WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.700 Well, good morning, everybody. Great to be back with you. Thank you for all your prayers over the past few weeks. 00:00:09.700 --> 00:00:15.380 ! Three Sundays ago, my family and myself had the flu, which a lot of you have had this year. 00:00:16.300 --> 00:00:23.199 And the next weekend, we went to visit Ash and Janine Harris in D.C. for a few days. 00:00:23.820 --> 00:00:25.839 Got to go to their church in D.C. 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:33.359 And this past Sunday, I had surgery and it kind of wiped me out. 00:00:33.420 --> 00:00:36.899 And it still is kind of wiping me out, but I'm just really glad to be back today. 00:00:37.299 --> 00:00:43.679 But before all that mayhem, we had started a series on the life of King David. 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:50.939 And you can go back online and follow that. If you go back maybe four weeks, you'll get back to that. 00:00:50.939 --> 00:00:58.320 But David is one of my favorite Bible characters, one of the most intriguing men, I believe, in the Scripture. 00:00:59.099 --> 00:01:05.519 And one of the most written about figures in the Scripture. 00:01:06.379 --> 00:01:13.599 Sixty-six chapters of the Old Testament refer to David, and that's more than, I think, any other Old Testament character. 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:17.859 And he's referred to at least 59 times in the New Testament. 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.579 So whenever God does something like that, it demands our attention. 00:01:21.819 --> 00:01:30.459 So the first message was basically about David's unique relationship with God and how we can look to that and emulate that by faith. 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:38.439 Being a man or woman after God's own heart and caring about what God sees on the inside, not just on the outward appearance. 00:01:38.439 --> 00:02:08.419 David's heart. 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:18.639 This is a very familiar story, but I pray that the Lord uses the time today to show you some things that you might not have seen before and show it to you freshly. 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:26.939 But 3,000 years ago, in the valley of Elah, westward of Bethlehem in the hill country of Judah, 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:36.379 a massive man named Goliath of Gath stepped out to defy the armies of Israel and to defy Israel's God. 00:02:36.379 --> 00:02:47.159 And for 40 days, he berated the Israelites, heaping shame on them because no one was trusting in God enough to actually go out and fight him to the death. 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:49.939 And it's one of the most well-known in the Bible. 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:53.180 I've already explained, like it's one of my girl's favorite stories now. 00:02:54.020 --> 00:03:02.500 And David shows himself here better qualified to be the leader of the nation than even Saul does, who should be the example. 00:03:03.300 --> 00:03:05.819 He steps out to be the nation's champion. 00:03:05.819 --> 00:03:12.959 So, just really quickly, it's always just good to sort of define things, clarify things. 00:03:13.099 --> 00:03:22.500 Most of you are good Bible readers and you know this, but many believe the story of David and Goliath just simply to be a story of personal courage, 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:26.060 self-confidence against overwhelming odds. 00:03:26.060 --> 00:03:33.520 David is seen as the archetype of the ultimate underdog, like an Old Testament Rocky Balboa, so to speak, 00:03:33.580 --> 00:03:40.840 and standing up against the arrogant and the powerful, self-confident, independent, brave young man 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:46.039 who will stand up and fight against things and defy the convention of the day, right? 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:52.219 Relying on his own strength and abilities rather than conform to what the norm is. 00:03:52.659 --> 00:04:00.479 So, the popular story, as we all know, is get out there and face your giants, your fears, right? 00:04:01.359 --> 00:04:04.719 Because the heroically courageous always come out on top. 00:04:04.799 --> 00:04:06.019 Go out and face your giants. 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:10.079 Throw the stones of faith and take down your giants. 00:04:10.079 --> 00:04:14.159 And a lot of well-meaning pastors and authors have written about this, 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:18.180 but ultimately, I don't really believe that's what this story is about. 00:04:18.779 --> 00:04:20.920 It's true that David was courageous. 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:22.620 That's an essential thing. 00:04:23.139 --> 00:04:29.500 But his courage was a derivative, a byproduct of something else. 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:36.240 It was being empowered by God's grace, faith in what God's power would do. 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:37.879 So, it's different. 00:04:37.980 --> 00:04:39.800 It's not just like self-motivation. 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:41.279 It was driven by God himself. 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:45.239 So, and this story reads like an epic war movie. 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:48.639 So, one of my favorite genres of movies. 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:50.559 So, we're going to read it just like that. 00:04:50.739 --> 00:04:53.019 Like, scene one, scene two. 00:04:53.139 --> 00:04:54.559 We're going to walk through it in that way. 00:04:54.679 --> 00:04:58.719 Eat this huge chapter, kind of piecemeal together. 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:04.059 So, scene one is the challenger of death. 00:05:05.099 --> 00:05:06.559 The challenger of death. 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:08.780 We see this in verses 1 through 11. 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:13.000 First chapter 17, verse Samuel. 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:14.120 It says, 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:44.120 00:05:44.120 --> 00:06:14.120 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:44.120 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:56.100 Verse 11 is important. 00:06:56.100 --> 00:06:57.100 Verse 11. 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:57.100 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:58.100 Verse 11. 00:06:58.100 --> 00:06:59.140 And the Philistines said, 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:03.100 I defy the ranks of Israel this day. 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:07.379 Give me a man that we may fight together. 00:07:08.520 --> 00:07:10.060 Verse 11 is important. 00:07:10.200 --> 00:07:16.720 And when Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:20.380 So, I'm going to stop there for a second. 00:07:21.860 --> 00:07:22.680 I apologize. 00:07:22.960 --> 00:07:24.180 It would be a little short of breath. 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:26.980 So, usually I can move through this a lot faster. 00:07:27.060 --> 00:07:29.360 But I'm going to be kind of like catching my breath, I think, as we go. 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:31.240 More of a crawl than a run. 00:07:32.100 --> 00:07:37.200 So, notice the precision of the battlefield location in the first three verses. 00:07:37.640 --> 00:07:39.100 You can go there and see it today. 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:40.280 I'm sure some of you have. 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:46.579 But the Philistines have, like, taken up battle and they've invaded this area and they've drawn up against each other. 00:07:47.059 --> 00:07:52.259 So, either of the Philistines or the Israelites chose their battlefield well. 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:57.319 If you notice, like, one side's on this mountain and the other one's on the other. 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:07.779 So, in warfare, what that means is whoever moves first has a disadvantage because they could risk envelopment and they're losing the high ground. 00:08:07.779 --> 00:08:13.099 So, it's like, it's kind of a, it's a good place to kind of stage a battle. 00:08:13.559 --> 00:08:16.639 But not if you are necessarily going to be the attacker. 00:08:16.739 --> 00:08:19.859 So, whoever moves first risks a lot. 00:08:20.699 --> 00:08:26.679 The Philistines were an ancient people living off the coast of Canaan during the Iron Age. 00:08:27.339 --> 00:08:34.199 It's a confederation of city-states probably from across the Aegean, probably somewhere close to Greece or somewhere else. 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:38.860 But they took on the Canaanite gods like Dagon and Baal. 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:43.560 And they were very well-equipped military. 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:50.180 They were heavily armed, more like Greek, what you would call heavy infantry in ancient warfare. 00:08:50.860 --> 00:08:54.160 Not as where Israel was more lightly armed soldiers. 00:08:55.040 --> 00:09:01.240 They moved in, like, a phalanx formation, like a really close network of shields and bronze. 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:04.120 So, whenever you hit it, you just kind of bounced off of it. 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:05.560 They would just sort of plow you over. 00:09:06.340 --> 00:09:08.320 Now, it was sort of like the Greek hoplites. 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:13.799 And they also were known to have chariots pulled by two horses with a javelin or a bow and arrow. 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:16.600 So, the giant comes out in verse 4. 00:09:17.220 --> 00:09:19.279 A champion from the Philistine camp. 00:09:20.019 --> 00:09:20.620 A champion. 00:09:20.820 --> 00:09:26.580 This is the only passage, to my knowledge, in the Scripture where the word champion is used. 00:09:26.580 --> 00:09:29.139 And it just means the man between the two. 00:09:30.340 --> 00:09:32.120 Between the two armies. 00:09:32.920 --> 00:09:39.420 This champion idea is seen in ancient literature, Homeric literature, like Achilles was a champion. 00:09:40.220 --> 00:09:42.040 Also in medieval warfare. 00:09:42.700 --> 00:09:46.379 Where armies would choose one champion to fight for their side. 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:50.120 Stepping out to do combat between the two lines. 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:55.820 And rather than having each side just go at it and just hack each other and stab each other to death. 00:09:56.560 --> 00:09:58.960 Resulting in a massive loss of life. 00:09:59.659 --> 00:10:03.279 Often, they would choose their best warrior. 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:05.919 The one that was renowned for fighting prowess. 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:08.080 The one that everyone feared. 00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:12.139 And he would go out and he would do battle with the opponent's champion. 00:10:12.860 --> 00:10:15.080 And it was a winner-take-all kind of thing. 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:17.580 It was a gamble of sorts. 00:10:17.580 --> 00:10:24.080 And the terms could be the loser becomes slaves of the winning side. 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:27.759 Becomes vassals of the winning side. 00:10:27.860 --> 00:10:28.800 Sending crops. 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:30.200 Tribute. 00:10:30.540 --> 00:10:31.020 Slaves. 00:10:31.400 --> 00:10:32.560 To the winning side. 00:10:33.160 --> 00:10:36.740 So it was definitely a winner-take-all situation. 00:10:37.259 --> 00:10:42.980 Or the losing army could be called upon to fight with the winning army against another enemy. 00:10:43.100 --> 00:10:44.720 So this was a lot to risk. 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:47.600 So the Philistines had chosen their champion. 00:10:47.779 --> 00:10:53.320 If you notice anything about Goliath, everything in the description is meant to inspire fear. 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:54.980 To humanize. 00:10:55.920 --> 00:10:56.200 Okay? 00:10:57.340 --> 00:11:02.139 We have to kind of like do our best to like go back and put ourselves in this situation. 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.080 And everything about him is scary. 00:11:05.580 --> 00:11:10.879 So much so that Saul and all of Israel were dismayed and greatly afraid. 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:13.560 They were terrified when they saw this. 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:18.719 So he was from Gath in Philistia. 00:11:19.539 --> 00:11:24.319 And there's actually a piece of pottery that was found in the 10th or 9th century B.C. 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:26.319 That says Goliath on it. 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:28.019 Maybe that was him. 00:11:28.079 --> 00:11:30.000 But his name means splendor. 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:33.619 And in this case, like terrifying splendor. 00:11:33.739 --> 00:11:37.179 Something that you would not really want to face. 00:11:37.179 --> 00:11:41.559 And it says that his height was six cubits and a span. 00:11:42.839 --> 00:11:44.919 Basically almost 10 feet tall. 00:11:45.979 --> 00:11:46.859 That's huge. 00:11:47.579 --> 00:11:50.799 I grew up watching wrestling in the late 80s and early 90s. 00:11:50.839 --> 00:11:54.539 I remember WrestleMania 3, Hulk Hogan versus Andre the Giant. 00:11:55.159 --> 00:12:01.139 Andre the Giant, by the way, is 7 feet 4 inches, 520 pounds. 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:01.979 He's a big boy. 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:05.379 And maybe in a wrestling match, Andre might have taken Goliath. 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:05.840 I don't know. 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:10.960 But like it was this guy would have several feet on Andre the Giant. 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:13.460 Massive, massive guy. 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:15.000 Terrifying. 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:22.300 And he challenged the Israelites, it says, for 40 days in a row and mocked them and mocked our God. 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:25.460 And everyone was too cowardly to come out and face him. 00:12:25.460 --> 00:12:29.900 But his weapons and his ornament were the best all of the time. 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:34.800 So he had a shield that basically covered the whole body, more or less. 00:12:35.900 --> 00:12:38.920 It was mostly made of bronze, his armor. 00:12:39.620 --> 00:12:41.620 Except the spear's head was iron. 00:12:41.740 --> 00:12:43.379 And it weighed roughly 15 pounds. 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:44.440 So just the spearhead. 00:12:45.400 --> 00:12:47.900 Like pick up a 15-pound dumbbell and try to throw that. 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.800 And see, like, that's pretty difficult. 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:52.120 That's like how heavy it is. 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:55.899 Then he had a coat of mail weighing 5,000 shekels. 00:12:55.960 --> 00:13:00.500 So just his armor coat of mail was 125 pounds. 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:05.259 So he could be carrying some of you around as his armor. 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:07.940 So very scary. 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:10.759 Saul, it says, was afraid. 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.700 So again, we go back to Saul from the last message. 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:15.399 He was cowering in fear. 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:19.159 Terrible to see, like, the man is supposed to be the leader, 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:22.559 supposed to be the one who inspires faith in his people. 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:26.139 He's standing there terrified and afraid. 00:13:26.899 --> 00:13:28.959 That's why pastors and shepherds must be. 00:13:29.539 --> 00:13:31.360 Scene 2, that's all scene 1. 00:13:31.439 --> 00:13:34.919 So scene 2, number 2, scene 2. 00:13:35.699 --> 00:13:37.620 Back on the home front. 00:13:38.199 --> 00:13:40.319 All right, this is verses 12 through 18. 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:49.860 Now David was the son of the Ephraimite of Bethlehem and Judah, 00:13:50.800 --> 00:13:53.540 named Jesse, who had eight sons. 00:13:54.160 --> 00:13:59.460 In the days of Saul, the man was already old and advanced in years. 00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:02.820 And the three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. 00:14:02.820 --> 00:14:07.580 And the names of these three sons who went to battle were Elah, the firstborn, 00:14:08.300 --> 00:14:11.080 and the next to him, Abinadab, and the third was Shammah. 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:13.540 David was the youngest. 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:15.820 The three eldest followed Saul. 00:14:16.300 --> 00:14:21.680 But David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:27.380 For 40 days the Philistine came out and took his stand morning and evening. 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:29.840 And Jesse said to David his son, 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:34.379 Take for your brothers an ephah of these. 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:38.860 Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. 00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:43.480 See if your brothers are well and bring some token from them. 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:49.860 So, in short, you know, what we see here is that on the home front, 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:53.500 David is just being faithful, maybe being left out as the younger brother. 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:57.200 Already just being content at home, feeding his father's sheep. 00:14:57.379 --> 00:15:01.000 But in this case, Jesse probably being, it says he's older in years, 00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:02.679 can't really make the journey himself. 00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:06.039 He tells David, Take some of this food, take some of the supplies, 00:15:06.139 --> 00:15:09.019 and take it to your brothers on the front lines. 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:12.779 So food is essential to an army. 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:16.539 Napoleon once said, An army marches on its stomach, 00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:20.659 meaning that you can't maintain an effective fighting force without good food. 00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:29.120 So he sends David to take the supplies and deliver the food to his brothers on the front line. 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:31.339 And so that's what happens. 00:15:31.439 --> 00:15:36.759 So then the next part of this, scene three, is the arrival of the shepherd boy. 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:37.559 All right? 00:15:37.719 --> 00:15:40.399 This is David showing up to the battlefield. 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:41.559 This is scene three. 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:43.979 Excuse me. 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:46.179 Verse 19. 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:56.399 Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines. 00:15:56.500 --> 00:16:02.859 And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:05.039 as Jesse had commanded him. 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:11.500 And he came to the encampment as the host of battle, army against army. 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:18.419 And David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the ranks and went to greet his brothers. 00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:20.120 And he talked with them. 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:24.019 And behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:29.639 came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before. 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:31.759 And like, here's the key verse. 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:33.399 And David heard him. 00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:35.659 David heard him. 00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:42.580 So he got up early that morning at his father's command to go and deliver the supplies to his brothers. 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:49.519 And right when he shows up on the scene, the armies are just kind of shuffling out of their camps to come face each other. 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:53.200 So he got there right at a pretty, you know, critical moment. 00:16:53.200 --> 00:17:03.540 And across the ravine, he hears a giant shouting insults to God's people and against God. 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:08.660 So try to imagine what David saw when he came over that last rise. 00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:19.120 And he looked down in this valley and saw two Iron Age armies drawn up against each other, banging their shields and their swords, trying to intimidate the other side. 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:26.560 It must have been an alien sight to him because he lived his whole life mainly in solitude out in the wilderness areas. 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:30.539 It was really exhilarating probably for him and scary. 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:34.319 David transfers the supplies to the right person. 00:17:34.399 --> 00:17:37.599 Then he rushes over and he hears Goliath. 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:45.959 And little as you know, Goliath has ticked off the wrong person and bullied the one guy who wouldn't tolerate it. 00:17:46.399 --> 00:17:50.159 But much to his dismay, he's standing there and everybody else runs away. 00:17:50.639 --> 00:17:52.099 And he's like, whoa, what's happening? 00:17:52.179 --> 00:17:54.779 Why is everybody running right now? 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:56.480 He's kind of shocked and disgusted. 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.659 Think about it. 00:17:57.659 --> 00:18:00.459 Like he might have, like, admired his older brothers. 00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:02.480 He admired King Saul. 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:04.779 And now he's seeing them run. 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:13.900 Like what that must have actually done to his state of mind to see people that he might have looked up to run cowering before Goliath. 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:25.380 So we see, excuse me, in the next part of this, that verse 24, verse 24. 00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:55.360 Verse 24, 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:59.479 For the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach of Israel? 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:06.399 For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he may defy the armies of the living God? 00:19:06.939 --> 00:19:09.219 And the people answered him in the same way. 00:19:09.639 --> 00:19:12.039 So shall it be done to the man who kills him. 00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:17.319 Now Elab, his eldest brother, heard when he had spoken to the men. 00:19:17.399 --> 00:19:19.699 And Elab's anger was kindled against David. 00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.319 And he said, 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:22.140 Why have you come down? 00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:27.620 And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:32.059 I know your presumption and the evil of your heart. 00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:34.340 For you have come to see the battle. 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:35.539 Come down to see the battle. 00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:37.340 And David said, 00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:39.720 What have I done now? 00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:41.539 What, 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:43.899 Was it not but a word? 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:48.399 And he turned away from them together and spoke in the same way. 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:50.220 And the people answered him as before. 00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:53.940 So we see something kind of happen here. 00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:58.339 We see David reacting to what he hears. 00:19:58.339 --> 00:20:03.699 So Saul was so desperate to find somebody to like face Goliath that he kind of upped the ante. 00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:03.899 Like, 00:20:03.959 --> 00:20:04.139 Alright, 00:20:04.699 --> 00:20:05.339 Alright guys. 00:20:05.439 --> 00:20:05.539 Like, 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:05.699 Look, 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.740 You're going to get great riches. 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:08.139 You can marry my daughter. 00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:10.019 You can be a part of the royal family. 00:20:10.199 --> 00:20:13.539 Your family can be free in Israel. 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:13.980 Like, 00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.519 What a deal, 00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:14.799 Right? 00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.339 But still, 00:20:15.439 --> 00:20:16.000 No takers. 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:17.379 Everyone is still afraid. 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:19.299 So just picture the moment. 00:20:19.399 --> 00:20:22.659 He's standing there and he hears Goliath cry out. 00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:23.980 He sees everybody run. 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.299 And remember, 00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:25.559 Like, 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:27.220 David had never seen a giant before. 00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:28.039 And he had never, 00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:30.920 He didn't come to this battlefield to fight. 00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:31.860 Just, 00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.279 I mean, 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:36.460 You ever gone throughout your day and no plan for what happened and it just did? 00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:39.860 And you find yourself caught completely by surprise? 00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:43.360 He just came to deliver supplies to his brothers. 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.819 That's it. 00:20:43.860 --> 00:20:46.960 He didn't come to pick a fight with the Philistine champion. 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:50.160 And he is livid though. 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.000 He is angry. 00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:52.140 He is ticked off. 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.339 And he goes, 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.740 Just, 00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:54.920 He's shocked. 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.240 Whoa, 00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.440 What just happened? 00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:59.819 No one talks to our God like this. 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.940 Who does this, 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.180 You know, 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:02.620 Punk think he is? 00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:03.779 Wait, 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:05.039 Why is everybody running away? 00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:06.160 As soon as he's thinking that. 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.779 And, 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:08.319 He's finding himself, 00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:10.420 This has been going for 40 days, 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:10.680 Right? 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:13.519 But this is the first time that David heard it. 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:15.259 And he wasn't intimidated. 00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.839 And he wasn't impressed. 00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:19.039 He hears Goliath's words. 00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:20.559 And he thinks that they're ridiculous. 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:24.879 Considering that they are aimed at the armies of the living God. 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.119 Right? 00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:27.579 And, 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.940 In verse 26, 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.940 Look at verse 26. 00:21:30.659 --> 00:21:31.519 Basically saying, 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:32.619 So, 00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:36.619 What's in it for the guy who kills this loser who's mocking us and our God? 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.980 But don't be fooled. 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:40.379 He's not looking out for his own interests. 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:42.220 Because it says in the next verse, 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:45.119 Who is this uncircumcised Philistine? 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:48.179 That he should defy the armies of the living God. 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.919 Now that verse nails it on the head. 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.199 Okay? 00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.679 Basically, 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.899 If you go back, 00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.839 If you remember, 00:21:55.179 --> 00:22:00.539 Goliath trash talked the men and spat on not just their personal honor, 00:22:00.699 --> 00:22:01.879 But God's honor. 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:04.359 He has defied the living God. 00:22:04.459 --> 00:22:09.359 And David knows that God's reputation is tied to his people. 00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:12.379 So when he mocks this hot, 00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:14.199 Holy zeal, 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:17.720 A jealousy for God's glory and honor. 00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:21.100 To give you a definition really quickly, 00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:23.480 What biblical zeal is. 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:29.420 Zeal is an overpowering, strong, burning desire to honor God. 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:35.480 A fervor to do his will in advance and fiercely defend his glory. 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.680 Alright? 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:40.759 It's this burning passion that is not given by humans, 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:43.299 But it comes by the Holy Spirit. 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:45.559 A passion for God's glory. 00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:48.259 Do not be slothful in zeal. 00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:49.839 Be fervent in the Spirit. 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.399 Serve the Lord, Paul said. 00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.759 So interesting, 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:54.440 David didn't come down to do battle, 00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:58.819 But now he's about to actually get into something that he didn't intend originally. 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.419 But surprisingly, 00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:00.759 Again, 00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:02.379 He's the only one who's defended. 00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:04.040 Like, that's kind of surprising to him. 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:06.740 That no one else thinks this is a big deal. 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:08.220 But he understands, 00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.260 Like, don't be deceived. 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.700 God will not be mocked. 00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.960 Like, he understands that. 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:14.980 So, listen to what Spurgeon says about this. 00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:17.160 It makes an inference into this text really quickly. 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.160 He said, 00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:48.160 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:52.620 He has holy rage is upon him. 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.240 Yes, it is true. 00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:57.080 He hears that Jehovah has been blasphemed. 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.560 How can this be? 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:03.320 The youth's holy soul is undergoing a new experience. 00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:07.259 I mean, he had never heard of somebody doing this to God before. 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:10.640 He is bringing his whole life to bear upon it. 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:16.660 He reaches the conclusion that just as bears and lions die when they meddle with the sheep, 00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:21.879 So must Goliath fall now that he dares to attack the Lord and his people. 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:24.700 So this holy zeal, guys, 00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:29.640 Like, we tend to just think that it's just unique to certain Christians. 00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:35.879 But it's something that we're commanded to pursue with God's help in the Holy Spirit. 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:39.840 So do you have a burning zeal for God and his glory? 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:48.260 Does it bring fire to your obedience when God's name is defamed, 00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:53.760 manipulated by false teachers or best-selling books? 00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:58.680 Does it burn deep in your soul to fight for God's reputation and glory? 00:24:59.280 --> 00:25:00.400 As Jude says, 00:25:00.520 --> 00:25:03.640 Contend earnestly for the faith. 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:10.440 Fight for the truth like a soldier being entrusted with the task of guarding a holy treasure. 00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.120 This is David. 00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:17.460 But then we see something after David speaks up that just really can be discouraging. 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:22.080 His brother, his oldest brother, Elam, seems annoyed. 00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.400 This is in verse 28. 00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:27.520 Annoyed with the conduct of his little brother at this crucial time. 00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:29.240 He thinks he's a show-off. 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.480 He thinks he's being arrogant. 00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:36.259 And perhaps, maybe though, he's just being eaten up with jealousy since Samuel passed over him 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:38.920 and chose David over him. 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:45.500 And we don't really know, but another guess is that probably safe to assume, 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.920 now think about this, 00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:51.039 David's genuine zeal and love for God 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:55.500 exposed his own insecurities in his relationship with God. 00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:59.359 And he's risked of being exposed. 00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:02.779 Fear of being shown up by his little brother. 00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.819 And maybe deep down, 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:08.399 covets that relationship with God that his little brother has. 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:11.039 So, not sure, but regardless, 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.960 this is the time to get his shot in. 00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.899 He's like, 00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.100 you know, 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.340 why are you really here, little bro? 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.920 Like, don't you have some sheep to look after? 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.140 Like, why did you come today? 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:20.180 And David's response really is like, 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.060 man, look, geez, 00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:24.000 I just came obeying our Father 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.440 and like bringing you the supplies. 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.960 And listen to what he says, Elam. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.320 He's like, 00:26:29.780 --> 00:26:30.480 the truth is, 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:34.060 he's exposing his own presumption and evil in his heart 00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:35.960 as a result, 00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.960 not David's. 00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.840 And so David's like, 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.000 the real question is, 00:26:40.060 --> 00:26:41.040 not what am I doing here, 00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:42.860 but what are we going to do about this giant 00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:45.339 who is defying God? 00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.259 That's the real question. 00:26:48.199 --> 00:26:48.519 So, 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.059 have you ever been there before, 00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:52.259 ever had a clear direction from the Lord 00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.740 given to you by his word 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:56.639 and zeal to follow and sacrifice him 00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:58.899 and someone tries to squelch your zeal? 00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:01.159 Even more discouraging 00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:02.639 when it's one of God's own people 00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:04.979 who tries to jump on your zeal? 00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:09.799 And they should be encouraging you 00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.679 and praying for you, 00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:12.759 but instead they're being an instrument 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.759 of despair, 00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:17.119 often a very lonely place to be 00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:18.019 in following God. 00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.779 On the other hand, 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.759 have you found yourself 00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:23.259 in the place of Elam, 00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.579 seeking to discourage 00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:26.119 and tear down, 00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:28.299 throwing cold water on another zeal 00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:31.000 because it makes you feel insecure 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:33.279 about your own love for God? 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.559 There's some things to think about, 00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:37.220 but this gets on to scene four. 00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:38.660 All right? 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.559 Scene four is, 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:43.600 death meets its challenger. 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:44.860 All right? 00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:47.259 Death meets its challenger. 00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.500 This is in verse 31. 00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.860 Verse 31. 00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:55.299 When the words that David spoke were heard, 00:27:55.939 --> 00:27:58.439 they repeated them before Saul, 00:27:58.939 --> 00:28:00.279 and he sent for him. 00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.899 And David said to Saul, 00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:05.000 let no man's heart fail because of him. 00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:06.240 Your servant will go out 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.959 and fight with this Philistine. 00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.740 And Saul said to David, 00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:11.879 you are not able to go up against this Philistine 00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:13.079 to fight with him, 00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:15.220 for you are but a youth. 00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:18.779 And he has been a man of war 00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:20.240 from his youth. 00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:22.179 But David said to Saul, 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:25.980 your servant used to keep sheep for his father. 00:28:26.699 --> 00:28:29.039 And when there came a lion or a bear 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:31.579 and took a lamb from the flock, 00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:33.439 I went after him and I struck him 00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:35.039 and delivered him out of his mouth. 00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:38.539 And if he rose against me, 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:41.179 I caught him by his beard 00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:42.859 and struck him and killed him. 00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:45.720 Your servant has struck down 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:47.139 both lions and bears, 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:49.359 and this uncircumcised Philistine 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:51.539 shall be like one of them, 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:54.579 for he has defied the armies of the living God. 00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:56.679 That's the third time he's actually said that. 00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.299 And David said, 00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.779 the Lord who delivered me 00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:02.039 from the paw of the lion 00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.159 and the paw of the bear 00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:05.699 will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. 00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.679 And Saul said to David, 00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:10.939 go and the Lord be with you. 00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:14.160 Then Saul clothed David in his armor. 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:17.180 He put a helmet of bronze on his head 00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:18.640 and clothed him with a coat of mail. 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:21.220 And David strapped his sword over his armor. 00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.880 And he tried in vain to go, 00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:25.539 for he had not tested them. 00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:27.039 Then David said to Saul, 00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:29.480 I can't go with these, 00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.599 for I have not tested them. 00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.519 So David put them off, 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.879 and he took his staff in hand 00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:37.879 and chose five smooth stones from the brook 00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:40.299 and put them in his shepherd's pouch. 00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:42.099 His sling was in his hand, 00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:43.559 and he approached the Philistine. 00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:47.139 So notice in verse 31 and 32, 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:53.299 we learned that Saul heard what David was saying 00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:54.639 and said, hey, bring this guy to me. 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:57.259 This guy sounds different than everybody else. 00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.000 Bring him to me. 00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:01.359 And we've had no takers on fighting Goliath, 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.579 so maybe this guy will. 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:06.319 But he basically tries to disparage him. 00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:07.039 Like, look at yourself. 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.039 You're just a little guy. 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.599 This guy you're about to fight 00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:11.339 has been a warrior his entire life. 00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:12.619 He's killed hundreds of men. 00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:15.079 And you don't know what you're getting into. 00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.839 He's a champion. 00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.459 You're not. 00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.219 You're just a shepherd. 00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:19.879 And David, though, 00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:20.899 like just stands there 00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:23.000 and like doesn't blink. 00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.979 You know what that phrase means? 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.799 Like he doesn't blink. 00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:26.399 He just goes like, so what? 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.799 Like, what's your point, sir? 00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:30.299 I don't really see the big deal. 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:33.039 David says, I've killed lions and bears, 00:30:33.219 --> 00:30:34.559 very dangerous predators, 00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:37.699 and this Philistine will be no different. 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:39.239 He really believes that. 00:30:39.239 --> 00:30:40.299 Like, he really believes that 00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.699 this is not going to be any different. 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:45.180 And God delivered me 00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:46.900 from the paw of the lion 00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:48.140 and the paw of the bear. 00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:50.220 Sounds like something out of a Daniel Boone movie. 00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.880 And he's like, 00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.519 David is confident 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:55.799 that God will defend his honor 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:58.200 against this person who mocks him. 00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.480 He knows it. 00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:03.120 And the Lord will deliver him, he says. 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:06.220 He has this unshakable confidence in God. 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.980 So he goes out to do battle 00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:09.420 on behalf of God's people 00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.960 and defend God's honor, 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.819 seemingly, you know, 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:14.240 without any other support 00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:15.700 from the outside. 00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:18.819 So David goes for it. 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:20.000 Saul agrees to let him fight. 00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.640 He prepares for battle. 00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:23.180 And as a lot of you know, 00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.740 armor is personalized. 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:27.500 It's not a one-size-fits-all 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.759 like it's personally made. 00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:31.019 And so Saul is a really big guy, 00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:32.940 and obviously this did not fit David. 00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:34.759 And he takes it all off. 00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.019 And he's like, 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:36.200 man, I appreciate your gesture, 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.839 your majesty, 00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:38.720 but I'm just going to stick 00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.819 with the weapons that I know. 00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:43.180 And he grabs the weapons 00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.079 of the shepherd, 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.559 the staff and the sling. 00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.079 Don't be fooled, though. 00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:49.200 Like a sling could be 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:51.240 a pretty deadly weapon, 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.859 if not just a disorienting one. 00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:55.240 Stones can be thrown 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.519 up to 100 miles an hour. 00:31:56.519 --> 00:32:01.139 So go try it at home later. 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.379 And it could be 00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:05.500 a very effective mid-range weapon. 00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:09.299 And some historians believe, 00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:11.879 maybe, this is just an inference, 00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.759 we don't know this for sure, 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:14.200 but Goliath's size 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.839 might have actually 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.779 impaired his vision. 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.519 I don't know if you know that, 00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.539 but if you're a giant, 00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.539 you have impaired vision 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.180 a lot of the time. 00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.660 And actually mentions 00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:24.759 that his shield bearer 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.400 like led him out 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.059 into the battlefield. 00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.940 Notice that. 00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.559 So if that's true, 00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:29.679 this is not the weapon 00:32:29.679 --> 00:32:32.059 that Goliath really wants to face. 00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:33.960 But that's not really the point. 00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.539 The point is, 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:36.279 God is ready to defend 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:37.240 his honor here. 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.179 And he gets five stones. 00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:40.599 Possibly, 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:42.179 because Goliath had four brothers. 00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.720 We don't know. 00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.720 But he might be thinking, 00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.539 if they jump in, 00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.740 I'm going to take them out too. 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.779 We don't know. 00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:49.519 But this goes on 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.440 in the scene five. 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:54.720 Death is vanquished. 00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:57.460 Verse 44, 00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:59.220 41 through 44. 00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.940 And the Philistine 00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.740 moved forward 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.819 and came near David 00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.639 with his shield bearer 00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.500 in front of him. 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.500 And when the Philistine 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:09.159 looked and saw David, 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.639 he disdained him, 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:12.419 for he was but a youth, 00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.339 ruddy and handsome 00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.079 in appearance. 00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:16.559 And Philistine said to David, 00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.500 am I a dog? 00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.639 Do you come to me 00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.279 with sticks? 00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.419 Talking about the staff. 00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:22.100 And the Philistine 00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:23.060 cursed David 00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:24.180 by his gods. 00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:24.560 Uh-oh. 00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:24.900 So, 00:33:25.580 --> 00:33:26.120 this is becoming 00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:27.600 more of a spiritual battle now. 00:33:27.800 --> 00:33:28.200 Cursed David 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:29.100 by his gods. 00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:31.080 The Philistine said to David, 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.880 come to me, 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.620 come to me, 00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.820 and I will give your flesh 00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.940 to the birds of the air 00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:37.200 and to the beasts 00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.920 of the field. 00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:39.759 And David said to the Philistine, 00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:41.820 you come to me 00:33:41.820 --> 00:33:43.100 with a sword 00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:44.480 and with a spear 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.500 and with a javelin. 00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.680 But I come to you 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.720 in the name 00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.940 of the Lord of hosts, 00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:50.039 the God of the armies 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.700 of Israel, 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.400 whom you have defiled. 00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:54.200 This day the Lord 00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:55.240 will deliver you 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.960 into my hand 00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:57.279 and I will strike you down 00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.900 and cut off your head. 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.339 And I will give 00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.180 your dead bodies 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.140 of the hosts 00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.960 of the Philistines 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.900 this day 00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.960 to the birds of the air 00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:06.319 and the wild beasts 00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.880 of the earth. 00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.219 Here's the reason 00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:09.340 that all the earth 00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.960 may know 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:11.019 that there is a God 00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.639 in Israel. 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.920 And all the assembly 00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.559 may know 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:16.599 that the Lord saves, 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:18.199 not with sword 00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.900 and spear, 00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:20.039 for the battle 00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.039 is the Lord's 00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.960 and He will give you 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.799 into our hand. 00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.360 And when the Philistine 00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.679 arose and came out 00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.299 and drew near 00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:27.099 to meet David, 00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:29.039 David ran quickly 00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:30.539 toward the battle line 00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:32.159 to meet the Philistine. 00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.559 And David put his hand 00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.119 in his bag 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:36.159 and took out a stone 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.480 and swung it 00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.559 and struck the Philistine 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.320 on the forehead. 00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.019 The stone sank 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.880 into his forehead 00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.940 and he fell face 00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.599 to the ground. 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.079 So, 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.440 wow. 00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.559 You see, 00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.599 when he first shows up, 00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.519 Goliath only has 00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.239 contempt for him. 00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:51.400 Like, 00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.659 whoa, 00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.539 what is this? 00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.360 Who is this little kid, 00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.440 this little pretty boy 00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.759 that y'all send out 00:34:56.759 --> 00:34:57.099 to fight? 00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.340 And he goes, 00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.820 come here. 00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.599 Come here, 00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.179 little boy. 00:34:59.279 --> 00:34:59.440 Like, 00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.039 I'll show you 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.599 what's up. 00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:01.739 And David goes, 00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.259 okay, 00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.599 I'm ready. 00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.779 And so he runs 00:35:04.779 --> 00:35:06.360 to meet Goliath. 00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.960 And he goes, 00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.159 all this is going 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.579 to happen 00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.579 so that the world 00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.119 may know 00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:11.159 that there is a God 00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:12.420 in Israel 00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.519 and that it is he alone 00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.380 who saves. 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:16.360 So he strikes him 00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.860 in the head, 00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.599 knocks him down, 00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.460 knocks him down. 00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.980 That holy, 00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:23.300 holy trash talk, 00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:24.260 if you want to call it that. 00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.800 And he mentions 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:27.099 God's honor again, 00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:28.400 again for the third time, 00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.760 drawing your attention 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.880 to a bigger story. 00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.780 And then he invokes 00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.440 the names of, 00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.820 Goliath invokes 00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.840 the name of his God. 00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.840 So this is not now 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.900 just a fight 00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.760 between two men 00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.400 or two nations. 00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.980 This is more 00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:40.900 of a spiritual battle 00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.880 that's going on 00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:43.480 about the true 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.320 and holy God 00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:45.160 versus false, 00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.579 pagan, 00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.680 demonic gods. 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.519 And David drops him 00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.539 like a bad habit. 00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:51.079 God's honor 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.980 is upheld. 00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.579 It's embarrassing. 00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:54.960 Okay? 00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:55.500 Like, 00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:57.300 I used to do 00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.079 a little bit of boxing 00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.140 when I was in high school 00:35:59.140 --> 00:36:00.059 and early college, 00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.380 just for fun, 00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.100 nothing serious. 00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:03.240 But we used to go, 00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:04.600 my friend Dustin's, 00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.299 back porch, 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.059 and the guys 00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.480 would go back 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:07.920 in the yard. 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:09.099 We'd hit a stopwatch 00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.819 for five minutes 00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.500 and guys would just, 00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.059 for five minutes, 00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:13.099 and we would choose 00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.519 who won. 00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:14.480 But, 00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:17.099 there was this one guy 00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.920 who showed up one day. 00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.500 His name was, 00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:21.239 excuse me, 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:24.000 his name was 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:25.539 Adrian. 00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:27.380 And Adrian was actually 00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:28.159 a trained 00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:30.239 kickboxer. 00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:30.480 Like, 00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.000 he actually did 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.759 real kickboxing. 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.679 And he showed up 00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.239 and he just started 00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:35.079 talking trash. 00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:35.399 Like, 00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.579 man, 00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.000 y'all don't know 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.719 what you're doing. 00:36:37.899 --> 00:36:38.179 And like, 00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.399 man, 00:36:38.439 --> 00:36:38.959 you don't want me 00:36:38.959 --> 00:36:39.719 to get in there. 00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.199 And just sort of 00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.779 ran his mouth 00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.319 for a while. 00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:42.699 And he just probably 00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:43.279 thought no one 00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:44.419 was like crazy enough 00:36:44.419 --> 00:36:45.000 to take him up. 00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.519 We had a friend 00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.079 named Josh 00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.699 who was like, 00:36:47.439 --> 00:36:47.779 like, 00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.559 really tough guy, 00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.379 football player, 00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:52.779 a little off, 00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:53.459 you know what I mean. 00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.479 But he was our friend. 00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.799 And Josh was like, 00:36:56.859 --> 00:36:56.979 dude, 00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.579 I'll fight you. 00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.719 And he was like, 00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.899 no you won't. 00:36:59.939 --> 00:37:00.519 You won't fight me. 00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.759 He's like, 00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:01.360 no, 00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:01.760 I'm serious. 00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:02.300 Let's do it. 00:37:02.560 --> 00:37:03.280 And he goes, 00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:03.480 whoa, 00:37:03.640 --> 00:37:03.980 well, 00:37:04.100 --> 00:37:05.740 you may need to sign 00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.200 a waiver. 00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.920 He said that. 00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.540 You may need to sign 00:37:07.540 --> 00:37:08.040 a waiver 00:37:08.040 --> 00:37:09.260 because I could put you 00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:09.840 in the hospital. 00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:11.360 And Josh's like, 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.560 man, 00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:11.940 shut up. 00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.420 I don't care. 00:37:12.540 --> 00:37:12.740 Like, 00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.160 come on. 00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.120 Let's do this. 00:37:14.600 --> 00:37:14.900 So, 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.420 there's two pair of gloves. 00:37:16.540 --> 00:37:17.480 One's like the big thick 00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.960 boxing gloves. 00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.620 And the other is like 00:37:20.620 --> 00:37:21.820 thin bag gloves. 00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.280 You know the difference? 00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.100 Like the bag gloves 00:37:23.100 --> 00:37:24.000 are like just for the little, 00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.440 you don't want to get hit 00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:26.000 with a bag glove. 00:37:26.080 --> 00:37:26.440 It hurts. 00:37:27.040 --> 00:37:27.560 So Adrian's like, 00:37:27.600 --> 00:37:27.720 look, 00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:27.919 man, 00:37:27.939 --> 00:37:29.399 I'll give you the bag gloves 00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:30.639 and I'll wear the thick ones. 00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:31.679 Okay, 00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:31.980 whatever. 00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:33.239 He just talked a lot of trash. 00:37:33.319 --> 00:37:33.839 And then like, 00:37:34.399 --> 00:37:35.159 we're up there on the porch 00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.399 and we're like, 00:37:35.439 --> 00:37:35.679 come on, 00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:35.959 get him, 00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.319 Josh. 00:37:36.319 --> 00:37:39.559 And he comes out there 00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:42.919 and Adrian tries to swing at him 00:37:42.919 --> 00:37:43.559 and Josh just goes, 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.599 bang, 00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:47.099 best uppercut you ever saw. 00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:47.619 And like, 00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.839 Adrian was knocked out. 00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.299 Like, 00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.500 the whole thing lasted 00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.500 maybe four seconds. 00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:54.440 And it was like embarrassing. 00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:54.820 You're at the, 00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.659 oh, 00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:56.900 like, 00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.860 it was kind of like that. 00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.440 But on steroids 00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.119 in this story 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:02.739 that God took this guy out 00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:04.059 and now all of Israel 00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.320 is going, 00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.860 oh, 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.739 like, 00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:07.340 you are done. 00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:09.000 And so, 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:10.159 scene six, 00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.659 the aftermath, 00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:14.559 the aftermath of the battle. 00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:15.940 So, 00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.619 verse 50, 00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:17.199 so David 00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:19.179 prevailed over the Philistine 00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.840 with sling 00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:21.260 and with stone 00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:22.340 and struck the Philistine 00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:23.920 and killed him. 00:38:24.520 --> 00:38:25.640 There was no sword 00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.660 in the hand of David. 00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:28.120 Then David ran 00:38:28.120 --> 00:38:29.200 and stood over the Philistine, 00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.180 took out his sword 00:38:30.180 --> 00:38:30.760 and drew it 00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.920 out of its sheath 00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.600 and killed him 00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:34.140 and cut off his head with it. 00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.620 When the Philistine 00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:37.160 saw their champion was dead, 00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:37.820 they fled. 00:38:38.700 --> 00:38:39.880 And the men of Israel 00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.860 and Judah 00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:42.540 rose with a shout 00:38:42.540 --> 00:38:43.980 and pursued the Philistines 00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:45.180 as far as Gath 00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:46.940 in the gates of Ekron. 00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:49.140 So the wounded Philistines 00:38:49.140 --> 00:38:50.880 fell on the way 00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:52.380 from Shemaria 00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:55.099 as far as Gath 00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.680 and Ekron. 00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:57.220 And the people of Israel 00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:58.820 came from chasing 00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.660 the Philistines 00:38:59.660 --> 00:39:00.860 and they plundered their camp. 00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:02.740 And David took the head 00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.640 of the Philistine 00:39:03.640 --> 00:39:04.940 and brought it 00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.880 to Jerusalem. 00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:07.960 But he put his armor 00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.760 in his tent. 00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.519 And soon as Saul 00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.960 saw David 00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:13.320 go out against the Philistine, 00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.840 he said to Abner, 00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.880 the commander of the armor, 00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.400 Abner, 00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:18.579 whose son is this youth? 00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:20.279 And Abner said, 00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.940 as your soul lives, 00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.440 O king, 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.299 I do not know. 00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.659 And the king said, 00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:25.840 inquire whose son 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:27.519 the boy is. 00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:29.599 And as soon as David 00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.259 returned 00:39:30.259 --> 00:39:32.059 from striking down 00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.639 the Philistine, 00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:33.619 Abner took him 00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.219 and brought him 00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.940 before Saul 00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:36.119 with the head 00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.880 of the Philistine 00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.779 in his hand. 00:39:38.299 --> 00:39:39.519 And Saul said to him, 00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:41.079 whose son are you, 00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:41.719 young man? 00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.639 And David answered, 00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.299 I am the son 00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:44.980 of your servant, 00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:46.199 Jesse the Bethlehemite. 00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:48.439 So there's our text. 00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:50.359 So he sees the beheading. 00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:52.139 We see the beheading here. 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:53.199 He cut off his head. 00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:54.460 A great sign of like 00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:55.099 dishonor 00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:56.699 for a warrior. 00:39:57.299 --> 00:39:58.839 He kept his vow. 00:39:58.939 --> 00:40:00.019 Like I'm going to do this 00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.279 to you 00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:01.000 because you have 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:03.159 inspired shame 00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:04.879 upon the God of Israel. 00:40:05.359 --> 00:40:06.439 So this was common. 00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:06.899 This was like 00:40:06.899 --> 00:40:08.339 God's trophies of war. 00:40:08.439 --> 00:40:09.099 Like he took it. 00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.879 It inspired the men. 00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:12.199 So they rushed into battle 00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:13.399 and they finished the job. 00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.480 And then later 00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:15.420 there was a total rout. 00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:16.160 Ran them off. 00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:17.059 Killed many of them. 00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:18.440 And Saul inquires, 00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.180 like who is this guy? 00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.960 Bring him to me 00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:21.780 because I need to speak with him. 00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.539 I want to call him 00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:24.519 into my service. 00:40:24.660 --> 00:40:25.780 He inquires about 00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:26.579 David's family, 00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:27.579 his social background. 00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:29.440 He hadn't met David before 00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:30.400 but probably just didn't know 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:31.420 a lot about him. 00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:32.980 And he asked his father 00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:34.079 to let him remain. 00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.639 So in closing, 00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:38.720 what an amazing story. 00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.579 But we would fail, 00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:42.379 we would fail 00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:43.899 to miss what God 00:40:43.899 --> 00:40:45.000 wants us to see 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.419 if we just see this 00:40:46.419 --> 00:40:47.299 as an inspirational, 00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:48.399 heroic story 00:40:48.399 --> 00:40:49.319 of the underdog. 00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:52.159 It points to a greater one 00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:53.199 obviously to come. 00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:54.239 We know that to be 00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:56.179 the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:40:56.859 --> 00:40:57.579 And as you read 00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.480 the story of David, 00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.459 we see many, many, 00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.359 many connections 00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:01.779 to Christ. 00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:03.319 David's family 00:41:03.319 --> 00:41:04.519 was from Bethlehem. 00:41:04.879 --> 00:41:05.159 Jesus 00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:06.899 was from Bethlehem. 00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.779 Matthew 2.1 00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:09.420 David was a shepherd. 00:41:10.600 --> 00:41:11.800 Jesus is a shepherd. 00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:13.040 He's the shepherd of souls, 00:41:13.140 --> 00:41:13.840 the good shepherd, 00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.800 John 10.11. 00:41:15.660 --> 00:41:17.180 And we see that David's zeal 00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:18.700 to fight for God's glory, 00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:19.580 we see that mirrored 00:41:19.580 --> 00:41:21.140 in Christ's zeal 00:41:21.140 --> 00:41:22.380 when he drove out 00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:23.280 the money changers 00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:24.060 from the temple 00:41:24.060 --> 00:41:24.780 in John 2. 00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.500 So so many, 00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.820 on and on, 00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.519 we could go. 00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.780 But this greater thing 00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.300 is that we see 00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:31.300 a deliverance 00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:33.519 that is foreshadowed. 00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.480 Just as God 00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:36.980 works Israel's deliverance 00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.680 through David, 00:41:37.780 --> 00:41:39.019 so God works 00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:40.580 international salvation 00:41:40.580 --> 00:41:41.560 through Christ 00:41:41.560 --> 00:41:43.200 who defeats sin, 00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:44.340 death, 00:41:44.580 --> 00:41:45.040 and Satan. 00:41:46.160 --> 00:41:46.620 David, 00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:47.640 by his confidence 00:41:47.640 --> 00:41:48.920 in and relationship 00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:50.060 with God, 00:41:51.200 --> 00:41:52.080 functions as a 00:41:52.080 --> 00:41:53.519 representative champion 00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:55.200 on behalf 00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:56.620 of his cowering people. 00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.400 Christ, 00:41:58.800 --> 00:41:59.320 similarly, 00:42:00.100 --> 00:42:01.380 is a representative 00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:01.960 champion 00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:03.940 of his helpless people. 00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.000 people. 00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:06.179 So in our story today, 00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:07.220 we see Goliath 00:42:07.220 --> 00:42:08.000 as a type 00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:09.179 of Satan 00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:10.260 bringing death, 00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.059 just as David 00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.700 was a type 00:42:12.700 --> 00:42:13.300 of Christ 00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:14.579 bringing deliverance. 00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.260 This goes back 00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:17.139 to the age-old struggle 00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:18.139 right after the fall 00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:20.320 in Genesis 3.15 00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.240 when God says 00:42:21.240 --> 00:42:22.000 to Satan, 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:23.159 I will put 00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:24.340 enmity between you 00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:24.840 and the woman 00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.860 between your offspring 00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:27.559 and her offspring. 00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:28.480 He shall bruise 00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:28.940 your head 00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.420 and you shall 00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:30.539 bruise his heel. 00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:32.239 This goes back 00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:32.659 to that 00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:34.159 ancient day. 00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.840 And such an example 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:36.619 was seen today 00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.559 in the story of David, 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:38.579 the righteous seed 00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.820 of the woman 00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:40.619 and Goliath, 00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:41.539 the unrighteous, 00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:41.239 ! 00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:41.539 the unrighteous, 00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:41.539 ! 00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:42.380 evil seed 00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:43.760 of the serpent. 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:45.340 And notice 00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:46.120 all the connections. 00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:46.700 How long 00:42:46.700 --> 00:42:49.300 did Goliath 00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:50.100 mock the man? 00:42:50.520 --> 00:42:51.540 Forty days. 00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.280 Jesus 00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:54.820 faced Satan 00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:55.480 in the wilderness 00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:57.280 for forty days 00:42:57.280 --> 00:42:59.020 and stood the test. 00:42:59.080 --> 00:42:59.660 There's so many 00:42:59.660 --> 00:43:01.200 connections here. 00:43:02.060 --> 00:43:02.920 Notice that 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.580 when David 00:43:03.580 --> 00:43:04.440 struck Goliath 00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:05.000 in the head, 00:43:05.060 --> 00:43:05.400 he fell 00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:07.160 on his face 00:43:07.160 --> 00:43:08.660 and he 00:43:08.660 --> 00:43:09.480 beheaded him, 00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:11.100 prefiguring 00:43:11.100 --> 00:43:12.120 a greater victory 00:43:12.120 --> 00:43:13.440 of Jesus 00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:15.059 over Satan 00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:15.440 and then 00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:16.360 destroying him 00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:18.019 on his belly, 00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:19.900 disarming him 00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:20.579 at the cross 00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:21.780 and then destroying him 00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:23.059 at the final judgment 00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:24.139 of Revelation 20. 00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:26.240 Jesus has defeated 00:43:26.240 --> 00:43:27.340 the greatest enemy, 00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:27.960 sin, 00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.220 death, 00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.019 and Satan 00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:31.280 on our behalf 00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:32.659 as our champion 00:43:32.659 --> 00:43:34.099 and we live 00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:35.000 in that victory 00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:35.760 that he won 00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:36.500 for us 00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:37.740 received 00:43:37.740 --> 00:43:38.659 by faith. 00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:41.159 Hebrews 2 00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:43.260 verse 14 00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:44.680 Hebrews 2 00:43:44.680 --> 00:43:45.160 verse 14 00:43:45.160 --> 00:43:45.880 scripture says 00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:47.020 Christ himself 00:43:47.020 --> 00:43:48.260 likewise 00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:49.260 partook 00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.880 of the same 00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.420 things 00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:51.400 that through 00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:51.920 death 00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.320 he might 00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:52.820 destroy 00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:53.400 the one 00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:53.720 who has 00:43:53.720 --> 00:43:54.260 the power 00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:54.900 of death 00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:55.880 that is 00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.400 the devil 00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:57.000 and deliver 00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.820 all those 00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.580 who through 00:43:58.580 --> 00:43:59.520 fear of death 00:43:59.520 --> 00:44:00.120 were subject 00:44:00.120 --> 00:44:00.880 to lifelong 00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:01.940 slavery. 00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:03.400 Hebrews 2 00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:03.920 verse 14 00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:04.620 through 15 00:44:04.620 --> 00:44:06.440 Jesus' death 00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.260 cleansed 00:44:07.260 --> 00:44:08.500 his followers, 00:44:08.680 --> 00:44:09.560 cleansed us 00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.679 of sin 00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:12.299 destroys the 00:44:12.299 --> 00:44:13.299 grip of death 00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:14.840 of the devil, 00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:16.079 gives hope 00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:17.440 and deliverance 00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:17.940 to those 00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:18.199 who are 00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:18.699 previously 00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:19.480 living in 00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:19.960 slavery 00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:21.360 and fear 00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:21.960 of death. 00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:23.119 Death is scary. 00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:25.519 He delivers us 00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:26.199 from that. 00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:27.880 So Christians 00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:28.360 today, 00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:28.940 us, 00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:29.820 here today, 00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:30.960 we're not merely 00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:31.500 meant to read 00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:32.079 the story 00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.599 of David 00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:33.319 and Goliath 00:44:33.319 --> 00:44:33.799 as a 00:44:33.799 --> 00:44:36.759 just simply 00:44:36.759 --> 00:44:37.319 to imitate 00:44:37.319 --> 00:44:37.880 David, 00:44:38.759 --> 00:44:39.960 but we're also 00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:40.539 to look at 00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:41.039 this image 00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:41.559 of a people 00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:42.139 who need 00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:42.659 saving. 00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:44.239 We must 00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:44.819 reflect 00:44:44.819 --> 00:44:45.519 and rescue 00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:46.679 on the 00:44:46.679 --> 00:44:47.299 one true 00:44:47.299 --> 00:44:47.960 and final 00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.539 champion 00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:49.639 Jesus Christ 00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:50.799 who won 00:44:50.799 --> 00:44:51.339 on our 00:44:51.339 --> 00:44:51.860 behalf 00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:53.259 so that our 00:44:53.259 --> 00:44:53.799 hearts are 00:44:53.799 --> 00:44:54.900 moved to 00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:55.619 worship him 00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:56.440 and trust him 00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:57.000 in a greater 00:44:57.000 --> 00:44:57.559 way 00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:58.420 and have 00:44:58.420 --> 00:44:58.819 zeal 00:44:58.819 --> 00:44:59.519 for his 00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:00.139 glory. 00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.980 So as 00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:03.599 the song 00:45:03.599 --> 00:45:03.900 that we 00:45:03.900 --> 00:45:04.599 sing goes 00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:04.840 and we'll 00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:05.300 close with 00:45:05.300 --> 00:45:05.679 this, 00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:07.380 Christ the 00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:07.940 true and 00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.240 better 00:45:08.240 --> 00:45:08.740 David, 00:45:09.820 --> 00:45:10.280 lowly 00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:10.659 shepherd, 00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:11.019 mighty 00:45:11.019 --> 00:45:11.440 king, 00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.019 he the 00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:13.420 champion 00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:14.000 in the 00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:14.380 battle, 00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:15.460 where, 00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:16.019 oh death, 00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.599 is now 00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:17.219 thy sting. 00:45:18.219 --> 00:45:18.579 In our 00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:19.280 place he 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:19.940 bled and 00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:20.360 conquered, 00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:21.019 crown him 00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:22.119 now Lord 00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.880 of majesty. 00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:24.380 He shall 00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:24.960 be the 00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:25.260 throne 00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:25.740 forever, 00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.320 we shall 00:45:26.320 --> 00:45:26.780 are his 00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:27.460 people be. 00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:28.820 Amen, 00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:29.940 amen, 00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:30.559 from beginning 00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:30.960 to end. 00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.579 Christ the 00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:32.039 story, 00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:33.299 his the 00:45:33.299 --> 00:45:33.679 glory, 00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.500 hallelujah, 00:45:34.719 --> 00:45:35.019 amen. 00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:37.639 Let's pray 00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:38.000 together.