1 Samuel chapter 17.
I'll be reading from verse 24 through verse 44.
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To the Philistine Goliath, they fled from him and were dreadfully afraid.
So the men of Israel said,
Have you seen this man who has come up?
Surely he has come up to defy Israel.
And it shall be that the man who kills him, the king will enrich with great riches
and give him his daughter and give his father's house exemption from taxes in Israel.
Then David spoke to the men who stood by him saying,
What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel?
For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?
And the people answered him in this manner saying,
So shall it be done for the man who kills him.
Now Eliab, his oldest brother, heard when he spoke to the men.
And Eliab's anger was aroused against David.
And he said, Why did you come down here?
And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness?
I know your pride and your insolence of your heart,
for you have come down to see the battle.
And David said, What have I done now?
Is there not a cause?
Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing.
And these people answered him as the first ones did.
Verse 31.
Now when the words which David spoke were heard,
they reported them to Saul and he sent for him.
Then David said to Saul,
Let no man's heart fail because of him.
Your servant will go and fight this Philistine.
And Saul said to David,
You are not noble to go against this Philistine to fight with him,
for you are a youth,
and he a man of war from his youth.
But David said to Saul,
Your servant used to keep his father's sheep.
And when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
I went after it and struck it and delivered the lamb from its mouth.
When it arose against me,
I caught it by its beard and struck it and killed it.
Your servant has killed both lion and bear,
and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them,
seeing he has defiled the armies of the living God.
Moreover, David said,
The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion
and from the paw of the bear,
he will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.
And Saul said to David,
Go and the Lord be with you.
So Saul clothed David with his armor,
and he put a bronze helmet on his head
and also clothed him with a coat of mail.
David fastened his sword to his armor
and tried to walk,
for he had not tested them.
And David said to Saul,
I cannot walk with these,
for I have not tested them.
So David took them off.
Then he took his staff in his hand,
and he chose for himself
five smooth stones from the brook
and put them in a shepherd's bag
and a pouch,
which he had,
and his sling was in his hand.
And he drew near to the Philistine.
So the Philistine came
and began drawing near to David,
and the man who bore the shield
went before him.
And when the Philistine took,
looked about,
and saw David,
he disdained him,
for he was only a youth,
ruddy and good-looking.
So the Philistine said to David,
Am I a dog that you come at me with sticks?
And the Philistine cursed David
by his gods.
And the Philistine said to David,
Come to me,
and I will give your flesh
to the birds of the air
and the beasts of the field.
The word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
Please be seated.
Oh God, we ask
that your Holy Spirit
will help us to see Christ.
We ask that your Holy Spirit
will please help the preacher
to give your people Christ.
And we pray, Lord,
that as we leave this short time
together here today,
we will hold on to one thing,
Christ.
We ask this for his glory.
Amen.
Well, dear friends
and brothers and sisters,
I ask you to reflect
and think back
on different interactions
and relationships
on this question.
When was the last time
you felt accused?
Maybe some of you
are going through
an experience like that right now,
feeling accused.
Studies have shown
that when you're accused,
your brain stress response
is triggered,
activating the amygdala,
the emotional control center
of the brain,
to release hormones
like cortisol.
This causes your body
to go into an immediate
fight or flight reaction,
increasing blood pressure
and heart rate,
and temporarily
making critical thinking harder,
making you more apt
to make bad decisions.
That's the power
of one accusation
against a person.
But what about
chronic accusation?
To live constantly,
day after day after day,
accused.
This becomes,
for any human being,
unhealthy,
debilitating,
paralyzed,
and dysfunctional.
People in such a state
of chronic accusation
suffer strong emotions
like anger,
fear,
and confusion.
being accused
is one of the most
painful and confusing
things we can go through.
As I've reflected on it,
being accused
is humbling
when there's truth to it.
In my case,
there often is.
It's also torturous
when there's truth
mixed with untruth
in the accusation.
The Israelites
have been under
chronic stress
due to accusations
from this
champion of war,
Goliath.
You remember how long
they've been there
by this point
when God sends David,
the anointed king?
They'd been there
40 days,
the period of testing,
and every morning
and every evening,
here comes Goliath
to accuse
God's people.
80 times
stressful,
a flood of emotions,
no doubt.
Goliath as the accuser
of God's people
is really the mouthpiece
of Satan.
When the great
anointed king Jesus
came to earth,
he said in John 8, 44,
that Satan does not
stand in the truth
because there is
no truth in him.
In that same thought,
Jesus says,
he is a murderer
from the beginning.
You see,
the lies of the enemy
are murderous lies.
His words
lead to death.
The words
from Satan
are words of attack.
They're designed
to injure.
Those who are listening
to the accusations
of Satan
are brought into
a bondage
of condemnation,
of disgrace.
Satan will not
relent
in attacking.
And this is how
he even recruits
others to his cause.
His end goal
is destruction,
murder.
Those he accused
to either kill
themselves
or kill someone else
unless God
would save them
out of that.
You and I
are born
accused.
We're born
having inherited
sin from Adam
and piling on
our own sin
throughout our life
on top of that.
We're a lot
like the Israelites,
dysfunctional,
paralyzed,
needing God
to graciously
make it stop.
The good news
for you and me,
we see this
in 1 Samuel 17,
is that God
did not leave
his people
accused forever.
He did not
leave his people
disgraced.
Our Lord Jesus Christ
came to prove
to sinners
like you and me
condemned
by Satan's attacks
that in Christ
God does not
leave us
disgraced.
In 1 Samuel 17,
we have a portrait
of national Israel
needing a champion
that God would
provide.
And this is
fulfilled
through Jesus Christ
ultimately.
David is a shadow
and Jesus Christ
is the substance.
So we can see
in this shadow
of how God
provided David
for the Israelite
nation in this time
a picture of how
God has provided
our Lord Jesus Christ
to be the champion
of his people.
I would like to walk
us through five
insights from 1 Samuel
that foreshadow
this wonderful work
of Jesus Christ
for us.
The first is this.
Notice how
in this passage
the king
promises a reward
for the champion
of God's people.
The king promised
a reward
for the champion
of God's people.
Starting at verse 24,
we see this come up
over and over and over.
all the men
of Israel
when they saw
the man,
the Philistine,
they fled from him
and were dreadfully
afraid.
But then in verses
25 and 26,
David sees Goliath
as what he is.
He's a worldly
blasphemer,
one who's taking
God's name in vain
and cursing God
and his people.
Goliath,
you remember
by his armor description,
he was clothed
in scales.
David saw him
as one who's
outside of the
covenant of God,
hurling accusations
back at God's people,
disgracing the armies
of the living God.
And now this part
is surprising
because David
keeps asking this.
He goes to one group,
to the other,
to the other.
He wants to know
this question.
What will be given
to the man
who kills him?
And in the response,
what the men
in the camp
were talking about,
we can detect,
this was intended
to be the motivation.
The first one
is the honor
of God's name
for David.
He says,
who is it
that's disgracing
the armies
of the living God?
What shall be done
for the man
who kills him
and takes away
the reproach
or the disgrace
for God's people?
God doesn't want
God's,
David doesn't want
God's people disgraced.
David doesn't want
the armies
of the living God
being humiliated
this way anymore.
His motivation
is the glory
of God's name
that this will
be made known.
That's his first motivation.
But it's not
the only one.
The people
are also talking
about how
the king
has promised
to enrich
that man,
that champion
who would go
fight for Israel
if he is victorious,
to give him
his own daughter
as his wife
and to give
this champion's
father's whole household,
all of his
household,
exemption
from taxes.
You see how
even though
the Israelites
were warned,
they fell for it.
They got a king
like all the other nations,
Saul now enslaved them
and was charging them
crippling taxes.
Israel had made
themselves slaves
to Saul
and Goliath
knew that.
That was part
of his taunt.
So now
if you're an Israelite,
you owe
King Saul
taxes for the rest
of your life.
This is a great
incentive.
Not only that,
you're going to get
riches,
the taxes that others
have paid
that the king
is now hoarding
for himself.
These riches
will be yours.
And what's more,
you get to marry
the daughter of the king,
the princess,
which means
you are now part
of the royal court.
You belong in the
palace of the king.
These are the rewards
promised.
Think of how
our Lord Jesus Christ
took on flesh
to fulfill a mission
with a reward
promised him.
We too were born
owing God
a debt that we
cannot pay.
The wages of sin
is death.
This is the tax
that we owe
for our sin.
But God has
graciously decreed
our election
in Christ
before the
foundations
of the world.
Ephesians 1-4
Before you and I
had done anything
to deserve God's grace.
He decreed this.
This is God the Father
promised to God the Son
I will give you
the reward.
The honor of our name
Father, Son, Spirit
the one true God
and a bride
and the riches
of heaven
poured out on you
and your bride.
Your bride dwelling
with you forever
in the house of God.
1 Timothy 2-5
tells us very clearly
this is
Jesus Christ
the champion
of God's people.
You remember from last week
what the word champion
means?
It means a man
in between
a man in the middle
two opposing sides
and someone to stand
in between them.
1 Timothy 2-5
says
there is one
mediator
we could say
one champion
between God
and man
the man
Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 9-15
and 17
elaborates his ministry
further.
Jesus Christ
is the mediator
of a new covenant
so that those
who are called
may receive
the promised
eternal inheritance.
All that God
promised
as a reward
to his son
who lacked nothing
but accomplished
it for our benefit.
You'll receive it
in Christ.
How can this be?
Since a death
has occurred
that redeems them
from the transgressions
committed.
God the Father
promised a reward
to Jesus Christ
the champion
of God's people.
God promised
to the Messiah
to erase
the debt
of his people.
They owe us
nothing anymore
you've paid it all.
God promised
to give him
a bride
his church
that he purchased
with his own
precious blood
that can dwell
with him forever
upon whom
he lavishes
the riches
of heaven
already
in the spiritual
sense
and one day
consummately
forevermore.
The king promised
a reward
to the champion
of his people.
Second
the people
proved powerless
!
to trust
the champion
God provided!
The people
proved powerless
to trust
the champion
that God
provided!
This is illustrated
especially with
one person
and it happens
to be David's
oldest brother
who we've already
heard about
his name is
Eliab.
Look at verse
28
Now Eliab
his oldest
brother
his own
flesh and blood
who ought to
have stepped
forward in this
moment
he was the one
that Samuel
saw and said
surely this must
be the one
the future king
the next Saul
he was
regal looking
we can infer
surely it's him
instead
Eliab
becomes another
accuser
from Eliab's
mouth
come accusations
against God's
anointed
he's fitting
more the pattern
of Goliath
than of an
anointed
deliverer
notice what
this older brother
does
he questions
David's motives
why did you
come here
and then he
accuses him
you forgot
your low
place
brother
he says
with whom
have you
left
notice the
qualifier
how many
sheep
with whom
have you
left those
few sheep
in the
wilderness
he's saying
go back
to your
low job
your small
little flock
you shepherd
boy
you belong
back in the
wilderness
and he also
accuses him
of past
pride
well David
had the
anointing
of the Holy
Spirit
but his
whole life
shows us
he was not
sinless
or infallible
so this
is where
it might
be a
mixed
accusation
this is
likely
true
his
brother
says
I know
your
pride
well
which
brother
doesn't
know
another
brother's
pride
and your
insolence
of heart
now these
words are
so strong
I mean
you thought
Goliath's
accusations
were evil
listen to
the intensity
of what
Eliab
accuses
David of
insolence
of your
heart
this is
translated
another
English
version
this way
presumption
and evil
conceited
and wicked
heart
arrogance
and deceit
for you
have come
down to
see the
battle
so we
now have
three
tall
intimidating
worldly
impressive
men
Goliath
Saul
and
Eliab
all
three
standing
as
figureheads
of the
type of
man
Israel
wanted
in their
flesh
see how
the people
are
powerless
to trust
the right
man
without the
help of the
spirit we put
our hope
and our
trust in
all kinds
of men
and women
and worldly
things that
fall short
of the glory
of God
sinners
in darkness
lack
saving
faith
in Jesus
Christ
isn't that
still true
today
he's just
a simple
carpenter
well he
lived here
but it was
over 2,000
years ago
could he
really be
God the
son
and Satan
slips in
and he
exists
to accuse
those that
Jesus Christ
calls his
brothers
and sisters
Satan
lives to
accuse you
and me
he wants
to point
out our
past sins
he wants
to question
motives
he wants
to do
this
he wants
to freeze
us
from going
to fight
by accusing
us so much
in verse 29
David says
what have I
done now
is there not
a cause
in other
words
is anyone
missing
what's going
on here
it's what he
says in verse
26
to paraphrase
it
this
blaspheming
slave
of the
serpent
dressed in
scales
Goliath
he keeps
disgracing
the armies
of the
living God
what shall
be done
for a man
who kills
him
kills this
accuser
and takes
away
the reproach
takes away
the disgrace
from God's
people
this needs
to happen
verse 30
then David
turned from him
his brother
toward another
and said
the same
thing
and then
these people
answered him
as the first
ones did
why are we
given those
words
it's
painting for us
what was
going on
will these
men care
about the
honor of
God
will these
men
see that
it's
it's the
people of
God
the living
God
it's the
name of
God
attached to
his army
that's being
disgraced
who's
going to
take away
the reproach
the disgrace
does anyone
care
is anyone
bothered by
this
it can't
go on
but time
and time
again
the people
prove powerless
to trust
the champion
God
provided
he'd already
been anointed
it's a failure
of faith
we are not
courageous
in our own
flesh
we're so
focused
I'm talking
about myself
without the
help of
God
we are so
focused on
worldly
might
physical
resources
and we so
often forget
the same
thing
that the
Lord of
hosts
is alive
it's the
armies of
the living
God
that he
is all
powerful
that his
kingdom
is not
of this
world
his
kingdom
is from
above
without
the Holy
Spirit
we too
prove
ourselves
powerless
to trust
to abide
to continually
rest
on the
champion
that God
has provided
and then
by extension
by trusting
God
trusting
that
God
continues
to work
through
weak
servants
recall
how blind
how lost
how wretched
you and I
were
and how we
would still
be
if God
had not
poured out
his amazing
grace
on sinners
like us
poured out
his Holy
Spirit
to make us
able now
to trust
in the
champion
he provided
number
three
notice
with me
please
the source
of this
champion's
confidence
what was
the source
of David's
confidence
in verse
31
the words
David had
spoken
asking this
who should
care
is anyone
going to do
something about
this
they were
reported to
King Saul
and so he
called for
David
in verse
32
David said
to Saul
let no
man's heart
fail because
of him
your servant
will go
and fight
with this
Philistine
the accuser
stands over
sinners
no hope
powerless
disgraced
40 days
80 times
cursing
accusing
and it's
working on
them
think of
how our
Lord Jesus
Christ had
to be born
sinless
he had to
come into
the battle
in the fullness
of time
nothing the
enemy could
accuse
Jesus of
let no
man's heart
fail because
of Goliath
Jesus alone
could say
he's got
nothing on
me
your servant
will go
and fight
in verse
33
Saul said
to David
you are
not able
first words
out of
Saul's mouth
passive
Saul
first words
are accusing
God's
anointed
king
you are
not able
to go
against this
Philistine
to fight
with him
for you
are a
youth
and he
a man
of war
from his
youth
if there's
anything to
take a
courage out
of a
soldier
those words
would have
done it
verse
34
I'm sure
by the
help of
the Holy
Spirit
he's already
been anointed
trusting in
God by
faith
David said
to Saul
you could
say it's
David's
next
sermon
telling him
God
has been
faithful
in the
past
and God's
past
faithfulness
is what
fuels
my present
trust
he says
your servant
used to keep
his father's
sheep
and when a
lion or a
bear came
and took a
lamb out of
the flock
I went
after it
and struck
it
and delivered
the lamb
from its
mouth
and when it
arose against
me I caught
it by its
beard and
struck it
and killed
it
your servant
was killed
both
your servant
has killed
both lion
and bear
and this
uncircumcised
Philistine
will be like
one of
them
seeing that
he has
defiled
the armies
of the
living God
what's the
source of
the champion's
confidence
verse 37
the Lord
who delivered
me from
the paw
of the
lion
and from
the paw
of the
bear
he will
deliver me
from the
hand of
this
Philistine
the source
of David's
confidence
was in
God to
deliver
it's God's
power who
did it in
those smaller
ways to
prepare me
to teach me
to trust him
and it's God
who will do
it now
think of how
our Lord
Jesus Christ
when he came
to accomplish
the mission
his father
gave him
he was
rejected
by Israel
his own
brothers and
sisters
people in
the town
he grew
up in
they knew
him from
his youth
and yet
he trusted
in God's
promises
our Lord
Jesus Christ
delivered people
who were
possessed by
demons
gripped by
the powers
of darkness
like wild
beasts from
the spiritual
realm
intruding in
and devouring
these lambs
and our Lord
Jesus with
his words
delivered them
showing the
power of
God through
him is much
greater than
the forces of
the enemy in
the spiritual
realms
and our
Lord Jesus
Christ
disarmed
the forces
of hell
by the
power of
his word
God
gave a
shot across
the bow
to get
the attention
to let
everyone know
his word
will come
true
remember that
great miracle
in preparation
for Christ's
own death
when God
delays Jesus
from going
to see
Lazarus
and his
sisters
and he
arrives in
their weeping
and Jesus
calls for
Lazarus
by the power
of the spirit
the man
who was
dead
and stinking
came walking
out alive
that victory
of the power
of God
over the
forces of
hell
and over
death
itself
were a
blessing to
all the
believers
to the
disciples
and according
to his
human nature
to Jesus
Christ
himself
God
will deliver
me
from death
I won't
go around
death
I will go
through
death
and my
God
who has
been
faithful
in the
past
I've
seen his
power
for myself
in my
incarnate
body
he will
be faithful
for me
in the
great
victory
we need
our Lord
Jesus Christ
active
obedience
and his
faith
to cover
our lack
of faith
we fail
to trust
God
I'm
speaking of
myself
this past
week
most likely
even this
morning
so often
I want to
put confidence
in ourselves
in myself
in what we
can do
control
or work
for
that's my
sin
and yet
Jesus Christ
he covers
that sin
by his
perfect
trust
his
perfect
faith
in God
he fulfilled
the righteousness
that I lack
and that you
lack
before he
died for
us
our Lord
lived
for us
he trusted
God
fully
in our
place
in John
15 10
Jesus
could turn
and pray
and say
I have
kept
your
commandments
father
then he
could turn
to us
his
disciples
and tell
us
remain
in God's
love
Jesus
said
I've
remained
in my
father's
love
my
disciples
follow
me
remain
in his
love
where
you
can't
I
already
have
this
was
the
source
of
Jesus
Christ
our
champion's
confidence
according
to his
human
nature
he
remained
in God's
love
to the
very
end
remember
how
Jesus
was
even
mocked
for
this
in
Matthew
27
43
they
accused
him
they
said
this
is
the
man
who
told
everyone
I
am
the
son
of
God
he
trusts
in
God
let
God
deliver
him
now
if
God
cares
for
him
and
will
have
him
Jesus
being
accused
of
not
trusting
not
loving
God
to
the
very
end
did
the
father
care
for
him
did
the
father
have
him
and
accept
his
purchase
!
his
perfect
righteousness
in
our
place
yes
he
did
and
it's
proven
because
God
raised
him
from
the
dead
you
see
how
every
page
of
the
Bible
it
testifies
that
God
has
always
been
faithful
to
his
word
God
is
always
faithful
to
his
promises
we
just
sing
this
beautiful
verse
from
Amazing
Grace
and
even
though
it's
beautiful
it's
maybe
the
less
familiar
of
all
the
verses
!
the
Lord
has
promised
good
to
me
his
word
my
hope
secures
he
will
my
shield
and
portion
be
as
long
as
life
endures
David
knew
that
in
his
context
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
according
to
his
human
nature
knew
that
and
you
and
I
can
know
that
too
that's
the
source
of
our
confidence
number
four
how
the
champion
will
go
to
war
so
how
will
this
champion
this
picture
of
Christ
step
up
and
face
the
champion
of
the
Philistines
Saul
said to
David
in
verse
37
go
the
Lord
be
with
you
did
Saul
really
trust
that
having
God
go
with
David
was
sufficient
the
next
verse
answers
it
no
look
at
verse
38
go
with
the
Lord
but
Saul
then
clothed
David
with
his
own
armor
does
yours
say
armor
that
word
in
verse
38
literally
it
says
Saul
clothed
David
with
his
own
clothes
not
just
any
clothes
the
clothes
of
a
king
remember
this
is
a
king
who
is
at
least
a
head
taller
than
every
other
man
in
Israel
these
were
big
royal
clothes
but
then
also
the
armor
goes
on
to
describe
he
put
on
a
bronze
helmet
on
his
head
and
he
also
clothed
him
with
a
coat
of
mail
now
what
was
the
material
of
this
helmet
that
Saul
had
what
is
it
bronze
and
do you
remember
from
last
week
what
was
the
material
of
Saul
or
Goliath's
helmet
it
made
of
bronze
shiny
yellow
bronze
reflecting
getting
attention
I
wonder
who
made
this
coat
of
mail
and
this
bronze
helmet
for
Saul
we
know
there
were
no
blacksmiths
in
Israel
we
just
saw
that
again
last
week
I
wonder
where
Saul
got
this
these
kingly
clothes
and
this
shirt
of
scales
that
he's
putting
on top
of
God's
anointed
verse
39
David
fastened
his
sword
to
his
armor
tried
to
walk
for
he
had
not
tested
them
and
David
said
to
Saul
I
cannot
walk
with
these
for
I
have
not
tested
them
so
David
took
them
off
see
God
provided
a
champion
to go
to war
for
his
people
but
God
is
teaching
all
of
Israel
and
you
and
me
today
an
important
lesson
God
will
conquer
in a
way
that
brings
all
the
glory
to
God
not
most
of
the
glory
to
God
and
some
to
King
Saul
not
most
of
the
glory
to
God
and
some
of
the
glory
to
David
who
was
wearing
armor
all
the
glory
will
go
to
God
that's
the
way
God
will
conquer
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
went
to
war
think
about
it
not
as
a
picturesque
Greek
hero
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
went
to
war
as
a
lamb
carried
off
silently
to
the
slaughter
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
our
champion
does
not
dazzle
our
eyes
he
melts
our
icy
hearts
amen
I
can't
answer
the
question
of
why
did
David
put
these
clothes
on
and
why
do
we
have
all
these
verses
describing
it
other
than
the
last
statement
do
you
see
them
there
so
David
took
them
off
maybe
that's
the
only
reason
why
did
he
put
them
on
in
order
to
be
able
to
take
them
off
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
also
laid
down
the
armor
he
took
off
the
royal
clothes
God's
champion
would
not
follow
the
pattern
of
this
world
this
is
how
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
would
go
to
war
God
the
son
humbled
himself
Philippians
2
reminds
us
he
took
the
form
of
a
slave
he
put
on
shame
he
took
on
our
sin
think
how
far
God
the
creator
condescended
or stooped
to save
people like
you and
me
by the
incarnate
work of
God
the
son
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
was
stripped
of
his
glory
he
was
weak
humiliated
falsely
accused
but
trusted
God's
promises
out of
love
to
secure
the
final
victory
over
our
accuser
on
the
cross
this
is
how
the
champion
went
to
war
number
five
for
all
the
Israelites
for
you
and
me
who
need
to
look
for
the
champion
the
Messiah
the
promised
one
God
would
send
what
should
we
look
for
what
will
he
look
like
what
will
this
champion
look
like
in
verse
40
we
read
he
took
his
staff
in
his
hand
and
he
chose
for
himself
five
smooth
stones
from
the
brook
and
put
them
in
a
shepherd's
bag
and
a
pouch
which
he
had
and
his
sling
was
in
his
hand
and
he
drew
near
to
the
Philistine
so
the
Philistine
came
and
began
drawing
near
to
David
and
the
man
who
bore
the
shield
went
before
Goliath
verse
42
when
the
Philistine
looked
about
and
saw
David
he
disdained
or
belittled
him
for
he
was
only
a
youth
ruddy
which
means
red
and
good
looking
the
champion
of
God's
people
if
you're
looking
for
a
coming
Messiah
through
Israel
from
the
tribe
of
Judah
he
should
look
small
unexpected
unthreatening
maybe
it's a
stretch
but you
could say
even
attractive
in a
manner
that
contrasts
sharply
with
the
world
in
verse
43
so
the
Philistine
said
to
David
and
I
love
how
God
puts
it
in
the
mouth
of
the
accuser
the
declaration
of
what
we
should
look
for
in
a
champion
am
I
a
dog
that
you
come
at
me
with
sticks
how
did
Goliath
see
David
he
sees
this
guy
with
a
leather
pouch
called
a
shepherd's
pouch
and
a
shepherd's
staff
Goliath
saw
a
shepherd
and
he
was
offended
so
what
should
the
champion
of
God's
people
look
like
he
should
look
like
a
simple
shepherd
Jesus
said
in
John
10
11
I
am
the
good
shepherd
the
good
shepherd
gives
his
life
for
the
sheep
the
hireling
he
is
not
the
shepherd
he
does
not
own
the
sheep
he
sees
a
wolf
coming
and
he
leaves
the
sheep
and
flees
the
wolf
catches
the
sheep
and
scatters
them
the
hireling
flees
because
he
is a
hireling
he
does
not
care
about
the
sheep
but
I
am
the
good
shepherd
Jesus
says
I
know
my
sheep
and
I
am
known
by
them
as
the
father
knows
me
even
so
I
know
the
father
and
I
lay
down
my
life
for
my
sheep
our
exalted
king
is
also
our
caring
close
self
giving
shepherd
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
was
stripped
of
anything
royal
impressive
to the
world
in order
to
defeat
the
enemy
in the
final
victory
on the
cross
and
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
is
the
living
Lord
of the
armies
of heaven
and of
earth
he's
alive
he reigns
now as
the king
of kings
kings
where you
and I
can't
withstand
the evil
one
by our
own
strength
and we
can't
keep
marching
on
under
his
accusations
it's
king
Jesus
who
gives
us
his
flock
he
turns
sheep
like
us
into
an
army
and
he
clothes
us
like
his
army
Ephesians
6
which we
read
a moment
ago
reminds
us
that
we
are
clothed
with
the
armor
of
God
the
armor
of
God
is
Christ
himself
the
belt
of
truth
is
Christ
the
truth
he
said
in
John
14
6
I
am
the
truth
the
breastplate
of
righteousness
is
Christ
who
2nd
Corinthians
5
21
says
Christ
is
our
righteousness
the
helmet
of
salvation
is
Christ
our
salvation
fulfilling
Isaiah
12
2
which we
read
the
sword
of
the
spirit
is
the
word
and
Jesus
Christ
is
the
incarnate
word
of
God
John
1
and
so
when
we
are
putting
on
the
armor
of
God
we
are
clothed
in
Christ
himself
Christ
and
his
gospel
clothing
his
army
Galatians
3
27
tells
us
for
as
many
of
you
as
were
baptized
into
Christ
have
put
on
Christ
God
the
Son
has
tested
these
war
clothes
for
you
and
me
his
armor
has
already
won
the
battle
for
us
here's
the
gospel
for
you
and
me
today
Jesus
Christ
replaces
all
of our
passive
disobedience
with his
active
obedience
love
trust
in
God
goodness
with
his
perfect
trust
in
God's
love
he
replaces
our
fear
with
his
perfect
faith
and
he
replaces
our
guilty
accused
conscience
before
God
with
his
peace
that
passes
all
understanding
brothers
and
sisters
praise
God
he
has
provided
Jesus
Christ
our
champion
and the
only
mediator
for us
his
people
please
pray
with
me
Lord
we
thank
you
for
Jesus
Christ
the
anointed
king
the
humble
shepherd
the
living
king
of the
armies
of
God
we
thank
you
that
we
belong
to
you
we
thank
you
Lord
that
you
keep
us
you
lead
us
help
us
to
walk
and
step
with
you
to
march
in a
way
that's
pleasing
to
you
the
commander
of the
Lord's
army
the
king
of
kings
to
you
be
all
the
glory
for
our
redemption
and
all
the
glory
in
the
coming
of
your
kingdom
we
ask
amen