1 Samuel 19 Bible Study - Pastor Daniel Batarseh

You know the scriptures testify of the word of God that it is a

double-edged sword. And there's many reasons for

that. It speaks of its Precision when

it comes to conviction and highlighting the things that we

think are hidden from God, but as someone popularly, once said

that it's a double-edged sword because it first first cuts the

preacher before, it does the congregation.

And that is certainly true. Especially in this study of 1st

Samuel. I must testify in the presence

of God that it has A riveting experience to open up this

specific book and to just see the the wisdom of God and

placing this scripture for his people for all time.

You know. Again, you've heard me say this

often but I'll say it again. God could have given us a

Systematic Theology. If you ever read a Systematic

Theology book, it's one of these thick books that just puts

everything in categories and definitions and but God doesn't

do that. He does give us definitions.

He does give us theological terms, but he also gives us

stories. He gives us poems.

He gives us journal entries and that is what we are reading.

Today. We are reading a story, a true

story with many, many Rich principles that we can apply to

our lives. And so meet me in your Bibles.

And first Samuel chapter 19, We learned last week in first

1 Samuel 19 · chapter mention

Samuel 18 of a pivotal moment that would change the climate of

this narrative for the rest of the book, and it was triggered.

It was unlocked. It was Unleashed by Saul's

jealousy, his Envy his insecurity, which kicked into a

new gear and would alter the direction of David's life in a

very significant way. And in these Next few chapters.

We are going to see the extent of this man's malice.

We are going to see just how far sin can take a person even as

dignified as a king, even as dignified as somebody who is

Anointed by a well-known Godly profit.

But before we move on in chapter 19, it would it would not be

right to not track the final verses of 18, which we didn't

cover last week because it flows beautifully.

Remember that the chapters and the verses are not inspired and

Sometimes these breaks can ruin the flow for not careful to see

past them. And so before we go to chapter

19, let's go to verse 17 of chapter 18 and let's pray before

we study together. Lord, we thank you for the

written word of God, our hearts. Come alive.

When your Holy Spirit reveals to us.

These truths. We hunger for the word, the pure

word, the pure word of God. We pray that we would be able to

receive it with humility and that it would be digested by

your grace so that we can apply it to our lives.

Protect us from the great error of Herod.

Who heard John gladly but never changed.

Change us, sanctify us, transform Us by the power of

your word. Your son said, in that beautiful

prayer sanctify them by your truth.

Your word is truth. And so we submit ourselves to

the word believing that you will change us.

As you see our humility and our desperation for righteousness.

We come to you now in the name of your beloved Son.

Jesus Christ. Amen.

I hope you remember last week. Saul's jealousy was budding.

And now, he's craving to eliminate eradicate, David from

the face of the Earth, and he's attempted here and there, but

his plots have not ceased. They have only increased in

carnality and deception. And we see that here unfolding

in verse 17, after David escaped solemn, more than one occasion

occasion from his Spear, and his wrath verse seventeen thousand.

Saul said to David? Here is my elder daughter.

Mihrab. I will give her to you for a

wife. Only be Valiant for me and fight

the Lord's battles force. All thought that not my hand be

against them. But let the hand of the

Philistines be against him. And David said to Saul, who am

I? And who are my relatives?

My father's clan in Israel that I should be son-in-law to the

king. But at the time, when me ABS

Saul's daughter should have been given to David.

She was given to hide real, the me Jolla tight for a wife.

So now it's always up to something.

We read it. We have commentary on his

attitude and on his heart, but now he comes up with this new

scheme. I'm going to present my eldest

daughter as a potential wife, to David.

And it's not because I really want a Godly Man to marry my

daughter. It's because I want to use my

daughter as bait to position David in a way where he would

jeopardize his life Behind Enemy Lines and that he would be

eliminated by somebody else. And I Look innocent though.

I have satisfied. My murderous appetite.

Now. We've been studying this book.

So you should remember a certain detail.

Why should this be a question mark from the beginning?

Why is Saul offering his daughter a suspicion to begin

with? He already earned it.

Did you hear that? What was one of the rewards for

the person that would eliminate Goliath?

Well, if you remember the prize among many was somebody would

have the daughter for marriage David already earned this reward

and saw is proving that what he's proven already that he does

not keep his word. He does not, he does not care

about whether or not he is a man of integrity concerning his

promises. No, he should have given her up

already. But instead he uses her again.

Playing off of David's ignorance or probably his humility to not

demand for her. And he's saying, I want you to

go fight again, and then I'll give her to you.

And David already proved himself, but perhaps, he and his

innocence is just seeing a father who really Treasures the

value of his daughter. And so, he's thinking that he

needs to earn or proved himself to be more worthy as a candidate

to be a husband for, for the Kings.

Beautiful princess. And so he's ready to go fight.

Presuming that Saul again, is just trying to test David, as a

poor man who doesn't have much of of a dowry to give.

So go and fight. Not only is David presented with

this apparent, beautiful picture of a father who Treasures his

daughter, but now he's facing this Mirage of piety because

look what he says only be Valiant for me and fight.

Who's battles the Lord's battles since when were you concerned

about the Lord Saul? Fight the Lord's battles.

Now, he's using what he's done before.

He's using spiritual verbiage. Any idea why he's using God's

name in this specifically, with David consider.

What kind of man David was, was? He not a man after God's heart?

Was he not a Godly Man, a spiritual man.

He was there for Saul is attempting to persuade David to

biting by using spirituality as a way of convincing him that

they're on the same level and that, and that salt is a

spiritual man. It's so conniving.

It's so horrific, but welcome to an illustration of the Stand up

someone sin. They are willing to use people

like Solace his daughter and they are even willing to invoke

the name of God to satisfy the flesh.

I know you fear God right? You fear God so you would never

dare use God's name in vain to advance a personal agenda.

But here's the, here's the Trap of a person who fears God, you

think everybody else thinks that way.

Ah, Just because you grew up in a God-fearing family, just

because you go to a God-fearing church does not mean everybody.

Fears God. There are people who are just as

easy as they are to breathe, just as simple as it is, to

drink a glass of water. They can call and invoke God's

name on a situation though. It's a total lie.

This is what jealousy is doing to this man.

It's possessing him. It's overtaking him and his

sinful heart has no issue bulldozing over people using

people calling God's name on the matter saying that they swear on

God's name say that they will be innocent when they stand before.

God concerning the matter. It's horrific.

It's terrifying. And that's not just for Saul.

That is a warning for all men. And if you don't believe me, let

me ask you this. The David not do something

similar later on, in his life. Saul is asking David to go to

war, not so that he can actually see Victory, so that David would

be killed in war ring a bell, okay.

Because David when he was caught or scared that he would be

caught in his sin did the same thing to a man by the name of

Uriah? And so this isn't just applied

to Saul as a unique Crazy Character.

Know, it's the potential of every human that is.

Unfortunately, hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

But coming back to the story, The this heartening thing about

all this is that we have commentary and why Saul is doing

this. We know we're told because he

wants him to be slain by the Philistines and David were

assuming is totally unaware of that plan burning inside of

Saul's heart. And so we wish we can at this

point scream into the story and say David, it's a trap.

He's manipulating you. It's all a plan to try to get

rid of you. And here's the thing.

David as we're about to find out, isn't going to fall victim

to this scheme, and it's not because David was necessarily

Discerning. Because as Discerning as you

might be, we do not know the depths of the human heart.

We don't know what in our own hearts.

And we certainly don't know when it's somebody else's heart.

But here's the encouraging thing.

David didn't necessarily need to know.

Yes, there's a responsibility of being Discerning, but that can

only take you so far. There's something much more

important than being a Discerning person.

And as valuable as that is and it is this to be a man or woman

who walks with God. Because I want to tell you

something about David, although he did not know what saw was

planning to do. God knew.

God knew. And because God knew God would

protect his servant. God would Shield him.

God would providentially protect and provide for him because that

is one of the Privileges of a person who walks with God as

David dead. Because no matter what Saul, or

10,000, saws, or even the nation's plan against a servant

of God, whether it's a man or a woman, there is a scripture that

relates to this and you can apply it to your life as you

desire to obey. God, fully with your existence.

Proverbs 21. 30, you don't have to turn there.

But just listen to these amazing words.

Why didn't Saul's plan worked because quote?

No wisdom. No understanding.

No counsel. Can Avail against the Lord?

That's why. As secretive as it is, as

brilliant as it might be. No council.

No understanding. No wisdom.

Can Avail against the Lord? The safest place you are in this

life. My brother is in the shadow of

the Almighty. Stay close to the Lord and it

doesn't matter what he'll belches out of the Abyss.

It won't be able to Avail against you because you're in

the hand of God. Notice David and verse 18 is

humble. Answer, who am I or my

relatives? My father's clan in Israel that

I should be son-in-law to the king.

That's not false humility. That's true.

Humility. And this is a text that proves

what we study last week that surely David.

He passed the test of man's praise saw failed.

Miserably When Praise went to David Saul crumbled because of

his flesh. And the jealousy that overtook

him David. No recorded answer, but here's

proof just because the nation sunk his name, didn't mean that

he had to become a proud person. He was able to keep his humble

reputation before him and he was able still to see himself as a

small insignificant person. And it doesn't matter what

people were saying. There's no matter what songs

they were singing. I Know Myself and I am small.

I know my roots. I know what I'm capable of.

I know where I came from. And this is going to be the

secret too much of David's victory in his life, especially

early on. But do these words sound

familiar to you? Think, back think, way back in

the same book, but think do these words sound familiar to

anybody. Then anybody say very similar

things about himself. Ah, go to 1st Samuel 921 when we

were introduced to Saul and notice what Saul said, when

Samuel came to tell him that he would be the king of Israel.

Saul said in first Samuel, 921 Saul answered.

Am I not have Benjamin a'ight. The least of the tribes of

Israel and is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of The

Tribe of Benjamin. Why then have you spoken to me

in this way? That's a warning to us.

Saul said, very similar things to David but look house all

ended up. See, it's one thing to be

humble. It's another thing to stay

humble. Humility, like any other virtue

in our lives. Must be nurtured and protected?

Let's it becomes corrupted. And so we have to understand

that we can all start in that place, but it must be

continually watched there must be surveillance in our heart and

how we respond to things and we must judge ourselves.

As Paul said, lest we be judge, judge yourself.

Examine yourself, question yourself.

And then when you discover something as you were honestly,

trying to see what's truly there, bring it before the Lord

and let him deal with it. When I read this about David, I

said, praise God for David, but I thought salsa the same thing.

So we need to continually be filled with the spirit as we

just heard earlier. Being filled with the spirit is

not a one-time deal. Can I ask you something brother

and sister? When's the last time you ask the

Holy Spirit to fill you? When's the last time you got

before God, before you went to work in your car, as you had

your cup of cup? When's the last time you said,

as I fill this cup with wonderful coffee?

Holy Spirit, fill my heart with yourself.

See that command in the Greek is not a one-time thing.

It's not a flu shot that you get that command is a continual

present tense. You're always asking your always

seeking to be filled with the Holy Spirit and we come to verse

19, but at the time, when mihrab Saul's daughter should have been

given to David. So clearly he passed the test

clearly he accomplished what saw asked of him, but then salt pull

something that we should not be surprised concerning Saul.

When he was supposed to give his daughter.

He not only withheld, the daughter, he gave the GAO to

another guy altogether. Any idea why he did that?

Everybody's on point in this Bible study tonight.

Very good. He wanted to wound even in

another way. So, I'm going to make you a

promise. And I'm not going to keep the

promise. With the hopes that I will

frustrate you. Maybe even make you jealous,

right? Because this man knows what it's

like to be corrupted by jealousy.

Let me see if he'll work on David.

So I'm going to give my daughter to someone else and I'm going to

even invite you to the wedding. So that, while that bride is

there, you're going to watch and realize that should be mine.

She should belong to me. And let's see.

What's going to happen to you David.

Let's see if you're going to embarrass yourself in front of

Israel. Let's see if you're going to

retaliate. So now I have an excuse to get

back at UCL devilish. This is We do not know the

extent of our wickedness. We are very creative.

In fact, God judges, his people at one point and says that he

credits them in a very ugly way. They come up with new ways of

being Wicked. But David doesn't respond to

this David. Doesn't react to this.

He doesn't submit to the flesh. Why?

Because we just learned his humility.

He already knew that he wasn't deserving to be the king,

son-in-law. It's very difficult to offend a

humble person. Humility is a great shield from

many offenses. But when you think you are,

deserving of certain things and things don't come your way.

You open yourself up to a fence and if it's not taken care of

your open yourself up to bitterness frustration.

Jealousy, Envy, all these ugly things, but David was solo

already. David's face was already on the

ground. So when saw try to kick him,

he's like, where are you going to kick me?

I'm already. I'm already down.

And so humility. Here is David Shield it

protected him from so much. He did not see himself worthy to

begin with. So when it was not given to him.

He was not offended. Can I ask you something?

Have you ever offended a dead person?

Have you ever went to the graveyard and asked those corpse

six feet under? Hey I have you had anybody

offend you this past week. Very difficult to frustrate a

person who's dead. Die to yourself.

It'll be very difficult for people to get under your skin.

I read something that made me smile and it was a joke, I

guess, but I think it's true. And somebody said, you know,

it's very difficult for what people say to me to offend me,

because I sing worse. Things about myself, Sunday

morning. I'm a wretch and I'm a sinner

and I'm in darkness and I'm in blind.

All these wonderful things. So what are you going to say?

That's going to offend? David's humility protected him.

From the tactics and the scheme, see what Saul did to David would

have worked on Saul. Because Saul was in the flesh.

But how do you take down a man? Filled with the spirit?

It's very, very difficult and Satan has great difficulty.

And so saw in these to come up with new ideas.

So verse 20, Now, Saul's daughter, Michal Love David.

And they told Saul and the thing, pleased him.

Oh my God. Loves David now.

Oh, wonderful and it's not because there's the potential of

his daughter. Marrying.

A Godly, Man. It's because he has fresh bait

to work with. Saw thought in verse 21.

Let me give her to him that she may be a snare for him and that

the hand of the Philistines. Maybe against him there, for

Saul said to David a second time.

You shall now be my son-in-law and saw commanded his servants

speak to David and private and say behold the King has Delight

in you really? The King has Delight in you.

Oh, yeah, and all his servants love you.

Now then become the king's son-in-law, and saw a servant

spoke. Those words in the ears of

David. So I was like this whole thing,

like, hey, David come and they put them in a separate room

table. Did you hear how he feels about

you? It's like nobody talked about.

She's in love with you, man. She's talking about you.

She even went to her dad about you and Saul loves it.

He wants you to marry her. He wants you to be his

son-in-law. David said there's a seem to you

a little thing to become the king's son-in-law since I am a

poor man, and I have no reputation.

And the Servants of Saul told him thus.

And so did David speak. This went perfectly as Saul

would have planned it. He knew that David was a man.

That was humble. He knew that he was a man that

would not just receive this gift, but that he would work for

it that he would prove himself for it, but he was a poor man.

He didn't have money to give you that.

Have a great Dowry to offer so he would do what he did before.

He would be surely willing to go to battle again.

And so sauce ready to give him a new mission.

That would be even more dangerous for David.

You know, what's so amazing. Is the words that saw has

concerning his daughter? Look at verse 21 against off.

I let me give her to him. That she may be a snare for him.

Now, some would limit that to the fact that she would be the

Trap that would set David up to be an object of an arrow, or

sort of some sort in battle. I think it's deeper than that.

I think Saul knew something about the character of his

daughter, meow. I think he knew something about

her attitude. Something about her spirituality

even. And so yes, the grander purpose

would be to have him killed. But if he if he overcame that

like he did last time now he would be trapped in marriage to

me, Kyle. It's kind of hard to believe,

right? Not really.

Does this prove to be true later on in David story?

Think now? Think now of a very famous story

in David's life and a response from Michal.

That wasn't very favorable on her.

Do you remember, do you remember when David restored the ark back

to Jerusalem? And as David was dancing and

worshiping before the Lord. Somebody was looking out of the

window. Let me read it to you and second

2 Samuel 6:16

Samuel 6 verse 16. This is farther down the road

with David story, but I want you to see me House response to

David's worship. As the Ark of the Lord came into

the city of David, me how the daughter of Saul looked out of

the window and saw King, David, leaping and dancing before the

Lord hears a response and she despised him in her heart.

She criticized him. He comes home and she wants to

start a fight. Because he helped himself to

just an average worshiper. He stripped himself of his Royal

robes and he just became an average-looking Israelite

dancing before the presence of God because he has restored the

presence of God to its rightful place.

And out of all the people who complain in the midst of all

this celebration was the wife. The wife complaining about, what

about his worship? About his Devotion to the Lord

about his Zeal about his passion.

Makes me wonder, listen carefully.

It makes me wonder. Why me?

How love David to begin with? Why didn't he have loved David?

We read earlier. That's all of David.

That didn't prove to be genuine love.

Why did mija I love David. Well, think about who David was

honestly, I'm just asking just being transparent.

This isn't dogmatic with me. How love David if he was still a

shepherd. Or is it because everybody's

singing David's name, or is it because he was a good-looking

ready, Country? Boy.

What was it? That attracted me?

How the David was that his popularity was it?

Because he had a standing presence, was it?

Because he was known, who knows? But I can tell you this, for

certain when it came to David spirituality.

She was offended by it, instead of attracted to it.

We're going to get to this later on about how the wrong person in

your life, can actually be a trap instead of a blessing.

But we scroll down. Because we still have to get to

19. Hope you don't have to go

anywhere tonight. Saul Saul, Saul finds his

daughter in love with this man. Know something about me.

Ha. So it's like a win-win.

If David dies in battle. That's the best ideal.

If they even wins in battle. He stuck with Michal and she's

gonna be a snare to him. Like, this is diabolical.

So, the instruction is go out and I don't want to bride-price,

but I want 200 foreskins of the Philistines.

I want you to go out and kill these men and I want you to

essentially circumcise him, here is solid, gehen trying to be all

spiritual and try to take God's sign of the Covenant and

circumcision and apply it to the scene.

So, David, who's a man after God's Own Heart would be like,

yeah, this man is really he's really after the things of God.

David succeeds. Not only does he succeed.

He he goes above and beyond the expectation.

He comes back gives them 200 instead of 100.

Saul gives his daughter Michal for a wife.

Look at verse 28, but when saw saw and knew that the Lord was

with David and that Michal Saul's daughter, loved them saw

was even more afraid of David. So saw was David's enemy

continually. Now, look at this and the

commanders of the Philistines came out to battle and as often

as they came out, David had more success than all the Servants of

Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.

Everything that saw planned, literally backfired on him.

He tried to get him killed. It didn't work.

He tried to even make him look unpopular by trying to get

jealousy out of him and envy. Try to get him to retaliate,

make a scene so that it can go on the tabloids and Israel

didn't work. In fact, the opposite happened,

when he tried to tarnish his name and eradicate, his name,

God, exalted his name, and it became highly esteemed.

Why Saul? My friend?

You're not fighting against a man.

You're fighting against God's man.

You're fighting against God. And not only a man, you're

fighting. It's a humble man, a man who

knows that he is no reputation that he is low.

You're fighting at such a person.

What does the scripture say that?

He brings down the proud and he exalts the humble.

So, while you are trying to bring down a man, God is

bringing him up. Who do you thinks gonna win?

And it's a picture of Jesus Christ who humbled himself.

Even to the point of death death on a cross.

And God has highly exalted him and made his name, the name

above. Every other name, that at the

name of Jesus Christ. Every knee should bow in heaven

and on Earth, and under the Earth.

And so he received David though. He was lowly though.

He was the object of scorn and hatred and envy like the son of

David was exalted. And made to be highly esteemed.

Chapter 19. Stretch it out.

After David's growing success, you know, else was growing this

hatred for him. This jealousy now is getting up

out of control. It's it can't be constraint.

It can't be concealed. It's now bubbling over.

It is going to get very ugly because we read just two verses

ago. That David became Saul's enemy

continually. That's how scary jealousy is.

It's amazing how much the Bible gives attention to this.

A whole story line about jealousy, makes you wonder This

jealousy was so powerful when it was harbored and saws hard that

it was able to make listen to this.

A man of God, anointed of the Holy Spirit, humble and

successful, and Incredibly gifted to be an enemy in

someone's eyes. To be an enemy in.

Someone's eyes, instead of a partner, instead of a friend,

instead of a colabor and the gospel know you are standing in

my way. I will treat you as I would

treat my enemy. But more than that this jealousy

got. So out of control that it's not

subtle anymore. Sea salt try to do it secretly

for so long. He had the spear in his hand and

he throws it at David while he's under this influence of a

tormenting spirit. So people can say he's mad, it's

the spirit so he can give that excuse.

He tried to put him an enemy line in front of Enemy Lines, to

try to get rid of him. So that if people see David

dead, they can't Point The Saul. He's trying to do all these

things secretly and now all for a sudden.

It's about to become very public.

Saul's murderous mindset is not secret of any more.

It's becoming more obvious to those who are closest to him and

listen to this. It's like a flesh-eating

disease. Leave it, untreated long enough

and it begins to develop an odor.

And that's how the sins of the spirit work.

The things that make the sins of the spirit, those hidden

attitude. So dangerous.

Is that at first, they're not recognizable.

They're not recognizable. They're hidden Pride.

It stays hidden for it. Starts with a seed form, an

embryo anger, jealousy and envy, especially but leave that thing,

untreated, just like cancer and eventually it's going to become

noticeable. And those are going to those

people around, you are closest to you, will be able to

recognize it smell it, and see it, because you did not take the

time to come before the great physician of your soul to deal

with it. And this is what's about to

happen to him as we read in verse 1, Saul spoke to Jonathan

his son and to all his servants that they should kill David.

Now he's talking about it. Now, he's on lunch break with

his employees in his own son. And he's like, giving them

reasons to actually kill David. Now.

He's not looking for the enemy to do now.

He's looking for those who work with David to do it.

Because that's what jealousy does.

Listen, very carefully. This is what jealousy does

jealousy. When it is not restrained by the

power of the Holy Spirit. When is not destroyed by God's

grace, not only overtakes, you it convinces you that you need

to convince others to join you on the quest of being jealous

for that person. What jealousy does to a person

is that it eventually makes other people or attempts to make

other people turn on you. And so that you can have others,

join you on that quest of overcoming, that person that you

want to overcome. So Javis people start

bad-mouthing other people, especially the object of their

jealousy and they talk to their closest friends, usually or

their relatives. They start saying things about

them and smearing their character and talking about

talking about the way they walk into church.

And maybe the way they do this and do that and and then they

add usually to it. I'm a Discerning person.

So I usually can tell All these different crazy things, right?

And what they're trying to do is they're trying to win other

people to hate them. So that they don't feel as

guilty to hate them. So they can have a better chance

of doing, what Satan would love to do and that's destroying

innocent believer. This is really serious.

And here's the thing, Jonathan responds in a way that might

have shocked saw but Jonathan saw son, delighted much in David

and Jonathan told David saw, my father seeks to kill you.

Therefore be on your guard in the morning.

Stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field

where you are and I will speak to my father about you.

And if I learn anything, I will tell you.

Jonathan made a covenant with David.

Jonathan loved David. And love warns.

Love warns. And what's incredible about?

Jonathan, we'll get to him in a minute.

He stands in Greek contrast with the servants.

The servants heard the same news that Jonathan heard and they

knew David just as well Jonathan did.

But here's the thing, when the servants heard.

There was no record of them informing David of the potential

looming threat that would come from Saul.

Do you know why for the same reason?

Why many Christians today don't stand for truth because they're

afraid for their own life. They're afraid of their own

positions and their own jobs. And so, you know what they did

again? What many Christians do?

They took a neutral position? That's how you feel about David.

Okay. I'm not getting involved in

this. But Jonathan was willing to

stand up to his own. Dad.

Do you know why, not? Because Jonathan loved David

more than he loves Saul. It's because Jonathan love

truth. That's why.

Many people today claiming that they love truth.

Can I tell you how your love for truth will be tested?

When you have to make a stance that will cost you relationships

or position. And God will put you to the test

and he's very creative and trying to see where you stand

because we think it just about if Isis comes into our

neighborhood and puts us on our knees, as I'll cut your head off

If you deny Christ, no, no. Truth is much broader than just

gospel reality. Truth is truth across the board.

See, we limit that. That wonderful blessing from,

Jesus blessed. Are you?

When you are persecuted for righteousness sake, you know how

we replace? It blessed.

Are you, when people persecute you for the gospels sake, he

didn't say that. He said for righteousness sake,

So whatever is under the category of righteous, you are

blessed if you are persecuted because of that.

So we think that if we stand for being the church and gathering

together in this age, which says don't gather and we are slanted

for that. That's not persecution.

Why not? It's righteous.

God. Commanded that we do it.

So blessed. Are you when you are persecuted

for righteousness sake, And so David.

Is seeing the true love of a friend.

But Jonathan is showing not just a love for a friend, a love for

what is right. If I can speak to you, as I

would speak to a brother. A family member, somebody dear

and close to me. I hope what I'm about to say,

will never ever leave your mind, and that you will remember, and

it will echo down the corridors of your conscience for the rest

of your existence. Stand for truth, no matter what

it cost you. Stand for what is right, no

matter the price. Even if it's your own family.

Jonathan. Is willing to stand for truth.

Even at the expense of fracturing, the relationship he

had with his dad, you want proof that he actually damage the

relationship with his father for the sake of Truth.

Go to chapter 20 and look at verse 33.

Then Jonathan answered Saul his father.

Why should he be put to death? What has he done?

But Saul hurled? His spear at him to strike him.

You imagine that. So Jonathan knew that his father

was determined to put David to death.

In fact, if you scroll back, look at verse 30, then saws

anger was kindled against Jonathan and he sent them.

You son of a perverse rebellious woman.

Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your

own chain and to the shame of your mother's nakedness.

Saul knew that he was, his son was willing to stand with David,

even at the expense of the father-son relationship.

And it's not because he loved David's presence more than his

father's. It was because of Truth.

Stand for what is right, no matter what it cost you because

there is a far greater price for standing.

What is wrong, no matter what relationships or positions, you

keep with it. And if you're not convinced that

Jonathan is standing for truth, just scroll down here.

And look at verse 4. Of chapter 19.

And Jonathan spoke. Well of David to Saul his father

and said to him. Let not the king sin against his

servant David because he has not sinned against you, and because

his deeds have brought good to you.

For, he took his life in his hand and he's struck down the

Philistine of the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel.

You saw it, a great salvation for officers.

Are you saw and rejoice? Why then will you sin against

innocent Blood by killing David without cause?

He's using language from the law.

He's reminding his own. Dad of the scriptures.

Jonathan is not just courageous because he went to David.

He says, hey look, the guy is trying to kill you.

I've heard it with my own ears and I'm willing to put my own

life at risk to warn you because I know you're innocent.

I know God has called you and anointed you.

His courage was seen the fact that he tried to preach the sin

out of his dad's heart. He stood up to his own dad in

kindness and wisdom. Yes and boldness but also in a

spirit of humility. He reminds him of the acts of

David. He reminds him of the situation.

This is not it's not worthy for him to be killed.

You're going to, you're going to put more guilt on yourself that.

So, he stands up to his father. And this is admire herbal,

especially on a day like today. And what's amazing here is

Saul's answer in verse 6. We read here and saw listen to

the voice of Jonathan. Sauce War.

As the Lord lives. He shall not be put to death.

Wow. Now.

We that check this out 47 and Jonathan called David, Jonathan

calls David and Jonathan reported him.

All these things and Jonathan brought David to Saul and he was

in his presence as before. Don't you wish the book ended

there? Seemed like it worked.

How wonderful. Jonathan is convicting message

actually got ahold of salt. And not only that sauce, swear

by the lord's name. It seems like in a genuine way,

but we have David being restored to his original position where

he was in close proximity with salt.

This is MM, is reconciliation. This is a wonderful restoration.

Jonathan was used by God to save David saw, and all the Kingdom

of Israel for much unnecessary. Chaos.

Don't get too excited. Because I read that and part of

me, you know, let the little bit.

Yeah, look at this, but then I reexamine the words.

Does that sound like true repentance?

Saul Suarez? The Lord lives.

He shall not be put to death. I don't know.

I don't see any indication of conviction of his jealousy.

Of his hatred. I don't see any crying out to

God for his. His rebellious acts and his

inconsistencies and is broken. Vows.

I just see a person that agrees not to kill somebody else.

Whatever joy, we knew about Saul's very short-lived.

Because even though he comes back into the presence of Saul,

a different presence is going to overtake Saul.

Do you know why? Because saws repentance dealt

with this symptom of sin and not the root of sin.

The symptom was I want to kill David.

The route was you're jealous. And how Saul is treating his sin

as how many people in the church are treating their sin.

And how many people are counseling?

People regarding their sin. They want to put to rest the

symptoms and they don't want to do heart surgery by the word of

God. You see what I'm saying?

Saul's issue was not necessarily that he wanted to kill David.

That was the branch. That was the fruit of something

much deeper and more significant.

And unless we get to the heart of the matter, no pun intended.

Likes. All many people who profess

Christ will live their Christian journey and the cycle of repent

cry. Go back to it, repent cry.

And when I mean repair my meeting real repentance, false

repentance like this. Many people just apologized for

their Outburst. They apologized for their

swimming and lust for a season. And they just want the pastor to

put their hand around their back and say it's okay.

Just don't do it again. Why don't we do some heart

surgery? Get on the table, and let God do

some work. Why don't you do something like

Fast a little bit? If you really want to get that

cancer out of you. And let God go, deep.

Be honest with yourself. Be honest before God, and let

him bring victory in your life. Saul doesn't come before God saw

just promises his son that he won't stick his spear in the

face of David. Doesn't prove much because

Saul's vow doesn't hold. Wait.

Why? Because again, you're dealing

with the symptom. You're not dealing with the real

issue here. And so all it's going to take is

a little bit of time and the right Temptation for you to go

right back into and that's exactly what happens.

Because look what happens in verse 8 and there was war again.

It's all is calm, all is bright. Nothing.

Nothing strange is happening. No eruptions.

No plans. No schemes and Davis is doing

what he's called to do. Be Soldier, be General.

So War breaks out and David went and fought with the Philistines

and struck them with a great blow.

So that they fled, before my another awesome campaign

completed by the anointed, man of God.

And guess what? This is going to trigger Saul.

Look at the next verse, then a harmful Spirit from the Lord

Came Upon Saul when when did it happen?

When did it happen after the victory?

After people start talking about David again, after the news came

to town that the Philistines were defeated once more and push

back that much further. Saw, here's this thing and

because of that, he didn't deal with the heart issue.

He didn't get real with God. It flared up again.

So what happens? Harmful, Spirit comes upon him?

And the reason why the harmful Spirit was there, because he did

not cry out like David and take, not your Holy Spirit from me.

There's no language that. There's no proof of that.

We see here, then a harmful Spirit from the Lord Came Upon

saw as he sat in his house, with his spear in it.

So he's ready already. Like, it's right there in his

hand. And he's looking at David.

He's already inflamed by Envy by what he just heard about.

David, David's their humbly serving as a therapist and

playing that beautiful harp. It's all sought to pin David to

the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul so that he struck

the spear into the wall and David fled, and escaped that

night. What's the difference?

What's the difference between David's reaction here than the

first time? Anybody notice the difference?

He fled. Last time we heard that he

evaded Saul twice. So Saul did it once David.

Leaves the room. Let some calm down for a little

bit, his servants common and put them to rest of the spiritist

tormenting all and solves their probably foaming at the mouth

calms down. David comes back in place again,

10 minutes in and throws a spear.

Again. He evades him this time.

He leaves the premises permanently.

This time, he said, and we will never see David in this position

for the next few years. Is that is that right?

Or is that wrong? Is that righteous or is that

cowardly? What do you think?

It's righteous. Because God calls us to be wise.

And we would say it's probably very smart not to work for

somebody that wants to try to kill you.

But the murder was the symptom that attempt to kill him was a

symptom, the real issue was jealousy and here's the point

jealousy. As much as Jonathan, try to

reconcile the to the scriptures and form us about the difficulty

to remain in the presence of someone who has Envy towards

you. That's why I believe it's one of

the most vicious. And heinous sins of the spirit.

Proverbs 27 for says wrath. Now, listen to this.

I want you to listen to these words.

This is astounding, wrath is cruel.

Anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Think about that. Do you know a person who has no

control over their temper? Have you ever been in the

presence of someone that all it takes is one little thing and

they blow up and veins, come with their neck and they throw

things across the room. It's not very fun to be in their

presence. Scripture even says, if you're

married to someone like, that's better to live in the desert.

But this proverb tells me that there is something more severe

than that. And that's a person who's

jealous of you, any idea. Why.

Any idea? Why?

Why? In a person with jealousy, just

they have something in their heart and they kind of stare at

you to certain way. They might be.

Many me talk about you Gibran. It's hidden and that's one

element it secretive. It can be easily detected.

It can be covered by different things and false humility short.

Yes. Okay, so anger and wrath are

more explosive firework moments where as jealousy has longevity

to. As we see in Saul's life,

anything else. Let me ask you something.

Even though somebody might not have the right.

We never have the right to be explosive in our anger, to be

filled with rage. Usually there is something that

is done to create that do right? Unless somebody's just totally

out of and they just get angry for no reason but usually it's

something do. Divide that causes that

explosion to occur, correct? But what about jealousy?

What does somebody have to do wrong to make somebody jealous?

That's it? Jealousy deals with a failure to

be complete in your identity with Christ.

So, here's the thing, when I look at a verse like this, I

think about Dave and I go. What did David do to make to

makes all feel that way about him?

And the answer is nothing. David was just fulfilling the

will of God for his life. David displayed humility and

loyalty and consistency and yet still he was the object of

someone's hatred. So here's why.

Here's why, who can stand before.

Jealousy is a scary thing because you did nothing to cause

it. So you can't necessarily do

anything to relieve it. What am I going to do for you?

Not to be jealous, kill myself. Oh, quit the ministry.

Oh, okay, not look beautiful. So that you feel better about

yourself. You see what I'm saying?

Oh, I'll demote myself so I don't make as much just because

you see how you see, how this doesn't make sense you, if it's

not reconcilable, unless the holy spirit, that something in

that person. So what David is showing here is

I can't work with this. Like if you are a person who is

angry or filled with rage then maybe I can I can change the way

I do things around you that triggers that maybe there's

something. I do that you don't do.

And so maybe we just need to me. I died here so we can calm

things down. No.

No, I'm doing the will of God. So what can I do to please?

You, I can't. I can't.

And so he flees his presence and he is very wise in doing.

So let me tell you, if you're a person is struggling with Josie.

God can heal you God can restore you.

God can make you complete. God can give you a revelation of

your identity in Christ. That will make you feel whole.

But if not, if likes all you ignore it and you justify it.

I assure you. One of the consequences of among

many that you will push people away from you.

And things that could have been wonderful Godly Partnerships and

friendships will, instead be you looking at innocent people as

enemies. Don't let yourself be consumed

by it. Give it to Christ.

David runs you guys doing well, can we continue?

Verse 11, Saul sent Messengers to David's house to watch him,

that he might kill him in the morning, but me, how David's

wife told him. If you do not escape with your

life, tonight tomorrow, you will be killed.

So me how let David down through the window and he fled away and

escaped. Now.

This is so good. I don't know.

I wish I didn't even stop. I'm just going to read the next

few verses because it's worthy of not being interrupted.

Just listen to us and let the imagery play in your mind.

So let me retract saw sent Messengers verse 11 to David's

house to watch him that he might kill him in the morning, but me,

how David's wife told him. If you do not escape with your

life tonight tomorrow, you'll be killed so many holiday vadh down

through the window and he fled And escaped Miguel took an

image, which is actually a household God and laid it on the

bed and put a pillow of goats hair at his head and covered it

with the clothes. So when Saul sent Messengers to

take David, she said he is sick. Then saw send the messengers to

see David saying, bring him up to me in the bed that I may kill

him. And when the messengers came in

behold, the image was in the bed with the pillow of goats here at

its head. Saul said to me Kyle, why have

you deceived me, thus, and let my enemy go so that he has

escaped. Let me call answers Saul.

He said to me, let me go. Why should I kill you?

If you have the money, make a movie out of this, please, this

is like so exciting. How can you be bored with the

scriptures? I mean, detects itself is

riveting when you have the Holy Spirit, ready to give you

Revelation. Oh.

There's many things that can be said about these verses, but I

will bring one inside that. I sure, I hope will surely bless

you. This scene that we just

described actually inspired David to write an entire Psalm

about it. Does anybody know the song

number? Mmm.

Go to the Book of Psalms. And this is why we must read all

of the Bible because it sheds light on different portions of

the Bible. 59. If you are willing go home

tomorrow tonight, whenever you desire and read Psalm 59 in

light of tonight's Bible study, but look at verse 12, the

choirmaster according to do not destroy a micced, MM of David

when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.

So what we just read in 1st Samuel, this is David by the

spirit, writing an entire song to describe his perspective on

it. Aren't the scriptures.

Wonderful. And I wish we can read all of

it. But let's look at a few things.

Look at verse 34, behold. They lie and wait for my life,

Fierce men stir up Strife against me for no transgression

or sin of mine. O, Lord, for no fault of mine.

They run and make ready. You want to serve God, be ready

to be attacked by those in your own camp.

He's not speaking about the Philistines.

He's speaking about those that he served with.

He's speaking about the servants that he probably even went to

war with that, they probably laughed together with that.

They probably made memories within the palace.

These men now are surrounding his Dwelling Place for no sin

for no transgression. Just because they don't have the

discernment and they don't have the spirit of God in them to

see, like Jonathan saw, this is not right.

In fact, look at verse 12 for the sin of their mouths, the

words of their lips. Let them be wrapped in their

pride for the cursing and what's that word and lies that they

utter. How else would Saul convince a

bunch of people to kill David. He didn't just say go kill him

necessarily surely. There was something that he said

to them, to convince them to kill him.

And we're going to read that later on.

Even David complains later. They slander me.

If you actually look at the woes in the Book of Psalms, many of

them have to do with slander than anything else study, it,

most of David's laments have to do with what people said to him

and about him more than the spears that they were ready to

throw at him. So David here, as a man was

innocent is experiencing attack and even lies said about him and

what did David do? Serve, God, serve God and watch

the potential of the enemy to try to come against you.

But look at verse 70, I love how this song ends.

Oh, my strength. I will sing praises to you for

you. Oh, God are my Fortress.

The God Who shows me steadfast love.

I'm innocent. I don't deserve this.

You know, what's amazing about that Psalm.

He does this in other places, but he doesn't do it here.

He didn't say, this is unfair. God is this what it is?

This what comes with a package to serving you?

I'm reconsidering, this whole anointing thing and this whole

being a king thing. No, he says, I trust you.

I'll sing to you in the midst of all of this.

I'll praise you because you are my Fortress.

Saul is not my Fortress. The armies of Israel are not my

shield. You are.

So we come back to the story as we were ready to close.

Psalm 59 was written in light of this, but look at some of the

hints here. Look at me, call me Hal rescues

David Wright. This is God's Providence, guys.

Look at this saw. Thought he can be secretive soft

that he can go to his own family and try to make a plan against

David and God's Providence is at work.

So, Jonathan warns David initially later on me.

Kyle tells David, she finds out somehow.

What's the point here? Sin has a way of getting out the

plots of Satan, have a way of getting out and God always

prepares us, whether it's in the moment, or after the fact always

prepares us to remain unshakable, and I moved.

Macaulay is fulfilling. What Genesis 2 says that a man

shall leave. His father and his mother and

shall cleave unto his wife. You know what people do?

They equate that merely to physical location.

That a man or a woman, they leave their family.

So when you get married, you're supposed to leave the home, he's

supposedly the supervision of your parents.

And now you become a new family unit by the spirit of God and by

Covenant. So we look at that verse and

Stewie go. Yes, I left my house and many

people haven't moved emotionally.

So, their allegiance to their parents is more Superior than

their spouse. Their emotions are dedicated to

their parents more than their spouse, and that's how you

create havoc in the home. When the Bible says leave father

and mother, it's every type of leaving, not just physical

location. You are turning your Allegiance.

You are turning your dedication to that person, even over your

parents. You may not value that.

Now you will in the future. Some know what I'm talking

about. So we admire me call for this.

But again, it's very short-lived because she does something David

escapes through the window. She takes an idol.

Puts it in the bed, puts goats hair on it.

Puts a blanket over. Here's my question.

What's an idol doing in your home?

Huh? Where'd you get that?

I can tell you this? I have a hunch that it wasn't

David's just saying. I have a lot of confidence that

it wasn't David's household, God.

Amber what's all said earlier? Michal is in love with David.

She will be a snare to him. Saw knew something about his

daughter. I'm convinced, he knew something

about his daughter, and one thing that he must have known is

that she worshipped household gods?

And we see later on that, when David worships.

She's offended by it. You want to know how you can set

yourself up for trap and marriage?

Marry, somebody who is not spiritually compatible with you.

Marry somebody? Who doesn't have God as their

sole treasure and life? There's Supreme Delight.

The lordship of Jesus Christ is not real over them.

Do they go to church? Oh, they lift their hands.

Sometimes. And here's what we think.

Here's a warning for us. Okay, we think like me how this

can work. Yeah, he's a man after God's Own

Heart. He's good-looking.

She's pretty, she's gorgeous. I can win her.

Listen. Don't marry.

Somebody's potential. Please don't do that.

Don't marry what somebody could be?

Because here's the thing, me, house idolatry and and David's

obvious Soul dedication to God. You didn't see issues at first.

In fact, things look good here. Like me house working with

David. He's escaping.

She's there. She seems like she's fulfilling

parts of the Bible. Like in relationships today that

spiritual unequally yoked - if that's even a word usually

surfaces up later, down the road.

And so you hear crazy things. I mean, this is the fullest

extent where you I've said this before where you have like

Christian young ladies willing to marry Muslims.

I've seen it, I've talked to people and when they they try to

convince they say well they say that I'm willing they're willing

to let me practice my faith. Oh, really?

That's all it takes for you to be convinced.

Well, he says, he's not, he's not that into it.

He says, he'll respect my beliefs and I can go to church

and he can do his thing. Wonderful.

Great. Yeah.

So what about when kids come on the scene?

Oh, well. What's a household God?

Doing in this house? We're going to find out later on

in our study of David that he was in the best that this

marriage thing. He was a man of God.

He loved God a lot. Not really a good person in

terms of how he chose a spouse and he wasn't the best dad

either. We'll get to that later on.

Now, look what happens. Not only that.

She lies Saul Comes The Messengers.

He's sick. Really?

Not only that. I don't even want to get into.

What saw saying, saw says, look at this, the progression of sin

verse 15. Bring him up to me in the bed

that I may kill him. See, what happened.

He went from willing that letting the enemies kill him to

Jonathan, and his servants to kill him.

And now he himself is saying, let me just do this myself.

Let me kill him. That's the progression of sin,

unbridled and uncontrolled, and unrestrained.

By the power of the Holy Spirit. There's a progression to

Holiness and there's a progression in sinfulness.

There's no neutrality in the Christian Journey.

There's no, there's no end where you put it on and you just sit

there. No, you're either moving forward

or backward. When The Messengers came and

behold the image was in the bed. It's a goat.

I guess something crazy like that verse 17 salsa that me.

How, why have you deceived me? Like look, he's playing victim

though. Because when we are filled with

carnality, we never see ourselves as the problem.

We always see ourselves as the victim.

Why have you deceived me? That's a, let, my enemy go, so

that he has asked it. That's your son-in-law.

Let me call answered. So he said to me, let me go.

Why should I kill you? Show me how although there is

something to admire about her when she let David go, she gave

him the word so he can escape she's lying because she's

clearly afraid of her father. I see a different attitude and

Jonathan, Jonathan was not like this.

He was willing to stand to his dad and be truthful.

And said, this is you're in the wrong.

You can't be doing this and he was willing to put his life at

risk. You never cease all throwing a

spear at me. How you see saw throwing a spear

Jonathan because Jonathan was a man of Truth and you'll pay a

price when you stand for. With whether it's gospel truth

or truth in terms of righteousness.

Because I wanted to save face. No!

He try to be try to key threaten me.

Now. Here's the thing.

She tried to diffuse the situation by the seductiveness

of Sin Sin, convinces, you that. If you use it, it will make

things better without consequences.

So in that moment, she felt maybe, what many of us felt it

to try to evade, a dangerous consequence.

We lie to try to extinguish the moment.

So she tried to diffuse it. Now.

Here's my question to all of us. Did this lie?

Help David, or hurt, David? I think we know the answer.

Because someone very intelligently observed, that

Saul could have now used this to go and Chase David.

Now if anybody asks, all why are you leaving your throne and

going in the wilderness and chasing he threatened, my

daughter? He said he was going to kill my

daughter. I must go.

I might not have father to stand for my own offspring.

You see Stick with the truth, stick with the principles of

righteousness, as much as you might think that sin will make

things better. And you will evade consequences

sin has a law, it only brings consequences truth will

liberate, you truth will save. You truth will keep you He

called it and do this. And it would only add like what

sin does either harms you or harm other people.

Now, let's fast-forward, David fleas.

He goes to Samuel. We haven't seen Samuel in a very

long time. He comes to Samuel and he pours

his heart out to him and I could end it here, but I need to

complete it with the stop because this is, this is a very

interesting place in verse 20, saw Liz.

He's so out of it. He's willing to go to Samuel his

house to kill David there. So verse 20, salsa and

Messengers to take David. And when they saw the company of

the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing as head over

than the spirit of God, Came Upon The Messengers of Saul and

they also prophesied. So imagine this, this is almost

comical saws. There.

He goes. You been to man.

Go, go to Samuels house, they go, and they show up at the

worship service, Samuel is leading the worship, all the

prophets are worshiping, and The Messengers come in probably

sword in hand, and the spirit of God comes upon them.

And they joined the Choir. Verse 21 when it was told Saul

he's like, hey your ass ass ins became part of the worship team.

When it was told Saul, he sent other Messengers and they also

prophesied. You would get the hint, right?

People make this about how are these people prophesying?

It doesn't mean that they're necessarily predicting.

The future prophecy has a broader definition.

It can also be just declaring the goodness of God, the truth

of God, the Praises of God. Does anybody have an idea why

God is allowing this. They may have an idea.

Who's really in charge Saul? Giving solid chance to redeem

himself. Yes, and yes, any other ideas.

Very good. Good good.

Good observation. Just because you prophesy

doesn't mean you're from God. Very good.

Very good observation. You guys are amazing students.

By the way, this is incredible. Yes.

Yes. Yes.

Did this not remind Saul of what he wants experience in God when

he was walking with God. Absolutely.

And in fact, if I may add one more thing, God is stopping Saul

from killing David. These men think that they can

come to David. You know, what God does.

Now all this is how amazing God as he could have opened up the

Earth and swallowed them. He could have done what he did

with Elijah when the king sent 50 bands, men.

Remember the fire came from heaven and consume and consume

the next batch. No, he makes them worship God.

You want to kill my servant? I'm going to turn you into

worshippers. Saul hears.

It. He sends another band of men

they do the same. So what is Saul do verse 22?

Then he himself. Can you see it?

Like almost like a movie? He himself gets off the throne

and he went to Rama and came to the great.

Well, that is insecure and he asks, where are Samuel and David

and once and behold, they are now.

If and Rama and he went there tonight, othon, Rama and the

spirit of God Came Upon him also.

And as he went, he prophesied, until he came to Nazareth and

Rama. Now, look at this verse 24, and

he to stripped off his clothes and he to prophesied.

For Samuel and Lead naked. All that day, and all that

night. Thus, it is said, is Saul also

among the prophets, Saul receive the more severe dealing.

By this the spirit of God, the other men, they prophesy.

But once all came on the scene. I don't believe that it was

Saul's voluntary act to start. Taking his clothes off.

I believe the spirit of God Came Upon him in such a way where he

did that under that compulsion. And the question is why here it

is you all touched on it. Beautifully.

Saul did not get the hint from God that you are fighting.

Not just against David. You're fighting against me.

You sent one band of men. I stopped them.

You sent another band of men. I stop him.

You yourself come. I stopped you Saul, you're

fighting against my spirit. You're fighting against my plan,

my program for my nation. He didn't believe it or at least

he didn't want to submit to it. He comes and not only this, God

could have killed salt. He could have taken him out

right there. But you know what he did.

As our brother said earlier. He's a lying him to taste.

What he wants new when he was walking with God.

This is the grace of God. Do you remember what it was like

to be under the influence of my spirit?

You've only known for these past few days and months, what it's

like to be under a tormenting Spirit, don't you miss what?

It's like to be under the shower of my grace and mercy, He's

giving him a taste again, of what it's like to be walking

right with the Lord. And it's almost an invitation

for us all to repent, right there.

And then come back to this. And sometimes the scripture

tells us that the goodness of God, the kindness of God leads

us to repentance. It's not always fear and

judgment that shakes us up though.

God uses that even sometimes when you are away from God and

you've heard those testimonies God, just shows his mercy and

his grace. In such an extravagant way for

you to realize that sin is not worth it worldliness is not

worth it. Rebellion is not worth it.

That's what's happening with Saul.

But solved it and get it. No repentance.

So what does God do? He makes him take off his

clothes. Why to Humble him?

Saw ultimately the mother of all sins, his pride and Saul refused

to submit to God, refuse to repent before God.

So you know what God does you think you're a king as her

brother said it first. I'm going to show you who's

really the king. Take off your kingly robes.

Salt, took off his crown and took off his robe and took off

his armor, and he lay there like a little boy naked.

And this is where I study comes full circle.

And we started, we talked about David's humility and how God

exalted David because of that. And here we see Saul because of

his pride. God humiliates him.

And he knows how to do it. So, we cannot afford, we cannot

afford to allow our hearts to entertain sin to Harbors.

An, do you even see the mercy of God here?

It irks me very much. When people say God of the Old

Testament, is not a merciful god.

What was that? That's mercy.

And God is willing to be merciful to you maybe tonight at

this Bible study, you know, you're in sin.

You know, you might even have that jealousy, that envy that

anger that rage in your heart. God doesn't condemn you tonight.

God is not looking to destroy you tonight.

God wants to heal you. God wants to pour His holy

spirit upon you. God wants you to know the flow

of his love again. The liberating sense, when you

know, that you are in right standing with Christ respond to

that tonight. Let this Bible study be like

what it was for saw in those Messengers.

Let It Be An arresting moment for you to realize what you are

actually doing and where God wants to In you, God is not

ready to destroy you. God is not ready to get rid of

you. Even though you've done

horrendous things as Saul did to David got still is willing to

put the brakes and say. Can we make this right?

Would you respond to that tonight for those who are

serving? God, and you were the opposite

and you're experiencing great. Slander great, whatever it is

that you can identify know. This God is your Fortress.

God is your Fortress. Let's pray.

Lord, we thank you for this Bible study.

We thank you that Lord. It is rich in wisdom and that

you have painted it. So beautifully for us to see it

in real life so that we can relate to it.

And God, we ask you. You would heal us because you

are the great physician. Lord, we are honest before you

in this moment and we can identify things.

Maybe that other man other men. Don't know.

But we know and you know, we ask that you would come and do your

work in us. We will not be like salt

tonight. And give you false repentance.

Lord, for those. Who are making a stands for

truth and they are being persecuted for it.

Whether at their job, whether in their families, and it could be

about gospel truth. Or it could be about just making

a judgment and a decision for what is Right, given the

strength to endure, given the strength to communicate their

convictions with Grace, but with boldness, at the same time.

Oh Lord, how we need you? How we need you?

And we ask that you would meet us in this place.

Jesus name. Amen.

You can stay seated if you'd like, just in this next few

short moments. Just Worship the Lord.

Pray to your God. Communicate your needs.

Express your love for him and we will dismiss you.