anything to do

1047
00:34:38,650 --> 00:34:38,989
with them.

1048
00:34:38,989 --> 00:34:42,550
And that's exactly the heart of David too

1049
00:34:42,550 --> 00:34:43,330
in this.

1050
00:34:44,350 --> 00:34:45,409
He looks at us and says, you're a

1051
00:34:45,409 --> 00:34:47,310
deceiver, you're a deceitful tongue.

1052
00:34:47,389 --> 00:34:48,750
May the Lord do away with you.

1053
00:34:50,090 --> 00:34:52,070
But then look at this as well, my

1054
00:34:52,070 --> 00:34:52,770
friends here.

1055
00:34:53,210 --> 00:34:55,290
David knew how to give it to the

1056
00:34:55,290 --> 00:34:55,510
Lord.

1057
00:34:55,630 --> 00:34:56,550
Look at verse 5.

1058
00:34:56,910 --> 00:34:59,950
He says, God shall likewise destroy you forever.

1059
00:35:00,510 --> 00:35:02,170
He shall take you away and pluck you

1060
00:35:02,170 --> 00:35:04,230
from your dwelling place and uproot you from

1061
00:35:04,230 --> 00:35:05,210
the land of the living.

1062
00:35:06,550 --> 00:35:07,130
David knew.

1063
00:35:08,230 --> 00:35:11,330
David knew that God knew how to deal

1064
00:35:11,330 --> 00:35:13,210
with the Doegs of this world.

1065
00:35:13,330 --> 00:35:15,190
And friends, can I say, He still does.

1066
00:35:17,150 --> 00:35:21,180
I think of those two young men who

1067
00:35:21,180 --> 00:35:23,200
murdered all those people at the high school.

1068
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,020
And the last thing they did while their

1069
00:35:27,020 --> 00:35:30,640
hearts beat on this earth was they directed

1070
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,640
those guns at their own heads and they

1071
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:33,380
killed themselves.

1072
00:35:34,780 --> 00:35:36,380
And you know why they did that, don't

1073
00:35:36,380 --> 00:35:36,540
you?

1074
00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:41,260
They thought they could escape the punishment for

1075
00:35:41,260 --> 00:35:41,880
what they've done.

1076
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:44,640
They can't punish me.

1077
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:46,500
I'm not going to court.

1078
00:35:47,020 --> 00:35:48,380
I'm not going to sit in jail.

1079
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:50,160
I'm not going to be in a trial.

1080
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:51,360
I'll kill myself.

1081
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,360
I can escape punishment for what I've done.

1082
00:35:53,740 --> 00:35:55,720
But friends, as soon as their lives passed

1083
00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:58,120
from this world to the next and they

1084
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:00,120
stood face to face with the holy righteous

1085
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,760
God, they realized more than they ever realized

1086
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,080
on this earth that they would never escape

1087
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:06,480
punishment for what they've done.

1088
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,260
And God knows how to deal with those

1089
00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:09,700
things.

1090
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:12,700
And friends, doesn't that help put things in

1091
00:36:12,700 --> 00:36:13,260
perspective?

1092
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,420
Doesn't that help us say we're not going

1093
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to become freaked out over the dough eggs

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of this world?

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We don't like it.

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We grieve.

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We get a little angry.

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But friends, we don't have to live our

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lives enslaved to fear and doubt and panic.

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As a matter of fact, look at David's

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words here in verses 8 and 9 as

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he concludes the psalm.

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He says, But I am like a green

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00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:37,940
olive tree in the house of God.

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I trust in the mercy of God forever

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and ever.

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I will praise you forever because you've done

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it.

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And in the presence of your saints, I

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will wait on your name for it is

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good.

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When David ends the psalm, he's not thinking

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about dough egg.

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He's thinking about the Lord.

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And so when you see the evil people,

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when you see the wicked people, it's okay

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to be angry at them.

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It's okay to say, Lord, you take care

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00:37:00,860 --> 00:37:01,880
of them, but then get your heart and

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mind off of them.

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Put your focus back on the Lord.

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That's what David did.

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The Lord met him in the midst of

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it.

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Back to first Samuel 22 as we finish

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up the chapter.

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Verse 20.

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Now, one of the sons of Ahimelech, the

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son of Ahithah, named Abiathar, escaped and fled

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after David.

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And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed

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the Lord's priest.

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So David said to Abiathar, I knew that

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day when dough egg the Edomite was there,

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that he would surely tell Saul, I have

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00:37:35,330 --> 00:37:37,050
caused the death of all the persons of

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00:37:37,050 --> 00:37:37,870
your father's house.

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Stay with me.

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Do not fear.

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For he who seeks my life seeks your

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00:37:43,110 --> 00:37:43,470
life.

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But with me, you shall be safe.

1143
00:37:47,930 --> 00:37:51,590
David was grieved and repentant when he saw

1144
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the bitter result that his lying had caused.

1145
00:37:55,450 --> 00:37:56,650
He didn't try to shade it.

1146
00:37:57,350 --> 00:37:58,610
He didn't try to cover it up.

1147
00:37:59,570 --> 00:38:01,030
He said, I've done this.

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And I'm sorry.

1149
00:38:02,490 --> 00:38:03,590
I'm sorry before the Lord.

1150
00:38:03,850 --> 00:38:05,370
I'm sorry before you.

1151
00:38:06,710 --> 00:38:08,750
And the Lord was able to help restore

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00:38:08,750 --> 00:38:09,190
things.

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00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,100
You know, friends, there's something I think about

1154
00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:16,960
that just really fixes on my mind here

1155
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:17,800
as we leave this.

1156
00:38:19,340 --> 00:38:21,540
I think back to 1 Samuel chapter 21,

1157
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:26,260
verse 7, where David and dough egg were

1158
00:38:26,260 --> 00:38:27,720
both at the house of the Lord together.

1159
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:28,940
There they were.

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00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:31,680
Could I put it in today's kind of

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00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:32,180
vocabulary?

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00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,860
David and dough egg went to church together.

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00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:38,840
They sat in church together.

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They were both before the Lord at the

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house of the Lord.

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00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:42,220
There.

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And look at the direction that dough egg

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00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,080
went and look at the direction that David

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went.

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Now, my friends, do you get the distinction

1171
00:38:51,300 --> 00:38:52,360
here between the two?

1172
00:38:52,660 --> 00:38:54,060
It's a very important distinction.

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00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,540
Dough egg went to the house of the

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00:38:57,540 --> 00:38:59,860
Lord, but it never went into his heart.

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And in that frightening prospect, I think about

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that sometimes that somebody can come to the

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house of the Lord and maybe you come

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00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,940
occasionally, maybe you come every week and you

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00:39:11,940 --> 00:39:12,940
hear the word.

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00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:15,560
But friends, if it's not touching your life,

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00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,360
if you're not letting it change your life,

1182
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,060
you could end up just like a dough

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00:39:20,060 --> 00:39:20,260
egg.

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00:39:22,530 --> 00:39:23,550
I'm glad you're here.

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00:39:24,370 --> 00:39:25,830
It's great that you're here at the house

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00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:26,330
of the Lord.

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00:39:27,070 --> 00:39:30,390
But friends, don't let it just pass over

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your head.

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00:39:31,470 --> 00:39:33,470
Is the Lord calling you to turn and

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00:39:33,470 --> 00:39:35,010
to repent of something this morning?

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00:39:35,070 --> 00:39:35,750
Then do it.

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00:39:36,590 --> 00:39:38,690
Is the Lord calling you to something deeper

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00:39:38,690 --> 00:39:39,290
with him?

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00:39:39,370 --> 00:39:40,170
Then follow him.

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00:39:40,170 --> 00:39:42,590
Is the Lord calling you to step out

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00:39:42,590 --> 00:39:43,390
in a bold way?

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00:39:43,510 --> 00:39:45,990
Then don't shut your ears to the Lord.

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00:39:46,190 --> 00:39:47,570
You can end up like a dough egg

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00:39:48,730 --> 00:39:50,750
instead of like a David, who was also

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00:39:50,750 --> 00:39:51,750
at the house of the Lord.

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00:39:53,410 --> 00:39:56,410
But when he stumbled, he got back up

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00:39:56,410 --> 00:39:57,730
and kept following the Lord.

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00:39:58,250 --> 00:40:00,250
And he listened to the Lord's voice and

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00:40:00,250 --> 00:40:01,590
he followed after the Lord.

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00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,420
My friends, what a tragedy it is.

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00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,760
People you know, you love, you see them

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00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:11,080
go the way of dough egg.

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00:40:12,060 --> 00:40:13,400
You think, well, how could that be?

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00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:14,800
They were at the house of the Lord.

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00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:16,560
Friends, dough egg could shut his ears.

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Dough egg could put it all away.

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I just pray that no one here is

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following in that path.

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00:40:24,980 --> 00:40:26,540
And if you see yourself on that path,

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right now, you can change.

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00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,480
Right now, you can come before the Lord

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and say, I don't want to be a

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00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:31,800
dough egg.

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00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:33,380
I want to be a David.

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So friends, here is our captain, Jesus Christ,

1221
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,280
standing at a dullum cave saying, come to

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me, come to me.

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Leave everything else behind.

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Come to me.

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00:40:46,660 --> 00:40:48,820
Today, it's just incumbent upon us to say,

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00:40:49,020 --> 00:40:49,940
here we are, Lord.

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We want to follow you that way.

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Let's pray about it right now.