Is Justice Always Sweet? | Historical Books | 2 Samuel 1:1-16

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

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Do you rejoice at the downfall of others? Why does David put the messenger to death? Are you only concerned with your well-being? In today's episode, Jensen shares how 2 Samuel 1:1-16 encourages us to see ourselves within God's narrative, submissive to his commands. 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. Passages: 2 Samuel 1:1-16

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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. I have a confession. In college, I had a friend tell me she didn't like to ride in the car with me because I got too angry.
0:20.4	Now, I'm not one to yell obscenities at
0:23.1	anyone or make rude gestures. I have boundaries. But she wasn't wrong that deep within me
0:29.0	something ugly boils up whenever another driver does something that I perceive as stupid or rude,
0:36.0	especially when it interferes with my day. It happens less now.
0:41.4	With kids in the car, turns out you become the one sitting at the stoplight a little too
0:45.4	long while you try to hand your toddler a book or the one driving extra slow to extend a nap in
0:50.4	the car or speeding to get home before your potty training toddler has an accident.
0:55.3	Parenthood humbled me pretty quick. It reminded me to see other drivers as people with their
1:01.3	own stories, not people out to get me ruining my day. But man, back in the day when I suffered from
1:09.5	a speller to a road rage, the best possible thing would be
1:13.6	when the person who cut you off or sped around you or was an absolute jerk in some way
1:19.1	got stuck behind someone else who was driving slow or was cut off themselves or best of all
1:26.1	got pulled over by a cop for reckless driving.
1:30.1	I cannot explain to you the satisfaction of seeing the downfall of your enemies.
1:36.4	Enemies, in this case, being any other driver I had beef with on the road.
1:41.0	Now, this isn't about the folly of road rage. I know. I've worked on it. Turns out it hurt me more than it hurt them. My point is about the satisfaction I felt watching my enemy get what I thought they deserved. Sweet, sweet justice. Just a girl in her car full of pride, feeling smug, reveling in the glory of another's
2:03.3	downfall. Now, saying it out loud feels ridiculous because it is, and it's such a ridiculous thing to
2:10.4	get so worked up about. I know. But that feeling happens all the time in other ways, and in ways
2:16.3	that we don't often think are ridiculous.
2:19.2	Like, turn on your TV, flip to any news station with whatever political affiliation, and you'll
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