1 Samuel 30 (Part 2) Bible Study - Pastor Daniel Batarseh

You may never hear this reference for a long time, but

meet me in first Samuel chapter 30 because we are almost there.

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I thought that we were going to complete this studying this book

today but when I realized what was left in Chapter 30 I thought

no, there's still, there's still too much to be said before we

conclude this study, so definitely next week, will be

their last study. It may be a shorter one but we

have a tradition with Our Bible studies.

There's anybody know what that is when we complete a book.

Yes. And this may be a longer one and

I think it excites people to study a little bit more and I

like that I like that it excites people to study more so keep

that in mind next week it may happen.

Next week, it may happen the week after, I don't know, just

come prepared anyway. First Samuel, 30.

Minion verse 16, please. And our brother just prayed, but

it doesn't hurts to pray again. As long as we are sincere in our

hearts, Lord, we thank you for your word.

And we open it now. Hello, I thank you for this

family. Thank you for Gathering Us in

this place or despite our week. Despite even the challenges of

today, we've come to the sanctuary of your presence and

we come to receive from you. Lord, you are our life, you are

our strength, you are Our Hope, Lord, you are a delight.

And Lord, we realize that there is a miracle that has taken

place in our hearts for us to come here on a Friday night.

And to enjoy this, that is your work in our lives and may you

manifest the person of Jesus Christ, through the revelation

of the word into our hearts, so that we would love him the

resurrected. Lord, the returning Lord.

Oh, Lord, just win our affections of fresh.

When them a fresh for you are, worthy of all of our devotion in

Jesus name, we pray. Amen.

Amen. Amen.

There it is. I hope you remember from two

weeks ago where we are at in this study.

Don't mind what's happening back there.

Just focus on me. They'll figure it out.

And first Samuel 30, we know that there is a rescue mission

that is taking place and the rescue mission that is taking

place has to do with David and his men who have lost their

wives and their children to the amalekites while they were on a

three-day Journey away from this place called ziklag, the

amalekites have come and ransacked their home base.

They have destroyed the city. They have taken captives David

and his men come back. Back to this horrible sight.

And that was the turning point in David's, life to come back to

the Lord. After a year and four months of

being away from the Lord, and God immediately responded with

Divine Direction, and guidance and leading.

And now he knows where to go. Because in God's Providence,

here is a slave out in the wilderness who is left behind by

the amalekites David comes and rescues him and then he receives

a reward. Bored Beyond his imagination and

it was the exact steps needed to go and find his family and bring

them back by God's power and promise.

That's where we're at. And as we consider that we read

in verse 16, what transpires? And when he had taken him down,

behold they being the amalekites were spread abroad over all the

land eating and drinking and dancing.

Because of all the great spoiled that they had taken, from the

land of the Philistines. And from the land of Judah, And

David struck them down from Twilight until the evening of

the next day. And not a man of them escaped,

except, for hundred young men, who mounted camels, and fled,

David recovered all that the amalekites had taken and David

rescued, his two wives. Nothing was missing whether

small or Great sons or daughters spoil or anything that had been

taken, David brought back all all David also captured all the

flocks and herds and the people drove the livestock before him

and said this is David's spoil. Consider verse 16 quickly

consider the site. They are there they are in the

Blackness of that Midnight Hour, and as they approach with the

amalekites were, they can hear in the distance, The Sound of

Music and the voices of men, Perhaps singing shouting, and

there was dancing. There is music, perhaps, and as

David and his men, the 400 with him approach to this site.

They realized something quite amazing.

They are. They are celebrating what they

had just done. They are enjoying themselves.

They are indulging in the flesh. After committing such evil after

such mischief. David finds his men in a place

where they are clearly showing little to no concern about their

safety. There seems to be no thought

about the possibility of a counter-attack from the very

people that they had just harmed the very people that they just

assaulted there. Is this relaxed careless even

Reckless kind of behavior from the amalekites and my question

is, why do you think that is? Why do you think The amalekites

seem to be so safe and are not on guard.

What was happening in the background?

There was another war that was taking place against who between

who The Philistines, I heard it whispered, and who the Irizarry

lights, right? Where the Philistines in their

land, or where they three days away from their land, three days

away from their land. Yes.

And so you see that there is, this miscalculation, there is

this false belief that there was a delay.

And so they could be relaxed and they could be laid back.

And when you look at something like this, it's a clear picture

is a not of the spiritual negligence of Sinners today.

And even if some saints, who have unfortunately, been

influenced by the flesh who get caught up in the frenzy of the

flesh, because they think that there is a delay.

And they fail to prepare for that Divine judgment.

Just like these men are failing to realize that they are dancing

and shouting and singing and parting in the shadow of

vengeance. It's incredible.

Why weren't the amalekites sober-minded?

Why weren't they Vigilant? Why weren't they on guard?

What? We just heard it.

Perhaps, they didn't believe that an attack would come.

Well at least not now perhaps, they thought that they were so

Victorious that they so conquered.

That did not even think that it would ever happen.

Whatever the case may be. You see here, unfortunately, a

picture of how the world interprets God's judgment.

They don't even believe it exists, and so they eat, they

drink and tomorrow, they die. And they can live in their flesh

and they can destroy the cells. Destroy others, destroy any

conviction left in their conscience and just live it up.

Not knowing that the eyes of God's Wrath are upon them.

And just like David here is looming with his men to execute

Vengeance. Here are people today on a

Friday night? I can tell you very much that

are living just like these amalekites for themselves

without any concern about the safety of their own Souls.

Without any sense that things can change swiftly and this life

that they thought was the climax of their Bliss will turn into

just a transition into the real world and that is eternity.

And so, I look here at a sad picture.

And is even a picture of many professing believers who delayed

their surrender, the total surrender to the Lord.

They just want to nitpick here of the world and it doesn't

work. We must be ready at all times

day by day, hour by hour. Now, we come to verse 17, and I

says here in David, struck them down from Twilight until the

evening of the next day. That's a, that's a pretty

incredible accomplishment. Because think about it, when

they were with the Philistines David and his men, they have to

go back to ziklag. How many days did that?

Take three on foot, they get to ziklag, they realize that

there's smoke coming from their homes, there's rubble, and they

are exhausted physically. Now, add on top of that physical

exhaustion, emotional exhaustion, why?

Because they left until there was no strength left in them,

David seeks. God, this is emergency protocol.

God gives answers right away and now he travels through the

Wilderness to try to find. His family.

You can imagine how bone-tired these men were.

So tired that one-third of David's men, 200 out of the 600

stay back. It says they were too exhausted

to pursue even though their wives and their children were

taken, that says something for warriors, who fight for a

living? And yet at the same time, we

read that on this night from Twilight, they fought throughout

the night, throughout the next day until the evening of the

next day and they won. And I look at that and I have

one thing that comes to mind, that is determination.

That is grit, that is commitment, that is sacrificed

even at the expense of your comfort and your even Health,

which sometimes, oftentimes can be dangerous with be wise.

But when I read this, I see something very, very important

number one, they were outnumbered.

Because what do we read here? 400 young men.

And the last verse, the last part of verse 17, who mounted

camels and fled. So we know that there were at

least four hundred men because 400 of the amalekites left

meaning there is many more amalekites and yet David only

had 400 in his rank. That's impressive.

Second David and his men though, exhausted.

Saw something they interpreted this in a very wise way,

because, hey, look, if I'm David after three day journey, and who

knows how long to come to this point.

I see these men clearly do not a threatening position, they're

just living it up, they're distracted.

Boys. Let's let's call this an item

will go to war tomorrow. Let's just rest for maybe a day

or two recuperate spee strengthen and then we can come

back and deal with these guys. But that's not how they did

this. They saw this scene, they saw

the posture of the amalekites and they realize, in this

moment, this is to our advantage.

This is a unique opportunity. This is a window of time that we

cannot afford to lose. So we must act now with

everything that is left within us.

Whatever it demands of us, let us give it all now because we

may not have this opportunity again because these men are

intoxicated. These men are not Vigilant.

They are defenseless, it's a perfect chance for an invasion

even though they are outnumbered I look at this, and I realized

that, even though these amalekites were in a drunken

stupor, David and his men knew that it's time to act now.

There's a spiritual lesson here from this, this King in training

and his discipline and it is this.

You and I have to seize the opportunities at hand.

And our service to God. for whatever reason, it is many

Believers are tempted to lose dedication when they realize

that they are at an advantage. When a Believer is an

environment or in a state where they they have great privilege

oftentimes that is damaging to their devotion at least the

quality of it. You want an example, look at the

majority of Christians and America Look at the, the overall

attitude of many people in Christendom in the West.

You and I live in a country of great opportunity, even

spiritually as wicked as our country is, do you realize that

as a church as a ministry as Christians, we still have rights

that protect us. We still have laws that we can

utilize to our advantage. We still have certain Privileges

and benefits that can actually help us move forward for the

kingdom of God, with Greater Grace and ease and peace. and

yet, at the same time, there seems to be a sense of ease in

Zion. There seems to be little concern

and a general sense for effort greater effort to be given into

this awesome opportunity that we have in this land.

Why pray so much, why praise so intensely?

At least when there's no persecution when there's little

problems. Why plan and invest in

outreaches? When there's so many things

happening through, so many Ministries already, like just

have to be so concerned. Why meet together regularly we

got something called livestream. I can access my favorite.

Bible teachers Dead or Alive on one, click of the button.

I don't have to get out of my pajamas.

And so there's this strange Temptation, there's a strange

thing that happens when we realize that there is there's

much Advantage much much ease. But if we learn anything in the

past 2 years, do you know what it is?

That? Whatever Advantage you and I

enjoy can be taken from us in a moment, right?

Whatever opportunity lies before us.

Can be swept away. Over a weekend.

And Jesus gave very, very wise words.

In John chapter 9 to his disciples, we must work the work

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of him. While it is day for night is

coming. When no man can work.

I believe with all of my heart that if we learn, if we should

have learned anything in the past two years, as Believers is

don't take what you have in this nation in this generation.

So lightly. It can all flip in a moment.

And what we thought was something so casual and just

part of our weekly schedule something that we can say yes or

no to can offer sudden be gone. And Ministry looks much much

much different. I never thought I would see the

day where Canadian pastors and 2020 2021 would be meeting with

their congregations Underground. Anybody see that coming not me.

And so you and I have to realize that while it is day, while

there is the light of favor upon us, all the more should we give

ourselves all the more we should utilize our technology.

All the more we should utilize our strength, all the more we

should you utilize our resources because night is coming when no

man can work. These men saw the opportunity.

It was an advantage. They went for it because they

knew that they could have lost that opportunity if they waited

too long. Verse 18, David recovered all

that the amalekites had taken and David rescued, his two

wives. Nothing was missing whether

small or Great sons or daughters spoiler.

Anything that had been taken only one explainable possibility

for why, this happened for David?

And it is this, the sheer mercy of God, the sheer grace of God,

the fact that he came to this place and there was not one Hair

missing from his children's heads or one wife missing the

fact that none of them were destroyed.

None of them were hurt. None of them were sold off into

slavery. The fact that they were all

intact every single one that one socks on.

Not one daughter was gone is just a magnificent display of

God's compassion. over a man who didn't deserve it, who didn't

deserve it and you and I should consider This Truth for our own

lives and just take a moment to reflect on our own history with

God and the things that he is allowed to remain and the things

that remain intact and the blessings that even continue to

flow, especially in moments of sin, even seasons of sin.

And yet, and yet still God's grace is there.

And it's provision, is there, and his love, is there, his

promises are still there. And as much as that is true, we

can also make the case that there is an element of human

responsibility here on David's part that perhaps made this

result a greater possibility. Otherwise Meaning David did

something on his part. I know this makes people

nervous, right? Especially especially because we

love Grace and I love Grace of Grace and anybody else I guess

At the same time, there is an element, I believe of human

responsibility. That is worth noting.

Think about it. What if David when he came to

ziklag and he saw the city destroyed.

What if he had not immediately broken?

And come contract before God and sought him.

What if in his frustration he complained what if he had run

back to the Philistines to ask for help?

What if David had delayed his repentance upon the shocking

revelation? Of the ziklag situation.

Just imagine that for a second if he had stubbornly just paced

back and forth and persisted In the Flesh.

If he had just said to himself, what kind of God is this?

Remember it was him coming before God praying and receiving

direction from Heaven, that brought him to this point.

But what if he didn't, at least in the moment?

There, I believe there is a case that perhaps there have been a

greater risk for harm to be implemented upon the very people

he loved that there have been a greater Advantage for the

amalekites to have their way because God brought David to

ziklag in his Providence. Remember David try to go with

the Philistines and God shut that door.

So clearly it's almost forced David to go back and there was a

timing issue in that God needed him to get back there.

It was God's love redirecting. Although a I hurt in the moment

that rejection could have been painful. and so, this is what

I'm trying to say here, is that when you look at this, We also

run the same risk in our lives. If we continually resist, God's

conviction about a certain wrong that we are persisting in if we

continue to ignore God, if we continued delay, the commands

that he calls us to walk in knowingly stubbornly as much as

we know that God restores and as much as he replenishes and he

renews and he recovers that is all true.

There is also the risk that our sin can take much more from us

if we're not careful to be prompt and Urgent in our

repentance Can you think of commands in the New Testament

that tell us to act quickly in certain situations?

Think about it. Some Whispers here and there.

Think about it. Think about The Sermon on the

Mount. Think about the the teaching on

forgiveness, teaching on. If you know that you have

something that's something has happened between you and her

brother, somebody has something against you and you have a gift

and you go to the altar. What are you supposed to do

worship? And then go Yeah, leave it

there. Leave it there and then go.

And then Jesus says something quite amazing come to terms

quickly with your Accuser. I quickly.

Don't wait. Don't delay quickly.

This is emergency protocol, because again, we run the risk

with specific things, especially that if we delay, there's more

damage. There's more damage

relationally, there's more damage on ourselves.

There's more damage to many things.

And so even, even Paul says, in like manner, don't go to bed,

don't go to bed. If there's if there's that anger

in your heart, that's keeping you up.

And you haven't communicated, don't even go to sleep.

And so there is a call for each of us as Believers to be prompt

with conviction and to not delay, because the delay may be

too to cause more unnecessary damage.

And that happens so much I'm telling you.

There are people who have anger bitterness unforgiveness and

because they do not deal with it.

It deals with them, and here's what I would like to say.

How would you act if you knew your family was kidnapped?

Would you wait till tomorrow to make a phone call?

Would you say to yourself? You know, it's not that big of a

deal. I gotta think about it.

Would be ridiculous. But if we saw our sin even in

seed form as dangerous to our souls as the amalekites were to

David's family when they kidnapped him, I'm sure that we

would, we would not be slow to pursue God's Conformity and is

standard for us as his Representatives.

We would be quick, we would be quick and when you and I are

quick, what we do is whatever foothold that we have given

Satan, it's slams, the door on that foot.

But the longer you do that the longer, you keep that door open

and that foot there, then a shoulder gets in, then a leg

gets in and then you sit with couples who have been married

for decades. And there is a long, huge thick

cement wall of bitterness, and unforgiveness.

Because instead of dealing it with it, when it was a brick,

they built upon it more and more and more.

And and now you talk and you hear about the silliest of

things. Things that seem to be

mountainous in their minds because they didn't deal with it

when it was a molehill. David.

Although he is being showered by God's grace, God's grace was

triggered by the appropriate response to his conviction.

I hope that makes sense and I hope that stirs you and I Do you

see Jesus in the verses that we just read?

Nothing was missing whether small or Great sons or daughters

spoiler. Anything that had been taken,

David brought back all Nothing was missing.

All of David's, possessions came back to David all that was in

his name, came back into his arms and when I see David, I see

the son of David, don't you? Because Jesus assures us that he

will never ever lose his most prized possession.

Would you like to know what that is?

It's in John 6 39. Look what Jesus says in John

John 6:39

6:39. I love this verse.

And this is the will of him who sent me that I should lose.

Nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last

day. That I should lose nothing.

Now, what do you mean lose nothing?

Well, he tells us in the next year's for this is the will of

my father that everyone who looks on the son and believes in

Him should have eternal life and I will raise him up on the last

day. I will raise him up or he's just

a prophet. I is just a teacher.

Tell me one Prophet that can raise up the Dead.

All simultaneously by one command.

I will raise him up on the last day but here's the promise.

That those who look on him and Believe on him Christ will never

let you be lost. He won't lose you.

He won't lose you. And so here's how powerful that

is, no matter what you go through in life, no matter what

threats. Even something as powerful and

as final as death itself, when Christ comes to claim you death

has to let go of that body so that it can be glorified in his

presence forever and ever. He won't lose you.

There's not one part of you that will be lost.

There's not one part of you that will be missing.

Just like David claimed and reclaimed all.

So Christ, when Adam and his race forfeited, so much she in

his Redemption will redeem us completely.

That's a glorious thought. So I'm going to trust the one

who actually conquered the grave so that when I entered into

grave, guess what if I'm able to if I'm able to I'll memorize a

him and I'll be able to sing it and my dying breath, knowing

that he's going to claim me one day.

And you can do the same if you're in Christ.

There's Christ, and crisis and done crisis, are done.

Being shown here in David's life.

Look what we look what we see next and first, Samuel.

In verse 19. This is so exciting.

We see here David also in verse 20 captured all the flocks and

herds and the people drove the livestock before him and said,

this is David spoil. So there's an additional thing

that happens. Not only does David reclaim

restore. He also adds he wins a spoil on

top of what was his. There is greater reward, and

here's the beauty about this reward, this reward on top of

what belongs. Long to him was shared with his

men. These men were sharing in that

spoil and we're also experiencing the great Treasures

that was claimed and Juan by David himself.

And that's exactly what Christ has done with you.

And I that when Jesus conquered death, when he went on that

cross, he did not just purchase us, he purchased things for us.

He purchased things for us. All you have to do is go to

Ephesians 1 and see the list of the spiritual blessings that

belong to us. All you have to do is realize

what the inheritance of the Holy Spirit does for us.

And that's what the blood did. Jesus goes into the enemy's

Camp. Yes to save us but then as we

walk out with them like these men, there are Treasures that he

begins to share with the redeemed.

And I find that so true in the New Testament.

But you know what I find. So amazing here is that these

men who had this this flock, and the herds, this great, great

parade of possessions. Guess what they were saying?

Well, what was it? Other saying?

This is who spoil David spoil? I love that.

This is David spoil. I don't know if they chanted it.

I don't know if they said it once.

I don't know if they said it throughout the Journey Back.

But they were affirming that even though this was purchased

for them, even though they get to enjoy this, even though they

got to enjoy with their families, that it all came back

to David, it all belonged to David.

And you, and I have to understand that.

We're not just forgiving. We're not just headed to an

eternal Garden of Eden. We have received rewards, we've

been given gifts, even giving gifts in Christ.

And I know some people that receive gifts not when they were

just born, I believe God gives people when they were born, and

they could choose what to do with that gift, either.

Use it for the world, and their own profit of, for God's glory,

but I believe also that God gives gifts upon conversion.

God gives gifts God gives callings, God gives a promise

that we will rule and reign with him forever and ever.

God ensures us. Also that there are specific

reward, just read Revelation to see the specific prizes that are

weight that away, those who overcome, and we will be with

him, granted by Christ, forever and ever.

And what's our response to that? What they say here?

This is David spoil. so anything that you enjoy anything that you

have experience because of Christ, whatever, Deliverance,

whatever, piece, whatever Joy, whatever blessings that your

family is knowing what you invited Christ into that home,

no matter what kind of success you have known in Ministry, No

matter what it is that you have known because of Jesus Christ in

the end, you and I have to say the same thing as these men.

This is because of Christ and this all belongs to Christ.

It's his he gave it, he purchased it and we just enjoy

it. And that's what's so incredible.

A David, David didn't hoard all of this to himself you're going

to read. He's gonna give it all out and

that is the generosity of Jesus Christ.

Look, I'm good with just getting into Gates, I don't know about

you. I'm good with just slipping in

and finding some Corridor in heaven and staying there.

I don't even need a house. Just let me sleep on the golden

street. I'll be good.

But he doesn't, he doesn't just do that Isaiah 53 tells us that

he divides the spoil with the strong.

Meaning he goes beyond that his grace says, I'm going to redeem

you. I'm going to bring you into my

presence but I want to Crown you and I want you to sit on my

throne and my father's Throne. I'm okay.

Lord with the gold Street, I don't need to sit up there with

you but he wants to he bids us. I mean his grace is so

overflowing. That although this is sufficient

that the tokens of his love, his wounds should suffice and it

will be the theme of our song he says.

Now, let me pick you up with these same hands and let me

Elevate you, it's absolutely mind-blowing.

It really is when you see it when you get deep and study and

you see what awaits us even Beyond Redemption.

I don't know how you can have a bad day coming to church.

I just don't know how you can't sing its glorious.

And what we do saying is, is this is David spoil.

This is Christ spoiled this belongs to him?

This is because of him. And what happens in verse 21.

Then David came to the 200 men who had been too exhausted to

follow David. And who had been left at the

brook before and they went out to meet David and to meet the

people who were with him and when David came near to the

people, he greeted them, I just try to imagine it, you have

David 400 men with all their wives and their children walking

back. You can imagine the hugs and the

kisses you can imagine the kids jumping in their dad's arms,

these fathers putting their arms around their wives.

And then these two hundred men who haven't seen their family,

who didn't know It happened, we're staying back with the

luggage, see them in the Horizon, and they approached

them, and they Embrace and they there's a joyful celebration,

our righteous celebration, unlike the amalekites, and all

for a sudden, this glorious moment is interrupted

momentarily, it's interrupted by something that's so

disappointing. It's should be disappointing to

be found amongst those who claim to be among the righteous.

Look at verse 22. Then all the wicked and

worthless fellows. Among The Men Who had gone with

David said, because they did not go with us.

We will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered,

except that each man may lead away.

His wife and children and depart So as these four hundred come

they recognize that David is about to give some of the spoil

to these men and their minds ago.

That is not, that's not fair, that's not fair.

And so, they voiced their frustration and they say, they

should just get the bare minimum, they let them take

their wives, and their kids, and let them go that they should

have no part. They didn't come out with us,

they didn't fight with us. And you know what's incredible?

I hope you saw it because when I saw, I was shocked me almost how

the Holy Spirit. Describes these men.

What is he called them? Wicked.

Worthless. Huh.

Wait. Okay, call call Salzman Wicked

and worthless. I get it.

You're telling me the men Who followed David?

Who trusted God's command with David and under David's lead

though? Some of those men were Wicked

and worthless. What is that say?

I'm actually asking you, how is it that these men or what does

it reveal at least that these men because the Bible is not

lying about them? It's not an exaggeration.

This is a true commentary on their character.

They are wicked and they are worthless.

How can that be any idea? Okay, so they're not really

didn't have their own personal faith.

That is trusting a David's leadership.

Okay, it's possibility. Their intentions may be sure.

They wanted to withhold something that didn't belong to

them. We're onto something there.

Yes. Anything else.

Pride is definite part of it. There's a judgmental attitude.

Towards who? Yeah, that's another thing too.

I mean, it makes you wonder if the worthless wicked men were

the same men that suggested to the others.

That's why don't we Stone David possibility.

Worthless and wicked men. Here's, here's at least.

Three thoughts coming from that truth?

The first one, is the fact that these men, these men here, Were

among a righteous group. There are among a good and

faithful group, who recognize the anointing on David's life,

who recognize Saul's corruption, who recognize that there is a

high price to be associated with Dave, but we're willing to pay

that price. And yet all at the same time,

there were corrupt. They were corrupt.

Now, pay attention here, this will do some good.

All right, this is really important.

This is the first time that we have any indication of wicked

and worthless men being among David's faithful group.

What was the last solid description of this man that we

receive go just back a few chapters just to see it and

there was no hint of It. Go the first same of 22 verse 2

and remember how we were introduced to these men when

they join David in the first place.

And first Samuel, 22 verse 2. We are told about the same group

1 Samuel 22:2

at least the core group, the first 400. and everyone who is

in this dress and everyone who was in debt and everyone who is

bitter and sold gathered to him, I read that I don't see that

there are wicked people who joined them.

I don't see Rebels. I see people who are sick and

tired of being on their Saul's Reign who recognize what God had

placed on David's life. What God had in mind for Israel,

through David and they went out knowing that they could have

been killed for doing so risking their lives.

Their families lives to pledge themselves to the truth.

To pledge themselves to that, which was right.

And yet near the end of the book.

Among those. Were some Wicked.

And worthless men. Here's what I want to tell you.

This teaches us that oftentimes it takes time.

It takes time for the nature of some to be revealed.

It will not be manifested immediately, but eventually will

be exposed even those who are joined to an assembly or group,

who is for the truth, who loves the truth or willing to pay a

price for the truth. That's huge.

That's huge. It wasn't there immediately.

They just showed up at the right time.

That might happen in your life. Is this true?

That might happen? It might not happen immediately

just give it a few years. Give it a little bit of time,

given the right circumstances. And and those suit you suppose

were for the truth, Who Loved Bible, who love prayer, who love

worship. The real thing comes out.

And it can be shocking to discover.

As I'm sure it was shocking to you.

When you realize that among the 400 there are wicked and

worthless fellows. So, if it does happen, don't be

too shocked. Even 1 out of the 12 and Jesus

group was filled with the Devil. It's just another another

reality of our relationships and Christian Living, but there's

another thing to learn from this wicked and worthless fellows.

And it is this It's not that they were Wicked just because

they thought David was unfair. It's because they wanted the 200

who stayed behind to be removed altogether.

Look back at verse 22. Notice what they say in the end,

except that each man may lead away.

His wife and children and depart get out of here, go away.

We want nothing to do with you anymore.

I believe that is the essence at least a part of the reason why

they're called worthless and wicked.

Essentially what this group of men wanted to do was divided the

group They wanted to sow Discord, they wanted to to

remove people for no righteous purpose for no significant

reason. All they wanted to do was

satisfy their frustration, all they wanted to do was was deal

with their greed. And these people stood in the

way of their greed, You want us to spread it with and there's no

way we want them to go and the scriptures are abundantly.

Clear? Like, so scary clear about the

great crime. It is when someone intentionally

seeks to bring Division if it's just between 2 or 200, To

achieve a selfish end. Whether that end is to deal with

some anger or to acquire something that you think someone

departing will give to you. In God's eyes.

When there is a plan and an execution to bring about a

ripping of relationships, among the Brethren God has a very

strong word for it, and it is this abomination.

That's, that's kind of crazy because I read the Old

Testament. I see that bestiality is known

as an Abomination and I can see how but in God's eyes, when

there is an intention to bring division among people, it's

equal in his eyes as an abomination.

That's significant. Actually the scripture tells us

that there are six things that the Lord hates seven.

That are an Abomination to him. Bible study.

Yes, let's name a few lying lips.

Yes. Shedding of innocent blood.

Absolutely Haughty eyes, very good.

False witness. Absolutely.

Sowing Discord among Brethren. Yes, already have five down, I

believe if I counted right there, a couple more.

Seven things that the Lord considers an abomination.

The two last ones are a little harder.

So I I'll be very impressive, somebody can get the last two.

Say that again. Yes.

Feet that are quick to do evil. One more.

Somebody said something, I think they got it.

Yes Bravo yes. A Heart That devises Wicked

plans. So if you want to know where

this list is because look, I don't want to know just what God

loves. I want to know what he hates.

And the list is found in Proverbs 6, 16 to 17.

I want you to look there quickly.

And Proverbs 6 16 to 17, there are six things that the Lord

hates seven that are an Abomination to him.

Abomination is like abhorrent listen.

That word means disgusting. now, if I were to ask you to give me

your top 10 7 list of the most heinous and ugly and vile

things, you can think of Obviously, this is not limited,

this is not an exclusive list but it's amazing what God

highlights. Verse 17, haughty eyes, a lying

tongue hands, that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises

Wicked plans feet, that make haste to run to evil.

A false witness who breathes out lies that somebody who like,

like they lie and they don't even know they're lying.

Like, it just, it's as easy as breathing and one.

Who sews Discord among Brothers. Here's my question.

What do all these sins have in common?

Since we're here. What all these things have in

common? You got it?

It's something that one commits, another against another, it's

relational. Every single one of these sins

has to deal with how someone treats another person.

Even down to haughty eyes. Now he could have said a proud

heart, but this is showing that it's a pride that has seen a

pride that looks down on someone else.

So even the sight of The Proud is a statement to others.

And this is what God is saying that, what he considers, an

Abomination is how we would treat someone and the following

ways. You know, what's another thing

that's significant about this list of abominable practices,

they all happen to the Lord Jesus.

Each of these things happened to him throughout his ministry.

Each of them, if you really think about it haughty eyes, a

lying tongue hands. That shed innocent blood.

Think about it, a heart that devises, Wicked plans feet, that

make haste to run to evil a false witness who breathes out

lies and one who sows Discord among Brothers.

How was that have when the Pharisees were in the crowd

before Pilate? And they were convincing the

crowd to have Jesus crucified? All of these things.

Jesus Christ himself experience and this is what so profound

about this. If these things are so

abominable to God when when it is done from one party against

another, how much more was it? For him to be the recipient of

all of these things. If he absolutely hates it.

When one does it to another? What was going through God's

mind? When all of it was poured out on

him? How did he tolerate it?

And the answer is very simple, as much as she hates these

things, as much as they are. Absolutely vile.

He did it because of love. That's How Strong his love is

that he was willing to endure it and, and I'll allow it.

Without retaliation without judgment immediately because he

wanted to accomplish a greater, and he wanted to redeem the very

same ones who are doing these things to him.

That's the strength of God's love.

It's incredible. and when you see here that the seventh one is

one who sows Discord among Brothers, some would believe

that this is actually being the seventh, the climactic The

climactic expression. Of his hatred.

And this collection of Evil's, it's as though, to say, ulis one

after the next. And then he's like and the top

of the tier, the one that really gets my Fury moving is when

somebody shows Discord among Brothers, Says, something about

our God. And these men were doing that.

They were trying to cause Discord the vision.

And we come to David's response and closing and verse 23.

But David said, You shall not do so my brother's how he calls on

my brothers. Still, it's incredible.

With what the Lord has given us. He has preserved us and given

into our hand, the band that came against us, who would

listen to you in this matter. I love that because he can call

him my brothers but he can also rebuked them.

Like your what you're saying is ridiculous.

My brothers. Who would listen to in this

matter for as his share is who goes down into battle.

So shall they share be who stays by the baggage?

They shall share alike. I wish we had the time we're

already getting to the clothes. I wish we had the time to just

really dissect there's so much in David's response.

Here's a here's a brief comparison.

Notice verse 23 and compared to verse 22 notice how David

interprets the victory compared to the men.

What did the men say? The middle of verse 22.

We will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered.

And look at David, says, in verse 23, you shall not do.

So, my brother's with what the Lord has given us Isn't that

awesome? We're not going to give them

what we have recovered and in David comes and goes this is

God's. This is a Lords And David here

in this simple. Revelation of his thought

process shows us the great cure, the great cure against

covetousness jealousy Envy a lack of generosity or

Hospitality an unwillingness to extend a hand that might cost

you something. There's a great cure and it is

this very simple. You have to really believe that

everything you have is God's. That's it.

So many things fall off with that belief.

So many things are solved with that belief and you see it when

we get to 2nd Samuel, when we get 2 Chronicles, who knows when

especially Chronicles that mindset live with David until

his dying breath? He really believed it.

He believed that now when he was a fugitive and he believed it

when he had access to resources, that you could not even imagine

the whole time, you believe this is God's, this is God's.

I remember somebody long time ago, told me to take something

and give it to somebody else. and they just said, just give it

to them and just, you know, Just don't even say who it came from.

I said, okay? And when I went to the person, I

gave them that gift that person looked at me and thanked me and

I said, look, it didn't come from me and there was nothing in

my heart that was hesitant to extend it because it didn't even

belong to me. Anyway, I was just extending it.

I was just passing it along. It came from someone else.

And there's such a liberty and there was a joy, seeing the

person's Joy, but I knew who was the source of that.

Joy who was the person that contributed to this person's?

Ting and I was just there to experience.

I was just there to give it and to just see the see the person

feel and know that they have been blessed.

Okay. That's how you.

And I have to live with everything with absolutely

everything. Not only do you, do you feel a

liberty there? But you also know a humility

there. If I bought a cake for our

fellowship, this Sunday, I came down, open it up cut into pieces

and gave it to everybody and people start saying you're a

wonderful Chef. I'm not going to be able to take

that to my heart. I didn't.

Good thing I didn't bake at her maybe using the right

terminology. I bought it and I brought it to

you. This isn't mine.

I didn't purchase it. I just delivered it.

And so, if you have to do whatever you need to do to

instill this and embed this, in your mind.

Nothing belongs to me like tell yourself as much as you can.

Not Lord help me believe that. Nothing nothing really belongs

to me, and when you get there and you see slow victories,

small leaps of great. Great Conquest there.

And that belief system, you will know greater Liberty.

In generosity, Hospitality freedom from any type of

jealousy or lust for things. It's an incredible truth and

David is showing that here, but listen and closing David is

telling us a third possibility of why these men were Wicked and

worthless. You know why?

Perhaps you would debate me on this, but I believe one reason

is because these four hundred or at least some among them, not

all of them. Did not see the value or the

worth, from those 200. They did not calculate what they

brought to the table. They despise them, they want

nothing to do with them. And they fail to see how

dependent upon them. They actually were And perhaps

that. That in God's mind.

Cause them to be labeled as such You Don't See.

What they have to offer, you don't see that apart from them,

you could not be where you are now.

And David says, they they deserve just as much as you too.

You went to war. That's great.

But they stayed back and they watched over our stuff and they

risk their lives in a different way.

Their service is not less significant than yours.

Each of us deserve to be rewarded and that is an awesome

picture of how Jesus. Our captain views all of his

servants in whatever Ministry that God has called them to do.

And we often can fall into this same trap by by praising that

which is obvious. And under appreciating that

which we don't think plays a significant role in the

advancement of God's kingdom or blessings in our own lives

happens, a lot happens, directly happens indirectly, And I want

to just show you one example of how God thinks from the New

Testament and this is, this is the last verse reference for the

Bible study. This is going to, this is going

to encourage you. I hope and First Chronicles

rather Corinthians chapter 12 28, God list some gifts.

And perhaps you'd be amazed to see how he lists these gifts at

least in this passage of scripture.

And First Corinthians 1228. And God has appointed in the

church first apostles, second prophets third teachers, then

Miracles, then Gifts of healing. Helping administrating, and

various kinds of tongues. And most people come to this

verse and say, what are the various kinds of tongues?

I get the Curiosity. But maybe you're missing

something that's very, very significant.

Anything stand out to you year. Here's what stands out to me

that when Paul lists the gifts of healing.

Right away, he lists the gifts of helping. and so who do you

think would get more attention and appreciation in the church,

the one that has a gift that whoever you bring to and he

prays for God has some favor, that works through him that

people get healed or the one that helps in the background to

make the service a little bit, less distracting and more

graceful I think we know the answer to that.

God's mind. They're all important.

They're equally needed. They are just as much as gifts.

No matter what kind of power or what kind of miraculous

abilities behind? One God sees no greater one next

to the other. They're connecting forces that

are necessary for the overall health and the overall happiness

of the church. Gifts of helping gives of

helping, I find that amazing gifts of healing.

And then in the next breath, the gift of helping.

And whoever has the gift of helping.

Will be rewarded just as much as the one who is faithful as a

gift of a teacher. We have to believe that not just

for ourselves, but that when we come together and we see

somebody operating the gift of administration or the gift of

helping who who have an eye to see a need and move upon that

need, who are willing to be the first one to volunteer their

time or energy to contribute to a gap in the church.

When we see that we should, we should praise God.

The same way he Praises them in a verse just like this, for

example, And I wonder if these men back in David's story.

I wonder if they're, they're ugly Behavior. is because they

don't know the worth that each person offers in their own

group. And could it be that there are

people who cause trouble? Who caused issues within the

church family because they can't look and see that every person

in this place is needed and valuable.

When you have somebody who believes that, it's all about

them, and without them, nothing that person's going to cause

trouble that person's going to start saying stuff that person

is going to start bulldozing. And even causing some to depart.

And I know one thing about those who refuse to be part of a local

church, by the way, at least one thing.

Those who are quick to vocalize their disgust with the bride of

Christ, those who are quick to criticize and despise what she

has to offer. They don't understand that they

need that group of people to be more successful, in whatever God

has called them to do their our spiritual selves.

And David institutes a law from this.

I close here. It says, you're back in the

verses that we were covering and he and verse 25 made a statute

and a rule for Israel from that day.

For to this day, he made that a law.

He made that a law to solidify the unity of the people of

Israel. And I look what he does when

David came to ziklag, he sent part of the spoiled his friends.

The Elders of Judah saying here is a present for you from the

spoil, the enemies of the Lord and then he lists the different

towns and cities. So he goes, even Beyond his

immediate group, there were such a great spoil that he goes out

and he sends different packages to these different towns.

And he's exemplifying, what he's preaching.

What he is saying is law, what is so important to hold on to

his living it out. And the question is, why look at

verse 34, all the places where David and his men had roamed.

So, he is rewarding and blessing, those that throughout

his Wilderness, Trek, escaping and hiding from Saul, there are

certain people in the land of Judah who are hiding him and

taking care of him and providing for him and some time had

passed. But David had not forgotten, I'm

going to bless you for that. And so it wasn't just those who

had swords who fought that were rewarded.

It was those who even played a role to say we're going to just

take care of you for a night to we're going to we're going to

provide for you and your men here and David bless them

equally as he did to those who went out into battle and that's

the same picture that's the same.

God, God is going to reward things that are going to shock

us. Some telling you he's going to

reward people, they're going to shock us.

But he's especially going to reward a certain group of

people. And who's that group of people?

for all the places where David and his men had roamed, David

had reward his men. Yes, because of their great love

and care and concern when he was in his lowest point.

But David is going to reward these men because these men,

these groups of people, these families, these Elders did

something. They did something for David,

that very few people did when he was at this point in his

ministry and that was showing him loyalty.

Loyalty. They stuck by David when it was

unpopular. They stood by David when it

would cost them much, they stood by David.

When the arrest when the majority under Saul's Reign were

causing trouble for David. And reading this be encouraged.

That the Lord. We'll take into consideration

your loyalty and mind especially when it is a costly thing to be

associated with Jesus. What are you going to do?

What are you gonna do? What am I going to do?

When people that we love turned their backs on Christ?

What are we going to do when people forsake the ministry?

Will you be loyal? Help sell.

I want to tell you something, the longer become a Christian,

the sweeter it gets its true but also at the same time, it's

hard. It's hard.

And you will know it sooner, if you haven't realized that yet.

I was speaking to a group of people, most of them were young,

and I was preaching on a certain subject, and I had the, I had

the inclination that most of these people probably are not

going to get what I'm saying. And I had to say it out loud.

I said, some of you, I just have to stop and say, there's some of

you haven't lived long enough. You haven't been smashed by life

yet to understand what I'm saying.

So, remember what I'm saying? When it does happen though, just

continued on from there. And I'll say that to some here.

Not because your rebellious or Disobedience because you haven't

walked long enough. Yet, Paul said that through many

tribulations. We must enter the kingdom of

God. I was meditating on that verse

all afternoon today. Through many tribulations, we

must enter. That's Christians, many

tribulations. Do you know what that tells me?

And it dawned on me, it tells me this that the description of the

experience of the average Christian who has made Jesus

Christ Lord and Your is this many tribulations through life?

Not few not sporadic men. Many.

So all of us we have different giftings, different callings,

different backgrounds, different cultures.

Sure. One thing a common among many in

Christ. And this is this, many

tribulations, are you? And I going to walk through, you

know, what Christ is calling for, because he deserves it

loyalty. Loyalty.

Why? Because he's worthy as simple as

that, he is worthy. Would you tell him that he is

worthy today as we close? This Bible study Lord, we thank

you for this study. And these final verses of this

chapter, thank you for giving us the grace to receive these words

with attentive Minds though. We know that it is a difficult

time of the week for many who work all week.

But Lord, we pray that what we've heard, would have an

impact on our souls and we ask Lord Jesus.

Oh, help us in these times to know that you will look upon us

with great favor. When you see that we are

Overcomers in Jesus, help us be faithful.

Help us know that though, at this time there may not be great

reward, a reward is coming and Lord from the depths of our

heart. We admit that the greatest

reward is the smile on your face.

Nothing else means anything. We just ask Lord, that you would

prepare us for the tribulations that we have now and that will

come, we ask Lord that you would help us not be B.

Worthless. Or Wicked to wear one another.

But that old God, we would see the value that each of us have.

The role that we each play in each other's lives, open our

eyes to see it. We worship you tonight in this

place. We give you.

Glory and praise. Amen.