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do you do When we go to the movies we like to cheer for the good guy, the one who does the

right thing and it can be disappointing if that hero gives in to cowardice or deceit.

Today on Truth for Life we're picking up the story of King David and we find him lying to a himelike the priest. We'll find out why even this

strange episode in the life of David can be an encouragement to us. Alistair Begg is teaching from the opening verses of 1st Samuel, Chapter 21.

Remember what we were all told at Sunday school, so a thought, reap an action,

so an action, reap a habit, so a habit, reap a character, so a character, reap a

destiny. It is never right and it is never good and in actual fact when we get to chapter

22 we will discover the impact of this lie on the lives of many, many people who died at the sword because he didn't

tell the truth. He could have told the truth. He could have trusted God and told the truth, but he trusted himself and told a lie.

Well, he wants to suggest, you see, to a Himalayk that everything is fine and dandy, but it isn't. And the question of course that is inevitable

as we look at the text is, well, why does he actually do this? Is he telling a lie here as some people suggest to protect the

priest by screening him as it were from the responsibility of having granted refuge to a known outlaw. Or does he do it, which I think is more likely,

because he felt that he couldn't trust the Himalay. There was no way that he could necessarily bring him into his confidence.

So what we have before us then is this collapse.

Courage and faith have given way to cowardice and fear. He has stood tall against a giant and he now shrinks before a priest.

Again I say to you, as I said this morning, let us not be too quick to sit in judgment and let us remind ourselves at the same

time that the text is not interrupted by any kind of ethical comment on the part of the narrator. In other words, the issue of the lies

are not addressed, not because it's unimportant, but because the narrative is actually simply

reporting what has happened.

It is not recommending what has happened.

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