1 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:35,139 There were three preachers that were enjoying a big fried chicken 2 00:00:35,139 --> 00:00:38,179 dinner at the home of one of the members in the church. 3 00:00:38,979 --> 00:00:40,019 Three preachers. 4 00:00:41,059 --> 00:00:46,178 And after the meal, the farmer took them on a tour of the farm and 5 00:00:46,579 --> 00:00:47,699 walked around the back. 6 00:00:47,699 --> 00:00:50,899 And there was one rooster with his head held quite high. 7 00:00:52,099 --> 00:00:55,219 And one of the preachers said, that's pretty cocky rooster you got 8 00:00:55,219 --> 00:00:55,539 there. 9 00:00:56,309 --> 00:00:59,269 The farmer said, well, if you were a rooster, you'd be cocky too, 10 00:00:59,269 --> 00:01:03,029 because you would have just had three sons enter into the ministry. 11 00:01:07,909 --> 00:01:12,269 I want to speak to you today from a topic, from a subject that 12 00:01:12,269 --> 00:01:15,109 you're very familiar with and probably one of the most familiar 13 00:01:15,109 --> 00:01:16,229 stories in the Bible. 14 00:01:17,749 --> 00:01:23,359 But again, we know so many stories and we don't get the lessons, 15 00:01:24,719 --> 00:01:27,039 and that's why we have to repeat them so often. 16 00:01:27,039 --> 00:01:28,879 I have to repeat them to myself. 17 00:01:30,399 --> 00:01:34,119 And I think God would have me to share this with you today. 18 00:01:34,119 --> 00:01:37,838 I prayed very hard and very long about this. 19 00:01:38,479 --> 00:01:43,799 And before we jump right into 1st Samuel 17, you can go ahead and 20 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:44,399 turn there. 21 00:01:45,039 --> 00:01:50,289 Let me say a couple things you already know, but you forget, write 22 00:01:50,289 --> 00:01:52,009 it down and underline it. 23 00:01:52,569 --> 00:01:54,169 There is no perfect church. 24 00:01:58,969 --> 00:02:05,009 If you think you found one, then don't join it, because then 25 00:02:05,009 --> 00:02:06,569 it won't be perfect anymore. 26 00:02:10,809 --> 00:02:13,929 A man on a deserted island for 30 years. 27 00:02:14,169 --> 00:02:15,849 30 years by himself. 28 00:02:17,309 --> 00:02:22,109 And a boat was spotted, and he got the flag and waved him down. 29 00:02:22,989 --> 00:02:26,669 And he was met on shore by the man on the boat. 30 00:02:27,709 --> 00:02:31,829 And so they were getting ready to leave the island, and the man 31 00:02:31,829 --> 00:02:35,509 on the boat was talking to this poor man, 30 years. 32 00:02:35,509 --> 00:02:36,429 Can you imagine? 33 00:02:37,389 --> 00:02:39,309 And said, what's that building over there? 34 00:02:39,869 --> 00:02:40,829 Where did it come from? 35 00:02:40,829 --> 00:02:42,029 He said, oh, that's my house. 36 00:02:43,469 --> 00:02:44,589 Said I built that house. 37 00:02:45,949 --> 00:02:48,269 Said, you can learn a lot in 30 years. 38 00:02:49,309 --> 00:02:50,429 Trial and error. 39 00:02:50,669 --> 00:02:52,229 He said, what about that other building? 40 00:02:52,229 --> 00:02:53,629 He said, oh, that's my church. 41 00:02:55,549 --> 00:02:56,589 He said, church? 42 00:02:57,389 --> 00:02:58,469 You're the only one here. 43 00:02:58,469 --> 00:03:00,589 You've been on it for 30 years, nobody else. 44 00:03:00,589 --> 00:03:01,789 He said, well, it's important. 45 00:03:03,149 --> 00:03:07,909 That's my church, and I'm the pastor and the music director, and 46 00:03:07,909 --> 00:03:12,259 I make all the announcements and I take the offering and I dismiss 47 00:03:12,259 --> 00:03:12,979 in prayer. 48 00:03:14,179 --> 00:03:17,859 And the man was puzzled, and he said, all right, what about that 49 00:03:17,859 --> 00:03:18,259 other one? 50 00:03:18,259 --> 00:03:19,299 There was a third building. 51 00:03:20,019 --> 00:03:21,859 He said, I don't want to talk about that one. 52 00:03:22,659 --> 00:03:23,579 He said, why? 53 00:03:23,579 --> 00:03:26,459 He said, well, that's where I went to church before I got upset 54 00:03:26,459 --> 00:03:27,379 with a few things. 55 00:03:33,619 --> 00:03:35,139 You ever prayed this prayer? 56 00:03:35,139 --> 00:03:36,339 Dear God, I have a problem. 57 00:03:38,249 --> 00:03:38,889 It's me. 58 00:03:41,769 --> 00:03:43,929 Oh, it's so easy to think it's them. 59 00:03:45,929 --> 00:03:51,369 It's me, RG Lee, a great preacher of the past. 60 00:03:51,449 --> 00:03:53,769 In fact, Adrian Rogers followed R.G. 61 00:03:53,769 --> 00:03:55,209 Lee in Memphis, Tennessee. 62 00:03:56,489 --> 00:03:57,249 And R.G. 63 00:03:57,249 --> 00:04:01,249 Lee, I have some of his sermons, but I found this old quote. 64 00:04:01,249 --> 00:04:06,719 He said, if all the sleeping folks would wake up, and if all the 65 00:04:06,719 --> 00:04:13,999 lukewarm people will fire up, and if all the estranged people would 66 00:04:13,999 --> 00:04:20,959 make up, and if all the gossipers would shut up, and if all 67 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:26,919 the true soldiers would stand up, and if all the dry bones will 68 00:04:26,919 --> 00:04:32,759 shake up, and if all the church members will pray up, we might 69 00:04:32,759 --> 00:04:33,559 have revival. 70 00:04:36,199 --> 00:04:36,839 Revival. 71 00:04:39,319 --> 00:04:40,839 I love the word revival. 72 00:04:46,199 --> 00:04:52,039 But I want you to look at 1st Samuel, chapter 17, and read it with 73 00:04:52,039 --> 00:04:53,959 me carefully and prayerfully. 74 00:04:56,439 --> 00:04:59,159 And I want you to look for yourself in this story. 75 00:05:00,439 --> 00:05:01,079 Look for Christ. 76 00:05:03,639 --> 00:05:06,759 It's about one man, you know, probably, if you're ahead of me, 77 00:05:07,879 --> 00:05:09,399 in fact, he was a young man. 78 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:12,679 You all know him. 79 00:05:13,959 --> 00:05:17,279 And this young man, he probably was a teenager. 80 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:18,919 Do we have any teenagers here today? 81 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:23,479 David? 82 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:25,239 A teenager? 83 00:05:26,169 --> 00:05:26,569 Yes. 84 00:05:28,489 --> 00:05:32,969 There was a big battle going on, and David went up to see how 85 00:05:32,969 --> 00:05:33,529 it was going. 86 00:05:33,529 --> 00:05:37,209 And everybody's just kind of standing around kicking the dirt, 87 00:05:38,249 --> 00:05:39,449 hands in their pocket. 88 00:05:41,929 --> 00:05:46,249 And this young teenager said, isn't somebody going to do something? 89 00:05:47,849 --> 00:05:49,169 And you know the story. 90 00:05:49,169 --> 00:05:50,649 They kind of made fun of him. 91 00:05:52,739 --> 00:05:54,619 And David said, well, I'm going to do something. 92 00:05:54,619 --> 00:05:56,419 I'm not going to just be a spectator. 93 00:05:58,419 --> 00:05:59,619 I'm going to do something. 94 00:06:01,139 --> 00:06:03,139 David was not a superhero. 95 00:06:05,139 --> 00:06:08,419 He got upset, and so he had to do something. 96 00:06:10,819 --> 00:06:14,979 He only had a sling and a few rocks. 97 00:06:14,979 --> 00:06:16,979 Oh, and one he had God. 98 00:06:21,349 --> 00:06:24,069 This giant, over nine feet tall. 99 00:06:24,869 --> 00:06:27,269 Someone said maybe close to nine foot seven. 100 00:06:29,909 --> 00:06:34,949 And this young teenager named David was just a boy. 101 00:06:36,789 --> 00:06:37,749 But you know something? 102 00:06:37,829 --> 00:06:39,149 Everything has perspective. 103 00:06:39,149 --> 00:06:43,709 And you think about giant Goliath was a midget compared to 104 00:06:43,709 --> 00:06:44,069 God. 105 00:06:46,419 --> 00:06:48,259 We like to compare things, don't we? 106 00:06:51,139 --> 00:06:55,299 But Goliath, like the devil, was blaspheming God. 107 00:06:56,579 --> 00:06:59,739 And David asks, after hearing him being mocked by his brothers, 108 00:06:59,739 --> 00:07:03,619 he says these five words that I want you to leave today. 109 00:07:03,619 --> 00:07:08,019 And you know them, but I want you to think about them, and I want 110 00:07:08,019 --> 00:07:10,419 to try to embed them into your heart and mind. 111 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:17,259 After this little skirmish and little talk and going on, he said, 112 00:07:17,259 --> 00:07:20,459 is there not a cause? 113 00:07:23,019 --> 00:07:23,699 Write it down. 114 00:07:23,699 --> 00:07:25,179 Is there not a cause? 115 00:07:25,739 --> 00:07:26,739 What are we doing here? 116 00:07:26,739 --> 00:07:28,139 Is there not a cause? 117 00:07:28,299 --> 00:07:29,419 Isn't there a reason? 118 00:07:32,459 --> 00:07:33,259 A cause? 119 00:07:34,699 --> 00:07:38,219 And there was a cause, and it's the same cause today. 120 00:07:41,559 --> 00:07:42,399 Then you don't see it. 121 00:07:42,399 --> 00:07:44,199 And some people don't want to see it. 122 00:07:46,279 --> 00:07:47,239 Why go on? 123 00:07:48,119 --> 00:07:49,399 Is there not a cause? 124 00:07:50,039 --> 00:07:51,119 Why keep praying? 125 00:07:51,119 --> 00:07:52,279 Is there not a cause? 126 00:07:53,159 --> 00:07:54,679 Why give more in the offering? 127 00:07:55,239 --> 00:07:56,439 Is there not a cause? 128 00:07:58,519 --> 00:07:59,559 Why not quit? 129 00:08:02,919 --> 00:08:04,199 Is there not a cause? 130 00:08:06,389 --> 00:08:09,189 You don't have to say it out real loud, but say it. 131 00:08:09,269 --> 00:08:11,709 Just say it softly with me. 132 00:08:11,709 --> 00:08:13,749 Is there not a cause? 133 00:08:14,069 --> 00:08:14,789 Say it again. 134 00:08:15,269 --> 00:08:17,029 Is there not a cause? 135 00:08:18,069 --> 00:08:18,709 Say it again. 136 00:08:19,189 --> 00:08:22,309 Is there not a cause? 137 00:08:25,669 --> 00:08:30,509 In 1st Samuel 17, it says, the Philistines gathered. 138 00:08:30,509 --> 00:08:31,669 We know the Philistines. 139 00:08:31,749 --> 00:08:34,259 They're pretty well known throughout the Bible. 140 00:08:34,259 --> 00:08:36,979 And they were always a picture of God's enemy in the world. 141 00:08:38,339 --> 00:08:45,539 And the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle and 142 00:08:45,539 --> 00:08:51,699 were gathered together at Shoka, which belongeth to Judah, 143 00:08:52,899 --> 00:09:02,549 and pitched between Shoka and Azekah, Ephesdumim and Saul. 144 00:09:02,549 --> 00:09:06,989 And the men of Israel were gathered together and pitched by 145 00:09:06,989 --> 00:09:08,509 the valley of Elah. 146 00:09:10,749 --> 00:09:17,909 I have five stones from the valley of Elah that was given to 147 00:09:17,909 --> 00:09:23,709 me by Phil Savoloski, a Jewish man, Jewish missionary, brought me 148 00:09:23,709 --> 00:09:25,989 five stones from that valley when he was there. 149 00:09:25,989 --> 00:09:27,539 And I have them home. 150 00:09:28,819 --> 00:09:32,739 And the Bible says they set the battle in array against the Philistines. 151 00:09:34,019 --> 00:09:37,019 And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and 152 00:09:37,019 --> 00:09:41,139 Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, and there was a valley 153 00:09:41,139 --> 00:09:41,859 between them. 154 00:09:43,299 --> 00:09:45,099 And then it starts getting interesting. 155 00:09:45,099 --> 00:09:49,619 Verse 4, it says, There went out a champion out of the camp of 156 00:09:49,619 --> 00:09:50,579 the Philistines. 157 00:09:53,149 --> 00:09:55,709 You know, I got to thinking about this Goliath. 158 00:09:55,709 --> 00:09:59,549 He might have been demon possessed, I don't know. 159 00:10:01,229 --> 00:10:02,629 But he was their champion. 160 00:10:02,629 --> 00:10:04,869 He was their superhero. 161 00:10:04,869 --> 00:10:06,589 He was their best. 162 00:10:07,869 --> 00:10:09,309 Six cubits in a span. 163 00:10:09,309 --> 00:10:11,509 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head. 164 00:10:11,509 --> 00:10:13,949 And he was armed with a coat of mail. 165 00:10:14,829 --> 00:10:18,509 The weight of the coat was 5,000 shekels of brass. 166 00:10:19,929 --> 00:10:24,529 He had greaves of brass upon his legs and a target of brass between 167 00:10:24,529 --> 00:10:25,289 his shoulders. 168 00:10:26,409 --> 00:10:30,569 The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam. 169 00:10:31,609 --> 00:10:36,409 And his spear's head weighed 600 shekels of iron. 170 00:10:38,089 --> 00:10:40,489 And one bearing a shield went before him. 171 00:10:40,489 --> 00:10:41,129 I want you to. 172 00:10:41,129 --> 00:10:44,609 The reason I take time to read that is because we're going to compare 173 00:10:44,609 --> 00:10:49,459 him to a little kid with a piece of leather they called a sling 174 00:10:52,179 --> 00:10:54,739 standing in the shadow of Goliath. 175 00:10:56,499 --> 00:10:59,539 And the Bible says in verse eight, he stood and cried unto the 176 00:10:59,539 --> 00:11:03,539 armies of Israel and said unto them, why are you come up? 177 00:11:03,859 --> 00:11:06,499 Why are you come out to set your battle in array? 178 00:11:07,059 --> 00:11:08,579 Am not I a Philistine? 179 00:11:09,299 --> 00:11:15,269 And ye servants of Saul, choose you a man for you and let 180 00:11:15,269 --> 00:11:16,829 him come down to me. 181 00:11:18,029 --> 00:11:21,309 And if he be able to fight with me and to kill me. 182 00:11:21,949 --> 00:11:24,669 Then will we be your servants. 183 00:11:25,789 --> 00:11:30,469 But if I prevail against him and kill him then shall he shall 184 00:11:30,469 --> 00:11:32,749 ye be our servants and serve us. 185 00:11:34,109 --> 00:11:38,269 And the Philistines said, I defy this Philistine, this giant, 186 00:11:38,269 --> 00:11:43,089 this Goliath, this emblem picture of Satan himself. 187 00:11:44,689 --> 00:11:49,769 Just like today the devil says, I defy the armies of God. 188 00:11:49,769 --> 00:11:53,169 I defy the church of Jesus Christ. 189 00:11:53,889 --> 00:11:56,929 I defy your God. 190 00:11:58,449 --> 00:12:02,409 I think sometimes we don't realize and take that as seriously 191 00:12:02,409 --> 00:12:03,249 as we should. 192 00:12:06,219 --> 00:12:08,299 Give me a man that we may fight together. 193 00:12:08,299 --> 00:12:12,539 And when Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistines 194 00:12:12,539 --> 00:12:15,259 they were dismayed and greatly afraid. 195 00:12:17,499 --> 00:12:23,059 Now, David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem, Judah whose 196 00:12:23,059 --> 00:12:24,139 name was Jesse. 197 00:12:24,779 --> 00:12:26,299 And he had eight sons. 198 00:12:27,339 --> 00:12:31,179 And the man went among them for an old man in the days of Saul. 199 00:12:33,479 --> 00:12:37,799 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the 200 00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:38,359 battle. 201 00:12:41,319 --> 00:12:47,839 The eldest sons and the names of his three sons that went to the 202 00:12:47,839 --> 00:12:50,599 battle were Eliab, the firstborn. 203 00:12:51,319 --> 00:12:55,399 And next unto him, Abinadab and the third, Shema. 204 00:12:56,759 --> 00:12:58,439 And David was the youngest. 205 00:12:59,879 --> 00:13:01,359 And the three followed Saul. 206 00:13:01,359 --> 00:13:05,719 And David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep 207 00:13:05,799 --> 00:13:06,759 at Bethlehem. 208 00:13:07,079 --> 00:13:10,039 So David was already there watching and listening. 209 00:13:11,239 --> 00:13:15,239 And he said, oh, I gotta go take care of some sheep. 210 00:13:15,239 --> 00:13:19,759 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening and presented 211 00:13:19,759 --> 00:13:21,479 himself for 40 days. 212 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:29,319 And Jesse said unto David his son, take now thy brethren an ephah 213 00:13:29,319 --> 00:13:34,439 of his parched corn and these tin loaves and run to the camp to 214 00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:39,759 thy brethren and carry these 10 cheeses unto the captain of their 215 00:13:39,759 --> 00:13:40,159 thousand. 216 00:13:41,519 --> 00:13:46,119 And look how they how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 217 00:13:46,119 --> 00:13:48,679 So he said, I fixed lunch, and I want you to take them. 218 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,779 Lunch, son of Cunningham. 219 00:13:52,409 --> 00:13:53,209 Insignificant. 220 00:13:53,769 --> 00:13:56,809 Yeah, take these cheese sandwiches to your brothers. 221 00:13:58,889 --> 00:13:59,529 Now, Saul. 222 00:13:59,529 --> 00:14:03,289 And they and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah 223 00:14:03,289 --> 00:14:04,809 fighting with the Philistines. 224 00:14:04,969 --> 00:14:08,209 And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a 225 00:14:08,209 --> 00:14:12,889 keeper and took and went as Jesse had commanded him. 226 00:14:13,369 --> 00:14:18,009 And he came to the trench as the host was going forth to the fight. 227 00:14:18,869 --> 00:14:19,789 I like this, it says. 228 00:14:19,789 --> 00:14:21,509 And he shouted for the battle. 229 00:14:22,229 --> 00:14:24,469 We Baptists don't do a lot of shouting. 230 00:14:25,749 --> 00:14:28,309 Maybe David wasn't a Baptist, I don't know. 231 00:14:29,029 --> 00:14:29,949 But he shouted. 232 00:14:29,949 --> 00:14:31,029 What do you think he said? 233 00:14:31,669 --> 00:14:32,469 Oh, great. 234 00:14:33,189 --> 00:14:35,509 No, he said, go do it. 235 00:14:35,989 --> 00:14:36,669 You can do it. 236 00:14:36,669 --> 00:14:37,429 We got this. 237 00:14:38,069 --> 00:14:40,149 Don't you think probably there's something like that. 238 00:14:41,429 --> 00:14:43,109 He shouted for the battle. 239 00:14:45,519 --> 00:14:46,159 He wasn't looking. 240 00:14:46,159 --> 00:14:47,679 Oh, he wasn't saying. 241 00:14:48,479 --> 00:14:49,519 I got to Go home. 242 00:14:50,799 --> 00:14:51,719 He shouted. 243 00:14:51,719 --> 00:14:52,599 He was involved. 244 00:14:52,599 --> 00:14:54,959 He was on the right channel. 245 00:14:54,959 --> 00:14:56,159 He was noticing. 246 00:14:56,879 --> 00:14:59,039 He was taking it all in. 247 00:14:59,039 --> 00:15:00,959 He wasn't just a spectator. 248 00:15:02,079 --> 00:15:03,919 Churches are full of spectators. 249 00:15:05,199 --> 00:15:07,319 They don't want to make a commitment until they see how it's 250 00:15:07,319 --> 00:15:10,639 going to go and who's going to do this and what's going to happen 251 00:15:10,639 --> 00:15:10,959 this. 252 00:15:10,959 --> 00:15:14,149 And they're just kind of sitting, you know, eating popcorn, 253 00:15:14,149 --> 00:15:14,749 watching. 254 00:15:15,709 --> 00:15:16,589 Not David. 255 00:15:16,989 --> 00:15:18,109 He shouted. 256 00:15:20,189 --> 00:15:23,589 Have you done any shouting for the battle that this church has been 257 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:23,869 in? 258 00:15:24,669 --> 00:15:25,429 We can do it. 259 00:15:25,429 --> 00:15:27,229 God, with your help, you can do it. 260 00:15:28,189 --> 00:15:29,549 When I'm weak, I'm strong. 261 00:15:30,669 --> 00:15:31,709 You ever feel weak? 262 00:15:31,709 --> 00:15:33,949 Anybody feel weak today besides me? 263 00:15:35,309 --> 00:15:35,949 That's good. 264 00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:36,989 That's good. 265 00:15:37,929 --> 00:15:40,649 His strength is made perfect in our weakness. 266 00:15:42,649 --> 00:15:47,049 I think a lot of what happens in situations is God's trying to 267 00:15:47,049 --> 00:15:50,009 wake us up to how weak we are because we think we're strong. 268 00:15:51,129 --> 00:15:53,209 We think we got it all figured out. 269 00:15:54,009 --> 00:15:56,209 He shouted, for the battle for Israel. 270 00:15:56,209 --> 00:15:58,809 And the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against 271 00:15:58,809 --> 00:15:59,369 army. 272 00:15:59,529 --> 00:16:02,969 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage 273 00:16:03,299 --> 00:16:05,539 and ran, not walked. 274 00:16:06,259 --> 00:16:10,739 He ran into the army and came and saluted his brethren. 275 00:16:11,219 --> 00:16:16,579 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, 276 00:16:17,139 --> 00:16:22,779 the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies 277 00:16:22,779 --> 00:16:25,619 of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words. 278 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,219 And David heard them. 279 00:16:29,549 --> 00:16:34,029 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from 280 00:16:34,029 --> 00:16:36,909 him and were sore afraid. 281 00:16:38,189 --> 00:16:41,469 And the men of Israel said, have ye seen this man that has come 282 00:16:41,469 --> 00:16:41,789 up? 283 00:16:42,429 --> 00:16:45,309 Surely to defy Israel is he come up? 284 00:16:46,109 --> 00:16:50,549 And it shall be that the man who killeth him, the king, will enrich 285 00:16:50,549 --> 00:16:54,109 him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his 286 00:16:54,109 --> 00:16:56,769 father's house, freeing Israel. 287 00:16:56,769 --> 00:16:58,809 It sounds like a story, doesn't it? 288 00:16:59,849 --> 00:17:01,049 Well, it's not a story. 289 00:17:01,689 --> 00:17:03,049 This actually happened. 290 00:17:05,689 --> 00:17:08,649 David spake to the men that stood by him. 291 00:17:08,649 --> 00:17:09,929 Now, get this picture. 292 00:17:11,529 --> 00:17:12,569 He looks at them. 293 00:17:12,569 --> 00:17:14,169 He's standing right in their midst. 294 00:17:14,169 --> 00:17:18,489 He's saying, what shall be done to the man that killeth this 295 00:17:18,649 --> 00:17:24,689 Philistine and taketh away the reproach from Israel, the mockery, 296 00:17:25,729 --> 00:17:32,609 the people around town making fun and whispering and spreading 297 00:17:32,609 --> 00:17:32,929 things. 298 00:17:33,009 --> 00:17:38,889 For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the 299 00:17:38,889 --> 00:17:41,329 armies of the living God? 300 00:17:42,689 --> 00:17:45,689 And the people answered him after this matter, saying, so shall 301 00:17:45,689 --> 00:17:48,269 it be done to the man that killeth him. 302 00:17:49,379 --> 00:17:50,419 He's going to be rich. 303 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:57,539 And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard when he spake unto the Men 304 00:17:58,659 --> 00:17:59,859 and Eliab. 305 00:18:00,179 --> 00:18:01,299 This is his brother. 306 00:18:02,179 --> 00:18:05,139 Eliab's anger was kindled against David. 307 00:18:06,979 --> 00:18:10,019 And he said, why camest thou down hither? 308 00:18:10,739 --> 00:18:14,779 You think his brother would have something better to say than 309 00:18:14,779 --> 00:18:14,939 that? 310 00:18:14,939 --> 00:18:17,399 What are you doing here, David? 311 00:18:18,999 --> 00:18:22,119 And with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? 312 00:18:22,759 --> 00:18:25,079 See, he's not even thinking about the battle. 313 00:18:26,519 --> 00:18:30,679 He's concerned about this David, his brother. 314 00:18:31,399 --> 00:18:34,519 He should be down there taking care of his chores. 315 00:18:35,639 --> 00:18:37,199 And then he goes further. 316 00:18:37,199 --> 00:18:43,149 He says, I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thine heart, for 317 00:18:43,149 --> 00:18:45,989 thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 318 00:18:46,549 --> 00:18:48,109 He had already been seeing the battle. 319 00:18:48,109 --> 00:18:49,349 He'd been watching the battle. 320 00:18:49,589 --> 00:18:51,269 He didn't come to see anything. 321 00:18:53,349 --> 00:18:56,789 And David said, what have I now done? 322 00:18:58,069 --> 00:18:59,029 There's the words. 323 00:18:59,029 --> 00:19:00,389 Is there not a cause? 324 00:19:01,429 --> 00:19:02,589 This teenage boy. 325 00:19:02,589 --> 00:19:03,429 Wait a minute. 326 00:19:05,669 --> 00:19:07,589 Does anybody know what's going on here? 327 00:19:07,589 --> 00:19:08,309 What's happening? 328 00:19:08,309 --> 00:19:09,429 Is there not a cause? 329 00:19:12,129 --> 00:19:16,129 And he turned from him toward another. 330 00:19:16,289 --> 00:19:17,689 Some people won't listen. 331 00:19:17,689 --> 00:19:18,729 They won't hear what you're saying. 332 00:19:18,729 --> 00:19:20,049 They don't want to hear what you're saying. 333 00:19:21,009 --> 00:19:23,649 So sometimes you have to speak to somebody else. 334 00:19:25,808 --> 00:19:27,609 And he spake after the same manner. 335 00:19:27,609 --> 00:19:30,169 And the people answered him again after the former manner. 336 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:31,249 So it had all spread. 337 00:19:31,489 --> 00:19:35,289 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed 338 00:19:35,289 --> 00:19:38,929 them before Saul, and he sent for him. 339 00:19:39,809 --> 00:19:45,729 And David said to Saul, let no man's heart fail because of him. 340 00:19:47,409 --> 00:19:48,849 Thy servant will go. 341 00:19:48,849 --> 00:19:52,209 I'll go, and I'll fight with the Philistines. 342 00:19:53,889 --> 00:20:00,529 And Saul said to David, thou art not able to go against this Philistine 343 00:20:00,529 --> 00:20:01,409 to fight with them. 344 00:20:02,379 --> 00:20:06,859 Thou art but a youth, and he's a man of war from his youth. 345 00:20:07,899 --> 00:20:12,139 And David said unto Saul, thy servant kept his father's sheep. 346 00:20:13,019 --> 00:20:16,419 There came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of the flock. 347 00:20:16,419 --> 00:20:20,339 And I went out after him and smote him and delivered it out of 348 00:20:20,339 --> 00:20:20,899 his mouth. 349 00:20:20,899 --> 00:20:25,139 And when he arose again, I caught him by his beard and smote 350 00:20:25,139 --> 00:20:25,979 him and slew him. 351 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:30,289 The servants slew both the lion and the bear. 352 00:20:30,289 --> 00:20:34,929 And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, 353 00:20:35,969 --> 00:20:39,329 seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 354 00:20:39,729 --> 00:20:42,849 You see, something's happening down in David's heart. 355 00:20:44,129 --> 00:20:47,009 David's not thinking, hey, I can do this. 356 00:20:48,369 --> 00:20:49,969 David's not bragging. 357 00:20:50,209 --> 00:20:54,329 He's saying, look, God has delivered me before, and he'll deliver 358 00:20:54,329 --> 00:20:54,849 me again. 359 00:20:57,769 --> 00:21:01,409 And David said, moreover, the Lord delivered me out of the paw 360 00:21:01,409 --> 00:21:02,889 of the lion, out of the paw of the bear. 361 00:21:02,889 --> 00:21:03,929 He will deliver me. 362 00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:04,729 He will not. 363 00:21:04,729 --> 00:21:05,169 He might. 364 00:21:05,169 --> 00:21:10,849 He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. 365 00:21:10,849 --> 00:21:14,409 And Saul said unto David, go, and the Lord be with thee. 366 00:21:14,409 --> 00:21:16,729 You remember the next few verses for sake of time. 367 00:21:17,129 --> 00:21:18,929 Saul said, here, you can wear my armor. 368 00:21:18,929 --> 00:21:20,169 It didn't work, didn't fit. 369 00:21:20,169 --> 00:21:21,209 It was way too big. 370 00:21:21,209 --> 00:21:22,489 It was kind of silly looking. 371 00:21:24,389 --> 00:21:25,669 David said, I can't do it. 372 00:21:26,069 --> 00:21:27,149 I've never warned him. 373 00:21:27,149 --> 00:21:28,669 I don't even know what this is all about. 374 00:21:28,669 --> 00:21:33,669 In verse 40, he took his staff in his hand and chose him five smooth 375 00:21:33,669 --> 00:21:35,669 stones out of the brook. 376 00:21:36,469 --> 00:21:39,229 By the way, if we had time, we could show you that this giant had 377 00:21:39,229 --> 00:21:39,829 some brothers. 378 00:21:40,709 --> 00:21:44,149 He didn't have four more stones, just in case he missed. 379 00:21:44,709 --> 00:21:47,029 David wasn't thinking about missing. 380 00:21:48,719 --> 00:21:53,079 He was thinking about God's able to do this, but he was thinking 381 00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:53,439 ahead. 382 00:21:54,639 --> 00:21:57,799 And he put him in a shepherd's bag, which he had even in script, 383 00:21:57,799 --> 00:21:59,279 and his sling was in his hand. 384 00:21:59,279 --> 00:22:01,359 And he drew near to the Philistine. 385 00:22:01,599 --> 00:22:04,719 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David. 386 00:22:04,959 --> 00:22:07,599 And the man that bare the shield went before him. 387 00:22:07,839 --> 00:22:11,799 And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained 388 00:22:11,799 --> 00:22:18,709 him, he hated him, for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a 389 00:22:18,709 --> 00:22:19,509 fair countenance. 390 00:22:19,509 --> 00:22:24,309 And the Philistines said unto David, am I a dog that thou comest 391 00:22:24,309 --> 00:22:25,749 to me with staves? 392 00:22:26,389 --> 00:22:30,869 And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 393 00:22:31,669 --> 00:22:35,789 And the Philistine said to David, come to me, and I will give 394 00:22:35,789 --> 00:22:38,869 thy flesh and to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the 395 00:22:38,869 --> 00:22:39,189 field. 396 00:22:41,439 --> 00:22:46,719 Then said David to the Philistine, thou comest to me with 397 00:22:46,719 --> 00:22:51,839 a sword and with a spear, and with a shield. 398 00:22:55,358 --> 00:23:01,399 But I come to thee in the name of the Lord, the name of the Lord 399 00:23:01,399 --> 00:23:04,359 of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast 400 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:04,879 defied. 401 00:23:05,219 --> 00:23:06,659 Now notice verse 46. 402 00:23:06,659 --> 00:23:13,299 This day, not one day, not sooner or later, not 24 hours or 403 00:23:13,299 --> 00:23:13,979 within a week. 404 00:23:13,979 --> 00:23:20,739 He said, today this day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand. 405 00:23:22,099 --> 00:23:26,659 And I will smite thee and take thine head from thee. 406 00:23:27,539 --> 00:23:31,539 And I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this 407 00:23:31,539 --> 00:23:36,389 day unto the fowls of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, 408 00:23:36,389 --> 00:23:42,669 that all the earth may know that David is the greatest, that 409 00:23:42,669 --> 00:23:45,829 all the earth may know that there is a God in heaven. 410 00:23:48,709 --> 00:23:51,189 Ladies and gentlemen, that's what you need to be praying. 411 00:23:52,869 --> 00:23:56,109 Lord, I want you to turn this thing around and give us victory. 412 00:23:56,109 --> 00:24:00,189 At Heritage Baptist Church so I can prove to everybody I was right, 413 00:24:00,269 --> 00:24:01,149 they were wrong. 414 00:24:01,789 --> 00:24:02,749 That's not the reason. 415 00:24:03,469 --> 00:24:07,029 It's not maybe a bad reason, but that's not the reason that people 416 00:24:07,029 --> 00:24:07,469 may know. 417 00:24:07,469 --> 00:24:08,909 We serve the living God. 418 00:24:09,629 --> 00:24:10,909 We take God serious. 419 00:24:10,909 --> 00:24:11,949 The God of the Bible. 420 00:24:13,789 --> 00:24:19,469 It's his name that we want to be cleared. 421 00:24:25,639 --> 00:24:29,279 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with 422 00:24:29,279 --> 00:24:30,839 sword and spear. 423 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:38,999 For the battle is the Lord's and he will give you into our hands. 424 00:24:38,999 --> 00:24:39,799 We see it again. 425 00:24:39,799 --> 00:24:40,759 Not might not. 426 00:24:40,759 --> 00:24:41,479 I hope not. 427 00:24:41,479 --> 00:24:44,839 Maybe there's a good chance he uses the word will. 428 00:24:46,919 --> 00:24:50,939 By the way, the only time that you can really, honestly, confidently 429 00:24:50,939 --> 00:24:53,259 use that word will is if you know your Bible. 430 00:24:53,579 --> 00:24:56,539 Because if God said it, it's done. 431 00:24:59,579 --> 00:25:02,419 God says, we are more than conquerors through him that loved 432 00:25:02,419 --> 00:25:02,699 us. 433 00:25:04,139 --> 00:25:06,459 God says the battle is the Lord's. 434 00:25:06,939 --> 00:25:09,499 God says, just be faithful, be obedient. 435 00:25:09,739 --> 00:25:15,499 Wait, watch, take a stand. 436 00:25:19,159 --> 00:25:20,279 God will take care of the rest. 437 00:25:20,279 --> 00:25:23,119 And it came to pass when the Philistines arose and came and drew 438 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,879 nigh to meet David, that David hasted. 439 00:25:27,319 --> 00:25:33,079 He wasn't just shuffling along, he hasted and ran. 440 00:25:34,679 --> 00:25:35,839 Underline that word. 441 00:25:35,839 --> 00:25:39,079 Ran, not creep up on him. 442 00:25:39,239 --> 00:25:42,679 Wasn't a showdown in the cowboy movie. 443 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:48,839 He ran to meet the Philistine. 444 00:25:50,439 --> 00:25:54,599 David put his hand in the bag and took thence a stone and slang 445 00:25:54,599 --> 00:25:56,759 it and smote the Philistine. 446 00:25:56,759 --> 00:25:57,879 Looks like it didn't take long. 447 00:25:57,879 --> 00:25:58,079 Does. 448 00:25:59,439 --> 00:25:59,759 Doesn't. 449 00:25:59,759 --> 00:26:03,999 When you got God working in you and through you and he smote 450 00:26:03,999 --> 00:26:08,479 the Philistine in the forehead, that the stone sunk into 451 00:26:08,479 --> 00:26:11,999 his forehead and he fell upon his face and to the earth. 452 00:26:12,879 --> 00:26:16,239 I bet you from that moment you talk about silence. 453 00:26:16,719 --> 00:26:18,319 I don't think there was any applause. 454 00:26:18,319 --> 00:26:20,399 I don't think there was any wows. 455 00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:24,159 I think it was just like in a Baptist church. 456 00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:27,439 Total silence. 457 00:26:29,599 --> 00:26:31,039 But nobody was snoring. 458 00:26:32,479 --> 00:26:33,759 They didn't fall asleep. 459 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:40,279 And the Bible says so David prevailed over the Philistine with 460 00:26:40,279 --> 00:26:44,399 a sling and with a stone and smote the Philistine and slew him. 461 00:26:44,799 --> 00:26:46,919 But there was no sword in the hand of David. 462 00:26:46,919 --> 00:26:51,079 Therefore David ran, he's always running, and stood upon the 463 00:26:51,079 --> 00:26:51,639 Philistine. 464 00:26:51,639 --> 00:26:54,559 Imagine that picture, that he's standing on top of the body 465 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,839 and took his sword and drew it out of the sheath thereof and slew 466 00:26:58,839 --> 00:27:03,439 him and cut off his head therewith. 467 00:27:06,409 --> 00:27:11,129 And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they what? 468 00:27:14,169 --> 00:27:14,889 They fled. 469 00:27:18,089 --> 00:27:23,089 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose and broke the silence. 470 00:27:23,089 --> 00:27:29,889 They shouted and pursued the Philistines until Thou come to the 471 00:27:29,889 --> 00:27:32,689 valley into the gates of Ekron. 472 00:27:34,369 --> 00:27:37,609 And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way 473 00:27:37,609 --> 00:27:42,169 to Shearem, even unto Gath and unto Ekron. 474 00:27:42,169 --> 00:27:45,169 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, 475 00:27:45,169 --> 00:27:46,609 and they spoiled their tents. 476 00:27:47,009 --> 00:27:48,649 And here's something interesting. 477 00:27:48,649 --> 00:27:50,649 David took the head of the Philistine. 478 00:27:50,649 --> 00:27:52,689 Remember, he already told him, he's going to have your head. 479 00:27:54,609 --> 00:27:56,449 And he brought it to Jerusalem. 480 00:28:00,039 --> 00:28:01,719 But he put his armor in the tent. 481 00:28:03,719 --> 00:28:08,679 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistines, he 482 00:28:08,679 --> 00:28:12,798 said unto Abner, the captain of the host, abner, whose son is 483 00:28:12,798 --> 00:28:13,359 this youth? 484 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:14,439 Who's his father? 485 00:28:17,639 --> 00:28:22,999 And the king said, inquire thou whose son this stripling is. 486 00:28:22,999 --> 00:28:27,079 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner 487 00:28:27,079 --> 00:28:31,039 took him, brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine 488 00:28:31,039 --> 00:28:31,559 in his hand. 489 00:28:31,559 --> 00:28:32,319 What a picture. 490 00:28:33,519 --> 00:28:36,479 And Saul said to him, whose son art thou, thou young man? 491 00:28:36,479 --> 00:28:41,999 And David said, I am the son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite. 492 00:28:42,079 --> 00:28:46,439 Now, listen, you may, as unfortunately, happens so often in 493 00:28:46,439 --> 00:28:50,239 sermons, we go, okay, time. 494 00:28:51,969 --> 00:28:52,569 Sometimes we. 495 00:28:52,569 --> 00:28:53,409 Well, so what? 496 00:28:54,209 --> 00:28:55,009 What in the world? 497 00:28:55,009 --> 00:28:57,569 That doesn't have anything to do with me and my life and my giants 498 00:28:57,569 --> 00:28:59,009 and my problems, really. 499 00:29:00,529 --> 00:29:01,729 You see, that's the problem. 500 00:29:01,729 --> 00:29:04,729 That's why we get stuck, because we read it, but we don't 501 00:29:04,729 --> 00:29:05,329 apply it. 502 00:29:07,009 --> 00:29:08,289 We don't connect the dots. 503 00:29:08,769 --> 00:29:09,449 We don't see. 504 00:29:09,449 --> 00:29:12,009 It's not just about something that happened thousands of years 505 00:29:12,009 --> 00:29:12,369 ago. 506 00:29:12,849 --> 00:29:15,729 It's about what's been happening here and happening in your 507 00:29:15,729 --> 00:29:18,599 life and in your family and in your friends. 508 00:29:20,119 --> 00:29:21,639 It's about what's going on. 509 00:29:21,879 --> 00:29:23,879 God hasn't taken a siesta. 510 00:29:25,959 --> 00:29:28,719 God's not still trying to figure out, what in the world am 511 00:29:28,719 --> 00:29:29,399 I going to do? 512 00:29:30,119 --> 00:29:36,519 God is waiting for his people to say, this is enough. 513 00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:39,079 It's time. 514 00:29:40,679 --> 00:29:42,079 It's time to stand up. 515 00:29:42,079 --> 00:29:43,079 It's time to speak up. 516 00:29:43,079 --> 00:29:44,039 It's time to give up. 517 00:29:44,039 --> 00:29:45,239 It's time to show up. 518 00:29:47,069 --> 00:29:48,109 That's what this is about. 519 00:29:48,109 --> 00:29:53,109 It's about you and me and Heritage Baptist Church, if I may 520 00:29:53,109 --> 00:29:53,549 say so. 521 00:29:55,789 --> 00:30:00,189 This church has been in a battle, been in a war, for five months. 522 00:30:00,829 --> 00:30:04,029 Is it going to go on another five months, you say? 523 00:30:04,189 --> 00:30:04,909 I hope not. 524 00:30:05,549 --> 00:30:06,269 Why hope? 525 00:30:08,589 --> 00:30:11,069 David never said, I hope this works out. 526 00:30:14,649 --> 00:30:18,529 There have been some casualties, as you well know, and 527 00:30:18,529 --> 00:30:20,329 sometimes we like to dwell on that. 528 00:30:21,289 --> 00:30:27,209 And I'm not being pessimistic, but the battle's not over yet, okay? 529 00:30:27,769 --> 00:30:29,049 It's not over yet. 530 00:30:31,289 --> 00:30:32,729 Say, well, then I'll come back Later. 531 00:30:32,729 --> 00:30:34,409 That's what some have chosen to do. 532 00:30:35,609 --> 00:30:36,809 I'll come back later. 533 00:30:37,699 --> 00:30:42,499 What if David had said that I'll be praying for you? 534 00:30:42,499 --> 00:30:44,579 You ever heard anybody say, well, I'll be praying for you? 535 00:30:44,579 --> 00:30:45,139 Praying. 536 00:30:46,739 --> 00:30:48,179 I need you to be with me. 537 00:30:49,619 --> 00:30:52,659 I need you to stand beside me, not behind me. 538 00:30:52,659 --> 00:31:00,219 Beside me, Goliath is still breathing out his cursing and threatens 539 00:31:00,219 --> 00:31:05,149 and his hatred for the Heritage Baptist Church. 540 00:31:09,149 --> 00:31:11,629 And he's not going to stop until he's been defeated. 541 00:31:14,269 --> 00:31:15,469 Is there not a cause? 542 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:20,509 Isn't there more to it than just listening to a sermon? 543 00:31:22,669 --> 00:31:26,309 Isn't there more to it than just your schedule and what you do 544 00:31:26,309 --> 00:31:26,909 every Sunday? 545 00:31:27,549 --> 00:31:29,629 Isn't there somebody say, wait a minute. 546 00:31:30,729 --> 00:31:35,849 Why do we keep have to play this game and pretending I don't 547 00:31:35,849 --> 00:31:36,489 want to do that? 548 00:31:38,329 --> 00:31:39,129 A cause? 549 00:31:39,529 --> 00:31:40,529 Is there not a cause? 550 00:31:40,529 --> 00:31:42,649 It's a rhetorical question, which means? 551 00:31:42,969 --> 00:31:45,609 A rhetorical question means the answer is obvious. 552 00:31:46,329 --> 00:31:47,689 Is there not a cause? 553 00:31:47,689 --> 00:32:01,389 Yes, In the next few weeks, maybe days may determine the future, 554 00:32:03,229 --> 00:32:07,149 your future, or the future of the Heritage Baptist Church, but 555 00:32:07,149 --> 00:32:07,469 not. 556 00:32:07,629 --> 00:32:09,109 But now is the time. 557 00:32:09,109 --> 00:32:10,189 It's time to decide. 558 00:32:10,189 --> 00:32:11,869 It's time to declare your allegiance. 559 00:32:11,949 --> 00:32:13,309 It's time to count the cost. 560 00:32:13,549 --> 00:32:14,829 Because there is a cost. 561 00:32:15,069 --> 00:32:16,989 And you've got to decide is it worth. 562 00:32:18,989 --> 00:32:21,869 May cost you some of your own blood kin, your own family. 563 00:32:22,479 --> 00:32:25,439 It may cost you some of your good friends that you're used to 564 00:32:25,439 --> 00:32:27,039 eating and fellowshipping with. 565 00:32:27,839 --> 00:32:29,439 It may cost you time. 566 00:32:29,439 --> 00:32:31,039 It may cost you money. 567 00:32:31,599 --> 00:32:35,519 Some of you may need to give more because there's a cause. 568 00:32:37,439 --> 00:32:39,199 You may have to give up your comfort. 569 00:32:41,039 --> 00:32:43,599 Is this church worth it? 570 00:32:49,529 --> 00:32:51,129 Many have already decided to leave. 571 00:32:51,689 --> 00:32:53,289 But not all have left yet. 572 00:32:53,609 --> 00:32:57,849 You say, I'm just telling you like it is. 573 00:33:01,289 --> 00:33:04,569 Some are still living and pretending and playing the hypocrisy 574 00:33:04,569 --> 00:33:05,849 game, acting. 575 00:33:05,849 --> 00:33:06,889 They're play actors. 576 00:33:07,289 --> 00:33:10,729 Nice to your face, but there's a dagger behind their back. 577 00:33:11,929 --> 00:33:15,929 Many are still informing the enemy of every move this church makes. 578 00:33:17,849 --> 00:33:19,809 That's their calling. 579 00:33:19,809 --> 00:33:20,809 Quote, unquote. 580 00:33:22,409 --> 00:33:23,689 Play both sides. 581 00:33:26,409 --> 00:33:27,409 And this isn't new. 582 00:33:27,409 --> 00:33:28,489 Ladies and gentlemen. 583 00:33:28,809 --> 00:33:32,529 What Heritage Baptist Church has gone through and is going through 584 00:33:32,529 --> 00:33:37,409 is not new to New Testament churches that believe the Bible and 585 00:33:37,409 --> 00:33:41,369 live the Bible and preach the Bible and teach the Bible and sing 586 00:33:41,369 --> 00:33:42,009 the Bible. 587 00:33:45,109 --> 00:33:47,589 Paul in the early church warned the church. 588 00:33:52,629 --> 00:34:00,309 I have at home, a missionary gave me years ago from Brazil a poison 589 00:34:00,309 --> 00:34:00,829 arrow. 590 00:34:00,829 --> 00:34:02,269 You've heard of poison arrows? 591 00:34:02,269 --> 00:34:03,269 It's about this long. 592 00:34:04,469 --> 00:34:06,749 It has an extremely sharp point on it. 593 00:34:06,749 --> 00:34:11,289 But they would dip that into dead animals who were diseased and 594 00:34:11,289 --> 00:34:16,529 poisoned and they would dip the tip of the arrow into that before 595 00:34:16,529 --> 00:34:18,969 they would use it and shoot at the enemy. 596 00:34:22,969 --> 00:34:27,209 The Bible says, the tongue no man can tame, it's a poison, a deadly 597 00:34:27,209 --> 00:34:27,609 poison. 598 00:34:29,689 --> 00:34:31,689 There's some people who have their motto. 599 00:34:32,089 --> 00:34:33,849 Their motto is rule or ruin. 600 00:34:35,779 --> 00:34:36,739 That's their motto. 601 00:34:37,059 --> 00:34:40,979 Either we're going to rule or we'll ruin everything for everybody. 602 00:34:42,259 --> 00:34:43,379 I'm talking about war. 603 00:34:43,379 --> 00:34:44,499 I'm talking about battles. 604 00:34:44,499 --> 00:34:45,579 I'm talking about Goliath. 605 00:34:45,579 --> 00:34:46,619 I'm talking about David. 606 00:34:46,619 --> 00:34:48,339 I'm talking about, is there not a cause? 607 00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:49,779 I'm talking about so what? 608 00:34:49,779 --> 00:34:51,219 I'm talking about, who cares? 609 00:34:51,299 --> 00:34:53,139 I'm talking about what does it mean to you? 610 00:34:53,139 --> 00:34:55,179 Do you have any involvement? 611 00:34:55,179 --> 00:34:56,099 Do you have any investment? 612 00:35:02,589 --> 00:35:03,389 Their motive? 613 00:35:05,389 --> 00:35:08,989 Submissive spirit is not in a lot of people's vocabulary. 614 00:35:08,989 --> 00:35:09,869 Let me say that again. 615 00:35:11,629 --> 00:35:14,589 You're never more like Christ when you have a submissive spirit, 616 00:35:14,589 --> 00:35:15,709 a humble spirit. 617 00:35:17,709 --> 00:35:20,589 We're never more like the devil when we're puffed up with pride 618 00:35:20,589 --> 00:35:22,429 and say, I'll show them. 619 00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:29,959 Submissive spirit is not in the vocabulary. 620 00:35:32,439 --> 00:35:36,439 My final Sunday at this church as interim pastor. 621 00:35:39,639 --> 00:35:45,479 Stand up, stand up for Jesus Ye soldiers of the cross Lift high 622 00:35:45,479 --> 00:35:50,599 his royal banner it must not suffer loss from victory unto victory 623 00:35:50,599 --> 00:35:54,359 his army shall he lead Till every foe is vanquished and Christ 624 00:35:54,359 --> 00:35:58,829 is Lord indeed Stand up, stand up for Jesus the strife will not 625 00:35:58,829 --> 00:36:03,109 be long this day the noise of battle, the next the victor's song. 626 00:36:03,669 --> 00:36:08,109 To him that overcometh a crown of life shall be he with the king 627 00:36:08,109 --> 00:36:13,269 of glory shall reign eternally I ask you again, is there not a cause? 628 00:36:16,629 --> 00:36:20,829 Is there not a cause of reaching Hazlett with the gospel? 629 00:36:20,829 --> 00:36:22,469 Isn't that why you came to Hazlet? 630 00:36:24,129 --> 00:36:26,649 Isn't that why you met and prayed and thought and looked over 631 00:36:26,649 --> 00:36:29,169 the map and said there's not a gospel? 632 00:36:29,409 --> 00:36:32,569 Preaching, teaching, living, church and hassling? 633 00:36:32,569 --> 00:36:35,169 Oh, there's churches, quote, unquote. 634 00:36:35,169 --> 00:36:36,729 They're not in God's vocabulary. 635 00:36:36,729 --> 00:36:40,129 An understanding of the definition of a church, a New Testament 636 00:36:40,129 --> 00:36:40,529 church. 637 00:36:41,009 --> 00:36:44,369 They're not churches according to the Bible. 638 00:36:45,089 --> 00:36:47,409 And so that was the cause. 639 00:36:48,539 --> 00:36:49,819 It's why you came here. 640 00:36:53,499 --> 00:36:59,179 Churches, another church like this, dogmatically, doctrinally sound 641 00:36:59,179 --> 00:37:01,859 churches who preach the pure gospel, they're getting fewer and 642 00:37:01,859 --> 00:37:02,779 fewer and fewer. 643 00:37:04,699 --> 00:37:09,139 And people are giving a false gospel, a counterfeit gospel, in 644 00:37:09,139 --> 00:37:11,819 their own church roles, and they're going to wake up in hell 645 00:37:13,259 --> 00:37:17,089 because somebody didn't mixed the gospel up with some other things, 646 00:37:18,049 --> 00:37:19,649 and they weren't dogmatic. 647 00:37:21,329 --> 00:37:23,929 What's wrong with being dogmatic about the Bible and About 648 00:37:23,929 --> 00:37:25,969 the gospel and about the teachings of Christ. 649 00:37:27,729 --> 00:37:30,089 When you get sick and go to the doctor and they're not sure, 650 00:37:30,089 --> 00:37:33,009 this could be serious, don't you want the doctor to be dogmatic? 651 00:37:36,609 --> 00:37:39,769 When you get on an airplane and take off, do you want the pilot 652 00:37:39,769 --> 00:37:40,769 to be dogmatic? 653 00:37:43,419 --> 00:37:47,939 When you have a church, do you want a pastor to be dogmatic or just 654 00:37:47,939 --> 00:37:49,739 say, well, you know, that's not. 655 00:37:50,219 --> 00:37:50,939 That's just not. 656 00:37:50,939 --> 00:37:51,899 We don't want to do that? 657 00:37:52,779 --> 00:37:54,459 Is that the kind of pastor you want? 658 00:37:56,619 --> 00:37:57,339 The cause. 659 00:37:57,339 --> 00:37:58,459 There's still a cause. 660 00:37:58,699 --> 00:38:01,259 Who's going to reach this area? 661 00:38:01,259 --> 00:38:02,059 Haslett? 662 00:38:02,059 --> 00:38:06,539 Who is going to reach this families, these people in this town? 663 00:38:06,619 --> 00:38:10,179 Who's going to do it if Heritage doesn't do it? 664 00:38:13,139 --> 00:38:14,899 Can you honestly answer that question? 665 00:38:17,539 --> 00:38:19,539 You say, well, there's others out there. 666 00:38:19,539 --> 00:38:20,419 Can you name one? 667 00:38:21,699 --> 00:38:23,139 I'm talking about Haslett. 668 00:38:23,219 --> 00:38:24,619 I'm not talking about down there. 669 00:38:24,619 --> 00:38:25,779 I'm talking about right here. 670 00:38:28,419 --> 00:38:30,459 What about the cause of fundamentalism? 671 00:38:30,459 --> 00:38:31,459 The fundamentals. 672 00:38:32,259 --> 00:38:35,139 Those things that cannot and must not be compromised. 673 00:38:36,529 --> 00:38:38,449 That's what it means, the fundamentals. 674 00:38:41,169 --> 00:38:42,449 Doctrine is truth. 675 00:38:43,089 --> 00:38:44,769 It's synonymous with truth. 676 00:38:45,489 --> 00:38:47,769 It must be preached, it must be preserved. 677 00:38:47,769 --> 00:38:48,929 It must be protected. 678 00:38:49,089 --> 00:38:50,609 It must be passed down. 679 00:38:53,009 --> 00:38:54,849 What about the cause of your family? 680 00:38:56,049 --> 00:38:57,209 Isn't that worth something? 681 00:38:57,209 --> 00:39:00,969 We want this church to stay together and to win a victory and 682 00:39:00,969 --> 00:39:01,859 to go forward for. 683 00:39:01,929 --> 00:39:04,249 For the sake of my children and my grandchildren. 684 00:39:05,529 --> 00:39:06,729 Isn't that a cause? 685 00:39:06,889 --> 00:39:08,089 Isn't that worth something? 686 00:39:09,049 --> 00:39:12,809 Isn't that worth some time and some discomfort and some money and 687 00:39:12,809 --> 00:39:13,369 some people? 688 00:39:17,129 --> 00:39:20,729 Our family's future rests upon the truth, the whole truth and nothing 689 00:39:20,729 --> 00:39:22,569 but the truth, so help us God. 690 00:39:24,169 --> 00:39:25,849 What about the cause of this country? 691 00:39:29,379 --> 00:39:31,299 You say, well, I've given up on America. 692 00:39:33,219 --> 00:39:34,499 Is there not a cause? 693 00:39:34,979 --> 00:39:37,659 America's not going to see a great mighty revival. 694 00:39:37,659 --> 00:39:40,259 Everybody get on their knees, turning back to God. 695 00:39:40,499 --> 00:39:41,539 That's not going to happen. 696 00:39:42,979 --> 00:39:46,979 But what can happen is the salt of the earth. 697 00:39:47,859 --> 00:39:48,979 We are the salt. 698 00:39:50,739 --> 00:39:54,259 We can't stack up the blocks of salt inside this building. 699 00:39:56,369 --> 00:39:58,289 The salt has lost its savor. 700 00:39:59,569 --> 00:40:07,249 Our country is on death row because the salt is in the church, 701 00:40:10,529 --> 00:40:11,209 the cause. 702 00:40:11,209 --> 00:40:12,849 America, we're the light of the world. 703 00:40:12,849 --> 00:40:15,009 But people are hiding their lights. 704 00:40:15,009 --> 00:40:18,249 And, oh, they blow them up real big and shine them right inside 705 00:40:18,249 --> 00:40:18,689 the church. 706 00:40:18,689 --> 00:40:21,209 When you get to church and the choir sings and this happens and 707 00:40:21,209 --> 00:40:23,579 that happens, and, oh, let our light so shine. 708 00:40:23,579 --> 00:40:25,099 But we go outside the building. 709 00:40:31,259 --> 00:40:34,379 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord and the people whom 710 00:40:34,379 --> 00:40:38,939 he hath chosen for his own inheritance, Righteousness, exalteth, 711 00:40:38,939 --> 00:40:39,299 a nation. 712 00:40:39,299 --> 00:40:41,179 But sin is a reproach to any people. 713 00:40:42,139 --> 00:40:43,899 The wicked shall be turned into hell. 714 00:40:43,899 --> 00:40:47,579 And all the nations that forget God. 715 00:40:49,369 --> 00:40:50,969 God says, I've always had a remnant. 716 00:40:51,529 --> 00:41:00,209 If my people 2 chronic 7:14 Someone said, those who watch the 717 00:41:00,209 --> 00:41:02,169 news know what is going on in the world. 718 00:41:02,169 --> 00:41:04,009 And those who read the Bible know why. 719 00:41:07,849 --> 00:41:12,049 People say, why is God turning his back on the United States of 720 00:41:12,049 --> 00:41:12,569 America? 721 00:41:13,859 --> 00:41:15,699 We turned our back on him, that's why. 722 00:41:17,379 --> 00:41:19,539 This is what the world looks like without God. 723 00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:22,179 This is what it looks like. 724 00:41:22,659 --> 00:41:23,859 We haven't quite seen it. 725 00:41:23,859 --> 00:41:26,019 Some of us have little bits and pieces. 726 00:41:26,019 --> 00:41:33,139 But our nation now is being overrun from people that are not 727 00:41:33,139 --> 00:41:38,539 even citizens, false religions and false this and false that, and 728 00:41:38,539 --> 00:41:39,299 the gates are open. 729 00:41:41,049 --> 00:41:44,329 A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation. 730 00:41:47,209 --> 00:41:49,609 You say, well, let's sing God Bless America. 731 00:41:49,689 --> 00:41:53,529 Can God bless America and still be holy and righteous and just? 732 00:42:00,809 --> 00:42:05,209 Why don't 99% of us who aren't offended by everything quit catering 733 00:42:05,209 --> 00:42:07,689 to the 1% who are offended by everything? 734 00:42:09,379 --> 00:42:10,299 That's our first thought. 735 00:42:10,299 --> 00:42:11,379 Now, we can't do that. 736 00:42:11,539 --> 00:42:12,579 What do they think? 737 00:42:14,499 --> 00:42:15,139 1%? 738 00:42:15,859 --> 00:42:17,299 Well, we don't want to offend them. 739 00:42:20,099 --> 00:42:22,419 The government is not the solution to our problem. 740 00:42:22,419 --> 00:42:23,139 You know that. 741 00:42:23,219 --> 00:42:24,659 Government is the problem. 742 00:42:27,859 --> 00:42:28,179 Now. 743 00:42:28,179 --> 00:42:29,139 I take that back. 744 00:42:31,379 --> 00:42:36,199 Christians is the big problem that are not really having any influence. 745 00:42:36,839 --> 00:42:38,519 It's us four and no more. 746 00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:47,479 The real threat to our freedom is not from men hiding in caves in 747 00:42:47,479 --> 00:42:50,079 the Middle east or wearing turbans. 748 00:42:50,079 --> 00:42:54,879 It's from men wearing suits and ties in Washington D.C. who are 749 00:42:54,879 --> 00:42:58,079 working behind the scenes to change everything they can that made 750 00:42:58,079 --> 00:42:58,999 this country great. 751 00:43:03,409 --> 00:43:06,529 I'm old enough to remember when mentally people were mentally 752 00:43:06,529 --> 00:43:08,049 ill, people were put in hospitals. 753 00:43:08,929 --> 00:43:10,209 Now they're put in Congress. 754 00:43:14,769 --> 00:43:17,409 Will we ever create enough laws to control evil? 755 00:43:17,569 --> 00:43:17,889 No. 756 00:43:17,889 --> 00:43:19,569 Evil does not obey laws. 757 00:43:19,969 --> 00:43:24,529 The hope of America is the crystal clear gospel of Jesus Christ. 758 00:43:26,539 --> 00:43:29,499 And the modern churches today are not preaching the gospel. 759 00:43:31,419 --> 00:43:34,419 They're preaching how to succeed and how to overcome your 760 00:43:34,419 --> 00:43:38,499 emotional problems and how to get along and how to do this and 761 00:43:38,499 --> 00:43:41,499 how to succeed and how to have a positive mental attitude. 762 00:43:45,259 --> 00:43:48,299 If we lose our freedom here, there's no place else to escape. 763 00:43:50,219 --> 00:43:52,299 America is the last stand on earth. 764 00:43:54,519 --> 00:43:55,559 Is there not a cause? 765 00:43:58,599 --> 00:43:59,879 Is there not a cause? 766 00:44:02,999 --> 00:44:06,719 Can you remember those five words you say? 767 00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:07,999 Well, that wasn't much of a sermon. 768 00:44:07,999 --> 00:44:08,759 Well, forget that. 769 00:44:08,759 --> 00:44:10,159 Just remember those five words. 770 00:44:10,159 --> 00:44:13,159 Is there not a cause to you? 771 00:44:14,199 --> 00:44:22,449 Not to us, not to them, to you, directly to you young people. 772 00:44:24,449 --> 00:44:25,969 What have you got to do with anything? 773 00:44:26,449 --> 00:44:31,329 You're just gonna ride and watch or are you gonna say no? 774 00:44:31,809 --> 00:44:33,889 If nobody else is gonna do anything, I will. 775 00:44:34,689 --> 00:44:37,009 If nobody else is gonna say anything, I'll say it. 776 00:44:38,529 --> 00:44:39,569 What's wrong with that? 777 00:44:41,009 --> 00:44:43,089 God's used a lot of young people in the Bible. 778 00:44:45,019 --> 00:44:48,419 A lot of young people, a lot of teenagers in the Bible because 779 00:44:48,419 --> 00:44:49,819 the adults were failing. 780 00:44:53,339 --> 00:44:54,619 Is there not a cause? 781 00:44:56,139 --> 00:44:57,579 You've got to decide that. 782 00:44:58,939 --> 00:44:59,858 The sooner the better. 783 00:44:59,858 --> 00:45:00,539 You better hurry. 784 00:45:00,539 --> 00:45:01,499 Time's running out. 785 00:45:03,099 --> 00:45:08,379 The devil is still belching and cursing and mocking and mocking 786 00:45:08,379 --> 00:45:12,919 God and mocking the church, the news, the people of the world. 787 00:45:12,919 --> 00:45:14,879 There are people out there that aren't Christians. 788 00:45:17,439 --> 00:45:18,639 We're just going to hide. 789 00:45:21,039 --> 00:45:22,319 Is there not a cause? 790 00:45:25,279 --> 00:45:28,639 One with God's a majority, you say? 791 00:45:28,639 --> 00:45:34,159 But my friends, there's not a friend like the lowly Jesus. 792 00:45:35,849 --> 00:45:36,649 No, not one. 793 00:45:38,409 --> 00:45:39,129 No, not one. 794 00:45:39,129 --> 00:45:40,649 But we don't want to be alone, do we? 795 00:45:41,689 --> 00:45:42,809 We can't handle that. 796 00:45:42,809 --> 00:45:46,489 We can't handle this thing of rejection and people not liking us. 797 00:45:47,289 --> 00:45:51,209 We can't handle going to that church that everybody's talking about. 798 00:45:52,249 --> 00:45:54,209 There's no way I'm going through all that. 799 00:45:54,209 --> 00:45:57,129 I'm going to go place where there's some peace and quiet and 800 00:45:57,209 --> 00:45:58,569 where I can blend in. 801 00:46:00,089 --> 00:46:01,209 That's the mentality. 802 00:46:02,949 --> 00:46:04,429 Not just here, but in a lot of churches. 803 00:46:04,429 --> 00:46:05,429 That's the mentality. 804 00:46:05,429 --> 00:46:06,949 Just go with the flow. 805 00:46:09,109 --> 00:46:13,989 Water doesn't flow up, flows down. 806 00:46:15,589 --> 00:46:16,789 There's enough people here. 807 00:46:16,789 --> 00:46:23,469 Ladies and gentlemen, before I step out as interim, there is enough 808 00:46:23,469 --> 00:46:28,629 people right here this morning for God to use to bring a victory 809 00:46:31,069 --> 00:46:31,789 like never before. 810 00:46:34,669 --> 00:46:36,189 Get your mind off yourself. 811 00:46:36,829 --> 00:46:39,189 Quit worrying about what people are going to think or say 812 00:46:39,189 --> 00:46:43,549 about you and start worrying about what they're thinking and saying 813 00:46:43,549 --> 00:46:44,669 about your God. 814 00:46:47,309 --> 00:46:50,549 I'm not saying put your strength and your faith in yourself. 815 00:46:50,549 --> 00:46:56,109 Put your faith in God and stand for the the cause. 816 00:46:57,949 --> 00:46:58,589 Amen. 817 00:47:01,229 --> 00:47:05,349 Heavenly Father, we thank you that you just didn't fill the Bible 818 00:47:05,349 --> 00:47:11,428 with stories for us and for our children to read, that you filled 819 00:47:11,428 --> 00:47:17,549 things in the Bible for us to learn so that we could live a life 820 00:47:18,029 --> 00:47:20,109 that matters and a life of victory. 821 00:47:22,359 --> 00:47:27,799 Lord, I pray that these five words could get ahold of us and not 822 00:47:27,799 --> 00:47:28,279 let go. 823 00:47:28,279 --> 00:47:31,879 And we could get ahold of them and not let go. 824 00:47:36,199 --> 00:47:41,319 Lord, we pray before youe that search our heart, Know us, try us, 825 00:47:41,319 --> 00:47:43,719 see if there be any wicked way in us. 826 00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:50,009 Lord, help us to focus on, first of all on you, but then to 827 00:47:50,009 --> 00:47:52,849 realize that, yeah, we have a problem and it's us. 828 00:47:52,849 --> 00:47:54,249 I have a problem and it's me. 829 00:47:58,169 --> 00:47:58,689 Help us. 830 00:47:58,689 --> 00:47:59,929 We pray in Jesus name. 831 00:47:59,929 --> 00:48:01,609 Heads are bowed, let's stand to our feet. 832 00:48:01,609 --> 00:48:02,329 Everyone's standing. 833 00:48:02,329 --> 00:48:04,649 Heads are bowed, eyes are closed.