1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,520 So we're going to go ahead and continue our sermon series here in 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:04,400 First Samuel. 3 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:07,560 And so if you were with us last week, we looked at the first 4 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:12,680 part of 1st Samuel 17, and we looked at David and Saul and really 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:17,280 the contrast between the life and the actions of David and Saul. 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,840 And we talked about faith versus fear. 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,720 And really, we saw Saul characterized by his fear, and we 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,680 saw David characterized by his faith. 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:31,370 Saul saw the circumstances around him, specifically the giant, 10 00:00:31,370 --> 00:00:32,530 the Goliath, the. 11 00:00:32,530 --> 00:00:34,930 The one from Gath, the Philistine champion. 12 00:00:35,010 --> 00:00:39,610 He saw Goliath and he saw the overwhelming odds against him. 13 00:00:39,610 --> 00:00:40,410 And he said, you know what? 14 00:00:40,410 --> 00:00:41,490 I. I don't want to do that. 15 00:00:41,570 --> 00:00:42,170 And I don't. 16 00:00:42,170 --> 00:00:43,810 I don't want to stand up against him. 17 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:46,010 And there was fear amongst the camp. 18 00:00:46,010 --> 00:00:49,570 And really, Saul's leadership, his fearful leadership, led to a 19 00:00:49,570 --> 00:00:50,530 bunch of fearful people. 20 00:00:50,930 --> 00:00:54,930 And we see David, who was the unassuming guy that came on the scene, 21 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,000 and he comes in, he says, is there not a cause? 22 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:01,040 Why are we letting this Philistine mock our God? 23 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,320 Our God is way more powerful. 24 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,920 He says, who is this Philistine compared to our God? 25 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:05,560 And. 26 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:06,600 And those words. 27 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,280 And ultimately, David's action proved his faith. 28 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,360 And his belief was that God was going to take care of him, that. 29 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:13,960 That no one can stand against the Lord. 30 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:18,160 And so we looked at the differentiation between Saul's fear 31 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:19,080 and David's faith. 32 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:20,840 And we're all called to have that type of faith. 33 00:01:21,180 --> 00:01:23,620 We're all called to stand up against that giant that we might 34 00:01:23,620 --> 00:01:27,420 be facing in our life and face it with faith instead of fear. 35 00:01:27,740 --> 00:01:29,660 And fear can do a lot of things for us. 36 00:01:29,660 --> 00:01:30,700 Fear can bring us doubt. 37 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:32,940 Fear can bring us trepidation. 38 00:01:32,940 --> 00:01:34,500 Fear can bring us apathy. 39 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:36,580 It can bring us all these different things that we don't want 40 00:01:36,580 --> 00:01:37,420 to have in our life. 41 00:01:37,740 --> 00:01:40,820 But what faith brings us is faith brings us courage, confidence 42 00:01:40,820 --> 00:01:41,380 in the Lord. 43 00:01:41,380 --> 00:01:43,020 And even I love that word confidence. 44 00:01:43,100 --> 00:01:43,620 If you. 45 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:46,460 If you're like me, sometimes I like to dig into the meaning of words 46 00:01:46,460 --> 00:01:48,380 and how the word is created. 47 00:01:48,380 --> 00:01:49,860 And the word confidence is a. 48 00:01:49,860 --> 00:01:53,820 Is a Latin word, confide, which means with faith. 49 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:56,500 So really, when we're living with confidence, we're living with 50 00:01:56,500 --> 00:01:56,780 faith. 51 00:01:56,780 --> 00:01:59,420 And we can have confidence in all different types of things. 52 00:01:59,740 --> 00:02:02,020 There's some people that have confidence in their own skills or 53 00:02:02,020 --> 00:02:04,700 their own glory or their own wisdom. 54 00:02:05,340 --> 00:02:07,980 But, folks, all those things in our own strength will fall. 55 00:02:07,980 --> 00:02:08,940 They will falter. 56 00:02:09,660 --> 00:02:11,780 But faith in God will never falter. 57 00:02:11,780 --> 00:02:14,060 And so we're going to pick it up here in verse number 31. 58 00:02:14,470 --> 00:02:19,670 And so if last week was faith over fear, this week is being prepared 59 00:02:19,670 --> 00:02:21,910 for the position that God has us for in our life. 60 00:02:22,470 --> 00:02:25,150 A lot of times in our life, we don't think that we can do what God's 61 00:02:25,150 --> 00:02:25,790 calling us to do. 62 00:02:25,790 --> 00:02:27,990 But if you recall back, what do we Talk about? 63 00:02:27,990 --> 00:02:28,910 Philippians 4:13. 64 00:02:28,910 --> 00:02:31,910 I can do all things through Christ, which strengthened with me. 65 00:02:32,390 --> 00:02:34,190 That doesn't mean that I can do whatever I want. 66 00:02:34,190 --> 00:02:37,310 But what that means is that when God brings me to a position, 67 00:02:37,310 --> 00:02:41,110 or if he brings me to a trial, or he allows this test to come to 68 00:02:41,110 --> 00:02:44,380 me in my life, he's going to give me the preparation, the power, 69 00:02:44,380 --> 00:02:48,620 the provisions, and ultimately his presence to give us the things 70 00:02:48,620 --> 00:02:50,900 that we need to equip us in that battle. 71 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:55,140 So verse number 31, we come right off the heels of David making 72 00:02:55,140 --> 00:02:58,660 this statement of faith, and obviously the people are. 73 00:02:58,660 --> 00:02:59,740 Are moved by this. 74 00:02:59,900 --> 00:03:03,020 And the word gets back to Saul, verse 31. 75 00:03:03,020 --> 00:03:06,380 And when the words were heard, which David spake, they rehearsed 76 00:03:06,380 --> 00:03:08,670 them before Saul and he sent for him. 77 00:03:08,670 --> 00:03:10,470 And so obviously Saul is interested. 78 00:03:10,950 --> 00:03:15,110 This, this gives him some sort of interest to say, who is this individual 79 00:03:15,110 --> 00:03:17,110 who's standing up against Goliath? 80 00:03:17,430 --> 00:03:18,990 And David comes before him. 81 00:03:18,990 --> 00:03:21,470 And obviously Saul and David have already known each other by 82 00:03:21,470 --> 00:03:21,790 this point. 83 00:03:21,790 --> 00:03:24,150 We know that David's been there with Saul. 84 00:03:24,310 --> 00:03:28,310 And so David said to Saul, let no man's heart fail because of him. 85 00:03:28,550 --> 00:03:32,150 Thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 86 00:03:32,390 --> 00:03:35,510 So we see David really putting his feet to his faith. 87 00:03:36,810 --> 00:03:41,730 It wasn't that Saul was, was like, you know what, can someone 88 00:03:41,730 --> 00:03:42,170 fight him? 89 00:03:42,170 --> 00:03:42,370 No. 90 00:03:42,370 --> 00:03:43,690 Saul is at this point hopeless. 91 00:03:43,850 --> 00:03:45,250 And now David comes on the scene. 92 00:03:45,250 --> 00:03:47,810 And David begins to stir in the hearts of the people some type 93 00:03:47,810 --> 00:03:48,250 of hope. 94 00:03:48,810 --> 00:03:51,370 And so he says, all right, everybody, you calm down. 95 00:03:51,770 --> 00:03:54,970 God's got the situation, and I'm willing to be the one that steps 96 00:03:54,970 --> 00:03:57,490 into God's plan here. 97 00:03:57,490 --> 00:04:01,730 And, and we even know earlier on, David's older brother was questioning 98 00:04:01,730 --> 00:04:02,610 David's motivations. 99 00:04:02,610 --> 00:04:05,630 But we know the heart of David here, and David's heart is to follow 100 00:04:05,630 --> 00:04:06,070 God. 101 00:04:06,630 --> 00:04:07,790 So verse 33. 102 00:04:07,790 --> 00:04:11,990 And Saul said to David, thou art not able to go against this Philistine 103 00:04:12,230 --> 00:04:15,750 to fight with him, he says, for thou art but a youth. 104 00:04:15,750 --> 00:04:17,710 And he a man of war from his youth. 105 00:04:17,710 --> 00:04:19,590 And so we see Saul's perspective. 106 00:04:19,830 --> 00:04:22,950 Saul's perspective is still set in the material world. 107 00:04:23,110 --> 00:04:23,910 Saul's per. 108 00:04:24,070 --> 00:04:28,190 Perspective is still set in this on paper or fight that might 109 00:04:28,190 --> 00:04:28,750 be happening. 110 00:04:28,750 --> 00:04:30,320 He says, look, David, you're. 111 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:31,160 No, you're Nobody. 112 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:32,800 You're, you're, you're young, you're weak. 113 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,960 And Goliath, who he is, he's big, he's strong, he's experienced. 114 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:41,360 And so Saul thought David was disqualified because of his age. 115 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,120 He thought that he was disqualified because of his size. 116 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,160 He thought that he was disqualified because of his inexperience. 117 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:51,320 And this shows that Saul is still looking at the battle in a 118 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:52,440 very natural sense. 119 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,040 Instead of looking at it from the spiritual sense, he's basically 120 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,480 looking at all the things that are before him and saying, you know 121 00:04:58,480 --> 00:04:58,720 what? 122 00:04:58,910 --> 00:05:00,910 It just doesn't add up, David, so don't do it. 123 00:05:01,150 --> 00:05:03,590 And I don't know if you've had anyone in your life that has told 124 00:05:03,590 --> 00:05:05,910 you that, you know, they looked at what you're doing in your 125 00:05:05,910 --> 00:05:08,030 life, and they might say, that doesn't make a lot of sense. 126 00:05:08,430 --> 00:05:11,470 And sometimes when we follow God in faith, it doesn't make sense. 127 00:05:11,710 --> 00:05:14,150 And maybe you've even been tempted in your own life to think 128 00:05:14,150 --> 00:05:15,109 the same thing about yourself. 129 00:05:15,109 --> 00:05:16,030 You know, I'm not qualified. 130 00:05:16,990 --> 00:05:20,270 You know, we don't have any really young youth in this room. 131 00:05:20,430 --> 00:05:22,990 But the reality is, is that all of us at some point could probably 132 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:25,680 identify with David in the fact that we thought that we were 133 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,440 inexperienced or not capable to do something. 134 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,240 But David has faith that God is more powerful. 135 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,960 And it maybe it even makes me think about the passage that we see 136 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,160 in the New Testament when Paul is talking to Timothy and he says, 137 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:39,720 let no man despise thy youth. 138 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,720 And so it's not always about age. 139 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:43,080 It's not always about experience. 140 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,080 It's about having faith in the Lord and being a willing vessel for 141 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,520 God to work through you. 142 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,470 And so you might think in your life, you know what? 143 00:05:51,470 --> 00:05:52,350 People are saying things. 144 00:05:52,350 --> 00:05:55,950 Maybe people are saying that I can't do this or that maybe God isn't 145 00:05:55,950 --> 00:05:56,870 going to be faithful. 146 00:05:56,870 --> 00:06:00,230 All we have to do is go back to the fact that if God is working 147 00:06:00,310 --> 00:06:03,350 in our lives, he will get us through the struggles that he's bringing 148 00:06:03,350 --> 00:06:03,790 us to. 149 00:06:03,790 --> 00:06:07,430 So verse number 33, he says, you can't do it. 150 00:06:07,910 --> 00:06:08,710 You're a youth. 151 00:06:08,870 --> 00:06:10,710 He's been fighting since he was a youth. 152 00:06:10,790 --> 00:06:13,350 And let's look at David's response, because David could have 153 00:06:13,350 --> 00:06:16,470 responded in such a way that says, you know what, Saul, you're 154 00:06:16,470 --> 00:06:16,710 right. 155 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,800 Maybe I was a little bit too overzealous. 156 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,040 Maybe I was too emotional. 157 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:22,560 Maybe I need to back up. 158 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:24,800 But no, he doesn't respond that way. 159 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,240 And David said unto us all, thy servant kept his father's sheep 160 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,240 and there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of the flock. 161 00:06:32,719 --> 00:06:34,640 And I went out after the. 162 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,200 After him and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth. 163 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,200 And when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and smote 164 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,550 him and slew him, thy servant, slew both the lion and the bear. 165 00:06:46,190 --> 00:06:49,670 And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, 166 00:06:49,670 --> 00:06:53,270 seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 167 00:06:53,270 --> 00:06:54,110 Now we'll stop there. 168 00:06:54,110 --> 00:06:55,070 What does he do here? 169 00:06:55,310 --> 00:06:58,310 This is very important to note because so many times we're going 170 00:06:58,310 --> 00:07:01,470 to read a passage of Scripture that we've heard probably a thousand 171 00:07:01,470 --> 00:07:04,950 times and just gloss over it and not really dig deep into the 172 00:07:04,950 --> 00:07:06,190 spiritual implications. 173 00:07:06,670 --> 00:07:09,710 What does David do here when he's faced with this naysayer, when 174 00:07:09,710 --> 00:07:11,370 he's faced with, with doubters? 175 00:07:11,370 --> 00:07:14,730 He recalls back to what God has done before for him. 176 00:07:14,970 --> 00:07:15,290 He. 177 00:07:15,290 --> 00:07:19,050 He calls back to the power that God has provided in the past, 178 00:07:19,130 --> 00:07:20,530 and he's reminded of that. 179 00:07:20,530 --> 00:07:24,490 And he uses that for his fuel, his motivation to trust in God today. 180 00:07:25,050 --> 00:07:27,530 So when we're sitting here in our own lives and we're thinking, 181 00:07:27,530 --> 00:07:28,050 you know what? 182 00:07:28,050 --> 00:07:29,850 I don't know if God's going to get me through this one. 183 00:07:30,170 --> 00:07:32,490 Well, go back to how he got you through the last one. 184 00:07:32,650 --> 00:07:35,770 Go back to the time he got you through that one 20 years ago. 185 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,800 And, and I think that in my life, sometimes I'm so tempted to 186 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,560 forget about God's faithfulness yesterday that I'm doubting 187 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,960 God's faithfulness today and maybe even tomorrow. 188 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,280 And so sometimes that's why in church we need to recount what God 189 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:50,520 has done for us in the past. 190 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,920 We need to share our testimonies with people. 191 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,000 We need to share it with those that might need that encouragement 192 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,040 within their life. 193 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,440 And so that's what he does here. 194 00:07:59,440 --> 00:07:59,720 He. 195 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,280 He recalls what God has done for him in his life. 196 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:04,000 He says that, hey, you know what? 197 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,600 I had this lion come against me. 198 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:06,800 I had this, this. 199 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,200 This bear come against me and steal my father's sheep. 200 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:10,680 And yet God got me through it. 201 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:14,480 And I was able, through the power of God to wipe out those enemies. 202 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,040 And I'm going to do the same thing in the power of God. 203 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:17,880 And he says that right there. 204 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,480 He says, the, this uncircumcised Philistine shall be 205 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,840 as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 206 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:29,210 And David said, Moreover, verse 37, the Lord that hath delivered 207 00:08:29,210 --> 00:08:32,050 me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw the bear. 208 00:08:32,050 --> 00:08:35,650 He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. 209 00:08:35,650 --> 00:08:36,610 You see it there, right? 210 00:08:36,610 --> 00:08:38,250 He doesn't take credit for Himself. 211 00:08:38,970 --> 00:08:39,890 Verse 37. 212 00:08:39,890 --> 00:08:43,330 He gives all the credit to the Lord for the past victories and for 213 00:08:43,330 --> 00:08:44,890 this victory that is to come. 214 00:08:45,130 --> 00:08:47,410 And I think that's so important for us to know in our lives 215 00:08:47,410 --> 00:08:48,650 because we're tempted. 216 00:08:48,970 --> 00:08:52,210 At least maybe I would be tempted at some capacity in my own 217 00:08:52,210 --> 00:08:55,370 life to think that if I wiped out a lion and I wiped out a bear, 218 00:08:55,370 --> 00:08:56,810 I'm a pretty strong warrior. 219 00:08:57,450 --> 00:09:00,130 And maybe there was a temptation to start to think that 220 00:09:00,130 --> 00:09:01,570 that came from his own strength. 221 00:09:01,570 --> 00:09:04,570 But we're going to see that when he goes out against Goliath, 222 00:09:04,570 --> 00:09:08,570 he completely relies on the power of God to have this victory. 223 00:09:08,810 --> 00:09:12,250 And so when we're facing struggles in our own life that might 224 00:09:12,250 --> 00:09:16,530 seem too daunting, that might seem overwhelming, we have to go 225 00:09:16,530 --> 00:09:19,690 back to the fact that it's not we who are fighting the battle on 226 00:09:19,690 --> 00:09:19,970 our own. 227 00:09:19,970 --> 00:09:22,970 When we're believers, we're fighting the battle with God on our 228 00:09:22,970 --> 00:09:25,730 side, the one who conquered death. 229 00:09:26,210 --> 00:09:30,090 The Bible says in Romans that the same power that rose Jesus from 230 00:09:30,090 --> 00:09:31,890 the dead is the one that's living within us. 231 00:09:32,130 --> 00:09:36,010 And so oftentimes we think that we're limited and in our own 232 00:09:36,010 --> 00:09:39,170 selves we are limited, but we're serving a God who is unlimited 233 00:09:39,170 --> 00:09:41,090 in his power and his wisdom. 234 00:09:41,090 --> 00:09:45,490 And so Saul said unto David, go, and the Lord be with thee. 235 00:09:45,490 --> 00:09:49,500 And so Saul recognizes that David is convicted and, and, and 236 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:51,940 that confidence is seen in the power of God. 237 00:09:51,940 --> 00:09:56,380 And so Saul agrees to support David to go, and he says, go, and 238 00:09:56,380 --> 00:09:57,580 the Lord be with you. 239 00:09:58,140 --> 00:10:01,620 And we, we know that, that Saul definitely didn't understand 240 00:10:01,620 --> 00:10:02,300 what that meant. 241 00:10:02,300 --> 00:10:05,020 By this point in time, he had already drifted away from the Lord. 242 00:10:05,260 --> 00:10:09,700 And so verse 37 is essentially Saul saying, well, I see God's on 243 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:12,060 you, so I'm going to trust that he's going to deliver you. 244 00:10:12,220 --> 00:10:16,300 And so David knew that God's help in times past was a promise 245 00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:19,220 and a reminder that he would be there now. 246 00:10:19,220 --> 00:10:21,380 So verse 38, let's see. 247 00:10:21,380 --> 00:10:25,620 Saul continues to think about it from his man focused perspective. 248 00:10:25,940 --> 00:10:28,500 So Saul arms David with his armor. 249 00:10:28,660 --> 00:10:31,259 So Saul's like, well, the only way that I can help you is give you 250 00:10:31,259 --> 00:10:31,940 this armor. 251 00:10:31,940 --> 00:10:32,980 And we're going to see. 252 00:10:32,980 --> 00:10:33,780 You guys know the story. 253 00:10:33,780 --> 00:10:35,380 This armor is not going to fit David. 254 00:10:35,380 --> 00:10:37,500 And he put a helmet of brass upon his head. 255 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:39,940 And he also armed him with a coat of mail. 256 00:10:40,100 --> 00:10:43,220 And David girded his sword upon his armor, and he essayed to 257 00:10:43,220 --> 00:10:43,380 go. 258 00:10:43,380 --> 00:10:46,220 So he's getting ready to go, for he had not proved it. 259 00:10:46,220 --> 00:10:49,700 And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these, for I have 260 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:50,340 not proved them. 261 00:10:50,340 --> 00:10:51,780 And David put them off him. 262 00:10:51,780 --> 00:10:52,940 Now what, what is this all about? 263 00:10:53,180 --> 00:10:55,740 Well, David is getting prepared for battle. 264 00:10:55,740 --> 00:10:58,420 We know by God, but now Saul is going to try to prepare him for 265 00:10:58,420 --> 00:10:58,860 battle. 266 00:10:58,860 --> 00:11:02,940 And Saul is going to still be in his natural mind, in the flesh, 267 00:11:03,180 --> 00:11:04,540 in the things that are outward. 268 00:11:04,540 --> 00:11:07,020 And he figures that, hey, if this guy's going to go out to battle 269 00:11:07,020 --> 00:11:09,870 against Goliath, we might as well put the best armor on him, give 270 00:11:09,870 --> 00:11:10,790 him the best tools. 271 00:11:11,030 --> 00:11:13,230 And so he gives him his armor and he's the king. 272 00:11:13,230 --> 00:11:15,830 And so we know that Saul had the best armor. 273 00:11:15,910 --> 00:11:18,910 And Saul tries to put his armor on David, but it's not going 274 00:11:18,910 --> 00:11:19,750 to work because why? 275 00:11:19,830 --> 00:11:21,550 Saul's armor didn't fit David. 276 00:11:21,550 --> 00:11:23,190 It wasn't for David, it was for Saul. 277 00:11:23,590 --> 00:11:26,070 God already had prepared for David a better route. 278 00:11:26,390 --> 00:11:29,070 Everything was too big and David couldn't move well with them. 279 00:11:29,070 --> 00:11:31,630 He says, you know, I'm not, I'm not like, this isn't like me, 280 00:11:31,630 --> 00:11:32,790 this isn't for me. 281 00:11:32,950 --> 00:11:36,960 And so the Lord God of Israel was going to give him the army armor 282 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:37,440 that he needed. 283 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,040 And he didn't need Saul's protection, he had God's protection. 284 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,600 And I think so many times in our life, at least for me, I can 285 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:44,440 speak from my own experience. 286 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,280 Oftentimes when I'm going to take a step of faith, I want a lot 287 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:49,800 of other people to validate me. 288 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,920 I want people to tell me, hey, that's a good idea, that, that, that's 289 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:53,320 a good thing. 290 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:54,840 Let me, let me give you some resources. 291 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:55,960 Let, let me help you with this. 292 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,840 And sometimes that might be the case, but other times people 293 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,800 might be well intending, but they might not have the best advice. 294 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,010 Because maybe someone might say, yeah, I wouldn't do it that 295 00:12:04,010 --> 00:12:04,290 way. 296 00:12:04,770 --> 00:12:07,570 Well, the truth is, is that if God has convicted your heart and 297 00:12:07,570 --> 00:12:11,650 given you confirmation and the peace of the spirit and he moves 298 00:12:11,650 --> 00:12:13,850 you that way, someone might question you, but they might not 299 00:12:13,850 --> 00:12:14,930 have the same perspective. 300 00:12:15,010 --> 00:12:17,330 They might not have the grace of God resting upon their life. 301 00:12:17,330 --> 00:12:21,690 And so what we see here is that David respectfully tries to 302 00:12:21,690 --> 00:12:23,810 put Saul's armor on, but he says that's not going to work. 303 00:12:23,810 --> 00:12:24,810 And so David moves on. 304 00:12:24,810 --> 00:12:26,050 He trusts the Lord. 305 00:12:26,290 --> 00:12:31,700 And so many people try to give us their way of doing things and 306 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:34,780 maybe there's godly wisdom, maybe there's good guidance And I 307 00:12:34,780 --> 00:12:37,420 think that we should seek godly wisdom within our life. 308 00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:40,580 But in this case, Saul was not giving David the right advice. 309 00:12:40,580 --> 00:12:42,540 And so David moves on and he trusts the lord. 310 00:12:42,540 --> 00:12:46,180 So verse 40, David is going to arm himself in the guidance of the 311 00:12:46,180 --> 00:12:46,460 Lord. 312 00:12:46,460 --> 00:12:46,940 Verse 40. 313 00:12:46,940 --> 00:12:52,180 And he took his staff in his hand and chose him five smooth stones 314 00:12:52,180 --> 00:12:55,350 out of the brook and put them in a shepherd's bag, which he had 315 00:12:55,350 --> 00:12:56,470 even in a script. 316 00:12:56,550 --> 00:12:59,990 And his sling was in his hand and he drew near to the Philistines. 317 00:13:00,070 --> 00:13:01,670 So most of you know the story. 318 00:13:01,670 --> 00:13:04,190 David goes down to the brook, right there in the valley of Eli. 319 00:13:04,190 --> 00:13:05,510 He picks up five smooth stones. 320 00:13:05,510 --> 00:13:11,110 Now, when I was growing up, I always wanted to know why five, why 321 00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:12,470 five smooth stones? 322 00:13:12,710 --> 00:13:14,030 And there's a lot of debate about this. 323 00:13:14,030 --> 00:13:16,950 I, I, I've searched this over and over and over again. 324 00:13:17,510 --> 00:13:21,550 And one thing that I did find, and some of you may or may not know 325 00:13:21,550 --> 00:13:26,030 this, but Saul did, or, excuse me, Goliath in 2nd Samuel, chapter 326 00:13:26,030 --> 00:13:30,390 21 reminded that Goliath did have four relatives who were also 327 00:13:30,470 --> 00:13:34,110 giants and his associates and him, David and his mighty men went 328 00:13:34,110 --> 00:13:35,830 and killed those guys later. 329 00:13:36,150 --> 00:13:40,030 And so some commentators say, well, he was getting ready for Goliath's 330 00:13:40,030 --> 00:13:41,510 four brothers to come after him. 331 00:13:41,830 --> 00:13:43,510 Maybe that's what was the case. 332 00:13:43,910 --> 00:13:45,910 Other people say, well, he was just being prepared. 333 00:13:45,910 --> 00:13:49,100 Maybe he was, you know, storing up backup just in case he 334 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:49,700 needed them. 335 00:13:49,780 --> 00:13:52,540 But whatever the case is, it's there five smooth stones and he's 336 00:13:52,540 --> 00:13:55,540 ready and he's prepared to go to battle with his sling. 337 00:13:55,620 --> 00:13:57,940 And most importantly, the power of God, verse 41. 338 00:13:57,940 --> 00:14:01,580 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David, and the man 339 00:14:01,580 --> 00:14:03,300 that bear the shield went before him. 340 00:14:03,780 --> 00:14:07,620 So we see that Goliath is coming towards him along with Goliath's 341 00:14:07,620 --> 00:14:08,420 armor bearer. 342 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:10,980 And, and this is where the rubber meets the road. 343 00:14:10,980 --> 00:14:14,050 David could have been brave back in the camp with Saul. 344 00:14:14,130 --> 00:14:18,050 David could have been brave with the brook there with the stones. 345 00:14:18,050 --> 00:14:23,650 But now he's face to face with the giant, with his enemy. 346 00:14:23,810 --> 00:14:25,250 And now really, here's the test. 347 00:14:26,210 --> 00:14:28,449 He could have said all he wanted to say behind the scenes, 348 00:14:28,449 --> 00:14:31,450 but now he is going to act in faith. 349 00:14:31,450 --> 00:14:35,690 And really interestingly, we see throughout scripture that it 350 00:14:35,690 --> 00:14:37,770 is important for what we say. 351 00:14:37,770 --> 00:14:41,060 Certainly we should profess our faith in Jesus Christ, but in 352 00:14:41,060 --> 00:14:44,220 the book of James, it also talks about how that empty faith 353 00:14:44,220 --> 00:14:46,820 that isn't proven by our actions is empty Now. 354 00:14:46,820 --> 00:14:49,260 Now, salvation is not by works. 355 00:14:49,260 --> 00:14:50,980 We know salvation is by faith. 356 00:14:51,220 --> 00:14:54,780 But true faith is going to produce works and actions that come 357 00:14:54,780 --> 00:14:55,540 along with that. 358 00:14:55,700 --> 00:14:58,820 And so we're seeing David already in his heart believing. 359 00:14:59,140 --> 00:15:02,700 He believes that God is going to do this, but he's proving to others 360 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:06,820 his belief in God by going out to the battlefield and standing against 361 00:15:07,510 --> 00:15:08,230 the Philistine. 362 00:15:08,310 --> 00:15:09,870 That's real faith. 363 00:15:09,870 --> 00:15:11,510 That's substantial faith. 364 00:15:11,910 --> 00:15:18,470 And I think for me, I. I'm very tempted to be outwardly faithful 365 00:15:18,790 --> 00:15:20,390 around people who are faithful. 366 00:15:20,390 --> 00:15:23,070 So, like at church, it's very easy for me to stand up and say, 367 00:15:23,070 --> 00:15:23,750 God is good. 368 00:15:23,750 --> 00:15:25,110 God's going to get us through this. 369 00:15:25,990 --> 00:15:29,590 But the test is when we're actually away from church and we're 370 00:15:29,590 --> 00:15:33,030 in the world and we're struggling with persecution or we're 371 00:15:33,030 --> 00:15:33,760 struggling with. 372 00:15:33,830 --> 00:15:35,270 With a trial or sickness. 373 00:15:35,590 --> 00:15:37,350 That's when true faith matters. 374 00:15:37,510 --> 00:15:39,390 And so I would encourage you to think about this. 375 00:15:39,390 --> 00:15:42,230 I would encourage you to think about taking that step and. 376 00:15:42,230 --> 00:15:44,150 And putting feet to what we believe. 377 00:15:44,150 --> 00:15:46,230 And so he says, okay, I'm going to go. 378 00:15:46,230 --> 00:15:48,590 And he goes, verse 42. 379 00:15:48,590 --> 00:15:52,390 And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained 380 00:15:52,390 --> 00:15:56,070 him, for he was but a youth and ruddy and a fair countenance. 381 00:15:56,070 --> 00:15:58,950 And so we're going to see here that Goliath looks at David and he 382 00:15:58,950 --> 00:15:59,750 says, he's no threat. 383 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:01,300 He's nobody. 384 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:02,620 He's just a little kid. 385 00:16:02,620 --> 00:16:03,100 Basically. 386 00:16:03,260 --> 00:16:04,540 He says he can't do anything. 387 00:16:04,540 --> 00:16:07,980 And his Response in verse 43, and the Philistines said unto David, 388 00:16:08,060 --> 00:16:09,100 am I a dog? 389 00:16:09,340 --> 00:16:12,380 That thou hast come, comest to me with staves. 390 00:16:12,620 --> 00:16:14,940 And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 391 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:17,700 Now, it's really interesting verse, verse 43, he says, am I a 392 00:16:17,700 --> 00:16:18,060 dog? 393 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:26,020 When I was in Rwanda and we were talking and we were using a 394 00:16:26,020 --> 00:16:30,780 translator, I had to really remember that some, you know, English, 395 00:16:30,940 --> 00:16:34,580 American idioms are not going to transfer over into Karawandan. 396 00:16:34,580 --> 00:16:37,780 Okay, so, for example, if I was telling the guys they're about 397 00:16:37,780 --> 00:16:40,540 to go do a skit before our church service, and I said, okay, 398 00:16:40,540 --> 00:16:41,500 guys, go break a leg. 399 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:44,220 They're going to be like, transfer over to Kirajan. 400 00:16:44,220 --> 00:16:45,220 And they're going to say, break a leg. 401 00:16:45,220 --> 00:16:45,820 What does that mean? 402 00:16:45,820 --> 00:16:46,100 You know? 403 00:16:46,100 --> 00:16:48,820 And we know in America that means that's a good thing, like, 404 00:16:48,820 --> 00:16:49,500 go do well. 405 00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:50,980 But for them, they wouldn't make sense. 406 00:16:50,980 --> 00:16:52,660 So when we look at this, am I a dog? 407 00:16:52,660 --> 00:16:54,660 We would take it from our perspective of he's just saying, 408 00:16:54,660 --> 00:16:55,420 am I a dog? 409 00:16:55,580 --> 00:16:57,820 But there's actually a lot more to that in the Hebrew. 410 00:16:58,060 --> 00:17:00,260 It was a question of his manhood. 411 00:17:00,260 --> 00:17:02,140 It was a question of his Masculinity. 412 00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:04,460 And essentially what he's saying is like, are you really going 413 00:17:04,460 --> 00:17:06,180 to come against me with this little guy? 414 00:17:06,180 --> 00:17:06,900 You're questioning me? 415 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:09,900 And he takes it personal, which we might understand why he 416 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:11,699 would take it personal, because he doesn't understand the 417 00:17:11,699 --> 00:17:12,380 power of God. 418 00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:15,820 Goliath walking as a pagan, he's walking as a rebel to God. 419 00:17:15,820 --> 00:17:18,700 He's cursed God, and now he's trusting in his own gods. 420 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:22,700 But ultimately we know that the God of Israel is far more powerful 421 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:24,940 than any Philistine or their false gods. 422 00:17:25,189 --> 00:17:25,869 So verse 44. 423 00:17:25,869 --> 00:17:28,989 And the Philistines said to David, come to me, and I will give 424 00:17:28,989 --> 00:17:32,149 thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the 425 00:17:32,149 --> 00:17:32,389 field. 426 00:17:32,389 --> 00:17:35,989 Now, I don't know about you guys, okay, I, I try to put myself 427 00:17:35,989 --> 00:17:39,389 in the shoes of Bible characters sometimes and, or, or 428 00:17:39,389 --> 00:17:40,389 in their sandals. 429 00:17:40,389 --> 00:17:43,829 And so David's going out, and if I'm David, I'm like, okay, I'm 430 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:44,389 gonna do this. 431 00:17:44,389 --> 00:17:45,429 But when he says that. 432 00:17:45,429 --> 00:17:47,949 And I, I, I don't know what Goliath would have sounded like, 433 00:17:47,949 --> 00:17:51,029 but if he was a giant, he probably was a pretty imposing character 434 00:17:51,029 --> 00:17:52,709 and a pretty imposing VO voice. 435 00:17:53,020 --> 00:17:56,940 And he's giving a pretty imposing statement here that he's 436 00:17:56,940 --> 00:17:59,980 going to not only kill him, but give the flesh into the fowls 437 00:17:59,980 --> 00:18:01,500 of the air, into the beast of the field. 438 00:18:02,380 --> 00:18:05,420 And so David is tested here. 439 00:18:06,060 --> 00:18:09,540 Basically, what Goliath is saying is, bring it on, okay, I'm 440 00:18:09,540 --> 00:18:11,020 going to give you everything that I got. 441 00:18:11,340 --> 00:18:12,900 And sometimes that's what the enemy does. 442 00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:17,020 Sometimes that's what someone who is opposed to God's plan is going 443 00:18:17,020 --> 00:18:19,100 to do within our life, they're going to fight even harder. 444 00:18:19,250 --> 00:18:21,250 Because sometimes we think if we stand up, people are just going 445 00:18:21,250 --> 00:18:23,130 to give in, or the enemy is going to give in. 446 00:18:23,130 --> 00:18:24,810 But oftentimes they're going to rear up. 447 00:18:24,810 --> 00:18:27,610 They're going to get even more grounded in their evil. 448 00:18:27,610 --> 00:18:30,850 And so what's going to happen here is that really David is going 449 00:18:30,850 --> 00:18:32,370 to be tested in verse 45. 450 00:18:32,370 --> 00:18:35,449 Then said David to the Philistine, now come to me with a 451 00:18:35,449 --> 00:18:40,330 sword and with a spear and with a shield, but I come to thee 452 00:18:40,330 --> 00:18:44,050 in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, 453 00:18:44,210 --> 00:18:45,970 whom thou hast defied. 454 00:18:45,970 --> 00:18:48,820 Now, I mean, you could summarize everything about David 455 00:18:48,820 --> 00:18:50,580 in this chapter to verse 45. 456 00:18:50,580 --> 00:18:54,420 This is his marching orders, this is his motivation, this is his 457 00:18:54,420 --> 00:18:54,900 confidence. 458 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:58,460 He says, yeah, you come to me with a huge sword. 459 00:18:58,540 --> 00:19:00,860 You come to me with a big spear, a Big shield. 460 00:19:00,860 --> 00:19:04,660 We even saw earlier on in this chapter that his armor and his things 461 00:19:04,660 --> 00:19:06,420 probably weighed over 200 pounds. 462 00:19:06,420 --> 00:19:07,380 I mean, this is. 463 00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:09,500 This is huge weapons against him. 464 00:19:09,660 --> 00:19:11,500 But David said, I've got something bigger. 465 00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:12,780 I've got a bigger weapon. 466 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:14,120 I've got more power. 467 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,840 And he says right there, I'm coming in the name of the Lord. 468 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:18,440 So, folks, I'm going to tell you this. 469 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:20,680 We are given tools to fight with. 470 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,760 The Bible tells us in the book of Ephesians that we have the armor 471 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:24,280 of God. 472 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,440 And, you know, many of the people that are facing trials in 473 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,080 their life think that they have to do it on their own. 474 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,000 But the Bible says that God gives us the helmet of salvation. 475 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,640 He gives us the breastplate of righteousness, the belt of truth, 476 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,960 the shoes of the gospel of peace. 477 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:41,400 He gives us our offensive weapon, the sword of the spirit, 478 00:19:41,830 --> 00:19:42,950 which is the word of God. 479 00:19:43,430 --> 00:19:47,630 Folks, David gives us an example of trusting in the word of 480 00:19:47,630 --> 00:19:48,870 God, the name of God. 481 00:19:48,870 --> 00:19:52,310 But also we even see in the New Testament that, that Jesus gave 482 00:19:52,310 --> 00:19:55,030 us the example of what to do when we're facing a trial, when we're 483 00:19:55,030 --> 00:19:55,910 facing a temptation. 484 00:19:55,910 --> 00:19:59,270 And that is to quote Scripture, that is to rest in Scripture. 485 00:19:59,270 --> 00:20:01,430 And so we see David trusting in the Word. 486 00:20:01,430 --> 00:20:03,190 And I encourage you to trust in the Word as well. 487 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:07,270 One of the things that was taught to me very early on in my 488 00:20:07,270 --> 00:20:09,770 life, and I wish I could tell you that I was faithful in it in 489 00:20:09,770 --> 00:20:11,490 all cases, but I haven't been. 490 00:20:11,730 --> 00:20:13,770 But one of the things that really helped me out in my life, 491 00:20:13,770 --> 00:20:16,290 and it might help you, is that if you know that there's going to 492 00:20:16,290 --> 00:20:19,130 be trials in your life, and by the way, trials will come, temptations 493 00:20:19,130 --> 00:20:21,250 will come, evil will come. 494 00:20:21,490 --> 00:20:21,810 The. 495 00:20:21,810 --> 00:20:25,610 The truth is, is that when we are able to hide God's Word in our 496 00:20:25,610 --> 00:20:27,410 heart, Psalm 119 is all about that. 497 00:20:27,650 --> 00:20:30,090 Hiding God's Word in our heart, that we won't sin against 498 00:20:30,090 --> 00:20:30,450 him. 499 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:33,890 Folks, be prepared, be ready, have your tool, have your five smooth 500 00:20:33,890 --> 00:20:34,850 stones ready to go. 501 00:20:35,410 --> 00:20:38,410 And the truth is, is that in my life, I know where many times 502 00:20:38,410 --> 00:20:39,490 evil is going to attack. 503 00:20:39,890 --> 00:20:42,250 Some of us have those sins that easily beset us. 504 00:20:42,250 --> 00:20:45,290 And I would encourage you to get into the Word, find passages 505 00:20:45,290 --> 00:20:48,370 of Scripture that you can pull up in times of struggle, in times 506 00:20:48,370 --> 00:20:48,810 of doubt. 507 00:20:48,810 --> 00:20:52,250 If you have areas of fear in your life, if you have areas of pride, 508 00:20:52,250 --> 00:20:55,290 if you have areas of temptation and lust, or you have 509 00:20:55,290 --> 00:20:58,250 temptation of, of any of these things that we're called not to do 510 00:20:58,250 --> 00:21:00,890 within our lives, find those Scripture verses that Speak to that 511 00:21:00,890 --> 00:21:03,960 and be able to deal with that in a way that's being preparation 512 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:04,520 for battle. 513 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,880 And so David was prepared by the word of God to go into battle 514 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:08,640 against Goliath. 515 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,800 And you are prepared in the word of God so that you can go into 516 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,760 the giant that you're facing within your life. 517 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:18,440 And so verse 46, he says, this day the Lord will the Lord deliver 518 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:19,800 thee into my hand. 519 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,080 This is speaking of confidence. 520 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:26,040 He says, I will smite thee and take thine head from thee, and I 521 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,400 will give the carcass of the host of the Philistines this day 522 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,280 unto the fowls of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, 523 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:36,720 that all that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 524 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:40,160 Now, if you don't catch what he's doing there in verse 46, he's 525 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,400 not just saying, hey, I'm going to win. 526 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,520 He's saying, God wins. 527 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,640 And I want everyone to know that God wins. 528 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:50,280 This would be kind of a very roundabout way to go about our idea 529 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:51,760 of sharing the gospel with people. 530 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,000 David is saying, I want everyone to see the power of God. 531 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,200 I want everyone to see the salvation of God. 532 00:21:57,630 --> 00:21:59,990 And for us in our life, the way that we go through trials is 533 00:21:59,990 --> 00:22:02,710 going to be one of the greatest messages that we can preach 534 00:22:02,710 --> 00:22:03,470 to the whole world. 535 00:22:03,630 --> 00:22:06,510 I mean, if we're Christians and we say, hey, you should trust 536 00:22:06,510 --> 00:22:09,870 in Jesus, you should find his salvation, you should understand 537 00:22:09,870 --> 00:22:10,670 his forgiveness. 538 00:22:10,670 --> 00:22:16,030 But yet we walk in fear, or we walk in cowardice, or we walk in 539 00:22:16,030 --> 00:22:19,310 some type of selfishness, then that's not going to be a testimony 540 00:22:19,310 --> 00:22:22,070 that proclaims to the whole world that Jesus changes their life, 541 00:22:22,070 --> 00:22:23,550 that he gives us the strength. 542 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:24,240 It's a. 543 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,920 It's a testimony that we're not confident that we're not consistent 544 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:27,600 in our faith. 545 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:31,200 But what David says is, I'm going to beat you in faith. 546 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,640 And this victory is going to show the whole earth that there is 547 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,280 a God in Israel. 548 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,880 And so his whole goal was to profess to the world the power of 549 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,160 God, the truth of God, the salvation of the Lord. 550 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:45,600 And that should be our goal as well. 551 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,960 Our goal should be to profess to the world the power of God, the 552 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,760 forgiveness of God, the salvation that he extends to us. 553 00:22:52,390 --> 00:22:53,030 You know, there's. 554 00:22:53,270 --> 00:22:56,630 There's a time in one's life where I do believe that we should 555 00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:59,710 narrow down our focus to understand what our purpose is in 556 00:22:59,710 --> 00:23:00,390 this world. 557 00:23:00,950 --> 00:23:03,550 And, and I think every individual has to come to grips with 558 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:04,230 that at some point. 559 00:23:04,390 --> 00:23:07,310 Many people walk through Life not knowing their purpose and waste 560 00:23:07,310 --> 00:23:08,070 many, many years. 561 00:23:08,470 --> 00:23:11,750 And I'm going to tell you that as a Christian, your narrowed focus 562 00:23:11,830 --> 00:23:15,470 is to give glory to God by leading people as the Great Commission 563 00:23:15,470 --> 00:23:18,950 tells us, to know the truth and the salvation of Jesus Christ. 564 00:23:19,650 --> 00:23:21,850 Now for some people, that's preaching behind a pulpit. 565 00:23:21,850 --> 00:23:24,530 For other people that's serving at different capacities within 566 00:23:24,530 --> 00:23:24,970 the church. 567 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:28,490 But all of us are called to proclaim that message to a lost and 568 00:23:28,490 --> 00:23:29,170 dying world. 569 00:23:29,570 --> 00:23:31,410 And when you understand that, that's your focus. 570 00:23:31,730 --> 00:23:34,890 When you understand that really all of everything that we 571 00:23:34,890 --> 00:23:38,570 do in our life is a call to bring people to Jesus, it at least 572 00:23:38,570 --> 00:23:40,450 gives us a direction in where we can go. 573 00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:43,450 And so I would tell you that one of the things that I've been 574 00:23:43,450 --> 00:23:46,900 really working through in my life is, is trying to simplify very 575 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:49,220 what we would consider complex things. 576 00:23:49,220 --> 00:23:51,540 And I would say life for many people is complex. 577 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:54,260 A lot of people ask the question, what's the meaning of life? 578 00:23:54,580 --> 00:23:56,500 As a Christian, what am I supposed to do? 579 00:23:56,820 --> 00:23:58,900 What are these relationships supposed to be like? 580 00:23:59,220 --> 00:24:02,380 And, and for me, I'm just going to tell you the way that I'm 581 00:24:02,380 --> 00:24:05,700 understanding the Christian life to be that I really believe 582 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:08,740 that all relationships should be either one of two things. 583 00:24:09,220 --> 00:24:13,230 Either an evangelistic relationship or an edifying or exhortation 584 00:24:13,230 --> 00:24:13,790 relationship. 585 00:24:13,790 --> 00:24:16,830 Meaning if they're unsaved, I'm doing everything that I possibly 586 00:24:16,830 --> 00:24:18,110 can to point them to Jesus. 587 00:24:18,510 --> 00:24:21,590 Okay, it might not be that I'm preaching a three point sermon and 588 00:24:21,590 --> 00:24:24,790 giving them a poem and an outline every single day, but my 589 00:24:24,790 --> 00:24:28,030 desire for them should be to know Jesus and understand his truth 590 00:24:28,030 --> 00:24:28,830 and salvation. 591 00:24:29,070 --> 00:24:31,390 And then if they're a Christian, I don't need to get them 592 00:24:31,390 --> 00:24:32,030 re saved. 593 00:24:32,030 --> 00:24:34,830 What I need to do is show them the truth of God and they can grow 594 00:24:34,830 --> 00:24:38,060 and encourage them and edify them in the truth of who Jesus is 595 00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:39,420 and their spiritual growth process. 596 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:42,860 And so for all of us, if we narrow that down, every victory that 597 00:24:42,860 --> 00:24:44,860 we have in our life can point to those two areas. 598 00:24:45,420 --> 00:24:46,660 And so that's what he's saying here. 599 00:24:46,660 --> 00:24:48,500 He's saying, look, I want everyone to know. 600 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:52,540 And so verse 47, and all this assembly shall know that the Lord 601 00:24:52,940 --> 00:24:57,780 saveth not with sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord's 602 00:24:57,780 --> 00:24:59,740 and he will give you into our hands. 603 00:25:00,140 --> 00:25:02,780 The battle is not a physical battle, even though there might be 604 00:25:02,780 --> 00:25:05,580 some aspects of physicality within our spiritual life. 605 00:25:06,450 --> 00:25:08,810 The Bible says that we don't wrestle against flesh and blood. 606 00:25:08,810 --> 00:25:11,850 He says this is not a victory with the sword and the spear, but 607 00:25:11,850 --> 00:25:15,250 this is a spiritual victory that the Lord is going to give us 608 00:25:15,330 --> 00:25:18,650 and that the Lord is working in our lives. 609 00:25:18,650 --> 00:25:22,970 And so David is professing the power of God, he's professing the 610 00:25:22,970 --> 00:25:26,690 presence of God, he's professing the provisions of God. 611 00:25:26,930 --> 00:25:29,130 And, and so he's going to slay Goliath. 612 00:25:29,130 --> 00:25:29,690 Verse 48. 613 00:25:29,690 --> 00:25:30,370 You guys know the story. 614 00:25:30,370 --> 00:25:34,340 And it came to pass when the Philistines arose and came and drew 615 00:25:34,340 --> 00:25:37,820 nigh to meet David, that David hasted and ran toward the army to 616 00:25:37,820 --> 00:25:38,580 meet the Philistines. 617 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:42,140 So again, I think every single verse is just building and showing 618 00:25:42,140 --> 00:25:43,260 us David's faith. 619 00:25:43,260 --> 00:25:48,140 David runs towards him and David put his hand in his bag and 620 00:25:48,140 --> 00:25:51,300 took fence a stone and slang it and smote the Philistine in his 621 00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:51,740 forehead. 622 00:25:52,140 --> 00:25:55,740 That the stone sunk into his forehead and he fell upon his face 623 00:25:55,740 --> 00:25:56,460 to the earth. 624 00:25:56,780 --> 00:26:00,310 And, and this shows just ultimately the power of God. 625 00:26:00,310 --> 00:26:03,190 Now you would say, I, I've seen those videos where there's guys 626 00:26:03,190 --> 00:26:05,950 who are, you know, I don't know about you, but I, I've watched 627 00:26:05,950 --> 00:26:08,190 videos of these guys that really can sling the stone and go. 628 00:26:08,190 --> 00:26:11,510 And, and certainly there's probably some physical strength that's 629 00:26:11,510 --> 00:26:12,950 going behind David's hand here. 630 00:26:13,109 --> 00:26:15,870 But at the end of the day, we know through context of scripture 631 00:26:15,870 --> 00:26:17,350 that this is completely by God. 632 00:26:17,350 --> 00:26:20,150 This is a victory that comes through the power of God. 633 00:26:20,630 --> 00:26:25,490 And so at this point in time, David is victorious, but he's not 634 00:26:25,490 --> 00:26:26,250 done with the battle. 635 00:26:26,250 --> 00:26:27,650 We're going to see what he does next. 636 00:26:28,210 --> 00:26:28,890 Verse 50. 637 00:26:28,890 --> 00:26:31,530 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone 638 00:26:31,530 --> 00:26:33,170 and smote the Philistine and slew him. 639 00:26:33,170 --> 00:26:35,410 But there was no sword in the hand of David. 640 00:26:35,410 --> 00:26:38,330 Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine and took his 641 00:26:38,330 --> 00:26:41,730 sword and drew it out of the sheet thereof and slew him and cut 642 00:26:41,730 --> 00:26:42,930 off his head therewith. 643 00:26:43,090 --> 00:26:45,650 And when the Philistines saw the champion was dead, they fled. 644 00:26:46,450 --> 00:26:47,810 So what's the result of this? 645 00:26:47,810 --> 00:26:49,570 Those that are rebellion to God flee. 646 00:26:49,570 --> 00:26:52,720 They run because the power of God has been proven. 647 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:57,320 And so many Christians struggle with the understanding of 648 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,680 fear or maybe the understanding of doubt. 649 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:03,680 But at this point in time, I would venture to say that the Israelites, 650 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,240 when they see this happen, there was no doubt in their mind 651 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,360 that God was in control, that God is powerful enough. 652 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,040 David shows them what it means to trust in the power of God. 653 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,930 And so though we know David's not perfect, though we know that 654 00:27:16,930 --> 00:27:20,090 David makes a lot of mistakes in his life, in this case right here 655 00:27:20,090 --> 00:27:21,330 in this passage of Scripture. 656 00:27:21,330 --> 00:27:26,890 He shows us what it means to walk in faith, to to exercise the 657 00:27:26,890 --> 00:27:29,050 power of God through his life. 658 00:27:29,610 --> 00:27:34,290 And so David shows victory and David is trusting in the Lord. 659 00:27:34,290 --> 00:27:39,130 And we're going to see the next week how, how really Saul responds 660 00:27:39,130 --> 00:27:41,610 to this and how many of the people respond. 661 00:27:42,210 --> 00:27:44,450 And we're going to see that there's some questions there. 662 00:27:44,450 --> 00:27:47,410 We're going to see that ultimately there's some jealousy 663 00:27:47,410 --> 00:27:49,810 that comes about in 1st Samuel chapter 18. 664 00:27:50,290 --> 00:27:55,490 But what are some lessons that we can learn from this whole instance 665 00:27:55,490 --> 00:27:56,170 of the battle? 666 00:27:56,170 --> 00:27:59,490 Because really I think you can break down 1st Samuel 17 into three 667 00:27:59,570 --> 00:28:00,130 sections. 668 00:28:00,370 --> 00:28:03,770 You have the pre battle, the preparation, you have the battle 669 00:28:03,770 --> 00:28:06,210 itself and then you have the aftermath of the battle. 670 00:28:06,690 --> 00:28:10,810 And so ultimately what we can see is that there's two responses 671 00:28:10,810 --> 00:28:12,290 to trials within our life. 672 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,320 We can respond with faith or we can respond in fear. 673 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,880 And David responds in faith, Saul responds in fear. 674 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,600 But then we also need to see that when God does call us to exercise 675 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,200 our faith, he prepares us for the battle at hand. 676 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,639 And I don't know how God's prepared you in your life. 677 00:28:28,639 --> 00:28:30,600 God's prepared different people in different ways. 678 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,120 But ultimately it's preparation in the word of God. 679 00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:36,040 It's preparation and knowing what God has said. 680 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,960 You know, I think a lot of times many reasons why people don't 681 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,440 trust in the Lord is because they don't know what God has promised. 682 00:28:42,780 --> 00:28:44,820 There's been a lack of understanding of the promises of 683 00:28:44,820 --> 00:28:47,620 God or maybe there's just a lack of trust in the promises of 684 00:28:47,620 --> 00:28:47,980 God. 685 00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:50,820 So I would encourage you to dig deep into the word of God. 686 00:28:50,820 --> 00:28:54,540 I would encourage you to read passages of Scripture that are promises 687 00:28:54,540 --> 00:28:56,140 to the New Testament Christian. 688 00:28:56,380 --> 00:28:58,140 And like Romans chapter 8. 689 00:28:58,140 --> 00:29:00,260 Romans chapter 8 is a wonderful passage of Scripture to 690 00:29:00,260 --> 00:29:03,020 be reminded that nothing can separate us from the love of God, 691 00:29:03,180 --> 00:29:05,780 that, that we're more than conquerors, that there's therefore 692 00:29:05,780 --> 00:29:08,300 now no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus. 693 00:29:08,700 --> 00:29:12,060 I would encourage you to read passages of scripture like first 694 00:29:12,060 --> 00:29:14,820 Timothy, chapter four, verse 12, let no man despise thy youth 695 00:29:14,820 --> 00:29:19,020 and many other passages of Scripture that give promises about 696 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:20,620 how God is going to be with us. 697 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:21,340 Philippians. 698 00:29:21,340 --> 00:29:23,020 Philippians is a great passage. 699 00:29:23,020 --> 00:29:23,820 Philippians 4. 700 00:29:24,060 --> 00:29:26,340 I don't know if you've ever just walked through a whole study 701 00:29:26,340 --> 00:29:28,660 in Philippians, but particularly Philippians chapter 702 00:29:28,660 --> 00:29:31,500 four tells us many things about the joy of the Lord, about 703 00:29:31,980 --> 00:29:37,560 having some type of what I would say is confidence or maybe 704 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,480 even just contentment in what God brings to us in our life. 705 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,240 There's so many Christians that are just walking in life with 706 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:44,240 discontentment. 707 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,880 And a lot of times it's like, well, God hasn't given me what I 708 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:50,960 think I deserve, or God hasn't given me something that he has promised 709 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:51,160 me. 710 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,480 But at the end of the day, when you go and read passages like 711 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,240 Philippians chapter four, or you go through the book of Ephesians, 712 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,280 you realize that God has given us abundant spiritual riches. 713 00:30:00,170 --> 00:30:03,090 And so I want to take you just to a few verses that, that speak 714 00:30:03,090 --> 00:30:04,210 to some principles in that. 715 00:30:04,210 --> 00:30:08,850 And if you go to the book of Psalms, Psalms 1:19, Psalm 119, we 716 00:30:08,850 --> 00:30:12,290 know that the psalmist here is giving us the power of the Word of 717 00:30:12,290 --> 00:30:12,570 God. 718 00:30:12,570 --> 00:30:16,010 And really, if you think about it, David was trusting in the power 719 00:30:16,010 --> 00:30:18,890 of the Word of God and, and the proof of the Word of God. 720 00:30:18,890 --> 00:30:24,530 If you go to Psalm 119, and man, we could pick out so many verses 721 00:30:24,530 --> 00:30:25,530 in this chapter. 722 00:30:26,490 --> 00:30:29,490 But I think we could start with verse number five, which is 723 00:30:29,490 --> 00:30:32,570 actually the theme verse for our NBC kids program on Wednesday 724 00:30:32,570 --> 00:30:33,210 nights. 725 00:30:33,370 --> 00:30:37,170 Oh, that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes. 726 00:30:37,170 --> 00:30:41,850 The desire would be that our ways, that our path would be directed 727 00:30:41,850 --> 00:30:42,890 by the Word of God. 728 00:30:43,370 --> 00:30:47,130 You know, it's so easy to get distracted with the things of this 729 00:30:47,130 --> 00:30:51,050 world and allow us to make our decisions about our families, about 730 00:30:51,050 --> 00:30:55,230 our personal walk, about even our Christian life through the feelings 731 00:30:55,230 --> 00:30:58,430 or the, the motivations that the world tells us to trust in. 732 00:30:58,430 --> 00:31:00,910 But when the Bible says that we should have our ways directed 733 00:31:00,910 --> 00:31:03,230 by his statutes, it means this, that we should trust in the 734 00:31:03,230 --> 00:31:07,230 Word above what we feel, or trust in the Word above our culture. 735 00:31:07,230 --> 00:31:08,590 And so verse number nine. 736 00:31:08,590 --> 00:31:12,430 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way by taking heed thereto 737 00:31:12,430 --> 00:31:13,590 according to the Word of God. 738 00:31:13,590 --> 00:31:13,950 How do. 739 00:31:13,950 --> 00:31:15,230 How are we going to find the right path? 740 00:31:15,230 --> 00:31:16,950 How are we going to be cleansed in our way? 741 00:31:16,950 --> 00:31:21,290 Well, taking heed unto the Word of God, so many other verses 742 00:31:21,290 --> 00:31:23,970 that we could look at in this passage of scripture. 743 00:31:24,130 --> 00:31:25,490 Verse number 11, the. 744 00:31:25,650 --> 00:31:29,570 The right there, it says, thy word have I hid in my heart that 745 00:31:29,570 --> 00:31:31,570 I might not sin against thee. 746 00:31:31,730 --> 00:31:33,450 If you jump ahead even more, you. 747 00:31:33,450 --> 00:31:34,810 Psalm 119, 105. 748 00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:37,330 I mean, very, very, very popular verse. 749 00:31:37,490 --> 00:31:38,090 It says this. 750 00:31:38,090 --> 00:31:41,090 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. 751 00:31:41,330 --> 00:31:44,930 I. I don't know about you, but there's been times in my life we'd 752 00:31:44,930 --> 00:31:48,830 like to, especially me and my son, we like to go out into the wilderness 753 00:31:48,830 --> 00:31:50,190 and, and explore. 754 00:31:50,190 --> 00:31:53,590 And sometimes we have gotten turned around in the dark and, you 755 00:31:53,590 --> 00:31:54,950 know, you trust in your flashlight. 756 00:31:54,950 --> 00:31:57,030 When your flashlight dies, then you're just trying to figure 757 00:31:57,030 --> 00:31:57,350 it out. 758 00:31:57,350 --> 00:31:59,950 And it's a scary feeling to be lost. 759 00:31:59,950 --> 00:32:01,429 It's a scary feeling to be in the dark. 760 00:32:01,429 --> 00:32:04,070 It's a scary feeling not to know which way is north, south, east, 761 00:32:04,070 --> 00:32:04,430 or west. 762 00:32:04,430 --> 00:32:05,950 And you're walking in the wrong direction. 763 00:32:06,350 --> 00:32:06,750 And. 764 00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:09,430 And so sometimes that's how people are walking about in this 765 00:32:09,430 --> 00:32:09,710 world. 766 00:32:09,710 --> 00:32:11,070 They're in darkness. 767 00:32:11,750 --> 00:32:12,750 They're trying to find their way. 768 00:32:12,750 --> 00:32:14,630 But it's like, I hope that this is the right way. 769 00:32:14,790 --> 00:32:16,950 I hope that I'm raising my children properly. 770 00:32:17,190 --> 00:32:19,750 I hope that me doing this is the right decision. 771 00:32:19,990 --> 00:32:22,990 But there's no consistent understanding of the lighted path. 772 00:32:22,990 --> 00:32:23,390 There's no. 773 00:32:23,390 --> 00:32:24,670 There's no way to know what. 774 00:32:24,670 --> 00:32:25,030 Which. 775 00:32:25,030 --> 00:32:25,590 The next. 776 00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:28,230 The next step is going to be into a hole or to. 777 00:32:28,630 --> 00:32:29,590 And maybe a. 778 00:32:29,590 --> 00:32:30,510 Wild animals over here. 779 00:32:30,510 --> 00:32:30,710 Right? 780 00:32:30,710 --> 00:32:31,030 There's. 781 00:32:31,030 --> 00:32:33,150 There's all these things that could happen in the dark. 782 00:32:33,150 --> 00:32:36,510 But the Bible says in Psalm 119, 105, that the word of God is 783 00:32:36,510 --> 00:32:39,080 a lamp unto our feet and a light into our path. 784 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,720 It can show us which way to go, which way to step, which way 785 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:43,720 to trust in. 786 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,040 I. I like 1:15. 787 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,880 Or, excuse me, verse 114 of Psalm 119. 788 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,080 Thou art my hiding place and my shield, my I hope in thy word. 789 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:54,160 There's. 790 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,640 There's so many verses here, and I would love at some point to 791 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:57,880 go through all Psalm 119. 792 00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,640 But what I will say is this. 793 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:06,100 If we're trusting in the Lord, to trust in the Lord means to trust 794 00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:06,780 in His Word. 795 00:33:06,780 --> 00:33:11,460 We can't say we trust in God, but then we deviate from His Word. 796 00:33:11,460 --> 00:33:12,780 And so what David says is this. 797 00:33:12,780 --> 00:33:15,700 Look, God is going to give us the victory, and I'm going to trust 798 00:33:15,700 --> 00:33:15,940 in that. 799 00:33:15,940 --> 00:33:17,420 And I know that's a simple message. 800 00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:21,220 I know that's a message that we could, you know, even give to 801 00:33:21,220 --> 00:33:21,740 our children. 802 00:33:21,740 --> 00:33:22,380 Is this. 803 00:33:22,380 --> 00:33:24,300 If God says it, we have to trust in it. 804 00:33:25,020 --> 00:33:27,740 Titus, the book of Titus tells us that God does not lie. 805 00:33:28,220 --> 00:33:31,700 And so when God's Word says something, as much as I might doubt 806 00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:34,660 it, as much as I might have a hard time understanding it or wrapping 807 00:33:34,660 --> 00:33:37,360 my mind around it, what I have to do is say, lord, I trust in you. 808 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:38,080 In this process. 809 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:39,760 I might not know all the answers. 810 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:41,920 I might not have the why behind this. 811 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,440 I might not even know what the outcome is. 812 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:44,640 I'm a planner. 813 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:46,800 I like to plan things far out in advance. 814 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,800 But God has taught me so often that I can get myself in trouble 815 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,040 putting my Trust in my plans. 816 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,720 I've got my one year plan, my three year plan, my five year plan, 817 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:57,600 my ten year plan. 818 00:33:58,080 --> 00:33:59,040 And that's great. 819 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,600 I don't think there's anything wrong with planning. 820 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:01,840 I think it's a good thing to plan. 821 00:34:02,210 --> 00:34:04,930 But at the same time, God has proven himself over and over again 822 00:34:04,930 --> 00:34:08,370 to show me that those plans are good, but he has different plans. 823 00:34:08,450 --> 00:34:14,010 I know if I go back 10 years, so this, this June, we have been 824 00:34:14,010 --> 00:34:15,570 living in Delaware for nine years. 825 00:34:15,570 --> 00:34:15,970 Okay? 826 00:34:15,970 --> 00:34:20,090 We moved in 2017, we moved in 2017 here. 827 00:34:20,090 --> 00:34:21,570 So that would be, that would be nine years. 828 00:34:22,050 --> 00:34:25,490 And you know, if I went back 10 years into my life and thought 829 00:34:25,490 --> 00:34:27,890 out my 10 year plan, I'm going to tell you my 10 year plan. 830 00:34:28,180 --> 00:34:28,900 I love it here. 831 00:34:29,140 --> 00:34:31,940 But my 10 year plan was not to be in Delaware, okay? 832 00:34:31,940 --> 00:34:33,380 I was living in Florida at that point. 833 00:34:33,540 --> 00:34:34,380 I had a plan. 834 00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:37,100 I had, I had thoughts about where I was going to be, what I was 835 00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:37,620 going to be doing. 836 00:34:37,940 --> 00:34:40,420 But now I look back and say I couldn't have planned it any better. 837 00:34:40,660 --> 00:34:42,900 God ordained everything just to be so. 838 00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:44,020 And I'm thankful for that. 839 00:34:44,020 --> 00:34:47,100 And I'm thankful that God didn't allow me to have my plan because 840 00:34:47,100 --> 00:34:48,660 my plan would not be where I am today. 841 00:34:48,820 --> 00:34:50,940 And I think all of us could have testimonies of that. 842 00:34:50,940 --> 00:34:53,380 I think all of us could say, you know what, I see God's hand in 843 00:34:53,380 --> 00:34:53,500 this. 844 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:56,620 And if I was about my own devices, I might have went the wrong 845 00:34:56,620 --> 00:34:56,900 way. 846 00:34:57,140 --> 00:34:59,460 But God has allowed us to take those steps. 847 00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:02,460 And I would even say that even when we do make mistakes, God is 848 00:35:02,460 --> 00:35:05,740 powerful enough to recourse, correct us and get us right back 849 00:35:05,740 --> 00:35:06,260 on track. 850 00:35:06,580 --> 00:35:08,380 And so I would encourage you to trust in the Lord. 851 00:35:08,380 --> 00:35:11,900 Next week we're going to look at 1 Samuel, chapter 17, the conclusion 852 00:35:11,900 --> 00:35:14,820 of the matter and what the outcome of that would be. 853 00:35:15,380 --> 00:35:18,580 And most of you know the story, but I think that it's always 854 00:35:18,580 --> 00:35:21,660 good to be reminded of these very, very famous stories. 855 00:35:21,660 --> 00:35:23,140 And they're, and they're popular for a reason. 856 00:35:23,850 --> 00:35:26,490 And then we'll come back and then one of the unique things that 857 00:35:26,490 --> 00:35:29,210 we're going to be doing on Wednesday nights here moving forward 858 00:35:29,610 --> 00:35:32,610 is that you will be hearing, you'll still be hearing a lot from 859 00:35:32,610 --> 00:35:33,610 me, I promise you that. 860 00:35:34,170 --> 00:35:37,090 But also on Wednesday nights, you're going to hear a lot more from 861 00:35:37,090 --> 00:35:37,930 Pastor Ethan. 862 00:35:37,930 --> 00:35:40,010 And so what we're going to be doing is kind of working through 863 00:35:40,010 --> 00:35:41,290 passages of scripture together. 864 00:35:41,770 --> 00:35:43,170 We won't be preaching at the same time. 865 00:35:43,170 --> 00:35:44,410 That might be a little bit Confusing. 866 00:35:44,410 --> 00:35:45,730 Okay, we talked about it. 867 00:35:45,730 --> 00:35:48,090 We shopped around that idea of like, maybe we could stand up on 868 00:35:48,090 --> 00:35:50,860 stage and talk back and forth to each other, but that might be 869 00:35:50,860 --> 00:35:53,900 a little distracting, but we might get through a passage and then 870 00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:55,660 so Pastor Ethan might be going through it after. 871 00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:57,100 And so we're going to work through that. 872 00:35:57,100 --> 00:36:00,260 And, and I think it is a beneficial thing for you to hear 873 00:36:00,260 --> 00:36:04,260 other voices and, and see different, not, not different teachings 874 00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:06,540 and different perspectives because we should have the same perspective 875 00:36:06,540 --> 00:36:07,140 on the Word of God. 876 00:36:07,140 --> 00:36:08,220 That is the word of God. 877 00:36:08,620 --> 00:36:12,140 But sometimes it is good to have a different viewpoint from the 878 00:36:12,140 --> 00:36:14,540 perspective of the way that it's delivered. 879 00:36:14,540 --> 00:36:17,500 Because I was just having a conversation with a dear brother 880 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,880 about this, that when we were reading through scripture. 881 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,280 I've read through scripture many times, but each time I read 882 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,480 through scripture I get something new, I get something more. 883 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,000 And that's the power of scripture. 884 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:31,160 And so I just love the fact that the Word of God is alive and 885 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,920 it's sharper than any two edged sword. 886 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,560 And we're excited to see what God's going to do through this study. 887 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,120 Someone asked, where are we going to go after First Samuel? 888 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,560 Well, I think the most logical place would be Second Samuel. 889 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:41,640 And we'll just go right into that. 890 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,360 And I hope that this is a study that you've been able to track 891 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,430 and if you haven't been able to track through this, we do have 892 00:36:47,590 --> 00:36:50,230 different online sources in which you can go to. 893 00:36:50,630 --> 00:36:53,990 We have a podcast, we have a website, we have a YouTube channel, 894 00:36:53,990 --> 00:36:54,390 Facebook. 895 00:36:54,550 --> 00:36:56,910 And you can go back and listen to all those sermons. 896 00:36:56,910 --> 00:37:00,430 And not just First Samuel, you can go back and listen to, you know, 897 00:37:00,430 --> 00:37:01,270 a lot of sermons. 898 00:37:01,830 --> 00:37:03,910 So you can do that if you feel led.