1 Samuel 25 (Part 2) Bible Study - Pastor Daniel Batarseh

Let's go to the book of 1st Samuel together in chapter 25.

And where we concluded last week, was in verse 13.

So let's begin in verse 14. It's good to see you with your

Bibles today. Let's pray.

Lord, this is your holy word. This is the truth.

This is your voice. This is breathed out by you.

What, we recognize us as the sufficient inerrant.

Word of God, we tremble before it Lord, help us realize we are

not reading a story for moral principles.

Help us realize that we are not just reading a piece of History.

Lord, this word has been given for Archer.

Meaning for our correcting, our reproof our comfort.

Our transformation Lord. We need the empowerment of the

Holy Spirit to rest upon the ministry of the word.

Tonight, we've come to Feast at your table and so Lord, may we

leave here full, may we leave here with a heart that is

softened towards you, your will. Your purposes for our lives.

We surrender. This Bible study asking that you

would take full control Lord filter every word man's opinion.

Lord, may it fall to the ground. May not even reach.

Our ears Olga may not even come out of this vessel.

Maybe your word alone, your mind.

Your will in Jesus name we pray. Amen.

At this point of our study. David is prepared to do

something that we never thought David would do.

David this man who has entrusted himself to God.

And so many ways especially with how he's been treated by King,

Saul is now about to take Vengeance for the harm that he

had experienced from another up to this point, he is trusted God

to deal with Saul. But for some reason, when it

came to the insults of nabal, he thought to himself that it would

be better if he were to execute Revenge.

And this was painful obviously for him because he had given

good, he had shared good, he had provided good table and he

experienced nothing but evil and wickedness from this man who was

supposed to be his brother a man from his own tribe.

And before we even read another verse we can we can come to this

conclusion up to this point of this chapter that yet again we

were given another example about a man of God one of the most

devoted and Sanctified Servants of God and an Kingdom is but a

man's still. And even the best of God's men,

God's woman are susceptible to Temptation and succumbing to the

Flesh. And so may we never put too much

hope in man, may we never worship man.

Rely too much on, man. The only one that will never

fail. Us is the one that died for us.

Others will fail, others will have shortcomings.

It's no excuse for us to not pursue Holiness but it is an

insight to Remind us that we are able to fall and fail,

therefore, we need him all the more.

If a man, like, David can fails, surely you?

And I can fail, And there's much to learn in the remaining of

this chapter. Look how many verses are left in

that chapter. So much to learn from this King

and training but not just from David, we are now going to learn

so much from Another Hero, an unsung hero by the way.

Unfortunately, Abigail was not praised in all of Israel through

song like David was. But nevertheless, she was still

someone to be praised. She is going to save the day.

She is going to through her intervention provide much much,

much instruction for you. And I, I mean, look again at

this chapter and consider this, that most of this content is

given for and is reserved for her speech toward David.

Not into versus not in one verse.

But in many, many words and many, many arguments, surely God

wants to teach us something through this.

Man named Abigail. And that's what we're going to

see in this chapter up to this point.

Look at verse 3. All we know about this woman was

as she was a wife of a fool and that she was Discerning and

beautiful. She was a woman of good

understanding. She was a woman who had outer

beauty, but more importantly, inner beauty and we are going to

see how that's going to flesh out.

We're going to see these qualities come to life.

But interestingly enough what we're going to see is the

discernment of the woman behind lighted, way more than her

appearance. In fact, her appearance isn't

mentioned again, goes to show what God values, we goes to show

what we should be learning from and as a people who are called

by our God to be wise and Discerning and prudent and

cautious. We are going to see some marks

of a wise individual. Of a servant of God.

What was them actually? Looks like when it's when it's

manifested and so the main point of this message of this Bible

study is going to be marks of wisdom.

This chapter is so rich that you can have two Bibles as you.

Have many Bible studies on it but two themes.

There is so much of the Gospel in this chapter so much of the

Gospel. So many parallels to gospel

experience gospel truth. And then there's also the

Practical implications of what it means to live out as a person

who cherishes and pursues and apply something that the Bible

values and that is wisdom. Not knowledge.

Wisdom knowledge is information. Wisdom is what you do with the

data that you receive throughout your life.

And as you hear these different points, can I challenge you to

do something? Can we all do this together?

We're going to hear one point after the other through

Abigail's encounter with David and let's ask ourselves.

Lord, is this true of me is this true?

My life, if not, would you give me the wisdom?

Would you give me the impartation necessary so that I

can be an effective vessel For Your Glory?

Because we will not be effective.

If we do not have wisdom, we will do much harm to our

testimony to the testimony of the gospel.

And so, therefore, the great protection in this.

Life As We navigate through it with all the events and

surprises is to be a people who know how to treasure wisdom.

It's quite amazing. How much of this tax is

dedicated to Abigail. So let's begin in verse 14 and

see how her life In This Moment can help us.

The last scene that we have in our minds before we read verse

14, is that David, with 400? Men are approaching the bowel

and his his home with swords, 200 are left behind with the.

Baggage 400 are Marching on towards this man ready to

eradicate them from the face of the Earth.

And so in verse 14 we read but one of the young men told

Abigail Annabelle's wife behold Davidson Messengers out of the

Wilderness to greet our master and he railed at them yet.

The men were very Be good to us and we suffered no harm and we

did not miss anything. When we were in the fields as

long as we went with them, they were a wall to us both by night.

And by day all the, while we were with them, keeping the

Sheep. Now, therefore know this and

consider what you should do for harm is determined against our

master and against all his house and he has such a worthless man,

that no one that one cannot speak to him.

Him. The first thing that we learn

about this woman, as we read this text is that one of the

young servants, who observed and learn about nabela's words

towards David, and what David, obviously had done for him and

his Readiness to retaliate was that he approaches Abigail his

Instinct. His reflexes reaction was go to

this woman. And for good reason, Abigail

obviously had a reputation and her reputation was this.

She was able to provide worthwhile information advice.

She was a source of guidance. And this says, something about

her character, something about this woman that is important for

us to understand about our own lives.

She was a person who could solve problems and not one who fueled

them. She was a peacemaker, not a

troublemaker. She was someone that saw peace

between relationships, the ultimate.

And then she knew the best way to accomplish that end.

And unfortunately that was not true of Nepal, and that's not

true of many people. When a person is a peacemaker,

Jesus says that they are blessed.

Not only will they be blessed but they are a blessing and

surely that is true for any Community.

Any household, any group of friends, any Ministry, when you

have people who strive for rest among Brothers, they are a

treasure. Indeed, in fact, David himself

recognized the That Abigail was look down at verse 33.

Blessed. Be your discretion and blessed.

Be you who have kept me this day, from blood guilt, and from

working salvation, with my own hand, this woman was a blessing

and it's a joy to know that you. And I can be a blessing to

others that our presence that are words that are actions.

Bring about Harmony and not havoc, and not chaos, and not

disturbance, and not strife What was said of Abigail could not be

said of so many people in the Bible, including Jobs, wife,

have you realized that Satan had access to everything in jobs

life he can destroy anything including his family.

He destroyed jobs kids but he leaves Jobs wife on the scene

I've ever thought about that. You know what that means?

That Satan, with whatever cunning he had thought to

himself. I could kill her but it would be

more destructive for job of. I keep her alive.

Imagine that. And her words, proved that she

was nothing more than a greater challenge to the issues that he

was experiencing. And that could be said of people

today in churches, again, in marriages and household among

siblings at workplaces. That their presence only brings

more disturbance and difficulty when we are supposed to bring

about Grace and assistance and lifting each other's burdens

this woman was was of that sort. And we're going to see just how

Discerning she was and these verses.

But one insight about Abigail is actually found in what is said

about her husband. Notice what the man says that

the at the end of verse 17 about in about, he is such a worthless

man, that one cannot speak to him.

Nabob was a man that he couldn't, he would not listen to

your advice. He would not even dare entertain

the possibility that your input can actually be better than his

Outlook. He could not humble himself.

He would not even listen to what you would have to say.

It was his way or the highway. It was his plan or no plan.

And this individual, whose name means foolish is.

Proving that by this very Insight here, he would not even

open his ears to what somebody can say, even if it was the most

trustworthy servant, even if his own wife, And that proves that

his wife was the opposite. She was open.

She was humble, she could be approached.

She could inquire, she can listen, she could, she could

consider a better option. That didn't stem from our own

thinking, or own ideas. And that is in the Bible, the

first Mark in this, in this chapter, the first Mark of

wisdom, someone who is willing to listen.

Someone who is willing to listen, I love this verse.

I've courted it many times because it has blessed me in my

life. It's an Ecclesiastes 413 better

to be a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish King who no

longer knew how to take advice. What's foolishness?

According to that verse a man, no matter how stately is, no

matter what resources, he has a man who cannot take advice is a

fool. Is a fool and that's Annabelle.

But that's not his wife, Abigail.

She could obviously receive. And therefore, one of the marks

of somebody who is walking and good understanding, is that

there they are willing to give their ear so that they can gain

better understanding. So, here's a question to ask for

ourselves and this Very practical.

Bible study, do you seek advice from Godly men and godly woman?

How does your heart respond to correction, to advice to input?

Is it is it difficult for you to be?

Told that perhaps you're wrong? Or are you in the place where

you are so willing to be in the will of God that even if you are

in the wrong you would want to be told you're in the wrong

because you want to be walking in the light.

There is no way that anybody will graduate in wisdom, if they

can't get this simple, foundational, attitude

developed. I must be willing to hear.

I must be willing to listen. This was this woman.

But we go on to verse 18. DC is second Mark.

Then Abigail made haste and took 200 Loaves, and two skins of

wine and five sheep already prepared and 5c has of Parts

grain and 100 clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of

figs and laid them on donkeys. And she said to her young men,

go on before me, behold? I come after you, but she did

not tell her husband Abal verse 18, what sticks out to you

There, when it comes to her response to the news from this

young man. Haste very good then Abigail

made haste. Here's Point, number two, of a

person who possesses wisdom. Number one is that they are

willing to. Listen, they're willing to hear

they're willing to Humble themselves through the opinions

and the insights of others. Number two, they have an ability

to foresee They have an ability to foresee.

I'm not talking about being prophetic in the sense that you

can see the future. We'll get to what I mean in a

moment. But notice her promptness based

on the news when she was told from this young man, the

imminent danger. She was able to in that moment,

interpret the urgency of the matter and she acted

appropriately. So she did not, she did not fail

to realize how serious this issue was.

And so she began to move according to the news that came

to her front door. And a person who possesses good

understanding, may not know exactly how everything in life

will unfold every situation or circumstance.

But one thing is for certain, they understand the possible

danger of someone or something. And they know to a great degree

how they should best either approach or avoid approach or

avoid address or do not address. They have that kind of a

concept, they have that comprehension and the by Praises

that kind of wisdom. This is not me reading into the

text. The Bible speaks exactly about

this on more than one occasion in the book that people go to,

to learn about how to be wise. So, in Proverbs 27:12, what are,

Proverbs 27:12

we told the prudent sees danger and hides himself but the simple

go on and suffer, they suffer for it.

So, a wise person is able to look out into the Horizon and

know what to do based on what is coming their way, they live,

with a sense of being prepared, they, they work.

Proactively now, always reacting.

And this woman is proving that there are many things in life

that will cause you. And I in wisdom to not respond

to words of people, the actions of people to say this is not

worth investing and iota of energy.

Right? David did that with his older

brothers brother was trying to scorn him and lock him in

public. And they was like, okay okay I

got it. I got bigger things to do here

and so we had to be careful not to invest things into battles

that don't matter in the end. But you have some people have

this idea of wisdom and it's not wisdom that no matter what the

situation is. Just leave it to God, it sounds

spiritual, let God deal with it, let God deal.

And yes, it's true. There are some things that we

have to which are out of our control.

Say, Lord, Can't do anything about this, you must intervene.

But if we think that everything that happens in life has to be

God, dealing with it, meaning that we don't, we don't lift our

hands, we don't move, we don't plan.

Then we have a lot of issues with many men and women of

scripture, including Paul, if Paul said, just leave it to God,

don't worry about it. You know, it's his church.

He can take care of it, then. Why did he name so many names?

21. Christians about agitators and

false teachers. Why did he warn churches?

Be careful of these individuals, just leave it to the Lord.

The Lord no, don't do that. Don't do that all the time.

That's not wise but you have people who give that kind of

advice for every single thing just the Lord will know.

God gives you instructions to do something, he gives you

principles, he gives you guidelines of how to go about

certain things and he will hold us accountable for it.

And so we have to we have to pull back and realize that there

are moments where the best thing to do is Be quiet and let the

Lord fight that battle. And there are other times where

God expects us to do something, how do you know what to do at

what point with what situation? Well, that's where wisdom comes

in. That's that's why we need God to

give us that frame of mind to go.

This is the Lord's. This is where I have to do

something prayerfully. Yes, inquiring God to empower me

and to give me the guidance, But ultimately, I got to do

something here. And that's what we see here.

Look at verse 34. Look.

How David comments about Abigail's intervention.

For surely as the Lord, the god of Israel Lives who has

restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come

to meet me. Truly by morning, there are not

been left to nibble so much as one male you didn't come and

show up. You all would have been dead.

Your timing. Your promptness was a God thing.

But look at her the same woman who acted in such promptness.

Look at her patients in verse 36 and dealing with her husband and

Abigail came to Nepal and behold.

He was holding a feast in his house like the Feast of a king.

And the ball is heart was Marry within him for, he was very

drunk so she told them nothing at all until the morning light.

You see, there was a moment to act, there was a moment to wait

and the context the context will determine that and the wisdom

will know what to say went to Saint.

Is this the time, is this not the time so there's no code of

what to do in every situation. You realize that right?

The Bible would be this big but what God does is he impart

something known as wisdom. So that even in 2022 when you're

in a situation that is not necessarily in a book of the

Bible, you know how to go about in the most righteous and God

glorifying way. And with this woman she knew

when to act shoot she knew where not to act, and both were very,

very prosperous. And as I look at this, as I look

at her, promptness, her Readiness, her hastiness to act

upon the news that she receives. Don't you, don't?

You get a gospel, a gospel idea here.

That she receives some news of imminent judgment and her

comprehension was to be urgent with her response and that is

the same. That is the same kind of

attitude people must have when it comes to receiving the news

of the Gospel. To promptly, realize the urgency

of the matter and to respond to the demands of such a truth.

As soon as possible, she did not delay.

She did not. Wait, she did not think we know

this. This can hold off till next week

she realized though not knowing when it was about to happen.

That there was a man coming though, unjust was his

Vengeance? There is one coming who is just

with his vengeance. And Paul gave us the timeframe

of how every person should respond to that.

Truth today is the day of salvation.

Now why would you wait till tomorrow?

If we looked at abigaile in this situation and she said you know

I'll think about it I got to contemplate other Concepts

first. I got to realize if I really

want to get into this and we would say whatever foolish.

You're a fool. Why would you even hold off on

that? It's coming?

Whether you realize it or not, whether you believe it or not,

it's going to happen. And so, if we would call Abigail

a fool for reacting in such a way with such delay in

hesitation, what we tell. If those who do the same with

the coming Christ, the ultimate manifestation of foolishness.

And so we see that there is an ability to interpret the timing

of things, the context of things and 24, see where things can go,

that can only come when God by his Spirit through his word in

prayer, gives you something known as wisdom.

Look at verse 19, and she said to her young men, go on before

me, behold? I come after you, but she did

not tell her husband about Here's the third Mark of wisdom.

First was you're able to listen second there is an ability to

foreseen to act to act based on the unique situation.

What to do, what not to do. Let me let me emphasize that

point again. Solomon knew what to do when

those two women came arguing for who who belong to the baby whose

mother was the baby and he goes, give me his sword cut in half.

Give them each a piece. Where did that come from?

Where did that come from? It didn't come from the book of

Deuteronomy. You can't find a verse on that.

Prior to that he asked God for wisdom and God gave him the

exact ability to know how to evaluate and move about in a

situation that was extremely unique.

So unique was a and so profound was it that they said, this was

from God. What's the wisdom here in verse

19? Very good.

But she did not tell her husband Duvall.

Now, I don't know if that would sound like wisdom to us, but it

is because wisdom is not just knowing what to say, it's

knowing what not to say. Wisdom is not just being able to

give out wonderful truths about life and how to go about certain

situation. Wisdom also knows how to sing

even the right thing to the wrong person.

This is Beyond Basics, this is deeper than that.

And we see that here with this woman.

Unfortunately, in this case, the person who is intentionally

uninformed was their own husband.

So we can't look at this as a proof.

Text of being conniving and deceiving and being sneaky

especially when it comes to marriage because a man and woman

and that Covenant are one. They share many things together.

But as we come to a text like this, although she's not working

against her husband, she is doing something that her husband

should have been doing. Remember the bowel was not just

being rude to David nabarro was breaking God's commands in his

treatment of David by not providing from as a script.

Sure says to provide. So what she is doing here, is

she is paying the debt that the Manos.

She is stepping up because he would not step up and she and

wisdom knew. If I include him in this, it

will be to our own destruction because surely he would object

and there will be chaos and it will be to his own demise.

And so the best thing to do though it was a difficult thing

to do. Was I cannot tell this man, he

is just too foolish. She knew that the servants knew

that the only person who didn't believe that was himself, But

the principle is still here, right?

Obviously the situation is unique, this is a matter of life

and death, it's not a matter of you should buy certain piece of

furniture for the house or not. You're not telling your hubby,

that's not what it is. We're going to die here and so

she needed to come and she needed to step up and she needed

to exclude him for his own life. And for her own life, or for

many other people's lives, wisdom knows what not to say.

And what not to say to certain people.

That's not being secretive, that's being prudent and

responsible. Foolishness is seen in the

person who is unable to conceal. Who is unable to reserve things

for the thrill of being some kind of informant.

For the thrill of engaging in conversations that can easily to

gossip. And other Troublesome talk a

person who is wise is quiet. They know that even what is

true. And right, if it's in the hands

of the immature or those who are not able to deal with such

information that could be more harmful than anything else.

The Bible tells us in Proverbs 20, do not associate with a

simple babbler. Somebody that can't just stop

talking somebody that just doesn't they don't.

Local 8, their words. They just just word vomit on

everything and everybody. All right, somebody jokingly

said, if you want news to get across the land, don't go to

your local news station. Just go to your local church.

People in the church are very good at spreading information,

very fast and it's information that not needed to be spread.

And yet, here we see that this woman knew what not to say and

that was actually for the greater good, that was for the

greater good. I can give you many examples of

what that looks like, but let me just ask you this question.

Remember we're examining ourselves.

Do you always have their urge to share everything that you learn,

or you experience in life? Is there any privacy in your

life? You know, God even encourages

you and I to keep things secret You know that right?

No, is it looking me like I'm lying, doesn't he tell you when

you pray to do it in secret? Did he tell you when you fast to

do it in secret, didn't you say when you give to do it in

secret, you know, we talked about being having an intimate

relationship with the Lord. But there's nothing intimate

about it. God, even in him, he wants

things to be one-on-one to certain level.

Yes, we live in community, and we live openly, and we're

transparent for the sake of accountability.

But there must be some things that are just between us and

him. He tells us that he tells us

that I remember a young brother who was young in the faith?

When he first got saved, he poor fellow.

He thought that he can trust every Christian that he talked

to you. And so when he first got saved

he starts he just joined a local church.

He was telling everybody what God was revealing to his heart,

what God was calling him to do? How I think God is going to take

me there and do this with me and somebody wisely?

Put them aside maybe you broke his heart but it's okay.

He can't be doing that stuff. Why I'm with Christians?

I'm in the church. Yeah you'll figure it out long

enough. And that person learn from a

wise individual, but he also learned from experience.

And so there is a wisdom in knowing how to conceal and not

being a person who continually and always reveals, whether

that's your personal information, whether that's what

you see, whether it's about the sins of other people.

Joseph got in a lot of trouble for it by sharing his dreams,

right? I mean, talk about immaturity,

you share it the first time, and you can tell that they're acting

different around you, and you go ahead and you add fuel to the

fire. And you tell them this next

dream, There's wisdom and concealing.

Let's read on here in verse 20 and as she rode on the donkey

and Kane under cover of the mountain.

Behold David and his men came down toward her and she met them

now. David had said, surely in vain

have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness so

that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him and he has

returned me, evil for good. God do so to the enemies of

David and more also, if by morning, I leave so much as one

male of all who belong to him. Now before we go into this next

point the scripture, it's almost like we're getting a scene cut.

As we now see in the suspense is building of Abigail preparing

the provision for this man. We come to the man and we can

see the fumes from his head and we even see the frustration.

So boiled over in his heart. So burning in his soul that he's

actually voicing. What is bothering him to the

Bone. He's actually talking to

himself. How much this man is consumed

with rage. And as you read her, you get an

idea of why he is angry, and it's really an inside of why

many people are disappointed in their Christian walk.

Notice what he says here Now, David had said in verse 21,

surely in vain, I have guarded, all that this fellow has in the

wilderness. David believed for a moment that

his efforts that his service, that his sacrifice was a waste.

Because I just wasted my time. I wasted my energy.

I wasted my love. And you know what?

My brother, my sister, you will open yourself up to a lot of

disappointment in your Christian walk.

If you are only looking for rewards in this life, Because

you have many people that are ready to give up simply because

they didn't receive the praise that they were expecting for

their service and you have people who are not only just

willing to give up their ready to turn their back on God

altogether because they receive unjust treatment for their for

their good. If you view your ministry in

light of how David viewed his service, you're setting yourself

up to not have great longevity in your faithfulness to the

Lord. you're setting yourself up for much internal turmoil, if

you just see your reward in this life, And not just

disappointment. If you're not careful, that kind

of frustration can lead to justifying certain sins and

compromise to medicate yourself because sin always promises

immediate rewarding gratification.

And this man wanted to satisfy to a certain degree, I wanted to

just kill all these people and a mini genocide.

You know what the antidote is, you know, what the remedy is to

this believe. With all your heart that there

is a God in heaven, who is keeping a count of all your

works. All your Works ones that you

would even consider to be worthy to be rewarded.

And I believe God knew God knew that in his people throughout

time Woodfield, The Temptations. That David is saying with

believe those lies. And so throughout the

scriptures, he's given many promises and assurances that

there is a day coming where I will look you in the eyes and I

will reward you though men have ignored you and dismissed you

One of my favorite scriptures is in the New Testament.

It's in Hebrews chapter 6, verse 10.

Hebrews 6:10

Look what the author says for, God is Not unjust for God is Not

unjust. So as to overlook your work and

the love that you have shown for his name and serving the Saints

as you still do, men might be unjust.

Even your spiritual leaders might be unjust by taking

advantage of your never thanking you or never giving you the

appreciation. That you believe you deserve but

God is Not unjust to overlook what you do for the Saints.

He will, in fact, rewards you and it will be greater than if

all the world was given to. You see, if David believe that

what he had done for Anna ball, don't he was mistreated.

I'm sure that this would have subsided much more than What's

Happening Here. But we're coming back to

Abigail, right? She's about to face this enraged

Warrior. When Abigail saw David and verse

23, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before

David on her face and bowed to the ground.

She fell at his feet and said, on me alone, my Lord be the

guilt. Please let your servant speak in

your ears and hear the words of your servant, all right.

Marks of wisdom, number one, you're able to listen number

two, you have an ability to foresee.

You don't have blinders on you, understand that possible dangers

of rewards. The best outcome of the

decisions that you would make in a certain circumstance.

Number three, we learned that wisdom also knows not what to

say. And to say the right thing to

the wrong person is not beneficial.

There is an element of concealment for the sake of

people's protection and your own protection at times number, for

a wise person, possesses a calculated ability to approach a

specific audience in a specific way.

A wise person knows what to say how to say it, depending on the

person, who is receiving, what you want to offer.

And that's what we see in this woman.

This encounter, this confrontation is very unique, it

is dripping with Grace. It is dripping with Divine

wisdom and it is an encouragement in a world where

you will deal with conflict and people who will step on your

toes. And that's what we see with this

woman. She comes to David and what's

the first thing that she does in verse 23?

She falls before him. She bowed before him before she

says anything. She's already demonstrating a

posture of respect. I love that.

You know why? Because not only with all the

supplies that she brought all the food that she brought not

only is she supplying and paying for the debt that the mall did

not pay. She's also providing the respect

that he refused to give. She comes with humility and she

falls at his feet. And she gently appeals to him.

Read this. I don't know if you read it

before the Bible study, read it. After you'll realize it, as we

read it together, how many times she refers to him as my Lord, my

Lord, my Lord, my Lord, my Lord, my Lord, this is this is amazing

because she's doing the exact opposite of what her husband was

doing. She knows exactly what the wound

is, as she's treating it. She's not just she's doing

something very, very intentional here.

And what I love about her initial approach, is that she

could have come off immediately with a sharp rebuke.

You know why? Because David is about to do

something that is extremely sinful.

He's about to kill people unjustly.

And maybe with the news coming to us about a person who was

about to do that, and with the power that you have, as a

wealthy woman with, with many servants, at your disposal, she

could have come on. His, what do you think you are?

What do you think you're doing? Would it would have been

Justified? Perhaps would have been the best

option. Perhaps not wouldn't be the most

effective way of approaching the situation.

She comes in a way that wins David and his attention and his

willingness to pause and consider what she has to say.

That's wisdom that is wisdom. And we heard it earlier about

how a gentle answer turns away wrath, you know, I've put that

to test a couple of times in my life with strangers and it works

it actually works especially in a day and especially in a nation

like America where it doesn't take much for people to be upset

with you. It's incredible.

And we see it. We see it lived out.

Here she respects the man, she comes with that kind of Aura.

She comes with that kind of attitude, and what's even more

impressive. Was she is a wealthy and

beautiful woman. She didn't come with a sense of

superiority. She didn't come with a snobby,

kind of feel about her. She came like a servant.

She came and bowed before him. That's amazing because I learned

by that this woman though. She had the money though, she

had the beauty that didn't poison her character.

She didn't, she didn't, she didn't allow that to interfere

with her treatment of other people.

And so, when she comes with this, we learn here that the

fragrance of humility is attractive.

And you and I are to apply that as a perfume on our garment, so

that the closer we get to people, the more inviting we are

because nothing repels people more than pride and arrogance.

Even if what you have to say is right, if you stink with that

stench people want to walk away from you without even giving you

a chance to say what you think you have to say.

She's so, she's so adorable. Not an acute sense.

But in the sense of just just her sensitivity and our

willingness to come solo is wonderful and look what she does

here, in verse 24. On me alone, my Lord be the

guilt. Please let your servant speak in

your ears and hear the words of your servant this machine.

This is so she doesn't come with respect.

Now she comes, she's coming with a form of repentance.

She says put the guilt on me now.

Hold on that seems Noble. But that's also that's also

wrong to our sense of justice because we know that the person

who's in the wrong is Annabelle. Not her and she admits that in

the next verse. She confesses I was ignorant of

what took place here, but she still has her initial call to

him. Wants to take the attention away

from the ball and put it on her and she's willing to pay for

whatever. Ball.

Her husband has caused. This is astounding.

Now, here's the prophetic picture.

Who does that sound like? Your lord.

Our savior. Who is more beautiful than

10,000? Who's wiser than Solomon?

and who like, Abigail is willing to stand in the way between

Wrath, and the guilty. Who's willing to take the guilt

of another and for it to be placed upon herself.

This is, this is a picture of Christ.

Let me stand in the way. Though, they are deserving of

it. I will take it upon myself.

And I will do so in the form of great humility.

As we were told in Philippians 2 that he humbled himself by

becoming a servant and dying, not just any death, but even

death on a cross. And so we see gospel picture

here. But we also see something very

very, very important when it comes to our practical life,

right? What she is doing and her desire

to evade this, and to bring this to rest, is that she is not

downplaying. The seriousness of the offense,

she's not ignoring she is not trying to dismiss or give excuse

of what was done against David listen, and she doesn't a 25

look here. Let not my Lord regard.

This worthless fellow nutball for as his name is.

So is he in the ball? Is his name and Folly is with

him but I yours Servant did not see the young men of my Lord

whom you sent. Is that sound like somebody who

is downplaying, what happened? No, she's calling it as it is,

and she is pinning. The guilt exactly where it

should go. She's recognizing the

foolishness of this man. And that is good, because if you

and I are striving to bring about reconciliation, whether in

our own lives are between others, one of the worst things

that you can do is either make an excuse, or to dismiss the

pain. At somebody experienced from the

wrong wrong of somebody else. This is especially hard when we

are the offender and we are at a crisis, you have to reconcile.

So let me just do this and you approach the person that you

have offended and in that process you are we've all done

it. We've all we've all thought it.

How can I downplay my offense as much as possible?

And the reason why we do that is because we don't want our pride

to be hurt, right? You're saying, why is that?

Why is that our inclination? Because we inherited from Adam

and Eve, that's why. Almost immediately after the

fall, one of the reflexes of men and his Fallen state was ago.

It's her fault. Yeah I did it but you did that

for me to do this. Have you said it before?

Have you thought of before? Nothing of the sort from this

woman. Because you and I have to

determine in those moments of potential reconciliation.

Am I willing for my pride to be hurt so that the hurt can be

restored. Am I willing for my pride to be

hurt so that the genuinely hurting can be healed?

That's going to require acknowledgement.

It's going to require honest assessment.

I was wrong. I cannot tell you how over the

years of seeing people attempt to reconcile how that is one of

the most powerful healing forces.

To seeing something rebuild again.

When there's like no hint of excuses, just like I'm wrong.

It's wrong. It was evil.

It was wicked. I was in the flesh.

It just like you can even in the atmosphere just like something

happens. This is what she's doing and I

have a feeling that in this moment already.

There was cool water poured on the inflamed heart of this this

Mighty Soldier. She had this ability to know how

to come what to say, how to say it.

And already there's been great success in her attempt to bring

about peace in the situation. A wise person knows how to

approach a specific audience in a specific way.

If they're filled with Fury, you're not going to fight fire

with fire, that's that's unwise. If they are hurting and and they

are hurting because of their sin and they're showing remote

remorse and Brokenness you're not going to come and take

another whip at them. You're going to come in a way in

which you can encourage them and build them up.

If there's somebody who is extremely arrogant Anderson, no

sign of repentance, no sign of conviction.

You might have to be a little bit more Stern.

How do you apply all of that something called wisdom?

But we come here and we see something else of fifth sign of

wisdom. And it's here in verse 26.

Now, then my Lord, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives

because the Lord has restrained you from blood guilt and from

saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those

who seek to do evil to my Lord be aznable.

And now let this present that your servant has brought to my

Lord be given to the young. Men who follow my Lord, please

forgive the trespass of your servant for the Lord will

certainly make my Lord assure house because my Lord is

fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be

found. You saw as long as you live, if

men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my

Lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living, and the

care of the Lord, your God, and the lives of your enemies.

He shall sling out from the hollow of a sling and when the

Lord has done to my Lord, according to all the good that

he has spoken concerning you and has appointed, you Prince over

Israel, my Lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of

conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my Lord,

working salvation himself. If and when the Lord has dealt

well with my Lord, then remember your servant beautiful

incredible piercing gripping. What's happening here?

So after she addresses him with respect and reverence, and with

balm and her voice and her words, there's much to learn in

the remainder of their speech here.

But one specific thing needs to be highlighted.

She now includes the Lord in the matter.

Seven times she names the Lord. And she's doing the

strategically. She knows who she speaking to.

She speaking to a man of God, a man who loves God.

She didn't know him personally, but she knew enough about him.

That David would care about how God would see the situation.

And that tells me something about what Temptation does, what

sin does is that it is able to Blind you to the awareness of

God and his involvement in situations in your life.

It's amazing how sin when it is indulge or when it is answer to,

it has an intoxicating effect upon the mind and often times if

people are not careful, when they are just consumed with

passion, they exclude God from their thinking.

And if they're not careful, they might include God, but they will

twist something about God's word and his willingness person to

justify the behavior that they are premeditating to act upon

what she does. Is she, she's trying to sober

him up and here's the fifth. Mark of a person who possesses

wisdom, they have a theological frame of mind.

In other words, they know God's word and they know how it

applies to daily life. This wisdom that comes from God.

Surely you can have practical wisdom in life to know how to go

about certain things about ultimate.

Wisdom comes from God. So how are you going to?

No Greater Heights of wisdom without knowing god and his word

and how it applies to people's lives.

Christians should be the best counselors in the world and

obviously doesn't help much for the person whose unregenerate.

But but to us, we have to understand what's happening.

Here she is including God in the matter and she knows God's word

specifically in his applying it specifically.

How is she doing that? Look again, here in verse 26.

What do you see from this? Now, then my Lord, as the Lord

lives, and as your soul lives because the Lord had has

restrained you from blood guilt. And from saving with your own

hand, what is she talking about right there?

She's talking about what's happening in this very moment.

Is she not? So, what's Abigail doing?

She realizes that this interruption is Providence.

He David God, God is trying to get your attention in this

moment right here. I'm telling you that this is not

Abigail coming to you. This is God, providing you a

chance to not move forward in your sin.

This woman, understood how Providence work that this young

man coming up to her and her catching David on time.

That was God and she is rehearsing that over this man,

God is giving you a chance not to act in the flesh and she's

doing it. So carefully realize that she is

indirectly. Telling him you are about to do

evil, you're about to do wrong and God is trying to stop.

You, like, brilliant. So she's now interpreting

Providence in the matter. She believed in Providence and

she knew how to see Providence when it presented itself.

But look at verse 28, what did she say in verse 28, please

forgive the trespass of your servant.

Look at this part for the Lord. Will certainly make my Lord a

scherff house because my Lord is fighting the battles of the

Lord, and evil shall not be found in you.

As long as you live, she's reminding David that as a

servant of God, you are fighting God's battles, you are doing his

will, you're accomplishing his purposes because of this David

know this that your future is secure.

Your future. God has your future in his hand.

She believed that she believed that for day that she wanted

David to believe it. Don't don't forget how this is

going to affect the days to come realize.

The goodness of God, he's brought you up to this point and

he wants to continue to lead. You don't take matters into your

own hands. So she had understanding of

God's plans and God's involvement in the purposes that

he has and she's counseling. This man with that truth.

Verse 29, what did she say? If men rise up to pursue you and

to seek your life, the life of my Lord shall be bound up in the

bundle of the living, in the care of the Lord.

Your God God's protection. This is not your fight to fight.

God will protect you. And look at look at the

language. He uses your he shall sling out

as from the hollow of a sling. What does that alluding to?

I believe she's alluding back to the battle between David and

Goliath. All of Israel heard about it,

surely she heard about it and she's using the same language of

that experience and say, listen David, the God that was faithful

to you between you and Goliath will deal with this situation.

If you dealt with Goliath, he'll deal with no ball.

If you dealt with that giant, you'll deal with this fool,

don't get involved with this, she was aware of God's acts.

She was aware of what he's done throughout history.

Even if it was obviously in her time, but she was aware, she

applied that, she reminded David of that.

Look at verse 30. and when the Lord has done to my Lord,

according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and

has appointed you Prince over Israel, God's promises.

Look how confident she is in. God's promises.

What does she say in verse 30? and, when the Lord, she did, say

if She say if the Lord has done to my Lord, but when it's a

matter of when it's going to happen.

So confident, so, anchored. If God said something is going

to happen, and she is so confident in what God said that

she's calling David to build the foundation of his life and his

trust upon the Reliance of the character and the faithfulness

of God. This woman is wise surely

because she knows who our God is and she knows how God's his

character bleeds into our lives and how we act in our lives will

determine how things play out. And if we, if we obeyed, and

here's a blessing, if he disobeyed his risk of great

loss, wisdom is found in the person.

Who knows their God And that's why you should strive to find

people in your life, who walk with God.

If you're going to get Council on anything.

Because this is the ultimate source of truth and light in

this life. Verse 31.

Here's the final sign of wisdom. I'm sure if we dissected it

more, we can find many others. Let's look at verse 31.

Here's the final one. My Lord shall have no cause of

grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause

or for my Lord, working salvation himself.

What is she concerned about? The future.

She's concerned about the days to come.

She's concerned about when the dust settles and and the the

emotions subsides and the deed has been done, what will happen

after the fact that's wisdom. Fools only think about the

moment, wise people think about how the moment effects tomorrow.

Fool things about immediate results.

Wisdom things about the long-lasting effects.

And we become fools when we are tempted with sin.

Because we don't think about the consequences.

We only think about what we can get from the moment, but a

person who has wisdom even in the midst of the tornadoes of

Temptation, can see if I give in to this, this is what can

happen. Potentially.

And so I will not give in to this because I see that the sin

and the consequences, outweighs whatever, promises or pleasure

gratification that I can get right now.

And she's reminding him of this. If you do this, if you do this,

your testimony is going to be ruined.

How are people going to look up to you as a king?

When they know that you have massacred a man and his

employees and his family? How are people going to think

that you're consistent with Saul?

You've claimed to be a one who trusted in God's Vengeance and

left things into his own hands. But in this case, you didn't

think about this. What is Saul going to be able to

say about you? If you kill this man without

cause will he not win? More people to come against you

bellina have something on you? If you go about this, you see

what wisdom does. Wisdom thinks about the future

not just today. And that is true, even in face

of sin. And so here's a woman who's

radiating who almost personifies wisdom.

It's incredible. And we can go on to finish the

rest of this chapter, to look at different different things.

Concerning that theme. But let's just look at David's

response real quickly. So you can imagine once she

pauses on this, I don't know if she just kept your head down, I

don't know if she looked into his eyes.

I don't know how it looked, but you can just imagine the tension

in the air as David was there. I don't even have his hand on

his sword as this woman. Just appeared out of nowhere.

And David said to Abigail blessed, be the Lord, the god of

Israel who sent you this day to meet me blessed.

Be your discretion and blessed. Be you with kept me this day,

from blood guilt, and from working salvation, with my own

hand, for surely as the Lord, the god of Israel Lives who has

restrained me from hurting you, unless you had heard and come to

me me, truly by morning, they're not been left tunable so much as

one male Then David received from her hand, what she had

brought him and he said to her go up in peace in your house,

see, I will be your voice and I've granted your petition.

This man was so bird. It worked.

It was a success he humbled himself, he acknowledged that he

was ready to commit a great sin. He realized that she was right

and he was in the wrong. And In This Moment here we can

learn so much from his response but here's here's a point I want

to make out of many points. What is he bless about?

Abigail and verse 3? What did we learn about our two

things? She was what The street and what

beautiful? What is he praising here?

If you praising her hair, her eyes, her figure is that what?

Want his heart? Now their discretion is their

character. You know why?

This is encouraging by the end of the chapter.

He's going to marry this woman. He's going to marry this woman

because he didn't realize this is someone that pushes me

towards righteousness. This is someone that stirs me up

to Godliness. This is someone that doesn't

cause me to be tempted. More but causes me to live for

my God more. I want her as a partner in life,

my single brothers and sisters consider that as a candidate

consider, what truly matters and last in the long run, consider

as you want to serve God and be faithful to him.

That whoever you're going to run this race with will help you.

I heard from somebody that whoever your spouse is going to

be, they will either give you weights or they're going to give

you wings. I met the person by God's grace

give you wings to soar to Greater Holiness and

Effectiveness and fruitfulness for the kingdom of God.

He Praises God, he Praises God for her and he wants to marry

her and he's going to do that though.

I don't agree the way he does it because he marries different

people too. What do we do with the rest of

this chapter? It would be awkward to finish

here. So let's complete it.

And the way we're going to look at it is we're going to see here

in a moment, Abigail's fate and the balls Faith.

They both received the same Revelation and opportunity

concerning David. They both responded to it

differently and they both will experience different outcomes as

a result. So it is with the sinner in

light of the truth of Jesus Christ.

The ball will prove. What will happen to the center?

And Abigail approved to some degree.

What is the end result of the person?

Who acknowledges the true, son of David verse 36 and Abigail

came to Nepal and behold. He was holding a feast in his

house like the Feast of a king and the balls heart was Mary

within him for he was very drunk so she told them nothing at all

until the morning light. Look at that little phrase and

behold. It's almost as though the holy

spirit that could you believe what's happening right now?

Check this out. What's Happening Here?

That while there's impending judgment on the way, this man is

partying. This man isn't swimming and

debauchery. This man is enjoying his worldly

success drinking and being Merry, and being loud and

indulging. All the while there is someone

on his way to bring about a finality of his life.

What a picture of the world, what a picture of what's

happening this Friday night? That there is the son of David,

the root and descendant of David, who is on his way, not

with unjust Revenge, but just Revenge upon the wiccan of those

who did not obey the gospel. And he will bring about eternal

judgment. And yet the world is drowning in

the sound of pleasure, and flesh, and sin, and it didn't

change. The fact of what was coming his

way. And some would look at Abigail

and consider her to be the fool. You're not going to celebrate in

this time of sharing of sheep of the Harvest.

You're not going to join in this.

Who is the real fool? The one who was enjoying the

party or the one who is getting right?

Before they were judged. In the end, the Real Fool as we

know is noble. And the person who knew what to

do with their time and their lives was was Abigail, so it is

with the Christian first. Peter tells us that the world is

surprised when you do not join them with their filth.

And if Peter goes on to say, but but these people in their

debauchery and then their world in this will be judged will be

judged. See, while the bowel here is

numbing himself. Abigail, was was getting

reconciliation accomplished. because she looked forward, she

looked at the future, even if that in our context and our

understanding of this, even if it's the Eternal aspect, And

this man, he's partying he's enjoying himself.

But look at verse 37 in the morning when the wine had gone

out of Nevada, the one of the world runs out of entually guys.

his wife told him these things and his heart died within him

and he became a stone About 10 days later.

The Lord struck Nepal, he died. Think about it.

So the night before your heart is Mary, you're talking about

your success, your boasting, about your success, Like what

Jesus said in Luke, right about the man who had Barnes and he

filled the Barnes and goes I got to build more Barnes.

What I'm going to do with all this stuff and then he says you

fool, you do not know on this night, your soul is required of

you. And here's a man the night

before. He's the he's the heart of the

party everybody's coming because of him.

He's splurging, And the next day, he has a stroke.

The next day he becomes a stone what a picture of the

unpredictability of life, and here's this man 10 days and a

vegetable like condition. Sealed in his state of the soul

and God killed him. What about your sheep?

Now, what about the 3000 in the 1000 goes, what about it?

What's that gonna matter now? What's that going to matter?

Now, as you stand before, God and answer for your life, Look

at the fate of Abigail. Verse 39, when David heard that

Annabelle was dead. He said, blessed.

Be the Lord was Avenge the insult.

I received at the hand of Nepal and has kept back his servant

from wrongdoing. The Lord has returned the evil

of Nepal in his own head, then David sent and spoke to Abigail

to take her as his wife. The Servants of David came to

Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, David has sent us to you to

take you to him as his wife. Now isn't incredible.

This is a woman who knew well, through new Comfort, a new

luxury. Who probably even knew Fame on a

local level. And look how she responds to

this news as she Rose. And she Rose rather and bowed

with her face to the ground and said, behold your handmade is a

servant to wash the feet of the Servants of my Lord.

Can you imagine that? She didn't get up and say, yeah,

that's right. I am.

I'm I am a queen. You pick the right one.

She goes, I want to wash the feet, not just of David.

I want to wash the feet of the Servants of David.

She accepts the invitation to be wedded to this King and she saw

a greater treasure to be Associated and to be intimate

with this King, then to have all the land, all the goats, all

this sheep, all the property, all the security that this life

can offer. So it is with the Christian, so

it is with the Christian and you know, what's incredible?

Here she is not entering into a palace by saying yes to David.

She's entering into a wilderness.

There is no immediate benefit out of this.

It would be much later until until David becomes the actual

ruler and king of all of Israel. And there is a room with

Abigail's name on it. But she still saw it of great

Worth to say I want to walk this life with this King and serve

him even if I have to turn my back on all of what I've known,

all that has been granted to me all the protection and pleasure

and provision. In this life, I rather be with

this King. even if the reward is down the road, Believer.

Do you feel that way with your relationship with Christ?

Or do you have a tension in your life between the lifestyle of

noble and living for Christ? I hope you see his Beauty.

See David here was attractive to this woman even though he was a

fallen man, who'd made mistakes. But there is nothing that we can

point at Christ and say there's something wrong here.

He's perfect, he's altogether. Lovely.

And if you see him for who he truly is, you cannot help but be

magnetized towards him. And if you haven't realized that

long enough, if you haven't realized that up to this point,

ask God to show you just how incredible he is.

Ask him to give you such a revelation of who he is.

That you wouldn't even look over your shoulder.

And say, I wonder if I should have stayed.

I wonder if I should have gave half of myself.

Why? I don't know if this is really

worth it. She became his wife.

To wash feet. She saw serving David as a

greater treasure than whatever Noble have to provide and leave

for her. Maybe be the same as a testimony

to this world. Let's pray.

Well, thank you for making us your bride.

Thank you. Oh God.

That as you sent Abigail away with peace.

So you do with us who are reconciled to Christ in the

gospel. Well, we pray in this moment.

That you would renew our vision. Of the goodness of Jesus.

And we ask, oh, God. That you would give us a fresh

dose of wisdom. Rewire us.

Show us where we need to grow. Instill within us.

A sense of understanding so that we can be prepared.

With surprises in life. We want to be found as faithful

ambassadors of Jesus Christ. It's a Lord give us and equip us

and furnish us with what is necessary so that we would not

taint that testimony. And we pray O Lord that you

would receive the Worship You Deserve as a result of what we

ate today together. We bless you for your goodness,

through your word. We thank you for how you've

spoken to our hearts be glorified now as we worship you,

in Jesus name. Amen.

Amen. Let's Stand Together.