1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:05,200 I want to talk about the story of David and Goliath and this is 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,100 a story that is certainly familiar to us one that we 3 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:11,700 probably learned as a child parents love to tell their 4 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:16,500 children about this story of David and Goliath and preachers 5 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:20,100 teach about it and many lessons have been given certainly on the 6 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:22,800 subject. Everyone loves the story of an 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:27,000 underdog. You know that we like to root 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,200 for the underdog team and if they win The game or they win 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,700 the match, then that's just great because they were 10 00:00:34,900 --> 00:00:40,200 considered to be the lesser of the two teams or lesser of the 11 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,100 two that were that were fighting against each other. 12 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:48,200 But this story really isn't a story of David as an underdog. 13 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:55,400 The moment that David stepped foot out onto this Valley with 14 00:00:55,400 --> 00:01:00,400 Goliath. Goliath was doomed to die. 15 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:06,700 Here's a little history. This history is a story of the 16 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:10,600 introduction of David to becoming the king of Israel 17 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:14,000 before the story of David and Goliath happened. 18 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:20,200 Samuel had been commissioned to go to Bethlehem and anoint David 19 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:24,700 as the next king of Israel and we can read about that in Samuel 20 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:31,300 16 and verses 1 through 13. Samuel was afraid to go into 21 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,800 Bethlehem to even do this because he was afraid, he was 22 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,900 going to get put to death of Saul found out what was going 23 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:41,000 on, but God told him you go in there and you take care of it. 24 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Anyway, tell them that you're there doing something else and 25 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,400 you're offering sacrifice to God but I want the next king 26 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:55,500 anointed there. So King Saul had certainly lost 27 00:01:55,600 --> 00:02:00,000 favor with God due to his unlawful burnt offerings we 28 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,100 notice in first Samuel 13 verses 7 through 14, we're just going 29 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:08,699 to read verses 13 through 14 and Samuel said to Saul, you have 30 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:11,500 done foolishly. You have not kept the 31 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:15,400 Commandment of the Lord, your God, which he commanded you for 32 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,100 now. The Lord would have established 33 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:19,100 your kingdom over Israel forever. 34 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,000 But now, your kingdom shall not continue. 35 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:26,600 You the Lord has sought for him. A man after his own heart and 36 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,900 the Lord has commanded him to be Commander over his people, 37 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:33,600 because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you. 38 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:41,900 Also we find in first Samuel 15 of verses 10 through 26. 39 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:45,000 That's all had. Also kept the plunder of the 40 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,600 defeating of the amalekites notice verse 26. 41 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:55,100 First Samuel 15, but Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with 42 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:56,700 you. For you have rejected the word 43 00:02:56,700 --> 00:03:00,600 of the Lord and the Lord has rejected you from being King 44 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:05,100 over Israel. So David was to be the next 45 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:07,100 king. We're going to have that. 46 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:12,600 We noticed that happens but Saul's reign as king is going to 47 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,100 diminish and go away. Let's do a little bit of 48 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:20,500 description about David. David was the List of Jesse's 49 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:23,600 eight sons and was a Shepherd probably somewhere in the 50 00:03:23,608 --> 00:03:29,500 neighborhood of 15 to 18. When this story is told, the 51 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:34,900 Bible describes him as in first Samuel, 16 and 12 Ruddy with 52 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:39,800 bright eyes and good-looking. So both most Bible scholars 53 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,100 agree that David had some kind of reddish tint to his hair that 54 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:48,500 he was healthy and handsome, according to whatever handsome 55 00:03:48,500 --> 00:03:51,600 was in that day. Some people think certain people 56 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,700 are handsome and beauty and some would disagree about that even 57 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:59,000 though, God doesn't choose someone based on their outward. 58 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:04,100 Parents. David fit that description, God 59 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:05,900 doesn't look at the outward, man. 60 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:12,200 As sometimes as he mentioned to Samuel in the previous 7th, 61 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,700 verse it says, but the Lord said to Samuel, do not look at his 62 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:21,000 appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused 63 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,700 him for the Lord, does not see a man. 64 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:27,700 See, as man sees for, man, looks at the outward appearance, but 65 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:32,000 the Lord looks at the heart. You know, sometimes we forget 66 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,900 that we want, we want to and we judge people based on their 67 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:39,900 outward appearance, and we don't look at the heart that that's 68 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:43,900 what God was telling Samuel when you're looking for this new 69 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:46,200 king. Because several people had come 70 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,900 before, several men had come before him and Samuel thought, 71 00:04:50,900 --> 00:04:53,300 that that's going to be the king that's going to be the king, but 72 00:04:53,300 --> 00:04:57,400 God rejected them. So he kind of chastise Samuel 73 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,000 for looking at the outward appearance parents. 74 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:04,800 So Samuel had been looking at these older brothers and thought 75 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,400 that one of them was going to be anointed king. 76 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,700 But David appears to be small because of his youth, it is not 77 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:12,800 what Samuel was really kind of looking for. 78 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,800 He had in his own mind, he thought the Lord was going to 79 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:20,900 accept. So we find that through all this 80 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:27,700 Samuel or Saul is distressed after David is Anointed to be 81 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,100 the next king. The Bible tells us in 1st 82 00:05:30,100 --> 00:05:33,900 Samuel, Christina verse 14, but the spirit of the Lord depart 83 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:37,900 departed from Saul and a distressing spirit from the Lord 84 00:05:38,100 --> 00:05:43,000 troubled him. Now Saul wants one of his 85 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:48,000 servants to go and search out someone that can soothe him 86 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:54,400 because of this distress that he wants to find someone that can 87 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,600 play a harp to soothe his Spirit. 88 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:01,800 Then in verse 18 The one then one of the servants answered and 89 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:06,300 said, look I have seen a son of Jesse, the Bethlehem a'ight who 90 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:09,800 is skillful in playing a Mighty Men of Valor, a men-of-war 91 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,700 prudent and speech, and handsome, and a handsome person 92 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:18,400 and the Lord is with him. So Saul sins for David. 93 00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:23,300 David comes and plays his harp for King Saul and the Bible says 94 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:27,700 in verses 21 through 23. So, David came to Saul and stood 95 00:06:27,700 --> 00:06:31,300 before him and he loved him greatly and he became his armor 96 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:34,700 Bearer. Then Saul said to Jesse saying, 97 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:37,500 please let David stand before me for. 98 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:41,700 He has found favor in my sight and so it was whenever the 99 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:46,300 spirit of God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and 100 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:51,200 play it with his hand and saw would become refreshed and well, 101 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,200 and the distressing spirit would depart from him. 102 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,900 So we don't know what the Bible doesn't reveal to us. 103 00:06:57,900 --> 00:07:01,400 What this distressing Spirit was it could have been just simple 104 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:07,600 depression or anxiety or upset that that David was going to be 105 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,900 that God that saw had lost favor with God. 106 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:14,100 Could have been some kind of mental illness for all. 107 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:17,400 We know, I don't know but when when David played the harp for 108 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:21,100 Saul it suits him and it made him feel better. 109 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,500 So God providentially places David in a position of 110 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:31,000 importance with the King. Remember, it's through the 111 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:36,300 lineage of David that Jesus is to be born. 112 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:44,300 So remember that God always has a plan and he always his will is 113 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:50,600 what always comes out ahead. No, it's noticed a little bit 114 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:57,200 about this, the valley of elah. Now, David's set to defend God's 115 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:02,400 name against this enemy and the Battle of elah is about to 116 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,400 begin. The Philistines were a Canaanite 117 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:10,600 people that inhabited Israel before the Israelites came into 118 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:14,400 the Promised Land. And the Israelites were 119 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:18,100 Israelites were not able to completely conquer the 120 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:20,500 Canaanites and drive them out of this land. 121 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:26,900 Totally Then there were battles that happened from time to time 122 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:32,000 between them on a regular basis and so battling, the Philistines 123 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,600 there was nothing new to Saul. Notice in first, Samuel 1447 124 00:08:36,299 --> 00:08:38,799 through 48. So Saul established his 125 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:43,200 sovereignty over Israel and fought against all his enemies 126 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,300 on every side against Moab against the people of Ammon 127 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:49,600 against Edom, against the kings of Zaba, and against the 128 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,600 Philistines, wherever he turned, he Stem. 129 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:57,000 And he gathered an army and attack the amalekites and 130 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,700 delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them. 131 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,600 Noun, the seventeenth chapter of 1st Samuel, the battle of the 132 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,200 valley of elah is about to unfold. 133 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,000 And the time of this history, the Philistines were trying to 134 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,300 advance further up the hill through elope. 135 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:19,700 Through the Gila Valley towards the heart of Judah and take the 136 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:23,800 cities of Bethlehem Jerusalem and Hebron that were inhabited 137 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,500 by Israel. And this Valley was along the 138 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:31,600 pathway that came from the sea, all the way up towards those 139 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,200 cities and so it was a common way to travel. 140 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,600 It was a it was a thoroughfare if you want to say and it was 141 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,300 we're in the Valley of elah, the King Saul engaged, the 142 00:09:41,300 --> 00:09:44,300 Philistines to stop them. Now you can see on the map here 143 00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:49,200 this is just a modern-day map but you see the Dead Sea? 144 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,700 And this this area over here is Israel but this is primarily 145 00:09:52,700 --> 00:09:57,100 where the Philistines were. In power over here. 146 00:09:57,100 --> 00:10:01,400 And it was along, this area is where Bethlehem, and and 147 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:14,400 Jerusalem and Hebron are This was certainly a very important 148 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:21,500 Battle For King Saul. This was a battle where the 149 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:26,400 winner takes all. In other words, there would just 150 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:30,300 be one battle and that would be between two Warriors, But 151 00:10:30,300 --> 00:10:32,900 whichever Warrior one the other would serve. 152 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:38,700 So, Ends. And sometimes battles. 153 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:43,400 Apparently were fought this way and don't know why other than 154 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,000 they were just trying to save all their Manpower and instead 155 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,600 of just killing people but so we can see how important it was 156 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,800 that whoever the winner was they needed to win the battle. 157 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:56,600 Whoever was fighting needed to win the battle. 158 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,600 Let's notice a few more slides here. 159 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:13,600 You can see here, Jerusalem up here in this area and Bethlehem, 160 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,400 Dara down here, and then, little farther down is Hebron. 161 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:21,000 Those right, over in this area is where this Valley of elah is, 162 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,900 and it's not really that far. It's about 16 miles from 163 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:29,900 Jerusalem as the crow flies and about 14 miles from the area of 164 00:11:29,900 --> 00:11:34,500 Bethlehem. So it's right down here in this 165 00:11:34,500 --> 00:11:41,300 Valley, where this all happens. This course of is a modern-day 166 00:11:42,100 --> 00:11:46,800 aerial photograph of the area with agriculture in that area. 167 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:52,800 So here's the battle setting in 1st Samuel, 17. 168 00:11:54,000 --> 00:12:00,400 Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle 169 00:12:00,900 --> 00:12:05,200 and we're gathered at Soco. Soco is right over here in this 170 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,600 hill, and there's some remnants, I guess you can find in that 171 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,500 area right there. But that's where so Coho was, 172 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:16,900 which would be long to Judah. Then Camp between SoCo and the 173 00:12:16,908 --> 00:12:21,600 zika which is excuse me over there. 174 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:28,800 In a fees demand is what? And I don't know if that's the 175 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:33,200 correct pronunciation and Saul and the men of Israel were 176 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,400 gathered together and they camped in the valley of elah. 177 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:45,900 So here's where The Philistines were on this side, Camp along 178 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:48,000 here and they say, this is kind of like their encampment or 179 00:12:48,008 --> 00:12:50,800 maybe their support area over here in this area. 180 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,200 But there's where all the battlefield was or the I should 181 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,100 say, all the army of the Philistines. 182 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,800 And here's where all the army of the Israelites were on this side 183 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,300 and these are kind of hilly areas over here on this side. 184 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:04,500 A little bit of Cliff area, right in here. 185 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,100 And over, on this side, another Hill in, this is the valley of 186 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:15,000 elah right here in the middle. And that is supposed to be or 187 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,400 said, where the battle site was down there towards that end. 188 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:23,100 These are some other pictures of kind of the surroundings of the 189 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:25,300 area. Some people think that this may 190 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:29,000 be the path right here with the Israelites would be up here on 191 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,400 the top of this Cliff area, that this may have been where all the 192 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,900 soldiers came down, and we're probably even, David may have 193 00:13:34,900 --> 00:13:46,800 come down that pathway. An Ela is named after what is 194 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,100 called a terror been with tree. You hear that word used often in 195 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:53,900 the Bible and it's really something that's similar to an 196 00:13:53,900 --> 00:14:00,600 oak tree or that variety. So now inverse Verses 4 through 197 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,800 7 Goliath is described and a champion went out from the camp 198 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,000 of the Philistines. Named Goliath from gath, whose 199 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:14,500 height was six cubits and a span He had a bronze helmet of helmet 200 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:16,700 on his head. And it was armed with a coat of 201 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:20,500 mail, and the weight of the coat, was 5000 shekels of 202 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:22,900 bronze. And he had bronze armor on his 203 00:14:22,900 --> 00:14:25,300 legs and bronze Javelin between his shoulders. 204 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,300 Now, the staff of his Spirit was like a Weaver's beam and his 205 00:14:29,300 --> 00:14:33,800 iron spear had weighed 600 shekels and a shield Bearer went 206 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,500 before him. So some facts about Goliath is 207 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:41,900 he was about nine and a half feet tall some depending on 208 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:46,500 which Cuba to use to the Hebrew. Cubit is about 22 inches and 209 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:49,100 sometimes Egyptian Cubit was a little bit longer, but if you 210 00:14:49,100 --> 00:14:53,200 even take the 22 inches and multiply that times, the amount 211 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:57,200 of qubits, he was anywhere from nine and a half feet to 11 feet 212 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,200 tall. That's what the Bible says. 213 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,100 Now this area back here in the back the ceiling right here 214 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:06,700 somewhere about Prop 8 and a half feet tall. 215 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,200 This may be somewhere in the neighborhood of about 12 feet 216 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,300 tall so that gives you a little bit of an idea. 217 00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:18,800 How large this man was His armor weighed about 125 pounds. 218 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,300 The head of his spear weight, 15 pounds. 219 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:25,700 Just the head of a spear. As probably certainly one of the 220 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:29,100 best fighters, the Philistines had one Scholars are several 221 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:31,600 Scholars mentioned that somewhere in the neighborhood of 222 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,400 250 pounds is what all the armor of Goliath Wade. 223 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:40,900 Well, some of us aren't even 250 pounds and try to carry someone 224 00:15:40,900 --> 00:15:46,100 else with the weighs 250 pounds would certainly be a burden, the 225 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:49,500 Bible describes Goliath as an undefeatable Warrior. 226 00:15:50,500 --> 00:15:53,900 His size is almost twice, the size of some of the of the 227 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:57,800 Israelites. It would certainly take a strong 228 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:02,700 man to carry all that armor into battle and he was, I guess 229 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:05,400 considered probably the Ultimate Warrior. 230 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:11,800 So now Gap, Goliath challenges, Israel and verses 8 through 11, 231 00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:15,900 then he stood and carried out to the armies of Israel and said to 232 00:16:15,900 --> 00:16:18,100 them. Why have you come out to line up 233 00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:21,500 for battle? Am I not a Philistine and you 234 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:25,500 the Servants of Saul choose a man for yourselves and let him 235 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:28,800 come down to me? If he is able to fight with me 236 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:33,200 and kill me, then we will be your servants but if I Prevail 237 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:37,100 against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants. 238 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:42,000 And serve us. And the Philistine said I defy 239 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,100 the armies of Israel, this day. Give me a man that we may fight 240 00:16:46,100 --> 00:16:49,500 together. So here's Israel's reaction in 241 00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:52,400 verse 11. When Saul and all Israel heard 242 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,600 these words of the Philistine. They were dismayed and greatly 243 00:16:56,700 --> 00:17:01,300 afraid. So you know, Saul's looking at 244 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:05,500 this and probably all those those soldiers were looking at 245 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:08,800 this man and going like there's no way I can beat this guy. 246 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:14,900 Who's going to step up? Apparently, no one and we'll 247 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:16,900 find out a little bit more about that. 248 00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:21,900 Up until this point all the armies of Kings King Saul, there 249 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:25,000 was one man that would step up to the challenge of Goliath 250 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,700 certainly what went through their mind. 251 00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:30,600 If I step out there and try to fight this guy that's going to 252 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:36,000 be instant death for me. it says, now David was the son of 253 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:42,500 the affright of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse who had 254 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:47,100 eight Sons And the man was old advanced in years in the, in the 255 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:51,400 days of Soul, the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow 256 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:56,000 Saul to the battle, the names of his three sons, who went to the 257 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:01,100 battle, where he lie about the firstborn next, to him abinadab 258 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:06,300 and the third Shema, David was the youngest and the three 259 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:09,600 oldest followed Saul. But David occasionally went and 260 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,200 returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep and Bethlehem. 261 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:19,900 And the Philistines Drew near and presented himself, 40 days 262 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,500 morning and evening. So we see here that this 263 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:32,500 taunting of the army of Israel had been going on for 40 days 264 00:18:32,500 --> 00:18:36,900 now. It would seem that one side, one 265 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:40,100 side, or the other would get tired of this day after day 266 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:43,800 after day, the same thing happening and maybe some would 267 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,000 walk away, but you don't walk away in battle if you do. 268 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,800 You're called a coward and nobody was going to do this. 269 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,300 There's probably all kinds of you know, you're the leader of 270 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:57,300 people and and and you don't want to walk away and look like 271 00:18:57,300 --> 00:18:59,900 and a coward and be called a coward. 272 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:05,900 So wild Goliath was challenging, the army of Saul every day. 273 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:08,200 For 40 days, David was home tending. 274 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:12,600 His father's sheep and verse 17, then Jesse said to his son, 275 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,400 David. Take now for your brothers and 276 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:21,000 ephah of this dried grain and these 10 Loaves and run to your 277 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,200 brothers at the camp and carry these 10 cheeses to the captain 278 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,500 of their thousands and see how your brother's fair and bring 279 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:33,400 back news of them now. Saul and they all and they and 280 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,200 all the men of Israel were in the valley of elah fighting with 281 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,700 the Philistines. So David Rose early in the 282 00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:44,800 morning, left his sheep with a keeper and took the things and 283 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,000 went to Jesse went as Jesse had commanded him and he came to the 284 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,800 camp. As the Army, was going out to 285 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,100 the fight and shouting for the battle for Israel, and the 286 00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:58,500 Philistines had drawn up in battle array Army against Army. 287 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,400 Now, apparently, it seems as maybe they would spend the 288 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,100 evenings up on the hillside and maybe, then during the day, they 289 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:08,300 would come down down into the valley and stand in front of 290 00:20:08,300 --> 00:20:11,200 each other across. From each other and then they 291 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,000 would be taunted by Goliath saying, send somebody out here 292 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,100 to fight me, send somebody out here to fight me so they had 293 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:20,700 drawn up in battle array Army against Army. 294 00:20:20,700 --> 00:20:24,900 It says, and David left his supplies. 295 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:31,300 In the hand of the supply keeper ran to the Army and came and 296 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:34,400 greeted his brothers. Then his he talked with them. 297 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,700 There was the champion. The Philistine of gath Goliath 298 00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:40,900 by name coming up from the armies of the Philistines and he 299 00:20:40,908 --> 00:20:42,600 spoke according to the same word. 300 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,300 So David heard them and all the men here is real when they saw 301 00:20:46,300 --> 00:20:51,700 the man fled from him and murder dreadfully afraid. 302 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:55,800 So, the men of Israel said, have you seen this man who has come 303 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,200 up? Surely he's come up to defy, 304 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:02,400 Israel, and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king 305 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,200 will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter and 306 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,700 give his father's house exemption from taxes in Israel. 307 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:14,900 So, David spoke to the men who stood by him saying, what shall 308 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:17,400 be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away. 309 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:22,000 The reproach from Israel. For who is this uncircumcised 310 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,500 Philistine that he should defy the armies of the Living? 311 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:28,700 God? Here's really where somebody's 312 00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:31,500 got their mind in the right place and everyone else has got 313 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:37,800 their mind in the wrong place. Dave is basically saying who 314 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:42,100 does he think he is defined the armies of the Living God? 315 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,600 Because David knew where his strength lied. 316 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,300 And the people answered him in this manner saying, so shall it 317 00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:55,600 be done for that? The man who kills him? 318 00:21:57,900 --> 00:22:02,400 Now David's Brothers question what he's really doing and verse 319 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,200 28. Now he lie about his oldest 320 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:09,300 brother heard when he spoke to the men and he lives anger was 321 00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:13,100 aroused against David and said why did you come down here and 322 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:15,000 with whom have you left? Those few sheep in the 323 00:22:15,008 --> 00:22:17,200 wilderness. I know your pride and the 324 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,900 insolence of your heart, for you've come down to C the 325 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:22,000 battle. In other words, you just want to 326 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,300 be a spectator. You don't want to be a 327 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:24,900 participant, you're just talking big. 328 00:22:24,900 --> 00:22:27,200 Who do you think you are? You need to go back there and 329 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,700 take care of Sheep. What's your responsibility and 330 00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:33,600 leave the battle up to us, as kind of what reliable same. 331 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:36,300 And David said, what have I done? 332 00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:39,200 What have I done now? Is there not a cause or nose? 333 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,300 Is there not a purpose for me being here? 334 00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:45,100 First of all, I was told by my father, to bring supplies here 335 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:48,000 and to see how you folks were doing down here, how the battle 336 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,400 was going. And if you guys were okay, is 337 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,800 there not a Cause Then he turned from him, toward another and 338 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,400 said, the same thing in these people answered him as the first 339 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,400 ones did. So Saul hears about this in 340 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,000 Psalms hymns for David. Now, when the words of David 341 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,900 spoke, which David spoke were heard there, he reported them to 342 00:23:07,900 --> 00:23:11,500 Saul and he sent for him then David said to Saul that no man's 343 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:14,400 heart failed because of him. Your servant will go and fight 344 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:19,300 this philistine. And Saul said to David, you are 345 00:23:19,308 --> 00:23:21,900 not able to go against the Philistine to fight with him, 346 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:27,800 you for your Youth and he a man of war from his youth, David 347 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,800 coming up there, he wasn't on the battlefield lot lines. 348 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,500 He wasn't up there in his armor and all this. 349 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:35,900 All the rest of the Israel's were in. 350 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:40,000 There are mobile armor and their their battle array. 351 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:43,600 And so were the Philistines and David comes up there and 352 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:49,800 basically saw saying you're just a young Man, small in stature. 353 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,300 How in the world? Do you think you can go up 354 00:23:53,300 --> 00:23:55,800 against this? Great warrior. 355 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,600 This man has been a warrior since his youth. 356 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,100 So David now defends the ability of God. 357 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,700 But David said to Saul your servant used to keep his 358 00:24:09,700 --> 00:24:14,100 father's sheep and want a lion or a bear came and took a lamb 359 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:16,800 out of the flock. I went out after it and struck 360 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,800 it and delivered the lamb from its mouth. 361 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,900 And when it arose against me, I caught it by his beard and 362 00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:25,100 struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed both 363 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:27,600 line and bear. And this uncircumcised 364 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,600 Philistine will be like one of them. 365 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,500 Scene has defiled, the scene, he has defiled. 366 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:37,000 The Armies of the Living, God? again, here's that statement 367 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:43,100 again by David Moreover David said, the Lord, who delivered me 368 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:48,300 from the Paw of the lion and from the Paw of the bear, he 369 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:52,300 will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine and Saul said to 370 00:24:52,308 --> 00:24:55,100 David go and the Lord be with you. 371 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,900 I want to notice something that came to mind here for me. 372 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:04,300 Anyway. Saul has now put all of his 373 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:08,400 faith in winning this battle in this young man. 374 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:14,000 He has all his his army there and they have all their armor 375 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,400 and all their swords, and all their Spears and all their 376 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,200 Shields and everything else. But now this young man comes up, 377 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,400 that's a shepherd. And Saul is now putting his 378 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:28,400 faith in this young man. If he loses this battle, they 379 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:32,600 will serve the Philistines. But I think Saul came to 380 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:36,000 realization because he's been thinking in one way. 381 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,400 David is thinking a different way that he has God's blessing 382 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:48,600 in this battle and Saul, I believe recognizes that now, So 383 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,000 David prepares for battle in verse 38. 384 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,600 So Salk load David with his armor and he put a bronze helmet 385 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,600 on his head. He also closed him with a coat 386 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,700 of mail David fasten his sword to his armor and tried to walk 387 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:03,700 for. He had not tested them and David 388 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:08,200 said to Saul, I can't wear I cannot walk with these for I 389 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,300 have not tested them so David took them off. 390 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,400 So, no doubt Saul's armor was the best armor. 391 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,100 I mean, you, you want to protect the king? 392 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,700 And the king is the one that's in charge. 393 00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:27,000 I would think the king would have the best armor of any of 394 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,200 his Warriors and this is what Saul wants David to wear. 395 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,400 But David can't even put this stuff on and do what he needs to 396 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:35,500 do. We can't be nimble. 397 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:44,100 He can't be fast and and take on this giant of a, man with this. 398 00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:47,300 So he takes off all of this protection. 399 00:26:48,700 --> 00:26:53,800 Then he took his staff in his hand and he chose for himself 400 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,500 five, smooth stones from the brook and put them in a 401 00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:01,000 shepherd's bag and a pouch, which he had. 402 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,900 And his sling was in his hand. and he drew near to the 403 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:08,900 Philistine, so the Philistine came and began Drawing Near to 404 00:27:08,900 --> 00:27:13,700 David and The Man Who Bore The Shield went before him That 405 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:16,600 that's not before David, that's before the Philistine. 406 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:21,700 And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he 407 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:26,900 disdained him for, he was only a youth Ruddy and good looking I'm 408 00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:30,200 sure the Goliath was really quite surprised that Saul would 409 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:35,900 send this young man with no armor on out to do battle with 410 00:27:35,900 --> 00:27:41,000 him. If you're going to fight a 411 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,400 battle like this, you would think Saul would send the very 412 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,200 best soldier with all his armor with all his weapons as and and 413 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,300 to Goliath it, probably seemed like it just a waste of time. 414 00:27:50,700 --> 00:27:53,200 So he goes on to say. So the Philistine said today of 415 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:58,400 David am I a dog? That you would come to me with 416 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,300 sticks. And the Philistine cursed David 417 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:06,600 by his gods, and the Philistine said to David come, come to me 418 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:09,200 and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the 419 00:28:09,208 --> 00:28:11,900 beasts of the field. Then David said, to the 420 00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:14,800 Philistine, you come to me with a sword. 421 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:23,100 With a spear and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of 422 00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:28,100 the Lord of hosts, the god of the armies of Israel, whom you 423 00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:33,300 have defied This day, the Lord will deliver you into my hand 424 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,300 and I will strike you and take your head from you. 425 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:39,500 And this day, I will give the carcasses of the camp of the 426 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:43,000 Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the 427 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,500 earth that all the Earth. May know that there is a God in 428 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:48,900 Israel. Then all this assembly shall 429 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:53,700 know that the Lord does not say. This does not say The Sword. 430 00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:57,600 And the spear with sword and spear for the battle is the 431 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:04,000 Lord's and he will go, and he will give you into our hands. 432 00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:10,900 So, he tells this philistine. It really doesn't matter what 433 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:13,700 you have. It really doesn't make any 434 00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:15,700 difference. What you have, how much armor 435 00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:17,900 you have? How many weapons you have? 436 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:23,500 I am here in the name of God. The Lord of Israel. 437 00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:30,700 And we and I will take you today and kill you basically, is what 438 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:33,400 he's saying. David knew his power. 439 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:39,100 Came from God and was not the least worried about the outcome. 440 00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:40,800 He knew where he gained his strength. 441 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:45,900 It was God God was on his side regardless of the weapons that 442 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:49,500 Goliath had and regardless even what David had with him. 443 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,000 Being a Shepherd, David knew how to use a sling. 444 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,600 He probably spent many hours out there just watching the Sheep. 445 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,400 You know, this isn't a 24-hour day even though you got to be 446 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,900 there 24 hours a day, if you want to say that. 447 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,900 But you don't have to be busy all the time watching sheep, eat 448 00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:12,100 grass, so he had probably plenty of time to use this sling and 449 00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:16,700 know how to use it to ward off the the, the things that would 450 00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:18,900 be danger to the ship to the flock. 451 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,200 One thing, the leader in war wants to do is he wants to never 452 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:28,600 do as underestimate the enemy and Goliath stood there. 453 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,700 With all these armor with a sword with a shield with all 454 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:37,800 this in his hand and David stood before before him was simply a 455 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:45,800 staff and a sling and and five stones, but David had god with 456 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:50,300 him. So it was when the Philistine 457 00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:52,500 arose and came and Drew near to David. 458 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,800 The David hurried and ran toward the Army to meet the Philistine. 459 00:30:57,100 --> 00:31:01,000 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and he 460 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,400 slung it and struck Philistine in his forehead so that the 461 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:09,200 stone sank into his forehead. And he fell on his face to the 462 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,700 Earth. So David prevailed over the 463 00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:15,500 Philistine with a sling and a stone and struck the Philistine 464 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:18,900 and killed him, but there was no sword in the hand of David. 465 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:25,300 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his 466 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:29,100 sword and Drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut 467 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:32,700 off his head with it. You know, even before. 468 00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:38,700 The stone left, the sling of David God's plan. 469 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:42,500 And God's power was in that stone with David. 470 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,800 God guided that stone I believe and made sure it hit the spot 471 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,800 exactly where God wanted it to go and that was right in the 472 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:55,100 middle of his forehead and it sank deep into his head, the 473 00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:58,500 power of God was in that stone because God knew what was going 474 00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:00,900 to be the outcome. And David knew God had the power 475 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:07,900 to do, what, what God wanted and that was at this Philistine be 476 00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:15,800 put to death. And the Philistines saw that 477 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,600 their Champion was dead, they fled now the men of Israel and 478 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,300 Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines. 479 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,300 As far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of 480 00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:28,800 ekron, and the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road 481 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:33,300 to share him, even as far as gath and ekron, then the 482 00:32:33,300 --> 00:32:36,200 children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines and they 483 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,600 plundered their tents and David took the head of the Philistine 484 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,700 and brought it to Jerusalem. But he put his armor in his 485 00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:47,400 tent. So what is the lesson for us? 486 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:51,600 One of the things that we can gather from this is better to 487 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:56,200 trust in God, rather than men the Israel, it's Israelites had 488 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,900 grown tired of God's style of leadership, and they wanted a 489 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:02,700 King instead of judges to rule over them. 490 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:08,500 So, so God gave them King Saul. The problem was the earth 491 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:12,900 Israelites put their trust in King Saul and not in God Saul 492 00:33:12,900 --> 00:33:15,100 was everything that Israelites wanted. 493 00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:22,500 Saul from what I understand was was a big man, but eventually a 494 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:26,500 bigger man comes along and a bigger man, showed up solve 495 00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:29,700 failed here in the story of David and Goliath Saul. 496 00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:35,200 And his army were putting their faith in man rather than God, 497 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,300 they were putting their trust in King Saul. 498 00:33:37,300 --> 00:33:41,600 Instead of God, David comes along and has total faith in God 499 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,600 is able to accomplish in a few minutes. 500 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,100 What's all had been dealing with for 40 days? 501 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:55,000 Notice Psalm 118 in verses 8, through 9, it is better to trust 502 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,000 in the Lord than to put confidence in men, it is better 503 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:03,000 to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. 504 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:08,300 That's what the problem was as they had put their trust in 505 00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:11,500 Saul. Number two, it's better to trust 506 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:15,800 God's methods, rather than man's David rejected. 507 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:20,000 Saul's armor and used nothing but a sling and a staff, and God 508 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:24,100 wanted Israel to see that the people must trust in him and not 509 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:28,199 big men. Now, if David had put on all 510 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:31,199 this armor and went out there and fought this battle, they 511 00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:32,500 were thought, well, he was lucky. 512 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,600 The God made sure that he the David had the least of what he 513 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:43,300 needed, but had the most power and what that was and that is 514 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:51,600 just a simple sling and a stone. So they must trust God's methods 515 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,500 and not man's method. Some people today put too much 516 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:58,700 trust in men. Big men are big, preachers, big 517 00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:02,300 churches megachurches. If you want us all to say Paul 518 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:06,600 said in in the Corinthians. First Corinthians 11:13 11 519 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,600 through 1st Corinthians 1 11 through 13 for. 520 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,300 It has been declared to me concerning you my brethren by 521 00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:15,600 those of Chloe's house that there are contentions among you. 522 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,200 Now, I say this, that each of you says, I am Paul, or I am of 523 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:23,400 Apollo's or I am of cephas, or I am of Christ is Christ. 524 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,400 Divided was Paul crucified for you, or were you baptized in the 525 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:32,000 name of Paul? See some follow these 526 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,500 charismatic preachers. He's charismatic charismatic 527 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:39,000 churches because it's what they like, it's what they want. 528 00:35:40,900 --> 00:35:45,000 We're not baptized into them. We're not baptized into 529 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:49,600 charismatic, preachers or men were baptized into Christ. 530 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:54,600 Our loyalty is to Christ just as David's loyalty was to God and 531 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,000 Saul had forgotten that number three. 532 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,800 It's better to trust God's method in our service to God 533 00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:03,700 after David hit Goliath with the stone. 534 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:09,000 First Samuel 17 and 50 says, but there was no sword in this hand 535 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,000 in the hand of David. This David really, this real 536 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,100 statement really kind of Wondered why? 537 00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:20,300 It was said again because we already knew that, that when 538 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:24,400 David was putting all the Saul's armor on that, he left it there. 539 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:29,000 And all he took him with him, was a staff sling, and five 540 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,700 Stones. So, we already knew that David 541 00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:35,000 didn't have a sword with him. So, why would a man go into 542 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,500 battle? If he didn't really need 543 00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:39,400 something, you'd be just taking extra stuff that you weren't 544 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,200 going to use it. Be extra cumbersome to you, but 545 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,200 see God already knew what was going to happen. 546 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,700 That he would need a sword and a sword to be provided. 547 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,000 The sword from Goliath that was already there. 548 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:59,300 All in all, it happened is David slew him, David knew the outcome 549 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,000 and this battle before he stepped onto the field. 550 00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:07,000 So the point is the David used. An unconventional weapon when 551 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,100 everyone else was looking at him wondering why he isn't using the 552 00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:13,100 conventional weapon and armor of the day. 553 00:37:14,300 --> 00:37:16,500 He used the weapon. The God wanted him to use not 554 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:21,100 man's or Saul's wisdom and weapons. 555 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:25,200 He put his trust in God and not man, we can't put our trust in 556 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:29,100 the Conventional Weapons that the world has today, that 557 00:37:29,100 --> 00:37:33,000 attracts people such as the entertainment of the big mega 558 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:39,600 churches human, philosophies human achievements and so on. 559 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,200 These things certainly attract large audiences and worldly 560 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:49,100 minded people to worldly-minded religions that will make them 561 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:52,200 feel good but those things are not going to save us. 562 00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:57,500 Second Corinthians, 10 verses 3 through 5 for though, we walk in 563 00:37:57,500 --> 00:37:59,500 the flesh. We do not war, according to the 564 00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:03,500 flesh for the weapons of our Warfare are not carnal, But 565 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:07,400 Mighty in God, for pulling down of strongholds, casting down 566 00:38:07,700 --> 00:38:11,300 arguments and every High thing that exalts itself against the 567 00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:15,400 knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to The 568 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:21,200 Obedience of Christ. So what is the weapon God wants 569 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,200 us to use the weapon that we should always use and put our 570 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,700 trust in is the word of God. It's the gospel of Christ that 571 00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:34,300 we can always put trust in the same lessons that were taught 572 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,900 years and years and years and centuries ago are still the same 573 00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:41,200 lessons and still the same truth today and we can always put our 574 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,800 trust in that that it will always be the same. 575 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,000 The word does not change the word of God does not change and 576 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:51,100 we can trust it. The weapons of man cannot be 577 00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:54,100 trusted because someone always seem to come up with a better 578 00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:56,400 weapon but there's no better weapon than the word of God and 579 00:38:56,408 --> 00:39:00,600 the gospel of Christ because it is the power of God unto 580 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,700 salvation. Romans 1 over 6. 581 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,100 We are saved through the gospel if we hold fast to it. 582 00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:09,300 First Corinthians 15 verses 1 and 2. 583 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:12,500 We are born again through the Living Word. 584 00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:17,100 And First Peter 1 verse 23, the gospel sets us free, Romans 6, 585 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:20,700 and verses 17 and 18. The gospel equips us for every 586 00:39:20,700 --> 00:39:23,400 good work. Second Timothy 3 and verses 16 587 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,200 and 17. The gospel is our weapon. 588 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:31,600 Ephesians 6 and verse 17. The gospel is simply the simple 589 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:37,900 sling and a stone that we use against all the evil things and 590 00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:40,000 spiritual Giants in this world and all day. 591 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,900 Needed was trusting in God and that's all the same that we need 592 00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:48,100 today is trusting Our God. The role will tell you that you 593 00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:50,400 need more than the simple gospel of Christ. 594 00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:55,100 They will ridicule for, for using it only but look, what 595 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,500 David did when he trusted in God and not man. 596 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:04,500 You may be made fun of you may be ridiculed for living the 597 00:40:04,508 --> 00:40:08,400 Christian Life. David was ridiculed for standing 598 00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:14,200 there before Goliath was with a simple sling and stove, the 599 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:19,700 Goliath just made fun of me, you may be made fun of in your 600 00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:22,200 Christian Living your Christian Life. 601 00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:28,200 First Corinthians, 12 verse 18, for the message of the Cross, is 602 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:31,600 foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are 603 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:36,400 being saved, it is the power of God first Corinthians 1 verse 25 604 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,500 because the foolishness of God is weaker than men. 605 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:43,400 The weakness of God is stronger than men. 606 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:49,800 See Israel's Faith was in Saul. The king, they always wanted to 607 00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:54,800 and looked up to but Saul had lost favor with God and David 608 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,200 was the to be the next king of Israel. 609 00:40:58,700 --> 00:41:02,200 Because King Saul couldn't save Israel. 610 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,300 He didn't have God's support behind him anymore, it was David 611 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:14,400 and only, God could do that. God used an armless youth with 612 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:18,500 unconventional weapons and what seemed to be foolish. 613 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,100 Weapons to defeat a giant Philistine for the purpose of 614 00:41:23,100 --> 00:41:27,700 letting all of Israel know that God is the one that they should 615 00:41:27,700 --> 00:41:30,200 trust in. Not man, it was for that 616 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,800 purpose. 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