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But I want to make a –

I say that to make this point about Eli because this is a question that I had and just a different kind of take I wanted to get your thoughts on.

I'm not saying this is a correct reading or not.

This is just a thought I had.

Whenever it says Eli heard that his sons died and then he heard that the ark fell.

And when the ark fell, he fell over and died.

one commentary I read made the point of, this was because Eli was so dedicated to God that when he heard the ark fell, he fell.

But my thought was, it almost kind of shows that Eli was more concerned with the ministry than with his kids, because losing the ark impacted him more than losing his kids.

And on some sense, I'm like, what if the reading was, had Eli had focused more on his kids,

and less on the ministry that he was trying to build, maybe his kids would have turned out differently.

Because I see that with pastors who focus all about their ministry.

And it's not because it's like, on some level, it's like, oh yeah, they're following God.

But on some level, it's like they're trying to win whatever business they're in.

They see ministry as a business.

They focus so much on

the speaking, the teaching, the church, they ignore their own family, and then their kids turn out crazy.

I do like how the Israelites, whenever the Philistines wanted to get rid of their hemorrhoids and were ready to send it back,

We're like, what do we have to do to send it back?

How do we get rid of this thing?

And the Israelites were like, we also need a little gold.