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781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
January 6, 2013
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2. Pure Heart Music
Ministries will be with
us next Sunday, January
13, 2013 to lead in
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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Flintstone, GA 30741
www.rossvillechurch.com
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3. Witch of Endor Samuel came up
He told Saul he was going to
lose the battle, Israel would be
defeated by the Philistines, and
Saul and his sons would die.
Reminder: David and his men
have been living with the
Philistines for about sixteen
months (27:7)
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4. 1 Samuel 29 1 Now the
Philistines gathered to-
gether all their armies to
Aphek: and the Israelites
pitched by a fountain
(springs) which is in Jezreel.
… some 40 miles northeast of
Aphek.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of
the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Faculty.
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5. 2 And the lords of the
Philistines passed on by
hundreds, and by thousands:
but David and his men passed
on in the rereward (rear of
the army) with Achish (the
king).
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6. 3a Then said the princes of the
Philistines, What do these
Hebrews here?
Achish trusted David, but his warlords did not.
I think that God is moving
David out of the battle.
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7. 3b And Achish said unto the princes of the
Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul
the king of Israel, which hath been with me these
days, or these years (16 months), and I have found
no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
Achish found no fault because he wasn’t looking
for fault, and that was God.
David had fought against the allies of the
Philistines, lied about it, slaughtered the people.
Achish never caught on.
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8. David made a
monkey out of him.
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9. 4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with
Achish; and the princes of the Philistines said unto
him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again
to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let
him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle
he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he
reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be
with the heads of these men? 5 Is not this David, of
whom they sang one to another in dances, saying,
Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten
thousands?
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10. Achish was fooled, but his warlords were not.
They remembered their history.
And they were right; David would have turned
against them in the battle.
They demanded that Achish send David
back to Ziklag.
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11. 6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him,
Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright,
and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the
host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil
in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto
this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.
7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou
displease not the lords of the Philistines.
Achish had no choice; he could not fight
without his warlords.
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12. 8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I
done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so
long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I
may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the
king?
This is fake regret from David.
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13. 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know
that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God:
notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have
said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
Again -- no choice!
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14. 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with
thy master's servants that are come with thee: and
as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have
light, depart.
Take your men and leave at first light
in the morning.
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15. 11 So David and his men rose
up early to depart in the
morning, to return into the land
of the Philistines. And the
Philistines went up to Jezreel.
David is out of it, as God would have it.
The battle is about to begin.
Israel is going to lose and lose big!
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16. Points to Ponder
Achish trusted David, although David had lied
to him throughout his stay in his country.
He wasn’t looking for fault in David.
He liked David.
We see what we are looking for.
Look for fault – find it.
Look for good – find it.
Love looks for the good in people.
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17. The Philistine warlords remembered their history
and were not fooled by David.
We need to remember lessons learned.
2 Peter 3 1 This second epistle, beloved, I now
write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure
minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye may be
mindful of the words which were spoken before by
the holy prophets, and of the Commandment of us
the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
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18. There is no need to make the same mistakes over
and over and over again.
Learn from the Word of God.
Learn to live life God’s Way.
Let us walk humbly and obediently to the Word
of God in the Power of His Holy Spirit.
Only Way of Blessing
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