Sunday Service #56 2 Samuel 12-15 By Josh Monday

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So all right, so let's go ahead and pull up these notes real quick. And I have a debate coming up. I just don't know what channel it's going to be on. That's I got a debate Christianity versus secular humanism, so it's going to be interesting. It's October tenth. If I knew what channel that's going to be on, I would shout it out, but I think it's a I don't know who. I know who, This guy Mac is gonna

be the He's gonna be the moderator. I know that, but I don't really know what channel it's gonna be on or what's going on with it so far. I think it's gonna be on this YouTube channel. I think it's Yuba. I think it is, but I'll shout it out maybe next show. I'll make sure I have all those ducks in a row before I before I fully announce it. Let's see Second Samuel twelve. Okay, perfect, all right, let's do this. Let me go ahead and pull it up on the screen. Now you don't get to see

the as much of the HD camera. You can kind of see me there, and it looks pretty clear, but not as clear though. All right, let's go ahead and do this. So we're gonna start at Second Samuel twelve, and before we do that, we're going to go out and do an intro. So Second Samuel twelve is a testament to the biblical principle that even though God is

merciful and forgive sin, actions still have consequences. However, admitst the shadow of David's sin, we also see God's grace in the birth of Solomon, reminding us the hope and redemption are always possible. Okay, so let me just go ahead and pull this up here and second Samuel twelve, verse one. Then the Lord sent Nathan to David, and he came to him and said to him. There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.

The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb, which he had brought and nourished, which he had bought and nourished, and it grew up together with him and with his children. It ate on his own food, and drank from his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him. And a traveler came to the rich man, who refused to take his own flock and from his own herd, to prepare one of the wayfaring men who had come to him.

He had took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him. Hi, So David's anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said Nathan, as the Lord lives, the man who has done this shall surely die, and he shall restore fourfold for the Lamb. Because he did this thing, and because he had no pity then David. Then Nathan said to David, you are the man. Thus says the Lord of Israel. I annointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you

from the hand of Saul. I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if it had been too little, I also would have given you much more. Why have you despised the commandment of the Lord to do evil in his sight? You have killed Uriah the hit Tight with the sword. You have taken his wife to be your wife, and you have killed

him with the sword of the people of Ammin. Now, therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the hit Tite to be your wife. That says the Lord. Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor. And he shall lie with your wives in the sight of the sun and the sight of this son. For you did it, for you did it secretly. But I do

this thing before all Israel, before the sun. Okay, let's go ahead and pause there. So I got a couple of notes here for what was going on here. Oh, you know, we can end this portion. You might as well. Okay. So it says in verse thirteen we have Second Samuel twelve, verse thirteen. So David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, the Lord has also put away your sin. You shall not die, however, because by this deed you have given great occasion to you,

to the enemies of the Lord to blasphemy. The child also, who is born to you, shall surely die. Then Nathan departed to his house. Oh that's so sad. So the role of the prophet. Nathan courageously confronts David with the parable This is in my notes, okay, illustrated the power of storytelling and revealing truth. So what is the role of a prophet? I mean, I think that's very important for us to know. All right, it would be nice if this thing would work, right, Hold on, really quick.

This is evident in calling for the prophets such as Moses, who was instructed by God to speak to Pharaoh and.

And as spiritual leaders, the prophets are also spiritual leaders who guide the people and understanding of God's will and character. They provide insight into God's plans and purposes, often revealing future events the purposes, often revealing future future events. The prophet Daniel, for instance, we seize visions concerning the future of Israel and the coming of God's Kingdom of Daniel

seven twelve seven through twelve. Prophets like Samuel also play a role in anointing and advertising advising kings, as seen in the interactions with Saul and David. So they also are covenant enforcers. Profits serve as covenant enforcers between God and his people, and then we have their intercessors. In addition to delivering messages. Profits often act as intercessors, praying

on behalf of the people, and then social critics. Profits are known for their role as social critics, addressing issues of justice, righteousness, and ethnic conduct, and their bearers of hope. Why while prophets often deliver messages of judgment, they also convey hope and promise. They speak of God's enduring love

and faithfulness restraining the people in some waray. The role of a prophet in the Bible is complex and vital, encompassing the duties of a divine messenger, covenant enforcer, spiritual leader, intercessor, social critic, and bearer of hope. Through their ministry, profits reveal God's character, will and purposes goide in his people towards faithfulness and righteousness. I just want to explain that to you guys, so you guys know the role of

a prophet. David's reaction, David's initial anger at the injustice and Nathan's story highlights how he can be blind to your how you could be blind to your own sins while easily recognizing other's faults. So for that one, I would definitely pull up. I think it's Matthew seven Verse one. Let's go ahead and pull that up real quick. Okay, So I think this is a great verse to go with that Matthew seven Verse one. Here we go. Judge, not that you beat, judge, not that you be not judged.

For what judgment you judge, you will be judged. And with the measure you use, it'll be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, let me remove the speck from your eye, and look, a plank is in your own eye, hypocrite, First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see

clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, unless you trample them under your feet and turn and tear you to pieces. Okay, The main part right there is do not judge. So this is why it's easily recognized of your own faults. Right, So you can be blind of your own sins by

easily recognizing other's faults. The reason why I brought that up is because you have a plank, which is all the sins in your own eye while you're seeing the little sin that's in your brother's eye, right, and you haven't even corrected the plank in your own eye, and you're judging the little or the little speck in your brother's eye, right. So yeah, that's a really good I think it's a good verse to kind of connect to that.

So David's reaction there was initial anger at the injustice, and then Nathan had to kind of show him, hey, this is actually you, and that must have made David feel pretty crazy. So God's judgment in mercy. Nathan declares God's judgment on David, yet also reveals God's mercy by sparing David's life. So he's not going to kill David, right, but he is. Actually he says that the child who she's pregnant with, who was also who is born to you, shall surely die, which is that's sad, you know. I

mean they had the child in sin, you know. So this is just part of a God's judgment and mercy. So let's see what it says here. The concept of God's judgment is a central theme throughout the Bible, beginning this is in my notes. Obviously, Old Testament God's judgment is often portrayed as a response to human sin and disobedience. Okay, the prophets frequently warned Israel and other nations of impeding

judgment due to idolatry and injustice. For instance, the prophet Isaiah declares for the Lord of the Host will have a day of reckoning against everyone who is proud and lofty. Similarly, the Book of Amos emphasizes God's judgment on Israel for social injustice and religious hypocrisy, which is Amos five twenty one through twenty four. And we might think that God's judgment here is harsh, but think about it. David is speaking to God. He's able to speak God. He knows

God is real one hundred percent. Okay, it's not like us where where we haven't seen God, but we still believe. And I'm not saying David ever saw God. But well, what I will tell you is David put the e thought on. Okay, a couple chapters back, he put the e thought on and he spoke to God. Right, and he seems like he has this conversation with God. He's

able to talk to God. He knows that God is real, so for him to go and sin against God like this in the way that he did well, he murdered Uriah sent him out to the battlefield and he and he did it in the way he did it was really it was dirty the way he did him right, and a lot of deceit lying. And you know, we kind of saw exactly what's going on in the last in chapter eleven, so we might think that this is harsh,

but I mean, we got to understand. David is in a position because God put him in this position, and David used his kingship that God gave him for him to commit this evil sin where he took this other man's wife, which is adultery, and then also had the guy killed and did him dirty. The guy came back, he was trying to have him sleep with his wife. He went sleep with him because he's chilling at the king's quarters trying to protect the king. The king's not

knowing what to do. David right didn't know what to do, and then he ends up having him killed because he's lust enough to this woman. He got her pregnant and he knew it was gonna be a giant uproar because the king did this so to hide his sin. What did he do? He just had your riot put on the battlefield, had him killed. And then you know, he

ended up taking Bathsheba as his wife. And since he knew she was pregnant, since he took her as wife, nobody would be able to say anything, right, like, oh, well he took her as wife, so obviously that's why she's pregnant. You know. So if people did the math though, they'd be like, oh, hey, that's crazy. It seems like that happened right around when Aryah died. But anyways, so yes, right,

so anything else I want to go Yeah. Ultimate expressions of interplay between judgment and mercy is found in the Cross of Christ. Through jesus sacrificial death, God's judgment against sin is satisfied, and as mercy is extended to who place, to all who place their faith in him. Okay, so that's all I kind of wanted to go over for that portion. And then when we went through ten through fourteen The Consequences of Sin. Despite forgiveness, David faces severe consequences,

remind us that sin often carries lasting repercussions. Second Samuel twelve, Verses ten through fourteen, The Consequences of Sin The concept of sin and its consequence is a central theme throughout the Bible, reflecting the moral and spiritual order established by God. Sin, defined as any action, thought, or attitude that falls short of God's holiness and commands, has profound implications for individuals, communities, and the world at large. What does sin do? It

separates you from God. Right, So, one of the most significant consequences of sin is the separation it causes between humanity and God. You see that in the Garden of Eden in Genesis three twenty three through twenty four. Also, Isaiah states, but your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he will not hear. The separation underscores the spiritual death that sin brings, alienating individuals from

the source of life and holiness. I'm only telling you this because during the time that David was doing all these these little actions that he was doing, he was separated from God. He was, you know, you see him like in the past chapters, David was very humble, and he would go to the Lord and he would ask the Lord before he actually acted, and he was going to God before he would make a move, and it was a few times you start kind of seeing him

kind of slide back though from doing that. And you know, like when he had his six hundred men and he was going to go kill he was going to go kill that. I remember the guy's name, Absalom, something like that. I don't really want to bring that up because I don't remember the whole entire story. I don't really want to go to it. But you see that throughout the Second Samuel and first Samuel, David what he was doing. Dude, he would go to the Lord first, and then he

would act. He even went as far as putting on the epod and going to the Lord. Then the Lord would answer him, and then he okay, now I want to make this move. Yes you need to go attack. Okay, they'll go to attack, right. But you see before he what did he do. He's supposed to be with his men, He ended up going, you know, to his room looking out seeing her Bathsheba. And then you know that that was the the sin obviously that happened that separated him

from God originally. And as he's doing all these little deceitful things, thinking that God doesn't know, I don't know why he doesn't doesn't know that, but thinking, get God doesn't know, and you know, obviously we know that God obviously sees everything. So yeah, so we have.

So since he confessed and he repented, what happened. Nathan said, the Lord has put away your sin, and you shall not die. However, because this deed, you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blasphemy. The child is also who was born to you shall surely die. All right. So now we're going to be in second Samuel twelve, and we're going to be in verse it looks like verse fifteen will pick up and then we'll

continue reading from there, so let's uh all right. So it says then Nathan departed to his house the death of David's son, and the Lord struck the child that Euriah's wife bore to David, and it became ill. David therefore pleaded with God for the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. So the elders of his house arose and went to him to raise him up from the ground, but he would not. But he would not nor did he eat

food with them. Then on the seventh day it came to pass that the child died, and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, For they said, indeed, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not heed our voice. How can we tell him that the child is dead. He may do some harm. So they were kind of afraid that David was going to try to kill them, you know, if they were the ones that were breaking

the bad news to him. So despite so it says here, despite David's fasting in prayer, the child becomes ill and dies on the seventh day. This event underscores the seriousness of David's sin and the fulfillment of David's or Nathan's prophecy, and let's go ahead and continue. When David saw that his servants were whispering, David perceived that the child was dead. Therefore, David said to the servants, is the child dead? And

they said, he is dead. See, they can't lie to the king that they'll definitely die, so they have to say it once. He asked that they have to say it. So after the child's death, David seizes his mourning worships the Lord. Yep, we're going to see that now. So so David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes, and he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and when he requested, they set food before

him and he ate. Then his servant said to him, what is this that you have done. You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when he child died, you arose and ate food. And he said, while the child was alive, I fasted and wept for I said, who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me that the child may live, but now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he

shall not return to me. So also, David knows that the child is going to be I would think that David would know that the child would be with the Lord or in heaven. I don't know what David believed about the afterlife or what he knew, but it seems like, can I bring him back again? No, I shall go to him. Oh, okay, So he does know about the afterlife because it says here I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. Okay, So he's going to go to him after he dies. He's going

to be able to see him in heaven. I think I believe that he believes that, so I can kind of look a little further into that. David's response to the death of his child born from his unborn union with Bathsheba as a profound moment in biblical history that reveals how much his character faith and understanding of God's sovereignty. This event is recorded at Second Samuel twelve, verses fifteen

through twenty three, which we just read through. Following the prophet Nathan's conversation with David over his sin with Bathsheba and the murder of his of her husband Uriah. The narrative begins with David's grievous sin. We already talked about that, David's initial response fasting in prayer, the child's death, and then David's action following the child's death. That's the part I want to read. Reveals a profound acceptance of God's

will when questioning. When questioned by his servants, David explains, while the child was alive, I faceted and webt for I said, who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live. But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me. This response highlights David's understanding of death, a life, and the afterlife, as well as his trust in God's ultimate plan. So that's what I was saying.

I could tell that David knows about the afterlife because he says, I shall go to him, and at this time, you know where would he go if David died at that very moment. Let's say the child died and then David died the next day, where would David go at this time, Well, it's explained in Luke sixteen where Jesus talks about Abraham's bosom. So that's where he would go, and that's it would be paradise on one's the other side would be shield and there's a big chasm in

between them, and that's where David would go. And would he be able to see his son. Well, here's the crazy part when in Lazar the Story of Lazarus, in chapter sixteen of Luke, he's he's father, Abraham, please have Lazarus come and put a drop of water on my tongue. Right, So he sees Lazarus, he sees what he looks like. He knows that that's Abraham. So you can actually see who's who. You're gonna know who's who. Right. He has all five senses. He's able to to uh speak, you know,

he wants water, he can smell. He says that he has burning fire at his feet. You know. It's it's it's really interesting. But that's that's where that's that's what the afterlife was back before Jesus died on the cross, before we can actually be absent from the body present with the Lord. Right, So I think it's pretty fascinating stuff. So this episode in David's life serves as a powerful example of repentance, humility, and faith in God's redemptive purposes,

even admits the consequences of sin. It illustrates the complex interplay of divine justice and mercy and the peace that comes from submitting to God's will. Next up, let's go ahead and read this. It's tewod Samuel twelve, verse twenty four. Solomon is born. Then David confronted Bathsheba. His confronted that. Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and he went into her and lay with her. So she bore a son,

and he called his name Solomon. Now the Lord loved him, and he went word, and he sent word by the hand of Nathan, the prophet. So we called his name Jediah because of the Lord. Jedediah because of the Lord. Okay, so interesting there. Let me go down real quick. Anything on Solomon, the birth of Solomon. Let me see if I have any notes on that. So, yeah, Jedediah. It means beloved of the Lord. The prophet gives him the name Solomon, give him a name Jedediah, indicating God's favor

and future plans for Solomon. Anything else about the birth of Solomon. The birth of Solomon significant event in the biblical narrative, marking the continuation of the Davidic line and the establishment of a kingdom characterized by the wisdom and peace. Solomon, whose name means peaceful, was the second son of King David and Bashiba, following the death of their first child. His birth is recorded in the Old Testament, specifically in the books of Second Samuel, and later we'll read it

in first Chronicles. Okay, that's what I was looking for to see if there's any other thing about his birth. Cool, Well, the death happened of his first child, and then God blessed him with the second child through her Solomon. So what a blessing. Let's continue Tewod Samuel twelve, verse twenty six. Raba is captured. Now joe Ab fought against Raba of

the people of Ammon and took the royal city. And joe Ab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Raba, and I have taken the city's water supply. Now therefore, gathered the rest of the people together and encamp against the city. And take it. Less, I take the city, and it be called after my name. So David gathered all the people together and went to Raba, fought against it, and took it. Then he took the

king's crown from his head. Its weight was a talent of gold with precious stones, and it was set on David's head. And also he brought out the spoil of the city in great abundance. He brought out the people who were in it and put them to work with saws and iron picks and iron axes, and made them cross over to the brickworks. So we did all these, so he did to all the cities of the people

of Ammen. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. Okay, Joe Abb, David's military commander, captures captures the Ammonite city of Rabah. He sends David to come and claim the victory, which David does, taking the crown of the Ammonite king and bringing back the great spoil. This event marks the continuation of David's kingship and military success despite his personal failures. Okay, so all right, so we kind of went over that. That's the end of the chapter, and let's go ahead

and go over some practical applications. Okay, so examine your heart. Regularly seek God's guidance to reveal any hidden sins in your life, and be op correction. So, yes, that's a very good point. So regularly seek God's guidance to reveal any hidden sins in your life and be open to correction. That's kind of self explanatory, right. Uh. Value accountability. Surround yourself with godly individuals who can speak truth into your life,

much like David Nathan did for David. Understand consequences. Yeah, yeah, so you see that Nathan, he has no fear, right, he's a prophet, he's a man of God, and anything he says is coming from God. So he's able to talk to the King the way he does, and he's just opening up front and honest. And David understands that it's coming from God, so he doesn't punish Nathan for whatever he's gonna say to him, which is great. Understand consequences.

Recognize that while God forgives our action's gonna have lasting impacts on ourselves and others. Okay, embrace repentance. When confronted with sin, respond with genuine repentance. And seek God's forgiveness and restoration. So, yes, genuine repentance is key, and seek God's forgiveness and restoration. Amen to that. Trust in God's mercy. Remember that God's grace is sufficient and he is always

ready to forgive. And a forgive a repentant heart. Okay, but make sure that you're repenting in your heart and you're not continuing to do that same sin. Sometimes there's sins that they're just there's nasty, they just they just keep coming back and showing up, and it's it's sometimes

it's hard, you know. Obviously, addiction is one. It's something that comes to mind if you have an if you're addicted to something, or there's just some things that the devil knows to tempt you with that you just end up continuing and falling and then to that sin. So just uh, you know, do your very best, man, just keep reading the Word and keep praying on it and find out what scriptures work when the devil tempts you

with that. You know, that's what Jesus did, right and Deuteronomy, when Jesus was going against the devil, the devil was trying to tempt him, he just used Deuteronomy against him versus out of Deuteronomy, and those work the devil. He resists the devil, the devil fleed. Okay, if the devil comes and tempts you and you resist him, he has to flee. It's written in James four, verse seven, right, resist the devil he shall flee. Right, so boom, he's

gonna flee. That's it, and it sounds easy, but obviously it's hard for me as well. But I'm just saying that is the way to think about it. Resist the devil, he shall flee. God's not going to give you anything you can't handle. There's always a way out, all right, all right, here's some additional scriptures that connect Psalms fifty one David's prayer repentance offering insight into his heart after Nathan's confrontation. So let's go ahead and check that one out. Okay.

So Psalm's fifty one, we'll go ahead and read that since it connects to this chapter, right, okay, So it says, this is a prayer of repentant, have mercy upon me, oh God, according to your loving kindness, according to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always

before me against you, you always have against you. You only have I sinned and done this evil in your sight that you may be found just when you speak and blame this when you judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity and in sin my mother conceived me. Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts and in the hidden part. You will make me no wisdom. Purge me with hissop and I shall be clean. Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy

and gladness. Then the bones you have broken maybe joys. Hide your face from my sins and blot out my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take away your holy spirit from me. Very important. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and it uphold me. For your generous spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners shall be converted to you. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed.

Oh God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness. Oh Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall show forth your praise. For you do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it. You do not delight in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a burnt are, a broken spirit, a broken and conentire heart. These, Oh Lord, you will not despise. Do good in your good pleasure to Zion, build the walls of Jerusalem. Then you shall be pleased with the

sacrifice of righteousness. With burn offerings, and the whole burnt offering. They shall offer bulls on your altar. So let's go ahead and see what's going on with Palms fifty one. See what it says here, so Psalms fifty one. So Psalm's fifty one, Psalm Let's see you hold on Psalm fifty one. Psalm fifty one is the one of the fifty first psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English have mercy on me a Lord dang. I wanted to see what the historical context here we go.

Psalm fifty one has a historical context and two Samuel five eleventh through twelve describing David's profound repentance after committing adultery with Bathsheba and orchestrating the murder of her husband Arriak. Confronting the prophet Nathan, David's expressed deep remorse and a desire for God's cleansing and restoration, leading to his well known Psalm of confession and a model for repentance. Okay, so that's what it was. That's what Psalm fifty one was. Right.

Next we have Proverbs twenty eight thirteen. He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and re announces them will find mercy. And that's going to be in Proverbs twenty eight, verse thirteen. Proverbs. Obviously he's written by Solomon, so and he's filled with wisdom. Right. And then one John one, verse nine. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Okay. Next one we

have Hebrews twelve, verse six. For the Lord disciplines the one who he loves, and he chastises every son he receives So when you get chastised by the Lord for sinning against him, understand that he loves you, all right, So if he disciplines you or me, we have to understand that he's disciplining us out of love because he's trying to make sure that we don't sin again. Even though most of us, all of us are going to

sin again at some point. He's trying to teach us to not sin right and not to be addicted to that sin, and for to not keep reoccurring. Right. So let's go ahead, and now that we're done with all those additional scriptures, now we're going to go ahead and go to Second Samuel twelve, verse thirteen, and first we're going to be doing the intro in the midst of these traumatic events. Second Samuel thirteen reveals the destructive consequences

of sin and unchecked desires. However, it also underscores the importance of justice and the hope for restoration despite the complex realities of life. As believers, we are called to protect the vulnerable, seek justice, and find paths paths of healing and reconciliation. Okay, so let's go ahead and start reading ammin At Amnin and Tamorrow. This is two Samuel thirteen, verse one. After this, Absalom, the son of David, had

a lovely sister whose name was Tamor. And just let you guys know, Absalom and Tomorrow we're both one of them. Was okay, So Tomorrow was beautiful. And then Absalom is handsome, okay as a man. Okay, So he's handsome and his sister is beautiful. Okay, So let's go ahead and read. After this, Absalom and the son of David, had a lovely sister or beautiful sister, whose name was Tomorrow. And Amnin,

the son of David, loved her. Amnin was so distressed over his sister Tamar that he became sick, for she was a virgin, and it was improper for Ammen to do anything to her. But Amnen had a friend whose name is Jenadab, the son of Shemi, David's brother. Now Jenadab was a very crafty man, and he said to him, why are you the king's son becoming thinner day after day? Will you not tell me? And Amnen said to him, I love Tomorrow, my brother Absalom's sister. So Tomorrow is

actually Amnin's half sister. Okay, so it's still his sister, but the way he's describing her is I love Tomorrow, my brother Absalom's sister. Okay, So let's go ahead and check out my notes real quick, so we could talk about what this is here. Amnen, David's son, becomes infatuated with his half sister Tomorrow, leading to a grievous sin. But Amnin how to friend named Jenadab, the son of David's brother Shami Janidad, was a very showed man that

highlights the influence of ungodly counsel. Okay, so I don't want to read about the sin of him, and yet it's coming up right here, so tewod Samuel thirteen, verse five. So Jenadab said to him, lie down on her bed and pretend to be ill. Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, please tell me, please let my sister Tomar come and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight, and I will see it and eat it from her hand. Then Amnen lay

down and pretended to be ill. And when the king came to see him, Amnen said to the king, please let tomorrow my sister come and make a couple of cakes for me in my sight that I will I may eat from her hand. Okay, So he's getting bad advice like I just read about, like I just talked about in my notes from Jenadab okay. So, and Jenadav is David's brother. Okay, so his uncle is giving him

bad advice. Right. So it highlights the influence of ungodly counsel, and David sent home, sent home to Tamorrow saying, now go to your brother Eminen's house and prepare food for him. So Tomorrow went to her brother Emden's house, and he was lying down that she took flour and kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. And she took the pen and placed them out before him, but it refused to eat that. Amden said, have everyone go out from me, and they all went out from him.

Then Amnen said, to tomorrow bring the food into the bedroom, that I may eat from your hand. And Tomorrow took the cakes which she had made and brought them to Amnen, her brother in the bedroom. Now, when she had brought him them to him to eat, he took a hold of her and said to her, come lie with me, my sister. Okay, so this is a this is not good right, So this is a violation right here of Psalm. Are sorry. Leviticus twenty, Let's see Leviticus twenty. I was

kind of reading some stuff about Leviticus. But Leviticus twenty, there's something in Leviticus for everyone who curses his father and his mother, so surely be put to death. The man who commits adult with another man's wife, he who commits adulta with his neighbor's wife, the adult or adulter, shall be put to death. The man who lies with his father's wife has ut covered his father's nakedness. Both of them so surely be put to death. Their blood shall

be upon them. If a man lies with his daughter in law, both of them so surely be put to death. They committed perversion. Their blood shall be upon them. If a man lies with a male, as he lies with the woman, both of them have committed abomination. Surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. If a man marries a woman and her mother it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they

that they may have no wickedness among you. If a man mates with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal. If a woman approaches any animal, and the woman shall be put to death. If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a wicked thing, and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncomforted his sister's nakedness, and he shall bear

his guilt. Okay, so there it is right there, all right, So you will be cut off from the people. So he'll be excommunicated from the Israelites. Right, but God says it is wrong to see nakedness. That's just to see

each other naked or to mate. Let me just make sure that I'm not let's see, let's see, let's see, and that should honestly, he should feel weird about that anyways, right as we know, you know, like I have a sister, I never even I would never even think about that, right, I don't care how beautiful she is, I would never

ever think about doing this. So for him to be even thinking about doing this, you know it's a leude act and it's something that he should feel some type of way about, right, Okay, with the I'm just trying to find this real quick her nakedness, Like, what does that mean in the Hebrew? Nakedness, nunity, shame and playing, shapeful exposure, nakedness of a thing in decency and property. Every So, what he's saying is seeing her naked and

then her saying you naked is a bad thing. So them actually him doing what he's doing here, especially since she doesn't want to do it, it's even worse, right, So let's uh so we looked it up. That's what nakedness means. Okay, shame, nudity, stuff like that, all right. So the deception of violation, Emden's deceitful plan, encouraged by

Jonadab results in the violation of Tamorrow. Then Eminence said, of tomorrow, bring the food in the bedroom so I may eat from your hand, and Tomorrow took the cakes. This act of violence against Tamorrow is a grave sin with lasting consequences. Okay, So this is a violation. So he let his lust get in the way of what are he's supposed to do? Right, So let's go ahead. And but she answered him. This is a second Samuel thirteen,

verse twelve. But she answered him, no, my brother, do not force me, for no such things should be done in Israel. Do not do this graceful thing. And I where could I take my shame? And as for you, you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now, therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you. However, he would not heed your voice. And being stronger than she, he forced her and lay

with her. So that is obviously sexual assault. Okay, I don't want to say that the word because sometimes the Spotify and YouTube and these different things don't like that. Sexual assault against her. Okay, that's what that is. Forced her to lay with her, which is that's terrible. You get beat up in jail for that kind of stuff, and you should definitely be put to death if you're going to force somebody to do something like that back then they will put you to death for that, you know.

So let's see what happens Tomor's desolation. Okay, so this is in Okay, now we're in fifteen seconds, say A thirteen, verse fifteen. Then Amnen hated her exceedingly, so that he hated So the hatred which he hated her was greater than the love which he had loved her. And Ammond said to her, a rise begone. So now that he slept with her like he did, he is now feeling like he hates her because he's probably realizing that, ill, this is my sister. This is gross. What was I thinking?

So now he hates her, and he obviously she didn't do anything wrong, so he's just being you know, he's just being disgusting. So she said to him, no, indeed, this evil of sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me. But he would not listen to her. Then he called his servant, who attended him, and said, here, put this woman out away from me, and bolt the door behind her. Now she had on a robe of many colors, for the king's virgin daughters

wore such a peril. And a servant put her out and bolted the door behind her. Then Tamar put ashes on her head and her rope of matty colors, and that was many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly. Ah and Absolom, her brother said to her, has Amnon and your brother been with you, but now hold your peace, my sister, he is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart. So Tomorrow remained desolate in her brother

Absolom's house. But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry, and Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. But Absolom hated Amnen because he had forced his sister Tomorrow. Oh man, So we got some beef going on here. We got Obviously Absalom is gonna dislike him for that, you know, because he's taken advantage of his sister, and that's just not right.

Obviously he's stronger than her. Back then, you know, the women didn't carry guns or mace or you know, knives or anything like that where she could defend herself, and obviously if she did defend herself then there could be a problem. So she's just put in a really, really tough position, and I think it's terrible. So Tomorrow's desolation. So it says here, after the assault Tomorrow, after the assault,

Tomorrow's left desolate and disgrace. So Tomorrow put ashes on her head and tore the robe of many colors she was wearing. She put her hand on her head, and he went away crying aloud. This illustrates the deep emotional and social impact of sin on victims. Yes, because now they're gonna know what happened, and they're gonna look down on her as well as on him. Right, So that's why she's it's the impact of the sin is so terrible.

And then Tomorrow, a daughter of King David, I'll read in my notes, a significant yet tragic figure in the Bible narratives, primarily focused on the grievous event that led to her desolation. Her account is recounted in Second Samuel thirteen, where she is described as a beautiful and virtuous young woman, the sister of Absalom and half sister Amnen, David's eldest son. So okay, so Absalom, that's his full sister Am. Then it's his half sister. So that's why Absolom is also

mad as well. The account begins with Amn's illicit desire for Tamorrow. We already kind of went through the whole account. The aftermath of this violation is devastating for Tomorrow. Amen's immediate shift from lust to loathing is starkly described in Second Samuel thirteen verse fifteen. Tomorrow's response to her violation as one of the profound grief in mourning. She tears her robe, a symbol of her virginity, and places ashes

on her head. As noted in Tewond Samuel thirteen, verse nineteen, Tomorrow put ashes on her head and tore the robe with many colors she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went. This publicly displays the morning centivised her deep sorrow, and

her reverse will change in her status. Yes, because what happens is tomorrow, when she's gonna want to get married, they're gonna check and see if she was a virgin, because you know, you're not supposed to go into anybody until you're gonna marry them, right, So now she's that's why she had to tear her roe. But you put the ashes on her head and do all that so that people know, like, hey, she's no longer a virgin. So then when she does marry, they can't say anything

to her. Right. So Absalom, Tomar's brother takes her into his home offering her protection and a semblance of familiar support. However, the text implies that Tomorrow remains in a state of desolation, and she is described as living desolate, living a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absolom. The phrase encapsulates the enduring trauma, the impact of her trauma, and the and the social implications of her assault. King's date.

King David's reaction to the incident is one of the anger, yet he falls fails to take decisive action against Amnen, his firstborn. This lack of justice contributes to the tension within David's family and sets the stage for Absalom's eventual rebellion, which we're gonna read about right now. So all right, Second Samuel thirteen, verse twenty three. And it came to pass, this is Absolom murders Amnin. And it came to pass after two full years that Absalom had cheap shars in

Bale Huzzar, which is near Ephrium. So Absalom invited all the king's sons. Then Absalom came to the king and said, kindly, note, your servant has chief shares. Please let the king and the servants go with your servant. But the king said to Absalom, no, my son, let us not go. Now, let us less he be burdened to you than he urged him, But he would not go and be blessed. So and he blessed him. So Abslom said, if not, please, let my brother Amna go with us. And the king

said to him, why should he go with you? But Abslom urged him, so he let Amnin and the king's sons to go with him. Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, watch now, when Ammond's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, strike Amnen, then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded? You be courageous and valiant. So the servants of Absalom did to Amnen as Abslom commanded. Then the king's son arose, and each one got on his mule and fled. Wow. Okay,

so we got him killing him right. So so King's this lack of justice conduers to the attention to David's vent. Okay, we already talked about that. So Absalom's revenge is the next thing in my notes. So Absalom Tomar's brother Harbor's hatred and Abnon eventually avenges his sister, which we just read about right there, right in verse twenty eight. So this sets the stage for further family strife and division.

So Absalom, the third son of David, is a prominent figure in the narrative Hebrew Bible, particularly in the books of Second Samuel. His account is marked by famul conflict, ambition, and tragedy. Absolom revenge is a pivotal event that unfolds against the backdrop of personal and political turmoil within the House of David. And we already read about the incident with Amnen. Tomorrow's subsequent destlation of Absalom's protective anger set

the stage for unfolding drama. And remember we talked about it that David had six different sons from six different wives. So that's why you're seeing all this drama in the family, right and we're gonna be reading about So let's go ahead, and let's go ahead and read of David's action inaction. Okay, Yeah, So in Second Samuel thirteen, verse twenty one, Yeah, there's

something about his inaction. King David. Here's these events, but it fails to take decisive, decisive action when King David heard of this, he was furious his inaction contributes to the ongoing turmo within his family. So David should have definitely acted because since it went unpunished, then Absalom took it upon himself to punish his brother and obviously kill him. So which just happened right now, So let's go ahead

and continue two Samuel thirteen, verse thirty. And it came to pass while they were on the way that the news came to David, saying Absalom has killed all the king's sons, and not one of them is left. So the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the ground and hold on real quick. I didn't know he killed all the sons, and all his servants stood

by with their clothes torn. Then Jenadab, the son of Shemid, David's brother, answered and said, let now, my lord, suppose they have killed all the young men the king's sons, for only Amnen is dead. For by the command Absolom, this was. This has been determined from the day that he forced his sister tamorrow. Now, therefore, let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart to think that all the King's sons are dead, for only Amnen is dead. So okay, so not all of them.

Only Amnen is dead. So let's go ahead and go to two Samuel thirteen, verse thirty four. Absalom flees to Gasurre. Then Absalom fled, and the young men who was keeping watch lifted his eyes and looked, and there many people were coming from the road on the hillside behind him. And Jonadab said to the king, look, the king's sons are coming, as your servants said, it is. So it was as soon as he had finished speaking, the king's son indeed came, and they lifted up their voice and wept.

Also the king and his servants wept very bitterly. But Absalom fled and went to Telmai, the son of a head king of Geshur, and David mourned for his son every day. So Absalom fled and went to get sure and was there three years. And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had for he had been comfort comforted concerning Amnin because he was dead. So all right, so all right, so that's what we there, we have it.

That's Second Samuel thirteen. The end of the chapter so let's go ahead, and there's not much that needs to be said right there, but we talked about Absolom's revenge, Tomorrow's desolation, and we talked about Yep, we already talked about all that, all right, So next we're gonna do practical applications. Guard against ungodly counsel, be cautious of the advice you receive and ensured aligns with biblical principles. Surround

yourself with godly influences. You see, he's going to his uncle and getting ungodly advice, and even though it's against God's word, he still took the advice, right, And that's

what you're not supposed to do. If it goes against God's word, then you don't don't take the advice and only seek godly counsel, you know, because what happens is you start receiving those kind of messages and then it starts to kind of it plants a seed in you, and then you start letting that evil grow and then all of a sudden, you start acting on what you were thinking about doing. Right, And what you should do is address the sin promptly, which is one of the

practical applications. Do not ignore a delay addressing sin, whether in personal life or within your community. Swift and righteous action is necessary to prevent further harm. Okay, and then support victims of injustice. Offer compassionate support to those who have been wronged, helping them find healing and restoration. Promote righteous leadership as another one. Leaders must act just justly

and contact courageously, setting an example for others to follow. Okay, so let's go ahead and go to additional scriptures that connect. We have James one verse fourteen. But each one is tempted by his own evil desires. He is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death. This passage underscores the progression of sin

seen in Eminen's actions. Okay, this is what I was talking about, where it says birth to sin, and sin when it's full grown gives birth to death. Okay, so that's what I meant. Sin is gonna like the seed gets planted and all of a sudden, you know, it gives birth to sin, and when it's full grown, it gives birth to death. Right, So now we have proverbs eleven, verse fourteen for lack of guidance and nation falls. But

with the many counselors comes deliverance. This highlights the importance of seeking wise and godly counsel This is Proverbs eleven, verse fourteen. Okay, Next we have Galatians six one through two. Brothers. If someone is caught in a trustpass, you, who are spiritual, should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you may be tempted carry one another's burdens. And in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

This encourages believers to support and restore those who have fallen. Okay, so amen to that. So let's go ahead and go to Sewod Samuel fourteen. And we're gonna start with the intro. See, I got I keep getting bit by a mosquito. Sorry, guys, my leg is, my feet are all itchy. Okay, So all right, so let's go ahead and do that Second Samuel fourteen. Second Samuel fourteen illuminates the complexities of family relationship, the direct consequences of unresolved guilt, and the power of

forgiveness even in positions of leadership and power. David shows his human vulnerability and desire familiar love. However, his actions also demonstrate the cost of avoidance in dealing with personal guilt and responsibility. This chapter encourages us to seek reconciliation, admit our wrongdoings, and address our issues directly. Okay, so all right, so we have that. Let's go ahead and

start from second Samuel fourteen, verse one. So Joeab, the son of Zariah, perceived that the king's heart was concerned about Absalom. And Joab sent to Tacoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, please pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning apparel. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead. Go to the king and speak to him in this manner.

So Joab put the words in her mouth. And when the woman Takoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said, prostrated herself means to bow down, and said, help o king. Then the king said to her, what troubles you? And she answered, indeed, I am a widow. My husband is dead. Now your maid servant had two sons, and the two fought with each other in the field, and there was one who and there was no one to part them.

But the one struck the other and killed him. And now the whole family has risen up against your maid servant. And they said, deliver him who struck his brother, that we may execute him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and we will destroy the heir also. But they would extinguish my emberor that is left. And I leave to and leave to my husband either name nor remnant on this earth. And the king said to the woman, go to the house, and I will give

orders concerning you. And the woman Takoa said to the king, oh, my lord, O king, let your iniquity be on me and on my father's house. And the king has throwned be guiltless. So the king said, whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore. And he said, please, let the king remember the Lord your god, and do not permit the avenger of blood to destroy anyone, lest any they destroy my son. Lest

they destroy my son. And he said, as the Lord lives, no hair on your son shall be self fall to the ground. Therefore, the woman said, please let your mate servant speak another word to you, my lord and my lord the king. And he said, say on, so hold on real quick before we continue. We're kind of getting deep joe AB's intervention. Joe Ab recognized the king's longing for absolom devices a plan to bring about a reconciliation.

This demonstrates the importance of wise counsel and intervention and resolving conflicts, which we kind of saw on Second Samuel fourteen, verses one through three. And then the wise woman at Takoa. Joe Ab employs a wise woman to present a parable to King David, illustrating the power of storytelling and wisdom and influence and decisions, which we're kind of going over right now, these parables. So we'll finish the parable and

then see if we can have it explained here. So the woman said, when you have schemed such thing against the people of God, for the king speaks this thing as one who is guilty. And the King does not bring his banished one home again, for we will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away a life, but he devises means so that his

banished ones are not expelled from him. Now, therefore I have come to speak to you this thing, to my lord the King, because the people have made me afraid. And your maid servant, I will now speak to the King. It may be that the King will perform the request of his maid servant. For the King will here and deliver his maid servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together. For the inheritance of God, your maid servant, The word of my

lord the King will now be comforting. For as the Angel of God, so is my lord the King in discerning good and evil. And may the Lord your God be good with you. And the king answered and said to the one, please do hide from me anything that I ask you. And the woman said, please let my lord the King speak. So the King said, is the hand at job with you? Is the hand of job

with you? And all this? And the woman answered and said, as you live, my Lord the King, no one can turn to the right hand or the left from anything that my Lord the King has spoken. For my servant, joeab commanded me, and he put all these words in my mouth of the maid servant to bring about the change of affairs. Your servant Joab has done this thing. But my lord is wise. According to the wisdom of the Angel of God, you know everything that is in the earth. And the King said to Joeb, all right,

I've granted this thing. Go therefore bring back the young man Absalom. So it looks like it worked, right, which is cool. So let's go ahead and see the parable. Let's see the Let me look this up. Let me look this up, the parable of and this is the woman of Koeh. So the story of the Woman at Takota's, a wise woman from the town of Takoya, is not

a parable but a dramatic narrative. In second semma, where she uses fiction fictious story to persuade King David to show mercy to his son Absalom, who was in exile after killing his half brother Amnon. Under Joab's direction, she pretends to be grieving widow whose surviving son has killed his brother and faces execution, skillfully using the story to make David relate to the family's dilemma and ultimately decree his desire to see Absolom return from his exile. The

story's purpose. The woman Dakoya serves as a clever way to resolve conflict between King David and his rebellious son Absalom. Joe Abb, King David's commander, understands that David is missing Absolom and wants to find a way to bring him back. The woman's strategy. Strategy, the woman tells a story that mirrors the situation with Absolom, but without directly mentioning him. She claims to be a widow with two sons, one of them who's killed and the other in a fight,

who has killed the other one in a fight. The plea for mercy. She appeals for David to help, asking him to protect her surviving son from family vengeance. David, moved by her story, assures her he was probably moved by her story because he's kind of going through the same thing. And David, moved by her story, assures that he will protect the son and will make sure not a hair falls from his head. The reveal, David makes

a decree. The woman points out the irony David has extended mercy to her fictional son, but not to his own flesh and blood, Absolom. That's the whole point of the story for him to know that and to recognize that. Right. So, and the outcome, obviously is the woman's wisdom understands that Joeb said her to him. The interaction between David allows Abslom to return to Jerusalem, though not yet into the king's presence, a significant step towards reconciliation. Right perfect, all right,

so and two Samuel fourteen, verse twenty two. Then Joeb fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself and thanked the king. And Joeb said, today, your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, o king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servants. So jurab arose and went to Casure and brought Absolom to Jerusalem. And the King said, let him return to his own house, but do not let him see my face. So Abslom returned to his own house,

but did not see the king's face. Okay, So Absolom's return and appearance abslom return to Jerusalem is marked by his striking appearance and charisma, reminding us of the dangers of valuing Let me see you up. We don't know that we have an read that part. Yet, despite his initial reluctance, David is moved by the woman's story and agrees to bring Absalom back, showing the struggle between justice and mercy. All right, so now we have David forgives Absalom.

Now in all Israel, there was no one who has praised as much as Absolom for his good looks. From the soul of his foot to the crown of his head, there was no blemish in him. And when he cut his hair on his head at the end of every year, he cut it because it was heavy on him. When he cut it, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred chekls according to the king's standard. To Absalom, who bore three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar.

She was a woman of beautiful appearance, and Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, but did not see the king's face. Therefore, Abslom sent for Joe to see him to send him to the king, but he would not come to him, And when he sent again the second time, he would not come. So he said to his servants, see Joab's field is near mine, and his barley there, go and set it on fire, and absolom servants set

the field on fire. Then Joab arose and came to Absolom's house and said to him, why have the servants set my field on fire? And Aslam said to Joeab, look, I sent to you saying come here so that I may send to you the king to say, why have I come from Jersure it would be better for me to be there still. Now, therefore, let me see the king's face. But if there's iniquity in me, let him

execute me. So Joab went to the king and told him, and when he called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king. Then the king kissed Absalom. See the king is obviously that's his son. He understands why he would do such a thing and kill Abnon right because of what's going on, So Abslom was a louted to return to the king but not permitted to see the king's face. Highlight in the complexities and conditions often involved

in reconciliation. I kind of read through that, and yeah, so you kind of see what's going on there. So it says that David kissed Absolom. So obviously David is accepting seeing his son now. So we'll see what goes on in chapter fifteen, and we'll see what kind of what goes goes along with that. So let me just see real quick what I have in my notes about this portion. Absoluce reconciliation with David. Okay, let's see the reconciliation.

The events leading to the reconciliation rooted to the complex dynamics of David's family. David's eldest son committed a grievous act. We know about that. During Absolom's ex David longed for his son, but he did not take steps to bring him back, reflecting the king's initial conflict between justice and parental affection. And then we know what Joeab did. Absolom returned to Jerusalem could see. Convinced by Joe AB's scheme, David constructed job to bring Absolom back to Jerusalem, which

we read about. However, David imposed a condition Apsom to not be able to see him the full reconciliation. After two four years of living in Jerusalem without seeing David, Abslom grew frustrated. He summoned joe Ab to intercede on his behalf, but when Joab ignored his request, Absolom restored to setting joe AB's field on fire, which we read about. Finally, David agreed to mean Absolom. The meeting was marked by

a gesture of forgiveness and acceptance. Then the king sub summoned Absalom and he came in and bowed his face down to him, and the king kissed Absolom. This kiss symbolized the restoration of the relationship, and at least superficially, the reconciliation between Absolom and David is a complex narrative that highlights themes of justice, mercy, and the challenges of familiar relationship. Despite the outward reconciliation, underlying tensions persisted, eventually

leading to Absolom's rebellion against David. This episode underscores the fragile nature of the reconciliation and force shadows chatter foreshadows the tragic events that would follow. Okay, so yes, we see what's going on here. Okay, so we see that something else is going to be going on. I'm sure you guys are familiar with what's gonna happen with absolom, but we are going to see it in the next chapter. You know, I've already heard about this before, but oh,

let me go back. But before we do that, let's go ahead and go to practical applications. For this chapter, we have seek wise counsel in times of conflict, seek out wise and God the also to help navigate difficult situations. Use wisdom and communication, like the woman into of Tacoia to CoA. Use wisdom and tact and communication to bring about understanding and resolution. Balance justice and mercy. Strive strive to balance justice with mercy and relationships reflecting God's heart

for reconciliation. Value inner character. Let me take a drink. Balance justice and mercy. Strive to balance justice with mercy and relationships reflecting God's heart for reconciliation. And then value inner character. Focus on developing inner character rather than being swayed by outward appearances. And then pursue reconciliation. Reconciliation. Actively pursue reconciliation and relationships, understanding that it may involve conditions

and time. So we got to understand that there's a lot of like moms with their daughters, they're fighting, there's a lot of dads with their sons that are fighting, dads with their daughters that are fighting, moms with their sons that are fighting, and you know, throughout a whole family. You know, you got to pursue reconciliation, actively, pursue and forgive. Right, Jesus says, to forgive. You gotta forgive, okay, So and

definitely pursue reconciliation and relationship. Understand that it may involve conditions and time. Definitely set boundaries, and you know obviously it sometimes it does take time. But we want to forgive, right, Jesus says, to forgive. So that's what we want. So let's go ahead and go to additional scriptures that connect two Corinthians five, verses eighteen through nineteen emphasizes that God has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given

us a ministry of reconciliation. Let's go ahead and check out and see what it says. Tewod Corinthians five. Second Corinthians five, Okay, and it's going to be eighteen through nineteen. It says, now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. That is that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed us to the word

of reconciliation. Okay, excuse me, all right, So that is exactly that's emphasizing that God has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us a ministry of reconciliation.

All right. So since God has reconciled himself with us through Christ, we should reconcile all our relationships that we have with other people, other human beings, right, other people that in our family, other people that are friends, other people that at work, whatever you have going on where you're having some type of problems, you should definitely because if you can't reconcile with your family, then how do

you expect God to reconcile with you? Okay? Just like if you can't forgive your family, how do you expect God to forgive you? Okay? You need to be able to forgive your brother, forgive your sister, Okay, forgive your mom, forgive your dad, and we need to reconcile. Wisdom and Speech Proverbs fifteen, verse one highlights the power of gentle words and turning away wrath. Proverbs thirteen, verse one. Let's go ahead and check that out real quick. Proverbs fifteen,

verse one. A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Okay, you can attract way more people with honey than you can with piss and vinegar. Okay, if you are nice to somebody, that's why it says. A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. So it's all about the way that you respond to somebody, right, the way you respond. God's justice and mercy is a Maciah six verse eight calls us to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.

So let's go ahead and see what that says. Because six verse eight, he has shown you, oh man, what is good? And what does the Lord require of you? But to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. Okay, So that's God, It says, calls us to act justly, love mercy, and welcomely with God in her beauty. For Samuel sixteen verse seven reminds us that the Lord looks at our heart, not our outward appearance. This is going to be dealing with I

believe David. Let's see for Samuel sixteen, verse seven. Yep, David annoyed as king. But the Lord said to Samuel, do not look at his appearance or his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as a man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. There we go, and David was a man after the Lord's heart. Okay, so perfect, all right, So now we are in chapter fifteen. Let's go ahead and go over the intro to chapter fifteen.

It says Absalom's conspiracy. Despite the danger and betrayal, David continues to place his trust in God, showing his spiritual strength and commitment. He reacts to the grave crisis not with retaliation, but with wisdom and strategic patience, demonstrating that faith and righteousness can guide us through our darkest moments. So let's go ahead and start reading two Samuel fifteen. What why is David having a dark moment in the

first place? Let's see why. It says after this iss Absalom's trees, and okay, that's what's going to go on. Right after this, it happened that Absalom provided himself with chariots and horses and fifty men to run before him. Now, Abslom would rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. So it was whenever anyone who had a lawsuit came to the king for a decision, that Abslom would call to him and say, what city are you from? And he would say, your servant is from such and

such and tribe of Israel. When Absalom would say to him, look, your case is good and right, but there is no deputy or of the king to hear you. More of Rapslom would say, oh that I made, Oh that I or made judge in the land. And everyone who was in any suit or case would come to me, then I would give him justice. So it was whenever any would come near to bow down to him, that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him. In this manner, Absom acted toward all Israel who came

to the king for judgments. So Absolom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. You see what he's doing. He's forgiving their debts and forgiving their stuff. So that everybody started liking him instead of King David. So it says Absolom's deception. Absolom strategically positions himself at the city gate to win the hearts of the Israelites by promising justice and favor. His actions highlight the danger of using

charm and deceit to manipulate others. Absalom's deception. Absalom the Third King, the third son of King David, is a prominent figure in the Old Testament note for his striking appearance, charismon ultimately his rebellion against his father. Okay, so we already absalom deception were sown after the sexual sort of his sister tomorrow, we already known that. Okay. Upon his return, Absalom began to craft a plan to unsurp his father's throne.

He positioned himself at the city gate, where he intercepted those seeking justice from King David. Absalom would express sympathy and suggest that their grievances would be better addressed if he were judged in the land. If he were judged in the land, Oh that I were appointed judge in the land, He would say, then, everyone, what a grievance would come to me, and I would give him justice. Though these actions, Absalom stole the hearts of the men

of Israel. And then the conspiracy unfolds, and that's going to be seven through nine. What's we're gonna read now? I don't really want to go over that portion yet, so it says. Now it came to pass after forty years, the Absalom said to the King, please, let me go to Hebron and pay the vow which I made to the Lord, for your servant took a vow while I dwelt in Gersher and Syria, saying, if the Lord indeed brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

And the King said to him, go in peace. So he arose and went to Hebron. Then Absalom set spies throughout the tribes of Israel, saying, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you will say Absalom reigns in Hebron. And with Absalom went two hundred men invited from Israel, sorry from Jerusalem. And they went along innocently and did not know anything. Then Absalom sent for a phenotelle. Wait he throw heythropole I don't know how to say that, but I'm butchering the name. But

it's okay. The gillinite David's council counselor from his city from Galah, where he offered sacrifices, and the conspiracy grew strong for the people that Absalom continually increased in number. Okay, so we'll stop there real quick. As the conspiracy unfolds, Absalom's deception reached its peak when he requested permission for David to go to Hebron under the pretense of fulfilling a vow to the Lord. David granted his request, unaware

of Abslom's true intentions, and Hebron. Absalom declared himself king, and his conspiracy gained momentum as he said secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel, proclaiming, if you hear the sound of the horn or the trumpet, you are to say Abslong is king of Hebron. Okay, So we're not going to know the aftermath until we read this here, but uh, let's see. And then thirteen through fourteen we

got David's response. Despite the betrayal, David chooses to flee Jerusalem to avoid conflict first potential bloodshed, which is going to be happening right here. I didn't really get to read that yet. Okay, let me just go over. Let me just read that. Now. A messenger came to David saying, the hearts of men of Israel are with Absalom. Remember this is after forty years too write, so this is a long time. So David's getting odor in his age. Right now. A messenger came to David saying, the hearts

of them men of Israel are with Absalom. So David said to all his servants who are with him at Israel, arise and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart lest we overtake us suddenly, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us and strike the city with the edge of the sword. And the king's servants said to the king, we are your servants, ready to do whatever my lord the king commends. Then the king went out with his household after him.

But the king left ten women concubines to keep the house. And the king went out with all the people after him and stopped at the outskirts. Then all of his servants passed before him, and the cherished Terathites, all the Pelethites, and the git Tights. Six hundred men who had followed him from Gath passed before the king. Okay, so let's stop there real quick. See if I have any notes David's response. His decision reflects humility and reliance on God's

will rather than his own strength, loyalty and betrayal. The chapter contrasts the loyalty of ill Ti the get Tight, who pledges allegiance to David. That's a little bit later, and that's in five twenty one, which we're going to read. Now, let's go ahead and do that. Then the King said to it Ti the get Tight, why are you also going with us? Returner remained with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your own place. In fact, it came only yesterday. Should I make you

a wanderer up and down with us today? Since I go? Since I go, I know not where, Return and take your brethren back. Mercy and truth be with you. But did I answer the king as the Lord lives, and as my lord King lives. Surely in whatever place my Lord the King shall be, whether in death or life. Even there also your servant will be. So that's him making a contrast of loyalty to David and loyalty and betrayal. Loyalty is profound theme throughout the Bible, often depicted his

faithfulness to God, his commandments, and his people. Okay, it is a virtue that reflects steadfastest commitment and un wavering allegiance. The Bible presents loyalty as an essential characterist of a righteous life, exemplified by various figure and teachings. And then betrayal. Betrayal, that antithesis of loyalty is a recurring theme in the Bible.

Often resulting and devastating consequences, is portrayed as a breach of trust, violation relationship, whether between individuals or between humanity and God. So loyalty and betrayal, let's see what happens here. So David said that it tight, go and crossover, then then tie they get tight. And all those men and all the little ones who were with him crossed over it,

and all the country wept with a loud voice. And all the people who crossed over, the king himself also crossed over brook Kedron, and all the people crossed over towards the way of the wilderness. Okay, so loyalty and betrayal, the betrayal of a fit to fill David's counselor who joins Absolom. Oh. Okay, the betrayal happened in chapter twelve, but the loyalty happens in chapter twenty one. Okay, just letting you know. So now we're gonna read tewod Samuel fifteen,

verse twenty four. There was Zodac also, and all the levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenive God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city. Then the king of Zodac carry the Ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and show me both it and his dwelling place. But if he says, thus, I have no delight in you here, I am let him do to me as

he seems good to him. The king also took Zodak, the priest, are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and the two sons with you, Ajemaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abathar. See, I will wait in the planes of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me. Therefore, Zodak and Abathar carried the Ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there. Okay, a lot of this is a story based not so much commentary, but let's see what it

says here. So David's trusting God's sovereignty as evident as he sends the Ark of the Covenant back to Jerusalem, expressing the faith that God will bring him back if it is his will. Divine sovereignty we've gone over before. Divine sovereigntary refers to the supreme authority and power of God that we guys know over all creation. It's central theme in Christian theology. Emphasizes that God is the ultimate ruler and sustainer of the universe or the realm, depending

on how you want to use that. This concept is rooted in the understanding that God, as the Creator, has the right and ability to govern all things according to His will and purpose. Okay, and we're going to be chapter thirty. Hold on, let me just David flees Jerusalem. Loyalty strategic move. David's ascent to the Mount of Olives, which is going to be right here Tewod Samuel fifteen, verse thirty So David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives and wept as he went up.

And he had his head covered and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up. Then someone told someone told David, saying a ball a hit the pal is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, Oh, Lord, I pray turn the council of Epithothal into foolishness. So so his prayer against Piphotal's council. David prays that God will turn to Piphotal's council into foolishness, recognizing the threat

posed by his former average advisor's wisdom. The Hebrew term for foolishness suggest it's sicklet suggests a lack of discernment or wisdom. Okay, so now we're in tecond Samuel fifteen, verse thirty two. Now what happened When David had come to the top of the mountain. There he worshiped God. There was Hushai, the Archite, coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head. David said to him, if you go on with me, then you

will become a burden to me. But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, o King, as I was your father's servant previously, so I will now also be your servant. Then you may defeat the council of a fifth doll for me, and and do not have Zodak the Abathar the priests with you there. Therefore it will be that whatever you hear from the king's house, you shall tell Zodoc and

Abbathar the priest. Indeed they have, they have their they have with them their two sons, amaz And Zodak's son and Jonathan, Abbathar's son, And by them you shall send me everything you hear. So Hashoi's David's friend went into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. So Hashai's role as a spy okay, So obviously he's a spy to me going in there kind of gathering intel. Hashai the Archive, a loyal friend of David, is sent back to Jerusalem to act as a spy, encounter a Piphodal's advice with

the priest's sons serving as messengers. The Hebrew root word for spy is regal, applies convert a covert observation and intelligen it's gathering, okay, gathering intel. Right, very interesting. They even had that back then, right, So all right, So that's the end of chapter fifteen. We have about twenty minutes left. Let me just go over the practical applications and see where we're at. If we have to end a little early, maybe we'll do that, but if not,

I'll try to finish chapter sixteen. Let's go ahead and check that out real quick. Let me see what chapter sixteen is looking like. Chapter sixteen is pretty yeah, it's pretty small, pretty small chapter. We'll probably get through sixteen today. Let me just do the practical applications real quick. Let's see, usually we do about three chapters at the time. This is we kind of twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen. We've already done four, so we've may be done, I don't know.

Let me see. Get to the practical applications. Guard against deception is one of them. Be wary of those who use flattery and false promises to gain influence. Seek wisdom and discernment in your relationships. So if somebody is trying to gain influence and you're seeing they're using false promises or flattery, seek wisdom or discernmenting in relationships. Obviously you don't want to be You don't want to be influence them or being with them, or being friends with them.

If there's somebody's doing that, respond to betrayal. When face with betrayal, consider responding with grace and humility, trusting in God's ultimate plan and justice. I understand that that's very tough to do for a lot of people. It's hard to just it's hard to respond with grace and humility. That's obviously not your first thought unless you are mature in your faith and you understand grace and humility and understand the grace and humility that we receive from God.

Right loyalty in relationships. Cultivate loyalty and faithfulness in your relationships. Also integrity in your relationships, okay, standing by those who are in need, as Lettie stood by David. Okay. Loyalty is so important, and loyalty goes a long way, especially

in relationship with your wife or your husband. Okay. And also integrity, right, faithfulness okay, all that goes a long way, because when you break trust, it's gonna kill your relationship with your husband or wife for a very long time and maybe forever. I mean it could, it could break your trust forever. Okay, Okay, Next, we have trust in God's plan in times of uncertainty, place your trust in God's sovereignty, believing that he is in control and will

guide your steps. Okay, so trust in God's plan. We have additional scriptures that connect Proverbs twenty six, verse twenty four through twenty six. Let's go ahead and check out that real quick. Proverbs twenty six, twenty four through twenty six. It says he who hates disguises it with his lips and lays up deceit within himself. When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart. Though his hatred is covered by deceit, his

wickedness will be revealed before the assembly. So a hateful man disguise. So yeah, so seven abominations and stilled his heart. Talked about that? So it says he who hates disguises his lips with it. Disguises his lips and lays up deceit within himself. When he speaks kindly, do not believe him. Yeah, so he's being deceitful when he's speaking kindly, for there are seven abominations in his heart. Though his hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness will be revealed before his assembly.

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it rolled back on him. And lying tongue hates those who have crushed who are crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin. Okay, so we have that, and then we have Psalms three, verse one through three, a psalm of David when he fled from Absalom, expressing trust in God's protection. Let's go ahead and check that out since it has to do with this chapter. Verse three, it says, Lord, how they

have increased who troubled me? Many are they who rise up against me? Many are they who say to me, say of me, there is no help from Him and God. But you, o Lord, are a shield for me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. I cried to the Lord with my voice, and he heard me from his holy hill. Okay, so I went all the way to verse four, but it's expressing trust in God's protection as he fled from Absalom. Next we have Romans eight, verse twenty eight, which will read real quick. Romans eight,

verse twenty eight. It says, and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the according to His purpose. We've gone over that verse a lot, but yes, it definitely is an amazing verse. It's amazing. See someone said they love it when I when I say that, that's amazing right there, right, very great verse. So let's see, we're at eleven forty six. I think we're good, okay, tewond Samuel sixteen, Yeah, I think we're good. I don't really

want to go over sixteen. I think we're gonna be all right here. So yeah, so definitely at great. Let me see them go to fifteen real quick. See what it says down here Jerusalem, hebron. We already went through that, all right, so let's go ahead and stop screen share. So yeah, I love this camera. Man, This thing is clear. If you see this on Patreon, you'll see super clear.

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looking at myself right now, but as I'm talking. But yes, and guys, I just want to say to you all, each and every one of you guys, everybody on my channel, everybody on this channel, I really really really appreciate you guys. Okay, I do, and especially when Cult Conspiracy kind of tells me because I don't get to see how many people listen to the show. When they tell me that consistently we have about the same amount of people listening or

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Right now, I've got a lot of things in the works where I've kind of jumped on some big shows and kind of you know, hopefully bring more people to watch the Bible study. That's the whole point, the whole point of me for me. Before my whole point was to go on shows to attract them to my show, so I can, you know, show them the conspiracy or the conspiracy and they kind of, you know, show them

a little bit of the Bible. But now I got to the point where I definitely I still want to show the conspiracies and stuff, you know, kind of have fun with that. Once in a while, but mostly I want to be sharing the Bible and doing the Bible study, you know. So what I'm trying to do is just to jump on other people's shows to attract people to show up to the Bible study so that I can assist them. And a lot of people are missing that

in their life. They're missing the Word, they're missing church, they're missing a lot of things spiritual, the spiritual aspect of life. You know, a lot of people will say like, Hey, I'm going to get around to it, and once I get around to it, then I'll start worshiping God on my terms, you know. But we need to start doing that as soon as possible, you know. And I see that you guys are faithfully listening, and hopeully it's assisting

you guys in your relationships. Hopefully it's guiding you in your life, and hopefully God is helping you and you're relying on God and you're doing God's will. And I really pray that everybody, you know, this is helping people out like it's supposed to, you know. And I do get a lot of people that send dms to me and kind of tell me what they're going through and it's hard to hear all the stuff that people are going through, but you know, hopefully it's a blessing to

you guys. But yeah, so thank you guys so much for tuning in. Really appreciate you. But like I always do, I end this in prayer, so let's do that. So Fatherly God, in the name of Jesus, thank you so much for this beautiful time where we get to share the Word. And I just want to say thank you for everyone that listens to the show. Lord, everybody that's listening, you know, if you could please assist them in any

spiritual battles that they might be going through. Lord, we know that the you know, the sin that David was going through, someone right might be going through that right now. Lord, And you know I don't, but you do. And if anybody's going through that, you know, sin of adultery or sin of lust or lust of the flesh, or lying or deceit or anything like that, Lord, you know what's going on. I don't. But there's people out there that

might be going through that very same situation. Lord, and anybody that's listening that's going through that, I ask that you please be with them and guide them. And help them and help them to save their marriage, and help them to stop doing that whatever sin that they're committing, and help us to not be lustful, and help us to you know, keep an eye on our wife instead of you know, or I focusing on another woman or something.

You know, anybody out there that's that's dealing with that, Lord, I just I don't know if there is, but I'm just kind of mentioning it because you know, we just talked about bast and David, and then you know, we see that Absalom and his brother and his sister and

all that was going on as well. So a lot of things going on that we read, and you know, we just asked that you help us to reconcile our relationships with anybody that we've ever had any kind of beef with, you know, like between mom and daughter, or between dad and son, or mom and son or dad and daughter, you know, or cousins or aunts or uncles, whatever the case may be. Lord, help us to reconcile our relationships. Please do that, Lord, for everybody that's listening.

Thank you so much. We love you and we appreciate you. And Jesus name Amen. Actually, before we end, Father God, thank you for reconciling our relationship through Christ. Lord, that's amazing. Thank you and Jesus name. Amen. So all right, thank you guys so much for tuning in. I really appreciate you. You guys have a blessed day and thank you God, bless you.