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 --> 00:00:13.519 practical ways. Well, good morning everyone, and welcome to the 4 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:16.480 Bible Guys. That's right. My name is Kyle, Yes, and 5 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:19.160 I'm Chris, and so today Jeff is out of pocket, 6 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:21.519 so Kyle is joining us for this week, and so 7 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:24.760 we're very excited. Yes once again to give you back. 8 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:26.960 In fact, even you pointed this out to me just 9 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.320 a moment ago. But if you're watching, you can see 10 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:32.880 that it says Bible Guys with Kyle and Chris. So 11 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:34.840 you made Yeah, I like it. 12 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:35.560 Nice little logo. 13 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:38.200 Yeah, and your little photo right yes there it is. 14 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:41.719 Pretty head exactly what I've got the same haircut today 15 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:44.880 is nice and high hair. In fact, let me just 16 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:47.320 mentioned about my hair really quickly, because people do make 17 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:49.280 make how much about my hair because it is definitely 18 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:52.200 spike sticks up. There is somebody who's driving down my street. 19 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:54.880 A couple of days ago. This lady stopped and I 20 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:56.520 was talking to somebody who was out in the street, 21 00:00:56.520 --> 00:00:58.560 like a contractor was working across the street. I'm talking 22 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:01.240 to him. This lady pulled up stuf backed up and said, 23 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:03.840 is that Kyle? And I was like, what is going on? 24 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:05.560 So I walk over there and I was like hello, 25 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:07.560 and she goes, no, I thought that was you. I 26 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.000 recognized your head from far away. I thought that was 27 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:13.439 Kyle from Heritage and it was just the hair. She 28 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:15.319 reckonized my head, like from the back of my head. 29 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:16.599 She goes, I saw the hair and I thought that 30 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:19.079 was Kyle from heritage. 31 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:20.120 That's pretty good. 32 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:20.560 Yeah, I guess. 33 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:23.319 So I get recognized from my voice a loon, Oh yeah, absolutely, 34 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:26.799 but never in the back of my hair. 35 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:28.719 And I'm sure the contractor is just thinking what is 36 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:31.680 going on because he's like, why is that lady calling? 37 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:35.840 That's really funny, that's funny. Hey. Well, first of all, 38 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:39.200 we're super excited to dive into this today. But before 39 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:43.040 we get into the scripture, we have a segment and 40 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:45.560 today do you know did you know Jeff and I 41 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:46.840 how we introduced the segment. 42 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:50.319 No, let's here, so you have to sing it, okay. 43 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:55.519 Yes, okay? Where he goes today is back. All right, 44 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.159 you have a better voice than I do, so that's 45 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.040 all right. That's right, we'll spare the listeners. We'll go 46 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:03.400 with it. This one is from Linda h So, Hi, Linda, 47 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:06.120 thank you for writing in. I appreciate you very much. 48 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:08.840 And this is what she says, thank you for all 49 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.120 you guys do exclamation mark. I know that a lot 50 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:15.400 of time goes and work goes into this. What is 51 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:19.039 your favorite part about being a Bible Guy? Now, of 52 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:21.840 course this question was probably meant for Jeff for you, No. 53 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:24.360 Not meant for me, but you have definitely psychicked. 54 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:28.560 You've been a guest Bible Guy for many times. So 55 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:31.919 what is your favorite part about being a guest Bible Guy? Well? 56 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:34.120 I enjoy being on here just because it's fun to 57 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:37.479 hang out with you guys and read scripture together. And 58 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:39.599 it's even even as a person who's reading and maybe 59 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:41.080 you know, I know a lot of people take things away. 60 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:42.879 It's also really great to be on this side of 61 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:45.360 it things to be growing as well. But I'll just 62 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:47.439 share as well. I've heard from so many people even 63 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:51.319 recently who've talked about how it's impacted them for the better. 64 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:53.319 There's a couple that I'm actually doing a wedding for 65 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:56.000 this coming weekend, and we were just talking two days ago. 66 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.000 They're both in their mid twenties, and they were talking 67 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.919 about how they're referencing a verse that they want to 68 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:02.759 use in the ceremony and they're like, oh, yeah, the 69 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:04.520 Bible Guys talked about it a few months ago and 70 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:06.919 we thought that's such a great verse. So it's really cool. Yeah, 71 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:08.639 it's really cool this verse that I'm using in a 72 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:12.000 ceremonies because they heard it more in context on a 73 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:12.919 Bible guys aside. 74 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:14.120 So it's so cool. 75 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:15.360 It is it is about you. 76 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:16.000 That's great. 77 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:17.319 What do you like about being a Bible guy? 78 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:22.599 You know, it's it's a I want I have a 79 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:24.199 lot of things to say that are good. I'm just 80 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:29.520 only pausing because what I wanted to say. Wash. It's 81 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:32.960 one of those things where I'm reminded of all the 82 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:36.479 good from the people, right. But like, but it's sort 83 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.840 of like this morning when I was getting up, I 84 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:41.120 was like, oh, I have a four and a half 85 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:44.560 hour recording session, right. So it's I'm not saying that 86 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:48.319 I'm complaining at all, but it's just it reminds me 87 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:51.800 of how good it is when people give feedback. So 88 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:54.680 I do appreciate the feedback a lot, because if nobody 89 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:56.680 would ever give feedback, I'd be like, oh my goodness, 90 00:03:56.719 --> 00:03:58.960 this is a lot to work, you know what I mean. 91 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:01.800 So anyway, so let's get past that, and let me 92 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:04.400 just say that the best part about it is, honestly, 93 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:08.240 it's when I hear stories exactly like what you just said. 94 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.280 Right, you can get that a lot, I imagine you do. 95 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:15.039 But yeah, we do, and we really do. And I 96 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:19.680 bet you I have with that exaggeration, at least maybe 97 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:23.600 ten to fifteen people a week that mention how much 98 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:28.480 they appreciate the Bible. Guys, great, and it's really cool. 99 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:31.560 You know, I was explaining this last night. But my 100 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:35.759 whole goal, sorry, last night, in my small group, my 101 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:39.439 whole goal of my whole life is to help people 102 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:42.600 understand the Bible in a really clear and concise way, 103 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.759 very practical, very relevant. Right, It's my whole goal in life. 104 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:47.439 And so last night in our small group, we were 105 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:51.000 talking about verses that are confusing, and Jesus has this 106 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:54.399 pesky way of saying, you know, he has ears to hear, 107 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.759 let him hear. Not everybody is given to understand, right, 108 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:59.800 And sometimes we have to understand that, you know, we 109 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:02.040 have to really press into the scripture because not everything 110 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:04.680 is crystal clear. Some verses can be taken out of context, 111 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:07.720 and sometimes that frustrates me because my whole goal in 112 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:11.600 my life is to is to give something really really clear. Anyway, 113 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:16.480 all that to say that the best part for me 114 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.759 is when people come up and say, I never understood that, 115 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:22.800 and now I understand with more clarity. That's great, and 116 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:25.360 I think, man, that is that's the whole goal, right yeah. 117 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:27.199 Yeah, And in a thirty five minute message on a 118 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.480 Sunday morning, when you're covering a few verses you're trying 119 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:31.959 to apply to their lives. This is totally different. This 120 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:34.399 is not it's a totally different approach, but yet it's 121 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.680 got the same outcome, right, that's what you're hoping for, 122 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:38.759 the same outcome, And a thirty five minute message on 123 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:40.759 a Sunday morning versus what you're seeing here. So that's 124 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:41.240 really cool. 125 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:44.040 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's great. Well, hey, thank you Linda 126 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:46.600 HS for writing in. And I'm sure that if Jeff 127 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:48.959 were here, he would say the same thing. He'd say 128 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:52.079 you say things about you know, people who come up 129 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:54.639 to him and mention the Bible guys that that's really 130 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:58.040 what it's all about. Yeah, so awesome. So hey, we're 131 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:02.240 going to dive right into a Second Samuel nineteen, and 132 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:07.639 we have skipped over a few little stories because remember 133 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:10.399 we're in the Old Testament, and the Old Testament. We're 134 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:14.160 going through this chronologically, of course, but more importantly than 135 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.079 that that we're focusing on the highlights of the Old Testament, 136 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:21.040 which is sort of like the milestones or the main stories, 137 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:24.240 and so we're not reading, you know, everything, verse by verse, 138 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:29.839 and we're skipping over just a few highlights. Here David 139 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.319 mourns Epsolom's death. We read that, and then there's a 140 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:35.160 part in there. I think we skipped over where Joev 141 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:40.079 rebukes the king, David returns to Jerusalem, and then David 142 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:44.680 shows mercy to SHAMAI and then and now we're reading, 143 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:50.000 we're picking up where David shows kindness to Phibischev Fibiev yep. 144 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:53.720 And he actually already did that, but he's showing more 145 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:54.360 kindness here. 146 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:59.199 So yes, all right, yeah, Second Samuel, chapter nineteen versus 147 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:01.279 twenty four to go all the way to forty three 148 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:04.959 in this one, all right, So here we are now Maphibischef, 149 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:08.600 Saul's grandson, came down from Jerusalem to meet the king. 150 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:11.600 He had not cared for his feet trimmed his beard 151 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:14.879 or washed his clothes since the day the King left Jerusalem. Wow, 152 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:18.240 why didn't you come with me, Maphibichaff, the king asked him. 153 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:22.680 Maphibischeff replied, my Lord the King my servant, and Zebra 154 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.759 deceived me. I told him, saddle my donkey, so I 155 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:28.600 can go with the king. For as you know, I 156 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.399 am crippled. Zeba has slandered me by saying that I 157 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:33.839 refuse to come. But I know that, my Lord the 158 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:36.040 King is like an angel of God, so do what 159 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.959 you think is best. All my relatives and I could 160 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:41.399 expect only death from you, my lord, but instead you 161 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:43.439 have honored me by allowing me to eat at your 162 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:46.759 own table. What more can I ask? You? Said? Enough, 163 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:49.199 David replied, I've decided that you and Zebra will divide 164 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:52.879 your land equally between you. Give him all of it, 165 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:56.240 Maphibichef said, I am content just to have you safely 166 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:59.120 back again, my Lord the King. So keep in mind 167 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.839 that the person he's doing this too, if you remember 168 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.079 from a future ten chapters prior, is actually Jonathan David's 169 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:12.399 close friend. It's his son Maphibashev and and also yes, yes, yes, okay, 170 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:16.079 So then next proportion. Says Barzillai of Gilead had come 171 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:19.120 down from Roguelim to escort the king across the Jordan. 172 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:22.439 He's very old, about eighty, and very wealthy. He was 173 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:24.480 the one who had provided food for the king during 174 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:28.360 his stay. And Mahonna, I'm come across with me and 175 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.040 live in Jerusalem. The king said to Barzilai, I will 176 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.840 take care of you there. No, he replied, I am 177 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:36.000 far too old to go with the King to Jerusalem. 178 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:38.720 I am eighty years old today, and I can no 179 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:41.919 longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, 180 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:44.480 and I cannot hear the singers as they sing. I 181 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:46.440 would only be a burden to my lord the King. 182 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.240 Just go across the Jordan river with the King is 183 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:51.919 all the honor I need. Then let me return again 184 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:54.000 to die on my own in my own town, where 185 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:57.000 my father and mother are buried. But here's your servant, 186 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:59.600 my son, kim Hem. Let him go with my lord 187 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:03.279 the King and receive whatever you want to give him. Good. 188 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:05.879 The King agreed. Kim Him will go with me, and 189 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.000 I will help him in any way you would like, 190 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:11.080 and I'll do for you anything you want. So all 191 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:14.240 the people crossed the Jordan with the king. After David 192 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:17.639 had blessed Barzilai and kissed him, Barzilai returned to his 193 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:20.879 own home. The king then crossed over to Gilgal, taking 194 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.919 kim him with him. All the troops of Judah and 195 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:27.440 half the troops of Israel escorted the king on the way. 196 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:31.679 Let's see, and we continue on just a few more verses. Yep, 197 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:33.840 it says, but all the men of Israel complained to 198 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:35.879 the king. The men of Judas stole the king and 199 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:37.919 didn't give us the honor of helping take you your 200 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:40.559 household and all your men across the Jordan. The men 201 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:44.279 of Judah replied, the king is one of our own kinsmen, 202 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:47.120 why should this make you angry? We haven't eaten any 203 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:50.080 of the King's food or received any special favors. But 204 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:53.279 there are ten tribes in Israel. The others replied, so 205 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:55.480 we have ten times as much right to the king 206 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:57.519 as you do. What right do you have to treat 207 00:09:57.559 --> 00:10:00.759 us with such contempt? Weren't you the first to speak 208 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:03.360 of bringing him back to be our king? Again? The 209 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:06.720 argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah 210 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:09.919 spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel. 211 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:14.200 Yeah. So one of the first things that would be 212 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:16.639 helpful is to read the Note and the Life Application 213 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:19.879 of Study Bible. We always promote that, and it says, 214 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:22.240 although Israel is a united kingdom, it was still made 215 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:26.440 up of twelve separate tribes. These tribes had officially or 216 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:29.279 excuse me, had difficulty agreeing on the goals of the 217 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:33.639 nation as a whole. Tribal jealousness had originally kept Israel 218 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:37.159 from completely conquering the Promised Land. Read the Book of 219 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:40.799 Joshua for that. And now the tribal jealousies were threatening 220 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:44.480 the stability of David's reign by giving Sheba an opportunity 221 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:48.600 to rebel. So so, yeah, it was just one of 222 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:53.000 those things where you know, good gosh, have we ever 223 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:57.799 have we ever gotten away from politics and you know, 224 00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:58.639 power and. 225 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:00.720 Same stuff happenedands of years ago. 226 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:02.840 Yeah, everybody can relate to that as soon as they 227 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:06.080 read it, right. But you know what's so interesting about 228 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:10.080 this is that it's not just the fact that David 229 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:15.679 is showing kindness to the Phibuisheth once again. Because listen, 230 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:18.360 just as a reminder to our readers, it was very 231 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:24.000 customary in those days. You know, if you know David, 232 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:27.399 you know he takes over a house, saw that the 233 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:30.840 house rose up against David. Everybody was against him. It 234 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:33.960 would have been customary for David to wipe out the 235 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:36.600 entire house of Saul. Anybody related to Saul would be 236 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:40.240 wiped out, because that's a claim to the throne, right, 237 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:43.679 So if you're related to Saul, then technically you could 238 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.679 start a rebellion and come back and all these different things. 239 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:49.759 And so everybody who was related to Saul when there's 240 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:53.519 a regime regime change, look out right, so they run, 241 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:58.000 they hide everything else. And so David actually makes a 242 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:01.879 promise to Saul. He's so unusued. You'll remember back when 243 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:04.200 David was in the cave and he wouldn't raise his 244 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:06.320 hand against Saul, and he says, God forbid that I 245 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.799 should raise my hand against God's anointed, even though that 246 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:15.720 Samuel had anointed David king. Samuel had promised David king. 247 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:21.720 Saul also was also hunting David down. Saul was so 248 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:27.559 distraught and so jealous and so unstable that he was, 249 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:30.519 you know, trying to spear David to a wall. David 250 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:34.000 was running from Saul. He had every reason to rise 251 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:36.080 up and kill Saul. But not only did he not 252 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:39.320 do that, but David here, long after Saul's death, is 253 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:44.799 still honoring who he is as a person. David's honoring himself, 254 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.639 David's honoring God. And David is saying, hey, when I 255 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:50.639 was alive, I made a promise not to rise up 256 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:54.840 and raise my hand against Saul. And and so I'm 257 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:58.639 I'm gonna carry on that promise to his family. And 258 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:01.360 so he shows kindness back in chapter number nine to 259 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:06.200 mamphibis Eath, and so here, anyway, that's not I said 260 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:08.159 all that to say, that's not what stands out to 261 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:10.120 me in this chapter. What stands out to me in 262 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:16.960 this chapter is Maphibiath's absolutely humble posture. So what does 263 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:19.919 he say? He says, divide the land, and David's trying 264 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:23.279 to give him half the land, and Mephibichef says, hey, 265 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:26.840 give it all, give it all to Zebra, because to 266 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:30.279 be honest with you, I'm just content with What does 267 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:34.080 he say? What? More? He says, all my relatives and 268 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:37.279 I could expect his only death from you, my lord, 269 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:39.200 but instead you have honored me by allowing me to 270 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:42.039 eat at your own table. And he says, what more 271 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:46.480 can I ask? So think about that. That is a 272 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.440 posture that all of us need to have with our 273 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.399 heavenly Father. This is a beautiful picture of the king 274 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:57.960 who has every reason to you know, smite us, right, 275 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:02.200 you know, our heavenly thought is uh the perfect king 276 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:05.320 of kings. Here we are, you know, at fault in 277 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:08.519 our own sin. Uh. You know he has the right 278 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:12.600 to uh to you know, if not smite us, at 279 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:16.000 least discard us from his kingdom right and uh, and 280 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:19.039 yet he shows mercy to us, and and so uh 281 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.399 and and he's and he's giving him above and beyond. 282 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:24.039 This is a picture of what God does for us. 283 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:28.039 God treats us this way. And our sin, we are 284 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.240 not worthy to be in uh communion with our perfect, 285 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:35.120 sinless heavenly Father. We betray him, we let him down, 286 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:38.679 We break our promises, We are unfaithful, we are inconsistent. 287 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:44.360 And God gives over and above continuous love and mercy 288 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:48.840 and forgiveness above and beyond what we deserve. Right and 289 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.600 a lot of us as Christians, we feel entitled, right, 290 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:53.519 we feel we feel like we put in our time, 291 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:56.320 We feel like we you know, we're we're the we're 292 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:59.840 important in our church, you know, we're important in our community, 293 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:03.399 or maybe we're just not such bad people and we 294 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:06.960 feel like we're deserving of God's blessings. In some way, 295 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:11.679 we feel entitled. But yet Maphibuschev not so much. What 296 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:14.840 does he say is he says? He says, what more 297 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:17.639 can I ask? Yeah, Gosh, I love that You're right. 298 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:19.440 It is very humble. The thing that stood out to 299 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:21.879 me when I'm reading through this is David. I know 300 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:24.679 you mentioned this earlier. He had every right to come 301 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:28.279 back as the king after he'd been turned on, I mean, 302 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:30.679 his whole story with Absolom and people turning against him. 303 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:33.879 He had every right to have one of many different reactions. Right. 304 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:36.480 He could have come back with vengeance. He could have 305 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:39.120 come back and like you know, had retribution upon those 306 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.039 who had done what they had done. He could have 307 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:43.600 come back and hidden in shame. He could like, there's 308 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:45.639 so many different outcomes to what David could have done. 309 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:48.559 And then we're seeing really quickly in these two two 310 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:52.080 big sections back to back, talks about his kindness to others, 311 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:55.440 and it makes me think of, you know, how many 312 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:58.759 of us have been betrayed, not probably to the level 313 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:02.120 that David had been betrayed, and yet how it's so 314 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:05.279 easy for this the outcome of betrayal to be something 315 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:07.919 other than kindness. It made me think, as we're going 316 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.879 through that and even prepping for this, I was remembering 317 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:13.360 something that I actually don't share with many people. But 318 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:16.440 when I was growing up my parents' side of the FAMI, 319 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:18.960 or my mom's side of the family, there just was 320 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:21.799 not a lot of There's a lot of hostility, a 321 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:24.360 lot of anger, frustration, Like if someone got in a 322 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:26.639 fight with somebody, there would just be like a huge 323 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:29.159 falling out. And so I'd go years without talking to 324 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:31.200 certain cousins or aunts or uncles because there was a 325 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:33.159 fight going on. I never knew who was fighting with who, 326 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:35.039 but I just knew that there hadn't seen my cousin 327 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:36.639 in six months, there must be a fight going on. 328 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:38.720 And then even when it comes to my grandparents, what 329 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:41.000 ended up happening when I was in high school, my 330 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:43.320 mom had gotten a fight with my grandparents, and then 331 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:45.480 from my entire high school year never saw my grandparents 332 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:47.600 and they only lived, you know, down the road from me. 333 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:50.240 So when I hit eighteen, I was like, you know what, 334 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:51.960 I'm a man. Now I can go stop by my 335 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.639 grandparents' house and I'm gonna go talk to them and 336 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:57.000 just you know, show it was. My intention was just 337 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.480 to show love to them, see how they were doing 338 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:00.399 and what's going on. So check this out. I'm eighteen 339 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:02.080 years old, I got my own car, I got my 340 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:04.160 own life. I'm feeling proud of myself. I drive to 341 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:07.559 my grandparents, I knock on the door. My grandma comes 342 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:09.880 to the door, she opens it sees me, and she 343 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:11.559 didn't see me in years. I looked older and all 344 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:14.400 this stuff. And then she she looked at me and 345 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:17.759 I said hey, and then she yelled for her husband, 346 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:21.359 my grandpa, and said hey JD. She goes, hey JD, 347 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.839 this one's for you, and then just walked away. And 348 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:28.039 then my grandpa came to the door and was like, 349 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:30.759 what do you want? Like that was his response, and 350 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:33.200 I was like, hey, Grandpa, it's me. And I literally 351 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:35.480 spent the next like twenty or thirty minutes trying to 352 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:39.440 like almost woo my grandparents over, like to seeing like, hey, 353 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:41.960 this what's been going on in my life? And slowly 354 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:44.359 but surely like kind of like broke down some walls. 355 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:46.319 But I was like trying to like win them over. 356 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:48.400 It was very weird now that I think back on 357 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:50.319 that as an eighteen or when I was eighteen years 358 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:54.240 old twenty years ago, but it was just a weird 359 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:56.160 spot to be in. And I think about those as 360 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:58.200 well as several I'm sure everybody's got those stories of 361 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.880 feeling betrayed or feeling like confused, is there somebody's hurting 362 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:03.480 you or turning from you? And I could have had 363 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:06.240 many moments with certain people in my life right I 364 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:09.440 could have walked away, I could have felt burned by betrayal. 365 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:11.519 I could have felt dismissed. I could have been hurt. 366 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.799 I could have been you know whatever. 367 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.039 I mean. 368 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:15.519 It happens in church so often right with other Christians, 369 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:17.640 where you're like, man, I'll never get burned like that again, 370 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:19.079 or I'm gonna have to have the upper hand, I'll 371 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:22.160 never trust people again. And you have to really seek 372 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.559 kindness no matter what's happened to you, no matter how 373 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:26.799 difficult to be. You have to choose to like go 374 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:28.880 the other way. And I've had many instances like that 375 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:31.119 where I'm like, man, I just can't do what's been 376 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:33.359 done to me. I have to choose kindness. Yeah that, 377 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:35.200 I'm sure you have examples of that as well. 378 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:38.519 Oh sure, you know you know what, being in the 379 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:42.599 church world sometimes it's great. Yeah right, I mean everything 380 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:45.799 that's good about church. When it's good, it's great, isn't 381 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:48.839 you know? I say my favorite part of church is 382 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:53.680 number one the community. When there's a true small group 383 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:57.240 of friends and you have relationships that are there for 384 00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:00.079 you in a way that feels like family, it is 385 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:04.359 absolutely the best. Another really great experience in church for 386 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:08.240 me is worship, corporate worship, when you are able to 387 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:10.480 worship with somebody side by side, even though you may 388 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:13.799 not even know their name, you feel this bond, right, 389 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:17.240 and that's only true for people in your church, in 390 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:20.000 your community. That's true when you visit other countries. Isn't 391 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:23.039 it like you're in Africa and you're worshiping side by 392 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:25.039 side with somebody and you're like, I don't even know 393 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:27.599 this person, and yet I feel like there's a common 394 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:30.599 bond in Christ. Right. So the church capital c can 395 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:36.519 be great, but unfortunately it's you know, the inner workings 396 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:41.480 of church are managed by imperfect people, aren't we We're 397 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:44.920 all imperfect people, and so being in the church gig right, 398 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.039 you know, you know, for this being our jobs, it 399 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:52.640 could be really challenging because not only do you work 400 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:56.279 for people sometimes that don't necessarily behave the way that 401 00:19:56.319 --> 00:20:00.319