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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
www.rossvillechurch.com
August 11, 2013
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2 Samuel 18 1 And David numbered the people that
were with him, and set captains of thousands and
captains of hundreds over them. 2 And David sent
forth a third part of the people under the hand of
Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the
son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part
under the hand of Ittai the Gittite (citizen of Gath –
a philistine city).
Getting organized; ready for battle.
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When we have a job to do, we need to be
organized, so that our efforts will be effective.
A church needs to be well-organized
according to the Will of God.
The pastor and deacons and teachers must lead the
way in godliness, praying to know God’s Will.
And leading in accordance with God’s Will, as it is
taught in the Bible.
And the congregation needs to
follow godly leadership.
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Ephesians 4 11 And He gave some
(churches), apostles; and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting (complete furnishing) of the
saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying
(building up) of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all
come in the unity of the faith, and of the know-
ledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man (of full
age; mature), unto the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ:
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14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed
to and fro, and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning
craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into
Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together
and compacted by that which every joint supplieth,
according to the effectual working in the measure
of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the
edifying of itself in love. It takes all of us
working together.
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2b And the king said unto the people, I will surely
go forth with you myself also. 3 But the people
answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee
away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us
die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth
ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that
thou succor us out of the city. 4 And the king said
unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And
the king stood by the gate side, and all the people
came out by hundreds and by thousands.
A wise man will take good advice.
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If David had gone with them, he would have
protected Absalom.
God’s Plan and Purpose would have been hindered.
Sometimes we intervene in the lives of
stubborn, rebellious people, protecting them from
trouble,
When God would use that trouble to bring them to
their knees in repentance.
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5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and
Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the
young man, even with Absalom. And all the people
heard when the king gave all the captains charge
concerning Absalom.
They are going out to put down a revolution, and
David wants them to be gentle with the leader.
David still loves Absalom in spite of all he’s done.
We should never stop loving, but we should not
let that love cause us to hinder the Hand of God.
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6 So the people went out into the field against
Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the
servants of David, and there was there a great
slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. 8 For
the battle was there scattered over the face of all
the country: and the wood devoured more people
that day than the sword devoured.
God turned the forest and the terrain into a weapon
against those who were against God’s man.
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David had not nearly as many men as Absalom,
But God made up the difference!
Don’t worry about circumstances; God is over all.
God can use even a
small congregation like
ours to do exploits.
We can change lives if we will work.
Willing and obedient!
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9 And Absalom met the
servants of David. And
Absalom rode upon a
mule, and the mule went
under the thick boughs of a
great oak, and his head
caught hold of the oak, and
he was taken up between the
heaven and the earth; and the
mule that was under him
went away.
Caught by his hair.
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Absalom was proud of that
hair; he thought it made him
real purty.
He even weighed it for
bragging purposes.
God used it to bring him
down; or string him up.
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Proverbs 8 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil:
pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the
froward mouth, do I hate.
Psalm 18:27 (NIV) You save the humble but bring
low those whose eyes are haughty.
Psalm 147:6 (NIV) 6 The LORD sustains the
humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
Whatever we take pride in, pride is sin.
Learn to hate pride in yourself.
Pride makes one think he can sin and get by.
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10 And a certain man saw it (Absalom hanging by
his hair), and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
Absalom hanged in an oak. 11 And Joab said unto
the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest
him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the
ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of
silver, and a girdle.
Joab was a warrior first, last, and always.
Kill the enemy!
We are warriors in the army of the Lord.
We need to have one thought: defeat the enemy.
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12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should
receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine
hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against
the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged
thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that
none touch the young man Absalom. 13 Otherwise I
should have wrought falsehood against mine own
life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and
thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
There was too much risk for this man.
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14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee.
And he took three darts (daggers) in his hand, and
thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he
was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 15 And ten
young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about
and smote Absalom, and slew him.
They were going to make sure he was dead.
This fulfilled God’s Plan and Purpose.
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The devil wants to destroy your life.
He hates even his own best servants.
Don’t cooperate with him in that destruction.
Jesus came that we might have abundantly blessed
life both in this world and the next.
Walk with the Lord in the
Light of His Word.
