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Speaker 1: Hi, this is doctor Tony Evans and I'm excited for

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Speaker 1: you to join me on this series. Please be sure

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Speaker 1: to follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify so you

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Speaker 1: get the newest episodes right as they come out. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the Epic Adventure of David, a story of honor, battle, jealousy, darkness, friendship, love, scandal,

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Speaker 1: and murder. While most people know of David the Myth,

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Speaker 1: if you know about David the Man, this episode begins

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Speaker 1: a new chapter of David's life, the Wilderness. This episode

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Speaker 1: is going to be a challenge to listen to. David

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Speaker 1: is going to compromise in ways unbecoming of God's chosen hero.

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Speaker 1: He will show signs of moral decline and sin, making

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Speaker 1: us question his calling. There's a philosophical quandary presented in

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Speaker 1: this episode. Do lines between good and bad become blurred

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Speaker 1: under certain circumstances or does everything remain black and white.

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Speaker 1: David is going to be driven to do things he

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Speaker 1: would not otherwise do, but harsh circumstances seem to force

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Speaker 1: his hand. Pay close attention to David's inner dialogue during

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Speaker 1: this episode. He's going to wrestle with his own conscience

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Speaker 1: and rely on the grace of God. Ultimately, it is

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Speaker 1: good for us to see David's weaknesses. Seeing him this

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Speaker 1: way will remind us that he is not perfect, and

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Speaker 1: we shouldn't expect him to be. The prelude of this

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Speaker 1: episode gives us a reminder that the ultimate hero of

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Speaker 1: this story isn't David at all, but God. Jesus was

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Speaker 1: able to overcome where other men had failed, He alone

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Speaker 1: should be the one we look to for hope. David's

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Speaker 1: story becomes more complicated from this point forward. It's no

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Speaker 1: longer just a battle of good versus evil. David will

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Speaker 1: have to battle with his own competing desires and instincts.

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Speaker 1: His confusion and compromise should be familiar to us. Sometimes

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Speaker 1: we face situations that don't have a clear right way out.

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Speaker 1: What do we do when there seems to be a

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Speaker 1: million wrong decisions and no clear right one. Let's see

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Speaker 1: how David handles this question in episode nine, David the Madman.

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Speaker 2: Prelude to chapter nine. For forty days, Jesus had gone

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Speaker 2: without food. His body was beginning to eat away at itself,

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Speaker 2: and his mind was experiencing the dull effects of starvation.

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Speaker 2: The weakness of humanity was felt in full force by Jesus.

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Speaker 2: His body trembled, longing for any form of sustenance. It

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Speaker 2: was in this moment a slithering presence emerged from the darkness.

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Speaker 2: He slid his way behind Jesus and whispered in his ear.

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Speaker 3: Look, it is the sun of God, shaking like a

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Speaker 3: starving animal.

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Speaker 2: Satan hissed. His voice was quiet and sharp, like the

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Speaker 2: silent sting of a scorpion.

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Speaker 3: If you truly, Oh, the Son of God, why not

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Speaker 3: just command these stones become bread? Shula, the creator himself

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Speaker 2: This was the first temptation the lust of the flesh,

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Speaker 2: a tactic that worked for Adam and Eve. Once in

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Speaker 2: the garden, Jesus's body ached from hunger. The pain was

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Speaker 2: nearly unbearable. He considered for a moment what a small

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Speaker 2: God gave him. Besides, he did not need bread. The

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Speaker 2: comfort of the Father was enough. Jesus, not looking behind him,

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Speaker 4: It is written man does not live by bread alone,

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Speaker 2: It was difficult for Jesus to speak. He had a

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Speaker 2: still behind Jesus, scowled. In an instant, he took Jesus

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Speaker 2: Satan leaned in closer to Jesus.

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Speaker 3: Look, Son of God, look at all that could be

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Speaker 2: This was the second temptation, the lust for power. That

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Speaker 2: Satan made an enticing offer to rule over his people

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Speaker 4: It is written you shall worship the Lord your God,

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Speaker 2: Satan scoffed and wrapped his cloak around Jesus. All of

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Speaker 3: They are all here waiting for you to show yourself,

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Speaker 2: This was the third Temptation, the Pride of Life. Jesus

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Speaker 2: signs and wonders that would save mankind. He knew what

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Speaker 4: You must not test the Lord your.

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Speaker 2: God, Jesus answered silently. Satan sneered at Jesus, ready to

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Speaker 2: Jesus rebuked Satan jarred back. The two of them were

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Speaker 2: They were not equals. Jesus alone held the power, so

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Speaker 2: Satan retreated back into the grass so he may sche

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Speaker 2: then departed to eat, recover, and pray. He had successfully

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Speaker 2: resisted the temptations of the enemy, temptations that had caused

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Speaker 2: had his most afflicted, would overcome Chapter nine, David the Madman.

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Speaker 2: Rain descended from the heavens like arrows. Thunder rolled from

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Speaker 2: the west, ushering in bolts of lightning. The winds and

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Speaker 2: Champion of Israel, the Giant Slayer, wept in the bitter cold,

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Speaker 2: in the lonely darkness, while the heavens raged around him.

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Speaker 2: David sang a song of hope to the Lord.

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Speaker 5: stone slowly as he recited hymns to his beloved God,

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Speaker 5: David fell asleep. David awoke in the morning to a

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Speaker 5: breath taking sunrise lighting up the horizon. Splashes of orange

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Speaker 5: David shaking. Two days had passed since David last eight.

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Speaker 5: Every town and village he passed by were filled with

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Speaker 5: As much as he longed to be back home with

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Speaker 5: He remembered going there to make sacrifices to the Lord

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Speaker 5: after his victory over Goliath. A Himelech was a kind

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Speaker 5: He could not tell Ahimelech about what had happened. If

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Speaker 6: A Himelech, thank the Lord, you are here.

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Speaker 2: David said frantically. He stumbled in and began to look

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Speaker 7: Flustered, Young David, It is odd for me to see

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Speaker 6: I am on an urgent mission from the King, David Light.

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Speaker 6: He has charged me to tell no one of my

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Speaker 2: David saw a basin of water and began to drink

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Speaker 6: I am sorry to come so abruptly and unannounced to Himelech. However,

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Speaker 6: I had to leave immediately. Lives are in peril and

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Speaker 6: I haven't much time. That is why you see me

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Speaker 6: with no food, armor, or weapons here today.

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Speaker 2: The old priest sat down and stroked his beard. A

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Speaker 2: Himelech was a kind and innocent man, concerned about the

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Speaker 2: holy sacrifices and devotion to God. He did not look

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Speaker 7: How may I be of service to you and the king?

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Speaker 2: He asked, innocently.

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Speaker 6: What food do you have at hand? David asked, Five

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Speaker 6: loaves of bread should be enough to feed my men

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Speaker 6: and I. However, anything you have will be fine.

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Speaker 2: The words burned as they left David's lips. He hated

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Speaker 2: lying in the presence of a man of God, but

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Speaker 2: his hunger was overpowering. If he told the priest the truth,

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Speaker 2: he would put him and everyone in the temple in danger.

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Speaker 7: I have no bread to give you.

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Speaker 2: A Himelecht said, holding out his palms.

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Speaker 7: The boys who study her have retreated for the night.

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Speaker 2: dark cell. The floor was wet and cold. David found

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Speaker 2: himself shivering uncontrollably. His head throbbed, and his legs were

435
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Speaker 2: still shooting with pain. He looked down to observe the wound.

436
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,120
Speaker 2: It had been wrapped while he was unconscious. The arrow

437
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 2: had only grazed him, so he knew his leg would

438
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Speaker 2: heal soon. He observed the room around him. The stone

439
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Speaker 2: walls were narrow and jagged. Barely enough room for David

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Speaker 2: to turn around. He was most likely in a prison

441
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Speaker 2: cell dug underneath the palace. The entrance to the cell

442
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Speaker 2: was in the ceiling. Above his head. David could see

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Speaker 2: the faint flickering of torchlight coming through the cracks of

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Speaker 2: the wooden door. He could hear footsteps drawing close. Then

445
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Speaker 2: the sound of two men speaking, We have captured the

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

447
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Speaker 6: Have they captured Saul as well?

448
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 2: David thought. He inched his way closer to the door

449
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:29,120
Speaker 2: to hear more.

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Speaker 9: We had him King David, and the giants said, it

451
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Speaker 9: took ten of us to wrestle them down. King Akish

452
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Speaker 9: is waiting to speak with him, is it, giants layer?

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Speaker 8: Also the King of Israel?

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Speaker 2: The other man asked, he must be you Hood.

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Speaker 8: Isn't Lodge sing of him?

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Speaker 6: Haven't you? Saul is struck down thousands, but.

457
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Speaker 9: David is struck about ten thousands.

458
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Speaker 8: That is a song for a king.

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Speaker 2: David's heart began to pound even more. He was already

460
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Speaker 2: known among the Philistines as a mighty war warrior who

461
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 2: struck down Goliath. However, he did not know that they

462
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Speaker 2: also thought him to be king. David had to think quickly.

463
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Speaker 2: If he posed himself as any threat to the gath

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Speaker 2: King Akish, he would surely be put to death. He

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Speaker 2: had to convince them to let him go. But how

466
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Speaker 2: he had slain their greatest champion, laid waste to their raiders,

467
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Speaker 2: and shamed their country. David peered up at the jagged

468
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Speaker 2: wall surrounding him. On the wall that was left there

469
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Speaker 2: was a smooth section with faded carvings. They were written

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Speaker 2: in the language he could not speak to him. It

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Speaker 2: was nonsense, babbel. That was when the idea struck him.

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Speaker 2: David turned to the other side and picked up a

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Speaker 2: small stone on the floor. He broke it into three pieces,

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Speaker 2: creating tools for carving more words into the stone. He

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Speaker 2: had a plan to get the name Giant Slayer removed

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Speaker 2: from him and gain his freedom.

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Speaker 6: We have him, your majesty. The scourge of our people

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Speaker 6: is wallowing in your dungeon as we speak.

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Speaker 2: The philistine soldier bowed before his King. Akish sat on

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Speaker 2: his wooden throne. The throne was thick, carved from an

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Speaker 2: old cedar tree and covered in bare pelts. Above his throne,

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Speaker 2: shining in the firelight swords he had accumulated from slain

483
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Speaker 2: kings and warlords were mantled on the wall. Akish was

484
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Speaker 2: like many men in Gath, large, broad shouldered and intimidating.

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Speaker 2: His wide frame made the throne of bare pouts look small.

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Speaker 2: The king leaned over and gave a delighted smile. David

487
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Speaker 2: had killed many of his men. His name was a

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Speaker 2: curse on their lips.

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Speaker 8: The Hebrew king is mine.

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Speaker 2: Akish yelled. His servants applauded.

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Speaker 8: Finally, revenge will be mine.

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Speaker 7: I will have the giant Slayer as my servant, and

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Speaker 7: the entire nation of Israel will know that I am

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Speaker 7: even greater. They're there, greatest champion.

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

496
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Speaker 2: The walls were cold and damp, completely hidden from the sun.

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Speaker 2: The king of Gath relist the idea of David, weeping

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Speaker 2: in the darkness. As he sauntered down the hall towards

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Speaker 2: David's seal, he could hear moaning echoes reverberating through the shadows.

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Speaker 2: They grew louder and more haunting as he walked closer.

501
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Speaker 2: Akish looked over to his men in confusion.

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Speaker 8: Who is making that's sound.

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Speaker 2: The men shrink. David was the only man being held

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Speaker 2: this deep within the dungeons. A loud howl pierced through

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Speaker 2: the darkness, making his men step back in fear. Akish

506
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Speaker 2: approached the door nervously and opened it. His men held

507
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Speaker 2: the torches to reveal a naked and howling David, scratching

508
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Speaker 2: at the walls of the cave. He twitched his neck

509
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Speaker 2: back and forth, mumbling a made up language and etching

510
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Speaker 2: it on to the walls. David looked up like a

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Speaker 2: beast spotting a hunter. He yelled and all back, covering

512
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Speaker 2: his face from the flames. Spittle ran down his beard

513
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Speaker 2: as he screamed in agony. Akish looked at him with

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Speaker 2: disgust and shut the doors. He held his servant by

515
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Speaker 2: the shirt and threw him against the wall.

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Speaker 8: You did not tell me he has.

517
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Speaker 2: Gone mad, the king yelled.

518
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Speaker 7: If I needed another madman mumbling about my hole, I

519
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Speaker 7: would have gone into the marketplace and picked one up.

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Speaker 2: The soldiers and servants were confused. It had taken many

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Speaker 2: of them to restrain and capture David. He did not

522
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Speaker 2: seem mad then, however, now he resembled the beast in

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Speaker 2: the wilderness.

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Speaker 7: Let the poor fellow go. No doubt, the people of

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Speaker 7: Israel exiled him when he went insane.

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Speaker 8: Kick him out into the forest like you would a dog.

527
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Speaker 8: I do not want to see him again.

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Speaker 2: Behind the closed cell door, David could hear the raving

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Speaker 2: of King Akish. He smiled, pleased that he had successfully

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Speaker 2: tricked the king into thinking he was a madman. There

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Speaker 2: would be no satisfaction in killing him or imprisoning him now.

532
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Speaker 2: There would be no glory in defeating David in this

533
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Speaker 2: shame state. He gave a sigh of relief and continued

534
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 2: to howl and scratch at the walls. Shortly after the

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Speaker 2: king's outburst, the soldiers opened the door and bound David

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Speaker 2: in ropes. They put a bag over his head and

537
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 2: escorted him out of the city. The soldiers released his bindings,

538
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 2: removed the bag, and kicked David into the nearby stream

539
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 2: outside the city gates. David was wet and cold, but

540
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 2: relieved to watch the soldiers walk away. David's clothes were

541
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Speaker 2: in a pile near the water. He put them back on,

542
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 2: composed himself, and marched back into the hills. David may

543
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 2: not be a madman, but he still felt a shame

544
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Speaker 2: of moral compromise. He had lied, stolen, and acted his

545
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 2: way to safety. He feared what other sins he would

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Speaker 2: have to commit to keep himself from harm. David made

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Speaker 2: a fire and warmed himself by the flames. He tended

548
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 2: to it methodically, making sure every coal was set in

549
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 2: place to burn brightly. He looked up at the heavens

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Speaker 2: and prayed to the Lord. He needed more strength than

551
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Speaker 2: he could muster up on his own. He needed more bread.

552
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 2: He needed the word of God to dwell deeply within

553
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Speaker 2: his heart.

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Speaker 1: When we are at our most vulnerable, Satan slithers in

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Speaker 1: to tempt us. That is what happened to Jesus when

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Speaker 1: he was starving in the wilderness. Jesus was in a

557
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Speaker 1: compromised state physically, and Satan wasted no time attacking. He

558
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 1: gave Jesus every opportunity to indulge, sin and compromise, but

559
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 1: our hero did not take de bait. At every step,

560
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: Jesus resisted with the word of God. He reminded Satan

561
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: who was in charge, and never gave in. Certainly, Jesus

562
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,240
Speaker 1: must have wanted to indulge. His body was hungry, but

563
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 1: he was strong when all of us would have been weak.

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00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: This story from the Gospel of Luke was chosen as

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Speaker 1: the prelude in order to highlight the difference between Jesus

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Speaker 1: and David. David was also in a hungry and desperate state,

567
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Speaker 1: but chose to give in. He was weak where Jesus

568
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,320
Speaker 1: was strong. This is not as much a mark against

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00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 1: David as it is a reason to appreciate Jesus. There

570
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Speaker 1: are very few of us who would have resisted the

571
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: temptation to take the bread after going two days without eating.

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00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 1: This low point in David's life, when compared to Jesus,

573
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: reminds us that Christ is the real hero. This episode

574
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Speaker 1: is meant to prime us for David's future failures. He

575
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Speaker 1: will continue to mess up, and we must be okay

576
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Speaker 1: with that. There are only two different types of people

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Speaker 1: in this world, sinners and Jesus. If you are Jesus,

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Speaker 1: then you're a sinner, which means imperfection and compromise are

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00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 1: sure to abound in you. Now, before any of you

580
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 1: jumped to defending yourself, listen to First John one eighth.

581
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Speaker 1: It says if we say we have no sin, we

582
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: deceive ourselves. The truth is not in us. We're all

583
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Speaker 1: sinners and we will all face low points in our lives.

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Speaker 1: But thanks be to God that we have a perfect

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Speaker 1: hero who is strong when we are weak. This story

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00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,440
Speaker 1: is filled with inner moral struggles, and it forces us

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00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 1: to leave the comforts of moral absolution everything being black

588
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: or white, and venture into a more holistic approach to scripture.

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Speaker 1: The first temptation David is presented with is filling his belly.

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00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 1: He is offered to take the show bread from the temple,

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Speaker 1: which is clearly against the law of Moses. Under the

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Speaker 1: false pretenses he set up. The priest is doing the

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Speaker 1: right thing, and Jesus references this story later on to

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Speaker 1: affirm his decision. But David lied, and there isn't any

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Speaker 1: other way to put it. Lying is wrong. But they

596
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 1: are layers to why David lied in the first place.

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Speaker 1: He didn't want to put the priest in any danger

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Speaker 1: by telling them why he needed the bread, he was

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00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: protecting them from his lives. However, one could argue that

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Speaker 1: he should not have knocked on their door in the

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00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: first place if it meant he would need to lie.

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Speaker 1: Do you see the moral dilemma? David clearly needs food,

603
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,840
Speaker 1: or he would not last long, but is eating worth

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Speaker 1: the lie he needs to tell. This story is not

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Speaker 1: meant to show us when it is and is not

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00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: okay to lie. Rather, it is meant to show us

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Speaker 1: that not every situation is put in an easy box.

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Speaker 1: The same dilemma was presented to David's great great grandmother, Rehab,

609
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 1: when the Book of Joshua to Israelite spies were hiding

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00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 1: in Jericho, huddled in the house of a harlot named Rehab.

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00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,279
Speaker 1: Rayhab had to lie to keep the spies safe. If

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Speaker 1: she didn't lie, they would have been killed. So the

613
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: same moral question is presented to us. Was it okay

614
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 1: for Rehab to lie? Perhaps not that rahabs lie saved lives.

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00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: It did, but do the ends always justify the means?

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00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 1: Once again, this story is not meant to give us

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00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 1: any moral license to lie. What we are given is

618
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: a glimpse into the real human struggle we all go through.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes we feel forced to compromise for the greater good,

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Speaker 1: even though there was probably a better way. We need

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00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: to rely on the grace of God to course correct us,

622
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 1: and that is exactly what David did time and time again.

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Speaker 1: David is asking for forgiveness, provision, and grace. God certainly

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00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: honors those requests. After David is given the bread, he

625
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: is given the sword of Goliath. The sword is an

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00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 1: important icon for David since it hearkens him back to

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00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 1: a more innocent time in his life. The sword reminds

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00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: him of his calling, thus tethering him to his virtues.

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Speaker 1: In the Old Testament, God is always asking the Israelites

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Speaker 1: to erect monuments to remember important events. He calls these

631
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:47,360
Speaker 1: monuments Ebenezer's We are all in need of Eberneza's in

632
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,759
Speaker 1: our lives, objects, people, or pictures that anchor us in

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00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,720
Speaker 1: God's faithfulness and reminds us of times when he moved

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00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:59,279
Speaker 1: our hearts. The sword of Goliath will leave and re

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00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,560
Speaker 1: enter David's life a few times, coming at a perfect

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00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,280
Speaker 1: time to remind him of who he is. After leaving

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Speaker 1: the temple, David is forced into the belly of the

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00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: beast Gaff. This is David's first time in the Philistine city,

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Speaker 1: but it will not be the last. David once again

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00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 1: needs to lie to save his life. Iggish, the king

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00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,880
Speaker 1: of the Philistines, would love nothing more than to be

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00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 1: heard David publicly. David knows that the only way out

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Speaker 1: for him is to pretend to be an animal. He

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00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 1: foams that the mouth, howls and strips himself of his clothes.

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00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 1: He wants shabakage of the satisfaction he would have in

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Speaker 1: executing him. Killing David in public would be like killing

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Speaker 1: a rabid raccoon. David's plan worked, and he is released

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Speaker 1: from prison. Although this episode was filled with moral failure,

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Speaker 1: we are given a bit of hope at the end.

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Speaker 1: The episode ends with giving us a glimpse of David

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Speaker 1: by the fire. It says David may not be a madman,

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Speaker 1: but he still felt a shame of moral compromise. He

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Speaker 1: feared what other sins he would have to commit to

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Speaker 1: keep himself from harm. David made a fire and warmed

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Speaker 1: himself by the flames. He tended it to methodically, making

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Speaker 1: sure every coal was set in place to burn brightly.

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Speaker 1: He looked up at the heavens and prayed to the Lord.

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Speaker 1: He needed more strength that he could muster up on

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Speaker 1: his own. He needed more than bread. He needed the

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Speaker 1: word of God to dwell deeply within his heart. David

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Speaker 1: is clearly learning from this experience. He is tending to

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Speaker 1: his heart with the same care he tends to the flame.

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Speaker 1: He asked God for guidance and forgiveness. He was given

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Speaker 1: hope that at the end of the day, David is

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Speaker 1: still after God's heart. In our next episode, we will

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Speaker 1: see the long term effects of David's lives and the

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Speaker 1: heart of the Giant Slayer reawakened. Join us next time

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Speaker 1: for episode ten An Army of Outcast, Part one. Thanks

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Speaker 1: again for listening. For more inspired stories, daily prayers and

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Speaker 1: wisdom to last a lifetime, go to pray dot com.

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