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Four D’s of Blood 2 sam12-32 READ-

The

Blood of Defiance (Defiance starts in the heart- it’s the desire of the

individual)

Abner’s disobedience cost others their lives 31 But the servants of David had struck down, of Benjamin and Abner’s men, three hundred and sixty men who died.This never would have happened- but the collateral damage of Abner was that his defiance caused other people’s problems in their lives.  His rebellion produces bloody deathPeople died because of Abner- the 12 and the 360- because he took over God’s planHe wanted Ishbosheth to be king instead of David- and in the end- hundreds of people diedPro 17:11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God;  the messenger of death will be sent against them.The Bible is clear- you reap what you sow- blood on the hands of abner because of his defianceYou would think after 12 died that Abner and ishbosheth would have relented and repented- nThis spirit of rebellion and defiance of Saul carried on into his son and leader- abner

1 Sam15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king.”It has seeds of rebellion at its foundation and core- it can never be blessedGod never blesses rebellion- A rebellious child can never receive the blessing of their parentsThe story of the Prodigal is not that his father blessed his rebellion- it was that the rebellious son came to himself and begged for mercy- there could be no blessing any other way. What does it mean to you?

Where’s the rebellion in your life? The problem with rebellion is that its easy to see in others and hard to see in ourselvesIf I asked you to think of someone you know who is rebellious- you could think of oneBut what area of rebellion is in your heart? Not in your actions. Your heart-thoughts-desiresThe seeds of the mind get planted in the heart and produce crops of bloody rebellionPsalm 68:6 God sets the lonely in families,  he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.It’s a bad place- we don’t want to live there- we get nothing good there- College- library to bathrooms promoted to stairways- sportscenter- Another guy did it, so I followed suit- and the main guy watching us didn’t even care- once over- REBELLIONDeuteronomy 9:7  “Remember! Do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you departed from the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord.That’s brooms- How much more when our heart is rebellious towards the Lord?The OT is full of stories of rebellion and the fruit of it- we should destroy it in our lives!

The

blood of Division (Division is the fruit of defiance- rebellion breeds division

with others)

Abner and joab are watching these 12 by 12 go at it- 16 And each one grasped his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side; so they fell down together. BLOODSHEDIshbosheth was never intended to be king- Saul in 1 sam lost the right to kingship  and upon his death- Abner took it upon himself to make Ishbosheth (Sauls son) king- 2 sam 2:8 READThe men of Judah made David King because they knew he was the rightful king- but the line of Saul (Israel) was not seeing it that waySaul was told he would not be king- 1 Samuel 13:14  READ2 sam 2:4 Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.”It caused a riff in the Nation of Israel- some followed Israel and some followed David in t...