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do you do Having a genuine friend is a priceless treasure. Before he became king, David enjoyed a deeply loyal soul-level friendship with King Saul's son Jonathan.

But that friendship came with a cost, and today on Truth for Life,

Alistairbegg examines the special friendship that is described

in First Samuel and shows us where David ultimately found his security and endurance.

Now one of the things that is running through this entire section beyond chapter 20 is the question of loyalty. Where does loyalty lie? The

challenge for Jonathan is supreme. He is the crown prince. If his father's

kingdom, if his father's house were to be sustained, then he is next in line. But since his father's house has been torn from him,

he's like minister without portfolio. He loves David. He has an inkling that David has a huge future. How much he knows about David's

anointing is hard to tell from the text, but he loves his father. So is he going to go with his dad, who is the set-aside king, or is he going to go with

David whom he loves as his own soul, who is actually the anointed

king?

Now we won't come close to this today, but let me just make the observation if you're going to read

the text on your own. What this whole thing finally comes down to is the matter of loyalty.

Who is the king and what does it mean to submit to him?

David is the king.

Therefore, for Jonathan to submit to David as the king means saying no to his family ties.

Therefore the whole question is full of ambiguities.

The very ambiguities and challenges that are represented

in the words of Jesus, when he says to people, if you really want to bow before me as your king,

if you're going to love me in this way, then you're going to have to be prepared to hate your father or your mother or the members of your family.

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