2 Samuel 14 (Part 1) Bible Study | Pastor Daniel Batarseh

Second Samuel. Chapter 14.

2 Samuel 14 · chapter mention

And as you're turning there. I can't help but share what I

read in my own personal reading. This week, I'm in the Book of

Job And there's a part where job describes the Majesty of God.

and at the end of his, His displaying of the glories of

God. He says something that humbled

me tremendously, and I pray that it will humble.

You not just humble you, but that it would excite you.

I encourage you your own time to read job 26.

But at the end of twenty sixth chapter 26, you have to turn

there, just listen to what job has to say.

He says, in verse 14 of that chapter behold, these are but

the outskirts of his ways. And how small a whisper, do we

hear of him? And how small a whisper, do we

hear of him? Everything.

You know about God, everything that you see concerning God, his

character, his power, his wisdom is but a whisper just a whisper

just a breath. Maybe think Lord, I Want More

Than A Whisper. And it made me realize that

there's a day coming where it'll be louder than a whisper where

we going to have his glory full force and he will give us the

necessary mind and body and heart and ability to register

all that he is. So everything that you discover

week by week day by day, you're seeing through a glass dimly.

There is a Time coming where you and I are going to see it

face-to-face. See him face to face.

And so as we come to this chapter and second Samuel, let

us discover The Whispers of God's wisdom, his love.

His power has might his grace his compassion, his Justice.

And Lord we pray but we pray again, this is this is our

desire that we may know you. Lord you are our Shield, you are

our glory and you are the lifter of our heads.

And God, you give us more joy than they when their grain and

wine. Abound, your word is our gold.

It is our silver, they are Jewels more precious than all of

these things and we ask for that.

As we come to this chapter, there will be a special Grace.

On the delivery of this word and to be a special Grace upon the

study of it, for every heart that is here.

Open to receive what you have to say.

We give you all glory and honor in Jesus name.

Amen. You might be wondering why?

I'm not down there and why I'm up here.

Just a brief technical thing before we move on.

We want to figure out how to handle that.

Mike probably every week you hear something from Bible study.

But you also hear me say something about buzzing, right?

So I don't want to keep repeating myself.

So we're going to try to get to that buzzing issue.

And until then, we're just Going to be up here for a bit.

Let's come to second Samuel. 14 in one chapter spanning over two

years in real time. You and I have witnessed the

lives of three of David's children.

Never be the same drastically and dramatically being altered

forever, really Tamar or Tamar David's daughter.

Was violated tragically raped and was robbed of her innocence

David's, eldest, son. We studied him and we examine

his life and realized that he was the one Who violated his

sister and was then murdered for his actions.

And then from Tamar to eminent we come and we were introduced

to a man named Absalom and we looked at him and we realized it

Absalom was the one who premeditated the assassination

of his half-brother and then and then fled into Exile hoping to

escape. Justice.

And when we come to this chapter, we have to understand.

According to second, Samuel 1338, three more years have

passed since Emmons death, that's a long time. but we will

realize at the opening of this chapter is that though three

years have gone by David's, heart is still disoriented It is

damaged. It is caught up in different

meditations imaginations. What ifs.

And so this man is in shambles just as much as his home is.

And so this is a dysfunctional family and it's only going to

get worse, unfortunately. And we get the impression of

David's condition here in the first verse of chapter 14, I

don't want us to read it together.

Now, joab, the son of zero. I knew that the king's heart

went out to Absalom. This is the essence of the

disturbance of a of David's heart.

Rather it is for his son, Absalom.

It is going out to him. there's a yearning for his son, there's

a longing for his son, and it makes you wonder that even

though this atrocious Act was committed time does, in fact

heal It does help us forget the weight and the sting of certain

actions. And so David is really in a

place of discomfort and there's a level of of longing for

someone that is a part of him though is not with him anymore

and he wants to see some level of reconciliation happen.

He wants to see some kind of restoration happen.

He wants his boy back in his presence.

And if you think about it, if this is what this man wants,

this father Longs for, he has every authority to be able to

send out Messengers and call for Absalom to return from guest

Shore. And to, to be brought back and

to be brought back into the home, and brought back into his

daily activities, and to just move on from life, he has every

ability to reassure him that he will Embrace him.

And that he will bring him to the place where we can make this

as normal as possible. But he doesn't.

And the question is why and this is where the Dilemma lies

because David here is not just a father who has natural

affections for his son. He is also a king who is called

to uphold Justice. And to not play favorites and to

pledge his Allegiance in his loyalty to God and His law above

all and above everyone else. This is the struggle of the man.

And though, David is in a very unique position, who is

upholding a very unique responsibility, this is a

portrait of David's life, in our study of second Samuel, that

will teach us, and remind us how it is often very difficult to do

the right thing. If you want to know what we're

going to be studying tonight, it is that an honest look in the

scriptures of how the Holy Spirit reminds us and prepares

us that it's not always easy to do that, which is right. and

more than just telling us that because many of us understand

that already, The holy spirit will also through this text,

equip us to know how we can avoid the ensnarement and The

Traps, that will try to keep us from pursuing that, which is

god-honoring and will help us avoid mistakes, that we will

later regret because we fell into some form of deception,

that persuaded us to do that, which was wrong thinking, that

it would bring about better results.

Isn't it difficult to do that? Which we know is right in some

cases. There's family Dynamics, there's

loyalty there is possible, future altering things that if

you do that which is right, it could potentially make you lose

on so many fronts. And so there are many times

where we come to intersections moments where we try to come up

with a plan where we can come as close as possible to that which

God demands of us at the same time, Rising as many

consequences that would come about from doing that which God

calls us to do. It's a Temptation that you will

know if you want to follow Jesus and abide by his word, it will

eventually come in one way or another.

And in David's case he is sitting on his throne day after

day night after night. Struggling.

Of how to go about this. Do I execute Justice?

Against my son. Or do I ignore Justice?

And embrace my son. And we are told here.

That Joe I picked up on this dilemma Joe.

I've was a companion, a very close companion to David.

He was his nephew, he was his confidante, he was someone that

was in close proximity. David 24/7, really?

And he was able to discern that David could not make a decision.

And that he felt stuck. And he was in a very sticky

situation. And so after learning about

this, David is going to be introduced to a different

person. And it's really a plan that job

is going to come up with. Let's read verse 2 and jobs sent

to Toccoa and brought from there.

A wise woman and said to her pretend to be a mourner and put

on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil

but behave like a woman who has been morning, many days for the

dead, go to the king and speak thus to him.

So joab, put the words in her mouth.

If you feel nervous, that job is orchestrating, something you're

justified in feeling a little uneasy.

Because we know job enough to realize that he's not the most

spiritual among the roster of Israel's Mighty Men.

Job was intensely loyal to David.

He loved David. He loved supporting and he loved

working for him, but at the same time, this man was viciously

motivated by self-interest. And when you see job make

certain decisions you can't put your finger on it.

You don't really know what's going on through his mind all

the time. But we've seen again enough to

realize that when Joy feels like something could potentially

threaten him, he's willing to make dramatic decisions.

And in this case, here, we see that this man who does not have

a high regard for the law. He already killed two people,

rather one, at least that we know of, and he's going to going

to kill somebody else very soon. Without a Cause.

And now we come here and we realize that he is speaking to a

woman with no name no identity and is putting words in her

mouth. What is he going to have her say

on his behalf? Why is he even doing all of

this? Well, one thing's for certain

knowing job, whatever is about to be shared.

From this woman is not going to be in, accordance to God's word

and we're going to learn that very quickly.

We have reason to be suspicious and our suspicions will be

proven true. So if God's honor is not going

to be the aim of job scheme here again, why is he doing this?

And here's the thing, we are not told it's not explicitly.

Clear why job is going to Great Lengths to now send somebody to

send a message to David that has to do, obviously, based on first

one with Absalom. Could it be that job understood

that there is Judgment looming his over his own head?

He has blood on his own hands and maybe he's trying to and

some Way project through this situation, some kind of

conviction on David so that he would not return Justice on him.

It could be, we don't know this job for see.

Something with Absalom being far away potentially Brewing up some

trouble and wanting to avoid something.

And so he wants to try to bring about reconciliation as soon as

possible. We already learned that Absalom

took his time, it's usually not a good thing because he's

brewing. Something could that be the

case? Here?

Again, we do not know why job is doing this, but as we will see

this man does not have the scriptures as a standard does

not have God's law in mind and he's going to try to convince

David to do the same. So what's going to happen here?

Well, before we look at the conversation between this woman

and David, we have to understand that job is smart.

He is intelligent. I mean, he is the commander over

the army. So he has some ability to

strategize does this this Ploy of having somebody come to

David? to deal with a certain issue

with a story because now she's about to present a story, remind

you of a past, confrontation, that David experienced Think

about it. What kind of messenger came to

David, at one point to try to provoke?

Some kind of pronounced judgment on something.

Nathan, the prophet Nathan the prophet at one point came to

David and he had this story that would try to invoke some kind of

emotion and then from there pronounced some kind of judgment

some kind of charge and that is precisely.

What is about to happen. Nathan was successful in that

perhaps job realized that Nathan Was able to get something out of

David, through that method. And so he wants to now utilize

the same tactic. I'm going to have a woman and we

were told you that she was very wise, right?

She's a wise woman, I'm going to dress her up in a certain way.

I'm going to give her a script and let's just see if something

will happen to David's heart where he will be able to convict

himself like he did when Nathan approach them.

And this is a lesson already, the fact that job is imitating

Nathan and some way is instructive for us.

Concerning how We Face spiritual warfare in some way.

What do you mean? Well, the prophet again came to

David with a parable and that would produce some kind of sense

of justice for him to make some kind of a statement, right?

But here we see that job. On the other hand will use such

a familiar means, but not to bring about righteousness.

It is to bring them to a point where he actually dismisses the

law. Instead, of coming to the law,

this is now going to encourage him to overshadow that which God

commands and to use a different kind of standard to make his

decision, concerning Absalom. And if that is true, then this

is what we have to learn that the enemy, our enemy, the enemy

of your soul and mine. He often disguises himself and

imitates. What God has done or what God

can do in order to disarm us in a way that would do pus in one

way or another. So this is a call for

discernment at the sermon that David would unfortunately, lack

you. And I have to understand that

this woman was described again as wise and depending on the

context that can be a good thing or a bad thing.

You know, what is the last time or where the last time we were

told someone was wise. It was Jonah Dad.

We're told that he was a crafty man in 2nd Samuel 13.

It's the same word used here, cunning deceptive.

Persuasive. Convincing.

Job knew exactly who to find to do the job.

And you, and I have to understand that.

We cannot be fooled by the way. Something or someone is packaged

We have to look beyond the surface, we must be able to

develop discernment through the truth of God's word and His holy

spirit in us. And so, here's the, here's the

understanding just because somebody quotes a few verses out

of context, it doesn't mean they're right.

Just because they hold a Bible. Just because their demeanor

seems gentle and kind and compassionate soft.

It doesn't matter what kind of testimonies they even provide to

try to validate their counsel, or their belief, It doesn't mean

they are from God. It doesn't mean it is, right?

And so here we see something, very familiar, a righteous man

did this at one point but now we have an unrighteous man

borrowing the tactics of someone who was of God and is now going

to persuade someone through very similar.

Tactics to draw, somebody away from God, be very careful.

The devil doesn't come to your front door with horns and a

pitchfork and a tail. He can have his own Evangelistic

Show on satellite television. He can have awesome podcast that

reaches the world. They can come to our church and

sit in our pews and amen. Bible studies and sing.

The same songs, be very careful. Unfortunately, David is not

careful. With a pretender.

She is a pretender. So now here's what we're going

to do. The next set of verses will show

us the elements or at least some elements of deception that we

must be aware of. Because Unfortunately, they are

the very things that will direct a divided, heart to make the

wrong decision. Let's read from verse for you,

with me verse 4, when the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she

fell on her face to the ground. And paid homage and said, Save

Me O King. And the King said to her.

What is your trouble? She answered a last time, a

widow. My husband is dead and your

servant had two sons and they quarreled with one another.

In the field. There is no one to separate them

and one struck the other and killed him.

And now the whole clan other translations would say, the

whole family has risen against your servant and they say, give

up the man who struck his brother that we may put him to

death for the life of his brother whom he He killed, so

they would destroy the are also, thus, they would quench my coal.

That is left and leave to my husband.

Neither name nor Remnant on the face of the Earth.

Again. Like Nathan's.

Parable job is very clever and here's how he's clever.

He is fabricating a story to be close enough to David's

predicament. So that when he does pronounce a

judgment, he would indict himself yet.

He makes it different enough for David.

Not to be aroused in his suspicions.

But instead of Suspicion there would be sympathy, that would be

stimulated based on the content of the case that is being

presented. And so I want your base on the

verses that we just read. I'm actually asking you and I'm

going to hear your answers will hear together.

Based on this. Remember, the strategy is let's

come as close as possible to the real event that happened a few

years ago. But let's let's separate

ourselves enough. So that David can't catch on.

What are some differences? We see the similarities, right?

But what are the differences here that are important to point

out and I'll tell you why they're important in a moment.

What do you see here? You would have to have come the

past few weeks to know what the real event was.

But for those who have been here or know the story, well, look at

these three verses that we just read and think What is

different? Yeah, so we have the whole

family asking for the one who slayed, the brother to be put to

Justice, right? We don't have any indication

that that was happening in David's family. well, in the

real event where their two brothers, I conflict Now, the

way this woman presents, it was that there was a spontaneous

combustion. Of some kind of tension and one

brother killed. The other on the spot is that

what happened in real life? What happened in real life, It

was premeditated. That's important.

So the woman already here is trying to soften the crime by

making it seem as though it was. It was just the Heat of the

Moment, the Heat of the Moment, right?

Somebody had their hand up. Yes.

Yeah, interesting. Right.

There were no witnesses. There is nobody who can

intervene there was no one who could step in sure.

What's the heartbreaking? Part of all the story apart from

the murder. She's a widow.

She's a widow. She doesn't have a husband.

So, our only means of support are her sons.

One, son is gone. She has one son left.

And if they were to perform this execution, if capital punishment

were to be done, she would lose her other son and she would be

left alone destitute and in danger.

That's an interesting difference.

And she even strategically uses the word.

Are I think that's the strike a chord and David's heart as well.

Who will be the are my husband's name will disappear old vanish

from the remnant of the Earth. And so here, we see something

that may be similar a real murder took place, but it's

vastly different than what David had to deal with.

Was Absalom David's only son. Was his only son left?

No, he had several Sons. So was David's Kingdom in

Jeopardy, was his dynasty going to go extinct even if Absalom

was dealt with according to the law.

No. But in this story it's it's a

pretty serious dilemma but that dilemma is not parallel to the

real thing and yet it's being presented for a reason.

And here's the thing I was reading this, I was looking at

this, I was studying this. I thought here's how you can

summarize the strategy of this woman at this point in one word.

Exaggeration. Exaggeration.

She knows very well with David is dealing with job.

Made it known to her. And yet, they blow it out of

proportion that the fake stories blown out of proportion.

And that is for a reason. She is making David's problems.

Seem larger and more drastic than it really is.

And when she comes to do this, she is doing so in order to sway

his heart. And to convince him.

That if he does, make the wrong decision in the estimation of

job, then it will cost him very much.

And so, this is a, this is a deliberate way of trying to

overcome David with something that is not true.

It's partly true but it's not completely true and we could

even say that she is softening. The brother's murder as

something again. I spontaneous when the facts are

Absalom thought about it, for two years from the moment that

he heard that Tamar Tamar was hurt.

He knew he went into that mode of planning something to

eliminate his brother. And here's the thing that you

and I have to understand with this, some people exaggerate

innocently, right? There are just prone to perceive

things and to not recall them according to the actual

proportion of the issues, And then, there are other people who

do so intentionally. And those who do it,

intentionally usually do. So in order to accomplish a

selfish ambition that would require deceit in order to

arrive there. And that goal can be anything

from seeking sympathy from others.

Or praise from others. So they decorate something in

order to pull on the heartstrings a little bit more

or excite people a little bit more. and that may seem innocent

to us but it can go from there to anything as Extreme as what

we see here to try to persuade those in authority to make a

judgment that will be in their favor even if it Makes others

pay a high price. Embellishing the truth, may seem

harmless, but it can be deadly to the undiscerning.

And it happens more often than we think, doesn't it?

We may be caught ourselves doing it.

One of the ways that I've seen it throughout the years of

ministry, this is probably the most common way.

I've personally seen it. Maybe you would not agree with

me but this is just me is that when a case is presented or

there's some issue or whatever is going on, it's usually backed

up or it's usually introduced with the following so many said

or saw or heard the same thing. The majority agree.

There is a consensus. and then when you ask well, okay, who you

get half a name out of the so many out of the so many that are

affected by in. So many that are disturbed by in

so many that have seen it. Then you just investigate a

little bit and it's really barely anybody.

And so we if we're not careful, we can go into that place.

Where we try to make something seem more serious more

threatening or maybe more successful.

More popular than it really is. When in fact that's not the case

at all. And this is the thing that you

have to understand. That if we're not careful, we

can allow others stretch something.

To Cloud our judgment, the second element here, apart from

exaggeration, is something that you.

And I have to very much Take into consideration.

Let's go back to the introduction when she first

stepped into the throne room. She said, Save Me O King and

before that she fell on her face to the ground.

Now, how did she look based on the first few verses that we

read that she come dressed up? They should come with perfume

with makeup. No, she didn't everything.

But she was a mourner. She had morning garments.

She didn't anoint yourself with oil.

She was a mess. This is a costume, right?

And with the costume, came a character, she comes in and she

just falls to the ground. She's an older woman and this is

supposed to from the beginning, cause David to be alarmed and to

be shook. And the way she paints her

words, the way she colors her circumstance is very, very

telling. I mean, look down here at verse

7 again, and notice how she talks about her her future the

bleakness of her future. he says here, thus they would quench my

coal that is left like so poetic So desperate, my life has been

reduced to one little call and it is ready to be extinguished

and lets you O King intervened on my behalf.

That's good. That's really good.

And so David is his having his heart stirred by the site, by

The Sound, by the actions, by the presentation.

And so, what's happening here? Well, we talked about

exaggeration and now we see that this woman is obviously trying

to engage the emotions. To engage the emotions.

You realize how powerful your feelings are, do you not?

And I am not among those who condemn emotions they came from

a good God, for good pleasure. They are a gift.

They I they add Dimension to life, they accompany things.

Right? But like any good gift that

comes from our heavenly father it can be abused.

If it is not managed or supervised carefully.

And that is exactly what is going to take place in David.

The woman is exciting, the faculties of his feelings so

that he can do. What make a conclusion based on

his emotion, while dismissing the facts of the matter.

Ignore the facts, David. The facts are as what we see

here. That she says concerning the

clan, the clan tan, accordance to the law, have the right to

demand for the brother, who killed his brother to be put to

death. That's that's the fact, that's

the truth. But it was coded.

And it was surrounded with this appeal to sentiment.

And to compassion and to all these different things.

So that he can ignore the facts. Ignore what is demanded. and I

think about, How? This is an operation today, if

you really are honest, you know that when it comes to evil being

tolerated, It often requires emotions to be manipulated.

When evil wants to be tolerated, it often requires emotions to be

manipulated. Think about all the wicked

agendas that are being pushed on our culture today.

It just listen closely. Listen closely, and you'll

realize that they are baseless arguments.

They're not found in logic, they're not found in reason.

They're not found in facts, not found in data.

It's emotional reasoning. Has no legs to stand on. and

yeah, it is working with so many and when you get people to think

by what they feel, you can actually bring them to the point

where they dismiss what is real. Get them to think by what they

feel and they can even disregard.

What is real? What is true?

What is scientific? What is obvious?

What is common sense? You think it what's happening in

our world? Why are we seeing what we're

seeing? Yeah, it's a great delusion

according to Romans 1. We're at the bottom of the

barrel, curling, according to God's passive.

Judgment sure. But in a practical sense, what

we're seeing is the fruit of making your convictions based on

your emotions. And depending on who is affected

by that, it can have disastrous consequences.

And in this case, I mean, I hope you realize how serious this is

because depending on what David does, it will affect the future

of the nation. And so, we see that this woman

is persuading him. Persuading him, with

exaggeration persuading him with emotional manipulation.

And if you and I are not careful to discern that these same

tactics can be utilized on us. On a microscopic level or on a

macro level, then we are bound to make silly decisions like

David does. What will he end up doing after

this? Facade verse 8, then the king

said to the woman, go to your house and I will give orders

concerning you. Without hesitation.

He assures the woman that her guilty son will not be punished.

Now, here's the thing we learned earlier that this woman was

crafty. And so she would not be

satisfied with this general statement because this is what

he's essentially saying, okay? Just go home and I'll let you

know what I'm going to do. Not happening.

So she persist for David to make his settlement more accurate.

Look at verse 9 in the woman of Tekoa is set to the King on me.

Be the guilt, my Lord, the king, and on my father's house, let

the king and his throne be Guiltless.

The king said in verse 10, if anyone says anything to you,

bring him to me and he shall never touch you again.

So she's not satisfied. David gives a more defined

resolution and verse 10. And she's still not satisfied.

I'm not leaving with that. I'm not going back.

I need something more concrete. And so again, look at verse 11,

then she said, please let the king invoke the Lord your God.

That the Avenger of blood kill no more.

And my son be not destroyed. It's like I need you now to make

an oath. I'm appealing to a higher Court,

a Heavenly court, and I'm asking you now to invoke the name of

the Lord. Because there's nothing more

binding than that and to, to let me know for certain that my son

will not be handed over to the law.

What is the ruler Israel do? he said, as the Lord lives, not

one hair of your sons shall fall to the ground.

David you're in trouble. Without him realizing he

compounded his conviction. His own conviction, his own

condemnation. And he backed himself up in a

corner and guess what, he won't be able to escape, unless he's

willing to be Blasphemous and dishonor his oath to God.

He stuck, he can't go anywhere from here especially because,

the lord's name is now involved. And once the woman saw that

David was committed to this case, she turns the table and

like Nathan, who at the right time said you are the man.

She is now going to reveal what this is really all about.

So look at verse 12, then the woman said, please let your

servant speak a word to my Lord. The king.

He said speak, I'd be nervous. And the woman said, why then

have you planned such a thing against the people of God?

For in giving this decision the king convicts himself in as much

as the king, does not bring his banished one home again.

You want to find. So disturbing about this.

because, as much as this is the woman whose Standing and facing

off with David, it's really joab.

And what I find. So disturbing about this whole

ordeal is that job is going to Great Lengths to make sure that

David is convicted. Like, wouldn't you think you

would do that with Absalom instead who's the real guilty

one and all of this? It's Absalom and up to this

point, three years have gone by, there's no repentance, No

Remorse, no regret, no shame, no embarrassment, nothing.

This man is hiding away in his pride, waiting for a red carpet

to roll out for him to come back into his Palace.

And yet job is doing all of this to make an innocent man.

In this situation feel guilty, And to repent so to speak.

And when you see this, you have to understand that we should not

expect anything more from somebody who does not have a

submission to the scriptures. When you do not view the world,

the way God calls you to view the world.

You will have. A distorted understanding of

what is right? And what is wrong?

Is that not true? And when I looked at this, when

I looked at jobs, Behavior, I thought of the verse that is

there before Proverbs Chapter 30, the last verse of Proverbs

Proverbs 30 · chapter mention

29 reads this An unjust man is an Abomination to the righteous.

But one, whose way is straight is an Abomination to the wicked.

An unjust man. Somebody who's guilty, somebody

who's a sinner, somebody who's a rebel that kind of a person is

an Abomination to the righteous. But the one whose way is

straight and honorable and on the Narrow Path and In Perpetual

agreement to the word of God is actually an Abomination to the

wicked. So that same righteous

indignation that you sense, concerning sin and Injustice and

Corruption those same feelings though.

Justify our experience in the hearts of those who are evil

towards those who are right. There's such a perversion that

occurs when we abandoned God. Everything gets messed up.

Enjoy a proving to be such a man.

He can look at somebody like David and instead of encouraging

to do right challenge him to do wrong and then to even indict

him if he doesn't So David is, is hearing this from this

messenger, this actress this lady with no name and how do you

know that job based on the verses were that were just read?

How do you know that joab is not a person who has regard for the

scriptures? Look carefully, specifically,

Everest 13? What stands out to you?

What is the subject of David's guilt, apparently.

But more specifically, it's right there in the wording of of

the woman. Very good.

Why have you planned such a thing against the people of God?

You know what he should have said if it was true against the

law of God, No, such thing. So in jobs, mine, here's a

problem. David, if you do not bring

Absalom back, this will affect the morale of the nation and

potentially the future of this nation.

And so, what is pumping through joab's, veins is purely

political It's not about righteousness.

It's not about God standard. It's not about what he asked for

concerning us. It's about what will happen to

the people. So this is not a person who has

any mindfulness of God's demands.

And that's where you get in trouble.

Listen. Hey, do you want to be protected

from being deceived? Do you want to be protected from

making stupid decisions in life? Can I can I suggest something to

you? Don't seek the counsel of people

who don't tremble at God's word. I know that there are General

things that you can seek even unbelieving people for when it

comes to doing that, which is right.

I I highly recommend not going to a person who does not ordain

their lives under every precept found in this book from Genesis

to revelation. Just throw that out there.

What will happen to the people of God?

Well, here's my main concern, what will happen to God and my

relationship with God and his name in his honor.

That's a righteous man. That's a righteous woman.

That's somebody who will protect themselves from pitfalls in life

that they could have easily skipping over.

They had just trusted in the wisdom of God.

And in verse 14, this woman goes from trying to point out the

offense here, to Bringing objective observations into the

whole predicament and this Is what she does.

Look at verse 14. We must all die.

She still talking to David. We are like water spilled on the

ground. Which cannot be gathered up

again, but God will not take away life.

And he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an

outcast. So she's continuing to make her

case more convincing. She's trying to drive this thing

home. And she says, three important

things. Here's the first thing that she

says, we must all die. We are like water spilled on the

ground. What do you think she means by

that? Kind of, but you're close.

Life is short, David? Life is like spilling water and

not only is it short. Once it's over, it's over.

If I spill water here on the carpet, you would think I'm a

Madman to try to put it back in the cup.

And so it's a combination of not only his life short, it's end is

unexpected. And once it's over, you can't

redo what you need to redo or what you hope to redo and in the

context. But she is suggesting is David

reconcile before it's too late. Make sure you mend this thing

before. The grave calls you are the

great calls him and you look back and you think.

I wish I had done something. And so, she's appealing to the

brevity of life. And our unannounced, expiration

date and how we should do, what we need to do to be able to make

sure that we are at peace with all men and that when God does

call us home, we don't look back and have any regrets.

He has a powerful point. But then she says something

else. The second thing is, God does

not take away life. Consider the context but God

will not take away life. What do you think she means by

that? It's a little harder to

interpret. Here's what I believe that it

means that the Lord does not prefer judgement as his primary

answer to wrong. The Lord does not.

As his first step desire to execute, or to eliminate or to

shut the door for Mercy to be experienced first.

And in this case, what she's saying, in light of Absalom is

listen, if God really wanted to punish Absalom, he would have

done it already. He would have just struck him

down. He would have sent the plague

into his very body. He would have just had him

killed but Absalom is still alive.

And so up to this point, we have two arguments being with made

right life is short, it's brief. Why don't you reconcile before?

It's too late it could also mean this look in the same way that a

cup is poured out into the dirt and you can't gather it up again

Emmons dead. Engines gone.

And so even if you do punish Absalom is that going to bring

em back? It's not gonna bring in the back

and God doesn't take away life. That's not his his primary

desire as ambition and dealing with those who are in sin and

that's closely tied into her final case, her final point

being made and what is that? And he being God, devises means

so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.

That's a beautiful point. Is it not In other words, God

has provided a system. A sacrificial system in order to

give the sin and opportunity to experience forgiveness, and

Grace and restoration instead of remaining banished and an exile

from his presence. And so this final point is very

clear. God has done what he could to

initiate reconciliation. And to swing his arms, open wide

for The Sinner to come. And if God David is willing to

do that, why aren't you? Why aren't you?

You can just imagine the weight, you can imagine the crushing

conviction that this man is feeling.

And so, all in all, this is also being said, so that David could

urgently and mercifully bring Absalom home.

I might disappoint you with this point but you have to stick

around to see what I'm about to say, and prove it as kind and as

compassionate as warm and fuzzy. All of this may seem there are a

couple of things wrong with this picture of forgiveness.

What are they? What would you say?

What's that? There are consequences.

Yes, no repentance that is one for certain.

Well, let me ask it this way. Is to try to just steer Us in

the right direction. Many have referenced.

That verse verse 49, especially the last part as a gospel gem

hidden and tucked in an old Covenant text, which is true

because it points to God's altar means of bringing the banish one

back to his presence. And that means is the man Christ

Jesus. That's the foreshadowing here,

there has been a device. There has been a plan that God

has ordained from eternity past and it is that through the sun,

those who have been pushed out because of their sin can now be

brought back into fellowship with the Holy One.

And as we look at this, we realize that's wonderful.

That's true. That's a wonderful way of trying

to persuade the hearts of those who are lost to realize they can

be found. But here's the problem.

This God compromised, his law in order to reconcile us He

doesn't. And this is why this is

important. This is a gospel truth.

You have many people. Who believe the way God forgives

is, that he just brushes things. Under the carpet, is the, you

know what? I'm just going to take your sins

and throw them in the sea of forgetfulness.

We're not going to have to deal with it.

Let me just wink. Let's just start over.

Let's just turn over a new Leaf. Let's just forget it.

Ever happened. That's not how God forgives and

a popular preacher once said. And I looked it up just to make

sure if it's still up there and it's still up there.

So it's still a public thing and as pastors who specially deal

with the truth and Have to protect people from those ideas

that are not true. I have to tell you this, there's

a popular Pastor. Maybe you've heard this who said

something along the lines of that God broke his law.

And the Name of Love. Did you hear it?

God broke his law in the Name of Love.

And the idea there is that I'm guessing because it wasn't

clarified, so you're leaving me to speculate with such a strong,

strong commentary of the Gospel that God performs, some kind of

Injustice against the sun in order to find a way to forgive

all of us and to restore us unto himself.

God didn't break his law. To display his love, he

satisfied the law, that's the gospel.

The wisdom of the Cross is that Justice and mercy kissed, And

that God could uphold his Holiness while at the same time,

extend his mercy and neither of those attributes were ever

compromised one bit. So God did not suspend his

Justice in order to see more loving to sinners, no, he

satisfied. His wrath in order for us to

experience his loving kindness That's the idea.

And so to hear what this woman has to say, is partly true that

there has been a plan provided a means so that the banished one

will not remain an outcast, but not at the expense of the law

being ignored or neglected or Worse violated.

And so we see here that no moral code was ever ever, ever deleted

in order to win our pardon know. He was able to satisfy his

Justice while swinging the door of Mercy, wide open for us to

come right in But one might object and this is where I want

you to be equipped. Well, that sounds nice.

But is it really fair for the son of God?

To be killed on behalf of those who have sinned themselves and

have a record of their own to deal with.

Is that really just forgot to send his son into place?

The sin of the world from Adam up to the final person who will

live before it all ends Can we say that?

That is right? How would you answer that?

Because that's a common question.

Isn't that good? Can I tell you the reason?

Can I tell you the answer? It's in one verse and it's one

of my favorite statements that Jesus ever made while walking on

the earth, John 10 verse 18, no one takes it from me.

John 10:18

But I lay it down of my own accord.

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.

And then he goes on to say that he has the authority to lay down

and he has the authority to bring it right up again.

Glory to Jesus Christ. I volunteer my life.

I willingly lay down my life. I like Isaac.

Isaac, the greater Isaac carry the would willingly.

Up to that mountain and lay myself down on that Altar and

willingly opened myself up. To the dagger of God to pierce

me so that atonement can be made.

It realized that Isaac was not 9 years old when he was being led

by the father to go up into those mountains of Moriah.

He had to be old enough to carry the wood, and if he was old

enough to carry the wood and have a conversation with his

father, with important observation, how there's there's

obviously sacrifice missing, then he also had the strength

and the independence to roll off that altar.

Once you realize that she is the sacrifice but he didn't.

He silently and submissively stayed in place.

That's Christ. Now, we can make a case that it

is unjust for somebody to be kicking and screaming being

pulled by a judge though, perfect to pay for those who are

imperfect. But what do you do with somebody

who says, A body, you have prepared for me.

This is why I've come. I'm saying that I have come to

be a ransom for many. Not to be served but to serve.

What do you do when the sun enters into our world with the

sole purpose of dying? And so we see here that there's

something very questionable about how the mercy of God is

interpreted. And secondly, we see something

else and our brother mentioned it.

There is no repentance in all of this.

There is no call for Absalom to realize his wrong.

And to admit, there's no confession, There's No Remorse.

There is no conversation about this, there's no rebuke nothing.

What job is say, just bring him back let's just avoid potential

problems here. And just bring him back and

let's just move on with all this.

The longer he stays out there. The more things can come about

and let's just cut it. And let's just just deal with

this. And I deal with it the way that

we should deal with it. There is no evidence from this

moment on that Absalom ever does share.

Any kind of sense of guilt. He's able to just move on, like,

it's nothing and though, listen, you, and I are all called to

forgive from the heart. You know that, right?

Every single one of us are called to forgive from our

heart, but reconciliation is contingent upon repentance.

I know that might shock you but it is true.

If you want New Testament evidence for that, go to Luke 17

on your own time and realized that when Jesus talks about

restoring a brother who sins multiple times a day, he

includes a word that Luke really likes in his gospel account.

It's a word repent. If somebody repents and you

rebuke him. And he realizes wrong and vows

to turn away from the wrong, then you can embrace them again.

Do you know why repentance is important for reconciliation?

There are many reasons why and here's one of them because

someone who is in the wrong and wants to hold onto their wrong,

must learn that they cannot enjoy holy relationships without

forsaking corruption first. That is true for between two

parties and that is true, even on a local church level.

When somebody refuses to repent, The ultimate punishment of

somebody refuses to repent and a local church setting is that

they are excommunicated. Because in God's wisdom, he will

not allow in his love for his child, to think that they can

claim the Privileges of the Holy people of God.

While placing your address in Satan's territory.

Just can't you got to pick one or the other and in hoping that

once they go out into the world and they are released into the

world, realizing how cold and cruel and ugly.

It really is, they would then come back in the church.

Should be ready to embrace them again.

So we do a disservice to the sanctification of people.

If we are willing to continually reconcile with them void of

repentance, it's actually more harmful than it is anything

else. And what you see here is that

reconciliation without repentance.

Additionally is a recipe for repeated offense.

Can I say that one more time? Reconciliation, without

repentance is a recipe for repeated, not just repeat it.

But even growing offense, And so there is a responsibility and

not to satisfy a niche of the flesh because you and I believer

have to be ready even multiple times a day.

According to the words of Jesus that if somebody repents that

you say I you have my, you have my love, you have my fellowship,

you have my attention. at the same time, if someone refuses to

Then you have an obligation to refrain.

From giving access to that person the way they would want.

While also wanting their sin. And here's a prime example, if

we forsake that kind of wisdom it's in 2nd Samuel 14.

Look at verse 33. Look at how this chapter ends.

We're not gonna be able to, obviously finish this unless you

want to stay feel like 11:30. We're not going to do that.

And second Samuel 14:33. Notice what happens, then Joy

2 Samuel 14:33

have went to the king and told them and he summoned Absalom.

So he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the

ground before the king and the King kissed Absalom.

That's a problem. That's a problem.

This is extremely problematic because Absalom, with all of

this was still in an unrepented State and the Father Here, gives

them a kiss of approval, it kiss of Pardon really And that kiss

permitted, Absalom to have full range, access to the world and

the life that he knew before he was banished.

And you know what, you see in a very few short verses after this

happened, go to chapter 15 and look at verse 6.

Thus Absalom did to all Israel. Who came to the king for a

judgment. So, Absalom stole the hearts of

the men of Israel. Do you know what happened?

You know, what's going to happen?

Civil War is going to break out. Civil War is going to break out

and it had it happened because David was deceived and thinking

that reconciliation, without rebuke reconciliation without

repentance, would bring some kind of piece.

You would think that this gesture would humble such a man.

and overwhelm him, but instead, He's going to bring more harm

than he ever did before and instead now only is he going to

rip a nation? Into shreds, he's going to

destroy himself. So you see we don't do people

favors when we give them access to the fellowship.

The Bible allows us to enjoy when we come together with the

same cause and the same fight, we don't do people service when

we say, you can hold onto your sin and still have all of this.

Now, only are you going to bring more harm to the context of your

life but to that very person that you're trying to help

Because Absalom is going to end up dying unrepentant.

So you see in the same way that God does not Bend Justice to

bring us to himself, he also does not excuse unrepentant for

reconciliation sake. So everything about what this

woman of Tekoa, saying flags flags flags.

It sounds good, it's very heart moving.

But it's not completely true. And here's the problem.

In verse 18, after she continues and concludes her whole spiel.

Then the king answered the woman do not hide from me.

Anything I asked you and the woman said, let my Lord the king

speak then King said is the hand of job with you in all of this.

So some kind of fog was lifted and he was able to realize makes

you wanted. This is twice.

Now it happened right? You had Nathan come with a

parable like story and then you end up pulling something out of

you and you get yourself in trouble and now this woman comes

and sheep. He probably forgot.

This is not fictitious most likely and so now he's wondering

There's somebody behind the scenes here and he says his job

behind all this. The woman answered and said uh

sure Lea's you live the Lord, the king one cannot turn to the

right hand or to the left. From anything that my Lord the

King has said, it was your servant job.

Who commanded me. It is he put all these words in

the mouth of your servant. In order to change the course of

things or serving job job did this but my Lord has wisdom like

the wisdom of the angel of God, to know, all these things that

are on the earth. I would say the same thing,

probably if I realized that, although I got caught, you're

like the angel of God. You're so wise, you're so

amazing. Here's, here's the thing, we can

praise David for his discernment but I can't do that.

You know why? Because I think his questioning

was too late. David, you should ask those

questions before. You should have put aside your

feelings, you should have put aside your subjective issues and

reasonings and thoughts and investigated.

And waited. I see you and I in this day, we

are called to such wisdom. So happy that Pastor Daniel read

about wisdom and Proverbs for, I think this is the beauty of

Bible studies like this. It's extremely practical for

day-to-day life. And we are living in a day of

exaggeration. We are living in a day of an

emotional. Tornado.

And it's going to demand us to make decisions about our

convictions about who we fellowship with about what,

where we go, what we do, what we say, what we don't say.

And we will get ourselves in trouble, unless we apply the

wisdom of God's word, to be our shield.

And to be our filter in this world, And so I look at David

here and he asked the question, but he's already stuck.

He can't get out of it. He invoked the name of God and

so he has to go through with it. So be reminded believer in this

place that stories like this have been given to preserve us

from similar mistakes. And that when it does come to a

point in life, where you have to make the right decision as

difficult as it may seem realize that in those moments of dilemma

where you are pondering, what I should do that, the enemy is

right there to tempt you to make the wrong decision.

He'll put fear in you. He'll convince you that God's

law seems inconsiderate and overwhelming.

He'll try to persuade you that. If you do it this way, which

violates God's law, it will protect your future and it will

cause Less Problems. And so in those moments just

come to the word of God. And and in those moments where

the word of God gives you the clear answer trust in what God

had said. If David would have taken care

of Absalom, there wouldn't have been a civil war.

If David had taken care of absent if he had, at least

confronted him potentially, there would have been repentance

and in David wouldn't have to whoa himself.

Absalom Absalom. Oh my son and wish that you had

died instead of him perhaps because you have an idea of

where he went after he died. So here's the final thought I'm

giving to you on this Friday night at all times in

everything. No matter how difficult it may

seem to do that which is right, do it.

God's word is true and the result of obedience is always

better than what you think, might come.

If you just do it your way, trust in the Lord, he will lead

you. He will reward you, he will

bless you in all things at all times.

Amen, let's pray together. Lord, we humble ourselves

tonight. I know there's so much meat in

this chapter. We trust that what you desire to

speak to our hearts has been accomplished Lord, with all of

our weaknesses, we pray that what has been presented and

studied and discussed together would indeed affect us.

And there we even pray that. For those who will have to face

difficulty in doing the right thing that this study, will come

to mind this example in your Eternal Word with surface in the

Forefront of our thinking. And that we would be encouraged

to know and equipped to know. That this has happened before

with many men and women of God. And you have prescribed us

exactly what we need in order to avoid the worst outcomes.

And Lord even though we can't see the outcome of our obedience

help us believe you. And may your honor be our reward

more than anything else. What we ask for discernment in

this age, the sermon in our lives?

we ask that you even helped us not fall into the Trap of

decorating. Our truths with falsehood so

that it can be more appealing or convincing but we pray that we

would not give in to our emotions to determine what is

right and what is wrong. And we ask Lord that you would

give us the hunger for the word of God that would help us be

able to see past the surface of all the the Showmanship around

us. And so what we give you glory

tonight for this study we are moved to worship you because

this is your wisdom given to us. And we are privileged to be

adorned with these things that will help us glorify you

tomorrow. And the day after, for the rest

of our lives, Lord receive our praise because it will be a

praise of Thanksgiving for the feast that second, Samuel 14 has

been to us tonight. We bless you now.

In Jesus name we do. Amen.

Amen. Shall we stand?

And give God glory.