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West, even Shaw, he told us 
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loves Warriors. 
And I do too. 

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I know it's a few years ago, my 
heroes were always those kind of

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men, who are confident tough and
gritty old to the kind of people

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that I like and so very briefly 
this evening, I want to study 

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with you an old Story one, that 
means so much to you and I, and 

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from it very quickly glean, some
lessons, I hope will help us and

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the Book of 1st, Samuel chapter 
17 and verse 12, the Bible 

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begins like this and say, it's 
now. 

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David was the son of a son of 
that. 

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Here for theit of Bethlehem 
Judah, whose name was Jesse and 

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he had eight Sons. 
The man went among men for an 

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old man of the days of soul and 
the three eldest sons of Jesse 

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went and followed salt to the 
battle and the names of the 

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three sons that went to battle 
were a lie of the firstborn and 

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next unto him, a been a Deb and 
the third shaima, the three 

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eldest sons of Jesse as the 
scripture evidently points out 

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here, had gone was Saul to fight
against the Philistines and 

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ancient enemy of the children of
Israel forty days had now passed

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in Jessie, begin. 
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Perhaps worried about his 
children, he began to wonder how

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they were how things were going 
for them. 

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And so he called the youngest 
David and he told him to go to 

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leave the sheep with the keeper 
and to take with him some 

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subsidence for his Brethren 
verse 17. 

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The scripture says, and Jesse 
said, to David taken out for thy

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Brethren and he fought this 
parched corn and these 10 Loaves

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and run to the camp to thy 
Brethren and carry these 10 

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Cheese's under the captain of 
the thousand. 

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And look how they fare and take 
their place. 

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Jan, so quick is opposed. 
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field and begins to hunt up his 
brothers and look for the m. 

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And when he finds them, he 
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how they're doing. 
Jesse had said some things very 

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specific, first of all, see how 
they fare look them over. 

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Make sure everything is, all 
right, and take their pledge. 

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Make sure that if you speak with
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everything really is, okay. 
And so that's what he begins to 

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do. 
But while he's doing that, the 

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Bible tells us that he heard 
just These men have been hearing

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for the last 40 days, both 
morning and evening of 

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philistine, Down Yonder in the 
Bible. 

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As the custom was for the people
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Often were they went out to 
battle, they would find the 

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Little Valley with a hillside on
either side of it and one Army 

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would get on one side and 
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and they would set their armies 
and array and they would fight a

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battle. 
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Israelites expected to do until 
they got there. 

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The Bible tells us if they're 
came down a man, Man, by the 

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name of Goliath. 
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of him and he stood and cried 
into the armies of Israel and 

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said unto them. 
Why are you come out to set your

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battle in Array? 
I'm not, I have Philistine. 

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And you service to Saul choose 
you a man for you and let him 

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come down to me. 
And if he be able to fight with 

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me and to kill me, then we be 
your servants. 

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But if I Prevail against him and
kill him, then shall you be our 

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servants and serve us? 
And the Philistine said I defy 

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the armies of Israel. 
This day give me. 

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And that we may fight together. 
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those words, the Philistine, 
they were dismayed and greatly 

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afraid, it's amazing to me. 
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man, he was. 
He gives us those old 

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measurements of qubits and span 
and when you do the math, he was

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over nine feet tall. 
The Bible tells us that his coat

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of mail that he wore in the 
battle Wade and our current 

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numbers today around 150 pounds.
Now that's a load to pack around

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if you don't believe that. 
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out to you feed cheddar suppose 
all y'all have one of those pick

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up three bags of fee and you'll 
find out what 150 pounds is like

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the Bible tells us that the tip 
of is feared weighed so much. 

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Think about that 18 pounds. 
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Now, the Bible tells us that 
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seeing what would happened that 
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children with child like that. 
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older brothers and I suppose 
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You just wait. 
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there. 
You'll take care of you. 

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But alive didn't step up. 
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When he comes, that's the end 
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shama. 
He's the one. 

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He'll take care of you. 
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with childlike. 
Admiration thinking surely would

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have my brother will take care 
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You know, that's the way a 
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Are I've got two boys separated 
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We one time. 
Are you eating supper? 

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And my daughter Caitlin, my 
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misguided moment of emotion 
reached over and grabbed groans 

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hand. 
She said I love you and Ron said

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I love Sam. 
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brothers are and I expect that's
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He was waiting. 
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will come, but they did, and not
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talk to the rest of these 
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their 10, he found out something
very amazing as well. 

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There have been somewhat of an 
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Israel as a matter of fact, in 
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the men of Israel when they saw 
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sore. 
Afraid. 

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And the men of Israel said, have
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That has come up. 
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If I Israel has he come up and 
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killed the man, the king will 
enrich him with great riches and

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will give his daughter and make 
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Israel, David was amazed the 
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David speak to the men that 
stood by him saying, what should

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be done to the man that killed 
this Philistine and takes away. 

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The reproach from Israel for who
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philistine? 
Steam that he should defy the 

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armies of the Living God and the
people answered him after the 

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same manner saying, so shall it 
be done for him, that killeth 

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him. 
And so, David begins to speak to

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every man around him and I 
suppose he's looking for a man 

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who would step out there and 
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Now, what will be done. 
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him and make his father's house 
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wife yet. 
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next man. 
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the man that killed was this 
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Well, Come on Reggie Hammond. 
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make this house free. 
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searches for a man who would 
kill the Philistine. 

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None would go finally alive but 
his embarrassment who had been 

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standing there watching all of 
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He came to David, I suppose he 
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begin to drag him off and began,
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In verse 28, the scripture says,
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when he heard heard, when he 
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Anger was kindled against Dave. 
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down? 
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Now left those few sheep on the 
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I Do by Pride of the notice of 
thine heart with our come down, 

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the town might have see, the 
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David was used to this, he'd 
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brothers. 
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with older and younger brothers.
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brother gets a little big for 
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steps into that parental role. 
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be chewed out and you remember 
what he said when he looked up 

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and alive. 
He said, what about now bond is 

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there not a Cause Said David's 
in Wonder stand at the 

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something. 
These other man did not. 

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There was a reason that Goliath 
had to die. 

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There was a reason that this 
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and that was the fact that there
was a reproach on Israel, these 

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were not coming every day men, 
these Ruiz relax. 

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These were not Gentiles. 
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serve the almighty God Of 
Heaven. 

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Their God was not like the Pagan
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other land know, their God. 
Punished his enemies with every 

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Manner of pestilence. 
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who led them out of the land of 
Egypt and parted the Red Sea 

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before them. 
It was their God who fed them in

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the wilderness with man, I'm 
with dub. 

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It was their God who parted the 
Waters of the Jordan when they 

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crossed over into this land of 
promise and it was their God who

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had marched before them has. 
Granted them Victory after 

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Victory. 
And now in David's horror, it 

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was their God who was being 
disrespected. 

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And now, these cowards stood, By
mouthy Philistine standing down 

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there in the battlefield 
intimidating, every one of them.

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And here's what David 
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This is a reproach and it has 
something has to be done. 

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They would not go. 
Well, he stirs such a stink, the

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Bible tells us that finally, the
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Now, Saul knew David David had 
already been before Saul and it 

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played his heart before him and 
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And the Bible tells us this and 
when the words were heard, which

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day, It's fake they were Hearst 
them before Saul and he sent for

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him and David said to Saul at no
man's heart fail because of him 

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that I serve him going fight 
this Philistine and Saul said to

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David are not able to go against
this Philistine to file with him

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for our buddy Youth and he a man
of war from as use and David 

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said, unto Saul died serving 
kept his father. 

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She and there came a lion and a 
bear and took out took a lamb 

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out of the flock and I went 
after him and smote him and 

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delivered it out of his mouth. 
And when he arose against me, I 

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called him by his beard and 
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And I served in Slough, both The
Lion and the bear and this 

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uncircumcised Philistine shall 
be as one of them. 

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Seeing it defied, the armies of 
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God David said, moreover, the 
Lord that delivered me out of 

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the Paul the line and out of all
the bear. 

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He will deliver me out of the 
hand of this philistine. 

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It's all said unto David go and 
the Lord be with thee. 

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Yes David understood. 
He understood that God just as 

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God had blessed him and cared 
for him. 

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He knew that God would continue 
to do that. 

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He had an abiding confidence and
Abiding Faith. 

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In God. 
The Bible tells us that Saul 

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began to persuade him. 
Listen you're going to go and 

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fight at least take my armor if 
you ever thought about this? 

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David's a young man show He said
last night, he was a teenager 

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saw a grown man. 
The Bible tells us it is 

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coronation was Head and 
Shoulders above everyone else. 

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He was a big man himself kind of
makes me wonder, why this big 

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man didn't March down there to 
face their big man. 

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We start to see something of the
crumbling character of Saul, and

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so he tells him take my armor so
they begin to put the armor on 

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David and they begin to lace it 
up and take that to build the 

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lake sale and reduce it down to 
a schmedium. 

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I'm sure. 
And by the time they get it all 

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cinched up, I'm sure. 
David looked like a terrapin 

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huerto sack and he said, I can't
take this, I'm not prove this 

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armor, I can't have this and so 
off, he goes, the Bible tells us

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he began to make his way down 
that Hillside. 

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And as he went along that 
Hillside, he began together some

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Stones. 
You know what he took with you? 

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Do you remember what he took 
with him? 

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He had to Shepherds bag carried 
his possibles in there. 

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You know, he had his staff in 
one. 

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Hand and his sling that slang is
amazing thing. 

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Now the, when I was a little boy
my dad made me one of them. 

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That's not like you, we think 
about a slingshot piece of 

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leather whole about. 
So so wide with a string or a 

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piece of leather tied on one 
side and on the other side and 

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the way we did is you tie one 
piece of string around your 

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wrist and you'd hold the other 
piece of string and you'd put a 

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rock in there or whatever's 
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Wind that up and you would send 
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Oh, Mase it's Force. 
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David, I got to where I could 
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Although me and my neighbor, we 
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transformer on a power pole and 
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the neighbors down the road from
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David was a master David knew 
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The Bible tells us what he made 
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And finally met fit Goliath, 
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The scripture says And the 
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Am I a dog without coming to me 
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cursed David by his gods. 
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come to me and I will give thy 
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and the beasts of the field. 
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Listen to what David said. 
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with the spirit, with The 
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But I come to the end of the 
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god of the armies of Israel. 
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will the Lord deliver the into 
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And I will smite thee and take 
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give the carcasses of Host of 
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This they do the fowls of the 
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the earth that all the Earth. 
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Israel. 
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may know that the Lord saves 
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And spear for the battle is the 
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your hands in my mind's eye. 
I can see David as he begins to 

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head toward Goliath. 
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but then his strides begin to 
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racing toward him at full 
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The scripture tells us, he takes
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puts it in that swing. 
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too. 
Fire his shot. 

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I suppose had to the sudden stop
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He had built up. 
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and travel through his body 
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fired. 
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its Mark in Goliath's forehead 
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and Goliath fell before him 
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There was no sword and David 
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And so David ran to him, the 
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Goliath's sword. 
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have been like, when David 
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nappy oily, curls of that, 
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head before the Israelites. 
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God. 
Save is not with sword and 

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spear. 
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Philistines were put to flight 
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I want to notice with you a 
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think that you and I should 
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should check a with first of 
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The fact that there is a cause 
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cause today, there always has 
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Here was being humiliated, her 
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the Army was too afraid to do 
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David asked the most appropriate
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not a cause. 
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is there not a cause in which 
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Is there not a cause it's worth 
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defense, the Bible teaches. 
Us in Romans chapter 1 and verse

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16. 
The Apostle said, for I am not 

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ashamed of the gospel of Christ 
for it is the power of God unto 

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salvation to everyone that 
believeth to the Jew first and 

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also to the Greek. 
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Today, that is a Cause worth 
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The Apostle. 
Defined it in First Corinthians,

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15 verses 1 through 4 as being 
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death, the burial, and the 
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And that's a story. 
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That's a Cause worth defending 
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And more critics today, assail 
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scripture itself, and that's the
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It's the one that makes the 
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Literally the difference between
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The difference between saved 
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forever? 
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Corinthians 4 and verse 3. 
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hid to them that are lost in 
whom the God of this world has 

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blinded the minds of them which 
believe not lest the light of 

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the Glorious gospel of Christ, 
who is the image of God should 

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shine. 
Unto them? 

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Yes, are closed. 
Today is work defending. 

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Our calls today is worth 
declaring. 

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But secondly, to we defend the 
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The church today is worth 
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This glorious Kingdom of Heaven 
on Earth. 

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The Bible teaches us in Acts 
chapter 2 and verse 47 praising,

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God, and having favor with all 
the people and the Lord added to

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the church daily. 
Such as should be saved 

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yesterday. 
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The church is the cause we 
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She's worth working for she's 
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For their critics today. 
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outside the kingdom, who wants 
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And you want to downplay the 
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church she's worth defending 
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Now, I realize today, it's only 
a grammatical thing, but it 

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absolutely gets under my hide. 
When I see somebody spell out 

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the Church of Christ and they 
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As if 2D emphasized, the 
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listen, friends. 
That's the Kingdom of Heaven on 

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Earth. 
And if men are going to be saved

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today, they're going to be 
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And we need. 
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No, I understand the principle, 
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Christ in the name Church of 
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Well that's good and that's 
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Man, won't be safe without the 
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You can't be saved with Christ 
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doesn't work that way. 
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grammatical issue, but there's 
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my friends and don't be fooled 
by Wiley. 

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Folks who simply want to say 
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matter of advertising. 
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The Kingdom of Heaven is a Cause
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secondly, I want you to notice 
today that David had Faith, you 

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know what drove him. 
Down in that Valley, faith, 

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faith. 
He believed in God and you 

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believe in God protecting power.
I've often thought about David, 

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you know, we don't have very 
many bear at home. 

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You don't have very many 
mountain lions either, at least 

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not these kind. 
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hunting wild hog every once in a
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You'll catch an old wild Sal 
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don't understand that. 
This is really just a I'm just 

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going to catch you and tie you 
up and catch you my dogs and 

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we're going to turn you loose 
and go on our merry way. 

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She don't understand that. 
And so, when I get ahold of her,

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she's trying to eat me alive. 
And almost every time I think, I

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hope David didn't feel this way.
But I'm scared to death. 

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The only thing that really keeps
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one, the abiding fear of being 
mauled. 

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Number two having to tell my 
wife meet me at the emergency 

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room, I've done something 
stupid. 

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Well isn't that a way for David?
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just as God delivered me from 
The Lion and from the bear, he 

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will deliver me from this 
Philistine. 

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Let me ask you today. 
Where is your faith? 

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Glad you David's Faith. 
Led him to a valley of victory 

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of valley of Victory. 
Where's your faith? 

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LED you do, you have faith 
enough today to live the truth? 

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You have faith enough to live 
the truth in front of friends 

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and in front of critics I've got
to hurry on very quickly. 

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You know, we've been talking to 
these young men. 

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They did an amazing job this 
morning I think I didn't see a 

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dud and a bunch. 
They really did good and you 

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know here and like all the young
people's meetings that you will 

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go to peep they're going to pet 
and Ponte. 

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You have good. 
You did you mama's going to 

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flutter around you? 
And your daddy's going to March 

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around with pride and all the 
Brethren. 

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Going to tell you the greatest 
thing since sliced bread and you

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all did very well. 
But it's one thing to preach the

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truth where the fans are. 
And it's another thing to preach

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the truth with the critics alter
its own, don't you understand 

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today? 
It's going to take some Faith. 

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Some confidence of what you're 
preaching is the truth of God's 

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Divine will and I pray, you'll 
do that very thing. 

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Just as I do for all our 
preachers you have faith in 

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after enough today. 
To confront are and false 

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teaching yes, false teachers 
still are among us today just as

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they were in the first century. 
And you know what? 

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It's going to take to confront 
them. 

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Faith confidence in God's word. 
That is true, right? 

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And unchanging, it's going to 
take Faith, he have faith enough

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today to preach the truth and to
live the truth in your everyday 

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life. 
You're going to have friends and

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neighbors. 
You're going to have workmates 

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today, who don't agree with what
you do, what you stand for, how 

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you live, What You Preach, what 
you practice and you, you are, 

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they just don't like it. 
You know what? 

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It's going to take to live it 
out before them. 

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And to change their mind, it's 
going to take Faith. 

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You're going to have to be 
convinced that what you're doing

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is absolutely right. 
So I ask you again today. 

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Where is your faith? 
LED you as your faith? 

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That you today to be the best 
Christian that you can be. 

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Here's what the Lord said in 
Revelation 2 and verse 10. 

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He ran out of those things, 
which Thou shalt suffer behold. 

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The devil shall cast some of you
into prison that ye may be 

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tried. 
And ye shall have tribulation 

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ten days, be thou faithful unto 
death. 

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And I'll give you a Crown of 
Life. 

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