{"id":1438,"date":"2026-02-08T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/386-david-wisniewski-leadership\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T07:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:27:08","slug":"386-david-wisniewski-leadership","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/386-david-wisniewski-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"386: David Wisniewski – Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is a class by Brother David Wisniewski, given at the 2025 Whatshan Lake Bible School, on the topic “Developing Spiritual Intelligence,” looking at the story of Jonathan. This is the first class looking at the idea of Leadership.<\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHowdy. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s class is entitled
\nLeadership given by Brother <\/p>\n

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\nDavid Wesneski at the Watchtower
\nLake Bible School 2025. <\/p>\n

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\nThe overall theme for Brother
\nDavid’s series is Developing <\/p>\n

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\nspiritual intelligence from the
\nlives of Jonathan and David. <\/p>\n

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\nThe main force of this talk, as
\nyou can probably imagine, takes <\/p>\n

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\na plunder into the unbelievable
\nleadership quality that Jonathan<\/p>\n

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\nshowed during his time in the
\nwarfront. <\/p>\n

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\nUnbelievable in the sense that
\neverything that he did, every <\/p>\n

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\nword he spoke, and even what he
\ndidn’t say, could not be more <\/p>\n

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\ncontrary to the thinking of the
\nflesh. <\/p>\n

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\nThe class goes on to great
\nextents to accentuate how little<\/p>\n

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\nJonathan cared for his own life,
\nhis own glory, his own legacy, <\/p>\n

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\nand the entire account of his
\neffort. <\/p>\n

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\nConsistently, God is on the tip
\nof his tongue, always resting <\/p>\n

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\nhis life and confidence in the
\ntender hands of the Almighty, <\/p>\n

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\nand it’s these qualities that
\nmade him the leader that the <\/p>\n

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\nnation so desperately needed.
\nIn some way, we are all leaders <\/p>\n

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\nin the ecclesia, whether we are
\nthe elder or whether we have <\/p>\n

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\nyounger siblings who look up to
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\nThis study serves as a vital
\nbenchmark for how we may be <\/p>\n

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\nfaring and shepherding the flock
\nof the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nReally ask yourself this class.
\nWhat can I take from Jonathan’s <\/p>\n

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\nexample the next time I’m in a
\nspot where I need to lead? <\/p>\n

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\nSo with that, here is Brother
\nDavid Wesneski leadership. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, in our first class
\ntonight, we’re going to look at <\/p>\n

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\nJonathan.
\nEssentially, we’re going to <\/p>\n

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\nfollow the chronological order
\nthrough First Samuel in these <\/p>\n

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\nfirst set of classes anyways.
\nAnd we see Jonathan 1st and then<\/p>\n

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\nwe’re introduced to David.
\nAnd that’s the pattern that <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ll follow.
\nAnd the spiritual quality or <\/p>\n

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\nspiritual quotient that we hope
\nto develop tonight is that of <\/p>\n

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\nleadership.
\nWe said yesterday in our <\/p>\n

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\nintroduction that we’ll see that
\nJonathan was able to inspire <\/p>\n

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\ngreatness in others.
\nWell, Jonathan’s name means Yah <\/p>\n

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\nhath given, Yah hath given, and
\nindeed he had given. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’d given the nation of Israel
\nan incredible example, be given <\/p>\n

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\nto Saul, an incredible example,
\nhis own son, if he had just <\/p>\n

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\nfollowed the example and advice
\nand counsel of him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd God has given to us a
\nwonderful example in Jonathan <\/p>\n

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\nand recording these events for
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\nYah also gave David a wonderful
\nfriend, a friend better than one<\/p>\n

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\ncould ever ask for us.
\nWe’ll see as we progress through<\/p>\n

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\nour classes this week, God
\nwilling, we’ll turn back a page <\/p>\n

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\nfrom what we had read for us to
\nFirst Samuel 13 and consider how<\/p>\n

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\nthe Scriptures introduced
\nJonathan or read together verses<\/p>\n

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\n1 to 4.
\nSaul reigned one year, and when <\/p>\n

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\nhe had reigned 2 years over
\nIsrael, Saul chose him. 3000 men<\/p>\n

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\nof Israel where of 2000 where
\nwith Saul and Mcmash in Mount <\/p>\n

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\nBethel, and 1000 where with
\nJonathan and Gibeah of Benjamin <\/p>\n

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\nand the rest of the people.
\nHe sent every man to his tent. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jonathan smote the Garrison
\nof the Philistines. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was in Giba, and the
\nPhilistines heard of it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Saul blew the trumpet
\nthroughout all the land, saying,<\/p>\n

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\nlet the Hebrews hear.
\nAnd all Israel heard say that <\/p>\n

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\nSaul had smitten a Garrison to
\nthe Philistines, and that Israel<\/p>\n

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\nalso was had an abomination with
\nthe Philistines. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the people were called
\ntogether after Saul to Gilgal. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, it doesn’t take long to
\nlearn the first principle in <\/p>\n

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\nJonathan’s life.
\nConsider how the scriptures <\/p>\n

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\nintroduce him.
\nWe’re not told anything of <\/p>\n

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\nJonathan’s stature, sorry, just
\na spider. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re told nothing of Jonathan’s
\nstature, of his father. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re told he was head and
\nshoulders above everyone else, <\/p>\n

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\nand that’s a considerable man
\naside. <\/p>\n

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\nThat means if I was standing
\nbeside Saul, an average American<\/p>\n

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\nheight, I’d be looking into his
\nchest and there’s Saul’s head <\/p>\n

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\nabove.
\nIt says nothing of Jonathan’s <\/p>\n

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\nstature.
\nIt doesn’t even tell us actually<\/p>\n

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\nthat Jonathan is the son of
\nSaul. <\/p>\n

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\nDid you notice that first time
\nwe’re introduced to him? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it does not tell us that
\nhe’s the son of Saul. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, he’s obviously got a
\nposition of importance. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s got 1000 men with him.
\nSaul has 2000 men with him. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the first principle that we
\nlearn from these few verses in <\/p>\n

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\nFirst Samuel 13 about Jonathan
\nis actually the overriding <\/p>\n

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\nprinciple of his life.
\nAnd that is what he did was more<\/p>\n

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\nimportant than who he was.
\nWhat Jonathan did was more <\/p>\n

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\nimportant than who he was.
\nIn fact, when all Israel hears <\/p>\n

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\nabout the defeat of the
\nPhilistine Garrison of that <\/p>\n

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\nstronghold in Giba, they don’t
\neven hear that Jonathan had <\/p>\n

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\nanything to do with it.
\nThey hear that Saul had smitten <\/p>\n

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\na Garrison to the Philistines.
\nAnd we’ve no record of any <\/p>\n

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\ncomplaint or protest from
\nJonathan. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was just happy to do the work
\nwithout concern about who got <\/p>\n

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\nthe credit.
\nOn President Harry Truman’s <\/p>\n

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\ndesk, I read that he had a sign
\nwhich read, There is no limit to<\/p>\n

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\nwhat a man can do or where he
\ncan go if he doesn’t mind who <\/p>\n

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\ngets the credit.
\nNow, this, of course, is <\/p>\n

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\ncontrary to the pride of life,
\nbut this will see, this <\/p>\n

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\nprinciple is repeated over and
\nover and over again in the life <\/p>\n

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\nof Jonathan.
\nIt’s not about who he is. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not about what his title
\nwas. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not about what his role was
\nin the ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s about what needed to be
\ndone for God. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat about us brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

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\nI think men maybe struggle with
\nthis a little bit more. <\/p>\n

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\nI know in in my household, I
\nfeel it necessary. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m not sure why it’s this inert
\ncompulsion to announce. <\/p>\n

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\nHey, honey, I did the dishes,
\nall right? <\/p>\n

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\nI took out the garbage.
\nThe recycling’s all cleared. <\/p>\n

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\nFor whatever reason.
\nYou know, we want to announce <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we’ve done, at least in my
\nhousehold. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd maybe it’s somewhere in
\nothers. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what about an ecclesial
\nlife? <\/p>\n

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\nIs who we are?
\nIs our role more important than <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we do?
\nWell, here’s the reality of it. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s one person that can
\nanswer that question best. <\/p>\n

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\nIt might be our spouse.
\nBut usually that would be <\/p>\n

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\nourselves, isn’t it?
\nBut we can only answer that <\/p>\n

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\nquestion if we take the time to
\nreflect on our own motivation. <\/p>\n

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\nWe know we can’t judge the
\nmotives of others. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re told that very clearly in
\nthe words of Christ in Matthew <\/p>\n

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\n7.
\nBut we can judge ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, if we learn to judge
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does Paul say?
\nPaul says if we can judge <\/p>\n

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\nourselves, we won’t be judged in
\nthe day when Christ returns. <\/p>\n

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\nIf we become good at
\nintrospection, if we become good<\/p>\n

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\nat self reflection, if we become
\ngood at examining our own <\/p>\n

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\nmotives, well then Christ will
\nhave nothing to judge because <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ll have done the work for him
\nin our lifetime. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let us be like Jonathan and
\nworry about what needs to be <\/p>\n

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\ndone and not who gets the credit
\nand what. <\/p>\n

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\nA contrast to Saul, where who
\ngot the credit was even more <\/p>\n

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\nimportant than what the truth of
\nthe matter was. <\/p>\n

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\nWell then, we have the faith of
\nJonathan contrasted to the <\/p>\n

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\nnation, don’t we?
\nAs we come down to verse 4, all <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael heard two things.
\nThey didn’t just hear a lie that<\/p>\n

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\nSaul had smitten a Garrison of
\nthe Philistines. <\/p>\n

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\nThey also hear that Israel was
\nnow an abomination with the <\/p>\n

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\nPhilistines.
\nThere’s an echo back to Israel’s<\/p>\n

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\nhistory at this point in time,
\nisn’t there? <\/p>\n

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\nRemember, another man, a judge
\nin Israel had gone and burnt the<\/p>\n

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\nfields, the the wheat fields of
\nthe Philistines. <\/p>\n

143
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\nAnd Israel came up to to Samson
\nand said, what are you doing? <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t you realize these are our
\nrulers and you’re going to get <\/p>\n

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\nthem mad at us?
\nAnd that was the state of Israel<\/p>\n

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\nin Sal’s day as well.
\nThey were now upset because <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael was had an abomination
\nwith the Philistines and clearly<\/p>\n

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\nthe Philistines had entrenched
\nthemselves in the land. <\/p>\n

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\nIf Jonathan was going and
\ndefeating a Garrison or a tower <\/p>\n

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\nor a Fort of the Philistines in
\nthe land and the people were <\/p>\n

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\ncalled together, then after Saul
\nand Gilgal and we see the <\/p>\n

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\nreaction then of the children of
\nIsrael as this massive army <\/p>\n

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\nresponds to what Jonathan had
\ndone. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so in verse 5, we read in
\nthe Philistines gathered <\/p>\n

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\nthemselves together to fight
\nwith Israel, 30,000 Chariots, <\/p>\n

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\n6000 horsemen and people as the
\nsand which is on the seashore in<\/p>\n

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\nmultitude.
\nAnd they came up and pitched in <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:41,360 –> 00:10:44,440
\nMickmash eastward from Beth
\nHaven. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:45,160 –> 00:10:49,040
\nAnd so we’ve got this massive
\narmy now that’s assembled in the<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:49,040 –> 00:10:54,280
\nland on the hill of Mickmash.
\nAnd the response of the people, <\/p>\n

161
\n00:10:54,880 –> 00:11:00,440
\nwell, we’re told they hid
\nthemselves, Verse 6, when the <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:00,440 –> 00:11:03,640
\nmen of Israel saw that they were
\nin a Strait, for the people were<\/p>\n

163
\n00:11:03,640 –> 00:11:07,000
\ndistressed, then did the people
\nhide themselves in caves, in <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:07,000 –> 00:11:09,720
\nthickets and rocks and high
\nplaces and pits. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:10,160 –> 00:11:14,680
\nAnd some of the Hebrews went
\nover Jordan to the land of Gad <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:14,680 –> 00:11:17,680
\nand Gilead.
\nAnd As for Saul, he was yet in <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:17,680 –> 00:11:21,440
\nGilgal and all the people
\ntrembled after him. <\/p>\n

168
\n00:11:21,520 –> 00:11:25,800
\nOur margin says what an
\nunfortunate leader they had <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:25,800 –> 00:11:29,280
\nchosen.
\nThen the remnant that was left <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:29,280 –> 00:11:32,360
\nin the land, that wasn’t hiding
\nthemselves, that hadn’t fled, <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:33,120 –> 00:11:35,160
\nare trembling.
\nAnd in fact, we’re going to find<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:35,160 –> 00:11:40,200
\nout that there is one more class
\nof people of the children of <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:40,200 –> 00:11:43,880
\nIsrael as the Philistine army
\ncomes up against them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:45,480 –> 00:11:48,120
\nBut amazingly, brothers and
\nsisters, what we’re going to see<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:49,000 –> 00:11:51,760
\nby the time we come to the end
\nof our class tonight, God <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:51,760 –> 00:11:58,040
\nwilling, is that the faith, the
\ncourage and the commitment to <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:58,040 –> 00:12:06,000
\nact of 1 individual will turn
\nthe entire nation from being <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:06,000 –> 00:12:11,800
\nfaithless and fearful and
\ntrembling after Saul to being <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:11,800 –> 00:12:16,880
\nfaithful and seeing God working
\nsalvation amongst them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:17,720 –> 00:12:21,520
\nThe influence of one individual
\nis able to turn the entire <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:22,040 –> 00:12:25,840
\necclesial community around.
\nAnd what a lesson that should be<\/p>\n

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\nfor us.
\nWell, at this point in time, <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:29,880 –> 00:12:36,120
\nthere’s this random epiphany
\nthat Saul has, because Saul now <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:36,120 –> 00:12:39,080
\nremembers.
\nWait a minute, I remember that <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:39,080 –> 00:12:44,440
\nSamuel told me something about
\nthe Philistines, a Garrison of <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:44,440 –> 00:12:48,840
\nthe Philistines coming to the
\nhill of God, coming towards <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:48,840 –> 00:12:52,120
\nJerusalem.
\nAnd that was found back in in <\/p>\n

188
\n00:12:52,120 –> 00:12:55,880
\nfirst Samuel chapter 10 verses 5
\nto 8, when Samuel said to him, <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:55,880 –> 00:12:58,960
\nthou shalt come to the hill of
\nGod, that is Zion, where is a <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:58,960 –> 00:13:02,160
\nGarrison of the Philistines.
\nAnd it shall come to pass. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:02,160 –> 00:13:04,840
\nWhen you come into the city,
\nyou’ll meet a company of <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:04,840 –> 00:13:07,960
\nprophets.
\nThis is where that saying became<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:07,960 –> 00:13:11,680
\nknown as Saul also amongst the
\nprophets, because the Spirit of <\/p>\n

194
\n00:13:11,680 –> 00:13:15,160
\nthe Lord came upon him.
\nAnd then Samuel instructed, Let <\/p>\n

195
\n00:13:15,160 –> 00:13:19,760
\nit be, when these signs are come
\nunto thee, that thou do as <\/p>\n

196
\n00:13:19,760 –> 00:13:22,280
\noccasion serve thee, for God is
\nwith thee. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:22,680 –> 00:13:26,600
\nAnd thou shall go down before me
\nto Gilgal, and behold, I will <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:26,600 –> 00:13:30,080
\ncome down unto thee and offer
\nburnt offerings, and the <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:30,080 –> 00:13:35,600
\nsacrifice sacrifices of peace
\nofferings 7 days shall thou <\/p>\n

200
\n00:13:35,600 –> 00:13:40,040
\ntarry till I come to thee, and
\nshow thee what thou shall do. <\/p>\n

201
\n00:13:41,200 –> 00:13:45,840
\nWell, first of all, Samuel had
\ntold him that Saul should do as <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:45,840 –> 00:13:50,280
\noccasion offered to him.
\nSaul didn’t. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:50,600 –> 00:13:56,640
\nSaul sat with his 2000 soldiers,
\nand Jonathan did as occasion was<\/p>\n

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\noffered to him, and went up
\nagainst the Philistines. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:00,600 –> 00:14:03,440
\nBut now, having remembered this
\ncommandment, he goes down to <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:03,440 –> 00:14:05,240
\nGilgal.
\nWell, he’s in Galgal. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:05,240 –> 00:14:08,520
\nAll the people have trembled
\nafter him, and now he waits for <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:08,520 –> 00:14:11,200
\nseven days.
\nIt says it verse 8 according to <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:11,200 –> 00:14:15,440
\nthe set time that Samuel had
\nappointed, but Samuel came not <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:15,440 –> 00:14:19,480
\nto Gilgal and the people were
\nscattered from him and Saul said<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:19,480 –> 00:14:23,120
\nbring hit her a burnt offering
\nto me and peace offerings and he<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:23,120 –> 00:14:25,400
\noffered the burnt offering
\nhimself. <\/p>\n

213
\n00:14:26,560 –> 00:14:30,080
\nAnd we’ll get to see, as we look
\nat Saul more in our third class,<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:30,600 –> 00:14:34,680
\nthe impetuous nature of this
\nindividual, the lack of <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:34,680 –> 00:14:39,520
\nplanning, the inability to take
\ncontrol of a situation, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,920 –> 00:14:43,480
\ninept capabilities to be a
\nshepherd. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:44,480 –> 00:14:49,440
\nAnd he’s waited 7 days and most
\nof Israel’s already hidden <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:49,440 –> 00:14:52,840
\nanyways in thickets and caves
\nand pits and fled across the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:52,840 –> 00:14:55,880
\nriver to the other side of the
\nJordan and and tremble. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:55,880 –> 00:14:59,000
\nThere’s only a small group with
\nhim as it is of 600 men. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:59,000 –> 00:15:02,720
\nAnd then he sees the people
\nscattering from him and he says,<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:02,720 –> 00:15:05,600
\nOK, enough is enough.
\nWe’ve waited seven days. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:05,600 –> 00:15:07,520
\nSamuel’s not here.
\nAnd he makes the offering <\/p>\n

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\nhimself.
\nWhy is this inserted here into <\/p>\n

225
\n00:15:11,440 –> 00:15:15,200
\nthe record?
\nWe might just flow from first <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:15,200 –> 00:15:18,080
\nSamuel 13.
\nThe act of courage of Jonathan, <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:19,280 –> 00:15:24,000
\nthe the introduction of his
\nspirit that overrode his life, <\/p>\n

228
\n00:15:24,000 –> 00:15:26,760
\nwhich is what you do is more
\nimportant than who you are. <\/p>\n

229
\n00:15:27,000 –> 00:15:31,840
\nWe might have flown right from
\nthat into Jonathan is now going <\/p>\n

230
\n00:15:31,840 –> 00:15:33,920
\nto take on the entire Philistine
\narmy. <\/p>\n

231
\n00:15:34,720 –> 00:15:40,760
\nBut we have interjected this
\nincident of Saul rashly offering<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:40,760 –> 00:15:42,720
\nan offering instead of waiting
\nfor Samuel. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:44,200 –> 00:15:46,680
\nAnd so Samuel comes to him in
\nverse 11 and says, what have you<\/p>\n

234
\n00:15:46,680 –> 00:15:52,040
\ndone?
\nAnd Saul said, because I saw <\/p>\n

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\nthat the people were scattered
\nfrom me, it’s the people’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:56,040 –> 00:15:59,520
\nfault.
\nAnd that thou camest not within <\/p>\n

237
\n00:15:59,520 –> 00:16:04,640
\nthe days, it’s your fault,
\nSamuel, and that the Philistines<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:04,640 –> 00:16:06,080
\nwere gathered together at Mick
\nMash. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:06,080 –> 00:16:10,640
\nIt’s the Philistines fault.
\nTherefore, I reasoned, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:10,640 –> 00:16:14,000
\nPhilistines will come down now
\nupon me to Gilgal, and I’ve not <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:14,000 –> 00:16:18,880
\nyet made supplication.
\nAnd I forced myself, therefore, <\/p>\n

242
\n00:16:19,080 –> 00:16:21,840
\nand offered an offering to the
\nLord. <\/p>\n

243
\n00:16:23,240 –> 00:16:28,840
\nJohn Saul, of course, takes no
\naccountability for his own <\/p>\n

244
\n00:16:28,920 –> 00:16:33,040
\nactions.
\nAnd what a temptation that is to<\/p>\n

245
\n00:16:33,040 –> 00:16:36,600
\ndo, isn’t it, brothers and
\nsisters, when somebody calls us <\/p>\n

246
\n00:16:36,600 –> 00:16:42,720
\nout on a mistake, on an error,
\non a sin, on poor judgment? <\/p>\n

247
\n00:16:44,160 –> 00:16:46,840
\nIt’s such a temptation, isn’t
\nit, to point the finger at <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:46,840 –> 00:16:50,640
\neveryone else and not take
\naccountability for our own <\/p>\n

249
\n00:16:50,640 –> 00:16:54,680
\nactions?
\nBut if we stop and resist the <\/p>\n

250
\n00:16:54,680 –> 00:17:00,120
\ntemptation to point the finger
\nat other people and instead look<\/p>\n

251
\n00:17:00,120 –> 00:17:05,440
\ninwardly, once again we have an
\nopportunity to develop some <\/p>\n

252
\n00:17:05,440 –> 00:17:11,280
\nhumility in our own life and to
\ngrow from the circumstance. <\/p>\n

253
\n00:17:11,920 –> 00:17:15,200
\nBut such was not the case with
\nKing Saul. <\/p>\n

254
\n00:17:16,040 –> 00:17:19,000
\nAnd so consequently Samuel says
\nto him at verse 13, Thou hast <\/p>\n

255
\n00:17:19,000 –> 00:17:21,240
\ndone foolishly.
\nThou has not kept the <\/p>\n

256
\n00:17:21,240 –> 00:17:24,599
\ncommandment of the Lord thy God
\nwhich He commanded thee, for now<\/p>\n

257
\n00:17:24,599 –> 00:17:29,120
\nwith the Lord have established
\nthy Kingdom upon Israel forever.<\/p>\n

258
\n00:17:30,080 –> 00:17:32,280
\nBut now thy Kingdom shall not
\ncontinue. <\/p>\n

259
\n00:17:32,520 –> 00:17:35,760
\nThe Lord has sought him a man
\nafter his own heart, and the <\/p>\n

260
\n00:17:35,760 –> 00:17:40,560
\nLord hath commanded him to be
\ncaptain over his people, because<\/p>\n

261
\n00:17:40,560 –> 00:17:43,680
\nthou has not kept that which the
\nLord commanded thee. <\/p>\n

262
\n00:17:44,600 –> 00:17:47,720
\nAnd Samuel arose and got him
\nfrom Gilgal unto Gibby of <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:47,720 –> 00:17:50,360
\nBenjamin.
\nAnd Saul numbered the people <\/p>\n

264
\n00:17:50,360 –> 00:17:52,720
\nthat were present with him,
\nabout 600 men. <\/p>\n

265
\n00:17:55,240 –> 00:17:59,520
\nSaul has just been told that he
\nlost the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:02,360 –> 00:18:08,240
\nAnd what’s Saul’s response?
\nOh, well, he shrugs his <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:08,240 –> 00:18:09,560
\nshoulders and he numbers the
\npeople. <\/p>\n

268
\n00:18:09,560 –> 00:18:14,240
\nWhy?
\nBecause Samuel’s condemnation of<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:14,240 –> 00:18:16,680
\nSaul’s actions and the
\nconsequences of it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:16,920 –> 00:18:19,840
\nWe’re not those that were going
\nto actually affect Saul. <\/p>\n

271
\n00:18:21,400 –> 00:18:25,800
\nWho were they going to affect?
\nWell, the next verse tells us in<\/p>\n

272
\n00:18:25,800 –> 00:18:32,680
\nFirst Samuel 13, verse 16, and
\nSaul and Jonathan his son. <\/p>\n

273
\n00:18:34,320 –> 00:18:38,160
\nSee, the kingship was not being
\nrent from Saul, not yet. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:38,160 –> 00:18:41,520
\nThat’ll happen in First Samuel
\n15 just a couple of chapters <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:41,520 –> 00:18:44,520
\naway.
\nThe Kingdom was being rent from <\/p>\n

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\nSaul.
\nGod had given Saul every <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:47,840 –> 00:18:51,480
\nopportunity for success.
\nWe’ll see as we come to our <\/p>\n

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\nthird class.
\nAnd yet, and would have even <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:56,040 –> 00:18:58,920
\nestablished Saul’s Kingdom
\nforever. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:59,440 –> 00:19:00,840
\nOf course, he knew that wouldn’t
\nhappen. <\/p>\n

281
\n00:19:00,840 –> 00:19:04,520
\nHe prophesied through Jacob that
\nthe scepter would not depart <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:04,880 –> 00:19:09,360
\nfrom the tribe of Judah.
\nBut God gave Saul the <\/p>\n

283
\n00:19:09,360 –> 00:19:13,200
\nopportunity to succeed.
\nAnd when the Kingdom is rent <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:13,720 –> 00:19:18,960
\nfrom Saul, he does nothing.
\nHe has no response, which will <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:18,960 –> 00:19:22,560
\nbe in great contrast to what
\nhappens when the kingship is <\/p>\n

286
\n00:19:22,560 –> 00:19:27,760
\ntaken from him.
\nBut who has lost significantly <\/p>\n

287
\n00:19:28,440 –> 00:19:32,880
\nat the impetuous behavior of
\nSaul is Jonathan his son, <\/p>\n

288
\n00:19:33,920 –> 00:19:37,120
\nBecause what Samuel had
\nprophesied or pronounced now at <\/p>\n

289
\n00:19:37,120 –> 00:19:43,240
\nthis time was that Jonathan
\nwould not come to the throne. <\/p>\n

290
\n00:19:44,960 –> 00:19:48,880
\nSo that’s an important context
\nwhen we come to First Samuel <\/p>\n

291
\n00:19:48,880 –> 00:19:53,400
\nchapter 14, which we had read to
\nus, and the heroic behavior of <\/p>\n

292
\n00:19:53,400 –> 00:19:56,320
\nJonathan and his armor bearer
\nwho follows him. <\/p>\n

293
\n00:19:56,560 –> 00:19:59,200
\nThere was no hope of kingship
\nleft now for Jonathan. <\/p>\n

294
\n00:20:00,240 –> 00:20:04,960
\nThere was no longer any glory
\nfor him that awaited him in his <\/p>\n

295
\n00:20:04,960 –> 00:20:08,480
\nfuture.
\nBecause of the impetuous nature <\/p>\n

296
\n00:20:08,480 –> 00:20:11,080
\nof his father.
\nHe had lost hope of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:11,080 –> 00:20:14,800
\nkingship.
\nWell, it sees, it seems that the<\/p>\n

298
\n00:20:14,800 –> 00:20:19,240
\nPhilistines had situated
\nthemselves in the land then for <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:19,240 –> 00:20:22,600
\nquite some time.
\nI’m going to read the next 6 <\/p>\n

300
\n00:20:22,600 –> 00:20:26,880
\nverses in the contemporary
\nEnglish version Says it verse <\/p>\n

301
\n00:20:26,880 –> 00:20:28,720
\n16.
\nThe Philistine army was camped <\/p>\n

302
\n00:20:28,720 –> 00:20:30,960
\nat Mickmash.
\nYou can see it on the screen <\/p>\n

303
\n00:20:30,960 –> 00:20:34,520
\nbefore you hear.
\nThey were camped at Mickmash and<\/p>\n

304
\n00:20:34,520 –> 00:20:38,360
\neach day they sent out patrols
\nto attack and rob villages and <\/p>\n

305
\n00:20:38,360 –> 00:20:42,000
\nthen destroy them.
\nOne patrol would go north along <\/p>\n

306
\n00:20:42,000 –> 00:20:45,600
\nthe road to Oprah in the region
\nof Schul, another would go West <\/p>\n

307
\n00:20:45,600 –> 00:20:48,680
\nalong the road to Bethora, and a
\nthird would go east on the <\/p>\n

308
\n00:20:48,680 –> 00:20:52,680
\ndesert toward the desert on the
\nroad to the Ridge that overlooks<\/p>\n

309
\n00:20:52,880 –> 00:20:56,360
\nthe Zeboim Valley.
\nAnd the Philistines would not <\/p>\n

310
\n00:20:56,360 –> 00:21:01,120
\nallow any Israelites to learn
\nhow to make iron tools. <\/p>\n

311
\n00:21:02,520 –> 00:21:05,560
\nIf we allow that, they said,
\nthose worthless Israelites would<\/p>\n

312
\n00:21:05,560 –> 00:21:10,160
\nmake swords and Spears.
\nAnd we see the great disdain for<\/p>\n

313
\n00:21:10,160 –> 00:21:12,600
\nGod’s people.
\nThe Philistines had, just as the<\/p>\n

314
\n00:21:12,880 –> 00:21:16,600
\nAmmonites exhibited just a few
\nchapters ago when they came up <\/p>\n

315
\n00:21:16,600 –> 00:21:19,440
\nand said they would make a
\nleague with Israel on the basis <\/p>\n

316
\n00:21:19,760 –> 00:21:22,120
\nthat every Israelite plucked out
\nthe right eye. <\/p>\n

317
\n00:21:23,640 –> 00:21:26,000
\nAnd reading on in verse 20,
\nwhenever the Israelites wanted <\/p>\n

318
\n00:21:26,000 –> 00:21:29,160
\nto get an iron point, put on a
\ncattle prod, they had to go to <\/p>\n

319
\n00:21:29,160 –> 00:21:32,120
\nthe Philistines.
\nEven if they wanted to sharpen <\/p>\n

320
\n00:21:32,120 –> 00:21:38,440
\nplow blades, picks, axes,
\nsickles, pitchforks, they still <\/p>\n

321
\n00:21:38,440 –> 00:21:41,440
\nhad to go to the Philistines.
\nAnd they charge them high <\/p>\n

322
\n00:21:41,440 –> 00:21:44,760
\nprices.
\nHow humiliating for the nation <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:44,760 –> 00:21:47,880
\nof Israel.
\nSo whenever Israelite soldiers <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:47,880 –> 00:21:51,480
\nhad to go into battle, none of
\nthem had a sword or a spear, <\/p>\n

325
\n00:21:51,840 –> 00:21:58,080
\nexcept for Saul and Jonathan.
\nSo the Philistines are there <\/p>\n

326
\n00:21:58,080 –> 00:22:03,080
\nlong enough to send out patrols
\nto pillage and burn villages. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:22:03,640 –> 00:22:07,520
\nThey’re long enough to cut off
\nall blacksmithing from the land,<\/p>\n

328
\n00:22:07,520 –> 00:22:11,120
\nburning their shops and perhaps
\nputting them to death. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:22:12,160 –> 00:22:14,960
\nThey’ve been there long enough
\nto confiscate all the weapons in<\/p>\n

330
\n00:22:14,960 –> 00:22:17,360
\nIsrael.
\nThey had had weapons then when <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:17,360 –> 00:22:19,400
\nthey went up to fight against
\nthe Ammonites. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:19,800 –> 00:22:23,240
\nAnd now they posted a Garrison
\nat the passage of Mick Mash. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:23,720 –> 00:22:27,320
\nSo we can see up on the top left
\nof the screen there. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:28,000 –> 00:22:32,800
\nAnd their enemies, the children
\nof Israel, have no weapons and <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:32,800 –> 00:22:36,960
\nan army of 600 men.
\nThere’s no competition. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:38,720 –> 00:22:44,120
\nAnd all Israel is following
\nafter Saul trembling, who’s as <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:44,120 –> 00:22:46,240
\nfar away from the battle as
\npossible. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:46,240 –> 00:22:49,600
\nWe read in first Samuel 14, and
\nSaul tarried in the uttermost <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:49,600 –> 00:22:53,680
\nparts of Gibeah under a
\npomegranate tree, which is in <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:53,680 –> 00:22:57,720
\nMigron, and the people that were
\nwith him about 600 men. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:59,120 –> 00:23:01,920
\nSo what becomes clear to us,
\nbrothers and sisters, is that <\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:02,320 –> 00:23:06,760
\nSaul was not in control of the
\nland of Israel. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:07,520 –> 00:23:12,160
\nThe Philistines were in control,
\nand here’s Jonathan waiting <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:12,160 –> 00:23:14,200
\nwhile all of these things are
\nhappening. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:14,360 –> 00:23:16,520
\nThe Philistines have encamped in
\nthe land. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:16,720 –> 00:23:18,400
\nThey’re entrenched.
\nThey’re sending out their <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:18,400 –> 00:23:22,320
\npatrols, and there’s Jonathan
\nwaiting. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:23,400 –> 00:23:26,040
\nWe know that Jonathan has the
\nfaith to go take them on. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:26,520 –> 00:23:29,120
\nHe’s already demonstrated that
\nin the previous chapter. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:29,960 –> 00:23:33,240
\nBut his dad is the king of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:33,640 –> 00:23:35,800
\nHis dad is the captain of the
\npeople. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:36,800 –> 00:23:43,720
\nWe can imagine conversations.
\nAs Jonathan finishes eating his <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:43,720 –> 00:23:49,280
\nbroccoli, he looks up at his dad
\nand says so what’s the plan for <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:49,280 –> 00:23:53,080
\nthe Philistines?
\nAnd there’s no response. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:53,960 –> 00:23:56,680
\nAnd the next night, as he
\nfinishes eating his asparagus, <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:57,560 –> 00:23:59,960
\nhe asks his dad, so when are we
\ngoing to go up and get rid of <\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:59,960 –> 00:24:02,600
\nthis uncircumcised Philistine
\nfrom the land? <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:03,560 –> 00:24:07,400
\nAnd there’s no response.
\nAnd the next night, perhaps he <\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:07,400 –> 00:24:10,040
\nwaits until after the lamb chops
\nhave been consumed. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:10,840 –> 00:24:13,080
\nAnd he asked the same question.
\nWhat’s the plan, Dad? <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:13,080 –> 00:24:14,960
\nWhen are we going to take out
\nthe Philistines? <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:15,160 –> 00:24:16,680
\nYou’re the captain of the
\npeople. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:16,840 –> 00:24:19,200
\nAnd there’s no response.
\nAnd maybe then later he waited <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:19,200 –> 00:24:22,760
\nuntil after dessert and asked
\nthe same question and there’s no<\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:22,760 –> 00:24:23,560
\nresponse.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:23,560 –> 00:24:29,360
\nBecause it’s his dad’s job.
\nAnd he wants his dad to have and<\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:29,360 –> 00:24:34,120
\nto show the leadership in Israel
\nand go up against the <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:34,120 –> 00:24:39,440
\nPhilistines.
\nAnd finally he gets tired of <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:39,440 –> 00:24:43,720
\nwaiting and waiting and waiting
\nand asking and asking and <\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:43,720 –> 00:24:47,560
\nasking.
\nAnd so we read in first Samuel <\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:47,560 –> 00:24:53,040
\nchapter 14 at verse one that
\nJonathan the son of Saul said to<\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:53,320 –> 00:24:55,080
\nthe young man that bears armor
\nagain. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:55,080 –> 00:24:56,680
\nNow we know who he is.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:56,920 –> 00:24:59,200
\nBecause he has no hope of coming
\nto the throne. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:59,400 –> 00:25:04,000
\nThis is not for personal glory.
\nCome let us go over to the <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:04,000 –> 00:25:07,120
\nPhilistines Garrison that is on
\nthe other side. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:07,600 –> 00:25:10,920
\nBut he told not his father
\nwasn’t. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:10,920 –> 00:25:14,280
\nHey, sick and tired of waiting
\nfor dad. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:14,760 –> 00:25:18,560
\nAnybody that wants to join me,
\nI’m going to go fight against <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:18,560 –> 00:25:23,720
\nthe Philistines.
\nNow wasn’t any fanfare to what <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:23,720 –> 00:25:28,720
\nJonathan was going to do.
\nHe quietly slipped away with his<\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:28,720 –> 00:25:32,600
\narmor bearer.
\nAnd so we learned from Jonathan,<\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:32,600 –> 00:25:35,480
\nStop talking about what you’ve
\ndone or what you’re going to do <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:35,840 –> 00:25:39,480
\nin the truth and get on doing
\nit. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:40,240 –> 00:25:46,200
\nLess talk and more action.
\nThat was the man, Jonathan. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:47,640 –> 00:25:52,200
\nWell, as we come to verses 4 and
\n5, the scriptures devote 2 whole<\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:52,200 –> 00:25:58,240
\nverses to two rocks, so they
\nmust be important rocks. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:58,240 –> 00:26:01,760
\nAnd those rocks are on the
\nscreen before you there, bozes <\/p>\n

389
\n00:26:01,800 –> 00:26:06,840
\nand Cena, and they’re rightfully
\nrightly stated on the slide to <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:06,840 –> 00:26:12,760
\nbe cliffs in the land.
\nThe word bozes means surpassing <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:12,760 –> 00:26:16,280
\nwhite or glistening.
\nAnd the fact that we have two <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:16,280 –> 00:26:19,800
\nverses dedicated to these rocks
\nperhaps is instructing us that <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:19,800 –> 00:26:24,240
\nwe should be looking for the
\ntypes that were there in the <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:24,240 –> 00:26:27,280
\nrocks.
\nAnd So what is glistening white <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:27,280 –> 00:26:29,200
\nspeak of?
\nWell, of course, the <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:29,200 –> 00:26:33,080
\nrighteousness of the Saints.
\nWe’re told in Revelation 19, <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:33,400 –> 00:26:37,280
\nverse 8 that the bride of
\nChrist, the Bride of the Lamb, <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:37,640 –> 00:26:41,480
\ncomes forth in glowing white
\nraiments. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:42,440 –> 00:26:46,760
\nAnd that rock was on the north
\nside against Mickmash, where <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:46,760 –> 00:26:49,840
\nwe’ve placed our black box on
\nthe screen. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:50,520 –> 00:26:54,240
\nSo that’s what Jonathan and the
\narmor bearer are looking at. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:54,240 –> 00:26:58,520
\nThey’re looking at a rock that
\nis white and glistening, <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:58,840 –> 00:27:00,960
\nSpeaking of the righteousness of
\nthe Saints. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:27:01,200 –> 00:27:04,800
\nNow we’re told at verse 5, the
\nforefront of the one was <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:04,800 –> 00:27:06,720
\nsituate.
\nAnd that word forefront, the <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:06,720 –> 00:27:11,840
\nmargin says is the word tooth.
\nSo we’re talking about a a rock <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:11,840 –> 00:27:13,760
\nthat’s straight up, this is not
\na rock. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:14,000 –> 00:27:17,400
\nThis is rightly defined as we
\nshow on the screen there, a <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:17,400 –> 00:27:20,400
\nCliff.
\nSo there’s Jonathan, his armor <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:20,400 –> 00:27:24,760
\nbearer on one side, standing on
\nthe edge of a Cliff, and there’s<\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:24,760 –> 00:27:29,320
\na valley below them, and up on
\nthe other side is another Cliff.<\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:30,080 –> 00:27:32,000
\nAnd they’re standing looking at
\nthat Cliff. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:32,000 –> 00:27:36,000
\nAnd on that Cliff are
\nPhilistines, an innumerable <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:36,000 –> 00:27:40,240
\nhost, 20,000 Chariots, 6000
\nhorsemen. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:41,920 –> 00:27:49,040
\nAnd then the second rock we’re
\ntold is called Cena or Cena is <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:50,000 –> 00:27:52,600
\nthorny, is the definition of the
\nword Cena. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:53,080 –> 00:27:58,000
\nAnd it’s found first in Exodus
\nchapter 3 and verse 2. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:58,640 –> 00:28:01,880
\nIt’s the Bush that God appeared
\nto Moses in. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:02,960 –> 00:28:06,080
\nAnd the same word is used again
\nin Deuteronomy 33, verse 16. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:06,360 –> 00:28:10,000
\nIt says God who dwelt in the
\nBush. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:11,320 –> 00:28:16,600
\nAnd so what’s the message of the
\nword Cena, of the Rock Cena? <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:16,920 –> 00:28:22,920
\nGod was dwelling with Jonathan
\nand the armor bearer. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:24,680 –> 00:28:27,040
\nAnd so the message that Jonathan
\nwould have had from this was <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:27,040 –> 00:28:30,840
\nthat God’s presence is with the
\nrighteous. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:31,560 –> 00:28:36,360
\nGod is with us and not with
\nthem. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:37,600 –> 00:28:42,160
\nGod has told us that when we
\nstrive to put his character on, <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:43,360 –> 00:28:48,720
\nwhen we strive to use our
\nintellectual capacity to make <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:49,160 –> 00:28:55,080
\ngood moral decisions before him,
\nthat he will be with us. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:56,080 –> 00:28:59,880
\nAnd conversely, when individuals
\nignore the character of God and <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:59,880 –> 00:29:05,000
\nput God out of their lives, he
\ncounts them as beasts, and God <\/p>\n

431
\n00:29:05,000 –> 00:29:09,320
\nis not with them, though he
\nwishes they would turn to him. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:29:10,720 –> 00:29:13,040
\nSo when we’re dealing with
\nadversity in this world, <\/p>\n

433
\n00:29:13,040 –> 00:29:17,200
\nbrothers and sisters, maybe it’s
\ndue to the woke movement in our <\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:17,200 –> 00:29:21,840
\nworkplaces, maybe it’s due to
\ninfluence from our neighbors. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:22,440 –> 00:29:26,000
\nMaybe it’s people mocking us
\nwhen we try to take a stand. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:26,560 –> 00:29:31,240
\nRemember, God is with us and not
\nwith them. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:32,720 –> 00:29:37,520
\nAnd God will work in our life to
\nhelp us overcome whatever trial <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:37,960 –> 00:29:44,200
\nis standing before us.
\nAnd so this was the reminder <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:44,200 –> 00:29:48,040
\nthen the encouragement the
\nJonathan God as he was standing <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:48,040 –> 00:29:53,280
\non the rock Cena looking over at
\nBoses God is with us and not <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:53,280 –> 00:29:57,120
\nwith them.
\nAnd so he says at verse 6, come <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:57,400 –> 00:30:00,400
\nto his armor bearer.
\nLet us go over to the Garrison <\/p>\n

443
\n00:30:00,400 –> 00:30:03,800
\nof these uncircumcised.
\nIt may be that the Lord will <\/p>\n

444
\n00:30:03,800 –> 00:30:08,280
\nwork for us, for there is no
\nrestraint for to the Lord to <\/p>\n

445
\n00:30:08,280 –> 00:30:13,440
\nsave by many or by few.
\nAnd I’ve no doubt in my mind, <\/p>\n

446
\n00:30:13,440 –> 00:30:17,000
\nbrothers and sisters, that
\nJonathan is now thinking back to<\/p>\n

447
\n00:30:17,000 –> 00:30:21,240
\nother Bible heroes, thinking
\nback to the days of Gideon, <\/p>\n

448
\n00:30:21,240 –> 00:30:25,920
\nwhere 300 men with Gideon were
\nable to defeat the Midianites. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:26,560 –> 00:30:29,320
\nAnd would it have mattered if
\nthere were 10 times the number <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:29,320 –> 00:30:32,840
\nof Midianites in that valley?
\nWould it have mattered if there <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:32,840 –> 00:30:35,080
\nwere 100 * 1,000,000 times?
\nIt didn’t matter. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:35,080 –> 00:30:37,800
\nIt wasn’t about Gideon’s 300
\nmen. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:38,720 –> 00:30:45,800
\nGod fought with Gideon and his
\n300 men and his mind is perhaps <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:45,800 –> 00:30:51,000
\ngoing back to Samson in his last
\nday as he takes the pillars down<\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:51,000 –> 00:30:54,400
\nand takes out a huge amount of
\nthe government of the <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:54,400 –> 00:30:57,600
\nPhilistines.
\nAnd his mind no doubt went back <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:57,600 –> 00:31:02,360
\nto Joshua because a previous
\ntime that an army was described <\/p>\n

458
\n00:31:02,360 –> 00:31:06,480
\nas sand upon the seashore, like
\nthe Philistine army has been <\/p>\n

459
\n00:31:06,480 –> 00:31:09,960
\ndescribed here, was when the
\nkings of Canaan gathered <\/p>\n

460
\n00:31:09,960 –> 00:31:13,480
\nthemselves against Joshua.
\nAnd it wouldn’t matter if they <\/p>\n

461
\n00:31:13,480 –> 00:31:16,040
\nbrought up the Egyptians.
\nAnd it wouldn’t have mattered if<\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:16,040 –> 00:31:20,040
\nthey brought other people in and
\nmore kings to join because God <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:20,040 –> 00:31:25,280
\nwas going to fight that battle.
\nWhat a wonderful encouragement <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:25,280 –> 00:31:29,880
\nfor Jonathan to be reminded just
\nbased on where he was standing. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:30,560 –> 00:31:36,000
\nThe God is with us.
\nWe come to Bible school and we <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:36,560 –> 00:31:40,080
\nbring with us our burdens, don’t
\nwe? <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:40,800 –> 00:31:44,240
\nSome of us might be standing
\nfairly tall, Some of us might be<\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:44,600 –> 00:31:48,720
\ncrawling on the ground from the
\nburdens that this life has <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:48,720 –> 00:31:53,480
\nplaced upon us.
\nAnd no doubt that armor bearer <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:53,480 –> 00:31:57,840
\nstanding with Jonathan, he’s
\nfollowing Jonathan. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:58,960 –> 00:32:00,880
\nHe believes Jonathan’s a good
\nleader. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:32:01,440 –> 00:32:06,440
\nHe’s willing to go to his death,
\nno doubt for Jonathan, but he’s <\/p>\n

473
\n00:32:06,440 –> 00:32:11,080
\nlooking at that innumerable host
\nacross the Ridge and he’s <\/p>\n

474
\n00:32:11,080 –> 00:32:15,040
\nthinking, how on earth are we
\never going to overcome that <\/p>\n

475
\n00:32:15,040 –> 00:32:22,680
\nburden when God is with us,
\nbrothers and sisters, we can <\/p>\n

476
\n00:32:22,680 –> 00:32:30,280
\novercome insurmountable odds.
\nAnd so we will see with <\/p>\n

477
\n00:32:30,280 –> 00:32:34,200
\nJonathan.
\nAnd when Jonathan announces his <\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:34,200 –> 00:32:38,280
\nplan and that there’s no
\nrestraint to the Lord to save by<\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:38,280 –> 00:32:41,840
\nmany or few, his armor bearer
\nsays to him, do all that is in <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:41,840 –> 00:32:45,480
\nthine heart, turn thee, for
\nbehold, I am with thee according<\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:45,800 –> 00:32:47,400
\nto thy heart.
\nWhose heart? <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:48,560 –> 00:32:52,200
\nJonathan’s heart.
\nImagine standing in that armor <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:52,200 –> 00:32:57,680
\nbearer’s shoes.
\nThat would be a very very nerve <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:57,680 –> 00:33:00,840
\nwracking time.
\nThe ESV says do all that is in <\/p>\n

485
\n00:33:00,840 –> 00:33:03,840
\nyour heart.
\nDo as you wish, Behold I am with<\/p>\n

486
\n00:33:03,840 –> 00:33:08,560
\nyour heart and soul, Rotherham’s
\nemphasized version says. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:33:08,560 –> 00:33:11,400
\nDo all that is in thy heart.
\nDecide for thyself. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:33:11,400 –> 00:33:15,080
\nLo, I am with thee according to
\nthine heart. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:33:15,720 –> 00:33:20,680
\nIt was Jonathan’s heart, not his
\nown, but he had the courage <\/p>\n

490
\n00:33:21,680 –> 00:33:26,040
\nbecause he stood with this man
\nwho could inspire greatness in <\/p>\n

491
\n00:33:26,040 –> 00:33:30,520
\nothers.
\nJonathan has recognized with <\/p>\n

492
\n00:33:30,520 –> 00:33:35,160
\nclarity who these people are.
\nLet us go over unto the Garrison<\/p>\n

493
\n00:33:35,160 –> 00:33:41,640
\nof these uncircumcised These are
\nnot those that God had promised <\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:41,640 –> 00:33:45,120
\nthe land to.
\nGod had told Abraham it was his <\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:45,120 –> 00:33:48,560
\nland and his seeds land, and the
\ntoken of the covenant was what <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:48,760 –> 00:33:52,400
\nit was, circumcision.
\nAnd who’s filling the land? <\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:52,960 –> 00:33:56,840
\nUncircumcised Philistines,
\nJonathan says to his armor <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:56,840 –> 00:34:00,640
\nbearer.
\nThese people don’t belong here. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:34:01,840 –> 00:34:05,840
\nHe’s going to take control of a
\nsituation that his father had <\/p>\n

500
\n00:34:05,840 –> 00:34:12,239
\nlet get out of control.
\nAnd now he shares with his armor<\/p>\n

501
\n00:34:12,239 –> 00:34:19,199
\nthere in verses 8 through 10,
\nthe prayer that he’s put to God,<\/p>\n

502
\n00:34:20,480 –> 00:34:25,120
\nlooking for God’s providential
\nhand in this matter. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:34:26,199 –> 00:34:29,920
\nThen said Jonathan, Behold, we
\nwill pass over unto these men, <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:29,920 –> 00:34:32,080
\nand we will discover ourselves
\nunto them. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:34:32,560 –> 00:34:37,199
\nAnd if they say thus unto us,
\ntarry until we come unto you, <\/p>\n

506
\n00:34:37,480 –> 00:34:40,800
\nthen we will stand still in our
\nplace, and will not go up to <\/p>\n

507
\n00:34:40,800 –> 00:34:43,560
\nthem.
\nBut if they say, Come up to us, <\/p>\n

508
\n00:34:43,840 –> 00:34:47,719
\nthen we will go up, for the Lord
\nhath delivered them into our <\/p>\n

509
\n00:34:47,719 –> 00:34:50,920
\nhand.
\nThis shall be assigned unto us. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:34:51,159 –> 00:34:55,239
\nHow could he say the Lord will
\nhave delivered them into our <\/p>\n

511
\n00:34:55,239 –> 00:35:00,240
\nhand if they say, come up to us?
\nUnless he had prayed to God for <\/p>\n

512
\n00:35:00,240 –> 00:35:06,600
\nthat sign and God had told them
\nthat would be the sign that he <\/p>\n

513
\n00:35:06,600 –> 00:35:09,960
\nwas giving the battle into
\nJonathan’s hand. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:35:11,000 –> 00:35:14,720
\nAnd so not only has Jonathan
\ncommitted this very important <\/p>\n

515
\n00:35:14,720 –> 00:35:20,920
\nmatter to prayer, he’s shared
\nhow the decision is going to be <\/p>\n

516
\n00:35:20,920 –> 00:35:24,760
\nmade, what he had put to prayer
\nto his Heavenly Father. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:35:25,280 –> 00:35:29,120
\nHe shares that with his armor
\nbearer, and then he commits to <\/p>\n

518
\n00:35:29,120 –> 00:35:33,960
\naction.
\nNow, remember, he’s standing on <\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:33,960 –> 00:35:38,840
\na Cliff and the Philistines are
\nstanding on a Cliff over there. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:39,920 –> 00:35:43,360
\nSo to get to the Philistines, he
\nneeds to go down the face of the<\/p>\n

521
\n00:35:43,360 –> 00:35:47,600
\nCliff that he’s on and walk
\nacross the valley and then climb<\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:47,600 –> 00:35:51,000
\nup a Cliff on the other side.
\nAnd he didn’t have a harness or <\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:51,000 –> 00:35:54,680
\nclimbing ropes or those little
\nclasp things that you can pound <\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:54,680 –> 00:35:58,920
\ninto the side of the rock.
\nNo, it says that he climbed hand<\/p>\n

525
\n00:35:58,920 –> 00:36:03,440
\nover feet at verse 13 and his
\narmor bearer after him. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:36:04,280 –> 00:36:07,480
\nHow easy would it have been for
\nthe Philistines to just pick up <\/p>\n

527
\n00:36:07,480 –> 00:36:11,720
\na rock, look over the edge and
\ndrop it on Jonathan, and then a <\/p>\n

528
\n00:36:11,720 –> 00:36:14,120
\nsecond rock and drop it on the
\narmor bearer? <\/p>\n

529
\n00:36:15,520 –> 00:36:18,000
\nBut Jonathan says this will be
\nthe sign that we’re supposed to <\/p>\n

530
\n00:36:18,000 –> 00:36:21,560
\ngo and fight the Philistines, if
\nthey tell us to climb the Cliff,<\/p>\n

531
\n00:36:22,560 –> 00:36:25,400
\nto come up to them on top of the
\nrock. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:36:26,880 –> 00:36:32,240
\nAnd so they, they proceed with
\nthe plan, Verse 12 And the men <\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:32,240 –> 00:36:34,000
\nof the Garrison, sorry, verse
\n11. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:34,240 –> 00:36:36,840
\nAnd they both discovered
\nthemselves to the Garrison of <\/p>\n

535
\n00:36:36,840 –> 00:36:39,320
\nthe Philistines.
\nAnd the Philistines said, <\/p>\n

536
\n00:36:39,320 –> 00:36:42,920
\nBehold, the Hebrews come forth
\nout of the holes where they hid <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:42,920 –> 00:36:45,400
\nthemselves.
\nAnd the men of the Garrison <\/p>\n

538
\n00:36:45,400 –> 00:36:47,720
\nanswered Jonathan and his
\narmored bearer, and said, Come <\/p>\n

539
\n00:36:47,720 –> 00:36:51,160
\nup to us, and we will show you a
\nthing or two. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:36:51,960 –> 00:36:56,760
\nAnd Jonathan said to his armor
\nbearer, Come up after me, for <\/p>\n

541
\n00:36:56,760 –> 00:37:04,920
\nYahweh hath delivered them into
\nthe hand of us. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:37:06,560 –> 00:37:11,520
\nNo, Israel, who was going to do
\nthe deliverance? <\/p>\n

543
\n00:37:11,920 –> 00:37:13,760
\nYahweh was going to do the
\ndeliverance. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:37:13,920 –> 00:37:15,400
\nWho was going to have the
\nvictory? <\/p>\n

545
\n00:37:15,720 –> 00:37:17,600
\nIsrael was going to have the
\nvictory. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:37:18,280 –> 00:37:19,800
\nWho was going to climb the
\nCliff? <\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:20,400 –> 00:37:22,840
\nJonathan was going to climb the
\nCliff with his armor bear. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:37:23,360 –> 00:37:26,280
\nWho was going to get to the top
\nof the Cliff and start beating <\/p>\n

549
\n00:37:26,280 –> 00:37:29,840
\nup and killing Philistines.
\nJonathan was going to keep get <\/p>\n

550
\n00:37:29,840 –> 00:37:33,240
\nto the top of the Cliff and kill
\nPhilistines with his armor bear.<\/p>\n

551
\n00:37:34,160 –> 00:37:41,320
\nYahweh has put the Philistines,
\ndelivered the Philistines into <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:41,320 –> 00:37:45,680
\nthe hand of Israel.
\nHe didn’t care about getting the<\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:45,680 –> 00:37:48,760
\ncredit.
\nIn fact, he wanted the credit to<\/p>\n

554
\n00:37:48,760 –> 00:37:53,120
\ngo to the Lord, for the Lord
\nhath delivered them into the <\/p>\n

555
\n00:37:53,120 –> 00:37:56,120
\nhand of Israel.
\nAnd so Jonathan climbs up, and <\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:56,120 –> 00:37:59,120
\nhis armor bearer climbs after
\nhim. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:38:00,520 –> 00:38:04,560
\nAnd as that armor bearer is
\ngetting closer to the top, he’s <\/p>\n

558
\n00:38:04,560 –> 00:38:06,520
\ngot to be thinking, this is
\nnuts. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:38:07,240 –> 00:38:10,320
\nI love Jonathan and I’m willing
\nto follow him to my death. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:38:11,600 –> 00:38:15,200
\nBut what are we going to do when
\nwe get to the top of this rock? <\/p>\n

561
\n00:38:16,440 –> 00:38:18,480
\nAnd if we get past the top of
\nthe rock? <\/p>\n

562
\n00:38:19,040 –> 00:38:22,800
\nBecause what we find out is the
\nrock was a very narrow piece of <\/p>\n

563
\n00:38:22,800 –> 00:38:26,600
\nrock that jetted out, which only
\nabout 20 Philistine soldiers <\/p>\n

564
\n00:38:26,600 –> 00:38:28,640
\ncould stand on.
\nWhat are we going to do when we <\/p>\n

565
\n00:38:28,640 –> 00:38:34,080
\nget to the 30,000 horsemen and
\nthe six 6000 horsemen, 30,000 <\/p>\n

566
\n00:38:34,080 –> 00:38:38,160
\nChariots in the innumerable army
\nof the Philistines? <\/p>\n

567
\n00:38:39,120 –> 00:38:43,360
\nBut he presses on, climbing up
\nthe Cliff after Jonathan. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:38:50,390 –> 00:38:54,070
\nSo in ecclesial life, if we want
\nto inspire others, brothers and <\/p>\n

569
\n00:38:54,070 –> 00:38:59,750
\nsisters, to greatness, first of
\nall, we need to commit important<\/p>\n

570
\n00:38:59,750 –> 00:39:04,150
\ndecisions to prayer.
\nAnd secondly, we need to share <\/p>\n

571
\n00:39:04,150 –> 00:39:08,560
\nwith others the decision making
\nprocess that we’ve committed to <\/p>\n

572
\n00:39:08,560 –> 00:39:12,240
\nGod in prayer like Jonathan did
\nto his armor bearer. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:39:13,120 –> 00:39:19,720
\nAnd then we need to take action.
\nCould you imagine if Jonathan <\/p>\n

574
\n00:39:19,720 –> 00:39:22,920
\nhad gotten to the bottom of that
\nvalley and they’re now looking <\/p>\n

575
\n00:39:22,920 –> 00:39:26,400
\nat the Cliff up and there’s the
\nPhilistines on top, and he says,<\/p>\n

576
\n00:39:26,400 –> 00:39:29,080
\nall right, well, God’s given us
\nthe answer. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:39:29,720 –> 00:39:32,440
\nHe’s going to deliver the
\nPhilistines into the hand of <\/p>\n

578
\n00:39:32,440 –> 00:39:34,680
\nIsrael.
\nSo you go ahead and climb up and<\/p>\n

579
\n00:39:34,680 –> 00:39:37,640
\nI’ll stand here and shout out
\ninstructions. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:39:39,640 –> 00:39:41,360
\nIt would not have been so
\neffective. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:39:41,360 –> 00:39:44,360
\nNo, Jonathan is in front.
\nSo if rocks are going to start <\/p>\n

582
\n00:39:44,360 –> 00:39:47,520
\nrolling down the hill, down the
\nCliff, they’re going to hit <\/p>\n

583
\n00:39:47,520 –> 00:39:51,920
\nJonathan first.
\nJonathan took action. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:39:53,640 –> 00:39:56,320
\nJonathan got involved in the
\nwork. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:39:56,320 –> 00:39:59,800
\nHe didn’t just stand at the
\nsidelines dictating what needed <\/p>\n

586
\n00:39:59,800 –> 00:40:04,040
\nto be done.
\nAnd that can be us sometimes, <\/p>\n

587
\n00:40:04,040 –> 00:40:05,200
\ncan’t it?
\nBrothers and sisters in <\/p>\n

588
\n00:40:05,200 –> 00:40:10,920
\necclesial life where we just, we
\nhave a good idea and we want to <\/p>\n

589
\n00:40:10,920 –> 00:40:14,440
\nsee other people go get it done.
\nAnd we can stand at the <\/p>\n

590
\n00:40:14,440 –> 00:40:17,960
\nsidelines and we can yell out
\norders and then criticize people<\/p>\n

591
\n00:40:17,960 –> 00:40:20,720
\nwhen it doesn’t get done exactly
\nthe way we would have liked to <\/p>\n

592
\n00:40:20,720 –> 00:40:24,200
\nhave seen it done.
\nThat was not the principle of <\/p>\n

593
\n00:40:24,200 –> 00:40:25,920
\nleadership that Jonathan is
\nshowing. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:40:26,160 –> 00:40:29,520
\nJonathan was himself involved in
\nthe work. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:40:29,520 –> 00:40:33,000
\nHe was committed to the work.
\nHe was climbing up the Cliff <\/p>\n

596
\n00:40:33,000 –> 00:40:37,440
\nhand and foot.
\nIt says if David that they loved<\/p>\n

597
\n00:40:37,560 –> 00:40:41,840
\nthe nation of Israel, loved
\nDavid because he went out and <\/p>\n

598
\n00:40:41,840 –> 00:40:45,640
\ncame in before the people.
\nIn fact, it was this <\/p>\n

599
\n00:40:45,640 –> 00:40:49,880
\ncharacteristic of David that
\nfinally turned the House of Saul<\/p>\n

600
\n00:40:50,520 –> 00:40:55,520
\nand the hearts of Saul’s family
\nto David and the nation of <\/p>\n

601
\n00:40:55,520 –> 00:40:58,800
\nIsrael to David.
\nAnd the second principle we <\/p>\n

602
\n00:40:58,800 –> 00:41:02,800
\nlearn from this aspect of the
\nstory is that we should take the<\/p>\n

603
\n00:41:02,800 –> 00:41:08,080
\nhardest tasks to our self.
\nWe’ll be respected for it by <\/p>\n

604
\n00:41:08,080 –> 00:41:11,960
\nothers, and others will be
\nmotivated to follow us, just as <\/p>\n

605
\n00:41:12,320 –> 00:41:15,040
\nthe armor bearer was motivated
\nto follow Jonathan. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:41:16,400 –> 00:41:18,440
\nGo on, he said.
\nI’ll be right behind you. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:41:20,120 –> 00:41:24,480
\nWell, as they come to the top of
\nthis Cliff, they start punching <\/p>\n

608
\n00:41:24,520 –> 00:41:29,720
\nand cutting is Philistines.
\nSo it appears they fall before <\/p>\n

609
\n00:41:29,720 –> 00:41:32,640
\nJonathan and they’re slain by
\nthe armor bears. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:41:32,640 –> 00:41:35,720
\nMaybe Jonathan’s giving them a
\nblow, knocking them to the <\/p>\n

611
\n00:41:35,720 –> 00:41:38,840
\nground and the armored bears
\nbehind and shoving through with <\/p>\n

612
\n00:41:38,840 –> 00:41:42,000
\nthe one of two swords that are
\nleft in Israel. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:41:42,840 –> 00:41:45,680
\nAnd they make their way along
\nthis rock that’s probably about <\/p>\n

614
\n00:41:45,680 –> 00:41:49,640
\n10 feet wide, and they kill 20
\nPhilistines. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:41:50,360 –> 00:41:54,200
\nBut as they come to the end,
\nthere’s an innumerable host <\/p>\n

616
\n00:41:54,200 –> 00:41:58,680
\nwaiting for them.
\nAnd surely that Philistine <\/p>\n

617
\n00:41:58,680 –> 00:42:02,720
\nthought or sorry, the the armor
\nbearer thought to himself at <\/p>\n

618
\n00:42:02,720 –> 00:42:07,880
\nthat point, well, this is it.
\nWe made our stand, we showed our<\/p>\n

619
\n00:42:07,880 –> 00:42:12,360
\nfaith, we were courageous.
\nAnd now we’ve given our life to <\/p>\n

620
\n00:42:12,360 –> 00:42:17,160
\nthis cause of the truth.
\nBut when we stand for the truth <\/p>\n

621
\n00:42:17,160 –> 00:42:22,640
\neven a little, God is able to
\nmightily respond to our faith <\/p>\n

622
\n00:42:23,440 –> 00:42:27,840
\nand give away of success.
\nAnd So what happens when they <\/p>\n

623
\n00:42:27,840 –> 00:42:31,720
\nget to the end of that little
\njet of land that’s sticking out <\/p>\n

624
\n00:42:31,720 –> 00:42:35,160
\nfrom the the rest of the hill,
\nThere’s a trembling in the host,<\/p>\n

625
\n00:42:35,160 –> 00:42:38,160
\nin the field, among all the
\npeople and the Garrison and the <\/p>\n

626
\n00:42:38,160 –> 00:42:41,680
\nspoilers also those that have
\nbeen sent out to the villages <\/p>\n

627
\n00:42:41,680 –> 00:42:45,360
\nthat are pillaging and burning.
\nThere’s a trembling so that the <\/p>\n

628
\n00:42:45,400 –> 00:42:49,160
\nearthquake, a very great
\ntrembling, or it says in the <\/p>\n

629
\n00:42:49,160 –> 00:42:55,160
\nmargin, a trembling of God.
\nAnd look at what happens to this<\/p>\n

630
\n00:42:55,600 –> 00:43:00,840
\ninsurmountable trial that’s
\nbefore Jonathan and the armor <\/p>\n

631
\n00:43:00,840 –> 00:43:03,800
\nbearer and before the nation of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:43:05,000 –> 00:43:08,880
\nIt says in verse 16, the
\nWatchmen of Saul and Gibeah <\/p>\n

633
\n00:43:09,000 –> 00:43:15,440
\nBenjamin looked and behold the
\nmelt, the multitude melted away.<\/p>\n

634
\n00:43:16,760 –> 00:43:21,160
\nWhat a beautiful word to
\ndescribe how God can deal with <\/p>\n

635
\n00:43:21,160 –> 00:43:25,760
\nour trials.
\nThey looked and saw that that <\/p>\n

636
\n00:43:25,920 –> 00:43:30,440
\ntrial that was before them, the
\ninnumerable host of Philistines,<\/p>\n

637
\n00:43:30,760 –> 00:43:34,960
\nall of their Chariots and all of
\ntheir horsemen, it just melted <\/p>\n

638
\n00:43:34,960 –> 00:43:39,760
\naway.
\nIt dissolved and the pathway was<\/p>\n

639
\n00:43:39,760 –> 00:43:47,940
\nmade clear.
\nAnd so we’re encouraged by <\/p>\n

640
\n00:43:47,940 –> 00:43:55,300
\nJonathan to not only commit our
\ndecisions to prayer, to take <\/p>\n

641
\n00:43:55,300 –> 00:44:01,240
\naction and faith that God is
\nwith us and not with them, we’re<\/p>\n

642
\n00:44:01,240 –> 00:44:06,840
\ninspired by Jonathan to put our
\ntroubles on God and to ask for <\/p>\n

643
\n00:44:06,840 –> 00:44:09,680
\nhim to act mightily in our
\nlives. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:44:10,640 –> 00:44:13,440
\nAnd the consequence of doing
\nthat was not only did Jonathan <\/p>\n

645
\n00:44:13,440 –> 00:44:17,360
\nand his armor bearer see
\nsalvation that day, not they <\/p>\n

646
\n00:44:17,360 –> 00:44:20,960
\nwere not killed, but the whole
\nnation of Israel watched as all <\/p>\n

647
\n00:44:20,960 –> 00:44:23,480
\nof their troubles just melted
\naway. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:44:24,920 –> 00:44:30,040
\nAnd remember, we had seen the
\nfour responses of the army, or <\/p>\n

649
\n00:44:30,040 –> 00:44:35,320
\nthe three actions of the army of
\nIsrael as the Philistines had <\/p>\n

650
\n00:44:35,320 –> 00:44:38,640
\nencamped in the land.
\nWe saw that they hid themselves <\/p>\n

651
\n00:44:38,640 –> 00:44:43,080
\nin wherever they could.
\nWe saw that they fled to Gad and<\/p>\n

652
\n00:44:43,080 –> 00:44:46,320
\nto Gilead.
\nAnd we saw that they followed <\/p>\n

653
\n00:44:46,400 –> 00:44:50,400
\nSaul trembling.
\nAnd now we come down to verse 20<\/p>\n

654
\n00:44:50,400 –> 00:44:53,000
\nand we see and Saul and all the
\npeople that were with him <\/p>\n

655
\n00:44:53,240 –> 00:44:57,040
\nassembled themselves and came to
\nthe battle. <\/p>\n

656
\n00:44:57,760 –> 00:45:00,800
\nAnd So what happens?
\nWell, they come out of hiding. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:45:01,160 –> 00:45:05,280
\nThey follow Saul to the battle.
\nThose that were trembling after <\/p>\n

658
\n00:45:05,280 –> 00:45:09,480
\nSaul follow him to the battle.
\nAnd then we read verse 21. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:45:09,480 –> 00:45:12,760
\nAnd the Hebrews that were with
\nthe Philistines before that time<\/p>\n

660
\n00:45:13,320 –> 00:45:17,120
\nwent up with them into the camp
\nfrom the country round about. <\/p>\n

661
\n00:45:17,600 –> 00:45:20,760
\nAnd so there were Hebrews that
\nit actually defected to the <\/p>\n

662
\n00:45:20,760 –> 00:45:24,560
\nPhilistines.
\nThat was the 4th category of the<\/p>\n

663
\n00:45:24,560 –> 00:45:28,080
\nnation of Israel when the
\nPhilistines had come with this <\/p>\n

664
\n00:45:28,080 –> 00:45:32,640
\nmassive army into the land.
\nAnd so those that defected to <\/p>\n

665
\n00:45:32,640 –> 00:45:35,960
\nthe Philistines came back to
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

666
\n00:45:36,400 –> 00:45:40,160
\nThose that had left the truth
\nare now coming back to the <\/p>\n

667
\n00:45:40,160 –> 00:45:43,200
\necclesia.
\nThose that had fled as far away <\/p>\n

668
\n00:45:43,200 –> 00:45:46,760
\nas they could go across the
\nJordan River are now inspired to<\/p>\n

669
\n00:45:46,760 –> 00:45:49,240
\ncome back.
\nThose that were trembling after <\/p>\n

670
\n00:45:49,240 –> 00:45:51,880
\nSaul are now rushing to the
\nbattle. <\/p>\n

671
\n00:45:52,000 –> 00:45:54,840
\nThose that were hiding in their
\nthickets and in the pits and in <\/p>\n

672
\n00:45:54,840 –> 00:45:59,360
\nthe caves peek their heads out
\nand see the commotion and they <\/p>\n

673
\n00:45:59,360 –> 00:46:02,400
\ncome and they follow after Saul
\nand all. <\/p>\n

674
\n00:46:02,400 –> 00:46:12,000
\nIsrael has now been inspired to
\ntake up the cause, to take up a <\/p>\n

675
\n00:46:12,000 –> 00:46:18,200
\nsword and to rid the land of
\nthese uncircumcised Philistines.<\/p>\n

676
\n00:46:20,040 –> 00:46:27,000
\nWe sometimes underestimate how
\nmuch impact one person and one <\/p>\n

677
\n00:46:27,000 –> 00:46:31,520
\ndecision of one person can have
\nin an ecclesia. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:46:32,680 –> 00:46:35,680
\nIn this case, it was a huge
\necclesial community. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:46:36,360 –> 00:46:40,120
\nWasn’t just a 3000 soldiers,
\nthere were 200,000 soldiers with<\/p>\n

680
\n00:46:40,120 –> 00:46:43,280
\nSaul earlier.
\nThese were hundreds of thousands<\/p>\n

681
\n00:46:43,280 –> 00:46:48,040
\nof people that had disappeared.
\nOnly 600 men left trembling. <\/p>\n

682
\n00:46:49,040 –> 00:46:53,480
\nAnd now, because of the faith of
\none man, because one man had <\/p>\n

683
\n00:46:53,480 –> 00:46:58,520
\ncommitted the circumstances to
\nprayer, had shared with his <\/p>\n

684
\n00:46:58,520 –> 00:47:04,000
\narmor bearer what that prayer
\nwas, because one man acted in <\/p>\n

685
\n00:47:04,000 –> 00:47:11,320
\nfaith-based on the sign that he
\nwas given, the whole nation is <\/p>\n

686
\n00:47:11,320 –> 00:47:15,760
\ninspired to greatness, just like
\nhis armor bearer had begun. <\/p>\n

687
\n00:47:17,240 –> 00:47:22,520
\nAnd so the day that began with
\nthe faith of one man ends with <\/p>\n

688
\n00:47:22,520 –> 00:47:26,440
\nthe faith of an entire nation
\nhaving been inspired. <\/p>\n

689
\n00:47:28,080 –> 00:47:31,800
\nAll of us in this room have
\nroles of leadership. <\/p>\n

690
\n00:47:33,000 –> 00:47:34,720
\nWe may not think of it in that
\nway. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:47:34,720 –> 00:47:38,240
\nWe may not realize it, But
\nwhether it’s as a Sunday school <\/p>\n

692
\n00:47:38,240 –> 00:47:41,400
\nteacher to a Sunday school
\nstudent, whether it’s just an <\/p>\n

693
\n00:47:41,400 –> 00:47:44,480
\nolder person in the ecclesia
\nsetting an example, or even a <\/p>\n

694
\n00:47:44,480 –> 00:47:47,640
\nyounger person in ecclesia
\nsetting an example to another <\/p>\n

695
\n00:47:47,640 –> 00:47:50,480
\nyounger person in the ecclesia,
\nwhether it’s parents to <\/p>\n

696
\n00:47:50,480 –> 00:47:57,320
\nchildren, whether it’s children
\nto their parents, all of us are <\/p>\n

697
\n00:47:57,320 –> 00:48:03,120
\nleaders in one way or another.
\nAnd what this story teaches us, <\/p>\n

698
\n00:48:03,680 –> 00:48:09,280
\nthis account of Jonathan, is
\nthat one man’s actions can have <\/p>\n

699
\n00:48:09,280 –> 00:48:12,960
\na massive impact on a huge
\nnumber of people. <\/p>\n

700
\n00:48:14,080 –> 00:48:18,160
\nAnd that can be for good, as it
\nwas in the case of Jonathan, or <\/p>\n

701
\n00:48:18,920 –> 00:48:23,680
\nit can also be for evil, as we
\nsee with other examples in the <\/p>\n

702
\n00:48:23,680 –> 00:48:27,440
\nscriptures.
\nSo we must realize that our <\/p>\n

703
\n00:48:27,440 –> 00:48:32,040
\nwords, our actions, have a
\nsignificant impact on others, <\/p>\n

704
\n00:48:32,360 –> 00:48:36,640
\nfor good or for bad.
\nSo let us learn from the lessons<\/p>\n

705
\n00:48:36,680 –> 00:48:45,960
\nof Jonathan and let us inspire
\nothers unto greatness. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:48:48,000 –> 00:48:51,080
\nWe look at this man, Jonathan
\nand we think to ourselves, why <\/p>\n

707
\n00:48:51,080 –> 00:48:53,720
\ndid God remove this man from the
\nthrone? <\/p>\n

708
\n00:48:53,720 –> 00:48:57,080
\nI mean Saul wasn’t taken from
\nthe throne. <\/p>\n

709
\n00:48:57,080 –> 00:49:01,480
\nThe man who was impetuous and
\nand lost the throne for <\/p>\n

710
\n00:49:01,480 –> 00:49:03,600
\nJonathan.
\nWhy Jonathan would have made <\/p>\n

711
\n00:49:03,600 –> 00:49:08,080
\nsuch a wonderful king.
\nBut we know the reason because <\/p>\n

712
\n00:49:08,080 –> 00:49:12,240
\nthere was another man that was
\ngoing to be revealed, another <\/p>\n

713
\n00:49:12,240 –> 00:49:15,320
\nman that would perhaps hear the
\nstories of Jonathan and be <\/p>\n

714
\n00:49:15,320 –> 00:49:18,880
\ninspired by them as he came to
\nage. <\/p>\n

715
\n00:49:23,400 –> 00:49:28,800
\nAnd so Jonathan, who did not
\nwant any recognition, would have<\/p>\n

716
\n00:49:28,800 –> 00:49:32,320
\nbeen pleased with the account of
\nthe record in verse 23 of First <\/p>\n

717
\n00:49:32,320 –> 00:49:38,840
\nSamuel 14.
\nSo Yahweh saved Israel that day,<\/p>\n

718
\n00:49:39,880 –> 00:49:42,680
\nand the battle passed over unto
\nBeth Haven. <\/p>\n

719
\n00:49:44,320 –> 00:49:48,720
\nThe glory and the recognition
\nhad gone where Jonathan wanted <\/p>\n

720
\n00:49:48,720 –> 00:49:54,680
\nit to be because the overriding
\nprinciple in his life was what <\/p>\n

721
\n00:49:54,680 –> 00:49:59,360
\nyou do is more important than
\nwho you are, and what gets done <\/p>\n

722
\n00:49:59,360 –> 00:50:02,320
\nfor God is more important than
\nwho gets the credit. <\/p>\n

723
\n00:50:03,640 –> 00:50:07,680
\nAnd so we’re inspired by
\nJonathan to be a leader, to take<\/p>\n

724
\n00:50:07,680 –> 00:50:11,960
\ncontrol of circumstances in our
\nlife, not to let them spill over<\/p>\n

725
\n00:50:11,960 –> 00:50:17,080
\nand happen to us, but rather to
\nput our trials and our burdens <\/p>\n

726
\n00:50:17,080 –> 00:50:21,440
\non God through prayer and ask
\nhim for direction in our lives. <\/p>\n

727
\n00:50:21,840 –> 00:50:25,880
\nTrusting in God’s wisdom and in
\nhis might to be able to work <\/p>\n

728
\n00:50:25,880 –> 00:50:31,880
\nmightily in our lives to help
\nour troubles and our trials melt<\/p>\n

729
\n00:50:31,880 –> 00:50:34,600
\naway.
\nAnd so the principles of <\/p>\n

730
\n00:50:34,600 –> 00:50:39,960
\nleadership that we get from
\nJonathan first worry about the <\/p>\n

731
\n00:50:39,960 –> 00:50:46,920
\nwhat and not about The Who and a
\ngood exercise for us to do. <\/p>\n

732
\n00:50:46,920 –> 00:50:49,400
\nWe talked about self reflection.
\nWhat does that mean? <\/p>\n

733
\n00:50:49,640 –> 00:50:53,040
\nPerhaps it’s at the end of the
\nday when we’re saying our prayer<\/p>\n

734
\n00:50:53,040 –> 00:50:55,760
\nbefore we go to sleep.
\nMaybe it’s first thing in the <\/p>\n

735
\n00:50:55,760 –> 00:50:59,000
\nmorning.
\nAs we rise and think about the <\/p>\n

736
\n00:50:59,000 –> 00:51:02,680
\nWord of God and think about the
\nday ahead of us, we need to <\/p>\n

737
\n00:51:02,680 –> 00:51:05,240
\nreflect upon what our motives
\nare. <\/p>\n

738
\n00:51:06,080 –> 00:51:09,920
\nAnd are we being motivated
\nbecause of our name and the <\/p>\n

739
\n00:51:09,920 –> 00:51:12,240
\nrecognition we’ll get because of
\nwhat we’re doing? <\/p>\n

740
\n00:51:12,760 –> 00:51:16,080
\nOr are we motivated by the work
\nthat needs to be done for the <\/p>\n

741
\n00:51:16,080 –> 00:51:19,360
\nLord?
\nWorry about the what and not The<\/p>\n

742
\n00:51:19,360 –> 00:51:21,840
\nWho.
\nThe second principle of <\/p>\n

743
\n00:51:21,840 –> 00:51:25,440
\nleadership is to commit
\ndecisions to God in prayer. <\/p>\n

744
\n00:51:26,720 –> 00:51:28,520
\nBut Jonathan did more than that,
\ndidn’t he? <\/p>\n

745
\n00:51:28,520 –> 00:51:32,320
\nHe committed the decisions to
\nGod in prayer and then he shared<\/p>\n

746
\n00:51:33,000 –> 00:51:36,520
\nthat prayer with the armor
\nbearer that was with him. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:51:37,800 –> 00:51:41,200
\nAnd he did more than that.
\nOnce he shared it, then he acted<\/p>\n

748
\n00:51:41,200 –> 00:51:43,360
\nupon it.
\nHe didn’t just leave it to God. <\/p>\n

749
\n00:51:43,600 –> 00:51:46,440
\nHe said, God, this is what I
\nwant to do. <\/p>\n

750
\n00:51:47,280 –> 00:51:50,520
\nThis is what I can achieve with
\nyou working in my life. <\/p>\n

751
\n00:51:51,520 –> 00:51:54,920
\nAnd then he acted on it when he
\ngot the sign that he had <\/p>\n

752
\n00:51:54,920 –> 00:51:58,560
\nrequested.
\nThird, we need to recognize that<\/p>\n

753
\n00:51:58,560 –> 00:52:05,320
\nGod is able.
\nGod is able to win the battle <\/p>\n

754
\n00:52:05,800 –> 00:52:09,040
\nwith you.
\nThe battle would not have been <\/p>\n

755
\n00:52:09,040 –> 00:52:12,280
\nwon if Jonathan just stood there
\nlooking at the Philistine army <\/p>\n

756
\n00:52:12,800 –> 00:52:16,680
\nfrom the cliff’s edge.
\nThe battle was won because he <\/p>\n

757
\n00:52:16,680 –> 00:52:21,040
\nhad the faith to descend 1
\nCliff, walk across the valley, <\/p>\n

758
\n00:52:21,320 –> 00:52:25,680
\nclimb up another Cliff.
\nWasn’t an easy Rd., but because <\/p>\n

759
\n00:52:25,680 –> 00:52:31,360
\nof his faith and his action, God
\nwas able to fight mightily with <\/p>\n

760
\n00:52:31,360 –> 00:52:33,680
\nJonathan for the salvation of
\nthe nation. <\/p>\n

761
\n00:52:34,920 –> 00:52:38,840
\nThe 4th principle of leadership
\nwe see in Jonathan’s life is to <\/p>\n

762
\n00:52:38,840 –> 00:52:43,320
\nbe involved in the work.
\nDon’t stand on the sidelines and<\/p>\n

763
\n00:52:43,800 –> 00:52:49,360
\ncast aspersions or tell people
\nwhat ought to be done, or tell <\/p>\n

764
\n00:52:49,360 –> 00:52:53,680
\nthem about your wonderful ideas.
\nGet involved in the work, get <\/p>\n

765
\n00:52:53,680 –> 00:52:59,120
\nyour hands dirty as it were.
\nAnd finally, take the hardest <\/p>\n

766
\n00:52:59,120 –> 00:53:02,760
\njobs for yourself.
\nLead by example. <\/p>\n

767
\n00:53:03,200 –> 00:53:07,200
\nDon’t send the armor bearer up
\nthe Cliff first, but climb up <\/p>\n

768
\n00:53:07,200 –> 00:53:10,440
\nthe Cliff first, with the armor
\nbearer following close behind. <\/p>\n

769
\n00:53:11,960 –> 00:53:17,480
\nAnd may we then, brothers and
\nsisters, be found leading others<\/p>\n

770
\n00:53:18,440 –> 00:53:21,680
\nlike Jonathan on the spiritual
\ngreatness. <\/p>\n

771
\n00:53:40,320 –> 00:53:42,400
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772
\n00:53:42,400 –> 00:53:45,000
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773
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778
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\n00:54:32,280 –> 00:54:35,160
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