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Happy Sabbath Day!
Ipil Life Center Church
April 6, 2013
JSM
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The Life and Death of Absalom
EXODUS 20: 12 Honor your father and yourmother, that your days may be long upon the
land which the Lord your God is giving you."
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Absalom - means Father Is Peace
A very handsome young man . (2 Sam.
14:25)
Powerful soldier (brilliant military strategist)
born leader ( 2 Sam. 15 1-6) King Davids 3rd son
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-His half brother Amnon raped his sister Tamar
-- He murdered Amnon and fled and went to
Geshur(3 years)
-The king and all his servants wept very bitterly.
David mourned for his son everyday (13:37)
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- Joab perceived that the kings heart was concerned
about Absalom
- by Joabs manipulation, the king said to him Go
therefore, bring back the young man Absalom. Lethim return to his house , but do not let him see my
face.
- Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem
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-Absalom requested Joab twice to send him to the king to
see the kings face but refused.
- Absalom told his servants to set Joabs field on fire.
- Joab came to Absalom and went to the king and told him.
- Absalom went to the king and bowed himself on his faceto the ground before the king. Then the king kissed
Absalom.
-Nothing happened as expected by Absalom
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-Absalom stole the hearts of the people
-- He plotted to overthrow his own father
-- David fled and prepared an army to fight
against his own son
-- David said to Joab Deal gently for my sake
with the young man Absalom.
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-There was a great slaughter (20,000 men died)
- battle spread over the face of all country
-- battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim
-Absalom riding on his mule, went under the thickbranches of an oak tree
--his head caught in the branches of an oak tree so hewas left hanging
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-A man saw him, told Joab , he took three spears in
his hand , and thrust them into his heart
-- Joabs ten young men(armor bearer) surrounded
Absalom, struck and killed him, cast him into a large
pit in the woods and laid a very large heap of stones
over him
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- When the king knew that Absalom was dead, he
was deeply moved, went up to the chamber over
the gate and wept and he said thus:O my sonAbsalom- my son, my son Absalom if only I had
died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!
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Moral Lessons For The Youth
Young people:
-You are filled with life
-- you have ambition
-- each one of you has big dreams for your
future
-- you want to have lots of money
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-Do not allow your good looks to go to your headand your head swells
-- do not allow your pride and lust for power
cloud your reasoning badly
-- do not allow Satan to misuse you and abuse
Gods beautiful gift of your body
-- instead you present your bodies as a livingsacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service(Rom 12:1)
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Remember the following admonitions from
the bible:
-Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a
woman who fears the Lord is to be praised
- Jesus says All who exalts themselves will
be humbled but all who humbled will be
exalted.
--Pride goes before destruction and a haughty
spirit before a fall
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Lesson for the Parents
The truth of the story captures the
ACHING we know as parents when lifedoes not work out well for our children:
-Failure of a marriagea life-altering
accident or illnessa career reversal or apain of a rebellious child
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Absalom moments:
- When pain has crashed in upon us because
of events or decisions in the lives of those we
love and yet so powerless to effect any change
in the reality of their present distress
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-when we must acknowledge that our child or
grandchild has made a foolish decision that will
now have terrible consequences, a choice that
often represents a total abandoning of the
core values that we have spent our lifetime
encouraging
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- When we must admit, like David, we have a
child or a grandchild who has broken faith
with God and family, acted in a hatefulmanner, and has chosen to go away to a
place where he or she cannot or will not hear
our words of love and forgiveness
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- When must acknowledge that the story of
Absalom is our story. For we too, rebel
against God. We choose to go our own way,turning from the truth and life we have
come to know through Jesus Christ.
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Remember one thing David was willing todo.
-give up his life to save his son
-Is the very thing we believe God has donefor us through Jesus Christ
- For God so love the world that He give His
only son.(John 3:16)
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This is good newsthis is the hope
of our salvation. Let us delight in this
truth.
*Jsm 2013*