Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode fifty six.
Speaker 1: I'm your host, Josh Monday. If you know me, I'm
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Speaker 1: So all right, so let's go ahead and pull up
Speaker 1: these notes real quick. And I have a debate coming up.
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Speaker 1: it's going to be interesting. It's October tenth. If I
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Speaker 1: shout it out, but I think it's a I don't
Speaker 1: know who. I know who, This guy Mac is gonna
Speaker 1: be the He's gonna be the moderator. I know that,
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Speaker 1: on or what's going on with it so far. I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be on this YouTube channel. I think
Speaker 1: it's Yuba. I think it is, but I'll shout it
Speaker 1: out maybe next show. I'll make sure I have all
Speaker 1: those ducks in a row before I before I fully
Speaker 1: announce it. Let's see Second Samuel twelve. Okay, perfect, all right,
Speaker 1: let's do this. Let me go ahead and pull it
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Speaker 1: not as clear though. All right, let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: do this. So we're gonna start at Second Samuel twelve,
Speaker 1: and before we do that, we're going to go out
Speaker 1: and do an intro. So Second Samuel twelve is a
Speaker 1: testament to the biblical principle that even though God is
Speaker 1: merciful and forgive sin, actions still have consequences. However, admitst
Speaker 1: the shadow of David's sin, we also see God's grace
Speaker 1: in the birth of Solomon, reminding us the hope and
Speaker 1: redemption are always possible. Okay, so let me just go
Speaker 1: ahead and pull this up here and second Samuel twelve,
Speaker 1: verse one. Then the Lord sent Nathan to David, and
Speaker 1: he came to him and said to him. There were
Speaker 1: two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.
Speaker 1: The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds, but
Speaker 1: the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb,
Speaker 1: which he had brought and nourished, which he had bought
Speaker 1: and nourished, and it grew up together with him and
Speaker 1: with his children. It ate on his own food, and
Speaker 1: drank from his own cup, and lay in his bosom,
Speaker 1: and it was like a daughter to him. And a
Speaker 1: traveler came to the rich man, who refused to take
Speaker 1: his own flock and from his own herd, to prepare
Speaker 1: one of the wayfaring men who had come to him.
Speaker 1: He had took the poor man's lamb and prepared it
Speaker 1: for the man who had come to him. Hi, So
Speaker 1: David's anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he
Speaker 1: said Nathan, as the Lord lives, the man who has
Speaker 1: done this shall surely die, and he shall restore fourfold
Speaker 1: for the Lamb. Because he did this thing, and because
Speaker 1: he had no pity then David. Then Nathan said to David,
Speaker 1: you are the man. Thus says the Lord of Israel.
Speaker 1: I annointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you
Speaker 1: from the hand of Saul. I gave you your master's
Speaker 1: house and your master's wives into your keeping, and gave
Speaker 1: you the house of Israel and Judah. And if it
Speaker 1: had been too little, I also would have given you
Speaker 1: much more. Why have you despised the commandment of the
Speaker 1: Lord to do evil in his sight? You have killed
Speaker 1: Uriah the hit Tight with the sword. You have taken
Speaker 1: his wife to be your wife, and you have killed
Speaker 1: him with the sword of the people of Ammin. Now,
Speaker 1: therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because
Speaker 1: you have despised me and have taken the wife of
Speaker 1: Uriah the hit Tite to be your wife. That says
Speaker 1: the Lord. Behold, I will raise up adversity against you
Speaker 1: from your own house, and I will take your wives
Speaker 1: before your eyes and give them to your neighbor. And
Speaker 1: he shall lie with your wives in the sight of
Speaker 1: the sun and the sight of this son. For you
Speaker 1: did it, for you did it secretly. But I do
Speaker 1: this thing before all Israel, before the sun. Okay, let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and pause there. So I got a couple
Speaker 1: of notes here for what was going on here. Oh,
Speaker 1: you know, we can end this portion. You might as well. Okay.
Speaker 1: So it says in verse thirteen we have Second Samuel twelve,
Speaker 1: verse thirteen. So David said to Nathan, I have sinned
Speaker 1: against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, the Lord
Speaker 1: has also put away your sin. You shall not die, however,
Speaker 1: because by this deed you have given great occasion to you,
Speaker 1: to the enemies of the Lord to blasphemy. The child also,
Speaker 1: who is born to you, shall surely die. Then Nathan
Speaker 1: departed to his house. Oh that's so sad. So the
Speaker 1: role of the prophet. Nathan courageously confronts David with the
Speaker 1: parable This is in my notes, okay, illustrated the power
Speaker 1: of storytelling and revealing truth. So what is the role
Speaker 1: of a prophet? I mean, I think that's very important
Speaker 1: for us to know. All right, it would be nice
Speaker 1: if this thing would work, right, Hold on, really quick.
Speaker 2: Let me do something, all right, I am trying to
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Speaker 2: clicking on it. Okay, let me just reset that. Sorry, guys,
Speaker 2: this should work. There we go.
Speaker 1: What is the role of a prophet and the Biblical narrative.
Speaker 1: The role of the prophet is a significant and multifaceted one,
Speaker 1: serving as a divine messenger, a covenant enforcer, and a
Speaker 1: spiritual leader among the people of God. Prophets are called
Speaker 1: by God to deliver his messages, often addressing the spiritual
Speaker 1: and moral state of the nation of Israel and at
Speaker 1: times other nations.
Speaker 3: Their messages frequently include calls to repentance, warnings of judgment,
Speaker 3: and promises of future hope and restoration. The primary role
Speaker 3: of the prophet is to act as a spokesman for God.
Speaker 3: And the reason why I'm bringing this up, guys, is
Speaker 3: because Nathan is a prophet and he just came to
Speaker 3: David and he said these things, right, so, okay. So
Speaker 3: prophets receive divine revelations and communicate them to the people.
Speaker 3: This is evident in calling for the prophets such as Moses,
Speaker 3: who was instructed by God to speak to Pharaoh and.
Speaker 1: Lead the Israelites out of Egypt Exodus three to ten. Similarly,
Speaker 1: the prophet Jeremiah has told you must go to everyone
Speaker 1: I send to you and say whatever I command you, Okay.
Speaker 1: So the prophet's authority is derived from their divine commission,
Speaker 1: and their words are considered the words of God himself. Okay.
Speaker 1: So the representatives for God. Right. So let's uh, just
Speaker 1: a little bit, that's a little dark, perfect all right.
Speaker 1: And as spiritual leaders, the prophets are also spiritual leaders
Speaker 1: who guide the people and understanding of God's will and character.
Speaker 1: They provide insight into God's plans and purposes, often revealing
Speaker 1: future events the purposes, often revealing future future events. The
Speaker 1: prophet Daniel, for instance, we seize visions concerning the future
Speaker 1: of Israel and the coming of God's Kingdom of Daniel
Speaker 1: seven twelve seven through twelve. Prophets like Samuel also play
Speaker 1: a role in anointing and advertising advising kings, as seen
Speaker 1: in the interactions with Saul and David. So they also
Speaker 1: are covenant enforcers. Profits serve as covenant enforcers between God
Speaker 1: and his people, and then we have their intercessors. In
Speaker 1: addition to delivering messages. Profits often act as intercessors, praying
Speaker 1: on behalf of the people, and then social critics. Profits
Speaker 1: are known for their role as social critics, addressing issues
Speaker 1: of justice, righteousness, and ethnic conduct, and their bearers of hope.
Speaker 1: Why while prophets often deliver messages of judgment, they also
Speaker 1: convey hope and promise. They speak of God's enduring love
Speaker 1: and faithfulness restraining the people in some waray. The role
Speaker 1: of a prophet in the Bible is complex and vital,
Speaker 1: encompassing the duties of a divine messenger, covenant enforcer, spiritual leader, intercessor,
Speaker 1: social critic, and bearer of hope. Through their ministry, profits
Speaker 1: reveal God's character, will and purposes goide in his people
Speaker 1: towards faithfulness and righteousness. I just want to explain that
Speaker 1: to you guys, so you guys know the role of
Speaker 1: a prophet. David's reaction, David's initial anger at the injustice
Speaker 1: and Nathan's story highlights how he can be blind to
Speaker 1: your how you could be blind to your own sins
Speaker 1: while easily recognizing other's faults. So for that one, I
Speaker 1: would definitely pull up. I think it's Matthew seven Verse one.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and pull that up real quick. Okay,
Speaker 1: So I think this is a great verse to go
Speaker 1: with that Matthew seven Verse one. Here we go. Judge,
Speaker 1: not that you beat, judge, not that you be not judged.
Speaker 1: For what judgment you judge, you will be judged. And
Speaker 1: with the measure you use, it'll be measured back to you.
Speaker 1: And why do you look at the speck in your
Speaker 1: brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your
Speaker 1: own eye? How can you say to your brother, let
Speaker 1: me remove the speck from your eye, and look, a
Speaker 1: plank is in your own eye, hypocrite, First remove the
Speaker 1: plank from your own eye, and then you will see
Speaker 1: clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Do
Speaker 1: not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast
Speaker 1: your pearls before swine, unless you trample them under your
Speaker 1: feet and turn and tear you to pieces. Okay, The
Speaker 1: main part right there is do not judge. So this
Speaker 1: is why it's easily recognized of your own faults. Right,
Speaker 1: So you can be blind of your own sins by
Speaker 1: easily recognizing other's faults. The reason why I brought that
Speaker 1: up is because you have a plank, which is all
Speaker 1: the sins in your own eye while you're seeing the
Speaker 1: little sin that's in your brother's eye, right, and you
Speaker 1: haven't even corrected the plank in your own eye, and
Speaker 1: you're judging the little or the little speck in your
Speaker 1: brother's eye, right. So yeah, that's a really good I
Speaker 1: think it's a good verse to kind of connect to that.
Speaker 1: So David's reaction there was initial anger at the injustice,
Speaker 1: and then Nathan had to kind of show him, hey,
Speaker 1: this is actually you, and that must have made David
Speaker 1: feel pretty crazy. So God's judgment in mercy. Nathan declares
Speaker 1: God's judgment on David, yet also reveals God's mercy by
Speaker 1: sparing David's life. So he's not going to kill David, right,
Speaker 1: but he is. Actually he says that the child who
Speaker 1: she's pregnant with, who was also who is born to you,
Speaker 1: shall surely die, which is that's sad, you know. I
Speaker 1: mean they had the child in sin, you know. So
Speaker 1: this is just part of a God's judgment and mercy.
Speaker 1: So let's see what it says here. The concept of
Speaker 1: God's judgment is a central theme throughout the Bible, beginning
Speaker 1: this is in my notes. Obviously, Old Testament God's judgment
Speaker 1: is often portrayed as a response to human sin and disobedience. Okay,
Speaker 1: the prophets frequently warned Israel and other nations of impeding
Speaker 1: judgment due to idolatry and injustice. For instance, the prophet
Speaker 1: Isaiah declares for the Lord of the Host will have
Speaker 1: a day of reckoning against everyone who is proud and lofty. Similarly,
Speaker 1: the Book of Amos emphasizes God's judgment on Israel for
Speaker 1: social injustice and religious hypocrisy, which is Amos five twenty
Speaker 1: one through twenty four. And we might think that God's
Speaker 1: judgment here is harsh, but think about it. David is
Speaker 1: speaking to God. He's able to speak God. He knows
Speaker 1: God is real one hundred percent. Okay, it's not like
Speaker 1: us where where we haven't seen God, but we still believe.
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying David ever saw God. But well,
Speaker 1: what I will tell you is David put the e
Speaker 1: thought on. Okay, a couple chapters back, he put the
Speaker 1: e thought on and he spoke to God. Right, and
Speaker 1: he seems like he has this conversation with God. He's
Speaker 1: able to talk to God. He knows that God is real,
Speaker 1: so for him to go and sin against God like
Speaker 1: this in the way that he did well, he murdered
Speaker 1: Uriah sent him out to the battlefield and he and
Speaker 1: he did it in the way he did it was
Speaker 1: really it was dirty the way he did him right,
Speaker 1: and a lot of deceit lying. And you know, we
Speaker 1: kind of saw exactly what's going on in the last
Speaker 1: in chapter eleven, so we might think that this is harsh,
Speaker 1: but I mean, we got to understand. David is in
Speaker 1: a position because God put him in this position, and
Speaker 1: David used his kingship that God gave him for him
Speaker 1: to commit this evil sin where he took this other
Speaker 1: man's wife, which is adultery, and then also had the
Speaker 1: guy killed and did him dirty. The guy came back,
Speaker 1: he was trying to have him sleep with his wife.
Speaker 1: He went sleep with him because he's chilling at the
Speaker 1: king's quarters trying to protect the king. The king's not
Speaker 1: knowing what to do. David right didn't know what to do,
Speaker 1: and then he ends up having him killed because he's
Speaker 1: lust enough to this woman. He got her pregnant and
Speaker 1: he knew it was gonna be a giant uproar because
Speaker 1: the king did this so to hide his sin. What
Speaker 1: did he do? He just had your riot put on
Speaker 1: the battlefield, had him killed. And then you know, he
Speaker 1: ended up taking Bathsheba as his wife. And since he
Speaker 1: knew she was pregnant, since he took her as wife,
Speaker 1: nobody would be able to say anything, right, like, oh,
Speaker 1: well he took her as wife, so obviously that's why
Speaker 1: she's pregnant. You know. So if people did the math though,
Speaker 1: they'd be like, oh, hey, that's crazy. It seems like
Speaker 1: that happened right around when Aryah died. But anyways, so yes, right,
Speaker 1: so anything else I want to go Yeah. Ultimate expressions
Speaker 1: of interplay between judgment and mercy is found in the
Speaker 1: Cross of Christ. Through jesus sacrificial death, God's judgment against
Speaker 1: sin is satisfied, and as mercy is extended to who place,
Speaker 1: to all who place their faith in him. Okay, so
Speaker 1: that's all I kind of wanted to go over for
Speaker 1: that portion. And then when we went through ten through
Speaker 1: fourteen The Consequences of Sin. Despite forgiveness, David faces severe consequences,
Speaker 1: remind us that sin often carries lasting repercussions. Second Samuel twelve,
Speaker 1: Verses ten through fourteen, The Consequences of Sin The concept
Speaker 1: of sin and its consequence is a central theme throughout
Speaker 1: the Bible, reflecting the moral and spiritual order established by God. Sin,
Speaker 1: defined as any action, thought, or attitude that falls short
Speaker 1: of God's holiness and commands, has profound implications for individuals, communities,
Speaker 1: and the world at large. What does sin do? It
Speaker 1: separates you from God. Right, So, one of the most
Speaker 1: significant consequences of sin is the separation it causes between
Speaker 1: humanity and God. You see that in the Garden of
Speaker 1: Eden in Genesis three twenty three through twenty four. Also,
Speaker 1: Isaiah states, but your iniquities have built barriers between you
Speaker 1: and your God, and your sins have hidden his face
Speaker 1: from you so that he will not hear. The separation
Speaker 1: underscores the spiritual death that sin brings, alienating individuals from
Speaker 1: the source of life and holiness. I'm only telling you
Speaker 1: this because during the time that David was doing all
Speaker 1: these these little actions that he was doing, he was
Speaker 1: separated from God. He was, you know, you see him
Speaker 1: like in the past chapters, David was very humble, and
Speaker 1: he would go to the Lord and he would ask
Speaker 1: the Lord before he actually acted, and he was going
Speaker 1: to God before he would make a move, and it
Speaker 1: was a few times you start kind of seeing him
Speaker 1: kind of slide back though from doing that. And you know,
Speaker 1: like when he had his six hundred men and he
Speaker 1: was going to go kill he was going to go
Speaker 1: kill that. I remember the guy's name, Absalom, something like that.
Speaker 1: I don't really want to bring that up because I
Speaker 1: don't remember the whole entire story. I don't really want
Speaker 1: to go to it. But you see that throughout the
Speaker 1: Second Samuel and first Samuel, David what he was doing. Dude,
Speaker 1: he would go to the Lord first, and then he
Speaker 1: would act. He even went as far as putting on
Speaker 1: the epod and going to the Lord. Then the Lord
Speaker 1: would answer him, and then he okay, now I want
Speaker 1: to make this move. Yes you need to go attack. Okay,
Speaker 1: they'll go to attack, right. But you see before he
Speaker 1: what did he do. He's supposed to be with his men,
Speaker 1: He ended up going, you know, to his room looking
Speaker 1: out seeing her Bathsheba. And then you know that that
Speaker 1: was the the sin obviously that happened that separated him
Speaker 1: from God originally. And as he's doing all these little
Speaker 1: deceitful things, thinking that God doesn't know, I don't know
Speaker 1: why he doesn't doesn't know that, but thinking, get God
Speaker 1: doesn't know, and you know, obviously we know that God
Speaker 1: obviously sees everything. So yeah, so we have.
Speaker 2: So the consequences of sin.
Speaker 1: Okay, perfect, So we went over that, and then one
Speaker 1: more thing I will go over I kind of read
Speaker 1: that portion, and then I have some notes on all
Speaker 1: of it. So David's genuine repentance is a model for
Speaker 1: us showing that God desires a contrite heart. Tewod Samuel twelve,
Speaker 1: verse thirteen, where David says, I have sinned against the Lord.
Speaker 1: So that is him, that is him confessing that he
Speaker 1: sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, the
Speaker 1: Lord has also put away your sin. You shall not die.
Speaker 1: So since he confessed and he repented, what happened. Nathan said,
Speaker 1: the Lord has put away your sin, and you shall
Speaker 1: not die. However, because this deed, you have given great
Speaker 1: occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blasphemy. The
Speaker 1: child is also who was born to you shall surely die.
Speaker 1: All right. So now we're going to be in second
Speaker 1: Samuel twelve, and we're going to be in verse it
Speaker 1: looks like verse fifteen will pick up and then we'll
Speaker 1: continue reading from there, so let's uh all right. So
Speaker 1: it says then Nathan departed to his house the death
Speaker 1: of David's son, and the Lord struck the child that
Speaker 1: Euriah's wife bore to David, and it became ill. David
Speaker 1: therefore pleaded with God for the child. And David fasted
Speaker 1: and went in and lay all night on the ground.
Speaker 1: So the elders of his house arose and went to
Speaker 1: him to raise him up from the ground, but he
Speaker 1: would not. But he would not nor did he eat
Speaker 1: food with them. Then on the seventh day it came
Speaker 1: to pass that the child died, and the servants of
Speaker 1: David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead,
Speaker 1: For they said, indeed, while the child was alive, we
Speaker 1: spoke to him, and he would not heed our voice.
Speaker 1: How can we tell him that the child is dead.
Speaker 1: He may do some harm. So they were kind of
Speaker 1: afraid that David was going to try to kill them,
Speaker 1: you know, if they were the ones that were breaking
Speaker 1: the bad news to him. So despite so it says here,
Speaker 1: despite David's fasting in prayer, the child becomes ill and
Speaker 1: dies on the seventh day. This event underscores the seriousness
Speaker 1: of David's sin and the fulfillment of David's or Nathan's prophecy,
Speaker 1: and let's go ahead and continue. When David saw that
Speaker 1: his servants were whispering, David perceived that the child was dead. Therefore,
Speaker 1: David said to the servants, is the child dead? And
Speaker 1: they said, he is dead. See, they can't lie to
Speaker 1: the king that they'll definitely die, so they have to
Speaker 1: say it once. He asked that they have to say it.
Speaker 1: So after the child's death, David seizes his mourning worships
Speaker 1: the Lord. Yep, we're going to see that now. So
Speaker 1: so David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself,
Speaker 1: and changed his clothes, and he went into the house
Speaker 1: of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his
Speaker 1: own house, and when he requested, they set food before
Speaker 1: him and he ate. Then his servant said to him,
Speaker 1: what is this that you have done. You fasted and
Speaker 1: wept for the child while he was alive, but when
Speaker 1: he child died, you arose and ate food. And he said,
Speaker 1: while the child was alive, I fasted and wept for
Speaker 1: I said, who can tell whether the Lord will be
Speaker 1: gracious to me that the child may live, but now
Speaker 1: he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring
Speaker 1: him back again? I shall go to him, but he
Speaker 1: shall not return to me. So also, David knows that
Speaker 1: the child is going to be I would think that
Speaker 1: David would know that the child would be with the
Speaker 1: Lord or in heaven. I don't know what David believed
Speaker 1: about the afterlife or what he knew, but it seems like,
Speaker 1: can I bring him back again? No, I shall go
Speaker 1: to him. Oh, okay, So he does know about the
Speaker 1: afterlife because it says here I shall go to him,
Speaker 1: but he shall not return to me. Okay, So he's
Speaker 1: going to go to him after he dies. He's going
Speaker 1: to be able to see him in heaven. I think
Speaker 1: I believe that he believes that, so I can kind
Speaker 1: of look a little further into that. David's response to
Speaker 1: the death of his child born from his unborn union
Speaker 1: with Bathsheba as a profound moment in biblical history that
Speaker 1: reveals how much his character faith and understanding of God's sovereignty.
Speaker 1: This event is recorded at Second Samuel twelve, verses fifteen
Speaker 1: through twenty three, which we just read through. Following the
Speaker 1: prophet Nathan's conversation with David over his sin with Bathsheba
Speaker 1: and the murder of his of her husband Uriah. The
Speaker 1: narrative begins with David's grievous sin. We already talked about that,
Speaker 1: David's initial response fasting in prayer, the child's death, and
Speaker 1: then David's action following the child's death. That's the part
Speaker 1: I want to read. Reveals a profound acceptance of God's
Speaker 1: will when questioning. When questioned by his servants, David explains,
Speaker 1: while the child was alive, I faceted and webt for
Speaker 1: I said, who knows? The Lord may be gracious to
Speaker 1: me and let the child live. But now that he
Speaker 1: is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him
Speaker 1: back again? I will go to him, but he will
Speaker 1: not return to me. This response highlights David's understanding of death,
Speaker 1: a life, and the afterlife, as well as his trust
Speaker 1: in God's ultimate plan. So that's what I was saying.
Speaker 1: I could tell that David knows about the afterlife because
Speaker 1: he says, I shall go to him, and at this time,
Speaker 1: you know where would he go if David died at
Speaker 1: that very moment. Let's say the child died and then
Speaker 1: David died the next day, where would David go at
Speaker 1: this time, Well, it's explained in Luke sixteen where Jesus
Speaker 1: talks about Abraham's bosom. So that's where he would go,
Speaker 1: and that's it would be paradise on one's the other
Speaker 1: side would be shield and there's a big chasm in
Speaker 1: between them, and that's where David would go. And would
Speaker 1: he be able to see his son. Well, here's the
Speaker 1: crazy part when in Lazar the Story of Lazarus, in
Speaker 1: chapter sixteen of Luke, he's he's father, Abraham, please have
Speaker 1: Lazarus come and put a drop of water on my tongue. Right,
Speaker 1: So he sees Lazarus, he sees what he looks like.
Speaker 1: He knows that that's Abraham. So you can actually see
Speaker 1: who's who. You're gonna know who's who. Right. He has
Speaker 1: all five senses. He's able to to uh speak, you know,
Speaker 1: he wants water, he can smell. He says that he
Speaker 1: has burning fire at his feet. You know. It's it's
Speaker 1: it's really interesting. But that's that's where that's that's what
Speaker 1: the afterlife was back before Jesus died on the cross,
Speaker 1: before we can actually be absent from the body present
Speaker 1: with the Lord. Right, So I think it's pretty fascinating stuff.
Speaker 1: So this episode in David's life serves as a powerful
Speaker 1: example of repentance, humility, and faith in God's redemptive purposes,
Speaker 1: even admits the consequences of sin. It illustrates the complex
Speaker 1: interplay of divine justice and mercy and the peace that
Speaker 1: comes from submitting to God's will. Next up, let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and read this. It's tewod Samuel twelve, verse twenty four.
Speaker 1: Solomon is born. Then David confronted Bathsheba. His confronted that.
Speaker 1: Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and he went into
Speaker 1: her and lay with her. So she bore a son,
Speaker 1: and he called his name Solomon. Now the Lord loved him,
Speaker 1: and he went word, and he sent word by the
Speaker 1: hand of Nathan, the prophet. So we called his name
Speaker 1: Jediah because of the Lord. Jedediah because of the Lord. Okay,
Speaker 1: so interesting there. Let me go down real quick. Anything
Speaker 1: on Solomon, the birth of Solomon. Let me see if
Speaker 1: I have any notes on that. So, yeah, Jedediah. It
Speaker 1: means beloved of the Lord. The prophet gives him the
Speaker 1: name Solomon, give him a name Jedediah, indicating God's favor
Speaker 1: and future plans for Solomon. Anything else about the birth
Speaker 1: of Solomon. The birth of Solomon significant event in the
Speaker 1: biblical narrative, marking the continuation of the Davidic line and
Speaker 1: the establishment of a kingdom characterized by the wisdom and peace. Solomon,
Speaker 1: whose name means peaceful, was the second son of King
Speaker 1: David and Bashiba, following the death of their first child.
Speaker 1: His birth is recorded in the Old Testament, specifically in
Speaker 1: the books of Second Samuel, and later we'll read it
Speaker 1: in first Chronicles. Okay, that's what I was looking for
Speaker 1: to see if there's any other thing about his birth. Cool, Well,
Speaker 1: the death happened of his first child, and then God
Speaker 1: blessed him with the second child through her Solomon. So
Speaker 1: what a blessing. Let's continue Tewod Samuel twelve, verse twenty six.
Speaker 1: Raba is captured. Now joe Ab fought against Raba of
Speaker 1: the people of Ammon and took the royal city. And
Speaker 1: joe Ab sent messengers to David and said, I have
Speaker 1: fought against Raba, and I have taken the city's water supply.
Speaker 1: Now therefore, gathered the rest of the people together and
Speaker 1: encamp against the city. And take it. Less, I take
Speaker 1: the city, and it be called after my name. So
Speaker 1: David gathered all the people together and went to Raba,
Speaker 1: fought against it, and took it. Then he took the
Speaker 1: king's crown from his head. Its weight was a talent
Speaker 1: of gold with precious stones, and it was set on
Speaker 1: David's head. And also he brought out the spoil of
Speaker 1: the city in great abundance. He brought out the people
Speaker 1: who were in it and put them to work with
Speaker 1: saws and iron picks and iron axes, and made them
Speaker 1: cross over to the brickworks. So we did all these,
Speaker 1: so he did to all the cities of the people
Speaker 1: of Ammen. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. Okay,
Speaker 1: Joe Abb, David's military commander, captures captures the Ammonite city
Speaker 1: of Rabah. He sends David to come and claim the victory,
Speaker 1: which David does, taking the crown of the Ammonite king
Speaker 1: and bringing back the great spoil. This event marks the
Speaker 1: continuation of David's kingship and military success despite his personal failures. Okay,
Speaker 1: so all right, so we kind of went over that.
Speaker 1: That's the end of the chapter, and let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and go over some practical applications. Okay, so examine your heart.
Speaker 1: Regularly seek God's guidance to reveal any hidden sins in
Speaker 1: your life, and be op correction. So, yes, that's a
Speaker 1: very good point. So regularly seek God's guidance to reveal
Speaker 1: any hidden sins in your life and be open to correction.
Speaker 1: That's kind of self explanatory, right. Uh. Value accountability. Surround
Speaker 1: yourself with godly individuals who can speak truth into your life,
Speaker 1: much like David Nathan did for David. Understand consequences. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: so you see that Nathan, he has no fear, right,
Speaker 1: he's a prophet, he's a man of God, and anything
Speaker 1: he says is coming from God. So he's able to
Speaker 1: talk to the King the way he does, and he's
Speaker 1: just opening up front and honest. And David understands that
Speaker 1: it's coming from God, so he doesn't punish Nathan for
Speaker 1: whatever he's gonna say to him, which is great. Understand consequences.
Speaker 1: Recognize that while God forgives our action's gonna have lasting
Speaker 1: impacts on ourselves and others. Okay, embrace repentance. When confronted
Speaker 1: with sin, respond with genuine repentance. And seek God's forgiveness
Speaker 1: and restoration. So, yes, genuine repentance is key, and seek
Speaker 1: God's forgiveness and restoration. Amen to that. Trust in God's mercy.
Speaker 1: Remember that God's grace is sufficient and he is always
Speaker 1: ready to forgive. And a forgive a repentant heart. Okay,
Speaker 1: but make sure that you're repenting in your heart and
Speaker 1: you're not continuing to do that same sin. Sometimes there's
Speaker 1: sins that they're just there's nasty, they just they just
Speaker 1: keep coming back and showing up, and it's it's sometimes
Speaker 1: it's hard, you know. Obviously, addiction is one. It's something
Speaker 1: that comes to mind if you have an if you're
Speaker 1: addicted to something, or there's just some things that the
Speaker 1: devil knows to tempt you with that you just end
Speaker 1: up continuing and falling and then to that sin. So
Speaker 1: just uh, you know, do your very best, man, just
Speaker 1: keep reading the Word and keep praying on it and
Speaker 1: find out what scriptures work when the devil tempts you
Speaker 1: with that. You know, that's what Jesus did, right and Deuteronomy,
Speaker 1: when Jesus was going against the devil, the devil was
Speaker 1: trying to tempt him, he just used Deuteronomy against him
Speaker 1: versus out of Deuteronomy, and those work the devil. He
Speaker 1: resists the devil, the devil fleed. Okay, if the devil
Speaker 1: comes and tempts you and you resist him, he has
Speaker 1: to flee. It's written in James four, verse seven, right,
Speaker 1: resist the devil he shall flee. Right, so boom, he's
Speaker 1: gonna flee. That's it, and it sounds easy, but obviously
Speaker 1: it's hard for me as well. But I'm just saying
Speaker 1: that is the way to think about it. Resist the devil,
Speaker 1: he shall flee. God's not going to give you anything
Speaker 1: you can't handle. There's always a way out, all right,
Speaker 1: all right, here's some additional scriptures that connect Psalms fifty
Speaker 1: one David's prayer repentance offering insight into his heart after
Speaker 1: Nathan's confrontation. So let's go ahead and check that one out. Okay.
Speaker 1: So Psalm's fifty one, we'll go ahead and read that
Speaker 1: since it connects to this chapter, right, okay, So it says,
Speaker 1: this is a prayer of repentant, have mercy upon me,
Speaker 1: oh God, according to your loving kindness, according to the
Speaker 1: multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash
Speaker 1: me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Speaker 1: For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always
Speaker 1: before me against you, you always have against you. You
Speaker 1: only have I sinned and done this evil in your
Speaker 1: sight that you may be found just when you speak
Speaker 1: and blame this when you judge. Behold, I was brought
Speaker 1: forth in iniquity and in sin my mother conceived me. Behold,
Speaker 1: you desire truth in the inward parts and in the
Speaker 1: hidden part. You will make me no wisdom. Purge me
Speaker 1: with hissop and I shall be clean. Wash me and
Speaker 1: I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy
Speaker 1: and gladness. Then the bones you have broken maybe joys.
Speaker 1: Hide your face from my sins and blot out my iniquities.
Speaker 1: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew
Speaker 1: a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away
Speaker 1: from your presence, and do not take away your holy
Speaker 1: spirit from me. Very important. Restore to me the joy
Speaker 1: of your salvation and it uphold me. For your generous spirit.
Speaker 1: Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners shall
Speaker 1: be converted to you. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed.
Speaker 1: Oh God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue
Speaker 1: shall sing aloud of your righteousness. Oh Lord, open my
Speaker 1: lips and my mouth shall show forth your praise. For
Speaker 1: you do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it.
Speaker 1: You do not delight in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of
Speaker 1: God are a burnt are, a broken spirit, a broken
Speaker 1: and conentire heart. These, Oh Lord, you will not despise.
Speaker 1: Do good in your good pleasure to Zion, build the
Speaker 1: walls of Jerusalem. Then you shall be pleased with the
Speaker 1: sacrifice of righteousness. With burn offerings, and the whole burnt offering.
Speaker 1: They shall offer bulls on your altar. So let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and see what's going on with Palms fifty one.
Speaker 1: See what it says here, so Psalms fifty one. So
Speaker 1: Psalm's fifty one, Psalm Let's see you hold on Psalm
Speaker 1: fifty one. Psalm fifty one is the one of the
Speaker 1: fifty first psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in
Speaker 1: the English have mercy on me a Lord dang. I
Speaker 1: wanted to see what the historical context here we go.
Speaker 1: Psalm fifty one has a historical context and two Samuel
Speaker 1: five eleventh through twelve describing David's profound repentance after committing
Speaker 1: adultery with Bathsheba and orchestrating the murder of her husband Arriak.
Speaker 1: Confronting the prophet Nathan, David's expressed deep remorse and a
Speaker 1: desire for God's cleansing and restoration, leading to his well
Speaker 1: known Psalm of confession and a model for repentance. Okay,
Speaker 1: so that's what it was. That's what Psalm fifty one was. Right.
Speaker 1: Next we have Proverbs twenty eight thirteen. He who conceals
Speaker 1: his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and re
Speaker 1: announces them will find mercy. And that's going to be
Speaker 1: in Proverbs twenty eight, verse thirteen. Proverbs. Obviously he's written
Speaker 1: by Solomon, so and he's filled with wisdom. Right. And
Speaker 1: then one John one, verse nine. If we confess our sins,
Speaker 1: he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and
Speaker 1: to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Okay. Next one we
Speaker 1: have Hebrews twelve, verse six. For the Lord disciplines the
Speaker 1: one who he loves, and he chastises every son he
Speaker 1: receives So when you get chastised by the Lord for
Speaker 1: sinning against him, understand that he loves you, all right,
Speaker 1: So if he disciplines you or me, we have to
Speaker 1: understand that he's disciplining us out of love because he's
Speaker 1: trying to make sure that we don't sin again. Even
Speaker 1: though most of us, all of us are going to
Speaker 1: sin again at some point. He's trying to teach us
Speaker 1: to not sin right and not to be addicted to
Speaker 1: that sin, and for to not keep reoccurring. Right. So
Speaker 1: let's go ahead, and now that we're done with all
Speaker 1: those additional scriptures, now we're going to go ahead and
Speaker 1: go to Second Samuel twelve, verse thirteen, and first we're
Speaker 1: going to be doing the intro in the midst of
Speaker 1: these traumatic events. Second Samuel thirteen reveals the destructive consequences
Speaker 1: of sin and unchecked desires. However, it also underscores the
Speaker 1: importance of justice and the hope for restoration despite the
Speaker 1: complex realities of life. As believers, we are called to
Speaker 1: protect the vulnerable, seek justice, and find paths paths of
Speaker 1: healing and reconciliation. Okay, so let's go ahead and start
Speaker 1: reading ammin At Amnin and Tamorrow. This is two Samuel thirteen,
Speaker 1: verse one. After this, Absalom, the son of David, had
Speaker 1: a lovely sister whose name was Tamor. And just let
Speaker 1: you guys know, Absalom and Tomorrow we're both one of them.
Speaker 1: Was okay, So Tomorrow was beautiful. And then Absalom is handsome,
Speaker 1: okay as a man. Okay, So he's handsome and his
Speaker 1: sister is beautiful. Okay, So let's go ahead and read.
Speaker 1: After this, Absalom and the son of David, had a
Speaker 1: lovely sister or beautiful sister, whose name was Tomorrow. And Amnin,
Speaker 1: the son of David, loved her. Amnin was so distressed
Speaker 1: over his sister Tamar that he became sick, for she
Speaker 1: was a virgin, and it was improper for Ammen to
Speaker 1: do anything to her. But Amnen had a friend whose
Speaker 1: name is Jenadab, the son of Shemi, David's brother. Now
Speaker 1: Jenadab was a very crafty man, and he said to him,
Speaker 1: why are you the king's son becoming thinner day after day?
Speaker 1: Will you not tell me? And Amnen said to him,
Speaker 1: I love Tomorrow, my brother Absalom's sister. So Tomorrow is
Speaker 1: actually Amnin's half sister. Okay, so it's still his sister,
Speaker 1: but the way he's describing her is I love Tomorrow,
Speaker 1: my brother Absalom's sister. Okay, So let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: check out my notes real quick, so we could talk
Speaker 1: about what this is here. Amnen, David's son, becomes infatuated
Speaker 1: with his half sister Tomorrow, leading to a grievous sin.
Speaker 1: But Amnin how to friend named Jenadab, the son of
Speaker 1: David's brother Shami Janidad, was a very showed man that
Speaker 1: highlights the influence of ungodly counsel. Okay, so I don't
Speaker 1: want to read about the sin of him, and yet
Speaker 1: it's coming up right here, so tewod Samuel thirteen, verse five.
Speaker 1: So Jenadab said to him, lie down on her bed
Speaker 1: and pretend to be ill. Lie down on your bed
Speaker 1: and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes
Speaker 1: to see you, say to him, please tell me, please
Speaker 1: let my sister Tomar come and give me food, and
Speaker 1: prepare the food in my sight, and I will see
Speaker 1: it and eat it from her hand. Then Amnen lay
Speaker 1: down and pretended to be ill. And when the king
Speaker 1: came to see him, Amnen said to the king, please
Speaker 1: let tomorrow my sister come and make a couple of
Speaker 1: cakes for me in my sight that I will I
Speaker 1: may eat from her hand. Okay, So he's getting bad
Speaker 1: advice like I just read about, like I just talked
Speaker 1: about in my notes from Jenadab okay. So, and Jenadav
Speaker 1: is David's brother. Okay, so his uncle is giving him
Speaker 1: bad advice. Right. So it highlights the influence of ungodly counsel,
Speaker 1: and David sent home, sent home to Tamorrow saying, now
Speaker 1: go to your brother Eminen's house and prepare food for him.
Speaker 1: So Tomorrow went to her brother Emden's house, and he
Speaker 1: was lying down that she took flour and kneaded it,
Speaker 1: made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. And
Speaker 1: she took the pen and placed them out before him,
Speaker 1: but it refused to eat that. Amden said, have everyone
Speaker 1: go out from me, and they all went out from him.
Speaker 1: Then Amnen said, to tomorrow bring the food into the bedroom,
Speaker 1: that I may eat from your hand. And Tomorrow took
Speaker 1: the cakes which she had made and brought them to Amnen,
Speaker 1: her brother in the bedroom. Now, when she had brought
Speaker 1: him them to him to eat, he took a hold
Speaker 1: of her and said to her, come lie with me,
Speaker 1: my sister. Okay, so this is a this is not
Speaker 1: good right, So this is a violation right here of Psalm.
Speaker 1: Are sorry. Leviticus twenty, Let's see Leviticus twenty. I was
Speaker 1: kind of reading some stuff about Leviticus. But Leviticus twenty,
Speaker 1: there's something in Leviticus for everyone who curses his father
Speaker 1: and his mother, so surely be put to death. The
Speaker 1: man who commits adult with another man's wife, he who
Speaker 1: commits adulta with his neighbor's wife, the adult or adulter, shall
Speaker 1: be put to death. The man who lies with his
Speaker 1: father's wife has ut covered his father's nakedness. Both of
Speaker 1: them so surely be put to death. Their blood shall
Speaker 1: be upon them. If a man lies with his daughter
Speaker 1: in law, both of them so surely be put to death.
Speaker 1: They committed perversion. Their blood shall be upon them. If
Speaker 1: a man lies with a male, as he lies with
Speaker 1: the woman, both of them have committed abomination. Surely be
Speaker 1: put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. If
Speaker 1: a man marries a woman and her mother it is wickedness.
Speaker 1: They shall be burned with fire, both he and they
Speaker 1: that they may have no wickedness among you. If a
Speaker 1: man mates with an animal, he shall surely be put
Speaker 1: to death, and you shall kill the animal. If a
Speaker 1: woman approaches any animal, and the woman shall be put
Speaker 1: to death. If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter,
Speaker 1: or his mother's daughter and sees her nakedness, and she
Speaker 1: sees his nakedness, it is a wicked thing, and they
Speaker 1: shall be cut off in the sight of their people.
Speaker 1: He has uncomforted his sister's nakedness, and he shall bear
Speaker 1: his guilt. Okay, so there it is right there, all right,
Speaker 1: So you will be cut off from the people. So
Speaker 1: he'll be excommunicated from the Israelites. Right, but God says
Speaker 1: it is wrong to see nakedness. That's just to see
Speaker 1: each other naked or to mate. Let me just make
Speaker 1: sure that I'm not let's see, let's see, let's see,
Speaker 1: and that should honestly, he should feel weird about that anyways,
Speaker 1: right as we know, you know, like I have a sister,
Speaker 1: I never even I would never even think about that, right,
Speaker 1: I don't care how beautiful she is, I would never
Speaker 1: ever think about doing this. So for him to be
Speaker 1: even thinking about doing this, you know it's a leude
Speaker 1: act and it's something that he should feel some type
Speaker 1: of way about, right, Okay, with the I'm just trying
Speaker 1: to find this real quick her nakedness, Like, what does
Speaker 1: that mean in the Hebrew? Nakedness, nunity, shame and playing,
Speaker 1: shapeful exposure, nakedness of a thing in decency and property.
Speaker 1: Every So, what he's saying is seeing her naked and
Speaker 1: then her saying you naked is a bad thing. So
Speaker 1: them actually him doing what he's doing here, especially since
Speaker 1: she doesn't want to do it, it's even worse, right,
Speaker 1: So let's uh so we looked it up. That's what
Speaker 1: nakedness means. Okay, shame, nudity, stuff like that, all right.
Speaker 1: So the deception of violation, Emden's deceitful plan, encouraged by
Speaker 1: Jonadab results in the violation of Tamorrow. Then Eminence said,
Speaker 1: of tomorrow, bring the food in the bedroom so I
Speaker 1: may eat from your hand, and Tomorrow took the cakes.
Speaker 1: This act of violence against Tamorrow is a grave sin
Speaker 1: with lasting consequences. Okay, So this is a violation. So
Speaker 1: he let his lust get in the way of what
Speaker 1: are he's supposed to do? Right, So let's go ahead.
Speaker 1: And but she answered him. This is a second Samuel thirteen,
Speaker 1: verse twelve. But she answered him, no, my brother, do
Speaker 1: not force me, for no such things should be done
Speaker 1: in Israel. Do not do this graceful thing. And I
Speaker 1: where could I take my shame? And as for you,
Speaker 1: you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now, therefore,
Speaker 1: please speak to the king, for he will not withhold
Speaker 1: me from you. However, he would not heed your voice.
Speaker 1: And being stronger than she, he forced her and lay
Speaker 1: with her. So that is obviously sexual assault. Okay, I
Speaker 1: don't want to say that the word because sometimes the
Speaker 1: Spotify and YouTube and these different things don't like that.
Speaker 1: Sexual assault against her. Okay, that's what that is. Forced
Speaker 1: her to lay with her, which is that's terrible. You
Speaker 1: get beat up in jail for that kind of stuff,
Speaker 1: and you should definitely be put to death if you're
Speaker 1: going to force somebody to do something like that back
Speaker 1: then they will put you to death for that, you know.
Speaker 1: So let's see what happens Tomor's desolation. Okay, so this
Speaker 1: is in Okay, now we're in fifteen seconds, say A thirteen,
Speaker 1: verse fifteen. Then Amnen hated her exceedingly, so that he
Speaker 1: hated So the hatred which he hated her was greater
Speaker 1: than the love which he had loved her. And Ammond
Speaker 1: said to her, a rise begone. So now that he
Speaker 1: slept with her like he did, he is now feeling
Speaker 1: like he hates her because he's probably realizing that, ill,
Speaker 1: this is my sister. This is gross. What was I thinking?
Speaker 1: So now he hates her, and he obviously she didn't
Speaker 1: do anything wrong, so he's just being you know, he's
Speaker 1: just being disgusting. So she said to him, no, indeed,
Speaker 1: this evil of sending me away is worse than the
Speaker 1: other that you did to me. But he would not
Speaker 1: listen to her. Then he called his servant, who attended him,
Speaker 1: and said, here, put this woman out away from me,
Speaker 1: and bolt the door behind her. Now she had on
Speaker 1: a robe of many colors, for the king's virgin daughters
Speaker 1: wore such a peril. And a servant put her out
Speaker 1: and bolted the door behind her. Then Tamar put ashes
Speaker 1: on her head and her rope of matty colors, and
Speaker 1: that was many colors that was on her, and laid
Speaker 1: her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.
Speaker 1: Ah and Absolom, her brother said to her, has Amnon
Speaker 1: and your brother been with you, but now hold your peace,
Speaker 1: my sister, he is your brother. Do not take this
Speaker 1: thing to heart. So Tomorrow remained desolate in her brother
Speaker 1: Absolom's house. But when King David heard of all these things,
Speaker 1: he was very angry, and Absalom spoke to his brother
Speaker 1: Amnon neither good nor bad. But Absolom hated Amnen because
Speaker 1: he had forced his sister Tomorrow. Oh man, So we
Speaker 1: got some beef going on here. We got Obviously Absalom
Speaker 1: is gonna dislike him for that, you know, because he's
Speaker 1: taken advantage of his sister, and that's just not right.
Speaker 1: Obviously he's stronger than her. Back then, you know, the
Speaker 1: women didn't carry guns or mace or you know, knives
Speaker 1: or anything like that where she could defend herself, and
Speaker 1: obviously if she did defend herself then there could be
Speaker 1: a problem. So she's just put in a really, really
Speaker 1: tough position, and I think it's terrible. So Tomorrow's desolation.
Speaker 1: So it says here, after the assault Tomorrow, after the assault,
Speaker 1: Tomorrow's left desolate and disgrace. So Tomorrow put ashes on
Speaker 1: her head and tore the robe of many colors she
Speaker 1: was wearing. She put her hand on her head, and
Speaker 1: he went away crying aloud. This illustrates the deep emotional
Speaker 1: and social impact of sin on victims. Yes, because now
Speaker 1: they're gonna know what happened, and they're gonna look down
Speaker 1: on her as well as on him. Right, So that's
Speaker 1: why she's it's the impact of the sin is so terrible.
Speaker 1: And then Tomorrow, a daughter of King David, I'll read
Speaker 1: in my notes, a significant yet tragic figure in the
Speaker 1: Bible narratives, primarily focused on the grievous event that led
Speaker 1: to her desolation. Her account is recounted in Second Samuel thirteen,
Speaker 1: where she is described as a beautiful and virtuous young woman,
Speaker 1: the sister of Absalom and half sister Amnen, David's eldest son.
Speaker 1: So okay, so Absalom, that's his full sister Am. Then
Speaker 1: it's his half sister. So that's why Absolom is also
Speaker 1: mad as well. The account begins with Amn's illicit desire
Speaker 1: for Tamorrow. We already kind of went through the whole account.
Speaker 1: The aftermath of this violation is devastating for Tomorrow. Amen's
Speaker 1: immediate shift from lust to loathing is starkly described in
Speaker 1: Second Samuel thirteen verse fifteen. Tomorrow's response to her violation
Speaker 1: as one of the profound grief in mourning. She tears
Speaker 1: her robe, a symbol of her virginity, and places ashes
Speaker 1: on her head. As noted in Tewond Samuel thirteen, verse nineteen,
Speaker 1: Tomorrow put ashes on her head and tore the robe
Speaker 1: with many colors she was wearing. She put her hand
Speaker 1: on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.
Speaker 1: This publicly displays the morning centivised her deep sorrow, and
Speaker 1: her reverse will change in her status. Yes, because what
Speaker 1: happens is tomorrow, when she's gonna want to get married,
Speaker 1: they're gonna check and see if she was a virgin,
Speaker 1: because you know, you're not supposed to go into anybody
Speaker 1: until you're gonna marry them, right, So now she's that's
Speaker 1: why she had to tear her roe. But you put
Speaker 1: the ashes on her head and do all that so
Speaker 1: that people know, like, hey, she's no longer a virgin.
Speaker 1: So then when she does marry, they can't say anything
Speaker 1: to her. Right. So Absalom, Tomar's brother takes her into
Speaker 1: his home offering her protection and a semblance of familiar support. However,
Speaker 1: the text implies that Tomorrow remains in a state of desolation,
Speaker 1: and she is described as living desolate, living a desolate
Speaker 1: woman in the house of her brother Absolom. The phrase
Speaker 1: encapsulates the enduring trauma, the impact of her trauma, and
Speaker 1: the and the social implications of her assault. King's date.
Speaker 1: King David's reaction to the incident is one of the anger,
Speaker 1: yet he falls fails to take decisive action against Amnen,
Speaker 1: his firstborn. This lack of justice contributes to the tension
Speaker 1: within David's family and sets the stage for Absalom's eventual rebellion,
Speaker 1: which we're gonna read about right now. So all right,
Speaker 1: Second Samuel thirteen, verse twenty three. And it came to pass,
Speaker 1: this is Absolom murders Amnin. And it came to pass
Speaker 1: after two full years that Absalom had cheap shars in
Speaker 1: Bale Huzzar, which is near Ephrium. So Absalom invited all
Speaker 1: the king's sons. Then Absalom came to the king and said, kindly, note,
Speaker 1: your servant has chief shares. Please let the king and
Speaker 1: the servants go with your servant. But the king said
Speaker 1: to Absalom, no, my son, let us not go. Now,
Speaker 1: let us less he be burdened to you than he
Speaker 1: urged him, But he would not go and be blessed.
Speaker 1: So and he blessed him. So Abslom said, if not, please,
Speaker 1: let my brother Amna go with us. And the king
Speaker 1: said to him, why should he go with you? But
Speaker 1: Abslom urged him, so he let Amnin and the king's
Speaker 1: sons to go with him. Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying,
Speaker 1: watch now, when Ammond's heart is merry with wine, and
Speaker 1: when I say to you, strike Amnen, then kill him.
Speaker 1: Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded? You be
Speaker 1: courageous and valiant. So the servants of Absalom did to
Speaker 1: Amnen as Abslom commanded. Then the king's son arose, and
Speaker 1: each one got on his mule and fled. Wow. Okay,
Speaker 1: so we got him killing him right. So so King's
Speaker 1: this lack of justice conduers to the attention to David's vent. Okay,
Speaker 1: we already talked about that. So Absalom's revenge is the
Speaker 1: next thing in my notes. So Absalom Tomar's brother Harbor's
Speaker 1: hatred and Abnon eventually avenges his sister, which we just
Speaker 1: read about right there, right in verse twenty eight. So
Speaker 1: this sets the stage for further family strife and division.
Speaker 1: So Absalom, the third son of David, is a prominent
Speaker 1: figure in the narrative Hebrew Bible, particularly in the books
Speaker 1: of Second Samuel. His account is marked by famul conflict, ambition,
Speaker 1: and tragedy. Absolom revenge is a pivotal event that unfolds
Speaker 1: against the backdrop of personal and political turmoil within the
Speaker 1: House of David. And we already read about the incident
Speaker 1: with Amnen. Tomorrow's subsequent destlation of Absalom's protective anger set
Speaker 1: the stage for unfolding drama. And remember we talked about
Speaker 1: it that David had six different sons from six different wives.
Speaker 1: So that's why you're seeing all this drama in the family,
Speaker 1: right and we're gonna be reading about So let's go ahead,
Speaker 1: and let's go ahead and read of David's action inaction. Okay, Yeah,
Speaker 1: So in Second Samuel thirteen, verse twenty one, Yeah, there's
Speaker 1: something about his inaction. King David. Here's these events, but
Speaker 1: it fails to take decisive, decisive action when King David
Speaker 1: heard of this, he was furious his inaction contributes to
Speaker 1: the ongoing turmo within his family. So David should have
Speaker 1: definitely acted because since it went unpunished, then Absalom took
Speaker 1: it upon himself to punish his brother and obviously kill him.
Speaker 1: So which just happened right now, So let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and continue two Samuel thirteen, verse thirty. And it came
Speaker 1: to pass while they were on the way that the
Speaker 1: news came to David, saying Absalom has killed all the
Speaker 1: king's sons, and not one of them is left. So
Speaker 1: the king arose and tore his garments and lay on
Speaker 1: the ground and hold on real quick. I didn't know
Speaker 1: he killed all the sons, and all his servants stood
Speaker 1: by with their clothes torn. Then Jenadab, the son of Shemid,
Speaker 1: David's brother, answered and said, let now, my lord, suppose
Speaker 1: they have killed all the young men the king's sons,
Speaker 1: for only Amnen is dead. For by the command Absolom,
Speaker 1: this was. This has been determined from the day that
Speaker 1: he forced his sister tamorrow. Now, therefore, let not my
Speaker 1: lord the king take the thing to his heart to
Speaker 1: think that all the King's sons are dead, for only
Speaker 1: Amnen is dead. So okay, so not all of them.
Speaker 1: Only Amnen is dead. So let's go ahead and go
Speaker 1: to two Samuel thirteen, verse thirty four. Absalom flees to Gasurre.
Speaker 1: Then Absalom fled, and the young men who was keeping
Speaker 1: watch lifted his eyes and looked, and there many people
Speaker 1: were coming from the road on the hillside behind him.
Speaker 1: And Jonadab said to the king, look, the king's sons
Speaker 1: are coming, as your servants said, it is. So it
Speaker 1: was as soon as he had finished speaking, the king's
Speaker 1: son indeed came, and they lifted up their voice and wept.
Speaker 1: Also the king and his servants wept very bitterly. But
Speaker 1: Absalom fled and went to Telmai, the son of a
Speaker 1: head king of Geshur, and David mourned for his son
Speaker 1: every day. So Absalom fled and went to get sure
Speaker 1: and was there three years. And King David longed to
Speaker 1: go to Absalom, for he had for he had been
Speaker 1: comfort comforted concerning Amnin because he was dead. So all right,
Speaker 1: so all right, so that's what we there, we have it.
Speaker 1: That's Second Samuel thirteen. The end of the chapter so
Speaker 1: let's go ahead, and there's not much that needs to
Speaker 1: be said right there, but we talked about Absolom's revenge,
Speaker 1: Tomorrow's desolation, and we talked about Yep, we already talked
Speaker 1: about all that, all right, So next we're gonna do
Speaker 1: practical applications. Guard against ungodly counsel, be cautious of the
Speaker 1: advice you receive and ensured aligns with biblical principles. Surround
Speaker 1: yourself with godly influences. You see, he's going to his
Speaker 1: uncle and getting ungodly advice, and even though it's against
Speaker 1: God's word, he still took the advice, right, And that's
Speaker 1: what you're not supposed to do. If it goes against
Speaker 1: God's word, then you don't don't take the advice and
Speaker 1: only seek godly counsel, you know, because what happens is
Speaker 1: you start receiving those kind of messages and then it
Speaker 1: starts to kind of it plants a seed in you,
Speaker 1: and then you start letting that evil grow and then
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you start acting on what you
Speaker 1: were thinking about doing. Right, And what you should do
Speaker 1: is address the sin promptly, which is one of the
Speaker 1: practical applications. Do not ignore a delay addressing sin, whether
Speaker 1: in personal life or within your community. Swift and righteous
Speaker 1: action is necessary to prevent further harm. Okay, and then
Speaker 1: support victims of injustice. Offer compassionate support to those who
Speaker 1: have been wronged, helping them find healing and restoration. Promote
Speaker 1: righteous leadership as another one. Leaders must act just justly
Speaker 1: and contact courageously, setting an example for others to follow. Okay,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead and go to additional scriptures that connect.
Speaker 1: We have James one verse fourteen. But each one is
Speaker 1: tempted by his own evil desires. He is lured away
Speaker 1: and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth
Speaker 1: to sin, and sin, when it is full grown, gives
Speaker 1: birth to death. This passage underscores the progression of sin
Speaker 1: seen in Eminen's actions. Okay, this is what I was
Speaker 1: talking about, where it says birth to sin, and sin
Speaker 1: when it's full grown gives birth to death. Okay, so
Speaker 1: that's what I meant. Sin is gonna like the seed
Speaker 1: gets planted and all of a sudden, you know, it
Speaker 1: gives birth to sin, and when it's full grown, it
Speaker 1: gives birth to death. Right, So now we have proverbs eleven,
Speaker 1: verse fourteen for lack of guidance and nation falls. But
Speaker 1: with the many counselors comes deliverance. This highlights the importance
Speaker 1: of seeking wise and godly counsel This is Proverbs eleven,
Speaker 1: verse fourteen. Okay, Next we have Galatians six one through two. Brothers.
Speaker 1: If someone is caught in a trustpass, you, who are spiritual,
Speaker 1: should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself,
Speaker 1: or you may be tempted carry one another's burdens. And
Speaker 1: in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Speaker 1: This encourages believers to support and restore those who have fallen. Okay,
Speaker 1: so amen to that. So let's go ahead and go
Speaker 1: to Sewod Samuel fourteen. And we're gonna start with the intro. See,
Speaker 1: I got I keep getting bit by a mosquito. Sorry, guys,
Speaker 1: my leg is, my feet are all itchy. Okay, So
Speaker 1: all right, so let's go ahead and do that Second
Speaker 1: Samuel fourteen. Second Samuel fourteen illuminates the complexities of family relationship,
Speaker 1: the direct consequences of unresolved guilt, and the power of
Speaker 1: forgiveness even in positions of leadership and power. David shows
Speaker 1: his human vulnerability and desire familiar love. However, his actions
Speaker 1: also demonstrate the cost of avoidance in dealing with personal
Speaker 1: guilt and responsibility. This chapter encourages us to seek reconciliation,
Speaker 1: admit our wrongdoings, and address our issues directly. Okay, so
Speaker 1: all right, so we have that. Let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: start from second Samuel fourteen, verse one. So Joeab, the
Speaker 1: son of Zariah, perceived that the king's heart was concerned
Speaker 1: about Absalom. And Joab sent to Tacoa and brought from
Speaker 1: there a wise woman and said to her, please pretend
Speaker 1: to be a mourner and put on mourning apparel. Do
Speaker 1: not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman
Speaker 1: who has been mourning a long time for the dead.
Speaker 1: Go to the king and speak to him in this manner.
Speaker 1: So Joab put the words in her mouth. And when
Speaker 1: the woman Takoa spoke to the king, she fell on
Speaker 1: her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said,
Speaker 1: prostrated herself means to bow down, and said, help o king.
Speaker 1: Then the king said to her, what troubles you? And
Speaker 1: she answered, indeed, I am a widow. My husband is dead.
Speaker 1: Now your maid servant had two sons, and the two
Speaker 1: fought with each other in the field, and there was
Speaker 1: one who and there was no one to part them.
Speaker 1: But the one struck the other and killed him. And
Speaker 1: now the whole family has risen up against your maid servant.
Speaker 1: And they said, deliver him who struck his brother, that
Speaker 1: we may execute him for the life of his brother
Speaker 1: whom he killed, and we will destroy the heir also.
Speaker 1: But they would extinguish my emberor that is left. And
Speaker 1: I leave to and leave to my husband either name
Speaker 1: nor remnant on this earth. And the king said to
Speaker 1: the woman, go to the house, and I will give
Speaker 1: orders concerning you. And the woman Takoa said to the king, oh,
Speaker 1: my lord, O king, let your iniquity be on me
Speaker 1: and on my father's house. And the king has throwned
Speaker 1: be guiltless. So the king said, whoever says anything to you,
Speaker 1: bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.
Speaker 1: And he said, please, let the king remember the Lord
Speaker 1: your god, and do not permit the avenger of blood
Speaker 1: to destroy anyone, lest any they destroy my son. Lest
Speaker 1: they destroy my son. And he said, as the Lord lives,
Speaker 1: no hair on your son shall be self fall to
Speaker 1: the ground. Therefore, the woman said, please let your mate
Speaker 1: servant speak another word to you, my lord and my
Speaker 1: lord the king. And he said, say on, so hold
Speaker 1: on real quick before we continue. We're kind of getting
Speaker 1: deep joe AB's intervention. Joe Ab recognized the king's longing
Speaker 1: for absolom devices a plan to bring about a reconciliation.
Speaker 1: This demonstrates the importance of wise counsel and intervention and
Speaker 1: resolving conflicts, which we kind of saw on Second Samuel fourteen,
Speaker 1: verses one through three. And then the wise woman at Takoa.
Speaker 1: Joe Ab employs a wise woman to present a parable
Speaker 1: to King David, illustrating the power of storytelling and wisdom
Speaker 1: and influence and decisions, which we're kind of going over
Speaker 1: right now, these parables. So we'll finish the parable and
Speaker 1: then see if we can have it explained here. So
Speaker 1: the woman said, when you have schemed such thing against
Speaker 1: the people of God, for the king speaks this thing
Speaker 1: as one who is guilty. And the King does not
Speaker 1: bring his banished one home again, for we will surely
Speaker 1: die and become like water spilled on the ground, which
Speaker 1: cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take
Speaker 1: away a life, but he devises means so that his
Speaker 1: banished ones are not expelled from him. Now, therefore I
Speaker 1: have come to speak to you this thing, to my
Speaker 1: lord the King, because the people have made me afraid.
Speaker 1: And your maid servant, I will now speak to the King.
Speaker 1: It may be that the King will perform the request
Speaker 1: of his maid servant. For the King will here and
Speaker 1: deliver his maid servant from the hand of the man
Speaker 1: who would destroy me and my son together. For the
Speaker 1: inheritance of God, your maid servant, The word of my
Speaker 1: lord the King will now be comforting. For as the
Speaker 1: Angel of God, so is my lord the King in
Speaker 1: discerning good and evil. And may the Lord your God
Speaker 1: be good with you. And the king answered and said
Speaker 1: to the one, please do hide from me anything that
Speaker 1: I ask you. And the woman said, please let my
Speaker 1: lord the King speak. So the King said, is the
Speaker 1: hand at job with you? Is the hand of job
Speaker 1: with you? And all this? And the woman answered and said,
Speaker 1: as you live, my Lord the King, no one can
Speaker 1: turn to the right hand or the left from anything
Speaker 1: that my Lord the King has spoken. For my servant,
Speaker 1: joeab commanded me, and he put all these words in
Speaker 1: my mouth of the maid servant to bring about the
Speaker 1: change of affairs. Your servant Joab has done this thing.
Speaker 1: But my lord is wise. According to the wisdom of
Speaker 1: the Angel of God, you know everything that is in
Speaker 1: the earth. And the King said to Joeb, all right,
Speaker 1: I've granted this thing. Go therefore bring back the young
Speaker 1: man Absalom. So it looks like it worked, right, which
Speaker 1: is cool. So let's go ahead and see the parable.
Speaker 1: Let's see the Let me look this up. Let me
Speaker 1: look this up, the parable of and this is the
Speaker 1: woman of Koeh. So the story of the Woman at Takota's,
Speaker 1: a wise woman from the town of Takoya, is not
Speaker 1: a parable but a dramatic narrative. In second semma, where
Speaker 1: she uses fiction fictious story to persuade King David to
Speaker 1: show mercy to his son Absalom, who was in exile
Speaker 1: after killing his half brother Amnon. Under Joab's direction, she
Speaker 1: pretends to be grieving widow whose surviving son has killed
Speaker 1: his brother and faces execution, skillfully using the story to
Speaker 1: make David relate to the family's dilemma and ultimately decree
Speaker 1: his desire to see Absolom return from his exile. The
Speaker 1: story's purpose. The woman Dakoya serves as a clever way
Speaker 1: to resolve conflict between King David and his rebellious son Absalom.
Speaker 1: Joe Abb, King David's commander, understands that David is missing
Speaker 1: Absolom and wants to find a way to bring him back.
Speaker 1: The woman's strategy. Strategy, the woman tells a story that
Speaker 1: mirrors the situation with Absolom, but without directly mentioning him.
Speaker 1: She claims to be a widow with two sons, one
Speaker 1: of them who's killed and the other in a fight,
Speaker 1: who has killed the other one in a fight. The
Speaker 1: plea for mercy. She appeals for David to help, asking
Speaker 1: him to protect her surviving son from family vengeance. David,
Speaker 1: moved by her story, assures her he was probably moved
Speaker 1: by her story because he's kind of going through the
Speaker 1: same thing. And David, moved by her story, assures that
Speaker 1: he will protect the son and will make sure not
Speaker 1: a hair falls from his head. The reveal, David makes
Speaker 1: a decree. The woman points out the irony David has
Speaker 1: extended mercy to her fictional son, but not to his
Speaker 1: own flesh and blood, Absolom. That's the whole point of
Speaker 1: the story for him to know that and to recognize that. Right. So,
Speaker 1: and the outcome, obviously is the woman's wisdom understands that
Speaker 1: Joeb said her to him. The interaction between David allows
Speaker 1: Abslom to return to Jerusalem, though not yet into the
Speaker 1: king's presence, a significant step towards reconciliation. Right perfect, all right,
Speaker 1: so and two Samuel fourteen, verse twenty two. Then Joeb
Speaker 1: fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself
Speaker 1: and thanked the king. And Joeb said, today, your servant
Speaker 1: knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord,
Speaker 1: o king, in that the king has fulfilled the request
Speaker 1: of his servants. So jurab arose and went to Casure
Speaker 1: and brought Absolom to Jerusalem. And the King said, let
Speaker 1: him return to his own house, but do not let
Speaker 1: him see my face. So Abslom returned to his own house,
Speaker 1: but did not see the king's face. Okay, So Absolom's
Speaker 1: return and appearance abslom return to Jerusalem is marked by
Speaker 1: his striking appearance and charisma, reminding us of the dangers
Speaker 1: of valuing Let me see you up. We don't know
Speaker 1: that we have an read that part. Yet, despite his
Speaker 1: initial reluctance, David is moved by the woman's story and
Speaker 1: agrees to bring Absalom back, showing the struggle between justice
Speaker 1: and mercy. All right, so now we have David forgives Absalom.
Speaker 1: Now in all Israel, there was no one who has
Speaker 1: praised as much as Absolom for his good looks. From
Speaker 1: the soul of his foot to the crown of his head,
Speaker 1: there was no blemish in him. And when he cut
Speaker 1: his hair on his head at the end of every year,
Speaker 1: he cut it because it was heavy on him. When
Speaker 1: he cut it, he weighed the hair of his head
Speaker 1: at two hundred chekls according to the king's standard. To Absalom,
Speaker 1: who bore three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar.
Speaker 1: She was a woman of beautiful appearance, and Absalom dwelt
Speaker 1: two full years in Jerusalem, but did not see the
Speaker 1: king's face. Therefore, Abslom sent for Joe to see him
Speaker 1: to send him to the king, but he would not
Speaker 1: come to him, And when he sent again the second time,
Speaker 1: he would not come. So he said to his servants,
Speaker 1: see Joab's field is near mine, and his barley there,
Speaker 1: go and set it on fire, and absolom servants set
Speaker 1: the field on fire. Then Joab arose and came to
Speaker 1: Absolom's house and said to him, why have the servants
Speaker 1: set my field on fire? And Aslam said to Joeab, look,
Speaker 1: I sent to you saying come here so that I
Speaker 1: may send to you the king to say, why have
Speaker 1: I come from Jersure it would be better for me
Speaker 1: to be there still. Now, therefore, let me see the
Speaker 1: king's face. But if there's iniquity in me, let him
Speaker 1: execute me. So Joab went to the king and told him,
Speaker 1: and when he called for Absalom, he came to the
Speaker 1: king and bowed himself on his face to the ground
Speaker 1: before the king. Then the king kissed Absalom. See the
Speaker 1: king is obviously that's his son. He understands why he
Speaker 1: would do such a thing and kill Abnon right because
Speaker 1: of what's going on, So Abslom was a louted to
Speaker 1: return to the king but not permitted to see the
Speaker 1: king's face. Highlight in the complexities and conditions often involved
Speaker 1: in reconciliation. I kind of read through that, and yeah,
Speaker 1: so you kind of see what's going on there. So
Speaker 1: it says that David kissed Absolom. So obviously David is
Speaker 1: accepting seeing his son now. So we'll see what goes
Speaker 1: on in chapter fifteen, and we'll see what kind of
Speaker 1: what goes goes along with that. So let me just
Speaker 1: see real quick what I have in my notes about
Speaker 1: this portion. Absoluce reconciliation with David. Okay, let's see the reconciliation.
Speaker 1: The events leading to the reconciliation rooted to the complex
Speaker 1: dynamics of David's family. David's eldest son committed a grievous act.
Speaker 1: We know about that. During Absolom's ex David longed for
Speaker 1: his son, but he did not take steps to bring
Speaker 1: him back, reflecting the king's initial conflict between justice and
Speaker 1: parental affection. And then we know what Joeab did. Absolom
Speaker 1: returned to Jerusalem could see. Convinced by Joe AB's scheme,
Speaker 1: David constructed job to bring Absolom back to Jerusalem, which
Speaker 1: we read about. However, David imposed a condition Apsom to
Speaker 1: not be able to see him the full reconciliation. After
Speaker 1: two four years of living in Jerusalem without seeing David,
Speaker 1: Abslom grew frustrated. He summoned joe Ab to intercede on
Speaker 1: his behalf, but when Joab ignored his request, Absolom restored
Speaker 1: to setting joe AB's field on fire, which we read about. Finally,
Speaker 1: David agreed to mean Absolom. The meeting was marked by
Speaker 1: a gesture of forgiveness and acceptance. Then the king sub
Speaker 1: summoned Absalom and he came in and bowed his face
Speaker 1: down to him, and the king kissed Absolom. This kiss
Speaker 1: symbolized the restoration of the relationship, and at least superficially,
Speaker 1: the reconciliation between Absolom and David is a complex narrative
Speaker 1: that highlights themes of justice, mercy, and the challenges of
Speaker 1: familiar relationship. Despite the outward reconciliation, underlying tensions persisted, eventually
Speaker 1: leading to Absolom's rebellion against David. This episode underscores the
Speaker 1: fragile nature of the reconciliation and force shadows chatter foreshadows
Speaker 1: the tragic events that would follow. Okay, so yes, we
Speaker 1: see what's going on here. Okay, so we see that
Speaker 1: something else is going to be going on. I'm sure
Speaker 1: you guys are familiar with what's gonna happen with absolom,
Speaker 1: but we are going to see it in the next chapter.
Speaker 1: You know, I've already heard about this before, but oh,
Speaker 1: let me go back. But before we do that, let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and go to practical applications. For this chapter,
Speaker 1: we have seek wise counsel in times of conflict, seek
Speaker 1: out wise and God the also to help navigate difficult situations.
Speaker 1: Use wisdom and communication, like the woman into of Tacoia
Speaker 1: to CoA. Use wisdom and tact and communication to bring
Speaker 1: about understanding and resolution. Balance justice and mercy. Strive strive
Speaker 1: to balance justice with mercy and relationships reflecting God's heart
Speaker 1: for reconciliation. Value inner character. Let me take a drink.
Speaker 1: Balance justice and mercy. Strive to balance justice with mercy
Speaker 1: and relationships reflecting God's heart for reconciliation. And then value
Speaker 1: inner character. Focus on developing inner character rather than being
Speaker 1: swayed by outward appearances. And then pursue reconciliation. Reconciliation. Actively
Speaker 1: pursue reconciliation and relationships, understanding that it may involve conditions
Speaker 1: and time. So we got to understand that there's a
Speaker 1: lot of like moms with their daughters, they're fighting, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of dads with their sons that are fighting,
Speaker 1: dads with their daughters that are fighting, moms with their
Speaker 1: sons that are fighting, and you know, throughout a whole family.
Speaker 1: You know, you got to pursue reconciliation, actively, pursue and forgive. Right,
Speaker 1: Jesus says, to forgive. You gotta forgive, okay, So and
Speaker 1: definitely pursue reconciliation and relationship. Understand that it may involve
Speaker 1: conditions and time. Definitely set boundaries, and you know obviously
Speaker 1: it sometimes it does take time. But we want to forgive, right,
Speaker 1: Jesus says, to forgive. So that's what we want. So
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and go to additional scriptures that connect
Speaker 1: two Corinthians five, verses eighteen through nineteen emphasizes that God
Speaker 1: has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given
Speaker 1: us a ministry of reconciliation. Let's go ahead and check
Speaker 1: out and see what it says. Tewod Corinthians five. Second
Speaker 1: Corinthians five, Okay, and it's going to be eighteen through nineteen.
Speaker 1: It says, now all things are of God, who has
Speaker 1: reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given
Speaker 1: us the ministry of reconciliation. That is that God was
Speaker 1: in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their
Speaker 1: trespasses to them, and has committed us to the word
Speaker 1: of reconciliation. Okay, excuse me, all right, So that is
Speaker 1: exactly that's emphasizing that God has reconciled us to himself
Speaker 1: through Christ and has given us a ministry of reconciliation.
Speaker 1: All right. So since God has reconciled himself with us
Speaker 1: through Christ, we should reconcile all our relationships that we
Speaker 1: have with other people, other human beings, right, other people
Speaker 1: that in our family, other people that are friends, other
Speaker 1: people that at work, whatever you have going on where
Speaker 1: you're having some type of problems, you should definitely because
Speaker 1: if you can't reconcile with your family, then how do
Speaker 1: you expect God to reconcile with you? Okay? Just like
Speaker 1: if you can't forgive your family, how do you expect
Speaker 1: God to forgive you? Okay? You need to be able
Speaker 1: to forgive your brother, forgive your sister, Okay, forgive your mom,
Speaker 1: forgive your dad, and we need to reconcile. Wisdom and
Speaker 1: Speech Proverbs fifteen, verse one highlights the power of gentle
Speaker 1: words and turning away wrath. Proverbs thirteen, verse one. Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and check that out real quick. Proverbs fifteen,
Speaker 1: verse one. A soft answer turns away wrath, but a
Speaker 1: harsh word stirs up anger. Okay, you can attract way
Speaker 1: more people with honey than you can with piss and vinegar. Okay,
Speaker 1: if you are nice to somebody, that's why it says.
Speaker 1: A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word
Speaker 1: stirs up anger. So it's all about the way that
Speaker 1: you respond to somebody, right, the way you respond. God's
Speaker 1: justice and mercy is a Maciah six verse eight calls
Speaker 1: us to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and see what that says. Because
Speaker 1: six verse eight, he has shown you, oh man, what
Speaker 1: is good? And what does the Lord require of you?
Speaker 1: But to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk
Speaker 1: humbly with your God. Okay, So that's God, It says,
Speaker 1: calls us to act justly, love mercy, and welcomely with
Speaker 1: God in her beauty. For Samuel sixteen verse seven reminds
Speaker 1: us that the Lord looks at our heart, not our
Speaker 1: outward appearance. This is going to be dealing with I
Speaker 1: believe David. Let's see for Samuel sixteen, verse seven. Yep,
Speaker 1: David annoyed as king. But the Lord said to Samuel,
Speaker 1: do not look at his appearance or his physical stature,
Speaker 1: because I have refused him. For the Lord does not
Speaker 1: see as a man sees. For man looks at the
Speaker 1: outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. There
Speaker 1: we go, and David was a man after the Lord's heart. Okay,
Speaker 1: so perfect, all right, So now we are in chapter fifteen.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and go over the intro to chapter fifteen.
Speaker 1: It says Absalom's conspiracy. Despite the danger and betrayal, David
Speaker 1: continues to place his trust in God, showing his spiritual
Speaker 1: strength and commitment. He reacts to the grave crisis not
Speaker 1: with retaliation, but with wisdom and strategic patience, demonstrating that
Speaker 1: faith and righteousness can guide us through our darkest moments.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and start reading two Samuel fifteen.
Speaker 1: What why is David having a dark moment in the
Speaker 1: first place? Let's see why. It says after this iss
Speaker 1: Absalom's trees, and okay, that's what's going to go on.
Speaker 1: Right after this, it happened that Absalom provided himself with
Speaker 1: chariots and horses and fifty men to run before him. Now,
Speaker 1: Abslom would rise early and stand beside the way to
Speaker 1: the gate. So it was whenever anyone who had a
Speaker 1: lawsuit came to the king for a decision, that Abslom
Speaker 1: would call to him and say, what city are you from?
Speaker 1: And he would say, your servant is from such and
Speaker 1: such and tribe of Israel. When Absalom would say to him, look,
Speaker 1: your case is good and right, but there is no
Speaker 1: deputy or of the king to hear you. More of
Speaker 1: Rapslom would say, oh that I made, Oh that I
Speaker 1: or made judge in the land. And everyone who was
Speaker 1: in any suit or case would come to me, then
Speaker 1: I would give him justice. So it was whenever any
Speaker 1: would come near to bow down to him, that he
Speaker 1: would put out his hand and take him and kiss him.
Speaker 1: In this manner, Absom acted toward all Israel who came
Speaker 1: to the king for judgments. So Absolom stole the hearts
Speaker 1: of the men of Israel. You see what he's doing.
Speaker 1: He's forgiving their debts and forgiving their stuff. So that
Speaker 1: everybody started liking him instead of King David. So it
Speaker 1: says Absolom's deception. Absolom strategically positions himself at the city
Speaker 1: gate to win the hearts of the Israelites by promising
Speaker 1: justice and favor. His actions highlight the danger of using
Speaker 1: charm and deceit to manipulate others. Absalom's deception. Absalom the
Speaker 1: Third King, the third son of King David, is a
Speaker 1: prominent figure in the Old Testament note for his striking appearance,
Speaker 1: charismon ultimately his rebellion against his father. Okay, so we
Speaker 1: already absalom deception were sown after the sexual sort of
Speaker 1: his sister tomorrow, we already known that. Okay. Upon his return,
Speaker 1: Absalom began to craft a plan to unsurp his father's throne.
Speaker 1: He positioned himself at the city gate, where he intercepted
Speaker 1: those seeking justice from King David. Absalom would express sympathy
Speaker 1: and suggest that their grievances would be better addressed if
Speaker 1: he were judged in the land. If he were judged
Speaker 1: in the land, Oh that I were appointed judge in
Speaker 1: the land, He would say, then, everyone, what a grievance
Speaker 1: would come to me, and I would give him justice.
Speaker 1: Though these actions, Absalom stole the hearts of the men
Speaker 1: of Israel. And then the conspiracy unfolds, and that's going
Speaker 1: to be seven through nine. What's we're gonna read now?
Speaker 1: I don't really want to go over that portion yet,
Speaker 1: so it says. Now it came to pass after forty years,
Speaker 1: the Absalom said to the King, please, let me go
Speaker 1: to Hebron and pay the vow which I made to
Speaker 1: the Lord, for your servant took a vow while I
Speaker 1: dwelt in Gersher and Syria, saying, if the Lord indeed
Speaker 1: brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.
Speaker 1: And the King said to him, go in peace. So
Speaker 1: he arose and went to Hebron. Then Absalom set spies
Speaker 1: throughout the tribes of Israel, saying, as soon as you
Speaker 1: hear the sound of the trumpet, then you will say
Speaker 1: Absalom reigns in Hebron. And with Absalom went two hundred
Speaker 1: men invited from Israel, sorry from Jerusalem. And they went
Speaker 1: along innocently and did not know anything. Then Absalom sent
Speaker 1: for a phenotelle. Wait he throw heythropole I don't know
Speaker 1: how to say that, but I'm butchering the name. But
Speaker 1: it's okay. The gillinite David's council counselor from his city
Speaker 1: from Galah, where he offered sacrifices, and the conspiracy grew
Speaker 1: strong for the people that Absalom continually increased in number. Okay,
Speaker 1: so we'll stop there real quick. As the conspiracy unfolds,
Speaker 1: Absalom's deception reached its peak when he requested permission for
Speaker 1: David to go to Hebron under the pretense of fulfilling
Speaker 1: a vow to the Lord. David granted his request, unaware
Speaker 1: of Abslom's true intentions, and Hebron. Absalom declared himself king,
Speaker 1: and his conspiracy gained momentum as he said secret messengers
Speaker 1: throughout the tribes of Israel, proclaiming, if you hear the
Speaker 1: sound of the horn or the trumpet, you are to
Speaker 1: say Abslong is king of Hebron. Okay, So we're not
Speaker 1: going to know the aftermath until we read this here,
Speaker 1: but uh, let's see. And then thirteen through fourteen we
Speaker 1: got David's response. Despite the betrayal, David chooses to flee
Speaker 1: Jerusalem to avoid conflict first potential bloodshed, which is going
Speaker 1: to be happening right here. I didn't really get to
Speaker 1: read that yet. Okay, let me just go over. Let
Speaker 1: me just read that. Now. A messenger came to David saying,
Speaker 1: the hearts of men of Israel are with Absalom. Remember
Speaker 1: this is after forty years too write, so this is
Speaker 1: a long time. So David's getting odor in his age.
Speaker 1: Right now. A messenger came to David saying, the hearts
Speaker 1: of them men of Israel are with Absalom. So David
Speaker 1: said to all his servants who are with him at Israel,
Speaker 1: arise and let us flee, or we shall not escape
Speaker 1: from Absalom. Make haste to depart lest we overtake us suddenly,
Speaker 1: lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us
Speaker 1: and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
Speaker 1: And the king's servants said to the king, we are
Speaker 1: your servants, ready to do whatever my lord the king commends.
Speaker 1: Then the king went out with his household after him.
Speaker 1: But the king left ten women concubines to keep the house.
Speaker 1: And the king went out with all the people after
Speaker 1: him and stopped at the outskirts. Then all of his
Speaker 1: servants passed before him, and the cherished Terathites, all the Pelethites,
Speaker 1: and the git Tights. Six hundred men who had followed
Speaker 1: him from Gath passed before the king. Okay, so let's
Speaker 1: stop there real quick. See if I have any notes
Speaker 1: David's response. His decision reflects humility and reliance on God's
Speaker 1: will rather than his own strength, loyalty and betrayal. The
Speaker 1: chapter contrasts the loyalty of ill Ti the get Tight,
Speaker 1: who pledges allegiance to David. That's a little bit later,
Speaker 1: and that's in five twenty one, which we're going to read. Now,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and do that. Then the King said
Speaker 1: to it Ti the get Tight, why are you also
Speaker 1: going with us? Returner remained with the king, for you
Speaker 1: are a foreigner and also an exile from your own place.
Speaker 1: In fact, it came only yesterday. Should I make you
Speaker 1: a wanderer up and down with us today? Since I go?
Speaker 1: Since I go, I know not where, Return and take
Speaker 1: your brethren back. Mercy and truth be with you. But
Speaker 1: did I answer the king as the Lord lives, and
Speaker 1: as my lord King lives. Surely in whatever place my
Speaker 1: Lord the King shall be, whether in death or life.
Speaker 1: Even there also your servant will be. So that's him
Speaker 1: making a contrast of loyalty to David and loyalty and betrayal.
Speaker 1: Loyalty is profound theme throughout the Bible, often depicted his
Speaker 1: faithfulness to God, his commandments, and his people. Okay, it
Speaker 1: is a virtue that reflects steadfastest commitment and un wavering allegiance.
Speaker 1: The Bible presents loyalty as an essential characterist of a
Speaker 1: righteous life, exemplified by various figure and teachings. And then betrayal. Betrayal,
Speaker 1: that antithesis of loyalty is a recurring theme in the Bible.
Speaker 1: Often resulting and devastating consequences, is portrayed as a breach
Speaker 1: of trust, violation relationship, whether between individuals or between humanity
Speaker 1: and God. So loyalty and betrayal, let's see what happens here.
Speaker 1: So David said that it tight, go and crossover, then
Speaker 1: then tie they get tight. And all those men and
Speaker 1: all the little ones who were with him crossed over it,
Speaker 1: and all the country wept with a loud voice. And
Speaker 1: all the people who crossed over, the king himself also
Speaker 1: crossed over brook Kedron, and all the people crossed over
Speaker 1: towards the way of the wilderness. Okay, so loyalty and betrayal,
Speaker 1: the betrayal of a fit to fill David's counselor who
Speaker 1: joins Absolom. Oh. Okay, the betrayal happened in chapter twelve,
Speaker 1: but the loyalty happens in chapter twenty one. Okay, just
Speaker 1: letting you know. So now we're gonna read tewod Samuel fifteen,
Speaker 1: verse twenty four. There was Zodac also, and all the
Speaker 1: levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenive God.
Speaker 1: And they set down the ark of God, and Abathar
Speaker 1: went up until all the people had finished crossing over
Speaker 1: from the city. Then the king of Zodac carry the
Speaker 1: Ark of God back into the city. If I find
Speaker 1: favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring
Speaker 1: me back and show me both it and his dwelling place.
Speaker 1: But if he says, thus, I have no delight in
Speaker 1: you here, I am let him do to me as
Speaker 1: he seems good to him. The king also took Zodak,
Speaker 1: the priest, are you not a seer? Return to the
Speaker 1: city in peace, and the two sons with you, Ajemaz
Speaker 1: your son and Jonathan the son of Abathar. See, I
Speaker 1: will wait in the planes of the wilderness until word
Speaker 1: comes from you to inform me. Therefore, Zodak and Abathar
Speaker 1: carried the Ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they
Speaker 1: remained there. Okay, a lot of this is a story
Speaker 1: based not so much commentary, but let's see what it
Speaker 1: says here. So David's trusting God's sovereignty as evident as
Speaker 1: he sends the Ark of the Covenant back to Jerusalem,
Speaker 1: expressing the faith that God will bring him back if
Speaker 1: it is his will. Divine sovereignty we've gone over before.
Speaker 1: Divine sovereigntary refers to the supreme authority and power of
Speaker 1: God that we guys know over all creation. It's central
Speaker 1: theme in Christian theology. Emphasizes that God is the ultimate
Speaker 1: ruler and sustainer of the universe or the realm, depending
Speaker 1: on how you want to use that. This concept is
Speaker 1: rooted in the understanding that God, as the Creator, has
Speaker 1: the right and ability to govern all things according to
Speaker 1: His will and purpose. Okay, and we're going to be
Speaker 1: chapter thirty. Hold on, let me just David flees Jerusalem.
Speaker 1: Loyalty strategic move. David's ascent to the Mount of Olives,
Speaker 1: which is going to be right here Tewod Samuel fifteen,
Speaker 1: verse thirty So David went up by the ascent of
Speaker 1: the Mount of Olives and wept as he went up.
Speaker 1: And he had his head covered and went barefoot. And
Speaker 1: all the people who were with him covered their heads
Speaker 1: and went up, weeping as they went up. Then someone
Speaker 1: told someone told David, saying a ball a hit the
Speaker 1: pal is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, Oh, Lord,
Speaker 1: I pray turn the council of Epithothal into foolishness. So
Speaker 1: so his prayer against Piphotal's council. David prays that God
Speaker 1: will turn to Piphotal's council into foolishness, recognizing the threat
Speaker 1: posed by his former average advisor's wisdom. The Hebrew term
Speaker 1: for foolishness suggest it's sicklet suggests a lack of discernment
Speaker 1: or wisdom. Okay, so now we're in tecond Samuel fifteen,
Speaker 1: verse thirty two. Now what happened When David had come
Speaker 1: to the top of the mountain. There he worshiped God.
Speaker 1: There was Hushai, the Archite, coming to meet him with
Speaker 1: his robe torn and dust on his head. David said
Speaker 1: to him, if you go on with me, then you
Speaker 1: will become a burden to me. But if you return
Speaker 1: to the city and say to Absalom, I will be
Speaker 1: your servant, o King, as I was your father's servant previously,
Speaker 1: so I will now also be your servant. Then you
Speaker 1: may defeat the council of a fifth doll for me,
Speaker 1: and and do not have Zodak the Abathar the priests
Speaker 1: with you there. Therefore it will be that whatever you
Speaker 1: hear from the king's house, you shall tell Zodoc and
Speaker 1: Abbathar the priest. Indeed they have, they have their they
Speaker 1: have with them their two sons, amaz And Zodak's son
Speaker 1: and Jonathan, Abbathar's son, And by them you shall send
Speaker 1: me everything you hear. So Hashoi's David's friend went into
Speaker 1: the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. So Hashai's role
Speaker 1: as a spy okay, So obviously he's a spy to
Speaker 1: me going in there kind of gathering intel. Hashai the Archive,
Speaker 1: a loyal friend of David, is sent back to Jerusalem
Speaker 1: to act as a spy, encounter a Piphodal's advice with
Speaker 1: the priest's sons serving as messengers. The Hebrew root word
Speaker 1: for spy is regal, applies convert a covert observation and
Speaker 1: intelligen it's gathering, okay, gathering intel. Right, very interesting. They
Speaker 1: even had that back then, right, So all right, So
Speaker 1: that's the end of chapter fifteen. We have about twenty
Speaker 1: minutes left. Let me just go over the practical applications
Speaker 1: and see where we're at. If we have to end
Speaker 1: a little early, maybe we'll do that, but if not,
Speaker 1: I'll try to finish chapter sixteen. Let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: check that out real quick. Let me see what chapter
Speaker 1: sixteen is looking like. Chapter sixteen is pretty yeah, it's
Speaker 1: pretty small, pretty small chapter. We'll probably get through sixteen today.
Speaker 1: Let me just do the practical applications real quick. Let's see,
Speaker 1: usually we do about three chapters at the time. This
Speaker 1: is we kind of twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen. We've already
Speaker 1: done four, so we've may be done, I don't know.
Speaker 1: Let me see. Get to the practical applications. Guard against
Speaker 1: deception is one of them. Be wary of those who
Speaker 1: use flattery and false promises to gain influence. Seek wisdom
Speaker 1: and discernment in your relationships. So if somebody is trying
Speaker 1: to gain influence and you're seeing they're using false promises
Speaker 1: or flattery, seek wisdom or discernmenting in relationships. Obviously you
Speaker 1: don't want to be You don't want to be influence
Speaker 1: them or being with them, or being friends with them.
Speaker 1: If there's somebody's doing that, respond to betrayal. When face
Speaker 1: with betrayal, consider responding with grace and humility, trusting in
Speaker 1: God's ultimate plan and justice. I understand that that's very
Speaker 1: tough to do for a lot of people. It's hard
Speaker 1: to just it's hard to respond with grace and humility.
Speaker 1: That's obviously not your first thought unless you are mature
Speaker 1: in your faith and you understand grace and humility and
Speaker 1: understand the grace and humility that we receive from God.
Speaker 1: Right loyalty in relationships. Cultivate loyalty and faithfulness in your relationships.
Speaker 1: Also integrity in your relationships, okay, standing by those who
Speaker 1: are in need, as Lettie stood by David. Okay. Loyalty
Speaker 1: is so important, and loyalty goes a long way, especially
Speaker 1: in relationship with your wife or your husband. Okay. And
Speaker 1: also integrity, right, faithfulness okay, all that goes a long way,
Speaker 1: because when you break trust, it's gonna kill your relationship
Speaker 1: with your husband or wife for a very long time
Speaker 1: and maybe forever. I mean it could, it could break
Speaker 1: your trust forever. Okay, Okay, Next, we have trust in
Speaker 1: God's plan in times of uncertainty, place your trust in
Speaker 1: God's sovereignty, believing that he is in control and will
Speaker 1: guide your steps. Okay, so trust in God's plan. We
Speaker 1: have additional scriptures that connect Proverbs twenty six, verse twenty
Speaker 1: four through twenty six. Let's go ahead and check out
Speaker 1: that real quick. Proverbs twenty six, twenty four through twenty six.
Speaker 1: It says he who hates disguises it with his lips
Speaker 1: and lays up deceit within himself. When he speaks kindly,
Speaker 1: do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in
Speaker 1: his heart. Though his hatred is covered by deceit, his
Speaker 1: wickedness will be revealed before the assembly. So a hateful
Speaker 1: man disguise. So yeah, so seven abominations and stilled his heart.
Speaker 1: Talked about that? So it says he who hates disguises
Speaker 1: his lips with it. Disguises his lips and lays up
Speaker 1: deceit within himself. When he speaks kindly, do not believe him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so he's being deceitful when he's speaking kindly, for there
Speaker 1: are seven abominations in his heart. Though his hatred is
Speaker 1: covered by deceit, his wickedness will be revealed before his assembly.
Speaker 1: Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he
Speaker 1: who rolls a stone will have it rolled back on him.
Speaker 1: And lying tongue hates those who have crushed who are
Speaker 1: crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin. Okay,
Speaker 1: so we have that, and then we have Psalms three,
Speaker 1: verse one through three, a psalm of David when he
Speaker 1: fled from Absalom, expressing trust in God's protection. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and check that out since it has to do
Speaker 1: with this chapter. Verse three, it says, Lord, how they
Speaker 1: have increased who troubled me? Many are they who rise
Speaker 1: up against me? Many are they who say to me,
Speaker 1: say of me, there is no help from Him and God.
Speaker 1: But you, o Lord, are a shield for me, my glory,
Speaker 1: and the one who lifts up my head. I cried
Speaker 1: to the Lord with my voice, and he heard me
Speaker 1: from his holy hill. Okay, so I went all the
Speaker 1: way to verse four, but it's expressing trust in God's
Speaker 1: protection as he fled from Absalom. Next we have Romans eight,
Speaker 1: verse twenty eight, which will read real quick. Romans eight,
Speaker 1: verse twenty eight. It says, and we know that all
Speaker 1: things work together for good to those who love God,
Speaker 1: to those who are the according to His purpose. We've
Speaker 1: gone over that verse a lot, but yes, it definitely
Speaker 1: is an amazing verse. It's amazing. See someone said they
Speaker 1: love it when I when I say that, that's amazing
Speaker 1: right there, right, very great verse. So let's see, we're
Speaker 1: at eleven forty six. I think we're good, okay, tewond
Speaker 1: Samuel sixteen, Yeah, I think we're good. I don't really
Speaker 1: want to go over sixteen. I think we're gonna be
Speaker 1: all right here. So yeah, so definitely at great. Let
Speaker 1: me see them go to fifteen real quick. See what
Speaker 1: it says down here Jerusalem, hebron. We already went through that,
Speaker 1: all right, so let's go ahead and stop screen share.
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Speaker 1: know that the you know, the sin that David was
Speaker 1: going through, someone right might be going through that right now. Lord,
Speaker 1: And you know I don't, but you do. And if
Speaker 1: anybody's going through that, you know, sin of adultery or
Speaker 1: sin of lust or lust of the flesh, or lying
Speaker 1: or deceit or anything like that, Lord, you know what's
Speaker 1: going on. I don't. But there's people out there that
Speaker 1: might be going through that very same situation. Lord, and
Speaker 1: anybody that's listening that's going through that, I ask that
Speaker 1: you please be with them and guide them. And help
Speaker 1: them and help them to save their marriage, and help
Speaker 1: them to stop doing that whatever sin that they're committing,
Speaker 1: and help us to not be lustful, and help us
Speaker 1: to you know, keep an eye on our wife instead
Speaker 1: of you know, or I focusing on another woman or something.
Speaker 1: You know, anybody out there that's that's dealing with that, Lord,
Speaker 1: I just I don't know if there is, but I'm
Speaker 1: just kind of mentioning it because you know, we just
Speaker 1: talked about bast and David, and then you know, we
Speaker 1: see that Absalom and his brother and his sister and
Speaker 1: all that was going on as well. So a lot
Speaker 1: of things going on that we read, and you know,
Speaker 1: we just asked that you help us to reconcile our
Speaker 1: relationships with anybody that we've ever had any kind of
Speaker 1: beef with, you know, like between mom and daughter, or
Speaker 1: between dad and son, or mom and son or dad
Speaker 1: and daughter, you know, or cousins or aunts or uncles,
Speaker 1: whatever the case may be. Lord, help us to reconcile
Speaker 1: our relationships. Please do that, Lord, for everybody that's listening.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. We love you and we appreciate you.
Speaker 1: And Jesus name Amen. Actually, before we end, Father God,
Speaker 1: thank you for reconciling our relationship through Christ. Lord, that's amazing.
Speaker 1: Thank you and Jesus name. Amen. So all right, thank
Speaker 1: you guys so much for tuning in. I really appreciate you.
Speaker 1: You guys have a blessed day and thank you God,
Speaker 1: bless you.