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Holy, holy, holy is he.
Rise against the Lamb who was saved.
Holy, holy, holy is he.
Sing a new song to him who sits on
Heaven's mercy seat.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty.
The one that is and is to come.
With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings.
You are my everything and I will adore you.
Loads of red balls of living color.
Fashions of lightning, walls of thunder.
Blessing and honor stricken, glory empowered we.
To you the only one I need.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty.
Who wants and needs and is to come.
With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings.
You are my everything and I will adore you.
Filled with wonder, all-stripped wonder.
At the mansion of your name.
Jesus, your name is power, breath of living honor.
Such a mountain suffering.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty.
Who wants and needs and is to come.
With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings.
You are my everything and I will adore you.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty.
Who wants and needs and is to come.
With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings.
You are my everything and I will adore you.
All righty, at this time we'll release the children and their leaders into the classroom.
God, your word is a lamp to my feet.
Have the light unto my bones.
When I feel afraid and I think of lost my way.
Send your devil right beside me.
Nothing will appear as long as you are near.
Please be near me until the end.
God, your word is a lamp to my feet.
Have the light unto my bones.
God, your word is a lamp to my feet.
Have the light unto my bones.
I will never forget shows of me and you.
My heart forever is gone and free.
Jesus, be my guide and hold me to your side.
And I will love you until the end.
God, your word is a lamp to my feet.
Have the light unto my bones.
God, your word is a lamp to my feet.
Have the light unto my bones.
God, your word is a lamp to my feet.
right there were there are some very interesting characters it's almost kind
of like a little Peyton place it's almost kind of a little bit like a
little Peyton place as they all are shuffling what yes all right so this is
going to bounce around a little bit and I did that on purpose and I won't use
this same page but I will have it bounce around again next week because there is
a lot of that going on in this story okay so you're gonna see a lot of like
David hears that Absalom's coming and then all these people are like jockeying
for position trying to figure out who the who side they're gonna be on and
that kind of thing and then some of them they come and go from the scene you're
gonna see that going on and I'll try at least with today I'm sure I can relate
the people that we're going to drill down on to the main people in the story
okay so we're right smack in the middle you'll see a square one there okay and
you'll see the word David and Absalom okay as I just want to set the scene for
you so Absalom is David's son and he therefore could potentially be in the
line of David as king okay and Absalom sets himself up as king he goes and gets
a chariot he gets a lot of people to proclaim him as king and so on and he's
on his way to Jerusalem to oust David and David and his people those who are
gonna rain loyal to him have left and they come into Jerusalem and then we
sort of begin in second Samuel 16 now you don't have to go there if you don't
want to in your Bible switch you're welcome to do that and I would and
you're gonna have it on the worksheet so I highly recommend you would take a look
again at it as it goes on okay so see David absolutely that arrow that points
down the first thing that you're gonna write on that arc right there you're
gonna write one of the strangest names you've ever heard in your life was very
strange for me too it's a hithophel and I'll spell it it's I'm gonna spell it on
the arc at the top of the diamond there's it's just a blank right now okay
and it's a H on the arc at the top of the diamond straight down from Absalom I
just realized your paper doesn't have an arrow there my paper has an arrow so if
you draw an arrow down to the diamond then you'll know where you're at okay a
hithophel a H I T H O P H E L a hithophel that's how it's pronounced a
hithophel okay all right and we're beginning in second Samuel 16 verse 20
just listen for a second okay and now I'll tell you what to write next there's
no blanks right now so just just relax okay a hithophel begins verse 1 then
Absalom David's son who's setting himself up as king said to a hithophel
give your advice what shall we do and a hithophel said to Absalom so the the
advisor says back to the would-be king go into your father's concubines whom he
has left to keep the house concubines are like a harem or mistresses extra extra
wives if you will okay and David left ten of them behind when he fled Jerusalem
to keep the house go into your father's concubines whom he has left to keep the
house then all Israel that will hear that you have made yourself odious to
your father so he's gonna go sleep with all the concubines and in so doing now
that's gonna there's no relationship between him and David anymore it says
the hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened so they pitched a
tent for Absalom on the roof so I put a big tent up on the roof why do you think
they did that why do you think would have a tent on the roof to be seen so
everybody can see it right it's one of the tallest building maybe the tallest
building in the city and now you got a tent on the roof and everybody could
look there they can't probably hear but they could look there every night and
know up there is Absalom sleeping with David's concubines okay and so Absalom
went into his father concubines in the sight of all Israel 23 and the advice of
Ahithophel which he gave in those days was as if one inquired of the word of
God so was all the advice of Ahithophel
regarded by both David and Absalom so David as king and his son Absalom both
thought of everything that Ahithophel was advising as as if one had inquired
of the word of God as if that's important okay so right under Ahithophel
right under the curve right concubines
con cu bi nsc bi n yes there we go right under the word Ahithophel that you just
wrote it fells on the top of the diamond concubines goes right under that you
see a little man's face there with the light do you have that no you need to
draw that I have that okay draw a little man's face with a little light bulb over
his head give me just a smiley face that's fine
so there's a little face with a smiley with a with a lightning a light bulb
over his head like he's got a good idea okay now we're going to the left from
here on out you'll have blanks that was hard I know from here on out you'll have
blanks okay so you see the two the number two okay and it says second Samuel and
it's 17 and it's one to four one dash four now if you look in the circle over
on the right hand side I have provided you with all of the numbers for all the
references so you can take your pencil right now and mark off 17 and any one
and any four see it I've given you all the numbers for all the references it's
kind of a little game a couple of them are decoys yes ma'am I did not yet that
come that's like the very last thing we're gonna do and come back full circle
yep okay so second Samuel 17 one to four so now what has happened so far where
we're at this is this I just set the scene for you who's the king in Jerusalem
who's ruling
Absalom right and he is the son of David David has run okay okay here we go
furthermore Ahithophel who's that guy
nope advisor very good furthermore Ahithophel said to Absalom that's David's
son who is now king please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue
David tonight and I will come upon him while he is weary and exhausted and will
terrify him so that all the people who are with him will flee then I will
strike down the king alone and I will bring back all the people to you the
return of everyone depends on the man you seek then all the people shall be at
peace so the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel okay so we're
under second Samuel 17 one to four the first blank is Ahithophel and you
already have the spelling Ahithophel it's like a hit hop HEL and in this case
it's a posture of yes it's a hit the fells GP what do you think it is grand
plan or good plan either one his grand plan or his good plan the plan was he
would take 12,000 men anybody any ideas why you might take 12,000 men exactly
I'm gonna take a stab at that because there are 12 tribes of Israel 1,000 men
for each tribe even though they might not all be from each tribe right the 12
tribes take 1,000 men for each tribe is symbolic so if the fells good plan and
what then he was his good plan was to KD what do you think it kill David he was
gonna kill David and kill David then our TP return the people you kill David
return all the people that went with him so if that 12,000 man set army sets on
them while they're still fleeing and weary and tired and they're not been able
to go to ground somewhere we can knock them out fast surgical strike will kill
David and then we'll bring everybody else back that's his plan but that is
not how it goes okay second Samuel 1623 says this we read it before and the
advice of a hit the fell which he gave in those days was as if one inquired of
the Word of God so was all the advice of a hit the fell regarded by both David
and Absalom but listen to second Samuel 1723 one chapter exactly later 1723 says
this now then a hit the fell saw that his counsel was not followed he saddled
his donkey and arose and went to his home to his city and set his house in
order and strangled himself thus he died and was buried in the grave of his
father something pretty significant happens between 1623 and 1723 doesn't it
I mean this guy is the guy he's the Elon Musk of second Samuel 16 where he's
gonna solve the problem he's the advisor that's gonna tell us what we need to do
blah blah blah right and so 1623 to 1723 something pretty radical seems to have
transpired all right to see what that is and understand it we're gonna look at
the life of another man okay so go to number three okay and his this you have
the name in there I wrote in there for you anybody want to take a stab at
pronouncing it pretty close that would be how we would pronounce it in English
it's who shy II who shy II right now mind you in the Hebrew there are no
vowels so we're doing the best we can right
Hebrew doesn't use vowels or spaces or apostrophes or any kind of punctuation
that's what I'm looking for so none of that is there so we're doing the best we
can to understand exactly how to pronounce Hebrew words right so we're in
second Samuel 17 5 so Absalom said now call who shy II the archite or archite
or archa D also and let us hear what he has to say when who shy II had come to
Absalom Absalom said to him a hit the fell has spoken thus shall we carry out
his plan if not you speak so who shy II said to Absalom this time the advice
that a hit the fell has given is not good moreover who shy II said you know
your father and his men that they are mighty men and they are fierce like a
bear robbed of her cubs in the field and your father is an expert in warfare and
will not spend the night with the people behold he has now hidden himself in one
of the caves or in another place and it will be when he falls on them at the
first attack that whoever hears it will say there has been a slaughter among the
people who follow Absalom so he's saying if a hit the fell takes the 12,000 men
out there David and his mighty men will fall on the 12,000 man will be a huge
slaughter and everyone will think Absalom is weak that's what he's saying
verse 10 even the one who is valiant whose heart is like the heart of a lion
will completely lose heart for all Israel knows that your father is a
mighty man and those who are with him are valiant men but I counsel that all
Israel should be surely gathered to you from Dan even to Beersheba as the land
that is by the sea in abundance and that you personally go into battle so you
say you lead the battle and you lead an army made up of people from every tribe
so we shall come to him in one of the places where he can be found and we will
fall on him as the dew falls on the ground and of him and of all the men who
are with him not even one will be left and if he withdraws into a city then all
Israel shall bring ropes to that city and we will drag it into the valley
until not even a small stone is found there okay so his advice is counter
what had thus far been said and he says instead of doing what instead of doing
what a Hithafel had said we're gonna gather a huge army from all the tribes
of Israel we're gonna fall on them like the dew falls on the ground so his
advice first of all is that the plan was not good and he describes the D is David
can you finish it David and his men and then it's capital M mighty so mighty
men men mighty whatever it is all right they are mighty and were David and his
men mighty yes incredibly so right they were incredible warriors so he's he's
that's truth right that's truth David has people with him who have literally
one man killed a thousand go Jason second Samuel 17 5 to 13 and you can
mark off the numbers in the circle okay so David and his men are mighty all
right and the plan is not good okay so right under there in brackets just put
like a little bracket for yourself there's no blank for this and a little
bracket and put answer to prayer this is an answer to prayer so what it happened
was when a Hithafel stayed in town with Absalom and David heard that a Hithafel
had stayed in town with Absalom David prayed that the advice of a Hithafel
would be brought to no good understand so David prayed and asked God please
that it would be that his advice would fall on deaf ears or it would fall it
would seem foolish that's what David prayed and now Hushai is telling
Absalom it's foolish all right now if you'll notice there's some letters going
up the right hand side there's a C and E and an E it's going up around the curve
on the right so David and his mighty men that's a problem but the truth is you're
always going to have to face that right I mean if you're gonna kill David you
got to take care of David and his mighty men and they're mighty so that was
always going to be a problem and a Hithafel knew that he knew that David
and his mighty men were mighty and what was his solution to them being mighty in
the plan that he gave what was the solution to them being mighty well but
12,000 men might not be enough David's got 12 mighty men each one of
us probably killed a thousand on his own so what's the solution attack them while
they're tired and fleeing take a mighty guy that's about the only solution there
is get him off guard I'm ambush them take them while they're weak right so
if it's a Hithafel's plan sounds wise and it has something in it but Hushai says
there's a reason why that won't work they're mighty but it won't work because
David is C what do you think now he's courageous for sure in the story he said
they'll try to fall on David but they won't find David because David is
crafty he's crafty he knows that a good strategy might be to come out after him
after that night and also he is EE he's an experienced escapers now somebody
tell me in the story of David's life how do we know for a fact that David is an
experienced escapers yeah he did all that right he caught his beard caught a
piece of his robe with all those things saw right so Saul hunted him with armies
for days months years Saul hunted him with armies for years and David always
escaped David is an experienced escapers so who Shia says you sounds like a good
plan on the surface what's gonna happen is you're gonna go out after him and
he's not gonna be with the men he's gonna be in a cave somewhere and
everybody knows in Israel there are how many caves in that part thousands so
what cave are you gonna check all of them how are you gonna check all of them
in the night with 12,000 men it's gonna be a nightmare to try to find David
right and half of them probably and he won't be dressed normally he's not gonna
wear a robe and a crown right he's not gonna look like himself it's gonna turn
into a manhunt in a place where you can't conduct a manhunt and so he says
David is crafty and he's an experienced escapers and so the response then is
Absalom in acts who Shia's plan okay and in that same circle on the top we've
come around to the top now you see the GP and what's the same as before it's a
good plan but it's a good plan for a different reason so if they had enacted
the other plan it hit the fells plan it was based on moving quickly catching
them while they're weary and tired before they can escape before you can go
to ground whatever right this is a good plan for David because this date this
plan and when I want to finish it GDT the D is David I'll give you that what
does this plan do it gives David time tactically it gives him time and they
do and what winds up happening in the story is they all escape across the
Jordan out of reach of the armies that are coming for them okay so this is a
good plan and we know if you other parts of the story that who Shia is sort of
loyal to David he doesn't want to see day at one point in time Absalom
questions him and he says why would you come and serve me you served my father
so faithfully and he says well I will serve the one who God has given to reign
in the land and I will always serve the one who God has given to reign in the
land and he was telling the truth he wasn't talking about Absalom he's
talking about David okay but Absalom took it they was talking about him all
right so that finishes the you should have the whole circle number three
filled in got it okay now we're going up to number four and the upper left hand
side so so far we're looking for what happened between second Samuel 16 23 and
second Samuel 17 23 that was the end if you will of a Hithafel okay so now we
have another guy up here in number four we're in circle number four in the upper
left okay the reference is second Samuel 16 I think I have five to fourteen
let me double check myself yes that's right second Samuel 16 5-14 if you want
you can mark off the numbers in the bottom right circle just for fun that's
a for fun thing so this guy sorry
that would be weird I have no idea what that was and is that all amber alert
maybe if so watch out your phone might go off okay second Samuel 16 5-14 so
this guy's a man that's easy right he's a man all right listen to what he does 16
5-14 here we go are you all right over there when King David came to Behurum
behold there came out from there a man of the family the house of Saul whose
name was Shimei or Shimei the son of Gera he came out cursing continually as
he came and he threw stones at David and all the servants of King David and all
the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and it is left so
David's got all these people around and warriors mighty warriors and this guy is
throwing stones and cursing David and thus Shimei said when he cursed
get out get out you man of bloodshed and worthless fellow that's what he said to
King David the Lord has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of
Saul in whose place you have reigned and the Lord has given the kingdom into the
hand of your son Absalom and behold you are taken in your own evil if you are a
man of bloodshed then Abishai the son of Zorai Zoriah there you go said to the
king why should this dead dog curse my lord the king let me go over now and cut
off his head but the king said what have I to do with you oh son of Zorai Zoriah
if he curses and if the Lord has told him curse David then who shall say why
have you done so then David said to Abishai to all his friends behold my
son who came out from me seeks my life how much more now this benjamite so he's
saying when my own son wants to kill me then why would this guy not be against
me let him alone and let him curse for the Lord has told him perhaps the Lord
will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this
day so David and his men went on the way and Shimei went along on the hillside
parallel with him and as he went he cursed and he cast stones and he threw
dust at him and the king and all the people who were with him arrived weary
and he refreshed himself there okay so we have a man on that left part it is a
man of that's right Bahurim close enough anyway it's all coming out of the Hebrew
so all right David's response to this man cursing was what sh
his response was spare him the guy said why should he be allowed to do that curse
you like that just let's kill him and David said no spare him okay and then
David said God what what was David's expectation as this man was cursing him
mrg I OH God may return return good I instead sorry instead of his curse so
this is what happens when good men are cursed by bad men God defends the good
man that's the reality of it Genesis 1 through Revelation end okay so David was
aware of that and he said maybe God will send good for me instead of this man's
curse right but notice he said David was a man of bloodshed right so he was a
blood-soaked man was that true was he lying who else said David was a
blood-soaked man eventually not yet but eventually God God called David that
that's why David was not allowed to build the temple remember your son will
build the temple David only could prepare for him to do that God said your
you shed too much blood right so you wouldn't so he what he was saying was
true in a sense right but he didn't hunt down and kill all of Saul's household
but this man couldn't have known that that makes sense alright so David spare
him God may return God good instead of his curse up on the right hand side
you'll see there are three blanks there they are what this man did to David they
are what cursed him through stones at him and through dust at him so FYI
somebody curses me throw stones at me or throws dust at me I don't like that
right I might respond poorly to that right but David says spare him God may
yet return good instead of his curse over to box five okay so we're gonna now
see what this guy this is the same guy when David a little later as David is
coming back into power second Samuel chapter 19 we're gonna see how this guy
responds it's 19 16 to 23 second Samuel 19 16 to 23 now that this is after a
Hithafel has already killed himself so I understand that but the attitude is the
is why it happens okay the way David treated that man who cursed him through
stones at him and through dust at him the way David was intending to treat him
that's why it's one of the reasons why it hit the fell winds up in the grave so
watch what happens here second Samuel 19 16 to 23 okay then Shimei the son of
Gera the benjamite so this is the same guy you follow the story this is the
same guy who cursed him through dust that if through stones at him the son of
Gera the benjamite who was from Bahurim hurried and came down with the men of
Judah to meet King David so he rushes down to meet King David and there was a
thousand men of Benjamin with him with Ziba the servant of the house of Saul
and his 15 sons and his 20 servants with him and they rushed to the Jordan
before the king then they kept crossing the Ford to bring over the king's
household and did what was good in his sight and Shimei the son of Gera fell
down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan so as David himself is
coming across now he falls down before the king so he said to the king let not
my lord consider me guilty nor remember what your servant did wrong on the day
when my lord the king came out from Jerusalem so he's saying please forget
what I did please don't consider me guilty so that the king should take it
to heart for your servant knows that I have sinned therefore behold I have come
today the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the
king okay so he comes up and he says please don't remember please forgive it
I realize I have sinned but Abishai the son of Zorah Zorah answered and said
should not Shimei be put to death for this because he cursed the Lord's
anointed David then said what have I to do with you Oh sons of Zorah that you
should this day be an adversary to me now notice he's counting that man who
would go and kill Shimei as an enemy he says why what have I to do with you
that you would be an adversary to me should any man be put to death in Israel
today or do I not know that I am king over Israel today and the king said to
Shimei you shall not die thus the king swore to him okay so the first thing
that we see so this is how to come back to the king after you've betrayed the
king in a sense all right so the first thing that we see is what CIF the story
began 16 anybody remember from the beginning I read too much at one time
kind of no I know what you're going for there but so it says he can't he was
from Beirut hurried came down with men of Judah to meet the king David and
there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him with Ziba the servant of the
house of Saul and his 15 sons and 20 servants with them and they rushed to the
Jordan before the king came in force all right so when you come back to the king
after cursing the king you bring it all you bring your sons you bring your
soldiers you bring your resources right so he came in force and it says that
they were helping the house of David across the river remember that and so the
next thing is BTS before they ever come before the king began to serve he began
to serve immediately in fact it says he did everything that was good in his eyes
he began to serve and then his appeal was made this way FYSKT for your servant
knows that I have sinned David's response was most of it's there what have I to
prove why do I need to kill this guy who cursed me or through dust at me or or
through stones at me or whatever why would I need to do that I have nothing
I have nothing to prove I am king and so when the servant comes and says I know
that I have sinned why would Jesus crush you why would the God of heaven crush
you if you know they've sinned and come in repentance for example if this is how
the kingdom works if you know what that you've done wrong and you repent and
turn back to God God is God doesn't have to prove anything he doesn't have to
crush you to prove in fact it proves more if he forgives right so he says what
have I to prove and then David proclaims in the very last he says you shall not
die good stuff right okay so the question we were asking was why are the
people in this story behaving the way they are behaving including a Hithafel
went home and hanged himself okay and you see the little grave there and now
we're over to circle number six the final circle okay and the first reference
there is Proverbs 26 to Proverbs 26 to almost done Proverbs 26 to says is it
supposed to be Psalms oops sorry Psalm 26 to my bad try again do well
it's not the right reference it is Proverbs but that's not the right
reference what is the right reference oh okay here I just looked at the wrong one
the last time it's Proverbs 26 to okay is Proverbs 26 to like a sparrow in its
flitting like a swallow and it's flying so a curse without cause does not light
and song I'm confused give me one second to clear my confusion I have it in my
notes on my phone so I have a backup here it is yeah according to this it is
Proverbs 28 one I copied over the wrong reference when I did it so I'm gonna
look at that yeah there we go the wicked flee when no one is pursuing all right
so it is it is Proverbs 28 one my bad Proverbs 28 one that's gonna mess up
your thing in the bottom right hand corner but it's okay you can fix it all
right so simply put it says the wicked flee when no one is pursuing but the
righteous are bold as a lion and so if you'll notice right there it is F you so
it's flee unpursued okay and I'll come back to that thought in one second and
then if you see that little arrow down to the right there says RB and that is
the righteous are bold so it's flee unpursued and then the little arrow down
the right is righteous bold okay so how does what does that mean when I say the
wicked flee when no one is pursuing them so how does that relate to what a
hippofel did they didn't take his advice he ran home got his house in order and
hung himself or strangled himself say again he was not righteous remember that
it said that David and Absalom saw his advice as very good advice almost as if
it was from the Word of God almost as if it was from the Word of God where does
David get his advice from God right and the Word of God always lines up with
that so they took a hit the fell and they said man he his advice is really
good almost as if he was getting it from the Word of God but a hithafel knew he
was not getting it from the Word of God he also believed that let's say Absalom
does not enact his plan to get back date to get David while David is weary and
what is the outcome David escapes what is the ultimate outcome of David
escaping ultimately he's back in Jerusalem as King because he's God's
King and Absalom is not and a hithafel knew that and so he goes home and he
says okay you're not gonna catch him now you're not gonna catch him ever if you
don't catch him he's eventually back here as King if he's back here as King
that that's bad for me and did he have to strangle himself because it was bad
for him no it's probably a bunch of other alternatives right but the wicked
flee when no one pursues who was pursuing him who was forcing him to go
strangle himself no one no one was right but he was wicked he was broken in his
heart and even though he was a wise man in the ways of the world he could
provide good military strategy and so on he was not able to stand when his advice
was not accepted by Absalom Proverbs 28 13 then says it's the one right under
that he who conceals his transgressions will not prosper but he who confesses
and forsakes them will find compassion so a hithafel we already determined was
wicked he wasn't truly following God following the Word of God right and he
was concealing that and ultimately knows that he would be find out in fact he
thinks well he has been found out and so he goes home gets his house in order and
strangles himself all right and under Proverbs 28 13 the C is conceals the T
is transgressions not prosper then the alternative is confess and forsake and
find compassion okay now this is not only the way God works in this story but
it's also the way David works pretty cool then isn't it that David would
later be called a man after God's own heart but you know who was not a man
after God's own heart Absalom yep a hithafel they were not men after God's
own heart now Absalom you know maybe genuinely thinks he can be king and
maybe do a good job or what that way it's obvious he's pretty dark right it
might be it might be culturally acceptable in every other part of the
world and all over that part of the world to sleep with the ten concubines
of the former king to prove that you have taken his role or whatever like
that but it ain't godly it's not what God would have you do right it may have
proved that he was the ruler and David stead but it did not is not what God
would have you to do okay and then the Proverbs 26 2 verse that I read I told
you it was the very last thing it's right up there in the top David could
endure all of this and even the cursings of that man and not hold him accountable
because like a sparrow in its flitting like a swallow in its flying so a
curse without cause does not alight in other words when someone
comes against you and has only bad to say you don't have to respond you know
if I would come against you right now and call you a liar you know what impact
that would have on you other than maybe like betraying our trust you know what
impact that would have on you if you're not a liar it should have none if you're
not a liar it should have no impact whatsoever because it will not come you
know when it comes to light when it settles on you either a if you are a
liar or be what if what 26 2 so if if somebody calls you a liar
and you know you're not a liar when does that really become a problem say it
again no if you're not a liar and they call you a liar then when you stand
before God it'll just be gone when you react badly right so you punch them in
the face because they called you something that you're not or you cuss
them out you blow them up on social media because they called you something
that you're not right so there's only two ways it can go down if they call you
something that you're not you have to not let that affect you because it's a
curse that does not light just like David did not allow that man to affect
him with his curses his stones and his dust and ultimately what happens to that
man he comes back pledges his loyalty to David confesses his sin is forgiven and
goes on to be a loyal servant of David at length you cannot win somebody who
calls you a name that you don't like and then you strike at them then a month
later six months later six years later they're still going to hate you that's
that's the reality you punch them or you hurt them right they're not gonna go now
you could go back to them and and ask them to forgive you and try to make
amends right so I'm so sorry I punched you when you called me that name that I'm
not you could try to do that but that's not an easy road to go down right what
is an easy road to go down according to scripture is when somebody comes against
you with curses or stones or dust or whatever if you don't deserve it then you
don't let it affect you because an undeserved curse does not settle and
that's what David did all throughout this thing and it is what a Hithaphal
could not do and it led him to an early grave taking his own life and so I
submit to you do not be a wicked person if you are you know you're in sin repent
and turn to God he is compassionate he will forgive through Jesus Christ he was
making an arrangement even David was forgiven through Jesus you can even say
if he if he stayed faithful to the Lord that Shimei was forgiven through Jesus
that's how it's possible and so that's what we need to do but a Hithaphal knew
he didn't have that he did not have righteousness and the curses they were
actually do him all right and he took his own life now no one should ever do
that no one should ever take their own life and God willing you should never
take the what life of another human being ever even in self-defense if you
can help it right you're better off than ever do that because if that other
person goes to hell because you shot them they're in hell for eternity you
know now men or parents or whatever you are required by by God's justice to
protect your family it's you got to do what you got to do right they come for
our little kids we've got to do what we've got to do and if they get killed
in the process that'll be terrible but right but if they just shout names or
throw stones or they just say you're a bad person whatever you just got to let
that bounce right off as long as you know it's not true and if it is true then
you repent and turn back to the Lord because there are two ways this ends one
you shall not die the other you're essentially taking your own life
spiritually or physically that's terrible and so we choose the way that
shimmy I chose which was to come back in force to begin to serve to admit to God
that we know that we have sinned and then in being saved you can say when
somebody else comes against you say well I have what do I have to prove they're
calling me a liar they call me a thief what do I have to prove I'm a child of
the King I'm saved I'm going to heaven when I die I don't have anything to
prove to you you don't like me it's okay I prefer you just go and leave me alone
but if you ever want to know about Jesus come back and we'll talk right that
makes sense all right so this is a tumultuous time tumultuous yes
tumultuous time there are a couple of other really interesting characters in
here that are in play there's a couple of high priests and their sons and
there's Joab who was the leader leader of the army but throughout this period
time as he comes but he is faithful and loyal to David to the very end almost
and he loses his being the leader of the Lord's army during this time he'll never
be the leader again after this and so it's pretty pretty entertaining story
pretty interesting thing to study and we'll study it for at least a couple
more weeks okay any questions any concerns