Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 386.<\/p>\n
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\ncome forward and lead us in that
\nreading. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst time of 14 verses 1 to 15.
\nReading with you from First <\/p>\n
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\nSamuel chapter 14 verses one
\nthrough 15. <\/p>\n
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\nNow came to pass upon a day that
\nJonathan the son of Saul said <\/p>\n
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\nunto the young man that bear his
\narmor, Come and let us go over <\/p>\n
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\nto the Philistine Garrison that
\nis on the other side. <\/p>\n
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\nBut he told not his father and
\nSol tarried in the uttermost <\/p>\n
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\npart of Gibeah under a
\npomegranate tree which is in <\/p>\n
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\nmigrant and the people that were
\nwith him we’re about 600 men. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Ahaya, the son of a hide sub
\nIchabod’s brother, the son of <\/p>\n
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\nPhineas, the son of Eli,
\nYahweh’s priest in Shiloh <\/p>\n
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\nwearing ephod.
\nAnd the people knew not that <\/p>\n
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\nJonathan was gone.
\nAnd between the passages by <\/p>\n
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\nwhich Jonathan sought to go over
\non to the Philistines Garrison, <\/p>\n
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\nthere was there was a sharp rock
\non the one side and a sharp rock<\/p>\n
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\non the other side.
\nAnd the name of the one was <\/p>\n
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\nBozes, the name of the other
\nCena. <\/p>\n
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\nThe forefront of the one was
\nsituate northward over against <\/p>\n
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\nMcmash, and the other southward
\nagainst Gibeah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jonathan said to the young
\nman that bear his armor, Come <\/p>\n
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\nand let’s go over unto the
\nGarrison of these uncircumcised.<\/p>\n
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\nIt may be that Yahweh will work
\nfor us, for there is no <\/p>\n
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\nrestraint to Yahweh to save by
\nmany or by few. <\/p>\n
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\nAs armor bearer said unto him,
\nDo all that is in thine heart, <\/p>\n
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\nturn thee, behold I’m with thee
\naccording to thy heart. <\/p>\n
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\nThen said Jonathan, Behold,
\nyou’ll pass over unto these men,<\/p>\n
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\nyou’ll discover ourselves unto
\nthem. <\/p>\n
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\nIf they say thus unto us, Tarry
\nuntil we come to you, then we <\/p>\n
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\nwill stand still in our in our
\nplace, and will not go up unto <\/p>\n
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\nthem.
\nBut they say thus come up to us,<\/p>\n
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\nthen we will go up.
\nFor Yahweh had delivered them <\/p>\n
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\ninto our hand, and this shall be
\na sign unto us. <\/p>\n
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\nBoth them discover themselves
\nunto the Garrison of the <\/p>\n
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\nPhilistines.
\nThe Philistines said, Behold the<\/p>\n
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\nHebrews come forth out of the
\nholes where they had hid <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves.
\nThe man of the Garrison answered<\/p>\n
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\nJonathan and his armor bearer,
\nand said, Come up to us, and we <\/p>\n
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\nwill show you a thing.
\nAnd Jonathan said unto his armor<\/p>\n
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\nbearer, Come up after me, for
\ny’all I had delivered them into <\/p>\n
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\nthe hand of Israel.
\nAnd Jonathan climbed up upon his<\/p>\n
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\nhands, and upon his feet, his
\narmor bearer after him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they fell before Jonathan
\nhis armor bearer slew after him.<\/p>\n
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\nIn the first slaughter which
\nJonathan his armor bearer made <\/p>\n
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\nwas about 20 men within as they
\nwere, and half acre of land <\/p>\n
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\nwhich a yoke of oxen might plow.
\nAnd there is a trembling the <\/p>\n
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\nhost in the field, and among all
\nthe people, the Garrison and the<\/p>\n
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\nspoilers, they also trembled,
\nand the earth quaked. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it was a very great
\ntrembling. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is Watch an Lake Bible
\nSchool 2025 our speakers Brother<\/p>\n
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\nDave Wisnessky.
\nHis series for the week is <\/p>\n
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\nDeveloping Spiritual
\nIntelligence from the lives of <\/p>\n
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\nJonathan and David.
\nThis is class #1 and the title <\/p>\n
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\nis Leadership for there.
\nDave, please. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, good evening.
\nHope you’ve all had a wonderful <\/p>\n
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\nday and we were certainly we’re
\nfilled well for dinner. <\/p>\n
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\nThank you for those who have
\nmade all the plans for this week<\/p>\n
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\nand have so far fed us very
\nwell. <\/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. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’d given to Saul an incredible
\nexample, his own son, if he had <\/p>\n
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\njust followed the example and
\nadvice and 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. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ll read together verses 1 to
\n4. <\/p>\n
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\nSaul reigned one year, and when
\nhe had reigned 2 years over <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, Saul chose him. 3000 men
\nof Israel where of 2000 where <\/p>\n
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\nwith Saul and Mcmash in Mount
\nBethel, and 1000 where with <\/p>\n
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\nJonathan and Gibeah of Benjamin
\nand the rest of the people. <\/p>\n
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\nHe sent every man to his tent.
\nAnd Jonathan smote the Garrison <\/p>\n
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\nof the Philistines.
\nIt was in Giba, and the <\/p>\n
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\nPhilistines heard of it.
\nAnd Saul blew the trumpet <\/p>\n
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\nthroughout all the land, saying,
\nlet the Hebrews hear. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all Israel heard say that
\nSaul had smitten a Garrison to <\/p>\n
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\nthe Philistines, and that Israel
\nalso was had an abomination with<\/p>\n
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\nthe Philistines.
\nAnd the people were called <\/p>\n
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\ntogether after Saul to Gilgal.
\nWell, it doesn’t take long to <\/p>\n
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\nlearn the first principle in
\nJonathan’s life. <\/p>\n
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\nConsider how the scriptures
\nintroduce him. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re not told anything of
\nJonathan’s stature, sorry, just <\/p>\n
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\na spider.
\nWe’re told nothing of Jonathan’s<\/p>\n
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\nstature, of his father.
\nWe’re told he was head and <\/p>\n
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\nshoulders above everyone else,
\nand that’s a considerable man <\/p>\n
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\naside.
\nThat means if I was standing <\/p>\n
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\nbeside Saul, an average American
\nheight, I’d be looking into his <\/p>\n
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\nchest and there’s Saul’s head
\nabove. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says nothing of Jonathan’s
\nstature. <\/p>\n
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\nIt doesn’t even tell us actually
\nthat Jonathan is the son of <\/p>\n
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\nSaul.
\nDid you notice that first time <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re introduced to him?
\nAnd it does not tell us that <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s the son of Saul.
\nNow, he’s obviously got a <\/p>\n
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\nposition of importance.
\nHe’s got 1000 men with him. <\/p>\n
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\nSaul has 2000 men with him.
\nSo the first principle that we <\/p>\n
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\nlearn from these few verses in
\nFirst Samuel 13 about Jonathan <\/p>\n
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\nis actually the overriding
\nprinciple of his life. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that is what he did was more
\nimportant than who he was. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat Jonathan did was more
\nimportant than who he was. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, when all Israel hears
\nabout the defeat of the <\/p>\n
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\nPhilistine Garrison of that
\nstronghold in Giba, they don’t <\/p>\n
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\neven hear that Jonathan had
\nanything to do with it. <\/p>\n
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\nThey hear that Saul had smitten
\na Garrison to the Philistines. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we have no record of any
\ncomplaint or protest from <\/p>\n
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\nJonathan.
\nHe was just happy to do the work<\/p>\n
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\nwithout concern about who got
\nthe credit. <\/p>\n
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\nOn President Harry Truman’s
\ndesk, I read that he had a sign <\/p>\n
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\nwhich read, There is no limit to
\nwhat a man can do or where he <\/p>\n
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\ncan go if he doesn’t mind who
\ngets the credit. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, this, of course, is
\ncontrary to the pride of life, <\/p>\n
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\nbut this we’ll see.
\nThis principle is repeated over <\/p>\n
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\nand over and over again in the
\nlife of Jonathan. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not about who he is.
\nIt’s not about what his title <\/p>\n
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\nwas.
\nIt’s not about what his role was<\/p>\n
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\nin the ecclesia.
\nIt’s about what needed to be <\/p>\n
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\ndone for God.
\nWhat about us brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters?
\nI think men maybe struggle with <\/p>\n
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\nthis a little bit more.
\nI know in in my household, I <\/p>\n
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\nfeel it necessary.
\nI’m not sure why it’s this inert<\/p>\n
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\ncompulsion to announce.
\nHey, honey, I did the dishes, <\/p>\n
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\nall right?
\nI took out the garbage. <\/p>\n
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\nThe recycling’s all cleared.
\nFor whatever reason. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, we want to announce
\nwhat we’ve done, at least in my <\/p>\n
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\nhousehold.
\nAnd maybe it’s somewhere in <\/p>\n
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\nothers.
\nBut what about an ecclesial <\/p>\n
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\nlife?
\nIs who we are? <\/p>\n
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\nIs our role more important than
\nwhat we do? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, here’s the reality of it.
\nThere’s one person that can <\/p>\n
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\nanswer that question best.
\nIt might be our spouse. <\/p>\n
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\nBut usually that would be
\nourselves, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nBut we can only answer that
\nquestion if we take the time to <\/p>\n
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\nreflect on our own motivation.
\nWe know we can’t judge the <\/p>\n
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\nmotives of others.
\nWe’re told that very clearly in <\/p>\n
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\nthe words of Christ in Matthew
\n7. <\/p>\n
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\nBut we can judge ourselves.
\nIn fact, if we learn to judge <\/p>\n
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\nourselves.
\nWhat does Paul say? <\/p>\n
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\nPaul says if we can judge
\nourselves, we won’t be judged in<\/p>\n
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\nthe day when Christ returns.
\nIf we become good at <\/p>\n
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\nintrospection, if we become good
\nat self reflection, if we become<\/p>\n
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\ngood at examining our own
\nmotives, well then Christ will <\/p>\n
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\nhave nothing to judge because
\nwe’ll have done the work for him<\/p>\n
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\nin our lifetime.
\nSo let us be like Jonathan and <\/p>\n
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\nworry about what needs to be
\ndone and not who gets the credit<\/p>\n
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\nand what.
\nA contrast to Saul, where who <\/p>\n
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\ngot the credit was even more
\nimportant than what the truth of<\/p>\n
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\nthe matter was.
\nWell then, we have the faith of <\/p>\n
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\nJonathan contrasted to the
\nnation, don’t we? <\/p>\n
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\nAs we come down to verse 4, all
\nIsrael heard two things. <\/p>\n
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\nThey didn’t just hear a lie that
\nSaul had smitten a Garrison of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Philistines.
\nThey also hear that Israel was <\/p>\n
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\nnow an abomination with the
\nPhilistines. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s an echo back to Israel’s
\nhistory at this point in time, <\/p>\n
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\nisn’t there?
\nRemember, another man, a judge <\/p>\n
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\nin Israel had gone and burnt the
\nfields, the the wheat fields of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Philistines.
\nAnd Israel came up to to Samson <\/p>\n
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\nand said, what are you doing?
\nDon’t you realize these are our <\/p>\n
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\nrulers and you’re going to get
\nthem mad at us? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that was the state of Israel
\nin Saul’s day as well. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were now upset because
\nIsrael was had an abomination <\/p>\n
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\nwith the Philistines and clearly
\nthe Philistines had entrenched <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves in the land.
\nIf Jonathan was going and <\/p>\n
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\ndefeating a Garrison or a tower
\nor a Fort of the Philistines in <\/p>\n
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\nthe land and the people were
\ncalled together, then after Saul<\/p>\n
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\nand Gilgal and we see the
\nreaction then of the children of<\/p>\n
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\nIsrael as this massive army
\nresponds to what Jonathan had <\/p>\n
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\ndone.
\nAnd so in verse 5, we read in <\/p>\n
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\nthe Philistines gathered
\nthemselves together to fight <\/p>\n
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\nwith Israel, 30,000 Chariots,
\n6000 horsemen and people as the <\/p>\n
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\nsand which is on the seashore in
\nmultitude. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they came up and pitched in
\nMickmash eastward from Beth <\/p>\n
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\nHaven.
\nAnd so we’ve got this massive <\/p>\n
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\narmy now that’s assembled in the
\nland on the hill of Mickmash. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the response of the people,
\nwell, we’re told they hid <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves, Verse 6, when the
\nmen of Israel saw that they were<\/p>\n
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\nin a Strait, for the people were
\ndistressed, then did the people <\/p>\n
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\nhide themselves in caves, in
\nthickets and rocks and high <\/p>\n
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\nplaces and pits.
\nAnd some of the Hebrews went <\/p>\n
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\nover Jordan to the land of Gad
\nand Gilead. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd As for Saul, he was yet in
\nGilgal and all the people <\/p>\n
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\ntrembled after him.
\nOur margin says what an <\/p>\n
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\nunfortunate leader they had
\nchosen. <\/p>\n
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\nThen the remnant that was left
\nin the land, that wasn’t hiding <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves, that hadn’t fled,
\nare trembling. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in fact, we’re going to find
\nout that there is one more class<\/p>\n
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\nof people of the children of
\nIsrael as the Philistine army <\/p>\n
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\ncomes up against them.
\nBut amazingly, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, what we’re going to see
\nby the time we come to the end <\/p>\n
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\nof our class tonight, God
\nwilling, is that the faith, the <\/p>\n
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\ncourage and the commitment to
\nact of 1 individual will turn <\/p>\n
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\nthe entire nation from being
\nfaithless and fearful and <\/p>\n
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\ntrembling after Saul to being
\nfaithful and seeing God working <\/p>\n
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\nsalvation amongst them.
\nThe influence of one individual <\/p>\n
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\nis able to turn the entire
\necclesial community around. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what a lesson that should be
\nfor us. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, at this point in time,
\nthere’s this random epiphany <\/p>\n
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\nthat Saul has, because Saul now
\nremembers. <\/p>\n
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\nWait a minute, I remember that
\nSamuel told me something about <\/p>\n
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\nthe Philistines, a Garrison of
\nthe Philistines coming to the <\/p>\n
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\nhill of God, coming towards
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that was found back in in
\nfirst Samuel chapter 10 verses 5<\/p>\n
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\nto 8, when Samuel said to him,
\nthou shalt come to the hill of <\/p>\n
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\nGod, that is Zion, where is the
\nGarrison of the Philistines. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it shall come to pass, when
\nyou come into the city, you’ll <\/p>\n
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\nmeet a company of prophets.
\nThis is where that saying became<\/p>\n
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\nknown as Saul also amongst the
\nprophets, because the spirit of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord came upon him.
\nAnd then Samuel instructed, Let <\/p>\n
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\nit be when these signs are come
\nunto thee, that thou do as <\/p>\n
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\noccasion serve thee, for God is
\nwith thee. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd thou shall go down before me
\nto Gilgal. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd behold, I will come down
\nunto thee, and offer burnt <\/p>\n
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\nofferings, and to sacrifice
\nsacrifices of peace offerings 7 <\/p>\n
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\ndays shall thou tarry till I
\ncome to thee, and show thee what<\/p>\n
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\nthou shall do.
\nWell, first of all, Samuel had <\/p>\n
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\ntold him that Saul should do as
\noccasion offered to him. <\/p>\n
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\nSaul didn’t.
\nSaul sat with his 2000 soldiers,<\/p>\n
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\nand Jonathan did as occasion was
\noffered to him, and went up <\/p>\n
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\nagainst the Philistines.
\nBut now, having remembered this <\/p>\n
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\ncommandment, he goes down to
\nGilgal. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, he’s in Gilgal.
\nAll the people have trembled <\/p>\n
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\nafter him and now he waits for
\nseven days. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says at verse 8, according to
\nthe set time that Samuel had <\/p>\n
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\nappointed, but Samuel came not
\nto Gilgal and the people were <\/p>\n
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\nscattered from him.
\nAnd Saul said bring hit her a <\/p>\n
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\nburnt offering to me and peace
\nofferings. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he offered the burnt
\noffering himself. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’ll get to see, as we look
\nat Saul more in our third class,<\/p>\n
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\nthe impetuous nature of this
\nindividual, the lack of <\/p>\n
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\nplanning, the inability to take
\ncontrol of a situation, the <\/p>\n
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\ninept capabilities to be a
\nshepherd. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s waited 7 days and most
\nof Israel’s already hidden <\/p>\n
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\nanyways in thickets and caves
\nand pits and fled across the <\/p>\n
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\nriver to the other side of the
\nJordan and and tremble. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s only a small group with
\nhim as it is of 600 men. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet he sees the people
\nscattering from him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he says, OK, enough is
\nenough. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve waited seven days.
\nSamuel’s not here. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he makes the offering
\nhimself. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy is this inserted here into
\nthe record? <\/p>\n
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\nWe might just flow from first
\nSamuel 13. <\/p>\n
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\nThe act of courage of Jonathan,
\nthe the introduction of his <\/p>\n
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\nspirit that overrode his life,
\nwhich is what you do is more <\/p>\n
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\nimportant than who you are.
\nWe might have flown right from <\/p>\n
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\nthat into Jonathan is now going
\nto take on the entire Philistine<\/p>\n
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\narmy.
\nBut we have interjected this <\/p>\n
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\nincident of Saul rashly offering
\nan offering instead of waiting <\/p>\n
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\nfor Samuel.
\nAnd so Samuel comes to him in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 11 and says, what have you
\ndone? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Saul said, because I saw
\nthat the people were scattered <\/p>\n
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\nfrom me, it’s the people’s
\nfault. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that thou camest not within
\nthe days, it’s your fault, <\/p>\n
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\nSamuel, and that the Philistines
\nwere gathered together at Mick <\/p>\n
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\nMash.
\nIt’s the Philistines fault. <\/p>\n
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\nTherefore, I reasoned, the
\nPhilistines will come down now <\/p>\n
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\nupon me to Gilgal, and I’ve not
\nyet made supplication. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I forced myself, therefore,
\nand offered an offering to the <\/p>\n
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\nLord.
\nJohn Saul, of course, takes no <\/p>\n
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\naccountability for his own
\nactions. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what a temptation that is to
\ndo, isn’t it, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, when somebody calls us
\nout on a mistake, on an error, <\/p>\n
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\non a sin, on poor judgement?
\nIt’s such a temptation, isn’t <\/p>\n
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\nit, to point the finger at
\neveryone else and not take <\/p>\n
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\naccountability for our own
\nactions? <\/p>\n
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\nBut if we stop and resist the
\ntemptation to point the finger <\/p>\n
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\nat other people and instead look
\ninwardly, once again we have an <\/p>\n
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\nopportunity to develop some
\nhumility in our own life and to <\/p>\n
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\ngrow from the circumstance.
\nBut such was not the case with <\/p>\n
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\nKing Saul.
\nAnd so consequently Samuel says <\/p>\n
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\nto him at verse 13, Thou hast
\ndone foolishly. <\/p>\n
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\nThou has not kept the
\ncommandment of the Lord thy God,<\/p>\n
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\nwhich he commanded thee, for now
\nwith the Lord have established <\/p>\n
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\nthy Kingdom upon Israel forever.
\nBut now thy Kingdom shall not <\/p>\n
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\ncontinue.
\nThe Lord has sought him a man <\/p>\n
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\nafter his own heart, and the
\nLord hath commanded him to be <\/p>\n
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\ncaptain over his people, because
\nthou has not kept that which the<\/p>\n
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\nLord commanded thee.
\nAnd Samuel arose and got him <\/p>\n
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\nfrom Gilgal unto Gibby of
\nBenjamin. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Saul number the people that
\nwere present with him, about 600<\/p>\n
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\nmen.
\nSaul has just been told that he <\/p>\n
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\nlost the Kingdom.
\nAnd what’s Saul’s response? <\/p>\n
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\nOh well, he shrugs his shoulders
\nand he numbers the people. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy?
\nBecause Samuel’s condemnation of<\/p>\n
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\nSaul’s actions and the
\nconsequences of it. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re not those that were going
\nto actually affect Saul. <\/p>\n
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\nWho were they going to affect?
\nWell, the next verse tells us in<\/p>\n
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\nfirst Samuel 13, verse 16, and
\nSaul and Jonathan his son. <\/p>\n
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\nSee, the kingship was not being
\nrent. <\/p>\n
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\nFrom Saul?
\nNot yet. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’ll happen in First Samuel
\n15, just a couple of chapters <\/p>\n
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\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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\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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\nestablished Saul’s Kingdom
\nforever. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course, he knew that wouldn’t
\nhappen. <\/p>\n
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\nHe prophesied through Jacob that
\nthe scepter would not depart <\/p>\n
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\nfrom the tribe of Judah.
\nBut God gave Saul the <\/p>\n
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\nopportunity to succeed.
\nAnd when the Kingdom is rent <\/p>\n
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\nfrom Saul, he does nothing.
\nHe has no response, which will <\/p>\n
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\nbe in great contrast to what
\nhappens when the kingship is <\/p>\n
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\ntaken from him.
\nBut who has lost significantly <\/p>\n
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\nat the impetuous behavior of
\nSaul? <\/p>\n
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\nIs Jonathan his son?
\nBecause what Samuel had <\/p>\n
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\nprophesied or pronounced now at
\nthis time was that Jonathan <\/p>\n
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\nwould not come to the throne.
\nSo that’s an important context. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we come to First Samuel
\nchapter 14, which we had read to<\/p>\n
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\nus, and the heroic behavior of
\nJonathan and his armor bearer <\/p>\n
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\nwho follows him, there was no
\nhope of kingship left now for <\/p>\n
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\nJonathan.
\nThere was no longer any glory <\/p>\n
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\nfor him that awaited him in his
\nfuture. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause of the impetuous nature
\nof his father, he had lost hope <\/p>\n
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\nof the kingship.
\nWell, it sees it seems that the <\/p>\n
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\nPhilistines had situated
\nthemselves in the land then for <\/p>\n
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\nquite some time.
\nI’m going to read the next 6 <\/p>\n
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\nverses in the contemporary
\nEnglish version Says at verse 16<\/p>\n
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\nthe Philistine army was camped
\nat Mick Mash. <\/p>\n
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\nYou can see it on the screen
\nbefore you hear They were camped<\/p>\n
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\nat Mcmash, and each day they
\nsent out patrols to attack and <\/p>\n
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\nrob villages and then destroy
\nthem. <\/p>\n
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\nOne patrol would go north along
\nthe road to Ofra in the region <\/p>\n
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\nof Shul, another would go West
\nalong the road to Bethora, and a<\/p>\n
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\nthird would go east on the
\ndesert toward the desert on the <\/p>\n
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\nroad to the Ridge that overlooks
\nthe Zaboin Valley. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Philistines would not
\nallow any Israelites to learn <\/p>\n
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\nhow to make iron tools.
\nIf we allowed that, they said, <\/p>\n
338
\n00:22:50,120 –> 00:22:53,640
\nthose worthless Israelites would
\nmake swords and Spears. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:22:54,680 –> 00:22:57,960
\nAnd we see the great disdain for
\nGod’s people the Philistines <\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:57,960 –> 00:23:01,240
\nhad, just as the Ammonites
\nexhibited just a few chapters <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:01,240 –> 00:23:04,320
\nago, when they came up and said
\nthey would make a league with <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:04,320 –> 00:23:08,040
\nIsrael on the basis that every
\nIsraelite plucked out the right <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:08,040 –> 00:23:10,960
\neye.
\nAnd reading on in verse 20, <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:10,960 –> 00:23:14,120
\nwhenever the Israelites wanted
\nto get an iron point put on a <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:14,120 –> 00:23:16,400
\ncattle prod, they had to go to
\nthe Philistines. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:16,920 –> 00:23:21,600
\nEven if they wanted to sharpen
\nplow blades, picks, axes, <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:21,600 –> 00:23:26,120
\nsickles, pitchforks, they still
\nhad to go to the Philistines, <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:26,520 –> 00:23:28,520
\nand they charge them high
\nprices. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:29,160 –> 00:23:31,600
\nHow humiliating for the nation
\nof Israel. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:32,480 –> 00:23:35,960
\nSo whenever Israelite soldiers
\nhad to go into battle, none of <\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:35,960 –> 00:23:41,960
\nthem had a sword or a spear
\nexcept for Saul and Jonathan. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:43,000 –> 00:23:46,640
\nSo the Philistines are there
\nlong enough to send out patrols <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:47,120 –> 00:23:51,440
\nto pillage and burn villages.
\nThey’re long enough to cut off <\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:51,440 –> 00:23:55,920
\nall blacksmithing from the land,
\nburning their shops and perhaps <\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:56,320 –> 00:23:59,600
\nputting them to death.
\nThey’ve been there long enough <\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:59,600 –> 00:24:01,800
\nto confiscate all the weapons in
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:02,320 –> 00:24:04,760
\nThey had had weapons than when
\nthey went up to fight against <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:04,760 –> 00:24:07,240
\nthe Ammonites.
\nAnd now they’ve posted a <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:07,240 –> 00:24:11,680
\nGarrison at the passage of Mick
\nMash, so we can see up on the <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:11,920 –> 00:24:15,560
\ntop left of the screen there.
\nAnd their enemies, the children <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:15,560 –> 00:24:20,440
\nof Israel, have no weapons and
\nan army of 600 men. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:21,240 –> 00:24:27,680
\nThere’s no competition.
\nAnd all Israel is following <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:27,680 –> 00:24:31,920
\nafter Saul, trembling, who’s as
\nfar away from the battle as <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:31,920 –> 00:24:34,560
\npossible.
\nWe read in First Samuel 14, and <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:34,560 –> 00:24:37,800
\nSaul tarried in the uttermost
\nparts of Gibeah under a <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:37,800 –> 00:24:40,600
\npomegranate tree, which is in my
\nground. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:24:40,760 –> 00:24:43,920
\nAnd the people that were with
\nhim, about 600 men. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:45,320 –> 00:24:48,120
\nSo what becomes clear to us,
\nbrothers and sisters, is that <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:48,520 –> 00:24:52,960
\nSaul was not in control of the
\nland of Israel. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:53,720 –> 00:24:58,360
\nThe Philistines were in control.
\nAnd here’s Jonathan waiting <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:58,360 –> 00:25:00,440
\nwhile all of these things are
\nhappening. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:00,560 –> 00:25:02,760
\nThe Philistines have encamped in
\nthe land. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:02,920 –> 00:25:04,600
\nThey’re entrenched.
\nThey’re sending out their <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:04,600 –> 00:25:08,520
\npatrols.
\nAnd there’s Jonathan waiting. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:09,600 –> 00:25:12,240
\nWe know that Jonathan has the
\nfaith to go take them on. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:12,760 –> 00:25:15,360
\nHe’s already demonstrated that
\nin the previous chapter. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:16,200 –> 00:25:19,440
\nBut his dad is the king of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:19,880 –> 00:25:22,000
\nHis dad is the captain of the
\npeople. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:23,000 –> 00:25:29,920
\nWe can imagine conversations as
\nJonathan finishes eating his <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:29,920 –> 00:25:35,480
\nbroccoli, he looks up at his dad
\nand says, so what’s the plan for<\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:35,480 –> 00:25:39,280
\nthe Philistines?
\nAnd there’s no response. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:40,160 –> 00:25:42,880
\nAnd the next night, as he
\nfinishes eating his asparagus, <\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:43,760 –> 00:25:46,160
\nhe asked his dad, so when are we
\ngoing to go up and get rid of <\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:46,160 –> 00:25:48,800
\nthis uncircumcised Philistine
\nfrom the land? <\/p>\n
385
\n00:25:49,760 –> 00:25:53,600
\nAnd there’s no response.
\nAnd the next night, perhaps he <\/p>\n
386
\n00:25:53,600 –> 00:25:56,240
\nwaits until after the lamb chops
\nhave been consumed. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:57,040 –> 00:25:59,280
\nAnd he asked the same question.
\nWhat’s the plan, dad? <\/p>\n
388
\n00:25:59,280 –> 00:26:01,160
\nWhen are we going to take out
\nthe Philistines? <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:01,360 –> 00:26:02,880
\nYou’re the captain of the
\npeople. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:03,040 –> 00:26:05,400
\nAnd there’s no response.
\nAnd maybe then later he waited <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:05,400 –> 00:26:08,960
\nuntil after dessert and ask the
\nsame question and there’s no <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:08,960 –> 00:26:09,760
\nresponse.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:09,760 –> 00:26:15,680
\nBecause it’s his dad’s job and
\nhe wants his dad to have and to <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:15,680 –> 00:26:20,360
\nshow the leadership in Israel
\nand go up against the <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:20,360 –> 00:26:25,640
\nPhilistines.
\nAnd finally he gets tired of <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:25,640 –> 00:26:29,920
\nwaiting and waiting and waiting
\nand asking and asking and <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:29,920 –> 00:26:33,800
\nasking.
\nAnd so we read in First Samuel <\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:33,800 –> 00:26:38,960
\nchapter 14 at verse one that
\nJonathan, the son of Saul said <\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:38,960 –> 00:26:41,320
\nto the young man that bears
\narmor again. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:41,320 –> 00:26:42,920
\nNow we know who he is.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:43,160 –> 00:26:45,440
\nBecause he has no hope of coming
\nto the throne. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:45,640 –> 00:26:50,240
\nThis is not for personal glory.
\nCome, let us go over to the <\/p>\n
403
\n00:26:50,240 –> 00:26:53,360
\nPhilistines Garrison that is on
\nthe other side. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:26:53,880 –> 00:26:57,160
\nBut he told not his father
\nwasn’t. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:26:57,160 –> 00:27:00,560
\nHey, sick and tired of waiting
\nfor dad. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:01,040 –> 00:27:04,800
\nAnybody that wants to join me,
\nI’m going to go fight against <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:04,800 –> 00:27:09,920
\nthe Philistines.
\nNow wasn’t any fanfare to what <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:09,920 –> 00:27:14,960
\nJonathan was going to do.
\nHe quietly slipped away with his<\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:14,960 –> 00:27:18,840
\narmor bearer.
\nAnd so we learned from Jonathan.<\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:18,840 –> 00:27:21,680
\nStop talking about what you’ve
\ndone or what you’re going to do <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:22,080 –> 00:27:25,680
\nin the truth and get on doing
\nit. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:26,480 –> 00:27:32,400
\nLess talk and more action.
\nThat was the man Jonathan. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:33,880 –> 00:27:38,400
\nWell, as we come to verses 4 and
\n5, the scriptures devote 2 whole<\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:38,400 –> 00:27:44,440
\nverses to two rocks, so they
\nmust be important rocks. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:27:44,440 –> 00:27:48,000
\nAnd those rocks are on the
\nscreen before you there, bozes <\/p>\n
416
\n00:27:48,000 –> 00:27:53,080
\nand Cena, and they’re rightfully
\nrightly stated on the slide to <\/p>\n
417
\n00:27:53,080 –> 00:27:58,960
\nbe cliffs in the land.
\nThe word bozes means surpassing <\/p>\n
418
\n00:27:58,960 –> 00:28:02,480
\nwhite or glistening.
\nAnd the fact that we have two <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:02,480 –> 00:28:06,040
\nverses dedicated to these rocks
\nperhaps is instructing us that <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:06,040 –> 00:28:10,480
\nwe should be looking for the
\ntypes that were there in the <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:10,480 –> 00:28:13,520
\nrocks.
\nAnd So what is glistening white <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:13,520 –> 00:28:15,440
\nspeak of?
\nWell, of course, the <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:15,440 –> 00:28:19,280
\nrighteousness of the Saints.
\nWe’re told in Revelation 19, <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:19,640 –> 00:28:23,480
\nverse 8 that the bride of
\nChrist, the Bride of the Lamb, <\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:23,880 –> 00:28:30,040
\ncomes forth in glowing white
\nraiments and that rock was on <\/p>\n
426
\n00:28:30,040 –> 00:28:34,760
\nthe north side against Mcmash
\nwhere we’ve placed our black box<\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:35,040 –> 00:28:38,600
\non the screen.
\nSo that’s what Jonathan and the <\/p>\n
428
\n00:28:38,600 –> 00:28:42,720
\narmor bearer are looking at.
\nThey’re looking at a rock that <\/p>\n
429
\n00:28:42,800 –> 00:28:46,480
\nis white and glistening,
\nSpeaking of the righteousness of<\/p>\n
430
\n00:28:46,480 –> 00:28:49,680
\nthe Saints.
\nNow we’re told at verse 5, the <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:49,680 –> 00:28:52,920
\nforefront of the one was situate
\nand that word forefront the <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:52,920 –> 00:28:58,080
\nmargin says is the word tooth.
\nSo we’re talking about a a rock <\/p>\n
433
\n00:28:58,080 –> 00:29:00,000
\nthat’s straight up this is not a
\nrock. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:00,280 –> 00:29:03,640
\nThis is rightly defined as we
\nshow on the screen there a <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:03,640 –> 00:29:06,640
\nCliff.
\nSo there’s Jonathan, his armor <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:06,640 –> 00:29:11,000
\nbearer on one side standing on
\nthe edge of a Cliff and there’s <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:11,000 –> 00:29:15,560
\na valley below them and up on
\nthe other side is another Cliff <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:16,360 –> 00:29:18,240
\nand they’re standing looking at
\nthat Cliff. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:18,240 –> 00:29:22,240
\nAnd on that Cliff are
\nPhilistines, an innumerable <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:22,240 –> 00:29:26,440
\nhost, 20,000 Chariots, 6000
\nhorsemen. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:28,160 –> 00:29:35,280
\nAnd then the second rock we’re
\ntold is called Cena or Cena is <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:36,240 –> 00:29:40,960
\nthorny is the definition of the
\nword Cena, and it’s found first <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:40,960 –> 00:29:47,040
\nin Exodus chapter 3 and verse 2.
\nIt’s the Bush that God appeared <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:47,040 –> 00:29:50,320
\nto Moses in.
\nAnd the same word is used again <\/p>\n
445
\n00:29:50,320 –> 00:29:55,520
\nin Deuteronomy 33 verse 16.
\nIt says God who dwelt in the <\/p>\n
446
\n00:29:55,520 –> 00:29:59,280
\nBush.
\nAnd so what’s the message of the<\/p>\n
447
\n00:29:59,280 –> 00:30:08,200
\nword Cena of the rock Cena, God
\nwas dwelling with Jonathan and <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:08,200 –> 00:30:12,240
\nthe armor bearer.
\nAnd so the message that Jonathan<\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:12,240 –> 00:30:16,120
\nwould have had from this was
\nthat God’s presence is with the <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:16,120 –> 00:30:22,000
\nrighteous.
\nGod is with us and not with <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:22,000 –> 00:30:25,360
\nthem.
\nGod has told us that when we <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:25,360 –> 00:30:32,880
\nstrive to put his character on,
\nwhen we strive to use our <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:32,880 –> 00:30:38,480
\nintellectual capacity to make
\ngood moral decisions before him,<\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:39,160 –> 00:30:44,200
\nthat he will be with us.
\nAnd conversely, when individuals<\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:44,440 –> 00:30:49,280
\nignore the character of God and
\nput God out of their lives, he <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:49,280 –> 00:30:54,280
\ncounts them as beasts and God is
\nnot with them, though he wishes <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:54,280 –> 00:30:58,040
\nthey would turn to him.
\nSo when we’re dealing with <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:58,040 –> 00:31:01,840
\nadversity in this world,
\nbrothers and sisters, maybe it’s<\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:01,840 –> 00:31:04,560
\ndue to the woke movement in our
\nworkplaces. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:05,040 –> 00:31:08,080
\nMaybe it’s due to influence from
\nour neighbors. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:08,680 –> 00:31:12,240
\nMaybe it’s people mocking us
\nwhen we try to take a stand. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:12,800 –> 00:31:19,880
\nRemember, God is with us and not
\nwith them and God will work in <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:19,880 –> 00:31:25,160
\nour life to help us overcome
\nwhatever trial is standing <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:25,160 –> 00:31:30,480
\nbefore us.
\nAnd so this was the reminder <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:30,480 –> 00:31:34,280
\nthen the encouragement that
\nJonathan got as he was standing <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:34,280 –> 00:31:37,600
\non the rock Cena looking over at
\nBoses. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:38,000 –> 00:31:40,040
\nGod is with us and not with
\nthem. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:40,520 –> 00:31:44,760
\nAnd so he says at verse 6, come
\nto his armor bearer. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:45,080 –> 00:31:48,160
\nLet us go over to the Garrison
\nof these uncircumcised. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:48,480 –> 00:31:52,120
\nIt may be that the Lord will
\nwork for us, for there is no <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:52,120 –> 00:31:57,520
\nrestraint for to the Lord to
\nsave by many or by few. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:58,560 –> 00:32:00,960
\nAnd I’ve no doubt in my mind,
\nbrothers and sisters, that <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:01,280 –> 00:32:06,160
\nJonathan is now thinking back to
\nother Bible heroes, thinking <\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:06,160 –> 00:32:09,880
\nback to the days of Gideon,
\nwhere 300 men with Gideon were <\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:09,880 –> 00:32:13,960
\nable to defeat the Midianites.
\nAnd would it have mattered if <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:13,960 –> 00:32:17,440
\nthere were 10 times the number
\nof Midianites in that valley? <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:18,240 –> 00:32:20,560
\nWould it have mattered if there
\nwere 100 * 1,000,000 times? <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:20,560 –> 00:32:23,000
\nIt didn’t matter.
\nIt wasn’t about Gideon and his <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:23,000 –> 00:32:29,000
\n300 men.
\nGod fought with Gideon and his <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:29,000 –> 00:32:32,320
\n300 men.
\nAnd his mind is perhaps going <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:32,320 –> 00:32:36,440
\nthat back to Samson.
\nAnd his last day is he takes the<\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:36,440 –> 00:32:40,520
\npillars down and takes out a
\nhuge amount of the government of<\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:40,520 –> 00:32:43,840
\nthe Philistines.
\nAnd his mind no doubt went back <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:43,840 –> 00:32:48,600
\nto Joshua because a previous
\ntime that an army was described <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:48,600 –> 00:32:52,720
\nas sand upon the seashore, like
\nthe Philistine army has been <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:52,720 –> 00:32:56,200
\ndescribed here, was when the
\nkings of Canaan gathered <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:56,200 –> 00:32:59,680
\nthemselves against Joshua.
\nAnd it wouldn’t matter if they <\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:59,680 –> 00:33:02,280
\nbrought up the Egyptians.
\nAnd it wouldn’t have mattered if<\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:02,280 –> 00:33:05,840
\nthey brought other people in and
\nmore kings had joined because <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:05,840 –> 00:33:07,960
\nGod was going to fight that
\nbattle. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:10,000 –> 00:33:14,440
\nWhat a wonderful encouragement
\nfor Jonathan to be reminded just<\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:14,440 –> 00:33:19,040
\nbased on where he was standing,
\nthe God is with us. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:20,440 –> 00:33:25,960
\nWe come to Bible school and we
\nbring with us our burdens, don’t<\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:25,960 –> 00:33:28,520
\nwe?
\nSome of us might be standing <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:28,520 –> 00:33:31,800
\nfairly tall.
\nSome of us might be crawling on <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:31,800 –> 00:33:36,200
\nthe ground from the burdens that
\nthis life has placed upon us. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:38,080 –> 00:33:42,920
\nAnd no doubt that armor bearer
\nstanding with Jonathan, he’s <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:42,920 –> 00:33:46,480
\nfollowing Jonathan.
\nHe believes Jonathan’s a good <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:46,480 –> 00:33:49,160
\nleader.
\nHe’s willing to go to his death,<\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:49,160 –> 00:33:53,360
\nno doubt for Jonathan.
\nBut he’s looking at that <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:53,360 –> 00:33:58,200
\ninnumerable host across the
\nRidge and he’s thinking, how on <\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:58,200 –> 00:34:05,360
\nearth are we ever going to
\novercome that burden when God is<\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:05,360 –> 00:34:11,639
\nwith us, brothers and sisters,
\nwe can overcome insurmountable <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:11,639 –> 00:34:16,520
\nodds.
\nAnd so we will see with <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:16,520 –> 00:34:20,440
\nJonathan.
\nAnd when Jonathan announces his <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:20,440 –> 00:34:24,520
\nplan and that there’s no
\nrestraint to the Lord to save by<\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:24,520 –> 00:34:28,080
\nmany or few, his armor bearer
\nsays to him, Do all that is in <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:28,080 –> 00:34:31,719
\nthine heart turn thee, For
\nbehold, I am with thee according<\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:32,000 –> 00:34:33,600
\nto thy heart.
\nWhose heart? <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:34,800 –> 00:34:38,440
\nJonathan’s heart.
\nImagine standing in that armor <\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:38,440 –> 00:34:43,920
\nbearer’s shoes.
\nIt would be a very, very nerve <\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:43,920 –> 00:34:47,080
\nwracking time.
\nThe ESV says do all that is in <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:47,080 –> 00:34:51,520
\nyour heart, do as you wish,
\nBehold I am with your heart and <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:51,520 –> 00:34:54,480
\nsoul.
\nRotherham’s emphasized version <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:54,480 –> 00:34:58,400
\nsays do all that is in thine
\nheart, Decide for thyself, Lo, I<\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:58,400 –> 00:35:01,280
\nam with thee according to thine
\nheart. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:01,960 –> 00:35:06,880
\nIt was Jonathan’s heart, not his
\nown, but he had the courage <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:07,880 –> 00:35:12,240
\nbecause he stood with this man
\nwho could inspire greatness in <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:12,240 –> 00:35:16,720
\nothers.
\nJonathan has recognized with <\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:16,720 –> 00:35:21,400
\nclarity who these people are.
\nLet us go over unto the Garrison<\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:21,400 –> 00:35:27,320
\nof these uncircumcised.
\nThese are not those that God had<\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:27,320 –> 00:35:31,360
\npromised the land to.
\nGod had told Abraham it was his <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:31,360 –> 00:35:34,400
\nland and his seeds landed.
\nThe token of the covenant was <\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:34,400 –> 00:35:38,600
\nwhat it was, circumcision.
\nAnd who’s filling the land? <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:39,240 –> 00:35:43,040
\nUncircumcised Philistines,
\nJonathan says to his armor <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:43,040 –> 00:35:46,840
\nbearer.
\nThese people don’t belong here. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:48,080 –> 00:35:52,080
\nHe’s going to take control of a
\nsituation that his father had <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:52,080 –> 00:35:58,480
\nlet get out of control.
\nAnd now he shares with his armor<\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:58,480 –> 00:36:05,400
\nbearer in verses 8 through 10
\nthe prayer that he’s put to God,<\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:06,760 –> 00:36:11,360
\nlooking for God’s providential
\nhand in this matter. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:36:12,400 –> 00:36:16,160
\nThen said Jonathan, Behold, we
\nwill pass over unto these men, <\/p>\n
532
\n00:36:16,160 –> 00:36:18,320
\nand we will discover ourselves
\nunto them. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:18,760 –> 00:36:23,440
\nAnd if they say thus unto us,
\ntarry until we come unto you, <\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:23,680 –> 00:36:27,040
\nthen we will stand still in our
\nplace, and will not go up to <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:27,040 –> 00:36:29,760
\nthem.
\nBut if they say, Come up to us, <\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:30,080 –> 00:36:33,920
\nthen we will go up, for the Lord
\nhath delivered them into our <\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:33,920 –> 00:36:37,120
\nhand.
\nThis shall be a sign unto us. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:37,360 –> 00:36:41,440
\nHow could he say the Lord will
\nhave delivered them into our <\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:41,440 –> 00:36:46,480
\nhand if they say, come up to us?
\nUnless he had prayed to God for <\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:46,480 –> 00:36:52,800
\nthat sign, and God had told them
\nthat would be the sign that he <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:52,800 –> 00:36:56,160
\nwas giving the battle into
\nJonathan’s hand. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:57,200 –> 00:37:00,920
\nAnd so not only has Jonathan
\ncommitted this very important <\/p>\n
543
\n00:37:00,920 –> 00:37:07,160
\nmatter to prayer, he’s shared
\nhow the decision is going to be <\/p>\n
544
\n00:37:07,160 –> 00:37:10,960
\nmade, what he had put to prayer
\nto his Heavenly Father. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:11,520 –> 00:37:15,360
\nHe shares that with his armor
\nbearer, and then he commits to <\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:15,360 –> 00:37:20,200
\naction.
\nNow, remember, he’s standing on <\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:20,200 –> 00:37:25,040
\na Cliff and the Philistines are
\nstanding on a Cliff over there. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:26,160 –> 00:37:29,560
\nSo to get to the Philistines, he
\nneeds to go down the face of the<\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:29,560 –> 00:37:33,840
\nCliff that he’s on and walk
\nacross the valley and then climb<\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:33,840 –> 00:37:37,200
\nup a Cliff on the other side.
\nAnd he didn’t have a harness or <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:37,200 –> 00:37:40,880
\nclimbing ropes or those little
\nclasp things that you can pound <\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:40,880 –> 00:37:45,080
\ninto the side of the rock.
\nNo, it says that he climbed hand<\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:45,160 –> 00:37:49,600
\nover feet at verse 13 and his
\narmor bearer after him. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:50,520 –> 00:37:53,680
\nHow easy would it have been for
\nthe Philistines to just pick up <\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:53,680 –> 00:37:57,920
\na rock, look over the edge and
\ndrop it on Jonathan, and then a <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:57,920 –> 00:38:00,320
\nsecond rock and drop it on the
\narmor bearer? <\/p>\n
557
\n00:38:01,720 –> 00:38:04,200
\nBut Jonathan says this will be
\nthe sign that we’re supposed to <\/p>\n
558
\n00:38:04,200 –> 00:38:07,800
\ngo and fight the Philistines, if
\nthey tell us to climb the Cliff,<\/p>\n
559
\n00:38:08,800 –> 00:38:11,600
\nto come up to them on top of the
\nrock. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:38:13,120 –> 00:38:18,440
\nAnd so they, they proceed with
\nthe plan, Verse 12 And the men <\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:18,440 –> 00:38:20,240
\nof the Garrison, sorry, verse
\n11. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:20,480 –> 00:38:23,080
\nAnd they both discovered
\nthemselves to the Garrison of <\/p>\n
563
\n00:38:23,080 –> 00:38:25,520
\nthe Philistines.
\nAnd the Philistines said, <\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:25,520 –> 00:38:29,160
\nBehold, the Hebrews come forth
\nout of the holes where they hid <\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:29,160 –> 00:38:31,600
\nthemselves.
\nAnd the men of the Garrison <\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:31,600 –> 00:38:34,720
\nanswered Jonathan and his armor
\nbearer, and said, Come up to us,<\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:35,240 –> 00:38:37,400
\nand we will show you a thing or
\ntwo. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:38,200 –> 00:38:42,960
\nAnd Jonathan said to his armor
\nbearer, Come up after me, for <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:42,960 –> 00:38:51,120
\nYahweh hath delivered them into
\nthe hand of us. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:52,800 –> 00:38:57,760
\nNo, Israel, who was going to do
\nthe deliverance? <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:58,160 –> 00:39:00,000
\nYahweh was going to do the
\ndeliverance. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:39:00,160 –> 00:39:01,600
\nWho was going to have the
\nvictory? <\/p>\n
573
\n00:39:01,920 –> 00:39:03,800
\nIsrael was going to have the
\nvictory. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:39:04,520 –> 00:39:06,040
\nWho was going to climb the
\nCliff? <\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:06,600 –> 00:39:09,040
\nJonathan was going to climb the
\nCliff with his armor bear. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:09,600 –> 00:39:12,520
\nWho was going to get to the top
\nof the Cliff and start beating <\/p>\n
577
\n00:39:12,520 –> 00:39:16,080
\nup and killing Philistines.
\nJonathan was going to keep get <\/p>\n
578
\n00:39:16,080 –> 00:39:19,440
\nto the top of the Cliff and kill
\nPhilistines with his armor bear.<\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:20,360 –> 00:39:27,520
\nYahweh has put the Philistines,
\ndelivered the Philistines into <\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:27,520 –> 00:39:31,920
\nthe hand of Israel.
\nHe didn’t care about getting the<\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:31,920 –> 00:39:35,000
\ncredit.
\nIn fact, he wanted the credit to<\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:35,000 –> 00:39:39,360
\ngo to the Lord, for the Lord
\nhath delivered them into the <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:39,360 –> 00:39:42,320
\nhand of Israel.
\nAnd so Jonathan climbs up, and <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:42,320 –> 00:39:45,320
\nhis armor bearer climbs after
\nhim. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:46,760 –> 00:39:50,800
\nAnd as that armor bearer is
\ngetting closer to the top, he’s <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:50,800 –> 00:39:52,720
\ngot to be thinking, this is
\nnuts. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:39:53,400 –> 00:39:56,520
\nI love Jonathan and I’m willing
\nto follow him to my death. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:39:57,800 –> 00:40:01,360
\nBut what are we going to do when
\nwe get to the top of this rock? <\/p>\n
589
\n00:40:02,640 –> 00:40:04,680
\nAnd if we get past the top of
\nthe rock? <\/p>\n
590
\n00:40:05,240 –> 00:40:09,000
\nBecause what we find out is the
\nrock was a very narrow piece of <\/p>\n
591
\n00:40:09,000 –> 00:40:12,840
\nrock that jetted out, which only
\nabout 20 Philistine soldiers <\/p>\n
592
\n00:40:12,840 –> 00:40:14,840
\ncould stand on.
\nWhat are we going to do when we <\/p>\n
593
\n00:40:14,840 –> 00:40:20,280
\nget to the 30,000 horsemen and
\nthe six 6000 horsemen, 30,000 <\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:20,280 –> 00:40:23,320
\nChariots in the?
\nInnumerable army of the <\/p>\n
595
\n00:40:23,320 –> 00:40:28,880
\nPhilistines, but he presses on
\nclimbing up the Cliff after <\/p>\n
596
\n00:40:28,880 –> 00:40:38,830
\nJonathan.
\nSo in ecclesial life, if we want<\/p>\n
597
\n00:40:38,830 –> 00:40:44,510
\nto inspire others, brothers and
\nsisters, to greatness, first of <\/p>\n
598
\n00:40:44,510 –> 00:40:47,430
\nall, we need to commit important
\ndecisions to prayer. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:40:48,870 –> 00:40:53,080
\nAnd secondly, we need to share
\nwith others the decision making <\/p>\n
600
\n00:40:53,080 –> 00:40:57,280
\nprocess that we’ve committed to
\nGod in prayer like Jonathan did <\/p>\n
601
\n00:40:57,280 –> 00:41:02,720
\nto his armor bearer.
\nAnd then we need to take action.<\/p>\n
602
\n00:41:04,440 –> 00:41:07,160
\nCould you imagine if Jonathan
\nhad gotten to the bottom of that<\/p>\n
603
\n00:41:07,160 –> 00:41:10,920
\nvalley and they’re now looking
\nat the Cliff up and there’s the <\/p>\n
604
\n00:41:10,920 –> 00:41:14,600
\nPhilistines on top, and he says,
\nall right, well, God’s given us <\/p>\n
605
\n00:41:14,600 –> 00:41:17,400
\nthe answer.
\nHe’s going to deliver the <\/p>\n
606
\n00:41:17,400 –> 00:41:19,160
\nPhilistines into the hand of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:41:19,440 –> 00:41:22,800
\nSo you go ahead and climb up and
\nI’ll stand here and shout out <\/p>\n
608
\n00:41:22,800 –> 00:41:27,000
\ninstructions.
\nIt would not have been so <\/p>\n
609
\n00:41:27,000 –> 00:41:29,240
\neffective.
\nNo, Jonathan is in front. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:41:29,240 –> 00:41:32,800
\nSo if rocks are going to start
\nrolling down the hill, down the <\/p>\n
611
\n00:41:32,800 –> 00:41:34,920
\nCliff, they’re going to hit
\nJonathan first. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:41:36,520 –> 00:41:42,160
\nJonathan took action.
\nJonathan got involved in the <\/p>\n
613
\n00:41:42,160 –> 00:41:43,720
\nwork.
\nHe didn’t just stand at the <\/p>\n
614
\n00:41:43,720 –> 00:41:46,680
\nsidelines dictating what needed
\nto be done. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:41:49,080 –> 00:41:50,560
\nAnd that can be us sometimes,
\ncan’t it? <\/p>\n
616
\n00:41:50,560 –> 00:41:54,760
\nBrothers and sisters in
\necclesial life where we just, we<\/p>\n
617
\n00:41:54,760 –> 00:41:58,760
\nhave a good idea and we want to
\nsee other people go get it done.<\/p>\n
618
\n00:41:59,760 –> 00:42:02,640
\nAnd we can stand at the
\nsidelines and we can yell out <\/p>\n
619
\n00:42:02,640 –> 00:42:05,480
\norders and then criticize people
\nwhen it doesn’t get done exactly<\/p>\n
620
\n00:42:05,480 –> 00:42:07,840
\nthe way we would have liked to
\nhave seen it done. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:42:09,080 –> 00:42:11,680
\nThat was not the principle of
\nleadership that Jonathan is <\/p>\n
622
\n00:42:11,680 –> 00:42:15,280
\nshowing.
\nJonathan was himself involved in<\/p>\n
623
\n00:42:15,280 –> 00:42:17,240
\nthe work.
\nHe was committed to the work. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:42:17,680 –> 00:42:21,040
\nHe was climbing up the Cliff
\nhand and foot. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:42:21,880 –> 00:42:25,560
\nIt says if David that they loved
\nthe nation of Israel, love David<\/p>\n
626
\n00:42:25,920 –> 00:42:30,040
\nbecause he went out and came in
\nbefore the people. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:42:31,040 –> 00:42:33,640
\nIn fact, it was this
\ncharacteristic of David that <\/p>\n
628
\n00:42:33,640 –> 00:42:38,840
\nfinally turned the House of Saul
\nand the hearts of Saul’s family <\/p>\n
629
\n00:42:39,360 –> 00:42:42,800
\nto David and the nation of
\nIsrael to David. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:42:43,960 –> 00:42:47,400
\nAnd the second principle we
\nlearned from this aspect of the <\/p>\n
631
\n00:42:47,400 –> 00:42:52,000
\nstory is that we should take the
\nhardest tasks to ourselves. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:42:52,800 –> 00:42:56,080
\nWe’ll be respected for it by
\nothers, and others will be <\/p>\n
633
\n00:42:56,080 –> 00:43:00,240
\nmotivated to follow us, just as
\nthe armor bearer was motivated <\/p>\n
634
\n00:43:00,240 –> 00:43:03,480
\nto follow Jonathan.
\nGo on, he said. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:43:03,480 –> 00:43:07,520
\nI’ll be right behind you.
\nWell, as they come to the top of<\/p>\n
636
\n00:43:07,520 –> 00:43:13,760
\nthis Cliff, they start punching
\nand cutting is Philistines. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:43:13,760 –> 00:43:18,000
\nSo it appears they fall before
\nJonathan and they’re slain by <\/p>\n
638
\n00:43:18,000 –> 00:43:20,360
\nthe armored bears.
\nMaybe Jonathan’s giving them a <\/p>\n
639
\n00:43:20,360 –> 00:43:23,200
\nblow, knocking them to the
\nground and the armored bears <\/p>\n
640
\n00:43:23,200 –> 00:43:27,240
\nbehind and shoving through with
\nthe one of two swords that are <\/p>\n
641
\n00:43:27,240 –> 00:43:30,280
\nleft in Israel.
\nAnd they make their way along <\/p>\n
642
\n00:43:30,280 –> 00:43:34,720
\nthis rock that’s probably about
\n10 feet wide, and they kill 20 <\/p>\n
643
\n00:43:34,840 –> 00:43:38,280
\nPhilistines.
\nBut as they come to the end, <\/p>\n
644
\n00:43:38,840 –> 00:43:41,440
\nthere’s an innumerable host
\nwaiting for them. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:43:43,320 –> 00:43:46,840
\nAnd surely that Philistine
\nthought, or sorry the the armor <\/p>\n
646
\n00:43:46,840 –> 00:43:50,720
\nbearer thought to himself at
\nthat point, well, this is it. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:43:51,440 –> 00:43:56,480
\nWe made our stand, we showed our
\nfaith, we were courageous, and <\/p>\n
648
\n00:43:56,480 –> 00:43:59,960
\nnow we’ve given our life to this
\ncause of the truth. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:44:01,800 –> 00:44:06,360
\nBut when we stand for the truth
\neven a little, God is able to <\/p>\n
650
\n00:44:06,360 –> 00:44:11,560
\nmightily respond to our faith
\nand giveaway of success. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:44:12,960 –> 00:44:15,880
\nAnd So what happens when they
\nget to the end of that little <\/p>\n
652
\n00:44:15,880 –> 00:44:19,480
\njet of land that’s sticking out
\nfrom the the rest of the hill? <\/p>\n
653
\n00:44:19,840 –> 00:44:22,640
\nThere’s a trembling in the host,
\nin the field among all the <\/p>\n
654
\n00:44:22,640 –> 00:44:26,080
\npeople and the Garrison and the
\nspoilers also those that had <\/p>\n
655
\n00:44:26,080 –> 00:44:29,440
\nbeen sent out to the villages
\nthat are pillaging and burning. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:44:29,720 –> 00:44:33,960
\nThere’s a trembling so that the
\nearthquake, a very great <\/p>\n
657
\n00:44:33,960 –> 00:44:37,960
\ntrembling, or it says in the
\nmargin, a trembling of God. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:44:39,360 –> 00:44:45,480
\nAnd look at what happens to this
\ninsurmountable trial that’s <\/p>\n
659
\n00:44:45,480 –> 00:44:49,400
\nbefore Jonathan and the armor
\nbearer and before the nation of <\/p>\n
660
\n00:44:49,400 –> 00:44:53,560
\nIsrael.
\nIt says in verse 16, the <\/p>\n
661
\n00:44:53,560 –> 00:44:57,720
\nWatchmen of Saul and Gibeon,
\nBenjamin looked and behold the <\/p>\n
662
\n00:44:57,720 –> 00:45:04,280
\nmelt, the multitude melted away.
\nWhat a beautiful word to <\/p>\n
663
\n00:45:04,280 –> 00:45:08,400
\ndescribe how God can deal with
\nour trials. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:45:10,080 –> 00:45:14,280
\nThey looked and saw that that
\ntrial that was before them, the <\/p>\n
665
\n00:45:14,280 –> 00:45:18,600
\ninnumerable host of Philistines,
\nall of their Chariots and all of<\/p>\n
666
\n00:45:18,600 –> 00:45:21,720
\ntheir horsemen, it just melted
\naway. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:45:22,360 –> 00:45:26,880
\nIt dissolved and the pathway was
\nmade clear. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:45:33,060 –> 00:45:37,660
\nAnd so we’re encouraged by
\nJonathan to not only commit our <\/p>\n
669
\n00:45:37,980 –> 00:45:44,080
\ndecisions to prayer, to take
\naction and faith that God is <\/p>\n
670
\n00:45:44,080 –> 00:45:50,480
\nwith us and not with them, we’re
\ninspired by Jonathan to put our <\/p>\n
671
\n00:45:50,480 –> 00:45:55,240
\ntroubles on God and to ask for
\nhim to act mightily in our <\/p>\n
672
\n00:45:55,240 –> 00:45:58,160
\nlives.
\nAnd the consequence of doing <\/p>\n
673
\n00:45:58,160 –> 00:46:01,720
\nthat was not only did Jonathan
\nand his armor bearer see <\/p>\n
674
\n00:46:01,720 –> 00:46:04,880
\nsalvation that day, not they
\nwere not killed, but the whole <\/p>\n
675
\n00:46:04,880 –> 00:46:09,200
\nnation of Israel watched as all
\nof their troubles just melted <\/p>\n
676
\n00:46:09,200 –> 00:46:12,720
\naway.
\nAnd remember, we had seen the <\/p>\n
677
\n00:46:12,720 –> 00:46:18,400
\nfour responses of the army or
\nthe three actions of the army of<\/p>\n
678
\n00:46:18,400 –> 00:46:22,720
\nIsrael as the Philistines had
\nencamped in the land. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:46:22,720 –> 00:46:27,280
\nWe saw that they hid themselves
\nand wherever they could, we saw <\/p>\n
680
\n00:46:27,280 –> 00:46:30,080
\nthat they fled to Gad and to
\nGilead. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:46:30,640 –> 00:46:33,800
\nAnd we saw that they followed
\nSaul trembling. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:46:34,920 –> 00:46:37,240
\nAnd now we come down to verse
\n20, and we see. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:46:37,240 –> 00:46:40,200
\nAnd Saul and all the people that
\nwere with him assembled <\/p>\n
684
\n00:46:40,200 –> 00:46:43,240
\nthemselves and came to the
\nbattle. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:46:44,000 –> 00:46:47,040
\nAnd So what happens?
\nWell, they come out of hiding. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:46:47,400 –> 00:46:51,520
\nThey follow Saul to the battle.
\nThose that were trembling after <\/p>\n
687
\n00:46:51,520 –> 00:46:55,680
\nSaul follow him to the battle.
\nAnd then we read verse 21. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:46:55,680 –> 00:46:58,960
\nAnd the Hebrews that were with
\nthe Philistines before that time<\/p>\n
689
\n00:46:59,520 –> 00:47:03,320
\nwent up with them into the camp
\nfrom the country round about. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:47:03,840 –> 00:47:07,000
\nAnd so there were Hebrews that
\nhad actually defected to the <\/p>\n
691
\n00:47:07,000 –> 00:47:10,800
\nPhilistines.
\nThat was the 4th category of the<\/p>\n
692
\n00:47:10,800 –> 00:47:14,280
\nnation of Israel when the
\nPhilistines had come with this <\/p>\n
693
\n00:47:14,280 –> 00:47:18,880
\nmassive army into the land.
\nAnd so those that defected to <\/p>\n
694
\n00:47:18,880 –> 00:47:22,160
\nthe Philistines came back to
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:47:22,640 –> 00:47:26,400
\nThose that had left the truth
\nare now coming back to the <\/p>\n
696
\n00:47:26,400 –> 00:47:29,400
\necclesia.
\nThose that had fled as far away <\/p>\n
697
\n00:47:29,400 –> 00:47:33,000
\nas they could go across the
\nJordan River are now inspired to<\/p>\n
698
\n00:47:33,000 –> 00:47:35,480
\ncome back.
\nThose that were trembling after <\/p>\n
699
\n00:47:35,480 –> 00:47:38,120
\nSaul are now rushing to the
\nbattle. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:47:38,240 –> 00:47:41,080
\nThose that were hiding in their
\nthickets and in the pits and in <\/p>\n
701
\n00:47:41,080 –> 00:47:45,560
\nthe caves peek their heads out
\nand see the commotion, and they <\/p>\n
702
\n00:47:45,560 –> 00:47:53,080
\ncome and they follow after Saul.
\nAnd all Israel has now been <\/p>\n
703
\n00:47:53,080 –> 00:47:59,640
\ninspired to take up the cause,
\nto take up a sword and to rid <\/p>\n
704
\n00:48:00,040 –> 00:48:04,440
\nthe land of these uncircumcised
\nPhilistines. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:48:06,280 –> 00:48:13,240
\nWe sometimes underestimate how
\nmuch impact one person and one <\/p>\n
706
\n00:48:13,240 –> 00:48:17,720
\ndecision of one person can have
\nin an ecclesia. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:48:18,920 –> 00:48:21,920
\nIn this case it was a huge
\necclesial community. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:48:22,600 –> 00:48:26,360
\nWasn’t just a 3000 soldiers,
\nthere were 200,000 soldiers with<\/p>\n
709
\n00:48:26,360 –> 00:48:29,480
\nSaul earlier.
\nThese were hundreds of thousands<\/p>\n
710
\n00:48:29,480 –> 00:48:34,200
\nof people that had disappeared.
\nOnly 600 men left trembling. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:48:35,240 –> 00:48:39,680
\nAnd now, because of the faith of
\none man, because one man had <\/p>\n
712
\n00:48:39,680 –> 00:48:44,680
\ncommitted the circumstances to
\nprayer, had shared with his <\/p>\n
713
\n00:48:44,680 –> 00:48:50,200
\narmor bearer what that prayer
\nwas, Because one man acted in <\/p>\n
714
\n00:48:50,200 –> 00:48:57,560
\nfaith-based on the sign that he
\nwas given, the whole nation is <\/p>\n
715
\n00:48:57,560 –> 00:49:01,960
\ninspired to greatness, just like
\nhis armor bearer had begun. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:49:03,440 –> 00:49:08,720
\nAnd so the day that began with
\nthe faith of one man ends with <\/p>\n
717
\n00:49:08,720 –> 00:49:12,640
\nthe faith of an entire nation
\nhaving been inspired. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:49:14,280 –> 00:49:18,040
\nAll of us in this room have
\nroles of leadership. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:49:19,240 –> 00:49:20,960
\nWe may not think of it in that
\nway. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:49:20,960 –> 00:49:24,480
\nWe may not realize it, but
\nwhether it’s as a Sunday school <\/p>\n
721
\n00:49:24,480 –> 00:49:27,600
\nteacher to a Sunday school
\nstudent, whether it’s just an <\/p>\n
722
\n00:49:27,600 –> 00:49:30,720
\nolder person in the ecclesia
\nsetting an example, or even a <\/p>\n
723
\n00:49:30,720 –> 00:49:33,840
\nyounger person in the ecclesia
\nsetting an example to another <\/p>\n
724
\n00:49:33,840 –> 00:49:36,720
\nyounger person in the ecclesia,
\nwhether it’s parents to <\/p>\n
725
\n00:49:36,720 –> 00:49:43,560
\nchildren, whether it’s children
\nto their parents, all of us are <\/p>\n
726
\n00:49:43,560 –> 00:49:49,320
\nleaders in one way or another.
\nAnd what this story teaches us, <\/p>\n
727
\n00:49:49,880 –> 00:49:55,520
\nthis account of Jonathan, is
\nthat one man’s actions can have <\/p>\n
728
\n00:49:55,520 –> 00:50:00,760
\na massive impact on a huge
\nnumber of people, and that can <\/p>\n
729
\n00:50:00,760 –> 00:50:05,880
\nbe for good, as it was in the
\ncase of Jonathan, or it can also<\/p>\n
730
\n00:50:05,880 –> 00:50:09,920
\nbe for evil, as we see with
\nother examples in the <\/p>\n
731
\n00:50:09,920 –> 00:50:13,680
\nscriptures.
\nSo we must realize that our <\/p>\n
732
\n00:50:13,680 –> 00:50:18,280
\nwords, our actions, have a
\nsignificant impact on others, <\/p>\n
733
\n00:50:18,600 –> 00:50:22,880
\nfor good or for bad.
\nSo let us learn from the lessons<\/p>\n
734
\n00:50:22,960 –> 00:50:32,200
\nof Jonathan and let us inspire
\nothers unto greatness. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:50:34,240 –> 00:50:37,560
\nWe look at this man Jonathan and
\nwe think to ourselves, why did <\/p>\n
736
\n00:50:37,560 –> 00:50:39,960
\nGod remove this man from the
\nthrone? <\/p>\n
737
\n00:50:41,680 –> 00:50:43,320
\nI mean Saul wasn’t taken from
\nthe throne. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:50:43,320 –> 00:50:47,760
\nThe man who was impetuous and
\nand lost the throne for <\/p>\n
739
\n00:50:47,760 –> 00:50:49,840
\nJonathan.
\nWhy Jonathan would have made <\/p>\n
740
\n00:50:49,840 –> 00:50:54,360
\nsuch a wonderful king.
\nBut we know the reason because <\/p>\n
741
\n00:50:54,360 –> 00:50:58,480
\nthere was another man that was
\ngoing to be revealed, another <\/p>\n
742
\n00:50:58,480 –> 00:51:01,560
\nman that would perhaps hear the
\nstories of Jonathan and be <\/p>\n
743
\n00:51:01,560 –> 00:51:05,080
\ninspired by them as he came to
\nage. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:51:09,680 –> 00:51:15,040
\nAnd so Jonathan, who did not
\nwant any recognition, would have<\/p>\n
745
\n00:51:15,040 –> 00:51:18,560
\nbeen pleased with the account of
\nthe record in verse 23 of First <\/p>\n
746
\n00:51:18,560 –> 00:51:25,080
\nSamuel 14.
\nSo Yahweh saved Israel that day,<\/p>\n
747
\n00:51:26,080 –> 00:51:28,880
\nand the battle passed over unto
\nBeth Haven. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:51:30,560 –> 00:51:35,000
\nThe glory and the recognition
\nhad gone where Jonathan wanted <\/p>\n
749
\n00:51:35,000 –> 00:51:40,920
\nit to be, because the overriding
\nprinciple in his life was what <\/p>\n
750
\n00:51:40,920 –> 00:51:45,600
\nyou do is more important than
\nwho you are, and what gets done <\/p>\n
751
\n00:51:45,600 –> 00:51:48,560
\nfor God is more important than
\nwho gets the credit. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:51:49,920 –> 00:51:53,960
\nAnd so we’re inspired by
\nJonathan to be a leader, to take<\/p>\n
753
\n00:51:53,960 –> 00:51:58,240
\ncontrol of circumstances in our
\nlife, not to let them spill over<\/p>\n
754
\n00:51:58,240 –> 00:52:03,320
\nand happen to us, but rather to
\nput our trials and our burdens <\/p>\n
755
\n00:52:03,320 –> 00:52:07,680
\non God through prayer and ask
\nhim for direction in our lives. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:52:08,080 –> 00:52:12,160
\nTrusting in God’s wisdom and in
\nhis might to be able to work <\/p>\n
757
\n00:52:12,160 –> 00:52:18,120
\nmightily in our lives to help
\nour troubles and our trials melt<\/p>\n
758
\n00:52:18,120 –> 00:52:20,880
\naway.
\nAnd so the principles of <\/p>\n
759
\n00:52:20,880 –> 00:52:26,200
\nleadership that we get from
\nJonathan first worry about the <\/p>\n
760
\n00:52:26,200 –> 00:52:33,000
\nwhat and not about The Who.
\nAnd a good exercise for us to <\/p>\n
761
\n00:52:33,000 –> 00:52:34,720
\ndo.
\nWe talked about self reflection.<\/p>\n
762
\n00:52:34,720 –> 00:52:37,040
\nWhat does that mean?
\nPerhaps it’s at the end of the <\/p>\n
763
\n00:52:37,040 –> 00:52:40,360
\nday when we’re saying our prayer
\nbefore we go to sleep. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:52:40,760 –> 00:52:42,440
\nMaybe it’s first thing in the
\nmorning. <\/p>\n
765
\n00:52:42,440 –> 00:52:46,520
\nAs we rise and think about the
\nWord of God and think about the <\/p>\n
766
\n00:52:46,520 –> 00:52:51,040
\nday ahead of us, we need to
\nreflect upon what our motives <\/p>\n
767
\n00:52:51,040 –> 00:52:53,760
\nare.
\nAnd are we being motivated <\/p>\n
768
\n00:52:54,360 –> 00:52:57,640
\nbecause of our name and the
\nrecognition we’ll get because of<\/p>\n
769
\n00:52:57,640 –> 00:53:01,000
\nwhat we’re doing?
\nOr are we motivated by the work <\/p>\n
770
\n00:53:01,000 –> 00:53:02,720
\nthat needs to be done for the
\nLord? <\/p>\n
771
\n00:53:03,400 –> 00:53:05,960
\nWorry about the what and not The
\nWho. <\/p>\n
772
\n00:53:07,040 –> 00:53:09,280
\nThe second principle of
\nleadership is to commit <\/p>\n
773
\n00:53:09,280 –> 00:53:14,360
\ndecisions to God in prayer.
\nBut Jonathan did more than that,<\/p>\n
774
\n00:53:14,360 –> 00:53:16,120
\ndidn’t he?
\nHe committed the decisions to <\/p>\n
775
\n00:53:16,120 –> 00:53:21,400
\nGod in prayer, and then he
\nshared that prayer with the <\/p>\n
776
\n00:53:21,400 –> 00:53:25,160
\narmor bearer that was with him.
\nAnd he did more than that. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:53:25,160 –> 00:53:27,960
\nOnce he shared it, then he acted
\nupon it. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:53:27,960 –> 00:53:31,760
\nHe didn’t just leave it to God.
\nHe said, God, this is what I <\/p>\n
779
\n00:53:31,760 –> 00:53:35,360
\nwant to do.
\nThis is what I can achieve with <\/p>\n
780
\n00:53:35,360 –> 00:53:39,200
\nyou working in my life.
\nAnd then he acted on it when he <\/p>\n
781
\n00:53:39,200 –> 00:53:43,680
\ngot the sign that he had
\nrequested. 3rd We need to <\/p>\n
782
\n00:53:43,680 –> 00:53:51,480
\nrecognize that God is able.
\nGod is able to win the battle <\/p>\n
783
\n00:53:52,000 –> 00:53:55,240
\nwith you.
\nThe battle would not have been <\/p>\n
784
\n00:53:55,240 –> 00:53:58,480
\nwon if Jonathan just stood there
\nlooking at the Philistine army <\/p>\n
785
\n00:53:59,000 –> 00:54:02,880
\nfrom the cliff’s edge.
\nThe battle was won because he <\/p>\n
786
\n00:54:02,880 –> 00:54:07,200
\nhad the faith to descend 1
\nCliff, walk across the valley, <\/p>\n
787
\n00:54:07,560 –> 00:54:11,880
\nclimb up another Cliff.
\nWasn’t an easy Rd. but because <\/p>\n
788
\n00:54:11,880 –> 00:54:17,560
\nof his faith and his action, God
\nwas able to fight mightily with <\/p>\n
789
\n00:54:17,560 –> 00:54:19,880
\nJonathan for the salvation of
\nthe nation. <\/p>\n
790
\n00:54:21,120 –> 00:54:25,040
\nThe 4th principle of leadership
\nwe see in Jonathan’s life is to <\/p>\n
791
\n00:54:25,040 –> 00:54:29,520
\nbe involved in the work.
\nDon’t stand on the sidelines and<\/p>\n
792
\n00:54:30,000 –> 00:54:35,560
\ncast aspersions or tell people
\nwhat ought to be done, or tell <\/p>\n
793
\n00:54:35,560 –> 00:54:39,880
\nthem about your wonderful ideas.
\nGet involved in the work, get <\/p>\n
794
\n00:54:39,880 –> 00:54:45,320
\nyour hands dirty as it were.
\nAnd finally, take the hardest <\/p>\n
795
\n00:54:45,320 –> 00:54:48,960
\njobs for yourself.
\nLead by example. <\/p>\n
796
\n00:54:49,440 –> 00:54:53,400
\nDon’t send the armor bearer up
\nthe Cliff first, but climb up <\/p>\n
797
\n00:54:53,400 –> 00:54:56,600
\nthe Cliff first, with the armor
\nbearer following close behind. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:54:58,160 –> 00:55:03,680
\nAnd may we then, brothers and
\nsisters, be found leading others<\/p>\n
799
\n00:55:04,680 –> 00:55:07,880
\nlike Jonathan on the spiritual
\ngreatness. <\/p>\n
800
\n00:55:22,320 –> 00:55:26,280
\nSo many very real and applicable
\nlessons from this. <\/p>\n
801
\n00:55:26,400 –> 00:55:27,040
\nFascinating.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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