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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Amen. Thank you, guys. Let's pray together.

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 Father, that's our desire this morning, that we would know your power more,

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 that we would experience more of who you are.

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 You are almighty.

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 And you've come to meet with us.

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 And that doesn't ever leave anyone unchanged.

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 And so would you prepare our hearts, continue to till the soil there that it might be hard

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 or they might not be eager to meet with you or to hear from your word.

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 Would you help us?

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 Would you speak to us by your spirit?

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 Would you give us confidence in your power and love?

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 And would you give us great joy in living for you, we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Perhaps you're familiar with this famous story.

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 One nation is aligned on one side.

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 Another nation lined up on the other side.

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 And one man stands forth from each side and marches towards the other to battle against each other.

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 The others stand with bated breath awaiting the outcome as their two champions march toward this decisive showdown.

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 And within moments it's over.

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 Dismay for one side is matched by jubilation from the other nation

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 who has just won a penalty kick shootout to advance in the World Cup.

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 And some of you thought we were going to talk about David and Goliath today.

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 In the middle of the World Cup.

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 Now, I actually do want that picture at the end of a soccer match to be in your mind.

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 Because this is something we don't have a great image of a lot of times.

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 You're going to see it countless times in the coming days, that penalty kick shootout.

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 Because most, we've reached the knockout stage of the World Cup now.

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 And all these games are going to be 0-0 at the end.

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 Nobody ever scores.

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 And then they're going to have to do penalty kicks.

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 That's just how soccer works every time I watch it.

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 But that aside, that penalty kick shootout,

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 it comes down to one player and one goalie against each other

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 deciding the outcome of after two hours of strenuous work,

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 the whole match is there, comes down to those two against each other.

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 Each team sends a representative and stakes its hopes and its future

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 on the performance of its hero.

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 That's what a champion, a representative is.

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 If he wins, the whole team wins.

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 If he loses, the whole team loses.

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 And Israel finds itself in 1 Samuel 17,

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 this encounter of David and Goliath in need of a champion.

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 After all, here are the two rival countries lined up.

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 Israel is on one mountain,

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 and Philistia has lined up on the other.

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 A valley in between them,

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 and neither army foolish enough to find itself engaged in an uphill battle,

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 so they're stuck on these two mountains facing off.

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 Except that the Philistines have an imposing champion, Goliath.

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 All nine feet, nine inches of him,

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 with armor that weighs as much as most young men by itself.

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 He defies the armies of Israel to send a champion out to fight against him,

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 winner take all.

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 Imagine, put yourself in that Israel battle line.

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 You're one of those soldiers that day,

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 and you hear him day after day after day coming out.

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 Goliath challenges you,

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 somebody come fight me.

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 And you're trembling with fear.

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 Not just at the idea of you being the one to have to fight him,

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 but you're despairing about the future for you and your family.

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 Staring the reality of death or slavery for the rest of your lives right in the face.

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 Your theme song as one of those soldiers becomes,

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 I need a hero.

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 Just you sing it in Hebrew.

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 They used different lyrics back then,

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 but regardless, you're desperate for someone who can face Goliath.

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 In fact, as Israel stands there on that mountainside around 1050 BC,

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 they've been singing,

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 I need a hero for generations.

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 It's been a long, long time that they've been in this situation.

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 Ever since mankind's first champion, Adam,

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 failed as he represented them

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 in what should have been the faithful pursuit of God's glory

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 that they were created for,

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 they've needed a true hero.

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 Abraham loves God, right?

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 Maybe he's the one,

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 but he looks to save his own skin

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 when the money's on the line.

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 Moses is a powerful leader,

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 but he doesn't trust God all the time.

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 The judges lead them to some helpful victories

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 as God's people,

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 but they don't maintain a passion for Yahweh's name very long.

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 The kings are about to be really unpredictable

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 as to what direction they're going to lead.

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 These people are desperate.

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 They need someone who can stand up against their enemies,

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 who can lead them in battle to defend the honor of Yahweh

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 against this pagan who is cursing his name.

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 Someone who's going to protect them,

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 God's people lead them in loving God

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 and living their lives for God.

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 They're desperate for someone.

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 Well, in fact, Israel does have a champion, don't they?

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 You're sitting there in the battle line.

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 It's not unclear to you who should be taking on Goliath, is it?

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 After all, just a few years prior to this battle,

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 the whole country has demanded

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 that God give them a king like the nations.

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 Why?

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 1 Samuel 8,

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 the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel.

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 They said,

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 no, but there shall be a king over us.

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 Why?

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 That we also may be like all the nations,

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 that our king may judge us

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 and go out before us and fight our battles.

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 God give us a king to do this.

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 And God gave them Saul.

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 Exactly what they asked for,

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 a king like the nations.

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 Chapter 9, verse 2 says,

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 Saul was a handsome young man.

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 There was not a man among the people of Israel

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 more handsome than he.

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 From his shoulders upward,

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 he was taller than any of the people.

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 A head taller.

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 He's the one

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 who's the champion, right?

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 This is the moment you were made for, Saul.

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 Tall, handsome,

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 strong to fight Israel's battles.

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 Your God is being maligned.

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 Your people are being threatened.

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 You are their king.

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 Saul wants no part of it.

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 Remember how fearful and despairing you were feeling

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 when Goliath came out?

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 Unfortunately, Saul too.

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 1 Samuel 17, verse 11,

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 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine,

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 they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

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 All of you.

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 Stuck there.

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 Fearful, afraid, desperate.

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 But there's this shepherd boy

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 who shows up with food for his brothers.

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 Too young, apparently,

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 to be a part of the standing army of Israel,

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 but old enough to be sent on an important mission.

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 And he hears the cursing

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 and the mocking of the giant Philistine.

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 And he responds quite differently

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 from everyone else, doesn't he?

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 What is it that he hears?

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 David says,

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 Who does this guy think he is?

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 He's big, but he's messing with God.

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 Despising God's people.

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 That's not okay.

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 Verse 26,

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 Who is this uncircumcised Philistine

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 that he should defy the armies of the living God?

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 David has a zeal for God's honor, doesn't he?

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 The first thing he hears in Goliath's challenge

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 is dishonor to the name of Yahweh.

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 And he won't stand for it.

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 Saul, on the other hand, won't stand up to it.

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 Saul's zealous for his own safety.

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 For his own comfort back in his royal tent.

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 And this contrast between David and Saul

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 is largely what this whole section of 1 Samuel is about.

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 This story in particular,

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 showing what the heart of a true champion of God's people looks like.

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 In the previous chapter,

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 when David is anointed to be the next king of Israel,

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 God has made clear that man looks at what?

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 The outward appearance

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 and picks handsome, tall, imposing Saul as leader.

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 But God looks where?

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 At the heart.

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 When he wants a leader for his people,

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 God is concerned about the heart.

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 And David shows us what he's looking for there.

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 A zeal for God's honor

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 that mankind was created to have burn within us.

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 We see that zeal all through this story,

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 but especially when David is talking to Goliath.

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 Verse 46.

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 David says,

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 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand

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 and I will strike you down and cut off your head

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 and I'll give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day

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 to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth

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 that all the earth may know

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 that there's a God in Israel.

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 And that all this assembly may know

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 that the Lord saves,

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 not with sword and spear.

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 For the battle is the Lord's

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 and he will give you into our hand.

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 You hear what David wants to defend?

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 It's God's honor, isn't it?

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 It's not his reputation,

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 but God's reputation.

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 Not his personal security,

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 but the safety of God's people.

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 David wants everyone in Israel

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 and the nations to know

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 how great Yahweh is.

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 That's what drives David.

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 Of course, we see as that happens

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 that he trusts God's promises.

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 Despite this seeming mismatch,

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 David is confident in God's provision

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 that he will protect his people.

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 He tells Saul in verse 36,

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 Saul's saying,

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 I don't know,

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 is this a good idea?

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 David has said,

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 your servant has struck down

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 both lions and bears,

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 and this uncircumcised Philistine

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 shall be like one of them,

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 for he has defied the armies

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 of the living God.

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 He's picked the wrong fight.

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 Not with David,

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 but with the living God.

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 The Lord who delivered me

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 from the paw of the lion

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 and the paw of the bear

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 will deliver me

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 from the hand of this Philistine.

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 Saul still tries to put his armor

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 on David, doesn't he?

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 Here, you might need this.

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 But David's trust

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 is not in his weapons,

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 but in his God.

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 That leads to a love

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 for God's people

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 and that he's willing

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 to stand in their place

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 to represent them,

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 even in danger.

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 And finally,

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 a willingness to sacrifice

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 for God's glory.

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 David's zeal

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 for God's honor

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 means that he will defend

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 the name of Yahweh

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 and seek to see his glory,

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 even if it costs him his life.

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 And they tell him

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 it's going to.

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 Saul says,

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 you are not able,

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 David.

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 This is not going to end well.

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 And yet,

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 David goes.

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 David's trust

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 is in the Lord.

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 He's not concerned

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 with his own strength.

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 In fact,

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 he tells Saul

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 that God is so great

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 that no man's heart

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 should fail

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 because of Goliath.

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 Come on, Saul.

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 Here's another chance

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 for you, right?

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 Don't let him

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 make your heart fail.

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 Here's some encouragement.

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 Even then,

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 it doesn't spur Saul's zeal.

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 It doesn't build Saul's trust.

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 It doesn't call Saul

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 to action

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 on behalf of God's people.

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 It will, after all,

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 be the shepherd boy

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 with a slingshot

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 and no armor

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 who will be sent out

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 from the sideline

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 against the mighty

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 Philistine warrior.

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 David may not look

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 like a champion.

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 Looks pretty weak.

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 But he has the heart

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 of a champion

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 that is zealous

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 for God.

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 So,

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 that sets us up

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 for the climax

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 of the story

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 that we all know

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 and love.

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 You know what happens.

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 But even as they start

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 to fight,

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 Goliath helps David

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 make clear

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 that this is indeed

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 a battle of champions

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 but even more,

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 it's a contest

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 between gods,

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 isn't it?

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 Verse 43,

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 Am I a dog

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 that you come to me

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 with sticks,

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 he says?

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 And he cursed David

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 by his gods.

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 The Philistines said

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 to David,

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 Come to me

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 and I'll give your flesh

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 to the birds of the air

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 and the beasts

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 of the field.

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 What he's saying is,

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 I'm going to expose you

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 for as utterly weak

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 and helpless

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 as you are,

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 that you're not worth

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 anybody caring about,

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 you're going to be killed

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 and left for the birds.

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 And your powerless deity

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 can do nothing

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 to stop it.

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 That's what Goliath

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 says to him.

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 David responds to it

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 this way,

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 verse 45,

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 You come to me

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 with a sword

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 and with a spear

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 and with a javelin,

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 but I come to you

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 in the name

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 of the Lord of hosts,

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 the God of the armies

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 of Israel

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 whom you have defied.

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 This day the Lord

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 will deliver you

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 into my hand

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 and I will strike you down

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 and cut off your head

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 and I will give

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 the dead bodies

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 of the host

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 of the Philistines

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 this day

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 to the birds of the air

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 and the wild beasts

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 of the earth

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 that all the earth

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 may know

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 that there is a God

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 in Israel

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 and that all this assembly

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 may know

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 that the Lord saves

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 not with sword and spear

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 for the battle

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 is the Lord's

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 and he will give you

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 into our hand.

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 You hear what David's

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 responding to, right?

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 This is not David

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 boasting,

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 Goliath,

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 I'm about to get you

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 because I'm faster,

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 smarter,

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 stronger than you are.

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 No.

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 Don't you love

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 David's passion in this?

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 He's almost won

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 before the battle starts.

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 You might call it

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 foolhardiness

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 or youthful naivete

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 if his God

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 wasn't real

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 and strong.

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 But David has a faith

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 in his God

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 that Saul

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 and many other

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 Israelites

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 seem to lack.

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 Put yourself

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 in the battle line

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 again.

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 You're watching

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 and listening now

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 as they yell

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 back and forth

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 to each other.

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 Maybe David's faith

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 gives you some faith,

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 some hope.

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 Or maybe

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 you're increasingly

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 fearful that

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 there's going to be

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 an ugly end

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 soon.

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 David's

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 famous statement,

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 the battle

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 is the Lord's

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 makes all the difference,

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 doesn't it?

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 Because Yahweh

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 fights for David,

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 one smooth stone

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 and a slingshot

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 takes down

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 the great giant

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 and this battle

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 of champions

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 ends as quickly

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 as it began.

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 Our kids have been

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 learning about David

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 this summer

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 and our kids

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 love to sing

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 and we love to sing

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 with them about

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 David and the slingshot

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 and the giant

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 and all of this

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 that happens

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 but the passage

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 actually emphasizes

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 the greatness

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 of God

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 more so than

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 the might of David,

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 doesn't it?

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 Look at just the details

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 as this happens.

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 Verse 50,

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 so David prevailed

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 over the Philistine

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 with a sling

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 and a stone

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 and struck the Philistine

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 and killed him.

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 There was no sword

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 in the hand

00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.359
 of David.

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 David ran

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 and stood over

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 the Philistine

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 and took his sword

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 and drew it

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 out of its sheath

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 and killed him

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 and cut off

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 his head with it.

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 When the Philistines

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 saw that their champion

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 was dead,

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 they fled.

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 God is so great

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 that he uses people

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 you might not expect

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 to accomplish

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 his purposes.

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 Young shepherd boys,

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 for example.

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 Here,

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 David,

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 as the representative

00:18:03.899 --> 00:18:05.159
 of God's people,

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 conquers their enemy.

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 Of course,

00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.699
 David is simply

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 one of the best

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.840
 in a long,

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 long list

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 of imperfect

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 champions,

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 isn't he?

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 Goes all the way

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 back to Adam.

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 And David,

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:21.860
 we learn,

00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.980
 is very,

00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:24.880
 very imperfect.

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 He's an incomplete

00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.560
 foretaste

00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:30.120
 of the great champion,

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 Jesus,

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 who reflects

00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:33.120
 perfectly

00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:34.120
 the heart

00:18:34.120 --> 00:18:35.200
 and the victory

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:36.040
 of a champion.

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 Jesus'

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:37.880
 zeal

00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.780
 for God's honor

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.759
 and pursuit

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.799
 of his Father's will

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.759
 is without equal,

00:18:41.879 --> 00:18:42.079
 right?

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:45.240
 He trusts God's promises,

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:46.700
 loves God's people,

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 in fact,

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 so much

00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.700
 that he actually

00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:50.339
 willingly sacrifices

00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:51.059
 his life

00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:52.039
 in their place.

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 And in doing so,

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 even in what appeared

00:18:55.379 --> 00:18:56.079
 again to be

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.039
 great weakness,

00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:58.960
 he achieves

00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:00.119
 eternal victory

00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:01.200
 over our

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:02.700
 greatest enemies,

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.480
 sin,

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.160
 Satan,

00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:05.019
 and death.

00:19:05.899 --> 00:19:07.059
 Triumphing over them,

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:08.259
 Colossians says,

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:10.839
 by his cross.

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.839
 We stand

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.599
 desperately

00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:16.819
 in need

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.480
 of a champion,

00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.200
 don't we?

00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:21.059
 Have you ever felt

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:22.980
 fearful

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:25.519
 in the face

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:25.920
 of

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:27.299
 death?

00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:29.720
 Have you felt

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.879
 too weak

00:19:30.879 --> 00:19:31.839
 on your own

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:33.039
 to battle

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:34.099
 against sin

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.740
 in your life?

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.740
 Powerless

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.299
 against the

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:37.700
 attacks of Satan

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.220
 that you can

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:39.140
 feel being

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:40.059
 waged against you?

00:19:40.100 --> 00:19:40.620
 Have you ever felt

00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:41.080
 like you're not

00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:42.120
 enough on your own?

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.940
 We all have.

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.779
 And Jesus

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:49.460
 is that champion

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.039
 that we

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:51.420
 desperately need

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:51.920
 that David

00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.779
 is merely a picture

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.360
 of here

00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:54.700
 in this story.

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.779
 That's one of the

00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.500
 reasons I've been

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.559
 encouraging us

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.519
 to think of ourselves

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.340
 in this story

00:19:59.340 --> 00:20:00.360
 as the Israelite

00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:00.799
 soldiers.

00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:03.099
 while there are

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.680
 things we can

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.720
 learn from David,

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:05.919
 Jesus

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:07.779
 fills the David

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.279
 role

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.720
 in our story

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.379
 as the hero

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:11.019
 and champion,

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.419
 right?

00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:13.879
 We are the

00:20:13.879 --> 00:20:14.740
 followers

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:16.480
 of the champion.

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.519
 What do the

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.180
 followers

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:20.680
 of the champion

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.440
 do

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.220
 after he

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.819
 defeats

00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:24.000
 their enemy?

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:26.159
 Verse 52,

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:27.380
 the men

00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:28.200
 of Israel

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:28.820
 and Judah

00:20:28.820 --> 00:20:30.160
 rose with a

00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.560
 shout.

00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:32.519
 You know what

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.180
 this looks like,

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.360
 right?

00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:33.920
 Back to the

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.660
 soccer field.

00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.620
 Here they come,

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.480
 they rush off

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.420
 the sidelines,

00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.980
 they are yelling

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.519
 and shouting,

00:20:39.620 --> 00:20:40.560
 they douse David

00:20:40.560 --> 00:20:41.440
 with Gatorade,

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.500
 they lift him up

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.360
 onto their shoulders

00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:44.060
 and carry him

00:20:44.060 --> 00:20:44.820
 off the field.

00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:46.240
 I mean,

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.820
 it was a little

00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:47.460
 bit different

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.220
 from that,

00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:48.940
 but that's the

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.980
 essence of what's

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.680
 going on.

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:53.259
 They're rejoicing

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.160
 in him,

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.859
 they're shouting

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.779
 in triumph

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.920
 and relief

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:58.400
 and in celebration

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:59.980
 of their hero

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.980
 who has achieved

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.599
 victory for them.

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:04.039
 They realize

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:05.059
 the battle is won

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:06.140
 before they perform

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.619
 it all.

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.879
 They want everyone

00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:09.700
 to know how great

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.660
 their champion is,

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:10.900
 right?

00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.140
 They're lifting him

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:13.019
 up and celebrating

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.400
 him,

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.619
 that he's delivered

00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.240
 them in their

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.980
 great distress,

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.039
 that he's the one

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.460
 they're going to

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.000
 follow.

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.039
 Is that how you

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.839
 feel about Jesus?

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 I mean,

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.639
 you can leave

00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.379
 out the Gatorade,

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.619
 but is that how

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.740
 you feel about Jesus?

00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.779
 Do you act like

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.799
 someone rescued

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.959
 by him from

00:21:30.959 --> 00:21:32.199
 desperate need?

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.740
 Do you rejoice

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.359
 in him?

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.319
 Do you delight

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.240
 in telling others

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.839
 about him

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.259
 and about what

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:39.240
 he's done for you?

00:21:40.939 --> 00:21:41.619
 Keep reading.

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:44.519
 They rose with a shout

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.279
 and pursued the

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.259
 Philistines as far

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.779
 as Gath

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.199
 and the gates

00:21:47.199 --> 00:21:47.799
 of Ekron,

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.659
 so the wounded

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.619
 Philistines fell

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.059
 on the way

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.720
 from Sharem

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.659
 as far as Gath

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.200
 and Ekron

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.360
 and the people

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:53.840
 of Israel

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:54.640
 came back

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.480
 from chasing

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.300
 the Philistines

00:21:56.300 --> 00:21:57.320
 and they plundered

00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:58.720
 their camp.

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.820
 This is what I call

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.960
 living in the victory

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.519
 of our champion.

00:22:05.040 --> 00:22:06.200
 Now that David

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.980
 has defeated

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:08.580
 the Philistine champion,

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:10.440
 all the Israelite

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:11.120
 soldiers

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:12.480
 rush forward

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.440
 and chase

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:14.279
 the Philistines

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:15.240
 and plunder

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.180
 their camp.

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.800
 Victory

00:22:17.800 --> 00:22:19.180
 is theirs!

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:20.440
 They rush

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.080
 forward

00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:21.799
 shouting,

00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.640
 rejoicing

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.380
 in their champion

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:24.360
 and the speakers

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:24.900
 are now blaring

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:26.600
 a different theme song,

00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.279
 no longer

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.940
 I need a hero

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:29.460
 but we are

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.799
 the champions.

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:33.000
 That's what's going,

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.660
 I think,

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.680
 as they're rushing

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.120
 forward

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:36.740
 because it's not

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.799
 merely that they're

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.860
 celebrating their champion.

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:40.039
 They're now living

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.840
 like champions,

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.380
 aren't they?

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.240
 They're acting

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.200
 like someone

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.200
 who just won.

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.920
 See,

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.799
 they get the privilege

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.600
 of benefiting

00:22:48.600 --> 00:22:49.600
 from a victory

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.319
 achieved

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:52.400
 by someone else

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:54.279
 on their behalf.

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:56.100
 David fought

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.799
 for them

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.660
 but now

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.420
 they get to

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.840
 act like champions,

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.299
 defeating their enemies,

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:03.340
 plundering their camp.

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.779
 They are transformed.

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:06.019
 They're very different people.

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.620
 Think about this

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.019
 for a second.

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.759
 They start acting

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.360
 like David.

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.360
 Just a few minutes ago,

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:12.080
 no one in the whole group

00:23:12.080 --> 00:23:13.059
 would be like David.

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.179
 David,

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:15.460
 their cowardice

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:17.139
 now turns into confidence,

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:17.899
 doesn't it?

00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:20.339
 Their fear

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.740
 turns into joy.

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:24.460
 Their inactivity,

00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:26.220
 embarrassing inactivity

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.319
 against the enemy

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.619
 turns into

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:30.619
 victorious battling

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.759
 against the now

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:33.200
 defeated enemy.

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.879
 It's what God

00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.720
 calls us to

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.379
 as followers

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.559
 of our champion,

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.379
 Jesus.

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:42.500
 Please hear me clearly.

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.880
 There is only

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:45.359
 one champion,

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:45.720
 right?

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:47.759
 One true hero.

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.019
 But in the Bible,

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.099
 God regularly

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:51.019
 calls leaders

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.259
 to do particularly

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.539
 what He actually

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.440
 requires of

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.660
 all of us.

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.819
 Followers too.

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.480
 Those of us

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.960
 in leadership

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.480
 ought to be

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.480
 especially listening

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:02.240
 but it's for all of us.

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.099
 Start by examining

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.960
 our own hearts.

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.740
 Are we zealous

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:09.759
 for God's honor?

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:13.059
 No, I'm actually

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:14.039
 asking, really,

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.579
 what is your passion

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:17.220
 in life?

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.480
 Does your heart

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.220
 burn

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.640
 or yawn

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.519
 when God

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.359
 is dishonored?

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:26.459
 What would your spouse,

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:29.019
 your friends,

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.659
 your kids

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:32.059
 say you're

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:33.219
 passionate about?

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:36.039
 We're all zealous,

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:37.659
 passionate for something.

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:39.379
 Is it football?

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.899
 Fashion?

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.279
 Facebook?

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.579
 Facebook?

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:48.939
 Do you so

00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:50.059
 trust God's

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.559
 promises

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.339
 and love

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.399
 God's people

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:53.259
 that you would be

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.579
 willing

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.939
 to sacrifice

00:24:54.939 --> 00:24:56.240
 anything

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.859
 to see

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.359
 His name

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:59.019
 glorified?

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.319
 In other words,

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:01.939
 can people

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:03.179
 see

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:04.599
 your zeal?

00:25:05.439 --> 00:25:06.119
 I know you say

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.460
 it's there,

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.079
 it's in my heart,

00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:07.539
 I am,

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:07.980
 I'm zealous,

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.539
 I'm passionate

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.079
 for God,

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.480
 but it looks

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.759
 and sounds

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.679
 like something

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.620
 when David

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.320
 wants to make

00:25:14.320 --> 00:25:15.539
 sure the nations

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.299
 know there is a

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.960
 God in Israel,

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.480
 doesn't it?

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.220
 Are you committed

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.100
 to the nations

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.860
 knowing the

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.820
 greatness of your

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:22.220
 God?

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.360
 Do you invest

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.980
 your time,

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.320
 money,

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.880
 and energy

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.779
 to that end?

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.840
 You don't have

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.580
 to go to Peru

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:30.240
 or somewhere else,

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.420
 but that's one

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.400
 place you can.

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.880
 You know,

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.460
 we have a great

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.480
 tendency to do

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.380
 as Christians

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.120
 these days.

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.680
 I think it's

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.259
 part of our

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.920
 fearfulness

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:44.539
 a part of it

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.840
 is our

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:46.019
 self-protective

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:47.400
 love of comfort.

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.759
 A part of it

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.400
 is the celebrity

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.740
 culture that we

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.500
 live in and are

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.400
 surrounded by.

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:55.279
 What we like to

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.120
 do is we like

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:57.400
 to find

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.519
 Christian heroes

00:25:58.519 --> 00:26:00.400
 and delegate

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.820
 our zeal

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:02.420
 for God

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.019
 to them.

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:06.640
 Even pay them

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.700
 to be zealous

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.680
 for God

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.240
 so we can

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.980
 focus our

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.560
 passions on

00:26:10.560 --> 00:26:11.100
 ourselves.

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.920
 Do you

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.259
 find that in

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.539
 your heart

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.100
 sometimes?

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.100
 We find an

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:16.039
 amazing person

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:17.039
 like Billy

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.500
 Graham.

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.640
 We delegate

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.300
 to him

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:21.180
 or to

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.860
 lesser

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:23.019
 pastors

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.500
 the job

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.860
 of making

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.380
 sure our

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:25.720
 neighbors

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.100
 are saved

00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:27.460
 and the

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.259
 nations hear

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.680
 the good

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.300
 news of

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:29.620
 Jesus.

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.740
 We delegate

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.480
 to Mother

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.980
 Teresa

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.240
 or other

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.660
 lesser

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.200
 mercy

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.900
 ministry

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.700
 leaders

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.700
 the job

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.080
 of making

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.660
 sure the

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.080
 poor

00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:41.160
 experience

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.840
 the love

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.539
 of God.

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.920
 And yes

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.420
 God does

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.960
 call us

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.460
 all to

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.880
 different

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.559
 places

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:50.400
 but he

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.940
 calls

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.980
 all of

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.420
 us

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.200
 to be

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.100
 actively

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:55.080
 zealous

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:55.819
 for his

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.160
 honor

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.200
 not just

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.600
 to share

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:57.819
 it with

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.100
 somebody

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.420
 else

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.640
 not just

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.279
 to pay

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.720
 someone else

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.000
 to do

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.180
 it

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.380
 but all

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.880
 of us

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.519
 to be

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.140
 driven

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.840
 by what

00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:05.319
 drives

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.860
 David

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.699
 into battle

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.039
 against

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.539
 Goliath

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.139
 and the

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.539
 great part

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.979
 is because

00:27:08.979 --> 00:27:09.639
 Jesus has

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.119
 conquered

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:11.319
 because his

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.119
 spirit lives

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.859
 within each

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.299
 of us

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.199
 we really

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:15.279
 can live

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.619
 in his

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.079
 victory

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.979
 running

00:27:16.979 --> 00:27:17.539
 toward

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:19.179
 the enemy

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:20.139
 joyfully

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:21.179
 to plunder

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:22.039
 their camp

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:24.639
 who's the

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.419
 enemy that

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:26.059
 Jesus has

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.779
 conquered for

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:26.979
 us

00:27:26.979 --> 00:27:27.299
 we're not

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.119
 chasing with

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.679
 swords

00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:29.839
 the Philistine

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.319
 army

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:31.659
 Jesus has

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.219
 conquered

00:27:32.219 --> 00:27:33.559
 sin

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:35.379
 and death

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.240
 and the

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.620
 devil

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:38.080
 this is

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.340
 where it

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.680
 gets really

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.180
 exciting

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.760
 y'all

00:27:39.760 --> 00:27:40.820
 we get

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:42.060
 to storm

00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:43.020
 the gates

00:27:43.020 --> 00:27:43.580
 of hell

00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:44.300
 knowing that

00:27:44.300 --> 00:27:44.620
 they are

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.400
 flattened

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.760
 already

00:27:45.760 --> 00:27:46.280
 by our

00:27:46.280 --> 00:27:46.660
 savior

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:48.100
 he's already

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.540
 knocked them

00:27:48.540 --> 00:27:49.020
 down

00:27:49.020 --> 00:27:50.440
 we charge

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.980
 against them

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.320
 and nothing

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:52.160
 can stand

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:53.640
 we get to

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.180
 turn to our

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.760
 own hearts

00:27:54.760 --> 00:27:55.740
 and find

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.700
 sin there

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.420
 and begin

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.420
 to root it

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.080
 out and battle

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.720
 against it

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.300
 knowing that

00:28:00.300 --> 00:28:00.600
 it's not

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.420
 stronger than

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.300
 we are

00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:03.340
 because

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:04.360
 we can turn

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:05.000
 to our king

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.880
 we get to

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.299
 move into

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.920
 this world

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.059
 and plunder

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.740
 a culture

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.619
 of death

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:11.799
 see the work

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.440
 of the devil

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.380
 in our city

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.819
 and in the name

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.559
 of the champion

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.339
 who has gained

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.920
 us victory

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.539
 over them

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.500
 we march in

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.059
 and no greater

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.680
 is he who is

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.200
 in us

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.079
 than he

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.759
 who is in

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.319
 the world

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.819
 we battle

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.640
 defeated

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.140
 foes

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.700
 on all those

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.299
 fronts

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:28.859
 what if we

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.460
 were altogether

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.099
 zealous

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:31.279
 for that

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.859
 for the

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.579
 victory

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.380
 of king

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.740
 Jesus

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.420
 to be displayed

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.140
 in Huntsville

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:36.559
 and for the

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.180
 effects of

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.559
 sin

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.400
 and Satan

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.079
 to be driven

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.819
 back in our

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.140
 city

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.700
 and around

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.960
 the world

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:44.039
 y'all our

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.900
 king promises

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:46.120
 that the gates

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.900
 of hell

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:48.319
 will not stand

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.420
 against his

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.019
 church

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:51.180
 how can we

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:52.299
 stand on the

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.940
 sidelines

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:54.039
 wondering if it

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.880
 will cost too

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.359
 much

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.980
 or be worth

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.799
 all the effort

00:28:57.799 --> 00:29:04.000
 after the

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.480
 olympics

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.099
 there's a

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:06.980
 tour of

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.519
 champions

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.159
 you may have

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:09.039
 watched it

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.500
 before

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:11.299
 gymnastics

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.379
 or figure

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.980
 skating

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.759
 medalists

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.440
 or whatever

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.440
 the sport

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.680
 is

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.680
 will tour

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.740
 together

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:19.240
 go around

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.579
 and do a

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.079
 series of

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.659
 exhibitions

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:22.240
 after the

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.839
 intense

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.720
 competition

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.619
 and pressure

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.619
 of the

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.079
 olympics

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.639
 where everything

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.279
 was on the

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.559
 line

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.179
 they now

00:29:28.179 --> 00:29:29.579
 relax

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.759
 and enjoy

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.460
 the tour

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.740
 of champions

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:34.419
 have you seen

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:34.819
 that before

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.799
 can you imagine

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:37.519
 the boldness

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.199
 and the

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.859
 freedom

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:40.240
 of those

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.919
 exhibitions

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:43.059
 athletes

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.679
 no longer

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.220
 performing

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.799
 before the

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:46.139
 watchful eye

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.799
 of the judges

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.579
 or the world

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.480
 but having

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.519
 already earned

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.259
 the gold medal

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.759
 now just

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:52.079
 having fun

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.799
 they might

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.220
 even try

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.859
 an amazingly

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.539
 difficult

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.960
 routine

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.379
 it's actually

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.039
 really fun

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.500
 to watch

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.899
 because

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.859
 the pressure

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.500
 is off

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.119
 right

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:00.679
 what if

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.299
 I fall

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.740
 in front

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.039
 of the

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.779
 crowd

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.679
 the scorn

00:30:03.679 --> 00:30:03.980
 of the

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.339
 crowd

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.819
 couldn't

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.240
 make any

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.559
 difference

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:05.960
 hey

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.579
 who are you

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.220
 laughing at

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.119
 gold medal

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:09.240
 gold medal

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.579
 I've already

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.279
 I've already

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.839
 won

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.980
 I can't

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.379
 lose this

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.980
 you can't

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.659
 take it

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.099
 away

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:17.399
 do you

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.759
 know that

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.139
 kind of

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.599
 joy

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:20.099
 and freedom

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:21.639
 in your

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.039
 life

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:23.619
 is your

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.279
 reputation

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.959
 in Christ

00:30:24.959 --> 00:30:26.099
 so secure

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:27.359
 that you

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.099
 can rush

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.740
 boldly

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.119
 toward an

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.399
 enemy

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:30.079
 stronghold

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.439
 that really

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:30.879
 might make

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.139
 you look

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.759
 foolish

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:33.879
 and risk

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.639
 your reputation

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:36.740
 what will

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.539
 storming the

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.299
 gates of hell

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.980
 look like

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.919
 for you

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.759
 where God

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.219
 has placed

00:30:41.219 --> 00:30:41.639
 you

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:44.679
 for us

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.359
 where God

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:46.299
 has placed

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.740
 us

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.819
 for us

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.439
 where God

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:49.299
 has sent

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.879
 us

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.860
 into the

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.460
 world

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:54.840
 if you

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.120
 trust

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.660
 Jesus

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:57.160
 the

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.820
 great

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.960
 champion

00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.060
 then your

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:00.600
 victory

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.800
 is won

00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.640
 and you're

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.760
 living in a

00:31:03.760 --> 00:31:04.700
 tour of

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.400
 champions

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.960
 now

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:07.320
 go for

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.640
 it

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:09.720
 we were

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.260
 created

00:31:10.260 --> 00:31:11.060
 to be

00:31:11.060 --> 00:31:11.600
 zealous

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.940
 not for

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.280
 our own

00:31:13.280 --> 00:31:13.780
 comfort

00:31:13.780 --> 00:31:16.600
 but to be

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:17.140
 zealous

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.960
 for the

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.420
 honor

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.740
 of God

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.299
 we were

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.880
 redeemed

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.319
 by our

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.620
 great

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.220
 champion

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.539
 who

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.299
 defeated

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.200
 all his

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.960
 and our

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.420
 enemies

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.220
 not to

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.420
 live

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.740
 self

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.579
 protectively

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.660
 but to

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:28.920
 live

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.420
 self

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.779
 sacrificially

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.740
 giving all

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.039
 that we

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.380
 are

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.640
 and all

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:33.960
 that we

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.440
 have

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.740
 to rejoice

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.400
 in our

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.880
 champion

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:38.099
 and to

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.640
 live in

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:38.920
 his

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.400
 victory

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.400
 let's

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.660
 pray

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:49.060
 Jesus

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:49.440
 we

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.300
 confess

00:31:50.300 --> 00:31:50.800
 to you

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:51.080
 that

00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:53.779
 we

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.040
 often

00:31:54.040 --> 00:31:54.519
 like the

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:54.860
 narrative

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.240
 better

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.660
 where we

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.019
 get to

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.259
 be

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.960
 the

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.300
 strong

00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:57.560
 one

00:31:57.560 --> 00:31:59.840
 where we

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.040
 have

00:32:00.040 --> 00:32:00.540
 enough

00:32:00.540 --> 00:32:03.680
 where we

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:03.980
 get the

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.279
 glory

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:07.680
 but we

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.079
 also

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.680
 confess

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.139
 that we

00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.960
 are not

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.599
 enough

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.059
 on our

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.339
 own

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.839
 that we

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.799
 can't

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.420
 manage

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.259
 that our

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.799
 zeal

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.720
 wanes

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:17.200
 and we

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.019
 are grateful

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.940
 that you

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.639
 have stood

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.299
 in our

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.899
 place

00:32:20.899 --> 00:32:21.680
 that you

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.059
 have

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.759
 defeated

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.399
 enemies

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:24.359
 too strong

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:25.119
 for us

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:27.139
 so that

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.420
 they no

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.099
 longer are

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:30.980
 would you

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.259
 give us

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.879
 joy and

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.420
 freedom

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.300
 would you

00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:33.740
 give us

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.880
 hearts

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.900
 that don't

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.420
 have to

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.740
 defend

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.279
 ourselves

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.779
 but are

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.080
 eager

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:39.320
 to defend

00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:39.680
 the name

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:39.940
 of our

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.259
 God

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.840
 to see

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.320
 his name

00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:42.820
 be made

00:32:42.820 --> 00:32:43.100
 great

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:43.500
 to see

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.539
 his glory

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.500
 fill the

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.000
 nations

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.980
 Father

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.440
 thanks for

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.980
 the privilege

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:50.539
 of being

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.120
 a part

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.820
 of that

00:32:51.820 --> 00:32:52.180
 work

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.400
 equip us

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.300
 stir our

00:32:54.300 --> 00:32:54.600
 hearts

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:54.980
 that our

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.440
 zeal

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:57.019
 would match

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.600
 the zeal

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:57.880
 of the

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.240
 champion

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.500
 who has

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.700
 given

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.019
 himself

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.720
 for us

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.860
 in Jesus

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.360
 name we

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.680
 ask

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.000
 Amen

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:06.759
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00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.300
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00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:08.080
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00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.580
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00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:08.980
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