WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.359 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible guys. We're 4 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:15.279 we are back better than ever. 5 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:15.919 There we go. 6 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:17.120 We're always better than ever. 7 00:00:17.079 --> 00:00:20.320 Jeff always, although the older we get, can we really 8 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:20.839 claim that? 9 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:24.280 Because I don't know. It seems like when I wake 10 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:24.879 up and. 11 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:27.760 Like you ever hear Brian Reagan, the comedian say, he's 12 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:29.920 like when you get old, He's like, oh, my hipsnap, 13 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.000 my hip ERTs, he goes. 14 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:31.760 I guess now. 15 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:34.920 Forever forever it always hurts now. 16 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:36.399 Right right, I guess I'll just have to live with 17 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:36.920 that page. 18 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:39.479 I was walking in today and my knee was hurting. 19 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:41.560 Oh no, and I thought, I wonder if I did 20 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:42.399 something to my knee. 21 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.840 Oh, you're gonna be talking about prunes next exactly. That's 22 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:48.119 what you told me last week. 23 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:51.000 You start talking about aches and pains. You're only a 24 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:52.920 year or two away. We start talking about the benefit 25 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:53.359 of prunes. 26 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:57.399 Because I said, I was bird watching. Yeah, my wife 27 00:00:57.439 --> 00:00:58.560 has a bunch of bird feeders. 28 00:00:59.079 --> 00:00:59.640 She likes them. 29 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:00.920 That's what happens. 30 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:01.320 All right. 31 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:03.479 Well, today we're going to jump into a segment called 32 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:07.280 guess the word. It's like taboo, and if you're watching 33 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:09.640 instead of listening, we're going to be putting the words 34 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:12.120 that I cannot say on the screen on the bottom 35 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:12.640 of the screen. 36 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:15.159 But basically, I'm that's the whole that's the whole thing. 37 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:17.120 I'm not allowed to say these words. Okay, I gotta 38 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:18.040 get you to say the word. 39 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:19.959 Okay, ready, you're trying to get me to say a 40 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.920 specific word without saying a bunch of words that she's banned. 41 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.319 The keywords forbidden keywords. Okay, all right, here we got ready. 42 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:28.319 Yes, if I were to make a shirt, I could 43 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:31.000 either fascinate with snaps. 44 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:32.200 Or buttons another thing. 45 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:36.560 Yes, correct, I couldn't say pants. I couldn't say button 46 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:39.760 or fly or jacket. Or I couldn't say the word zip. 47 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:42.640 Oh okay, so I said shirt shirt, Not bad? 48 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:45.879 Right, very good? Okay, excellent, Chris, this is going to. 49 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:49.159 Be very quick. You ready, Yes, you say God bless 50 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:51.000 you to what sneeze? That's it? 51 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.879 So she said, I couldn't say cough tissue, cold, handkerchief. 52 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:55.840 Or allergy. 53 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:58.159 Okay, but the. 54 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:01.000 God bless you is a pretty it's a great yes, 55 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:03.640 it was excellent, good angle, Chris. 56 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:06.319 If I do say so myself? All right, ready a 57 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:10.240 referee whars this around his neck whistle. Yes. I was 58 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:18.199 not allowed to say blow tune, train stop, or hum? Okay, right, okay, 59 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:20.080 but hey, I just jo I went for football. 60 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:21.159 Good job, that's right. 61 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:25.840 Okay. Now this one's by far, by far as the hardest. Okay. 62 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:30.680 If I were to take my pencil and to write 63 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:34.400 something randomly while daydreaming, that is called a sketch. No, 64 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.400 randomly while daydreaming random it's nonsense. 65 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:43.080 Yes, it's a doodle. Really, yes? Wow. I was not 66 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:48.680 allowed to say yankee, dandy, draw poodle or scribble. Okay, yeah, 67 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:50.479 yankee do so the key was nonsense. 68 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:52.560 I had to say the word nonsense, and I didn't 69 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:56.080 say that right away. I should have said that right away. Yes, okay, 70 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:59.879 these are this is a four? 71 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:00.719 That are sticks? 72 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:01.960 What? 73 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:02.719 Oh? 74 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:03.639 I blew it? 75 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:07.400 Oh? I was looking at my keywords that I wasn't 76 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:09.599 allowed to say these are chump sticks. But I'm not 77 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:11.919 allowed to say sticks. Allowed to say stick because it's 78 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:14.439 a version of the word I was. I wasn't allowed 79 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:17.479 to say Chinese rice noodles, Japanese or Asia. 80 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:19.840 But I said a fork that are sticks? 81 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:21.400 A fork that are sticks? 82 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:24.840 Yeah, I blew it. I blew it. I'm usually pretty 83 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:27.719 good at this. Yes, but I said the word sticks. 84 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:29.680 Do it all right? Well? 85 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:32.400 Then sorry to let you see you. 86 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:34.039 And I what did we get? We got four thousand 87 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:36.479 points A thousand points of piece to my public mistakes 88 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.520 are ten thousand points. So yeah, our listeners just got 89 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:44.319 ten thousand points today, regulations listeners. Yes, we are so 90 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:46.680 happy for you, for all the people. 91 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:50.439 Who believes in me, believed in me. I'm so sorry, well, very. 92 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:52.319 Feel that down very much. If I can go on with 93 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:53.560 the rest of this episode. 94 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:56.479 Yeah, I can't go on to read Second Samuel too. 95 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:02.159 Yes, so, uh we've We're in Second Samuel now, which 96 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:05.919 is really cool. First Samuel covers the life of Samuel 97 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:10.439 covers the coronation of Saul. Saul gets derailed and starts 98 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:15.159 pursuing his own interests. David winds up being elevated anointed 99 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:18.519 to be king. He kills Goliath, he winds up building 100 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.800 a great army, he has to run away from Saul, 101 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:25.399 and finally, after Saul disobeying God and dishonoring God so 102 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:27.319 many times, God kills him. 103 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:30.000 Look at you. You just summarized the entire book of 104 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:30.600 her Samuel. 105 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:35.519 There you go. So then he is he's been killed. 106 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:40.680 David has been out with his army running around just 107 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:45.079 destroying the Malakites, and goes back to his hideout in Zicklag, 108 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:49.360 which is Philistine city, and he has Akish, the king 109 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:51.639 of the Philistines, thinking that he's an ally and he's not. 110 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:57.279 He's just hiding from Saul in enemy territory. So while 111 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:00.800 he's there, he finds out that Saul has been killed, 112 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:04.800 and he kills the messenger right guy brings him the message. 113 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:10.240 But then in Second Samuel, chapter two, it says after this, 114 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:12.360 David asked the Lord, should I move back to one 115 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:14.920 of the towns of Judah. Yes, the Lord replied. Then 116 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:17.439 David asked which town should I go to? To Hebron. 117 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:21.639 The Lord answered. David's two wives were a Hinnom from 118 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:25.720 Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabel from Carmel. So 119 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:27.920 David and his wives and his men and their families 120 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:29.959 all moved to Judah and they settled in the villages 121 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:32.720 near Hebron. Then the men of Judah came to David 122 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.519 and annoyed him king over the people of Judah. When 123 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:38.120 David heard that the men of Jabesh Gilead had buried Saul, 124 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:41.040 he sent them this message. May the Lord bless you 125 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.480 for being so loyal to your master Saul and giving 126 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:46.079 him a decent burial. May the Lord be loyal to 127 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.439 you in return and reward you with his unfailing love. 128 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:52.839 And I, too, reward you for what you've done. Now 129 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:54.439 that Saul is dead, I ask you to be my 130 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:57.160 strong and loyal subjects, like the people of Judah who've 131 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:01.279 annoyed me as their new king. But Abner, son of Nr, 132 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:05.000 the commander of Saul's army, had already gone to Mahonaem 133 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:13.480 with Sal's son, Ishbosheth. There he proclaimed Ishbosheth king over Gilead, Jezrael, Ephraim, Benjamin, 134 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:15.839 and the land of the Asteurites and all the rest 135 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:19.560 of Israel. Ishbosheth, Sal's son was forty years old when 136 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:23.800 he became king, and he ruled from Mahonaem for two years. Meanwhile, 137 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:27.079 the people of Judah remained loyal to David. David made 138 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:30.560 Hebron his capital, and he ruled as king of Judah 139 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:33.480 for seven and a half years. Is that ry end 140 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:35.040 it is? That is where? 141 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:36.000 Yes? 142 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:38.879 Okay, So he's become the king of Judah and he 143 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:42.040 invites the people from Jabesh Gilia to follow him too. 144 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:46.120 But there's another pretender to the throne, Ishboshev. So what 145 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:47.680 a Sal's sons who didn't get killed? 146 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:50.279 So give us an explanation as to what is the 147 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:52.800 difference between Judah and Israel. 148 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:55.680 Doesn't Israel encompass Judah. 149 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:59.680 Yeah, so there's twelve tribes in Israel, and this comes 150 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:03.959 up in you know, Jacob's twelve sons or he had 151 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:06.600 thirteen sons, but the twelve tribes of Israel when they 152 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:13.560 come across the river with Joshua, then Joshua helps divide 153 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:15.879 the land into these twelve essentially like we would think 154 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.079 of states or counties. It's not a very big place, 155 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:21.199 only ninety miles north and south, so more like counties. 156 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:25.639 And the different tribes got land based on how big 157 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.399 their tribe was. And so Judah was the largest of 158 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:32.839 the tribes and was pretty powerful, and they have the 159 00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:37.240 land around what is now Jerusalem, right, so hebron there 160 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:41.560 and Bethlehem, all that area is all in Judah, and 161 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:45.399 so what happened was this one tribe, Judah. They said, hey, 162 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:47.879 we're on your side, we think you're king. And then 163 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:51.839 he reaches out to Jabesh Gilead, which is in another region. 164 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:54.079 It says, hey, Judah is following me, want you guys 165 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:56.160 follow me too, And so he has two of the 166 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:00.000 tribes following him. The other ten or it doesn't even 167 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:03.680 say all ten, but a bunch of them follow five 168 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:07.120 of them, six of them follow ishbel Chef instead for 169 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:08.959 a little while to a half years, seven and a 170 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:09.439 half years. 171 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:12.839 Yeah, So it's interesting how in the Old Testament, how 172 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:16.519 you know, they would refer to Israel as all the 173 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.759 people of Israel, but then sometimes it's Judah and Israel, 174 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.000 and we'll see that they actually war with one another, right, 175 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.959 and so they're divided, and yet they're technically the same people. 176 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:31.040 They're just divided because they have, you know, different beliefs 177 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:32.639 in this case about who's king. 178 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:38.720 Right. So Abner, if you're curious, Abner was was Saul's 179 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:43.080 main general. It's interesting because David had served under Abner. 180 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:48.759 Remember David kills Goliath and then Saul sets him up 181 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.240 and he's a commander of one of Saul's armies. Well 182 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:55.039 that the top general of all of SAAL's armies is Abner. 183 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:59.399 Later on, when Saul is hunting down David, Abner is 184 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:03.000 the one hunting David, right, He's the one that's in 185 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:05.240 charge of trying to find David. And it's interesting because 186 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.039 they have a lot of respect for each other. They 187 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:10.000 see each other across the enemy lines often. But you know, 188 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:15.480 warriors recognize warriors. You know, there's some of those gangsters 189 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.799 recognize gangsters. Right. That's kind of the thing that there's 190 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:22.720 a certain amount of respect between these two guys, even 191 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:25.399 though they want it being on opposing sides. And so 192 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:30.600 during this time, then Saul dies and Abner jumps in 193 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:33.080 and goes, hey, isbel Chef is the last living son 194 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:36.600 of you know, the last healthy living son of Saul, 195 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:39.399 and so I think he should be king. And so 196 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:42.279 he takes the forces of Saul's army and he elevates 197 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:45.720 ishbol Chef and so now here they are, they're squaring 198 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:49.000 off against each other even then, so it's kind of 199 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:51.879 an interesting moment here where there's a lot of tension. 200 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.519 For seven a half years, you think, oh good, Saul's dead, 201 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:57.320 David gets to be king and even here for seven 202 00:09:57.360 --> 00:09:59.000 and a half more years. He's not king of a 203 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:00.759 unified yeah nation. 204 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:01.320 It's crazy. 205 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:03.360 There's a little thing here in the Life Application of 206 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:06.679 Study Bible, which is so helpful to have a study Bible, 207 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:09.360 and it just gives a section about Abner itself and 208 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:12.240 talks all about him, and it says his weaknesses, he 209 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:15.279 had selfish motives and his efforts to reunite Judah in 210 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:18.759 Israel rather than godly conviction, and he slept with one 211 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.240 of the royal concubines after Saul's death. 212 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:22.279 Well, there you go. 213 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:25.120 And his lessons from life is that God requires more 214 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:29.879 than conditional, heartfelt cooperation. And so yeah, how about that? 215 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:33.720 So Abner is recognized as a as a key player 216 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:35.399 in this story for sure. 217 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:40.000 Yeah, And we'll see Abner more over the next several 218 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:43.240 several days. I think we'll see him pop up a 219 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:47.960 few times. But I think it's interesting to say, why 220 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:52.320 why would God let after all this time David has 221 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:55.440 waited maybe what thirteen fourteen, fifteen years? 222 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:55.919 Right? 223 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.120 Why would God make him wait seven and a half 224 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:01.720 more to have all of Israel follow him? 225 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:01.960 Right? 226 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:03.720 What do you think is the reasoning behind that? 227 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:12.039 You know, I don't know, probably consequence to Saul's disobedience, perhaps, 228 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:17.360 you know, just taking a nation that was once recognizing 229 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:20.919 God as the king. And then you know, part of 230 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:24.720 Samuel's prediction, right, didn't Samuel talk about how it would 231 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:28.679 be divided and how there would be you know, basically 232 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:31.720 almost almost nothing good coming from. 233 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:33.720 Wanting a king. 234 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:36.519 And so God said that he was just tired of 235 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:40.919 the nation of begging them and pleading to God for 236 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.440 a king. And so God just says, you know what, 237 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:45.639 I'm going to give him what they want. But Samuel, 238 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:49.480 before this happens, I want you to tell them everything 239 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:52.799 bad that's going to come from wanting a king. So 240 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:56.320 even though that God promised David to be the next king, 241 00:11:57.639 --> 00:12:00.879 he technically did not promise David that he wasn't going 242 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:04.440 to inherit a mess right, right, David was just going 243 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:07.879 to be the best king, the most righteous king. David 244 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:11.039 was going to be a significant king in the line 245 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:15.559 of the Messiah. But you know, we can't necessarily figure 246 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:20.519 out why. But honestly, my guess is it's a consequence 247 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:21.679 of Saul. 248 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.799 I think you see God doing because I think you 249 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:29.679 see God developing David. David had tremendous potential as a 250 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:32.960 young man in those hidden valleys, as we've talked about, 251 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:36.080 learning to use his sling, learning to play the harp, 252 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:39.679 learning to write down these amazing prayers, learning to fight 253 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:42.200 the bears and the lions, and to have courage and 254 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:45.159 to be faithful in a man of integrity even when 255 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:47.440 nobody else was watching and he was alone with his sheep. 256 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:51.039 God's developing him. Then God goes, Okay, I can trust 257 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:52.840 this kid. I'm going to elevate him, and he makes 258 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:55.600 him famous. He goes out and kills a giant, and 259 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:58.600 they're singing, David's killed or you know, Saul killed his thousands, 260 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.120 David killed his ten thousands. They're giving him more credit 261 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:05.159 than he deserves at that time. And then he has 262 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:10.039 favor with Saul. You know, he's playing in Saul's palace, 263 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:12.960 and then Saul's hunting him, and then he has favorite 264 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:17.080 and then he's being hunted again and he's running, and 265 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:21.440 during that time he's gathering around himself these mighty men, 266 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:24.799 the fiercest warriors that Israel had ever really known, right, 267 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:27.360 not just one or two, like all of them, right, 268 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:30.720 all of the toughest guys. And during that time, David 269 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:35.399 is learning international diplomacy with the Philistines. He's figuring out 270 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.399 how to stay safe and coexist with his mortal enemies. 271 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:43.840 So he's learning international diplomacy for a few years on that, 272 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:47.519 he's learning how to navigate his men. He's being challenged 273 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:49.440 in his own integrity. Are you going to kill this 274 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:52.639 guy or no? Are you going to kill Abigail's husband 275 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:55.559 or no? He chooses integrity in that moment. He listens 276 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:58.480 to the advice of Abigail. You're seeing all this character 277 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.799 and these skill sets being developed over time. Hey, only 278 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.720 time can build wisdom into you. Time in God's word. Right, 279 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:12.759 And so he says, now he has he didn't touch Saul, right, 280 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:16.240 He left Saul, and he just let God's time work out, 281 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:19.399 which then demonstrated he has patience in God. He's going 282 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:21.639 to follow God's way. He's not going to be like Saul, 283 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:23.960 where he's just going to force his way all the time. 284 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:26.879 And so then he's not going to take matters into 285 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:29.600 his own hands. God sorts it out, and then he 286 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:32.360 only gets part of the kingdom, and it's going to 287 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:37.519 take over the next several years diplomacy and victory over 288 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:40.240 maybe the greatest warrior that he's going to have to 289 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:41.159 come against Abner. 290 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:42.000 Yeah. 291 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:46.159 Right, And so he's learning internal diplomacy. He learned international 292 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:49.120 diplomacy with the Philistines, cross cultural. Now he's got to 293 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:51.919 figure out diplomacy within his own people. How does he 294 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:54.320 lead well? And so this skill set. He's still a 295 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:57.519 pretty young man at this point, right, he's under forty, 296 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:03.480 and he's a young man who God is choosing. Hey, listen, 297 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:06.399 you will be king. That is set in stone. It 298 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.279 will happen. Not only that you will reign for a 299 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.320 very long time. That's set in stone. It's already a promise. 300 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:16.679 But just because God made a promise doesn't mean God 301 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:18.639 doesn't say, hey, I've got a lot of things to 302 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:21.240 develop in you before I set your set you loose 303 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:24.480 because there's a lot of responsibility. The more responsibility desire, 304 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:26.240 the more development it's going to take to get you there. 305 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:26.799 Yeah. 306 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:29.240 And you know, it's a reminder to us that God 307 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:33.279 never promises us a trouble free life. So you know, 308 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:35.559 we can look back to the Bible and we can 309 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:39.080 still see all the great promises that God has for us. 310 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:42.000 They're all still true. They're all where we find our hope. 311 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.480 But we have to understand that just because we follow Christ, 312 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:48.519 Christ doesn't guarantee us free from trouble. In fact, he 313 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:51.879 actually says, you know, in order to follow me, you're 314 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:53.840 gonna have to pay a price, because the world will 315 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:57.039 hate you at times. The world will persecute you, The 316 00:15:57.320 --> 00:16:00.279 persecute you, the world will reject you at times times. 317 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:03.200 And so you know, you have to be committed to 318 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.440 follow Christ, and you know, to make your choice, to 319 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:09.679 understand that it's the best way, it's the only way 320 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:12.440 to which to whom other God shall we turn to. 321 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:14.759 You know what, God is as great as our God, 322 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:19.679 that type of thing. And and but at the same time, Jesus, 323 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:23.519 you know, he calls us to die, right, I mean, 324 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.120 isn't that Isn't that really what Christianity is. It's dying 325 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:29.639 to yourself, he says. He says, take up your cross 326 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:32.559 and follow me. And he says, if any man isn't 327 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:36.080 willing to forsake their own mother and father and everything 328 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:37.919 dear to them and follow me, he cannot be. 329 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:39.559 Worthy of being my true disciple. 330 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:44.080 So you know, God, God never promises a trouble free life, 331 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.879 but he does promise to always be with us. He 332 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:51.320 promises to never leave us, never forsake us. He promises 333 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:54.960 to give us strength and to give us power, to 334 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:58.279 give us the you know, ability to depend on him 335 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:02.559 every day, and honestly, the most powerful position that we 336 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:05.279 could be in, just like David, I'm sure right, he 337 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:07.279 has to remind himself like that every day. The most 338 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:10.119 powerful position to be in is to say, Okay, God, 339 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:11.920 I'm waking up today, and I got to tell you 340 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:15.400 I need you today, right, I need you today? Because 341 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:18.759 that's why Deuteronomy even says, he says, hey, get you're 342 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:20.480 going to get in the promised Land, and when the 343 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:23.000 things are going well, you're going to forget me, right, right, 344 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:25.799 So don't forget me when things are going well, you know, 345 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:28.440 because when things weren't going well, you woke up every 346 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:31.720 day depending on manna, depending on the wilderness, right, depending 347 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:33.559 on my daily provision. 348 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:35.240 And when things weren't going well. 349 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:37.559 Man, you had no choice but to depend on me, right, 350 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:39.920 And when you have blessings in your life, don't forget me. 351 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:42.640 And uh and so yeah, I think all of that 352 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:45.079 is sort of wrapped up into what we're seeing here. 353 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:47.680 You know, this question of hey, what's the deal. 354 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:51.240 God, you promised me to be a king, and yet 355 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:53.400 it doesn't feel like I'm fully a king. 356 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.000 Right, you know, and you're not yet. 357 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:56.920 You're not yet. But guess what it's going to come. 358 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:59.480 Yeah, But he could just manage. I think God gave 359 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:02.359 him what he could manage. He could manage Judah. 360 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.559 Yeah, and he. 361 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:08.880 Could manage maybe Jabesh, Gilead. That's it. Now, let's see 362 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:10.839 how you lead that, lead that for a while. Be 363 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:14.119 faithful there. You know you mentioned a big part of 364 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:16.279 the call of Christianity is to take up your cross. 365 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:19.000 And there's an old gospel song that says he never 366 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:21.480 promised that the cross would not get heavy or the 367 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:23.920 hill would not be hard to climb. Yeah, he never 368 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:29.000 offered victories without fighting, right, And there's something to that that. 369 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:32.079 What we want is we want the easiest way to 370 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:36.920 the greatest successes. That's our preference. Lord, if you're looking 371 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:39.000 what I would like, we'd like to open up the 372 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:43.000 menu of the Bible, right, we'd love to open up. 373 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.799 We want the Bible and God's word to be like 374 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:47.759 a big menu, and we want, let me see what's 375 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:50.640 the easiest way to the greatest success And that's what 376 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:52.480 I want from you God, and that's what we want 377 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:54.319 to order. We want to like we're talking to a 378 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:56.839 short order cook. He just whip it up real quick, 379 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:00.160 give it the big and instead, God says, no, I'm 380 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:03.000 going to use the events in your life and I'm 381 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:06.240 going to develop you into if you'll let me into 382 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:08.640 the greatest person that you can become for me. And 383 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:10.559 what you see is David is I don't know of 384 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:13.799 a person in the Bible who demonstrates more long term 385 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:18.200 patients with a promise established when he was a teenager. Right, 386 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:20.359 there's other patient people in the Bible. Yeah, but he 387 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:24.039 was promised to be king. Dude, if you were promised 388 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:25.839 to be king when you were fifteen and you had 389 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:28.240 to wait five years, you'd be losing it, right, I 390 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:33.079 would be too. But he waits for so long unbelievable patients, 391 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:37.039 and he also in that patience develops all the skills 392 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:40.200 to become the greatest king Israel had ever seen, right right. 393 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:43.160 Right, Yeah, it's a great point. Yeah. And you know 394 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:46.839 sometimes when we even think back, like I went to 395 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:49.839 New York and I saw just bear with me on 396 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:51.200 this one. I'm going this is a little bit of 397 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:53.599 a stretch. Okay, But when I went to New York, 398 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:56.319 you know, you see places where your forefathers were oh right, 399 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:58.880 and when you sometimes think of like, oh, Abraham Lincoln 400 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:02.640 did such great things, right, Abraham's Lincoln's life was rough. 401 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:05.400