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Speaker 1: John fourteen sixteen. Thank you, Jesus for laying down your

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Speaker 1: Thank you for sending the Holy Spirit to live within

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Speaker 1: your Spirit is nudging me. Help me to hear when

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Speaker 1: I realize that it's what I was born to do.

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Speaker 1: It gives me so much joy to be your hands

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Speaker 1: do with me as you will, Father, use me for

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Speaker 1: I pray all of these things in Jesus name.

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Speaker 4: Hi, this is doctor Tony Evans and I'm excited for

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Speaker 4: you to join me on this series. Please be sure

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Speaker 4: to the Epic Adventure of David, a story of honor, battle,

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Speaker 4: jealous darkness, friendship, love, scandal, and murder. While most people

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Speaker 4: know of David the Myth, few know about David the Man.

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Speaker 4: This episode begins a new chapter of David's life, the Wilderness.

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Speaker 4: This episode is going to be a challenge to listen to.

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Speaker 4: David is going to compromise in ways unbecoming of God's

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Speaker 4: making us question his calling. There's a philosophical quandary presented

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Speaker 4: in this episode. Do lines between good and bad become

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Speaker 4: David is going to be driven to do things he

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Speaker 4: this episode. He's going to wrestle with his own conscience

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Speaker 4: we shouldn't expect him to be. The prelude of this

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Speaker 4: His confusion and compromise should be familiar to us. Sometimes

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Speaker 2: They would not rest until he was brought in chains

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Speaker 7: The young men who are on their way are holy.

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Speaker 7: They are worthy of this bread.

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Speaker 8: May the Lord bless you and keep you young. David, truly,

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Speaker 2: The priest's eyes lit up. He said nothing and beckoned

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Speaker 7: I will always remember.

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Speaker 2: He thought to himself. David hid himself in Gath because

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Speaker 2: outskirts of Gath and remain out of Saul's reach. David

435
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 2: emerged from the alley and was immediately tackled.

436
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 7: To the gat.

437
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 2: Two Philistine soldiers pinned him to the floor. David's square

438
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,159
Speaker 2: free and drove an elbow into the soldier's mouth. The

439
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 2: other retaliated and hipped him in the ribs while he

440
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 2: was still on the floor. David rolled back in pain,

441
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 2: but quickly sprung to his feet to make a run

442
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,120
Speaker 2: for it. He ran through the busy streets, stumbling into

443
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,919
Speaker 2: people as he went. The soldiers were gaining on him, However,

444
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,399
Speaker 2: David was fast and agile. He leaped up onto a

445
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 2: cart filled with hay, using it to boost him onto

446
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:29,399
Speaker 2: the rooftops. David jumped from rooftop to rooftop, hoping to

447
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 2: make his way to the border. He leaped with grace

448
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,200
Speaker 2: and speed, steadily widening the gap between him and his pursuers.

449
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 2: David looked ahead and saw a large distance between the

450
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,679
Speaker 2: next two homes. He quickened his pace into a sprint.

451
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 2: His steady breathing propelled him forward and like a deer,

452
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 2: over the streams of Kidron, David leaped over the clearing

453
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,160
Speaker 2: and onto the other side. He landed with a roll

454
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 2: onto his side, but he did not stop. He hit

455
00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 2: the ground running and continued his running. The border was

456
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,439
Speaker 2: in sight. With one last jump, he hopped over the

457
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Speaker 2: boardergate Freedom. David ran another twenty yards from the gate

458
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,680
Speaker 2: before being grazed in the leg. He gasped and fell

459
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Speaker 2: into the dircomoe. He grasped the upper part of his

460
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 2: thigh and screamed. David looked up. A dozen Philistine men

461
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 2: were running towards him. Pain shot down his leg like

462
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 2: burning puls Yet David stood to his feet and drew

463
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 2: Alithe's sword. He would not be taken without a fight.

464
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Speaker 2: Ignoring the pain, David launched himself forward with screams and

465
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Speaker 2: war cries. His eyes portrayed a madness brought on by fatigue,

466
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 2: sleepless knights, and hunger. It was an alarming sight for

467
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 2: the Philistine soldiers. David swung his sword with violent slashes

468
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:54,480
Speaker 2: and reckless abandon The Philistines were able to subdue him

469
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 2: and bring him to the ground. David thrashed and cried out,

470
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Speaker 2: but was swiftly interrupted by the blunt end of a

471
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 2: Philistine blade. David blacked out immediately and was taken away

472
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 2: in ropes. David awoke to the dim light shining through

473
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 2: cracks in his dark cell. The floor was wet and cold.

474
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 2: David found himself shivering uncontrollably. His head throbbed, and his

475
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 2: legs were still shooting with pain. He looked down to

476
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 2: observe the wound. It had been wrapped while he was unconscious.

477
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,719
Speaker 2: The arrow had only grazed him, so he knew his

478
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 2: leg would heal soon. He observed the room around him.

479
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 2: The stone walls were narrow and jagged, barely enough room

480
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 2: for David to turn around. He was most likely in

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Speaker 2: a prison cell dug underneath the palace. The entrance to

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Speaker 2: the cell was in the ceiling. Above his head. David

483
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 2: could see the faint flickering of torchlight coming through the

484
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 2: cracks of the wooden door. He could hear footsteps drawing close,

485
00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 2: then the sound of two men speaking kept to the

486
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Speaker 2: King of Israel. One of them said, David's eyes widened.

487
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Speaker 7: Have they captured Saul as well?

488
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 2: David thought. He inched his way closer to the door

489
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:11,360
Speaker 2: to hear more.

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Speaker 7: We had him, King David, the giant. Sayah, it took

491
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Speaker 7: ten of us to wrestle him down. King Akish is

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Speaker 7: waiting to speak with him.

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Speaker 4: Is it?

494
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,000
Speaker 2: Giants layer also the King of Israel? The other man asked,

495
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Speaker 2: he must be you Hood. That isn't large sing of him?

496
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 2: Haven't you?

497
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Speaker 7: Saul is struck down thousands?

498
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 2: But David is struck about ten thousands. That is a

499
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 2: song for a king. David's heart began to pound even more.

500
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 2: He was already known among the Philistines as a mighty

501
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 2: warrior who struck down Goliath. However, he did not know

502
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Speaker 2: that they also thought him to be King. David had

503
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 2: to think quickly. If he posed himself as any threat

504
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 2: to the gath King Akish, he would surely be put

505
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 2: to death. He had to convince them to let him go.

506
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 2: But how he had slain their greatest champion, laid waste

507
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 2: to their raiders, and shamed their country. David peered up

508
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 2: at the jagged wall surrounding him. On the wall that

509
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 2: was left there was a smooth section with faded carvings.

510
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 2: They were written in the language he could not speak

511
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 2: to him. It was nonsense, babbel. That was when the

512
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 2: idea struck him. David turned to the other side and

513
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,480
Speaker 2: picked up a small stone on the floor. He broke

514
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 2: it into three pieces, creating tools for carving more words

515
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 2: into the stone. He had a plan to get the

516
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 2: name giants Layer removed from him and gain his freedom.

517
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Speaker 7: We have him, your majesty. The scourge of our people

518
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 7: is wallowing in your dungeon as we speak.

519
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 2: The philistine soldier bowed before his king. Akish sat on

520
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 2: his wooden throne. The throne was thick, carved from an

521
00:31:56,440 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 2: old cedar tree and covered in bare pelts. Above his thrown,

522
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 2: shining in the firelight, swords he had accumulated from slain

523
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 2: kings and warlords were mantled on the wall. Akish was

524
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 2: like many men in Gath, large, broad shouldered and intimidating.

525
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 2: His wide frame made the throne of bare pouts look small.

526
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,479
Speaker 2: The king leaned over and gave a delighted smile. David

527
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 2: had killed many of his men. His name was a

528
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 2: curse on their lips.

529
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 8: The Hebrew king is mine.

530
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 2: Akish yelled. His servants applauded Finally, revenge will be mine.

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Speaker 8: I will have the giant Slayer as my servant, and

532
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 8: the entire nation of Israel will know that I am

533
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Speaker 8: even greater than their greatest champion.

534
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Speaker 2: Akish stood to his feet and walked down to the dungeons.

535
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 2: The walls were cold and damp, completely hidden from the sun.

536
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 2: The king of Gath relisted the idea of David weeping

537
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 2: in the darkness. As he sauntered down the hall towards

538
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 2: David's seal, he could hear moaning echoes reverberating through the shadows.

539
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 2: They grew louder and more haunting as he walked closer.

540
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 2: Akish looked over to his men in confusion.

541
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Speaker 8: Who is making that's sound?

542
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 2: The men shrived. David was the only man being held

543
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 2: this deep within the dungeons. A loud howl pierced through

544
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 2: the darkness, making his men step back in fear. Akish

545
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,960
Speaker 2: approached the door nervously and opened it. His men held

546
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 2: the torches to reveal a naked and howling David, scratching

547
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 2: at the walls of the cave. He twitched his neck

548
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 2: back and forth, mumbling a made up language and etching

549
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 2: it on to the walls. David looked up like a

550
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 2: beast spotting a hunter. He yelled and fell back, covering

551
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 2: his face from the flames. Spittle ran down his beard

552
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 2: as he screamed in agony. Akish looked at him with

553
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 2: disgust and shut the doors. He held his servant by

554
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 2: the shirt and threw him against the wall.

555
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 6: You did not tell me he has gone.

556
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,479
Speaker 2: Mad, the king, he yelled.

557
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 8: If I needed another madman mumbling about my hole, I

558
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 8: would have gone into the marketplace and picked one up.

559
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,879
Speaker 2: The soldiers and servants were confused. It had taken many

560
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 2: of them to restrain and capture David. He did not

561
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 2: seem mad then, however, now he resembled the beast in

562
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 2: the wilderness.

563
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 8: Let the poor fellow go. No doubt. The people of

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00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 8: Israel exiled him when he went insane.

565
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 6: Kick him out into the forest like you would a dog.

566
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,360
Speaker 8: I do not want to see him again.

567
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 2: Behind the closed cell door, David could hear the raving

568
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 2: of King Akish. He smiled, pleased that he had successfully

569
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 2: tricked the king into thinking he was a madman. There

570
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 2: would be no satisfaction in killing him or imprisoning him. Now,

571
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 2: there would be no glory in defeating David in this

572
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 2: shame state. He gave a sigh of relief and continued

573
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 2: to howl and scratch the walls. Shortly after the king's outburst,

574
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 2: the soldiers opened the door and bound David and ropes.

575
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 2: They put a bag over his head and escorted him

576
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 2: out of the city. The soldiers released his bindings, removed

577
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,320
Speaker 2: the bag, and kicked David into the nearby stream outside

578
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:16,800
Speaker 2: the city gates. David was wet and cold, but relieved

579
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 2: to watch the soldiers walk away. David's clothes were in

580
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 2: a pile near the water. He put them back on,

581
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:27,880
Speaker 2: composed himself, and marched back into the hills. David may

582
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,720
Speaker 2: not be a madman, but he still felt a shame

583
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 2: of moral compromise. He had lied, stolen, and acted his

584
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 2: way to safety. He feared what other sins he would

585
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 2: have to commit to keep himself from harm. David made

586
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 2: a fire and warmed himself by the flames. He tended

587
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 2: to it methodically, making sure every coal was set in

588
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,320
Speaker 2: place to burn brightly. He looked up at the heavens

589
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 2: and prayed to the Lord. He needed more strength than

590
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 2: he could muster up on his own. He needed more bread.

591
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 2: He needed the word of God to dwell deeply within

592
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:03,239
Speaker 2: his heart.

593
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 4: When we are at our most vulnerable, Satan slithers in

594
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,399
Speaker 4: to tempt us. That is what happened to Jesus when

595
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 4: he was starving in the wilderness. Jesus was in a

596
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 4: compromised state physically, and Satan wasted no time attacking. He

597
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 4: gave Jesus every opportunity to indulge, sin and compromise, but

598
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 4: our hero did not take de bait. At every step,

599
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,360
Speaker 4: Jesus resisted with the word of God. He reminded Satan

600
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 4: who was in charge, and never gave in. Certainly, Jesus

601
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 4: must have wanted to indulge. His body was hungry, but

602
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 4: he was strong when all of us would have been weak.

603
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 4: This story from the Gospel of Luke was chosen as

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00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,360
Speaker 4: the prelude in order to highlight the difference between Jesus

605
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 4: and David. David was also in a hungry and desperate state,

606
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 4: but chose to give in. He was weak where Jesus

607
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 4: was strong. This is not as much a mark against

608
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 4: David as it is a reason to appreciate Jesus. There

609
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 4: are very few of us who would have resisted the

610
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 4: temptation to take the bread after going two days without eating.

611
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 4: This low point in David's life, when compared to Jesus,

612
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:16,360
Speaker 4: reminds us that Christ is the real hero. This episode

613
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,480
Speaker 4: is meant to prime us for David's future failures. He

614
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 4: will continue to mess up, and we must be okay

615
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 4: with that. There are only two different types of people

616
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:29,280
Speaker 4: in this world, sinners and Jesus. If you are Jesus,

617
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 4: then you're a sinner, which means imperfection and compromise are

618
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 4: sure to abound in you. Now, before any of you

619
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 4: jump to defending yourself, listen to First John one eighth.

620
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,239
Speaker 4: It says if we say we have no sin, we

621
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,359
Speaker 4: deceive ourselves. The truth is not in us. We're all

622
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 4: sinners and we will all face low points in our lives.

623
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,720
Speaker 4: But thanks be to God that we have a perfect

624
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 4: hero who is strong when we are weak. This story

625
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 4: is filled with inner moral struggles, and it forces us

626
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,959
Speaker 4: to leave the comforts of moral absolution everything being black

627
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,320
Speaker 4: or white, and venture into a more holistic approach to scripture.

628
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 4: The first temptation David is presented with is filling his belly.

629
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:11,280
Speaker 4: He is offered to take the show bread from the temple,

630
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 4: which is clearly against the law of Moses. Under the

631
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,440
Speaker 4: false pretenses he set up. The priest is doing the

632
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 4: right thing, and Jesus references this story later on to

633
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 4: affirm his decision. But David lied, and there isn't any

634
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 4: other way to put it. Lying is wrong. But they

635
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 4: are layers to why David lied in the first place.

636
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,240
Speaker 4: He didn't want to put the priest in any danger.

637
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 4: By telling them why he needed the bread, he was

638
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 4: protecting them from his lies. However, one could argue that

639
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 4: he should not have knocked on their door in the

640
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,359
Speaker 4: first place if it meant he would need to lie.

641
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 4: Do you see the moral dilemma? David clearly needs food

642
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 4: or he would not last long, but is eating worth

643
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,960
Speaker 4: the lie he needs to tell? This story is not

644
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,640
Speaker 4: meant to show us when it is and is not

645
00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 4: okay to lie. Rather, it is meant to show us

646
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,880
Speaker 4: that not every situation is put in an easy box.

647
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 4: The same dilemma was presented to David's great great grandmother,

648
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 4: Rehab in the Book of Joshua. To Israelite spies were

649
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:13,400
Speaker 4: hiding in Jericho, huddled in the house of a harlot

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Speaker 4: named Rehab. Rahab had to lie to keep the spies safe.

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Speaker 4: If she didn't lie, they would have been killed. So

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Speaker 4: the same moral question is presented to us. Was it

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Speaker 4: okay for Rehab to lie? Perhaps not that rahabs lie

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Speaker 4: saved lives. It did, but do the ends always justify

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Speaker 4: the means? Once again, this story is not meant to

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Speaker 4: give us any moral license to lie. What we are

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Speaker 4: given is a glimpse into the real human struggle we

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Speaker 4: all go through. Sometimes we feel forced to compromise for

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Speaker 4: the greater good, even though there was probably a better way.

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Speaker 4: We need to rely on the grace of God to

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Speaker 4: course correct us, and that is exactly what David did

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Speaker 4: time and time again. David is asking for forgiveness, provision,

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Speaker 4: and grace. God certainly honored those requests. After David is

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Speaker 4: given the bread, he has given the sword of Goliath.

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Speaker 4: The sword is an important icon for David, since it

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Speaker 4: hearkens him back to a more innocent time in his life.

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Speaker 4: The sword reminds him of his calling, thus tethering him

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Speaker 4: to his virtues. In the Old Testament, God is always

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Speaker 4: asking the Israelites to erect monuments to remember important events.

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Speaker 4: He calls these monuments Ebernezer's We are all in need

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Speaker 4: of Eberneza's in our lives, objects, people, or pictures that

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Speaker 4: anchor us in God's faithfulness and reminds us of times

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Speaker 4: when he moved our hearts. The sword of Goliath will

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Speaker 4: leave and re enter David's life a few times, coming

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Speaker 4: at a perfect time to remind him of who he is.

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Speaker 4: After leaving the temple, David is forced into the belly

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Speaker 4: of the beast Gath. This is David's first time in

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Speaker 4: the Philistine city, but it will not be the last.

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Speaker 4: David once again needs to lie to save his life. Iggish,

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Speaker 4: the king of the Philistines, would love nothing more than

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Speaker 4: to be heard David publicly. David knows that the only

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Speaker 4: way out for him is to pretend to be an animal.

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Speaker 4: He foams that the mouth, howls and strips himself of

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Speaker 4: his clothes. He wants to baggage of the satisfaction he

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Speaker 4: would have in executing him. Killing David in public would

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Speaker 4: be like killing a rabid raccoon. David's plan worked and

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Speaker 4: he is released from prison. Although this episode was filled

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Speaker 4: with moral failure, we are given a bit of hope

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Speaker 4: at the end. The episode ends with giving us a

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Speaker 4: glimpse of David by the fire. It says David may

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Speaker 4: not be a madman, but he still felt the shame

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Speaker 4: of moral compromise. He had lied, stolen, and acted his

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Speaker 4: way to safety. He feared what other sins he would

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Speaker 4: have to commit to keep himself from harm. David made

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Speaker 4: a fire and warmed himself by the flames. He tended

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Speaker 4: it to methodically, making sure every coal was set in

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Speaker 4: place to burn brightly. He looked up at the heavens

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Speaker 4: and pray to the Lord. He needed more strength that

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Speaker 4: he could muster up on his own. He needed more

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Speaker 4: than bread. He needed the word of God to dwell

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Speaker 4: deeply within his heart. David is clearly learning from this experience.

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Speaker 4: He is tending to his heart with the same care

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Speaker 4: he tends to the flame. He asked God for guidance

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Speaker 4: and forgiveness. He was given hope that at the end

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Speaker 4: of the day, David is still after God's heart. In

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Speaker 4: our next episode, we will see the long term effects

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Speaker 4: of David's lives and the heart of the Giant Slayer reawakened.

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Speaker 4: Join us next time for episode ten An Army of Outcast,

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Speaker 4: Part one. Thanks again for listening. For more inspired stories,

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