Do You Have Mixed Motives? | Historical Books | 2 Samuel 3:26-39

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

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Do you have mixed motives? Are you self-sacrificial? Do you look to the interest of others? In today's episode, Jensen shares how 2 Samuel 3:26-39 reminds us of Jesus' pure, self-sacrificial motives. If you're listening on Spotify, tell us about yourself and where you're listening from! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.9	I'm Jensen Holt McNair. Have you ever done the right thing but had an ulterior motive?
0:16.3	Like, I'll do all the dishes so that when my husband comes home and sees that I did such a nice thing,
0:21.2	he'll have to say yes when I ask him to do all of bedtime tonight so that I can go and hang out with a friend.
0:27.2	Or I'm going to stay late after church to help clean up because I want the praise and acceptance of the staff at my church.
0:34.0	See, motives are hard because deep down, I think that I know that in everything I do, there's
0:39.7	probably always a part of me that's motivated by selfish reasons. My motives are rarely pure.
0:46.4	Most everything I do probably has some net outcome that leans a little bit in my direction,
0:53.2	makes my life a little comier, happier,
0:56.5	wealthier. And when something won't give anything back, or it might even cost me,
1:02.1	well, it's hard to want to do that thing. See, when I'm focused on building my kingdom,
1:08.1	my life, my motives, even when I do something good, they're ultimately
1:12.6	mixed. In our passage today, we will see that David is no stranger to mixed motives. Now,
1:20.1	before we dive in, we need to get a few characters and storyline straight. In case you haven't been
1:25.3	reading along, there are three people that you need to know today.
1:29.2	First, Abner, who is Saul's former commander, who has since his death been loyal to Saul's son,
1:35.6	the king over Israel. Secondly, there's Joab, who's a commander in David's army. And third,
1:42.5	David, the anointed king of Israel, who is currently acting king of only
1:46.9	Judah, which is a portion of Israel's tribes. Now, previously in a battle, Abner, despite trying not to,
1:55.1	ends up killing Joab's brother who would not relent in attacking him. Now Abner has come to David to give him his loyalty and to help him
2:04.7	unite the tribes of Israel with the tribes of Judah to create one unified nation under David.
2:12.1	And David has accepted this offer of loyalty and agrees to work alongside Abner. But when Joab finds out, he's not happy.
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