1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,720 First Samuel chapter 17 and you know, I hope you do that is more 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:11,840 than just a an update on where our society is at. 3 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,720 I hope we don't just shake your head and say, wow, I can't 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,360 believe it. And and follow that same path. 5 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,080 I hope we are doing something about that. 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,040 And I was reading about this the other night, but that's the 7 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:26,720 that's the whole purpose of us coming to church. 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,440 Yes, we definitely learned the Bible, but we're also instructed 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:37,080 by our pastor, who I believe God gives an extra bit of wisdom. 10 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,360 I believe that to lead lead people. 11 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,800 He's not the oldest in the room. He hasn't been maybe have the 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,920 most experience in every aspect of life. 13 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,080 But I believe God gives a pastor a special wisdom. 14 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,840 And so be listening for that. You know, what's interesting is 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,640 I don't understand that either. How? 16 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,800 Well, I'll just tell you. So New Year's Eve, I was out on 17 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,680 a job and and one of the guys that is a subcontractor for us, 18 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,560 I asked him what he was doing New Year's Eve. 19 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,680 He said, well, we were going to go out to eat, but I, I cannot 20 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,880 get my 9 year old off the phone when we're out to eat. 21 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,280 I said take it away. Well, yeah, I don't want to. 22 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,080 I don't want to have that fight. It's just pretty amazing to me. 23 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,960 You know, parents are not parents. 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,720 You can't even force your 9 year old to get off the phone so he 25 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,800 can eat with you. But anyways, I say that to say 26 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:32,480 just make sure we're not falling into that same trap ourselves. 27 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:33,880 I just don't want to have that fight. 28 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:38,280 Have that fight and it'll be very good for you down down the 29 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,080 road in the long run. So first Samuel chapter 17, 30 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,640 brother Matt, can I get you to grab this mic here? 31 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:49,160 We're going to do some some, I'm going to have you all read some 32 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:50,440 verses because we got a bunch of them. 33 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:57,480 Is anybody in the sun with just you hiding behind the screens? 34 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,760 All right, we'll have that yellow mic that we use for the 35 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,880 offering. But First Samuel 17 is where 36 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,480 we're going to start. And if you remember, we are in 37 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,479 our valleys. And I want to just review 38 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:12,200 quickly because we are getting into them pretty far now. 39 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,080 We only have 3 left, including today. 40 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,920 And so we have looked at the valley of discouragement, the 41 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:21,680 valley of disobedience last week, the valley of deception, 42 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,560 which is exactly what he's talking about. 43 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:29,240 We are in this age of, of brother Cloud calls it the 44 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,760 pornographic age. It's just this visual, a age 45 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:38,120 that that we, I think sometimes just don't even really put our 46 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,160 guard up because we get so normalized to, to everything 47 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,240 that our eyes see day-to-day, especially on social media. 48 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,520 I believe and, and don't think for a second that that's not 49 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,920 Satan's plan to desensitize us. You know, some of the things we 50 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:55,360 see in our culture. How do we get there? 51 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,880 We get desensitized to where even the Christians aren't 52 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,520 shocked by it. We just, well, that's, that's 53 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,720 normal. Let's not get there. 54 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,160 But that's that valley of deception. 55 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,280 That's what happened with Samson, as we saw last week, and 56 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,760 we're going to look at this morning, the valley of doubt. 57 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:18,840 And I would say discouragement and doubt maybe go hand in hand. 58 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,960 We talked about discouragement a few weeks ago, the valley of 59 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,600 discouragement. But discouragement and doubt are 60 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,320 maybe not similar, but hand in hand. 61 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:33,040 And they are also doubt is very contagious as well. 62 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,880 And you can see that in in work, You can see that in sports. 63 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,560 You know, if a sports team doesn't have the confidence that 64 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,840 they're going to beat this team they're playing against, 65 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,800 everybody feels that even if one or two of them do have that 66 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,720 confidence, they get to the point maybe halfway through the 67 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,600 game and they're losing and their quarterback is I knew this 68 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,880 was going to happen or whatever. Then the whole team kind of and 69 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,560 you can see it. You can see it in their faces 70 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,400 and their body language. And so doubt can be contagious, 71 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,160 you know, even on a spiritual level or in, in our lives as 72 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:05,280 well. So we're going to look at that 73 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,000 this morning. First Samuel chapter 17, Brother 74 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,040 Matt, I will give you a verse here in just a second. 75 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,080 So you'll you'll know ahead of time. 76 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,240 And I'm going to, I'm just going to go right on down the line 77 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:21,000 around the auditorium. But the first Samuel chapter 17 78 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,080 and verses 2 and three. And we're not going to we're not 79 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,920 going to read this whole passage because we're very familiar with 80 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,600 the story of David. But we are going to pull a few 81 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,000 things out of this. In verse number two of First 82 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,960 Samuel chapter 17, it says, and Saul and the men of Israel were 83 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,600 gathered together and pitched by the valley of Elah and set the 84 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,080 battle in a ray against the Philistines. 85 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:46,000 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on one side and Israel 86 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,480 stood on a mountain on the other side, and there was a valley 87 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,280 between them. And then we get into the story 88 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,800 of David and Goliath. You know, and even even today, 89 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,520 people who don't know anything about the Bible, they might not 90 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,920 even realize the story of David and Goliath comes from the 91 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:02,560 Bible. We'll use that as a, as a way to 92 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:07,320 say, wow, this is a, this is a David and Goliath battle here or 93 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,640 whatever to say maybe an underdog that is going up 94 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,440 against a very, very good team, whether it's in college sports 95 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,560 or whatever, You'll see that fairly often. 96 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:21,960 But, but it's this, this story became a part of Jewish history 97 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,320 after it happened. I mean forever, even even now. 98 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,640 But in Jewish history, this was one of the things they look back 99 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,520 to their King David and the valley of Elah. 100 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,880 We've been, we've been giving you a definition on each one of 101 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,560 these. So the valley of Elah Elah means 102 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:44,040 oak or strong tree. And I think this is a fitting 103 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:50,040 valley to pick for the, for this idea of doubt, because doubt is 104 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,240 a strong thing in our lives. It, it really is. 105 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,520 If you well, we'll get into it. It is a very strong, very strong 106 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,720 thing in our lives. Just like last week, that this, 107 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,760 that vine, it's soft, but it's strong. 108 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,320 Oak trees are a little bit different. 109 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,000 They're just plain old strong and they're hard. 110 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,640 Run into them once and you'll find out all about it. 111 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,440 But they are, they're hard. And so is doubt in our lives. 112 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,680 Doubt is the enemy of the child of God. 113 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,720 I'm going to ask you this. What is the opposite of doubt? 114 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:26,960 Think, think about it. One word. 115 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,080 What it What would be the opposite of doubt? 116 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,760 OK, confidence. Who said that, Brother David? 117 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:34,920 Faith. That's what I'm looking for. 118 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:41,640 Faith Bible tells us the just shall live by doubt, right? 119 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,440 I mean, it's fine to doubt. No, it says the just shall live 120 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,240 by faith. Brother Matt, I'm going to give 121 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,520 you Romans 117. Miss Ariana, you good to read? 122 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,240 You good to read? Galatians, 311. 123 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,360 Galatians 311. Brother Johnny Hebrews, 1038. 124 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:12,440 Miss Sotol Habakkuk 24. Habakkuk 24 and I think I will 125 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,880 stop stop with those for now. We'll be in first Samuel 17 for 126 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,400 the most part. But yeah, the the opposite of 127 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,880 doubt is faith. And the Bible tells us the just 128 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,560 shall live by faith. And, and we've talked about this 129 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,520 many times in any kind of policy or standards or procedures in 130 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:35,040 work, shall is not an option. You will do that. 131 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:36,920 And so this is a very strong command. 132 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,800 The just must live by faith. Brother Matt. 133 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,600 Romans 117. Romans 117 For therein is the 134 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,640 righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith, as it is 135 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,080 written, that just shall live by faith. 136 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:56,320 As it is revealed the righteousness is is in that the 137 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,800 fact that the just are living by faith. 138 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:06,640 Miss Ariana Galatians, 311. But but that no man is justified 139 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:11,720 by the law in the sight of God, it is evident, for the just 140 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,800 shall live by faith. Very good brother Johnny, jump 141 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,160 right to to that next one. What did I give you? 142 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,040 Hebrews. 1038 Now that just shall live by faith. 143 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,080 But if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in 144 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,680 him. That's a that's an interesting 145 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:33,159 verse and a strong verse. Bible tells us that too, that, 146 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:38,280 that in other places without faith, it's impossible to please 147 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,080 God. And we looked at that a few 148 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,720 weeks ago. But it my soul has no pleasure 149 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,240 in the one that's not living by faith. 150 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,840 Therefore, if we're living in doubt or lack of confidence or 151 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,440 whatever word we want to use for that, God is not pleased with 152 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:52,920 it. Miss Sotol. 153 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Habakkuk. Behold, the soul which is lifted 154 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,680 up is not upright in him, but the just shall live by faith. 155 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,560 Just shall live by faith I got AI got a poem I want to read you 156 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:09,880 Doubt sees the obstacles Faith sees the way doubt sees the 157 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:14,840 darkest night Faith sees the day Doubt dreads to take a step 158 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:19,640 Faith soars on high doubt questions who believes faith 159 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,880 answers I and you know this is this is a very practical thing. 160 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:29,640 I think sometimes we think faith is kind of faith is this super 161 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,440 spiritual thing that only the, you know, the, the big giants, 162 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,880 we even call them that the giants of the faith. 163 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,560 That's not what faith is. Faith is a simple thing. 164 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:44,080 It's a daily decision, a a minute by minute decision. 165 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,680 Doubt sees the obstacles. Faith sees the way. 166 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,040 Doubt sees the darkest night. Faith sees the day. 167 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,840 Doubt dreads to take a step. How often do we see that we're 168 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:58,880 just frozen in, in fear. I don't know which way to go. 169 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,920 So I'm not going anywhere. And it says, but faith soars on 170 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,760 high doubt questions who believes and faith answers. 171 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:12,040 I and you know, we do, we do this with our kids often. 172 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,120 Now Emma's, Emma's 12 years old. She she has a brain. 173 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:16,920 God gave her a brain for a reason. 174 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,840 And you probably deal with this with your kids. 175 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,440 And so when they come to you with a very simple question and 176 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,680 very simple problem and say, I can't figure this out. 177 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:34,480 If you, you are teaching them to have that doubt, that fear, that 178 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,000 lack of confidence, everything when you just go do it for them. 179 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:41,760 What I do with Emma and I know probably many of you do is 180 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,200 figure it out. That's what that's the answer. 181 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,720 Go figure it out. And that's how faith is. 182 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:51,240 Doubt questions who believes I do based on God's word. 183 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,240 Doubt is afraid to take a step. And so we're going to we're 184 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,360 going to pray and then we're going to get right into this. 185 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:00,920 I'm not going to spend too much time on the story itself because 186 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:02,920 we know the story of David, but we're going to look at a few 187 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,560 things that we can pull from it and hopefully help us this 188 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:08,320 morning. So let's pray and we'll get 189 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,040 right into it. Father, I thank you for this day 190 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:11,240 you've given us. Thank you for another 191 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:12,960 opportunity we have to open your word. 192 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,160 God, I pray that you would meet with us this morning here in 193 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,120 Sunday school, but also in the morning service. 194 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,240 Pray that you would fill our hearts with the faith that we 195 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,840 need to work for you and to take steps forward for you. 196 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,040 God, I know there are things in our lives sometimes that 197 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,880 sometimes it's even sin that just freezes us in our tracks 198 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,440 and we're afraid to move forward for you God, I pray that we 199 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,080 would look at this story with David and some of the other bad 200 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:42,880 examples in this story and, and make changes in our lives to to 201 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,920 be living by faith as you command us to do in your word, 202 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,800 in Jesus name I pray, Amen. So let's look at some of the 203 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,240 events here in the story of David and Goliath. 204 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,000 And the first thing that I have is there was a commitment. 205 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,320 Look at First Samuel chapter 17 and verse 32. 206 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,560 There was a commitment from David, it says, and David said 207 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:07,040 to Saul, let no man's heart fail because of him. 208 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,800 That the, the, the giant they're facing, no, let nobody's heart 209 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,640 fail because of him. Thy servant will go and fight 210 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,760 with this Philistine. David made a commitment. 211 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,560 And I think sometimes, you know, this is what David's brothers 212 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:22,680 definitely thought when he came to that battle. 213 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,600 They thought he was naive kind of misunderstanding of what's 214 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,720 actually going on at this battle. 215 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,960 You just want to see some blood and some gore. 216 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:34,080 I mean, we hear his brothers tell him that, but I think David 217 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,680 knew exactly what was going on here. 218 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,160 If you read the story and we won't take the time to do it, 219 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:42,040 but if you read the story, David is is he asked the questions 220 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,560 who, why are we just standing here and letting this giant, 221 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,600 this man, this Philistine curse our God? 222 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,840 And verse 26, David spake to the men that stood by him saying 223 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,360 what shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine and 224 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,640 taketh away the reproach from Israel. 225 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,880 For who is this uncircum Philistine, uncircumcised 226 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,560 Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God? 227 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:13,880 David wasn't under any pie in the sky idea that well, I'll 228 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,920 just go out there and fight this 10 foot tall man. 229 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:22,640 I mean, it's almost as tall as this, as tall as this, this 230 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,200 building here. That's a tall, tall man. 231 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,520 And you know, he wasn't as as thin as I am and just 10 feet 232 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,280 tall. He's a big man. 233 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:35,000 And I don't think for for a second that David had zero fear 234 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:40,520 of Goliath, but I think his confidence, his faith in his God 235 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:45,040 that he would help him win the victory was more than that that 236 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,000 that fear. But he says thy servant will go 237 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:54,120 and fight with this Philistine. And, you know, it began with, 238 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:58,160 you know, David wasn't reluctant to step forward and face this 239 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,680 difficulty. We read, I read that poem, doubt 240 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:03,720 dreads to take a step. Faith soars on high. 241 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:08,040 How does faith soar? It doesn't just because I've 242 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,120 just decided I'm going to soar. It starts taking steps. 243 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,480 And the next thing you know, think about the story of David, 244 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,480 He, he starts running toward this Philistine. 245 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,520 That's faith, that's confidence that whatever God has in store 246 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,560 here, it's, it's about to happen because he's, he's committed. 247 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,920 He's running toward this Philistine. 248 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:32,040 And I think sometimes, you know, we will see maybe even our kids, 249 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,520 but other people in the church that really decide, you know 250 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:39,520 what I'm going to, I'm going to go forward for God and us or 251 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,000 some of us mature Christians, I've seen this before. 252 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,520 We'll see how long that lasts. Why are we do it? 253 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,120 Why? That's what David's brothers. 254 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,880 That's what even Saul was doing to David when David said, why is 255 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:58,040 this, this uncircumcised Philistine defying the armies of 256 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,800 the living God and nobody's doing anything about it. 257 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,720 They were afraid to take a step. And that's the next point. 258 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,680 In verse 33, we see not only commitment but cowardice. 259 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:13,200 Verse 33 of chapter 17. And Saul said to David, this is 260 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,960 the first thing Saul has said at this point since David has 261 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,720 gotten to this, to this battlefield. 262 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,840 The first thing you hears from Saul. 263 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,880 Saul said to David, thou art not able to go against this 264 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:29,200 Philistine to fight with him. Imagine if you imagine if you 265 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,000 went to your pastor and said, pastor, I've got this great 266 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,760 idea. I think in my neighborhood, what 267 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,360 I'm going to do is this summer, I'm going to start a Bible 268 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,360 study. And he said, yeah, that's not 269 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,440 going to work. I mean, imagine what that does 270 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,760 for for what you've been thinking and praying about and 271 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,400 planning for. Nah, that's not going to work. 272 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,520 That's what Saul just did to David. 273 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,480 Hey, I'm going to go and I'm going to kill this Philistine. 274 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,360 I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm going to fight him. 275 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,640 Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with 276 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:01,040 him. This cowardice, you know, and I 277 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,280 think I, I already kind of mentioned this, but I think how 278 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,960 often we, we do that we discourage our youth, you know, 279 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,840 parents especially, and I hope it's I hope it's not us, but you 280 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,920 know, if God is working in your kids hearts and they man, I 281 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,720 think I might be called in the mission field. 282 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,000 I'm not sure. Don't die. 283 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,880 You don't want to do that. I mean, I've literally heard 284 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,360 parents of kids that I grew up with when when we were young. 285 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,320 You don't want to waste your life doing that. 286 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,640 I mean, you have waste. It's not a waste. 287 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:37,000 This is this is for God. The just shall live by faith. 288 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:44,120 But David's brothers, Saul, all showing this cowardice and, and 289 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,680 really, you know, they were so discouraged day after day after 290 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,040 day, this giant comes out, mocks them, mocks their God. 291 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,840 And it's one of those things, you know how, how they say time 292 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,000 heals everything? I think sometimes time actually 293 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,840 prevents healing on especially on relationships and things like 294 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:05,800 that. Because if you're, if you and a 295 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,520 sibling are being stubborn, we're not talking. 296 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:10,920 The longer it goes on, does it get easier or harder to make 297 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,720 that phone call or that that meet up or whatever and say, you 298 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,040 know what, we need to squash this. 299 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,920 It gets harder. So I think as Goliath came out 300 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,800 the first day, you know, and then the second day and then the 301 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:27,240 third day and by day 5 or 6 or 7, now how do you now go, hey, 302 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,240 stop talking like that. I'm coming to fight you that I 303 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,800 think they just got frozen in this fear. 304 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,400 But then discouragement. What are we going to do? 305 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,640 We have no idea what we're going to do, in fact. 306 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:43,520 And you know, when this is going on, you have to remember that 307 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,400 Saul has already been cursed with this evil spirit. 308 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:52,560 And and you can imagine what's going through Saul's mind when 309 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,520 when, when Goliath is out there cursing his guy. 310 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,160 He's not a capable leader at this point. 311 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:07,080 He's afraid he was Bible even says that people that saw saw 312 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,640 Saul and Jonathan fight. They fought with the courage of 313 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,160 lions. I mean, these were some 314 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,040 warriors, but he's he's not even in his right mind. 315 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,360 So now he's afraid. He's got this doubt this this 316 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:19,800 discouragement and and he's acting like a coward. 317 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,960 David, you're not able to do it. You're not going to be able to. 318 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:25,040 And I hope you're applying this in in your own lives. 319 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:29,320 This doubt in our lives give makes us act this way toward 320 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:34,440 others that are having that are that do have strong faith and we 321 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,240 try to chop them down and I won't won't go into that this 322 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,680 morning. But you, they've done whole 323 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:46,880 studies with monkeys that you know, when, when they put two or 324 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,960 three of them in a in a room and when one of them tries to climb 325 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,080 this rope that's in the middle of the room, they, they swat 326 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:56,200 them down And eventually none of the three original monkeys are 327 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:57,920 in the room. But they've trained them that 328 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,800 when, when you climb that rope, swat the other one down, knock 329 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,440 him off that rope. He's not allowed to do that. 330 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,440 And they don't even know why, but they're knocking the other 331 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,160 one off the rope. We, we don't do that. 332 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:12,040 And I think we get like that as Christians, we get so full of 333 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:16,480 doubt that we're knocking each other down to that's, that's too 334 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,000 big of an idea. You let the pastor decide that 335 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,560 you let you let the, the deacons or whoever, you let them go do 336 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:26,400 that, that work. We don't do that, but the just 337 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,960 shall live by faith. There's nothing saying that the 338 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:34,080 regular old person in the in the church can't really live by this 339 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,080 faith that God gives them in their life. 340 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:37,640 And that leads to our next point. 341 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:43,040 David had confidence in his God. Let's see, Adeline, can you read 342 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,720 Romans chapter 8 and verse 31? When we get there, Romans 831, 343 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,040 we're going to go to first Samuel 17 and 30, verse 34. 344 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,320 So here's David's confidence. And David said unto Saul, Thy 345 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,200 servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a 346 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,120 bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. 347 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,040 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out 348 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,080 of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I 349 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,840 caught him by his beard and smote him, and slew him. 350 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,240 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear. 351 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,720 And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of 352 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,320 them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 353 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,800 David said, Moreover, the Lord that delivered me out of the paw 354 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,600 of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me 355 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:21,880 out of the hand of this Philistine. 356 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,400 And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee. 357 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,720 But David had a confidence in his God. 358 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:41,740 Adeline Romans 831 If God be for us, who can be against us? 359 00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:46,880 And you know, when we go out into our community to to knock 360 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:51,320 on doors or to whatever outreach we're doing, or even just, it 361 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:56,480 doesn't have to be scheduled or purposeful outreach, just 362 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,600 something where we're out in our community, we're out grocery 363 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,440 shopping or whatever. If God be for us, who can be 364 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,280 against us? And you know, that goes for 365 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:08,040 other things as well, depression, temptation, anxiety, 366 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,400 you know, and some are more prone to those things than 367 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,400 others. But if God be for us, these 368 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,520 things can't stand against us. And I, and I think if we would 369 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:22,080 get a hold of that fact, as we see in this story, Saul had not 370 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,360 come to grips with the fact that if God is for us, this giant 371 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:28,080 can't stand against us. But it took, as the Bible says, 372 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:32,360 a Ruddy youth to teach them God's on our side. 373 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,960 This, this uncircumcised Philistine doesn't have a chance 374 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:42,040 if, if God is God is on our side and if I go in the strength of 375 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,400 the Lord. But then we have this 376 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,520 confrontation, verses 40 through 48. 377 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:50,120 And we know that confrontation where David faces Goliath and 378 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:54,040 ends up killing him. And but the key here is his 379 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,120 faith in his God. And then finally, and we're 380 00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:00,000 clipping through these because we know the story, but finally 381 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:06,400 we have the conquest. Look at verses 49 to 51 of First 382 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:12,880 Samuel 17 And David put his hand in his bag and took thence a 383 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,560 stone and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, 384 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,200 that the stone sunk into his forehead and he fell upon his 385 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,000 faith face to the earth. I don't remember the other 386 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,360 passage, but there's a passage that says that Golias forehead 387 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:32,240 became as water and the stone just went right in and it and he 388 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,960 smote him in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead 389 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,600 and he fell upon his face to the earth. 390 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,480 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with 391 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,400 a stone and smote the Philistine and slew him. 392 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,960 But there was no sword in his in the hand of David. 393 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,320 He didn't fight with a sword. He had not proved that. 394 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,080 Remember he he was given that and he gives it back to Saul and 395 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,120 goes out with his sling. So David prevailed over the 396 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:56,160 Philistine with a sling. Oops, sorry, there was no sword 397 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,960 in the hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood 398 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:02,120 upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of 399 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:05,240 the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head 400 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,080 therewith. And when the Philistines saw 401 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,680 their champion was dead, they fled. 402 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,880 And I want to make one point here with David in this valley 403 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:18,400 of Elah running toward Goliath, there was only one way. 404 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,600 Once he got in front of that that giant. 405 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,320 And once he had made this claim that I'm going to feed your 406 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,960 carcass to the birds of the field and to the to the to the 407 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,360 birds of the air and the beasts of the field. 408 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,080 When he made that claim, there was one way to get out of this 409 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,480 forward. He had to go through this valley 410 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,000 and he went forward by faith. And we see that through this 411 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,720 whole chapter, how David, David was not David didn't go tell 412 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:48,000 Goliath, I've killed a lion before, I've killed a bear 413 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,240 before and I can kill you. He didn't tell Goliath that his 414 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:55,840 confidence was coming from that. But he tells Goliath, you've 415 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,920 defied God and God is going to give you into my hand. 416 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:06,800 So we finally have this conquest in in in this in this story. 417 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,640 But then we have something that is essential. 418 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,120 And we've already kind of talked about about this. 419 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,960 Hannah, could you read Hebrews 11/6? 420 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,080 I know I didn't give you time, but Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 421 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,160 6, I already mentioned this verse, but there is something in 422 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:27,120 order to face this doubt that we must have. 423 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:41,620 And Hebrews Chapter 11, verse 6, is that on or do brother Josh 424 00:24:41,940 --> 00:24:44,460 take it, says it's on. He must have took it down and 425 00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:46,220 there's nobody back there. Thank you. 426 00:24:46,220 --> 00:24:50,240 But without faith, it is impossible to please him. 427 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:55,200 And so then that says, I think sometimes we live our lives like 428 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,920 that. Well, I'm going to please God by 429 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,680 going out and knocking on doors with no faith. 430 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,480 I have no, no thought that, you know, we even say it sometimes. 431 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,520 I know it's a lot harder than it used to be. 432 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,320 You know, people just don't really, you know, want to talk 433 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:11,800 about their door. Where's our faith? 434 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:17,040 We're going out to serve the living and true God, the same 435 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,800 one that David was relying on to take this giant down. 436 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,120 And we even say it because it's acceptable. 437 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,920 Yeah. We'll see what happens when we 438 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:32,160 go out to serve him. the IT is impossible to please him without 439 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,160 faith. Take that in our in our more 440 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,760 practically in our own lives. Without faith, it is impossible 441 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,960 to please him. Without faith that I'm going to 442 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,560 wake up and I'm going to get in my Bible and I'm going to and 443 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:50,640 I'm going to ask God today to help me get me through this bout 444 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,480 of anxiety that I've been dealing with. 445 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,680 No, I'm just going to get up and I'm just going to deal with it. 446 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,760 And I know it's going to crush me all day long. 447 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,440 Without faith, it is impossible to please him. 448 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,720 And I'm being a little bit more practical because I think 449 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,160 sometimes we think this is just a spiritual thing. 450 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,920 It is spiritual, but it it applies to our very physical, 451 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:16,160 very practical lives, our faith that God can help us through our 452 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,560 daily lives. So without faith, let's see. 453 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,320 Let me give you some verses. Brother John, can you read 454 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:28,600 Hebrews 725 and Miss Marlisa John 637? 455 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:35,720 Did I skip somebody? OK, but I but if if if you can, 456 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,600 does anybody in here know how to use the the board? 457 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,000 Yeah, because I think the volume got shut down. 458 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:44,720 OK, that's fine. Just talk loud. 459 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,360 I'm doing it more for the live stream because brother knitting 460 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:49,640 watches this and everything. And he said when you do verses 461 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,720 they can't hear him, but just just speak loud and we should be 462 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,520 OK. But without faith there is no 463 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,600 pardon from sin. And we know that. 464 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,400 Ephesians 28 and 9 For by grace are ye saved through faith, and 465 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,440 that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of 466 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:06,760 works, lest any man should boast. 467 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,240 There is no pardon though, without faith. 468 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:25,580 Hebrews 725 brother John. And this is where this is where 469 00:27:25,580 --> 00:27:30,040 maybe maybe we apply it a little bit more spiritually, but we 470 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,040 must have faith in God's power to save us. 471 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,000 OK. And that's what he just read. 472 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,240 He is able to save them to the uttermost. 473 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:44,840 He is able Hebrew. Sorry, John 637 is this is his 474 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,440 not only his power to save, but his promise to save those that 475 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:49,880 do come to him. Miss Marlisa. 476 00:27:49,880 --> 00:28:00,400 John, 637. I will in no wise cast out. 477 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,440 That's a promise if you come to me, which is why, you know, we 478 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,120 don't just hound on Calvinism for the sake of hounding on 479 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:11,960 Calvinism. But when, when we are told all 480 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,240 that come to me, I will not cast them out. 481 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,080 That's a promise to those that come to God. 482 00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:23,200 But we must come in faith, and it's a promise to save those 483 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,880 that come in faith to him, so that without faith there is no 484 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,320 pardon, but also without faith. And I have to hurry now there is 485 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:35,960 no peace. And let's see, Caitlin, can you 486 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:43,520 read John 1028? And Gray, can you read first 487 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,400 Peter 15? I'm going to give a few more 488 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,760 too, actually. Gray Romans 623, Sorry. 489 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:56,560 So John 1028, Romans 623 Brittany, are you good to read 490 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:02,680 first Peter 1/5 and then let's see, Miss Barbara, are you good 491 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:11,280 to read Second Timothy 112 and then Brother Scott Philippians 492 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:15,000 47 That one we know, but I'm going to have you read it 493 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,360 anyways. So without faith, there is no 494 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,840 peace in our lives either. And we talked about this, so I'm 495 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,400 not going to dwell on it too much, but pastor just did in one 496 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,560 of our discipleship courses, a couple lessons on eternal 497 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:30,200 security. And you know, when he, he, he 498 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,920 says this fairly often. I don't know how somebody can go 499 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,240 through their lives without Christ. 500 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:41,840 And I agree with that because not only do we have, does it 501 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,520 change our lives, but it gives us a peace in our lives knowing 502 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:50,280 no matter what happens, how can these martyrs go to the go to 503 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,680 the stake or go to the whatever torture they were going to? 504 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:58,440 How could they go there with this confidence in God and this 505 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,760 peace? It was because of their faith in 506 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,280 God. They were their souls were 507 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,440 eternally secure. And so we already, we already 508 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,360 mentioned this, but there must be a faith in God's promise to 509 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,520 save. Without it, there is no peace. 510 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:22,200 John, 1028. That brings a lot of peace, 511 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:28,560 knowing I'll never perish, not die, but perish and be separated 512 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,000 from God. I'll never perish. 513 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,160 There's a promise to save our soul. 514 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,880 Romans 623. We know this one, but go ahead, 515 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:45,120 Gray, that gift of God, a promise to save. 516 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,680 And then there's a we have faith which gives us peace in God's 517 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,840 power to keep us. And I think this takes takes 518 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,360 faith to to accept Christ, but then the faith that he can 519 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,920 actually keep us is what gives us that peace in our daily 520 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:12,520 lives. First Peter 15 and that's that's 521 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,080 so important. We are not kept by our good 522 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,280 works. You know, I think sometimes that 523 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:22,080 Lordship salvation where you know, OK, you accepted Christ, 524 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,960 but now you've really got to keep him Lord of your life. 525 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,720 We're not keeping our salvation. God is doing that. 526 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:54,400 Second Timothy, 112. Against that day, that day where 527 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:59,600 we stand before God and he says Christ kept you so you are 528 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,960 saved. That eternal security that gives 529 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,040 us peace and without faith we don't have peace. 530 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:10,080 Without that faith that he is able, as she just read, to keep 531 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:14,880 us, we don't have that peace. And then knowing that eternal, 532 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,920 our eternal security depends on God and not ourselves brings us 533 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,000 assurance which we we already have been talking about. 534 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:25,360 But Philippians 47 and the peace of God, which passes all 535 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:30,240 understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ 536 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,680 Jesus. Why do even Christians spend 537 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,600 their entire lives tossed around, not sure what they 538 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:39,440 believe, not sure because they don't, they don't have the peace 539 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:43,360 of God, which comes from a faith in God that he is keeping our 540 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,400 souls. It does pass all understanding 541 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,680 when you see a parent whose child is, is taken, you know, 542 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,320 through an accident or through murder or whatever else. 543 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:57,400 And they have this peace, how it passes all understanding, but 544 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,880 it's a, it's a peace because of the faith that they have in, in 545 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:06,040 what God promised he would do in keeping us until that day. 546 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,440 And then I'm going to, I'm going to have to move very quickly. 547 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,880 But without faith, we have no prayer life. 548 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:17,920 So remember, we're talking about what is this essential thing in 549 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,520 order to destroy doubt in our lives. 550 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,720 And it's faith. And so without faith, we have no 551 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:23,760 prayer life. Think about that. 552 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:27,240 It makes sense if you don't have faith that what you're praying 553 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,720 is actually going to be answer. What is the point of praying? 554 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,280 It takes faith. And Matthew 922 says that OFT 555 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,120 times it cast him into the fire. Remember this is the dad talking 556 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,200 to Jesus about his son. This demon cast him into the 557 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,040 fire and into the waters to destroy him. 558 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,400 But if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us and help 559 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,000 us. And Jesus said unto him, if thou 560 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,920 canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth 561 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,840 and, and, and if we don't believe, what's the point of 562 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,200 praying? And I think that's why some of 563 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,920 us don't pray. We don't even we don't have 564 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,280 faith that it's going to be answered. 565 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,560 So what's the point? And practically that actually 566 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:06,920 makes sense. What is the point? 567 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,840 So then we are told without faith, it's impossible to please 568 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,320 him. So we need to have that 569 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,719 essential thing, faith in order to have a prayer life. 570 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:18,560 And I'll end with these couple things. 571 00:34:18,679 --> 00:34:20,480 There is there is a directive here. 572 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:25,639 Then in Mark 11/22, Jesus tells, tells us, and Jesus answering 573 00:34:25,639 --> 00:34:28,840 said unto them, have faith in God. 574 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,199 We can have faith in a lot of different things. 575 00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:34,000 We can have faith in the fact that, you know, the time we've 576 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,920 spent in the gym will get us through certain things and it 577 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:40,199 will, but our faith is not put in ourselves. 578 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:46,080 Have faith in God and exercise that faith in God. 579 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:52,000 So if we are if we're told to have faith and Jesus himself 580 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,880 tells us to have faith in God, then how do we exercise that 581 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,760 faith? And I think it goes back to the 582 00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,040 to the little kids song. Read your Bible, pray every day 583 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:05,560 and you'll grow, grow, grow. What's growing our faith, right? 584 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,800 Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 585 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,800 And I'll leave you with just these two things because we're 586 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:17,480 out of time. How do we build our faith by 587 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,600 hearing the word of God. First of all, we, we read it 588 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,840 ourselves and hopefully y'all have made some kind of a 589 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:29,080 resolution to, to do that every day and are keeping it. 590 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:34,920 But that's how we grow in faith. We read and and study the word 591 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,800 of God and then we also come to church and I, I, it's simple. 592 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:41,440 It's so simple, but it's so important. 593 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,320 That's how we grow our faith. We attend the House of God where 594 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:50,080 the word of God is preached, and faith cometh by hearing that 595 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:53,560 word and hearing by the word of God. 596 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,800 And so how do we grow our faith? By hearing the word of God, By 597 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,560 being where the Word of God is being preached, By being where 598 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,880 the Word of God is being taught and read and reading it 599 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,960 ourselves. And so we'll end with this. 600 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:12,320 If we want to avoid defeat in the valley of doubt, we must 601 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,240 work to build our faith. It is through faith in the power 602 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:19,080 of God that we can achieve great victories in our lives. 603 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,920 And I would say it's true faith in the power of God that we 604 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,560 could achieve even small victories in our lives. 605 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,800 We have no victory without the power of God in our lives. 606 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,800 And I think David realized that and David took that with him 607 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,520 through his entire life. And we see David accomplish a 608 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:41,000 lot of things, all going back to, I know that God, that with 609 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,920 the power of God, I can do these things. 610 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,160 I've, I killed a lion, I killed a bear, I killed a Philistine. 611 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:48,560 And we see that in David's entire life. 612 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:52,840 But faith in God gives us confidence to go through that 613 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,200 valley, but also the power that we need to go through that 614 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,840 valley. And so hopefully you, you picked 615 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,040 up something from that this morning and apply it to our 616 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:01,840 lives. These are practical things, not 617 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:06,240 just spiritual that we can apply and, and make a big difference 618 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:07,480 in our lives. Let's pray and we'll be 619 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,480 finished. Father, thank you for this that 620 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,920 you've given us. Thank you again for the all that 621 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:15,000 we can learn from your word. Thank You that it is alive and 622 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,440 it's powerful. God, I just pray that for myself 623 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:23,240 and for all of us here in this room today that we would not 624 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:26,360 just take it as a head knowledge and something that we learn on 625 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,240 Sundays and then forget about through the week. 626 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:32,240 I pray that we would apply it to our lives so that we can have 627 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:35,760 faith and be able to please You with our lives. 628 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,280 Pray that you bless this next service. 629 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,000 Be with Pastor as he preaches. I pray you'd fill him with your 630 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,040 power and that you'd feed us from your word. 631 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:43,880 In Jesus name I pray. Amen. 632 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:44,720 We're dismissed.