Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode fifty two.
Speaker 1: I am your host, Josh Monday. If you know me,
Speaker 1: I'm a Christian rapper, devoter, husband, father, and Army veteran.
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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for the end depth study. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: already gotten to First Samuel, First Samuel chapter twenty four now,
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Speaker 1: a great show. You know, it's been, like I said,
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Speaker 1: one Corinthians ten, verse thirty one. It says, whether therefore
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Speaker 1: first Samuel. First Samuel twenty four. Let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: pull it up on the screen. Share.
Speaker 2: There we go, boom. All right, First Samuel twenty four.
Speaker 1: We're going to be in verse one, and like I
Speaker 1: always do, I got to pull up all my notes.
Speaker 2: I was trying to pull up my notes on my
Speaker 2: regular phone, which I have here.
Speaker 1: Perfect, have that up, and guys, yeah, I just can't
Speaker 1: believe it's already been a year. A year goes by
Speaker 1: so fast, man, so fast, and we've covered so much
Speaker 1: information on the in the Bible that's been incredible, you know,
Speaker 1: So I really really appreciate being able to do this.
Speaker 1: Like I said, you might hear some dings in the background, guys,
Speaker 1: because I just turn on my phone and hopefully it
Speaker 1: doesn't bother you guys, or hopeully hopefully it's.
Speaker 2: Not too loud. Excuse me, But let's go ahead and
Speaker 2: pull this up for Samuel twenty four.
Speaker 1: Perfect, there we go, all right, let's go over a
Speaker 1: little intro before we start. For Samuel twenty four, as
Speaker 1: a testament to David's character. Yeah see, you guys, you
Speaker 1: hear some dings in the background. I can't help that.
Speaker 1: Let me see, Yeah, I can't really help that because
Speaker 1: this phone I can't turn on silently because of this
Speaker 1: it's got this big old case and it's I can't, like, really,
Speaker 1: I don't have that side where.
Speaker 2: I could turn on the silent there.
Speaker 1: So if it dings a couple of times, I do apologize,
Speaker 1: But let me go ahead and continue first. Samuel twenty
Speaker 1: four is a testament to David's character, his deep respect
Speaker 1: for God's anoided and his unshakable faith in God's judgment.
Speaker 1: He spares Saul not out of fear, but out of
Speaker 1: reverence for God's plan. It is a powerful reminder that
Speaker 1: vengeance belongs to God and that we should strive to
Speaker 1: exhibit mercy even to our adversaries. So, yeah, you're gonna
Speaker 1: see that definitely displayed here. Let's go ahead and start,
Speaker 1: excuse me, for Samuel twenty four. Verse one, Now it
Speaker 1: happened when Saul. This is David spare Saul?
Speaker 2: Is what the title is?
Speaker 1: Now It happened when Saul had returned from following the Philistines,
Speaker 1: that it was told to him saying, take note, David
Speaker 1: is in the wilderness of Ngetti. Then Saul took three
Speaker 1: thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to seek
Speaker 1: David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.
Speaker 1: So he came to the sheep bolds by the road,
Speaker 1: where there was a cave, and Saul went in to
Speaker 1: attend to his needs. That literally means he went in
Speaker 1: to use the restroom. Okay, whether it's a number two
Speaker 1: or number one, I don't know. But one thing he
Speaker 1: didn't know is that David and his men were staying
Speaker 1: in the.
Speaker 2: Recesses of the cave.
Speaker 1: Meaning Saul went in the very front of the cave,
Speaker 1: probably to use the restroom, and David and all his
Speaker 1: men were in the very end of the cave, and
Speaker 1: Saul went in there by himself.
Speaker 2: It sounds like, so does he have men guarding.
Speaker 1: The cave, probably, but he doesn't know anybody's actually in
Speaker 1: the cave. And it says here that David and his
Speaker 1: men were staying in the recesses of the cave. Okay,
Speaker 1: it says then the men of David said to him,
Speaker 1: said to David, this is the day of which the
Speaker 1: Lord has said to you. Behold that will deliver your
Speaker 1: enemy into your hand, that you may do to him
Speaker 1: as it seems good to you. And David arose and
Speaker 1: secretly cut off a corner of Saul's robe. Now it
Speaker 1: happened afterward that David's heart troubled him because he had
Speaker 1: cut Saul's robe. And he said to his men, the
Speaker 1: Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master,
Speaker 1: the Lord's anointed, to stretch out my hand against him,
Speaker 1: seeing he is he is the anoyed of the of
Speaker 1: the king.
Speaker 2: Hold on really quick for some reason that is so weird. Okay, so.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and stop the real. Well, actually, we'll
Speaker 1: finish this off, it says Uh. And he said to
Speaker 1: the men, the Lord forbid that I should do this
Speaker 1: thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, to stretch out
Speaker 1: my hand against him, seeing he is the anoided of
Speaker 1: the Lord. So to restrain his servants from these words,
Speaker 1: that did not allow him to rise against Saul. And
Speaker 1: Saul got up from the cave and went on his way. So,
Speaker 1: so what happened was since Saul was the Lord's anointed.
Speaker 1: And also also this is what I also kind of see.
Speaker 1: I mean, David has been through a lot with Saul, right,
Speaker 1: and he probably wanted to respect the fact that that
Speaker 1: Saul was still the king and Saul was still the
Speaker 1: Lord's anointed. So it says that he didn't want to
Speaker 1: he even though his men is trying to say, this
Speaker 1: is the day of which the Lord had said to you, behold,
Speaker 1: I will deliver your enemy into your hands, doesn't mean
Speaker 1: that the Lord was actually delivering him.
Speaker 2: Into his hands.
Speaker 1: The men are assuming that because they're like, what's the
Speaker 1: chances of him coming in here to take a pee
Speaker 1: or a dump?
Speaker 2: And we're in here.
Speaker 1: This is it, guy, you know, this is it David.
Speaker 1: So David kind of it says. Now it happened after
Speaker 1: that David's heart troubled him. I'm sorry, it said, behold,
Speaker 1: I will deliver enter me in your hand. Yeah, And
Speaker 1: then David arose secretly cut off a corner of Saul's rope.
Speaker 1: So when David was walking probably in this in this
Speaker 1: cave in the dark, like all right, here, it's time
Speaker 1: for me to take him out, he probably just said,
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm just gonna cut a piece of
Speaker 1: his robe off secretly and have that peace so that
Speaker 1: he knows at some point he's gonna know that, hey,
Speaker 1: I had a chance to kill you.
Speaker 2: But I didn't, you know.
Speaker 1: So it's even more kind of a powerful powerful for
Speaker 1: him to do that than for him to just slay
Speaker 1: Slam right there. But he also it says, the Lord
Speaker 1: forbid that I should do this thing to my master,
Speaker 1: the Lord's anointed. So he still looked up to Saul
Speaker 1: as the king at that time. He hasn't taken David
Speaker 1: hasn't taken over as king yet. He's gonna become king,
Speaker 1: but he hasn't taken over yet. But uh, he said,
Speaker 1: do this thing to my master, and Lord's anointed, distretch
Speaker 1: on my hand against him, seeing he is the notant
Speaker 1: of the Lord.
Speaker 2: You see.
Speaker 1: Let's see what my notes say, because that's what I'm
Speaker 1: seeing there. David had the opportunity. This is in my notes.
Speaker 1: David had the opportunity to kill Saul in the cave,
Speaker 1: but he chose not to harm the Lord's anointed. This
Speaker 1: demonstrates his respect for God's authority and timing. Okay, so
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and check out a little deeper into
Speaker 1: David's restraint, and let's see if it's going to pull
Speaker 1: up exactly what I'm looking for. David's restraint is a
Speaker 1: significant thing in the theme in the biblical narrative, illustrating
Speaker 1: his character as a man after God's own heart, marked
Speaker 1: by humility, patience, and respect for God's anointed. His theme
Speaker 1: is primarily observed in the accounts of David's interactions with
Speaker 1: King Saul, as recorded in the Books of Samuel. For Samuel, David,
Speaker 1: the youngest son of Jesse, was anointed by the prophet
Speaker 1: Samuel to be the future king of Israel for Samuel sixteen,
Speaker 1: verses twelve through thirteen. Despite his divine appointment, David faced
Speaker 1: a prolonged period of waiting before ascending to the throne.
Speaker 2: During this time, King Saul, the reigning.
Speaker 1: Manark, became increasingly hostile towards David, perceiving him as a
Speaker 1: threat to his kingdom. And I'm only going over these
Speaker 1: parts so that people kind of because something white just
Speaker 1: just be tuning in.
Speaker 2: You know, this might be their first week listening to
Speaker 2: the show.
Speaker 1: So it's good to kind of do like a little
Speaker 1: you know, tell people what happened, you know before in
Speaker 1: the other chapters, Saul's jealousy and fear led him to
Speaker 1: pursue David, relentlessly.
Speaker 2: Seeking to take his life. The Cave of all the Adullam.
Speaker 1: One of the most notable instances of David's resistance recurred
Speaker 1: in the wilderness of Ngetti.
Speaker 2: Saw entered a cave to.
Speaker 1: Leave himself, underware that David and his men were hiding
Speaker 1: deeper inside. David's men saw that his providential opportunity to
Speaker 1: kill Saul, but David refused, saying the Lord had forbid me,
Speaker 1: which we just read. Instead, David secretly cut off a
Speaker 1: corner of Saul's robe, later revealing it to Saul as
Speaker 1: evidence of his loyalty and restraint. And then we're going
Speaker 1: I'm going to find another significant time of this happening
Speaker 1: in the wilderness of Zif, which is going to be
Speaker 1: in one Samuel twenty six, which is going to be
Speaker 1: a little bit further down. So we will go ahead
Speaker 1: and continue to read, and then we could probably go
Speaker 1: back to these notes. So let's go ahead and continue
Speaker 1: to read. So now we're in one Samuel twenty four,
Speaker 1: verse eight. David also arose afterward went out to the
Speaker 1: cave and called to Saul, saying, my Lord the King.
Speaker 1: And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his
Speaker 1: face to the earth and bowed down. And David said
Speaker 1: to Saul, why do you listen to the words of
Speaker 1: men who say, indeed, David seeks your harm? Look this
Speaker 1: day of your eyes have seen the day the Lord
Speaker 1: delivered you today into my hand in the cave. And
Speaker 1: someone urged me to kill you, but my eyes spared you,
Speaker 1: and I said, I will not stretch out my hand
Speaker 1: against my Lord, for he is the Lord's anointed.
Speaker 2: Moreover, my father. See, yes, see the.
Speaker 1: Corner of the rope, of the corner of your robe
Speaker 1: in my head. Bra just showed it to him right
Speaker 1: For in that I cut off the corner of.
Speaker 2: Your robe and did not kill you.
Speaker 1: Know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion
Speaker 1: in my hand.
Speaker 2: And I have not sinned against you.
Speaker 1: Yet you hunt my life to take it.
Speaker 2: So hold on, let me go back real quick. Okay,
Speaker 2: let me continue.
Speaker 1: Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let
Speaker 1: the Lord avenge me in you. But my hands shall
Speaker 1: not be against you, as the proverb, but the ancient says,
Speaker 1: wickedness proceeds from the wicked, but my hand shall not
Speaker 1: be against you. After whom has the King of Israel
Speaker 1: come out? Whom do you pursue a dead dog a flee? Therefore,
Speaker 1: let the Lord be judged and judge between you and me,
Speaker 1: and see and plead my case, and deliver me out
Speaker 1: of your hand, so it says, in.
Speaker 2: Trust God's justice.
Speaker 1: David refrained from taking vengeance into his own hands, declaring,
Speaker 1: may the Lord judge between you and me? In First
Speaker 1: Samuel twenty four verse twelve, which we just read, he
Speaker 1: trusted God to be the ultimate judge and avenger. And
Speaker 1: then in a First Samuel twenty four verse five, after
Speaker 1: cutting off a corner of Saul's robe, David was conscious stricken.
Speaker 1: This shows his sensitivity to sin and his desire to
Speaker 1: maintain a clear conscience before God.
Speaker 2: Amen to that. You see how David was.
Speaker 1: He was He was a man after God's heart. You know,
Speaker 1: he was basically trying. He would always try to follow
Speaker 1: what the Lord said, and most of the time, not
Speaker 1: all the time, he would go back to God and
Speaker 1: speak to him before he made a move, like you know,
Speaker 1: you notice that. But as we you know, as we
Speaker 1: go into verse twenty five, I mean chapter twenty five
Speaker 1: and twenty six, you're going to kind of see that
Speaker 1: he veers away from that, but then he comes back
Speaker 1: to it, you know. But sometimes the flesh takes over. Right,
Speaker 1: you're not always walking in the spirit, even if you're
Speaker 1: a man of God. You're trying to walk in the
Speaker 1: in the spirit as much as possible. And you could
Speaker 1: be a pastor of a church and every you know,
Speaker 1: Wednesday Sunday, you're you're teaching, and you know, and you're
Speaker 1: doing Bible stays on Thursdays, and you're you're always in
Speaker 1: the Word of God, and someone could cut you off
Speaker 1: in the freeway, and sometimes the flesh takes.
Speaker 2: Over and you might say, hey if you or hey,
Speaker 2: what is he doing?
Speaker 1: You know whatever, maybe lose your temper. Sometimes you're not
Speaker 1: always walking in the spirit. We want to try and
Speaker 1: walk in the spirit at all times, but sometimes you're not.
Speaker 1: David is human, Okay, He's only human. He does make mistakes.
Speaker 1: So we will see that in chapter twenty five. I
Speaker 1: don't want to do any spoiler alerts, but you will see,
Speaker 1: all right, So let's continue now. When in Onest Samuel
Speaker 1: twenty four verse sixteen. So it was when David had
Speaker 1: finished speaking these words of Saul that Saul says, is
Speaker 1: this your voice, my son, David, And Saul lift up
Speaker 1: his voice and wept. Okay, So what I would say is,
Speaker 1: this is the Saul that's that doesn't have.
Speaker 2: The evil spirit. This is the regular Saul. Okay.
Speaker 1: That's why you see, That's why he lifted up his
Speaker 1: voice and he wept. Now I'm not saying that the
Speaker 1: evil spirit's not still attacking him. I'm just saying, like,
Speaker 1: maybe right now it kind of took a step back
Speaker 1: and let Saul be Saul. But you kind of see
Speaker 1: how Saul kind of handles this conversation.
Speaker 2: Right, Let's see what he says.
Speaker 1: Then he said to David, you are more righteous than I,
Speaker 1: for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have
Speaker 1: rewarded you with evil. And you have shown that this
Speaker 1: day how you have dealt with me. For when the
Speaker 1: Lord delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
Speaker 1: For if a man finds his enemy, will he let
Speaker 1: him get away safely? Therefore, may the Lord reward you
Speaker 1: with good for what you have done to this day,
Speaker 1: to me this day. And I know indeed that you
Speaker 1: shall surely be king.
Speaker 2: Wow.
Speaker 1: So he says that, he says, I know you shall
Speaker 1: surely be king. So now he knows David is the
Speaker 1: one that's annoyed. That's really interesting, and that the kingdom
Speaker 1: of Israel shall be established in your hand. Therefore, swear
Speaker 1: now to me by the Lord, that you will not
Speaker 1: cut off my descendants after me, and that you will
Speaker 1: not destroy my name from my father's house. So David
Speaker 1: swore to Saul, and Saul went home, but David and
Speaker 1: his men went to the up.
Speaker 2: To the stronghold. So the main thing that you want to.
Speaker 1: Understand here is that David did not just forgive Saul
Speaker 1: and just go, okay, cool, I'm just going to follow
Speaker 1: you home now, Saul and trust him. No. Sometimes, you know,
Speaker 1: as a Christian or a man of God, you know,
Speaker 1: you want to forgive people, but doesn't mean just because
Speaker 1: you're forgiving them, doesn't mean that you're going to put
Speaker 1: your one hundred percent trust that they're not going to
Speaker 1: do something bad to you. All you're doing is you're
Speaker 1: literally forgiving them, and you know you're.
Speaker 2: You're that's what you're doing there, you know.
Speaker 1: And so David swore to Sault, which means, you know, basically,
Speaker 1: he forgave him, and he swore to him that he
Speaker 1: would not know when he does become king, who would
Speaker 1: not cut off his family or his descendants.
Speaker 2: And Saul went home, but David and his men went
Speaker 2: up to the stronghold. Let me just see real quick.
Speaker 1: So in my notes, I want to go and find
Speaker 1: out what stronghold says means. But in my notes, let
Speaker 1: me see what it says. It says Saul's response, Saul's
Speaker 1: reaction to David's mercy was one of the temporary repentants,
Speaker 1: one of temporary repentance and acknowledgment of David's righteousness. This
Speaker 1: highlights the power of mercy to convict and transform arts.
Speaker 1: So yes, so highlights the power of mercy to convict. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so he gave Saul mercy. He know, he could have
Speaker 1: killed him right there. It could have been the last
Speaker 1: time he ever saw his son again, could be the
Speaker 1: last time he ever saw his wife again, last time
Speaker 1: he ever saw his daughters again, the last time he
Speaker 1: ever breathed air, drink water, eat food. It could have
Speaker 1: been it David had him, He could have killed him,
Speaker 1: you know. And then David would have took the throne,
Speaker 1: so and Jonathan would have been alive. And honestly, if
Speaker 1: he would have killed Saul right there, Jonathan probably have
Speaker 1: been alive to see David actually become king.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: But you see how the power of mercy convicts and
Speaker 1: transform hearts. So Saul probably felt some type of way
Speaker 1: right there. I don't believe he had that that evil
Speaker 1: spirit's not fully gone from him. If it was fully
Speaker 1: gone from him, I believe that maybe this is just
Speaker 1: be speculating that I maybe Saul would have maybe had
Speaker 1: a different change of heart, but that that spirit came
Speaker 1: on him and it's just kept attacking him and making him.
Speaker 1: I think he made him pretty crazy in my in
Speaker 1: my opinion, and not able to think. But let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and go to find out what stronghold means, because
Speaker 1: I don't really know. And when I I was studying,
Speaker 1: I remember this pastor was talking about it about what stronghold.
Speaker 2: Oh, it says up to the hold and the king.
Speaker 1: James, and uh, what is the hold net prey net,
Speaker 1: pray fastness or stronghold and his men went up to
Speaker 1: the net?
Speaker 2: I don't I don't know.
Speaker 1: What stronghold means fastness or stronghold was in the hold
Speaker 1: David d not but abide in the hold on to
Speaker 1: the hold. Well, I see it a lot in First
Speaker 1: Samuel and Second Samuel. You know, whoever the author was,
Speaker 1: Well wherever it means, I don't really know because it
Speaker 1: says stronghold, but I don't even even that's the actual
Speaker 1: strong definition snares what one thing says here, but that
Speaker 1: stets isn't used in a different way. But yeah, I'm sorry, guys,
Speaker 1: I don't really know what that means. But it says
Speaker 1: David and his men went up to the stronghold. Okay, so,
Speaker 1: uh so we're done with that chapter and went fairly quick, but.
Speaker 2: About twenty five minutes.
Speaker 1: So we have some practical applications that you got it,
Speaker 1: you can use in your life. Practical practice restraint. In
Speaker 1: situations where we are wronged, we should exercise restraint and
Speaker 1: avoid taking matters into our own hands. Amen to that,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. We should pray about it, obviously, and
Speaker 1: take a step back and pray to God like how
Speaker 1: should I handle this situation?
Speaker 2: And Lord? And obviously that God is not going to
Speaker 2: tell you to do evil.
Speaker 1: So whatever you're whatever you were going to However, you
Speaker 1: were going to react to a situation, if you were
Speaker 1: going to react in evil, then you know that that's
Speaker 1: not God telling you to do it. That's the devil, right,
Speaker 1: So just practice restraint and make sure that you act
Speaker 1: with mercy and love. You know that God is help
Speaker 1: is pushing you to be that way and not for
Speaker 1: you to be doing evil. Maintain a clear conscience, be
Speaker 1: sensitive till the Holy Spirit's conviction, and strive to live
Speaker 1: with integrity even in small matters. Trust God's timing, Rely
Speaker 1: on God's justice and timing rather than seeking immediate retribution,
Speaker 1: show mercy, Extend mercy to others, knowing that it can
Speaker 1: be led to repentance and reconciliation.
Speaker 2: And then I remember earlier I.
Speaker 1: Was telling you guys, guys going to go back to
Speaker 1: thy notes. Right, I had a little bit more notes
Speaker 1: on David's restraint. Okay, I didn't really get to finish that.
Speaker 1: So in the Wilderness of Zip in First Samuel twenty six,
Speaker 1: verse nine, another significant episode occurred when David in absolute
Speaker 1: and affiliated Saul's camp. That's verse twenty Oh, that's verse
Speaker 1: twenty six. Oh, That's why I didn't want to read
Speaker 1: that I'm sorry. We'll go ahead and continue.
Speaker 2: We'll go ahead and continue. You guys, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: I don't want to talk about verse twenty six because
Speaker 1: I don't want any spoiler alerts. So let's check out
Speaker 1: some additional scriptures that do connect. We have Romans twelve,
Speaker 1: verse nineteen. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room
Speaker 1: for God's wrath, for it is written Vengeance's mind. I
Speaker 1: will repay, says the Lord, very very true. Right, do
Speaker 1: you need to take out your wrath and your anger
Speaker 1: on somebody. No, let God take out his wrath on
Speaker 1: that person. You just need to give mercy and don't
Speaker 1: avenge that person yourselves. Matthew five twenty four says, But
Speaker 1: I tell you love your enemies and pray for those
Speaker 1: who persecute you. So even though it's hard, I know
Speaker 1: it's very difficult. When someone's being mean to you, trying
Speaker 1: to bully you, making fun of you, taking advantage of you,
Speaker 1: persecuting you. What Jesus wants you to do is to
Speaker 1: love them pray for them. Okay, that is what a
Speaker 1: true Christian would do. Is it easy? No, it's not
Speaker 1: the easiest thing. Is it easy for everybody to do that. No,
Speaker 1: I'll be the first one to admit that's very hard.
Speaker 1: It was very hard before when I used to be
Speaker 1: like not Christian or not reading the Bible. Of course,
Speaker 1: now I don't really have any enemies.
Speaker 2: But the thing is, the.
Speaker 1: Persecution that happens to me is only online, and that
Speaker 1: doesn't bother me. When someone persecutes me online, it's like, Okay,
Speaker 1: I don't really care, but you know, I do put
Speaker 1: my do. I do put myself out to a lot
Speaker 1: of people. Right on this show, Cult Conspiracy Pray. They have, however,
Speaker 1: many members I don't even know they have so many
Speaker 1: people listen to the show. I have no clue how
Speaker 1: many people listen to this show. But I do put
Speaker 1: myself out to a lot of people, and some people
Speaker 1: are definitely haters.
Speaker 2: They'll be like, ugh, he's reading the Bible, you know.
Speaker 2: So I get that, and that's okay.
Speaker 1: Like I said, I love on them and pray for
Speaker 1: them because forgive them Father, they know not what they
Speaker 1: do is what Jesus says.
Speaker 2: That's what we should say too. Here we go next.
Speaker 1: It says Proverbs twenty verse twenty two, do not say
Speaker 1: I will avenge this evil.
Speaker 2: Wait on the Lord and he will deliver you.
Speaker 1: Those are just excellent verses for you to go to
Speaker 1: if you're having issues with somebody. And like I said,
Speaker 1: I always people I have issues with their online. I
Speaker 1: never have issues with people in person because I will
Speaker 1: diffuse the situation very quickly, because I don't fight with
Speaker 1: people unless it's on the battlefield in war. Okay, I'm
Speaker 1: not going to fight somebody.
Speaker 2: Over anything, you know.
Speaker 1: I only fight people overseas when we got to defend
Speaker 1: this country or if or if somebody comes into my home.
Speaker 1: All right, if somebody came into my house, you better
Speaker 1: be ready for a war. My one hundred round clip
Speaker 1: in my air fifteen and my other stuff. So anyways,
Speaker 1: but as far as outside of my home, you know,
Speaker 1: I'll protect my kids by any means necessary, you know.
Speaker 2: But this is these are great verses, these three verses.
Speaker 1: We need to make sure that we pay attention to
Speaker 1: this when we're having any type of issue with people. Okay,
Speaker 1: And that is the end of verse twenty four. And
Speaker 1: now we're going to go to twenty five. And just
Speaker 1: like some of some of the parts of Samuel, a
Speaker 1: lot of it is storylines, so it's kind of easy
Speaker 1: to kind of get into, and there's a lot, you know,
Speaker 1: the storyline. I don't really like to give you too
Speaker 1: much commentary on some of the storylines because I want
Speaker 1: you to make sure that you're you follow me along,
Speaker 1: you know.
Speaker 2: I don't want to get too crazy in the commentary.
Speaker 1: But so next up, we have the death of Samuel
Speaker 1: that's going to be in a Samuel twenty five.
Speaker 2: So let's go ahead. Sorry, I got surprised at something.
Speaker 1: Okay, let me just do the intro first and then
Speaker 1: we will get into the death of Samuel. Okay, First,
Speaker 1: Samuel twenty five teaches the importance of wisdom, respect for authority,
Speaker 1: and understanding divine justice. Abigail's timely intervention, paired with her
Speaker 1: respect and acknowledgment of David's future authority, not only saves
Speaker 1: her household, but also impresses David, leading her to becoming
Speaker 1: his wife. That's why I went, because I studied. I
Speaker 1: studied twenty five all the way to the very very end,
Speaker 1: and I didn't get the very end, so I didn't
Speaker 1: even know he ended up marrying Abigail.
Speaker 2: That's yeah, Abigail, that's really interesting. David leading to her
Speaker 2: becoming his wife.
Speaker 1: God's justice, as seen in the ball's downfall, remind us
Speaker 1: that every action has consequences, and disrespectful and selfish actions
Speaker 1: often lead to downfall.
Speaker 2: This is quite interesting what we see here. But this
Speaker 2: is one of those times.
Speaker 1: Where David kind of starts walking in the in the flesh.
Speaker 1: You see it that he that he's most of the time,
Speaker 1: David is just a sweet, innocent person. And he keeps
Speaker 1: being like just innocent and just walking with God and
Speaker 1: going to God, should I do this?
Speaker 2: Should I do this? Lord?
Speaker 1: And you know, before he even does something, and he
Speaker 1: asks like here, let me ask the Lord, the Lord,
Speaker 1: you know, And I'm sure that that God appreciates you
Speaker 1: know that I would think, you know. But so Samuel,
Speaker 1: this is gonna be the death of Samuel. Samuel is
Speaker 1: the last of the judges. Okay, that's what's happening here.
Speaker 1: The last of the judges is about to pass away,
Speaker 1: and it is it.
Speaker 2: Happens to be Samuel.
Speaker 1: So we went through like four hundred and fifty years
Speaker 1: of judges or four hundred years of judge and you.
Speaker 2: Know, we when we read the.
Speaker 1: Book of Judges, and now Samuel was the last judge.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and check this out. It says,
Speaker 1: then Samuel died, and the Israelites gathered together and laminated
Speaker 1: for him and buried him at his home in Rama
Speaker 1: and David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
Speaker 2: Okay, so let me just go to my notes real quick.
Speaker 1: It says, this chapter begins with the death of Samuel,
Speaker 1: a significant prophet in Israel, also a judge. His passing
Speaker 1: marks the end of an era and sets the stage
Speaker 1: for the unfolding events. Now, Samuel died and all Israel
Speaker 1: assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him at
Speaker 1: his home in Ramah. First Samuel twenty five, verse one.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it said that the and the Israelites gathered
Speaker 1: together and laminated for him, which is mourned for him.
Speaker 2: That's what that means. They mourned for him.
Speaker 1: So it's it's interesting because Samuel's life was amazing, but
Speaker 1: his mother, Hannah, couldn't have children. Prayed to God, she
Speaker 1: was barren. She prayed, she prayed, she prayed. The other
Speaker 1: woman was making fun of her.
Speaker 2: She prayed. She ends up having Samuel.
Speaker 1: She dedicated Samuel to Eli, the priest, and then the
Speaker 1: priest ends up having two sons that were evil and wicked,
Speaker 1: and then he raised Samuel. Samuel did an amazing job.
Speaker 1: So Samuel just did did great things. And the Lord
Speaker 1: was constantly speaking through Samuel, and you know, it was
Speaker 1: it was it was awesome reading about his journey and everything,
Speaker 1: you know. So I'm sure that's why they all were
Speaker 1: mourning for him, just because he did an amazing job
Speaker 1: being a judge, a priest, you know, and a prophet. Right,
Speaker 1: he did great at all those. So let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and read. Think I had a verse.
Speaker 2: To to read, So let me just read this real
Speaker 2: quick before we start.
Speaker 1: James One, verses twelve through fifteen. Blessed is the man
Speaker 1: who endures temptation from when he has been approved, he
Speaker 1: will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has
Speaker 1: promised to.
Speaker 2: Those who love him.
Speaker 1: Let no one say when he is tempted, I am
Speaker 1: tempted by God. For God cannot be tempted by evil,
Speaker 1: nor does he himself tempt anyone. But each one is
Speaker 1: tempted when he is drawn away by his own desire
Speaker 1: and entice. Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth
Speaker 1: to sin, and sin, when it is full grown, brings
Speaker 1: forth death. So the reason why I bring this up
Speaker 1: is because that last part there where it says that
Speaker 1: when it's talking about gives birth to sin and sin,
Speaker 1: you know, you kind of see where David kind of
Speaker 1: gets a little crazy.
Speaker 2: But really it's this.
Speaker 1: The Baal character that we're gonna read about that is
Speaker 1: really the sinful man. So let's go ahead and read
Speaker 1: it and see what we got here. So this is
Speaker 1: gonna be first Samuel twenty five, verse two. Now there
Speaker 1: was a this is David and the wife of Nebal.
Speaker 1: Now there was a man in Moan whose business was
Speaker 1: in caramel carmel. And the man was very rich. He
Speaker 1: had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, and he
Speaker 1: was sharing his sheep in carmel. The name of the
Speaker 1: man was Noble. And just let you guys know that his.
Speaker 2: Name no Ball. It actually means fool.
Speaker 1: I don't know why his parents would name him the ball,
Speaker 1: but he definitely lives up to his name. And it
Speaker 1: says and the name of his wife Abigail, And she
Speaker 1: was a woman of good understanding or good discernment is
Speaker 1: what other translations say, and beautiful appearance. But the man
Speaker 1: was harsh and evil in his doings. He was of
Speaker 1: the House of Caleb. Okay, we know who Caleb was.
Speaker 1: You know, eighty two years old, ended up entering the
Speaker 1: Promised Land. He was one of the twelve spies that
Speaker 1: went over to check out the giants and came back
Speaker 1: gave a good report like Joshua did, and then the
Speaker 1: other ten gave a bad report, and none of none
Speaker 1: of their families, None of those people got to enter
Speaker 1: the Promised Land. Only their children, right, and but Caleb
Speaker 1: and Joshua, they ended up.
Speaker 2: Going to the Promised Land.
Speaker 1: This is the House of Caleb, so you guys remember,
Speaker 1: but you see what it says here. She was a
Speaker 1: woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance. So I'm sure
Speaker 1: that Nebal had money, and you know, back then it
Speaker 1: was a setup wedding, so this is just me speculating.
Speaker 1: But you know her, even though she's beautiful and she's
Speaker 1: really obviously she has good, great understanding. I'm sure the
Speaker 1: parents just ended up maybe getting thinking, hey, this guy
Speaker 1: could take.
Speaker 2: Care of her for the rest of her life, you know.
Speaker 1: And the man is evil in his doings, all right,
Speaker 1: so you know that he was harsh on her and
Speaker 1: evil in his doings, right, But she's beautiful, right, And
Speaker 1: the only other people that are described like that in
Speaker 1: the Bible is Rachel and Esther. Just so you guys
Speaker 1: know that, I'm sure that Sarah was also great at discerning,
Speaker 1: but Sarah was described as beautiful, and Rebecca was described
Speaker 1: as beautiful as well. But when it's talking about discerning
Speaker 1: or good understanding and beautiful in appearance, the only other
Speaker 1: two were Rachel and Esther.
Speaker 2: Okay, so just wan't to let you know that, all right.
Speaker 1: Let's go to first Sebuel twenty five, verse four, when
Speaker 1: David heard in the wilderness that the ball was sharing
Speaker 1: his sheep. Sharing is like a time of Ah, it's
Speaker 1: like like when you harvest.
Speaker 2: Like basically, it's the same thing as like when you
Speaker 2: harvest crops.
Speaker 1: Right, it's a time of you know, you have a
Speaker 1: whole bunch of crops, and it's a time to kind
Speaker 1: of you know, you have a bunch of it's like
Speaker 1: you're all your work that you've.
Speaker 2: Done, you finally get to this point. And that's what
Speaker 2: that means. Shearing the sheep. Let's uh, let's see if.
Speaker 1: Let's see what the biblical definition of shearing.
Speaker 2: Sheep is sheep Bible biblical meaning.
Speaker 1: In the Bible, sheep sharing represented more than a farm chore.
Speaker 2: It was cultural, culturally significant.
Speaker 1: Salibatory event which often marked by feasting and social gathering,
Speaker 1: as well as a time for economic gain. You see,
Speaker 1: that's what I'm meant by that, and giving the first
Speaker 1: fruits to priests. Symbolically, the imagery of sheep before shears
Speaker 1: in Isaiah fifty three seven highlights themes of humility, sacrifice,
Speaker 1: and submission. They made it for Christians interpret his prophecy
Speaker 1: of Jesus. This event also are his Jesus' suffering and
Speaker 1: redemptive work. This event also served as a backdrop for
Speaker 1: significant narratives such as David's interactions.
Speaker 2: With the ball and the habitual rise. In the Davidic dynasty.
Speaker 1: Excuse me, sheep sharing was a major event of colvinial
Speaker 1: gathering that brought communities together for banquets and festivities. So
Speaker 1: it's like a big deal, okay, So just want to
Speaker 1: let you guys know that, I just want to give
Speaker 1: you the biblical definition so you kind of know exactly
Speaker 1: what's happening there.
Speaker 2: Here we go. So let me go ahead and continue.
Speaker 1: David sent ten young men and David said to the
Speaker 1: young men, go up to Carmel, go to the bal
Speaker 1: and greet him in my name. And thus, okay, so
Speaker 1: greet him in my name. So just want to let
Speaker 1: you guys know what that means. When when he says,
Speaker 1: greet nebal in his name, it's just basically like it's
Speaker 1: like David speaking right, So.
Speaker 2: It holds authority.
Speaker 1: It's kind of similar to the way we pray when
Speaker 1: we say, Father God, in the name of Jesus, right,
Speaker 1: So we're speaking as if we're Jesus. We're speaking in
Speaker 1: Jesus's name to God because Jesus is righteous and sinless
Speaker 1: and he's able to speak to God. So we say
Speaker 1: Father God in the name of Jesus.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 2: Very similar.
Speaker 1: So right here it says, go up to Carmel, go
Speaker 1: to the baal and greet him in my name. And
Speaker 1: in verse six it says, and thus you say to
Speaker 1: him who lives in prosperity, peace be with you, Peace
Speaker 1: to your house, and peace to all you have. Now
Speaker 1: I have heard that you have shears. Your shepherds were
Speaker 1: with us, and we did not hurt them, nor was
Speaker 1: there anything missing from them. All the while they were
Speaker 1: in carmel, ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore,
Speaker 1: let my young man find favor in your eyes, for
Speaker 1: we come on a feast day. Please give whatever comes
Speaker 1: to your hand to your servants and to your son David.
Speaker 2: All right, And it says so.
Speaker 1: When David's young men came, they spoke in the ball
Speaker 1: according to all these words, in the name of David
Speaker 1: and waded. Then the Ball answered David's servants and said,
Speaker 1: who is David? And who is the son of Jesse?
Speaker 1: And there were many servants nowadays who break away each other,
Speaker 1: break away each other from his master. Shall I then
Speaker 1: take my bread and my water and my meat that
Speaker 1: I have killed for my shears, and give it to
Speaker 1: the men whom I do not know where they are from.
Speaker 2: Okay, so just let's just pause there real quick. Okay.
Speaker 1: So in the Ball's Foolishness, Okay, the ball, whose name
Speaker 1: means fool, is described as harsh.
Speaker 2: And evil in his dealings. This is in my notes.
Speaker 1: Okay, guys, Despite David's protection of his shepherds, the Ball
Speaker 1: refuses to provide for David, and uh, we just good
Speaker 1: clock out of that. Despite David's protection of his shepherd's
Speaker 1: the ball refuse to provide for David and his men.
Speaker 1: But the ball answered, David servants who is David and
Speaker 1: who is the son of Jesse? So understand something. What
Speaker 1: was happening is David has his pints out next to
Speaker 1: the ball's shepherds, right, so he has all of his tents,
Speaker 1: all of his men out there, and the Philistines what
Speaker 1: they would do is they would come and they would
Speaker 1: they would take people's sheep. So David's men were there
Speaker 1: protecting these sheep. Now didn't the ball have any type
Speaker 1: of agreement with him? Did the ball go to David
Speaker 1: beforehand and say, hey, David, listen, listen, listen brother, you know,
Speaker 1: son of Jesse. If you protect all my sheep for
Speaker 1: the year, what I'm going to do is at the
Speaker 1: end of the year, I'm going to give you my food,
Speaker 1: water and bread.
Speaker 2: At the festivity. Okay, cool, No, he didn't do that.
Speaker 1: All David is saying is, look, we protected your shepherds
Speaker 1: and your sheep for the entire year basically against the
Speaker 1: Philistines coming in and taken over. So all we're asking
Speaker 1: for is whatever you can provide us. Is it looks
Speaker 1: like David and his men needed food and this, and
Speaker 1: David also is about to become king.
Speaker 2: Okay, and the Ball is a jerk, that's what it says.
Speaker 1: You know, he's does he doesn't handle situations correctly. So
Speaker 1: who's in the right here, Well, I would think that
Speaker 1: God's law would say that you take care of David's men. Okay,
Speaker 1: So the Ball's not following God's law, so he's not
Speaker 1: in the right. But also David is kind of coming in,
Speaker 1: like you'll see what David does after he finds out
Speaker 1: what this man says. So so in verse twelve, it says,
Speaker 1: so David's young men turned on their heels and went back,
Speaker 1: and they came and told him all these words. Then
Speaker 1: David said to his and every man gird on his sword. Okay,
Speaker 1: every man gird on his sword, like basically, grab your sword,
Speaker 1: let's go to they're about to handle business. So every
Speaker 1: man girded on his sword, and David also girded his sword, like, hey,
Speaker 1: I'm taking my sword, and you guys grab your sword.
Speaker 2: Let's go.
Speaker 1: And about four hundred men went with David in two
Speaker 1: hundred stayed with the supplies. So he's got six hundred men.
Speaker 1: Two hundred stay back with the supplies. Four hundred are
Speaker 1: going with David, okay, and David is basically coming out
Speaker 1: of anger. Okay, So let's go ahead and pause there
Speaker 1: real quick, and see what I have in my notes
Speaker 1: about this. It says David's anger. David, feeling gets sulted
Speaker 1: and disrespected, prepares to take vengeance on the ball. His
Speaker 1: response highlights the human tendency to react in anger. David
Speaker 1: said to his men, eats, one of you, strap on
Speaker 1: your sword. That's what gird your sword means, strap on
Speaker 1: your sword. Were about to handle business, right, That's pretty
Speaker 1: much what it means in English.
Speaker 2: All right, let's go ahead and continue. And I shouldn't
Speaker 2: even be This is not a laughing matter. I'm sorry, guys,
Speaker 2: I don't mean to laugh. It's just I'm a I'm a.
Speaker 1: Soldier at heart and a warrior myself, So I understand
Speaker 1: where he's coming from, and I understand how it is
Speaker 1: to live in the flesh. I've fought many times in
Speaker 1: the flesh, so I understand. But uh so, let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and continue here and for Samuel twenty five, verse fourteen. Now,
Speaker 1: one of the young men told Abigail Naball's wife, who Okay,
Speaker 1: So we told Abigail.
Speaker 2: His wife, Nayball's wife.
Speaker 1: Now, what did it say about Abigail? It says that
Speaker 1: she's discerning.
Speaker 2: Or what did it say earlier? How did this?
Speaker 1: She was a woman of good understanding, is what it says,
Speaker 1: or discernment. Okay, so that's what she is. So now
Speaker 1: let's see how Abigil handles. Okay, So the young man
Speaker 1: told Abigail. Probably the young man was like, hey, I
Speaker 1: just heard them talk right now, and uh, he disrespected David.
Speaker 1: And there's six hundred men out there. Abigail just letting
Speaker 1: you know. You know, one of the young men told Abigail.
Speaker 1: That's all it says, told Abigail told a bigil what wow,
Speaker 1: I would think he's saying, Hey, this is what Dave
Speaker 1: Ball just told David David's men, and David's men did
Speaker 1: about face and headed right back to David. Here's what
Speaker 1: it says, saying, Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness.
Speaker 2: Sorry, and it's actually here explaining it. Explain it.
Speaker 1: Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master,
Speaker 1: and he reviled them.
Speaker 2: But the men were very good to us. And so
Speaker 2: this is one of the sheep.
Speaker 1: The young men, I think is probably one of the
Speaker 1: sheep herders right, or the shepherds. It says, but the
Speaker 1: men were very good to us, and we were not hurt,
Speaker 1: nor did we miss anything, as long as we accompanied them.
Speaker 1: When we were in the field, they were a wall
Speaker 1: to us, both by day or by night, and by
Speaker 1: day all the time we were with him keeping the sheep. Now, therefore,
Speaker 1: know and consider what you will do, for harm is
Speaker 1: determined against our master and against all of his household.
Speaker 1: For he is such a scoundrel that one cannot.
Speaker 2: Speak to him. Wow. I'm surprised that it says that.
Speaker 2: So wow, that guy, even though that is even though.
Speaker 1: That's his master, he said he's such a scoundrel that
Speaker 1: one cannot speak to him, probably thinking, hey, you're his wife,
Speaker 1: can he please go speak to him? And instead of
Speaker 1: him speaking to Since she knows that Nabel is a
Speaker 1: jerk and hard to deal with, she takes everything into
Speaker 1: her own hands.
Speaker 2: And look what she does.
Speaker 1: Then Abigail went. Abigail made haste and took two hundred
Speaker 1: loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed,
Speaker 1: five sets of roasted grain. Our sea roasted grain, one
Speaker 1: hundred clusters of the raisins, two hundred kates of figs,
Speaker 1: and loaded them on donkeys. And she said to her servants,
Speaker 1: go on before me, see I am coming after you.
Speaker 1: But she did not tell her husband, Ayball. Obviously she's
Speaker 1: not gonna tell her husband because her husband is not
Speaker 1: easy to deal with, and he probably would have denied
Speaker 1: that she does this. And if she did do this,
Speaker 1: he probably would be mad at her. Maybe he wanted
Speaker 1: to harm her in some type of way. But I
Speaker 1: definitely wanted to say, well, I'll talk about it after.
Speaker 1: Let's continue reading first Samuel twenty five, verse twenty. So
Speaker 1: it was that she wrote on her donkey that she
Speaker 1: went down under cover on the hill and there were
Speaker 1: David and his men coming down toward her, and she
Speaker 1: met them. So they were on their way to take
Speaker 1: care of business. Now, David said, sure in vain, I
Speaker 1: have protected all that this fellow in the wilderness, so
Speaker 1: that nothing has missed all that belongs to him, and
Speaker 1: he has repaid me evil for good. May God do
Speaker 1: so and more also to the enemies of David, if
Speaker 1: I leave one male of who belonged to him, by
Speaker 1: morning light meaning David is about to go in there
Speaker 1: with his men and slay all the males of his family.
Speaker 2: Okay, he's not going there to play.
Speaker 1: So he said, if I leave one male who belonged
Speaker 1: to him by morning light, and that could be his
Speaker 1: servants too, he could be killing all the servants and
Speaker 1: also him, Nabel, and also all the males being all
Speaker 1: like maybe all of his sons.
Speaker 2: Whatever.
Speaker 1: He's gonna go in there and handle it, right, it
Speaker 1: sounds like, so we'll stop there really quick. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: we already talked about that. Okay, now we're gonna read
Speaker 1: verse twenty three. I'll go to my notes after I
Speaker 1: read twenty three. Now, when Abigail saw David, she dismounted
Speaker 1: quickly from the donkey, fell in her face before David
Speaker 1: and bowed down to the ground as she fell at
Speaker 1: his feet and said, oh, oh me, my lord, on me,
Speaker 1: let this iniquity be, and please let your maid servants
Speaker 1: speak in your ears and hear the words of your
Speaker 1: maid servant.
Speaker 2: Please.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: So's let's stop there.
Speaker 1: So Abigail's intervention Abigail Neval's wife, why is it discerning?
Speaker 1: Wife acts quickly to prevent disasters. She approaches David with
Speaker 1: humility and wisdom, offering gifts and pleading for mercy. When
Speaker 1: Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell
Speaker 1: face down to David and bowed to the ground. Okay,
Speaker 1: she knows what you're supposed to do. That's what that
Speaker 1: gentleman should have done. Because as you read this, you
Speaker 1: could tell that she knows he's going to become king,
Speaker 1: and she knows a lot about David. So na Ball
Speaker 1: should have known a lot about David as well, acting
Speaker 1: like he doesn't know who the son of Jesse is.
Speaker 2: So in Abigail's.
Speaker 1: Intervention is a significant narrative found in the first Book
Speaker 1: of Samuel, especially in On Samuel twenty five.
Speaker 2: This account unfolds during.
Speaker 1: The period of David's fugitive years, when he was fleeing
Speaker 1: from King Saul. Abigail is introduced as the intelligent and
Speaker 1: beautiful wife, and the Ball a wealthy but surely foolish
Speaker 1: man from Moan whose business was in Carmel.
Speaker 2: So what is the uh?
Speaker 1: Well the theological and moral insights abigail intervention is often
Speaker 1: highlighted as an example of peacemaking and wise counselor. Her
Speaker 1: action demonstrates the power of humility, courage, and discernment, and
Speaker 1: diffusing potential violence and achieving reconciliation. This narrative also underscores
Speaker 1: themes of divine justice and providence, as God intervenes to
Speaker 1: protect David and to bring about in the ball's downfall
Speaker 1: without David restoring to violence. Abigail's role as a mediator
Speaker 1: reflects the Biblical ideal of using wisdom to tack to
Speaker 1: avert tack, to avert conflict, and promote peace. Okay, I
Speaker 1: just want to go over that at so that you
Speaker 1: know about her as we're reading these verses.
Speaker 2: Okay, so let's go back.
Speaker 1: And we'll see what happens in First Samuel twenty five,
Speaker 1: verse thirty eight.
Speaker 2: Later, all right, here we go.
Speaker 1: So in verse twenty five, we're in First Samuel twenty five,
Speaker 1: verse twenty five. Please let my lord regard his scoundrel,
Speaker 1: the ball, for his name is for as his name is,
Speaker 1: so is he a fool? Right, that's what his name means.
Speaker 1: The ball is his name, and folly is with him
Speaker 1: or fool. But I, your maid servant, did not see
Speaker 1: the young man of my lord whom you sent. Now, therefore,
Speaker 1: my Lord as the Lord lives and as your soul lives.
Speaker 1: Since the Lord has held you back from coming to
Speaker 1: bloodshed and from avenging yourself.
Speaker 2: With your own hand.
Speaker 1: Now, then let your enemies and those who seek halm
Speaker 1: from my Lord be as the ball. All right, So
Speaker 1: she is bringing up God obviously he's to bring up
Speaker 1: the Lord, saying that the Lord has held you back
Speaker 1: from coming to bloodshed, from avenging yourselves. Very smart the
Speaker 1: way she's speaking, she is kind of putting David a
Speaker 1: little bit in his place, like, Hey, remember that the
Speaker 1: Lord stops you from bloodshed, right, remember that, right? And
Speaker 1: then she's also kind of saying that instead of you
Speaker 1: taking the ball, you can take me, right, and probably
Speaker 1: gets David feeling some type of way.
Speaker 2: And let's continue.
Speaker 1: And now this present which your matesron has brought to you,
Speaker 1: my Lord, let it be given to you to the
Speaker 1: young men who follow my Lord. And he keeps calling
Speaker 1: him my lord. Right, he's going to become king, and
Speaker 1: she knows it. Please forgive the trespass of your maid servant,
Speaker 1: for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an
Speaker 1: enduring house, because my Lord fights the battles of the Lord,
Speaker 1: and the evil is not found in you throughout your days.
Speaker 1: Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek
Speaker 1: your life. But the life of my Lord shall be
Speaker 1: in the bundle of the living, with the Lord your God,
Speaker 1: and the lives of your enemies. He shall sling out
Speaker 1: as from the pocket of a sling, speaking of when
Speaker 1: he fought against Goliath right talked about this, the pocket
Speaker 1: of a sling. And it shall come to pass when
Speaker 1: the Lord has done from my Lord according to all
Speaker 1: the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed.
Speaker 2: Your l you ruler over Israel.
Speaker 1: So she knows about David, she knows's going to be king.
Speaker 1: The Baal would have to know that this will be
Speaker 1: no grief to you.
Speaker 2: Nor offense of heart to my lord. Need either that.
Speaker 1: You have shed blood without cause or that my Lord
Speaker 1: has avenged himself. But when the Lord has dealt well
Speaker 1: with my Lord, then remember your maid servant. Okay, So
Speaker 1: we see what's going on there and see how she's
Speaker 1: speaking to him with respect, calling to my Lord, say
Speaker 1: he's going to be ruling over Israel.
Speaker 2: You're going to be king. She knows you're going to
Speaker 2: be king, and she's just basically.
Speaker 1: Doing a very good job of being understanding and speaking.
Speaker 2: Beautifully, and she's beautiful as well.
Speaker 1: So I'm sure David is kind of dumbfounded here, and
Speaker 1: we'll see how he handles it. Then David said to Abigail,
Speaker 1: blessed is the Lord God of Israel who sent you
Speaker 1: this day to me. And he says it with the
Speaker 1: excamation point, so he's kind of like saying it like
Speaker 1: pretty loud and wants to express himself. And blessed is
Speaker 1: your advice, And blessed are you because you have kept
Speaker 1: me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging
Speaker 1: myself in my own hand.
Speaker 2: For indeed, as the.
Speaker 1: Lord God of Israel lives, who has kept me back
Speaker 1: from hurting you. Unless you had hurried and come to
Speaker 1: meet me, surely my morning light, no mails would.
Speaker 2: Have been left to Nebaal.
Speaker 1: So David received from her hand what she had brought
Speaker 1: him and said to her, go up in peace to
Speaker 1: your house. See I have needed your voice and respected
Speaker 1: your person. Okay, now, so he accepted the gifts. And
Speaker 1: in that culture, if you bring these gifts, you need
Speaker 1: them to accept it. If they accept it, then usually
Speaker 1: you're good. Kind of the same thing happened when Esaul
Speaker 1: and Jacob was meeting, and Jacob kept bowing down to
Speaker 1: him before he got to him, and he said, I
Speaker 1: got all these gifts I want to gift to you.
Speaker 1: And Esaul said, no, brother, don't worry about it. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: you need to.
Speaker 2: Accept these gifts. Like he kept on.
Speaker 1: He was very very persistent because in that culture, if
Speaker 1: you offer these gifts and he would have denied it,
Speaker 1: then she would have went home thinking, Okay, that's it,
Speaker 1: we're done. You know, even though he might have said, hey,
Speaker 1: don't worry, I'm not going to do anything now, just
Speaker 1: take your stuff and go home, she would have felt
Speaker 1: like she didn't complete her mission, and she probably would
Speaker 1: have felt even worse. But let's see how the Ball
Speaker 1: handles this, because as you know, the ball is a jerk, right,
Speaker 1: doesn't really handle situations correctly. Let's go ahead first, Samuel
Speaker 1: twenty five, verse thirty six. Now Abigail went to the Ball,
Speaker 1: and there was holding a feast in his house, like
Speaker 1: the feast of a king. And the Ball's heart was
Speaker 1: merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore, she
Speaker 1: told him nothing little or much until morning light. So
Speaker 1: it was in the morning when the wine had gone
Speaker 1: from the ball, and his wife had told him these things.
Speaker 1: That his heart died within him and he became like
Speaker 1: a stone. Then it happened, after about ten days that
Speaker 1: the Lord struck the ball and he died.
Speaker 2: So wow. So the Lord struck the ball and he died. Wow.
Speaker 1: So divine justice is what you see? Divine justice indeed,
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and check this out. So God
Speaker 1: deals with the ball striking him dead. This is my
Speaker 1: notes after he learns of the events. This demonstrates God's
Speaker 1: justice and sovereignty. About ten days later, the Lord struck
Speaker 1: the ball dead and divine.
Speaker 2: Justice what is that?
Speaker 1: Divine justice refers to the righteous and fairness of God
Speaker 1: and his dealings with humanity and creation.
Speaker 2: It is essential. It is an essential.
Speaker 1: Attribute to God's character, reflecting his holiness and moral perfection.
Speaker 1: Divine justice ensures that God acts in accordance with his nature,
Speaker 1: rewarding righteousness and punishing wickedness. The concept of divine justice
Speaker 1: is deeply rooted in scripture. The Bible consistently betrays God
Speaker 1: as a just judge who administers justice impartially. In Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: thirty four thirty two, Verse four, God is described as
Speaker 1: the rock. His work is perfect, for all his ways
Speaker 1: are just. A God faithfulness without injustice, righteousness, and upright
Speaker 1: is he. This verse underscores the perfection and fairness inherit
Speaker 1: in God's nature justice in the Old Testament. In the
Speaker 1: Old Testament, divine justice is often associated with God's covenant
Speaker 1: relationship with Israel. The law given to Moses, including the
Speaker 1: Ted Commandments, reflects God's standards of justice and righteousness. Leviticus nineteen,
Speaker 1: verse fifteen commands.
Speaker 2: You must not pervert justice.
Speaker 1: You must not show partiality to poor or favoritism to
Speaker 1: the rich, for you are a judge your neighbors fairly.
Speaker 1: This highlights the expectation for human justice to mere divine justice.
Speaker 2: In the New Testament.
Speaker 1: Like Romans three, verse twenty five through twenty six, God
Speaker 1: presented himselves as an atoning sacrifice through faith in his blood.
Speaker 1: He demonstrates his righteousness because of his forbeance. He had
Speaker 1: passed over the sins committed beforehand. He did this to
Speaker 1: demonstrate his righteousness as the present time, as as to
Speaker 1: be just and.
Speaker 2: Justify the one who has faith in Jesus Christ. Okay,
Speaker 2: So conclusion is.
Speaker 1: Divine justice is a central theme in the Bible, reflecting
Speaker 1: God's holy and righteous nature and assurance believers of God's
Speaker 1: fair and impartial judgment both in the present and in
Speaker 1: the future. Though Christ through Christ Jesus, God's justice is
Speaker 1: perfectly fulfilled, offering redemption and the hope of eternal life
Speaker 1: to those who believe. Now we got to understand, guys,
Speaker 1: that God is striking the ball dead. We got to
Speaker 1: be careful, be careful when we're doing certain things to
Speaker 1: certain people. Obviously God can intervene. So if you are,
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully nobody listened to this podcast has the
Speaker 1: type of personality in the ball has, because I hope
Speaker 1: that nobody does, because that's definitely not the way we
Speaker 1: handle it stuff as Christians. But man, God just struck
Speaker 1: him dead ten days later. That's it's what happens. Is
Speaker 1: like I said, it's divine justice Verse Samuel twenty five,
Speaker 1: verse thirty nine. So when David heard that Nabal was dead,
Speaker 1: he said, blessed be the Lord who has pleaded the
Speaker 1: cause of my reapproach from the hand of the bal
Speaker 1: and he has kept a servant from evil. For the
Speaker 1: Lord has returned the wickedness of the ball in his
Speaker 1: own head and David sent and proposed to Abigail to
Speaker 1: take her as his wife.
Speaker 2: Look at that, dude. When the when the servants of
Speaker 2: David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to
Speaker 2: her saying, David has sent us to you to ask
Speaker 2: you to become his wife, so she must have everything.
Speaker 1: She was speaking to him. She was probably beautiful. She
Speaker 1: probably just left him dumbfound it. Like I said earlier,
Speaker 1: That's why I didn't want to say it, but yeah,
Speaker 1: I was like, I saw he that sel it said
Speaker 1: that she ended up becoming his wife. I kind of
Speaker 1: in the in the intro, I kind of messed that up,
Speaker 1: but uh yeah, I was like, wow, David Man, David
Speaker 1: David David Man, Like, this guy is a interesting character here.
Speaker 1: So she knows he's going to be king and she
Speaker 1: deserves a good man. She was with the one rich guy,
Speaker 1: so you might as well get with another person. That's
Speaker 1: even though he's not rich at the moment, he's going
Speaker 1: to become king and he knows it.
Speaker 2: And David sent proposed to Abigail to take her as
Speaker 2: a wife.
Speaker 1: When the servant said David had come to Abigail at Carmel,
Speaker 1: they spoke to her, saying, David sent us to you
Speaker 1: to ask you to become his wife. And then she arose,
Speaker 1: bowed her face to the earth, and said, here's your
Speaker 1: maid servant, a servant to wash the feet of the
Speaker 1: servants of my lord. So Abigail rose in haste and
Speaker 1: rode on a donkey, attended by five of her maidens,
Speaker 1: and she followed the messengers of David and became his wife.
Speaker 1: David also took an amim of Giselle, and so both
Speaker 1: of them were his wives. So he's got two wives, right,
Speaker 1: He's got two wives.
Speaker 2: Wow?
Speaker 1: So oh no, he handles two wives. Oh, I forgot.
Speaker 1: He also has McCall, So that's three wives.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: So, but Saul had given McCall his daughter, David's wife,
Speaker 1: to Patty, the son of Leish, oh, who was from Galen. Okay,
Speaker 1: So looks like McCall, who was David's wife, got with somebody.
Speaker 2: Else, uh, the son of Leish who was from Gayleen. Okay.
Speaker 1: So wow, A whole bunch of Game of Thrones ness
Speaker 1: happened in here.
Speaker 2: To see. This is a lot of action going on.
Speaker 1: It's crazy set. That's why I'm looking forward to the
Speaker 1: House of David part you know, the season two It
Speaker 1: was a pretty good movie. There's a few things that
Speaker 1: they obviously added and took away, but most of it
Speaker 1: was kind of going along with the Bible.
Speaker 2: Pretty good stuff. I really enjoyed that that that.
Speaker 1: Show something I could show my wife to kind of
Speaker 1: get her back into the Word again. You know, she's
Speaker 1: she's she's listening to the Word. I think she's probably
Speaker 1: up to where I'm at right now, just kind of
Speaker 1: staying pretty neck and neck. What she does she puts
Speaker 1: the Bible app on and it reads to her while
Speaker 1: the kids are falling asleep, and you know, so that
Speaker 1: way they're listening to.
Speaker 2: The Word before they go to bed. So it's good stuff.
Speaker 2: But all right, practical lappings.
Speaker 1: We're done with chapter twenty five, so let's go over
Speaker 1: some practical applications. So we have seek wisdom in conflict,
Speaker 1: Like Abigail, we should seek wisdom and discernment in times
Speaker 1: of conflict, aiming to be peacemakers. Yes, and see she
Speaker 1: acted the way she acted, and look what ended up happening. Yeah,
Speaker 1: her husband died, but obviously she was not happy with
Speaker 1: that guy.
Speaker 2: She knows he was a jerk.
Speaker 1: Who's probably a total jerker all the time, and you
Speaker 1: kind of tell control anger. David's initial reaction shows the
Speaker 1: danger of acting in anger. We must acting in anger.
Speaker 1: We must learn to control our emotions and seek God's guidance. Next,
Speaker 1: trust in God's justice. Instead of taking matters into your
Speaker 1: own hands. We should trust that God will bring justice
Speaker 1: in his time. Yes, everybody will be judged. You know,
Speaker 1: we don't need to be the judge. We just need
Speaker 1: to be the ones that are giving mercy love. We
Speaker 1: don't need in grace. Right, we don't need to be
Speaker 1: taking stuff in our own hands unless it is somebody
Speaker 1: coming into your oh, your home, okay. The Bible says
Speaker 1: that explicitly in Leviticus that if someone comes into your
Speaker 1: home to harm you or your family, you are allowed
Speaker 1: to take care of business. All right, So make sure that.
Speaker 2: You're not just like, all right, you come into my home.
Speaker 1: To rob my house and rape and pillage. Well, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give you mercy and grace. Do whatever you want.
Speaker 1: You want my safe, here you go, you want this,
Speaker 1: here you go, no problem. Gracy and grace and mercy
Speaker 1: to you. Better protect your home, be a person of influence, okay,
Speaker 1: be a person of influence, my ear, Abigail's actions remind
Speaker 1: us that one person's courage and wisdom can change the
Speaker 1: course of events. So you see what happened her her actions?
Speaker 1: It was amazing, right, perfect, She did exactly what she
Speaker 1: was supposed to do, and it changed the course of
Speaker 1: events for sure. All right, let's check out some additional
Speaker 1: scriptures that connect.
Speaker 2: M exuse me.
Speaker 1: We have Proverbs fifteen, verse one. A gentle answer turns
Speaker 1: away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Abigails jumped.
Speaker 1: Abigail's gentle approach to David exemplifies this truth. James one,
Speaker 1: verse nineteen and twenty. My beloved brothers understand this. Everyone
Speaker 1: should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow
Speaker 1: to anger, for man's anger does not bring about the
Speaker 1: righteousness that God desires. Perfect verse for this. Definitely, this
Speaker 1: is just a great verse that connects with Samuel twenty five. Okay,
Speaker 1: Perfect Romans twelve, verse nineteen, do not avenge yourself's beloved,
Speaker 1: but leave room for God's wrath. We already went over
Speaker 1: that earlier, for it has written Vengas's mind, pay says
Speaker 1: the Lord.
Speaker 2: This is also a good verse for this section. All right,
Speaker 2: let's go ahead, keep going.
Speaker 1: It's a late night already. I apologize, guys. If I yawn, it's.
Speaker 2: Not I'm not trying to yawn them. Believe me.
Speaker 1: It's a I already had a long day today. Here
Speaker 1: we go, here we go, but we keep it moving, guys,
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. Rainslee, hail snow. I'm gonna still continue
Speaker 1: to do this show, right, no matter what.
Speaker 2: All right, burse Samuel twenty six, Do.
Speaker 3: I have any Do I have any other notes over
Speaker 3: here for this chapter?
Speaker 2: Let me just make sure. Nope, and I don't have
Speaker 2: anything for twenty six? Nope.
Speaker 1: Cool, Now I got my other notes over here for
Speaker 1: twenty six, perven, I don't need that phone anymore. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go over the intro. David again spares Saul first.
Speaker 1: Samuel twenty six reveals David steadfast faith in God's timing
Speaker 1: and authority, despite being relentlessly pursued by Saul. David shows
Speaker 1: an extraordinary example of mercy, respect, and honor towards God's
Speaker 1: anointed king. His actions underline the belief that vengeance belongs
Speaker 1: to God alone, and it is not our place to
Speaker 1: supersede his judgment. David's story in this chapter encourages us
Speaker 1: to display integrity even in the face of injustice, trusting
Speaker 1: that God sees and will right every wrong in his
Speaker 1: perfect timing. Excuse me, yes, make sure that we yes,
Speaker 1: so trusting in God to see the well right every wrong,
Speaker 1: and it's perfect time in awesome. So let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and go to Let's go ahead and go to first
Speaker 1: Samuel twenty six, Verse one, David spear saw a second time.
Speaker 1: Now the Zip fights came to Saul and Gibbea, saying,
Speaker 1: is David not hiding in the hill of Heklau opposite Jesshamon.
Speaker 1: Then saw arose and went down to the wilderness of Zip,
Speaker 1: having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him to
Speaker 1: seek David in the wilderness of Zip.
Speaker 2: So you see, al Saul kind of.
Speaker 1: Said that you're gonna be king and kind of gave
Speaker 1: him all this mercy and stuff and all that in
Speaker 1: verse twenty four or in chapter twenty four. Well, you
Speaker 1: see already in chapter twenty six that Saul forgets, you know,
Speaker 1: that discerning spirit is over him again, or not discerning spirit,
Speaker 1: but that spirit is over him again, and he's right
Speaker 1: back at trying to get David right. He says, in
Speaker 1: Saul encamped in the hill of Hekelau, which is opposite
Speaker 1: of Jesshamon by the road. But David stayed in the wilderness,
Speaker 1: and he saw well, and he saw that Saul came
Speaker 1: after him in the wilderness. David therefore sent out spies
Speaker 1: and understood that Saul had indeed come. Okay, so the
Speaker 1: zeph fyights kind of snitched on on David right. So
Speaker 1: so David so on first Amuel twenty six, first five,
Speaker 1: first five, it says, so David arose and came to
Speaker 1: the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the
Speaker 1: place where Saul lay, and after the son of Ner,
Speaker 1: the commander of his army, now saw lay within the
Speaker 1: camp and the people encamped all around him. Then David
Speaker 1: answered and said to a Himmelech the Hittite, and Abershaw,
Speaker 1: the son of Zora, brother of Joe ab saying, who
Speaker 1: will go down with me to Saul in the in
Speaker 1: the camp. And Apshai said, I will go down with you.
Speaker 1: So David and Apshai came to the people by night,
Speaker 1: and there saw they sleeping within the camp. With his
Speaker 1: spears stuck to the ground by his head, and the
Speaker 1: people lay around him. Then Abishai said to David, God
Speaker 1: has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now, therefore,
Speaker 1: please let me strike him and once with a spear
Speaker 1: right to the earth, and I will not have to
Speaker 1: strike him a second time. So he wants to take
Speaker 1: the spear and put it straight through his heart.
Speaker 2: And let's see what David does.
Speaker 1: But David said to Abishai, do not destroy him, for
Speaker 1: who can stretch out his hand against the Lord's anointed
Speaker 1: and be guiltless. And David said, furthermore, as the Lord lives,
Speaker 1: the Lord shall strike him, and his day shall come
Speaker 1: to die. He shall go out to battle and perish.
Speaker 1: So he is prophesying about him right there. It says
Speaker 1: that he shall go out.
Speaker 2: To battle and perish. We'll see what happens later.
Speaker 1: But uh, let's go ahead and check out what my
Speaker 1: notes say. Says David had the perfect opportunity to kill Saul,
Speaker 1: who was sleeping in this camp, but he.
Speaker 2: Chose to spare him.
Speaker 1: But David said to Abashide, do not destroy him, for
Speaker 1: he cannot lift a hand against the Lord's annoyed and guiltless.
Speaker 1: This demonstrates David's respect for God's anointed and his trust
Speaker 1: in God's timing. This is the other portion that I
Speaker 1: was talking about in my other notes. Let's continue in
Speaker 1: First Samuel twenty six, verse eleven. The Lord forbid that
Speaker 1: I should stretch out my hand against the Lord's annoyed
Speaker 1: But please take now the spear and the jug of
Speaker 1: water that are by his head, and let us go.
Speaker 1: So David took the spear and the jug of water
Speaker 1: by Saul's head, and they got away, and no man
Speaker 1: saw or knew it or awoke, for they were asleep
Speaker 1: because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen on them.
Speaker 2: So it looks like God was keeping them asleep and
Speaker 2: keeping David safe. Okay, so.
Speaker 1: I think that David was also receiving a word from
Speaker 1: the Lord right there when he says, as the Lord lives,
Speaker 1: the Lord shall strike him. I'm sorry, okay, sorry, my
Speaker 1: sister just texted me something that I was reading real quick.
Speaker 2: Okay, let's continue.
Speaker 1: I apologized that was a text message and then expect
Speaker 1: to receive. But so, what I think happened is I
Speaker 1: think the Lord was actually speaking through David. Here it says,
Speaker 1: as the Lord lives, the Lord shall strike him on
Speaker 1: his day shall come to die, and he sh she
Speaker 1: shall go out to battle in Paris. The Lord forbid
Speaker 1: that I should stretch out my hand, So I think
Speaker 1: God was telling him not to kill him at that moment,
Speaker 1: and and and.
Speaker 2: Take this spear.
Speaker 1: And then so the Lord put him in a deep sleep, right,
Speaker 1: So I think that's Uh.
Speaker 2: Let me make sure my phone is on silent, because
Speaker 2: I don't want that anymore.
Speaker 1: It's very hard to uh, it's very hard when you
Speaker 1: get interrupted during a show.
Speaker 2: So let's go ahead, and let's.
Speaker 1: Also take a look at So we stopped there. They
Speaker 1: had fallen, so we stopped then verse thirteen.
Speaker 2: So I'll go and highlight that. So respect for authority.
Speaker 1: David's action shows a deep respect for the authority God
Speaker 1: has established, even when his authority is flawed. He acknowledges
Speaker 1: Saul as the Lord's anointed and refrains from taking matters
Speaker 1: into his own hands. Okay, we kind of see that there,
Speaker 1: So let's go in and continue and see what happens.
Speaker 1: So first Samuel twenty six, verse thirteen. Now David went
Speaker 1: over to the other side and stood on the top
Speaker 1: of the hill afar off a great distance between them,
Speaker 1: and David called out to the people to Abner, the
Speaker 1: son of Nurse, saying do you not answer Abner? And
Speaker 1: Abner answered and saying who are you calling out by
Speaker 1: the king? Calling out to the king. So David said
Speaker 1: to Abner, are you not a man? And who is
Speaker 1: like you in Israel?
Speaker 2: Would?
Speaker 1: Why then have you not guarded your lord the king?
Speaker 1: For one of the people came in to destroy your king,
Speaker 1: Your lord the king. This thing that you have done
Speaker 1: is not good, as the Lord lives. You deserve to
Speaker 1: die because you have not guarded your master, the Lord's anointed.
Speaker 1: And now see where the king's spear is, and the
Speaker 1: jug of water was by his head. Then saw new
Speaker 1: David's voice and said, is that your voice, my son David?
Speaker 1: David said, it is my voice, O Lord, my lord,
Speaker 1: O King. And he said, why does my lord thus
Speaker 1: pursue his servant for that I have not done? For
Speaker 1: what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?
Speaker 2: Now?
Speaker 1: Therefore, please let my lord the King hear the words
Speaker 1: of his servant. If the Lord has stirred up you
Speaker 1: against me, let him accept an offering. But if it
Speaker 1: is his children of but if it is the children
Speaker 1: of men. May they be cursed before the Lord, for
Speaker 1: they have driven me out this day from sharing in
Speaker 1: the inheritance of the Lord, saying, go serve other gods.
Speaker 1: So now do not let my blood fall to the
Speaker 1: earth before the face of the Lord. For the King
Speaker 1: of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as
Speaker 1: when one hunts a partridge in the mountains. Then Saul said,
Speaker 1: I have sinned, returned my son, David, for I will
Speaker 1: harm you no more because my life was precious in
Speaker 1: your eyes this day. Indeed, I have played the fool
Speaker 1: and aerd exceedingly. So you see his Saul once again,
Speaker 1: you know, trying to tell him, hey, just come on, David,
Speaker 1: come on down, let's be friends again. Right, So it's
Speaker 1: kind of interesting. Let's see what David says. And David answered, saying,
Speaker 1: here's the King's spear. Let one of the young men
Speaker 1: come over and get it. May the Lord repay every
Speaker 1: man for his righteousness and his faithfulness. For the Lord
Speaker 1: delivered you into my hand today, but I would not
Speaker 1: stretch out my hand against the Lord's anointed. And indeed,
Speaker 1: as your life was vault much this day in my eyes,
Speaker 1: So let my life be valued. Sorry, as your life
Speaker 1: was valued much in this day in my eyes. So
Speaker 1: let my life be valued much in the eyes of
Speaker 1: my Lord, of the Lord, and let him deliver me
Speaker 1: out of all tribulation.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: So then Saul said to David, may you be blessed,
Speaker 1: my son, David, you shall both do great things and
Speaker 1: also still prevail. So David went on his way and
Speaker 1: Saul returned to his place. So you see that David
Speaker 1: once again did not say, Okay, Saul, sounds good man.
Speaker 2: We're good now. Yeah, let's go ahead and shake hands.
Speaker 1: All right, brother, let's go come on, guys, my six
Speaker 1: hundred men, come on down.
Speaker 2: We're good guys. No, no, no, no, no no.
Speaker 1: It says that David went on his way and Saul
Speaker 1: returned to his place. So the beef is obviously not over.
Speaker 1: But let's go ahead and check out moral integrity, okay.
Speaker 1: So in my notes it says David's integrity is highlighted
Speaker 1: as he chooses to do what is right in God's
Speaker 1: eyes rather than what is expedient or self serving. David's
Speaker 1: decision to spare Saul's reflects his faith that God will
Speaker 1: deal justly with Saul.
Speaker 2: In his own time.
Speaker 1: The Lord will we pay every man for his righteousness
Speaker 1: and faithfulness. For the Lord delivered you into my hand today.
Speaker 1: But I will not stretch out my hand against you
Speaker 1: the Lord's anointed. So faith in God's justice. Faith in
Speaker 1: God's justice is a central theme throughout the Bible. Let's
Speaker 1: kind of look a little deeper into that. We are
Speaker 1: done with the chapter, so we'll go ahead and go
Speaker 1: into some notes here before we go. And we are
Speaker 1: kind of flying through Samuel. Okay, we're already on twenty six.
Speaker 1: What do we have left all the way to? Like
Speaker 1: what thirty two thirty one?
Speaker 2: Perfect? Awesome? All right, So let's go ahead and check out.
Speaker 1: Faith in God's justice a central theme throughout the Bible,
Speaker 1: reflecting the belief that God is inherently just and righteous
Speaker 1: in all his ways. The faith is rooted in the
Speaker 1: understanding that God's justice is perfect and transcending human comprehension
Speaker 1: and ensuring the righteousness ultimately veils. And we kind of
Speaker 1: already talked about a few of these, like Deuteronomy thirty
Speaker 1: two four we talked about earlier. Let's see what it
Speaker 1: says in the Psalms frequently echoed the sentiment portraying God
Speaker 1: as righteous judge who upholds justice for the oppressed. In
Speaker 1: Psalms nine, verse seven and eight, it says, but the
Speaker 1: Lord abides forever. He has established his throne for judgment.
Speaker 1: He judges the world with justice, He governs the people with.
Speaker 2: Equality. Okay, it says equity. Sorry.
Speaker 1: Here the Psalmist expresses confidence in God's eternal reign and
Speaker 1: his commandment as equitable judge. Mackay six's eight.
Speaker 2: We kind of went over this a little bit earlier.
Speaker 1: So in summary, faith in God's justice is a foundational
Speaker 1: aspect of the biblical narrative. Afirm me that God is
Speaker 1: righteous and just in all his ways. The faith caused
Speaker 1: believers to trust in his ultimate judgment and to reflect
Speaker 1: his justice in his.
Speaker 2: Own life in their own lives. So all right.
Speaker 1: And also, David had respect for authority. David's actually shows
Speaker 1: a deep respect for the authority of God is established.
Speaker 1: When his authority is flawed, he acknowledges saw as the
Speaker 1: Lord's anoyed it and refrains for taking the matters into
Speaker 1: his own hands. All right, perfect, all right, So we're
Speaker 1: done with chapter twenty six. Let's go ahead and check
Speaker 1: out some practical applications that you can use in your
Speaker 1: own life. Choosing forgiveness over revenge. Like David, we are
Speaker 1: all called to forgive those who wrong us and leave
Speaker 1: justice in God's hands. Next, respecting authority. Even when we
Speaker 1: disagree with those in authority, we should respect the positions
Speaker 1: they hold and trust God's work through them. And then
Speaker 1: another one would be trusting God's timing.
Speaker 2: We should have faith that God will bring about.
Speaker 1: Justice in his perfect timing rather than taking matters into
Speaker 1: your own hands.
Speaker 2: And the next one would be maintain integrity.
Speaker 1: Uphold integrity by doing what is right even when it
Speaker 1: is difficult or when no one is watching.
Speaker 2: That is such a main theme that we should live
Speaker 2: in our life because.
Speaker 1: Even though you feel like nobody's watching, someone is watching.
Speaker 1: God is watching, right, So when no one is around,
Speaker 1: like I'm talking about physically, like no person is around
Speaker 1: and your integrity is tested, God is watching. Okay, when
Speaker 1: you see money hanging out of someone's wallet, or you
Speaker 1: see money on the counter that's not yours.
Speaker 2: Or you see you know, an easy steal.
Speaker 1: Or you're at work and you're like, oh, you know what,
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna leave fifteen minutes early. No one will
Speaker 1: know you know all that stuff. Man, you just got
Speaker 1: to keep integrity. Okay, those are just little examples, but
Speaker 1: there's thousands of examples of integrity.
Speaker 2: And also.
Speaker 1: When you're gonna send you know, like okay, when you're
Speaker 1: nobody's around, you're by yourself, like, hey, you know what
Speaker 1: perfect timing no one's around. You know, I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: smoke a cigarette, or I'm gonna go do some dip,
Speaker 1: or I'm gonna go drink a beer. You know, my
Speaker 1: wife's not around or whatever. Whatever it is. You know
Speaker 1: that that that causes you to do that, and and
Speaker 1: maybe she doesn't agree with you doing it, you know, Uh,
Speaker 1: just maintain integrity even when no one is watching. That
Speaker 1: is so important. And that's something that I need to
Speaker 1: do and everybody on this earth needs to do, right,
Speaker 1: is maintain integrity even when no one is watching. Some
Speaker 1: people will have plenty of integrity when people are around,
Speaker 1: because they want to be boastful or they want people
Speaker 1: to say, hey, that person's so holy or look how
Speaker 1: good he is or whatever. But when no one's around,
Speaker 1: that's the time when it really counts. Right. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go check out some additional scriptures that connect we have.
Speaker 2: Matthew five point forty four is one that comes to mind.
Speaker 1: Uh, it's it's we already kind of went over earlier.
Speaker 1: But I tell you love your enemies and pray for
Speaker 1: those who persecute you. And then Proverbs twenty verse twenty two,
Speaker 1: do not say I will avenge this evil.
Speaker 2: Wait on the Lord. He will deliver you.
Speaker 1: So those we kind of already went over earlier, so perfect,
Speaker 1: we can just go on to First Samuel twenty seven now, okay,
Speaker 1: and then let me just switch to First Samuel twenty
Speaker 1: seven on the screen, all right, So yeah, probably next
Speaker 1: week we might end up finishing Samuel. We'll do what
Speaker 1: twenty eight, twenty nine, thirty and thirty one next week, Yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll probably end up finishing it, all right, So let's
Speaker 1: go over the intro for Samuel twenty seven. It's David
Speaker 1: and the Philistines. Despite finding himself in a precarious situation,
Speaker 1: David exhibits immense courage and strategic acumen. In First Samuel
Speaker 1: twenty seven. He demonstrates that God's guide can help navigate
Speaker 1: the most challenging of circumstances. The faith and the strength
Speaker 1: he shows are a testament to trust in God's larger plan.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and go into First Samuel twenty seven.
Speaker 1: It says David allied with the Philistines. And David said
Speaker 1: in his heart, this is a First Samuel twenty seven,
Speaker 1: verse one. And David said in his heart, Now shall
Speaker 1: I perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is
Speaker 1: nothing better for me than I should speedily escape to
Speaker 1: the land of the Philistines.
Speaker 2: And Saul will.
Speaker 1: Despair of me to seek me, anyone to seek me
Speaker 1: anymore in any part of Israel, so I shall escape
Speaker 1: out of his hand. Then David arose and went over
Speaker 1: with six hundred men who were with him to assh
Speaker 1: the son of Macau, the king of Gath. So David
Speaker 1: dwelt with Akish in Gath, he and his men, each
Speaker 1: man with his household, and David with his two wives,
Speaker 1: any whom the Jesuits, and Abaga of the Kramelites, the
Speaker 1: Juralites sorry, and n Abigail of the Kramelites, the Ball's widow.
Speaker 1: And now was told Saul that David had fled the gas.
Speaker 2: So he sought him no more. So we see that
Speaker 2: in so let's go to my.
Speaker 1: Notes, we'll cook David's fear and decision. But David thought
Speaker 1: to himself, once these days I will be destroyed by
Speaker 1: the hand of Saul.
Speaker 2: The best thing I could do was to escape to
Speaker 2: the land of the Philistines.
Speaker 1: David's decision was driven by fear for Saul, despite God's
Speaker 1: previous deliverance and promises. So kind of David started, he left.
Speaker 1: He left in fear, knowing that God's promise was that
Speaker 1: Saul would be delivered in battle and killed. Right. David
Speaker 1: even said that, So that's kind of crazy. So let's
Speaker 1: see what it says here. David, the second King of
Speaker 1: Israel and central theme of the Old Testament, is renewed
Speaker 1: for his faith, leadership, complex character in his life.
Speaker 2: But he had a fear of Saul.
Speaker 1: One of the most significant periods of fear in David's
Speaker 1: life occurred during his flight from King Saul, and the
Speaker 1: first King of Israel became increasingly jealous of David's success popularity,
Speaker 1: perceiving him as a threat to his throne, which you've
Speaker 1: already gone over. This jealousy turned into relent, this pursuit
Speaker 1: of In First Samuel twenty one through twenty seven, David's
Speaker 1: fear of Saul is palable as he becomes a fugitive,
Speaker 1: constantly on the move to evade Samuel's attempt for his life.
Speaker 1: And we kind of have already gone through a lot
Speaker 1: of all this, so I'm not going to go over
Speaker 1: all the stuff from Samuel for Samuel fifteen and all
Speaker 1: this other stuff, but I'll go ahead and just do
Speaker 1: a conclusion here. David's life, marked by fear and critical decisions,
Speaker 1: serves as a testament to the complexities of human emotion
Speaker 1: and the importance of faith. His experience reminds believers of.
Speaker 2: The necessity to seek God's.
Speaker 1: To seek God's guidance, and to act in integrity even
Speaker 1: in the face of fear. So let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: continue reading for Samuel twenty seven, verse five. Then David
Speaker 1: said to Is, she's now that I if I have
Speaker 1: found favor in your eyes, let them give me a
Speaker 1: place in some town in the country that I might
Speaker 1: dwell there. But why should your servant dwell in the
Speaker 1: royal city with you? So he's gave Ziglag that day,
Speaker 1: gave him Ziglag that day, zig Lag that day. Therefore
Speaker 1: Ziglag has belonged to the Kings of Judah to this day. Now,
Speaker 1: the time that David dwelt in the country of the
Speaker 1: Philistines was one full year and four months.
Speaker 2: Wow, that's very interesting. So David got some.
Speaker 1: Some time, you know, he has two wives. Now maybe
Speaker 1: he's like like kind of settling in a little bit.
Speaker 1: He still knows he's going to be king is it
Speaker 1: was promised to him the throne. But let's see what
Speaker 1: happens here living among the Philistines. Okay, so then let's
Speaker 1: go continue on my notes real quick. It says David
Speaker 1: saw refuged with Akish king OF's Gath, and has given
Speaker 1: the town of Ziglag. This move provided temporary safety, but
Speaker 1: also placed David in a morally complex situation living among
Speaker 1: idolatrs and enemies of Israel. Yeah, that's what I'm kind
Speaker 1: of surprised about. Man. David kind of maybe made a
Speaker 1: rash decision there. For Samuel twenty seven, verse eight, and
Speaker 1: David and his men went up and raided the Gershites,
Speaker 1: the Geerzites, and the Amalekites, for those nations were the
Speaker 1: inhabitants of the land of Old, and as for as
Speaker 1: you go to sure, even as far as the land
Speaker 1: of Egypt. Wherever David attacked the land, he left neither
Speaker 1: man nor women alive, but took away the sheep, the oxen, donkeys,
Speaker 1: and camels in the apparel, and returned and came to Akish.
Speaker 1: Then Akish would say, where have you made a raid today?
Speaker 1: And David would say, against the southern area of Judah,
Speaker 1: or against the southern area of the Gerremalites, or against
Speaker 1: the southern area of the Kennites.
Speaker 2: David would save.
Speaker 1: Neither man nor woman alive to bring news to Gath,
Speaker 1: saying lest they should inform us, saying, thus David did,
Speaker 1: and thus his behavior of all the time he dwelt
Speaker 1: in the country of the Philistines. So see a kiss,
Speaker 1: believe David saying he has made his people of Israel
Speaker 1: utterly abhor him.
Speaker 2: Therefore he will be my servant forever.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 2: It's kind of crazy.
Speaker 1: So let's check out what it says, because this is
Speaker 1: already the end of the chapter. This is a really
Speaker 1: quick chapter, so we'll see what. Yeah, this is really
Speaker 1: really short, so we'll see what it says. In my notes.
Speaker 1: So Deception and Survival, David deceived a Kish about his raids,
Speaker 1: claiming he attacked Israelite territories when he actually targeted other groups.
Speaker 1: This deception highlights the ethical dilemmas David base while living
Speaker 1: in enemy territory. Wow, so yeah, we see that going on.
Speaker 1: And also so Acus thought David would be his servant forever,
Speaker 1: you know, and then God's sovereignty. Despite David's fear driven decision,
Speaker 1: God continued to protect and guide him. This chapter reminds
Speaker 1: us that God's plans are not thwarted by our missteps.
Speaker 1: So yeah, this chapter was very short, and it was
Speaker 1: only maybe three paragraphs, you know.
Speaker 2: But yeah, all right, well we'll.
Speaker 1: See how fast these other chapters are. We'll get through
Speaker 1: them pretty quick. I have another twenty minutes. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and go over a couple of practical applications trusting
Speaker 1: God's promises. When fear threatens to overwhelm us, we must
Speaker 1: remember God's faithfulness and promises, choosing faith over fear. So
Speaker 1: obviously David did not choose faith over fear. He had
Speaker 1: two wives. It looks like he was trying to get
Speaker 1: away from Saul, and he kind of wanted to maybe
Speaker 1: live the good life for a little bit, and he
Speaker 1: had his six hundred men. Looks like he was raiding cities,
Speaker 1: but he was killing men, women, children, taking camels and
Speaker 1: all this stuff. Right, it would say that he attacked
Speaker 1: the land. He left neither man nor woman alive, so
Speaker 1: he is rating cities with these men. Seek God the
Speaker 1: counsel before making significant decisions, especially in times of distress.
Speaker 1: Seek guidance from God. And why is godly counsel? Integrity
Speaker 1: and different situations, Even in challenging circumstances, strive to maintain
Speaker 1: integrity and honesty. Trusting God to provide a way and
Speaker 1: then recognize God's sovereignty is another one. I acknowledge that
Speaker 1: God is in control even when our circumstances seem dire
Speaker 1: or our decisions are flawed. All right, So let's see
Speaker 1: if there's any connecting scriptures here. Obviously Proverbs three, verses
Speaker 1: five through six. Lean not on your own understanding, and
Speaker 1: all your ways acknowledge him. Psalms fifty six, verses three
Speaker 1: through four. When I am afraid, I put my trust
Speaker 1: in You, in God whose word I praise. In God
Speaker 1: I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man
Speaker 1: do to me? This is David speaking in the Psalms. Right, Well,
Speaker 1: he should have took his own advice. Uh well, this
Speaker 1: is probably written after this though, But you know how
Speaker 1: it is. Man Sometimes, like I said, you start living
Speaker 1: in the flesh and not in the spirit, and that's
Speaker 1: what happens Romans eight twenty eight. And we know that
Speaker 1: God works all things all together for the good of
Speaker 1: those who love Him and who are called according to
Speaker 1: His purpose.
Speaker 2: All right, cool, so let's go ahead, and oh, I
Speaker 2: didn't want to do that. Let's go to.
Speaker 1: First Samuel twenty eight. I think we'll end here because
Speaker 1: I'm gonna even if I have to end a little
Speaker 1: bit early, I don't want to.
Speaker 2: Go too far into.
Speaker 1: Let's see how long this is. Ah, this is a
Speaker 1: little bit longer. And I know about this chapter, so
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and check this out. I think we'll
Speaker 1: end in twenty eight for sure, because I remember. I
Speaker 1: remember this chapter very well. This chapter serves as a
Speaker 1: stark reminder of the repercussions of disobedience and the desperation.
Speaker 1: This is going to be a First Samuel twenty eight introduction.
Speaker 1: This chapter serves as a stark reminder the repercussions of
Speaker 1: disobedience and the desperation that can follow when once is
Speaker 1: a strained from God's guidance. It encourages us to remain faithful,
Speaker 1: seeking the Lord's counsel in times of uncertainty, rather than
Speaker 1: turning to forbidden and unreliable sources. Though in dire times
Speaker 1: we may feel abandoned, our faith should remain steadfast in
Speaker 1: God's divine plan. So before we start, I'm gonna have
Speaker 1: to look up some stuff real quick because I want
Speaker 1: to divination in the Bible. Exodus twenty two, verse eighteen.
Speaker 1: That's the part I want to look up. Exodus twenty two,
Speaker 1: verse eighteen.
Speaker 2: Let's check it out.
Speaker 1: You shall not permit a sorceress to live. Whoever lies
Speaker 1: with an animal shall surely be put to death. He
Speaker 1: sacrifices any good except the Lord, he shall be utterly destroyed.
Speaker 1: You shall not tolerate sorceress Biblical Hebrew Leviticus nineteen twenty six.
Speaker 1: You shall not eat anything with its blood. You shall
Speaker 1: not practice divination or soothsaying. So we got Exodus twenty eight,
Speaker 1: and also we got Leviticus nineteen, verse twenty six. Dealing
Speaker 1: with sorcerers or sorceress is what it says. Sorry, not sorcerers,
Speaker 1: it says sorceress, which are female witches, right, and look
Speaker 1: what Saal does here in first chapter, first Samuel, twenty eight.
Speaker 2: So all right, let's check it out. Consults a medium.
Speaker 1: Now what happened This is first same of twenty eight,
Speaker 1: verse one. Now what happened in those days that the
Speaker 1: Philistines gathered their enemies together for war to fight with Israel.
Speaker 1: And Akeith said to David, you will surely know that
Speaker 1: you will go out with me to battle you and
Speaker 1: your men. And David said to us, she surely you
Speaker 1: know that your servant can what your servant can do.
Speaker 1: And as she said to David, therefore I will make
Speaker 1: you one of my chief guardians forever. All right, So
Speaker 1: that whole portion there, it's interesting that he says that
Speaker 1: to David. But let's see what Saul's doing over here.
Speaker 1: Saul consults a medium. Now Samuel had died, and all
Speaker 1: Israel had laminated for him and buried him in Rama,
Speaker 1: in his own city, and Saul had put the mediums
Speaker 1: and the spiritualists out of the land. Then the Philistines
Speaker 1: gathered together and came and encamped and shoon him. So
Speaker 1: Saul gathered all Israel together.
Speaker 2: And then encamped in Gilboa.
Speaker 1: So what we need to know here is Saul kicked out,
Speaker 1: you know, all the mediums and the spirit is out
Speaker 1: of the land. Okay, I think he would have them
Speaker 1: killed actually if they were if they ended up coming
Speaker 1: back to the land, because Samuel was, you know, wanted
Speaker 1: people to follow the law right and he knew that
Speaker 1: the Lord was didn't want any spiritists or any witches
Speaker 1: or any mediums or spiritists in the land.
Speaker 2: So let's check out what verse five says.
Speaker 1: When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was
Speaker 1: afraid and his heart trembled greatly. And when Saul inquired
Speaker 1: to the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either
Speaker 1: by dreams, nor by erim or by the prophets.
Speaker 2: So now we have Saul.
Speaker 1: Regretting everything, you know, probably just like, oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: I'm trying to ask for the word of the Lord.
Speaker 1: I got the Philistines. Here, where's my answer? You know,
Speaker 1: where's Samuel when I need him? Basically, because whenever he
Speaker 1: had Samuel talked to God, he always got at least
Speaker 1: word I mean, if it's negative or bad news or
Speaker 1: good news, a least he had worked from the Lord.
Speaker 2: That as not answering him though.
Speaker 4: All right, So let's see what Saul does, since the
Speaker 4: Lord is not answering him.
Speaker 1: Actually, let me see what my notes say. It says
Speaker 1: Saul's dis desperation. When Saul saw the Philissine's army, he
Speaker 1: was afraid and trembled. Saul's fear leads to him seek
Speaker 1: guidance from God, but he receives no answer, which we
Speaker 1: already talked about.
Speaker 2: But let's see what Saul does.
Speaker 1: In First Samuel twenty eight, verse seven, then Saul said
Speaker 1: to his servants, find me a woman who is a medium,
Speaker 1: that I may go to her and inquire to her.
Speaker 2: And as servants said to him, in fact, there is.
Speaker 1: A woman who is a medium in Endoor. So Saul
Speaker 1: disguised himself and put on other clothes.
Speaker 2: Excuse me.
Speaker 1: He went and two men with him, and they ca
Speaker 1: to the women by night, and he said, please conduct
Speaker 1: a seance for me, and bring up for me the
Speaker 1: one I shall name to you. So these are I'll
Speaker 1: stop there. These are forbidden practices. Despite having expelled mediums
Speaker 1: and spirituals from the land, Saul seeks out a medium
Speaker 1: demonstrated as a disobedience and lack of faith. So Saul
Speaker 1: disguised himself and put on other clothes and went out
Speaker 1: with two men.
Speaker 2: What are the forbidden practices?
Speaker 1: Let's check that out real quick before we get into
Speaker 1: what Paul Saul does.
Speaker 2: Here.
Speaker 1: In the Bible, forbidden practices are those actions and behaviors
Speaker 1: that are expressed expressively prohibited by God.
Speaker 2: Prohibited by God.
Speaker 1: These prohibitions are given Maine to maintain holiness, purity, and
Speaker 1: obedience among God's people. The Bible outlines various practices that
Speaker 1: are considered abominable and detestable in the sight of God,
Speaker 1: and these are often associated with pagan rituals, idolatry, and
Speaker 1: moral corruption.
Speaker 2: One of the most frequently condemned practices in the.
Speaker 1: Bible is idology, the worship of false gods or images.
Speaker 1: The First Commandment explicitly states you shall have no other
Speaker 1: gods before me. Idology is seen as a direct affront
Speaker 1: to the sovereignty and uniqueness of the One True God.
Speaker 1: The Israelites were repeatedly warned against adopting the idolatrous practices
Speaker 1: of surrounding nations Deuteronomy twelve Versus twenty nine through thirty
Speaker 1: one occult practices. The Bible strictly forbids any form of
Speaker 1: occult practices, including divination, sorcery, and witchcraft. Deuteronomy eighteen, verses
Speaker 1: ten through twelve states, let no one found among you
Speaker 1: are who sacrifices his son or daughters, and the fires
Speaker 1: and practices divination or contrary interprets, omens, practice sorcery, cast spells,
Speaker 1: consults of medium or spiritists, or inquirers of the dead.
Speaker 1: Whoever does these things detestable to the Lord. Such practices
Speaker 1: are seen as attempts to gain forbiddance, knowledge, or gain
Speaker 1: power apart from God. See what's going on there. Another
Speaker 1: one is sexual immorality. Sexual morality is another category of
Speaker 1: forbidden practices. The Bible provides clear guidance for sexual conduct,
Speaker 1: emphasizing the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman,
Speaker 1: and Leviticus eighteen outlines the various prohibited sexual relations, including adultery, incest,
Speaker 1: and homosexuality. The New Testament reaffirms these prohibitions, urging believers
Speaker 1: to flee from sexual immorality one Corinthian six, verse eighteen.
Speaker 1: Child sacrifice is another one. The practice of child sacrifice,
Speaker 1: particularly to the god Moloch, is explicitly condemned in the scripture.
Speaker 1: Leviticus eighteen verse twenty one, you shall not give any
Speaker 1: of your children to be sacrificed to Moloch. Or you
Speaker 1: must not profane the name of your Lord. I am
Speaker 1: the Lord, the name of your God, I am the Lord.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: Such practices were prevalent among the Canaanites and were strictly
Speaker 1: forbidden for the Israelites, but some of the Israelites did
Speaker 1: do it. I should say that there, but it doesn't
Speaker 1: dishonest practices. The Bible also addresses dishonest practices such as theft, lying, cheating,
Speaker 1: and the eighth commandment, you shall not steal, underscores the
Speaker 1: importance of integrity and honesty. Proverbs eleven one states dishonest
Speaker 1: skills are an abomination to the Lord, but an accurate
Speaker 1: weight is his delight. That's basically stating that some people
Speaker 1: when they would weigh like a you know, like an
Speaker 1: info or whatever it's called the info or whatever, when
Speaker 1: they were dealing with selling of grains and food, then
Speaker 1: they would kind of mess the scales up to try
Speaker 1: to make more money. So it says that dishonest skills
Speaker 1: are not are abomination to the Lord, but an accurate
Speaker 1: weight is his delight. Right. Drunkenness and gluttony is another one.
Speaker 1: Drunkenness and gluttony are warned against as behaviors that lead
Speaker 1: to moral decay and spiritual insensitivity. Apheesians five eighteen invides
Speaker 1: us do not get drunk on wine, which leads to
Speaker 1: reckless indiscretion. Instead be filled with the spirit. The Bible
Speaker 1: encourages moderation and self control as virtues.
Speaker 2: That honor God. Conclusion, the Bible prohibit.
Speaker 1: Prohibitions against these practices are rooted in the desire for
Speaker 1: God's people to live lives that reflect His holiness and righteousness.
Speaker 1: By avoiding these forbidden practices, believers are called to demonstrate
Speaker 1: their commitment to God's covenant and to live in the
Speaker 1: matter that is.
Speaker 2: Pleasing to him.
Speaker 1: I would just want to go over all those things,
Speaker 1: because all those are abomination, not only what Saul's doing
Speaker 1: right here, but those other things that I mentioned. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and go back to first Samuel twenty eight,
Speaker 1: verse nine. Then the woman said to him, look, you
Speaker 1: know that sal what Saul has done. He has cut
Speaker 1: off the mediums and the.
Speaker 2: Spirit is from the land. When then do you.
Speaker 1: Lay a snare for my life? It caused me to
Speaker 1: die and Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying,
Speaker 1: as the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you
Speaker 1: for this thing. Then the woman said, whom shall I
Speaker 1: bring up? And he said, bring up Samuel for me.
Speaker 1: When the woman and saw Samuel, she cried out with
Speaker 1: a loud voice. And the woman spoke to Samuel saying,
Speaker 1: why have you just seed before you were Saul?
Speaker 2: So she was surprised to see Samuel.
Speaker 1: Now, what I think normally happens with these spirituists or
Speaker 1: these divination these people that do this is they have
Speaker 1: a demon come and kind of act like the people
Speaker 1: that you're calling up, you know, like, Hey, I want
Speaker 1: to call up my Aunt Margaret. You know, I want
Speaker 1: to I want to talk to Aunt Margaret. You know,
Speaker 1: I've she's been dead for a couple of years. And
Speaker 1: you know, the people they sit around a table and
Speaker 1: they you know, you see it on movies. I've never ever,
Speaker 1: obviously done this ever in my life. I've never done
Speaker 1: any of that stuff. But and then a demon will
Speaker 1: act like Aunt Margaret, you know, and kind of know
Speaker 1: certain things that that that that only that Aunt Margaret
Speaker 1: would know. H But this is kind of what's going
Speaker 1: on here. And the crazy thing is, see Samuel at
Speaker 1: the time, where would he be? So Samuel would not
Speaker 1: be in heaven yet, right, he would be in Abraham's bosom.
Speaker 1: If you look at Luke sixteen versus like Luke sixteen,
Speaker 1: I think it's like one through seventeen.
Speaker 2: Read it.
Speaker 1: It's about the story of Lazareth and the rich Man
Speaker 1: and Lazarus. Okay, so Jesus is telling the story about
Speaker 1: the rich man dying and Lazareth dying, and Lazareth is
Speaker 1: in Abraham's bosom in Paradise and there's a big chasm
Speaker 1: between him and on the other side is shield. So
Speaker 1: you have this is all located in the earth, I believe,
Speaker 1: and this is what biblical cosmology is about. I kind
Speaker 1: of went over this on the Cult of Conspiracy before.
Speaker 2: But what you have is you.
Speaker 1: Have the rich Man can see Abraham and he says, Father, Abraham,
Speaker 1: will you please send Lazareth over here to put a
Speaker 1: drip of water on my tongue. The whole point to
Speaker 1: what I'm saying is that Samuel was not in heaven yet,
Speaker 1: because no one's in heaven yet. Only God the Father
Speaker 1: and Jesus was in heaven, and the Holy spirit. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody was in heaven before Jesus died
Speaker 1: on the cross. Okay, no one was in heaven before
Speaker 1: Jesus died on the cross. So when when Jesus died
Speaker 1: on the cross, he descended into the earth, the lower
Speaker 1: parts of the earth that.
Speaker 2: Peaces four Versus Peasans four verses.
Speaker 1: Verse eight talks about before he ascended to heaven. He
Speaker 1: descended first into the earth. Right, So the there was
Speaker 1: prophets of old Abraham, you know, these different prophets and
Speaker 1: people that that walk with God, that were righteous in faith,
Speaker 1: that I believe were in Abraham's bosom, Uh, not in shield,
Speaker 1: but in Abraham's bosom that Jesus came and got and
Speaker 1: brought to heaven. And then also it says that the
Speaker 1: when Jesus died on the cross, and the in Matthew
Speaker 1: it says that when he had a great earthquake happened,
Speaker 1: and the spirits of the other prophets they were walking
Speaker 1: around seeing and many people saw them. The old prophets
Speaker 1: of old came back to life out of the grave.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's interesting. But anyways, all I want to
Speaker 1: say is she was probably very surprised to actually see Samuel.
Speaker 1: It says the woman saw Samuel. She cried out and
Speaker 1: spoke to Saul, why are you deceiving me? And the
Speaker 1: king said to her, do not be afraid. What did you see?
Speaker 1: And the woman said to Saul, I saw a spirit
Speaker 1: as sending out of the earth. This is what I'm
Speaker 1: talking about. And she said to her, what is his form?
Speaker 1: And he said, an old man is coming up, and
Speaker 1: he has covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that
Speaker 1: it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to
Speaker 1: the ground and bowed down. Now, Samuel said to Saul,
Speaker 1: why are you disturbing me by bringing me up?
Speaker 2: Wow?
Speaker 1: So where was he located? Well, it says that he
Speaker 1: was located in the earth. That's what it says, coming
Speaker 1: out of the earth. Okay, why are you disturbing me
Speaker 1: by bringing me up? Because he was down in the earth.
Speaker 1: This is really interesting, guys, And I think you guys
Speaker 1: should understand in biblical cosmology. When I went over it
Speaker 1: on the show, Heaven is up, Sheil or Hell is
Speaker 1: down in the earth. And he's not coming out of Hell.
Speaker 1: He's coming out of Abraham's bosom. Now, Samuel said to Saul,
Speaker 1: why have you disturbed me bringing me up? And Saul answered,
Speaker 1: I am deeply distressed, for the Philistines make war against me,
Speaker 1: and God has departed from me and does not answer
Speaker 1: me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I
Speaker 1: have called you that you may reveal to me what
Speaker 1: should I do. Then, Samuel said, so why do you
Speaker 1: ask me? Seeing the Lord has departed from you and
Speaker 1: has become your enemy. And the Lord has done for himself.
Speaker 1: He has spoken by me, For the Lord has torn
Speaker 1: the kingdom out of your hand and given it to
Speaker 1: your neighbor David, because you did not obey the voice
Speaker 1: of the Lord nor execute his fierce wrath upon Amelek.
Speaker 1: Therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day. Moreover,
Speaker 1: the Lord has also delivered Israel with you into the
Speaker 1: hand of the Philistines. That tomorrow you and your sons
Speaker 1: will be with me. The Lord will also deliver the
Speaker 1: army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
Speaker 2: Wow.
Speaker 1: Okay, so this is really interesting because a lot of
Speaker 1: people try to.
Speaker 2: Say, well, we don't know if that was really Samuel.
Speaker 1: They came up or one of like you know some
Speaker 1: people that will be more liberal about this, But I'm
Speaker 1: seeing what I'm seeing. I take the Bible for what
Speaker 1: it is. What I'm seeing is I'm seeing Samuel being
Speaker 1: in the earth in Abraham's bosom in Paradise. On the
Speaker 1: other side is a big chasm. That's where Sheila is located,
Speaker 1: exact thing described by Jesus, our Lord and Savior in
Speaker 1: Luke chapter sixteen. So we have Samuel being in the earth,
Speaker 1: you know, in Paradise doing what I don't know.
Speaker 2: I have no idea what he's doing.
Speaker 1: But it says that the lady when she said, bring
Speaker 1: up he says, bring up Samuel for me. That's what
Speaker 1: Saul says, because he knows as well. He knows biblical cosmology,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, So does David. David knows
Speaker 1: as well. Saul says. When the woman saw Samuel, she
Speaker 1: cried out with a loud voice and said, why have
Speaker 1: you deceived me?
Speaker 2: For you, Saul? And then the king said to her,
Speaker 2: do not be afraid. What do you see? I saw
Speaker 2: a spirit ascending out of the earth.
Speaker 1: Okay, did this spirit ascend from heaven and come down?
Speaker 2: No? No, no, no no.
Speaker 1: She saw Samuel ascending out of the earth. Very interesting, guys,
Speaker 1: that what's going on here. This is the type of
Speaker 1: thing that I like to go over when I'm going on, like,
Speaker 1: we're his shield located because we have this, we have
Speaker 1: science teachers teaching you that there's just a core of
Speaker 1: the earth and there's a core spinning as well, and
Speaker 1: it's just magma and that's all it is. And there's
Speaker 1: no Hell, there's no shield. Well where's hell located? Well,
Speaker 1: it's in another dimension. Okay, what's the dimension in Hebrew?
Speaker 2: I don't know. So we just got to understand what's
Speaker 2: going on here.
Speaker 1: I take this literal and exactly the way it's talked,
Speaker 1: and I think it's Uh. I think it's really interesting
Speaker 1: what's going on here? Because he's speaking to Samuel. This
Speaker 1: is Samuel speaking. This is not a demon. A demon
Speaker 1: would never tell Saul this. A demon would be like, hey.
Speaker 2: Saul, everything's gonna be all right, don't worry.
Speaker 1: Uh, just continue talking to mediums and they'll help you
Speaker 1: and guide you. Instead of a demon would have said,
Speaker 1: you know what, probably don't speak to the Lord anymore.
Speaker 1: Speak to mediums because obviously you're gonna get the right answer.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you what to do, and you know
Speaker 1: and what you see as Samuel saying, you know what,
Speaker 1: they're gonna deliver you into the hands the Philistines, and
Speaker 1: tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Does
Speaker 1: that mean that that Saul is gonna be going to
Speaker 1: Paradise or is he gonna be going to Shield?
Speaker 2: And we don't know.
Speaker 1: Because you and your sons will be with me, doesn't
Speaker 1: mean that, Okay, you're gonna be with me in Paradise.
Speaker 1: On the paradise side, because he could end up being
Speaker 1: maybe his son Jonathan would end up being with with
Speaker 1: Samuel in Paradise and the soul might be in Abraham's
Speaker 1: are in a in Shield, or he would still be
Speaker 1: able to speak. It looks like because you could see
Speaker 1: in Luke sixteen, they're able to speak, and they got
Speaker 1: all five senses speak. He wants water, he's able to drink,
Speaker 1: he's able to smell, he's able to to hear. You know,
Speaker 1: he's got the five senses while he's in hell. So
Speaker 1: oor sheel, so let's continue. Immediately. Saw fell full length
Speaker 1: to the ground, and he was dreadfully afraid because of
Speaker 1: the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him,
Speaker 1: for he had eaten no food all day or all night.
Speaker 1: And the women came to Saul and saw that he
Speaker 1: was severely troubled, and said to him, Look, your maid
Speaker 1: servant has obeyed your voice, and I have put my
Speaker 1: life in your hands and heeded the words which you.
Speaker 2: Spoke to me.
Speaker 1: Therefore, please heat also the voice of your maid servant,
Speaker 1: and let me set a piece of bread before you
Speaker 1: and eat. You may have strength to go on your way.
Speaker 1: But it refuse and said I will not eat. So
Speaker 1: his servants, together with the women, urged him, and he
Speaker 1: heeded their voice. Then he arose from the ground and
Speaker 1: sat on the bed. Now the women had a fat
Speaker 1: and calf in the house, and she hastened to kill it,
Speaker 1: and she took flour and kneaded it and baked and
Speaker 1: livid bread from it. So he brought So she brought
Speaker 1: it before Saul and his servants, and they ate, and
Speaker 1: they rose and went away that night. That's the end
Speaker 1: of chapter twenty eight. Wow, so we know what his
Speaker 1: faith is the next day, right, he's gonna end up
Speaker 1: getting killed.
Speaker 2: But let's see what the appearance of Saul.
Speaker 1: The medium is surprised when Samuel appears, indicating that this
Speaker 1: was not a typical occurrence. Samuel's message to Saul is
Speaker 1: one in judgment, confirming that the Lord has turned against him.
Speaker 1: Let me just see what it says here in my notes.
Speaker 1: The appearance of Samuel is recorded in the Bible is
Speaker 1: a significant event that occurs in First Samuel twenty eight.
Speaker 2: This events take.
Speaker 1: Place during the reign of King Saul, which we already know,
Speaker 1: and it highlights the spiritual and moral decline of Saul
Speaker 1: as he seeks guidance outside of God's will.
Speaker 2: It's huge what he did.
Speaker 1: He went, that's he didn't even wait on the Lord,
Speaker 1: he just went straight to this medium. And wow, that's
Speaker 1: just total disrespect. King Saul, facing the threat of the
Speaker 1: Philistine army, is desperate for guidance. The prophet Samuel, who
Speaker 1: had annoyeded Saul as king, has died, and Saul finds
Speaker 1: himself without divine counsel and his desperation, Saul seeks out
Speaker 1: a medium and Indoor, despite having previously expelled all mediums
Speaker 1: and spiritualists out of the land according with God's law.
Speaker 1: In One Samuel twenty eight, verse three, the encounter at Indoor,
Speaker 1: Saul disguised himself and visits the medium which you already
Speaker 1: know about. We read about Samuel's message. The spirit of
Speaker 1: Samuel peers and questions, Saul, why have you disturbed me
Speaker 1: by bringing me up. Saul explains his dire situation, expressing
Speaker 1: that God has turned away from him no longer answers
Speaker 1: him through prophets or dreams. Samuel's response is a rediation
Speaker 1: of God's judgment against Saul as is disobedient, particularly as
Speaker 1: failure to destroy completely destroy the Amalekites. In On Samuel fifteen,
Speaker 1: Samuel declared to the Lord was torn the kingdom of
Speaker 1: Saul and given it to David, the son of Jesse,
Speaker 1: for the prophesies that Israel will be defeated by the Philistines.
Speaker 1: What's the theological implications of this? The appearance of Samuel
Speaker 1: raised a significant theological question about the afterlife and the
Speaker 1: nature of communication with the dead. The Bible constantly condemns
Speaker 1: necromancy and consulting of the dead in Deuteronomy eighteen, verses
Speaker 1: ten through twelve, and this event underscores the gravity of
Speaker 1: Saul's sin and seeking guidance forbidden means. It serves as
Speaker 1: a stark reminder of the consequences of disobedience and the
Speaker 1: imhortance of seeking God's will through legitimate channels. The moral
Speaker 1: and spiritual lessons Saul encounters with the spirit of Samuel
Speaker 1: illustrates the tragic end of a king who started with
Speaker 1: a great promise but fell due to pride and disobedience.
Speaker 1: It highlights the fullity futility of seeking guidance apart from
Speaker 1: God and inevitable judgment that follows persistent rebellion. This event
Speaker 1: serves as a cautionary tale for believers and remain faithful
Speaker 1: to God's commands to seek his guidance through prayer, scripture,
Speaker 1: and counsel.
Speaker 2: Of godly leaders.
Speaker 1: In the ancient Near Eastern context, necromancy and consultant of
Speaker 1: the dead were come and practices among pagan cultures. Israel
Speaker 1: called to be distinct adhering to God's laws and avoiding
Speaker 1: such practices. Saul's actions reflected to departure from his illustrating
Speaker 1: the synchronism syncretism that often plagued Israel throughout its history.
Speaker 1: Departure from his distinctiveness, I didn't see that part. Illustrating
Speaker 1: this synchronism that often plagued Israel. Through his throughout history conclusion.
Speaker 1: The appearance of Samuel is a pivotal moment in the
Speaker 1: narrative Sal's kingship, making the final confirmation of his downfall.
Speaker 1: It serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of
Speaker 1: dis of obedience to God and the dangers of turning
Speaker 1: to forbidden practices for guidance.
Speaker 2: Okay, I just wanted to get that out you guys.
Speaker 2: That's very important for us to know.
Speaker 1: Don't go speak to mediums or psychics or anything like that.
Speaker 2: It's not of God at all in any way. And
Speaker 2: don't go try to contact the dead.
Speaker 1: All you're gonna do is end up speaking to a demon,
Speaker 1: all right, And this is really it does bring up
Speaker 1: questions about how it is in the afterlife, but there's
Speaker 1: certain things that that kind of point towards what was
Speaker 1: going on.
Speaker 2: Before Jesus's death, before Jesus died on the cross, before
Speaker 2: Nebu was allowed in heaven.
Speaker 1: So it just gets really really interesting, guys when you
Speaker 1: kind of think about it and dig deep. I know
Speaker 1: you guys have probably heard my Biblical cosmology episode. Definitely
Speaker 1: would say to check that thing out. But yeah, we're
Speaker 1: done with Chapter twenty eight. Let's go ahead and go
Speaker 1: into some practical applications. Seek God first in times of trouble.
Speaker 1: Prioritize seeking God's guidance through prayer and scripture rather than
Speaker 1: turning to worldly solutions. Obedience matters. Reflect on areas of
Speaker 1: your life where you may be compromising God's commands and
Speaker 1: seek to realign with his will. Avoid forbidden practices. Recognize
Speaker 1: the dangers of engaging in practices that God has forbidden,
Speaker 1: such as consulting mediums or engaging in the cold activities.
Speaker 1: Trust in God's timing. Understand that God's silence is an absence.
Speaker 1: Trust is not and absence. Trust in his timing, and continued
Speaker 1: to seek.
Speaker 2: Oops, excellent, drop my ring, it's my wedding ring. I
Speaker 2: can't drop that.
Speaker 1: Understand that God's silence is not absence, Trust in his timing,
Speaker 1: and continue to seek him faithfully. All right, and let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and check about just check on some connecting scriptures,
Speaker 1: which are we have Deuteronomy eighteen, verses ten through twelve.
Speaker 2: Let no one be found among you.
Speaker 1: I've already talked about this first Isaiah eight, verse nineteen,
Speaker 1: when men tell you to consult the spirits of the
Speaker 1: dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter. Should not
Speaker 1: people consult their God James one five. If any of
Speaker 1: you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously
Speaker 1: to all without.
Speaker 2: Finding fault, it will be given to him. Okay.
Speaker 1: So not only do you have the Old Testament saying
Speaker 1: warning against that, we also have the New Testament wrening
Speaker 1: against that.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: And there's also lots of warnings against witchcraft and sorcery
Speaker 1: and pharma keia in the New Testament. So what an
Speaker 1: awesome couple chapters there. It looks like we're gonna have
Speaker 1: what twenty eight, twenty nine, thirty one. We'll probably get
Speaker 1: the Second Samuel if we only have those next week.
Speaker 1: So one year anniversary, Happy one year anniversary.
Speaker 2: All glory to God.
Speaker 1: What a blessing to be able to present go through
Speaker 1: a so much different knowledge for you guys through the Bible.
Speaker 1: Praise God for that. But like we always do, let's
Speaker 1: end this in prayer. So, Father God, in the name
Speaker 1: of Jesus, thank you so much for everything you do
Speaker 1: for us. I pray that we have discernment and that
Speaker 1: we seek wisdom in the correct way by seeking it
Speaker 1: through You. I pray that anybody that's listening that ever
Speaker 1: thought about going to a psychic or a medium or
Speaker 1: anything like that. Lord, if you please could assist everybody
Speaker 1: just come to you only supernaturally stop them from even
Speaker 1: thinking thoughts like that. Don't allow the devil to creep in.
Speaker 1: Sometimes we do pray and maybe we're waiting on an answer,
Speaker 1: and then some people they just get impatient and they
Speaker 1: want to go different routes in different ways and speak
Speaker 1: to the dead and necromancy and speak to ir spirits
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. So Lord, I just asked that
Speaker 1: you help anybody that's going through any witchcraft, anybody that's
Speaker 1: praying against our podcast, praying against this Bible study. Lord,
Speaker 1: I asked that you rebuke them in the name of Jesus.
Speaker 1: I know there's probably some.
Speaker 2: People that maybe are doing that.
Speaker 1: You know, there might be some witches that might hear this,
Speaker 1: or sorcerers or anything like that of the sort. They
Speaker 1: might be listening to this podcast and not like the
Speaker 1: fact that I talked about, you know, and verse Samuel
Speaker 1: twenty eight. They might not like that, you know, but
Speaker 1: you know, it is what it is, you know, And
Speaker 1: all the verses that I was speaking about.
Speaker 2: That rebuke, that kind of action.
Speaker 1: They might not like it, but Lord, I just asked
Speaker 1: that you flick them off like little bugs, because I
Speaker 1: know that these little demons that try to come and attack, Lord,
Speaker 1: they're nothing to you. So Lord, just flick them off
Speaker 1: like little bugs, like they deserve. And I just want
Speaker 1: to say, Lord, I appreciate everything you do for me,
Speaker 1: everything you do for everybody that listens to this show.
Speaker 1: Thank you for one year of Sunday service. Lord, and
Speaker 1: I just want to ask that you give us another
Speaker 1: year of Sunday service.
Speaker 2: Allow us to finish the Bible at least.
Speaker 1: Lord, allow us to finish the Bible at least. And
Speaker 1: I would love to continue, but I just want to
Speaker 1: ask that you at least, Lord, that's the goal. Finish
Speaker 1: the Bible all the way through from Genesis to Revelation.
Speaker 1: And Lord, please allow me to do my very best
Speaker 1: to teach the word. I appreciate everything you do for me, Lord,
Speaker 1: and everything you do for everyone that's listening. I love
Speaker 1: you in Jesus' name. Amen, thank you guys for listening. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so happy and excited. I just want to thank could
Speaker 1: the Conspiracy Podcast for one year of Sunday Service. And
Speaker 1: also I want to thank God for one year of
Speaker 1: Sunday Service. And I want to thank all of you
Speaker 1: because this show would be nothing without everybody that's listening. Okay,
Speaker 1: so please give me a comment below if you want
Speaker 1: to say congratulations on fifty two weeks or one year
Speaker 1: of Sunday Service. I definitely appreciate it. This is episode
Speaker 1: fifty two and this is the end of it. Thank
Speaker 1: you everybody for tuning in.
Speaker 2: God bless you.