THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. (MUSIC)
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THE WHOLE STORY OF THE
GOSPEL IS IN THE CONTEXT OF
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THIS IS A BATTLE.
WE'RE AT WAR WITH THE ENEMY.
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FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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YOU KNOW, IN THE SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH WE BELIEVE IN
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SOMETHING CALLED
THE GREAT CONTROVERSY.
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AND THAT'S A WORD THAT SOMETIMES
IS USED TO EXPLAIN THAT THERE IS
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A COSMIC CONFLICT - THERE
IS A BATTLE RAGING BETWEEN
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THE POWERS OF GOOD AND EVIL.
BETWEEN CHRIST AND THE DEVIL.
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BETWEEN LIGHT AND
DARKNESS - GOOD AND EVIL.
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AND IT'S BEING WAGED -
IT'S BEING FOUGHT OUT IN
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EVERY PERSON'S
HEART. AND OUR MESSAGE
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THIS MORNING IS DEALING
WITH A DEDICATED SOLDIER.
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SOME OF YOU HAVE READ IN THE
BIBLE ABOUT GOD'S MIGHTY MEN.
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THESE MIGHTY MEN STARTED OUT AS
SORT OF A MOTLEY CREW OF RAGTAG
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DISGRUNTLED PEOPLE AND
HE TURNED THEM INTO AN ARMY.
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YOU READ THERE IN
1 SAMUEL 22, VERSE 2.
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IT SAYS, "EVERYONE WHO WAS IN
DISTRESS, AND EVERYONE WHO WAS
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IN DEBT, AND EVERYBODY WHO WAS
DISCONTENTED GATHERED TO HIM."
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I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D WANT
TO RECRUIT A CREW LIKE THAT.
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"AND HE BECAME A
CAPTAIN OVER THEM.
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AND THERE WERE ABOUT 400 MEN."
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WELL, DAVID WAS SUCH A GOOD
LEADER THAT HE TOOK THIS RAGTAG
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CREW - KIND OF THE OFFSCOURING
OF THE PEOPLE AMONG THAT DAY AND
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ALL THESE ZEALOTS AND PEOPLE
IN DEBT AND MAYBE A FEW HOMELESS
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FOLK AND HE TOOK THEM AND HE
TRAINED THEM AND THEY BECAME A
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CRACK FIGHTING
FORCE AND THEY WERE LATER
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- MANY OF THESE SAME CHARACTERS
- KNOWN AS DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN.
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NOW, BEFORE I GO FARTHER TALKING
ABOUT A DEDICATED SOLDIER,
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I WANT YOU TO TURN
WITH ME IN YOUR BIBLES
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- WE'RE GOING TO READ A
STORY. IT'S A FAMILIAR STORY.
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2 SAMUEL 11. TURN WITH ME IN
YOUR BIBLES TO THE SECOND BOOK
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OF SAMUEL, CHAPTER 11
AND WE'LL START WITH VERSE 1.
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"AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE
SPRING OF THE YEAR, AT THE TIME
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WHEN KINGS GO OUT TO BATTLE,
THAT DAVID SENT JOAB" - THAT'S
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THE GENERAL - "AND HIS SERVANTS
WITH HIM" - THAT'S THE ARMY -
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"AND ALL ISRAEL; AND THEY
DESTROYED THE PEOPLE OF AMMON" -
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THEIR ENEMIES ACROSS
THE JORDAN - THE AMMONITES
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- "AND BESIEGED" -
THE CAPITAL OF AMMON WAS
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"RABBAH. BUT DAVID
REMAINED AT JERUSALEM."
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HE FIGURED, 'YOU KNOW, WE'VE
WON EVERY OTHER BATTLE, I MAY AS
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WELL HANG OUT AT HOME
NOW, THEY DON'T NEED ME THERE.'
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"AND THEN IT HAPPENED ONE
EVENING THAT DAVID AROSE FROM
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HIS BED AND HE WALKED ON
THE ROOF OF THE KING'S HOUSE.
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AND FROM THE ROOF HE
SAW A WOMAN BATHING, AND THE
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WOMAN WAS VERY
BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD."
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AND DAVID, OF COURSE, HE MADE
A BIG MISTAKE - HE KEPT LOOKING.
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IT WASN'T A SIN TO JUST HAPPEN
TO NOTICE BY ACCIDENT - HE WAS
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LOOKING INTO SOMEONE'S COURTYARD
AND HE SEES THIS - SHE PROBABLY
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DIDN'T PLAN ON
BEING SEEN. WHO KNOWS?
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SHE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN THAT THE
KING WALKED ON HIS ROOF EVERY
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AFTERNOON AND - THE
BIBLE'S NOT CLEAR ON HOW MUCH
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CULPABILITY
BATHSHEBA MIGHT HAVE HAD.
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"BUT HE SENT AND
INQUIRED ABOUT THE WOMAN.
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AND SOMEONE SAID, 'IS NOT
THIS BATHSHEBA, THE DAUGHTER OF
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ELIAM, THE WIFE
OF URIAH THE HITTITE?
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AND DAVID SENT MESSENGERS"
- VERSE 4 - "AND TOOK HER;
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AND SHE CAME TO HIM,
AND HE LIE WITH HER, FOR SHE
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WAS CLEANSED FROM HER IMPURITY;"
- AND THEN "THE WOMAN CONCEIVED.
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SO SHE SENT AND TOLD
DAVID, 'I AM WITH CHILD.'
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THEN DAVID SENT TO JOAB, SAYING,
'SEND ME URIAH THE HITTITE"
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- QUICKLY! URIAH NEEDS
SOME R&R AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE
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- SO NOBODY WILL ASK QUESTIONS
- IS WHAT HE'S THINKING.
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"DAVID SENT TO JOAB SAYING,
'SEND ME URIAH THE HITTITE' AND
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JOAB SENT URIAH TO DAVID.
WHEN URIAH HAD COME TO HIM,
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DAVID ASKED JOAB - HE ASKED
HOW JOAB THE GENERAL WAS DOING,
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AND HOW THE PEOPLE WERE DOING,
AND HOW THE WAR PROSPERED."
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- UNDER THE
PRETENSE OF WANTING A REPORT.
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HE COULD HAVE SENT A
PRIVATE - JOAB IS - RATHER URIAH
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IS ONE OF HIS MIGHTY MEN.
USUALLY YOU DON'T SEND SOMEONE
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OF THAT STATURE, YOU SEND A
MESSENGER WITH A REPORT, BUT -
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HE SAYS, 'ALL RIGHT, WELL I CAN
TELL YOU HOW THINGS ARE GOING.'
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AND THEN AFTER HE REPORTS, DAVID
SAYS TO URIAH, 'GO ON DOWN TO
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YOUR HOUSE AND WASH
YOUR FEET. GO RELAX AT HOME.
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WITH YOUR WIFE.' "SO
URIAH DEPARTED FROM THE
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KING'S HOUSE AND A GIFT OF FOOD
FROM THE KING FOLLOWED HIM."
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HE SAYS, 'YOU KNOW, I WANT
TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT FOOD
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IN THE REFRIGERATOR.'
HE WANTED TO CREATE AN
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ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYTHING
THAT HE THOUGHT SHOULD HAPPEN
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WOULD HAPPEN. BUT -
VERSE 9 - "URIAH SLEPT AT
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THE DOOR OF THE KING'S HOUSE
WITH ALL THE SERVANTS OF HIS
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LORD AND DID
NOT GO TO HIS HOUSE.
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AND WHEN THEY TOLD DAVID,
SAYING, 'URIAH DID NOT GO TO HIS
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HOUSE, DAVID SAID TO
URIAH, 'DID YOU NOT COME FROM
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YOUR JOURNEY.'" HE IS MYSTIFIED.
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'WHY DID YOU NOT
GO TO YOUR HOUSE?'
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AND THIS IS THE ONE TIME URIAH
SPEAKS - HERE'S WHAT HE SAYS,
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"AND URIAH SAID TO DAVID, 'THE
ARK AND ISRAEL AND JUDAH ARE
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DWELLING IN TENTS AND MY LORD
JOAB AND THE SERVANTS OF MY LORD
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ARE ENCAMPED IN THE OPEN FIELDS.
SHALL I THEN GO TO MY HOUSE
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AND EAT AND DRINK AND LIE
WITH MY WIFE? AS YOU LIVE,
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AND AS YOUR SOUL LIVES,
I WILL NOT DO THIS THING."
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NOW, I SHOULD PROBABLY PAUSE
HERE, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW,
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AND MENTION THAT IT WAS
CUSTOMARY IN BIBLE TIMES, THAT
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WHEN THEY WERE ENGAGED IN A
BATTLE THAT THE MEN WOULD OFTEN
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MAKE A VOW AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW'
- THEY BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS
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SOME ADDED VIRILITY - SOME ADDED
FIGHT AND POWER IF THEY WOULD
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ABSTAIN FROM MARITAL RELATIONS.
SO, EVIDENTLY, URIAH HAD MADE A
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VOW WITH HIS MEN AND
HE'S GOING TO KEEP THE VOW.
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IT SEEMS LIKE IN SOME WAYS HE,
AT THIS TIME, WAS MORE OF A MAN
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THAN HIS KING, DAVID. HE
SAYS, 'I'LL NOT DO THIS THING.
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I'M NOT GOING TO
VIOLATE THIS VOW.'
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"AND THEN DAVID SAID TO URIAH,
'WAIT HERE TODAY ALSO, AND THEN
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TOMORROW I'LL LET YOU DEPART.'"
IN OTHER WORDS, 'I'VE GOT THAT
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MESSAGE TO SEND AND I'M
NOT READY TO SEND IT SO GIVE ME
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ANOTHER DAY.' "SO
URIAH REMAINED IN JERUSALEM
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THAT DAY AND THE
NEXT." DAVID KEEPS WAITING.
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"NOW WHEN DAVID CALLED HIM
HE ATE AND DRANK BEFORE HIM; AND
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HE" - DAVID - "MADE
HIM" - URIAH - "DRUNK."
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I DON'T THINK HE HELD HIM DOWN
AND FORCED THE WINE DOWN HIS
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THROAT, BUT HE GAVE HIM WINE
THAT MAYBE HE THOUGHT WAS JUST
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NORMAL - GRAPE JUICE OR WITH
SOME VERY MILD FERMENTATION -
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AND HE GAVE HIM THE STRONG STUFF
AND SAID, 'HERE, LET'S DRINK TO
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THE SOLDIERS IN THE FIELD.'
AND TO BE POLITE HE DRANK
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A LITTLE BIT. AND HE
SAID, 'NOW LET'S DRINK TO..."
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AND HE KEPT TOASTING AND NEXT
THING YOU KNOW URIAH IS TIPSY.
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HE'S OBEYING THE KING AND
HE DID WHAT HE WAS TOLD AND HE
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GETS HIM DRUNK. "AND
HE MADE HIM DRINK AND AT
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EVENING HE WENT OUT TO LIE ON
HIS BED WITH THE SERVANTS OF HIS
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LORD, BUT HE DID
NOT GO TO HIS HOUSE."
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HE WENT TO WHERE DAVID'S GUARD
SLEPT IN THE BARRACKS AND HE
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WOULDN'T GO TO HIS
HOUSE AROUND THE CORNER.
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FINALLY DAVID, EXASPERATED -
HE WRITES A LETTER AND IN THE
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LETTER IT SAYS, "SET URIAH
IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE HOTTEST
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BATTLE AND RETREAT FROM HIM
THAT HE MIGHT BE STRUCK DOWN
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AND DIE." NOT JUST WOUNDED.
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YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT IS MORTAL, THAT IT IS FATAL.
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AND IN THE PROCESS YOU
MIGHT LOSE SOME OTHER SOLDIERS,
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BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
MAKE SURE THAT URIAH DIES.
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THAT'S WHAT'S IMPLICATED HERE.
SO, HE BRINGS THIS MESSAGE - AND
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BOY, THAT'S KIND OF COLD BLOODED
- TO SEND THE MESSAGE BY URIAH.
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HE FOLDS IT UP AND
HE SEALS IT AND HE SAYS,
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'THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT -
SOME BATTLE INSTRUCTIONS.'
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AND HE KNEW HE COULD TRUST URIAH
SO MUCH HE WOULD NOT BREAK THE
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SEAL AND PEEK AT
THE BATTLE PLANS.
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WELL, THAT'S A
PRETTY FAHFUL SOLDIER.
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YOU COULD TRUST HIM TO CARRY HIS
OWN DEATH WARRANT AND THAT HE
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WON'T LOOK AT IT. WOW.
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"SO IT HAPPENED, WHILE
JOAB BESIEGED THE CITY, THAT HE
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ASSIGNED URIAH TO
THE PLACE WHERE HE KNEW
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VALIANT MEN WERE." -
THE HARDEST FIGHTERS -
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AND HE APPOINTS HIM
THIS SUICIDE MISSION.
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"AND THE MEN OF THE CITY CAME
OUT AND FOUGHT WITH JOAB AND
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SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
SERVANTS OF DAVID FELL AND URIAH
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THE HITTITE DIED ALSO.
THEN JOAB SENT AND TOLD DAVID,
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ALL THINGS CONCERNING THE WAR."
AND ULTIMATELY REPORTS THAT
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URIAH THE
HITTITE HAD BEEN SLAIN.
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NOW, GOING BACK TO OUR STUDY,
I WANT TO EVALUATE WHAT WE JUST
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READ BECAUSE WE'RE
CONSIDERING, RIGHT NOW, A VERY
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DEDICATED SOLDIER. MOST
PEOPLE READ THIS STORY AND
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THEY TALK ABOUT TEMPTATION AND
THEY TALK ABOUT DAVID AND THEY
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TALK ABOUT FORGIVENESS AND - I'M
GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SOLDIER.
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I'M GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THE HERO OF THE STORY.
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IT'S NOT DAVID AND IT'S NOT
JOAB, AND IT'S NOT BATHSHEBA.
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THE HERO OF THE
STORY IS URIAH. BY THE WAY,
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YOU KNOW WHAT URIAH
MEANS? IT MEANS FIRE OF GOD.
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HIS NAME MEANS FIRE OF GOD.
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AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY
GAVE THAT TO HIM BECAUSE OF HIS
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ATTITUDE OR IF THAT'S THE
NAME HIS PARENTS GAVE HIM.
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HE WAS ONE OF
DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN.
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YOU REMEMBER READING THAT STORY
IN THE BIBLE ABOUT WHEN DAVID
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SAID - HE'S HIDING OUT IN THE
CAVE OF ADDULAM - AND THEY'RE
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DRINKING THIS SULPHUR WATER THAT
WAS IN THAT REGION OF JUDEA -
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THAT JUST TASTES LIKE ROTTEN
EGGS - AND DAVID WHIMSICALLY
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SAYS TO HIMSELF - REMEMBERING
WHEN HE WAS A SHEPHERD BOY AND
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HE COULD DRINK ALL THE WATER
HE WANTED FROM THAT WELL OF
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BETHLEHEM AND IT WAS
ALWAYS COLD AND CLEAN AND CLEAR.
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AND WITH LONGING HE JUST SAYS
OUT LOUD, 'OH, IF I COULD JUST
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HAVE SOME OF THAT WATER
FROM THE WELL OF BETHLEHEM."
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AND THREE OF HIS MIGHTY MEN
HEARD HIM SAY THAT - ONE OF THEM
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MAY WELL HAVE BEEN
URIAH - THEY THEN TOOK OFF,
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MAKE AN ALL-NIGHT JOURNEY
- THEY GO TO BETHLEHEM WHERE
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THE PHILISTINES ARE OCCUPYING
BETHLEHEM AND THEY'VE GOT
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A GARRISON OF SOLDIERS THERE.
AND THESE THREE MIGHTY MEN SNEAK
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IN DURING THE NIGHT AND THEY
LOWER DOWN THIS WATER SKIN TO
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FILL IT WITH WATER FROM THE WELL
OF BETHLEHEM - JUST BECAUSE THEY
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WANTED TO PLEASE THEIR GENERAL,
DAVID. AND AS THEY'RE GETTING
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IT, PRETTY SOON SOME OF THE
PHILISTINES REALIZE WHO THEY ARE
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AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE
AND A FIGHT BREAKS OUT AND THEY
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FIGHT THEIR WAY THROUGH THE
PHILISTINES' GARRISON TRYING
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TO PROTECT THIS SKIN
OF WATER WITH THEIR LIVES.
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AND THEY MAKE IT OUT AND THEY
HEAD BACK DOWN SOUTH INTO THE
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JUDEAN DESERT WHERE DAVID IS IN
THIS CAVE AND THEY BRING HIM -
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LAID THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO
BRING THEIR CAPTAIN THIS WATER.
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AND YOU KNOW, FOR THE
CHRISTIAN, IT SAYS, 'FIND OUT
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WHAT BEST PLEASES THE LORD.'
IF WE'RE SOLDIERS FOR JESUS,
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IF WE KNOW THAT THE LORD
WANTS SOMETHING OR IF HE HAS A
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PREFERENCE, AND HE WANTS A DRINK
OF WATER FROM BETHLEHEM - IF HE
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WANTS OUR PRESENCE, WE LOVE
HIM SO MUCH WE'LL DO ANYTHING.
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WE'LL FIGHT THROUGH THE
GARRISONS OF THE PHILISTINES.
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WE'LL RIDE ALL NIGHT IN
THE RAIN, WE'LL DO WHATEVER OUR
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COMMANDER WANTS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE
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CHARACTERISTICS OF A
LOYAL, DEDICATED SOLDIER, AMEN?
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AND THIS IS THE KIND
OF MAN THAT URIAH WAS.
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IT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE
TERRIBLE WHAT DAVID DID TO
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SOMEONE THAT WAS SO
LOYAL - SOMEONE SO DEDICATED.
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NOW, EVERY
CHRISTIAN IS A SOLDIER.
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WE ARE INVOLVED IN
WAR. 1 TIMOTHY 1:18.
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PAUL SAYS, "THIS CHARGE I
COMMIT TO YOU, SON TIMOTHY,
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ACCORDING TO THE
PROPHECIES PREVIOUSLY MADE
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CONCERNING YOU, THAT BY THEM YOU
MIGHT WAGE THE GOOD WARFARE."
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DOES GOOD WARFARE SOUND
LIKE AN OXYMORON TO YOU?
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WAR IS UGLY. WAR IS BRUTAL.
TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN IN WAR.
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IT SEEMS INDISCRIMINATE.
IT SEEMS WITHOUT MERCY.
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AND SO THAT HE SHOULD SAY THE
GOOD WARFARE - IF THERE WAS ANY
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GOOD WAR, IT'S THE COMBAT
OF THE CHRISTIAN FOR CHRIST.
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NOW I WANTED TO GO TO THE
STATEMENT THAT URIAH MAKES AND
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LOOK AT IT MORE CLOSELY. I
TOLD YOU, HE ONLY SPEAKS ONCE.
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THIS IS AGAIN, BACK IN 2 SAMUEL
11:11 - NOT TOO HARD TO REMEMBER
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THAT. "AND URIAH SAID TO
DAVID" - THIS DEDICATED SOLDIER
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- "'THE ARK AND ISRAEL AND JUDAH
ARE DWELLING IN TENTS AND MY
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LORD JOAB AND THE SERVANTS OF
MY LORDARE ENCAMPED IN THE OPEN
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FIELDS. "SHALL I THEN GO TO
MY HOUSE TO EAT AND TO DRINK AND
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TO LIE WITH MY WIFE? AS
YOU LIVE, AND AS YOUR SOUL
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LIVES, I WILL
NOT DO THIS THING.'"
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LOOK AT THE PRIORITY THAT URIAH
MAKES FOR THE BATTLE OF GOD.
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LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES
THAT HE HAS IN HIS LIFE.
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WHAT'S THE FIRST THING
THAT COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH?
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AND URIAH SAID
TO DAVID, "THE ARK."
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WHY DOES HE SAY THE
ARK? WHAT WAS IN THE ARK?
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THE WORD OF GOD. THE LAW OF GOD.
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ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE
ARK THEY HAD THE TESTIMONIES
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- THE INSIDE OF THE ARK THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS. WHAT REPRESENTED
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THE PRESENCE OF GOD
MORE THAN ANYTHING IN ISRAEL?
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THE SHEKINAH GLORY WOULD APPEAR
FROM TIME TO TIME BETWEEN THOSE
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ANGEL WINGS ABOVE THE ARK.
THAT WAS THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
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SO THE FIRST THING,
REALLY, OUT OF HIS MOUTH IS GOD
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AND GOD'S WORD. THAT'S
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
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SECONDLY, HE SAYS ISRAEL.
THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
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NOW, DO YOU
NOTICE SOMETHING HERE?
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THE PRIORITIES OF URIAH,
THIS DEDICATED SOLDIER, ARE VERY
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MUCH LIKE THE
PRIORITIES THAT JESUS MAKES.
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'SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM
OF GOD.' GOD COMES FIRST.
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LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL
YOUR HEART - THAT'S THE ARK -
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AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR -
YOUR PEOPLE - AS YOURSELF - AND
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THAT'S ISRAEL, THE SOLDIERS.
THE PRIORITIES OF URIAH REALLY
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ARE THE PRIORITIES OF
EVERY CHRISTIAN SOLDIER.
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GOD AND THE ARMY -
THE PEOPLE - THE CHURCH.
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THERE WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE A CAMARADERIE.
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YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT MAKES SOLDIERS
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SUCCESSFUL IS THAT - I REMEMBER
HEARING SOME INCREDIBLE STORIES
00:16:31.95\00:16:38.33
ABOUT - DURING WORLD WAR II.
MY FATHER WAS IN THE AIR FORCE.
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MY UNCLE HARRY - MY FATHER'S
BROTHER - HE WAS IN THE MARINES.
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AND HE WAS IN THE PACIFIC
THEATER AND HE WAS GUADALCANAL
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AND SOME OF THOSE JUST
HORRIFIC BATTLES WHERE THERE WAS
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TREMENDOUS
CARNAGE AMONG THE MARINES.
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IF YOU KNOW YOUR HISTORY
YOU KNOW WE LOST A LOT OF
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SOLDIERS THERE IN
THOSE PACIFIC BATTLES.
00:16:57.01\00:17:01.02
AND SOMETIMES AFTER THOSE
BATTLES, SOME OF THOSE SOLDIERS
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WOULD RECEIVE A WOUND THAT
QUALIFIED THEM TO GO BACK HOME.
00:17:05.59\00:17:10.49
BUT THEY FELT SO MUCH LOVE
FOR THEIR FRIENDS, THEY SAID,
00:17:10.53\00:17:15.00
'LET ME STAY ON
THE SHIP UNTIL I HEAL.
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I WANT TO GO BACK
AND BE WITH MY BUDDIES.'
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EVEN THOUGH MANY
OF THEM WERE DYING.
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SOME OF THEM WERE GIVEN AWARDS
AND THEY SAID, 'WE WANT YOU TO
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GO HOME AND YOU CAN COLLECT
YOUR AWARDS OR YOU CAN GET YOUR
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MEDALS AND THEY SAID, 'NO, I
DON'T WANT TO GO GET MEDALS, I
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WANT TO STAY ON THE BATTLEFIELD
WITH MY FRIENDS.' THEY DEVELOPED
00:17:29.48\00:17:33.88
SUCH RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE
THEY WERE WATCHING THEIR FRIENDS
00:17:33.92\00:17:36.22
AROUND THEM DYING FOR
WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN.
00:17:36.25\00:17:38.32
THEY THOUGHT, 'HOW CAN I GO HOME
AND GET PARADED UP AND DOWN THE
00:17:38.35\00:17:42.29
STREETS AND GET MY
REWARDS AND GET MY VACATION WHEN
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MY BUDDIES ARE DYING.
THEY DEVELOPED A CAMARADERIE.
00:17:46.49\00:17:50.43
THEY REALIZED THEY WERE IN
IT TOGETHER. THERE WAS A ONENESS
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AND SO THEY WANTED TO STICK
TOGETHER. THAT'S HOW URIAH FELT.
00:17:54.70\00:17:59.01
HE SAID, 'HOW CAN I COME
BACK TO MY BUDDIES AND THEY SAY,
00:17:59.04\00:18:04.18
'WHERE WERE YOU?' 'OH, I
WAS EATING FROM THE ROYAL
00:18:04.21\00:18:08.32
CAFETERIA AND I WENT
HOME AND I SAW BATHSHEBA AND'
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- WHAT WOULD THAT DO
TO THE MORALE OF HIS MEN?
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HE WANTED TO COME BACK AND
SAY, 'YOU KNOW GUYS, ALL I COULD
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THINK ABOUT WAS YOU AND I'M
GOING TO WAIT TO CELEBRATE UNTIL
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WE WIN THE WAR.
THEN WE'LL ALL CELEBRATE.
00:18:20.66\00:18:24.17
SOME OF US WHO CLAIM TO BE
SOLDIERS FOR CHRIST, WE WANT ALL
00:18:24.20\00:18:26.90
OF OUR CELEBRATION RIGHT
NOW AND THE BATTLE'S NOT WON.
00:18:26.94\00:18:29.87
WE'RE ON PERMANENT
R&R. AND HE GOES ON TO SAY,
00:18:29.90\00:18:36.44
"AND THE SERVANTS ARE ENCAMPED
IN THE FIELDS." YOU KNOW,
00:18:36.48\00:18:42.62
THIS WORLD IS A MISSION
FIELD. WE'RE ALL CAMPING.
00:18:42.65\00:18:46.02
THE SOLDIERS WERE NOT
HOME, THEY WERE CAMPING.
00:18:46.05\00:18:49.39
THAT MEANS THEY WERE IN
ALIEN TERRITORY, LIVING IN TENTS
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- MAYBE NOT EVEN TENTS,
MAYBE IN THE OPEN FIELD.
00:18:52.63\00:18:54.83
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK HE
USES THAT WORD. THE ARK WAS
00:18:54.83\00:18:57.10
IN A TENT. THE
SOLDIERS ARE IN THE OPEN FIELD.
00:18:57.13\00:19:00.47
THEY'RE
ENCAMPED. IT'S TEMPORARY.
00:19:00.50\00:19:04.17
THIS WORLD IS AN
ALIEN LAND. IS THAT RIGHT?
00:19:04.21\00:19:08.44
AND WE, AS MISSIONARIES OF GOD,
- ALL OF US ARE MISSIONARIES -
00:19:08.48\00:19:11.35
WE'RE ENCAMPED IN THE
OPEN FIELD. SOMETIMES, YOU
00:19:11.38\00:19:14.22
KNOW, WE GET TOO COMFORTABLE
AND WE START THINKING, 'THIS IS
00:19:14.25\00:19:17.22
OUR HOME.' YOU KNOW WHY THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GOT STUCK
00:19:17.25\00:19:19.45
IN BABYLON AND GOD HAD
TO CALL THEM OUT OF BABYLON?
00:19:19.49\00:19:23.73
BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN IN
THIS FOREIGN LAND SO LONG
00:19:23.76\00:19:26.56
- ENEMY TERRITORY -
THEY GOT COMFORTABLE THERE.
00:19:26.59\00:19:29.66
THEY BUILT THEIR HOUSES THERE.
THEY GOT THEIR BUSINESSES THERE.
00:19:29.70\00:19:32.23
WHEN GOD FINALLY
SAID, 'IT'S TIME TO GO.'
00:19:32.27\00:19:34.17
THEY SAID, 'AW MAN, WE DON'T
HAVE TENTS ANYMORE, WE CAN'T GO.
00:19:34.20\00:19:38.04
WE'RE SETTLED IN
BABYLON.' GOD SAID,
00:19:38.07\00:19:40.01
'BUT THE PLAGUES ARE
GOING TO FALL ON BABYLON.
00:19:40.04\00:19:41.71
GET OUT OF BABYLON.' AND
THEY SAID, 'UH, YOU KNOW,
00:19:41.74\00:19:43.85
WE'RE NOT AS
MOBILE AS WE USED TO BE.
00:19:43.88\00:19:45.45
WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, FRIENDS AND
FAMILY HERE,' AND THEY'D BECOME
00:19:45.48\00:19:49.02
SO COMFORTABLE IN BABYLON THAT
THEY WERE NO LONGER A MOBILE
00:19:49.05\00:19:51.65
ARMY. COULD THAT HAPPEN TO GOD'S
PEOPLE IN THE LAST DAYS WHERE WE
00:19:51.69\00:19:55.89
GET SO COMFORTABLE IN THIS
WORLD WE LOSE OUR MOBILITY?
00:19:55.92\00:19:59.23
ONE OF THE THINGS - AN
ARMY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE.
00:19:59.26\00:20:02.36
AND HE SAID, "AND THE SERVANTS
OFY LORD ARE ENCAMPED IN THE
00:20:02.40\00:20:05.53
OPEN FIELD." 2 TIMOTHY 2:3-4.
"THEREFORE YOU MUST ENDURE
00:20:05.57\00:20:10.51
HARDSHIP AS A GOOD
SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:20:10.54\00:20:14.14
NO ONE ENGAGED IN WARFARE
ENTANGLES HIMSELF WITH THE
00:20:14.18\00:20:17.45
AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE THAT HE
MIGHT PLEASE HIM WHO ENLISTED
00:20:17.48\00:20:20.35
HIM AS A
SOLDIER." ARE YOU DRAFTED OR
00:20:20.38\00:20:24.49
DID YOU ENLIST? WERE
YOU DRAFTED BY THE LORD?
00:20:24.52\00:20:29.22
HAS HE FORCED YOU OR DID
YOU ACCEPT JESUS WILLINGLY?
00:20:29.26\00:20:32.73
HE SAID, 'COME UNTO ME' -
OPEN DRAFT - OPEN ENLISTMENT.
00:20:32.76\00:20:38.50
AND SO, IF YOU SAID,
'I'M ACCEPTING YOU JESUS'
00:20:38.53\00:20:41.67
YOU'VE ENLISTED.
URIAH WAS SACRIFICIAL.
00:20:41.70\00:20:47.14
YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW THAT?
BECAUSE HE HAD FOUGHT SIDE BY
00:20:47.18\00:20:51.68
SIDE WITH JOAB FOR YEARS.
HE KNEW ABOUT THE BATTLE GOING
00:20:51.71\00:20:55.15
ON WITH THE CAPITOL
OF THE AMMONITES, RABBAH.
00:20:55.18\00:20:58.85
AND WHEN JOAB SAID,
'URIAH, I GOT A MISSION FOR YOU
00:20:58.89\00:21:03.22
AND A PLATOON OF MEN.
SEE THAT GATE OVER THERE?
00:21:03.26\00:21:08.43
I WANT YOU TO STORM
THAT GATE AND BREAK THROUGH.'
00:21:08.46\00:21:15.07
YOU DON'T THINK URIAH DIDN'T
KNOW THAT WAS A SUICIDE MISSION?
00:21:15.10\00:21:19.84
NOT ONLY DID HE SEND HIM
UP THERE, JOAB PROBABLY SAID,
00:21:19.87\00:21:23.75
'CHARGE THE
GATE, CHARGE THE WALL.'
00:21:23.78\00:21:26.95
AND THEY WERE GOING TO SHOOT
RIGHT DOWN FROM THE WALL AT HIM.
00:21:26.98\00:21:28.98
YOU READ THE WHOLE STORY
IT TELLS THAT THEY ACTUALLY
00:21:29.02\00:21:30.32
WERE SHOOTING
FROM THE WALL AT THEM.
00:21:30.35\00:21:32.99
AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, WE'LL
GIVE YOU - WE'LL COVER YOU.'
00:21:33.02\00:21:36.96
YOU EVER HEARD
SOMEONE SAY, 'I'LL COVER YOU.
00:21:36.99\00:21:38.23
I GOT YOU COVERED.'
'WE'LL GET THE SOLDIERS WITH THE
00:21:38.26\00:21:40.50
ARROWS AND THE BOWS AND
WE'RE GOING TO COVER YOU.'
00:21:40.53\00:21:45.00
AND SO, DID URIAH - ANY
RECORD THAT HE COMPLAINED
00:21:45.03\00:21:48.74
OR SAID NO? NO.
HE WENT WITH THEM.
00:21:48.77\00:21:52.74
HE FOLLOWED THE ORDERS
THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE.
00:21:52.77\00:21:58.85
HE WAS NOT AFRAID
TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE.
00:21:58.88\00:22:01.22
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK,
BUT I DON'T THINK HE DIED EASY
00:22:01.25\00:22:04.29
URIAH WAS A MAN OF ROCK-SOLID
STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES.
00:22:04.32\00:22:09.56
HE WAS WILLING TO DIE FOR
THE LORD AND FOR THE ARMY,
00:22:09.59\00:22:13.90
LAYING HIS LIFE ON THE
LINE. HE HAD SELF-CONTROL.
00:22:13.93\00:22:17.87
AND YOU KNOW, I EXPECT WHEN THEY
BROUGHT URIAH'S BODY BACK TO
00:22:17.90\00:22:21.34
JERUSALEM, DAVID
PROBABLY MADE A PARADE FOR HIM
00:22:21.37\00:22:23.84
- DON'T YOU THINK?
GAVE HIM A HERO'S HONOR
00:22:23.87\00:22:25.77
AND ALL THAT. WALKED AHEAD
OF HIS CASKET. URIAH THE HERO,
00:22:25.81\00:22:31.08
THE MIGHTY MAN HAS FALLEN.
DO YOU KNOW WHY URIAH DIED?
00:22:31.11\00:22:35.45
URIAH, LIKE JESUS, DIED TO
COVER THE SIN OF SOMEONE ELSE.
00:22:35.48\00:22:41.26
WHY DID JESUS DIE?
WAS JESUS SACRIFICIAL?
00:22:41.29\00:22:46.86
DID JESUS DIE TO COVER
OUR SIN? IT'S INTERESTING.
00:22:46.90\00:22:50.23
FROM THE TIME URIAH
WAS CALLED UNTIL HE DIED,
00:22:50.27\00:22:52.17
THERE WAS THREE DAYS. IT
REMINDS US ALSO ABOUT THE
00:22:52.20\00:22:55.54
THREE DAYS CONNECTED ALSO
WITH OUR LORD. WELL FRIENDS,
00:22:55.57\00:22:59.01
NOW WE'RE IN COMBAT.
WE ARE ON THE FRONT LINES.
00:22:59.04\00:23:02.28
THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
00:23:02.31\00:23:03.78
WE'RE INVOLVED IN PREACHING THE
GOSPEL AND THE DEVIL IS GOING TO
00:23:03.81\00:23:05.75
DO EVERYTHING HE
CAN TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.
00:23:05.78\00:23:07.42
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO PRAY,
WE NEED TO WORK, WE NEED TO GET
00:23:07.45\00:23:10.65
INVOLVED USING ALL OF OUR
SPIRITUAL GIFTS TO FULFILL
00:23:10.69\00:23:14.02
THE GREAT COMMISSION. WE HAVE
OUR MARCHING ORDERS, DON'T WE?
00:23:14.06\00:23:18.49
ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD THE
STORY ABOUT THE CHARGE OF THE
00:23:18.53\00:23:21.33
LIGHT BRIGADE? IT WAS
A DISASTROUS BATTLE FOR
00:23:21.36\00:23:25.50
THE BRITISH CAVALRY THAT THEY
FOUGHT BACK IN - THE CAVALRY
00:23:25.53\00:23:29.00
- BACK IN 1854, OCTOBER
25 - DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR.
00:23:29.04\00:23:33.94
THEY WERE TRYING TO PUSH BACK
THESE RUSSIAN FORCES AND THERE
00:23:33.98\00:23:37.95
WAS A VALLEY - JUST A BIG OLD
POCKET - AND THEY HAD CANNONS ON
00:23:37.98\00:23:42.78
THE RIGHT AND THEY HAD CANNONS
ON THE LEFT AND THEY HAD CANNONS
00:23:42.82\00:23:45.39
DOWN THE MIDDLE AND SOME ORDERS
GOT CONFUSED AND THIS BRIGADE OF
00:23:45.42\00:23:50.83
600 MEN WAS TOLD TO CHARGE RIGHT
DOWN THE MIDDLE AND TRY TO PUSH
00:23:50.86\00:23:55.03
BACK THE FORCES IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE VALLEY WHERE THEIR TROOPS
00:23:55.06\00:23:58.53
AND ARTILLERY THERE.
AND WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE
00:23:58.57\00:24:02.10
COMMAND, THE SOLDIERS ALL KNEW
'THIS IS A SUICIDE MISSION.'
00:24:02.14\00:24:06.44
THEY HAD FIRE DOWN
THE MIDDLE AND CROSSFIRE.
00:24:06.47\00:24:08.84
BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE 600
MEN, THEY GOT THE ORDERS
00:24:08.88\00:24:11.68
FROM THEIR COMMANDER.
SOMETHING HAD GOTTEN MIXED UP
00:24:11.71\00:24:13.78
AND THEY TOOK
OFF AND THEY CHARGED.
00:24:13.82\00:24:17.79
AND THEY JUST GOT CUT
AND MOWED DOWN TERRIBLY.
00:24:17.82\00:24:22.22
THEY MANAGED TO ACTUALLY -
SOME OF THEM MADE IT THROUGH
00:24:22.26\00:24:23.99
AND PUSHED THE RUSSIANS BACK AND
THEY EVENTUALLY HAD TO RETREAT.
00:24:24.03\00:24:28.30
BUT IT BECAME A VERY
FAMOUS STORY IN MILITARY HISTORY
00:24:28.33\00:24:32.23
BECAUSE THEY BASICALLY CHARGED
INTO THE SHADOW OF DEATH BECAUSE
00:24:32.27\00:24:37.61
THEY WERE GIVEN THE
ORDER AND THEY DIDN'T QUESTION.
00:24:37.64\00:24:40.68
WHEN OUR COMMANDER GIVES
US ORDERS, ARE WE WILLING TO
00:24:40.71\00:24:44.65
LAY OUR LIVES DOWN? JESUS
SAID, 'IF YOU'VE ENLISTED,
00:24:44.68\00:24:47.62
I'VE ASKED YOU TO TAKE UP
YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME.'
00:24:47.65\00:24:51.52
NOT IF IT DOESN'T
INCONVENIENCE YOU.
00:24:51.55\00:24:56.02
THE EARLY CHRISTIANS KNEW THAT
BEING A SOLDIER FOR CHRIST COULD
00:24:56.06\00:24:59.63
REALLY MEAN THEY'D DIE.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT AFRAID
00:24:59.66\00:25:04.47
OF DEATH IF YOU DIE
BEFORE YOU GO INTO BATTLE.
00:25:04.50\00:25:08.07
SO, AS A CHRISTIAN,
ARE YOU PREOCCUPIED WITH
00:25:08.10\00:25:10.41
PRESERVING YOUR LIFE? OR
HAVE YOU DIED SO YOU REALIZE,
00:25:10.44\00:25:14.08
'HEY LOOK, I'VE LAID DOWN
MY LIFE FOR JESUS. YOU CAN ONLY
00:25:14.11\00:25:16.85
KILL ME ONCE.' AND THEN YOU'RE
FEARLESS. IT'S LIKE SHADRACH,
00:25:16.88\00:25:22.12
MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO SAID
TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR. THEY SAID,
00:25:22.15\00:25:25.12
'OUR GOD, WHO WE SERVE, IS ABLE
TO DELIVER US. BUT EVEN IF HE
00:25:25.15\00:25:28.49
DOESN'T DELIVER US, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO DISOBEY OUR GENERAL.
00:25:28.52\00:25:32.29
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISOBEY
OUR KING, EVEN IF WE DIE.
00:25:32.33\00:25:35.83
BECAUSE WE ALREADY DIED WHEN
WE DECIDED TO LIVE FOR CHRIST.
00:25:35.86\00:25:38.93
THAT'S HOW YOU FIND THAT
REAL COURAGE. WHEN YOU SAY, 'I'M
00:25:38.97\00:25:41.64
GOING TO TAKE UP THE CROSS AND
FOLLOW JESUS.' AND IT DOESN'T
00:25:41.67\00:25:44.44
MATTER, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE
SAY ABOUT YOU OR WHAT THEY DO
00:25:44.47\00:25:46.78
TO YOU. IT DOESN'T BOTHER
YOU ANYMORE IF YOU'RE ALREADY
00:25:46.81\00:25:48.88
CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. THAT'S
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SOLDIER.
00:25:48.91\00:25:53.15
YOUR FOCUS IS ON THE BATTLE.
00:25:53.18\00:25:55.15
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